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The creator is Kōhei Horikoshi.
Only made characters are mine.
Don't copy or claim it.
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Me: Hello everyone! Today I brought a guest I hadn't think I'll have to bring. Introducing, Mei Hatsume!
Mei: Hello author! You needed me for something?
Me: Yeah, I brought you since I didn't think that I would make meet the OC before so I came to realize that bringing you here in this OMAKE would be good for you.
Mei: Haha! Okay, let's see if I can make something for your arms to continue writing so your readers can enjoy this story, author.
Me: Absolutely not! (Shake head and hands hysterically) At that rate, I think that you're going to break my fingers or worse if you make me something.
Mei: Fine, fine, your loss. Still, thanks for having my chapter from 4K to 10K words, author! It seems like an improvement of your part, y'know.
Me: Yeah, yeah, I have been busy. (Shaking the notes) Still, would you kindly read them, please?
Mei: Yeah, I hear ya. (Takes out a paper) I hope that you readers enjoy this story and understand that our selfish author is still learning to write so do not judge for his lack of grammar.
Me: Hey! That isn't what I wrote!
Mei: It said all here with red marks… (Pass script)
Me (confused): Red… marks…? (Turning to the source of irritability) BAKUGO! I KNOW IT WAS YOU! (Running madly at him)
Katsuki: (uncontrollable laughing)
Me (off-stage): GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE SHIT!
Mei (blinking in confusion before smiling at the camera): Well… enjoy this chapter~
CHAPTER 5
Clash of Titans
(Year 2287 – Aldera – Tatooin Station – 14 Years Old)
Another day in Japan with the every normal life of the people, doing their own things such as working, hanging out with friends, going for a walk…
BRAMP!
"GET OUT OF MY WAY!"
And yes, also a villain escaping from the authorities with a purse on hand.
The normalcy of the world of Quirks.
"Who's fighting?" Izuku, managing to move toward the scene, asked eagerly with his notes on hand.
The hero who was battling the villain was Nishiya Shinji AKA Kamui Woods. He had pinned down the villain but the villain had some kind of Quirk that turned him into a giant.
Izuku began rambling on while writing down on his notes with precision and an old man who stood next to him liked the energy of his.
Kamui Woods was winning the fight and had him on the corner. "This is your end, villain! LACQUER PRISO-!"
"CANYON CANNON!"
Everyone watched in surprise as a gigantic woman in purple and cream skintight dropkicked the shit outta the villain just as many men prepared their cameras and took pictures of the new heroine.
"My name is Mount Lady!" The gigantic woman, also known as Takeyama Yu, greeted to her fans. "It's a pleasure to meet you and leave the rest to me!"
The photographers cheered at the heroine. While Izuku continued rambling on his notes, Junpei's eye twitched. The reason behind was that he had gotten known of the new heroine as she is Katsuki's cousin and they had met when they were kids.
(A/N: See what I did here? I made them cousins after finding out in Tumblr by "blamedorange" with this AU called "Shitty Cousins". It's quite good if I am honest.)
But Junpei was the only one between the two of them that recalled her while Izuku had forgotten because of his training schedule.
He then looked at his greenette childhood friend who still had his eyes on the heroine while his hand moved rapidly on the page. "[Gigantification], huh… as a Quirk it's fairly likely to attract attention and popularity, but isn't it also somewhat limiting since it'd be easier to inadvertently damage the city while on the job? Of course, that'd be moot if one could control one's size." He continued rambling on to the point of muttering.
'He's such a hero otaku, alright.' Junpei thought good-naturally.
"You taking notes?! Aiming to be a hero, huh? Nice! Good luck, kid!" The old man next to him cheered for him.
"Y-Yes, sir! I-I'll do my best!" Izuku replied.
TWACK!
"OW!?"
"Hey, Icchan, while I know that your notes are important, we are going to be late." Junpei told him, his hands were covered in a metallic glove except for his fingers and underneath his pants and foot, he wore a thin layer of greaves that also matched the same tone of his gear.
At the moment since there isn't a fight or commotion that he could handle, he had them on 'Full Suppressed' or '100%'. Lowering the Repressor's percentage means that he will use more strength. So at the moment, he had the strength of a Quirkless grown man.
"Sorry, I wanted to watch." Izuku apologized. "Let's go."
(Aldera Junior High School)
"C'mon class! You're Junior High School Seniors! It's time you started thinking seriously about your futures!" The homeroom teacher of class 3-A said, holding bunch of papers in his hand. "I'll be handling out printouts on your desired life-course!" He shouted with a serious tone before it changed into a dreamy smile tossing away the printouts. "You all want to be heroes, don't you?"
In response of this, all the students present showed off their Quirks cheerfully, excited at the prospect of becoming a popular flashy hero, except three students.
"Yes, yes, your Quirks are all wonderful but it's against the rules to use them during school!"
Junpei and Izuku barely raised their hands to become noticeable. Their calm demeanor was hardly flashy inside the class.
Then the loud one started yelling.
"SENSEI, DON'T LUMP ME IN WITH EVERYBODY ELSE! You can't compare me to these losers' weak-ass Quirks. Mine's a whole other ballgame!" He mocked the others, sitting and putting his feet onto the desk, giving shit about others, and thinking he is the king of the class.
"You've got a big mouth. Katsuki!" The other students booed him as he was mocking them truthfully.
Others kept quiet knowing him being the big man of the class, the arrogant bully and violent.
"QUIET, YA GODDAMN RABBLE!" He retorted making everyone shut up.
"Oh yeah, I'd forgotten... Bakugo's shooting for U.A. High, isn't he?" The teacher spoke, forgetting the importance.
"You mean that National-Level Academy?! Isn't its entrance exam difficulty rating as high as 79?!"
"Yeah, and it's hypercompetitive to get in, right?!"
"YOU DONE RUNNING YOUR MOUTHS, PEONS?! I GOT AN A ON THE MOCK-TEST! AND I'M THE ONLY ONE AT THIS SCHOOL WHO'S GOT A CHANCE!" He jumped on his desk. "I'M GONNA SURPASS EVEN THAT "ALL MIGHT" BASTARD AS TOP HERO! AND I'M GONNA CARVE MY NAME INTO THE RANKS OF THE HIGHER BRACKET TAXPAYERS! GWAHAHAHA!" He laughed at the dream the reach the top ranked hero.
