At U.A. High School, Class 1-A students began heading back to their dorms.
Selene and Aisha waved their hands at Diana and Luna, who waved back at them.
"See you back at the dorm." Selene spoke.
"Kay." Diana and Luna smiled.
Selene and Aisha started strolling out of UA together.
"Hey, Aisha, since we're doing a music performance, what do you know any music that would wow the rest of the school?" Selene asked.
"I'm not sure exactly, but the genre has to be trendy and popular." Aisha replied.
Selene and Aisha then turned their heads to see two General Department students looking at them and their classmates with dirty glares on their faces. The male student named Tsutsutaka Agoyamato has a tall build with black hair in the shape of a pompadour, grey eyes, and a large chin, while the female student named Chikuchi Togeike has an average build with dark brown styled into low, curved pigtails and ear-length bangs, and thin, stern-looking dark brown eyes with lower eyelashes.
"Are they from the General Studies?" Aisha asked.
"Yup." Selene answered.
"Hey, did ya hear?" Agoyamato said to Togeike. "Class 1-A from the Hero course is doing a concert. And it's for us."
"Oh my god, talk about egotistical." Togeike said. "Do they think we're, like, dying to see them do some kind of dumb performance?"
"Well, yeah. We all know they're clueless." Agoyamato agreed. "What did they do after getting attacked by villains? They went to a summer camp, where, of course, they got attacked again. We all know how that turned out. And we have to put up with the repercussions of their stupidity even though it was their fault."
Hearing Agoyamato and Togeike's criticism made Selene and Aisha narrow their eyes with crossness.
"They can't be serious." Aisha said as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Are they seriously blaming us for everything that happen at USJ and our summer training camp? And I thought Monoma was an obnoxious bastard."
Selene then noticed Katsuki glaring at Agoyamato and Togeike as well.
"No doubt Bakugo overheard their conservation too." Selene said.
Later that evening, Class 1-A students gathered in the Heights Alliance's common area as they began discussing about their roles for the upcoming School Festival performance.
"The School Festival is one month away! We don't have much time. We should start making decisions right now." Iida informed.
"First, we need to pick out a song, right?" Hagakure asked. "What should we do?"
"I don't know much about popular music, so I'll leave that up to you guys." Ojiro said.
"Same." Shoji agreed.
"If we're doing this for everyone, shouldn't it be a song that most people know so they could dance and sing along with us?" Kaminari proposed.
"It's gotta be something with a good beat!" Sero said.
"Yeah! So, we can get down!" Mina agreed.
"With those things in mind, I think I know what would make sense." Jiro stated. "A hardcore four on the floor club song. It'll be like a rave meets rock show. As for dance music, EDM would probably be the most popular. But you guys wanna play instruments, right?"
Everyone all looked at Jiro with a confuse face.
"Anyone play bass or drums or anything?" Jiro asked.
Everyone remained silent. But Aisha only raised her hand.
"The only instrument I know how to play is an electric guitar, if that's good." Aisha replied.
"Great. Well, I'd say drums are the backbone of any band." Jiro explained. "I'd take on the responsibility myself, but honestly, I main the guitar, not percussion. Teaching a beginner to play an instrument while practicing myself would be impossible to do in just one month."
"Hey! Didn't you accidentally admit your parents made you take music classes when you were a kid?" Kaminari asked, turning his head to Katsuki.
"Huh?" Katsuki said with a surprised face.
Everyone started chattering about what Kaminari just said about Katsuki's drumming skills with interest.
"What? Really?!" Mina grinned.
"Awesome! Take a seat and show us what you've got." Sero urged, holding a drumstick in his hand.
"In your dreams, moron." Katsuki refused as he turned away from his classmates.
"Right. I bet the drums are too hard for ya." Sero teased.
Katsuki became stiffened by Sero's taunting remark. He picked up the drumsticks and then played the drum set with flawless effort.
"Well?" Katsuki asked.
Everyone looked equally and surprisingly impressed with Katsuki's drumming presentation in amazement.
"That was killer!" Jiro said with an awestruck face.
