Freedom Is Always With You

by BlitzJV

When faced with endless possibilities, people will always take the one that lets them do what they want to do. Izuku Akatani lived by that ideal to the beat of his heart, and his freedom never died out as he explored the whole world around him. (Izuku is a mix of his Canon Self/Sonic/Tails with Shadow's Chaos) (Cross posted with Wattpad and ArchiveOfOurOwn under the same name)

10. Eyes On The World

"ARGHHHHHHHHH, SENSEI YOU WERE WRONG! ALL MIGHT… HE IS STILL STRONG, HE HASN'T WEAKENED IN THE SLIGHTEST. AND THOSE DAMN CHILDREN, THEY GOT IN THE WAY OF NOMU, THEY STOPPED OUR SUCCESS!" Shigaraki screamed in agony, his thoughts specifically going to the one blue-haired teen that got in his way of killing the other students. "That one blue-haired student, I'm gonna kill him. He stopped me from finishing the main boss, a damn mini-boss spawning in and taking me out, I'll kill him, I'M GONNA KILL HIM!"

"Tomura… Be calm, child. This has gone exactly to plan, that Nomu was used to test All Might." A voice came out of the bar they were stationed in, Kurogiri patched up Shigaraki while listening to the voice, an almost soothing and silky tone, a silver tongue that only people with the utmost confidence possessed. "We wanted to see just how strong All Might was and if he was weak, put an end to his tyranny. We will rise again, and when we do, All Might will not see it coming. The Symbol of Peace is step one, and once he is gone, it will be your time to rise, Tomura Shigaraki. No one will get in our way once we have achieved our true goals." The voice called out, placating Shigaraki into slightly calming down.

"Yeah, All Might…" He flashed back to the pain he felt at that moment, the smile on his face, the power he had, and the speed he possessed. "Sensei, I need to get faster."

"You will Tomura, you will get faster and stronger, and no one will be able to stand in your way." "No, I need to get faster, now. There's a mini-boss, and I need to take him out soon. If I don't…" His scowl deepened and his glare burned, the face of the one who disrespected him being burned into memory. "That mini-boss will turn into a final boss, and I refuse to let that happen."

"Is that so?" The voice pondered slightly before continuing, "Kurogiri, if I may ask, who is this person that Tomura is so worked up about?" Kurogiri immediately stated, "A student of UA who has blue hair and green glasses, he was extremely fast, by my estimate he was at the bare minimum as fast as the speed of sound without trying. He had figured out my weakness with my metal plates within seconds and then escaped me trying to teleport him away before going and returning to the USJ, giving Tomura the injuries you see now and also being one of the main reasons the Nomu was defeated."

"Blue hair with green glasses you say hm?" A tv then turned on beside them as a news story about teens with hoverboards was being covered. Tomura then snarled as he saw one of the teens, "THAT'S HIM, THAT'S THE ONE!"

"How interesting… It might be time." The voice started chuckling and then the tv turned off. "Time for what sir?" Kurogiri asked as the voice responded, "Time for a favor, that's all I will say for now. And Tomura, remember your goals and don't let this problem consume you, you are a future symbol of evil, the symbol of fear that the world will bow down to one day. Let your hatred power you." The voice softly laughed to itself, Shigaraki's glare never lessening, the thought of getting his revenge on that teen too great to forget.

xXx

"47, 48, 49… Okay, all the students from the hero and support courses are rounded up and accounted for. Seems like the only people injured were the teachers." The head detective counted the heads while relaying the info to Nezu, who was on the shoulders of Izuku before nodding. Looking at the ambulances and police cars around to cover the villains that were captured within the USJ. Within the ambulances were Aizawa, Kan, and Thirteen, all with mild to serious injuries while All Might was nowhere to be found.

"So Izuku, I see your eyes have laid upon a secret our society isn't ready to know," Nezu said lowly, Tsukauchi looking on closely as he figured they were talking about the secret of his best friend.

"Now isn't the time for this discussion Mr. Nezu, there are a bunch of ears around here that could be listening in." Izuku responded silently as Nezu smiled while Tsukauchi nodded, "Impressive."

