Sometimes all it takes is a single thread. Single point of connection is all it takes to start a change, a simple encounter, a simple truth, or a simple statement.
-The Lancer-
Katsuki Bakugo is a lot of things. Arrogant. Selfish. Hardworking. Intelligent. Egotistical.
He understands how this world works, the strong thrive will the bottom eek out their existence. A large part of the order of things is simply one thing: your quirk. How strong is it? and how strong are you. Victory is what matters, it doesn't how you get there or who you step on to get there all that matters is that you won.
He was told all his life; as soon as his quirk manifested. His parents, his teachers, all the extras at school, hell even strangers or pro's he meet. They all said it.
"You are going to be great."
Of course, he is, Katsuki Bakugo. Quirk: Explosion.
They all saw it, except HIM. First it was fine, but then the diagnosis of quirk less. He could not have him hanging around, daring to say he could stand on the same stage as him. This Deku. He drove that point home for years but still he wouldn't learn. Kept daring to stand next to him. If he had just learned that his place was beneath him then that would have been fine. But all he did was cry and complain. Then there was that day in the classroom, the last time he saw him. He remembers Deku attacking him, hitting him. Saying he hated him. Then before he could remind Deku of his place, he was gone. At the time Katsuki told himself that he made Deku run away. That Deku had learned his place, his ego demanded it. It is not like Deku won that fight. His ego told him so.
The thing about ego's, is that they are fragile. You don't always notice the crack, but the thing is the crack will someday get bigger. Today was that day.
He had been attacked by some sludge villain. It shrugged off Katsuki's attacks and had engulfed him. There was nothing he could do. He was going to die, not a hero, just a footnote in some article. He needed someone to save him, him, Katsuki Bakugo. He needed help. Then there he was, taller much better shape. Pulling him out of the sludge, saving HIM from drowning. Saving him.
Then he had slipped off into the crowd dragged of by that same frog girl. He managed to get free from the heroes and press. He chased after him he had to let him know that no Deku had saved Katsuki Bakugo. All-Might was the one to deliver the blow. Katsuki could handle that he was the #1;for now. Then it happened the truth. Deku had pulled him free, allowed him to grasp that sweet breath of fresh air.
All-Might would have gotten there in time, Deku could not be right could he. No, the thought, not a chance. But in the back of his mind, it was true. No matter what happened going forward, no matter what heights he soar to. He would have never had the chance if it wasn't for Deku. No one would probably ever say or know it. But he would. Katsuki Bakugo would. But what did that mean. If it were not all about power, was it possible that anyone could make a change; alter life. For the next several nights and following weeks, he would wake up drowning, gasping for breath, and it was those Emerald Green Eyes every time, pulling him out of drowning.
-The Knight, The Frog Princess, and The Fallen Warrior-
The Princess… I mean Tsu spent the night over at the Midoriya's that night. She started off in the spare bedroom but she ended up in Izuku's bedroom. She just cuddled up next to him, the day had been a mess, she almost lost him twice, All-Might and all that jazz; and the confession of love. It would be a lot for an adult, let alone a teenager/young adult.
Izuku fell asleep with her in his arms, drifting off peacefully to her soft ribbits as she slept. The alarm roused them to early, until his mind raced back to why there were getting up early today. ALL-MIGHT. They roused and dressed quickly in separate rooms. Slipped out of the house early and made their way to meeting location. The arrived 10 Minuets early seeing the man of the hour there waiting drinking a cup of coffee.
"Hello young ones, come join me."
Izuku ran over so very excitedly. "Hello ALL-MIGHT."
"Hey, calm down kid when I am in the call me Mr. Yagi alright."
"Right Mr. Yagi so how does this work. I mean do I kneel, and I take a sacred vow and boom."
"Not quite, first why don't you introduce me to you your girlfriend."
Tsu had been standing there patiently waiting.
"Oh, I am so sorry Tsu, all… Mr. Yagi this is Tsu Asui, my girlfriend."
"Pleasure to meet you young Asui."
"Call me Tsu."
"Then Young Tsu it is. Now young Midoriya, first thing is take off your shirt."
"Huh?"
"One for All is a very physical quirk; I need to inspect to see if your body can handle it. If not and I was to give it you the results could be a disaster. So come on now."