"He's so good." Mineta said.
"Who'd have known that you've got talents?" Mina cheered.
"Wow, I've never would have known he had that musical skill outside of combat." Selene said.
"That's it! Bakugo's gotta be our drummer!" Kaminari declared.
Katsuki stood up from the drum set and placed his hands in his pockets.
"Huh. No way am I making a fool of myself up on that stage." Katsuki declined.
Katsuki then started walking away, but Jiro ran up to stop him from departing.
"Bakugo, come on! Do it!" Jiro begged. "If we rock this, everyone'll have a great time!"
"Don't you get what's gonna happen?" Katsuki questioned.
Jiro gasped.
"I'll spell it out for you." Katsuki explained. "We're doing this because we wanna let the other courses blow off some steam, right? But we're the ones who caused their stress to begin with. So, we're just trying to make ourselves feel better. This is gonna seem like a slap in the face from the people they can't stand."
Jiro looked silently stunned by Katsuki's explanation.
"Don't be rude. We're just trying to help!" Hagakure retorted.
"Yeah, that kinda thinking is what I'm talking about." Katsuki argued.
"I see. Perhaps he's right." Iida agreed. He turned his head to Yaoyorozu. "Did we think this through enough?"
"You didn't help us decide what to do, so you can't complain now." Shoto retorted to Katsuki.
"No, Shoto, Bakugo's right." Aisha said. "Selene and I overhead students from General Studies disapproving us and our decision to hold a live performance. They believed that they have to put up with the consequences for us being attacked by the villains at USJ and the summer camp."
"That's right. Doesn't all this make you mad? It's not like we wanted villains to show up and ruin things for everybody." Katsuki pointed out.
Shoto, Aisha, Selene, and Iida looked completely stunned. Even Jiro looked utterly stunned from hearing Katsuki's declaration.
"Why do we have to be so concerned about how these weaklings feel? Stop trying to get on their good side! We're not here to make friends. We're here to fight! If we're gonna put on a show, then we can't hold anything back! Let's murder everyone in UA with killer music!" Katsuki declared.
After a moment of silence, some of Class 1-A students felt incredibly inspired by Katsuki's declaration of participation.
"Bakugo!" Class 1-A students cheered with joy.
"Your reasoning is scary, but if you'll do it, who cares!" Hagakure cried out.
"Don't ignore the other part!" Katsuki yelled.
"Yeah. Yeah. Tough guy. We know. I get it, you weren't being serious." Mina joked.
"I'm always serious!" Katsuki argued.
Shoto, Aisha, and Iida remained silent from Katsuki's declaration.
"So that's it." Shoto said. "At the summer training camp, Bakugo was kidnapped by the villains along with Luna, Aisha, Diana, and Selene."
"And ever since then, he's been carrying that burden with him." Iida said.
"I do feel sorry for him." Aisha said.
"Isn't this awesome, Jiro?" Hagakure asked, running up and hugging Jiro.
"Yeah." Jiro nodded. She then puts on a determined smile. "I promise. I'll do my best."
Later that night, the villainess sat relaxedly in a luxurious black oval-shaped bathtub surrounded with millions of bubbles coming from high pressure jets inside her apartment.
"A girl can't start her mission with getting relaxation first." The villainess said to herself.
The villainess grabbed her compact mirror and opened it to look at an image of UA High on the reflective screen.
"Now that I know where she is." The villainess grinned. "No doubt security's gonna be tight in that school of hers, especially since the recent villain attacks. Better perform a quick scan on this one."
The villainess then took out a golden yellow high-tech scarab beetle at the bottom case and sent it flying above her. The scarab beetle started flying out of the apartment and straight towards the UA High, scanning for tight high-tech security and reporting back to the villainess without being spotted.
Back at Height Alliance, Class 1-A students continued discussing about their spots for their band performance.
"This might help. As part of my classical education, I've studied the piano since I was a little girl. I'd be happy to play in the band if you need me." Yaoyorozu offered.
"Aw, yeah! Momo'll totally rock those keyboards!" Mina said with a smile.
