"Share Your Smile with the world. It's a symbol of friendship and peace."
-Christie Brinkley
Class 1-A walked back to their classroom together after getting their uniforms back on and they all walked back in comfortable silence as they got to soak in the new atmosphere of the place they were in. Hitoshi and Izuku were speaking as they calmly strolled back to class.
"Don't you have to go to your other classes today?" Hitoshi had asked.
"Yeah, first I gotta head to Class 1B and do the test we did again to find my ranking in that class, then I head to the Support Course and talk to Power Loader and meet my new classmates, and finally head to the nurse's office to get started on my lessons." Izuku had said with a million-watt smile.
Hitoshi just looked at him and sighed. It sounded like too much work, but he knew how Izuku really was, so he was just going to let him suffer."
Hitoshi then asked, "How do you think Lunch will work?"
"Since we didn't go to orientation, I do not know. I assume it will be all three years of the school sitting in different sections, so we can probably find a table."
"You think we can find some people that are cool in this class?"
"Positive, that Kirishima dude seems really cool and friendly, same with the Kaminari dude. Iida seems like he follows the rules to a letter so maybe not him although he could be nice, Yaoyorozu seems like a rich girl that's entrapped in her own thoughts so maybe not her, and we both know Bakugou hates our guts." Izuku replied with a carefree tone.
"Yeah, same with the Todoroki dude, it seems like he does not want to speak to anyone." Hitoshi said as he looked down and thought to himself.
"I used to be just like him, I know that look. What happened to him I wonder?"
"Izuku" Hitoshi then suddenly said as they got to the door of Class 1A.
"Yo, what's up?" He replied with a tilt of his head.
"Make sure Neito doesn't start a war." He said with a tired chuckle as Izuku laughed and said, "Hell yeah, I'll make sure he stays out of harm's way. Although I think Itsuka and Yosetsu do that already." Izuku snickers as they first bump and Izuku runs to his next class.
"AKATANI, DON'T RUN IN THE HALLS!" Iida had yelled out as Hitoshi just chuckles and sits down, laying his head on his desk as he just wanted to go to sleep. Unfortunately, someone had walked up and tapped his shoulder. He clicked his tongue and looked up to see a group of people in front of him. At the front was Yagi, Uraraka and Yaoyorozu.
"Can I help you?" Hitoshi asked with a tired glance as they all just continued to stare. He then just groaned and said, "What question do you have about Izuku?"
"How did you know we were going to ask about him?" Ashido had yelled out to him as he then looked up at them and told them, "Because I have eyes, and I can see that you all are interested in both of us. So what do you want to know, because I'm losing sleep over this?"
"Why are you so tired all the time man, get active!" Kirishima said with a fist bump as Hitoshi ignored that with a tick on his head as Yaoyorozu then asked, "Why isn't he in class with us right now?"
"Because he is a joint-course student, that's all I am going to say. If you want to ask someone for an explanation, ask Izuku himself." He said as he then went back down and went back to sleep as the class then sweat-dropped. Bakugou looked at him with disdain as his hands sparked up for a second, but eventually went back down as he gathered himself and waited with a sneer on his face.
Izuku walked down the halls at a casual pace, looking around for the Class 1B door as he saw everyone walking around him. "They all probably have such interesting quirks." He thought to himself with a smile as he then saw someone unique in his eyes. They had pure red hair, blue eyes, burn scars around his arms, and looked to be around the same age as Mirio.
"He looks a lot like Todoroki from my class," Izuku thought to himself before seeing a periwinkle-haired girl float up to him and ask him a bunch of questions as she had a big smile on her face as the redhead seemed to not even take her words into consideration as he stared off at the window with a far-off look. Izuku then walked away, and as he walked away caught a glimpse of a yellow-haired cartoon face walking to the two he just saw. Izuku just smirked and thought to himself, "Mirio seems to know them huh, if they are as strong as he said they were that day I can't wait to see what they are made of," and his smirk widens as he walks to Class 1B. He hears a commotion as he walks up to the door and smiles to himself, hearing that they are all communicating unlike his first class.
Izuku tenses himself and walks in with a grin plastered on his face as he opens the door and yells, "What's up future classmates?!"
He looks around and sees many people he thought he would never see before. A green mohawk mutant with blades coming out of his mouth, a silver-haired guy that looked a lot like Kirishima, a blonde girl with horns coming out of her head, a green-haired girl with vines on her head and so on as he grinned and looked as he saw his friends in a large group as everyone in the class was having a discussion.
"Yo Izuku, what's up man, glad you could make it." Yosetsu had gotten up and bro-hugged him as Neito did the same, but then punched him on the back of his head and said to him, "Don't scream bro, you're making a scene."
"You just punched me though, how is that not making a scene?" Izuku glared as Neito then waved his hand and said, "Semantics."
Itsuka came up and fist bumped him as she said, "Welcome to our Class Izuku, hope you have a good time here."
Kinoko then came up and hugged him, saying for the whole class to hear, "Hey shroom, glad you could get here!"
Izuku then saw Yui in her seat as he waved at her as she silently looked his way and smiled with a nod.
He then looked at the whole class and saw the recognition on their faces, as the silver-haired one with crazy eyes walked up and put his fist out, "Nice to meet you man, Name's Tetsutetsu. We all saw your performance the other day and let me tell you I couldn't have been motivated anymore than I had already been. Your performance was manly as hell!" He said as Izuku grinned and fist bumped him back and said, "Thanks man, glad I could help the cause. Principal Nezu said it would motivate others, and it seemed to work."
Izuku then looked at the whole class and gave them a thumbs up and said, "Name's Izuku Akatani, but you can call me Izuku. Nice to meet you all!"
He then went around the room learning the people's names and found them all to be quite varied personality wise. Togaru Kamakiri seemed like Bakugou but nicer, Shihai Kuroiro seemed a lot like the Tokoyami dude from his class, Hiryu Rin was from China, Reiko Yanagi looked like a ghost but spoke eloquently, and Ibara Shiozaki seemed highly religious. He then got into a conversation with the whole class as they sat at their desks waiting for the teacher to come in.
"Akatani, how were you so well-equipped to deal with your exam, and how did you even get that opportunity?" Jurota Shishida had asked him, while Izuku just giggled as they all looked at him weird.
"I'm sorry, you just remind me of someone from Class 1A, they speak just like you and have the same mannerisms." Izuku said as everyone nodded and waited for him to continue.
