And it's time…for the pre-events leading up to the Sports Festival. I know that some of you aren't happy that I'm postponing the Sports Festival for the next chapter but there is a reason for my madness. I want to give more light to the training the preparation that everyone is putting in for the festival itself as since Izuku had a different set of friends than canon, things will go down differently. Another reason is to make amends. It has been pointed to me that Yu hasn't gotten nearly as much screen time as she deserves, especially because I made her the main character. She hasn't made an appearance since chapter 9 and for that, I apologize. I followed the canon flow a bit too much and cut her out as a consequence of that. I'll try and include her in the story, so she's due for another appearance in this chapter.
Onward then, I hope you all enjoy the chapter and to Wall(Guest) and Scandalf, sorry once more.
Chapter 14: The quiet Days
(UA High – End of the School Day)
"Wh-What's going on?" Uraraka asked as she stared at the door. It was the end of the school day and the class was getting ready to leave and return home for the day but they found themselves blocked as when Uraraka slid the door open, they found a giant crowd of students waiting for them.
"What business do you have with Class 1-A?" Iida asked as he rose his arm but bent it at the elbow, doing a half upwards chop.
"We got places to be you know!" Mineta said with a frown. "What'd you come here for anyway?"
"Dumbass, they're scouting out the competition. We are the ones who made it out of a villain attack." Bakugo explained with an irritated but somehow calm-looking demeanor as he walked to the doorway. "They probably want to check us out before the sports festival."
"And to think, that's Bakugo in neutral." Midoriya muttered as he looked over to the scared purple ball-haired student, no doubt he was scared for his well-being if he somehow managed to anger the blonde.
"There's no point in doing stuff like this. Out of my, you extras!" And like that, Bakugo made all those present aware of his less-than-friendly attitude and even lower levels of patience. His words did not calm the crowd, if anything if angered them and made it more and more likely a fight might just break out.
"Stop calling people extras just because you don't know them!" Iida scolded him as he chopped his arm in the boy's direction.
"You idiot! Do you want to paint a big red target on the entire class's back? We don't need more enemies!" Midoriya yelled at Bakugo, who in response to both class rep and assistant words, said nothing.
"I came here to see what the famous class-A was like," A voice said out of the blue from the crowd, those in the front could see someone moving through the mass of bodies to the door. "But you seem pretty arrogant." The revealed boy finished. From his appearance, you would think he was related to Aizawa as they both had crazy hair, though his hair was purple and not black-(they've all seen how Aizawa's hair rises when he activates his quirk.)-and the tired, exhausted-looking eyes, through once more they were purple rather than black.
"Are all the students in the hero course like this?" The boy asked as he scratched the back of his neck and kept his hand on the back of his neck, his tired eyes scrutinizing each of every 1-A student insight.
"I can assure you that we are certainly nothing like him and as the class rep of 1-A, allow me to apologize now for any crap 'Mr. Blast first ask questions never may give you'." Midoriya said from behind him in an effort of diffusing the inter-class tension that was slowly building up to palpable levels.
"What was that you fuckin Deku?!" Bakugo yelled at him as he finally turned to face the boy.
"You heard me loud and clear, or did all those senseless blasts finally deafen you?" Midoriya challenged him, the two butting heads for another time. For the class, they were used to it but for the audience watching, many were confused as to why the two boys were acting like two wild animals fighting over something.
"[Sign] Seeing something like this makes me disillusioned." The purple-haired boy said as he watched the two bicker, though his words broke them out of their fight.
"There are quite a number of us who enrolled into other courses because we didn't make it into the hero course. Did you know that?" The boy asked them.
"Yeah, yeah I did. Only around 34% at best make into the hero course out of the hundreds of possible candidates." Midoriya answered him, laying out the facts for everyone listening.
"Oh, so you do know. Then you must also know that the school left us with a chance." The boy said as he looked around their class.
"The hell you talking about? Spit it out already bag eyes." Bakugo butted in with an angry-(his usual)-expression on his face.
'Is his first response to everything a hostile one?' Iida wondered to himself as it was not going to help the class if everyone else thinks they have no manners.
"The point is you, arrogant oaf," The boy started, getting an angry growl from Bakugo and a small smile from Midoriya who took pleasure from Bakugo's expense. "That depending on the results on the sports festival, they'll consider our transfer into the hero course..." The boy continued but left out the last part to see if anyone in 1-A knew what he was talking about.
"That's a double-edged sword for us since you guys might get in if you have a good performance while one or more of us may be kicked out of the hero course if their performance is lacking." Midoriya finished the thought as he had read up on such measures for the situation if he didn't qualify for the hero course the first time around, clearly, he was the only one.
"Wait, What!" Uraraka asked, she didn't know that!
"We could be kicked out?!" Ashido asked, now really nervous about the festival.
"It makes sense," Todoroki spoke up for the first time, drawing the attention of the two groups to him. "Remember what Aizawa-sensei told us? If you can't perform, if you don't have what it takes then you don't deserve to be in this course, I imagine that if it were up to him, you won't have a place in this school." He finished as all though he came in through recommendations, he was fully aware of how the school runs, there had been more than a few cases in the past where someone was bumped into the hero course from another and just as many cases when some were bumped out.
"It seems you were right class 1-A rep, at least some of you have a solid head on your shoulders but your wrong in one regard." The purple-haired boy both praised and insulted them. "I didn't come here to 'scout the competition' as your blonde friend thinks, I came here to say this: If you don't watch yourselves, I'll sweep you off your feet and take your place in the sun." The boy told them, locking eyes with Midoriya, Bakugo, Yaoyorozu, and Jiro as he said this before he turned to the class as a whole. "Simply put, I came with a declaration of war."
'This person is bold too!' Both Iida and Uraraka thought at the same time as they leaned back from him a bit.
"Rather ballsy of you to say that, who's the arrogant one now?" Midoriya asked him as a counter, to which the boy gave him a creepy-looking smile, okay he and Aizawa must be related as both their smiles would scare children with those eyes.
"There's a difference between being arrogant and being confident in your plans and strength." The boy answered, revealing that he had a plan in the works.
"Whatever you losers, I got things to do." Bakugo said at least as he got tired of this and started to push his way through the crowd.
"Where're you going Bakugo? You can't just leave after starting this mess." Kirishima called from the back of the class.
"Doesn't matter." Bakugo told him as he paused next to the purple-haired boy who was still eyeing him out of the corner of his eye.
"Doesn't matter?" Kirishima repeated, sounding confused.
"Not as long as you rise to the top. Because no matter what you do, you're bound to make a legion of enemies along the way up." And with that little bit of wisdom, the blonde boy had left.
