Twelve Heroes Chapter II


Izuku Midoriya watched a group of twelve students wearily. They had a bit of time, a small break between the two parts of the Provisional Hero License Exams, and the entirety of class 1-A managed to pass, although they came in with the same story. They were all approached by some members of the group and were offered help. First there was Momo's group, who'd gotten the guy with the long brown hair, the one with the bowl cut, and the girl with her hair up in buns. Then, Ida and Aoyama were pulled out of a tight spot by the lanky dark-haired one, the blonde girl, and the chubby boy, while Ashido's group had been approached by the boy that wore sunglasses, the one with red tattoos on his cheeks, and the pale-eyed girl. Todoroki had been helped by the pink-haired girl, the last dark-haired boy ignored Kacchan's yelling, while the blond boy helped Izuku and his group out. Without even using his quirk.

Nobody from class 1-A had any idea who any of them were, or why they helped, but they just hoped the twelve of them wouldn't turn out to be enemies during the last part of the Exam.


"Why are your kids helping out my kids?" Aizawa looked at each of the Konoha instructors skeptically. "I can't say I was expecting it."

"Yea, beats me, I wasn't expecting it, either." Kakashi shrugged.

"I bet it's the brat's doing. He's a bleeding heart like that." Jiraiya shrugged, taking out a small book and beginning to write in it.

The white-haired sage let his eyes and his hands work on auto-pilot, ignoring the Pros next to him as his mind wandered back to his apprentice. Every time you, keep showing me how deep your compassion runs, Naruto. I bet Kushina's going to be proud of you when we get back. He chuckled, which turned downright lecherous as a curvy brunette hugged him in thanks. Nice going, brat!


As the examinees waited for the H.U.C. members to settle, Naruto turned to the rest of his classmates. "Rescue operations now, we ready?"

"We're with you." Sasuke put a hand on his shoulder.

"Good." A loud foghorn sounded out, and the rest of the examinees burst into action suddenly. "Konoha 12, form up!" His friends grouped up into squads of three, Sasuke and Sakura standing with him. "Team 8 is on the hunt. Hinata, Kiba, Shino, I want you to find everyone you can. Once you manage to locate a civilian, tag them and move on. Teams 9 and 10, you're on rescue. Find everyone Team 8 tags and get them to the first aid zone the others are putting together. Move out!" His classmates all gave a small nod and scattered.


"This way! I can smell someone in this collapsed building!" Kiba called out, running to the ruined skyscraper.

KIBA INUZUKA
HERO NAME: THE WILD HERO, WOLFMAN
HIS QUIRK: WOLF FORME
His quirk gives him enhanced agility and senses, as well as the ability to shift into a gigantic white wolf form, or a hybrid wolf-human one.

"Byakugan!" The veins around Hinata's pale, pupilless eyes bulged out. "I see them. Two people, five meters in."

HINATA HYUGA
HERO NAME: THE DEEP-SEEING HERO, WHITE-EYED PRINCESS
HIS QUIRK: BYAKUGAN
Hinata's version of her family quirk has a shorter range than her cousin's, but is able to look at any layer of a body, be it bones, muscles or organs.

"I'll send my Kikaichu out. Why? Because the passages are too narrow for a person to fit through." Shino adjusted his sunglasses as a few bugs crawled out of his sleeves, taking a small paper tag and flying into the building.

SHINO ABURAME
HERO NAME: THE INSECTOID HERO, SWARM
HIS QUIRK: LIVING HIVE
Like all members of his family, Shino's body acts as a living hive for a colony of bugs. His bugs, called 'The Kikaichu', can devour the energy of anyone they come into contact with. The females can also secret a potent pheromone, which the males can detect from afar.

"They're tagged." Shino said simply, ignoring the disgusted screaming that echoed out from the ruins. "We'll leave them to the others and move on. Kiba?"

"This way. I can smell someone else on this block."


"Sakura, take over the first aid station and do as much as you can. If the injuries are too severe, alleviate what pain you can and move on. Don't overdo it, focus on getting everyone stable enough they can wait for the emergency services."

"You got it." Sakura tightened her gloves and ran to the first aid station. "I've got a healing quirk and experience working triage at hospitals." She spoke up, getting the attention of several other students. "Everyone that's injured, get them to me first and I'll sort them."

"I've got a boy here." The green-haired U.A. student ran up, clutching a small figure in his arms. "His head is injured, but he responds to questions clearly."

