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The creator is Kōhei Horikoshi.
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Don't copy or claim it.
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Me: I've come today with my new OC, and new student of the Class 1-A, Akari Tatsuma!
Akari: Hello readers.
Me: So what would you like to speak about?
Akari: I'm the author's new OC and, I appreciate and respect many things.
Me: (raise an eyebrow in curiosity) Such as...?
Akari: I wouldn't barge into a maiden's space.
Me: (mumble) Even though I created you...? (turn to readers) Anyway, one last thing to say to our readers, Akari-chan?
Akari: Enjoy. And suggest ideas on the review.
Me: Enjoy fellas.
CHAPTER 12
The Red Dragoness
"Hero Team… WIIIIIIIINS!" All Might bellowed as the match had finally ended.
The students gasped in awe and shock at what they just witnessed with two being proud.
"Wow, the Hero Team won!" Mina cheered.
"Amazing!" Tenya bellowed in amazement. "Despite the reckless actions they took and the victory against Bakugo-kun, it seems that they went victorious in the match."
"I agree with you Iida-kun," Junpei said crossing his arm. "I mean, it could have been worse." He divined cryptically which nobody noticed the tone.
"Yeah, it could have been worse." Momo nodded.
"Well, at least it was training, though." Tsuyu mused.
"Let's see what will be their scores once they come."
-o-
Izuku and Ochako were in a good mood as Eijiro was trying to calm Katsuki down, emphasizing the 'Calming', since losing to the greenette and the match took a blow of his pride wasn't calming his temper at all.
"The first match's MVP is Young Midoriya and Young Kirishima!" All Might declared.
"Why not Ochako-chan too, All Might-sensei?" Tsuyu pondered in confusion.
"Hmm, well… why is that? Does anyone know?" He asked motioned to the students.
Momo raised her hand eagerly. "Yes, All Might-sensei."
"Proceed."
She cleared her throat before continuing. "In this match, Bakugo-san had left his partner instead of arranging a plan for them to defend the core. There could have been a way that the two of them would have formulated a plan to hold the Heroes as much as possible without leaving the core alone so Kirishima-san had to do it instead; Bakugo-san acted on his own because of an obviously personal grudge and such emotions cannot be shown before taking actions. And as All Might-sensei said earlier, it is foolish to launch a large-scale attack indoors."
"Kirishima-san stayed behind despite not having a plan and yet he had shown us that he would protect the core without saying anything. So that gives him some points of being an MVP of this match."
Much everyone, including All Might, agreed with her yet there was some stunned awe as Momo was explaining with details. If she had been living in Junpei's previous world, she would have been a fantastic assistant and/or informant.
Momo continued. "As for Uraraka-san…" She glanced apologetically at her. "Despite her attacks being coordinated and steadier, if the bomb wasn't papier-mâché and being a real weapon, she would not have been able to do something so dangerous."
Junpei hummed in agreement despite wanting to disagree with her. "Sorry, Ochako-chan but she's right. In such cases, the bomb would have come off earlier and then it would have exploded taking the civilians around with it."
Ochako hung her head in acceptance. "I'll take into consideration…"
"But!" Junpei continued surprising Ochako. "It would have been worse if you didn't try it now, right?" He gave her a reassuring smile.
"Yeah, yeah, I think so." She agreed, returning the smile.
All Might nodded as his student didn't fall out with this explanation. Yet, he slowly glanced at Momo with a simple thought which everyone agreed. 'She said more than I expected.'
He coughed on his fist and continued. "W-Well, Young Uraraka, and Young Kirishima, apart from what she said, but, well, you'll do it fine!" He cheered them.
"We should always start with the basics to develop the depth of learning." Momo reflected sagely. "We must strive to devote ourselves wholeheartedly. Otherwise, we cannot become top heroes."
'Heh, nothing less from her, who was admitted to the Hero Course based on recommendations.' Junpei thought. 'She is indeed the smartest of the group, if not among the first years, I wouldn't mind if she had been my leader in my previous life.'
"All right everyone, let's change locations and start the Second Match. Tackle this training after thinking about what we just talked about."
"Yes, sir!" Everyone replied despite some of them did not.
Junpei side-glanced at the time-bomb friend noticing that he was still devastated for losing against the one who underestimated for all his life, there was no strength to comment who low he looked. It was going to be hard for him to change his attitude.
Class 1-A changed the Battle Building from A to B and the contestants were…
"Match Two! Team B (Shoto Todoroki & Mina Ashido) are the Heroes and the Team I (Mashirao Ojiro & Toru Hagakure) are the Villains!"
'Well… this match is the same, except for replacing Mezo to Mina.' Junpei thought tilting his head. 'Hopefully, Mina should do something right now or else she won't be able to do anything.'
(U.A. – Ground Beta – Battle Building B – Villain Team)
"Ojiro-kun, I'm getting a little pumped up, so I'm going to take off my gloves and shoes too!" Toru said as she motioned to 'undress' what gear she had before glancing, which was hard to tell, at him.
"Uhh… alright…" Ojiro complied with a sweatdrop trailing down before scratching his cheek and looking the other way. 'Hagakure-san, that's the correct decision as an invisible person, but that's not great for a girl, morally speaking.'
"You can't look, okay?" She said shyly, covering herself.
"Well, I can't see you even if I tried…"
-o-
'I do wonder where her morality is if she is an invisible girl and gets undress even if nobody can see her…' Junpei sweatdropped while watching and deducing what were they doing. 'Hope for the good, and go for the worst…'
"Now, let's start the second indoor person-to-person combat training match!" All Might declared.
(U.A. – Ground Beta – Battle Building B – Hero Team)
"Let's do our best, Todoroki-kun!" Mina said cheerfully.
