Flashback - The Day After Izuku accepted the Butterfly Miraculous

Izuku burst into his apartment, thankful that his mom wasn't there as his chest heaved as he tried to calm his racing heart.

What… Had that been?

Nooroo came out of Izuku's book bag, wringing his hands worriedly, "I'm sorry! I didn't think that you'd be affected by it that much!"

He spent a few more moments trembling before looking at Nooroo in confusion, "W-w-what do you m-mean?" He asked fearfully.

Several butterflies started coming down and rubbed themselves against Izuku in an attempt to calm him down as Nooroo floated down to eye level.

"I didn't mention it yesterday, because you were already dealing with a lot of information… A-And this usually isn't something that my Butterflies usually have to deal with so quickly." He said, wings fluttering nervously, "The bearer of a Miraculous will slowly gain traits of the Miraculous. The more compatible they are with it, the stronger they show."

Finally feeling his heart calm down, he thought back to his day. Ever since accepting Nooroo, there had been numerous white butterflies following him everywhere, and Nooroo had requested that he come with Izuku as well, which he was more than happy to do.

He had been thinking about it, and figured that it would be best to let knowledge about his 'quirk' come out slowly. It wasn't uncommon for the definition of somebody's quirk to change as they learned more about it. First, he would let it become known that it had something to do with butterflies, and after he got into UA he'd 'experiment' with his quirk some more and 'discover' its ability to create heroes.

The first day he went to school with Nooroo though, he… felt(?) an oppressive air around the place, every time somebody looked at him it was like he felt them poke at him with something dark, causing him to flinch even more than usual.

But that was nothing compared to when Kacchan had arrived. Where the others were more dismissive, Kacchan was a bonfire of anger, resentment, and disdain that he could feel before he had even entered the school.

He had barely been able to pay attention during classes, and immediately once class was over he had run, fleeing the hostility both passive and active, until he had made it back home.

Nooroo flew in circles, clearly distressed. "A Butterfly can sense the emotions of those around them," He explained in a soft voice, "It's how they know who will make a good Champion or not. Though it's not as strong as it would be if you were transformed, you'll still feel that when you're de-transformed."

Izuku stared at the worried kwami, "So, what I felt back there," He asked with a sinking heart, "That was what they actually felt about me?"

Nooroo immediately shook his head, "No, that's just what they felt," he emphasized. "A bad day, dislike of school, other people… It might not have been about you."

Izuku nodded slowly, but didn't look convinced. "So, when it felt like they were poking at me when they looked at me?" He asked, looking down when Nooroo seemed to wilt.

Instantly, he felt Nooroo rub against him, "I'm sorry," he heard, "It seems that you're, well, REALLY compatible with a Butterfly."

He had known that people didn't really like a quirkless freak like him, but it was a more visceral experience to actually FEEL what they felt about him. And Kacchan… He didn't know if he could even be near Kacchan if he was constantly exuding… That.

As if he was reading his mind, "It'll get better," Nooroo said softly, "You'll learn how to block it out so it doesn't affect you as much. Usually you'd have more time to learn, but I wasn't expecting your environment to be quite this bad."

Izuku took a few steadying breaths, "So, are there any other butterfly traits I need to worry about?" He asked lightly, and Nooroo giggled.

"You'll become more charismatic, and find that people will want to talk to you." He said, looking thoughtfully. "You also might find yourself becoming more skittish. A butterfly is fragile and easy to injure, so you need to be very careful about that."

Izuku's head darted up at that, "M-more skittish?" He said worriedly, "B-but, I c-can't be a hero if I'm constantly scared! A hero n-needs to be brave in order to save people that need saving!"

The lilac kwami just gave him a patient smile, "I've been held by many heroes throughout the years Izuku," He explained gently, "And they've all learned a secret. ALL heroes are scared. If they're not, then they're lying to themselves." He stared directly into Izuku's eyes. "A hero is somebody that is willing to do what is right, DESPITE being scared."

