Chapter 11
Some years into the past…
You can't take it anymore. All the people tormenting you and making fun of you. Even worse, your childhood friend started it. The moment he found out that you're quirkless was the moment the both of you stopped being friends. Were you two even friends to begin with? You couldn't care anymore. After school and getting beaten down again, you decided to make your way to the rooftop. You dropped your bag beside the door and looked over the railings with a thought that would haunt you for a while. "What if I just jumped? Would anyone miss me?" Of course, you decided to hop over the railings still contemplating on whether you should jump or not.
"Oh, another person at the rooftop? Hey, what the motherfuck are you doin'?" You heard a voice and you look back to see someone with a curly brown hair in the school uniform. "You thinkin' of jumpin' off?" He asked casually. You see, not a lot of people would care but you can't help but answer his question. "Would it really matter? No one would care if I die. Wait, are you trying to stop me? That I have so much to live for? I already made up my mind."
"Well if you wanna jump, go for it. I'm not stopping you." You were about to but he tugged and pulled you on your uniform. "I do have one question though, what made you wanna die? I'm kinda new here so I really wanna know."
"I-I w-was quirkless…. and people hate me for it."
"That's it then? Alright, I'mma let you be a pussy and have you go the easy way out then." He lets go of your uniform and at that moment… you wanted to live. You instantly regretted your decision of jumping off but you felt another tug at your uniform. "So, still wanna die?"
"Pull me back up! PLEASE!"
"You sure cause I could just…" He lets go of your shirt for a split second making you scream before tugging it again. Who IS this guy?
"Well, if ya ask me, you just had the wrong people to hang out with. I got good news for you though, I don't give a motherfuck if you're quirkless." This was the moment you met your first real friend. You started following him back down and gave him a hug and a thanks. "Judging from what I've seen in the motherfuckin' corridors and hallways, Blasty Mcsplody was the one giving you a life of shit. Don't worry 'bout him. I already know ways to distract him from bullying ya. It's always the prideful ones that are easy to manipulate." He was right. Bakugou would rarely pick on you in the future when he's too angry with your friend. He only ever will when your friend isn't around. "W-What's y-your n-name?"
"Jeezes, you stutter more than a guy with Hypothermia. Gotta work on that self esteem issues. Name's Carlos Gerald Curdo. Before you say it, yes I'm not from Japan and yes my name sounds like it came from a name generator. We ain't mentioning what I said okay? What's your name?"
"Izuku Midoriya…"
Back to the future…
Izuku's POV
Your head hurts and you're waking up to the sound of Frey arguing with someone. Most likely Jolena. "Wait a fucking minute, Jojo. You WERE wearing a bulletproof vest."
"Seriously chico, how the hell did you forget that I was wearing one."
"Maybe because you're forgettable." You see them really close to each other and are somehow arguing over some costume design. "I take them off after we finished. Pay attention on that sometimes."
"The only thing I'm paying is the fucks I give except I don't have any."
"Will you motherfuckers shut the motherfuck up? Izubro's wakin' up." You are eyes slowly opened up and saw that you were in the clinic. Beside you on the other bed was Edward. "What happened to Edward?" Nobody spoke after that question or more likely nobody knows how to explain it. "Well you see Rabbit, Dregan may not have a quirk but he does have guns. Lots of guns. Edward was like, your bullets can't break my diamonds you quirkless peasant!. But Dregan just told Nellia, who had a powersuit to compensate her lack of combat skills and a useful combat quirk, to chuck him at Edward. He then picked up his goddamn non-lethal Rocket Launcher and fired straight at Edward's Diamond shield. Yeah it didn't break the the diamond but it did send him flying back towards the fucking wall. Johnny was like Oh shit, fuck that. I ain't gonna get shot in the face today. Nuh-uh. So Dregan and Nellia won and Edward most likely broke lots of bones in his body. The school nurse took care of him though."
"Who's the school nurse? Another hero?"