"No, I'll finish in an instant." Shoto declared as he placed his right foot at the entrance as his right side, [Half-Cold], took control of the building within an instant. Toru and Ojiro were motionless as they were frozen without alarm.
Shoto slowly walked toward the bomb before noticing Ojiro standing firm yet frozen from his waist-down.
"Th-This Quirk is…"
Ojiro quickly positioned in a fighting posture yet couldn't move as Shota walked coolly at the bomb.
"You can move if you want, but the skin on your feet will come off, so you won't be able to fight at your best." He warned.
-o-
Everyone, including All Might, was shivering from their spine and everything else, hugging themselves to avoid hypothermia. All except Junpei, as his training commenced, he had discovered that he could maintain his temperature on normal if he concentrated which promptly he was used as a heater; mostly the girls were closer to him to warm themselves as Tsuyu was closer than anybody else.
She, like an amphibian, is cold-blooded which cases she would start hibernating so she promptly clinched on him to get warmer. Junpei didn't mind at all since his sisters would do always during winter. He, being a human heater, was normal in his household.
For another note, Minoru was totally envious of him.
"H-He d-did not c-cause any d-damage to his te-teammate or the nu-nuclear weapon, and on t-top of that, he we-weakened the enemy." All Might commented as he and everyone else were shivering.
"He's so strong!" Eijiro bellowed.
"Hero Team wiiiiins!"
On the screen, Shoto had touched the frozen nuclear weapon with his left hand using [Half-Hot] to melt the ice off the building. And on another screen, there is was a puddle jumping one side to another in which case it was Toru skipping the hot waters repeating "Hot!" and Mina was outside trying to avoid the building that was becoming a hot-sauna.
'Guess the other one who came into U.A. through the recommendations is a monster.' Junpei thought.
"W-Wow!" Was all Rikido could say.
"What's up with that Quirk?" Denki shivered in fear.
"As expected of someone who got in through recommendations." Tsuyu stated.
"All right, everyone gather round for a review of the Second Match. Next, we will begin the Third Match!"
The Third Match were Team H (Hanta Sero & Fumikage Tokoyami) as Heroes and Team J (Mezo Shoji & Tsuyu Asui) as Villains.
Junpei had to wonder how this match would end since from his memories, Team H was Tsuyu Asui and Fumikage Tokoyami and Team J were Hanta Sero and Eijiro Kirishima.
But now, Eijiro was with Katsuki so he can't participate in this match, Tsuyu and Fumikage were partnered but now are against each other, and Mezo shouldn't be here rather with Shoto and it should have been with Hanta, which he is now the hero, with Eijiro.
'This should be good.'
On the screen, on the villains' side, Mezo was protecting the nuclear weapon as Tsuyu was nowhere to be seen. On the heroes' side, Hanta and Fumikage were marching side by side while Fumikage's Quirk: [Dark Shadow] was scouting through the shadows.
A few seconds later, Dark Shadow returned to its master and whispered something to the heroes. Hanta had seen to speak with Fumikage to plan something and later he rushed alone to another place. On the screen showing Hanta's whereabouts, he peeked out of the window and looked up.
'Oh? I seem to get what he is thinking.' Were most of the students' thought in agreement.
Hanta, with his Quirk: [Tape], shoot out his elbow-tape to the top floor and swinging up, getting to a specific window which Mezo was protecting the nuclear weapon with his back on him. Hanta seemed to wait for a moment peeking barely without being discovered.
As for Fumikage, he simply walked toward the nuclear weapon whereabouts as Dark Shadow loomed around him as a guard.
He then proceeded to place his back onto the door where the villain team had put the nuclear weapon. He and Dark Shadow glanced at each other and nodded before entering the room abruptly and with Mezo's attention, Hanta quickly bolted inside the room and shoot out his tape at him.
But before it could have landed on Mezo, Tsuyu suddenly appeared over Hanta, landing on him and capturing him with the special tapes.
The students in the monitor room winced sympathetically as Hanta got eliminated before he could trap Mezo. Now, it was going to be difficult since Fumikage had to fight against Mezo and Tsuyu.
He glanced at the nuclear weapon and the villains which promptly did something desperate, he ordered Dark Shadow to distract them as he quickly rushed toward the nuclear weapon. Mezo and Tsuyu quickly rushed at him but Dark Shadow stopped them on their tracks. So, Mezo quickly went one-on-one against Dark Shadow letting Tsuyu pass by him and get to Fumikage.
Tsuyu used her tongue to stop Fumikage which worked out as he quickly defended himself from the tongue-ballista; Tsuyu put herself between Fumikage and the nuclear weapon not giving him any chance to get to it.
Fumikage watched as Dark Shadow was losing ground against Mezo and glanced at Tsuyu protecting the nuclear weapon. He simply hung his head down and raised his hands in surrender.
"Villain Team wins!" All Might declared the end of the Third Match.
The review was understandable since the MVP of the match were Mezo Shoji and Tsuyu Asui; Mezo showed great skill in listening to their conversation and whispered the conversation with Tsuyu as she was waiting on the ceiling next to the windows which gave her enough room to be unnoticeable and using the momentum, she quickly eliminated Hanta as she noticed beforehand and positioned above him. Mezo played the ignorant with Hanta's arrival since his Quirk gave his location before Tsuyu would notice.
Fumikage and Hanta's ideas were good but if the villain had such skills as Mezo and Tsuyu, it wouldn't have worked.
"Forth Match: Team C (Momo Yaoyorozu & Tenya Iida) as the Heroes against Team G (Denki Kaminari & Kyoka Jiro) as the Villains on the Battle Building D!"