Izuku sat back and thought about that for a bit, mulling it over in his head. As Nooroo had said, he had a lot of experience, and as such Izuku didn't want to discard anything he had to say right away, no matter how much he disliked it. None of the heroes he watched had shown any fear when they rescued people. They just did it, and came out with a smile on their face. Or, well, most of them did. Kacchan didn't feel any fear either, he just won with overwhelming force!

His thoughts were interrupted by Nooroo once more, "So what was with that blonde child?" He asked, shivering a little. "I… really didn't like the look he gave." He whispered.

Izuku knew exactly what he meant. "T-that was Kacchan. H-he's my friend."

Silence reigned for several seconds, and Nooroo fluttered down once more and looked at him in confusion, "He's your friend?" Quiet incredulousness in his voice.

Izuku nodded jerkily, "W-well, yeah! We were childhood friends. And then, well, he got his quirk, and I… didn't, so we kinda fell apart." He felt himself start to get depressed before forcing it out of his voice. "B-but now that I can become a hero, I'm sure it'll be different!"

Nooroo continued to look at him with worried skepticism, "Izuku," he said softly, "I can feel your emotions. You can't hide that from me," causing him to flinch, and the swarm of butterflies surrounded him once more. Wait, were there more of them now?

Continuing to speak gently Nooroo asked him, "His quirk came in when you were four, right?" And Izuku nodded slowly, "and you're thirteen now?" Another nod. "So he hasn't been friends with you for almost ten years?"

Izuku bit his lip nervously, "H-he's just, really focused on becoming the strongest hero… And, he really is amazing! He's strong, and he doesn't ever give up!" He said, desperately trying to show Kacchan's good points.

Nooroo just looked at him with worried eyes, "Has he… hurt you before?" He asked quietly, and the entire swarm seemed to flutter their wings angrily when he didn't answer for a second, and he quickly waved his hands, "I-it's not like that!" He said, trying to calm them down, "H-he doesn't mean to hurt me, a-and he could do much much worse if he had been trying!"

Eventually the swarm of butterflies settled and Nooroo calmed down, with them focusing on calming Izuku down after that. After a few minutes, Izuku felt his eyes becoming heavier, and Nooroo spoke up again, "Izuku? Do you remember what I said about Butterflies being fragile?", and he gave a hum in assent. "I don't understand the whole situation of this," He began, "But I don't want him to hurt you." He floated in front of Izuku once more and he was startled to see him with a stern look. Instead of looking scary, it reminded Izuku of when a kitten tried to intimidate a ball of yarn. Nooroo was just… too much of a butterfly to be scary.

"We kwami are guides and protectors, and it's part of my job to protect my Butterflies. If he hurts you again, I'm going to have to let your mom know."

Instantly Izuku was awake and wide eyed once more.

He took it back. Butterflies were very scary.

"Y-you can't do that!" He said desperately, "D-didn't you say that secrecy was really important and all that?"

Nooroo calmly nodded, "Y-yes, but I don't have to reveal myself to do that." He said with an apologetic smile, "I c-can just write a note, or a letter, or use your phone to send her a text."

Izuku felt the blood drain from his face as he realized the truth of that, and he dimly realized that Nooroo was rubbing his hair again. "Is it so bad that your mom knows?" He asked quizzically, and Izuku shook his head.

"I-it's just… I don't want her to worry about me…" He said quietly, looking at Nooroo desperately, "She's already done so much for me, and I don't want to add to what she has to do. We can't change schools without moving, and we don't have any money to move, and that would just stress her out even more, and that would cause her to worry more about me, and…" he forced himself to stop as he breathed heavily, his eyes wide in panic and Nooroo was looking at him in concern.

"Ok, it's alright," He soothed, and Izuku tried to calm down. "Just focus on what you can do," He instructed. "A Butterfly is elusive, and hard to catch. Just… Think of this as practice!' He said brightly, trying to cheer him up. "You can sense where he and his friends are now, so just focus on avoiding them.

The rest of the year, Izuku got a lot of practice at running.


Present Time - Completion of Battle Trial

Izuku flinched at the look of fury in Kacchan's eyes as they and Iida and Ochaco made their way back to the observation room, the victory of their win slightly dying from that glare.

