Chapter 8

All of the students in the observation room were shocked at the results. The hero team had won right before the time had run out. Even Haru and Adrian were impressed at what they saw their green haired friend do. They were worried though at seeing his right arm in a bad state. Tenya was making sure that Ochaco was okay since she overused her quirk.

"What the hey?" Denki finally spoke up, "Only one of the losers are uninjured while both of the winners are on the ground…"

"They lost the battle, but won the war, huh?" Tokoyami added.

"This is training, though." Tsuyu stated.

Bakugo…Adrian screamed in his mind, you deserve far worse for what you did.

Izuku…Haru thought, I've never seen that side of you before. Have you really been holding in all that anger for eleven years? How did you deal with all that?

All Might, who was in the destroyed building, watched as two robots pulled the unconscious Izuku out on a stretcher. He was surprised to see that there was a smile on his face. Perhaps he was seeing a good memory, or it was one of victory. He wouldn't know until the boy woke up.

"To the nurses office." The lead robot said.

"I know." The other robot replied.

The pro hero then turned to see how Katsuki was doing. The said boy had taken a beating but was still standing. He was standing where the remnants of Izuku's locket laid on the floor. Katsuki was still in shock and looking down at his right hand.

My right…he thought to himself, remembering how Izuku pivoted his right arm so that the explosion only did damage to the floor, Deku predicted it…On top of that…he found a way to win the exercise…and he didn't even pull out his Stand. Not once!

He then thought back to what Izuku had said to him before they charged at each other.

A small part of me still admires you, even though you're such a jerk. I just want you to see that you're not on top of the world!

Katsuki then clenched his fist and started to hyperventilate.

Does that mean…he started as he breathing became more erratic, …even if we fought all-out…Deku would completely beat…?

He didn't finish the thought when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He stopped hyperventilating as well.

"Come back, Young Bakugo." Said the voice of All Might, "It's time to review the results. Whether you win or lose, looking back and learning from your experiences is a part of life."

"Well, even if I say that," All Might addressed to the students, "the MVP for this battle was Young Iida."

This surprised everyone of the students.

"Excuse me?!" Adrian exclaimed.

"It's not either of the winners, Ochaco or Midoriya?" Tsuyu asked.

"Hmm, well…why is that? Does anyone know?"

"Yes, Mr. All Might." Momo answered raising her hand, "That is because Iida adapted the most to the context of the training. From watching the match, it appears Bakugo acted on his own because of an obviously personal grudge. And as Mr. All Might said earlier, it is foolish to launch a large-scale attack indoors. In the same way, taking into consideration the damage he received, Midoriya's plan was somewhat rash. He did, though, have a good plan with keeping Bakugo distracted so that he wouldn't catch onto his partner heading towards the weapon's location.

"Going to Uraraka, she let her guard down mid-battle, and her final attack was too reckless. If she treated the paper-mache as a real weapon, she would not have been able to do something so dangerous. Iida had prepared for his opponent's arrival and assumed it would be a fight over the weapon, which made him late in responding to the final attack. The hero team only won because they took advantage of the fact that this was training. They were practically breaking the rules."

Most of the students had dumbfound expressions because Momo had just pointed everything out. Tenya was crying tears of joy, Ochaco looked down ashamedly and Katsuki just wasn't paying attention, still in shock. Adrian, though, looked like he was about to blow a fuse.

S-She said more than I expected. All Might thought before speaking up. "W-Well, Young Iida has parts of him that could be more relaxed, but well, that was correct!"

"We should always start with the basics to develop depth of learning. We must strive to devote ourselves wholeheartedly. Otherwise, we cannot become top heroes."

"OH, GIVE ME A BREAK VICTORIA'S SECRET!" Adrian screamed getting everyone's attention, "Those are the exact same speeches I've heard adults and older kids give to Izuku when he was little! It was basically their way of saying 'You'll never become a hero!' There was almost no one who was willing to comfort him! I bet you had a lot of friends, so you were never alone, did you Veruca Salt?!"