"Now that you mention it, didn't Midoriya want to go to U.A. as well?" The teacher inquired which everyone stopped their babbling and booing on Katsuki. Katsuki himself stopped what he was doing and glared at Izuku.
Usually being the Quirkless one, everyone would laugh at him as when they did before. But not today, today was different. They all knew one thing, one thing that had proven him since the start of their Junior High classes. Midoriya Izuku was strong. They didn't know what he had done to get strong, but they wouldn't even dream to know about it.
"As if this fucking loser is gonna get into U.A.! I'm the only one that going to U.A.! You hear that you piece of shit?!" Katsuki cursed readying to make small explosions onto his palms and plan how to assault the boy.
Izuku would cower behind, stuttering at what words he should answer, but that wasn't the case right now. His mind changed so much that Katsuki's taunts and provocations didn't faze him much.
He was ready, ready to counter him but somehow, he didn't need to do it right now. Right now, somebody else would do it.
"Oi, oi, quiet down. I can barely think with your yapping."
Everyone's eyes turned toward the source of the voice and stared at the one who could match Katsuki's strength if not more and the only one that is more than capable of being a hero. Takahashi Junpei.
"Quit thinking that you are better than anybody else, Kacchan." Junpei acted bored, scratching his ear in disinterest. "That pride of yours wouldn't work out well as a hero."
Everyone knew that Junpei came from a family of heroes. Everyone knew that he had an amazing Quirk or most likely Quirks as they hadn't known how someone like him had been blessed with TWO Quirks. Few people knew about this. And everyone knew that he was the only one capable of stopping Katsuki when he felt like it.
Mostly when Katsuki wanted to bother Izuku.
The few kids that had known Junpei since they were kids thought that [Magic Eyes] was his main Quirk. But as soon as they were eight years old, they had noticed two horns popping on his forehead and had been told about him having a second Quirk.
Students that didn't know about it, rumored that his two Quirk was a vague description about his Quirk and deemed that those rumors were all in one, just wasn't prepared yet for the horns and the monstrous strength that came with it as his body grew up just as his Quirk.
"You are what they say: 'a fish in a barrel' or 'a small frog in a big pond', am I right?" He grinned.
"Huh?! What does that supposed to mean, Shitty-Eyes?" Katsuki growled challengingly, getting close to his temper and about to blast his ass off.
Junpei looked at how worked up was Katsuki and continued with a snort. "Come on, man, I know that constant usage of your Quirk will render one day deaf. But I didn't think that it has started with that." He taunted.
"Get on with it!"
Junpei waved his hand in circle as in explanation. "Look, you might think you have the best Quirk out of everyone in this room and maybe in another class." He hummed with a slight nod. "True, your [Explosion] Quirk has many things that can be considered 'flashy' but that's not all."
Katsuki almost smirked at the way his rival declared his Quirk the best but that was short-lived when Junpei stood up from his seat, almost dwarfing Katsuki with his massive height – as he was the tallest of the class – and looked at him in the eye.
"Look around you, while most of them aren't capable of fighting frontline like you, there are a few that can be used to other things like rescue, support, recon, and infiltration." Junpei stated firmly, earning a grateful look for the other students.
The 'if only they were ready for the real world instead of their fantasies and prepared for it' was unsaid which nobody but Izuku grasped the idea.
"But you overlook one thing, Kacchan…" He grinned as he leaned over him, his eyes lightening darkly as he stared to his eyes barely making Katsuki uncomfortable with the pressure. "I'm also going to join the U.A. Entrance Exam as my siblings and parents did before. You are not the only one in this school that wants to get into the finest school of heroes in Japan, y'know."
Both of them exchanged dangerous sparkles that it could lit up a forest.
Junpei decided that he should wrap this up so he leaned back and grinned at Izuku. "Still though, heroism doesn't mean anything if you don't have a heart to it. Quirk or no Quirk. I wouldn't be surprised if Izuku gets to U.A. with how selfless he is."
While most of them wouldn't agree on that, a few nodded in agreement as they had small conversations or interaction with Izuku and knew how good of a guy he is.
Katsuki didn't take well that the nerd was pampering because of Junpei.
"So…" Junpei continued with a drawl. "Don't underestimate the people. You aren't the only one taking the Entrance Exam. If you think that you are at the top, I'll punt you off your high horses." He finished with a grin.
Katsuki glared at him before scoffing indifferently. "Tche, just because you two trained with that Old Fart doesn't mean shit."
"If I recall correctly…" Izuku interrupted dryly, everyone looking at him while Katsuki glared. "That 'Old Fart' that you mentioned, kicked you nine shades of asses because you wanted to take charge on every student and beat them up just to feed up your ego and pride."
That story was true because during the first years of training under Arata's tutelage, Katsuki got words from Mitsuki – which she still talked with Inko and Hideko – which Junpei and Izuku had joined up a dojo. When he knew of this, he decided to join up too to the dojo and wanted nothing more to win over the students and be the best over Junpei and Izuku.
But it ended up backfiring him as he had tuned out the Grandmaster's words of being humble and gentle with others, he did the opposite to yell at other students and overwhelming them with his Quirk. While using their Quirks in the dojo wasn't prohibited, he was too far with others and even dismissed them like the worms they were.
Arata – god bless his patience – was starting to thin out and he had warned him about it countless times but even so, Katsuki would either ignore or tune him out, thinking that the words of an old man wouldn't be important.
Arata's patience broke up when Katsuki was about to finish a student when he had surrendered. He immediately subdued him without Quirk and growled out, blowing out the KI that he used to Zachi's mother at him.
His words were the next: "If you dare to attack a student when they surrendered, you don't have the mind of a hero. Get out of my dojo and never come back."
Oh, the students had seen Arata getting mad and all but that kind of anger, was even surprising for Junpei and Izuku as they knew how gentle their master was.
Junpei wondered what type of man he was before opening the dojo.
"So, what!" Katsuki snorted, internally shuddering from that flashback as he was mostly affected from it. "You ain't got anything, Deku."