"Long story short, got the recommendation from Principal Nezu, and he made my exam be on the same day as the normal entrance so people will get fired up."
Juzo Honenuki piped his head up when he heard Izuku was recommended, as he was the same. Izuku then looked at him and said, "Juzo right, I heard you and another person were recommended students as well. How was your exam?"
Juzo then looked at him and spoke, "It was a race between multiple participants to see who would be top 4. First place dropped out, and I came third in the race already, so I was already locked in for a spot." Juzo said with a disappointed face as he hated losing to people.
"You hate losing, don't you?"
Juzo then looked up and saw Izuku look at him with a smile as he said, "I feel your pain dude, I am someone that can't stand losing to someone else." Juzo just looked up and nodded with a challenging look and Izuku then looked at Setsuna Tokage.
"Setsuna, are you the other recommended student for this class?"
"How the hell did you know that?!" She was honestly flabbergasted, then she saw him grin as he said, "I saw your face as Juzo described the race, you seem disappointed like he did, so I just assumed." He said as the whole class just looked at him as if he was crazy.
"Yeah, I was the one that got in as well, nice job deducing that." She said as she bared her teeth as the class just flinched, but Izuku bared his teeth back as he had a dangerous gleam in his eyes as they both just looked at each other.
Izuku then smiled and turned to Pony, as Setsuna just smirked to herself. "Pony, you from America?"
Pony then smiled and started speaking, "Yeah I'm from there. I transferred to Japan and I can't speak Japanese very well. But I still try." She said with a positive fist bump as Izuku looked at her and said, "Don't worry, I'm fluent in multiple languages, so you'll be okay." Juzo then spoke up and said, "Same, I speak both English and Japanese, so you'll be good." Pony just smiled and pumped her fist as Juzo then looked at Izuku and asked him, "What languages are you fluent in?" with a confused gaze.
"I speak English, Japanese, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Mandarin, Italian, Greek, and German." He said with a nonchalant smile as everyone gawked at him.
"HOW THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW SO MANY LANGUAGES!?"
"It just came easy to me I suppose." He said with a peace sign as everyone except for his friend group face planted.
"You are a walking cheat code man, I swear we haven't even heard what your quirk is and you are already impressing us." Sen Kaibara just sat there dazed as Izuku laughed.
"Wait, what did Izuku do in his exam?" "I'm actually curious as well to hear this." Juzo and Setsuna both said as Togaru then exclaimed,
"IT WAS FUCKING INSANE, DUDE SPED THROUGH GLACIERS LIKE IT WAS NOTHING AND FUCKING FIRED ENERGY ATTACKS LIKE IT WAS NO TROUBLE."
Ibara then added, "He also used multiple inventions to change the way reality was shaped and change the way gravity had worked. You would think he had turned into some kind of angel."
"Akatani, what type of sorcery has your quirk done to your body to make it able to handle the dark arts?" Shihai then asked dramatically as Izuku sweat dropped and said to him, "No dark arts man, it's just my quirk. My quirk allows me to control energy inside and outside of my body and uses it for attacking, which is how you saw me use the attack I called the Chaos Spear, for my speed which is why I go so fast, for my reflexes and instincts, as well as the fact I can somewhat heal myself from injuries. I call it Chaos."
Everyone just looked at him and Neito just says, "Izuku I think you broke them man."
"They will reboot soon. It's in a matter of time."
Izuku then got harassed by the class as he described his quirk, his inventions that he made as well as his plans for the future. Everyone seemed to have taken an interest in him so he said that they could talk more at lunch to which they all agreed and laughed off, as Izuku smiled and thought to himself, "It looks like this class is way more friendly than 1A." The door then opened and every student then looked up to see a tall man with a red and white costume entered as every student was swooning over the fact that the Blood Hero: Vlad King was here to teach them.
"You are already acquainted with one another. That's very good, teamwork and unity are an important part of what makes a hero good to work with as well as their popularity. As most if not all of you know, I am Vlad King, the Blood Hero, and I will be your homeroom teacher. I know everyone besides Akatani went to orientation, so if you could make sure he catches up that would be amazing. Meet me outside at the school field when you switch to the gym outfit and then we will discuss what to do. Sounds good?"
Everyone nodded as they all got up to change and eventually started walking to the field as they started having conversations. Izuku, Neito, Yosetsu, Sen, Juzo, Tetsutetsu, Shihai, Togaru and Hiryu were all in a group chilling as Jurota led the way with the other boys as all the girls traveled together.
"So what are all of your quirks then? I already know Neito's and Yosetsu's but the rest of you I am clueless about."
"You'll find that out at the field, don't want to reveal all of my cards yet." Juzo said with a challenging look as it was returned by all the others as they each looked at each other and saw the same aim.
To Prove Your Worth and Dominance
The class eventually arrived at the field and Vlad King standing there with a tablet in his hands as he watched the students come. He then says to all of them, "Alright now that you are here we can get started. Today we are getting a grip on your quirk, as well as your other classmates. You will go through multiple tests to test what your quirk can do, and in the end I will give you a ranking based on how well you did in the different tests. Now Akatani…" Izuku then looked towards him as Vlad King asked him, "Since you already did the test with Class 1A, you can choose whether…" "I'm doing the test again."
Izuku just grins and says to Kan, "I am not taking the easy way out, not when I have challenges all around." He says as he turns and looks at everyone who decided that they were going to compete with him. "It's a competition, not fun and games." Blue energy then started emitting from his body and the other boys just grinned back as Kan just stood there and smiled at the students' competitive attitudes towards one another.
"Alright, Akatani since you are so confident, why don't you show us an example? The first test will be the ball throw, and the other test will be the 50-Meter Sprint, Repeated Side Jumps, Long Jump, Sit-Ups, Long-Distance Run, Grip Strength and Long Stretch. Make sure you are prepared and ready."
Kan then threw a softball to Izuku who caught it and then walked up to the base, ready to show why he was not to be messed with.
"CHAOS BOOST"
Blue energy erupted from his body as the class and teacher both stood there shocked, and he uttered the same two words he used to blow up the minds of Class 1A.
"Chaos… BLAST!"
Blue energy poured into Izuku's arms and hands as he threw the ball and sent it into the clouds, showing a trail of smoke that followed the ball until it could no longer be seen by the class. It eventually touched down as Kan read the results with a smirk on his face.