Before he could continue, Adrian was smacked upside the head with the butt end of Haru's whip.

"I'm sorry about that." He apologized, "Adrian and Izuku have been friends since they were small. Whenever Izuku was bullied, the only one he could turn to was Adrian when Mrs. Midoriya wasn't around. The constant bully being Bakugo, Adrian took the job of being there for Izuku very seriously, so in a way, he's overprotective."

"I see." Momo replied, "I apologize if you are offended Thompson."

"Apologize to Izuku." Adrian replied, rubbing his head.

"Argument aside," All Might interjected, "let's change locations and start the second match. Tackle this training after thinking about what we just talked about."

"YES SIR!"

Battle Building B

"Match two!" All Might said through the speakers, "Team B are the heroes and Team I are the villains!"

"Ojiro!" Toru said, "I'm going to get serious. I'll take off my gloves and boots, too!"

"O-Okay…" Ojiro then looked away, Hagakure, that's the correct decision as an invisible person, but that's not great for a girl, morally speaking.

"You can't look, okay?" Toru added.

"I can't see you even if I tried." Ojiro answered.

"Now, let's start the second indoor person-to-person combat training match!"

Mezo used one of his extra limbs, turning it into an ear, to locate the other two students. Hearing Shoto walk up to him, the ear turned into a mouth.

"One in the hall on the north side of the fourth floor." It said, "The other is somewhere on the same floor…They're barefoot…"

"The invisible one is coming to ambush and capture us, huh?" another mouth appeared on another limb stating.

"Go outside." Shoto said, walking past Mezo, "It's dangerous. I'm sure our opponents intend to fight a defensive battle…"

While speaking, he raised his right hand which emitted a frost like smoke.

"…but that does not matter to me."

Stepping outside, Mezo watched in astonishment as the whole building froze over.

"Owww…My feet." Toru exclaimed, being frozen in place.

"Th-This quirk is…" Ojiro started to say but stopped when he heard footsteps. Turning towards the ajar door, he saw Shoto walking towards him. He got into a fighting position.

"You can move if you want," Shoto said still walking with a smirk on his face, "but the skin on your feet will come off, so you won't be able to fight your best."

The have ice covered student just walked past the tailed martial artist.

Everyone, including All Might were shivering from the temperature drop.

"He did not cause any damage to his teammate or the nuclear weapon," the pro hero stated, "and on top of that, he weakened the enemy."

"He's so strong!" Eijiro exclaimed through chattering teeth. Katsuki watched the boy's display of power in shock.

The minute Shoto touched the weapon…

"Hero team wins!" All Might called through the speaker. Ojiro looked down in defeat. He was surprised when he felt the temperature rise. Looking around he saw all the ice melting.

"Heat?" he asked himself and looked to Shoto, seeing that he was the source of it all, using his left hand. In just a few short seconds, the whole building was thawed out.

"It's-It's-It's hot!" Toru exclaimed, trying to keep her feet out of the hot water.

"Sorry." Shoto apologized to Ojiro while turning to leave, "The difference in our ability was too great."

"W-Wow!" Rikido said.

"What's up with that quirk?" Denki asked.

"As expected of someone who got in through recommendations." Tsuyu stated.

"Looks like Izuku will have some competition that will actually force him to use his Stand." Haru commented.

"No kidding." Adrian agreed.

"All right," All Might said getting the classes attention, "everyone gather around for a review of the second match. Next, we will begin the third match!"

"Yes, sir!"

The only student who didn't answer was Katsuki. At seeing that display of power, he thought back to what Izuku said.

I just want you to see that you're not on top of the world! That there will always be someone better than you!

He bit his bottom lip in annoyance but couldn't deny what Izuku had said.

The team battles continued without any problems. Team J went up against Team H, Team C against Team G, and Team F against Team. Team K, Haru and Adrian, didn't get to go up against any of the other students, sadly. Instead, they fought off security bots inside of a building. When all the sessions were done, All Might led the students to the exit.

