Chapter 7: Miku & Kusaka
Shizukesa ga shimikomu you de iki wo tometa gozen goji
(All Might stands triumphantly with light being shone upon him.)
Hijou kaidan de tsume wo kamu asu wa docchi da? THE DAY HAS COME
(Then, Star Saber appears behind him. All Might turns around to see him.)
(When the guitar solo goes in, it cuts to individual shots of the students of Class 1-C.)
Keshite akenai yoru mo furitsuzukete yamanai ame mo
(Class 1-A are having fun together, all walking together towards U.A.)
Kono roku demo nai sekai ni wa arunda yo
(Class 1-A then stops as they were faced with a group of students, Class 1-C, who were walking in from the other direction.)
Sukoshi mo hen de wa nai no madoromi ni ashi wo torareteru
(The background fades to white, leaving both classes in a white void.)
Anata wo semeteiru wake ja nainda yo
(Class 1-A looks on at Class 1-C, with Class 1-C doing the same at Class 1-A.)
Hitori kuusou ni asobu soko de omoi egaita koto made hajiru no kai?
(Daisuke steps forward slowly. He then flips out his DiEnd Blaster and fires off a shot. The screen flashes at he fires the shot.)
Karamiau meikyuu meikyuu soredemo yuku to iu no?
(Star Saber and Eraserhead look at each other and then down below, where Classes 1-A & 1-C were fighting.)
Chiisaki tabibito ga kanaderu hajimari no kane no ne
(Class 1-A just charges in with Bakugo taking the lead.)
Yukuate mo DON'T KNOW DON'T KNOW hontou wa kowai'n ja nai no?
(Sakura jumps into air smiling, Akira puts his arms on fire, Takeru spits into XXR an XXL, Ryotarou slashes with his sword downward, Sento shakes his two Full-Bottles, Fumiko spins her tires on her arms, Jin lunges out like an animal with his arms out.)
Fumidasu sono ippo ippo ga kaete yukeru sa THE DAY HAS COME
(Daisuke stands up, and fires several blasts.)
(As the song ends, the other classmates pose: Miku poses with a baton in her hand with Kusaka holding his Kaixa Phone in Blaster mode; Rei and Ginko stand tall with their hands on their hips; Misao gets into a fighting position with Sora floating beside him; Hiromu twirls a small quill in his hands with Kuroto doing some kind of zombie pose beside him; Tsurugi looks back with his tail right next to his face and his back facing the screen with Shotaro rubbing his hands; Kasumi puts her blades across her face with Akaza towering behind her.)
(To finish off, the whole class picture with Star Saber.)
Kaminari and Jirou walked out together. They were eager to get started.
"Alright!" Kaminari started. "Let's do this!"
"Well, aren't you just a ball of energy?" Jirou teased.
The two walked on for a bit until they got to an open area. There, they stopped. Jirou plugged her Jacks into the ground, and closed her other ear. She closed her eyes, and concentrated. At first, there wasn't any sound. Just then, she heard something.
"You got something?" Kaminari asked.
"Yeah." Jirou replied. "Sounds like… music."
"What kind of music?" Kaminari asked again. "Where's it coming from?"
Jirou concentrated again, and now heard what she was hearing much clearer.
"It's coming from up there." Jirou answered, pointing in front of her.
Kaminari looked at the direction she was pointing in, and immediately sparked some electricity on his hand. With a slight smile, he then ran forward. Jirou quickly unplugged her Jacks, and quickly followed suit. When they reached their area, they didn't find much. All they saw was an iPod, just lying on the ground.
"Huh?" Kaminari whined. "That's it?"
Jirou carefully picked up the iPod. She figured that this was the source of the music she heard before. She turned on the screen, and it showed which music it was playing. It was playing the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky. She then realized something.
"Oh boy…" She muttered.
"Huh?" Kaminari called. "Hey, you found something?"
Then, they were hit by shockwave of a rather high-pitched sound. It launched Kaminari into the air, and Jirou quickly ducked out of the way. Kaminari landed in a bush nearby, and quickly dusted himself off as he got up.
