Chapter 5
It wasn't an opinion it's a fact, that normal classes were dull to Izuku. It was interesting at first because all these pro heroes were the teachers but after the second class, he came to the realization that when he did online classes at home was more interesting than whatever this was.
It wasn't because some petty reason, it was solely dependent on the fact that it didn't feel like he was being taught, just told.
Unlike before he could slow down, take a step back and look at his mistakes.
But now it felt like his already lack of control was increasing.
Each class was fine in its own way he supposes, present mic teaching English was boring to all hell but at least it was amusing at some points when the hero tried to hype it up.
Midnight teaching heroes history was, for the lack of better word, interesting. He was pretty sure the blond with a black 'lightning bolt?' In his hair, was about to physically short circuit a couple of times when midnight winked at his general direction or when she sauntered toward the podium in a provocative manner.
Ectoplasm teaching math was a mixture of ironic and surprisingly straightforward. Ironic since he could clone himself and literally partake in what the math question shows, while the straightforwardness was because since he can clone himself he could always answer every question a student had, even if another was questioning a clone.
Even if it was dull and it didn't really feel like he was being directly taught, it was.. fun.
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The idle chatter and fidgeting could be heard in the classroom, each student was either anxious for what's about to come.
This is what they signed up for, trained for, and dreamed for.
Heroics class, Izuku's own leg was bouncing in anticipation.
Everyone flinches as the door slammed open.
"I AM HERE! Coming through the door like a normal person!"
Everyone reacted in their own way, some in awe, others spoke their minds about his costume and such.
For Izuku, he can't understand why everyone is getting effected by this turn of events.
He understands that yes, he is the number one hero.
But the entire day throughout every class they've seen heroes who are either in the top 20 to the top 10.
"WELCOME! To the most important class of UA High! Think of this as heroics 101, where you'll learn to become pros out in the field. Today we'll be doing battle trails!"His arms flexed in a pose after each sentence.
That definitely got a mix reaction from the student body, some of the battle maniacs were practically frothing from their mouths.
While others were either apprehensive since they didn't get any formal training beforehand, or outright uncomfortable since they went into heroics wanting to be rescue heroes.
"So battle trails, depending on how this goes we'll need to fight one another. But that also depends on what the terrain and the opponent will be to understand how much I have to hold back or how far I have to push my quirk to compete.
Annoying."
"But we must not forget that being heroes also means looking good!" The number one flamboyantly throws his index finger towards the costume cases that stares to come out of the wall.
"These were designed in mind for your quirk registrations and what costume design you turned in at the beginning of the year! Get your selves ready and meet me at ground beta! SO LETS GET TO IT!"
All of the students shouted with glee, but a few were.. a little more enthusiastic with their screams.
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All of the students beeline toward the locker rooms, each one almost tripping around one another from anticipation and excitement.
"Hopefully they got my design right, and also.. they got that.. other thing correct."
Izuku opens his own case almost in tandem with the other males when they open their own.
His costume costume consists of mostly White and Black fabric, specifically in the form of a sharp suit.
The coat of the suit is a bright frost White as well as the slacks, it also comes with polished Black smart shoes with a Black button up vest and a White undershirt. It also comes with a skinny Black tie.. a clip on tie.
Both arms of the suit has thick metallic brace on his wrist, one on his upper forearm just below his elbow, and another just below his shoulder on the upper part of his arm.
If the design is correct each cuff can automatically output heat to counteract his quirk side effects to suppress the lethal build up of frostbite while also limiting the damage caused by said side effect.
All in all he thinks he looks decent.
Until he looks at the other males in the locker room.
Each and every boy has their own bright and colorful costume, each either complimenting their quirks or outright showing off their personality.
"Why does it feel like I'm some how not 'colorful' enough"
Or that was his thought before he looked toward his brother's atrocious costume.
"Is his ice seriously apart of his costume..?"
(;~;)
When all of the students were being led by all might after his 'appreciation to the costume industry' speech, he can't help but notice that a lot of the costumes on both student bodies are split down in the middle, either being completely practical or completely aesthetic pleasing.
Izuku hopes his is a mix of both parties.
"In this battle trail we'll be simulating interior battles, many competent villains prefer to fight in the dark or in a hideout, specifically anywhere that is closed off from the outside! And we'll be doing this all with teams of Heroes and Villains, each team will be drawn at random!"