"Izuku Akatani: Distance- 5,000 meters."
The class stood there, eyes wide open until one person broke out from the crowd. Neito walked up to Izuku and stood right in front of him, as if telling him he was going to surpass him.
"You may be a brother, Izuku, but I won't lose."
"Trust me, Neito, you lost the moment I took part."
Juzo then walked up, full of confidence as he stood in front of Izuku, and stuck his hand out.
"Nice job, but if you think that is going to deter me from trying my hardest, you have another thing coming." He said with a grin as Izuku shook his hand and said, "May the best person win, and I definitely know who that is." He returned as the rest of the class walked up and just stared each other down, ready for all challenges to come.
When the tests were finished, many of the class were panting, tired, or on the floor.
Kan walked up and said for the whole class to hear, "Nice job, everyone. You all have very good scores, and I am proud to say that each of you deserves to be in the hero course. Now let me reveal your scores to you."
Izuku Akatani
Neito Monoma
Juzo Honenuki
Setsuna Tokage
Jurota Shishida
Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu
Itsuka Kendo
Ibara Shiozaki
Nirengeki Shoda
Yosetsu Awase
Hiryu Rin
Sen Kaibara
Kosei Tsuburaba
Togaru Kamakiri
Shihai Kuroiro
Reiko Yanagi
Kojiro Bondo
Pony Tsunotori
Yui Kodai
Kinoko Komori
Everyone looked for their names and each had a different reaction to the board. Izuku looked at Juzo and Neito with a smirk as they both stuck the middle finger at him. Kinoko had a disappointed look on her face but Itsuka and the other girls cheered her up, Yosetsu started laughing at Togaru, Sen and Hiryu as they all gave him dirty looks, and Setsuna looked at Izuku with a glare but then a smirk as he turned and winked at her after he beat her score.
"Alright everyone, head back to class, and Izuku you can head to the Support Course for further instructions."
Everyone walked back to the classroom as Hiryu then asked, "What did sensei mean when he said you can go to the Support Course?"
"Oh, well, I am a Joint-Course student. So I take part in some classes with Class 1A, this class, and I also go to the Support and First Aid courses for training, healing, and inventing." He said with a smile as everyone nodded.
"You can make it to lunch, right?" Setsuna had asked as he gave her a thumbs up.
"Hell yeah, you all are my friends now, so we gotta stick together." He said as they all smiled. Izuku then ran out of the class as he heard Jurota yell at him to stop running, to which he then laughed.
Competition Is Always Going to Begin
Izuku arrives at the support course door and opens it calmly to see an orange-haired man berate a girl with pink hair and steampunk goggles. Izuku then looks to the right to see an area that was charred, suggesting it was an explosion that the girl most likely set off.
"HATSUME, THAT'S THE SECOND TIME YOU'VE BLOWN SOMETHING UP TODAY!"
Izuku then snorted in laughter and the whole support course turned to see him at the door with his arms crossed.
"Yo! Nice to meet you all." He said as he bowed at the door.
"IT'S YOU, THE ONE WITH THE AMAZING BABIES!" The girl known as Hatsume had said as she rushed him, but was stopped by Power Loader.
"Hatsume, let him breathe okay. Akatani nice to meet you, Nezu sent me a notice that you were coming, so since you missed orientation I will give you a booklet of what must be done in the class and how you must act, or else you will be banned from using the room for a period. Does that sound good?" Izuku then nodded silently as the bell for lunch officially rang as Maijima said, "Okay students, go to lunch and then come back here. Akatani I don't have a lot of time, so we will have a private meeting tomorrow discussing your inventions and what we can do." Izuku nodded with a smile as Power Loader walked out. He then started walking as everyone from different classrooms walked out and went towards the Cafeteria.
On the way there, he got pushed into a wall and then looked to see that girl Hatsume hug him with stars in her eyes. He started blushing heavily as he never had a girl be this forward with him before, but listened as she asked her many questions.
"Hey you, how did you make those babies? What are they made from? How do they work? Can we make a baby together?"
"Woah woah calm down." Izuku then got her off of him as they walked together to the cafeteria.
"First, name's Izuku Akatani. I assume you are Hatsume from the support course and 'babies' are supposed to mean inventions." He remarked with an eyebrow raised as she nodded furiously.
"Yeah, I'm Mei Hatsume, future owner of Hatsume Industries for my babies! I saw your babies and knew you had to be a good inventor, since your babies are so much more advanced than mine. The Reality Simulator baby, the hoverboard, and the Gravity baby are all so unique, How did you even make them?!" She said with sparkles in her eyes as he smiled sheepishly and said, "I built these with multiple metals found in different countries as well as power sources like solar power as well unlimited batteries, making sure they never lose power." He said with a grin.
"THAT'S SO COOL, CAN WE MAKE A BABY TOGETHER."
Everyone then looked at the two with weird looks as Izuku facepalmed and yelled, "SHE MEANS INVENTIONS, WE ARE SUPPORT COURSE STUDENTS." Everyone simply nodded and looked away as Izuku sighed and smiled at Mei telling her,
"Mei, please don't say those types of words out loud, it gets really embarrassing." Mei didn't seem to care though as she continued to pester Izuku until he agreed to make an invention with her, to which she hugged him. She then said while looking at him during the hug, "Wow your body feels really muscly, I just have to make a hero suit for you!" Izuku had been blushing slightly from the hug, but he composed himself and said, "Okay! We can work on my hero suit after my hero course classes tomorrow." He said with a nervous laugh as she kept on jumping up and down in front of him, her blank tank top getting more and more revealing as she continued until he eventually settled her down.
Izuku then walked to the cafeteria and saw how big it really was and the multiple sections that it held. He walked around to find his friends and saw them on the other side of the cafe with all the other First years, and before he could start walking there, he felt a hand on his shoulder as he turned around to see someone who he met quite recently .
"MIRIO!" "IZUKU!"
They both fist bumped each other and Mirio said, "I see you are getting around quite well so far."
"Yeah man, it's only the first day and I've already done so much, if this keeps up I'm going to be burnt out by Friday." He said as they both chuckled as Mirio then asked, "How did Eraserhead treat you?"
"Treated me with the same amount of seriousness as he treats hero work, which I am actually happy about. He knew what he was doing, and I'm glad he made me push myself. Same with Vlad King, both have their own ways of teaching and both do it well. I have a feeling I am going to learn quite a lot in my first year."