"Hey, get back here you bastard!" Someone from the crowd yelled out to him, the silver-haired boy started to talk but most of 1-A zoned him out.
"So simple yet…so impactful, it was manly!" Kirishima said as he clenched his fist with tears in his eyes.
"You said it." Sato said though Kaminari didn't look convinced.
"You know, when you put it like that, he isn't wrong." Sero said after a moment's thought.
"Those on the precipice must always fight off hordes of challengers and adversaries." Tokoyami said from his seat, looking a bit distant from the situation. He only got back in time for the final class from where ever he left two, both Yaoyorozu and Iida were curious as to where he went but Midoriya kept them back so he could have his privacy.
"But all he did is make a whole bunch of pointless enemies!" Kaminari complained to them.
"He's right! Now we're gonna be at a disadvantage in the festival!" Mineta said in agreement thought Midoriya wasn't listening to them, he was focused on Bakugo's words.
'Baku-…Katsuki, sometimes I forget that you're not an idiot.' Midoriya thought to himself with a frown as he gathered up his things. 'We all have goals and dreams to fight for, to think that we would have it easier if we didn't outright declare our intentions was downright disrespectful to everyone else, to think they've put their hopes and dreams aside for ours…such childishness.' He continued the thought as he locked eyes with the purpled-haired boy and saw that he was serious about his challenge to them. 'The only way forward is to blast our way through the rock of competition! Just you wait Katsuki, I'll be the one to claims the peak for their own, I hope you bring your a-game because I'm bringing nothing less' Midoriya finished the thought as he walked out of the class on his way home, mentally drawing up plans for his success.
(A few days later – Dagobah Municipal Beach)
'The UA Sports festival is in around three weeks, and it'll be broadcast live on TV too…a potentially global audience will set their eyes on us. We won't know what events and contests that we'll have to face till just before their commencement, just like how pros never really know what to expect till it happens.' Midoriya thought to himself as he did his Saturday dead sprint which had increased from his older 600ms runs to a 2,000m jog at the beginning of the session along with a 150m dead sprint to close things off. His weekend workout had changed as well to include 180 Push-ups and 200 sit-ups, an hour of weight lifting at the local gym, 30 minutes of Tae-Bo videos-(though he'll sooner die than admit to the last one)-finally 10-minute cool-down stretches. Currently, Midoriya was at Dagobah beach cooling off. He had been doing every exercise and activity he could think of to help build up his endurance and strength as he figured he'll have to take some heavy hits as well as dish out hay makes if the need arose.
Yu had agreed to help him with his fighting skills and reflexes after school on Monday and he booked some time with off-duty cops later in the evening where they'll play extreme paintball. It was fun, yes but it helped with his situational awareness, observational skills, teamwork, and speed as sometimes you have to sprint and dash from cover to cover. He'll do something about his stamina if his current didn't already cover that as well.
"Okay, let's see that schedule till the festival." Midoriya said to himself as he took out his phone to check on his schedule of activities till the sports festival.
Monday
School: 07:30am – 15:30pm
Rest: 16:00pm – 17:00pm
Homework: 17:00pm – 18:30pm
Weight-lifting in lab: 18:30pm – 19:30pm
Shower: 19:30pm – 19:50pm
Dinner: 19:50 – 20:20pm
Lab: 20:20pm – 23:00pm
Tuesday
School: 07:30am – 15:30pm
Rest: 16:00pm – 17:00pm
Extreme paintball with local paintball team: 17:00pm – 19:00pm
Shower: 19:00pm – 19:20pm
Homework: 19:20pm – 19:50pm
Dinner: 19:50pm – 20:20pm
Homework: 20:20pm – 20:50pm
Lab: 20:50pm – 23:00pm
Wednesday
School: 07:30am – 15:30pm
Rest: 16:00pm – 17:00pm
Homework: 17:00pm – 18:30pm
Weight-lifting in lab: 18:30pm – 19:30pm
Shower: 19:30pm – 19:50pm
Dinner: 19:50 – 20:20pm
Lab: 20:20pm – 23:00pm
Thursday
School: 07:30am – 15:30pm
Rest: 16:00pm – 17:00pm
Extreme paintball with local paintball team: 17:00pm – 19:00pm
Shower: 19:00pm – 19:20pm
Homework: 19:20pm – 19:50pm
Dinner: 19:50pm – 20:20pm
Homework: 20:20pm – 20:50pm
Lab: 20:50pm – 23:00pm
Friday
School: 07:30am – 15:30pm
Rest: 16:00pm – 17:00pm
Homework: 17:00pm – 18:30pm
Weight-lifting in lab: 18:30pm – 19:30pm
Shower: 19:30pm – 19:50pm
Dinner: 19:50 – 20:20pm
Lab: 20:20pm – 23:00pm
Saturday
Intensive Weekend Workout: 07:00am – 10:30am
Rest: 10:30am – 11:30am
Extreme paintball with local paintball team: 11:30am – 14:30pm
Martial arts practice(Shower there): 14:30pm – 17:30pm
Free-time: 17:30pm – 19:50pm
Dinner: 19:50pm – 20:20pm
Lab: 20:20pm – 00:00am
Sunday
Intensive Weekend Workout: 09:00am – 12:30am
Rest: 10:30am – 11:30am
Shower: 11:30am – 11:50am
Free-time: 12:00am – 15:00pm
Lab: 15:00pm – 19:50pm
Dinner: 19:50pm – 20:20pm
Homework: 20:20pm – 21:40pm
Most would think he was overdoing it but in reality, he needed to push himself as hard as he could go without breaking himself. This was the UA sports festival, an internationally watched tournament that could make or break both dreams and careers before they start. Aizawa's words went double for him as he didn't have some God-granted special power to his name, all he had was the result of years of blood, sweat, tears, and studying and practice – He had his intelligence, stubbornness, suits, and fighting skills.
As expected, he wasn't the only one in his class to be pushing himself to the limits to gain strength. Iida had requested permission to use the school track field before classes in the morning and after school, most likely his running laps to increase his speed and stamina. Tsu requested permission to use the school's largest pool for exercise purposes. Shoji, Hagakure, and surprisingly Mineta opted for the gym for weight-lifting but knowing that little prev, he just wants to impress girls by having some more muscle on his bones. I don't know what Hagakure looked like but she doesn't seem like the weight lifting type, at least not a serious one.