"Okay, random teams and it being interior is going to be problematic. I can't predict who I'll be able to team with, that already in itself will be annoying since I only have so many other classmates that could work with my quirk and not be completely disadvantaged.
That's also not including the cramped hallways and rooms inside the buildings, long range will work but anything close range and I won't be able to do most of my movements to fully control where my ice will hit and it's movements."
Izuku's musings were disrupted by his classmates questioning, ranging from how is it fair to how much damage we could do to other students, and for someone asked how their capes looked.
All of the questions were answered "although 'answered' is a loose term from reading a paper and dismissing the students valid questions" from all might stating more of what the trail is entailed
"Each villain team will have 3 minutes of prep time, each trail has winning and loosing conditions! The heroes have to either disarm the bomb from just touching it, to capturing the villains.
While the villains either have to stall for the time to run out or capture the heroes! Let's get this started!"
Each team was pulled from a box filled with color and letter coordinated balls.
"So I'm paired with the anti gravity user, and I'll be facing off with the speedster and the human grenade.
Great."
The glare Izuku received from the Pomeranian was borderline psychotic, but doesn't give off the same pressure of the glare that other bastard gives out. Instead he can't help but compare the two, he can tell that's another endeavor in the making.. brought up from greatness and everyone probably telling him his quirk was perfect for heroics or some bullshit.
"Tch" is all Izuku gets when he sends his own glare at the human grenade.
"So! It's you and me in this trail together, nice to meet you I'm Uraraka Ochaco!"
Well Izuku can give a 10/10 in the friendliness department that she shows
"Todoroki Izuku, nice to meet you as well." Is all she gets from him at the moment.
She faltered for a moment before continuing "well.. what's the plan? Or wait first we should discuss quirks, mine is Zero Gravity! I can basically take away the gravity of any object I touch with all pads of my fingers. Although I do get nauseous when I use it for too long.."
Izuku side eyes her for moment before responding "my quirk is Absolute Zero, I can generate ice or frost at my temperature ranging from -20 degrees to -273.15 from any part of my body, but the coldest temperature I can control is catered toward my palms more than anything. If I push my self I could get severe frostbite, but I doubt I would need to."
She blinks for a couple of second in awe before securing herself "wow, that's a pretty strong quirk, also it's the longest I heard you talk since the first day here! Ah, getting off topic heh, we should probably plan on what we're going to do once we go inside."
Izuku takes a moment to look over the building. It's four stories tall and has many winding hall ways that are easy to get sneaked up on, and that's not counting the limited entryways to each floor.
Only two stairs on every floor to get to the other, there are windows so he supposes they could use Uraraka's zero gravity quirk to assist in getting up there.
He could also make his own stairs to make the trek easier, so all she would need to do is make herself float and he could just carry her up there from stairs made of ice, since he highly doubts those.. bubbly pink heel things has any traction on ice or has any studs to pierce the ice like his own shoes do.
Izuku looks back over to the ball of nerves next to him before sighing.
"Well it's obvious they're expecting us to go through the entrance, so we could make our way to the third floor windows and search from there."
The girl blinks a moment before nodding
"Yeah that could work! But what about the other two, they both have pretty powerful quirks."
"Right, Pomeranian has a form of fire quirk that's in a form of explosions while the stiff glasses boy is a speedster in the form of a mutation quirk. I have a clear advantage over the speedster since all I would technically need to do is freeze the floor and make him loose all traction, but the one with the explosive quirk will be difficult.
But Uraraka could negate his gravity and cause him to instantly lose, but that's not taking in the fact that he's shown he could technically fly in the quirk apprehension test."
With a sigh escaping his lips he formulates a plan with Ochaco.
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With the loud crash of the glass breaking isn't ideal Izuku isn't one to worry about something of that sort for the plan.
"W-wow it's a lot darker in here than I thought it would be."
"Yeah, but that's also an advantage for us.
Since Bakugou's quirk will easily light up the dark and that's not taking in the fact that it's loud, and lida's engines are also quite loud it would be difficult for them to sneak up on us with their quirks activated. But from the personality of that Bakugou being brash with lida's insistence of fairness, I doubt we'll have to worry about that."
Each step rebounds on the empty concrete walls, echoing each step for all to hear. Other than their own shoes the silence is deafening.
Izuku never was one for social actions but even he feels the awkward tension between them.