"May I get a description of the villain that led this assault?" Tsukauchi asked as Izuku stared at the ground, "He looked around his mid-20s, wrinkly skin, hands around his body, light blue hair, red eyes, I know he was the one to destroy the UA gate. If you want a description of his quirk, Neito managed to copy it during the fight and destroyed that… thing's arm. Tomura Shigaraki, as that wisp man Kurogiri said, it was like he was a man-child. He whined when people got in his way, he referred to All Might as the final boss, referred to Mr. Aizawa and Mr. Kan as mini-bosses, and referred to us as grunts. It's like everything was a video game to him." Nezu mulled over this as Izuku continued. "But, he was intelligent. He knew to split us up from each other, and he saw through Aizawa's quirk. The damage on Aizawa's elbow, it's because of that decay quirk, which means he managed to get through Aizawa's Erasure."

"I see, do you think he was of the right mind to lead this assault?" Nezu asked as Tsukauchi looked confused before Izuku shook his head, "There's no way it was his idea. They were only there to lure All Might, All Might was the full goal of this for them. Shigaraki despised All Might, no it's better to say he despised the idea of a Symbol of Peace, he hates that idea, but the manchild I saw could not have thought this up on his own. Besides, Nomu had multiple quirks, and there's no way Shigaraki himself made that. He had a partner at the very least, but it's more likely he had a higher-up. Kurogiri was a calm mind, but it didn't seem like he had any reason to come besides helping Shigaraki with his plans and protecting him, as well as being the way to get in and out."

Nezu and Tsukauchi looked at each other with strong gazes while Izuku just continued to think to himself before he stopped. "Mr. Nezu, if I may, I have a suggestion. You should let some students float between classes other than me, or at the very least do more joint exercises."

"It has been an idea I've been thinking of, but may I ask why you wish to suggest this." Nezu looked at his student who smirked. "If we're all planning on being future heroes, it's only right that we get a feel for everyone around us in the hero course, and even in the general, support, and management courses. People from the general courses look up to us to try and join our courses, and the Sports Festival is coming up. There are essentially 19 students in each class along with me for 1A and 1B, have some General Studies students come up to join us, maybe introduce them to the hero course if they go far in the Sports Festival, and create an environment where proving yourself gets you rewarded with the chance and if you don't use that opportunity correctly, someone else takes your spot and it creates a sense of always staying at the top of your game and not slacking, plus the opportunity of getting to know more people and integrate them into UA's culture to see if they have the drive to get better. Maybe you can even do a program where we bring in some international students like Tsunotori. I'm sure you and I can whip up a universal translator." Nezu looked at his student with a grin and stood on his shoulder, "I must say, for my student, it sounds like you should be the principal. I'll make sure to bring this up in the next meeting between our teachers, and a universal translator does sound like an enticing challenge."

"It sounds like this student of yours is already on the way to replacing you, Nezu." Tsukauchi tried to joke as Izuku and Nezu both chuckled, "Sadly, it won't be in his nature to simply sit still in one place, my student is all about making the world itself his home." Tsukauchi didn't seem to know what he meant, but Izuku smiled and bumped his fist with Nezu's paw.

"Alright, we'll begin the interrogation process soon, thank you, young man, you truly saved the day here." Izuku saluted Tsukauchi who left along with the squad cars and ambulances that carried the teachers that sacrificed their health for them.

"Alright, the buses are prepared to return to UA. Do you wish to travel with your friends?" Izuku shook his head again, much to Nezu's surprise. "Nah, that can wait. I especially don't want to see Ashido and Tsunotori, they look like they want to kill me. Besides, I'll get you back much faster with my Extreme Gear, if you want to go with me that is." Nezu smirked before saying, "I see, you wish to be seen using your Extreme Gear after this assault to show the media that you aren't afraid of what can happen to you in case the villains try to single you out, fascinating." Izuku grinned and said, "Of course you saw through that, it's to show we are still standing and thriving, not just me but all of UA. The media of course covers the school all the time and wants to get as much dirt on the school as possible, if you're seen in the air with me, it shows just how much we aren't intimidated and that we're still going to thrive as a school. You're still holding the Sports Festival, so we're going for the same thing." Nezu was the one to grin this time, "Of course, holding the Sports Festival also shows the villains that we as a school are not scared, I guess this will be a prequel of things to come." Izuku walked over to the buses as they all watched him outside the windows. He waved at Class 1A before making eye contact with Hitoshi and moving his head in a gesture for him to come outside. He then went over to the 1B and Support Course bus before going inside.

