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Chapter 4: Summer Break Gone Wrong!
Izuku stare at a building in disbelief with gaping mouth, he know there was some implication that Yaoyorozu come from a wealthy family but that is way, really way beyond his imagination! The mansion look likes a freaking castle in his eyes and he doesn't think any mansions have a golden gate. With a trembling finger, he press the doorbell then see the intercom's light come to live and he speak up right away, not know if he should wait for caller or not. "H-H-H-Hello, that is M-M-Midoriya." Izuku stuttered, "I-I-I'm here for…"
"Ah, Midoriya!" Momo's voice spoke chirpily, "Come on in. Do you want me to send a limo out to fetch you?"
"N-N-No, t-thank you." The green-haired boy glanced at the path between the gate and mansion with a small sweatdrop, it look like miles to him but he can cover it…In thirty minute to a hour. He wait until the gate open and walk through it then up to the mansion's front door where the creator was waiting at. She wear a red shirt over white jean.
"Hello, Midoriya, you're a bit early." Momo greeted him with a small kind smile, showing him inside.
"Y-Yeah, I-I want to h-help setting things u-up a-a-and discussing which subjects o-one of us can cover and help i-if someone get stuck with." Izuku scratched the back of his head, sneaking few glances at a massive luxury lobby with a small sweatdrop. Seriously, how much does this place cost…On second thought, he don't want to know.
"Ah, you come at perfect time." The rich girl beckoned him to follow her as they walk down a large hallway to their left, "I'm about to pack the tea cart, you can help me out with that. For the subjects, I'm excellent with math and science so please leave anyone who needs help with that to me."
"Ok, and you can leave E-English, h-history and h-heroic s-subjects to me." He nodded once as he look around at his surrounding out of curiosity.
"Ah, right, you're very knowledgeable with Heroic art, history and subjects like these…" Momo said with faltering tone before she try to cover it up with bubbly tone as soon as they reach a huge kitchen but Izuku catch it, "Here we are! Please take some teacups out of this cabinet over there."
"That one?" Izuku made sure he get the right cabinets then start taking teacups out, "Um…Y-Y-Yaoyorozu, are you alright?"
"Hai, I am." She looked at him then tilt her head puzzlingly with one brow arched, "Why do you ask?"
"Well, y-y-you seem to b-be down lately…" Izuku muttered as she blinked, "B-But I g-guess I was wrong, s-s-sorry." He placed the cups on tray then pick it up as he turned to her, "Does it g-go on t-top or…?"
"Under there." Momo gestured to second shelf of the cart as she watch him put tray away, keep staring at him when he walk back to counter to collect some more cups and her mouth open then close few times with some doubt until she finally speak up. "…Actually, you're right."
"O-O-Oh?" He turned his head to her with a slight jerk, "R-Really? Um…D-D-Do you want to t-talk about it…" He waved his hands, "Ah! It's okay if y-you don't have to i-if you don't w-want to. I-I might o-overstep the bound by saying that and for getting t-t-too fr…"
"…Yes, I would like to." She spoke to cut him off with clasped hands in front of her hip, "If that's okay with you…"
"Hai." Izuku nodded timidly, "Please go ahead…U-U-Until you prefer to g-g-go somewhere else for privacy?"
"We have a skeleton crew running right now so here is fine because no one will walk in on us." Momo replied as she start boiling water and he locate some tea quietly, the boy can't help but to gape at thousands of variety tea boxes in front of his eyes. "…I-I'm starting to have some doubts about my place in Heroic class." He turned to give her his full attention, "I'm not sure if you know that, I got in through official recommendations."
"Really?!" His eyes lit up with a gasp, "That's amazing! O-Of course you got recommendation since it does make sense."
"Yes, because of my quirk." She sighed sadly and he blinked few times.
"W-What, n-no, no, because of your intelligence and analytical skill." He shook his head.
"…Oh, thank you." Momo uttered before she sigh again, "I'm glad you think highly of me because I don't. The recommended students of U.A. should have excellent performance and yet, I'm the only one who hasn't left any noteworthy results. In sport festival, during the human cavalry, all I did was follow Todoroki's lead…And I was eliminated from the tournament when I was at my wit's end against Tokoyami…Then I accept Uwabami's internship, thinking she have seen something inside me and that I'll learn something from her but it turn out she chose me because of my look and nothing else…" Her eyes watering, "All I did was just standing there like some prop and barely go on one patrol…" She gazed at him, "Then there's you…"
"M-Me?" Izuku pointed to himself with a confusing blink, "W-What about me?"
"You got in through entrance exam even when you barely have your quirk this late and yet, you overcome most of everyone…" She said, "You beat me by two votes and become our class president. In sport festival, you come in first place in both race and human cavalry without using your quirk once and using some out-of-the-box strategies…You got ahead of me in tournament and almost won against Todoroki, a talented recommended student…Then your quirk control improve greatly after your internship, despite your terrifying encounter with the hero killer, and you come up with some new amazing skills…Midoriya, you're amazing, like your quirk. I can't compare to you…"
"W-What are you t-talking about?" He blushed embarrassingly and shy, "Y-Y-You're more amazing than m-me!" Momo lift her head up with a teary blink, "I mean it, you're really amazing enough that I voted for you for the class president because, like I said before, you have high intelligence and analytical skill so I thought you'll be excelled at that and I always rely on you as my vice president everyday. Also you shouldn't sell yourself short, I heard from Jiro that you took many villains down at USJ by yourself while defending the others and it's a major noteworthy! About the sport festival, you should be proud because you're one of twenty students that make to the final event and Tokoyami's really strong because I don't think I can win against Dark Shadow in my condition at this time. If you have knowledge of his quirk beforehand, you can easily take him down by creating flash bangs or any light sources. For the internship, I know that not everyone have best experience the first time and there's nothing I can say to change that…But I think you learn something from this experience like not to accept someone's offer right away and that not everyone is suited to a specified agency. It'll take a while until you find the right one, do you know that Manual have to go through five different agencies until he find the right one before he went pro? Also, your quirk is very amazing that I'm very envious of you because you can create almost everything you need for any situations and I'm sure you put a lot of effort into your quirk since you need to know the molecular structure of a specified item down to a single atom and what it's made from. At same time, I'm really glad you have this quirk and plan to use it for the great good! With your quirk, I bet you can come up with many strategies and easily execute them, depending on any conditions. I mean, if it was me, I won't know a single thing and I won't be able to do anything. I'll be terrifying if a villain or selfish person has this quirk, due to the endless possibilities of Creation quirk, and no one can stop them. I really can't praise you enough!"
"Y-Y-You're mumbling…" Momo spoke up with a blush, she feel a warm swelling within her chest when she listened to him and it's really amazing that she managed to catch almost everything he said.
"A-Ah, s-s-sorry!" Izuku stuttered with small blush, "A-A-As I was s-saying, y-y-you shouldn't think lowly o-of yourself b-b-because w-w-we're s-s-still in first year a-a-and we h-have a lot of time t-training, learning and m-m-master our q-q-quirks. I-I bet next year, you'll b-b-blow everyone out of w-w-water in second-year s-s-sport festival…" Suddenly, Momo threw her arms around his neck to pull him into a tight hug and his face become bright red with widened eyes. "Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y…"
"Thank you." She whispered into his ear, causing him to blush harder. "For your encouragements."
"Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-You're w-w-w-welcome." He kept stuttered with hovering arms, not sure what to do in this situation. Do he hug back, just keep his arms away from her or what?! He honestly don't know if they are friends or just classmates. The creator lean back, her arms remaining on his shoulders and her right hand slowly shift up to cup his cheek, causing his blushing face to burn hotly as he froze up.
"You're a good friend, is there anything I can do to repay you?" Momo whispered softly as her thumb rubbed part of his cheek gently in a small circular motion and her head unknowingly lean closer slowly.
'W-W-W-W-WAIT?!' Izuku's eyes widened in shock as he stand still while her face get closer inch by inch, 'W-W-WHAT IS S-S-SHE DOING?! IS SHE GOING TO DO WHAT I'M THINKING SHE IS?! I-I-I D-D-DON'T THINK I'M READY! WHAT SHOULD I DO? WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO DO?!' The teakettle whistles so sudden that both teenagers jolt up from startle.
"Ah, I better pour it!" She went to fetch the teakettle with a bubbly smile.
"A-A-A-A-And I-I-I-I'm g-g-g-going to check if a-a-anyone have come!" He spun around then walk out stiffly, wondering if he was just imagine it or not and trying to come up with different explanation.
"Okay!" Momo replied over her shoulder as the boy left and her face explode with healthy red. 'I can't believe what I almost did.' She fanned her burning face, 'I almost kiss Izuku-kun.' Her heart pound crazily at the idea of kissing her secret first crush and it make her feel more embarrassing, she take many deep breath to calm herself while making more tea for her guests.
"Jeez, that's a lecture hall?" Jiro glanced around with a whisper and a small sweatdrop, "More like a banquet hall." She wears an off-the-shoulder pink shirt and black tattered jean.
"I'll say." Setsuna agreed, wearing a forest-green sweater dress with belt.
"I still can't believe you're a recommended student." The punk gave prankster a deadpan stare and the smirking greenette shrug her shoulders, her place is seventh. Her friends were shocked when they found out from Momo after she asked Setsuna why she was goofing off instead of focusing on subjects since she passed the recommendation exams.
"Such a betrayal." Mina grumbled with river of tear, wearing a colorful t-shirt and blue hot short jean. "You made me believe you were one of us!"
"Sorry." The prankster giggled before she looks around, "But man, it feels like almost whole class is here." They were missing Itsuka, Ibara, Katsuki, Shoko, Tsuyu, Habuko and Kashiko because they have their own errands or personal reasons like watching after siblings in Tsuyu's case.
"Yeah, and I don't think I have seen anyone out of uniform before until now." Toru commented, wearing a sleeveless blue shirt with red skirt. "Honestly, I'm taken aback by some." She looks over to Kinoko, who was wearing a Lolita gothic-like dress, as the said girl's face support a blush when she listen to Izuku's explanation. "Hey, I heard that some girls are planning to change their hero names."
"Girls, please pay attention." Momo cleared her throat to get the chatting girls' attention as she pointed to blackboard with pointer stick, "That is very important because it'll be on the test." The girls give her their full attention.
"Izu, check please." Pony asked the only boy.
"O-O-Okay, let me see…" Izuku start to look over her work before Camie suddenly plop on his back, pressing her bust against his back.
"Izu-poo, help me with history!" Camie whined.
"Izu help me first." The foreigner girl said, leaning on Izuku's other side in order to speak to the busty blonde and the poor boy start to spazzing out with heavy stutter. The reason why he act like that is because Pony was wearing a crop top, that show off a lot of skin, over tight jean and Camie wear a white button-down shirt with few buttons undone, which expose a healthy amount of her cleavage and bit of some kind of lacy bra, and very short black skirt with legwarmer socks.
"Gyaru is at it again." Yui commented flatly.
"Girls, give the poor boy some space." Kaoruko shook her head at them while Ochaco laughed at her friend's reaction.
"Not yet, fam, I need some dose of Izu-poo." The attractive teenager snuggled up against the blushing boy, "Mm, Izu-poo, how about we go…"
"Utsushimi, I see you need some help with math." Momo placed hand on the flirter's shoulder, looking down at her math homework and Camie simply pout as the rich girl drag her over to her group. The group study continue until it was time for them to go home before it get dark.
"FINALLY!" Mina threw her arms up in celebration as she walk out with her classmates in their heroic outfits, "WE'RE DONE WITH WRITTEN EXAMS! WOOO!" Few girls laughed at her action, today is the final exam and some feel relieved after finished the first part of finals.
"We still have test exercise to do." Itsuka reminded the acid-creator with a small smile.
"Yeah, but it's against the robots so we're all good anyway." The pink girl laughed happily, "I think I did great on the exam, thank to Yaomomo and Midori."
"Please wait until after you get the results before you thank us." Momo said and they approach their teacher, only to look confusing and curious when they see the U.A. staff lining up.
"The test exercise will begin shortly." Shino smiled at her students.
"Obviously, you can fail this test, too so if you want to head to the Forest Lodge, then we'd better not see any pitiful blunders from you." Aizawa said.
"Why so many teachers?" Kyoka asked.
"We've no doubt you all learned what information you could of the test beforehand so I think you already hold a vague notion of what you are to do…" The scruffy teacher muttered.
"Sure, like the entrance exam, it's robot battle game." Setsuna grinned.
"I can just see the fireworks!" Mina pumped her fist merrily, "The curry! The dare sessions!"
"Sorry, I'm afraid not!" Nezu suddenly pop up from Aizawa's scarf with a wide grin, "Due to various reasons, we're changing the contents of the test, starting today!"
"P-Principal!" Izuku gasped.
"What do you mean…" Momo asked the principal as he climbs down the scruffy teacher to ground.
"Well…" The creature said, "Fears of a surge in villainy and what you have went through, we decide something new to assurance the society. From now on, we'll focus our tests more on person-on-person battle activities and emphasizing a teaching environment closer to that of real battle. Which, girls and boy, is all to say…That henceforth we will have you form pairs to engage in combat with one of these here educators!" He gestured to his staff as some students become nervous, "Now, who all of you are paired with and which teacher you'll be fighting have already been decided. The way you tend to move, your grades, and your degree of familiarity…We personally judged how you'll be pairing up based on all sorts of things, and we'll list the matchups now." He cleared his throat as he take a clipboard from Thirteen, "First off, Todoroki's with Yaoyorozu as a team against Eraserhead. Kendo, you're with…" The said girl sneak a glance at Izuku, hoping they'll team up so he can rely on her once again. "Bakugou."
"EH?" Katsuki turned to her partner with a sneer.
"Ba…" Kendo looked surprised but very displeased.
"And your opponent will be…" The principal smiled.
"I'm here to oblige!" All Might appeared with his trademarked grin, "Now cooperate and come at me to win, wonder duo!"
"Welp, look like we have two funerals to attend at end of the day." Camie said with slight relieved tone, most of her classmates felt very relieved to not go against the number one hero.
"Ashido and Utsushimi will be against me." Nezu continued, "Uraraka and Awata will be against Thirteen. Jiro and Tsunotori will face Present Mic. Asui and Tokage will face Ectoplasm. Hagakure and Midoriya will be against Snipe. Shiozaki and Komori will be against Power Loader. Kodai and Yanagi will be against Cementoss. Mongoose and Sekigai will face Midnight."
"The ten teams will be starting in their respective stages simultaneously." Aizawa said, "The general outline of the test will be explained by each of teachers you'll be battling. You're to be transported by the campus buses. Time is precious, so get in them promptly."
"Sensei's not taking part?" Tsuyu tilted her head with finger on the corner of her lip.
"I'm not really a combat type." Shino smiled, "And I work best in team so…"
"And Mount Lady?" Shiozaki asked out of curiosity.
"She's grading the finals paper as we are speaking." Their homeroom teacher replied before she usher them to their own buses, "Good luck, because you need it."
Izuku's ride was pretty quiet on the way to the battle stage as the boy was trying to figure out the purpose of matchup and how they can go up against Snipe and his homing quirk. "…Does he do that a lot?" Snipe pointed to the mumbling boy with his gun, his sweatdrop slowly enlarge by each minute. "Boy sure get a big lung on him."
"You'll get used to it." Toru giggled before she nudge her partner's shoulder, "You're mumbling."
"O-Oh, sorry!" Izuku turned his red face away from her.
"It's fine, it's fine." The giggling invisible girl elbowed him playfully, "And I told you before, you can look at me all you want. I don't mind it, cutie." Her blushing partner squeaked at that, "Anyway…" She stretches her arms out above her head, "Get any ideas why we're going up against Snipe?"
"M-M-My guess…" He hummed, "I-It's possibly b-b-because we never went up against l-l-long-range opponents a-and this exam is to t-t-teach us w-w-what to do in this situation? I-I might have h-h-hard time in this one since I-I-I'm a close-range fighter…"
"Ah, you must be right." Toru agreed with a hum, "I may be a stealthy person but a gunslinger can take me out in one go if I make a mistake." She lean her head onto his shoulder as he yelp in surprise, "That okay if I rest my head on your shoulders for a bit?" He shakily nod, "Thanks, stud! So…" She hummed, "About the other teams, what do you think why they pair us up like that?"
"W-W-W-W-Well, t-t-t-those are just s-s-s-speculations of m-m-m-mine…" Izuku stuttered with atomic blush as he tried to take his mind off the fact that a nude girl is lying on his side, "T-T-They m-must h-have principal take A-A-A-Ashido and U-U-U-Utsushimi on b-b-because of his High Spec quirk, m-m-m-meaning that the girls must have weakness against intellectual villain. This might make sense because they are laidback and treat most heroic training like some games." He slowly lost his stutter as he went into his 'mumble' mode, "This match would force them to realize their shortcoming and try to come up with some plans to defeat him as if it's a real thing. Eraserman is better foe for Todoroki and Yaoyorozu because he can erase their quirks and tackle them in close quarter battle, forcing them to come up with some solutions. You see, Todoroki tend to use brute method with her quirk, erase her quirk and she have to learn how to work with other instead of tackle it on her own. Yaoyorozu's quirk allow her to be balanced in everything but if it was take away from her, Yaoyorozu either have to take Eraserhead on hand-to-hand combat, make some quick judgment or try to avoid his line of sight to regain her quirk." He cupped his chin in deep thought, "Itsuka and Kacchan can't stand each other so that would force them to work together against a strongest opponent and I don't know if All Might will hold back. For Tsuyu and Tokage, Ectoplasm will…"
'…H-H-His quirk is strength enhancement, r-right?' Snipe stared at the rambling boy in shock, wondering how he gets some right and if he has more than one quirk like this Todoroki filly.
"Ooh, I see, I see." The invisible girl muttered but she was half-listening to him as she cop some feeling on his arm to see if he notice, which he didn't. 'Damn, if this costume doesn't hide his body, I'll be all over him already.' She decide that if they passed this exam, she'll invite him out to eat and try getting close.