Junpei snorted in return. 'Deku', even if the years had passed by and Izuku had gotten better from the canon, Katsuki still called him that; the only thing that puts him over Izuku.
As for Izuku, he simply sighed, closed his 'Future Hero Analysis' notebook vol. 13 inside his back and sat up to get into Katsuki's face. Years of training under Arata, had given him a backbone to pull out this stunt against his former friend and bully.
"While I applaud you for remind everyone that you are the smartest of the class…" Izuku drawled sarcastically. "I should remind you that the three of us aced the mock test and tied first place."
Everyone knew that Katsuki was smart but both Junpei and Izuku matched his intelligent without worries that even if the other classes banded together to study better, they wouldn't be able to match them.
The three of them circled, matching their eyes evenly. The fierce flames Katsuki, the unshakeable mountain Junpei, and the hidden storm Izuku.
Every student present watched at the three entities that would think that three titans were about to rumble and destroy everything on their path.
Ignoring the teacher's protest, Katsuki's hands began smoking and take action against these two before…
RIIIIIIIIIING!
The end of the class rang throughout the school as few students sighed in relief as they wished to be out of their fights.
"Huh, saved by the bell…" Junpei drawled, raising an eyebrow at the roof before looking at Katsuki with a cocked eyebrow and a grin. "We just got lucky." He snickered before walking back to his seat.
Izuku calmly looked at Katsuki's eyes before turning around and returning to his seat. Katsuki clearly glared at both of them as he was left humiliated by these two fuckers.
Those that dare to challenge him… HE WILL CRUSH THEM WITH GUSTO.
(Aldera Junior High – Afternoon – After Classes)
"Yo, Icchan, you wanna grab some ice cream on the way?" Junpei asked, hanging his shoulder bag over.
"Sure, just let me get my things in order." Stashing his last book that he needed to study, he wore his yellow back over his back. "Okay, let's go."
They were about to leave the school ground to savor the frozen snack, someone interrupted…
"DEKU! SHITTY-EYES! WE AIN'T DONE YET, YOU PIECE OF SHITS!"
Anyone could guess who interrupted them.
"Haaah… what do you want, Kacchan?" Junpei groaned exasperatedly, turning to looking at Katsuki being flanked by his two lackeys.
"I'll make it simple, you shitheads!" Katsuki snarled, walking toward them. "Heroes goes to the same school and graduate from there to which means since I'm a perfectionist by nature, you see, forget about U.A., little nerd. I can understand him since he comes from a family of heroes and he's my rival." He pointed at Junpei, who he simply raised an eyebrow. "But you, Deku, you are a simple Quirkless. A weakling that nobody would care what you want, so listen closely…"
He planted a hand over Izuku's shoulder and deviously grinned. "Don't even think of applying to U.A. Not even in Hero courses. Not even the General Studies, Support, or Business. Don't even consider going there. Understood?"
Izuku eyed indifferently at the smoking hand before looking at him dully.
"Hey! I know!" Katsuki stated which Junpei someone felt dread of what was going to happen. "If you want a Quirk so bad, why don't you dive off the rooftop and get an awesome Quirk on you next life?"
That is when he crossed the line.
Without warning, Izuku swiftly took off his bag – which Junpei grabbed it mid-air – grabbed on Katsuki's arm and put him into an arm lock, his palm away from his face or body.
Many student present, including Katsuki, were shocked on how Izuku was quick before they could react. The Quirkless Izuku was holding his ground against Katsuki and was at his mercy.
"Grghgh…" Katsuki gritted his teeth in agony, trying to loosen up the Deku but as he tried to get out of the arm lock, Izuku tightened his grip making him grunt in pain. He could feel that his shoulder was about to pop out and that meant long period of recovery which means less time to train and be prepared for the U.A. unless he makes it quick with this damn-
"Alright, that's enough. He got the message." Junpei interrupted. Izuku glanced up at his best friend and nodded, loosening his grip of Katsuki's arm.
Katsuki grunted in agony, massaging his aching arm while glaring at them.
"I hope you got the message, Kacchan. You had your words, and here's mine." Izuku matched Katsuki's glared firmly. "It's been my dream to attend U.A. I made a promise to a friend to get into. I'm not going to break those promises for your selfish needs. Me, getting into U.A. won't hinder you from entering. And those words before… I'll make you take your words back. So, if we are finished..." With that said, he grabbed his bag from Junpei's hand and walked away. "I'll wait you outside."
Junpei glanced at Katsuki for a moment after Izuku had left. He thought that these two would have been good friends from the beginning – as he had read from many fanfictions that the missus begun reading – if it hadn't been because of his Quirk supremacy attitude.
Sighing in disappointment, he was about to leave and follow behind-
"Wait there, Shitty Eyes."
Before rolling his eyes and returning to look at Katsuki, who glared at him in defiance. "What?"
"I don't get why you follow and defend him." He growled. "He is just a shitty and useless Deku that wouldn't be able to become a hero. No matter how much he had trained!"
Junpei narrowed his eyes irritably at the way he was dissing Izuku despite he lost so he simply scoffed and grazed him to a mocking look. "And so? What should I have done then?"
"You should have followed me instead!" He declared. "You wouldn't get anywhere in the future by following that nerd! This dream is worthless!"
'Ironic that he is also a nerd and thinking that Izuku is worthless.' He scoffed inwardly, thinking back, he had changed him a lot since his encounter.
The only thing he regretted was putting him on his place but he is redeemable and there is time for it.
Also, what surprised him more than ever was that, Izuku managed to fight back without cowering like the canon version. Although, it infuriated him this scene and it happened like before.
"If you wanna be a hero so bad, there's actually a really good way." Katsuki cackled as the defenseless Izuku cried out his destroyed notes. "If you believe they're holding your Quirk over in the next world… You should dive off the rooftop!"
He quickly shook off that thought. That original timeline, Izuku was weak and defenseless, he couldn't refuse to ignore that, and maybe Izuku knew. But he was different and knew better than listening those yaps.
Junpei wasn't blind to see most of the Quirkless people of the world, going suicide because of the stress, the shunning, the names… Adults and young people had turned up dead because of the Quirk supremacy around them. He had seen the gloom face of his father and even he showed a forced smiles to them. His mother also knew about that problem of the society that she even sympathized with the pain of her husband. Keiji and Fumiko hadn't yet found that part of the problem in the society… but it would be soon that they would understand, how hard the Quirkless are treated for being weak and how they live.