"We could go over the plan once more to—"
Before Izuku could finish his sentence an explosion near his face throws his body hurdling towards the opposite wall from the sheer kinetic force of the attack.
"THERE YOU ARE FREEZER BURN!"
Izuku's head reels for a moment before shaking it off, looking up towards his offender's manic grin.
"Uraraka, the plan A is a no go, plan B is still possible." She hesitates for a moment before nodding and starts beeline towards the stairs.
"So the freezer burn is a little tough huh!? Well cmon!"
Instantly Izuku swipes his hand vertically sending a wave of ice towards his assailant, in return the bastard blasts it away with a swipe of his hand as well.
"Tch that attack was pitiful, watch what a real attack is from the FUTURE NUMBER ONE!"
Bakugou's hands come together to form a cupping motion and the blast that comes forth is devastating.
Without hesitation Izuku puts both palms down in the ground to erupt a wall of thick packed ice to stave off the blast.
Both parties quirks clash with a resounding blast of noise and smoke.
Izuku looks up at his makeshift wall and is surprised to see it's actually cracked and slowly falling apart.
"The hell.. that quirk is annoying."
"So freezer burn can put up a few walls to block my attacks? Is that all extra?!" Again it seems like his emotions are tied to his blast since it seems the next one is even more deadly than before, nearly knocking Izuku on his ass even after creating another packed ice wall.
"this isn't getting anywhere."
"Okay, his quirk is a flame based that somehow automatically turns into explosions.
How does it work? Does he absorb the kinetic force from his own blast to increase the intensity? Or is it some biological component.
Maybe it's tied to his stamina?"
His thoughts are interrupted by the sounds of multiple blasts going off against his defenses.
"Stop hiding freezer burn! And Fight me!!"
The last blacks breaks down the wall of compact ice and Bakugou's Vermillion eyes pierce Izuku's Silver's.
"Finally, are you going to keep hiding like a little bitch or are you going to fight!?"
With a sigh of frosty breath Izuku slaps his hand on the side of the wall to cause a buildup of rich blue ice, instantly freezing the hallway and the two floors down.
"I figured out your quirk."
Bakugou's eyes widen before his face became a scowl
"It's your sweat, right? I thought it has to be some biological component since after every blast it kept getting more ferocious. I originally thought it has to deal with kinetic build up, but I scraped the idea since again, your blast kept getting larger and stronger instead of waning down."
Izuku takes a crouched stance with both palms clawed at his sides
"Another clue was how much the air smelt of burnt sugar, it only gained intensity after each blast. So it was easy to figure out it was nitroglycerin but it still left out how you were producing it.
But then I noticed the amount of sweat on the sides of your face, too much for just running over here, and too much for a couple of blasts to cause your body to overheat."
The scowl on Bakugou's face deepens on the implications on this information
"So, I thought no sweat, means no more explosions. And I think you were worried I might catch on. Right? This room and the floors below is now a nice -35 degrees."
"SHUT IT EXTRA!" And with that Bakugou sends out two controlled explosions towards his feet to disperse the ice that formed on them.
"Tch persistent bastard." Izuku swipes another hand towards the human grenade in a attempt to freeze him in place once more.
Bakugou's fake out works in favor of his quick spin attack with his explosions to send a roundhouse kick to the temple of Izuku's head sending him skidding down the hallway.
"Your right about my sweat. But just because you made it colder doesn't mean I can't kick your ass before I loose all my sweat."
The sneer on his face reminds to much of that bastards disappointed look, the look of seeing something along the lines of a insect. A failure.
His eyes sharpen upon Bakugou's form before shooting out to large waves of ice.
Each larger than before, unlike the compact almost glacier ice built for strength, these blasts of ice is strictly for pushing Bakugou to use his blasts in retaliation.
Izuku is thankful for the heat braces on his arms, because this much output would already be giving him frost buildup.
The screams of rage from Bakugou is telling. The blasts are indeed getting weaker from. The constant use of sweat and the fridged temperatures is causing his pores to contract and stop the flow of nitroglycerin sweat coming out.
The waves of ice finally stop to reveal a shuddering Bakugou with a scowl of pure rage.
"F-fucking b..bastard if.. if you think this.. is enough to b-beat me?! Your dead w..wrong."
Bakugou holds up one of his fore arms and aims the grenade like gauntlet towards Izuku.