This was the longest he had been in Kacchan's presence in over a year. The threat his kwami had made had stuck, and he had done his best to avoid all of his bullies. While there were definitely some close calls, he had managed to become in Nooroo's cheerful words 'elusive as a butterfly'.

He had also managed to get better at filtering out the darker emotions of the school, and was able to enjoy the more pleasant emotions that people exuded.

He had actually burst into tears when he felt how much his mom loved him...

Not that he didn't feel the other emotions… but it didn't affect him nearly as much as it had, and he could analyze more. He could sense the fury within his old friend, Kacchan, his confusion, resentment, and… Doubt?

Iida was disappointed, but he had a tight hold on it, expressing his congratulations to both him and Ochaco for their win.

And Ochako was bubbly, ecstatic, and happy from their victory. Honestly, her cheerful emotions helped blow away the negativity that was coming from Kacchan.

He had been hoping that if he showed Kacchan how he could be a hero, how he wasn't a waste, that he would change and be willing to become friends again… And yet, feeling the other's current emotions, he was doubting it…

Maybe he'd try talking to him after he'd calm down. Like, tomorrow. Or next week maybe?

Once they entered the monitoring room, they were immediately drowned in congratulations and questions as the rest of the class cheerfully bombarded them, causing Izuku to get lost in the excitement for a bit.

Sensing his distress, his butterflies swarmed around him, creating space between the well wishers and himself and giving him a chance to breathe. With everybody's eyes on the butterflies, he quickly whispered "Wings Fall," causing him to shimmer slightly and revealed…

Himself, in the exact same suit as before, as Nooroo quickly dashed into his bag.

He was extremely grateful that his mother was able to sew him an exact replica of Nooroo's superhero suit. While it didn't have the protections his transformed suit did, it allowed him to detransform and give Nooroo a chance to recharge while keeping his secret intact.

"Alright! That's enough, go ahead and give them room to breath!" Boomed All-Might cheerfully, giving them a winning smile as they all quieted down. "Now! Who can tell me who the MVP of that match was?"

There was a moment of silence before a tall girl with long, raven hair and in a red suit with black spots raised her hand, "Excuse me sir, but I believe that the MVP of that match would go to Midoriya." She replied, "Using his quirk, he was able to not only augment Uraraka's own quirk, but also used it to communicate with her and inform her the best way to take down the members of the hero team."

Izuku immediately balked at that, especially since nobody else seemed to be disagreeing with it. "W-w-wait! I can't be the MVP, I mean, I didn't even do much of anything! If it's anybody, it's Uraraka! I mean, I might have strengthened her quirk, but everything that she did with it was all her!

Iida looked at Izuku in disbelief, "That's what you call just 'strengthening'? He asked incredulously, "She lifted an entire building and the ground underneath it! And her entire outfit and demeanor changed!"

Izuku hunched in on himself as everybody looked at him once more, "W-well, ok, so it strengthened her more than I was expecting," He muttered, "And y-yeah, the costume change was also k-kinda me. But everything she did was all her!"

Now the center of attention, Ochaco blushed and gave a nervous laugh and shrug.

"Wait!" Mina shouted, looking at Izuku intently, and Izuku stiffened at the mischievousness he saw in her eyes. "So you made her whole outfit? Sooooo, that means you could have put her in ANY other costume, right?"

Izuku erupted in a blush and stammered in denial, unsure of how exactly to explain how exactly the idea for the costume had come to him the moment she had accepted his offer.

Ochaco was blushing intensely as well, but he was grateful when she brought the discussion back to the original topic.

"B-but Deku!" Ochaco pouted while trying to ignore what Mina had said, "T-the only reason that I was able to do all of that was because you helped me! I was feeling all nervous and worried, and then you gave me that butterfly and BAM! It felt like I could lift up the entire city!"

"Ahem!" All-Might coughed loudly, a drop of sweat falling from his forehead, "I think that the MVP status in this case can go to both Midoriya AND Uraraka!" He declared loudly, "There are some fights that you will be in which the coordination and ability of you and your partner are good enough that it is impossible to fully determine who did more!" He lectured, "Neither could have won on their own, and it is in these fights that you can exceed far more than what you would be able to do simply on your own. That is a goal that all of you should strive for! PLUS ULTRA!"