He focused his fury at the back of his head, and mild anger showed to his face with a scoff. "First of, you declared me as your rival – although that isn't the title I would take – is given to someone else and second, he is much better than you, Kacchan. And I believe him for what it is worth."
Before Katsuki would have spoken, Junpei stood right in front of him, looming over like a dangerous predator as the two lackeys behind cowered fearfully. Katsuki, meanwhile, was spooked by the sudden position that he slightly sweated at the back of his neck. There wasn't the cheerful demeanor he was used to or the defiance he showed back. He looked more dangerous that any villains he had seen on TV or Internet.
"But if you think that you and the bunch of assholes that follows you with that kind of Quirk supremacy bullshit and sprout those words to Izuku again…" He droned murderously, his eyes darkening with his Quirk, letting the purple flames be the only thing they could see. "We're going to have bad time, got it?"
The two lackeys behind shivered fearfully and the other spectators were unnerved with the way the gentle Junpei acted like that, although a few muttered "Karma's a bitch…" or "It served him right…" under their breathes, they didn't do anything. As for Katsuki, he gulped nervously and panted slightly at the way he was looking at him.
"Nod, if you understood."
Katsuki slowly nodded, getting his fears down.
Junpei's demeanor instantly shifted to a sunny expression and tapped his shoulder in friendly manner, his early action disappearing like it never happened. "Glad we agreed! See you later, Kacchan."
With that said, he left the room and left the three bullies on their own while the other students left, a few snickering at Katsuki's state.
It took a few seconds for Katsuki to regain his ire and glared at the door Junpei had left. 'Damn you, Shitty Eyes. The next time I get to beat you, you are going down. HARD!' He swore.
He felt his heart pumping hard and sweating – fortunately, it wasn't going to explode because of his Quirk – and tried to calm down.
"Oh, by the way…"
And his heart – just as the people around – rammed hard again when Junpei's head popped out of the door in a carefree manner.
Katsuki wanted to snarl a "WHAT!?" to his face but the previous conversation, still had his heart pounding onto his chest so he was left with keeping his mouth shut for once.
"About Izuku, you should really work on that attitude of yours, or else he is going to be much popular than you." He said cheekily. Before Katsuki could have snapped at him, Junpei waved him jauntily. "That's all what I was going to say. See ya!"
Katsuki was left dumbfounded but when he regained his composure enough to think straight, he did something that everyone expected from him and gave him a wide berth, even his lackeys.
"SHIIIIITTYYY-EEEEEYEEEEES!"
-o-
"You heard something?" Izuku wondered aloud after leaving the school grounds as he glanced at his best friend and childhood friend with a raised eyebrow.
"Nope." He replied, popping the 'p.' "Nothing at all…"
Izuku stared at him questionably but shrugged when he wouldn't tell him anything. Ignoring what happened today, Izuku was excited that they were close to get into the U.A.'s Entrance Exam as they had prepared for years to this moment. They only had to wait for another ten months, and they could finally get into their dream school. And Izuku was happy that he was going to join with someone he knew well.
They had wondered about going to train with Grandmaster Arata but the shiver it ran through him, maybe had second guessed about training today. Luckily for them, Arata had some business to attend so there weren't any classes today, even though they were allowed to use the dojo whenever they wanted to.
Just as they minded their own business, the buzz of their phone gained their attention and took out their phones to check.
KarateGirl: Just ten more months to get into U.A., I hope you two ain't slacking.
DemonLord: Please, Suka, the last thing we would do was slacking just as we are near the Entrance Exam, y'know.
SmallMight: Yeah! Grandmaster Arata would get our heads if we did that!
The three childhood friends laughed at such implication with fear and agreement.
KarateGirl: I'll see you guys later then!
DemonLord: Sure, Suka!
SmallMight: Send regards to your parents!
With that done, they continued their way to the ice cream shop. Nothing would get their bad mood, even as they walked under a bridge.
Sluuurg…
"Well, well, what do we have here…?" An ominous voice drawled out in a sadistic way just behind them. "One M-size and L-size disguises. Maybe I should kill the little one and keep the other one. He seemed much stronger than the other. As they say, bon-appeti- wait, what!?" He yelped in shock when a purple light engulfed him and had him immobilized completely mid-air. "W-What the…!? What's going on!?"
Junpei looked indifferently with his Quick activated while staring at the pseudo-villain.
"I may have spoken too soon about having a normal day." He sighed as he raised a finger toward the recycling bin. "Icchan, could you please bring a plastic bottle or something to deal with this guy?"
Izuku nodded and went to get an empty Coca-Cola bottle of three liters. Junpei quickly placed the mud-like villain with a weary sigh.
"And I just wanted my ice cream to get my mood up." He groaned, capping tightly the bottle. "You think we had enough for today?"
"Um…"
"Have no fear, boys! For I'm…!"
"Guess not…" Junpei drawled with a small sweatdrop.
From the maintenance hole that the villain emerged not seconds ago, appeared a blond bulky man…a familiar blond and recognizable face. "…here?" He mumbled in confusion when he saw them unharmed and the villain dealt with.
There he was. All Might AKA – by a few selected people – Yagi Toshinori in person, standing in front of a reincarnated man with two Quirks and his future successor.
"IT'S ALL MIGHT!" Izuku – as expected – gushed in excitement at his favorite hero.
"Calm down, you're getting too much excited." Junpei rolled his eyes good-naturally.
"O-Oh right, sorry." Izuku cleared his throat before continuing. "All Might, I'm a huge fan of yours, and I want to be a hero like you! C-Can I have your autograph!?" He asked nervously while offering his notes. With Junpei giving his too.
Of course, the first reaction of All Might was booming in laugh. "HAHAHA! I will gladly sign to a fan of mine!" He gratefully received the notes and stopped when he noted the title. "Hm? 'Future Hero Analysis' vol. 13'? May I take a look?" He asked its owner.
"N-No! There is no problem!" Izuku replied shyly.
