TWO SYMBOLS
CHAPTER FOUR: BATTLE TRAINING
Ken: Hey there guys! Ready to read the next chapter of 'Two Symbols'?! I sure am! *Says with a large toothy grin*
Izuku: Just make sure that when you're reading you turn the lights on and don't stay to close to the computer. *Says with a smile* It's not good for your eyes.
Inko: Boys. Hurry up, you're gonna be late for school.
Ken and Izuku: Okay mum. *Faces screen* See ya!
Disclaimer: I do not own My Hero Academia or any of its characters. It all belongs to Kohei Horikoshi. The only thing I own are the OC's used in the story and the many twists in the plot of the anime.
Chapter 4: Battle Training
UA High School
UA's hero course curriculum. There are normal core classes like English and Math which were done in the mornings. Currently the students of class 1A were having their Math class, the teacher being the pro hero Ectoplasm who is also one of the staff members of the school.
He was in his hero costume which consists of a tan cloak that covers most of his body, the area over his torso and high collar resembling that of a double breasted trench coat. He is wearing a skin tight black bodysuit with a golden striped area around the neck underneath the cloak, a matching black helmet covers his whole head with a jaw guard attached over the nose and around the jaw. He also wears baggy dark gray pants and a pair of what looked like thin, lightweight prosthetic legs.
"Alright, can any of you find what x is in the question?" The man asked as he faces the class, referring to the equation he had written on the board. "Anyone?" Most of the class found the class boring but didn't voice their thoughts.
'So boring…' Ken and a few others thought.
After the morning classes, is the lunch period. The students head on to the cafeteria to get themselves lunch which consisted of lots of good food that was cheap to get. Which was why Ken had bought about five different trays and plates filled with food and snacks.
"This is so good!" He exclaims with a full mouth as he quickly downs his large quantity of food, much to the shock of Ochako and Iida. They were wondering how he could eat so much. Izuku was too busy staring at the hero, Lunch Rush in awe since he was already used to Ken's eating habits.
After lunch, the students return to their classes were they prepare themselves for the most important part of their curriculum.
The Hero Basic Training.
"I AM HERE!" The loud deep voice of All Might could be heard from the door of the class causing the students to turn towards the door to see the no.1 hero standing there. "Walking through the door like a hero!" The students eyes widen in surprise and shock to see the greatest hero in their class. Their expressions quickly change to ones of excitement and awe.
"I can't believe it's really All Might!"
"So he really is a teacher! This year is gonna be awesome!"
"Hey look, isn't that he's silver age costume he's putting on."
These were some of the comments the students of class 1A made as All Might walked up to the podium in front of the class. Ken stared at the man in awe while Izuku had some stars in his eyes. The blonde hero then clenches his fists and places them on his hips before speaking.
"Welcome to the most important class at UA High! Think of it as Heroing 101!" He starts. "In this class, you'll learn the basics of what it means to be a hero and what it means to fight for the greater good!" He then gets in one of his many poses. "So let's get into it! Today's lesson…" He then brings out a small card and shows it to the class. It had the word 'Battle' on it. "…you're pulling no punches!"
Bakugo and Ken grin as they hear what the man said. "Fight training!"
"Real combat." Izuku says with a grin of his own.
"But one of the keys of being a hero is looking good!" All Might shouts, pointing at the wall to his left. Suitcases begin to come out of the wall, each of them numbered between one to twenty one. "These were designed for you using your quirk registration forms. Get yourselves suited up and then meet me at training ground beta!"
"Yes sir!" The class respond in unison.
Ground Beta, UA High School, Musutafu
"They say clothes are part of a hero ladies and gentlemen and you are proof of that! Take it seriously from now on. You all are heroes in training!" All Might says as he stands in front of the now arrived class 1A students who were now wearing their hero costumes. "You all look so cool!"
Ken had a grin as he looked himself over. Unlike most of his classmates, his costume wasn't too flashy, in fact it was pretty simple. He had a black hooded long sleeved jacket with a blue zipper with slightly tight black combat pants and a blue belt on his waist and blue snickers. He also had blue gloves on. The straw hat that he had gotten from his mum hung on his back through the cord that was around his neck.
He then heard footsteps coming from behind him and the class. He turns to see that it was Izuku in his hero costume. Like his, it wasn't that flashy. It was a tight green full-body jumpsuit that hugged his body with knee pads and elbow pads, white gloves, red shoes and a red belt around his waist. He also had a mask on that made him look like a bunny.