Izuku listened with stars in his eyes and his notebook out, the excitement of actually being taught by All-Might of all people having not yet lost it's edge.

He had been so incredibly nervous about doing these Battle Trials, as it was the first time he had created a Champion. He wasn't allowed to use a 'quirk' in public, and when it came to the Initiation and the robots… He had completely forgotten about it.

He had been able to work out with Nooroo how to hold a partial transformation so it didn't look like he was bringing a suit to the Entrance Exam a couple weeks prior, but when it came to trying to make a Champion, Izuku had completely blanked. His senses had increased, and he tried finding somebody to make a Champion, but nobody had truly stood out… Panicking, he had rushed out to do what he could.

Running from Kacchan and his goons had given him a good leg workout over the months, and even being just partially transformed gave him an increase in speed and strength. Furthermore, he was able to create butterfly wings to fly with!

As Nooroo had said, "You wanted to be an active butterfly. The suit responded to that, and and thus, the wings."

He hadn't taken down any robots, even with the boost… But he was able to avoid all of the attacks, and more importantly was able to help other people that looked like they were in trouble as he followed his butterflies, his little army of heroes, with them guiding him towards people that needed help.

When that giant robot came out, he had honestly thought that his heart was going to stop. How had THAT been approved for the test?! He was about to fly away himself before he had realized that somebody was trapped in the rubble. A girl that had actually helped him earlier that day.

Looking back on it, he thinks that he felt the call to make a Champion. There were several people who had the desire to help, who WANTED to help, and who had the potential… And yet all of that faded away as he felt his body move on its own, and he found himself powering towards the person that needed help.

"A hero was somebody that felt fear, but still acted."

He hadn't destroyed any robots by the end of the test, and it had taken the combined effort of both Nooroo and his own mother to keep him from being depressed afterwards. He had had the chance to make a Champion, and he had completely failed!

He could scarcely believe it when the existence of Rescue Points were revealed, and he saw that he had managed to accrue quite a few of them, enough to the point that he had actually managed to pass.

To his surprise and delight, that girl he had saved from the giant robot had managed to pass as well, and she was in the same class as himself. Uraraka had become the first friend that he had made in a long time, and was probably the only friend that was happy to spend time with him.

And now he was here, being praised by his idol for doing well… His life was complete.

A wave of anger pressed against his side, and he found himself gulping.

Well, it's a good thing his life was complete, because it seemed like Kacchan was ready to end it for him...


Momo's POV

Momo walked out onto the field with her partner almost giddy with excitement and nervousness. This was the first time that she was going to use the Ladybug Miraculous in a spar with other people, and she was praying that everything went well.

She had spent time transformed of course, and had been amazed by how much stronger and faster she became with it. Unfortunately, she could not figure out a proper way to explain to her parents or trainers the increased strength that came with Tikki, and so had not been able to train with another person yet.

Instead, she had focused on strength training and fighting, that way it didn't come as a complete surprise. She would still need to hide her full strength - a normal person couldn't lift a car like she could without a strength quirk, and she couldn't explain why said strength came and went, but even holding back she knew she would be quite formidable.

Though that was nice, the greatest boon by far had come from simply talking with Tikki.

She had thought that she had a decent grasp of her creation quirk, up until she had a lengthy talk with a creature that had spent a millennium creating items. The method might be different, but there were a lot of insights that Momo was able to glean from the little kwami.

The only thing that dampened her enthusiasm right now was her… partner.

Grimacing, she turned to her partner, Mineta Minoru, and looked him over. By far the shortest student in their class, he stood at about three and a half feet in height, his most noticeable feature was multiple large purple balls he had instead of hair. His quirk allowed him to take these balls and stick them to the ground. They appeared to be sticky to everything but himself. Seeing as how his quirk wasn't combat oriented, she figured he must have been quite intelligent.

It's for this reason that she exerted all of the discipline and patience she had to ignore the drooling and leering gaze that he was currently giving her, even as she was grateful that while transformed she could create items through her costume, allowing her to wear a costume that covered more.