Nodding, All Might began reading and passing through pages and to the next page, he slowly looked pale when he discovered that the notebook had many description from Heroes to Villains, from retired, currents and debuted. The last page showed about a recent hero that appeared, a Mt. Lady. There was a neat drawing of her with her costume and there was a description about her. Her Quirk [Gigantification] with an estimation on how tall she can grow, how many seconds it takes to grow and shrink, and even a small chart of stats under with: Power – Speed – Technique – Range – Cooperativeness – Potential.
'Oh, my goodness! These notes are unbelievably detailed. Who would have thought if these notes were to be in a villain's hands, it makes me shudder to think about it. And it's supposed to be twelve more!?' He nervously glanced up at Izuku, looking up to him with respect and awe. 'I don't know if he could be the one? I still don't know if he's the one. I have my old sidekick's recommendation to my successor but maybe…'
While All Might was in his worried thoughts, Junpei noticed his gaze and look on how nervous he was. He snorted inwardly. 'Of course, he would be scared or wary after seeing those notes. Even I was surprised on how Izuku wrote about mine. His detailed description and information gathering skills are nothing to scoff at. Had he turned into a villain, Japan would have been turned into a crime city with more promising… investor.'
"It's something wrong, All Might?" Izuku asked nervously, wondering how long it takes to sign his notes. All Might quickly broke out of his trance, signed both notes with his signature, and returned them to their owners.
"Nothing wrong, citizens! Thanks for you two help me capture this villain. Although it's illegal to use your Quirks without a license, I'll look the other way since it was self-defense."
Izuku quickly bowed down, thankful for his time and signature. "Th-Thank you, All Might, I'll make this a family heirloom!"
"Don't be so overdramatic, Icchan." Junpei rolled his eyes in a good-naturally way while stuffing his notes back.
"Now I'll take this villain to the authorities. So long and farewell, citizens, I hope the next time we meet, it'll be through a TV screen!"
"Thank you, All Might." They both bowed down as All Might disappeared with a mighty – if flashily so – through the sunset.
"He's so cool." Izuku mumbled in awe, watching his favorite hero disappear on the horizon.
Junpei leered at Izuku, expecting him to clinch onto All Might's leg and get into that talk with the hero and hesitation on his choice. But it seemed that he had grown over that. Unknown to Junpei, he was the one who changed Izuku's view and determination to become a hero. He was the reason for his change.
"Welp!" Junpei clasped his hands loudly in a dramatic way. "With all that fiasco done, let's get our ice cream!"
"Yeah, but first, let me call my mom to ask what's for dinner."
Junpei nodded and Izuku started to make his call. What surprised the most about the change of the world for Junpei was that Inko had maintained the hourglass figure she had before being chubbier than he remembered. As Izuku didn't receive all the bullying and had someone with him instead of being alone, Inko wasn't so stressed that she ended up eating too much and being what she would have been in the story.
Also, to maintain her figure, she had been going to the gym with Mitsuki and Hideko. To say that those three MIL- I mean, mothers, maintained great figure had many of those industries that… well, let's be generous to say 'people' to try to get their way to have them in their industries. Junpei watched in disgust on how people ogled them lustfully and he thinks that he isn't the only one that wished them gone, buried 10 feet under the ground in a remote location. He felt the killing intent of many close people.
Either way, Mitsuki knew better than trust them so had both Hideko and Inko work with her and Masaru.
As for Junpei's mother, as she had yet to be able to work in the hero industry – though she receives paperwork from her sidekicks and second-in-command – worked with Mitsuki until she recovered as a part-timer, with Genkei's approval.
Still, Junpei didn't know what kind of injury she received to leave her job for a long time as she was too stubborn to tell them about it.
Well, back to the explanation about Mitsuki, from what everyone knew or not Mitsuki worked as a model and is popular because of her Quirk makes her beautiful and had both Inko and Hideko help her with photo shoots with Masaru, being the main photographer, taking them.
And also, what surprised the most was that Junpei discovered what Inko's job is – or if it was this world or not. She wasn't just working as a secretary of a simple company… she worked as a secretary… of the Yaoyorozu Industries which shocked him most. And even if Hisashi, Izuku's father who he hadn't met yet, sent them money from the States, they could have lived in a better house but Inko preferred the apartment they lived on.
"Mom, are you at home?"
"Oh, Izuku. Yes, dear, I'm at home getting ready for dinner?" Inko replied. "What is what you need?"
"I am at the moment with Jukkun about to get ice cream but I'll be before dinner." Izuku hummed, looking at Junpei who was reading something on his cellphone. "What are we having?"
"We're going to have katsudon and a few side dishes. Ask Junpei-kun if he wants to join us?"
"Okay, let me ask." Izuku turned to Junpei. "Jukkun, do you want to have dinner at my house?"
Junpei gave him an apologetic smile. "Sorry, Icchan, mom asked me to retrieve Himari-chan from her school since Keiji was sent to the hospital for something related to his job and she had to get there. And also I received a list of groceries that I have to get."
Yeah, you read it right. Keiji and Fumiko had graduated from U.A. and started working as heroes, or starting off as sidekicks.
Where? Well, that is nothing of concern of yet.
Back to the story…
"Oh, okay. Maybe next time." Izuku returned to his call. "Sorry, mom, Jukkun's busy but I'll get to home before dinner."
"Alright, Izuku, don't be late."
"Sure, mom, I'll see you soon." Izuku turned off the call and looked at Junpei. "Shall we?"
(With Katsuki)
"Those fuckers… I'll show them who the boss here is!" He cursed walking with his lackeys, kicking a can of soda in frustration.
"You really overdid it today, man." Enchō, one with long blond hair which his Quirk was extending his fingers to a limited range, grabbed the cigarette from the other lackey.
"Yeah dude, ain't they your childhood friends Bakugo?" The lackey said as he was smoking.
"It's their fault for getting in my way." Katsuki clenched his fist making an explosion once clenched making his flunkies flinch. "Shitty Eyes thinks that Deku can be a hero without a Quirk? Tsk, what a joke."
"I don't know man. Don't sometimes Quirks make their appearance subtle?" The lackey with a cigarette on his mouth asked. "I mean, Rokan tried to punch Midoriya because he still thought he was Quirkless, but even that didn't faze him at all. A punch from Rokan could lead at least a bleeding or something but nothing man. It could be like Fat Gum, subtle yet effective."