'Well now… same Team that would fight but different roles. Including that instead of Minoru, it was Tenya on Momo's team.' Junpei mused. 'Hopefully, they would do it well.'
On the heroes' team side, Tenya and Momo were chatting attentively while pointing at the map of the building as the villain team, both Denki and Kyoka were together with the nuclear weapon to protect it and not separate.
Momo, from outside, had created some thermal goggles and watching where Denki, Kyoka and the nuclear weapon were, and giving instructions to Tenya which he was right now running at full-speed through the corridors. With that, she took off the thermal goggles and created a grappling gun to shoot at the window where it was an empty place.
She then created some stealth boots to walk without being noticed by Kyoka as also having Tenya rumbling running as a distraction.
She then entered a room next to where Denki and Kyoka were and placed a breach charge on the wall where it wasn't near the nuclear weapon. As soon as she placed it, she quietly reported to Tenya which he promptly bolted toward the room. At the same time, the wall exploded creating a hole and smokescreen.
Then, Denki and Kyoka prepared themselves to defend the nuclear weapons which promptly didn't work out as, from the wall, two items were thrown inside. Denki and Kyoka had a few seconds to notice the item before it exploded in a blinding light.
'So, creating stun grenades and throwing at them as a distraction, worked out splendidly.' Junpei smirked. 'Not bad.'
Then Tenya holding a rope that nobody noticed that was given at the start of the match tied both Denki and Kyoka together leaving them vulnerable and dazed from the previous distractions.
Leaving the villains alone, Momo and Tenya marched toward the bomb and touched it at the same time, earning their victory.
"Hero Team wins!"
The MVPs were naturally Momo and Tenya, Momo implemented to look for the bomb and villains with her thermal goggles and Tenya worked as he was looking for them as soon as Momo located their positions.
She then reported the location of the bomb and advised that he should continue running to distract Kyoka since she was a Sensor-type Quirk user as she used the grappling gun to enter the building without them noticing.
After reaching to the room next door, she told him to begin the plan and use the momentum of Tenya entering the room with her discharging a breach charge and throwing stun grenades to daze them and Tenya quickly disposing of them with the early given ropes.
"Fifth Match: Team E (Yuga Aoyama & Minoru Mineta) as the Heroes against Team F (Rikido Sato & Koji Koda) as the Villains on the Battle Building E!"
So to seem, this match had been the lamest and depressing match ever watched. Everyone deadpanned at what they just witnessed.
Sure, at first Yuga and Minoru entered the building looking for the bomb as for Rikido and Koji guard the weapon, Rikido for CQC and Koji had asked some birds to help them.
By the time the heroes looked for the bomb, Minoru started rushing throwing his balls at the villains with Yuga shooting his lasers. Sure, it was desperate since they had been looking for half the time limit and by the time Yuga shot his laser, Rikido and Koji dodged it but not before placing a hole in the nuclear weapon, rendering now useless for the heroes to win.
"T-The Villain Team… wins…" All Might declared with no strength to face-palm.
Everyone else was given that chance.
After that, there was the Sixth and last match which meant Team K and a random Team for today.
"All right, everyone! Now it's the best battle training. Since we are odd numbers, one of the teams will have a battle again against the last team."
Every student glanced at the last team, being Junpei and Akari, some in eagerness or fear.
"So the Team who will face Team K is…" All Might intoned giving a strangling pause making everyone nervous.
Everyone witnessed many things since the first classes about Junpei Takahashi, the least of the group were eager to have a match against him, others weren't much eager and they much feared his strength at full. But since it was going to be random, they didn't know who the people they would fight against them were.
Everyone waited for All Might to finish speaking; their nervousness wasn't helping them at all.
As everyone waited for All Might to open his mouth, they weren't expected who they would fight…
"…a new Team!" He declared in a matter-of-factly tone.
Everyone processed for a few seconds before face-vaulting to the ground.
"THAT ISN'T REASSURING AT ALL!"
All Might chuckled sheepishly. "Apologies, children, but rest assured. The reason that I elected a new team is that as everyone had already battled, only Team K hadn't done anything yet. By creating a new Team, the partners wouldn't be able to work out in unison if they already know each other. The lesson for today, apart for training, is to be able to fight with other heroes."
Everyone seemed to calm down, accepting the explanation.
"So this time, I have put only two balls with Team L as a group. The other balls won't have anything on them which will be safe for those who won't participate."
There was an audible gulp that Junpei didn't know who, not as singular, did it.
"So! Let's choose who will represent as Team L, shall we?"
Everyone made a line to All Might, except Junpei and Akari, waiting for two people to be chosen.
"…you think it is going to be worth it?" Akari, out of nowhere, asked. And damn, the girl had a smooth tone. "I mean, with this?"
"Meh," Junpei shrugged. "I don't think it would be. But I'm itching for a fight right now."
They glanced at Minoru, Yuga, Toru, Koji, and Mezo grab a random ball that nobody got chosen.
"I'M SAFE!" Minoru yelled in relief which others, except Mezo who simply crossed his arms, sighed in relief.
The next ones were Momo, Ochako, Denki, Kyoka, and Rikido choosing a ball… and nobody of them got chosen.
Rikido sighed in relief. "Uff, for a second I thought that I would die…"
Momo and Ochako more relief than anybody else, Junpei couldn't blame them. Denki was mostly the relief-est one since he was sitting in seiza on the ground thanking God for the luck with Kyoka deadpanning from behind.
"THANK YOU, GOD!"
"…dumbass."
The Third group was Tsuyu, Hanta, Shoto, Mashirao, and Tenya… and among the five of them, Hanta was chosen.