"More of a support hero, if I may say so myself." You looked at the person who said that. The person was a really tall man who had a bulky build he was wearing a doctor's coat designed with stars and he was also wearing flip flops. You quickly recognize him as "Healing Star: Mr. Universe" and his quirk was something called "Healing Spit" which, as named, heals people with his saliva. The only downside for him is dehydration but nothing too severe. He's also a good singer and had some albums in honor of his father who was a musician. "H-h-holy c-cr-crap. You're M-Mr. Universe. C-can I have y-your autograph? I l-liked your s-songs a-and I t-think you're a c-cool h-hero." Mr. Universe chuckled a bit before signing a paper and giving it to you. "A fanboy, huh? You should be careful next time. Getting crushed by concrete is no joke. You also had multiple cuts all over your body. I figured that was your quirk's downside, isn't it?"
"Y-yes. It's a really annoying downside to my quirk." You turned to look at Carlos who had bandages all over his arms and possibly his entire body. "W-What happened to you, C-Carlos?" He simply shrugged before answering, "Oh I just faced Aron and Ginger just so my dad could stop me from falling asleep again."
"W-What happened? You got beat up? Is Ginger's hair THAT powerful?" You could see Frey, Jolena, and Carlos' sweat drop and they couldn't really talk much. "Well, ya see, Izubro…"
Earlier…
"Hmm, I hear ya, Aron." Carlos said before entering the room where the bomb is located. He saw Ginger covering his ears while Aron was facing towards you. Ginger had a pink and violet attire looking like Superman but with a large G on it. Good thing he doesn't wear his underwear 's not really wearing a cape though unless his long hair counts as one. Aron, however, had a chainmail shirt and leopard skintight pants. He's wearing boots and a utility belt with who knows what inside. He also seems to be wearing a domino mask and a bandanna. Overall, Ginger had style but Aron looks like shit. "What the motherfuck are you dressing as. You look like shit." Aron only smirked as Ginger moves away while covering his ears. He took a deep breath.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
That pushed Carlos back a bit. "Shit. Motherfuck. This looks bad."
I DO NOT NEED.
A MICROPHONE.
my voice is fucking
POWERFUUUUUULLLLL!
That sent Carlos flying towards the wall leaving large cracks on it. "What the FUCK!"
AaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAaaaaaAAAAAAAaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
The wall behind Carlos broke as he was sent down the building. He landed really hard and he's pretty sure he broke a bone. "Motherfuck." He proceeded to pass out as Zech announces the Villain Team as a winner.
Right now…
"Oh. You lost?"
"Ye. I could care less about that. It's a good thing I didn't lose to a Rebecca Black song. That would be embarrassing."
"Dude, you just lost and the one thing you cared about is that it isn't a Rebecca Black song?" Frey always seem to ask the right questions. "I lost to one of the greatest bands in the world. I ain't complaining about that. Tenacious D is motherfuckin' awesome. Now, back to the topic." Carlos then gives you a smile that would only mean "Death" in the unspoken, non existent smile language. "Why the motherFUCK did you do that?"
"W-Well, u-uh… to p-prove m-myself? Y-you don't have to w-worry about me…"
"Proving yourself and going over you fucking limits is different from being motherfucking STUPID. You don't need to prove yourself. We all know what you're motherfuckin' capable of. Art is worried as fuck. You got us all worried about you. We got the motherfuckin' right to be worried about our friend. We ain't lettin' your stupid ass risk it just for the sake of telling people, 'HEY! I'M GOOD.' Telling people not to worry about you makes them do the opposite. How many fucking times did I have to tell you that you're not worthless."
"I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get hur-"
"You're saying sorry for the wrong thing, motherfucker. You let Blasty Mcsplody get you that stupid mentality. He's not gonna bother you anymore since you live a million miles away from him now. Focus more on being thankful about being alive. We're your friends, Izubro. You got any shit that bothers you, we helpin'. I know it's impossible to not get hurt in this business but…. there's people out there that wants you alive. You're worth a lot to them even if you don't motherfuckin' know it." Now your best friend is hugging you. Great. "I motherfuckin' suck at giving emotional speeches, don't I? I really thought I was gonna say this shit after some big ass villain fight and you decided to bust your ass to save the rest of us and ending up in the hospital."