"That's a cute boy you got there, Kyouka!" called a female voice.
Jirou looked over to the girl that just walked up to the two. She smirked pleasantly as she brushed a string of her hair behind her ear.
Speaking of which, she is very slender, but not skinny. Her hair was orange, and was wearing a black suit underneath a dark gray long coat. Along the center of the coat, it is lined with piano keys. Her shoulder pads are shaped like the lids of a grand piano.
"Should've guessed it was you, Miku." Jirou smiled.
Miku smiled warmly, happy to meet her childhood friend.
Kaminari got back up and observed the two girls having a staring contest.
"You know her?" He asked.
"Yep." Jirou replied. "She's an old friend of mine."
Miku then noticed Kaminari. She then made a rectangle shape with her fingers. She encased Jirou and Kaminari in that small frame of her vision.
"Well, well, well!" She smiled. "We got something!"
Both Kaminari and Jirou looked at each other, puzzled, and then back at Miku.
"What are you talking about?" Jirou asked.
"C'mon, Kyouka!" Miku smiled. "You two are a thing, aren't you?"
Jirou and Kaminari, both realizing what she meant, both blush. Jirou blushed more brightly then Kaminari did however. Miku smirked again at the sight.
"With that said." She called. "Time to begin the concert!"
She then pressed one of the piano keys on her coat, and the pitch it sounded hung in the air. Then, Miku posed like an orchestra conductor, launching a shockwave that sent Jirou and Kaminari back again.
Miku Kuroki! Quirk: Musical Score!
She can manipulate any kind of sound around her to push her opponents back!
Miku continued to attack her opponents. She was waving her arms around like a conductor as the sounds around her continued to push her opponents back.
"Hey, Jirou!" Kaminari called, trying to avoid all of Miku's attacks. "Can you do something about this?"
"Got it!" She responded.
Quickly, she plugged one of her Jacks into her shoe, and quickly cancelled out the sound that Miku was making. MIku, not realizing, continued on "conducting" her music.
"Kaminari! Now!" She called.
Kaminari smiled, and then immediately sparked his hands together. He then launched a ball of electricity at Miku. She still did not realize what was going on, so she continued to conduct. The electricity then suddenly dissipated in thin air.
"Wait, what?" Kaminari started.
Miku, finally realizing that there was no sound, stopped conducting.
"Aw…" She whined. "And I was just about to enter the chorus!"
Just then, steps were heard. Enter a young man wearing some kind of belt. He also had yellow lines over his costume, each going to the ends of his fingertips and his feet.
"Quit screwing around, Kuroki." He ordered. "We have a job to do."
Miku turned to the source of the voice.
"Kusaka!" She called. "Where have you been?"
"Sorry." Kusaka replied. "My invitation to this ass-whooping must've gotten lost in the mail."
Kaminari scratched the back of his head.
"Guess that's the other guy we're going to fight." Jirou commented.
Kusaka, ignoring Miku's complaining, just simply stepped forward. He reached to the side of his belt, and pulled out an object. He also grabbed something from the front of his belt and inserted it into the object.
READY.
He held the object in front of his chest. The object then extended out a neon colored rod-shaped blade. Quickly moving the blade behind him, he then charged at Kaminari.
"Whoa!" He started surprisingly. "Dude, hold up!"
Kusaka just ignored him. He swung his blade around, and Kaminari did his best to dodge them all. That separated the two duos, leaving Miku and Jirou alone.
"Just like old times, eh?" Jirou smirked.
Miku smiled in tandem, and pressed some keys on her coat. She then began to conduct the sounds around her, and direct them towards Jirou. Jirou quickly dodged most of her directed attacks, and she countered with her own vibration attacks. However, it was a give-and-take. Miku twirled gracefully, letting the attack slide right by her side. She conducted one more sound attack, this time actually landing on Jirou.
Jirou was thrusted into some bushes. Miku happily skipped over to her, eagerly waiting to take the final blow.