Hanta looked like he sucked a lemon as Mashirao was trying to comfort him patting his shoulder. Shoto looked indifferent, Tsuyu kept quiet while watching Hanta's demise and Tenya was… encouraging that he will do it well.
The last group was composed of Eijiro, Katsuki, Izuku, Fumikage, and Mina. Fumikage was silent holding the blank ball coolly but if Junpei didn't notice it before, he would have noticed that Fumikage sagged in relief when he saw the blank ball. Mina started trembling before cheering joyfully that she wasn't chosen.
Eijiro, Katsuki, and Izuku waited for a few seconds before the three of them showed their balls; which the last participant of Team L was… Eijiro Kirishima.
Katsuki simply scowled that he wasn't chosen to beat his ass, Izuku sighed in relief yet was eager to fight against him, and for Eijiro…
"ALRIGHT, I GET TO FIGHT HIM!" He… bellowed eagerly.
"Okay… I did not expect this." Akari admitted with a sweatdrop hanging at the back of her head which Junpei mirrored with a different attitude.
"Alright, Kirishima, let me ask?" Junpei started pinching the bridge of his nose. "Why are you so eager to fight me?"
"Why you ask?" He started grinning. "I get to show how my manliness deals against the strongest among us! And before you say something…" His grin was replaced with steel determination. "I'll show myself that I can do it!"
Junpei looked at him quite amazed by his determination. He closed his eyes and snorted good-naturally. "Alright, Kirishima, I'll accept your challenge."
"Are you nuts?!" Hanta wailed about to lose some shits.
"Relax, we will do fine!" Eijiro reassured him.
"Something tells it would be otherwise…" Hanta sobbed quietly with Denki and Mina patting his back in comfort.
Junpei walked back to Akari in silence before she started talking. "Are you going to be rough?"
"I don't wanna break them so I'll be gentler with my strength. Now that I think about it…" He raised his new power suppressors that looked like a metallic wrist band as for ankle cuffs inside his boots and whispered. "Power Limiter: 75%"
"What are those?" Araki asked with honest curiosity.
"These!" He motioned to shake his wrist suppressors. "Are my support equipment which suppresses most of my strength. I have someone to upgrade them after we started, if not it would have broken beforehand and we wouldn't like that. One accident is enough."
'What kind of accident are we talking about…?' Akari deadpanned not thinking to pry that memory line.
"Alright students! Go now to the Battle Building F!"
"Yes, sir!"
(U.A. – Ground Beta – Battle Building F – Villain Team)
'Well, there isn't anything special in this building. Five floors, four rooms on each floor but different in sizes…' Junpei mused thoughtfully glancing at the blueprints. "Yeah, we could work with this."
They had placed the nuclear weapon on the top floor in one of the largest room the floor could give them, Akari's idea. It was spacious and pillars were holding the place, some crates and barrels inside but nothing bigger.
"So, what's the plan?" She asked.
"Hmm…" Junpei looked at the blueprints and then at her. "Say, what's your Quirk?"
"Didn't you see me use it during the Quirk Assessment Aizawa-sensei gave us?" She deadpanned incredulously.
Junpei flinched but didn't show it, he coughed on his fist. "I, ah, mostly focused on the Test."
Akari rolled her eyes and sighed. "Fine, my Quirk is [Blade Dragon]; I have the strength of a dragon and can turn into one. My arms can also turn into blades and my scales are hard as steel. I can also breathe fire but I don't use it much since it dries my throat." She answered. "What's yours by the way? I saw you use your strength and that telekinesis but didn't know much apart for that."
"Well, my Quirk is [Demon], yeah I know it doesn't give assurance with the naming, I have the strength, speed, and endurance of a demon, use telekinesis when my eyes lit up and special abilities that I'll show later." He explained. "For some reason, I can't still control them so I use these suppressors to lessen my full-strength."
"Yeah, we all saw that." She deadpanned with a sweatdrop.
"Anyways, I want you to defend the nuclear weapon. Knowing Sero, he won't do the same mistake so he'll go with Kirishima. I'll go and try to stall them as much as possible but if anybody else passes by me, it's your role to hold them."
"Right, at least the room is spacious." She conceded.
"Alright! Now, let's start our last combat training with Team K and L, shall we?"
"That's our queue; I'll be back in a minute or so." He saluted and started wandering around the third floor waiting for the Hero Team to arrive.
He had been walking around the floor for a few minutes but there wasn't any indication of the heroes' whereabouts.
'Maybe I should the part of being a Villain, just to scare them.' Junpei chuckled maliciously. "Oh, heroes~ come out now~ because if you don't~" He stopped in the middle of the corridor emitting his killing intent. "I'm gonna find you!" He growled ferally with an eager grin.
-o-
'Can't say if he's playing or being serious…' All Might sweatdropped as the onlookers were confused about what he was saying.
-o-
"Shit shit shit shit SHIT!" Hanta cursed/hissed as he and Eijiro were hiding not far from where Junpei's play… occurred. "How come we had to fight against Takahashi?! This is insane!"
"Oh, come on Sero. We have to show our effort if we want to become heroes, right?" Eijiro said. "Or else we won't be able to grow up."
Hanta glanced at Eijiro before sighing in defeat. "Fine, but I hope it works." And with that, the heroes started developing a plan.
-o-
Junpei continued guarding the floor as he tried to find the heroes but they weren't seen anywhere.
"Hey Takahashi-san, any luck finding the other team?" Akari called.
"Not yet. But I feel that they will come soon."
"I get it, call me if something happens." She disconnected their conversation as Junpei continued walking.
He then suddenly tumbled on a corner and found Eijiro with his raised arms but without Quirk.
"Hey Takahashi, how's hanging?"