Mirio then laughed and said, "I felt the same way my first year. If you need anything, you can come to my lunch table during the day, I sit with three other people and we will be easy to spot."
"Thanks man, I'll probably sit with you tomorrow depending on what happens. I'm going to go catch my friends, see you later, man." They fist bumped again with smiles as they went to their respective sections. Izuku walked up and saw multiple tables full of people, and he looked around until he saw the boys from 1B all sitting together. He walked up, and they all noticed him and made space as he sat down and greeted them.
"Yo Izuku what's up, man?" Sen had stated as Izuku sat down.
"Nothing much really. My Support Course class was cut short due to lunch, so I just had to immediately come here. I saw one of my friends and said Hi to them, but that's it realistically. How's the lunch here?" He had asked them as he saw they all had their food.
"Lunch is so goddamn good. They got Lunch Rush as the cook and he made literally anything in a matter of seconds. It was so goddamn manly." Tetsutetsu exclaimed as he bit into his food.
"Very true, I asked him for pasta and he just whipped it up in front of me in 5 seconds, I swear I had never seen that before." Tsuburaba said as he bit into his food and almost moaned.
"The food exceeded my expectations if I am being honest, I believed that Lunch Rush couldn't do it, but he proved my assumptions to be false immediately after." Shishida mumbled as he ate his food delicately.
"His food touches the deepest and darkest parts of my soul, I have tasted nothing so desirable." Kuroiro said as they all looked at him weird as Sen and Yosetsu started snickering while the others were sweat-dropping.
"Okay... well I am probably going to go get my lunch then go see if Hitoshi is okay." Izuku said as he got up and left as Yosetsu and Neito nodded as the rest were confused.
"Who's Hitoshi?" Kaibara had asked curiously as Monoma explained, "Hitoshi is our friend Hitoshi Shinso, he's in Class 1A and with Izuku in that class. He's the purple-haired guy you saw with us at the beginning of the day." The rest of the boys nodded as they got into a conversation about their favorite video games.
Izuku walked into line and eventually got to pick his meal. He went up to Lunch Rush who gave him a thumbs up as he gave a thumbs up back and asked, "May I get some Katsudon and a Chilli Dog please?"
Lunch Rush whipped up the food in such little time that Izuku was star struck.
"Are you sure you don't have super speed?" Izuku said with a chuckle as Lunch Rush simply gave a thumbs up.
He then walked out of the line as everyone in the first year section had recognized him from the entrance exams and now were staring at him as he just simply looked around for Class 1A. He found them around the middle as he saw Shinso sitting with multiple people, including Kirishima, Tokoyami, Kaminari, Mashirao, Mezo and Mineta. He went over and sat down as everyone at the table looked at him as Shinso said, "Yo Izuku what's up?"
"Yo Hitoshi what's going on? You all had a good day so far?"
"Hell yeah man!" Kirishima piped up, "Present Mic came in and began the introduction to our English class, and Ectoplasm did the same but with Math. It's so manly how we get to have famous heroes as teachers."
Kaminari then joined in as he said with an embarrassed laugh, "Yeah that's true, but I did not know what was going on when it came to the syllabus for math. It made no sense to me."
Mineta then added on, "I just can't wait for Midnight to teach us. Her luscious figure as well as the other girls in the class already make me feel so good." He then had a perverted gleam in his eyes as Mashirao's tail knocked him down as he said, "Ignore the pervert Akatani, but sorry about being weird at the beginning of the day. Most of us saw you on that massive screen at the Entrance Exams and honestly just still a bit dumbfounded about what we had seen." He said with a nervous laugh as he whipped his tail around. Mezo just nodded as he agreed with what he said.
"What they say is all true, I did not know what type of sorcery you had used, but it must've been amazing feeling the rush of the dark." Tokoyami said as Izuku chuckled and said, "Someone in class 1B said the same thing. They even used the same speech patterns as you."
"Oh yeah, how was Neito and the rest of the group?" Hitoshi had asked as Izuku responded with, "They are good right now, everyone in Class 1B seems really friendly and everyone has their own pluses. In fact, some of them have nearly identical quirks to you." He then looked at Kirishima and said, "You have a hardening quirk right?" Kirishima looked at him and said, "yeah I do, does someone else have one as well in that class?"
"His quirk is very similar, he turns his skin to steel instead of hardening it, but it still functions just like yours, and from what I've seen he is just like you as well, just more hot-headed and bold." Izuku said with a snicker as Kirishima grinned and said, "I can't wait to meet him then! If he has a quirk like mine, then he can actually hit just as hard as me and tank hits just like me, he could be a training partner."
The group continued to talk until Izuku got up and said he was going to go back to 1B and said he'll see all of them tomorrow. As he walked back to the 1B tables he passed by Iida, Uraraka, and Nozomi as he turned to them and did a short wave. Uraraka and Iida both waved back, Uraraka being a lot more jubilant and mobile as Iida acted like a robot.
However, he looked at Nozomi and found her openly glaring at him with a challenging look aimed directly at his eyes. He ignored it and went off as he smiled, feeling all the stares of the people in the cafe. He went back to the 1B tables and sat with some girls this time, who were having their own conversation.
"Yo girls what's up?!" He said as he sat next to Itsuka and Reiko.
"Akatani you are appearing to be a bit of a social butterfly, flying around multiple tables and acting friendly to everyone in your area." Reiko said a bit monotonously as Itsuka replied, "That's just how Izuku is, he never has trouble making friends with people." Izuku smiled with a thumbs up as Setsuna asked him, "Why do you like to be called by your first name so much? I thought it was Japan's thing to always say the last name."
"Well, I was never raised in Japan, so I simply go by first name. I don't mind if people call me by my last name, but I just simply prefer my first."
"I thought it was only for relationships where girls and boys call each other by the first name, as a sign that people fully trust one another." Setsuna had responded as he remarked, "In a relationship case, they can just use a nickname for me 'Izu' or 'Zuku.' I enjoy making new friends and if someone wants to be in a relationship, they can get to know me on a personal level."
"So say I was interested in dating you right now, we could date?" Setsuna asked with a smirk as most of the girls grew interested in his response as Ibara had a frown on her face from hearing that as she thought relationships were sacred things.
"Well, I would reject you right now." Izuku said simply as everyone grew a wide-mouthed look. Setsuna sputtered and looked at him with disbelief as he smirked and said, "Let me finish my sentence." The girls quieted down as he continued to speak.