Kirishima, Sero, and Ojiro had put in a request for use of Battle site Delta(D) to practice. Sero and Ojiro are most likely working on their urban combat skills while Kirishima said he was trying to increase his overall strength and durability. Ashido, Uraraka along with Aoyama had also requested to use the USJ since just about everything in there is an expendable piece of equipment, Uraraka would probably want to either increase how many things she can use her quirk on, the weight she can handle, or both. Ashido said she was doing target practice with moving targets and Aoyama(flamboyantly) said he'll join them.
Koda is unknown as he didn't say where he was going or planned to do, Sato is most likely working on how long his sugar-given strength can last and maybe decrease the effect on his cognitive functions, Bakugo was just trying to increase his explosive power and speed of fire. For him, he was obvious from the sounds of explosions coming from another one of the school track fields. Kaminari had requested the support class make him some moving targets so he could practice sending his electricity into a chosen target, he also asked me to make him some special kali sticks for weapons.
Finally, Tokoyami had put in a request to use the school track field at night so that he could improve his control over dark shadow as well as increase its resistance to light. I figured that one was the field he asked for in the only one with working event lights. The rest weren't built with such. He didn't know what Todoroki and Yaoyorozu were up to as both opted to use family-provided training facilities and he never asked as they weren't friends. This routine went on for almost three weeks, and each time he saw his classmates during lessons, he took in any visible signs of progress he could see to better plan for whatever they could have. Through that time, he came to another conclusion that he should also do some research on their sister class. He knew the quirks of 1-B and some of their mannerisms but that was it. He needed information if he was going to be properly prepared.
Another event was the arrival of his father early arrival. He wanted it to be such a surprise he drove all the way here from Haneda Airport and just showed up at the front door. It's great having him around, even though most of my time goes into training, studying, or otherwise getting the Mk IX ready in time, whenever we have time, we just sit down and have a good, honest take about….whatever. Having him around, knowing that he and his mother will watch the festival from the stadium, brings me great happiness.
(Sunday – the day before the Sports Festival)
'The first year sports festival always has a 1v1 competition at the end. Last year was a sports chanbara match but it all means the same thing,' Midoriya thought to himself as he finished up the last bits and pieces to the Mk IX. He was currently in his lab working on all the gadgets he'll need to win. "A one-on-one match-up where quirks and approved equipment can be used to the fullest. It means that potentially, I can face anyone in the first year…except the business course, they don't participate." He finished the thought aloud as he turned and wiped the sweat off his brow.
"Alright, Neko." He said to gain his AI attention.
"Yes sir?" Neko asked after a moment to start up passed.
"Bring up the files I have on Class 1-A, passcode MCU-IM08-AE19." Midoriya said as he went over to the computer and sat down on the chair right in front of it with his touchscreen notepad. It took a couple of seconds for Neko to authenticate not just his voice but the passcode before the file become available for viewing on the main monitor.
"Files are unlocked sir, shall I display them to you?" Neko inquired.
"Yes please, I need to you what to prepare and oh, play them from highest to lowest." Midoriya responded as he had already prepared some counters but not all of them. It took another few seconds for Neko to open the folder and to access every file on it before it read out the general information on each student of 1-A
Todoroki, Shoto Quirk: Half-Cold Half-Hot. Combat style: Short to Medium Ranged Combat. Known Limitations: Suffers from frostbite if he uses his ice powers too much. Be wary of his right side. For reasons unknown at present, he has not used his left side-(his fireside)-in both class and combat, which requires further study. Threat Level: 4.2
Yaoyorozu, Momo Quirk: Creation. Combat style: Melee & Multi ranged Support Combat. KnownLimitations: The larger and more complex the item she wishes to create, the more time and surface areas of skin are required. Also, due to the complex nature of the quirk itself, she needs time to think about what she wants to create and imagine the blueprints for such. Threat Level: 4
Bakugo, Katsuki. Quirk: Explosion. Combat style: Melee & Short Ranged Combat. Known Limitations: The power of blasts is limited to the amount of sweat that Bakugo can produce to fuel them, therefore the longer the fight goes on and the more he sweats, the larger the blasts. Has a temper though. Threat Level: 3.8
Iida, Tenya Quirk: Engine. Combatstyle: Melee. KnownLimitations: Needs time to reach his top speed at, also is noted to be extremely rigged and slow to adapt to new situations and parameters. Threat Level: 3.8
Midoriya, Izuku Quirk: Quirkless. Combat style: Melee & Multi ranged combat. Known Limitations Heavily relies on support gear and other non-quirk-related skills and as a result is just a human with no physical enhancements to speak of. Threat Level: 3.8
Hagakure, Toru. Quirk: Invisibility. Combat style: Melee & Support Combat. Known Limitations: Extremely quiet during combat and other operations, one must use their other senses such as smell and hearing to track her movements. Threat Level: 3.6
Ojiro, Mashirao Quirk: Tail. Combat style: Melee Combat. Known Limitations: His reliance on the use of his tail makes him a predictable opponent that can easily be exploited, also although the tail is toughened from years of training and factors, it is still a part of him and can be damaged. Threat Level: 3.6
Shoji, Mezo Quirk: Dupli-Arms. Combatstyle: Melee & Medium ranged support. Known Limitations: Has no means of combating foes outside his immediate proximity of around 3.4m, keep your distance. ThreatLevel: 3.6
Ashido, Mina. Quirk: Acid. Combat style: Medium-ranged support. Known Limitations: Only known weakness is most likely the fact her aim needs improvement along with fact that the stronger the acid, the longer it takes for her to secrete it. Dangerous in close quarters. Threat Level: 3.4
Kirishima, Eijiro Quirk: Hardening. Combat style: Melee. Known Limitations: Usage of quirk drains stamina and is weaker around joints as his quirk cannot harden unless he actively does so, leaving his joint vulnerable in combat. Threat Level: 3.4
Asui, Tsuyu. Quirk: Frog. Combat style: Melee & Support Combat. Known Limitations: Extreme temperatures as the cold slow her down and very cold conditions can put her into a hibernation-like sleep. Heat causes her to dry out quicker and fall prey to heat exhaustion and burns more easily than the average human. Threat Level: 3.4
Sero, Hanta Quirk: Tape. Combatstyle: Close to Medium Ranged & Support Combat. Known Limitations: Prefers to remain at a distance in combat and strike with impressive accuracy and speed. He is subpar when it comes to close-ranged combat. Threat Level: 3.4
Tokoyami, Fumikage Quirk: Dark Shadow. Combat style: Melee & Mid-range offense and defense. KnownLimitations: Light-based attacks and unusually bright conditions, he also has less control over dark shadow in darker conditions and at night. Threat Level: 3.4
Kaminari, Denki Quirk: Electrification. Combat style: Melee + Short to Medium Ranged Support Combat. KnownLimitations: Overuse of his quirk for a lack of better words, short-circuits his frontal lobe, reducing him to a bumbling idiot, also does not cope well under pressure. ThreatLevel: 3.2