"Hey, uh, kids. You did forget that I was here, right?" The four of you looked up to see Mr. Universe giving you a sheepish smile while scratching the back of his head before leaving. "Why he leaving? We leavin' anyway."
"Natalya told us to watch over the Royal Pain, Carlos."
"I don't get it. Why is he called Royal Pain?"
"Well his quirk does require him to expose his skin. A sports bra would have been too humiliating, obviously. So the asshole thought it was a good idea to dress up like a fucking wrestler with the wrestling pants and boots. He wore gloves too but that's it. His defense depends on how fast he can materialize some armor or shield made out of crystals and hope that they were good enough." Come to think of it, he only had wrestling pants, a butt cape with a Union Jack design and the gloves and boots. This really does seem like an ineffective costume choice. "For royalty, he ain't that smart when picking his battle outfit."
"I heard that, peasant." All of you looked at Edward as he rises up from unconsciousness. He's not giving his usual death stare to anyone which is a first. "Judging from what you said, and whoever this bully is, he thinks he's worthless. I saw him battle head on. He also won. He's far from worthless. I hate to admit it, but I need to improve if a quirkless runt was able to beat me."
"I thought you hated the quirkless." You stated knowing full well about what he said about Dregan. "Oh I do but you can still respect someone you hate. Even then, beating him will always be just a secondary objective. I know full well that I am not the heir to the throne and I had accepted it long ago. I can't stand just standing pretty beside my brother while he does a lot of things. I might as well become a hero. At least I can see him as my equal by the time he gets the throne."
"Oh come on, prince. You seriously think a hero got that kind of attitude? I bet people loved them for it." Frey said though you can see the irony of what he said. "Regardless of whether people admires me or not, that won't stop me from becoming one. A knight's tale doesn't always start with them already being a perfect Mary Sue."
"Jeez, we didn't have this much drama back then. Since you kids are all fine now, you better head back to the dorms. It's already six in the evening." Mr Universe, who is apparently back deemed you okay enough to leave. The walk felt like forever because of the tension. "Sooo, we are just gonna forget that Carlos dropped an emotional speech back there? Or the fact that Edward is like this out of jealousy to his brother?" Jolena asks without making direct eye contact. "Eh sure, I just need Izubro to remember that he ain't fucking worthless. If even the spoiled prince of shit air thinks you're not worthless, then ya ain't motherfuckin' worthless."
"Okay, Carlos."
"There's only one way to fuckin' get that shit off your sorry ass face permanently and that's standing up to the one who started it all. Ya don't have to fight Blasty Mcsplody but simply standin' up to him is pretty much a win."
"It's not like I'll see him again anyways."
"You can never be to sure. When you think someone is off you, they'll come back and hit a lot harder than before. Trust me, I know. I lived in the streets for a while and people out there is no fucking joke." Frey added. He keeps claiming he lived in the streets for a while because of his dad but it's not really your place to fry. You're not really close to your father either considering you never really seen him since you were 5 years old. You would want to ask him later, still. "So, who's this 'Blasty Mcsplody' fellow?"
"For fuck's sake, Jojo."
"Hey, it wouldn't hurt asking questions, chico."
"W-Well, long s-story short we used to be friends until I found out that I was quirkless at the t-time and so he stopped being friends with me and started bullying me instead. I-I c-can't believe that I still t-tried to be friendly with him, to be honest." Frey and Jolena scowled as you explained who Bakugou was. "So, in summary, he's an asshole."
"Well, he did develop a powerful quirk which lets him create explosions with his sweat. He really is kind of a dick but there's no point dwelling in the past."
"There's no point running away from it either. I got a sense of catharsis when I stole our family heirloom. The look on the shit dad's face when he woke up to find his sword gone was priceless. Look Rabbit, you gotta remember that just cause you won the quirk lottery, you don't get to make fun of weaker people for it. At least I make fun of everyone and not just the weak guys. I'm also not all talk but you already saw what I did back there." Frey did have a good sense when it comes to fighting even without any specific styles. "So tell me Rabbit, what is Explosive Diarrhea doing now? Is he a low time crook? Some villain kidnapped him and turned him into a villain? It would be really funny if some guy took away his quirk."