"I would reject you because I don't know you. Right now I met you a couple of hours ago, so it wouldn't be right to date someone I just met. I would want to be in a relationship built on trust, understanding, and love, so we gotta wait a couple of weeks before we even get close. I'm not some type of man-whore that would just want to fuck, it pisses me off when people think like that. If we were to date seriously, get to know me first, and then we will see what time will tell." He said as he smiled and bowed his head.
"Sorry for making you upset or something like that, you are indeed a beautiful girl Setsuna." He said with a slight blush and charming grin as the girls breathed a sigh of relief as Setsuna blushed deeply and grinned back saying, "Glad you apologized before I punched you into the ground." He then laughed as they continued to converse without a care in the world, acting like best friends as the rest of the girls sweat-dropped.
While they were talking, Ibara had an unnoticeable smile on her face and Itsuka smiled hearing what Izuku had to say. She already knew what his thoughts were, and she wasn't really interested in him, even though he had wowed her with his sculpted body on some occasions during their spars. She simply didn't feel any love besides brotherly for him.
Lunch ended and Izuku said bye to his new friends for now as he gave Itsuka, Yui and Kinoko one-armed hugs as he went straight to the nurse's office for his next introduction before finally heading to Nezu's office for debriefing. He walked calmly towards the office and knocked on the door to be greeted by a short old lady as the door swung open.
"Ah I see, the most recognized healer of Japan, it's nice to meet you Recovery Girl." Izuku said with recognition and respect in his eyes.
"Well, it's nice to see someone recognizes me. Mostly nowadays it's just the flashy quirks like yours that are recognized by the public." Recovery Girl says to Izuku as he snorts lightly.
"You should be more recognized by the amount of work you've done to heal many other people. Healers and doctors are true heroes as they save people, just like actual heroes do, just differently. I can say with 100% confidence you deserve way more attention than you already get. I understand flashy quirks are more recognized, but people should acknowledge you for your contributions." Izuku said with a nod as she nodded back.
"It is nice to see someone with a great amount of respect for doctors and healers like myself, and that's what I am here to discuss with you. I am aware of your quirk as I received a breakdown from our very own principal, and he said that you can heal yourself to a limited degree. Is this correct?"
"Yes, it is indeed correct. When I sustain injuries," he coats his arm in a white aura as he continues his explanation, "I use this energy of mine to heal myself. I've healed wounds such as bruises and cuts and small sprains, but I can't control it very well as I just found this power out recently and I have to control it more."
Shuzenji was deep in thought, "It seems he has some sort of control of his healing energy, considering he just started using it recently. It also is a different color to his normal blue energy that he uses, so his quirk uses different colors to show what type of action he is doing with his energy." She then asked him, "I also have heard you can make healing ointment as well as having studied first aid by yourself. Would you care to explain?"
"Sure! Since I've lived by myself for basically my whole life, I needed to keep myself safe and healthy. When I was 6 years old, I created a healing ointment that helped with multiple bruises and learned the basics of first aid, creating a makeshift first-aid kit including my ointment, some bandages I had gotten, as well as hydrogen peroxide to ease the pain on cuts as well as cotton swabs to put the hydrogen peroxide in. As I grew older, I got books from multiple libraries across the world that describe some healing, so I got them ordered to me online and brought them with me to keep studying. I also learned about human biology to find where every major organ, pressure points, and joints were located."
Shuzenji was impressed with what this kid had done. He had used his resourcefulness in a way to better himself without having the need for parents. She was a bit saddened by the fact he had to care for himself, but it seemed like it didn't matter as he grew up to be someone who anyone could rely on in times of need.
"I see, well I am very impressed by your knowledge but that is only the basics. During your time at UA you will be learning under me some days so you will heal yourself and others more often than not. You will also learn about other parts of first aid, such as how to perform multiple operations, helping people give birth, as well as healing broken bones and major organs. I will give you the syllabus today and our schedule will be like this. Every Monday and Wednesday you will come to me to have lessons and increase the control of the healing portion of your quirk to where you can heal others by a small amount by the time you reach August. By then you will become my partial assistant at UA and will be helping me heal people occasionally. Does that sound good?"
"That sounds perfect. Thank you for the opportunity you have given me Ms. Recovery Girl. I hope to not disappoint you!" He said as he bowed to her with a smile as she said, "Just call me Ms. Shuzenji, Akatani. Now go on, Nezu is waiting for you." Izuku said bye to Recovery Girl as he looked at his hands and calmed his heart from almost exploding out of his chest. He had come very close to muttering some nonsense about Recovery Girl as she was one of the heroes he respected the most, but he just about got a grip and controlled his emotions. As he continued walking to Nezu's office, he passed by the same red-haired teen from before, and as they passed by glanced at each other. Izuku seeing the fire in the teen's eye as he seemed very passionate about something and the teen noticing the aura of confidence around Izuku, both continued to walk in the opposite direction without knowing that they were wondering how strong was the other.
He eventually arrived at Nezu's office, preparing to knock on the door before it opened to reveal Nezu at the door, waiting for him to arrive.
"Were you just waiting for me to come ever since you saw me leave the nurse's office Mr. Nezu?" Izuku had asked him with mirth in his voice.
"Now why would I do that, Young Akatani? Anyway come in, would you like some tea?" Izuku accepted the tea and drank from the plastic cup as Nezu continued to analyze his posture.
"It seems you have been very busy your first day, I've received the results of the Quirk Apprehension Tests and was glad to see my recommendation come top of both classes." Nezu said with a grin as Izuku smirked back.
"I'm just happy that I didn't disappoint if I am being honest. Mr. Aizawa seemed really hard to please when it came to our class, and I'm glad I was able to impress him. Same with Mr. Kan."
"Yes, well Aizawa was always the most strict teacher at UA, in fact he expelled last year's class simply because they didn't take heroics seriously. For your class to impress him is serious congratulations. Kan was always the more easy-going between them."
Izuku just nodded and said, "Mr. Maijima also didn't have any time to give me an intro before lunch was called, and Ms. Shuzenji was really forward and nice to me." He remarked with a smile.
"I see, well I have a favor to ask of you, Young Izuku." Izuku immediately focused as he put his cup of tea down. He looked at Nezu and he continued with, "You see, UA has a special place for rescue situations called the Unforeseen Simulation Joint where students are put into situations where they must go through multiple areas and practice their skills, does this ring any bells?" Izuku immediately got the connection as he says, "It is like my Reality Simulator, where there are multiple biomes and areas in which I can practice. I'm guessing you want me to implement some of my areas for greater variety at this place?"