Junpei looked at him dumbfounded at his straightforward attitude.
"…uh, okay?"
Eijiro smirked. "Okay, then." He turned on his heels and rushed away.
It took him a few seconds before regaining his composure. "Hey! What the hell?!" He yelled before following him.
Junpei chased Eijiro and before he could muster to say anything something blurring came around him and he then couldn't feel his limbs moving at all.
"We got you now, Takahashi!" Hanta said victoriously as he continued shooting his tape around Junpei.
"Yeah! We caught you and we only have to put the capture-"
"Kukukuku" Suddenly, Junpei chuckled which Eijiro and Hanta didn't felt reassuring.
"Uhm, what's so funny?" Eijiro asked nervously.
Junpei took a moment to stop laughing before looming at them viciously. "Oh nothing much, you thought that you had caught me but there is a little mistake here."
Eijiro and Hanta got the idea to step back little by little as the latter asked nervously. "…and that is?"
"I couldn't find you two even if I had to muster the strength but… Eijiro did my job by finding you two." Junpei explained.
"B-But you are trapped with Sero's tape! How are you going to catch us if you're trapped?!" Eijiro asked incredulously.
"Easy…" He hunched down before answering. "…with brute strength."
Eijiro and Hanta's brains had few seconds to process before widening their eyes and bolting away from him as Junpei's captured body was twitching by breaking the tapes with raw strength.
"RUN, SERO, RUN!"
"I'M DOING IT!"
RI-RIIIIIIIP!
The tapes came loose with a loud SNAP and Junpei was free from his apprehension.
"A little hard to take them off but useful." He mused at the fallen and shredded tape as he watched where Eijiro and Hanta had runoff. "Oh~ guys~ where are you~?"
There was the silence of fear from what Junpei grasped, Eijiro and Hanta decided to hide from him and try to sneak toward the nuclear weapon; that's what he would do if he was outnumbered or outmatched.
Then, an idea popped up. He slowly raised his finger to his earpiece. "Oh, Tatsuma-chan~ All Might~ I advise you two and the others to block your ears~ This is going to be loud."
Akari, understanding the full-strength of him, promptly complied as All Might warned to the others, with Izuku's help.
Junpei sucked a deep breath, his chest growing in size at the amount of air he was sucking.
Before, he roared…
ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRR!
Within an instant, the windows shattered and the walls started cracking by the amount of force Junpei was roaring.
"GAAAAHH! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" Eijiro's voice wailed in pain clasping his ears.
"I DON'T KNOW!" Hanta's voice added in pain.
At the end of the roar, Junpei panted after the tremendous roar he just gave but regained enough for him to follow the voices' trail.
"Got you two~!" He sang joyfully once he discovered them.
"Shit! Sero, run! I'll hold him!" Eijiro advised hardening his arms as Hanta quickly rushed toward the top floor, even if he was quite dazed and had his ears ringing.
Junpei promptly raised his hand to his earpiece. "Oh, Tatsuma-san, I'll advise you to get ready. Sero is coming at you."
"You ass! What the hell was that?!" She demanded furiously as her tone indicated that she was also dazed from his hearing. "Whatever, thanks for warning me; over and out!"
Junpei put in a fighting position watching carefully Eijiro's posture.
"Alright, Kirishima, hope you are ready… because... I'M. NOT. HOLDING. BACK!" He leaped at him rearing back a leg; Eijiro hastily raised his hardened arms to block the kick; which would have been good if it was anybody else.
Just… not in cases with Junpei, as he got thrown up by a kick of the strength of an elephant doing a donkey kick.
BLAM!
…and getting slammed at a wall at full strength.
"Ow…" He groaned miserably.
"Sorry, Kirishima, but I have to win." Junpei apologized sheepishly. 'Yeah, maybe I should control better the next time.'
With Eijiro hurt and plastered on a wall, Junpei span on his heels and rushed toward Akari and the nuclear weapon location.
Now that he had room to think about it, he had to wonder on one think it was bugging him all day: Akari Tatsuma.
'She didn't exist when I watched the anime or read the manga, but the family name still rings me like it was supposed to be important! What is it, what is i-WOAH!' He stopped as he noticed the corridor being filled with Hanta's tape as trying to stall him.
"Well, it good enough to stall someone if he didn't have forgotten something important." He muttered as he closed his eyes and suddenly widened his eyes with a familiar light.
The tapes started glowing and getting unstuck from the walls, floor, and ceiling, and before anybody wonder what was happening, the tapes started to curl into a ball; imagine the size of a volleyball. Wow, Hanta didn't spare any expenses to stop him.
He marched quickly but leisurely to the room where they placed the nuclear weapon. He could simply jump out of the window and use his telekinesis to float and react more quickly to the room, but he preferred if Hanta's actions were taken by Akari. Also, being a Villain would simply invite the imaginary Heroes and officers to take actions against him.
"Villain Team wiiiiins!" All Might declared, surprising Junpei as he grabbed the knob of the door.
Once opened, he saw in honest surprise that the place was a 'little' tattered and destroyed. The 'little' meaning that the crates and barrels were bent or destroyed, the ground and ceiling with tapes all over and having various cuts, and mostly because Hanta was held with his tapes and Akari was sitting over him with a huffing expression.
"Dare I ask?"
She glanced at him for a moment before sighing. "What took you so long?" She asked.
"Um, Sero's tape blocked my path?" He answered weakly.
"Right…" She groaned massaging the bridge of her nose. "I, uh, 'capture' Sero-san with his tape. He is slippery, I'll admit, using his tapes to dodge every attempt to immobilize him and not letting him close to the nuclear weapon."
Junpei hummed thoughtfully. "So, how did you manage to get him?"