"Here we are." Snipe stepped off the bus with two students as soon as the vehicle reaches its destination and he turn to face them. "That is where we'll have our good old standoff." He led them inside to reveal a simulated subterranean with rocky terrain and many stone pillars then turn back to them again with hand on his hat, "I'll explain it now. The time limit is thirty minutes and your win conditions? Either slap the irons on me…" He lift a pair of handcuff up, "Or escape from this stage through the designated gate, which is the very one that we came in through."
"Kinda like battle trail?" Toru tilted her head, "And it's okay to flee?"
"Yep." The gunslinger hero tossed the handcuff to the teenagers, "But that won't be easy because you're going up against someone on higher level and we are going to do it like a real battle, you know? Suppose you've come across a villain. If you can fight and win, then that's fine. That being said if the gap in power is too big then it's wiser to run and call for backup. You follow me?"
'I see…' Izuku nodded, "Win by fighting or win by fleeing…"
"Bingo." Snipe twirled his guns as he led them somewhere deeper, "I'm using nonlethal bullets so you won't get wounded badly but it'll hurt like hell and if you got shot more than once in any fatal place, you're out and might get automatic failure if both of you go down. I won't use my homing quirk often but you'll never know if it'll come or not so watch out." He halt in his trail to turn around to face the heroes-in-training, "Alright, you two will wait here until Recovery Girl give you the signal from station." He tipped his hat to them as he walked away, "I'm going to take my place and get ready for our duel."
"We're in middle of the stage, right?" The invisible girl studies the surrounding.
"H-Hai." The inheritor confirmed, "T-T-To pass the exam, we have two options. Logically, it'll be better if we f-f-flee and take cover behind pillars to avoid his line of s-s-sight. If he can't see us, he can't use his homing quirk."
"I agree." Toru nodded, "Zigzag and all. If we're taking the stealth route, I have to be careful not to disturb these rocks…" Her glove pointed to cluster of rocks around them, "But I don't think we can outrun the bullets." She paused before she turn to her partner, "Can you?"
"I-I-I don't think I-I can outrun it with full cowl a-at the moment." Izuku laughed sheepishly before he cup his chin, "B-B-But on other hands, we may h-have to 'arrest' him if he end up cornering us." He looked in Toru's general direction, "What do you think? Is there any way you want to go with?"
"I prefer fleeing but who know how it'll turn out?" The invisible girl shrugged her shoulders, earning a nod from her partner. They're going up against a veteran pro hero after all.
"Everybody's at their marks, I take it!?" Recovery Girl's voice announced through the loudspeaker as the teams get ready, "In that case, now's the time, freshmen of Yuuei High! Let's begin the end-of-term test! Readyyyyy…" The countdown start with a loud beep, "GO!" Suddenly, several gunshots echoed.
"Take cover!" Deku shouted to warn his partner and they both dove behind a pillar to avoid some bullets and they barely avoid a curving bullet.
"Shit!" Invisible Girl yelped, "He's seriously going after us?! The exam barely just start!"
"Keep moving!" The One-For-All user activate his full cowl then scoop his partner up, "We need to get out of here and hide somewhere else!"
"Understand!" She hollered as her partner quickly jumps from cover to cover so they can find some place for a breather and come up with strategy.
In a different stage that resemble a city, Itsuka locked her jaw tighter as she chased after her hotheaded partner and she yank Katsuki's arm roughly. "I said stop, Ba…" The martial artist growled.
"DON'T FOLLOW ME!" Katsuki snarled as she pulled her arm back, "IT'S FUCKING OBVIOUS I SHOULD JUST KNOCK HIM OUT!"
"No, we have to avoid him at any cost!" Itsuka hissed.
"I'll lead him around by the nose up until the final moments and then I'll smash him when he's tuckered out!" The explosive girl scowled, "Me!"
"Really?" The orange-haired girl huffed furiously, "You're going to take the symbol of peace on by yourself? Even if he have handicaps? How far is your head up your ass, you idiot?!" She nearly got blindsided by her partner's hard swing.
"NOT ANOTHER GODDAMN WORD!" Katsuki gave her a deadly glare with gritted teeth, "Just cuz you have his eyes, don't you dare say another fucking word…Or else I'll get pissed!"
"UGH!" Itsuka glared back, "Stop and listen, you egoistic bitch, I want to pass the test so shut…"
"I TOLD YOU, I DON'T NEED ANY HELP FROM YOU TO PASS, HANDY BITCH!" The explosive girl roared.
"WOULD YOU SHUT UP?!" The martial artist shouted furiously, "THAT IS WHY WE CAN NEVER HAVE A PROPER CONVERSATION!" Before they know it, a powerful gust nearly knock them off their feet as several buildings crumble under its' force with flying debris. The smoke clear up to reveal All Might stepping toward them with a grin.
"Collateral damage to the city!" All Might spoke, "Who gives a fuck! If you're thinking of this as just a test, then you're in for a world of pain. I am a villain, oh heroes. Come at me and put your whole hearts into it!" He broke out in a charge and the girls can see his blue eyes stand out under brows' shadow.
"WE CAN'T FIGHT HIM, RUN!" Battle Fist shouted.
"STUN GRENADE!" Katsuki blasted at the number one hero and All Might swiftly block the bright light with his forearm before the explosive girl leap into action. "ALL MIGHT! YOU DIDN'T NEED TO TELL ME THAT WAS MY PLAN…" Her face suddenly get caught in symbol of peace's grip and the short-fused girl fire blast after blast at close range. The muscular hero appear to be barely affected by her assault as he parry her left arm away then flip her over to hard ground with a smash.
"Is that all you've got!" All Might released the groaning girl, "A feeble flurry like that barely hurt me at all!" His head turned to Itsuka as she attempted to make for a run, "And now…" The number one hero appeared in front of her with a skid, "You'll soon join her, Kendo my girl! You going to abandon the team and run?" The orange-haired girl quickly jumps backward up in air to get away from the hero, "That's not a good move." The hero said to her confusion and her unasked question have been answered when she hear a shout.
"MOVE, BITCH!" Katsuki roared in midair with blasting hands before they clash, dropping to hard pavement with ungraceful tumble. "I FUCKING TOLD YOU TO MOVE!" The violent girl swiftly get up then powerwalk to the hero.
"I'M TELLING YOU!" Battle Fist shouted furiously, "THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN WIN AGAINST ALL MIGHT DIRECTLY!"
"Shut up!" The explosive girl snarled, "I will win. Because that's what a hero does."
"THE POINT OF THIS TEST IS NOT TO WIN AGAINST STRONGER OPPONENT!" The martial artist grabbed her reckless partner's arm roughly.
"LET GO OF ME!" Katsuki turned her head to glare at her partner, "Don't fucking touch…"
"For the time being…" All Might's voice came from above and both girls' heads snapped up to see the hero with torn guardrail, the girls have no idea where he get this thing neither how he move without their notice. "A present for the girl who would run!" The muscular hero trapped Battle Fist by pin her down with rail, sticking it deeply into the pavement and then punched the explosive girl's stomach, launching her away and it was all done in a single blink. The giant walk closer to the vomiting explosive girl at his own pace, "I understand. It's because of young Kendo have young Midoriya's eyes and his sudden growth, is it not?" Katsuki's eyes snapped up to him, "If you compare someone at level one to someone at level fifty…Then the pace at which they grow can't be totally even, now can it? At same time, you think if you beat me, young Midoriya will turn his attention on you as you want him to…What you're doing, it's such a waste, girl! Don't you get it!? Surely you must!? Even you can still grow so much! But what needs to grow isn't your strength…"
"Shut your mouth, All Might…!" The violent girl pushed herself up with heavy breathes and at same time, Battle Fist slowly wedging her left hand in between herself and rail with her right hand planted on ground.
'You know what?' Itsuka quietly enlarge her hands as the rail push upward with a soft groan, 'Fuck this shit! I'm leaving her here and go to the gate myself!' She now no longer care if she'll fail this exam because Bakugo won't listen to her anyway! The furious martial artist quietly wiggle backward out under the rail then sneak away without the number one hero's notice as he smack the violent girl around then counter her wild attacks until she unpin her grenade glove to unleash a powerful explosive at the muscular hero.
Eraserhead is completely at loss for word, Yaoyorozu and Todoroki have caught him in a short time with Yaoyorozu's plan. That don't make any sense at first because he have been spying on his assigned team for days and he was able to tell that the rich girl have lose her confidence lately, even compare herself to other students that was doing better than her when she should know that not everyone are same in talent and skills…And yet she come at him with full confidence and take lead as her partner follow each order the rich girl gave her. He wonder how she regain her confidence in between before the exam, 'Did she talk to someone else or…?' He wondered to himself.
"Was it really that easy?" Shoko asked flatly.
"No…I mean…" Momo paused her lips, "When I tried to launch the catapult's volley…I slipped up. Sensei noticed and took some distance…And in the opening that gave him, he should have been able to prevent what came next, but…" She turned to the underground hero, "Sensei, you deliberately made it seems as though you were caught in our trap."
"I was just keeping an eye on Todoroki right next to you." Shota spoke, "I was able to see you, but Todoroki was concealed by the cloth. I thought I was going to be frozen. And I thought retreating back was my best option. So I guess that all went according to your plans, then."
"It really did come down to whether 'we had time'." The dual-haired girl said, "Thanks." She noticed that Momo was covering her mouth, "What's the matter? You feeling sick? If you're nauseated, there's a pressure point for that on the top of the foot…"
"It…" Momo sniffed, "It's nothing!"
"Advisory…The first team to clear the exam is team Todoroki and Yaoyorozu!" Recovery Girl's voice announced.
"They're announcing whoever has passed the test?" Toru whispered in surprise as her team hid behind a random pillar, "Only about ten minutes have passed!"
"That's expected since it's Yaoyorozu and Todoroki." Deku whispered as he kept his eyes out, "Anyway, we have few minutes before Snipe track us down."
"Ah right, he's a tracker." The invisible girl recalled the detail, "I guess Plan A is no go, huh?"
"Look like it." The green-haired boy muttered, "I'll distract him, you arrest him. Give me your…" He can't help but to blush, "Gloves and shoes."
"Okay!" Invisible Girl removed her costume as the blushing partner look away and she hand them over to him.
"I'm moving five pillars across and three pillars down." He pointed to his right side as he held Toru's shoes with one hand to make it look like he was carrying her, "Wait until I call out Delaware Smash two time, you make your move."
"Roger!" She nodded, despite the fact that he can't see her. Deku nod before he swiftly move to his position and they wait for their target to appear.
"NWOOH!" Ochaco held onto the rail with Kaoruko as Thirteen slowly walk closer while vacuuming them with one finger, "And we were so close!" She glanced over her shoulder then think to herself, 'Think, girl, think!' "What would Deku do?"
"Midoriya?" Kaoruko looked to her questioningly.
"…Did I said it out loud?!" The blushing gravity girl slapped her cheeks with both hands before she drift toward Thirteen at high speed, "Ah!" She uttered with the bubble girl then turned her head around, "HUH?"
"Wha?!" Thirteen cried out in surprise as the finger cap snapped closed before the gravity girl crash into the hero, somehow slap handcuff on Thirteen in a crashing move.
'…We passed the exam like that?' Bubble Girl sweatdropped at the situation, 'Is that acceptable?'
Just few minutes before Thirteen's captive, Snipe quietly follow the track that the team have left behind and he scan his surrounding. 'They sure left a lot of tracks behind.' Snipe subtly shook his head, 'But that is to be expected because the students haven't cover the concealment lesson or have taken covert mission class yet.' A flick of green and white went by the corner of his eyes from right and he turn around, swatting the hammer of his gun three times as the bullets curve behind the pillar. He feels his bullets hit stone through his quirk, following by a yelp and skidding in dirt. "There you two are." He kept his eyes on a pillar that the team was hiding behind, 'This white color I just saw must belong to Hagakure.' This color really stands out in the dim stage. Before he know it, Deku dash out from his cover with his right index finger tucked in behind his thumb.
"Delaware Smash!" Deku flicked at the pro hero with a scream and the gunslinger narrowly evade shockwave as the dust flew everywhere with roaring winds.
'OH JEEZ!' The gunslinger held onto his hat, 'How can this boy have so much power?!' The fact that the boy doesn't break his finger show him how much this boy have improved with his control since he have seen him in action during the sport festival.
"Delaware Smash!" The greenette dashed out with another flick before he takes cover behind another pillar as the dust storm swirl around Snipe. After a minute, Deku hop out to release another Delaware Smash, only to jump back when the gunslinger fired at his feet few times.
"Now, now, don't be hasty." Snipe twirled his gun with index finger and he was about to aim his weapon at the boy until he feel something slap onto his wrist with a click. "Wha…" His head whipped down to see a handcuff, one cuff floating in air with swaying motions.
"WE DID IT!" Toru hopped with a cheer.
'…I FELL FOR THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK!' The gunslinger paled under his mask, the staff will never let him live it down when they find out about that. "C-C-Congrats, you two…You passed the exam…" He said shakily and humiliated, "L-Let's head outside…" It took a while until they reach the gateway before he turn to the students as they removed the handcuff, "You two can leave the school early if you want to."
"Really?" The invisible girl grinned then turns to her partner, "Hey, let's go together to this cafe near here and celebrate our victory!"
"B-B-But I want to watch the…" Izuku stuttered before the invisible girl grabbed his arm, hugging it tighter against her chest and the poor boy stuttered madly with heavy red face as soon as he feel something firm and soft on his arm.
"I won't take no for answer, come on!" Toru dragged the spazzing boy over to the bus and the gunslinger can't help but to sweatdrop at the sight while pitying the boy at same time.
"Advisory…The teams to clear their exam are team Midoriya and Hagakure, team Uraraka and Awata, and team Asui and Tokage!" Recovery Girl's voice announced.
"My, my, three teams already passed after the first one?" All Might said to himself as he swat Katsuki away like a fly, secretly happy that his successor have passed the exam. "At this rate, you won't be able to pass this exam." He teased his opponent.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP, YOU MEATHEAD!" Katsuki threw a exploding haymaker to the number one hero's jaw, which he avoid by tilting his head back and he grab the explosive girl's collar then immediately threw her down the street.
"Until you want to pass this exam, I suggest you to cooperate with your partner and listen to her." The famous hero said, "Maybe you'll learn a thing or two after hearing her out." He turned his head, "Aren't I right, Kendo…" He blinked at empty spot under guardrail where she should be, "My girl…?" Bullets of sweating break out all over his face, 'Craaaaaaap! I got into it so much that I forget all about Kendo and this exam!'
"DON'T YOU LOOK AWAY FR…" The screaming violent girl propelled to him before she get blow miles away from a powerful shockwave when the hero swing his arm at full strength. All Might bend down then take a mighty leap up in air, quickly scanning for the martial artist until he spot her getting closer to the gate, yet far away and he land on a building's roof.
'I better get to her before it's too late!' All Might took another leap, flying toward Battle Fist's location and he hears a shout behind him.
"STOP RUNNING, YOU MOTHERFUCKER!" Katsuki lunge at him in midair.
"WHA?!" The muscular hero was startled by her sudden appearance, how did this girl catch up with him in a short time?!
"DIE!" The explosive girl blasted him with her second grenade gauntlet and All Might managed to cover himself with forearms as he crash through a random building then land on ground with couple roll, appearing to be slightly singed. All Might hear a startled gasp at his right and he glance over to see Battle Fist, oh good he have catch up before it's too late. "DIE!" Katsuki came down with a drop heel, only to have her leg grab by the number one hero before the blonde man toss her onto Battle Fist with a crash. "GET OFF ME, BITCH!" She shoved her partner off then flip up on her feet.
"Dammit!" Battle Fist got up with a curse, 'So close! How can I get through this gate with them here?' Her eyes scan everything in sight for any methods until a crazy idea pop up in her head, '…Maybe I can pull that off.'
"So how will I deal with you two?" All Might cracked his neck with a grin as he stared the heroines-in-training down and what happen next baffle him. The orangette suddenly grab Katsuki with her enlarged hand then with all of her strength, threw the violent girl toward the gateway and the explosive girl was too stunned that she doesn't act on anything as she went through the gateway with few tumbles before the sirens went off to signify their pass. "…" The number one hero stare at the orangette then at the gateway and back to her, trying to comprehend what he just witnessed. "…Um…"
"Advisory…The fifth team to clear their exam is team Kendo and Bakugo!" Recovery Girl's voice announced.
"What the fuck did you do, handy bitch!" Katsuki stormed up to Itsuka angrily.
"I got us pass the test, that's what." Itsuka scowled at her.
"You made us take a coward's way out!" The ash-blonde yelled in her face as she grabbed the orange-haired girl's collar, "I almost have him and you fucking ruin it all!"
"Have him?" The orange-haired girl scoffed as she have a grip on Katsuki's wrist, "Last time I checked, you have your ass handed to you! If you have any common sense, you know that it's impossible to take All Might on, even if we work together by some miracle, and the best thing to do in this situation is to retreat and get help!"
"Y-You. You. You…" Katsuki gritted her teeth furiously, she knows Handy Bitch's right as much as she loathes to admit but that's not good enough for her because in her eyes, pro heroes don't run away from villains like a fucking coward. "…Fuck! Dammit!" She shove Itsuka away from her roughly then stomp away, "Fucking bitch, think she's know-it-fucking-all and all hot shit because she stole my fucking Deku from me and steal his fucking ideas!"
"Wha…?!" Itsuka's head whipped to the explosive girl's direction and she was about to say something but All Might suddenly pat her shoulder.
"Congrats, Itsuka my girl, that was right out-of-box thinking right there." He said.
"Thank you, All Might." She said then glance back to Katsuki's direction with a small frown, she just lost her chance to get some answers from this girl and it make her chest tightened with some burns as her right hand clenched. Does this psycho think she own Izuku after everything she did to him? She draw in a deep breath then exhale out, she's going to stop Katsuki from whatever she's planning to do but it can wait for now.
Izuku have no idea how he end up in cafe with Hagakure but it happen anyway. "Heeeere's your drink!" Toru put a smoothie cup down in front of him then take her seat across him, sipping her own smoothie cheerily.