Nezu grinned and said, "I knew you had a great mind, and that is exactly what I wish for you to do. After the school day is done, you, me, Aizawa, Kan and the teacher of Rescue Situations will go there and apply your levels to the USJ, and you will give test runs in front of us to make sure they are safe enough to be of use. I've seen some of your levels and know which ones I wish to implement, so you do not need to worry. On Friday, both first year hero courses will visit the USJ. You all have permission to use your quirks there and try your hardest. You can also invite your two friends, Neito Monoma and Hitoshi Shinso to come and help you since they are accustomed to it as well."
Izuku raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, "I don't know how you know they are accustomed to it, but we can help you. I will let them know either right now or after class when they meet me to go back to my apartment."
"That is another thing I wish to talk to you about. At UA, we have optional dorm rooms for students of all years. I've seen your Dimension Expander and what it can do, so in the future, in case we need to make dorm rooms mandatory, will you be able to create more to use?"
"I already have thousands of them." Silence then entered the room as Nezu blankly stared at Izuku who just nervously laughed and said, "I can give them to you right now for when you need them."
Nezu just gave out a boisterous laugh as he said, "No thank you, I will let you know if we need them or not but for now you are good, Young Izuku. I already know Young Mirio is using one for his dorm room as he showed it to me alone, so just be prepared if he tells his friends who he got it from."
"Now!" Nezu got up and went to the school PA system, "Let's end the first day."
The Bell rung and teens flooded out of the doors and through multiple hallways all leading outside of the school. Nezu looked at Izuku and said, "Get your friends and meet me at this location." Nezu handed him a Paper with an address as Izuku nodded with a beaming smile and put on his headphones as he ran out of the office at high speed as Nezu just chuckled while watching the mischief unfold, a blue blur making people step aside as it sped out of the building.
Opportunities Can Arise For Anyone
Izuku sat on the same tree listening to 'Venetia' by Lil Uzi Vert and vibing when he saw his friend group coming towards him, this time with Setsuna, Kaminari, Sen and Kirishima joining with them as he jumped down from his tree.
"Yo, I see you wanted to join our group you four." He said to the three new people as Setsuna cutely smiled, Kirishima grinned, Sen beamed and Kaminari had a thumbs up.
"Shinso was actually nice to us today, so we thought we'd walk home with him today." Kirishima said as Kaminari added, "Plus he gave me some of his lunch, always a plus in my book."
"Yosetsu and Neito were cool to me today, plus Yosetsu invited me over to play games since he thinks he can beat me in Pokemon Wi-Fi Battles and Dragon Ball FighterZ." Sen said with a smirk as lightning was shown between him and Yosetsu's foreheads as they glared at each other.
"Itsuka, Yui, and Kinoko were really nice to me, and we kind of connected, so if you won't mind, I'll be sticking with you from now on cutie." Setsuna said with a smirk as Izuku smirked back as Neito and Hitoshi looked at each other with confused glances and Itsuka facepalmed and said, "Ignore the flirt please, she just wanted revenge for what he did to her earlier in lunch today." Setsuna glared at her as Izuku laughed and they all began walking while having a civil conversation.
Once everyone had reached their specific train stops and houses along the way, it was just Izuku, Hitoshi and Neito left. They dropped all their bags off at Izuku's apartment as he explained to them what they had to do.
"So we have to go to this address?" Neito had asked as Izuku nodded and said, "We get to be the first students of our year to go there, and we get to customize it. Mr. Nezu said we can implement some levels of my Reality Simulator and we can each choose a level to add in, as he will do the rest."
"How are we going to get there though? That's all the way across town, and you can't run there since you'd get arrested for illegal quirk use." Hitoshi added on with a snort, as sometimes that law had made no sense.
"Did you forget I was working on that project for the two of you?!" Izuku said with stars in his eyes as he took out a capsule and pressed a button, and smoke came out to reveal Three Extreme Gear, one Blue, one purple, one yellow as Hitoshi and Neito both grinned. They each put their headphones as they got onto the hoverboards and listened to Izuku's new song.
(Play Un-gravitify, Crush 40 Version).
They then used their Extreme Gear and made a beeline for the USJ as people all around Mustafu saw three kids flying through the air on hoverboards. Police were called, but there was nothing they could realistically do as they had seen this before with the Blue-haired kid as he had a license for it. The sensation of the wind blowing against the bodies as they went at speeds most humans could not go at as they each listened to the song as the lights from the Extreme Gear burst open and paved the way as they arrived at the USJ to see multiple people outside waiting for them.
They each slowed down and put their Extreme Gear back into Capsule Form as they walked in front of their new teachers with smiles on their faces as each had their own reaction. Nezu looked impressed, Kan looked astonished, Aizawa smirked, and Thirteen looked like someone had just hit her with a train.
"Sup Mr. Nezu, brought the team just like you wanted." Hitoshi gave a tired wave and Neito smirked and flicked his hair back.
"Well, I'm sure that won't be on the news tomorrow." Aizawa mumbled sarcastically as Kan laughed and Nezu smirked, while Thirteen was still in awe.
"I am guessing you are the one who will be teaching us rescue situations, nice to meet you Thirteen." Izuku said as he walked up and shook her hand as she finally got her bearings together and said, "Yeah, sorry about that Akatani. I guess Nezu wasn't lying when he said you were a prodigy." Izuku just smiled back and looked at Nezu, Aizawa, and Kan, "This is the place huh, looks gigantic on the outside."
"This is our rescue facility after all, it cost millions of dollars to construct and now we can upgrade it to even better heights, it's just salivating." Nezu said as he grinned dangerously as Aizawa snorted and Kan rolled his eyes.
"Alright, you three follow us to where we would like you to input your custom zones and then we will add onto that. Let's go" They all went inside and Izuku, Neito, and Hitoshi marveled at the space around them. Each of them looked at the natural beauty of the Central Plaza with the massive fountain, then looked around to see 6 zones, each with a different setting. They saw a zone full of water with a ship and water slide, a ruins zone with multiple destroyed buildings, mountains in the distance as they saw rain and fire as well. Each of them had varied looks of astonishment. Hitoshi was speechless, Neito whistled in amazement as Izuku had stars in his eyes as he marveled at the surrounding areas.