"I mean, we've gotta have someone on synth for the dance music." Jiro said. "I think you'd be perfect for the gig."
"Then I'll do my best!" Yaoyorozu assured.
"Aww, I wanted all the girls to get together for the big choreo number." Mina whined. "But you'll still look cute up on stage."
"Bass is my specialty, so now we just need guitars and vocals." Jiro informed.
"Okay. So does that mean everybody else'll be dancing?" Ojiro asked.
"Hm…I'm not really sure this is enough to get the audience excited." Iida pointed out.
"In that video I showed you earlier…" Shoto spoke.
"We've gotta have special effects!" Mina interrupted cheerfully.
"Exactly." Shoto agreed.
"Special effects?" Sero repeated confusingly.
Mina began searching for a concert video on the laptop and then played it towards her classmates, which showcased amazing special effects.
"This is what I'm talking about." Mina explained. "See, they use sparks and streamers, and a disco ball to fire everyone up! We gotta be extra to set the right mood!"
"Ooh, let's pull out all the stops and make it look like an explosion of lights, you guys!" Hagakure suggested.
"With our Quirks, we can totally do that!" Mina agreed.
"We're putting this party on in the gym, is that right?" Sato asked Iida.
"Uh-huh. Mr. Aizawa has already made the arrangements for us." Iida confirmed.
"Hold up! How's this for an idea?" Mina proposed. "Uraraka makes Todoroki and Kirishima float. And then Kirishima chops away at Todoroki's ice and sends it flying. Then, Aoyama can be a mirror ball, and the light twinkling off him and the ice will make it look like it's raining stardust! And…And we can call them 'Team Snowmen'!"
"Ha, ha! A human shaved ice machine!" Mineta jested with a laugh.
"It's like the team-ups we were talking about before!" Kaminari reminded.
"You want moi to be a disco ball? I was born to do this." Aoyama agreed.
"I can see it. The gym will look spectacular." Yaoyorozu said.
"Agreed! This is just what we all needed." Iida stated.
"We'll have to have a crew working behind the scenes to pull this off, though." Hagakure informed.
"Hey, you guys."
Everyone turned their heads to the sound of that familiar voice. That familiar voice revealed to be Kirishima. He, Uraraka, Izuku, Tsuyu, Luna, and Diana had entered in the common area after finally finishing their extra classes.
"Sorry, we're showing up so late." Izuku apologized.
"We finally made up the classes we missed during our work studies, and now we can help out for real." Uraraka assured.
"Yup." Luna and Diana said in unison.
"Ribbit." Asui croaked.
Few minutes later, Class 1-A students began explaining about their plan on creating a live performance at the School Festival.
"I see." Tsuyu spoke. "So, we've decided to go with rave rock club music for our performance?"
"Having Jiro on the bass and Yaoyorozu on keyboards makes sense for sure, but..." Kirishima said.
"Bakugo on the drums is kind of, uh, how do I put it…?" Uraraka questioned.
"Shocking." Hagakure answered.
"You gotta problem with me?!" Katsuki yelled.
Uraraka, Kirishima, and Tsuyu immediately shook their head no as their responses.
"Question. Who'll be singing? Isn't that the most important thing?" Tsuyu asked.
"Well, we haven't figured that part out yet." Jiro answered.
"Huh? Doesn't it have to be you, Jiro?" Uraraka asked.
Uraraka's question made Jiro speechless in surprise.
"Lead singers get all the chicks. I could do it." Mineta offered.
"Just imagine a singing disco ball. C'est magnifique!" Aoyama proposed.
"Guys! Not to brag, but I'm a pretty awesome singer!" Kirishima boasted.
Kirishima started singing with a microphone. But his terrible singing voice didn't fit the right musical category.
"Yeah, that's not the right genre." Uraraka informed.
"Yeah, same." Diana agreed.
Mineta began yelling out nonsense noises.
"And that's just yelling." Mina pointed out.
"That's just plain sad." Aisha remarked.
Aoyama only sang one note in a falsetto elegance.