"No way, I think that it mostly in that martial art they were practicing." Enchō cackled. "At least, he's still a punching bag if not for Takahashi."
"Yeah, he stops us anytime he appears."
Katsuki raged by kicking a plastic jar full of liquid as he could vent his anger and frustration, letting it bounce on the wall into a recycle bin only to make the cap unseal itself. He turned on his back to face in anger once he smelt smoke.
"And another thing, didn't I tell you to QUIT smoking?! If we're found out my recommendation letter will catch flame too, asshole!"
But the lackeys didn't answer as they were making their eyes widen in fear and pointing at the source of it.
"Nice, a new guise, and one with tasty Quirk, too." The villain cackled evilly before taking his new hostage.
(With All Might)
All Might, or Yagi Toshinori, had made few leaps to one roof to another before landing on one to rest. He began to emit smoke and coughed a bit of blood before transforming back into his skinnier form, or his real form.
"Ah~ I'll just take a few minutes of rest and return to the job." Toshinori sighed wearily. "My time is slowly decreasing each usage. I need to pass the torch soon; I'll have to take the opportunity Nezu told me back then."
Toshinori had to really need to pass the torch of his Quirk and because of his injury which resulted in a fight years back, ended up with a third of his stomach and half his lungs.
Suddenly, he heard an explosion a few blocks away where he jumped past. Grimacing by the thought of his error, he checked his pockets to see if the sealed villain was there. But in the all luck that Mother Luck could bless him, today it wasn't the day. He paled when the plastic jar was missing.
"Oh no…" He gasped in dread as he quickly ran down the stairs to retrieve the villain.
(With Junpei and Izuku)
Both childhood friends were walking nowhere while eating their ice cream. While Izuku ordered green tea flavored with chocolate chip on it, Junpei ordered caramel flavored with sprinkles.
"I'm still surprised on how much sugar you can eat, Jukkun." Izuku said, eating his own ice cream with joy. "Ain't you worried about cavities or something before your thirties?"
"Pft, cavities, what should I get worried about." Junpei declared, showing his teeth. "I know how to keep my teeth healthy. Unlike Kacchan who keeps damaging his teeth with his forceful brushing like a mad man."
"Hehehe, yeah, it was a big shock from us during the time we went camping together and Kacchan began shouting while brushing his teeth." Izuku snickered before sobering and looking better at Junpei's teeth.
"E-Eh? What's wrong?" He asked curiously.
"I don't know if it is just me…" Izuku hummed. "But were your teeth ever sharp?"
"Huh? What's wrong with you?" Junpei scoffed, resuming on eating his ice cream. "If I had known about that, I would have noticed it first."
Izuku processed it for a few seconds before shrugging in acceptance. "Alright. Still though, Kacchan's attitude doesn't get any newer that I'm getting tired of his bullshit."
"Hey, language." Junpei chastised playfully.
BOOM! BOOM!
The sudden explosion got both of their attention. While one looked at it curiously, the other knew better.
'It's time.' Junpei thought before shoving the last of his ice cream to his mouth. "Let's see what's going on!"
Izuku nodded, eating the last of his ice cream, and they ran toward the source of the explosion.
-o-
Junpei and Izuku arrived on the scene to see many bystanders looking over something while there were a few heroes on the scene.
"Hey, what's going on?" Izuku wondered as they finally were able to see who it was.
Junpei feigned shock when he noticed who the village was. "Hey, hey, hey, isn't that the villain we sealed in that plastic bottle!? How the fuck did he escape from All Might?"
"Yeah, how did he even get away from All Might?" Izuku said, writing down on his analysis notes. "This guy must be slippery to slip away from All Might himself."
"And when the fuck did you ever get your notes!?"
They noticed around the heroes that were present.
Death Arms was trying to focus on punching and grappling the villain but as the sludge villain was mostly liquid, he was having a hard time against him.
Kamui Woods was trying to restrain the villain and save the hostage from its grasp but every time he tried to save the hostage, explosions and fire were destroying his Quirk [Arbor] anytime he tried. So he tried saving other misfortune civilians caught in the cross fire.
Backdraft could be helpful against the sludge villain but he was mostly in rescue type missions so he was more centered of putting out the fire around, preventing it from spreading.
And lastly, Mt. Lady was unable to do anything since the streets were narrow so her [Gigantification] was useless unless she would want to step on somebody by accident.
Two more heroes were also in the scene but they were also useless at the moment.
"Why are all the heroes at a standstill?" One of the civilians voiced out in wonder.
"The guy's got some middle schooler hostage and abusing of his Quirk. None of the heroes can get closer without harming the hostage." Another answered.
Izuku pondered which kind of hero would be perfect for such situation but that thought was interrupted when Junpei tapped his shoulder and pointed forward.
"Icchan, I know that you love thinking about heroes and all but…" Junpei said slowly in dread. "Isn't that…?"
Izuku looked forward trying to understand what he was talking about when he noticed who the one was being the hostage. His childhood friend Bakugo Katsuki was being held as hostage and when he noticed his eyes… he bolted forward without hesitation.
"Dammit, Icchan!" Junpei shouted, following behind. And none of the heroes were able to stop them.
"Hey, kids! Get back here!" Death Arms shouted.
Yagi Toshinori was frustrated when he let the villain escape from his hands and because of his injury, he was having a hard time to transform into his buff form and deal with it instantly just as his golden years. But because of it, he couldn't do anything. He was pathetic. Unable to do anything against a villain when it was standing just close to him.
But something caught his eyes and everyone else.
Two kids that he recognized bolted out of the group toward the villain and he felt a dreading feeling when he knew who those two kids were. He internally screamed in shock on how such kids were acting recklessly.
Not only Toshinori noticed them but also the sludge villain and Katsuki noticed them coming toward him.
"Those brats!" The sludge villain growled angrily.
Katsuki only could widen his eyes in shock as he kept struggling to get out of the grasp of the villain.
The villain shot his tendrils at the kids, willing to kill them here and there but what surprised everyone was that those kids dodged the tendrils with ease as if they were dancing. Not even a grace.