"This is our Unforeseen Simulation Joint, where our 6 zones are used for different situations and multiple classes. Each zone is designed to perfection with detailed obstacles to test the students." Nezu said with an emphatic tone as each teacher looked at three prodigies as they each looked around. They then saw Izuku grab Neito and Hitoshi as he sped around to each zone, the teachers only witnessing the starting position and ending position.
"His speed isn't exaggerated. With his quirk he is probably one of the fastest things on this planet, few people could react to that speed even with the correct training." Aizawa thought to himself as Thirteen just sputtered as she witnessed his speed for the first time.
"N-Nezu, how is it possible he has such good control of his quirk already?" Thirteen asked in awe as he turned to her while he was on Kan's shoulders and said, "sometimes life's greatest mysteries are best left unsolved." He said with a grin as each teacher rolled their eyes at the creature.
They then witnessed a blue blur appear right in front of them as Izuku had a large smile on his face and both Hitoshi and Neito were dizzy from the running.
"Well Mr. Nezu, I've gotten a scope of the area and I love the concepts of them all. I especially like the Ruins Zone." Izuku said as he threw up a peace sign.
"I see, well follow all of us to the control room, we have something even bigger to show you." Each of the teachers started walking as Hitoshi and Neito finally got their bearings together and followed the heroes. They got to a large room full of cameras, buttons and multiple power boards as Nezu pressed a dark green button and after that came rumbling from the outside. Everyone then watched as the roof opened up and the walls pushed back multiple meters as six new domes popped out of the ground, the shape of every dome making it look like the hours of a clock as the roof and walls were put back.
"These six domes are where your zones will go, 3 of your choosing as well as three that us teachers will choose. We will have each of you test run the zones to make sure they are absolutely safe for use considering what Akatani has done in the past." Nezu then looked at the student and said to them, "Pick your dome and we will test your choices and test runs to see if they are safe."
Kan then added, "After that we will look at your invention and check out the list, and Nezu might even program some simulations into it to make all new zones."
Izuku immediately sprinted towards the dome on his 3:00, right by the Flood Zone as he went in and the doors closed behind him. Hitoshi took the one on their 9:00, right by the Landslide Zone, and Neito finally took the one at 6:00, right next to the Conflagration Zone.
"You think we can trust them with a project so serious?" Thirteen asked concerningly as Aizawa slept in his sleeping bag, and Kan sat down as Nezu simply looked unfazed.
"You've seen what some of his zones are capable of. This will be a walk in the park for them. Now we just wait until they finish programming."
45 minutes later, Izuku came rushing out of his dome, and the teachers could see many tall stone towers and green energy spheres as he approached them. They turned to see Hitoshi waddling out of his dome with his hand on his head as they saw a background of multiple white buildings with blue roofs set up on the outside. They then finally turned to Neito, who walked out smirking as they saw the background of tall skyscrapers with open windows and multiple railways showing.
"I don't even want to know how you fit those zones into these domes." Thirteen threw her arms away in disbelief as Kan just shook his head with a chuckle.
"You kids continue to impress me every time you show me something new, well let's get on with the evaluation. Who would like to be first?"
"Me." Everyone looked at Hitoshi who just said, "I just want to get this over with, plus looking at theirs now makes me convinced my zone will be the most safe." Everyone nodded as it seemed Hitoshi was the most level-headed as Izuku glared at him and Neito scoffed.
Everyone arrived at Hitoshi's dome for it to reveal a setting of a town of white houses and a windmill as it showed the ocean and multiple rock formations.
They walked inside, and as soon as they stepped inside they heard a robotic female voice announce, "Welcome to Windmill Isle Zone."
"Cool, you did that with your zone too?" Izuku and Neito both asked simultaneously as Hitoshi sighed and said, "Well, I thought it would be more practical."
The teachers' eyes were bulging out of their sockets as they witnessed being inside of Izuku's reality simulator for the first time. They felt solid ground, inhaled cool and wet air as they smelled the ocean and then saw multiple people hanging around.
"Jesus, the amount of money we could've saved if we discovered you earlier." Nezu said with a laugh as the other teachers sighed in dismay at how much money they spent as Izuku just snickered.
"Shinso, since this is your zone, you get to do the demonstration." Aizawa said while still a bit overwhelmed by the realism of it all as Hitoshi just nodded and started roof hopping. They all saw the blue ledges and watches as Hitoshi jumped and hung onto one and swung himself up. They then watched him roof hop while dodging multiple ledges and grabbed onto a pole as he kept swinging himself using multiple flips until he eventually let go and did multiple flips in midair as he landed past a metal fence.
"It seems he is used to this type of training." Aizawa said with a mental nod of approving as all the other teachers nodded as well.
"With his quirk he would have to make sure that he is at his peak physical condition to keep up, he practices parkour and his jumping and natural speed to make sure he isn't underestimated. With his quirk and physical prowess he is sure to be a truly terrifying contender for one of the top first years." Kan said as Thirteen just nodded and Izuku smiled while Neito smirked when they heard the praise for their brother.
Hitoshi then appeared at a ledge which gave him a view of a chasm filled to the brink with water, and multiple ledges to help him get across. Hitoshi simply jumped with no fear as he ran across the ledges and flipped onto one, then swung himself onto another as he got to the other side of the chasm with relatively no difficulty. He found a final rail that he ground across that took him back to where everyone was watching him from.
"So, is it safe enough?" He said with a tired smirk as he just looked at the group as Nezu just smirked and said, "I feel students will like this zone a lot. I can see it is way bigger than what you've shown so far, so you will have to show me another day, but it is an amazing zone. Monoma, you can go next." Neito nodded and calmly walked towards his zone as they got closer and closer to the skyline as they walked through the dome entrance and ended up in a building. A robotic voice then announced, "Welcome to Skyscraper Scamper Zone!"
"Um, Monoma you sure you wanted this level? What if someone is afraid of heights?" Thirteen asked concerningly as she looked over at him.
"Relax, heroes need to let go of their fears if they want to be great, and besides, I implemented an air floor mechanism. If someone falls, they will be caught by an air platform that will take them back to the start." Neito said reassuringly as Nezu and the teachers got a look at the area. They saw multiple moving platforms, purple robots stood on ledges, grinding rails that can be used as shortcuts, varying sizes of gates that can be broken through as well as jumps that only the most confident can take.