Izuku slipped of his shirt to Tsu's delight. All Might carefully inspected his physique, had Izuku do exercises, running picking up some large pieces of garbage from the trash heap that pretended to be a beach. "Well?" Izuku asked.
"I dare say that you are pretty much there, but there is some improvement that needs to be done. But I think with just a few months we should be there. Come back here in two days and I will have a fitness program for you to follow. It is important that you follow it to a tee. If you can do that I think we can do the transfer, so you can have as much time to train One for All before U.A's entrance exams."
Izuku eyes sparkled, "Yes SIR."
All-Might turned to Tsu. "Now I am willing to train you to young Tsu."
"I would like that Mr. Yagi, but I will not be able to train like Izuku every day, I have to take care of my little brother and sister. So mostly it will be weekends if that is, ok?"
"Of course, I will also be able to put some exercises that you can even do at home with your siblings. Very well then, I will see you in two days young Midoriya." With that All-Might left.
Izuku walked Tsu to the train station as she had to get home. She pulled Izuku in for a tight hug and soft kiss. "Now don't go trying to get yourself killed for a few days ok." Izuku blushed. "I will see you in class Monday."
"Ok, hey Tsu?"
"Yes Kero."
"Thank you for being so awesome."
"No problem it just comes natural." She gave him a smile as she stepped onto the train.
"Love you"
"Love you too Kero."
-Time-
The thing about time is that it marches on regardless of the wishes of those swept up in it. No matter how hard they struggle, it flows carrying all along. The Empress and her Shadow dived deep into their struggle against the evil sensei. While the Frog Princess and her Knight sat under the tree of might and exercise of the Fallen Warrior. The Devil was paid her due. She came to sit under the tree. She did not know the whole story, but she was owed the opportunity. And truth be told the Knight enjoyed watching the Devil be run ragged for once.
The Fallen Warrior even brought his sensei into the mix. The Frog Princess loved the old man. He helped her tremendously, refining her technique her movement until she was an absolute machine. They formed a natural bond together. With one year to go the Knight took the sacred vow before the fallen warrior. Much to the disgust of all involved. Luckily they had the foresight to make sure to contact the cleric of U.A before they began their experimenting.
The final year of training was magical. They were all in one place. The Empress, the Shadow, the Frog Princess, the Knight and the Devil. For one great year it was simply school, training, and friendship. Double dates and magical evenings. The threads wound around each of them, braiding and thickening with each new experience.
Eventually time did what it was supposed to do. It dragged them to the morning they had been waiting for. The morning of the entrance exam. The Empress had been offered a position on recommendation, but she had declined. She wanted to prove herself with her companions. They would all EARN the right to stand shoulder to shoulder together. Today was a day of battle, it would be an afternoon of victory, and the night of celebration.
-The Entrance Exam-
Momo and Adam bid Farwell to their friends as they entered the area for their written test. Tsu and Izuku parted from Itsuka. The test was 3 hours long, Momo and Izuku found each other in the hall as they were waiting for their friends talking over the test. Tsu, then Adam and lastly Itsuka. They all enjoyed their lunch together before making their way to the auditorium. They all had puzzled looks as they were being told about the practical exam and the robot opponents they would be fighting as there had not been a description of the fourth opponent. Till a tall fit boy with blue hair and glasses interrupted to ask the question. President Mic explained the situation, which the boy took in stride till the then took the opportunity to call out a boy with purple orbs for hair for his inappropriate comments.
After emerging form the locker rooms; they were all sent to different testing areas. With a deep breath they all gave each other a group hug as they went to board the busses.
-Momo-
She walked to her bus hand in hand with her Adam, she squeezed his hand, as she went to pull away, he pulled her to him and gave her a brief kiss. "You got this Momo."
"Thank you Adam, as do you."
She stepped onto the bus taking a deep breath before looking for a seat, she noticed an empty spot near a girl with purple hair and headphone jacks dangling from her ears.
"Excuse me mind if I sit with you?"
The girl looked up and gave a small smile. "That's fine."
"Momo Yaoyorozu," she said extending her hand as she took a seat.
"Kyoka Jiro, nice to meet you. So, you nervous?"
"Yes, very much so, but also kind of excited you know."
"Yea I feel that way too."
"I have friends counting on me to get through this. I cannot let them down."
"Yea I get that, there is someone I want to do this for also."
"A friend?"