Civilians, heroes and the sludge villain were shocked of how perfectly some kids ran toward the villain and dodge all the attacks, spinning, side stepping, even jumping over; these kids were basically good on their eyes.
Izuku then begun recalling in one of his notebook about Kamui Wood's skills and quickly kicked a nice shaped pebble toward the villain's eye, earning a painful wince. The sudden wince made his hold on Katsuki lessen, making him able to breathe.
"Izuku! Go save him, I'll distract him!" Junpei said, grabbing a trash bin's cap and throwing it like a Frisbee, nailing on his other eye.
"Agh! You son of a-!"
Izuku grasped the opportunity that Junpei brought to him to jump toward Katsuki and pulling him out.
"Pull him, kid, pull!" Death Arms shouted, breaking out of his trance and rushing forward with the other available heroes.
"Nooooo!" The sludge villain roared as he tried to bring his hostage back before flinching back for another pebble hitting on his eye. "You brat!" He growled as he glared fiercely at Junpei who shot at him with a flip of his thumb the pebble.
"Your body might be sludgy and capable of tanking bludgeon attacks." Junpei grinned as he prepared with both hands with many small pebbles like a gunslinger. "But that doesn't mean about your eyes."
Before the sludge villain could say anything, his hold on Katsuki was lessened to the point that he could get out and make his day worse.
"Let… me go… you FUCKER!" Katsuki howled as he took the chance to blow his biggest explosion on the sludge villain.
The sludge roared in pain as both Izuku and Katsuki fell down next to Junpei.
"You guys, okay?" He asked as he helped Izuku up.
"Yeah, we're fine." Izuku answered.
Junpei was about to help Katsuki, but he slapped his hand away and got up by himself. "You two… why the hell are you two helping me!? Mostly you, Deku!" Katsuki demanded with a growl.
"Geez, 'thanks for saving me, guys. I appreciate.' Is that so hard, Kacchan?" Junpei drawled sarcastically.
"My legs started to move on their own." Izuku told him. "But despite the facts that we don't get along, I still want to be a hero. And it's a hero's job to put his or her life on the life. Also… your eyes were pleading for help!"
Toshinori felt like something struck his spine when he heard the green-haired kid say that.
'Can it be that I really found my successor? The next torchbearer!?' He thought with a smile.
Junpei believed that Izuku was a kind heart that would do anything to save a life, and that made him grin proudly. "Alright, you two, step back. I think I'm going to finish him… with a BANG."
When he mentioned that, despite their history, both of them shivered in dread at what was coming. They quickly ran back toward the others and hastily warned them to cover their ears. While they were confused, the way that Izuku and Katsuki warned then, it made them to believe them and cover their ears.
"So, villain…" Junpei grinned as he waved his arms in preparation for what was coming. "Have you ever felt a shockwave up close?"
"You little shit! I'll kill you!" The sludge villain roared as he lunged at him which the heroes tried to help the kid.
'Just according to keikaku.' Junpei grinned. His sleeves slightly rolled back to notice the two metallic armguards that were hidden on his sleeves. "60% Limit."
The gadget hummed accordingly at its master's order and calibrated to the limit it was ordered.
The villain was so close to the kid that the heroes began running to help the 'helpless' kid despite the warning they got. Wrong choice to stop covering their ears.
Junpei got into a pre-hug pose before the next thing that happened, it would have left them speechless.
CLAP!
The sudden clap brought forth a shockwave that the heroes who ignored had to double their effort to not feel the pain in their ears while those that heard the warning before gritted their teeth. But the villain was not as lucky as the chain of reaction of that shockwave, had rendered the villain's body incapable of maintaining his form which he begun to tear down.
"Wh-What is wrong with me!?" He roared in excruciating pain as his body began dismembering unwillingly.
Walls of concrete began spider-webbing in cracks as the shockwave was too much for them to hold.
After that, everyone watched in awe how a kid managed to create a shockwave of that magnitude and saw the remains of the unconscious villain on the ground while the kid laughed aloud.
"Gahahaha! That was fun, I haven't done anything like this since three years ago!" He cackled aloud but sobered quickly when he felt sparks coming out of his armguards. He grimaced when he noticed the damage of his armguards. While he knew that they were capable of making him loose, they were still on the prototype-stage despite Mei had upgraded them forward. "Aw shit, not again. Mei's going to kill me."
Multiple bystanders started cheering him and he even noticed that All Might was dumbfounded, in his skeletal form.
The heroes, subsequently, collected the bits of villain that was scattered and delivered them safely to the cops.
'What a day to start of a new popularity…' He smiled sheepishly as his armguards continued sparking in damage.
'Did I really find the next torchbearer of [One for All]?' Toshinori thought, glancing at Izuku opening his eardrums as did his friend next to him.
TO BE CONTINUED
OMAKE – 'What If' – If the Justice League existed
Izuku, Katsuki and Junpei were at the police station after the sludge villain was defeated. They were placed there to question them for their dangerous behaviors, mostly to Izuku which Junpei was very disappointed on these police.
"Man, these people don't shut up with their compliments." Junpei muttered lowly and Izuku, who was sitting next to him, heard that.
"Yeah, I get that. I hope that something happens here and shut them up."
As Katsuki was bathed in compliments and every else, suddenly an unexpected visit occurred inside the police station.
A man clad in black Kevlar armor with a bat symbol on his chest, his dark cape hanging low that reached his feet, his stoic and penetrating gazes behind his cowl shaped with two pointy ears showing only his mouth and chin, and a yellow utility belt which Junpei and Izuku widen their eyes in realization on who was it.
"Oh… my… God… That's freaking Batman!" Junpei couldn't believe his eyes thinking that the dark knight of Gotham was in front of him. He had discovered that the Justice League took the America region with Superman on top of the chart and Star and Stripes on second, it was shocking to say that there were DC Universe heroes merged with MHA.
"OhmanOhmanOhmanOhman, that's Batman!" Izuku started with his fan-boyish personality looking in awe at one of the founders of the famous Justice League in America.
The police and Katsuki weren't different from both Junpei and Izuku as they were also astonished of the sudden visit of the Batman.
"B-B-Bat-Batman, sir, what brings you here?" One of the police asked as he maintained his distance from the dark knight.
The said dark knight looked around when he spotted the person he was looking for.