Uraraka, Ochaco Quirk: Zero Gravity. Combat style: Melee + Short to Medium Ranged Support Combat. KnownLimitations: Overuse of quirk leads to nausea and in really bad cases, vomiting. Must touch the object she wishes her quirk to effect. Threat Level: 3.2
Jiro, Kyoka Quirk: Earphone Jack. Combatstyle: Medium Range Support. KnownLimitations: Quirk's offensive and defensive abilities rely solely on her earphone jack-like extension, her quirk also makes her much more susceptible to sound-based attacks and sound frequencies that humans normally cannot hear. ThreatLevel: 3
Mineta, Minoru Quirk: Pop-Off. Combatstyle: Short to Medium Ranged Support. Known Limitations: Although clever and manipulative, his scared reactions to danger and tendency to be a massive pervert makes him an opponent that all though dangerous if not dealt with quickly, is easy to take on. ThreatLevel: 3
Sato, Rikido Quirk: Sugar Rush. Combatstyle: Melee Combat. KnownLimitations: The longer he uses his quirk, the less problem-solving skills and awareness he has. Going over his limit puts him to sleep due to the 'sugar crash'. ThreatLevel: 2.8
Aoyama, Yuga. Quirk: Naval Laser. Combat style: Long ranged fire support. Known Limitations: Is currently incapable of firing off no more than 17 shots before the pain caused by his quirk's drawback of a 'stomach-ache becomes too much to handle. Can hold each blast for just over 1 second. ThreatLevel: 2.4
Koda, Koji Quirk: Anivoice. Combatstyle: Unknown. KnownLimitations: Due to his shy and silent nature, he rarely actually uses his quirk in combat. He also can only control animals in the audible of his voice. ThreatLevel: 2.4
"Okay, that's 1-A, now…" Midoriya said to himself as he took down notes as he listened in to the recording and even watching videos of the students' quirks in use if he was able to find some for that particular person. He wasn't surprised to see that both recommendation students took the top spots, he had seen first-hand how well they reacted during the USJ and how large their roles were in ensuring no one was seriously hurt and the villains were beaten back. Afterward, he closed that folder and took out a small USB drive he had on him and inserted it into one of the many ports he installed into his computer, sure he still had a DVD player for discs but almost no one still used those. "Play the next file." He instructed Neko as the pop-up window for the foreign drive appeared on the screen. It took a couple of minutes for Neko to read the thing and ensure there were no viruses, malware, spyware, or other unwanted programs, files, or folders.
"Sir…how did you come by this information?" Neko asked her master as she read through the data and saw he had files on every student of class 1-B
"Recon and questioning, it's not exactly against the rules so I took full advantage." Midoriya answered as all he did was ask Vlad King for the information, he was surprised to find out no one else from 1-A had tried to see if he would give them such. It was a sports festival after all and all pros abilities, strengths, and weaknesses don't stay secret for long, more so for heroes like Ingenium, Endeavor, and Midnight, people who are in the spotlight more often than not. Though he now wondered if anyone from 1-B had approached Aizawa-sensei for info.
Kaibara, Sen Quirk: Gyrate. Combatstyle: Melee & Short Ranged combat. Known Limitations: No known weaknesses of noteworthy mention. ThreatLevel: 4.2
Tokage, Setsuna Quirk: Lizard Tail Splitter. Combatstyle: Close to Medium Ranged combat. KnownLimitations: With her extremely versatile quirk and keen mind, your best bet would either to completely out-power her or limit her options by taking down each appendage she may detach. . ThreatLevel: 3.8
Honenuki, Juzo Quirk: Softening. Combat style: Medium to Long Ranged combat. Known Limitations: His Quirk is only effective on objects he can touch and has a habit of using it on the ground, staying extremely mobile or remaining in the air makes his ranged abilities mute, however, he is no slouch and must be dealt with using caution. Threat Level: 3.8
Shiozaki, Ibara Quirk: Vines. Combat style: Medium Range Combat. Known Limitations: Due to passive and firm religious beliefs, Shiozaki is very unlikely to attack but rather used defensive movements and capture techniques instead. Her plant-like hair may also be resistant to electricity. Threat Level: 3.6
Shoda, Nirengeki Quirk: Twin Impact. Combatstyle: Melee. KnownLimitations: He needs to land the first strike to activate his quirk but he is very skilled in boxing, caution is a must with this one. ThreatLevel: 3.5
Tetsutetsu, Tetsutetsu Quirk: Steel. Combat style: Melee. Known Limitations: Usage of quirk drains stamina and is weaker around joints as his quirk cannot harden unless he actively does so, leaving his joint vulnerable in combat. Threat Level: 3.4
Shishida, Jurota Quirk: Beast. Combatstyle: Melee. KnownLimitations: His quirk's drawback of producing an overwhelming state of 'high' makes it harder for him to process complex problems and at times, makes him slow to react to situations he otherwise would be able to catch. ThreatLevel: 3.3
Tsunotori, Pony Quirk: Horn Cannon. Combatstyle: Melee + Short to Medium Ranged Combat. KnownLimitations: No noteworthy weaknesses other than her rather lacking understanding of Japanese. ThreatLevel: 3.3
Rin, Hiryu Quirk: Scales. Combatstyle: Mixed ranged combat. KnownLimitations: The cold as his scales make it hard for him to heal himself. ThreatLevel: 3.3
Kendo, Itsuka Quirk: Big Fist. Combatstyle: Melee & Close Range Combat. Known Limitations: Has no long-ranged attacks or defenses and is vulnerable to ranged attacks or attacks she cannot block with her hands. ThreatLevel: 3.2
Kamakiri, Togaru Quirk: Razor Sharp. Combatstyle: Close Range Melee Combat. KnownLimitations: Keeping your distance, being mindful of the surroundings, and playing on his temper weaken his combat potential ThreatLevel: 3.1
Komori, Kinoko Quirk: Mushroom. Combatstyle: Short to Medium Ranged Support. KnownLimitations: Her quirk is negated against foes who can see either at night or with other forms of vision besides visual sight used by humans. She also can't penetrate gas masks. ThreatLevel: 3.1
Awase, Yosetsu Quirk: Weld. Combatstyle: Support Combat. KnownLimitations: None of the noteworthy mention due to his good understanding of his quirk and his abilities. ThreatLevel: 3.1
Tsuburaba, Kosei Quirk: Solid Air. Combatstyle: Short ranged combat. KnownLimitations: He cannot use his quirk if he cannot catch his breath or breathe however his solid air is near invisible making them hard to spot. ThreatLevel: 3.1
Kodai, Yui Quirk: Size. Combatstyle: Long-range combat. KnownLimitations: She must touch the object that she wishes to use her quirk on. ThreatLevel: 3.1
Yanagi, Reiko Quirk: Poltergeist. Combatstyle: Short to Medium ranged fighter. KnownLimitations: Can only lift the equivalent of the average person's body weight, putting at a disadvantage against larger threats. ThreatLevel: 3
Bondo, Kojiro Quirk: Cemedine. Combatstyle: Support Combat. KnownLimitations: His quirk can stick to anything, including himself which means two ways of fighting him is either at a distance where he can't strike or up close and personal where he can't use his quirk without risking trapping himself as well. ThreatLevel: 3
Monoma, Neito Quirk: Copy. Combatstyle: Varies. KnownLimitations: He can only copy the quirks of those he had touched therefore opponents that prefer range have an advantage over him. ThreatLevel: 2.8
Kuroiro, Shihai Quirk: Black. Combatstyle: Melee + Support Combat. KnownLimitations: Like with Fumikage, keep the light levels high and keep the number of black objects and dark surfaces, he isn't the best in a straight-up fight. ThreatLevel: 2.8
Fukidashi, Manga Quirk: Comic. Combat style: Short to Medium Ranged Combat. Known Limitations: Like present mic, his quirk relies on his ability to speak, take that away or strike before he can and you're golden. Threat Level: 2.6
"Thank you Neko, please create a folder for this info titles 1-B please, also install CGLR-R106-R208." Midoriya asked as turned away from the screen and got up from his seat.