Her current look wasn't drastically different from what she had planned - instead of a red and white leotard with holes around her body's lipid stores, she was now wearing a dark red suit that covered her full body. She kept the idea for her belt, as it was never a bad idea to have a large space for pockets, and her boots kept the same color scheme, though there were no longer heels per Tikki's suggestion.

Reminiscent of a ladybug, she had multiple black spots across her uniform, and across her face she wore a domino mask. Strapped to her belt was a yo-yo.

"Alright," She said with forced brightness, "Do you have any thoughts on what we should do?"

Her partner, Minoru Mineta, snapped out of his daze, and gave a confident smirk, "Don't worry," He said while striking a pose, "This is where I'll truly shine!" He took one of the purple balls from his head and showed it to her, "I can detach these balls from my head, giving me a lot of sticky traps. I just need to put these all over the ground." He dashed to the window with a smirk, "We just need to cover the window and turn off the lights, making everything super dark. I just bounce off of my balls, so I can bounce around and trip them up while they're left blind! One misstep, and then then we'll have them!" He gave her a lewd look and a wink after his explanation, "Perhaps I can get a kiss for good luck?" He suggested while puckering his lips.

Shuddering, Momo forced her mind past her initial disgust of her fellow student. As far as plans went, it was actually alright as a basic plan, but it could use some work. The hero team, Team G, consisted of Kyoka Jiro and Denki Kaminari. Jiro had a strong ear quirk, and Kaminari appeared to have an electric quirk. Unfortunately, neither of which were very much to go off of.

"Alright," She said slowly while edging a little farther away from the smaller boy, "Why don't you stay here and trap this room then? And…" She looked around, "Attach the bomb to the corner of the roof over there?" She suggested, causing the other to pout at not getting a kiss.

"Uhh, ok, but what are you going to do?" He asked in confusion, and she gave a smile full of confidence that she didn't feel.

"I'm going to see how lucky I am!" She said brightly.


Just outside the building

"So, where are the 'villains'?" Kaminari asked Kyoka, her earlobes stuck inside the outside wall of the building.

Kyoka closed her eyes in concentration, focusing on the vibrations she was hearing. After a small pause, her eyebrows creased in confusion. "One of them is on the fourth floor," She said slowly, "But the other is… Waiting in the first floor lobby."

"Wait, what?" He looked at her baffled and she shrugged.

"The one waiting in the first floor has a stronger heartbeat, so it's probably Momo…" She murmured, and Kaminari gave a smirk.

"So the midget is upstairs? Sweet, we can just go in the back way and avoid her entirely, right?"

Kyoka hesitated before nodding. Something didn't seem right about this scenario, but Kaminari wasn't exactly wrong per se… Clearly going through the front door was suicide. Nobody wanted to take on somebody that could create a CANNON from their body head on. Who knew what she had prepared for them in there.

Kyoka had short black hair, and was wearing a black leather jacket with a salmon colored shirt with some artistic tears in it underneath. Black pants and black boots, with what looked like speakers attached to the boots. Her most prominent feature was her earlobes - hanging from each ear was a long, flexible, plug-like earphone jack, one of which she had just pulled from the wall.

Kaminari was blonde with a lightning bolt shaped black mark in his hair. Black jacket and black pants with stylized lightning bolts on them and a white shirt underneath. He was also wearing square earphones that included an antenna on one side that stuck up.

The two quickly moved towards a window directly opposite of where she had heard Momo, slowly opening it up and climbing in.

Unfortunately, they were so focused on being quiet that they completely missed the numerous thin wires that were stretched across the ground in front of the window. One of which Kaminari stepped on.

Only a few seconds later, the two of them jumped in shock as a series of loud explosions and light went off right besides them. Since Kyoka had been focusing so hard on the heartbeats of the two people to make sure they didn't move, the loud noise took her completely by surprise, and she grabbed her ears in pain.

Kaminari wasn't affected as much, but he instantly realized that somebody (Momo) would be along very soon. Facing the door, he prepared his quirk, lightning rolling down his arms as he focused, and the moment he saw a figure he let loose.