She gave him a flat look. "Oh, were to start…"
(Minutes Ago – With Akari)
"Oh, Tatsuma-san, I'll advise you to get ready. Sero is coming at you." He warned.
Akari was trying to massage the migraine she was getting before raising his hand on her earpiece. "You ass! What the hell was that?" She barged her sharp teeth at her partner before huffing with a low growl. "Whatever, thanks for warning me; over and out!"
She didn't have to wait long since Hanta dared to appear in the right moment; through a window.
"You pulled a Spiderman and appear through a window?" She asked flatly.
"Hey! You wanna go 2-on-1 against Takahashi and still lose?! Hell no, I don't my skin become worse to wear thank you very much!" He grunted. "Anyways, since I'm here hopefully my ass won't be bruised worse than before." He then quickly grabbed the crates and barrels with his tape and swung them at her.
Akari quickly turned his arms into blades and cut them before they could smash into her skull.
"Don't think that I won't go down easy." She grinned eagerly.
Hanta promptly shot out his tape to hold Akari down which in turn out it didn't work since she continuously cut each tape that was getting her. In such, Hanta and Akari turned into a mouse-and-cat chase with one trying to escape from her grasp and the other to try and catch him and endeavoring the world of… capture.
Cut. Tape. Cut. Another Barrel. Another Crate. Cut and Cut. Etc.
The room had become into a warzone ignoring that Hanta could have caught the nuclear weapon in time but the fear of Akari catching had put that part of the mind on a locker and escape furiously away from her. Because if Hanta would have admitted, was that the face of feral and eagerness wasn't too different from Katsuki and Junpei at all.
In the end, Hanta had used most of his tapes and was within the mercies of Akari's grasp. And she promptly punched him into the darkness and left him unconscious on the ground. She then used whatever left of the tapes Hanta used and tied him up and taped his mouth, just in case.
Akari sat over his body and huffed in exhaustion; her adrenaline and eagerness to participate and do something had used up most of her stamina and to hold her transformation were even tiring.
"Villain Team wiiiiins!" All Might's voice boomed the end of the final match. Just as she needed before-
The door swung open and Junpei appeared with a dumbfounded expression which she could understand.
"Dare I ask?"
Akari rolled her eyes after eventually going to explain this shit to him.
(Present Time)
'Wow… just wow… after the shit I had done in my previous life, didn't think that this would have taken the whole cake of craziness.' He admitted inwardly.
Akari sigh brought his attention to her. "Well, since we are finished, we should return with the others." She glanced back where Hanta was being carried by two nurse-robots. "And maybe I should apologize to Sero-san for what happened."
Junpei winced sympathetically. "Yeeeah, maybe I should do it too with Kirishima."
With that, the duo 'villains' returned with the others to get their review of the match.
-o-
Eijiro and Kirishima were present at the review, worse to wear but nothing dangerous, but they were fine.
"All right boys and girls! Today and last battle, the MVP of the match was the Villain Team!" All Might stated recognizing the various nods in agreement. "Anybody can say why?"
Tsuyu raised her hand. "Is it because they planned how to counter the heroes?" She said.
"Yes and no, Young Asui." He said. "Anybody else?"
Momo raised her hand to contribute. "Because the Heroes planned to hold Takahashi, who is more of the Strength-type, but once he got off the bindings the heroes got bewildered making them run away. Despite the desperation, they could have worked in another angle to stall him and they would have gone to the nuclear weapons, the two of them, against Tatsuma-san."
"As for her, she did well in defending the core despite the… occurrence of the battle; she did make the Hero forget about the core."
"That's right! Heroes can't let the villain win the upper hand so the heroes must conserve much as energy as possible and turn the tables of the situation. Also, the hero team let their guard down when their trap could have worked but Young Takahashi broke free on the binding so it was a careless decision."
"Yes, sir…" The duo heroes chorused in defeat.
After that, every student plus All Might was standing at the exit of the Ground Beta with the ending of the lesson.
"Good work everyone! We didn't have any major injuries other than Young Kirishima and Young Sero! You guys took this on seriously! You all did a good job for your first training!" He congratulated proudly giving them a thumb up.
Tsuyu raised her hand. "To have such a proper class after Aizawa-sensei's class… It's kind of anticlimactic…" She confessed which the others nodded in agreement, Junpei included.
"We're free to have proper classes, as well! Shall you all change into your uniforms and return to the classroom!" He said with finality before rushing away with a sprint that left a gust on his path.
"All Might's amazing!" Denki breathed in awe.
"Why was he in such a hurry?" Mashirao wondered tilting his head.
Junpei noted at the corner of his eyes that Izuku knew the answer, obviously, he also knew the reason; nevertheless, it was… educational to learn under All Might.
(U.A. – Class 1-A – After Class)
It was at the last ring of the class where the Class A students were finally free of their painful experience.
"Aaahh… I feel like death…" Hanta grumbled slamming his head on his desk.
"Well, you and Kirishima fought against one of the powerhouses." Toru pointed out nonchalantly. "I mean, I also went against one." She glanced, or looked like it, at Shoto who was preparing to leave.
"Though we were outmatched…" Mashirao scratched his cheek sheepishly with a sweatdrop.
"And I didn't do anything!" Mina whined slumping down on her desk.
"At least you can't blame me!" Eijiro said earning a pointy glare from Hanta. "I mean, you saw how Midoriya fought against Bakugo so I got a little pumped up!" He clarified which Hanta and the others calmed down and comprehended what he meant.
"Well, yeah… I admit that was kind of cool."
Then everyone looked at the greenette. Out of nowhere, as if they synchronized within moments over their conversations and they were now staring at him with a glint of stars.