"Sorry, Jirou!" She smiled. "But this is where I beat you!"
Jirou smirked. She knew Miku for a long time, and whenever she seemed to gain the upper hand, she would become too confident. As such, she would unnoticeably leave all sorts of openings all around her.
Miku pressed two more piano keys on her coat, and began to conduct the sound that it projected. Jirou quickly extended her Jacks, and wrapped them around one of Miku's legs. And with a quick yank, Miku fell back on her back, with Jirou quickly pinning her into the ground with her knee on Miku's stomach.
"Looks like I win." She smiled.
Miku sighed with a hint of smile in her voice, and just raised her hands. Jirou quickly took her knee off of Miku, and quickly pulled her up.
"Guess I lost this one." Miku smiled.
"Eh, you'll get me next time!" Jirou assured.
Miku held out her hand above her head, and Jirou responded appropriately. She high-fived it, and then the two quickly slapped the back of their hands together, and clasped them together. And with that Miku turned around.
"Oh yeah, BTW!" She called as she left. "Be careful with Kusaka! He can be quite a handful!"
Jirou got confused by that remark. She was about to call back for clarification, but Miku already began to walk out.
"Alright then." Jirou thought to herself.
But just then, as she was about to take a step, she heard some kind of scream. And before she could react, Kaminari flew out of nowhere and collided into Jirou. They both fell, with Kaminari on top of Jirou. The two quickly recovered, and Kaminari quickly got off of Jirou before she could plug her Jacks into him.
"Hey, you alright?" He asked.
"Well…" Jirou groaned, getting up. "More or less."
Then, from a few feet in front of them, steps could be heard. It was Kusaka, with the lines on his costume glowing for a short second.
"Hmph." He grunted. "Looks like Kuroki didn't finish her job properly…"
Jirou raised an eyebrow. Is this what Miku meant by Kusaka being a handful?
"You want something done right, you got to do it yourself." Kusaka complained.
He raised his right hand up to his torso. He was holding sword that he had used to fight Kaminari earlier when they first met. The blade slowly pulsed, and Kusaka began to step forward slowly.
Back in the monitor room, Star Saber had grown wary. He listened to some of the students' conversation about Kusaka.
"What was up with that guy?" Kirishima asked. "He never let Denki get a single attack in!"
"And he wasn't holding back either!" Mineta added. "Just what's his deal?"
Having listened enough, he whispered something to All Might. He nodded, and the two continued to watch the match.
Kusaka Matsumoto! Quirk: Photon Energy!
There isn't much I can say about this Quirk, as it is another one of those obscure and new Quirks! But when I get information, I'll be right on it!
(Cue Dead or Alive – Kamen Rider Faiz)
Kusaka continued his slow approach towards Kaminari and Jirou. Then, in an instant, he ran forward up to Kaminari, and quickly began to swing his sword upward. Luckily, Kaminari saw this, and quickly jumped back to avoid it. He then sparked his hands again and threw another ball of electricity at him. Kusaka also had a counter for that though. He pulled a cross guard on his sword back a bit, making a cocking sound. He pulled a trigger, also hidden on the sword, which fired a short blast of some kind of energy that dispersed the electricity ball. Kusaka then pulled something out of the sword. It looked like a small USB stick. Putting the hilt of the sword back onto his belt, with the blade disappearing, he then grabbed another item off of his belt. It was a small digital camera. He inserted the USB stick over the lens of the camera, releasing a grip of some kind.
READY.
Kusaka gripped onto the camera and slowly inched towards Kaminari. Kaminari braced himself, but Jirou quickly came to his aid. She ran at Kusaka, with her Jacks extending towards Kusaka. However, Kusaka must've seen coming, as he simply pulled his head back as the Jacks soared right by his face. Kusaka then got an idea. He grabbed the Jacks, and yanked them towards him. Jirou was suddenly thrown forward, towards Kusaka. While she was going for him, this wasn't what she had in mind. Kusaka then spun around, and landed an elbow right onto the back of Jirou's head. Jirou fell on her stomach, grunting from the pain. Kaminari, in response, launched himself at Kusaka, and began to punch him indiscriminately.