Lighting sprung from his arms and hands and shot out crackling power… only to be diverted and slam into something next to the doorframe. Blinking in confusion at the odd reaction, he barely noticed as a red blur sped through the door, a circular object spinning around him at dizzying speed. Before he knew it, he was trussed up tightly with a… Yo-yo?

"Wha- Hey!" He exclaimed in surprise, watching as Momo spun to a stop and brought out the capture tape. Determined to at least get rid of ONE opponent, he focused his lightning once more. His hands were tied up, but he could still point with his legs! "Just try dodging this!" He shouted out desperately, seeing Momo's eyes widen before grabbing the disoriented Kyoka and launching herself backwards.

He grinned, she was fast, but there was no way that she could dodge lightning. Even as it traveled down his legs and shot out he felt his mind begin to tingle. He had put too much power in those bolts - he needed to pace himself more. Only to watch in shock as once more the lightning diverted and slammed into something by the doorframe. Squinting his eyes at the door, he saw… A piece of metal?

Kyoka, for her part, barely even realized what was going on. First there was the loud noise that she wasn't prepared for, and then the thunder of Kaminari's lightning, and then she was being dragged through the air. She tried to stand up, to get her bearings as fast as she could, only to feel something slip around her wrists, and she looked up and saw Momo looking at her apologetically.

"Villain Team Wins!"


"So! Who do you think the MVP of this match was?" All-Might asked the class, and Momo kept quiet as she waited for the evaluation.

The timid green haired boy with the butterflies fluttering around him raised his hand, "I-I think that that would b-be Yaoyorozu." He stuttered, flinching as everybody's attention went on him. "M-Mineta came up with an a-alright defensive plan, but Y-yaoyorozu was the one that t-took charge and set up the traps on the first floor. S-she anticipated Kaminari's lightning and placed lightning rods by the doors to counteract him, and placed flash bangs attached to tripwires at all of the entrances on the first floor to negate Kyoka's advantage. She then was able to take down both Kaminari and Kyoka, and even protected Kyoka from potentially getting hit by Kaminari's attack." He tilted his head in confusion, "T-the only thing that I can think of that she didn't do very well was working more with her partner.

She flinched slightly. That… was not something that she could deny, and she knew that Tikki would berate her for it… But she had found it extremely difficult being with the purple haired boy after he had spent all that time drooling over her.

Instead, she said "I thought that it best to have him as a second line of defense, in case something happened to me. If I was taken out, then he would have had enough time to better trap the room in order to defend the bomb."

"An Excellent strategy Miss Yaoyorozu!" All-Might boomed, "Although we didn't see it due to her success, a backup plan in case of failure is truly invaluable! There will always be events that happen outside your expectations, and not placing all your eggs in one basket is extremely important! However, I would recommend greater communication of plans between allies. A lack of communication has ruined a great many team-up's and relationship's in the past!"

She shuddered, why oh why did he have to say relationships? She wondered, making sure to ignore the lewd grin being sent her way while nodding seriously, "Yes sir," she replied.

Despite the criticism, she couldn't help but feel the glow of victory. This was something that SHE had earned. Not handed to her due to her family, nor her looks, and she hadn't truly drawn on Tikki's power for this fight. This victory was of her own making, and that made it all the more important to her.

Hopefully next time she would have a better partner to work with. Tikki had always stressed the importance of that, especially since usually the miraculous were given out in pairs. Neither she nor her kwami were sure which one had been given out, but that was one partnership that she wouldn't have much of a say in, so she should get used to it.

… But if it was somebody like Mineta, then she'd seriously be considering trying to convince Tikki on working solo.


After the battle trials, Momo went to the bathroom and brought Tikki out while smiling brightly, "I did it! I won!" and the ladybug kwami gave her a bright smile back.

"Of course you did!" She giggled, "And even if you hadn't won, I knew you would still have done an amazing job!"

Momo leaned against the wall, relaxing after the stress of the trial. Sure, she might have had a huge edge with the ladybug miraculous, but quirks were unpredictable and varied. Going up against somebody like Todoroki… Well, without warning, it would have been dicey, and she probably would have been forced to use Lucky Charm.