"Pfft…hahahaha!" Ken laughs while pointing at the boy. "What's with the bunny costume. What are you supposed to be? The Easter Bunny?" He says as he continues to laugh much to Izuku's annoyance.
"Yeah, yeah. Laugh if you want." Izuku says. "Besides mum was the one who got this. She knew you wouldn't wear it even if she begged so she didn't get you one." He says and Ken mentally was relieved that she didn't.
"But seriously, why a bunny?" Izuku scratches his head, a bit embarrassed. "W-well…it wasn't meant to be a bunny but…"
"Deku-kun! Hiro-kun!" The two heroes-in-training turn to see Ochako walking up to them in her hero costume. She was wearing a black full-body suit with pink design down the middle of her torso, two black circles on her chest, a black rectangle below her waist, running down between her legs with two pink patches on both shoulders both cut by dark pink armbands. She is also wearing circular pink wrist guards, wide knee high boots with magenta soles and a two piece belt around her waist. She is also wearing a pale pink helmet with tinted visors.
Izuku was blushing wildly at the sight of the girl in her costume. Luckily for him, he had his mask on to hide his blush. Ken although knew that and just grins. "Wow, Uraraka, that's a pretty nice costume."
"Really? I forgot to be more specific with my costume. This body suit is skin tight, not really my style." Uraraka says rubbing the back of her head embarrassingly. "I'm not too sure it looks good on me."
"Nah. I think you look great in it. Cute too." Izuku blurted out without thinking much. The girl blushes a bit after he had called her cute. "W-wow…thanks." Izuku quickly realizes what he said and his face becomes even redder. Ken just chuckled before looking at the rest of their classmates. Some of them had some pretty interesting costumes.
Bakugo's costume is composed of a tight, black, sleeveless tank top with an orange 'X' across the middle, forming a v-neck. His costume also has a metallic neck brace worn with reactangular ends that have three holes on each side. His sleeves reach from within the large grenade-like gauntlets he had on. (Ken wondered how he was planning on fighting comfortably with those. He must be quite strong physically to do so). His belt, which also carries grenades, holds up his baggy pants with knee guards, below which he sports black, knee- high combat boots with orange soles and eyelets. His mask is jagged and black and as it goes around his eyes, a large, orange-rimmed flare shape protrudes from each side.
Then there was Momo Yayaorozu. Her hero costume consisted of a high-collared sleeveless crimson leotard with silver lines at the waist and around her arms, which is open to expose her skin from her neck to just below her navel. She sports calf-length red boots with heels, which dip sharply down in the center, and two gold utility belts around her waist, another, thinner one around the top portion of her chest, below her shoulders. Ken actually had to suppress the small blush that was threatening to form on his cheeks. Why was she wearing something so…revealing. He then deduced that maybe her quirk required her skin to be exposed, hence the choice in costume.
He quickly looks away, knowing if he keeps staring at her, the blush would return. He then felt like someone was looking at him and turns his head to where he felt the eyes on him. He then spotted Shoka Todoroki at the back of the class with a blank expression on her face. She is wearing a plain off white shirt with matching pants and boots with two gold-coloured straps going over her shoulders. She has what appears to be a material resembling ice covering her whole left side, including the left side of her head with a bright red glow over her left eye, kinda like a robot.
The two kept staring at each other for a few seconds before Ken looks away, a bit uncomfortable with the way she was just looking at him with that blank stare of hers, and was looking over at the rest of his classmates, although he could still feel Todoroki's eyes on him but just ignored it.
While, the class were complementing on their costumes, All Might was looking around for his successor. When he had found him, he noticed something about his costume. The bunny looking ears on his mask were inspired by his hair style while the wide smile on the mask was inspired by his own wide smile.
'W-wow…he's too obvious…' He thought a bit embarrassed.
"Alright! Now that you're all ready, we can begin the combat training!" Allmight says.
"Sir!" One of the students, in a white armour and helmet says as he raises his hand and Ken, Uraraka and Izuku recognized the person who was inside the armour.
"Is that Iida?" Izuku asks.
"Wow, what a cool outfit." Ochaco says.
"This is one of the fake cities from the entrance exams, does that mean we'll be doing urban training?" Iida asks.
"No, we're going to take two steps forward here!" All Might says. "Most of the battles with villains you see on the news take place outside. But you see, the most terrible villans like to fight indoors. Illegal business, fake imprisonment, and a few others. What I'm trying to say is the smarter villains lurk in the shadows."