"Good work everyone!" All Might told them, "We didn't have any major injuries other than Young Midoriya, either! You guys took this on seriously! You all did a good job for your first training!"

"To have such a proper class after Mr. Aizawa's class…" Tsuyu commented, "It's kind of anticlimactic…"

"We're free to have proper classes, as well! Well then, I must review the results with Young Midoriya! Change and return…to the classroom!"

While saying the last part, the pro hero took off like a rocket through the exit. All the students watched in amazement at seeing his power in person.

"All Might's amazing!" Denki commented.

"Why was he in such a hurry?" Ojiro asked.

"So amazing…" Mineta added.

While running, All Might looked behind himself to take one more look at the students. He noticed throughout all the sessions, Katsuki Bakugo always had his head down.

Young Bakugo is a mass of pride…he thought to himself, and there's nothing more fragile than a heart that's swelled to bursting. Both his pride and ego have taken a massive hit when he lost to Young Midoriya. As his teacher, I must counsel him well. But right now…

All Might then entered a room with a sign saying, 'Staff Only' and closed the door behind him. Steam was emitting from his body and he was panting hard.

If I teach a class…he then turned into Toshinori Yagi, the suit looking much too big for him, I barely have enough time. Shoot!

Nurse's Office

"The school year has just begun," Recovery Girl said from her chair in an angry tone, "and he's already been in here three times! Why didn't you stop him, All Might?"

"I apologize, Recovery Girl." All Might replied, still as Toshinori Yagi.

"What are you apologizing to me for? On top of his total exhaustion, he was here just yesterday."

Both looked to where Izuku laid, unconscious, on the hospital bed. His right arm was in a cast while his left was hooked to an IV tube.

"I can't treat him all at once. I did first-aid treatment already, so after the IV is finished, we can only wait for his body to heal slowly overnight. Jeez, I know he's your favorite and that you passed on your powers to him, but that doesn't mean you should spoil him!"

"There is nothing I can say to that. Because I wanted to consider his feelings, I hesitated to stop the training match. Even so…Will you please not talk about One for All so loudly?"

"Yes, yes, Mr. Natural-Born Hero. Mr. Symbol of Peace." Recovery Girl replied in a sarcastic way.

"My injury and this form of mine are common knowledge among the U.A. teachers and a certain group of pros, but the secret of my quirk, One for All, is known only to you, the principal, my close friends and Young Midoriya, as well as his close friends."

"I know it's not like you want to rest your laurels at the top, but is being a 'natural-born hero' or the 'Symbol of Peace' really that important?"

"If I no longer am, then the superhuman society will be seized by evil. This is the responsibility of those of us with this power."

Recovery Girl smiled at that declaration.

"If that's the case," she said to him, "then it's even more important for you to learn what it means to guide someone."

"Yes, ma'am."

"If Jotaro Kujo were alive, he could give you a few pointers."

"I would gladly accept them. From what I heard from Young Watanabe and Young Thompson, he was like a father to Young Midoriya."

Flashback

8 years ago

Izuku had just completed another of Jotaro's lessons. As a reward for doing a good job, Izuku was allowed to decide on a celebration. He heard that a carnival had come to town, so he wanted himself, his mom and sensei to go there. They arrived an hour after lunch, bought their tickets and walked into the carnival area.

"Wow." Izuku exclaimed, looking at all of the rides and attractions, "There are so many things to do. Where should we go first? Jotaro Sensei, where would you like to go?"

"Why are you asking me?" Jotaro replied to his student, "It's your celebration. You get to call the shots."

Hearing this, Izuku pointed to the roller coaster and all three walked towards the ride. Izuku and Inko were screaming their heads off the whole ride while Jotaro remained silent. Next they went to the house of mirrors. Izuku's laughed at one when he looked like a stick. Inko made a small joke about going on a diet when seeing herself fat in a mirror. Both laughed when Jotaro stood in front of a mirror that made him look like a bad drawing. Izuku then went to the petting zoo, wanting to see which animals he could play with. There were puppies, sheep, goats and piglets. Inko watched with a smile, while Jotaro still had his neutral look. Izuku then found a photo booth. All three crammed inside to take pictures. Three pictures were taken, one was all smiles, another was silly, the final was fright. Through it all, Jotaro did not smile.