"Izuku, is everything alright?" Kendo asked as he nodded with a smile. "Everything's alright, I just need to do something real quick." He then looked down the bus and found his two targets."Mei, Yosetsu!" The whole bus turned to him as he gathered their attention despite asking for two people. "Here." He threw capsules at the two who looked confused as he looked over to Neito who he also gestured to come out.

"What do you think they're doing, are they getting in a car with Nezu?" Setsuna asked as Kendo shook her head. "Do you see any other cars, maybe they're going to do maintenance."

"What the hell did he even give Mei and me?" Yosetsu looked at the capsule with a weird gaze before he flipped it over and his face brightened up. "You mother- LET'S GO!" He cheered as the bus looked over to him while Mei's eyes shined with a smirk. "He gave me this baby…"

"What did he even give you man?" Sen asked beside him, looking over to see before a noise outside the two buses made itself known. The people within the buses looked outside to see a cloud of smoke before three color lines removed themselves from the smoke. They all looked outside to see the three on their Extreme Gear going into the sky. "What the hell, why the fuck are they going on their own?"Bakugo muttered with an angry gaze before Yosetsu and Mei got up and ran outside the back door of the bus. "DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND YOU GUYS!" "You weren't going to tell me Izu?!" The two pressed on their capsules before smoke appeared, and two more Extreme Gear, colored white with blue stripes and gold respectively made an appearance.

"No way, HOW DID HE GET ONE BEFORE ME?" Kaminari yelled out as the main group all looked at Yosetsu with a bit of jealousy. "LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO!" They all heard him scream as he and Mei cheered while following the trio, a trail of white and gold following behind them.

"The speed at which your gear travels are impressive, and I've heard you've registered these gear under sports gear so that the Hero Commission can't confiscate them, very cunning." Nezu held onto the Izuku's shoulders as they flew through the air, with news helicopters going around the area capturing the image.

"Well if they were registered as support gear, the Hero Commission could simply say that we couldn't use them without a hero license, if I did use it they would try to confiscate it or label me a vigilante and take credit for my work. Nah, I'm good without that type of controversy next to me or people trying to show up to my apartment claiming that I broke the law."

"Yo Izuku, we got the two behind us," Hitoshi yelled beside him as he looked back and smiled at his two friends approaching him closely. "Yo! I didn't think you two would catch up this quick, thought you'd take more time getting used to the gear."

"After you let me practice on yours that day, did you think I'd just be a rookie at this?" Yosetsu proudly stated with a smirk as Mei did a 360. "Copycat let me practice, it's nice getting used to your baby." Izuku looked at Neito who simply shrugged. "What, she promised me support gear if you didn't find out, she wanted to surprise you."

"Izuku, is that Principal Nezu on your shoulders?" Yosetsu pointed at the principal while Nezu waved the group hello with a cackle. "Your group surely does surprise me. With so many differing personalities, it reminds me of the staff in some way." Nezu looked around, seeing Mustafu in a way he hadn't thought he would've before, and then looked at the news helicopters that tried to tail them. "Seems your plan has worked, you do know that now the media will try even harder to smear your names when they learn them." Izuku cackled along with Nezu, his friends laughing along with him before they all joined together in unison.

"Let Them Try."

xXx

4 Hours Later

Toshinori lay on the hospital bed that he had sometimes called his home for the past two years. Not only was his body breaking down on him, the embers of his quirk rapidly went away. He looked at his student, the one he passed his quirk onto. Mirio sat next to the bed with sadness in his eyes at the pain his master was under while on the other side, his daughter sat there sobbing. He looked at the wound on his stomach, the pain never going away, the moment he obtained that wound burned in his mind until the date he died. He coughed up some blood before looking at the napkin that followed, with Recovery Girl standing there with a disappointed look on her face, having to heal this buffoon yet again.

"TOSHIIIIIIIIIIII!" Everyone's heads in the room shot up before the door slammed open, with Inko Yagi walking through in a green dress with flowers as she cried and cried. She looked at the state of her lover with despair and sadness. "I-Inko it's alright, I've felt w-worse." He tried to say through the pain as Inko simply laid his head back down. "Don't do too much Toshi! Please, you know I can't stand seeing you like this."