"T-T-T-Thank y-y-you, H-Hagakure." He take a sip of his drink.
"Call me Toru." The invisible teenager said before she giggle as soon as Izuku choke on his smoothie.
"A-A-A-Are you s-s-s-sure?" Izuku coughed to clear his airway with blush.
"Yup, Izuku, I'm sure." Toru grinned widely as the poor boy stuttered crazily at mention of his first name, "It's so unfair that you call some girls by their first name and not me."
"W-W-W-Well, w-w-w-we barely k-k-k-know each other t-t-this well…" He said.
"Then let's change that!" The invisible girl leaned forward with a wide grin that he can't see, "Ask me anything and I'll answer it…Oh!" She clapped, "No questions about quirk or hero-relating stuff because I'm pretty sure that's the first thing you want to ask."
"O-O-Oh, um…" Izuku rummaged his head for a bit, "O-Oh, w-what's your f-f-f-favorite things?"
"Caramels and dokkiri shows." Toru chirped, "I really love the reactions that pro heroes and celebrities make when they got pranked without knowing that they're on camera. I often look at some oldest videos from pre-quirk era, they're pretty hilarious!"
"A-A-Ah, really?" He said.
"Yup!" She nodded, despite the fact that he can't see her head. "What about you? What's your favorite stuff…Beside fanboy-ing over pro heroes and quirks." That cause him to blush out of embarrassment.
"I-I-I'm n-n-not this bad!"
"Mm-mmm, sure." She teased with a giggle and the blushing boy answer her questions then they share some answers and questions while making some small talk here and there.
The next day, Mina was sniffling loudly with Camie while Yui and Reiko stand in background with unreadable expressions before the acid-user laughed sadly. "Oh my god…" Mina tried her best not to cry, "You, you guys…I'm totes looking forward to…To all your stories…Oh god…"
"D-Don't despair!" Izuku tried to cheer his dejected classmates up, "You d-d-don't know, t-there could totally be s-s-s-some unexpected twist!"
"No, Midori, if you say that, you'll jinx it!" Setsuna warned him with hand on his shoulder.
"B-B-But…" The bush-haired boy stuttered before the bell rang and their homeroom teacher enter with her assistant as the students quickly take their seats.
"Good morning." Shino greeted her class with a smile, "Now about your end of term exams…" She checked the papers, "I hate to say that some of you have failed." Two certain students look very disappointed, "At least, everybody's going to the Forest Lodge."
"WHAT A TWIST!" Both Mina and Camie cried out with tears.
"There were zero failing grades for the written exam." The teacher chuckled wearily at her students' silly antic, "For the practical, Kodai, Utsushimi, Ashido and Yanagi all failed."
"The matchup was bad from the first moment." Reiko muttered flatly, Cementoss didn't hold back and just cocoon the girls in cement right at the very beginning. Little did she know is that the said teacher just got chew out for going all out when he should have hold a little back in first place.
"For the exam, we 'villains' left you a way to win while gauging how you faced the challenges we set for each of you." Shino explained, "If we hadn't, then you'd all have run into a dead end before the challenges even really began."
"Oh, I see." Kaoruko muttered.
"The forest lodge is a boot camp to begin with." The telepath heroine said as both Mina and Camie cheered together, "So the students who failed are the ones who need it the most." The cheering girls froze, "These who failed will receive special remedial periods…"
"With Aizawa." Yu finished Shino's sentence, "Meaning, it's going to be harder than what you learn in the classes."
"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Camie wailed in horror.
"Midoriya, please come up and take the lodge guides to pass them out." Shino called out to the said boy.
"Hai!" Izuku get up to fetch the schedule papers then pass them out to his classmates.
"Well, everyone are going so I'm kinda happy about that." Habuko said as soon as the class ended and the students was discussing about their lodge schedule.
"One week boot camp, huh?" Kyoka commented.
"Looks like w-w-we'll be needing pretty b-b-big bags f-for the stuff we need to t-take." Izuku nodded.
"I don't have a swimsuit and stuff." Kashiko hummed thoughtfully, "I believe I need to go shopping for them."
"Ah, in that case since tomorrow's free and exams have ended." Toru pop up excitingly, "Let's, like go shopping together! C'mon, everyone in Class A!"
"That's a great idea!" Mina propped on Izuku's back, freaked him out a bit to her amusement. "Acutally, won't this be the first time?"
"Y-Y-You s-s-s-s-should come too, T-Todoroki!" The stuttering boy turned to the said girl in attempt to get his mind off the fact that there's a girl on his back and to give dual-haired girl a chance to make more friends with her classmates.
"I visit the hospital on free days." Shoko said before she lock eyes with him, "And I told you to call me Shoko." The boy's face burn bright at that.
"Hey, Midoriya!" Yu hollered, "I need you to take this stack to staff room!"
"A-A-Ah, hai, c-coming!" Izuku jog over to collect the stack of paperwork and he was about to left until the voluptuous woman stop him with hand on his shoulder.
"Since I won't be at Forest Lodge, I'm going to say it…" The pro heroine narrowed her eyes down at him, "Don't you do anything crazy or risky like shattering every bones in your body for some stupid move. If you do, I'm gonna make you pay for it. Get me?"
"H-H-Hai, I-I understand!" He gulped with a small sweatdrop, he's not this bad anymore now!
"Good, now go." Yu shoo him out of the classroom.
"…" Camie glanced at the door before she turns back to her friends, "Yo, at Forest Lodge, I'm gonna confess to Izu-poo and make him my man, FYI." Almost immediately, the heads sharply turn to the carefree blonde with various reactions from widened eyes to stone face.
"S-Say what?!" Kinoko dropped her jaw.
"You hear me, fam." The carefree teenager said, "I'm gonna make him mine."
"Y-Y-You can't do that!" Ochaco cried out.
"Why not?" Camie replied with a shrug, "Last time I checked, he's single and I'm not gonna stand by and let one of you girls snatch him up before I get my hands on him." She jabbed her finger at them as if she was declaring a war on them, "By one of you girls, I mean all of you!"
"WHAT?!" Kyoka gawked along with few others.
"Oh, don't play innocent with me!" The attractive teenage crossed arms under her bust with a eyeroll, "It's so obvious everyone here get it bad for our sexy stud."
"That's not true." Kashiko pushed her glasses up, "I do not have a infatuation for Midoriya…"
"Oh, that so?" Camie hummed with finger on her lower lip, "Then why do you keep hanging out wit him in library or have nude drawing of Izu-poo hidden in your notebooks?" Almost everyone's heads snapped to the glass-wearing girl in pure shock.
"…We were just studying and the drawings were a reference for something else…" She kept her glasses up with trembling hand as she resist her nosebleed, "I don't draw anything down there."
"…aside the fact that she draw Midoriya inappropriately, she's right about one thing." Habuko spoke, "Not everyone have a crush on him. Like me, for…"
"That's not true." Tsuyu spoke with finger on her chin, "You have a crush on him." The snake girl blushed madly with some stutter, "And while I'm at it, I must confess that I also have a crush on him for a while lately. He have a good personality and a good looker. I respect him very much and he have my full trust." She tilt her head slightly, "Although, I believe I develop some feeling for him after he saved me more than once during the USJ incident like Kinoko here."
"…W-W-W-Wait, you know?!" The mushroom creator cried out in pure shock.
"Everyone but Midoriya know." Setsuna patted her head with a light chuckle as the brunette's face turn red, "You always become nervous and shy around him. Even give him baked cookies once a week." Kinoko covered her burning face out of embarrassment, "Anyone else here want to deny it?" Some turn to Ibara, who just stare at them quietly with rosy cheeks, then to Reiko, one of two unreadable girls in class.
"I have a deep sexual attachment to Midoriya and my intention for him is to buff him up into a ideal bodybuilder that can meet my satisfaction so I have a pleasure of riding him eight ways to Sunday and join him in a formally recognized union." Reiko said flatly as almost everyone drop their jaws again to the floor with wide circular eyes, "It's a work in process. I have to act with haste, after seeing that I'm falling a bit behind on my schedule of seducing him."
"…My kami, does everyone here have a crush on Midoriya to some degree?!" Kyoka gaped at her classmates.
"Yup, look like it." Mina threw her arm around the gaping rocker with a sagely nod, "Guess Midori's living up to 'harem king' rumor."
"…I fucking swear to kami if a villain proclaims her love for him, I'm going to punch someone in mouth." The punk's eyebrow twitched with a heavy sigh and most girls just stare at each other in pure confusion, shock and more confusion.
"Ha, fat chance of that happening." The acid generator laughed out loud, "It's like saying he'll get attentions from pro heroine, senpai or any girls from other departments." She snorted again, "I'll eat my favorite sneakers if that happen."
"Along with your jacket?" Kyoka sweatdropped.
"That's if he show up with a daughter, like you said." Mina snorted again.
Unknown to everyone, Itsuka stare at them blankly with her fists clenched tightly. At this rate she may lose Izuku to one of them and she need to do something before it's too late. 'Ugh, why can't my life be easier?!'
'W-W-W-W-What is happening?!' Izuku sweated bullets with quivering jaw. his back push up against the wall as he stare into eyes with unique pupils that shape like little star or cloud and the owner, a slender athletic girl, was giving him a open grin. He just dropped the stack off at the staff room and was on his way back until this person suddenly appears in front of him and smash both of her hands on wall between his head, startling him into backing up against the wall.
"I finally found you, little bun!" Her grin widened and the boy blink rapidly at this nickname as he glance up and down her appearance, she was wearing U.A. uniform. She have a light-colored hair that reaches down to her shoulders with part of her hair tuck behind one ear, a dark round eyes that slope downwards slightly with long eyelashes and noticeably dark eye make-up and she have a pair of puffy, cloud-shaped earrings. It's really odd for her to call him little when she's few inches shorter than him. "You have no idea how long I've been looking forward to meet you, little bun."
"I-I-I-I'm s-s-s-s-sorry, w-w-who are y-you?" He gulped.
"I'm Fuwa Mawata from Class 2-A." The girl kept grinned, "I interned under your dad at his agency."
"My dad?" Izuku blinked rapidly, "R-R-Really? S-S-Since when?"
"A little at the end of my first year, about half a year now." Mawata answered as she stands up straight, tucking her hands inside her pockets. "Your dad and everyone talk a lot about you at agency."
"S-S-Sound like them…" He laughed lightly, "N-N-N-Nothing embarrassing, I-I-I hope." Mawata's wide grin make him very nervous, he really hope that his dad don't tell her some most embarrassing stories. "W-W-W-Wait…" He realize something else, "C-C-Class 2-A? D-Does that mean y-y-you're my s-senpai?"
"Yeah, I am." She nodded with relaxed smile, "You can call me Fuwu-senpai if you want to." The boy nodded meekly before she mess his hair up, "If you get any problems and need help like someone harassing you, come to me and onee-chan will take care of it."
"O-O-Okay…" Izuku paused before he shout in shock, "E-E-EH?! O-O-O-Onee…?!"
"See you around, little bun." Mawata fluffed his hair up before she walk away with a light wave and the poor boy was so bewildered. The second year student thinks back to her interning work.
"I want you to keep track on my little bun and protect him at all cost." Hisashi towering over Mawata in a intimidating fashion as smokes burrowing from his tightened mouth, "Report back to me if any no-good girls sink their claws into my little bun. Deal with them if you can. If you do…" He lift up a plate of streaming large sponge cake, "There's a fluffy sponge cake in it for you."
"DEAL!" Mawata flicked her thumb up with a big drool.
'They don't tell me how fluffy little bun is.' She giggle to herself.
'That was weird…' Izuku blinked once before he shake his head clear then return to his classroom and he was confusing why some girls act weird, did something happen between them?
"And so we've arrived!" Mina pumped her fist up the very next day at a mall with her group, "It's the mall that boasts the most shops in the prefecture, on the leading edge of today's youth! It's the Kiyashi-ward shopping mall!"
"Wow, they don't just cover everybody individual quirk-related needs through sheer inventory size." Izuku glanced around in excitement, "They can also attract customers through their extensive collection of designs made to fit any and all demographics from teens to seniors and…"
"Calm down, you'll frighten the little children." Ibara laughed wearily, wearing a long dress that cover whole of her body.
"Yo, dude, check it out! Aren't those Yuuei kids!?" A stranger hollered out in distance, "WOOOO, SPORTS FESTIVAL!"
"Wow, there are some people who still remember us!" Ochaco said in surprise.
"For the time being, I need to get a big carrying bag." Kyoka held her hands out wide to show how big she want her bag to be.
"Oh, in that case why don't we look for one together?" Momo smiled bubbly.
"I need to buy some outdoor shoes." The pink girl hummed.
"Ah, me too, me too!" Toru hopped.
"Where do they sell goods?" Camie asked, looking around.
"Seeing as we've all got different aims hwere, why don't we decide on a meeting spot and split up?" Setsuna grinned and they quickly decide on the meeting place before splitting up right away.
"Wow." The boy muttered as he stands with Ochaco, Itsuka, Yui and Pony, "Everyone's so quick-paced." He turn to the gravity girl since she was standing next to him, "What…W-What will you d-do, Uraraka? I-I-I really want some h-h-heavy-ish wrist-weights, s-so…"
"Hmm, I need, uh, bug repellant…" She turned to meet his eyes before her rosy cheek burn bright, "…Buh…" She suddenly ran off with rapid waving arm while covering her face with another hand, "BUG REPELLAAAAAANT!"
"W-WAH?!" Izuku look so bewildered by Ochaco's action.
"Come on, Izuku, let's go check the sport store out to see if they have what you need." Itsuka patted her best friend's shoulder before she guide Izuku and girls to the said store on second floor.
If they have stick around a bit longer, they would have run into Tomura. The said lanky villain stand near the fountain and he look around, wondering why he decide to show up at this place. "…Dammit…" Tomura scratched his neck furiously, "Why did I come here?" He turns around on his heels and return to where he comes from.
"Izuku, I'm going to the workers and check to see if they have some sleeping bags." Itsuka said as she looks around, "Want me to ask anything else while I'm at it?"
"No, I'm good here." Izuku looked up from the shelves with a shaking head and the orangette give him a nod before she walk off, leaving him behind with the other girls. The greenette stand up then glance around for something that he may have to buy for the trip as the girls chat about random things or whichever essential items they should bring with them until his gaze land upon on a person, who have been standing next to him the whole time and that almost make him scream out with a jump...He did jump a little, "K-K-Kodai? H-H-How long h-have you b-been there for?" He didn't notice her at all!
"A while." Yui replied flatly.
"O-O-Oh." He rubbed his head and they stand in silence for a few minutes until the emotionless girl turn to him.
"Want to look around with me for a bit?" She asked.
"Um, h-hai." Izuku nodded after few moments, he don't see any harm in that.
"Mm." Yui walk ahead and he follow her as they wander around inside the store, stop few times to look at things. She spot something that catch her interest and she pick it up as Izuku glance at the item out of curiosity, it was a matching phone straps with snow bunnies charm. "…Buy it for me."
"Huh?" He blinked.
"For the hot dog." She said and he remember the sport festival.
"O-Oh, sure!" Izuku take it then pay the cashier right away, it's really good thing this item is pretty cheap. "H-H-Here." He gave her the straps along with the receipt in case if someone has to stop her at the doors.
"Thank you." Yui took the item then unwrap it to give one strap to him, "Here."
"H-Huh?" He blinked confusingly as he take it, "W-W-Why are y-y-you giving it to m-me?"
"Need just one." She shrugged, "And you're my friend."
"O-O-Oh, t-thank you f-f-for it." Izuku decide to attach the new strap to his phone and he never notice a barely-noticeable upward twitching of Yui's lips as she add her to her phone. They wander around until Itsuka approach them with a smile and bags in her arms.
"Hey, guys, I found some sleeping bags that you two must like." Itsuka said, handing the bags over to her friends.
"No way!" The greenette's eyes lit up brightly at the bag in his hand, "I-Is that the latest edition of All Might sleeping bag?! I don't know this place have it!"
"Hero otaku." Yui deadpanned and the orangette just giggled.
After purchased what he need, Izuku decide to wander around the mall by himself since the group are shopping for swimsuits and he don't want anything to get awkward by being there. 'Is there anything else I should bring?' Izuku scan some stores as he make a mental checklist until…
"Midoriya."
"WAH!" Izuku yelped out from shock as soon as a hand tap his shoulder from behind with a soft whisper and he turn around to see Reiko. "Y-Y-Yanagi?" He tried to slow his rapid-pounding heart down, "I-I-I didn't h-h-hear you c-c-coming up…I-Is e-everyone…?"
"They are still browsing." Reiko spoke calmly, "I come to you to request you to accompany me to a store over there." She gestured to the said store and the greenette look closer to see that it's a fitness store.
"O-O-Okay." He nodded meekly before they enter the store as he sneak few glances at the quiet girl. Out of all girls in his class, Yanagi is one of few girls who he can't read very well, even if she recently sit at their lunch table and give him some bodybuilder magazines for its tips and advice from time to time. "S-S-So w-w-what are you looking f-for in h-here?"
"Equipments." She replied once, her visible eye scan the surrounding and Izuku just rub his neck awkwardly. "…What equipments do you have at your property?" She asked after few minutes went by.
"G-G-Grippers and d-d-dumbbells." Izuku answered.
"…And that's it?" Reiko looked at him blankly, "You don't have anything to build up your leg muscle?"
"I-I-I jog?" He said meekly.
"…It appear we have to purchase some paraphernalia for you." The quiet girl turn back to the shelves, "Have you think about receiving a exercise bike or pressing machine?" She is not going to have her future husband skipping leg days.
"B-B-But there's n-n-not enough r-r-room at home for large m-machine…" Izuku mumbled to himself before he look over to Reiko, "Um…A-About your practical exam, h-h-how w-w-was it?" He decide to break the ice by asking her and hope to build their friendship up.
"It was interesting yet tough and eye-opening experience." Reiko spoke and they chat a bit for a while before the quiet girl go back to join the group, saying something about 'before they notice' and 'plans' but Izuku have no idea what it was about.