While walking with the photos, Izuku saw a ball throw stand. Running up to it, he saw an All Might action figure. A sign read, 'No Using Quirks for Ball Throw.'

"Um, sir…" Izuku called to the stand owner, "how do I get a prize?"

"Why it's simple little man." The man said with a smile, "All you have to do is knock over two of these little spaceships for a prize. Knock down all three and you get two prizes."

"Cool!" Izuku said with excitement. Paying for his three tries, he took the balls and threw them as hard as he could. His aim was good and so was his throw. Sadly, not a single one of the spaceships got knocked over.

"Ah man." He said disappointedly.

"Sorry, little man." The owner said, "Better luck next time."

"Hold it." Jotaro called, getting the owners attention, "I take a whack at it."

"Okay, your money my friend." The owner replied. What he didn't know what that Jotaro saw his game. The spaceships were made of metal, so that no matter how hard you hit them they wouldn't go down. It would take someone with a quirk to take down those ships. Sadly, for him, the one throwing the balls was none other than Jotaro Kujo, the Stand User of Star Platinum. Pulling his arm back, the Master Stand User threw every ball, not only knocking the ships down but also putting a dent in them.

"Hey, you cheated!" the owner accused only to have his shirt grabbed and his face centimeters away from Jotaro's.

"Listen pal…" the Stand User said in a low voice and a scowl on his face, "I know you rigged the game so that no one could beat it. You're not used to having someone beat it, are you? Well, guess what, I just did, and it looks like you're refusing to cooperate. This can end two ways. One, you give me the prizes I choose, and you can keep your job. Two, you don't cooperate, and I'll have a word with your boss, and you'll be out of a job. Which one will to you take?"

Not wanting to lose his job, the owner let Jotaro pick his prizes. The Stand User walked back to Izuku with two objects. One was the All Might action figure, the other was a locket.

"You didn't have to do that, Jotaro Sensei." Izuku said, "I was alright not getting a prize."

"It wasn't." Jotaro said in a matter of fact tone, "Both of these are for you."

"The All Might action figure I get," Inko said, "but what's the locket for."

"That's where the pictures come in. Izuku, please hand me your smiling photo."

Izuku did as he was told and gave the photos to Jotaro. The older Stand User handed the All Might action figure to Izuku, who gladly took it. The boy then saw Star Platinum appear and take the photo from Jotaro. He carefully ripped the picture so that the figures in the photo were in a small circle. Jotaro then put a small drop of glue into the locket. Taking the picture back from his Stand, Jotaro place the picture inside the locket. He then showed it to Izuku.

"I won't be around forever, Izuku." He said, "When that day comes, I want to at least have something to remember me by. This locket is yours as well and I want to hold onto it wherever you go. Can you do that for me?"

Izuku looked at his sensei and nodded. Jotaro knelt and placed the locket around Izuku's neck. The boy looked at the locket for a moment then back at his sensei. Out of the blue, he smiled and hugged him. Jotaro was surprised at first, but he slowly hugged him back. Inko watched the whole thing with a smile on her face. She was shocked though, when she saw something she didn't' expect. For the first time, through the whole night, Jotaro was smiling.

Flashback End

Izuku woke up with some tears in his eyes. That was one of the rare occasions he saw his sensei smile. Looking around he saw that he was in the nurse's office. Noticing a clock, Izuku saw the time to be five minutes away from 4 P.M.

"It's late afternoon…?" he said to himself.

"Are you awake?" Recovery Girl asked surprising Izuku. After giving him an arm sling, she said he was free to go. "That's all for today's treatment. Come back again tomorrow, okay?"

I ended up skipping my afternoon classes…Izuku thought to himself as he walked to 1-A, Mr. Aizawa's going to wrap me in those bindings again…

Upon entering the classroom, he did not expect what came next.