"Right away sir, anything else?" Neko asked him as she saved the file onto the internal hard drive before adding the standard encryptions as well as the added one he just asked for.
"No, that would be all now," Midoriya answered as he walked over the corner work table where he had a thin blanket covering all the gadgets and tools he had built for this day. "What shall I bring tomorrow?" He asked himself with a smirk as he thought about who he needed to worry about more than the others.
"Sir." Neko said after three minutes of silence.
"Yes, Neko?" Midoriya asked as he looked under the blanket at the equipment, not paying attention to what Neko was saying.
"Miss Takeyama is at the door, shall I open for her?" Neko asked, and just like that – the AI had his full attention as he stopped looking through his stuff and stood straight up.
"Yu-chan?" Midoriya asked himself, surprised she was here. 'What a welcome surprise.' He thought to himself as a smile worked its way onto his face, he always had time for her. "Please Neko. If you could inform her I'll be up in a moment, that'll be great." He instructed as he walked over to the door to go up to his room to freshen up, he was no condition to host guests.
"At once sir."
(With Yu)
'It's been a while since we last hung out, wonder what he has been up to lately?' Yu thought to herself as she walked into the living room of the apartment. "Anyone home? The door sort of opened itself." She called out as the door had just opened itself, she would have been on a higher alert but the door didn't seem to have been open when she knocked the first couple of times nor were there any signs of a struggle anywhere.
"Good afternoon Miss Takeyama, the master is present but I have been informed to tell you that he shall be up in moment." Neko informed her from the small speaker fixed to the corner ceiling.
"What up Neko, he finally got around to installing you into the apartment?" Yu asked as she looked around the place and noted some areas looked new. Did they renovate since the last time she was here?
"Yes, as of last week, I've been fully integrated into the household." Neko informed her, sounding quite pleased with 'her' new position in life.
"He's in his lab again, isn't he?" Yu asked, knowing the answer. She didn't see his mother around nor did she see his father. It was a bummer since she was hoping to speak to the animal lover, he always had some new treat from a foreign place and a dad joke waiting.
"Yes, the master was working on some of his projects before your arrival, he shall be ready to meet you momentarily." Neko informed her, this time coming from the speaker in the hallway leading to the bathroom and bedrooms.
"You sound much more like a maid today." Yu noted from the more… upper-class speech patterns.
"Well yes, as that is my role, I thought it best to download some tutorials in being a maid as you call it to better perform my duties." Neko informed her, something that wasn't to be unexpected as Midoriya did design her system to be capable of learning to a certain degree.
"Let's just hope he hasn't hurt himself again, otherwise I'm not going to be pleased." Yu threatened, she still had to take her pound of flesh out of him for getting himself so banged up during that USJ thing and four pounds out of the villains that dared to hurt her cinnamon roll.
"I can assure you that he is in perfect health." Neko responded as the off-duty pro hero sat down on the couch to wait for her boyfriend to appear. As she waited she thought about work and the people she worked with. Most of the time, she worked with Kamui Woods who was a big stickler for the rules but alright as a co-worker. Death Arms was more laid back but he rarely was around when they did their business. After a couple of minutes, she heard footsteps coming from his room.
"Hey Yu-chan, sorry for the wait." Midoriya apologized as he walked into the room. He had changed out his dirty lab coat and instead wore a white short sleeves shirt which had the kanji reading 'This is a shirt, so what?' on it along with blue cargo pants.
"No harm no foul. You free?" Yu asked him as she got up and gave him a quick hug.
"Uhhh, sure why?" Midoriya asked her, wondering if the activity she had planned for them. Her reaction to latch onto him and starting to 'cry'.
"We haven't hung out in like forever!" Yu complained though he could see her tears were just for show. "We gotta go out and do something!"
"Weeeellll,"Midoriya said as he pretended to think about it, going along with what she was doing. "My folks are out doing their own thing right now so we got the whole afternoon and evening to catch up." He finished his sentence as he brought both his arms around her to hold her close, loving the smell of roses coming off her, she must have bathed recently.
"Yes! I get my daily dose of Izu-kun!" Yu celebrated with a cheer, getting a laugh out of the green-haired boy, he always enjoyed watching her act like the younger of the two.
'I love how excited she gets when she gets what she wants. Even more, so that I'm one of those things she wants.' He thought to himself as he let her out of the hug. "So, what's the plan for our date?"
"How about…"Yu started, drawing lines on his arm. "An early dinner at that new café place a couple of blocks away, the one that looks like it came out of some French movie." She suggested. He knew the place, it was supposedly designed to look and feel like one of those family-owned coffee places in Europe.
"Oh-oh, then I shall fetch my coat for our time out." Midoriya said jokingly as he went over to the coat closet by the door, getting a giggle from the woman.