"Wh-What's wrong guys? W-Why are all staring at me like that?" Said greenette stuttered in embarrassment and confusion.
"Oi vei…" Junpei sighed wistfully watching as his childhood friend got rounded by the other students.
"I mean good work!" Eijiro started. "Man, I don't know what you were saying during the match, but you were fired up!"
"I can't believe you fought evenly with Bakugo!" Hanta added, his gloominess dissolving completely.
"Yeah! You did –POW!- and then –FIUSH!- and then you finished him!" Mina added giving some emphasis by punching the air.
"You guys did that in the first match, so the rest of us had to give it our all, too." Rikido concurred.
Junpei then blinked, Katsuki would have been mad hearing these comments. He then turned to see Katsuki… aaaaand he wasn't anywhere to be seen. Because of course, he wouldn't let his ego get blown up by them.
"I'm Eijiro Kirishima. We're all going over the training together right now."
"I'm Hanta Sero. I'm only going to say that he scares me the most." He said side-glancing at said person. Junpei's answer was a feral grin that promptly shut him up.
"I'm Yuga Aoya-"
"I'm Mina Ashido!" The pinkette in skin and hair interrupted abruptly the Frenchy.
"I'm Rikido Sato!" The sugar-loving guy introduced.
Not far from them, Fumikage, Kyoka, and Mashirao were watching on the sidelines. "You're too loud." Fumikage mused coolly while sitting over his desk.
As on cue, Tenya came to him in his robot-walk form. "Tokoyami-kun! The desk is not a chair. Get off immediately." He ordered.
"It's not that big a deal is it?" Kyoka asked like it wasn't a big deal.
"Wh-What?!"
"And what's with those hands, anyway?" Mashirao pointed at his robot-hand gestures.
Tenya curled down trembling. "You people…" He started before straightening up. "I cannot condone actions that disrespect the desk the great men and women who are our upperclassmen once used!"
"You're too loud." Mashirao deadpanned.
"Come on, Iida-kun," Junpei called with an innocent tone. "It's not that kind of deal if you think about it." He had held his laugh when he witnessed his gestures personally. Reading and watching through a paper or electronic doesn't win against watching it his eyes.
"Takahashi-kun, how could you?!"
Ignoring the banter, Junpei then looked at the door which, on time, opened and two people entered being Ochako and Denki carrying workbooks on hand.
"Hey, Uraraka, wanna grab a bite to eat sometime? What do you like?" Denki, not so subtly, asked.
"Mochi…" She muttered before shaking her head. "But no, I'm arranging something with the others. See ya later!" She then walked away from a dejected Denki.
Promptly because of him being desperate to ask the others, girls, to go out but mostly couldn't so the last person to ask was Kyoka which she was a little annoyed that she was the last choice but she complied even though she said that Denki should buy it.
'Something you'll see in the future…' Junpei thought fondly at their conversation, he then turned to his groupie.
"So," Ochako started. "It's been… educational in today's class."
"Indeed." Tenya agreed. "Watching All Might train us gives us a different perspective of the world of heroes!"
"Calm down you!" Junpei ordered softly. "But it was educational."
"I indeed like how everyone was pumped up during the lesson." Tsuyu mused pressing her chin with her finger. "It's not something you see every day since All Might started working here."
"For much, it was informative of him to teach us," Momo added.
Izuku was happy that he had new friends but then he realized that something was amiss. He looked around to look for someone, which the others looked at him confused and asked.
"So, where's Kacchan?" At that, everyone looked around and indeed there was a growl or hiss from Katsuki.
"He left a while ago." Everyone glanced at Junpei pointing at the door. Izuku was about to say something before he interrupted him by raising his hand. "You can go."
With that, Izuku nodded at him and went to look for him. Everyone glanced at the greenette disappear before turning to the bluenette.
Junpei cocked an eyebrow at them. "Well then, shall we see what they'll get at?"
-o-
Izuku ran to look at the first person he admired, though he would say otherwise. As he looked for him he had to think how his life had turned like this. Katsuki was, no sugar-coating it, no good person that you could share a hand; otherwise he would blow you up.
But he had seen him being a different person once he grew up; he wasn't weak, coward or lazy. He was brave, he was strong and most of all, he was charismatic as hell! He would admit that there were times that he would look up to him and follow him where he went.
But after fighting him, he had seen him torn; something he hadn't seen him at all. He was furious that Izuku was alongside him on power and strength but after hearing those broken words like how he was underestimating him all along and with a Quirk he just got… he didn't think that he was broken.
"HEY! You TRICKED me, didn't you?! Was it FUN tricking me all this time?! HUH?! You've got a flashy Quirk there, don't you?!"
His words echoed the way he had heard him that he didn't think what to say. That his Quirk was bestowed by the hero they admired? No, that would utterly destroy him. He couldn't tell him that or else their friendship would shatter in an instant.
As his mind where on the cloud, he had finally arrived at the gates where Katsuki was about to leave.
"Kacchan!"
Katsuki stopped on his tracks and glared at him over his shoulders. "What?" He growled.
"I… I'm sorry…"
Katsuki's eyes twitched in confusion. "What the fuck are you talking about?"
"I'm sorry that you think that I'm underestimating you," Izuku stated as Katsuki's silence made him continue. "I am not underestimating you at all! I worked my body off training under Grandmaster Arata and it was nothing to gloat on you!"
"I wanted to be a hero when we were kids! I wanted to succeed the way All Might won all those fights and smile to prove the people they shouldn't be scared! And the most thing that I came to me to continue other than Jukkun's help, was your determination!"
Katsuki gritted in anger but he withstood it. "What are you saying, you damn nerd?" He hissed. "Are you trying to make a fool of me than you already have? HUH?"