"Oh, boy." Hagakure said with a disappointed tone. She moved towards Jiro. "I'm with Ochaco. It's gotta be you, Jiro."
"Yeah, your singing was off the charts when you were teaching us how to play instruments in your room." Diana added.
"They're right. You'll definitely gonna reach out everyone in that festival." Aisha agreed.
"Come on. It wasn't that great. Maybe we…" Jiro objected reluctantly.
Hagakure quickly held a microphone stand in front of Jiro.
"Hey, look, a mic!" Hagakure presented.
"We just laid our souls bare for them and they're ignoring us?" Mineta complained. "Can Jiro really be that good? Ugh. I mean, come on!"
"Don't be shy, show us those pipes." Kirishima assured. "We wanna hear ya sing something."
Jiro clenched her hands onto the microphone. Once she inhaled, she started singing her heart out.
Jiro: You know everyone wants to sparkle
Jiro's unbelievable singing voice completely earned stunning looks coming from Mineta, Aoyama, and Kirishima.
Jiro: Like the stars in the night sky
The rest of Class 1-A students were blown away by Jiro's talented voice.
Jiro: In this wonderous place filled with all the dreams
I've been wishing for, waiting for the chance
After a moment of silence, Class 1-A students immediately cheered immensely for Jiro's singing voice. Only Kirishima, Mineta, and Aoyama collapsed on the floor with passed-out faces.
"My ears are so happy!" Uraraka praised.
"You have such a sultry voice!" Mina applauded.
"I told you!" Hagakure said.
"All right! I'd call this a unanimous decision!" Iida declared.
"Well, let's set that aside, then." Jiro said. "Now, we need guitars! I'm thinking two!"
"Oh yeah! Pick me! It's so cool to play instruments!" Kaminari offered.
"Let me strum!" Mineta pleaded.
"I'd just break the strings." Kirishima said with a frown.
"Don't you dare volunteer unless you're gonna kill it, dimwit." Katsuki advised.
"Step aside, boys!" Diana grinned. "Aisha and I will be handling the guitars!"
Diana grabbed the yellow electric guitar and Aisha grabbed the electric purple guitar as they both strummed the instrument perfectly.
"It's like your riff is speaking directly to my heart, babe." Kirishima said to Diana with an awestruck face.
"You never told me that you can play the guitar?" Shoto asked Aisha.
"My sister taught me how to play when I was a child." Aisha answered. "I've got better at it ever since."
"I want to be on the dance crew!" Sato said to Ojiro and Sero.
"Me too! I can move pretty well with my tail." Ojiro agreed.
"And I can use my tape to help with the special effects." Sero added.
"This is so stupid." Mineta whined with a and spiteful as he crossed his arms over his chest. "Let's get this festival over with. I hope all your nails break off."
"Mineta, will you be part of the dance team if I can get a harem together?" Mina asked.
Mineta's depressed expression quickly changed into a happy one.
"The school festival can't come soon enough!" Mineta said.
Little after one in the morning, all Class 1-A students have completed their school festival idea.
"That's it! Everyone's role in the festival has been decided!" Iida announced. "We've got the band team."
Band Team: Katsuki, Diana, Yaoyorozu, Aisha, and Jiro
"And the effects team." Iida added.
Effects team: Koda, Kirishima, Sero, Aoyama, and Shoto
"And the dance team." Iida concluded.
Dance Team: Iida, Izuku, Luna, Selene, Aoyama, Asui, Mina, Uraraka, Sato, Mineta, Hagakure, Ojiro, Sato, Kaminari, Tokoyami, and Shoji
"Rest up, guys! Starting tomorrow, we're hard at work!" Iida ordered.
"Yeah!" Class 1-A students understood.
The next day, Izuku and Luna sat on the chairs in front of All Might and Tarot Chariot, who was sitting down on the sofa, inside in the teacher's lounge room. They were chatting about Class 1-A's live performance over tea.
"I heard what you guys are doing for the festival." All Might said. "Some kind of live performance combined with a dance party?"