"In today's class, you'll all be divided into groups of Heroes and Villains, and will fight in a two on two battle." All Might states.
"Isn't it a little advanced? We don't have basic training yet." Tsuyu says.
"The best form of training is that you get on the battlefield. But remember, you're not dealing with robots this time but real people." All Might explains.
"Sir, will you decide who will win?" Momo asks.
"How hard can we hit the other team?" Bakugo asks.
"Do we need to worry about expulsion if we fail this training?" Uraraka asks a bit worriedly. You can't really blame her, especially after what had happened the previous day and how their teacher had threatened them with expulsion.
"How will we be divided sir?" Iida asks.
"Does this cape look great on me?" Aoyama, the French looking and speaking blonde boy asks as he waves his cape around.
'Why ask that?' Ken and Izuku thought with a deapan not knowing why the boy asked that question.
"I wasn't finished talking yet." All Might says quietly. He then takes out a small script. "Alright then…" He mutters looking into the script.
'Is that a script?' Izuku thought. Ken had to stop himself from laughing. He found it amusing that the greatest hero in Japan, most likely in the whole world, would need a script to teach a class of first years.
Really funny.
"The situation is this. The villains have hidden a nuclear bomb somewhere in their hideout and the heroes must try to foil their plans. The heroes succeed if they either catch the bad guys or recover the weapon, likewise the bad guys succeed if they capture the heroes or protect the payload. The bomb that is."
'It sounds like an casual action movie set up.' Izuku thought thinking back to some of the action movies he had watched from before.
"Alright, time's limited so we'll form the teams by drawing lots." All Might states as he takes out a box of lots.
"But sir isn't there another way, instead of drawing?" Iida asks and Izumi turns to the boy.
"Think about it. Pros often have to team up with other heroes from other agencies on the spot, so that's why we're doing the same here." She explains, being the hero nerd she is.
"I see, life is a series of random events. Excuse my rudeness." Iida states bowing his head.
"No sweat! Now let's draw!" All Might says enthusiastically.
Team A: Izuku Midoriya and Eijiro Kirishima
Team B: Yuga Aoyama and Shoka Todoroki
Team C: Ken Hiro Midoriya and Uraraka Ochako
Team D: Katsuki Bakugo and Denki Kaminari
Team E: Mina Ashido and Mezo Shoji
Team F: Rikido Sato and Koji Koda
Team G: Tenya Iida and Kyoka Jirou
Team H: Fumikage Tokoyami and Tsuyu Asui
Team I: Mashirao Ojiro and Toru Hagakure
Team J: Hanta Sero and Minoru Mineta and Momo Yayaorozu
Due to there being twenty one students, one team had to have three members instead of two so no one really complained about it. Ken walks up to Izuku and taps him on the back. "Sorry bro but looks like I'm in the same team as your girlfriend." He then grins. "But don't worry, I'll make sure to put in a good word for you."
"D-don't you dare…" Izuku says. "And she's not my girlfriend."
"Yet." Ken states.
"Wow! What are the chances, we're in the same team Hiro-kun, isn't that great?" Ochako says to Ken who only smiles in return.
"Yeah it really is. Let's do our best." He says.
"You're Izuku Midoriya, right?" The three of them turn to see red haired boy of average height with a rather impressive physique. He had red eyes and his hair was pointed upwards and slightly inwards and was spiked at all angles and he also had a small scar over his right eye. He also has sharp teeth. His hero costume was a dark red gear shaped shoulder pads with a jagged sash joining one on his left to the right side of his belt which had a red 'R' set into its centre. Below this, he wears baggy black pants and half cape with a ripped hem with dark red boots. He wears a wired guard around his face, reaching just from above the hairline to below his jaw, an extra piece going over his nose and some spiked pieces around his mouth. His chest is left bare.
"Yeah, that's me." Izuku responds earning a grin from the boy. "Cool. The name's Eijiro Kirishima. Looks like we'll be partners." The now identified Kirishima says and Izuku smiles.
"Yeah. Looking forward to working with you."
"Alright! The first teams to face each other will be...these two!" All Might declares as he shows two ball with the letters A and D on them. "Team A vs. Team C. Team A will be the heroes while Team C will be the villains. Everyone else can head to the monitor room till it's your turn."
Izuku and Ken were a bit surprised but the surprise fades and they both stare at each other with smirks on their faces.