He huffed angrily. "Today, I lost to you… That's all it was… That's all…" He paused. "As I watched the ice guy, I thought, "I can't beat him"!" He gritted madly. "Damn it! I ended up agreeing with what that ponytail girl said!" He hid his face with his hand. "And most of all… that Shitty-Eyes… did the best out of everyone and he didn't use his full-strength!"
"Damn it. Damn it! DAMN IT!" He roared clenching his fists. "Hey, you too, Deku! I'm just… I'M JUST GETTING STARTED! YOU HEAR?! HERE, I will become Number One!" He declared with teary eyes.
He wiped his tears before turning on his back.
"You won't beat me again, bastard!" He bellowed in a firm declaration.
Izuku sighed in relief, noting that Katsuki was changing from far to better now that he knew how the world is bigger than the puddle he thought he had been.
"THERE HE IS!"
FWOOOOOOSH!
And All Might howled from behind passing through his successor and getting next to Katsuki.
"YOUNG… BAKUGO!" He called patting his shoulder as he was wiping his tears. "Just so you know, pride is important; you definitely have the abilities needed to become a pro. You still have a lot of-"
"Let go of me, All Might." He snarled with no much malice he puts. "I can't walk." He then turned to him face-to-face. "I'll become a hero that surpasses even you without you telling me!"
The Number One hero had the will to leave him be. "Uh, right…"
With that, Katsuki marched his way to his home leaving a smiling Izuku and baffled All Might which no one noticed that onlookers were watching them from a floor above.
Junpei, Tenya, Momo, Ochako, Mina and Tsuyu were watching them from one of the windows.
"What was that?" Mina wondered aloud.
Junpei simply chuckled at her question. "Why you ask, Ashido-chan? Ochako-chan, you know well what it is, right?"
"Yeah!" She agreed. "The fated battle between men."
"It looked like Midoriya-chan was just giving excuses one-sidedly, though." Tsuyu said boldly.
"Maybe so," Tenya muttered. "Yet, they are making progress in a way."
"Yeah." Momo nodded.
Junpei then noted All Might talking with Izuku but in this case, Izuku didn't say anything about [One for All] or anything like that and All Might was simply telling something among themselves.
"Hey, man." Somebody called him which he postured straightly from his comfy position.
"Hey, Kirishima, Sero, how's the injury?"
"Uh, good, Recovery Girl managed to heal us so we're kind of okay. She still gave us some medicine for the pain." Hanta explained.
"So, we good?"
Hanta gave him a so-so hand gesture. "More or less, one because I didn't fight you but Tatsuma-san, you did against Kirishima so I'm lucky than he was." He paused giving him a grin. "Still, it would have been worse but yeah, we cool."
"Tell you what, I'll buy you guys some hamburgers. My treat!" Junpei said with a thumb on his chest.
"Really? Hell yeah!" Eijiro cheered.
"Ladies?" Junpei turned to the other girls.
"I'm going!" Mina agreed.
"I do not mind." Tsuyu said sounding like she didn't care but she soft blushes on her cheeks told otherwise.
"I'm fine!" Ochako added.
Junpei didn't say anything but to look at Tenya and Momo in an inviting expression.
"I would accept the invitation, Takahashi-kun!" Tenya said with a raised hand.
"I would like to!" Momo nodded graciously.
"We should probably call Tatsuma, too?" Hanta suggested tilting his head.
"The more the merrier!"
"Seeing that back, I don't think I should invite Bomberman since his mood… you know." He shrugged. "But I'll invite Izuku if he wants to join."
"Neat!" Ochako beamed in happiness with Momo nodding in agreement.
One thing good from Junpei that has parents working as heroes, was that the monthly allowance was good and he saved up when he didn't use much during the weekends.
'I mean, what could possibly go wrong?'
-o-
Junpei had the biggest sweatdrop hanging at the back of his head, dreading what he just witnessed. After inviting Izuku on their way, also adding Itsuka which she was gladly added, and told them that he would invite them; they went to McDonald's to get their hamburgers, on one of the locals before the station, to take their orders…
He said that they would gladly pay for them and not being too greedy for his account… Sure, everyone bought 1 to 3 hamburgers if they wished and he had said.
"Don't be shy, and get yourself what you want!"
Those were his treacherous words that had sputtered his mouth. Heck, he himself bought 5 mega burgers and fries, and a large soda. The others bought 2 minimum medium-size burgers and whatever they asked for. But the thing is, despite his love to eat, he didn't think that a girl would eat the double of him and have a sculpture-like figure… that girl being Akari Tatsuma.
"Thanks for the food!" She said with joy munching on her second mega burger while he was thinking of his errors.
"It's going to be ¥21,450 in total." The cashier counted.
Junpei and the others watched her eat than to him while he hung his hand on his wallet.
'This is an uncalculated situation…' He sighed in defeat. "Fine! I said that I was buying it! No crying over spilled milk! Let just get with it!"
"Thanks for the hamburgers, Takahashi-san." She thanked between her bulging cheeks. "Sorry if I ordered a lot, it just that today's exercise took a lot of my strength so this is quite a help for me!"
"No problem, Tatsuma-chan…"
Itsuka patted his shoulder in comfort. "At least, you ain't dealing with an inferiority complex guy." She muttered.
'Oh… she's dealing with him. Good luck Suka, you're going to need it!' Junpei deadpanned sympathetically.
"At least I had enough cash and a credit card in case something happened…" He muttered dejectedly.
'Ah, rich boy!' Ochako, who was on his earshot, was shocked.
Hopefully, for Junpei's sake, tomorrow classes had better moments than today.
TO BE CONTINUED