Once the hero team was hauled off to the nurse's office Jirou was declared the MVP of the final match due to her utilization of her partner's calculated sacrifice, with Kaminari being considered a close second for his willingness to act as the strategic sacrifice.
"Now Watch A Hero Exit, LIKE HE HAS SOMEWHERE TO BE!" All Might bellowed as he bolted down the hall a trail of dust kicking up behind him.
Though to one well-dressed boy, there was a clear, if slight, oddity in the dust, a trail of steam. And a feeling in his broach that this exit was more panicked than the Number One hero would like to let on.
Hey, you coming, dude? A kind and boisterous voice rang out taking Midoriya out of his thoughts. Looking up he saw it was the fallen villain of the last match, Kaminari. "Everyones headin' back, I know AllMight's cool and all but you've been staring that way for a while, you good?"
"Huh, oh yeah. Sorry about that, guess I just got a little lost in thought." Izuku dismissed as he began walking towards the locker rooms Kaminari walking ever so slightly ahead of him. But as he walked he couldn't help but spare one last glance the direction his teacher bolted so quickly down, and he could tell by the ever so slight shifting in his pocket from his Kwammi friend that he wasn't the only one concerned.
'How long did he say his buff form lasted?"
The rest of the day was rather uneventful as most in the class congratulated the winners for their success or encouraged the failures, it was certainly different than what Izuku was used to. Bakugou of course was walking the entire time, part of Midoriya wanted to chase after him and tell the truth, but he could tell he wasn't giving up anytime soon.
He sighed as a fond smile crossed his face, 'Same old Kachan'
For all of his and Melissa's worry beforehand things were going pretty well so far, top points on the fitness test, won their combat training match, things were looking pretty good. In fact, for the first time in forever he was actually looking forward to going back to school tomorrow, 'I mean what could possibly go wrong?'
The next morning Izuku was swarmed by hordes of reporters barraging with questions about AllMight.
"Hey, You! Can tell us what it's like working so closely with AllMight?" A reporter demanded as a microphone was held but an inch away Izuku's face. While the reports present didn't seem to feel any too strong emotions the sheer amount of them and the fact they were so laser-focused on him began to make Izuku and Nooroo's empathy ability overload as he tried to stammer out an excuse.
He looked around trying to spot his friends and see if they could help, unfortunately, they weren't fairing much better. Uraraka gave a half-hearted description of AllMight, Melissa tried to dance around the questions of AllMight's American connection, while Iida of course was the only one who wanted to give an answer but was promptly ignored.
Eventually, they were helped inside by Aizawa who was less than impressed by the crowd's impromptu "Interview". One foolish soul tried to waltz in only to be met with UA's security features, which they didn't take too kindly to. But oddly enough as his friends began to wind down and as they became further from the crowd, Izuku could feel an empathy reading he didn't notice before, it felt… malicious.
He spared a glance down at his Kwami friend who looked similarly uneasy as he drank some of Izuku's coffee, he sighed 'powers are probably on the fritz.
"I saw the video feed of your trial yesterday and went over your results. Aizawa droned as addressed the subdued class, he then turned his focus to Bakugou who definitely refused to meet his teacher's gaze. "Bakugou, you may have lost but you still did well, so don't sulk like a child." He then shifted his gaze between the Miraculous duo, Izuku, and Melissa, "As for you two, Midoriya, Shield, you won but you let your enemy escape while one of you was vulnerable, it turned out alright this time but don't assume you'll have the same luck next time."
He then returned his focus to the class at large, and as he did so Izuku could swear he felt an unbridled glee as his teacher delivered the words that would make the room skyrocket in fear, "Our first task of the day will decide your future."
Even without Nooroo's empathy-based abilities, Izuku was sure he'd be able to tell the class's fear through the sheer strain on their faces as they struggled to not show their fear at the implications.
Then his empathy then shot all the way back to joyful relief as his teacher revealed with a barely hidden smirk, "You'll be picking a class representative." God, his empathy reading is really starting to kick him today.