"Hah! They must be here for me!" Katsuki said as both of his childhood friends rolled their eyes of his ego. "They must have come here to- Hey!"
Katsuki didn't even finish saying when the dark knight ignored his presence and walked straight to two kids that were seated together.
"Wh-What is happening Jukkun?" Izuku whispered to his childhood friend.
"I don't know, Icchan. But we'll know soon." Junpei whispered back.
The dark knight stood in front of them, his white eyes piercing to their eyes and stoic expression plastered on his face. If there is something that Junpei could come up, knowing that he knew the complete history of the Justice League and their origins, is that Batman isn't someone you would want to mess with, AT ALL.
"HEY YOU BAT FREAK! I'M TALKING TO YOU!" Katsuki yelled but still Batman ignored him.
"You two," Batman began making them flitch. "…are Izuku Midoriya and Junpei Takahashi?"
The two said kids looked at each other before answering him.
"Yeah, sir, I'm Junpei Takahashi and here is my friend Izuku Midoriya, sir." Junpei answered and getting nervous in front of him wasn't helping him at all. "Is something wrong?"
The police and Katsuki were also curious though the latter was gritting his teeth that the dark knight was in front of Deku and Shitty-Eyes instead of him.
"I came here to welcome you two to be an initiate and invite you two to the Justice League." He stated making all the police and the three kids on standby widen their eyes.
"Y-Y-You mean that y-you're recrui-" Izuku stuttered before being cut off by the Batman.
"Recruiting you two, yes, the others and I are very interested in two individuals such as you two." Batman answered still having his stoic expression on hand.
"Well… that's something you don't hear every day…" Junpei let his breath out which he didn't know he was holding it.
"WAIT A DAMN MINUTE!" Katsuki roared making all to watch him. "I GET THAT SHITTY-EYES CAN BE RECRUITED BUT I'M NOT FUCKING AGREEING THAT THE SHITTY DEKU IS GETTING INTO THE JUSTICE LEAGUE! HE CAN'T BE A FUCKING WITHOUT A QUIRK!"
Batman stared at Katsuki with no malice but annoyance, guess his patient is less than Katsuki, Junpei had thought.
"So your friend here can't be a hero without a Quirk?" Batman asked.
"Yeah! He can't even become a fucking hero if he doesn't have a fucking Quirk at all!" Katsuki declared.
"He's right Batman." One of the police, that was praising Katsuki, agreed. "This young man endangered himself in a hero situation; he could have gotten killed himself."
Batman simply stared dangerously at the police office which the police simply faltered and knew what Batman would do if he continued.
"I'm sure you people know that I don't have powers like Superman, Flash, Martian Manhunter and the other founders of the Justice League. I don't need a superpower like them to tell the world that I'm defenseless and un-heroic just by standing still and letting others save me. I'm what you people consider Quirkless but who are you to make assumption?"
Some police officers stepped back, couldn't retort or weren't able to speak of their mind since Batman was right.
Returning his attention on Katsuki, Batman narrowed his eyes on him. "So you may wish to stop speaking or there would be grave consequences if you speak like that to me, you understand?"
Batman then walked to Junpei and Izuku leaving a stunned Katsuki alone.
"Also, these two made the righteous decision of helping that kid." He pointed out making Katsuki twitch his eye. "If no hero would have helped him, the kid would have suffocated inside before a more capable Pro-Hero came." He said with the 'Pro' like venom which most people noticed it. "He would have either been comatose or, in the worst case, dead."
Katsuki rubbed his neck thinking that if not for them he could have died but he wouldn't dream on thanking those two at all.
"But I got a fucking Quirk; he doesn't deserve to be a hero!" Katsuki declared ignoring the warning of other police officers.
"You're really fucking digging your grave over here, Kacchan." Junpei commented dryly.
"You shut the fuck up, Shitty-Eyes!" He hissed with his deadly glare trying to pierce his head.
"As for you two," Batman interrupted. "Mostly Superman and Wonder Woman are interested on him." He pointed at Junpei. "And Martian Manhunter and I are interested in you because of your intelligence and observation." He said pointing at Izuku.
"B-Batman a-and Ma-Martian Man-Manhunter were interested in me?!" Izuku couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Oh man, Superman and Wonder Woman…" Junpei muttered in disbelief.
"We should speak with your parents before we depart." Batman said before he stopped a punch from Katsuki.
"Wait the fucking minute! I won't let fucking Deku be a fucking hero!" Katsuki stared dangerously at the duo.
"I wouldn't do what you're doing Kacchan." Izuku advised. "Before Batman gets worse."
"You ain't bossing me around Deku!"
Batman immediately wrapped him with his Bat Claw and let him hang onto the ceiling.
"LET ME DOWN YOU ASSHOLE!" Katsuki yelled. "I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHO DESERVES TO BE A HERO!"
"I would advise to stop struggling before I decide to do something more… persuading." Batman said dangerously.
Katsuki stopped his ranting and stayed hanging still gritting in fury. After Aunt Mitsuki and Uncle Masaru took Katsuki out, Batman went him both Midoriya's and Takahashi's residence to speak with their parents.
Obviously, Genkei and Yui knew beforehand Batman in one of their intervention and worked together a few times just as the other Justice League and were surprised that Junpei, their son, was selected to be part of the Justice League.
As for Inko, she first fainted at the sight of the dark knight before he cracked something to wake her up and explained that Izuku was selected by himself and other member of the League so she was quite happy that her little Izuku was able to become a hero.
Once they prepared to be departed to the Watchtower, Batman and the others were standing together to be transported there.
"You ready?" Junpei asked with his duffle bag hanging on his shoulder.
"I should ask you that." Izuku chuckled with his yellow bag on his back.
Batman smirked behind them and prepared for departure. "Watchtower, this is Batman. We are ready for depa-"
"YOU TWO!" Katsuki yelled not far from them. "I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU GO!"
Katsuki blasted toward them to stop them at all cost. But before he could do that, they had disappeared and before he could get answers, he toppled with the wall and yelled in frustration.
"DAMN YOU TWO~!"
This is something I read back then and getting an attention of the Justice League, or the Avengers was too good to write them. I'll think of writing this Crossover with Junpei or maybe other character.