"He's actually... in a hero school right now. To be a Hero. He's attending UA."
"Well shit." The 5 of you continued to walk back to dorm and eventually got their. You opened the door to the smell of pasta and pizza which quickly catches Carlos' attention. Everyone was still in their hero costumes and resting since the Battle Training was a chore. Everyone had at least a bruise on their face with the exception of few others. "Hey Emma, how much longer until dinner's ready?" asks an impatient Eva who was still wearing a plant themed leotard with a buttcape. It revealed her….. cleavage and she had stockings to go with it. You never really get why some female heroes go for appeal rather than protection. She was playing with a small humanoid apple thing which she apparently created.
Eva Pines
Quirk: Plant Monsters
When she touches a seed of any plants, it can turn into a monster of any shape. The sizes vary over the size of the plant or in which case, the fruits. Every small monsters have the strength of a child but is still faster while the big monsters are a lot stronger than the average human but slower. Fire is its main weakness. She can only have 3 monsters at a time. Small Monsters have the attitude of a 12 year old while the bigger ones act like gentle giants that can be dangerous when angered. Giant plants takes longer to grow. They are loyal to their creator.
"I-It's almost d-done."
"Eh. Seriously Eva, don't rush here with these things. Just be thankful you got food on your plates. Other people aren't as fortunate." The boy with fish scales protruding out of his arm says. Apparently his name was John Bishop and he had a water controlling quirk. It was more obvious now that he's still wearing his hero costume. It looked like a scaly reinforced version of a diver's suit with a hood that had fins on it. He had a silver belt on him and he was wearing diving shoes. He doesn't have a breather on him though so you assumed that he can breath underwater. He may be a lot more durable since there are scales on him. He may have a problem with dehydration if his quirk is water based too. Maybe there needs to be an existing source of water for him to function too. "Hey bruhs, the man of the hour finally came. That thing you did with battle training earlier was outright righteous." said Adam who was wearing a…. well, you don't really know if that's hippie clothes or his hero costume.
People started crowding over you until Artemis decide to go through the crowd with her apparent shadow travel. Her Umbra Veil seems more intense though it may be due to the fact that it was already evening. You looked at each other. It was only a few seconds to the other people but for you two, it felt like years when you looked at each other. Then she slapped you. "You are an idiot." She did that with a blank face and seemingly no sense of remorse. At all. "S-sorry…" She just sighed before going back at the couch to sit down. "…. Don't do it again." You're gonna have to give her a more proper apology than that one. You really did worry her. This night is not the time though.
"Awkward."
"You're not helping, Eva"
"Which reminds me, I should put this in a fanfic I'm working on."
"Just write a motherfuckin' book. If you can afford that very ineffective but expensive looking leotard, you could at least print out 200 copies of a book."
"B-But, MY SHIPS. Lloyd x Yoji for lifes!"
"Who the hell are those two even? I never even heard of them."
"Yoji's Extravagant Travels? Really, haven't heard of that? Ya know, yaoi source?"
"I have motherfuckin' nothing against yaoi but, it's flooding the motherfuck out of my fanfic site. I want good stories over love at first sight bullshit, okay?"
"Hmph, You're just angry about what I said about Slam Poetry earlier this morning. Wait a minute, YOU DO READ FANFICS!"
"ONLY BECAUSE I MAKE A MOTHERFUCKIN' TOP 10 ON THE WEIRD SHIT YOU PEOPLE WRITE. ALPHA BETA AND OMEGA SHIT IS REALLY. FUCKING. WEIRD. SOME PEOPLE CLAIMED MASS MURDER WAS A REASONABLE REACTION. I CAN'T MOTHERFUCKIN' HELP BUT AGREE"
"OH LEARN TO DEAL WITH IT AND DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT SLAM POETRY REALLY IS,YOU CRAPPY SLAM POET?!"