Kashiko step out from a small bookshop with shined glasses, clutching a bag to her chest proudly. She make a wise decision in coming to mall today because everything was on sell in this store and she manage to get her hands on some books of her favorite genre. 'I can't wait to go home and read them.' She resisted a certain smile from breaking out and she was about to stow it in her book bag until someone bump into her, causing the contents to spill out on ground from the bag.
"A-Ah, s-sorry! I-I w-w-wasn't l-l-looking w-w-where…S-Sekigai?" The said girl looks up to face Izuku before they look down at the spilled contents, "A-A-Ah, l-l-let me p-pick them up!" He bend down to collect them all until he stare at the cover on top of the stack with a blink, it appear to be a manga and it have illustration of Endeavor pinning All Might down with blushes, surrounding by flower petals and the title read 'Burning Love'.
'CRAP, CRAP, WHAT SHOULD I SAY ABOUT THAT?!' Kashiko's cheeks burn from pure shame as she paled at the fact that her secret as a fujoshi fan may have been exposed and he will either tell everyone or treat her like some…
"E-E-Endeavor and All Might p-p-airing is getting popular l-l-lately, huh." Izuku said like it's a normal thing before he hand the stack to the bewildered girl, "A-A-Again, s-sorry for b-bumping into you a-a-and drop e-everything."
"…It's fine…" Kashiko muttered slowly with few blinks, "…You seem to handle it well…Usually when someone see yaoi dojinshi, they'll react differently, mostly in negative way when it come to heroes."
"W-W-W-Well, o-o-one of my a-a-aunts is a mangaka a-a-and she w-wrote some yaoi stories." The greenette rubbed his head, "P-Pretty p-proud of some." While the discrimination of sexual and appearance may dwindle, there are still some groups in this era like Creature Rejection Clan for example.
"Really?" The white-haired girl blinked once, "…Oh…I see." She put her new books away then look at him, "Um…Can you please keep it secret from others?"
"I will." Izuku nodded, "Um…May I-I-I ask w-w-what make you g-g-get i-into t-them?"
"My older sister." Kashiko cleared her throat as they end up walking together, "She's gay and really enjoy any gay works she can find. When I was in my first year of middle school, I accidentally read one of her yaoi dojinshi and end up enjoying it…" She quickly waving her hand, "B-But I'm not gay because I enjoy it, I just…"
"I-I-I understand." He said.
"G-Good." She cleared her throat again, "It's one of few things I can bond with my older sister…" 'That and I want to become a yaoi mangaka at some point…' She don't say it out loud.
"T-T-That's nice." Izuku smiled.
"Y-Y-Yeah…" Kashiko coughed with light blush, "A-A-Anyway, let's go find everyone. It should be time for us to meet up." The greenette gave her a nod and they walk together.
After met up with the rest at the meeting spot, they decided to have a short lunch together before they split up to go home to pack everything and get ready for their upcoming trip.
"Due to some last minute changing, we are cancelling the stay at the lodge we've been using every year." Shota spoke to Class 1-A's confusion as soon as they gather around in front of the bus, it was the day that they leave for the summer break trip. "We are going to a new destination."
"Um, where's Sosaki-sensei?" Ochaco asked.
"Get on the bus now." The gloomy man climb into the bus and the confused students get inside to pick their seats.
"I wonder why they decide to change it at last minute?" Mina tilted her head.
"Maybe it's something related to villains?" Setsuna guessed, "I heard from some third-year students that a villain was sighted at the mall when we were there. A pro hero saw this guy."
"Really?" Toru gasped, "How crazy!"
"Maybe it's just a coincidence?" Momo said, "Maybe that's why the school is doing it. They can't know where or how that information will spread and they might want to avoid another repeat of USJ incident."
'They don't know that the sighted villain is the very same ringleader.' Shota lean back in his seat to make himself comfortable.
"Izuku, you want the window seat?" Itsuka waved the said boy over.
"Hai, thank you!" Izuku put his bag into the overhead then take his seat as the orangette sit down next to him and he look out the window…Only to get startled by the sight of Mineta sticking his face up behind the window of another bus with river of blood tears.
"DAMN YOU, YOU LUCKY MOTHERFUCKING BASTARD!" Mineta screeched loudly, "DON'T YOU GET SMUGGY WITH US BECAUSE YOU'RE ON A BUS FILLED WITH BABES AND GET SOME HEADS FROM THEM, YOU FU…" He get neck chopped so hard that he passed out, "GAK!" The culprit turn out to be Sen and he was waving at Izuku with a bright smile, a little nosebleed can be seen. The poor confused boy just wave back shakily.
"Please don't tell me we're going to spend a whole week with this pervert." Kyoka rubbed her ear with a dirty glare.
"I'm sure he won't try to do something with teachers around." Kashiko paused, "…Hopefully." The buses drive out and when they get on a highway, the gloomy man turn his head.
"In one hour, we'll stop once." Shota said, "After that, we'll momenta…Rily…" Most students weren't pay attention to him as they were chatting loudly, something about pocky and shiritori game. '…Whatever.' He turn back with a quiet huff, let them be happy for a while until they get to the stop.
A hour later, the students step out to stretch their limbs out and some look around to see that they were near a cliff that overlooking a mountains with forest. "What is this place, anyway?" Kaoruko asked until she notice a parking car, "Rest stop?"
"Where's Class B?" Kinoko asked meekly.
"This would all be pretty meaningless without some goal, so." Shota walked forward.
"LOCK ON TARGET WITH OUR SPARKLY EYES!" A familiar voice catch the attention of the class and they turn to see their homeroom teacher next to a unfamiliar blonde woman in similar blue outfit.
"WHILE OUR CUTE, CUTE STINGERS STING!" The blonde woman shouted out with wide grin. "WILD WILD PUSSY CATS!" The women flashed a pose…In front of a sullen boy with red hat with yellow horns and he look like he don't want to be here.
"The pro heroes that will host you guys are the members of the Pussy Cats…" Shota was about to say until someone cut him off with a muttering.
"WHOA, PUSSY CATS!" Izuku gushed, "They're a hero group comprising a join office of four big names in one team and Mandalay-sensei is one of them! And they're a team of veterans who specialized in mountain rescue! This will mark the twelfth year of their careers…"
"WE'RE EIGHTEEN AT HEART!" The blonde woman covered the boy's face with her glove, "EIGHTEEEN!"
"Hero otaku." Yui said flatly as some girls look amused by Izuku's antic.
"We actually own this whole area." Shino chuckled, answering her students' unasked questions. She point out to a certain mountain, "And your lodge is at the base of that mountain."
"THAT'S SO FAR!" Several students cried out.
"But then why'd we stop halfway to getting there…?" The gravity girl asked and that cause some students to become worried for some reason.
"Couldn't be…" Setsuna chuckled nervously.
"Let's go back…" Camie pointed to the bus, "To the bus…Right, fam? C'mon, quick…"
"Right now, it's 9:30 AM." The telepath smirked, "If you make it early…You might get there around tweleve."
"No…" Kyoka's eyes widened in horror, "You gotta be kidding me…"
"Let's go back!" Mina turned around.
"BACK TO THE BUS!" Itsuka pulled Izuku's arm as almost everyone make a run for it, "QUICK!"
"All you kitties who don't reach the lodge pass twelve don't get any lunch!" Their homeroom teacher called out before she give a nod to the blonde woman, who was bending down to the ground.
"Sorry, kids." Shota said, despite a shit-eating grin on his face. "Your training camp…" The earth rise up to toss all students over the cliff into the forest, "Has already begun."
"You can use your quirks all you like on our private land!" Shino called over the guardrail, "You have two hours! Within that time, make it to the facility on your own two feet! And make it past…This forest of devil beasts!"
"F-F-Forest of devil b-b-beasts?" The coughing boy stand up with dirt all over him, his classmates were in same stage.
"What's with that dragon quest-ass name…" Setsuna rubbed her shoulder with a wince, "U.A. got too many things like these…"
"No point in bitching, all we can do is go forward." The punk brushed some rocks off her shoulder and before they know it, a giant devil beast appear with snarling jaws.
"A DEVIL BEAST!?" Some students cried out in shock.
"WAIT, IT'S MADE OF EARTH!" Izuku was first to leap in action and he wasn't the only one, Shoko, Itsuka and Katsuki broke through the beast together with him almost at same time with their own quirks and the earth pieces break down all the place.
"Whew, that was close one…" Toru released her breath, only to yelp out with almost everyone when more earth beasts appeared and they become more nervous when they realize they have to reach the lodge in time before it's too late.
The sun was starting to set by the time the exhausted students reach the lodge, "Finally made it, eh, kitties?" The blonde woman grinned smugly, "For starters, looks like you didn't make it close to lunchtime!"
"T-T-T-Two hours, m-m-my ass!" Setsuna panted with hands on her knees.
"So huuuungry…" Pony moaned.
"Our bad!" Shino smirked, "For us, two hours is normal!"
"Was it all just to brag about how above our level she is?" Tsuyu said.
"Oh stop, you'll make me positively caterwaul…" The blonde woman giggled with paw on her mouth, "Though to tell the truth, I thought it'd take you all more time." She pointed some students out with her tongue sticking out, "My earth devils got blitzed more easily than I'd expected. You were quite the cat's meow…Especially you four over there. Could it be that that lack of hesitation comes from experience?" She suddenly turn her gaze on the only boy of the group, "I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU THREE YEARS FROM NOW! I'M CLAIMING YOU, PTOOEY!" She would have glomp the yelping boy if it wasn't for Shino holding her collar back and most of the girls quickly shield their only male classmate from her.
"Mandalay, was…" Shota pointed to the blonde woman weirdly, "Was Pixie-Bob always like that?"
"She's in a huge hurry, Ryuko is getting to that age, you know?" Shino sighed before she turn back to her partner, "Ryuko, please don't try jumping my student. Alright?"
"I'M CALLING DIB ON HIM, DIBS ON HIM!" Ryuko clawed out at the empty space as her sighing partner sweatdrop, "I SAW HIM FIRST!"
"S-S-Speaking of a-a-ages…" Izuku stuttered out as he ignored Pixie-Bob's shouts, "It's b-b-been on my m-m-mind all this time…" He looked at the little boy that have been standing next to the homeroom teacher, "W-W-Who is t-t-this little b-b-boy?" Some either take notice of the boy or that the Class 1-B have show up with their homeroom teacher.
"Oh, that is my nephew, Kouta." The 1-A homeroom teacher gestured to the boy with a light smile, "Kouta, say hi! These are my students and we'll be spending all week with them…"
"Ah, um, hi…" The greenette boy was about to give his greeting to the little boy but…
"HEY!" Mineta moved in swiftly with offering hand, "Name's Mineta from U.A. Department of Heroic! Nice to meet you!" He said with a 'charming' smile and in his mind, it's a perfect plan to look good in front of this boy so he can get close to two mature babes! He won't let this lucky green-haired bastard claim two more for his harem! No, he's going to have his own harem, hehe, he can see it, he can see these pussycat babes sucking on… "MY BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLS!" He suddenly wailed out in pain as soon as Kouta's fist met his groin so hard that the short student can feel his balls coming up his throat. The little boy walk away from the wailing student without looking back as Mineta curl up in ball on ground.
"I've got no intention of hangin' with some dumb gang of hero wannabes." Kouta growled bitterly.
"Hanging!?" Tenya shouted after checking up on the sticky-ball user, "How old are you!?"
"Little brat." Katsuki puffed amusingly.
"Don't see any resemblance?" Shoko said calmly.
"THE FUCK?" The violent girl turned on the dual-haired girl with a snarl, "ALSO, YOU BITCH, DON'T YOU OPEN YOUR GODDAMN MOUTH!"
"Sorry." The dual-haired girl said unfazed.
"Pipe down with the comedy act and go take all of your stuff out of the bus." Shota drawled, "Once you've brought your bags to your rooms, dinner's waiting for you in the mess hall. After that, you can hit the bats and then it's light out. The true start to camp will be tomorrow. And be quick about it."
After dropping their stuffs off in their rooms and Izuku's shock that he have a whole large room all to himself since he's the only boy of class 1-A, everyone sit down at tables with their plates. "I-Itadakimasu." Izuku clapped his hands before he start digging into his curry as the teenagers engage in chitchat.
"Hey, I wanna see the boys' room!" Mina grinned to the bushy-haired boy, "It's really big, right? Since you're the only one! You gotta let me see it later!"
"Me too, I wanna look!" Camie swallowed her foods down.
"I don't think our teachers would allow that." Itsuka replied with slight hostile and jealous in her tone that no one notices because the boys from class 1-B were very loud.
"Eat up as much as you like while you still can!" Pixie-Bob collect some empty plates off the table with a smirk, "It's fine since you'll only be troubling us today." Some students were puzzled by that.
"Ah, Kouta, pick up those vegetables, honey." Shino called out to her nephew, pointing to the box with vegetables and Kouta pick the box up with a grunt. Izuku look over to them out of curiosity before he turn back to finish his meal.
It was time for bath in hot spring and Izuku never feel so awkward before because he was sharing with 1-B students and most of them are strangers to him, at least most are friendly and he know few of them. Although he don't understand why Sen have heavy nosebleed and he's very concerning for his health. "Man, to be blunt…" The greenette turned his head to see Mineta standing in front of the tall fence as the short student spoke with hands on his hips, "I couldn't have cared less about the food…That's not what I'm after, no sir! Oh yes, I've known, I have…What I'm after is beyond this here wall…"
"Um, wh-wh-what are y-you talking to y-y-yourself about?" Izuku asked.
"This feels great!" A female voice spoke behind the fence.
"I can't believe they have a hot spring here!" Someone chirped.
"See?" Mineta pushed his ear against the wall, "They're there…To think they don't stagger the bathing times for boys and girls these dadys! Must be an accident…Oh, what a happy, happy accident!" That make almost everyone turn to him as they realize what the pervert was up to.
"MINETA, CEASE AT ONCE!" Tenya leaped into action with a hand chop, "What you're doing is a shameful deed that will cheapen both yourself and the girls!"
"Don't be such a nag." The purple-haired boy looked up to him with a scoff before he tear his hair balls out, "WE HAVE A MOTTO FOR TIMES LIKE THESE WHEN THERE'S A WALL IN THE WAY!" He attempted to scale the wall with lewd drool.
'No, the girls!' Izuku's eyes widened as flashes of his friends went through his head before he channel One-For-All and leap into action. "NO!" He grabbed Mineta by his towel then toss him back into the hot spring with a big splash as the greenette land on his foot, spinning around then spreading his arms to shield the fence with heavy blush.
"H-HEY, WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?!" Mineta get up angrily, spitting some water out of his mouth.
"I can't let you peek on my friends!" The greenette shouted, it's pretty amazing that he managed to not stutter this time. "What you're trying to do is wrong!"
"OH, FUCK YOU!" The short boy jabbed his finger at him, "YOU CAN PEEK ON YOUR HAREM AND WE CAN'T?! JUST LET ME PEEK ON THEM!" He make a run for it, "LOOK, NO TOUCH!"
"No, stay away from the wall!" Izuku shouted as he blocked the pervert and some boys help the greenette to stop their short-sized classmate. "And there is no harem or whatever you're thinking is going on!"
"BULLSHIT!" Mineta make a swipe at the greenette's towel in attempt to distract him and to humiliate him, the towel come off to reveal… "OH GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!"
"Holy fuck! You are the top dog!"
"Dog? More like a…"
"HOW BIG IS IT? HOW BIG IS IT? TELL ME!" Someone cried and it suspiciously sound like it come from other side of the fence.
"SEN, YOUR NOSE! YOUR NOSE! IT'S A FUCKING GEYSER!"
"Now I can die in peace." There is a clicking sound.
"STOP TAKING PICTURES AND TREAT THIS NOSE ASAP!"
"AAAAH, D-D-DOOOOOOOOOOON'T LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK!" The blushing screaming greenette quickly pick his towel up to cover himself after socking the pervert in face as the little student flop over to the water, keep shouting and shouting while the unconscious dwarf float facedown in water.
"I-I-I w-w-will n-never get m-m-married…" Izuku covered his red face with both of his hands, have already got dressed.
"There, there." Shino patted her student's back with a wearily chuckle, "It's going to be okay. Vlad and Eraser will punish Mineta for his actions." And make Sen delete all pictures but that's something she won't tell her only male student about. "I'm proud of you for taking action to prevent him from peeking on your classmates but maybe next time, just don't punch someone out, okay?" 'Until they're perverts.' She won't say that out loud.
"O-O-Okay…" He slowly peek out from his hands, "Um…K-K-Kouta has a…Negative a-attitude toward heroes, d-d-doesn't he?" He said to take his mind off the hot spring incident.
"What's that?" The homeroom teacher look down to him.
"S-S-Since way back, I've h-had nothing but people who s-s-said they wanted to b-be heroes all around me…" Izuku muttered, "So I wanted to t-too…And it's just, I'm thinking that it's p-p-pretty rare for a k-kid his age to be…Like that."
"You're right." Shino sighed, "Of course, there are tons of people in society who don't think terribly well of heroes…But still, if he'd been raised in a normal home, he might've come to look up to heroes, too."
"A n-normal home?" He blinked curiously.
"Mandalay's cousin…" They turned to see Ryuko approaching them with a tray of tea, "Kouta's parents, well…They were heroes, but they died in the line of duty."
"What…" Izuku's eyes widened.
"Two years ago…" The homeroom teacher sighed sadly, "They were protecting the town from a villain and no one else's last moment as heroes could've been finer. They died with honor. But to a child who's only just hit the age of reason, he just couldn't understand. A kid's parents are their whole world. To him, his parents left him all alone and yet society kept applauding that fact as a good thing, a wonderful thing…And it doesn't seem like he thinks much of us either…But, that being said he doesn't have any other relatives, so he follows us…Or something like that. To Kouta, heroes are an incomprehensible and repulsive thing to be." Izuku look down in understanding, people have different way of thinking and there are always some situations that heroes can die or can't save someone else.
"Anyway, if you're worried about not getting marrying…" Ryuko grinned widely, "Why don't you marry me right here and right now…"
"Pixie-Bob, leave the poor boy alone." Shino pushed her student away from her teammate with a eyeroll and the blonde woman pouted childishly as she chase after them.