"Put him down here." Sakura knelt next to the small H.U.C. member. "Don't worry kid, you're in safe hands. We'll reunite you with your family soon." Her right hand started glowing as she put it to the boy's bleeding forehead. "Mystical Palm!"

SAKURA HARUNO
HERO NAME: THE GENTLE HERO, REMEDY
HIS QUIRK: MYSTICAL PALM
Her quirk allows her to diagnose and heal injuries in the parts of the body covered by her glowing palm by greatly increasing the body's natural healing abilities.

"Sasuke, you and I are on standby. You can go help out at the first aid station if you want, just make sure nobody bothers me too much." Naruto sat down in a lotus position with his hands clasped in front of him.

"Right. Stop gawking you guys and let's go." The black-haired boy spoke to a few of the other examinees, who stood motionless, watching the blond. "It's like you've never seen a man meditate before."


The only warning the students got before everything worsened was Naruto. He shot up, his eyes no longer sky-blue, but golden and glowing, black lines appearing around his eyes and a circle with a dot in the middle forming on his forehead. He shot off quickly towards one of the outer walls of the enclosure. Only Sasuke recognized the signs and wasted no time in running after him.

There was an explosion in the distance, coming from the direction Naruto and Sasuke were running towards. The boys stopped on top of a small hill just as the smoke kicked up from the explosion cleared. A bunch of people dressed in gray full-body suits ran out, each with some sort of weapon attached to one of their arms. A tall figure followed them, a hybrid between a whale and a man, dressed in a pristine white suit.

"That's the No. 10 Pro Hero, Gang Orca." Sasuke commented.

"Yes, it is." Naruto hummed, his coat billowing behind him. "And it seems that he's our enemy for the exam. Take out his henchmen. Leave him to me."

"Hn." Sasuke grunted. "How long can you keep that for up?"

"As long as I have to."

"I don't know what answer I was expecting. Overdramatic bastard." Sasuke rolled his eyes and ran towards the henchmen. He came to a stop in front of them, eyes closed.

"Hey, who's this guy?"

"No idea, but he hasn't done a thing during the crisis, so he's probably a weakling."

"Hn. My name is Karasu, and I shall be your opponent!" He ignored their snickers and opened his eyes, showing black pinwheels on a red background. "Amaterasu!" Black flames fired off from his left eye, aimed at the henchmen's weapons. "The black flames of the Goddess Amaterasu, said to burn for seven days and seven nights. There will be no escape."

SASUKE UCHIHA
HERO NAME: THE AVENGING HERO, KARASU
HIS QUIRK: SHARINGAN
As a member of the Uchiha family, Sasuke's special eyes give him three distinct powers, one for his left eye, one for his right, and one for both eyes together. Since it's the Uchiha family, all the powers are named after gods.


"And he calls me overdramatic. I swear…" Naruto chuckled as he watched over Sasuke. "Would you believe his entire family's like that, Gang Orca?"

"And here I thought you were just cowards, since you haven't done anything during this troubled time." Gang Orca stood in front of the blond, his tail fluttering in the breeze, matching Naruto's coat, both looking appropriately dramatic.

"Unlike the others, Sasuke and I have been trained almost exclusively for combat. Hell, even Lee's easier on the environment than us." The blond gave a wide grin. "And while Karasu deals with your henchmen, villain, I'll stop you." He clasped his hands in front of him, and the air stilled. Not a second later, he slammed them both onto the ground. "Nativity of a World of Trees!"

One by one, huge coniferous trees burst out from the ground. They multiplied rapidly, expanding everywhere.

Before he knew it, Gang Orca found himself deep within a gigantic forest. Although the sun was still up, the canopy was so thick that he could barely make it out, seeing only trees all around him. "Interesting. I feel weaker. But is this all you have, boy?"

"Not in the slightest." Naruto's voice echoed all around him as a large serpentine dragon made out of bark burst through the trees, heading straight for him.

"Bring it on then, hero."

NARUTO UZUMAKI
HERO NAME: SAGE
HIS QUIRK: GREAT SAGE OF THE FOREST
Naruto's quirk allows him to summon and control mystical trees with the ability to suppress the quirks of those around them, with the sole exception of Naruto himself.


Sasuke named himself 'The Avenging Hero' because he thought it sounded cool. Sakura named herself 'The Gentle Hero' despite her temper, and neither of her friends ever let her live it down.