7. BURST
"Morning, Shigaraki." Kurogiri greeted as the man-child settled down by the bar counter, "Sleepless night again?"
"Hm? Uh." Shigaraki made sounds, but Kurogiri had no idea if it was a yes, no or what? so he just dismissed it.
Kurogiri places a mug of coffee on the counter, which Shigaraki takes without a word. It was silence, very awkward silence for a long moment before Kurogiri spoke up. "Where's Deku?" he asked, "He's usually up by this time..."
"Ah-" Shigaraki lifted his head, "I forgot to tell him to go sleep last night."
There was a moment of silence.
"Oops."
They went into Deku's room and, sure enough, there the boy was, mumbling endlessly, his hand on his pen and writing down paper after paper.
"Todoroki Shouto- Son of Flame Hero Endeavor- Half Cold Half Hot- Two-toned hair- Burn scar- Heterochromatic- Red and White- Fire and Ice- Left and Right- Recommendations- Asui Tsuyu- Frog Form- Frog- Tongue- Jump- Water- Green- Long black hair- Entrance Exam-"
Kurogiri facepalmed. "Shigaraki..."
"I forgot." was the very prompt and I'm not really sorry reply.
Ever since Deku got his second quirk, he began to show lesser signs of maintaining sanity. He began to occasionally stare into a space, or could mumble about the same rounds of information for hours on end. If he wasn't called or interrupted directly, he wouldn't realize if a whole day has passed. Even if his stomach growled in hunger, he would continue thinking and analyzing, forever.
"Deku," Kurogiri called, walking over and shaking him awake from his trance, "Stop that."
Kurogiri found the papers strewn all over- There were already plenty on the walls, and these were to be used for their next plan. his notebooks have gone up to 25 in the past year, and Kurogiri had an inkling all these were just simplified fragments of what the boy had already input into his notebooks.
These simplified fragments were to be stuck on Deku's room walls, a habit he said he wanted to do despite not needing to. It was also easier for Kurogiri, Shigaraki and Sensei to reference for their plans anyways.
"Oh, Girigiri. Is it time to sleep?" Deku asked.
"Nope," Kurogiri sighed, "It's time to wake up."
Deku, simply taking in the response, beamed and greeted. "Then, good morning, Girigiri!"
"Good morning." he replied.
After breakfast, Deku returned to his room. He began sticking up all the notes he had made on the wall, arranging them neatly and perfectly because well, he just wanted to.
"I'm all done!" Deku said. He put up the last sketch on the wall, viewing his room which was, every inch, full of these notes. He looked at the last sketch and smiled. "Maybe Sensei would praise me!"
He spotted one particular note on the wall. A note, sketch and study of one Bakugou Katsuki.
"Eh?"
Really, he had gone over the information so fast he didn't really realize how familiar this name sounded. He didn't even realize that he's done this exact same note four times now. The students he had been asked to take information of were all his age, he noticed. And this particular guy was-
"Oh, it's Kacchan!" he grins excitedly, "Wow, what a coincidence! So Kacchan really went to UA!" he talked to himself, really excited. He stuck his face really close to the picture, remembering all the memories, "it's so nostalgic!"
His smile, although meant heartfully and was really honest, it just didn't seem to reach his eyes.
"Maybe he'll like me better now? I've got a cool quirk! I'm useful now! I'm stronger now!" he wondered outloud, "I didn't become a hero, so I didn't interfere with his chances in UA, too! I bet he's really glad!" he wasn't being sarcastic at all, no. He was actually honestly considering these.
Because, why would Kacchan feel anything else?
If he had to say anything, he was grateful. It was because Kacchan told him such a thing that day. Kacchan had told him to jump off a building, suggesting that he could get a quirk that way. Sarcastic as it was, Deku did it. Deku did it, and he got a quirk! Three, even! He met Shigaki and Girigiri and Sensei and Nomunomu- Deku felt really, really grateful for Kacchan.
"I'm so excited! I'll be seeing him soon!"
He dashed out from his room and to the lab where Sensei and Noumu were.
"Nomunomu!" Deku ran to the beast, "It's me!"
"Deku, stop playing." Sensei said sternly, "You know what I asked for."
Deku stood up straight. Sensei had told Deku of their plan, The plan they would use to destroy All Might, once and for all! It would take place in the Unforeseen Simulation Joint, also known as USJ. There were six zones in total excluding the center court: The Downpour Zone, the Flood Zone, the Landslide Zone, the Mountain Zone, the Conflagration Zone, the Flood Zone and the Ruins Zone.
"Let's start with the Zone allocations-" Deku says. He turns to his notebook and opens it, looking at the first page. He lifts the back cover and lets the pages fall.
"Aoyama Yuga- Quirk: Navel Laser. His quirk is unable to be used repetitively, so somewhere with a lot of blind spots to force him to use it over and over. Conflagration, Ruins, or Downpour."
"Ashido Mina- Quirk: Acid. The liquid she can produce is corrosive, so somewhere that can counter liquids- liquids against liquids, Downpour or Flood."
"Asui Tsuyu- Quirk: Frog Form. Basically, a frog, so anywhere near water would put us at a disadvantage. Best countermeasure, Conflagration."
"Iida Tenya- Quirk: Engine. Rocket boosters are implanted in his legs. Downpour, Ruins or Conflagration, I guess. Somewhere he can't just charge out of instantly."
"Uraraka Ochako- Quirk: Zero Gravity. Somewhere without objects for her to lift. Landslide."
"Ojiro Mashirao- Quirk: Tail. Like a monkey, kind of, somewhere that would limit his mobility? Anywhere without buildings- oh, but Conflagration might work nevertheless. So I suggest, Conflagration, Landslide, Downpour or Flood."
"Kaminari Denki- who named this child- Quirk: Electrification. Electricity, so Flood."
"Kirishima Eijirou- Quirk: Hardening. Fight-based quirk, so somewhere with less mobility- Flood."
"Kouda Kouji- Quirk: Animal Voice. Somewhere without animals? Anywhere."
"Satou Rikido- Quirk: Sugar Rush. He can get stronger by consumption of sugar, so somewhere with little mobility to counter raw strength. Flood."
"Mezou Shouji- Quirk: Dupli-Arms. He looks like an octopus so let's not send him to the Flood Zone- Anywhere else."
"Jirou Kyouka- Quirk: Earphone Jack. I think sound waves can travel through water too, so the Flood Zone won't help. Mountain?"
"Hanta Sero- Quirk: Tape. He's a long ranged attacker, so anywhere but the Flood Zone."
"Tokoyami Fumikage- Quirk: Dark Shadow. The weakness of his quirk is unknown, so anywhere."
"Todoroki Shouto- Quirk: Half Cold Half Hot. Conflagration would null his ice."
"Hagakure Tooru- Quirk: Transparency. She's invisible, so the Downpour Zone."
"Bakugou Katsuki- Quirk: Explosion. The more he sweats, the more he can explode, so no Conflagration. The Flood Zone or Downpour Zone, if possible."
"Mineta Minoru- Quirk: Pop-off. His head is sticky and can stick to anything eternally. In open area he can stick it all over the place and prevent our troops from freely moving about. In a flood he could cause the troops in the water to lose mobility as well. A town would be ideal."
"Yaoyorozu Momo- Quirk: Creation. She can do quite a lot, so she can be sent anywhere."