"Well since you k-know how my q..quirk works now! than y-you should know what happens if I-it's stored." He grabs the pin on the top of the grenade gauntlet
"So those things weren't for show.. those thing's seriously store his nitroglycerin sweat, if enough of it is stored than released all at once than the results would be.." Izuku's dull silver eyes widen at the implications
"Don't! If you release that blast the whole building will fall apart!"
"He's right Young Bakugou, I forbid you from using such an attack in this closed space and use it on another human being!"
"Tch he'll be fine if he makes those bitchy walls of his again!"
And without hesitation he pulls the pin, releasing a devastating blast of concentrated heat and kinetic force.
With haphazard movement of creating a walls strong enough to block the blast, Izuku quickly starts generating all the ice he could at that small minuscule moment.
The large gusts of heat clashes against the absolute opposite temperature, both forces don't cancel each other. Instead they rebound at every direction they can.
Bakugou's arms crack from the pressure causing him to fly back and slam againts the concrete wall, knocking out the air from his tired lungs and cracking his back from the force of his explosion.
Izuku's already overwhelmed braces break off from the force of the explosion, sending him hurdling backwards into the window and out of the building.
His hand catches the ledge of the window, broken glass and all. As he keeps himself suspended in the air.
Izuku heart pounding in his ears and the frantic panting of breaths coming out from his over exerted lungs sends overwhelming pain to his chest.
"Fucking.. dumbass.."
He hurls himself back into the building with some difficulty.
Izuku takes in the devastation of that blast, concrete cracked, some broken walls and flooring, some of the concrete was turned into ash.
His eyes roam the cloudy interior before they settle on the battered form of his assailant.
Bakugou eyes are closed, soot and blood on his face. His gauntlet broken and the arm supporting the gauntlet snapped in the wrong way. Showing the bone coming out in a way that causes Izuku to recoil.
"The hell is wrong with your fucked up head..hell who allowed children to get a support item that devastating."
"So much for plan B" he bitterly thinks.
The crackle of the microphone in his ear turned on.
"Hero team, wins!"
"What?.."
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With a quick check with recovery girl, surprisingly Izuku was the least hurt in the exchange between him and Bakugou.
She gave him a once over with a kiss and gummy to keep him on his feet.
Bakugou on the other hand suffered severe injuries from his own quirk and the backlash of both opposing temperatures rebounded towards him.
Izuku stalks back towards the viewing room to get an understanding on how they could have won.
He opens the door to the murmur of the students and all mights voice.
"The MVP of this trail was lida, he stayed with the bomb and done what was expected of him during this trail, never straying from the test itself.
Uraraka also did what was expected from her as well, but she was too lenient with letting her partner fight alone instead of tag teaming Bakugou.
For Bakugou, he completely disregarded the point of the trail and left his teammate to defend the bomb alone and fought on his own causing damage toward himself and the building, that's also not including the maiming attacks target at another student.
While Todoroki stayed with his partner for the most part he was also too willing to fight alone then fight as a team, he at least attempted to capture the villain he did compromise the building by freezing the pillars of the building."
The rich and proper girl took a breath after spewing out the reasoning of the MVP of said trail.
"Ah indeed young Yayorozu! Got it in.. one go."
"Hey! Your back, you doing okay after that battle?"
Izuku turns around to look at Uraraka to respond
"Yes, Bakugou was the one with more injuries.
All I suffered was a few cuts and quirk exhaustion."
Again his curt and monotone response causes her to falter a bit.
"W-well I'm glad your okay! That was quite the fight you had. All I did was walk and press my hand on the bomb, lida had his feet frozen when I got there! You were right it being on a lower floor, he tried to run after me but running on ice doesn't work well huh?"
Her levity of the situation causes the sides of his mouth to quirk upwards for a moment
"Yeah.. it doesn't"
3641 words! Phew! longest chapter I've written. Well obviously since I put the word count on every chapter but whatever.
Uh yeah battle trail and apt of other things happened, not much to say here just glad I was able to put this out cause like in the middle of this chapter I had a small block in my imagination and how things will plan out.
Anyways any thoughts on my work would be appreciated since I have no clue if I'm doing this writing thing right or I'm just terrible at it.
I've always saw people talk about how something they made is 'terrible' and they want to make it better and never understood since I always thought it was great!
but after writing this I understand now I suppose.