"He's mine!"
Early in the morning, the class 1-A slowly exit the lodge in their gym uniform and most girls look very sleepy with some bed hair, they're not used to get up at five in morning. "Morning, students." Shino lightly chuckled at her groggily students before she clear her throat, "The boot camp will start today. The goal of that is to toughen up enough to acquire a provisional license in near future. Villain hostility is growing more concrete by the day and this is to prepare you all to face off against it. We'll approach them with caution. Some of you have grow up a little in the past three months, you've gained all kinds of experience." She paused to let it sink in for a bit, "However, that only goes so far as your spirit and techniques. We'll have to focus on developing your physical strength and stamina and the like but some quirks haven't grown that much." Some students look confused while other make a realization as she lead them to somewhere else, "From today onward, you're going to extend your quirks. It'll be so tough you'll feeling like dying…" The teacher stopped in front of the location as the bewildered students froze at the sight, "But please, try not to…" The telepath heroine gestured to the clearing with a teasing smirk, "Die."
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Denkai screamed out as he generate electricity while hooked up to a generation. Eijiro and Tetsutetsu was beaten up by some boy with tail and it was one-sided. Near them, Mineta was ripping his hairballs out while bleeding and some students can hear some shouting in a cave.
"I-I-Is that hell?" Camie stuttered in shock.
"For those whose quirks have an activation limit, you'll be working to raise those upper limits." The teacher spoke, "For mutantshape and hybrid types, you'll be disciplining the organs or parts of the body that are products of your quirks even more!" She was about to say more until Shota show up with Sekijiro.
"Go join them, too, Class A, and quickly." Shota grunted.
"But if you add us in, we'll be forty kids in all." Itsuka spoke up, "Can just six people keep watch over that many people using their quirks?"
"That's the reason they're around." The underground hero replied flatly.
"That's right, and we're quartet in a single whole!" Pixie-Bob appeared with hands on her hip and she was joined by her teammates.
"Locking on target with our sparkly eyes!" Mandalay grinned.
"Our helping paws will pounch your way!" A green-haired woman with yellow eyes in similar yellow outfit grinned widely, almost like an hyperactive kid.
"Springing suddenly from out of nowhere…" A bulky man in brown outfit spoke gruffly and dark.
"We're the cute, cute cats with stingers!" Pixie-Bob spoke loudly as the team flash their team poses, "Wild Wild Pu…"
"WOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE SEEING THE WILD WILD PUSSYCATS TEAM!" Izuku cut them off with his fanboy antic, "The one with green hair is Ragdoll, her quirk is Search, which allow her to locate up to hundred people, their whereabouts and pinpointing weaknesses! The giant man is Tiger and his quirk, Pliabody, allow him to stretch, flatten and bend his body in many ways, which is ideal for rescue mission if any people get trapped under pile of debris! Together with Pixie-Bob's Earth Flow and Mandalay-sensei's telepath, they…" He rambled on about the team, ranging from their missions and how they were able to work as one of the top-ranking teams.
"…" Three out of four Pussycats members turn their heads to stare at their teammate weirdly, half-listening to the mumbling boy.
"Yes, he's always like that when he encounters heroes or see any quirks for the first time." Shino chuckled goodheartedly at their reactions, scratching her cheek with index finger.
"Izuku…" Itsuka place her hand on her best friend's shoulder with a amused sigh, "Breath." The greenette take few moments to calm his fanboy side down.
"…All of you simple strengthening quirk-users, come to me!" Tiger decide to take the reins with a clearing throat as he gestured to the sweating boys doing some workout, "Our boot camp has already begun." He suddenly punched one of the poor boys, "This is ample proof your fibers aren't shredded yet!"
"YES SIR!" Jurota shouted.
"LOUDER!" The male pussycat barked.
"YES SIR!" The wild boy shouted loudly.
"This is plus ultra, right!?" Tiger turned back to the 1-A Class, "Do it! Go ultra!"
"…Good knowing you." Camie turned to Izuku and Itsuka as if it'll the last time she'll see them alive.
"U.A.'s busy, too." Shota crossed his arms, "It's difficult to spare personnel, even for the Hero Dept. freshmen. The track record of these four, and the ability of their quirks to cover a wide area make for the most logical way to push up all of their limits in such a short span of time." He clapped his hands, "Alright, Class 1-A, split up and train. Do your best to not to die." With that, he walk over to the sweating students to bark at them.
"…D-D-Did he just…?" Ochaco gulped and no one say anything as the students walk up to the heroic team to receive their hell train.
'And here I thought All Might's training was intense…' Izuku stumble forward with heavy sweats and pants, Tiger kept surprise him with sneak attacks and he lost count of how many times he ate the dirt. 'And that's the first day!' He shudder to see what the week will bring before he shake his head clear, this boot camp will help him getting stronger and become better hero!
"Wah, this forest is rich with agaricus bisporus, so amazing!" A voice chimed happily, catching the boy's attention and he look over to see Kinoko squatting in front of mushrooms near some trees. He approach her from behind with a curious blink, "Oh my gosh, and there's psilocybe zapotecorum!" She squealed with bubbling confidence as her unique eyes shine brightly, "Ah! Is that tremella fuciformis?!"
"Y-You r-r-really like m-mushrooms, huh?" Izuku muttered with soft chuckle.
"Yup, I sure do!" Kinoko grinned widely, not taking her eyes off the wild mushrooms.
"I-I-Is it because of y-your quirk?" He asked and he suddenly have a question in his head, does she like mushrooms before her quirk come in or does the quirk affect her to love mushrooms?
"Oh, I du…" She turned her head to him with a bubbly smile before she froze as red flush her face, "…M-M-M-Midoriya?"
"H-Hai?" Izuku tilted his head and they stare at each other for a while before the blushing brunette suddenly run off.
"S-S-SHOWER!" Kinoko screamed out while covering her red face, she's covered in sweats and might smell so bad to her crush!
"S-Shower?" He stuttered, is she saying that he smell?! Why does that give him a deja vu feeling?"
"It's like I told you yesterday…" Pixie-Bob grinned at the exhausted students as she gestured to plates with Ragdoll, "That was the only day you'd be troubling us over your meals!"
"From now on, if you want to have a nice meal, you make it yourselves!" Ragdoll swipe her left claw with a laughter, "Here, curry!"
"Yes…Sir…" The students moaned weakly.
"Ahahahaha, look at 'em grumble, the whole lot of 'em!" The green-haired woman laughed, "Don't think you can get off making any old cat scraps, either!"
"Now that you mention it…" Iida spoke with cupped chin, "During times of disaster or the like, providing for the stomachs and hearts of evacuees at the refuge forms part of rescue procedure…" He thrust his hand up, "Of course! As expected of U.A., no activity goes to waste! Let's make the tastiest curry in the world, everybody!"
'…You're very convenient, Iida.' Shota stared at the said student as Vlad look away with a small sweatdrop, there is really no meaning behind cooking curry at all. The students start to making curry in their own groups.
"Todoroki!" Mina called out to the said girl, "Give us some of that fire, too!"
"Bakugou, are you not able to light stuff with an explosion?" Camie asked.
"I can totally light shit, dammit!" Katsuki snarled, only to blow up some firewoods.
"C'mon, class!" Momo created a fire lighter, "If you do nothing but bother others for fire, you'll never learn how to make fire for yourselves."
'…I want to say something but I can't…' Kyoka stared at the creator with a single sweat bead on her cheek.
"No." Shoko rolled her sleeve up then lit the stone oven with her fire, "It's fine."
"Woohoo!" Ochaco hopped with claps, "Thanks, girl!"
"Burn, baby, burn!" The acid-user laughed with pumping fists and Shoko gain a small smile.
"Thanks for the food, everyone!" The students start eating their meal as Kirishima wolf his own down, "Y'know, if I saw this curry at a shop or something, I'd prolly think, eh, it's all right. But after all that effort, it's amazin'!"
"Don't speak, it's uncouth!" Momo called from her table.
"Damn, Yao-momo, you sure know how to wolf it down." Setsuna whistled.
"Yes." The creator covered her mouth, "My quirk creates matter by converting my lipids into different elements and so the more matter I store inside of me, the more I can produce."
"Kinda like poop." Sero said after overhearing her and all of sudden, some girls beat him up as Momo curl up in humiliation for having her quirk compared to something so disgusted. Most of the group didn't notice that Izuku have follow Kouta.
The next day, Setsuna moan tiredly on ground with her detached limbs scattered across the field. How many time have she take her limbs apart, reattach and regrow them over and over? 'Someone please put me out of my misery.' The greenette whimpered.
"S-S-Setsuna, d-d-do you n-need help p-p-putting you back t-together?" The said girl weakly turn her head to stare up to Izuku. Their class has a ten minute break at the moment.
"Miiiiiiidori, my heeeeeero!" Setsuna moaned with wiggling body and comical tears as the bushy-haired boy pick some detached body parts up and he glance around with right arm.
"Setsuna, do y-you know w-w-where your right fingers a-are?" Izuku asked and the prankster look around until she see her right index finger sticking out from a high branch. Okay, how did this finger get up there in first place?!
"I see one up there but I think we need Reiko for this one." The prankster groaned, the said person has went to restroom. She stare at her finger, silently wish she can use telekinetic to pull this finger over to her…Like it is doing right now…Wait, wait, what? Setsuna blinked confusingly as her finger float toward her before she realize something, "…Oh, thank, Reiko. I owe you one."
"S-S-S-Setsuna!" The only boy of 1-A Class gasped in shock, something that confused the lying girl until she look over at Izuku…And her floating body parts. "H-H-How did you…W-When…?"
"…Huh?" Setsuna looked around for the pale expressionless girl, only to see no one that fit the description. "…" She looked at her floating body parts then to the gawking boy and back to her parts few time before she scream out in shock, "ARE YOU TELLING ME I AM DOING IT RIGHT NOW?!" To test it, she will her left leg to form together and back on her hip…And it work. "OH MY KAMI, I AM!"
"T-T-T-THAT'S AMAZING!" Izuku cried out, "Y-Y-YOU CAN MAKE YOUR BODY PARTS LEVITATE!"
"BUT HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!" She cried back, "THAT IS REALLY FREAKING MY HEAD RIGHT OFF!" As soon as she said it, her head pop off up in air and floating. "…" They stare at each other in pure shock before she tilt her head down to stare at her headless body, "…WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUCK!"
"OH MY KAMI, OH MY KAMI!" He almost fainted on spot.
"What's with all commotion?" Shota walk up to the screaming greenettes with deadpan expression before he pause to stare at the sight, "…Mm, interesting." The teenagers kept screaming as their classmates gather to check what's going on and have various reaction to Setsuna's situation, mostly freaking out. "Calm down, all of you." He flashed his quirk at them, immediately quieting them before he turn back to the prankster. "Tokage, can you pull yourself together right now?"
"I-I-I'll try…" Setsuna willed her body to come together before she look over herself, "What just happened? My quirk never did do that before until now."
"It's possible that your quirk has been 'upgrade' or you never bother to test the limitation of your quirk like most people do nowadays." The erasure-user said with a small scoff, he have seen some students never push themselves pass their limit or think too lowly of their quirks when they barely scratch the surface in past. There was one case where a female student believes she only control water from existing water sources like lake, only to discover that she can pull water from thin air and turn them into ice…Six years later after graduation, so much wasted potential.
"Wait, are you saying that quirks can evolve?" Kaoruko widened her eyes in amazement.
"Yes, but not all." Shota drawled, "Under a right catalyst, a quirk can gain a new aspect or level of strength that was thought not to be possible." Some students look curious and eager at the thought of gaining more powers, "Although I won't hold high hope for an 'awakening' since not all quirks can evolve like mine for example." 'That and the common catalyst is a life or death situation but I won't tell them that.' He is so not going to let students run into any dangerous situation in possible of getting a upgrade. The scruffy teacher actually look at Izuku at that but the greenette didn't notice the staring because he was already mumbling to himself and the man only get a bit like 'next step of evolution' and 'possible ability for certain quirk'. "Go back to your designation, it's been five minutes after your breaktime." That cause most students to drag themselves to resume their training.
"S-S-Setsuna, after this, can we…" Izuku turned to his fellow greenette with shiny eyes as he was about to ask her more questions about her new discovered ability, only to pause at the sight of her wide toothy grin and predator-like eyes. "Um, w-w-w-what's with this l-l-l-look?" He gulped nervously.
"…So many new pranks…" Setsuna grinned evilly in a playful method, "Gonna be so fun."
"…I GOTTA GO BACK TO TIGER!" The nervous boy rushed off before the prankster can tease him and she just giggle giddily.
Almost everyone was so grateful for dinnertime, signifying end of second day of their hellish training and they were waiting for their group to finish cooking. "S-Supper's ready." Izuku announced and the teenagers receive a plate of natto.
"You look so exhausted than yesterday." Mina glanced to Setsuna, who appear to be dead on feet.
"Since my upgrade…" Setsuna said slowly and tired, "They dial it…Up to twenty…Make me try…Many things…Like divided my…Body in pieces…And floating around…To test limits…" Her face fall forward down, landing in her food with a weak groan.
"Yikes, suck to be you." The pink girl winced, "Although your upgrade is so awesome! I mean, flying around? So jelly!" She took a bite before she blink rapidly at her plate as drool run down her chin, "Daaaaaamn! That's waaaaay best than any natto I ate!" She looked over to the cookers of the day, "Hey! This meal is great, I'm loving it!"
"I wish we should take credit for that but it was all Midoriya." Habuko replied, "He did all the cooking."
"No, no, e-e-everyone did t-t-their part in c-c-cooking." Izuku waved his hand.
"Yes, but you did the most out of us three." The snake-headed girl said and Ibara nod her head.
"Wait, you made it?!" Mina turned to the only boy of their class with widened eyes.
"M-M-My dad have b-b-been teaching me how to c-c-cooking l-lately." He smiled sheepishly as some girls pictured his scary father in apron in kitchen, "B-B-B-But I'm not t-this good, I-I only know the basic…And I-I-I have a long way to…"
"Midori, marry me!" The pink girl grabbed his hands with serious expression, this guy can make her favorite food and it's soooo damn good that she want to taste it again…Every single day until she get sick!
"E-EH?!" Izuku stuttered.
"Excuse me, he is my fiance." Shoko stand up with a serious look.
"I don't care!" Mina stick her tongue out to her, "I'm going to marry this guy and have him cook me natto!"
'S-S-She's joking, r-right?' The bushy-haired boy glanced between his classmates, never notice few glares from some girls at the pink girl.
"D-D-Damn bastard!" Mineta cried bloody, "Why can't it be meeeeeee?!"
"If it's you, you still won't have a damn chance." Awase deadpanned.
On the noon of the third day of boot camp, a certain group of teenagers stand unmoving and Shota walk up to them from behind. "What's wrong, remedial?" Shota spoke, "You've all stopped moving!"
"I'm sorry, I'm just…" Mina yawned as Kirishima grunted with Kaminari and few other students, "A bit…" Her eyes closed, "Sleepy…"
"Yesterday's remedial lesson…" Kaminari moaned.
"I told you, didn't I?" The scruffy man replied, "How tough it'd be." He give them a long explanation about their quirks and how they can make up for their weaknesses, "…But more than any of those things, you have to reflect on how weak your conduct was during the end-of-term exam! While you train, I want you all to think long and hard about just why all of you are more exhausted than the others!" He turned to certain students, "Uraraka! Awata! I'm talking to you, too! You two barely evaded failing the exam yourselves! If the passing grade were, say thirty points, you'd have skirted maybe a thirty-five."
"B-Barely?!" Ochaco squeaked.
'We just got lucky somehow.' Kaoruko panted, still can't wrap her brain around how they passed this exam.
"Don't lose focus." Shota grunted, "And don't anybody plod around. No matter what you do, always be aware of your starting points. Your origins. That's what progress is all about. What is it you're busting a sweat for? What is it you're okay getting grumbled at by me for? Always keep your personal reasons in mind." Some students were letting it sink in.
"…That r-reminds me, A-Aizawa-sensei, I-I know it's already day three but…" Izuku shuffled closer.
"Don't mosey over to me while mumbling to yourself." The scruffy man deadpanned.
"Is All Might not…" The greenette caught himself, "A-Ah, I-I mean, are the o-other teachers not g-g-going to come to c-camp?"
"It's just as I said before we reached the lodge." Shota said, "We're operating on a strictly need-to-know basis so that villains don't catch on to our every move."
"That's why you're with us now!" Ragdoll popped up from a bush, startled some teenagers.
"And that goes all the more for All Might." The scruffy man carried on as if his fellow pro hero didn't pop up randomly, "We've surmised that he is one of the villains' goals, so of course we couldn't have him come with us." He grumbled, "For better or worse, the man stands out. And so this is how it has to be…"
'Probably for worse way more often than for better…' Izuku sweated.
"I wouldn't laugh this much with catnip!" Pixie-Bob grinned with paws on her chin, "Putting all that aside, guess what we're doing this evening! We're putting on a mixed test of courage!" Almost all teenagers perked up at that, "After intense training, come intense playtime! This is what they call…The carrot! And the stick!"
"…Ah, I totally forgot!" Itsuka said before she bit her lower lip with a tiny frown.
"Ugh, I hate scary stuff…" Kyoka panted with hanged head.
"What a mad banquet of darkness." Fumikage said.
"Right, they're doing events and stuff for us." Sen nodded.
"All of which is to say RIGHT NOW YOU NEED TO GIVE IT YOUR ALL!" Tiger pop up with a roar.
"YES SIR!" The teenagers screamed.
Whoa, Bakugo, you're a damn sight with a kitchen knife!" Ochaco said amazingly after seeing Katsuki cutting vegetable skillfully for their dinner, "Wasn't expecting that!"
"WHADDYA MEAN YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING THAT, WHY THE FUCK WOULD I BE GOOD OR BAD WITH A FUCKING KITCHEN KNIFE?!" Katsuki chopped the vegetables to piece loudly.
"Oh, it's been a while since the talented Ms. Bakugo showed up again." Camie commented.