"Oh, Midoriya's here!" Kirishima exclaimed as he Hanta, Sato, Mina, Tsuyu and Yagi walked up to him, "Good work! Man, you were awesome in that fight. Sure, you lost your temper, but were fired up!"

"You were able to go up against Bakugo, who's one of the most talented in the class!" Hanta added.

"You did a good job dodging!" Mina stated with excitement.

"You guys did that in the first match so the rest of us had to give it our all, too!" Rikido said.

"You were far from elegant, but- "Yuga was interrupted by Mina.

"You did a good job dodging!"

"Huh?!" Izuku exclaimed, surprised at the praise he was getting.

"I'm Eijiro Kirishima! We're all going over the training together right now."

"I'm Hanta Sero."

"I'm Yuga Ayo- "

"I'm Mina Ashido! You did a good job dodging!"

"I'm Tsuyu Asui. Call me Tsu."

"I'm Sato!"

"Um…er…" Izuku tried to speak before grape haired boy interrupted.

"I'm Mineta!" he stated, "So, you were trained by Jotaro Kujo?"

"Uh…yes." Izuku answered with a smile, "Yes I was."

"That's so awesome!" Eijiro exclaimed, "You must've had some great training with him! What was it like?!"

"Was he ruff?!" Sato asked.

"Did he keep you on track?!" Mina added.

"What method of Stand using did he use on you?" Tsu added.

"Let's just say the training I got was basically tough love." Izuku answered, thinking back on when he was pounded by Jotaro in every training session. "Very tough love."

"You guys are too loud." Tokoyami said while sitting on one of the desks then looked to where Haru and Adrian were standing. "You're not going to intervene?"

"For what reason?" Adrian asked, "For once in his life, Izuku is being praised by someone else other than us."

"It's nice to see that he is making some more friends now." Haru added.

"Tokoyami!" Tenya exclaimed, marching up to the bird headed boy and waving his hands, "That desk in not a chair. Get off immediately."

"It's not a big deal, is it?" Kyoka asked.

"Wh-?! "

"What's with those hands, anyway?" Ojiro asked pointing out the way Tenya waved his hands.

"You people…I cannot condone actions that disrespect the desks the great men and women who are upperclassmen once used!"

"You're too loud." Tokoyami replied in a bored tone. All the students who heard it gave him different looks.

Iida never wavers, does he? Izuku said to himself. Just then, Denki walked in carrying a bunch of books with Uraraka right behind him, carrying some as well.

"Hey, Uraraka," he said stopping once they were inside the classroom, "wanna grab a bite to eat sometime? What do you like?"

"Mochi- "she was about to answer when she noticed Izuku and ran to him, "Wait, Deku, she didn't heal your injuries?"

"Oh, uh," Izuku answered, "it's because of how much stamina I have, and…"

"Huh?"

He stopped when he noticed that Katsuki was missing.

"Um, Uraraka, more importantly…"

Izuku was running through the whole school trying to find him. He thought back to what Ochaco had told him.

We all tried to stop him, she had said, but he just went home now without saying anything.

In his mind, Katsuki was a lot of things. A jerk, a bully and a prideful individual who needed his ego taken down a few notches. One thing he knew for sure, a quitter was not one of them. He then thought back to during the training session when Bakugo was looking for him.

Hey! You tricked me, didn't you?! Was it fun tricking me all this time?! You've got a flashy quirk there, don't you?!

He finally found him when he exited the school. He saw Katsuki walking towards the exit of the school property. He had to know if he'd given up or not.

"Bakugo!" he called and ran up to him. The blonde boy stopped in his tracks when Izuku called him a second time.

"What?" he said, barely turning his head to look at him. Izuku could tell that he had really damaged Katsuki's ego. He didn't know why, but for some reason, he felt like he needed to tell him the truth about One for All.

It's a secret I didn't even tell my mom... Izuku thought to himself, But…Jotaro Sensei told me to never take damaging a person's pride too far if they fought fair and square. I think I did when I gave him that beating. Well…here goes nothing.