If she had had the chance before being frozen that is. Tikki had warned her about ladybugs and the cold after all, and she was not looking forward to that little trait.

The aphid thing was another that she could have done without.

It was only a few seconds after that when Tikki gave her a look, and Momo braced herself for the partnership lecture.

"Momo," the kwami said in a serious tone, "Do you remember what I said about the Guardian usually activating a pair of Miraculi at a time?"

She breathed out, unable to look at her kwami. "I know Tikki, I know," she said softly, "I need to be better at working with others… but, that boy... " She struggled with what to say, only to sigh in relief when Tikki cut in.

"Oh no! That's not it at all!" She protested, dashing to appear in front of Momo with a reassuring smile, "This was your first battle! I don't expect everything to go perfectly, and you did great!", causing Momo to breathe a sigh of relief. "No, one of your classmates is the other Miraculous wielder!"

"Really?" Momo perked up with interest before paling, "P-please don't tell me it's…"

Tikki giggled at her reaction, "No, it's not him," She said, causing Momo to almost collapse with relief. "It was the green haired boy with the butterflies!"

She blinked in surprise, thinking back to the boy, "Midoriya?" She asked curiously as Tikki nodded.

She thought back to his battle trial. He seemed like a very nervous person, though he was respectful to everybody in class, so that had left a good impression on her. His power was certainly the oddest in her opinion, but extremely powerful. He himself didn't seem to be that strong, at least, he didn't rank very high during Aizawa's quirk test, but she and everybody else in the observation room had been shocked to see how powerful he was able to make Uraraka. Even All-Might had been taken off guard!

She blinked in confusion, "But how are you able to tell me who it is?" She asked, "I thought that that sort of thing was part of what you guys kept secret?"

Tikki buzzed around the stall for a bit and nodded slowly, "Normally you'd be correct," She said, "But in this case, he's not really hiding. Or I suppose," She mused, "It's more that he's hiding in plain sight. Everybody who doesn't know about kwami's will assume that he's just using a quirk. It's because of that that I can tell you about him. He was fairly obvious about using the Butterfly power."

Momo nodded in understanding, letting a relieved smile grow across her face.

Although she didn't know him that well, she felt that Midoriya was somebody that she could work with. And even better, he was in her class!

Now she just needed to figure out the best way to talk to him.


The opportunity came faster than she expected.

She had thought that everybody had already left by the time she finished talking to Tikki and started making her way back home. But just as she was about to make it to the gate she heard the sound of a small explosion.

"Don't freaking lie to me DEKU!" Somebody snarled, and she recognized it as one of her classmates. The blonde haired boy, Bakugou.

Rounding the corner quickly, she saw the blonde classmate leveling a furious glare at the very boy that she wanted to speak to, looking downright terrified. Seeing her, Midoriya relaxed a little, and Bakugou turned around as he noticed this and gave her a glare.

"Well what do you want?" He barked, and she almost took a step back in surprise at the hostility in his words.

Ignoring his words, she asked, "What exactly is going on here? You know that we're not supposed to be using our quirks outside of school!"

Narrowing his eyes further, he growled, "That's none of your business 'High Class'. This is between me and -" he looked to the side both she and he realized that Midoriya had slipped away the moment Bakugou was distracted.

Bakugou grit his teeth, "DAMMIT! NOT AGAIN! GET BACK HERE DEKU!" And immediately dashed in a direction down the street, probably where he thought Midoriya had gone.

She looked at the spot in confusion for a bit.

Aaaand the opportunity was lost.

Hoping that the explosive boy didn't catch up with the miraculous holder, she decided she'd talk with him the next day. Hopefully she'd be able to create a good enough excuse to do so.


Council Room

A long table sat in the middle of the room, and all of the teachers and the principal were sitting down at it, several of them looking very interested.

"So, how did your classes go today?" Nedzu asked, amusement in his voice as he looked at All Might in his thin form. "I understand that you had several interesting individuals."

All Might let out an explosive breath, sagging down in his seat. "This teaching position might be the death of me." He admitted with a tired smile, his answer getting a bark of laughter from Eraserhead.

"Now you know my pain," The tired looking man stated with a smirk.