"…Girls are scary…" Eijiro gulped and Denki agreed meekly. The electricity user thought it was going to be awesome when they are having a joint-class cooking today but most girls just ignore him when he hit on them and some actually scare him off with a deadly glare, guess they were still pissed off about the rumors and cheerleader prank. At least he don't get Mineta treatment, which is hanging upside from a tree with gag.
"Did you have some kind of business with All Might?" Shoko asked Izuku, carrying a pot and he look up to her from the stone oven. "You asked Aizawa-sensei about him earlier."
"Ah, yeah…" Izuku muttered, "I-It was…Uh…About…W-Well…Kouta."
"Kouta?" The bi-haired girl tilted her head, "Who's that?"
"Huh?" He pointed ahead, "He's that kid o-over there, look…" He don't see the boy somewhere, "Oh…He's g-gone again." He figured that the little boy have went to his hideout spot before he turn back to put firewood inside the oven, "That kid, he h-hate heroes. He e-even hates the whole w-world of superhumans, and q-q-quirks in general. And I couldn't think of w-w-what I should tell him for his s-sake. If All Might were here…I b-bet he'd have a c-comeback at ready…" He looked up to dual-quirk-user, "W-What about you, Todoroki? W-What would you say?"
"…It depends." Shoko answered, "…And call me Shoko."
"Right, right, o-of course, it depends, b-b-but…" Izuku nodded with cupped chin.
"Even if he's told all the right things, if you don't know his background then you'll only succeed in annoying him." She continued, "If words alone were enough to move him, then it didn't weight that heavily on him to begin with, the important thing is what the person who's saying it has done…And what they're doing now. I think that…Words are always accompanied by deeds."
"…" The greenette think back to All Might's second encounter before he remove his gloves, "You're r-right. Now t-that you mention it…I guess I d-did come across as some b-bystander spouting nonsense."
"I don't know what you want to do with that kid but sticking your nose into such a delicate subject so bluntly…" Shoko said, "Then again, you are surprisingly inclined to bust into people's personal space without any regard to that."
"M-M-Man, I feel a-awful…" Izuku blushed embarrassingly.
"…I don't mind, it's one of many things I love about you and why I want to marry you." She replied as the boy choke on his spit, "Speaking of marriage, do you prefer winter or fall wedding? I'm more partial to winter."
"Ummmm…" The blushing boy stuttered until Iida call out to them, which he was very grateful for.
"Hey, you two, idle hands!" Tenya chopped his hand, "Come on, we're making the ultimate meat and potato stew!"
"Now then!" Pixie-Bob grinned with hands on her hip as the students clean up, "Your bellies are full and the plates are washed! Next up, it's time for…"
"THE TEST OF COURAGE!" Mina pumped her fist up with megawatt grin.
"Before that, it pains my heart, but the remedial gang…" Shota said boringly as he pointed some teenagers out, "Is to come with me for a remedial lesson."
"NO WAY!" The pink girl wailed in horror before the scruffy man toss his capture scarves at the remedial students.
"Sorry, their training during the day was more negligent than I expected, so I'll be whisking them away." The underground hero drag the struggling students away.
"FORGIVE USSSSS!" Mina wailed, "LET US GO SCARE THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEM!"
"All right, we will have everyone draw a ball from this box." Shino gestured to a box with a smile, "If you draw a black ball, you are in scarer group and if you get white ball, you will be face the test of courage. After that, the groups will switch their roles." She wait to allow the teenagers to draw balls, "The test-takers will enter the route in group of two, spaced out by three minute intervals. In the middle of the route, there'll be tags with your names written on them, which you'll be returning with."
"What a mad banquet of darkness." Fumikage muttered.
'He said it again.' Ochaco glanced at bird-headed teenager.
'Some of the liveliest ones aren't here, so there's a bit of a lull in the air…' Izuku noted.
"The scare providers aren't allowed to touch you directly." The 1-A homeroom teacher said, "They'll try frightening you using their quirks, so this should introduce you to some of them."
"Whichever class uses their creativity and imagination to make the most people shit themselves in terror wins!" Tiger shouted.
"I don't want to hear that gross shit, please…" Kyoka grumbled with paled face.
"I see!" Tenya gasped loudly, "By forcing us to compete and making us polish and expand our ideas. I twill result in yet greater breadth and scope to our quirks! That's U.A. for you!"
"Group of t-two…" Izuku hummed, "But wait…If s-s-some of us are d-d-doing remedial lessons now, t-t-then…" He did a quick mental headcount, "T-That leaves o-one of us without a-a partner!"
"We drew lots, so…" Ojiro spoke with raised hands, "Who'll know what will bound to end up this way." The test-taker group drew their assigned pairing.
"Woo!" Camie waved a 'eight' ball as she threw arm around the bushy-haired boy, "I get Izu-poo as my partner. That is so lit!"
"…Wait a second!" The punk whipped her head to stare at the attractive teenager, "Aren't you supposed to be doing remedial lesson? W-Wait, didn't we just saw Aizawa-sensei drag you away?!"
"Glamour." The carefree teenager smirked smugly, "I'm not gonna miss out on this one…And remember what I told you all before? I'm gonna take this chance." Immediately, the girls realized her comment while Izuku and the boys appear to be confused to some degree. Before anyone can get a word in, Pixie-Bob clapped her hands loudly to get their attention.
"Scarers, please go inside!" She hollered with a grin, "We will start the test of courage in ten minutes!"
"Alright, cutie Midoriya kitten and Cam-Cam kitty, go!" Pixie-Bob gestured to the forest almost fifteen minutes later with a wide grin and the pair enters the route.
"I'm gonna hold your arm!" Camie suddenly hugged his arm while press her chest against him, "I'm totally bad with scary stuff." Despite what she just said, she was smiling happily and some teenage girls bore a deadly glare into the back of her head.
"D-D-D-D-Don't w-w-worry, it w-w-w-won't be t-t-this s-s-scary!" Izuku squeaked with red face as he tried to distract himself from the feeling on his arm and they heard some screams in distance.
"Wonder who got scared." The attractive girl hummed thoughtfully and the greenette nodded slightly, keep walking deeper into the woods for some time. Camie take a look around to make sure they have some privacy before she stop in track, causing her partner to halt as well.
"W-W-What's wrong, U-U-Utsushimi?" He asked concerning, wonder if the nerves have gotten to her.
"Izu-poo, I have something to tell you." Camie took hold of his hands with a serious face, "You are the most cute, sweet and kind person that treat everyone equally…" Izuku don't know why he is blushing right now, 'Plus, you never act like a pervert and ogling anyone.' She know that she's sexy and attractive enough to get almost everyone's attention and she's proud of it but it can get very annoying for several good reasons like perverts and everyone, but her relatives, always stare at her chest. Izuku is the only one out of her family that don't, which is first, and she have to admit that she have a serious crush on him for months. "Will you go…" Something reach her nose, "Huh? Do you smell…?"
"S-Smoke?" Izuku confirmed with a nod, "Y-Yeah, I-I smell it…" They look around for the source until they see black smokes rising above the forest, "Wha…"
"EVERYONE ON ALERT!" Shino announced via her telepath quirk, "We're under attack! There are two villains, with a possibility of multiple more! Everyone who can, retreat as swiftly to the facility! If you encounter a villain on the way, do not engage under any circumstances!"
"Villains?!" Both teenagers were taken aback by the news as the curvaceous teenager gasped, "I thought this place is secret?!"
"H-How did th…" The greenette quickly realize something as his head whipped to the direction of Kouta's hideout place, "Utsushimi, go without me!"
"Wha…Why?!" Camie looked at him alerted.
"Kouta, this little boy, he's at his hideout deeper in the forest!" Izuku said hurriedly, "He's all by himself so I'm going to get him and bring him back!"
"But by yourself?!" She said worriedly, "We don't know how many villains there are and what they can do!"
"I know it's risky." He frowned, "But knowing that, I can't just retreat and leave someone to danger just like that."
"I…" Camie bit her lower lip, "…Alright." She know there's no way she can persuade him otherwise, "Just…" She cupped his face, "Just be careful and stay safe."
"I will." Izuku said and before he know it, Camie give him a light peck on lips to his shock as blush break out on his face.
"You better." She pulled away with a wink before she make a retreat with help of her quirk, leaving the stunned boy behind. Since she can't confess to him right now, she let him know that she's interested in him by kiss him.
'D-Did she just…' The blushing greenette would faint on spot but he fight it back as he shook his head clear before he race toward Kouta's direction, putting everything on backburner for now.
Pony was running with Koda away from a stitched-up villain who calls himself Dabi as the villain blast blue fire at them, which they narrowly avoid. "Gallop, little forest friends, gallop on." Dabi laughed cruelly as he blasting more fire at the fleeing teenagers.
'What can we do to get away from this guy?!' Pony gritted her teeth, it feel like this villain is toying with them because they kept get many close calls. 'Only if we have something to fight back, beside our quirks!' A startled cry catch her attention and she look behind to see that Koda have tripped…Way behind her, due to her fast run.
"Aha, one cooked critter coming up!" The villain grinned evilly as he prepare to shoot blue flame at the downed teenager.
'No! No! No!' The foreigner widened her eyes in horror. With this distance, she can't reach him with her top speed. "NO!" She shouted out loudly and something unexpected happen. Her horns shot from her head and impale Dabi's right shoulder and left side to their surprise.
"Oh?" Dabi raised his eyebrow as his body start to break down in some kind of slime-like substance, "That was not in the list." That was the last thing he said before his complete dissolvement.
"Wha…?" Pony reach up to touch the side of her head, feeling her horns to her confusion as she stare down at her discarded horns. How did she just do it? A painful grunt from Kodai snap her out of her confusion and she quickly rush over to help the boy up before they hurry back to the lodge.
Habuko have no idea what just happened when she swiftly use her quirk on a villain, Compress, after he come out of nowhere and attack her and Kaoruko. The villain was so close to capture them and in heat, she manage to paralyze Compress, which confuse her since her quirk require eye contact and the villain stay froze longer than usual when the girls get a long head start ahead from this man. Habuko will later realize that her quirk have been evolved a bit farther and she wasn't the only one.
"What a pest…" Mandalay jumped backward away from Spinner.
"A pest?" Spinner leaped with his giant knives-fused sword over his head, "No, you, you phony! Would ya just get purged already!?" He was about to swing it downward…Only to have his sword shattered when Izuku deliver a flying double-heel kick out of nowhere.
"MANDALAY!" Izuku shouted as the said heroine notice his injuries, "IT'S KOUTA! HE'S OKAY!"
"You…" A wave of relief, shock and concern wash over the telepath heroine, glad that her nephew is safe but worry what they have went through up until now.
"I HAVE A MESSAGE FROM AIZAWA!" The greenette tumbled across the ground with few grunts, "PLEASE USE TELEPATH TO RELAY IT!" She nodded, "EVERYONE IN CLASSES A AND B! ON THE NAME OF THE PRO HERO, ERASERHEAD, YOU ARE HEREBY PERMITTED TO BATTLE!"
'Hope you're sure about this, Eraser…' Shino think to herself as she relay the message to everyone within her range before she deliver a kick to Spinner, which was blocked with his forearms. "We appreciate the message! However you need to go back as soon as you can! Those injuries are serious!"
"Sorry, I can't yet!" Izuku swiftly regain his footing before he take off in another direction, "There's something else…Please, one more thing to relay! The villains have at least one target…They're aiming for Kacchan! Please use your Telepath!"
"Kac…" The telepath heroine's eyes widened, "Bakugo?! Wait a second!"
"Oh my…" Magne pushed Tiger away to charge toward the greenette after she realize this boy have defeated this bloodthirsty muscular man, "That kid…We really ought to kill him now!"
"Don't lay a hand on him, sistah!" Spinner unexpectedly come to Izuku's rescue by throwing a knife pass Magne's face to stop her and they were arguing about something that the greenette can't hear as he get farther deep into the forest.
He has been running through the woods for a while and he believe he heard a gunshot, which concern him. 'Is everybody all right?!' Izuku huffed heavily, 'Where are they? Kacchan and Shoko were the second pair to go down the test of courage path…If they haven't moved from that spot, then they shouldn't be far at all…' A giant black claw come at him from side and he should have move, only to have pain kick in. He closed his eyes to brace himself for the attack but before he know it, someone grab him out of the way then fling him over onto the back. "Huh…You're…From Class B…"
"Shouji." The giant student nodded with rapid pants, "Those wounds…There's no way you're fit to move in that condition…Your whole heart must be set on saving your friends. For heaven's sake…"
"What was that…" The greenette asked.
"Oh, that." Shouji spoke through one of his extra mouth, "When the villains struck, I jumped to protect him…But that very act unfortunately triggered the quirk he'd been desperately bottling inside of him…So if you want to get past this point, we need to something about that first." Izuku look ahead and his eyes widened when he see Fumikage fighting to reel wild Dark Shadow in.
"Get…Get away from me!" Fumikage shouted, "Otherwise you'll die!"
"TOKOYAMI!" Izuku gasped and the masked teenager explained the situation and his quirk as the OFA user try to come up with some plan to calm Fumikage's quirk down.
"Tetsutetsu!" Itsuka shouted as the said student shield her from bullet with his steel quirk. They ended up ran around the woods together to look for any students that may fall behind and to stop a villain from unleashing his gas.
"No, go back!" Tetsutetsu grunted and the gas-user villain laugh out loud, start to ranting but the orangette wasn't listen as she form some plan in her head and wonder about her childhood best friend-slash-crush, hoping that he won't do anything crazy.
"If you're right about that, it is still crazy!" Shouji raced with Izuku on his back as Dark Shadow chase them down.
"There they are!" Izuku pointed at growing tower of ice in distance, "Look at the ice! They're engaging!" The giant teenager sprinting toward the location with few sharp turns until he see the girls.
"GIRLS!" The masked teenager shouted, "ONE OF YOU, PLEASE…" A bondage-themed villain screech something about flesh with shooting teeth, "MAKE US SOME LIGHT!" The villain should have get them…If Dark Shadow haven't smash him down to ground like a pest.
'…What the fuck…' Katsuki and Shoko stare at the downed villain that have been giving them hard time, can't believe how anticlimax it was.
"KACCHAN!" Izuku shouted, "SHOKO!"
"It's Midoriya…And some guy I don't know…" Shoko uttered, "And is that Tokoyami?"
"FAST, DAMMIT, MAKE SOME LIGHT!" Shouji shouted with his extra mouth, "TOKOYAMI'S GONE BERSERK!" The teenagers avoid Dark Shadow's wild slams and the villain was unlucky as it knock him out with broken teeth to Katsuki's delight because this guy was being too fucking creepy.
"RRRRAHHHHH, STILL NOT ENOUGH HAVOC!" Dark Shadow roared, "GRAAAHHH!" Suddenly, the girls hit creature with fire and explosive as it reduce the creature to small size, enough for Fumikage to reel it in.
"Your quirk's a bad against mine, remember…" Katsuki huffed.
"I'm sorry." Fumikage looked up to her with heavy pants, "You saved me."
"You instantly crushed the villain who had us locked into playing defense." Shoko stared at the downed villain in distance, it look like he won't get up for a long time.
"Are you o-okay, Tokoyami?" Izuku asked, "I-I'm glad you did what I told you!" The bird-headed teenager think back to the greenette's suggestion to yield to Dark Shadow so they can bring him to the girls.
"I'm sorry, Shouji…" The shadow-user look down in shame, "Midoriya, too…It was all my fault…My heart wasn't prepared for this. The moment your replicant arm was severed, I let my rage unleash Dark Shadow! Touched by the dark of night…And also, my own anger, I ended up spurring on its mad frenzy. As a result, its' heart swelled so much I couldn't contain it, and I hurt Shouji inadvertently…"
"You can tell us all about it later." Shouji replied, "That's what you yourself would say."
"Oh yeah!" The greenette spoke up, "We figured out that Kacchan is one of the villains' goals!"
"Bakugo?" Fumikage slowly stand up, "They're aiming for her life? But why?"
"We don't know…" Izuku replied, "In any case…I think the safest place we can be is back at the facility, where two pros are!"
"I see." The bird-headed teenager nodded, "So then, our mission now…Is to escort Bakugo to safety, is it!"
"Except, the Pussycats are still engaging the villains at the square." The greenette said, "If take the path back, we'll get noticed by villains and lose valuable time. The best way there is to cut a line straight through."
"We don't know how many villains there are." Shoko pointed out, "There's a chance we'll encounter some out of nowhere."
"We have Shouji's enemy detector ability!" Izuku spoke as Katsuki looked around, "And with your ice…Plus, we can even use Tokoyami, Dark Shadow will be invincible if we're at the ready with some light to keep it at bay…" The teenagers surrounded the explosive girl, "Honestly, with a lineup like this, I wonder if even All Might wouldn't be so scary!"
"WHAT THE FUCK, YOU LITTLE!" Katsuki shouted.
"You walk in the middle." The dual-quirk user said flatly.
"Don't fucking guard me, shit brigade!" The explosive girl shouted again.
"Let's go." Shouji walked together with the group.
"I hear some fighting up ahead." The masked teenager said after ten minutes of walking, "What should we do?"
"W-We should go and help them." Izuku replied, there is a possibility it's one of the students who need help. The group break through the bushes and the greenette peek over Shouji's shoulder to see two of his classmates and a villainess pinning down. "Uraraka!?" He called out to the said girl who was pinning the villainess down.
"Izuku!" Tsuyu shouted with her hair pinned to a tree, "Everyone!" At this moment, the messy bun-haired villainess breaks out from the hold and hop over the bushes.
"Ah, shit!" Ochaco cussed.
"You got reinforcements and I don't like the idea of getting killed so it's bye-bye for…" Himiko said flatly until she catch a glance of Izuku as a small blush appear on her face before she run off into the forest.
"Wait!" The gravity girl was about to go after her but was stop by the frog girl.
"It's too dangerous, we still don't even know what her quirk is!" Tsuyu shouted.
"Who was that girl, just now?" Izuku asked the girls as soon as the groups approach each other.