"There's one thing I feel like I have to tell you." Izuku started, "My quirk is something I received from someone else."

"Huh?" Katsuki muttered looking more to him.

"I can't say who I got it from, though. I won't say…but it's like a story out of comic books, except it's true. On top of that, I still can't control it properly. It's just a borrowed power that I haven't made my own yet. If you remember, I told that's one of the reasons I tried to beat you without using it. But in the end, even with my martial arts training, I still needed it to win. I've still got a long way to go, with both my quirk and Stand…That's why…One day I will make this quirk my own and beat you with my own power!"

Finished speaking, he looked directly at Katsuki who had a surprised look on his face. Izuku supported one of his own.

I just came to tell him I didn't trick him. Izuku thought in his mind, What have I done?!

"What is that?" Katsuki asked fully turning to Izuku, 'Borrowed power?' You're talking nonsense. What are you trying to do, make me out to be more of a fool than you already have? Huh? What are you trying to say? Today, I lost to you…utterly and completely…That's all it was…That's all…As I watched the ice guy, I thought, 'I can beat him!' Drat it! I ended up agreeing with what both you and ponytail girl said! Drat it! Drat it! Drat it! Hey, you too, Deku! I'm just…I'm just getting started! You hear? Here, I will become number one!"

Izuku saw tears in his eyes and just nodded his head.

"I'll be waiting for you when we both have gotten better for a rematch." He said to him and was about to walk away.

"Hey, Deku." He heard Katsuki call to him, "I'm not sure if you'll accept what I'm about to say…but…I'm sorry."

Izuku turned back to him with a surprised look on his face.

"That locket…the fact that you turned your back to me during training…it must have meant a lot to you. I did deserve that beating you gave me. That's all I have to say."

Katsuki then turned and started to walk away. Unbeknownst to both boys, Haru and Adrian had come outside to make sure Katsuki didn't try to do something harmful to Izuku. They arrived just at the part when Katsuki said he was agreeing with what Izuku and Yaoyorozu had said. They both had surprised looks on their faces at what they heard the spiked blonde just said.

"Did Bakugo just…apologize?" Adrian said in surprise.

"Trust me, you're not the only one who's surprised." Haru added.

"There he is!" shouted the voice of All Might, running up to Bakugo and placing his hands on his shoulders. "Young Bakugo! 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. I can't walk." Katsuki said in an angered tone and looked back at him. "I'll become a hero who surpasses even you without you telling me!"

Only in your dreams. Haru and Adrian thought at the same time.

"Huh? Oh, right." The pro hero replied as he removed his hands from Katsuki's shoulders. He watched as the spiked blonde walked away. He's gotten over it. It's hard being a teacher…

Up in class 1-A, Mina, Ochaco, and Tsuyu were watching the whole interaction from the window.

"What was that?" Mina asked.

"The fated battle between men." Ochaco said with a fierce look.

"It looked like Midoriya was trying explain something to him." Tsuyu suggested.

"The fated battle between men!" Ochaco stated again, her face on the glass.

Bakugo's fuse has been lit. Izuku thought to himself, He still plans on becoming number one, then I won't make it easy for him. I intended to give him a run for his money.

"Young Midoriya!" All Might said, making the boy turn seeing the pro hero next to him along with Haru and Adrian. "What were you talking about with Young Bakugo?"

"Um, we were, uh…" Izuku hesitated.

"Hmm…I'm so curious. Why don't you tell me in detail?"

Bar Unknown Location

"Did you see this?" said an unknown figure who was covered with hands. He set down a paper telling about All Might becoming a teacher at U.A. "It say's he's a teacher…Hey…What'll you think will happen…if the Symbol of Peace…is killed by villains?"

AN: In these chapters, I accomplished two things I wanted to do. 1: Put Katsuki in his place. 2: Get a little more into the relationship between Izuku and Jotaro. I hope you all like it and thank you for your continued support and patience. Sentinel Prime, out!