The class bustled in excitement as everyone wanted to throw their hat in the ring. Not that he could exactly blame them though, while in any other school the role would just mean more, in a hero school like UA it was a chance to get your name out there and show your capabilities in running a team. Even Midoriya himself was shyly raising his hand, 'it is a good opportunity…'
Suddenly Iida stood at attention gathering the attention of the talkative room, "Everyone, Please! The class representative's duty is to lead others. That is not something just anyone can do. You must first have the trust of those you will be leading. Therefore I believe that the only responsible way of deciding who should be given the duty is to hold a democratic election to choose our leaders." It was honestly a pretty good speech, only slightly undermined by the fact that the whole time he gave it his hand was in the air preemptively throwing his hat in the ring.
"Is this really a good idea?"
"We have only known each other for a day, kero."
"Yea, won't that just lead to everybody voting for themselves?"
As the doubts were aired Melissa, who up to that point was one of the few students not volunteering, gave her two cents, "While I'm not too familiar with class representatives, I was homeschooled plus I don't think they're common back home, if you want to make this fair why not just have it be that no one can vote for themselves? And if someone doesn't want to be a candidate they can choose not to, like me. Like I said no clue what this is so unless you plan on starting a coup don't vote for me."
After a bit of deliberation, the class agreed to Iida's proposed election with Melissa's amendments. They then checked in with their teacher, who told them to just get it before the end of class and then handed out a notecard that everyone wrote their name on the back, with elector above it, and the name of their candidate on the front.
Izuku Midoriya 7
Momo Yaoyorozu 6
Mina Ashido 3
Kyoka Jiro 2
Eijiro Kirishima 1
Ochako Uraraka 1
Fumikage Tokoyami 1
Tenya Iida 1
Shoto Todoroki 0
Katsuki Bakugou 0
Melisa Shield 0
Mezo Shoji 0
Mashirao Ojiro 0
Koji Koda 0
Tsuyu Asui 0
Yuga Aoyama 0
Hanta Sero 0
Denki Kaminari 0
Toru Hagakure 0
Minoru Mineta 0
S-SEVEN VOTES?!
"WHO THE HELL VOTED FOR DEKU!!!"
"Did you think we'd vote for you?"
Completely slack-jawed Midoriya, along with Momo Yaoyorozu stood at the front of the class as Aizawa concluded the election.
"Ugh…how did this happen…" Izuku bemoaned as he silently freaked out in the cafeteria.
"Lighten up, FlyBoy! You won, live a little!" Melissa cheered.
"I'm surprised you're so worried Midoriya." Iida interjected, "If you didn't want the position why didn't you drop out?"
"I just didn't want to regret not trying, I didn't think anyone would actually vote for me."
"Welp, suck it up Buggy, you threw your hat in the ring, now you have to wear it."
Yah! Besides you did so well so far, you got this Deku-Kun"
Indeed, you and Melissa so far have shown courage and quick thinking when under pressure, both of which make would make you perfect leaders. It's why I voted for you at least."
"You-You did?"
Mellisa rolled her eyes fondly, "Well duh, surprised you didn't realize you had three votes going into this."
"I-I guess I'm still getting used to the whole friend group… thing. Bu-But even then I'm surprised you didn't get any votes but mine, I mean you already showed potential when you rallied down the class."
Yeah, gotta admit I'm surprised you only got one vote. Figured the Ingenium rep would get you some votes on its own."
…
"Wut"
Mellisa looked at her friends' befuddled faces in bewildered amusement, "...Did you guys not notice."
Attention was quickly turned to Iida who looked at his two shorter friends in nervous hesitance. "Sigh, I suppose it would come about sooner or later. Yes, it is true, Ingenium is in fact my older brother."
Izuku and Mellisa practically started to vibrate in excitement as they struggled to not geek out over Iida.
"That's so cool Iida!" Ochaco whisper yelled as Izuku hurriedly nodded along.