"Looks like we're up against each other bro." Ken says. "Get ready to lose like you always do." Izuku scoffs. "Please. This won't go like before. I'm gonna beat you this time for sure." He finishes with a smirk.
'Wow, they have a serious rivalry.' Both Uraraka and Kirishima thought. Meanwhile, Bakugo was standing not too far behind Izuku and Ken and he was currently glaring at the two with hate-filled eyes. He hated how the two were able to finish above him. He was also really pissed that Deku had somehow managed to get a quirk. Quirks were meant to appear at the age of four. He knew that for a fact. That meant only one thing, the bastard Deku had a quirk all these years and didn't tell him about it or show any signs that he did. He felt that the freckled teen was laughing behind his back along with his bastard of a brother. They were both looking down on him, feeling they were far better than him. He might not be facing them now, but he'll make sure to blow them both away when he had the chance.
A few minutes later and the two teams stood in front of the building. All Might the gestures for the villain team to walk into the building. "Alright. Young Hiro, young Uraraka. The key to this test is to embody villainy. You have to think from the perspective of a villain."
"Got it." Both black haired boy and brown haired girl say in unison.
"Good. If things go too far, I'll step in. The hero team will be let loose into the building in five minutes, so make them count." Ken and Uraraka nod and walk into the building.
It didn't take them too long to find the fake bomb they were supposed to protect from the hero team.
"You know, All Might's is way cooler in person. It's great he's not punishing us with a harsh punishment." Ochako says looking up at the bomb before facing her teammate. "Right Hiro-kun?"
"Yeah! All Might's awesome." Ken says.
"You know I've been wondering but you and Deku-kun are brothers right?" Ken nods his head. "But the two of you don't look anything alike, so how are you two related?"
"Adoption." Ken answers simply.
"W-wait…you were adopted? What happened to your real parents then?" The brown haired girl asks and Ken merely shrugs before answering. "Don't know, never knew them."
"O-oh…I see. Sorry about that."
"It's fine really." Ken says.
"Also I've noticed that you always wear that hat." Uraraka says pointing at the straw hat that was hanging on the boy's back through the cord. She had spotted him with that same hat even when they were in their uniforms.
"Hm? Oh it was a gift from an old friend of mine." Ken says as he holds his hat. "It's something important to me so I decided that I'll wear it wherever I go." Uraraka smiles a bit when she heard that. 'Wow…that's so sweet.'
"Anyway, it's almost time for the match. We should find some place to keep the bomb and form our strategy." Ken says and Uraraka nods in agreement.
Izuku and Kirishima
"So, what's the game plan?" Eijiro asked as he turned to look at Izuku. "I'm not sure, since Ken and Uraraka will be a tough pair to face with their Quirks. But I'd say Ken will be the best one to come after us due to his speed leaving Uraraka to
try guard the bomb." Izuku states. "Our best course of action would be to team up and face Ken so we can try to capture him quickly since we don't have much time. From what I know, Uraraka isn't adept in combat so getting past her wouldn't be a problem." Izuku finishes.
"I see. Well if that's your plan then let's do it." Kirishima says with a grin.
"Alright! It's time to start the exercise. Team A and Team C. Your time starts…NOW!"
The loud and deep voice of All Might could be heard through the speakers and the coms of both teams. Izuku and Kirishima nod their heads, before walking up to the building, climbing up and entering through a window on the third floor.
"Alright, now we're in." The red haired boy whispers to the freckled teen who nods before looking around. "Careful. They're a lot of blindspots." Izuku states as they began to walk down the hall. "We also have to stay on guard."
The two moved through the building, being sure to check around corners for any sign of Ken or Ochako, while also making sure to look behind them for any sign that they were being followed. 'It's safe to assume that the bomb was kept in a room on the highest floor in the building and it's only matter of time before Ken get's to us so we're gonna have to get past him quickly. Although that's easier said than done. He's not just quick, he's skilled too. More skilled than I am.' Izuku thought as they neared a corner. 'But I've improved over the past few months. I can do this.'
However, before they could continue progressing, they heard the sounds of something moving and all of a sudden, Ken rushes at them from the corner with fast speeds and aims a hard kick towards Izuku's head. Kirishima was the quickest to react and was able to get in front of Izuku and block the attack using his Hardening quirk. Ken then leaps backwards and lands away from the two.