"Little spider monkey!" Kusaka groaned as he tried to get Kaminari off of him.
Eventually, he landed a left cross punch right on Kaminari's face, and then roundhouse kicked him with his right leg, which sent him towards Jirou. Both students recovered as fast they could, but Kusaka had other ideas. He bolted to right in front of them, grabbing Kaminari by his hair in the process, and tossed him into Jirou again. This time, the two were thrown through several buildings. The two had bruises all over their bodies, but they tried to ignore the pain.
"Jirou!" Kaminari sked in a panic. "You okay?"
"Ugh…" Jirou groaned in response. "Been through worse."
Just then, Kusaka entered their field of vision. For some strange reason, his costume and eyes made a pulsing light effect. Kaminari, somehow standing up again, stumbled over to the front of Jirou.
"Hey!" Jirou asked. "What are you doing?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Kaminari replied with a smile. "I'm protecting you!"
Jirou gasped quietly, with a small blush at that. Kusaka scoffed, and only moved onto his next move. He reached for the middle of his belt, which had a phone attached to it. He flipped down, revealing a number pad. He pressed the button next to the number pad, which was the "Enter" key, and then closed the phone back up.
EXCEED CHARGE.
A small pulse of light coursed from his belt and into the camera, which flashed a purple light when the pulse reached it. He then dashed forward, and Kaminari clasped his hands together, sparking his electricity.
"I'm going pass my limit…" He whispered to himself. "But it's all or nothing!"
When Kusaka got close enough, he threw a much larger ball of electricity at him, landing in front of him. As it caused a small derbris-explosion, Kaminari thought he got him. But, his celebration was premature. Kusaka ran out of the smoke and debris, and thrusted his fist, which was still holding the camera, right into his stomach. The air behind Kaminari's back made a "boom" sound effect. Jirou covered her mouth in shock. Kusaka, then pulled his fist back out and then jumped into the air, spinning. He landed another kick right onto Kaminari's chest, which sent him flying back. As Kaminari flew back, he threw up slightly as he crashed into a set of pillars, getting knocked out in the process.
"KAMINARI!" Jirou shouted as she saw her friend getting pummeled.
Kusaka, with his piercing purple eyes, slowly inched over to Jirou as well. Jirou saw this, and honestly, she was too afraid to do anything. She began to cower on the ground as she tried to keep her distance from Kusaka.
"Pathetic." Kusaka commented.
He reached for his belt, opening the phone on the belt again. He pressed the "Enter" key, and closed it back up.
EXCEED CHARGE.
Another pulsing light coursed through his costume and into the camera again, flashing a purple light. He lurched himself back for a punch, but Jirou quickly dodged it by ducking out of the way. Kusaka, instead, utterly demolished the wall Jirou had scrambled to. Kusaka looked over, and still saw Jirou, with her face saying everything.
"That's enough!" Star Saber called through the comms. "Matsumoto! Report back to your waiting area!"
Kusaka looked up, and scoffed as he put the camera back onto the side of his belt, pulling out the USB. He then installed the USB onto the cover of the phone, which was still attached to the belt. He pulled it out, and pressed the "5" key. His costume's color then faded into black, but a small hint of its yellow color is still there.
"Saved by the bell…" Kusaka chuckled, turning around to leave.
He then walked out of the area, leavening Jirou alone. Speaking of which, she quickly stood up and ran up to Kaminari, who still hadn't woken up.
"Hey! Hey!" She called. "Wake up!"
Just then, Mina and Kirishima walked in out of nowhere, and quickly moved to helping Kaminari.
"Kirishima? Mina?" Jirou asked. "What are you guys doing here?"
"All Might sent us to help Kaminari over to Recovery Girl." Mina explained. "Since we're going as well, we might just help along."
Kirishima slouched one of his arms over his neck, while Mina took his other arm. Together, they carried Kaminari out and over to Recovery Girl with Jirou following close behind.