"A villain, and a damn crazy one!" Ochaco replied, holding her bleeding arm.
"Uraraka, you're hurt!" The greenette boy gasped.
"It's nothing, I'm fine, I can still walk…" She waved it off as she look over her only male classmate, "And, wow, you're in way worse shape than me!"
"Is this any time to be standing around?" Shouji grunted, "Come on, let's move!"
"Well, for the time being, I'm happy you're all right." Izuku sighed with relief, "Oh, wait, you should come with us! Right now, we're headed back toward the facility while escorting Kacchan!"
"Huh?" Ochaco raised her eyebrow.
"You're escorting lil' Baku?" Tsuyu questioned, "Then, where is lil' Baku?"
"Wha?" Izuku turned his head, "What are you talking about, Kacchan's right behind…Us…" He don't see Katsuki and Fumikage.
"Oh, her?" A voice spoke above them and they look up to see a masked villain standing on a branch, juggling two marbles with one hand. "I used my magic and palmed her. She ain't the kinda talent that should be in the hero side! So we're gonna take her to a stage where she can really shine!"
"Give her back!" Izuku shouted.
"Give her back?" Compress repeated, "What a peculiar request. Bakugo is a girl, not an object anyone owns. She owns herself, you filthy egotist!"
"Get out of the way!" Shoko warned her group as she stomp her foot down and the wave of ice blast out toward the tree, froze it.
"All we want to do is show you that the values you obsess over aren't all there is." Compress jumped off the tree before the ice can claim him, "An alternative path, if you will. The kids these days are made to choose their paths by their values."
Shouji start to notice something, "It's not just Bakugo who's gone…Tokoyami is, too!"
"Going out of your way to accost us…" The dual-quirk user frowned, what kind of quirk this villain has to abduct two of them without making a sound. "You're underestimating us big time."
"I used to be an entertainer." The masked villain rolled a ball with his fingers, "It's a bad habit of mine. And to think I'd find myself palming young Tokoyami here as a bit of an ad lib! Moonfish…The fellow with hundredth blade, despite, well, you know, he was such a born killer that any appeals against his death sentence are dismissed! So, with the sheer level of ultra-violence he displayed trampling ol' Moonfish flat, I figured he'd be great to swipe, too!"
"You bastard!" Izuku shouted angrily, "Don't just take them!"
"Midoriya, calm down." Shouji spoke.
"Uraraka, I'm leaving this kid to you!" Shoko shove a passed-out boy off her back to the said girl.
"Huh?" Ochaco grabbed the student, "Ah, yeah, sure!" A giant tundra appeared, due to Shoko's quirk.
"Sorry, folks, deception and running away are my only saving graces!" Compress hopped across the ice pillar with some flips, "Like I'd stick around to fight aspiring hero cadets!" He pressed his ear, "New Genesis unit! Retrieval mission complete! It may have only been a small while. But with this, we must close the curtains! Head towards the recovery point within the next five minutes, as we agreed on!" He hopped across the treetops with a cheery humming while glancing behind him few times, he know that the kids won't be able to catch up with him since they seems not to have any quirks that must give them any advantage to catch up and look very exhausted. 'Now…' Compress looked ahead until he hear something behind him.
"WHOOOOOOOOOOA!?" A shout cause him to look over his shoulder to see Shouji flying toward him with Izuku and Shoko.
"Wha!?" The masked villain cried out in shock before the teenagers tackle him and they crash down on ground, holding him down…Right in front of a group of villains.
"Whoa, I totally know these little punks!" Twice gasped with pointing finger, "Who are they!?"
"Get outta the way, Mr." Dabi lift his hand up.
"I roger!" Compress confirmed and the patch-up villain blasting his blue fire at the group in front of him. The teenagers have no choice but to release the villain and jump out of the range while the masked villain quickly escape.
"Hey, those faces, they were on Shigaraki's list!" Twice pulled tape out of his wrist behind Shoko, "You and shitbeat normo over there were totally not on that list!" The dual-haired girl click her tongue before she send the villain flying with her ice attack, "Hot hot hot!"
A needle darting past between Izuku and Shouji, which the latter was forced to release, and Himiko leap toward him with a big grin. "Hello, little Izuku, I'm Toga!" She pinned him down while swinging her knife, "I've been thinking, you're hotter when you've got more blood all over you, Izuku!"
"HUH?!" Izuku can't help but to cry out in confusion before the masked teenager shove the crazy girl off the greenette.
"Ouch." Compress get up as he brush his shoulder, "To think they'd come flyin' at me! The things they come up with, I swear."
"Where's Bakugo?" Dabi asked.
"But of course…" The masked villain reach inside his pocket, only to feel empty air.
"C'MON, RUN!" Shouji shouted before he look over his shoulder at the villains, "What you just did made it clear as day! I don't know how your quirk works, but you flaunted them for quite some time…The marbles you put into your right pocket are Tokoyami and Bakugo, aren't they, 'entertainer'?" He was holding the said objects.
"Shouji!" The greenette gasped.
"Hoho!" Compress clapped, "And in such a short time, too! Figures, a guy with six arms would be a deft hand at pat downs!"
"Then it's done!" Shoko rushed toward the villains, leaving Twice behind.
"Idiot…" Dabi grunted.
"Wait!" The masked villain threw his hand out to stop the villain in trail and a noumu appear along with familiar black mist.
"That, that warp…" Izuku whispered.
"Five minutes have elapsed since you gave the signal." Compress said as the villains jump through the warping portal, "Come, Dabi, we must take our leave."
"Wait, the target is still…" The patchwork villain frowned.
"Ah…" Compress remove his hat along with his mask, "It seems as though they're so happy they're about to pull a runner, but hey, they can keep them as a little parting gift. It's admit it's bad habit of mine. See, one of the basic rules of magic is that when you're flaunting something…" He stick his tongue out to reveal two marbles, "It means you've got something to hide." Piece of ice chucks pop out from Shouji's hand to his shock, "When you tried hitting me with that ice, I prepared a dummy and put it into my right pocket and when you saw me put what was in my right hand into my right pocket, you were so happy to fly the coop!"
"SHIT!" Izuku sweared.
"And with that, I'm beckoned backstage!" Compress bowed mockingly, "Thank, thank you…" A laser beam blindsided him, shattering his mask and causing him to spit the marbles out from his mouth. The teenagers swiftly leap toward the marbles and in this moment, the pain kick in for Izuku as he fall behind. Shouji caught Tokoyami and Shoko almost get the one with Bakugo inside but it was caught by Dabi.
"Aw, how sad, Todoroki Shoko." Dabi grinned teasingly before he glance to Compress, "Target acquired. Release 'em."
"The hell was that laser…" Compress groaned with a snap, "Ruined my show, it did!" The marbles released the trapped teenagers.
"All clear." The sew-up villain chuckled while holding Katsuki.
"You fu…" Katsuki looked up to the villain angrily.
"KACCHAN!" Izuku need to do something to save her and without thinking about it, he channel One For All to his legs.
"Stay awa…" The explosive girl hissed to the greenette.
"NO!" The greenette took off like a rocket and push Katsuki toward the teenagers while tackling the shocked flame-user villain through the portal.
"DEKU!" Katsuki shouted with widened eyes as she watch Deku falling through the portal.
"IZUKU!" Shoko shouted and before the teenagers can act, the portal vanished.
"N-No…" The explosive girl whispered shakily before she shout out angrily, "RRRRRAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!"
The ambulances and firefighters were everywhere with the police as the pro heroes and students were getting checked on while putting the captured villains were put away. Throughout the chaos, Itsuka just sit on the ambulance's back in shock like most of her classmates because they found out what happened to Izuku and she can't help but to think what he's going through at the villains' hands. 'And I can't even protect him…' She clenched her fists, biting her lower lip hard enough to draw some blood. Her gaze shift to Katsuki, who was getting treating in another ambulance. '…It's all her fault. Because of her, Izuku…' She squashed her eyelids shut.
Toshinori have his head down with hands on his forehead as the staff discuss about the situation the very next day, his successor have been holding hostage by the damn villains and it make him feel so helpless because there is nothing he can do at this moment. He needs to get out there on field and find young Midoriya before anything happen to him! His ringtone snap him out from his thought and he step out hastily with a quick apologize. He later get a very good new from his best friend about the villain's location.
"Ugh…" Izuku's eyes fluttered open as he feel very sore all over his body, following by some feeling of restriction on his limbs. "Wha…" He look down to see ropes around his body…Along with some bandage wraps?
"About damn time you get up." A raspy voice grunted, "You have been out too long…And we even went through some trouble patching you up and give you some painkillers on Sensei's order. What annoying…"
"Wha…" The greenette look up to see Shigaraki with villains and his heart went up his throat.
"Now you're up, we can st…" Shigaraki scratched his neck, only to be cut off.
"You're finally up, Izuku!" Himiko lunge with a megawatt grin onto Izuku's laps then hug his face into her chest, "Tell me! Do you have a girlfriend? If not, can I be your? Wanna kiss? Let me put some bl…"
"Toga, dear, the cute boy's passed out." Magne giggled.
"Huh?" Himiko look down to see that the boy have passed out from having his face shoving into her bust, "Awww! Should I wake him up with a kiss?"
"No, let's not!" Spinner waved his arms, "You shall not assault the chosen one!"
"I'm with him." Dabi said uncaringly, "I don't really want to see any mushy-mashy going on in front of me."
"So I have to get a room with him?" The bun-spouting girl grinned widely.
"NO!" A couple of villains shouted, "YES! GO GET IT ON, GIRL!" Spinner turn to glare at Twice.
'…' Shigaraki smack his forehead annoyingly, he really wants to get it over with but nooooo, his sensei wants this boy alive for some reason. 'Maybe we can convince him to switch party.' He huff to himself.
In a hospital room, a small group of students were gathering to check up on some of their classmates and discussing. "Did you watch any TV!?" Denki said, "U.A.'s all over the news, it's pretty bad."
"No." Mina replied worriedly, how can someone watch the news right away after what they went through?!
"Where's this Bakugo girl is?" Someone asked, some students are still unconscious from gas or some situations.
"Senseis place her under some pro heroes' watch until everything is resolved, as they said." Camie informed.
"…And Midoriya is being hold by some villains." Tokoyami looked down along with Shouji, "It's my fault, I'm sorry I caused so much trouble…"
"It's not your fault, it was mine." Shouji replied and some teenagers look down by the reminder.
"…Then let's go save him." Eijiro said out of blue.
"…What?!" Almost everyone stared at him with gaping jaws.
"Truth is, me…" The hardened-user spoke, "And Todoroki, we came yesterday, too…We can't stand just doing nothing back home…And we overheard All Might and the police speaking with Yaoyorozu. She said she made a transmitter and have Awase place one on one of the villains. She give them a device that can pick the transmitter up…"
"…So I take it you want to make her…" Tenya spoke up, "Another one of those tracking devices…?" His classmate refuse to meet his eyes before he suddenly shout out loud as some students get startled by him, "We should do as All Might said! We can only leave it to the pros now! This isn't the place for us, you fool!"
"I KNOW THAT!" Eijiro shouted back, "But! But there was nothing I could do! I heard them when they were targeting one of us! Then Midoriya risk his life to save everyone around him when he's hurt badly! But I couldn't do anything! I didn't do anything! If I can't move now then it'll be the death of me as a hero! As a man!"
"Calm down, Kirishima!" Denki shushed him, "I get your hangup, man, but this time…"
"Iida's in the right." Tsuyu said.
"I know Iida's right!" The red-haired teenager shouted, "I know you're all right! But still!" He turned his head to Itsuka since she's Midoriya's childhood friend, "You understand, Kendo!"
"I…" Itsuka bit her lower lip.
"So the plan is to have Yao-momo make us a homing device…" Mina spoke up to break the awkward silence, "Follow the signal…And go save Midori ourselves?"
"The villains called us targets on their kill list." Shoko said, "Izuku getting captured alive is leading us to think they're planning to keep him alive, but we can't be sure they won't just straight up kill him, either." It's a hope she have right now, "Me and Kirishima are going."
"A JOKE CAN ONLY GO SO FAR!" Tenya shouted.
"Wait, calm down." Shouji stepped in, "I understand Kirishima's frustration at not being able to do anything and I understand Todoroki's frustration, having to watch him get dragged away right before her eyes. I'm angry too." His extra mouth pick up, "But even so, this isn't the time to get swept up in emotion."
"Let's just leave it to All Might…" Yuga said nervously, "Our permission to do battle has been rescinded!"
"It's just as Aoyama says." Fumikage said, "Though given I did nothing but require saving myself, I can't say it very firmly…"
"Everybody is in shock over how they took Midoriya." The frog girl said, "But, we need to think things through calmly. No matter how reasonable your emotions may feel, if you say you're going into battle again…If you say you're going to break the rules then that's the same thing villains do." No one say anything for few moments until…
"Sorry if I'm interrupting…" A doctor knocked the door, "I'm afraid it's time for exam…"
"Le…Let's go, guys." Sero said as everyone leave, "There's still others to worry about…"
Before Tenya leave the room, he overheard Eijiro speaking to Itsuka about Yaoyorozu, the plan, and place and time to meet.
Eijiro and Shoko stand outside the hospital as soon as the night fall and the red-haired boy jut his hands into his pockets. "Yaoyorozu…" He muttered, "Man, she told me to let her think…Damn, how's she gonna answer…"
"Well…" Shoko spoke calmly, "Being on edge the whole time ain't helping. It's ultimately up to her…"
"Oh, she's here!" Eijiro spotted Momo approaching before he notice that Itsuka was behind her, "Kendo…" He turned to the creator, "Yaoyorozu, what's your answer…"
"I…" Momo opened her mouth.
"Wait." The group turned their heads to see Tenya.
"Iida." The red-haired boy uttered.
"Why, why of all people are you going…!?" Tenya gritted his teeth, "I'm still grateful you and your classmate told me off when I went rogue. And yet you that received the same amnesty, you…Why are you trying to make the same mistake I did!? That's too much!"
"What are you talking abo…" Eijiro said puzzlingly along with others but Shoko stop him.
"We're still only kids." The engine-legs user continued, "We're still even looked after. And the situation at U.A. is already bad enough. Tell me, just who do you think has to take responsibility for your actions!?"
"No, Iida, it's not like that!" The red-haired boy shot back, "We're not going to break rules…" Suddenly, his class president hit his face with a haymaker.
"You don't think I'm sorry!?" Iida shouted angrily, "That I'm worried!? Of course I am! I'm class president! It's my job to worry about my classmates and fellow students! But It's not just Midoriya!" He looked to the group, "Seeing you with all those injuries, I projected the image of my brother on you. My brother, beaten on the floor! If all you achieve by going rogue is that you end up like my brother…That you end up irrecoverable, then I…! Are you saying you don't care about how much I wring my hands over you!? Are you saying…" He put hands on Eijiro's shoulders, "That you don't care about how I feel at all…!?"
"Iida…" Eijiro whispered.
"Iida." Shoko called to get his attention, "Look, it's not like we've got any intention of just busting down their front door and invading either…" Tenya looked confused, "We'll rescue him without getting into any fights."
"A stealth mission!" The red-haired boy said, "The kinda mission that's available to hero eggs like us…A way to 'fight' that doesn't break any rules!"
"As for me, I trust Todoroki…" Momo speak up, "However! In case the worst should happen…So That I may be there to stop you. I've come to accompany all of you."
"Not you too!" Tenya gasped bewilderedly.
"I can't push it out of my head." Itsuka frowned, "I can't help but to think about saving Izuku. Right now, he need my help."
"Looks like we'll never see eye to eye…" The speedster sighed, "…And if that's the case." He opened his eyes with determination, "Then take me with you." The group blinked rapidly.
When Izuku come around again, he hear some shouting. "I said no!" Shigaraki shouted furiously, "You can't try wake him up with a French kiss! Just go fetch water and douse it on him!"
"Can I splash him with blood instead?"
"NO, I DON'T WANT THIS BASTARD TO FAINT AGAIN…" Shigaraki threw his hands up, "FOR THE THIRD TIME!"
"Wait, what did I just missed when I went to restroom?" Dabi asked with an arched eyebrow.
"Toga told our guest that she want his babies and claim that he can take her for a test ride, even waving a box of condom in front of his face." Compress sweatdropped.
"…Where does this box come from?"
"She claim she lift it off Muscular when he was here."
"Ah."
"Hmm, then shall I keep him wake by su…"
"Oh, he's finally up!" Twice pointed out as everyone turned to their widened-eyed hostage, "You sure take damn sweet time waking up! You should go back and sleep, you need a lot of rest!"
"Midoriya Izuku, the wannabe hero!" Shigaraki swiftly turn to Izuku menacingly, "I know this is taking things a little fast, but…What say you become one of us?"
"Yeah, become my boyfr…" Toga smiled dreamily.
"Let me do my thing, dammit!" The lanky villain shouted furiously with his hands up in air and Izuku can't help but to sweatdrop nervously. The leader huff, "…Turn the television on." Magne turn the TV on to show the broadcasting of U.A.'s official apology press conference and it's on live.
"Due to gross inadequacy on our part, twenty-seven freshmen in the Department of Heroics suffered damage." Aizawa spoke in a neat suit, "Even through it was a camp for hero training, we neglected to properly set safeguards against villainous intent. We deeply regret causing the people any worry and offer our sincerest apologies. We are truly, profoundly sorry."
"NHA here." A reporter stand up, "This would mark the third time this year that students have come into contact with villains. Please tell us what sort of explanation you gave to each of their families before this latest incident where students have sustained severe injuries…And also, what specific counter measures have you been putting into effect?"
"A-A-Are they for r-r-real?" Izuku muttered to himself, "They're t-t-t-treating them l-like bad guys…"
"We have reinforced the security around the school grounds, and we have once again put our in-campus crime prevention system under review." Nezu answered, "We are guaranteeing the safety of our students through our strong stance…As we have explained before." There was some mumbles in the audience.
"It's strange, isn't it…" Shigaraki smirked behind his hand-mask, "Why are the heroes getting so much blame? They just slipped a little, that's all! You gonna say it's because it's their job to protect? C'mon, everybody makes a mistake or two! They might as well be telling them to be prefect! Things have gotten so strict, so rigid with heroes these days, Midoriya!"