"Well, look what we have here." Ken says as he reactivates his quirk. "A couple of heroes." He finishes with his best impression of an evil grin which looked quite realistic. "Come here to stop our plan."
"We plan to villain." Izuku says getting into his role as a hero in the test and activating OFA right up to 5%. Ken, not wanting to waste time, dashes towards Izuku at fast speeds, jumps up and delivers a kick aimed at his head. Kirishima however, was able to reach quick enough to block the kick by raising both hands up. His quirk absorbing the force of the kick.
Ken jumps back only to be sent flying forward by a strong right hook from Izuku to the back of his head. He grunts a bit in pain as he sails down the corridor. He manages to land on his feet with a front flip and turns to them only see the two of them charging at him. Kirishima charges at him with his hardened arms and throw a few punches at the black haired boy who easily evades each one before jumping back and delivering a quick spin kick to the boy who blocks the attack but was sent skidding back a bit. Izuku then leaps up over Kirishima, plants his feet on the upper wall and leaps down with fast speeds at Ken aiming a punch to his head.
Ken spots this and leaps back to dodge the punch which hit the ground and formed a small crater on the floor. Ken quickly jumps at the boy and delivers a fast and hard punch to his face sending him tumbling back past to Kirishima before getting to his feet.
"Midoriya, throw me at him." Izuku looks at him before nodding his head. With his enhanced strength, he grabs the red head and spins around before throwing him at the charging Ken. Kirishima hardens his body and slams into the black haired boy knocking the wind out of him. Ken quickly recovers and pushes the boy off him, delivering quick strong punches at the boy who even with his hardening, still felt the impact as Ken had increased the speed and force of his punches.
However, Kirishima didn't go down and grabs a hold of Ken's arm before throwing him back at Izuku who had his right fist cocked back, increasing his power up to 8%.
"Detroit Smash!"
He shouts as he smashes his fist against the boy's face however, Ken managed to stand his ground and throws a strong punch to Izuku's face, using the speed his quirk grants him to increase the force of the punch. Both boys end up stumbling backwards. However, Ken backflips over a charging Kirishima and sends a kick to the back of the boy's head sending him tumbling forward across the ground.
'Man, that punch packed some serious power.' Ken thought as he wiped the blood that came from his nose. He then looked up and saw his two opponents up on their feet and ready to attack him. 'Fighting this two together is a serious pain.'
'Man, we don't have time for this. I should have known he wouldn't have gone down that quickly.' Izuku thought, mentally berating himself for thinking that they'd be able to take down his brother quick enough to get to the bomb before ten minutes were up. His brother was just that tough.
"Kirishima. You need to get to the bomb while I deal with Ken." Kirishima stares at the boy and was about to say something but Izuku continued. "We're running out of time and he's not one to go down easily. I'm sure I can keep him busy while you go find the bomb."
Kirishima just nods seeing as he was right. There wasn't much time and they still needed to find the bomb. "Alright, I'll head there and try to get the bomb as fast as I can." With that said, he runs off in search of the bomb leaving Izuku alone with his brother. Ken didn't even bother to stop him as he just stared at Izuku.
"You're holding back." Ken says and Izuku only scoffs.
"You're doing the same thing." He retorts. "Why didn't you try to stop Kirishima?" He asks. Ken just smirks. "Well, I guess I just want to go up against you. We have never really sparred with quirks before so this is a perfect opportunity." He then activates his quirk. "So let's go at it."
Izuku responds in kind by activating his quirk, going into his Full Cowling form up to 8%. The two brothers then get into a fighting stance. Ken made the first move as he dashes towards Ken at his max speed, clearing the distance between them quickly and throws a fast right hook towards Izuku who was able to dodge it but gasps in pain Ken's left fist crashes hard against his gut, sending him skidding back. Izuku however, recovers quickly and looks up to see Ken dash at him.
He raises his arm and blocks a strong kick from the black haired boy before grabbing his leg and smashing him hard on the ground. Ken grunts in pain before he is sent flying and hits a wall. Izuku went to capitalize but Ken gets up and dodges a punch to the face from his opponent. Ken delivers a strong uppercut to Izuku's chin causing him to stumble back before delivering a powerful spin kick to the boy's shoulder causing him to tumble across the hallway and hit the wall.
Izuku sits up holding his shoulder in pain, he then hears something running at him with fast speeds and looks up to see the bottom of snicker about to smash into his face. He managed to leap to the side, avoiding the attack. The boy quickly leaps back to his feet and jumps back to distance himself a bit from Ken.