"Thank you, I was worried people might judge me differently if they knew of my lineage."
However just as they all seemed to settle a strange feeling filled Izuku once again as his butterflies began to dance ever closer to him, scared."
Suddenly a loud ring blanketed the cafeteria drawing all student's attention, "WARNING WARNING LEVEL THREE SECURITY BREACH WARNING WARNING"
"Level Three Security Breach?"
It means someone has managed to break onto campus grounds," an older student informed as they passed by, "this hasn't happened once in the three years I've been here. We need to get out of here!"
Suddenly the Quartet was being dragged along in a wave of confused and scared students running with no rhyme or reason. They tried to stick together but were unsuccessful as they and their classmates were pushed by the current of people.
Iida managed to find himself being flung into a window, groaning from the collision he peered out to see… 'reporters?'
Reporters broke in. They're what sound the alarm? From the corner of his eye, he could see a faint purple and red glow from the crowd. Izuku flew out and searched the crowd, as he met Mellisa in the air, his eyes darted around until he noticed Iida flagging him down.
"You ok Iida?"
I'm fine but look!" he pointed out the window, "We're not under attack of some villain just some recklessly brash reporters."
It took the Miraculous duo a good minute to process the whole situation, as they did so the lack of amusement on both their faces was telling.
"So what do we do now?"
Izuku thought for a moment before bolting in front of the students "Hey! Everyone calm down we are not in danger. Please everyone settle down!" He yelled, yet it went on mostly deaf ears.
He gritted his teeth in frustration, he needed to get everyone's attention… or maybe… he didn't.
He swooped down and met Iida and Melissa as the crowd continued to flood the hall some students desperately trying not to be trampled. They all tried to get through the door however before they could do so they were cut off by a yo-yo that clocked their path. There were cries of desperate indignation but they were soon cut off as Iida, held up by Midoriya, began lecturing them his voice booming in authority.
"Enough! There is no villain on UA campus! It is just some overzealous reporters! We are UA Students! And this is NO way to act! We need to remain calm and prove that we're the best of the best!
Luckily that seemed to do the trick and quickly the students present returned to a more civil order.
After that, the day was otherwise uneventful. The authorities handled the press and Cementoss fixed the wall that they apparently broke through. Momo and Izuku officiated their positions and the day ended as normal. Izuku was nervous of course, he's never been trusted with this much responsibility before… it was odd, but nice. Nevertheless, he knew he had a team right beside him, and he knew that together there was nothing they can't handle.
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.
.
"Ready my boy."
"Yes sensei all is prepared"
"And what about your partner"
"…"
"Ehem"
"I still don't see why you believe I need that rat. He is nothing but a liability. Not to mention I already have a small scale version of his power"
"Don't think this is a treat for me either scratchy!"
"I promise you, all will be revealed in due time. Until then get some rest for tomorrow is a big day."
"Yes Sensei, and when tomorrow ends, hehehe, All Will Know And Fear The Name Tomura Shigaraki HAHAHA HAHAHA"
'Why'd it have to be a nut case…'
Author's Note
Abligatory apology for benign late again. This has been a busy semester.
That being said I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I hope you're ready cause next up the Claws are Out.
Anyway, see you then.
And like always feel free to leave comments/reviews always love seeing them.
Eraserhead137
I am truly in love with this story
Thank you
D3lph0xL0v3r
keep up the AMAZING WORK!
I'm So Eagerly awaiting seeing what will happen next!
COOL! I Sure Hope that Izuku, Melissa, Tikki, & Nooroo meet Rody Soul & Pino whenever there IS A Chapter made that follows the events of World Heroes' Mission; Because It makes too much sense for Him to think that THEY have similar quirks to him!
Thank you!
Hope you enjoyed it.
I'll cross the WHM bridge when we come to it. That being said who knows, we have seen other kwami's than the ones in Paris, who's to say they maybe Pino is a quirk himself… or he may just still be a quirk I'm undecided.