While Inko tended to Toshinori, Mirio went over to Nozomi with a wave and a soft smile. "Well my favorite sister, you managed to fight off villains today, I'm so proud of you!" Mirio said with a smile trying to lighten the mood as Inko's tears exploded even more before bolting over to Nozomi. "NOZOMI, PLEASE TELL ME YOU'RE OKAY, PLEASE TELL ME YOU'RE NOT HURT." She looked all over her daughter's body trying to check for injuries before Nozomi grabbed her. "Mom, I'm okay. I'm just… thinking." She looked down before she remembered the feeling, the feeling of death fast approaching as Shigaraki ran towards them to grab one, the feeling of freezing up, unable to stop it before the massive relief that came when she saw him.

"We're going to have some visitors, come on come on, stay positive!" Mirio clapped while trying to light the mood again as Inko looked at him. "Visitors? Tell them to leave, my husband is on the verge of death right now!" "I'm not going to die Inko… Plus they have to come in, one of them saw me, they saw the truth." Nozomi and Mirio nodded while Inko looked confused before a knock was heard on the door. Shuzenji went to open the door only to find Nezu there. "Hello, humans!" He said almost too jovially with a teacup in his hand while Inko looked even more confused. Then Izuku walked in along with Nezu before making an impression. "Hello, humans!" Mirio laughed at the impression of Nezu while Shuzenji and Nezu slightly chuckled, with Toshinori trying to chuckle only for him to cough. Inko looked at the boy with a certain gaze as he turned to her and waved with a smile, "Well, it's certainly a pleasure to meet you Green Psion, if you may…" Izuku pulled out a notebook and went on his knees, "Sign Here!" Inko looked at the boy with a raised eyebrow but smiled, almost a melancholic smile in a way. "Nozomi used to do the same thing, obsessed over heroes before Katsuki made her stop. And am I the only one that notices a slight resemblance between this boy and my daughter?" Inko couldn't help but sign as the boy smiled even wider before Izuku put his hand out.

"The name is Izuku, it's amazing to meet you." She shook his hand before looking at Nozomi who turned away from the boy as she connected the dots, this was the teen who she had apparent problems with.

"You didn't ask me for my signature, and I'm your first aid teacher," Shuzenji said with fake hurt before Izuku turned to her. "If I did, I would've turned fanboy mode on and would've driven you nuts with my mumbling, you are one of my idols after all." He then turned to Mirio and high-fived him before turning the chair beside the bed and putting his hands on the back, addressing the elephant in the room. "You look like shit All Might." Inko looked at the boy with a glare before she mumbled "language," while Nezu shared some tea he got with Shuzenji and also chuckled. "Heh, well I can't control my injuries right now young Izuku, after all you and Mirio had to stop that beast from doing more damage."

"Yeah well, couldn't let the world's number 1 hero go down. Also, you were slowing down old timer, Mirio and I could keep up with you with no trouble. Never forget how we all jumped a villain." He joked with a chuckle while Mirio also chuckled and Nozomi silently glared at the floor.

"I do ask that you keep my injury a secret, the world isn't ready for that information, not yet." Izuku nodded before saying more seriously, "No disrespect Mr. Yagi, but the world will have to be ready. I meant what I said, the injury you have right now, it's slowing you down, and it's going to make you come to a full stop sooner rather than later. I'd rather not have my teacher croak and rather have my teacher for the future, even if he can't teach very well." Toshinori coughed again as Nezu and Shuzenji fully laughed this time at that statement, even Inko slightly laughing. "Please don't joke around with my teaching skills…" Izuku simply pointed to a book on the counter beside them that said "How to Teach Students for Dummies," with the whole room now snickering at Toshinori's misfortune.

"Young Izuku, there is something you should know about me, about my quirk, about what made me this way. "Let me tell you the story, the story of a quirk, named One For All." Izuku looked at Toshinori with a serious gaze as the room listened in. Izuku heard it all, from the man known as All For One, to how One For All came to fruition, to One For All's primary goal as it was passed down. How every person who obtained the quirk was simply destined to fight against the quirk's creator, the most dangerous man in the world, a person who brought All Might to the brink of death, how All Might's teacher before he had died, and in his quest for vengeance almost lost to his rage, how All For One could give and take quirks, taking quirks from people and using it for his own goals, with the Nomu being brought to his mind.