The two boys then charge at each other, exchanging quick punches at each other. Thanks to his enhanced strength and durability, Izuku was at gaining the upper hand but Ken was able to deal quite a bit of damage thanks to his speed. Ken blocks a punch from Izuku, gritting his teeth his pain as the force of the blow sent him skidding back. He pants a bit as he could feel his quirk continue to drain on his stamina. Izuku was also panting as his Full Cowling form also drained his stamina though not as much as Ken's quirk.
Ken deciding to end this quickly, activates his quirk and dashes at Izuku with new found speeds that surprised the green haired teen. Before he knew it, he was knocked back by a strong punch to the face. Not giving the green haired teen a chance, Ken lands a powerful kick at the boy's left side causing him to grunt in pain before Ken grabs the boy's right arm and spins around before smashing the OFA user hard on the ground.
Izuku lets out a cry of pain before quickly retaliating with a powerful kick to the boy's face, knocking him back and giving him enough room to leap back to his feet before he delivers a powerful punch to his brother's stomach, pushing his power up to 10%. Ken gasped in pain as the wind was knocked out of him and he was sent sailing across the room before hitting the ground. He groans quietly as he slowly got on his feet rubbing his stomach to ease the pain.
'Now's my chance…' Izuku thought as he brought out his capture tape. He knew that last punch wasn't enough to completely knock him down but it should be enough to leave him open for capture. He rushes at Ken who was slowly recovering, wanting to use the capture tape on him when a voice was heard from behind him.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you…"
Izuku turns to see it was Uraraka who was walking towards them with a small smirk on her face with Kirishima floating behind her. Izuku's eyes widened as he mentally cursed that he got captured.
"…unless your friend gets a one-way trip to the moon."
Kirishima (Minutes Earlier…)
Meanwhile, Kirishima soon arrived at the room where the weapon was being kept, only to be confused when he didn't see it or Uraraka anywhere. "Did they move it to another room, or did they hide it somewhere?" Kirishima muttered while looking around and hardening his arms, in case Uraraka was hiding somewhere in the room to sneak attack him. The redhead missing the brown haired girl poking out from atop one of the pillars in the room, seeing him trying to find where she could be hiding. 'Thank goodness the weapon prop isn't that heavy.' Uraraka thought, since it allowed her to support herself and the weapon without any trouble or giving away her position.
Waiting until Kirishima back was turned, Uraraka kicked off the pillar while deactivating her Quirk, launching herself towards Kirishima. Managing to place her hand on his back, activating her Zero Gravity on him, before using the capture tape on him. "Aaaah, look at the poor little Hero, all alone and defenseless. How sad and pathetic." Uraraka taunted before pushing Kirishima around, making him spin in the air. "Maybe I should drop you out the window to become a stain on the ground, or send you flying into space and suffocate from having no air. Decisions, decisions." Said Uraraka with a wicked smirk, actually freaking Kirishima out a little at how well she's playing the part of the Villain.
'Damnit! I can't believe I let myself get captured like that!' Eijiro thought, cursing himself for getting captured, even worse as he remembered Izumi telling him how Ochako's Quirk worked, and he still let her get him. "Oh well, consider yourself lucky that we still need to deal with your little friend, then we can decide on what
to do with you." Ochako stated before taking Kirishima out of the room, to find where Ken and Izuku were.
Now…
Ken lets out a chuckle as he gets on his feet and stares at Izuku who looked lost on what to do. "Well, well. Look's like you're in a bind hero." He says before before grinning sinisterly. "So what's it gonna be?"
'Crap. There's no way out of this. Ken's recovered and trying to take on him and Uraraka by myself isn't wise. Dammit!' Izuku thought before letting out a resigned sigh. "I surrender." He says with his arms raised.
"Wise choice." Ken says as he walks towards Izuku and uses his capture tape on him before throwing a strong punch at the boy's stomach. Izuku not expecting the punch, gasps in pain and bends over from the punch. "That's for the punch earlier."
"Battle's Over! The Villain team…WIIINNSS!"
And with that, the first match of the Hero Basic Training exercise had come to an end. Uraraka releases the effects of her quirk on Kirishima dropping him back to the ground while Ken unwraps the capture tape from Izuku's arm.
"Man, that was a nice match Izuku. You really gave me a tough time." Ken says as Izuku recovers from Ken's punch.