"Yeah, sounds like a good time." Tarot Chariot smiled.
"Yeah. It'll be a lot of work to pull off, but that's one of the things we're looking forward to." Izuku explained.
"That, and Ashido and I will be tutoring intense choreography to the dance team." Luna grinned.
"Well, with that aside, why did you two want to meet us?" Tarot Chariot asked, placing her tea down on the table.
"Heh. It feels like it's been forever since we had a chance to sit down and talk, just the four of us." All Might said.
"During my work study, I was able to fight using 20% of One For All. It took a toll on my body, and I could only use it for a short period of time. But even at that level, I couldn't win." Izuku explained, looking down at the tea in his hands. "In fact, if Eri hadn't been there, I probably would have ended up dead. I couldn't do anything to counter Chisaki's long distance attacks. I've tried to think of a solution, but I don't know how I should fight in my current state, when I still can't use 100% of my strength. I have to figure out something new."
"Sounds like you're at a dead end." All Might said.
"That's right." Izuku said.
"And you, Luna?" Tarot Chariot asked Luna.
"Remember when we fought Carina during my work study? I've given everything I got, including Starlight Shock. Even with that new move, I still couldn't win at her level." Luna explained, placing her tea on the table. "That is, until I was surprisingly able to counter her Quirk with a new power-up. And with that, Nico and I take her down. It almost reminded me of your punches, dad."
"A new power-up?" Tarot Chariot repeated with interest. "That is very interesting."
"There's only one thing I can suggest." All Might advised Izuku. "You need your own long-distance attack."
"Uh! I wish I could harness enough power to puff off moves like you could, All Might!" Izuku said in a panic. "But I'm not good enough yet."
"I've been thinking about your progress. Analyzing the various ways you've grown." All Might said.
Izuku gasped in surprise.
"And I have an idea." All Might continued. "But I think we should take this outside. You and Luna go change into your gym clothes. We're meet you out there."
Outside, Izuku and Luna arrived at the forested area of UA High School grounds. They stood in front of All Might and Tarot Chariot in their school gym attire.
"You want me to use 20% here?" Izuku asked All Might.
"Right! Just go Full Cowling!" All Might replied.
"But…Like I was saying earlier, when I'm at 20%, it puts a lot of strain on my body and I end up not being able to move well. That's why I'm working hard to strengthen up right now." Izuku reminded.
"So?! Forget that and just do it!" All Might insisted.
"Uh! Yes, sir!" Izuku obeyed.
Izuku positioned himself and activated 20% power of One for All: Full Cowling, generating crackling green energy all around him and unleashing strong wind that gusted All Might and Luna's hairs while Tarot Chariot placed one hand on top of her hat from being blown away.
"Now stay at this level and attack as though an enemy was in front of you." All Might ordered.
With a grunt, Izuku jumped high in the air and swung his leg forward that released a wind pressure and massively quaked the trees.
"Whoa." Luna said in surprise.
Izuku landed back on the ground.
"I was going to teach you this once you were able to use 15% without thinking about it, but it sounds like you need the lesson now." All Might explained. "If you didn't figure this out in that last fight, you must have been concentrating really hard on your defense. You didn't realize you have the power to weaponize wind pressure without breaking yourself."
Izuku then groaned in pain from the immense power of One For All.
"But wait. It still feels like it's too much." Izuku said.
"Let's take a look at the stages your training has gone through." All Might said. "First, use One For All at a 100% on one part of your body. Second, control the percentage you use on one part of your body. Third, control the percentage you continuously use on your whole body. Fourth, use Shoot Style, which utilizes your legs rather than your weaker arms. Fifth, raise your control from 5% to 8%. Finally, sixth, use up to 20% for a short amount of time, even if it's past your limit. And now, for today's lesson: How I used One For All."
"You weren't continuously putting out 100% of your power, were you?" Izuku interrupted.
All Might grunted, making Tarot Chariot patting her hand on his back in comfort. Luna covered her mouth, trying to control her giggle.