"That Nomu, it had multiple quirks you know, Shock Absorption and Regeneration." Toshinori nodded as he didn't want to believe it was true, but there was a possibility that All For One also survived their encounter. Inko's breath heightened as she almost went into a near panic attack before Nozomi hugged her as she hugged her back.

"Just, wow. And I thought learning that All Might and Green Psion have been together was going to be the biggest shock that I learned today." He quipped as Toshinori and Inko coughed while Mirio high-fived him. "Good one man."

"So when did you give this quirk to Mirio, cause he already has a lot of control over it, and if what you told me is true you now only have a couple of hours left being in your muscled-up body, much less using it to fight crime."

"I gave it to him around 2 months ago, as my former sidekick Sir Nighteye suggested Mirio to me, and I found him worthy of the quirk, truly pure of heart, wanting to be a hero to save people and not for fame and notoriety. Mirio truly wants to be a Symbol of Peace, and I will make sure he ends up at the top one day."

"Eh, I'm not so sure Mirio's gonna want to be something like a Symbol of Peace." Toshinori looked shocked as Izuku pointed to the outside window, the sky. "Sure, Mirio's gonna be competing for the top spot, but THE top spot, he doesn't have that locked up. Around the world, we have people like Quicksilver, Stars And Stripes, Salaam, Big Red Dot, and all these men and women around the world who look at your legacy All Might and want to surpass it. Let's not forget the heroes in America known as Hawkeye and Green Arrow, symbols to the Quirkless population, reminding a world that treated quirkless people like complete trash that Quirkless People can also be heroes and that they are people too!" Toshinori looked at the teen that grinned and stared at him while Nezu looked at him with proud eyes, Mirio and Nozomi looked on with shock and Inko's hands flew over her mouth with surprise. "Look at the world around us, people have been complacent All Might, your immense strength, your legacy in the USA, your legacy around the world, villains constantly in fear, they treated you rightfully as someone who stood above all others, and so they stopped improving themselves in the process. Nah, a new single Symbol of Peace doesn't sound right to me. The future is going to be even better than that." Toshinori looked down as he knew that what Izuku was saying had some merit to it before he felt the teen's hand on his shoulder, releasing a soothing white energy that made him forget the pain in his stomach.

"I'm not saying this to drag you either, and you can call me a disrespectful brat for those statements if you want and never talk to me again and kick me out, but I'm saying what's on my mind and I assume you've heard these things before, I know Mr. Nezu can be brutally blunt." Nezu sipped his tea with a smug look before Izuku looked back at Toshinori. "Just give what I said some thought alright? I know that to you, I'm just another punk-ass teen, but sometimes we all need to slow down. Plus who knows, maybe your daughter can be the future number 1 hero, maybe Bakugo, maybe Hitoshi, maybe Neito, maybe even myself." Toshinori nodded before he fell asleep, passing out in his bed while Izuku looked at him with a snort. "Damn, the Symbol of Peace just passed out on me." Inko hugged Nozomi and left the room before Izuku stopped them. "Once again, it was amazing meeting you Mrs. Yagi, and I hope we can get to know each other more, Nozomi, see you in class!" He sent her a thumbs up as she slightly smiled before walking out with her mother, Mirio fist-bumping Izuku before also walking out as Izuku just stood there with Nezu and Shuzenji.

"I'm glad you also see what's wrong with something like a Symbol of Peace, complacency." Nezu hopped on Izuku's shoulders as he simply stared at the door. "Yeah, people always need to strive for me, complacency makes us vulnerable, everyone should always strive for the best that they want." Izuku grinned as his heart started beating with even more excitement at the future that awaited him.

xXx

"I need to let off some steam man, today has been crazy." He said to himself with a sigh and laugh as he stood in front of his self-made studio, his mind set on making some music. He listened out the window and heard drilling from Mei's lab, knowing she was throwing herself into her work making support gear for more people in the hero courses after what happened today. He went to his lyric desk and was prepared to start before a knock was heard at the door and he heard someone, a guy outside. He went and unbolted the metal door to see Sen and Yosetsu there. "How did you guys know I was in here?" He said with a raised eyebrow as the building had a sign that said it was closed due to foreclosure out front and he knew Mustafu wouldn't be trying to rebuild it anytime soon due to the broken pipe system 'Not that it isn't solved by now, but they don't need to know that.'