"And that's not all, karaoke afterwards." Yu put the final nail in the coffin, loving how he froze at her words mid-reach.
"Karaoke?...how about something else instead?" Midoriya suggested as he nervously chuckled.
"Nice try little man, but I want to hear how you sound like singing." Yu shot down any hope he had of getting out of this.
"You just want to see me squirm." Midoriya accused her as he turned to face her with narrowed eyes.
"That too." She admitted.
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"[Sign] I'll get my coat." He said as he grabbed the coat, his house keys and they left.
(Later – At karaoke)
"This place isn't half bad." Yu said as they entered the packed karaoke bar, it had been some time since they left Midoriya's place and they had already gone to the café for dinner. It was just as advertised which made for a good date atmosphere but it was no evening and the sun had set long ago, meaning it was time for the activity her boyfriend dreaded.
"I know, didn't think it'll be this full." Midoriya stated as he looked around saw that it must have been near peak capacity. Didn't people do this kind of stuff on Saturdays?
"What did you expect? Everyone loves karaoke!" Yu shot back, sounding offended that he would say such. They quickly paid the fee and went to look for a free table.
"Yeah, there's nothing more fun than sounding like complete idiots and not being alone." Midoriya said with a grimace as he looked at the guy currently on stage and how he was making a total fool of himself.
"Exactly! That way no one cares if you're good or not, it's all about having fun!" Yu cheered as they found an empty table near the back, it was good since they would have their privacy in this spot.
"You're in a good mood." Midoriya noted as although Yu wasn't a 'downer' by any stretch of the imagination, this was not her usual level of pep.
"Work's been tough but fun lately. I saved a whole family just last Friday when their car nearly fell that bridge on 4th street." Yu explained as she went on to say how good it felt to be thanked for saving their lives. It was the simple things in life that added the most joy.
"Oh yeah, I saw that on the evening news. I tried to call you but you weren't answering." Midoriya said as a waiter come by and they both ordered some water, seeing how they were still full from their earlier meal.
"Sorry bout that Izu. The press didn't let me loose till they were satisfied, then I had to file the report with the police." Yu complained as she leaned into his chest, that was the parts of her line of work she hated. The paperwork!
"It's fine Yu," Midoriya said as he took her hand into his ad rubbed circles onto the top of her hand with his thumb. "I know you're working hard. Even if you lazy on your ass half the time, you know when it's time to work." He finished with a joke, getting a shove and pout for his troubles.
"Might I remind you that you thoroughly enjoyed that lazy ass?" Yu said as she took on a more seductive aura, one he had only really seen once before and letting him know he was in uncharted waters. "I bet you wanna have another go at it." She whispered into his ear as she reached for his belt-line, enjoying how he stiffened up like aboard.
"Not in public." Was all he out get out as he was regretting that ass joke, they didn't need this kind of stuff on their record.
"They can't hear us right now besides…"Yu started as her hand was nearly at its inappropriate destination before she pulled back and moved back, losing the seductive air to her nearly as quick. "That wasn't a denial." She finished as their water arrived, she took a sip, leaving him a stuttering mess as she tried to think of a counter but eventually conceded he lost that one.
"I won't deny a truth, what I look like, the Prime Minister?" Midoriya joked with a tired smile as he grabbed his water, his comment making them both laugh seeing how the man in question was in hot water over allegedly fixing election results for his political party.
"Oh, when you pick up a sense of humor?" Yu asked as he had come a long way from being the second coming of Eraserhead with his no-nonsense, no play attitude.
"When your dad enjoys watching and talking about political satire, you pick such things up." Midoriya replied as took a large sip of his water.
"How is Hisashi anyway? Been a while since I last saw him." Yu asked as they watched someone else go on stage to try and fail to sing some hip-hop song out of Russia.
"Great, he's been tracking polar bear movements in northern Siberia." Midoriya replied as he looked around at the decorations of the building and for an old building, it wasn't half bad.
"I thought they weren't any more polar bears in Russia?" Yu asked as she recalled a report she did in middle school over Russia's lack of proper wildlife conservation leading to the localized extinction of polar bears in the country.
"Nay, they've been making a comeback in the past few years, but their numbers are still pretty low, around in the couple hundred now. You should watch more nature documentaries." Midoriya teased her.
"Why do that when my wonderful boyfriend's dad studies animals? I get first-hand info." Yu counted as they watched the person on stage leave the stage and head over to his friends, all of them looking pretty entertained. They didn't pay attention to the stage after that or who was performing after that. If they did, Midoriya might have recognized the ash-blonde fellow 1-A student getting on stage.
"Yeah that is sort of a bonus, speaking of parents," Midoriya paused as he knew this was a kind of sensitive subject. "How's yours? You speak with them lately?"
"[sign] Mom's still pissed so I haven't spoken with her." And like that, Yu lost that smile and cheer as she leaned into her seat, staring at her water as if it could give her all the answers.
"Still? I thought she let go of that?" Midoriya asked as recalled how they spoke with her parent and how both gave their consent and approval, not that something like that would have stopped them but having their parents behind always did make things easier.
"Oh that's what she said, but noooooo," Yu grumbled with an angry frown. "She still doesn't approve of…of us." She said, sounding sad as it was clear to both of them she still didn't approve of their love, she just gave consent so Yu wouldn't have to worry about the rule getting in the way.
"She'll come around eventually, I mean your dad did. The old coot changed his mind didn't he?" Midoriya tried to cheer her up, though he was saddened by this news, the fact her mother didn't want her in jail or have to deal with some legal problems meant that they must still be some hope, right?
"Yeah, yeah paps did. I can't wait for winter Izu, you're gonna love the farm." Yu said as she gave him a grateful look for helping to cheer her up. Her dad already said he wanted to meet the boy in person and invited them over during the winter break so he could see what farm life was like.
"Can't say I've ever been to one but you still haven't answered the question." Midoriya said as this would be a change for him.
"Well papa is doing okay, the mangoes he planted last spring finally paid off. He loves that green-house of his." Yu listed off as her father had begun to grow tropical fruits since he finished the greenhouse, she would have gone home to help if he hadn't insisted she focus on her hero career. "The watermelon and grapes are also doing okay. By the way, he says thanks for the loan, the old chicken coops needed some repairs done, papa was even able to build another one." Yu said as she finished as water, hoping the waiter would come round again so she could get another.
"Haha, maybe that's why he likes me, how many coops is that right now?" Midoriya joked as he thought about a cartoony chicken coop and an old farmer-(not named McDonald)-fetching some eggs with comical results.