"Okay that's it." You saw Carlos grab a juggling club and started walking towards Eva. She threw her apple monster towards him with its three claws raised only for Carlos to grab its wrist and intentionally put 3 scratch marks over his face in a diagonal pattern. This freaked people out except for Natalya who decided to intervene. "Okay you two, fight is over. You vill not destroy dorm rooms. Any attempts and I VILL destroy the both of you. Do I make myself clear?"
Carlos and Eva both stood straight with beads of sweat escaping their foreheads. "Y-Yes, Ma'am." says Eva while Carlos dropped his nervous looked and went back to his casual slightly high smile. "Whatever ya say, mom." It means "Yes" in Carlos language. "D-Dinner is ready!" Everybody rushed to the kitchen to see why it took so long only to find the table filled with lasagnas, spaghetti, pizza, and carbonara. "Wow, okay Izuku does breakfast while Emma makes dinner. They can switch places everyday for the rest of the school year."
"I don't know, man. I don't want to have extra work on their asses." Frey seemed skeptical but you are willing to cook for everyone very often. Helps you practice in cooking for cookery class. "I-I have vegetarian lasagna just f-for you, F-Frey." Emma hands out a plate with lasagna on it.
"You're fuckin' with me." Frey took a bite on it. His face lits up and you could see a genuine smile when he looks at Emma. "Okay, I agree with them cooking for us. If there's anyone else wants to cook, you're free to do it. Jeez, I never had a meal this good since forever. Sorry, grandma but this just beat the shit out of your cooking. Except your cookies. Your cookies are the best."
"Nice to see you with that smile, chico."
"Shut up." That was the most lighthearted shut up you ever heard.
Everybody then finished up their food with nothing left and going back to their rooms to change clothes. They still had enough time for a night watching the TV. School just started anyways so there isn't really anything to study right now. Becky had apparently put her Netflix account on the TV for everyone to watch some shows on. All of you decided to just watch an old classic called "Stranger Things" The curfew was technically 10pm but Natalya had stood up at 9pm and grabbed Carlos and Eva by the ear. "Since both of you almost fought earlier, you're both grounded for a week."
"Ow! OW! WE JUST MET, DRAGONLADY!"
"I already outplayed you earlier in Battle Training you can't do this."
"Oh yes I can. I'm older than you. Even then, attempting to fight someone inside the dorms were no fighting is allowed, I think being grounded will suffice."
"That's a weak motherfuckin' excuse. Ya can't stop me from watching TV! You're not my ma, dammit!" Well, Carlos definitely can but he's apparently letting her. Even then, Natalya shot a death glare towards Carlos in which the he stopped complaining. Either he was spooked or he felt bad about making her think that she murdered him earlier. You decided that he was spooked. "Well, we all know who we're voting as Class President for." Everyone just nodded their heads at Angus' statement as the apparent dragon managed to drag a summoner and an apparent Lord of Time back to their rooms.
Carlos POV
*BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP*
*KAPOW*
"For fuck's sake." Maybe being grounded did help you get up earlier in the morning. You took your usual shower and put on your trademark skeleton green jacket over a tank top. You also put on your polka dot lounge pants and your usual shoe before going downstairs. Apparently Izuku is making some Steamed Rice for breakfast. Everyone slowly came down to see only rice in a bowl with an egg beside it. "Hey Rabbit, what are we eating here?"
"O-Oh, just some food we eat b-back in Japan."
"Why is there an egg here. Aren't you supposed to cook it first?"
"T-that's the topping for the rice. Just mix it and add some soy sauce to it and it'll taste good."
"Carlos, you trust Rabbit with these?"
"I lived in Japan for a long time. Of motherfuckin' course I trust him with this. That's a legit meal in Japan. Just try it. Wait, aren't ya vegetarian?"
"I just like vegetables over meat. I'd still eat meat though but my general preferences are the plants. Vegan lifestyle ain't for me. Everyone at least needs a taste of meat in their lives."
"That's what she said, chico."