"No, truth be told I have never even talked to him, it's just something I have to do."
"Well then best of luck to us both."
Kyoko gave the girl a smile, well at least I get to sit next to someone nice and cute, she thought.
-Tsu-
She gave Izuku one more hug before she boarded her bus. There were a bunch of people already sitting as she looked for an empty seat she spotted one next to a girl with red hair in side ponytail who gave her smile and patted the empty seat next to her.
"Hello Itsu."
"Hey Tsu, how was the written test?"
"I think I did good, probably not at good as Momo but good enough."
"Yea her cram sessions are insane."
"I hope we end up in the same class?"
"I do to, now let's crush this."
-Adam-
He stepped onto the bus and found a spot next to guy with spikey red hair.
"Mind if I sit?"
"Nah Bro, I don't mind."
"Thank you, Adam Jirocho."
"Eijiro Kirishima, nice to meet you. So, are you ready for this? Man, I am so pumped right now."
"Yea I am."
"LETS HURRY UP AND GET THIS THING OVER WITH I DON'T HAVE ALL DAY." A loud voice boomed from the back.
"Apparently that guy is more pumped than you." Adam said with a chuckle.
"Yea no kidding he seems really excited."
"Well either way Kirishima lets do our best."
"Yea Jirocho lets kill it out there."
-Izuku-
Where can I sit? Oh wow I thought I was nervous but she looks like she is about to vomit. Izuku started making his way towards a girl a brunette with a bob cut and a pink blush on her cheeks. As he was about to sit he felt a hand on his shoulder as he turned he saw a tall guy with blue hair and glasses.
"You are not trying to harass the poor girl are you? It is not very hero like to do so?"
EHHHH. "Um no I was just going to see if she is ok. She seems nervous and also it is not very heroic like to assume someone's intentions when you don't even know them." Not waiting for a response, he took a seat. The girl did not even register him sitting down she was just rocking slightly rubbing a Fuku-Dawara almost feverishly.
"Hey are you ok?" he asked gently.
"HUH! Oh yea just a bit nervous."
"That's ok I am also, but we got this right?"
"You know what yea we got this! Ochaco Uraraka," she said with a smile.
"Izuku Midoriya. We got this right?" adding with a little bit of enthusiasm.
"Yea we are going to nock it out of the park!" she responded getting a little louder.
"HELL YEA! BECAUSE WE GO BEYOND!"
"PLUS, ULTRA!" she yelled and to the two's surprise so did a few others, before some laughing broke out.
Izuku and Ochaco blushed slightly from their display before laughing.
"We may have gotten a little carried away." He spoke.
"Yea, but thanks I feel a lot better." she added.
-Momo-
She stepped of the bus turning her back to the other examines as she created a metal Bo staff, and arm shield. She took her calming breaths and focused. Her eyes steeled; she was going to do this. SHE HAD TO DO THIS. Nothing was going to get in her way. The doors opened and she raced into the battle zone.
-Tsu-
As she stretched, she let her mind drift to her family, Momo, Adam, All-Might, Torino knowing they were all pulling for her. She was one step closer. She thought of Izuku, her heart swelled they were right here. She was going to get into U.A, they were going to do it together. As soon as the doors opened she and Itsuka along with a few other burst forth onto the battleground.
-Adam-
I have no weapons, I am going to need to improvise something. He pulled a small blue bouncy ball from his pocket and started to bounce it, pulling off the kinetic energy as it returned to his hand. Powering up, then if he could get a hold of a weapon then Nisho's quirk would kick in.
The doors had barley opened when the loud blonde from the bus launched forward with a loud explosion that stunned the other examinees.
"THERE IS NOT STARTING SOUND IN BATTLE LITTLE LISTENERS GO, GO, GO."
-Izuku-
He separated from Ochaco as she started getting ready for the test. He loosened up himself before pulling up powering up his full cowling. He was so happy he had figured this out with help from Gran Torino and Adam. Adam could absorb Kinetic Energy he had explained to Izuku that he could use it to flood his body increase his physical capabilities and well as unleashing it in an attack. Izuku had been having some issues with control till that just clicked for him. He could moderate the flow. It was not an all or nothing. The green lighting raced across his body, Full Cowling 10%. The doors opened and he burst forth side by side with the blue haired boy.