"Around 8, and each one can house about a dozen hens." Yu told him, her family farm was pretty big, big enough that she could run in giant form from one end to another in no less than three minutes
"He must be making good on them then?" Izuku noted.
"Of course he is, where I grew up, away from the hustle and bustle of the city." Yu said as she gained a far-away look in her eyes, most likely thinking of her childhood. "In the country, he sells to everyone in town, being the most respected farmer helps you know." She finished with a small smile as she remembered using her quirk to help carry things into town to sell, the police never really stopped her even though it was illegal, she wasn't hurting anyone.
"So I've been told, that farm's been in your family for how long now, three generations?" Midoriya asked as Yu was quite proud of her upbringing.
"Four, ever since my great-granny brought out the land after moving there from Kyushu." She corrected him as the waiter finally circled back to them and she ordered something else, this time lemon water.
"Wonder how these city folk will react if they knew their rising star was a hardworking farm girl under that fancy spandex and mask?" Midoriya joked with a really bad country American country accent, making his girlfriend laugh at his humor.
"They'll probably freak! I don't know about you, but I get enough from the boys back home." Yu said as she collected herself, and it was true. Every time she went home, all her old schoolmates would try and hit on her. Even the ones she had already started to not like…like at all.
"Them country boys think they can move in on my Yu, I'll teach a really good lesson." Izuku threatened, still talking with the terrible country accent as he flexed his muscles in weird poses making her laugh even more.
"Oh please, sit down you city slicker. I don't need you to defend my honor." Yu finally said as she got a hold of herself again.
"But then how can I show my affections and love for you?" Midoriya asked, seemingly appalled by such a notion through the smile on his face told her he was still goofing off.
"Oh-oh, you wanna show me your love? How bout you lose some of your pride? The mic's free." Yu said as she pointed to the vacant stage, the sight draining all the blood from the boy's face.
"Come on Yu, I suck!" He tried once more to plead for mercy but she wasn't having it.
"You said it yourself, just about everyone here sucks so get that dedicated ass up on stage." Yu said as she playfully pushed him out of the booth and shoved him towards the DJ.
"Oh for you, anything. But you go after me." Midoriya relented but asked for a bone in return, he wanted them to burn together. After she agreed with a chuckle which honestly unnerved him, he made his way over to the rather European-looking DJ.
"Hey DJ, I need you to play this song…." He said as he whispered the details to the man who after hearing his request quickly nodded his head in agreement.
"Cool man," The DJ said before he grabbed his headset and set it to mic. "Alright people! We got another volunteer for the mic here at Taguya Karaoke and Dance club! He's new to the mic so give some love to our guest for the evening, Izuku Midoriya!" He introduced him as Izuku got onto the stage and grabbed the mic.
'Wait, where have I heard that name before?' A girl in the crowd thought to herself as she saw him on stage. A very familiar girl as she had blonde hair, Prussian blue eyes and resembles a horse somewhat. "Wait…" She said as his face finally registered in her mind.
"Something wrong Tsunotori?" The ash-blonde boy that had sung earlier asked as he looked at the guy she was eyeing.
"I think someone from school is here." Tsunotori said as she pointed to Izuku on stage, who from his point of view, wouldn't notice them unless they did something to stick out.
"Who?" The boy asked, his lipless face confused.
"Midoriya." She said which made the boy realize who they were looking at, what was he doing here?
"You mean the-!" He started to ask but found himself cut off when Izuku started to speak.
"H-hi, I-urrrh, I'm Midoriya Izuku, God this is embarrassing, please don't laugh too hard alright I uur, chose this song cause it's pretty sweet but also because it tells the story of my life." He said though there was a part in the middle which seemed like he was saying to himself and wasn't meant to be heard. Before anything could happen, the song started.
Remember when we all got drunk?
I ended up with two broke thumbs
Oh my God, I felt so dumb, lucky me
Now that he had started, it was clear that Izuku wasn't…bad but he was no singer either. Being a 6 out of ten with 10 being Michael Jackson and 1 being your drunk aunt after she losses her voice.
I wrote a song that no one knows
I played a show and no one showed
Oh my God, I felt so alone, lucky me
It also seemed like as he sang the song, he gained a little more confidence in himself as he started to loosen up and lose tension, seemingly losing himself in the lyrics of the admittedly great but old song he had picked. There was also something else, something they weren't expecting.
When all is going wrong and you're scared as hell
What you gonna do? Who you gonna tell?
Maybe a hundred bad days made a hundred good stories
A hundred good stories make me interesting at parties
He sounded like a girl! Like his singing voice was so soft, sweet, and feminine that if you weren't looking at him while he did it and knew it was him, you would think he was lip-syncing or just a tom-boy with a flat chest.
A hundred bad days made a hundred good stories
A hundred good stories make me interesting at parties
Yeah, no, I ain't scared of you
No, I ain't scared of you no more
"Well, I'll be damned." Yu said to herself as she wasn't expecting this!
La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, da, da
La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, da, da
No, I ain't scared of you
No, I ain't scared of you no more
"Honenuki, is he a girl?" Tsunotori asked with a dropped jaw. And what was equally shocking to the two was the fact he was singing the song in its original English lyrics, perfectly! How the hell did he sing without the accent?!
"I…don't think so…" Honenuki replied as he was equally as surprised by this turn of events. Clearly, this Midoriya was a bag of surprises.
Remember when she broke my heart
Waitin' for the waiter to return my card?
Right as I let down my guard, lucky me
We had to work a bit more hard
Only just to get a little bit less far
We could laugh about it all tomorrow, couldn't we?
By now, everyone could see he was not only not nervous anymore but was starting to enjoy this as he was smiling and swaying with the beat, which wasn't helping him to appear more masculine.
When all is going wrong and you're scared as hell
What you gonna do? Who you gonna tell?
Maybe a hundred bad days made a hundred good stories
A hundred good stories make me interesting at parties
A hundred bad days made a hundred good stories
A hundred good stories make me interesting at parties
Yeah, no, I ain't scared of you
No, I ain't scared of you no more
La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, da, da
La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, da, da
No, I ain't scared of you
No, I ain't scared of you no more
At this point, people did care if he was a boy or girl, all they cared about was how good he sounded for karaoke bar standards and were actively tapping their feet, beating their fingers against their glass, arms, or tables, or even clapping with the beat. And Izuku looked to be having a great time, lost in the beat and positive energy of the bar.