"You're not helping, Jojo."
"I for one, don't want to have salmonella, chico."
"Oh, I actually just flew back to Japan to get those eggs." This caused everyone to pause including you. "Izubro, you're telling us that you flew from here to Japan in what? A few hours?"
"Two Hours, actually."
"Isn't it allowed to use your quirks in public?"
"Oh I just flew to Dagobah Beach at a very low altitude so they wouldn't be able to find me. Technically, there's no people at the sea so it's not illegal."
"But you still flew from England to Japan in a span of 2 fucking hours."
"L-Let's just e-eat okay? I r-really want t-to avoid this c-conversation." At least everyone agreed to that but no one was still brave enough to try it until you and Izubro just cracked open the egg, pour it on the rice, put some soy sauce on it, then ate it. Edward got curious though so he was the first one to try it. "Not bad, I might arrange a visit in Japan for this." Hearing him, the others began to try it out. "Wow, this was surprisingly good. I guess we got competition for cookery class then." All of you finished up your lunch and got ready for school. You all kinda just waited around for your teacher half expecting him to not be finished with his case but there he is, walking through the door. "Good Morning, class."
"G'Morning, Sir Chad."
"How was the raid, sir?"
"You know very well that I'm not allowed to tell you the details. Don't think you can try to invade my mind, Nellia."
"Awww."
"Anyways, the thing you're doing this morning will be rather… intense." All of you shifted uncomfortably. You guessed Battle Training wasn't intense enough for this.
"You're picking your class officers."
"THAT'S NOT INTENSE AT ALL!" The entire class screamed as tension was relieved very fucking fast. "Oh and to make this more fun, you're not allowed to vote for yourselves."
I might as well fucking end it on a cliffhanger. Okay, so I just really wanted the backstory out of the way and since I'm an asshole, complicate Izuku and Art's relationship. Their more of a Friends Basis than a full blown relationship. Dregan was allowed to use a Rocket Launcher because... Well if anyone has an explosion quirk why can't the quirkless guy get a rocket launcher? Best Logic right here. Dregan is skilled in guns and is more of a mid ranged fighter. He's decent in hand to hand since he had training in Krav Maga. Which reminds me... Why haven't I told people about everyone's fighting style yet. I might as well to avoid questioning.
Carlos: Dirty Tactics and a bit of Dance Fighting. Also uses Circus Tricks.
Izuku: Relies on his quirk to fight for now.
Artemis: Archery and Kickboxing
Apollo: Relies on his quirk but can use a light sword to do HEMA
Frey: Relies on his sword and Street Brawling
Natalya: Mix of her reliance on her quirk and wrestling moves.
Arnold: Boxing
Emma: Gymnastics based fighting
Nellia: Relies more on her Power Suit and interrupting her opponent's mind. aka spamming BLAHBLAHBLAH into their thoughts.
Eva: Relies on her Plant Monsters.
John: Will fucking drown you
Johnny: Will throw shit at you
Angus: Fights like Thor but without the hammer throwing. Becky is kinda working on the mechanics of that part.
Edward: HEMA. He's the prince what did you expect? Relying on an army? He's an asshole but he ain't no coward.
Aron: He just sings at you
Ginger: Relies on his hair for capture. If not, he could use it like a whip.
Adam: Relies more on trapping people with his quirk. He really doesn't like fighting.
Becky: Knows Eskrima with her batons. She only uses her quirk when she needs it. Long Story short, not a frontline fighter.
Jolena: She has guns. She also know Systema but her quirk does most of the punching and kicking. and choking. and stomping. and bone breaking. You get what I mean. She can retire you if she wanted.
Dregan: "Guns beat Martial Arts" though he also knows Krav Maga.
Casey: She switches fighting styles based on the masks she wears.
Fucking hell. I made half that shit up while I was watching some Martial Arts movie. Anyways, thanks for reading this. Some of you may not realize that this is 1/2 Crack and 1/2 Serious. I gotta remind you that this started because I had a dream about it and now I gotta get it off my mind with this. Ya'll are okay.