"Sup Izuku, we asked Mei about where you were, said you were in here and that you looked a bit stressed out." Yosetsu said as Sen continued, "Wanted to see if you wanted to go do something tonight, especially since we have a long weekend." The two then looked into the studio and saw all the instruments, the sound equipment, and the microphones. "Uh, looks like you guys found me, wanna come in?" They walked past Izuku and into the studio, looking at the environment around them.

"I knew you made music man, I didn't know you had your studio too!" Izuku held his head with a chuckle as they went around looking at the different guitars, the drum sets, and the keyboards.

"Am I allowed to touch them?" They both asked at the same time as Izuku laughed and nodded again. Sure, as long as you're careful." Sen went straight for one of the electrical guitars as Izuku turned on a screen behind them before plugging it into one of the amps. "FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK!" Izuku and Yosetsu both yelled in unison, "WE SALUTE YOU!" Sen activated his quirk as he performed a guitar solo, Izuku's eyes widening with excitement while Yosetsu looked at his friend. While to Yosetsu it looked like he was just pulling random strings, to Izuku, it looked like he was a professional at what he was doing. "SEN!" He broke out of his trance and looked at his two friends who stared at him owlishly, "You can play the guitar?!" Izuku excitedly asked as Sen blushed and looked away. "My quirk was always good for this stuff, I could gyrate my fingers to pull the strings way faster than some pros and wanted to play like those old bands."

"Dude, we can get a song together, you can be the guitar, and I'll do the drums!" Izuku said before Yosetsu went up to one of the drum sets and then proceeded to perform a drum solo. Izuku's eyes widened even further as Sen then started playing the guitar along with the drums and how beautiful it sounded. The two boys using the instruments gave each other one glance before stopping, Izuku looking at both completely differently.

"Huh, I didn't think my drum lessons from my dad would come this much in handy." Yosetsu looked at the drumsticks and twirled them around while Sen fiddled with the guitar strings. "And here I thought Jirou was the only one interested in music like that, I wonder who else can play instruments." Izuku wondered aloud as he said, "Hey, if you guys want, we can try to record something for our classes to listen to, I'm sure some of them could need it."

"You do know that we've never made a song before, how is it gonna work?" Sen asked as Izuku just shrugged with a smile while Yosetsu raised a fist and twirled the drumsticks. "It's worth a shot, plus we did want to hang out with Izuku and we are doing that, plus I'm sure it'll be fun."

"Let me just get the camera set up, or better yet maybe we can get Mei to set it up for us and edit the footage. You two down?" Sen prepared the guitar while Yosetsu raised the drumsticks, "Hell yeah I'm down!"

xXx

Jirou sat in her bed after what happened earlier with the USJ, her mind in pieces as she was reminded by her thoughts over and over how villains had come to them and how some of her friends had nearly died, how they had to fight off people genuinely looking to harm them. She thought back to how Izuku had gotten to UA and back to bring help, how Kaminari would've been hurt if the help he had brought was even a little late. Her mom and dad had seen the news and tried to help her the best she could, but now it was a fight for her own. She had spoken with Yaoyorozu a little before, but she was in the same type of mood so the call went nowhere, both feeling the exhaustion of the day upon their shoulders. She then felt her phone vibrate and saw a video message from someone named 'Blue?￢ﾀﾙ on her phone. She looked at the screen debating on whether or not she wanted to see it right now before folding and opening the video.

"Hey everyone to whom I sent this, I know today was a bit hard on everyone, so a couple of friends and I decided to make a video for you guys to at least try to lighten up your spirits. If you don't even want to listen, you can just turn this video off but, I have a feeling that you're going to want to hear this message that we managed to cook up for you all." Jirou looked at the screen for a second and raised an eyebrow, "We?"

(Play It Doesn't Matter - RMX 2.014k by Tony Harnell and Jun Senoue)

Fweeeeet

The camera showed Sen playing on a white and orange electric guitar with matching headphones on before it cut to Yosetsu starting to play the drums with the same pair of headphones on, the surrounding music studio becoming clear to the viewer while both bopped their heads up and down with grins on their faces.