"If All Might was always at a 100%, his every move would create shock waves and create disaster everywhere he went. It doesn't make sense to constantly be at full power. Since I can't hold 20% for very long, I should combine the second and sixth lessons I learned." Izuku said. "I'll control the percentage on one body part and raise it to 20% for a split second. A focused blast! That could work!"
"Easy to say, but you must be able to push past your normal limit in an instant." All Might advised. "That requires a higher level of control then you've used so far. Which means, I have a question for you, Young Midoriya. What part of your body do you think you can move with the most precision?"
Izuku looked at his hand and jerked back his middle finger.
"That's right. Practice controlling One For All using your fingers for this move." All Might instructed.
Izuku activated 8% power of One for All: Full Cowling. He then boosted his power into 20% and flicked his middle finger, launching a small burst of wind pressure and knocking down the tree in front of him.
Izuku grunted in pain from the aftereffects of his One For All.
"You won't get the hang of it right away, so be sure to keep at it, okay?" All Might said.
"Thanks for the advice, sir." Izuku smiled. "I've got it. I know what I have to do now."
All Might nodded with a smile.
"Alright, Luna." Tarot Chariot said to Luna. "Let's see your special power-up."
"Kay." Luna nodded.
Luna walked up and stood few inches away from Izuku. As she closed her eyes, she clenched her hands into tight fists. She activated her Divine Trinity and slowly formed pink exoskeleton fists around her arms.
"Ta-da! My new power up: Exofists!" Luna said. "So, what do you think?"
All Might, Tarot Chariot, and Izuku looked utterly dumbfounded by Luna's new power advancement.
"WWWWWWOAHHH!" All Might exclaimed.
"WHAAAAT?" Izuku cried. "IS THAT THE NEW POWER UPGRADE YOU WERE TELLING ME AND KACCHAN ABOUT?!"
"Yup." Luna answered. "Trust me, I was surprised as you are when I first activated it. With its power, the strength and power of my Divine Trinity increased into new heights. Just like your punches, dad."
Tarot Chariot smiled with sheer joy, while Izuku and All Might kept staring Luna's Exofists in absolute surprise with their jaws dropped.
"If it wasn't for Exofists, I would've never won my fight against Carina." Luna said. "Allow me to demonstrate its capability."
Luna jumped high in the air and backflipped before falling down to the ground. She straightened herself and raised her Exofists up, slamming them down onto the ground once she landed. The power of the Exofists cracked and created a large hole that Luna landed through.
All Might, Izuku, and Tarot Chariot watched Luna's Quirk demonstration with wide eyes just as Luna jumped out of the hole and landed back on the surface. After a few minutes, Luna's Exofists vanished out of thin air.
"That was amazing!" Izuku praised with a big grin. "Out of the park amazing!"
"Exofists! I love it! I love it! I love it!" Tarot Chariot exclaimed happily as she started shaking her daughter. She then released Luna and then started shaking her husband. "Toshi, this is amazing! Our daughter has definitely exceeded her potential!"
"Thanks, mom." Luna said with a sweatdropping smile.
Izuku looked at his hand and clenched it as Luna stared at her hands with determination. Once they both mastered controlling their Quirks, Izuku and Luna can go beyond to the next phase of One For All and Divine Trinity.
Meanwhile, Aizawa and Mirio walked to the entrance gate. They turned their heads to six special guests.
"Okay, this is it!" Mirio said. "Don't worry, everyone. Everyone's nice here, I promise!"
Nico and a young little girl named Eri stared collectively at the UA High in silence. Nico was wearing a short-sleeved grayish-blue collared shirt, dark blue jeans, and dark grey sneakers. Eri has long bluish-white waist-length hair, a small brown horn poking out from the right side of her forehead, and wide, innocent-looking bright red eyes. She wore a white dress shirt with a frilled collar under a plain red pinafore with two large, golden buttons on either side of her chest, gray tights, and large tan boots. She also carried a small dark red messenger bag with the strap sitting over her right shoulder that has a little floral pattern decorating one of its sides.
"Welcome the UA High School." Mirio said with a welcoming smile.
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