"Perhaps," All Might said before brightening, "However, it's clear to me that this generation of students is indeed powerful, and will prove worthy successors in the future!" He exclaimed with renewed vigor.

Right before he started coughing, blood appearing through his fingers as he brought his hand up to cover his mouth.

"Heh, there it is. I was wondering where the 'All Might' spirit had gone for a bit," joked Present Mic, though he looked at All Might in concern.

"No worries, I still have lots of life in me yet." All Might said while bringing up a handkerchief to clean the blood. "But I do have a question." He turned to Eraserhead, "Have you had a chance to look at the Battle Trial reports yet?"

He just received a shrug, "I was going to look at them later tonight. Why?"

All Might grimaced, "I was taken by surprise by Midoriya's quirk," He stated, receiving a blank look in return until he explained, "His quirk involves using butterflies to somehow 'strengthen' another person's quirk" he explained. "Uraraka was able to lift up the entire building after he strengthened her."

All of the teachers around the table looked at All Might with wide eyes in shock. They were aware of what building he was using, and that was a substantial amount of weight.

Eraserhead himself felt his eyes widen immediately into wakefulness, "He did what?" He questioned sharply, only for Nezu to interject.

"Indeed, and it goes farther than that." The principal said with a grin, "Not only did he increase her strength dramatically, he was able to alter her quirk so that she could simultaneously increase the gravity around an opponent while keeping the building up. He also altered her equipment to better suit the new ability and it's combat effectiveness, and could use it to communicate with her in battle." The smile grew as he described further, "I must say, I'm actually rather impressed with the thoroughness of it."

Eraserhead could only look at the principal in surprise at hearing all of that, and Midnight gave a sultry chuckle at the sight, "Why Aizawa," She purred, "Do you mean to say that somebody made it past your test without 'putting their all' into it?"

He glared at her before giving up, causing her to giggle at him, "He didn't have zero potential," he grunted, "He placed in the middle of the class with some rather impressive speed and with using some wings that he was able to grow. From the way he was sweating, I promise you that he was not holding back."

"Perhaps that is something to bring up with Midoriya later," Nezu remarked idly, "As well as advising him to adjust his quirk on the quirk registry. The only thing listed is 'Butterfly traits'."

After Eraserhead nodded, Nezu looked at the other teachers with a wide smile, "With that surprise out of the way, let's discuss some other interesting prospects we have this year." He said brightly.

While they went through the various classes discussing students that stood out to them, Nezu couldn't help but think back to what he saw from the camera's in the observation room earlier.

It was during when everybody was distracted by the swarm of butterflies around Midoriya. Small enough that most people would have missed it actually.

A small flash, and a small blur going from Midoriya to his bag. After seeing that, he fast forwarded throughout the day and observed the bag, noting several times when it twitched, or when Midoriya appeared to be talking into it.

So Midoriya was keeping secrets it seemed. The principal wasn't worried about it being villainous in nature - honestly, he hadn't seen a kid so earnest about being a hero since Mirio in the previous year. If he had to guess, it might be a sentient type quirk. Rare, but not unusual.

But if that was the case, then why did Midoriya hide it like he did?

The principal could only chuckle in anticipation. He loved secrets. But more than that, he loved uncovering other people's secrets. And why would he tell the teachers about his suspicions when he could use this as a way to test their own perception?

Besides, he had to have something to amuse himself with for the semester, and he got the feeling that this was going to be an interesting one indeed.

Authors Notes:

Hey Everybody! Please let me know what you thought of the chapter.

Not much happened here besides introducing more of Izuku's past after meeting Nooroo, and finding out more about Momo and her abilities. And then lastly we have the teachers reactions to Midoriya and his interesting 'quirk'.

I feel bad for setting Nezu on Izuku, but honestly, I can't see them being able to hide that secret from him for long.

If anybody has any ideas on what kind of Champions that Izuku can make with different people, please let me know. I have a few ideas myself, but am very curious as to what other people can think of.

I'd like to thank my brother, Autumnstar, and my sisters, Elronia and Bluefires, for proofreading this chapter and giving suggestions!