OHHHH YEAHHH! ALLLL RIGHTTTTT!

Izuku dropped into view between the two with the same pair of headphones with blue and green colors while bopping his head up and down, also with a blue and white electric guitar in his hands.

Well, I don't show off; don't criticize

I'm just livin' by my own feelings

And I won't give in, won't compromise

I just only have a steadfast heart of gold

Izuku threw his guitar and spun in the air before catching it in mid-air

I don't know why I can leave though it might be tough

But I ain't out of control, just livin' by my word

Don't ask me why; I don't need a reason

I got my way, my own wayyyyyy

All three pointed to the camera before they all began in unison

It doesn't matter now what happens; I will never give up the fight

Long as the voice inside me drives me to run and fight

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHOOO IS WRONG OR WHO IS RIGHT!

Yosetsu threw up two headbands as Izuku caught one and Sen caught the other as they all smirked, the camera panning on each of their faces.

Well, I won't look back; I don't need to

Time won't wait and I've got so much to do

Where do I stop now; It's all a blur and so unclear

Well, I don't know, but I can't be wrong!

The three all put fists in the air while grinning at the camera and bobbing their heads

It doesn't matter now what happens; I will never give up the fight

Long as the voice inside me drives me to run and fight

PLACE ALL YOUR BETS ON THE ONE

YOU THINK IS RIGHT

The camera panned to Sen and Yosetsu as Sen began a guitar solo with his quirk while Yosetsu kept up with his pace, Izuku break-dancing in the background and flashing a peace sign before they all began again

OHHH, IT DOESN'T MATTER

NOW WHAT HAPPENS

I WILL NEVER

GIVE UP THE FIGHT

LONG AS THE VOICE INSIDE

DRIVES ME TO RUN AND FIGHT

IT DOESN'T MATTER

WHO IS WRONG AND WHO IS RIGHT!

Izuku and Sen brought the song to a stop while Yosetsu threw his drumsticks in the air.

"This is for you guys, hope you enjoyed the show. Thank the trio of Izuku Akatani, Sen Kaibara, and Yosetsu Awase for this free performance!" Izuku said with a grin as the three laughed while saluting the camera as the video ended.

Jirou stared at her phone for some time before sighing with a smile. "You just always know how to lift spirits, huh Blue?" She put her headphones on and listened to the song Izuku had sent over and over again, bobbing her head up and down along with the trio.

In other parts of Mustafu, members of Class 1A and 1B, and the Support Course also received the text that Izuku had sent out with Mei supplying the Support Course students' numbers she had obtained, with each listening to what he had sent with plenty of reactions to go by.

Izuku looked at his phone as he, Yosetsu, and Sen were all playing games in his apartment, both of them staying the weekend at his place to relax for the weekend before they went back to UA while Mei sat on the couch behind them and took down more notes for inventions she could make while listening to Izuku's song. He saw many texts, many of them thanking the three while others were praising their skills, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu specifically calling their performance "manly."

"You know, if this is the reaction we're getting from our classes, maybe we could try to convince Nezu to perform at the opening of the Sports Festival." Izuku said as they watched Yosetsu get beat down in a game called "Mortal Kombat."

"Eh, might as well stick with the speech, as long as it isn't in the hands of someone like that Bakugo guy." Yosetsu chuckled as Izuku suddenly had chills, looking up to the sky to see it had slightly darkened. "I feel like you just tempted fate with that one man." He snickered as the thought of Bakugo giving a speech was going to be way too funny.

"OOOOO, look at this! Yaoyorozu just texted me saying and I QUOTE, "Awase's drum playing was amazing, I was pleasantly surprised by the performance, thank you all." Yosetsu, there something you not telling us?!" Izuku and Sen both looked at him with shit-eating grins as Yosetsu looked away with a blush and with this losing once again to Sen as he screamed curses.

"SHUT UP, there's nothing between us, and you both know that. She's just- a little cute that's all." He blushed again as the shit-eating grins grew even bigger, Sen nodded at Izuku while he began texting away on his phone, Yosetsu saw their plan and tried to take the phone from Izuku and Sen while hurling curses at the both of them as they played keep away.

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Nezu looked at his desk, looking at the levels he had created. If he could play his cards correctly, this would truly prove that the next generation of heroes will be far better than he could have ever hoped. He looked as a hologram opened, levels from his student's Reality Simulator that even his student hadn't seen before. Words appeared in front of him.