-All Testing Sights-
The ground rumbled as the Zero pointers arrived.
-Momo-
Chaos, it had turned to chaos as examinees turned and fled from the Zero pointer. Momo had begun to withdraw when she saw Kyoka helping a boy with messy purple hair and tired eyes, they were trying to get away. Momo stopped ripped off her shirt leaving her clad in sports bra as a cannon emerged. "FIRE IN THE HOLE!" she shouted. As the cannon fired off knocking the Zero pointer back.
"WHERE DID THAT GIRL GET A CANNON"
Momo cackled as she created and explosive shell. "COME GET SOME MORE!"
Momo learned something very important lessons that day. One: Cannons RULE. Two: Explosions can be really fun. Three: She loved a good fight.
-Tsu-
"Well, that's my cue to exit, ribbit."
As she began her retreat, she saw Kendo grab two boys away from crumbling wall. One had blonde hair and the goofiest looks on his face, the other had purple orbs for hair and was crying. It was then she saw a large piece of rubble heading right for the trio. She sprang into action, thanks to her training with Grandpa Torino she quickly came dashing in kicking the rubble out of the way. Actually she destroyed it, her powerful legs went clean through as she landed on a wall.
"Thanks Tsu"
"No problem Itsu, lets get out of here."
-Adam-
He rounded a corner and saw Eijiro hold up a wall as girl with a mushroom shaped hair cut was trying to pull an injured student out of the way. Adam ran forward and using all the energy he had stored he obliterated the falling wall.
"Dude that was manly as fuck."
"Thanks"
The Zero pointer turned the corner. "Shit" the boys said in unison.
"I got the dude; you get the girl" Eijiro said.
"Excuse me Miss," Adam turned and scoped up the girl as Eijiro slung the boy over his shoulder as they ran.
As they ran a wall came crashing down. "DON'T STOP" the girl shouted. Suddenly giant mushrooms sprouted near the wall giving them time to make their escape.
-Izuku-
He watched as the rest of the examinees ran; he was about to join them when he heard it.
"HELP!"
He turned as saw Ochaco pinned under some rubble. Oh, no she needs help. He raced over sliding to a stop by her.
"Ochaco, are you hurt?"
"I think my ankle is broken."
"Ok Ochaco, relax I will get you out." He reached down pushing his Full Cowling to 15% he tossed the rubble of her. He was about to lift her up when a large shadow fell over them.
"Izuku watch out!"
They could not get away in time. He leapt high into the air towards the things head. "DELEWARE SMASH", The Zero pointer broke.
As he plummeted down, he braced for a rough landing that never came. He felt a smack on his back and then he floating.
He smiled at his rescuer.
"Thanks for the save."
"Ditto," she said. He pulled her into his arms in a princess carry as she released them.
-All Battle Grounds-
"THAT'S TIME, EVERYONE MAKE YOUR WAY BACK TO THE ENTRANCE IF YOU ARE INJURED MEDICAL STAFF WILL BE TO YOU MOMENTARILY.
-Izuku-
Izuku carried a blushing Ochaco all the way to the entrance, before handing her over to the medical staff.
"Hey Izuku, I will see you at U.A."
"You got it Ochaco. I hope you feel better."
-Momo-
She chatted with Kyoka on the way back to testing facility.
-Adam-
Kinoko Komori that was the name of the girl he had carried off. Eijiro, her and him all talked happily on the bus. Well, Eijiro did a lot of talking but Kinoko would laugh at their silliness.
-Tsu-
Her and Itsu sat talking about their experience, while shuddering at the actions of the purple orb hair boy. He had one, try to cope a feel on both of them, two invited them to the party in his pants. But most importantly Itsu had the honor of knocking him out.
They all joined up at the front of the facility after getting changed from their workout clothes. As they groups meet up in front of the facilities others came to join them. Eijiro introduced everyone to his friend Mina, Kinoko quietly said hi. Kyoka was happy to meet everyone, but she seemed particularly surprised when Izuku showed up. Tsu and Itsu joined up as the group was livening up. Finally, Izuku came up. The group were all talking when Ochaco joined them. Introductions were made. Phone numbers exchanged as the groups split off into the night.
New threads were formed that day, share experiences, obstacles overcome. High hopes. New horizons, another step on the journey. A journey that would see the greatest heroes of all time rise together and change the world.