"The moment the simple act of providing protection started meriting compensation was the moment heroes stopped being heroes." Spinner said, "That's what Stain taught us!"
"The grotesqueness of converting people's lives into money or personal fame." The lanky villain said, "A society that would enforce that with suffocating rules upon rules. And the citizens who, far from cheering on the defeated, would heap scorn on them! Ours is a battle of questions. What is hero? What is justice? Is this society truly just? We'll make everybody question those things, one by one! And we plan to win." He glanced to sew-up villain, "Dabi, remove his bindings."
"Huh?" Dabi tilted his head, "The kid'll go apeshit."
"That's fine." Shigaraki shrugged, "We've gotta treat him like equal. We're scouting him." His gaze shift to the greenette, "Besides, you're not someone who could possibly be thinking you could win in a situation like this if you attempt to escape or take us down, now are you? Oh student of U.A."
"…Twice, release him." The flame-user turned to the said villain.
"Who, me!?" Twice waved his hand, "No way!" He walk over to untie Izuku.
"We're sorry we took you by force…" Compress hummed, "Or by accident."
"But you know, you've gotta understand that we're not just some violent mob dedicated to doing so-called evil acts on whim." The lanky villain got up to walk up to Izuku, "Everyone here's got different circumstances, but whether it's other people or 'the rules' or even heroes, we've all suffered in their shackles. And you of all people should appreciate that…As a late bloomer." Izuku jerk his head up in surprise, "Don't be surprised by that. It was in your file when we steal it from your school before we invade USJ." He chuckled, "Which mean you know what's it like to be treated like some…"
"No matter what you say…" Izuku cut him off as the broadcasting continue in background, "I will never join you…Because I'm going to be a hero who will save others with a smile."
"You…" Shigaraki sneered, "Are you trying to be like All Might?"
"Make no mistake, we will take back a pupil of our academy without fail." Nezu's voice said.
"Looks like a bust here." Magne commented to Compress, "Now what?"
"Ooh, let me…" Toga grinned with propped head on bar.
"No, he's one of those goody-goody shoes." Dabi drawled.
"If you do't feel like it then you should have just played along…" Compress shrugged his hands at Izuku, "But that won't work now."
"…I wanted you, if at all possible to listen at least a little to what I had to say…" Shigaraki spoke up after staying quiet for few minutes, "I thought we'd be able to understand each other…"
"W-W-We might, b-b-but either way I-I-I won't agree to whatever you c-come up with." The greenette say.
"What a shame." The lanky villain exhausted with shaking head, "And the heroes said they were going ahead with their investigation…So we can't take our sweet time persuading you." He turned his head to static-y television on bar, "Sensei, lend me your strength."
'S-Sensei?' Izuku felt cold for some reason, does that mean someone have been backing this league up the whole time and is actually in charge, not this villain in front of him? For some reason, he think of All For One that All Might told him about before. A knock snap him out of his worries and almost everyone turn to the door.
"Hello?" A voice called out with series of knock, "This is Pizza-LA, the kamino branch? Your pizza's here." Everyone were confused for a second before the wall burst down as All Might charge in with a smashing fist.
"WHAT THE!?" Spinner cried out.
"BLACKMIST!" Shigaraki shouted, "MAKE A GATE…"
"Preemptive binding lacquer prison!" Kamui Woods swing inside and capture all villains with his wood quirk.
"Wood!?" Dabi sneered as he produce some flames, "You think this'll stop…"
"Don't be so rash!" Gran Torino knock the fire-user villain out with a kick to head, "Why don't you just be nice and quiet for your own good!"
"That's the rising young star, Kamui of the woods, for you!" All Might grinned, "And then there's the blisteringly fast old veteran, Gran Torino! There's nowhere to run for you, Villain Alliance…Why, you ask!? For we are here!"
"All Might!" Izuku cried with some relief, "Gran Torino!"
"All Might…!" Compress grunted in disbelief, "You mean you arranged the timing of that press conference on purpose!?"
"Yo, wood guy!" Twice shouted with some struggles, "Quit squeezing us, dammit! Squeeze me hard, daddy!" That does earn a couple strange looks.
"The more you assume the offensive, the more you neglect your defense…" A figure slip through the narrow gap of the door then reveal himself to be Edgeshot, "We're not the only ones at the 'Kamino Branch of Pizza-LA'." He unlocked the door to allow the polices in, "Outside, several skilled heroes and the police have the place encircled…Along with Endeavor."
"You must have been scared…" All Might turned his head to his successor, felt very relieved to see that he was unharmed…By much. "You did a great job enduring! Forgive me…It's all okay now, my boy!"
"H-H-Hai, I'm glad…" Izuku smiled shakily.
"And we'd fiddled around with so many little plans…" The lanky villain grumbled behind his hand-mask, "So what are you doing coming to us, Last Boss? There's no other way…I'll take your words and throw them right back at you…We aren't the only ones." He shouted to the wrap villain, "BLACKMIST, WARP IN AS MANY AS YOU CAN!" There was a pause.
"I must apologize, Shigaraki Tomura…" Kurogiri replied, "I'm afraid the Noumus that should be stored at the designated location aren't…"
"You're just as immature as I always imagined, Shigaraki!" The number one hero place his hand on Izuku's shoulder as the said villain grunted puzzlingly, "You underestimated us far too much, oh Villain Alliance. Whether it was a young man's soul, the tireless investigation of our fine police officers or even our terrible wrath! This is the last time you take them all for fun and games, Shigaraki Tomura!"
"Ugh, I thought they must keep him in here." Mount Lady held some Noumus in fists while her fellow pro heroes collect some creatures as she examine the storage house for any signs, "I should be in another raid..."
"So you can save your boyfriend?" Best Jeanist joked, "A young student, right?"
"MIDORIYA IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND!" She shrieked with furious blush, why do Death Arm have to tell this guy about that?! Stupid meathead heroes and their gossip!
"Good, because that's my godson we're talking about here." Gang Orca gave her a stinky eye, 'There is no way I'm going to let someone ruin little Izuku's first relationship.' He believe that the blue girl he was with the other day is his real girlfriend, no matter what his godson kept denying.
No one know that there was a certain group behind the wall or that there is a powerful villain lurking in the shadow, the latter will reveal himself in a bit.
"All Might…" Spinner gulped, "He's…This is the heroics that Stain sought…"
"This is the last time?"Shigaraki growled under his breath, "Cut the bullshit…We've only just begun! 'Peace', they say…'Justice' they say…" He spat out, "I'm gonna take the head of trash that's been covered by a lid of vague platitudes and demolish it…And seeing as All Might's the lid to that trash heap, I'm gonna have to remove that lid to do my work. I've even got comrades showing up by my side, one by one. So cut the bullshit…This is where it all starts…BLACKMI…"
"URGK!" Kurogiri's head suddenly slump down to some confusion.
"KYAAA!" Magne screamed, "Oh my god, I can't even! What happened!? I couldn't see anything! Is he dead?! Who killed him?!"
"I merely messed around with his insides a tad." A sting come out from the teleporter's body, "Made him pass out. He won't die." The string form Edgeshot's head, "Art of the ninja AWL! This man is our biggest nuisance…So I shall have him sleep." He flick his bang up, "I made a note of when a student exposed his weak point, back then."
'Is he talking about Kacchan or Uraraka?' Izuku wondered.
"I thought I told you, you oughta stay real nice and quiet for your own good." Gran Torino grumbled, "Hikiishi Kenji, Sako Atsuhiro, Iguchi Shuichi, Toga Himiko, Bubaigawara Jin." The said villains look surprised by the revelation of their names, Despite how little information and time they had to work with, I heard how hard our boys in blue worked, pulling so many night shifts…And they managed to pin down all of your backgrounds. You understand what I'm saying? I'm saying you don't get anywhere to run. Hear that, Shigaraki? And I've got something to ask you…And that is, where your little boss man might be?"
"…" The lanky villain becomes shaken, "C-Cut the bullshit…There's…There's no way…No way, it can't end now…Not this quickly…Cut the bullshit…Go away…Get out of my sight…"
"Where is he, Shigaraki!?" All Might demanded.
"I HATE YOU!" Shigaraki screeched, "I HATE YOU!" Suddenly, two strange fluids pop out in thin air and two Noumu pour out, following by few more.
"NOUMUS!?" Kamui widened his eyes, "They're springing out of thin air…! And what is that black liquid?!"
"EDGESHOT!" Gran shouted, "CHECK BLACKMI…"
"HE'S OUT COLD!" Edgeshot cut him off, "THIS ISN'T HIS DOING!"
"Kamui, do not let go under any circumstances!" The number one hero barked out before he hear Izuku choke on something and he turn around to see some black liquid pouring out from his mouth. "MIDORIYA MY BOY!" He attempted to grab the greenette but the teenager vanish along with the black liquid, "NO!" 'Could it be…? Him?'
Itsuka and her group were completely froze in pure fear behind the damaged wall because a person just show up and demolish everything in a single blink, 'W-W-What kind of monster is this man?!' Itsuka shivered before the group hear a splash near the villain, following by a vomit and familiar voice.
"W-W-Wha…" Izuku spit some foul-smelling fluids out, "What was that black liquid…"
"I must apologize, Midoriya." A voice spoke and the said boy look up before he froze at the sight of a man in suit with some kind of black skull mask.
'W-W-Why do I feel…' The greenette sweated with paled face, there's something about this person that drive some fear inside him. He barely notice that the Villain Alliance members fall out from the liquid portals.
"You failed again, haven't you, Tomura." All For One said disappointingly, "Well, that may be so, but you mustn't be discouraged. You should simply start over. Look, I've even returned your comrades to you." He gazed to the greenette, "As well as this young man…Seeing as you've seen fit to deem him an important pawn. You can try as many times as you like…That's why your sensei is here! This is all for your sake." He paused, "AH…There he is…" From the sky, All Might drop in and attempt to punch the masked villain but they were blocked by All For One.
"I'm Afraid I'll be having you give it all back, All For One!" All Might bellowed.
"I take it you've come to kill me once again, All Might." All For One mocked as the shockwave wipe everyone off their feet, "Come now, that was far too slow for you. This place is only a little over five kilometers from the bar…For it to have taken you thirty whole seconds to arrive from where I sent you all those Noumus…How weak you've become, All Might."
"Right back at you, you son of a bitch." The number one hero retorted, "Wanna fill me in on that mask!? When did your neck sprout an industrial zone!? You certain you're not overexerting yourself!? I won't make the same mistake I made five years ago, All For One."
'I-I can't believe this man just shrug All Might's blow off with bare hands!' Izuku watched the scene from a small distance as All Might lunge to All For One, 'H-How many quirks did he use to do that?!' All For One's left arm swole up before he flick a large air bullet that hit All Might through several buildings, causing a powerful shockwave that once again send everyone flying back farther.
"A-A-ALL MIGHT!" The greenette cried out.
"Don't worry, he won't die from a love tap like that." All For One chuckled before he turn to the lanky villain with lifting hand, "And as such…Escape from this place, Tomura and take the boy with you." A strange vine come out from his fingers and stick Kurogiri's body, "Blackmist, usher everyone back."
"Umm, hello!?" Magne shouted, "The guy's clearly knocked out! Like, I dunno what's going on, but if you can use warps or whatever then would ya please warp us back yourself!?"
"I'm afraid my warp quirk is still quite fresh, Magne my dear." All For One answered, "Not only is its range of transport exceedingly limited…It differs from his coordinated-based warp quirk in that I can only bring matter to me or send matter away from me. For that matter…The destination must be a person I know intimately, or it won't work." He forced Kurogiri's quirk to activate before a large portal form in front of the villains, "Now go."
"But sensei, you…" Shigaraki barely said his sentence when All Might shot up in air with a shockwave explosive then land in front of All For One, charging with stretching arm.
"You're not getting away!" All Might shouted with gritted teeth.
"Tomura, always keep in mind that you've still got so much room to grow." All For One jump up to block All Might's blow.
"C'mon, Shigaraki!" Compress called over to the unmoving lanky villain as he turn Dabi into a marble, "Let's hightail it while pipehead's keeping All Might Busy!" He looked over to Izuku, "Grab the pawn."
"U-Ugh…" Izuku winced slightly, the painkiller start to wear out and he need to run for it because he know that All Might can't rescue him in this situation since he have his hands full with All For One. The villains rush to the greenette and the boy quickly coat himself with OFA, try to do his best to avoid the villains as possible as he can. Every time All Might try to get over to the boy, All For One block him and at same time, Itsuka think rapidly to make some plans inside her head.
"Iida, everyone." Itsuka whispered to her group.
"No, you can't!" Tenya shook his head.
"Yes, we can!" She replied, "Because we won't engaging in battle! We can be able to save Izuku and get away at same time."
"Go on." Shoko said and the orangette told them her plan.
Back at the battlefield, Izuku hop away from Compress to avoid his swinging hands and Twice was about to jump in until a rail of ice suddenly pop up, distracting the villains for few moments. Izuku was very surprised when the ice slide appear and he get more surprised when he see a familiar three-person team soar off it at high height.
"TAKE MY HAND!" Itsuka use her quirk to expand her hand out and Izuku immediately jump high up with a kick to ground, narrowly avoid the villains on ground while All Might distract All For One. He land in her giant palm and Itsuka quickly pull him up onto her back before she take some nonlethal explosive grenades, that Momo created, out for more air support. "I GOT HIM! GO!" Magne quickly launch Compress up in air toward the team with her magnetism quirk and the masked villain was about to reach them…Only to clash into Mount Lady's face as the heroine shot up with Titan Cliff move.
"M-Mount…" Izuku gasped, slowly start to lose some consciousness from growing pains.
"Rescue…" Mount Lady topple sideway with a groan, "Comes first…So Go…You little…" She crash down on ground, creating a minor earthquake in process. The villains attempt again, only to be stop by Gran Torino.
"We made it!" Eijiro grinned widely as soon as they reach other side far away from the battlefield.
"Almost!" Tenya replied hastily, "We must get to a safe distance from here."
"And take Izuku to hospital!" Itsuka placed the said boy on Tenya's back after seeing his injuries, "He need to be properly treated!" The group start to run and Izuku's consciousness kept zone in and out as he hear things from his friends and around him.
"The rescue's a success!" Eijiro spoke into his phone, "We're taking Midoriya to hospital!"
"Hold on, Midoriya…"
"…Almost there…"
"…Kamino Ward has been leveled half to dust…"
"What the…All Might seems…Emaciated…"
"FIGHT! ALL MIGHT!"
"UNITED STATES OF SMASH!"
"…Stands victorious!"
"You're…Next!"
That was the last thing Izuku heard before he completely blacked out.
The first thing that greets Izuku when he open his eyes was the familiar white ceiling before Itsuka's head appear in his view with worried-yet-relieved expression. "Izuku, you're finally awake!" The orangette said, "We were so worried!"
"Where…?" He asked, feeling a little hoarse.
"Hospital, where else?" Itsuka brushed his hair aside with a sigh, "You have been out for a day." The greenette looked around until his gaze land on foods and cards on tabletop, "Everyone stopped by yesterday to see you and your mom just went outside to get some drinks for me and herself. Do you want me to get her now?"
"Yeah." Izuku nodded groggily.
"Alright." She bend down slightly to give him a gentle hug, "I'm glad you're safe and okay now." The hug last a long minute before she break apart to go outside, "I'll be right back." Izuku take another look around the room until he pick the remote clicker up to turn the television on and his eyes widened when he see the news playing All Might's battle over and over along with his retirement. Tears start to welling up in his eyes at the news and he rub his eyes with his arm, he don't know what kind of future will bring him to.
It's the end of All Might's symbol of peace and the beginning of something else.
And that end the fourth chapter of LC! Love it? Hate it?
Once again, a lot of things happen in this chapter from exam to training camp gone wrong and we just saw some changes here and there. Also there are some new things added in, even if it's a little bit. Now…Here's a little Omake.
Omake
"Nezu, I want to go over something." Toshinori enter the office with stack of paper, "About the…" He trail off as soon as he stare at a strange sight in front of him, Nezu and the staff were staring at him like they were caught with their hands in jar of cookie. The mysterious creature was wearing a green visor hat and there was stack of yen on desk while some teachers were holding handful of bills, behind the creature was a giant board with picture of Izuku in center, surrounding by pictures of his classmates and schoolmates…And for some reason, there are even pro heroines, even Midnight, up there too along with some pictures of females that the number one hero have never seen before. The number one hero slowly look up to a sign above the board and it say Shipping Bet. "…"
"Um, we can explain?" Present Mic uttered lamely, his finger was pressing up against a picture of Kyoka. Next to him, Aizawa was nonchalantly tossing some yen bills on some pictures.
"…" Toshinori calmly walk up to them and stare at everyone for good five minutes before he smash a hefty wad of bills on desk. "My money on everyone for Midoriya."
"…I'm marking you down for polyamory shipping." Nezu tally up with a crackle.
"NO, YOU HAVE TO PICK ONE!" Snipe screamed at the number one hero, "PICK HAGAKURE!"
"NO, JIRO!" Present Mic waved his arms, "OR TSUNOTORI!"
"FUCK YOUR SHIP!" Power Loader shouted at them, "HE'S GOING TO END UP WITH HATSUME!"
"THEY BARELY SPEAK TO EACH OTHER!" Vlad shouted, "HE'S GOING TO END UP WITH KENDO!"
"SCREW YOUR CHILDHOOD LOVER ENDING!" A random teacher shouted, "HE BETTER PICK KODAI OR HIS SENSEI!" Everyone start to fight each other over their ship and the mysterious creature crackle manically to himself as he collect the stakes, he know it was going to be very entertaining from the very moment he decide to make a all-girl class and smack a single boy in it.
'One for all, indeed.' Nezu laughed crazily.
How will things turn out with All Might's retirement? What moments will we see next? What kind of situations will come up? How will Izuku handle the changes? Let's find out in next chapter!
I think that's all I can say for now…Thank you for your time to read it.
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