First Challenge: Combat Race

Second Challenge: Rescue Missions

"The First Years this year have already experienced something that even some third-years haven't, the villains came to our doorstep. Our Symbol of Peace is running out of steam, it's time to see just how far they can go. Thank you young Izuku, your invention will show everyone the true capabilities of you and your friends." He looked at the levels he had narrowed down to, it was time to do some debating with the teachers. On the hologram was each level he could pick from.

First: City Escape, Pyramid Cave, Chemical Plant, Ice Cap, Arid Sands, Casino Park

Second: Crisis City, Metal Harbor, Rail Canyon, Tropical Resort

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Notes: Bit of a Fallout and Transitional Chapter, but it sets up some important plot points for the future which is of course the point of transitional chapters.

Shigaraki's Hatred: Yes, Izuku embarrassed him and Shigaraki will not stand that, a smug teen beating him down is something he will not have, plus he said it himself, if not handled he will become a final boss.

Who All For One was talking about: You'll see

Mirio's Version of One For All: First, I have to address this as well as go back to a chapter and edit this out. Yes, I changed when exactly Mirio obtained One For All, I had to. I had created this story before the reveal of One For All and when I posted Mirio's introduction to this story, the chapter where One For All's true nature and how it killed the user was released weeks later and I couldn't avoid having to change it. I have a plan to deal with Mirio's One For All, but with hindsight, it is quite literally impossible that Mirio would've even survived that time, so my hand was forced and I'm sad about that because I didn't know how to go about this, and Mirio is vital to this story, so this change was forced. Still, the date isn't what I'm that upset about. If I wanted to, I could straight up avoid the conversation entirely and keep that detail, but I want the plague of One For All to be kept in the story as a plot point, plus I know people would catch on to that detail and I couldn't avoid it. I'd also have to change the percentages Mirio can fight at, but that's something I'm down to do.

Izuku and All Might's Discussion: Yeah, Izuku is aiming much higher than All Might's version of a Symbol of Peace. All Might drove the world into peace without movement, and Izuku knows that Mirio, and especially himself, have a lot more within them.

World Heroes: Yes sir, they're in this story along with my other heroes from different verses, and there will be slight Marvel and DC references like maybe the occasional city like Star City or a place of that such will appear, but nothing like the Cap, Norse Mythology and all that jazz, simply just people I added in, this is, after all, a Sonic-oriented story, so no multiversal nonsense (At least not yet, lol.)

Izuku and Inko: Could INKO be Izuku's mom?! No, could he be a family member of Inko's and Nozomi's? You'll have to wait and see.

It Doesn't Matter: Got to include the Sonic music in a Sonic story, plus Sen gyrating his fingers to do guitar solos makes a lot of sense to me. I like the fun-loving trio of Izuku, Yosetsu, and Sen, eventually going to add more people alongside them.

Nezu's Plan: HERE's what I need you all for, you guys are going to decide the zones I use for each part of the Sports Festival. I told you the Sports Festival will be changed around, and here's my pitch.

The first part will remain a race, however, the race will be done within three zones, I chose 6 to choose from, and you will decide what zones I use. If no one says anything, then I'll just choose the zones myself but I wanted to incorporate your choice of the zones. I'll drop a poll on and my community tab on Wattpad and I'll see which three come up the most, those three being the ones I use for the races because if I stuck with the in-canon obstacle course, Izuku would blaze through that shit in seconds.

The second part instead of a game of gathering headbands will be something more hero-oriented, rescue missions. The ability to be a part of a rescue team and communicate with your partners well is a necessity to being a hero, so I thought why not try that in the 2nd part of the Sports Festival with teams, there will be two zones, every 7 minutes and 30 seconds, so you choose those as well. If you all say go fuck yourself and decide not to say anything, I guess I'll choose.

Sorry, I took so long on this story you guys, I know people have been wanting it back for a while and I've been debating on how to go about some topics like the Mirio situation and such, as well as University and being caught up with work. I always thought about this story, and don't worry I'm not giving up on any stories I make, and this piece is sentimental to me and I love it, so I won't leave it. You guys choose what to do at the Sports Festival, don't let me down.