"I see, may we see you test out this 'air lock' mechanism?" Aizawa asked while looking around for any faults as Neito nodded. He then immediately jumped off the building as the heroes nearly jumped on impulse to save him before seeing him get lifted back up to them without getting hurt.
"See, easy solution. I can turn the air lock on and off if I want to so I can practice in way more intense situations, but for safety precautions I have them on. Izuku always used to practice with them off before he met us." Neito said smugly as he smirked at Izuku who snorted in amusement.
"Just get on with the presentation, Copy Machine." Izuku said teasingly to his brother as Neito just smirked back and jumped from platform to platform with seemingly no trouble. He jumped across multiple poles in mid air and hung onto the side of them as he continued to leap across to the next building. He then lowered himself and hung on a ledge as he swung his arms to keep himself on while dodging the buzz saws that were threatening to cut him. He then got past the saws and looked to see many purple robots that were on the building with him. He started taking them down one by one as they all rushed him. He stepped on one and then spun around on its head, spinning it and kicking it into multiple other robots.
"So, there is a special way to defeat those robots?" Thirteen asked Izuku as Hitoshi just sat down.
"If you corkscrew the top of their head, they will get spun around and end up losing balance, and when off balance you kick them in its weakest joint to send it flying." Izuku said with pride as he worked on programming those robots and their schematics for ages.
Neito then shimmied across a narrow ledge surrounded by lasers and saws as he then took a huge leap for the next building, and made his way up the building using the many windows to get him a grip. He then reached the top and jumped over multiple arcs of purple lightning that were coming off of machines and made it to the end of his presentation. He then went on a grind rail and got back to the main group.
"So, was that impressive or what?" He said with a cocky tone as he simply smirked in smugness.
"Stop with the cockiness Copy Machine." Izuku said simply as Neito glared at him and said, "Or what Blueberry?" He replied as they looked at each other and glared as Hitoshi just got up and punched both of them.
"Sorry about that, they have a serious rivalry sometimes." He said apologetically as the Teachers nodded in understanding. Sibling rivalry was always a thing after all.
They finally made their way to Izuku's zone as Izuku and Neito both apologized to one another. They walked in and saw a beautiful sky as multiple stone towers and dark blue glass floors with multiple designs had revealed themselves to the teachers as they all gasped at the beauty of the zone. They land on a massive tower with a grind rail that leads into the zone with multiple bounce pads and cannons, robots with lasers, and several grass platforms.
"Welcome to Sky Sanctuary Zone." A robotic female voice said as each teacher marveled at the atmosphere as Neito and Hitoshi just looked at Izuku with dirty looks.
"You really chose one of the most dangerous one that we use?" Neito asked with a raised brow as Izuku simply grinned and said, "HELL YEAH!"
Kan then asked, "Monoma, how is it considered dangerous?" as the rest of the teachers looked at the two.
"You see those grass platforms, they fall after you take a step on them. Those clouds that you see," Neito points to some clouds, "you can bounce on them but you lose your sense of balance, so you have to land perfectly. There are also a lot of places where you can fall, as there are bottomless pits in which you can fall if there is no air lock."
Izuku then said, "I have multiple safety precautions ready to be turned on, besides you had goddamn skyscrapers in yours, so let me have my fun." He deadpanned as he stuck up the middle finger to Neito. He then raised his hands and swiped, creating a blue screen for everyone to see.
"This tracks me and creates a camera for you to see my progress, watch it and look at the complexity of my zone. You will see multiple paths that people can take as well as multiple traps for me to get through. It will be perfectly fine."
Nezu then looked at Izuku and said, "If you can complete this test run, I'll allow it to stay." with a challenging look as Izuku just grinned and jumped onto the grind rail.
He rocketed down the rail and went past multiple walls and arcs as he went into a red ring and it pushed him forward. He then boosted across the floor as he homing attacked three robots waiting in front of multiple then rushed into a boosting jumper as it made him jump as he landed on another glass platform. He then jumped, went through three red rings and landed on a stone floor as he leapt across and went into a rainbow ring as he landed across a chasm onto another floor.
Izuku then went to the right and used his momentum to grab onto a hanger and take him down to another path as he bounced upwards using a bounce pad and jumped onto a cloud as it vaulted him up. He then homed in on a robot as he bounced on more clouds and led him inside of a tower. He raced through the tower and reached a glass pathway. He boosted through and led him back outside. He immediately went on the falling platforms as they just fell as he sped through, not stopping. He went up using multiple bounce pads as he stomped on clouds and went through boost pads and multiple red rings as it led him to circular platforms which were spinning.
"Wow, he wasn't lying when he said there were multiple pathways. I've seen over 3 already." Thirteen said as Nezu added, "There also seems to be different ways to get through, using the multiple circular hoops, boosting floors and grinding rails to get to the goal. He seemed to have thought about the paths quite thoroughly."
Izuku then reached multiple grinding rails that went past collapsing towers as he simply boosted through the debris and made his way to the inside of one. It collapsed as he made it back outside and finally boosted to the last section, in which he made it to the end and a grinding rail connected the front of the map to the end. Izuku hopped on the rail and boosted back to the star, where everyone was waiting for them.
"So, what do you think? Is it too dangerous?" Izuku asked with a complacent tone.
"Well, considering the ease that you had going through, from your perspective it wasn't, but I can work with it." Nezu replied as Izuku just grinned and they all walked out. They all went back to the entrance as Nezu then said, "I will program the remaining three zones into the other domes. You three can go now. On Friday, the next three zones will be revealed." Izuku, Neito and Hitoshi simply nodded and hopped on their Extreme Gear and went back.
Thirteen asked Nezu, "Those three are very special, aren't they?"
"Those three consider each other brothers and lift each other to new heights, a true group of friends. Akatani came here and helped them get smarter, stronger, and more complete. He is the glue that holds them together, and with their quirks they are a team that could be considered nearly unstoppable considering they know exactly what the other is thinking." Nezu said in a serious tone as Aizawa and Kan nodded.
"Akatani and his quirk are the main power, Monoma is the support, and Shinso is the head. I wouldn't put it past them to team up when the Sports Festival inevitably comes in two weeks." Aizawa said with a tired voice as he thought to himself about the ways he and Shinso were similar.
"Maybe we should change the Sports Festival around?!" Nezu said with a Cheshire-cat grin as he began to think of a plan as the teachers looked and flinched at the look on Nezu's face.