Do your thing it goes like this
No, I ain't scared of you
No, I ain't scared of you
A hundred bad days made a hundred good stories
A hundred good stories make me interesting at parties
Yeah, no, I ain't scared of you
No, I ain't scared of you
A hundred bad days made a hundred good stories
A hundred good stories make me interesting at parties
Yeah, no, I ain't scared of you
No, I ain't scared of you no more
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And with the end of his little song, the entire was showing their appreciation via clapping, whistling, cheers, or just rising their glasses in his honor. All the while Izuku came down from his musical high and just realized that an entire room of people now knew he sang like a girl. However he was in such a good mood, he didn't care and found himself singing another one after their screams for an 'encore' grew too much and the DJ requested he did before the crowd lost their minds.
"No thank you" is what I should've said, I should be in bed
But temptations of trouble on my tongue, troubles yet to come
"Oh, I'm never going to let him forget this." Yu said to herself as she listened to her wonderful boyfriend's singing chops.
One sip, bad for me
One hit, bad for me
One kiss, bad for me
But I give in so easily
And no thank you is how it should've gone
I should stay strong
But I'm weak, and what's wrong with that?
Boy, oh boy I love it when I fall for that
I'm weak, and what's wrong with that?
Boy, oh boy I love ya when I fall for that
I'm weak
"I like him, he sounds girly but he can sing." Tsunotori said in English as she bobbed her head with the rather unusual beat.
"Yeah, you're not wrong there." Honenuki replied as in English as well, maybe they should keep to themselves, Monoma didn't need any more excuses to give 1-A flak.
But I'm weak, and what's wrong with that?
Boy, oh boy I love ya when I fall for that
(Boy, oh boy I love ya when I fall for that)
No thank you
They call me after dark, I don't want no part
My habits, they hold me like a grudge
I promise I won't budge
One sip, bad for me
One hit, bad for me
One kiss, bad for me
But I give in so easily
And no thank you is how it should've gone
I should stay strong
But I'm weak, and what's wrong with that?
Boy, oh boy I love ya when I fall for that
I'm weak, and what's wrong with that?
Boy, oh boy I love ya when I fall for that
I'm weak
And just like before, the crowd was loving it. Though Izuku himself was just focusing on Yu as he sang, feeling contentment and peace as he looked into the playful, lazy but loving eyes of the women he loved. He was so absorbed in her gaze that he never noticed that the lights were switching colors and turning on and off in tandem with the song.
But I'm weak, and what's wrong with that?
Boy, oh boy I love ya when I fall for that
We, we fall for that
Wake up, we fall again
We, we fall for that
Can't wait to fall again
One sip, bad for me
One hit, bad for me
One kiss, bad for me
But I give in so easily
He sang as he let loose a bigger and bigger smile as the beat rose once more as the song drew to a close.
And no thank you is how it should've gone
I should stay strong
But I'm weak, and what's wrong with that?
Boy, oh boy I love ya when I fall for that
I'm weak, and what's wrong with that?
Boy, oh boy I love ya when I fall for that
I'm weak
Go!
But I'm weak, and what's wrong with that?
Boy, oh boy I love ya when I fall for that
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'Maybe we should do this more often?' Midoriya thought to himself as he waved at the cheering crowd as he got off the stage and made his way back to his table, not knowing he was going to be the talk of his supposed rival class the next day.
Well, that's that which marks the end of the chapter and the end of events before the Sports festival. This chapter was certainly longer than I was hoping for as you all know that for this storyline, chapters are usually in the 6 to 9k words range but I was a role and decided to go with it. The changes are visible as a through in Izuku knowing about how the non-hero course students may be gunning for their spots as it makes sense. He may have worked his butt off to get into the hero course the first time around but he, like Donatello in TNMT, doesn't put all his eggs into one basket and would have researched not only alternative methods to get into the hero course from maybe the support course-(which was his second choice)-or just gone to another hero school like Shiketsu. Also, the extreme paintball isn't just for fun but to help him with team exercises, observation, urban and rural combat, parkour, and agility as anyone who played extreme paintball knows it's like real-life COD sometimes, especially when the other teams are experienced.
Please note that the students' rating on their threat level was taken from the wiki site. I combined all their scores, divided that number by 5-(or 6 if that was the score was out of)-then doubled it to gain a number anywhere from 1 to 10. Also, the ranges are simple as short-ranged aren't melee fighters but people who prefer to strike targets as far out as around 10m, medium-ranged users can use their quirks to offensive or support roles from a range of around 25m and lastly, long-ranged takes that number up to around 1.2km as people like Maladay's and Eraserhead have a pretty good range to them as one broadcast thoughts and as far as I know, there is no actual cannon range limit while Eraser just need you in his sights and humans can see pretty far under most conditions.
Italic means their Ultra Analysis Book Category scores were each out of 6, therefore they were added together and divided by 6
Underlined means their Ultra Analysis Book Category scores were each out of 5, therefore they were added together and divided by 5
I also hope that this dose of Yu was enough for my more loyal readers as I hope to correct the glaring lack of appearances she has. At first, I wanted to write about them on a date that ends with an actual lemon scene but both myself and my soundboard friend found the idea of her only appearing for sex not only sexist but stupid as wasn't just picked for her sex appeal, I wanted to write about the woman under the mask and give her more time in the sun to shrine, which I hoped this little date was able to do as I wrote about some of her kinks and quirks of personality. The staff about being a farm girl isn't canon by the way but my take of her backstory, which like any hero's backstory, will be explained in bits and pieces whenever possible.
Speaking of which, I found out about this interesting law in Japan – the law of consent. Where I stay, the law of consent is 18, the same age as the minimum drinking age. Anyone who doesn't know what this means, here is the explanation. The age of consent is the minimum age at which an individual is considered legally old enough to consent to sexual activity. This means that where I live, teens under the age of 18 who are sexually active are technically breaking the law and can be charged with statutory rape, even if all parties involved in the sexual act were willing and consenting to it.-(which makes me wonder why they use the word 'rape' as it's misleading)-Now as I already said, where I live, that age is 18 but in Japan, the age is one of the lowest recognized ones in the world as individuals 13 and older are considered legally old enough to consent to sexual acts. Now this varies from place to place as many prefectures have risen the ages to 16 to 18 but that may not count if the individuals involved in the act can provide proof of a 'sincere romantic relationship', which is usually determined by parental consent of the parties involved. Izuku is currently 15 and he was 15 when he and Yu had sex for the first time.
Therefore Yu and Izuku's relationship isn't illegal by Japanese law as both their parents can say, under oath that they care for one another and they gave their consent to their relationship. It's just not something that they want to advertise right now as it's not exactly an age standard practiced across the world and it would negatively affect both their careers, even if they live and work in Japan as Japanese citizens. There will come out about it, make no mistake but that won't happen for a long while.