"Yeah and I was so close to capturing you." Izuku says sighing a bit in disappointment from not being able to capture Ken. This was his chance to finally beat Ken in a match but guess his brother was still ahead of him as he was sure that if it wasn't for the time limit and nature of the test, he would have beaten him in a one-on-one fight. "Although did you have to punch me after capturing me?"
"Hey, just playing the villain role. All Might did say we should embrace villainy for the test." Izuku couldn't really argue with that so he didn't. Ken then faces Uraraka. "Nice work on securing the bomb Uraraka." He says with a smile.
"Thanks." The girl says with a smile.
"Sorry, Midoriya. I got myself captured and because of that we lost." Kirishima says with a disappointed sigh. Izuku only waves him off. "Meh, no need to beat yourself up. We'll just have to get better." He says and Kirishima nods as the four students headed towards the observation room.
Observation Room
"That was a good match. Congratulations to the winning team and well done to both teams, however I did find some flaws on both sides but we'll save that till the end of the tests." All Might says as the four students entered the observation room. The four of them nod before All Might continues. "Alright, it's time for the next match." He then puts his hand into the hero box and pulls out a ball. "It's team B against…team D." He adds pulling out a ball with the letter 'D' on it from the villain box.
"Team B will be the hero team while Team D will be the villains." Bakugo grinned when he saw it was his time for his match. His grin only widened when he saw he was up against Todoroki's team. The girl was one of the top students in their class and she had gotten in through the recommendations. He had also seen what she could do from the quirk tests they did on their first day. He might not have been able to go up against those Midoriya bastards but he would make sure to take down the dual hair coloured girl.
"Hmm, this is a really interesting match up." Izuku says as he takes out his hero analysis notebook and a pencil, ready to take down as much notes as he can. Ken just stares at the boy with a sweatdrop.
"Seriously, where do you always get that from?" Ken asks but was ignored.
With Bakugo and Kaminari
Meanwhile, Bakugo and Kaminari had finished setting up where the weapon was, as they prepared for Shoto and Yuga to arrive. The red-eyed boy glancing at his partner, getting a good look at him. Denki has short gold hair, parted to the right with a black lightningshaped streak on the left of his side fringe, which is angled so that it partially obscures his left eye. He has slanted, somewhat triangular golden eyes, and notably small eyebrows. He's slimmer than most of the other male students in his class, not having much visible muscle mass. His Hero Costume consisted of a plain white shirt, over which he wears an open black jacket with a white lightning pattern across his back, and matching pants with two lines running down his legs. He has a single, square-shaped earphone over his right ear, something resembling a radio antenna sticking out of the top. Bakugo remembered he had a Quirk that let him generate lightning, something he'd admit would be useful.
"So, got any plans partner?" Kaminari asked, looking at Bakugo, who merely tightened his gauntlets and clenched his fist. "Yeah, you can deal Aoyama, but Todoroki's mine." Stated Bakugo, refusing to let anyone, but him, defeat Shoto.
Shoto and Yuga
While outside, Shoto and Yuga had just entered through the front entrance. Yuga is a young man with a slim build and a rather feminine face. He has long blond hair, worn flattened down around the majority of his head, spiked and sticking out to the sides at the bottom of it, with a side fringe that curves upwards a little before it does down. He has notably long eyelashes and bright indigo eyes, giving him the appearance of a young prince. His Hero Costume consists of a bluish-black body suit, over which he wears a suit of metallic lavender and golden armor;
a chest plate, two spherical shoulder pads, elbow-length vambraces, and knee
length boots. His chest plate has a high V-neck collar with a golden Greek fret-like trim, as with the lower diaphanous piece under the belt and the edges of the arm braces. It also comes with a long, glittery indigo cape as well as a belt with a golden ring-shaped buckle with a blue crystal, from which he emits his Quirk, matching the smaller ones over his shoulder pads and knees. He has straight
angled golden lines running down his baggy pants, a matching set around the shafts of his boots, and he wears a red-tinted wingshaped visor over his eyes.
"I do believe that the short-tempered one will be coming for us, shortly. What shall we do to defeat him?" Yuga asked while looking at Shoka, who merely walked ahead of him.
"For your own safety, go outside. I'm sure our opponents intend to fight an offensive battle." Said Shoka, before placing her hand on the wall, with ice spreading out from her hand and foot across the building.
"But we've already won." Shoka stated, knowing they won't be able to escape being caught by her ice, with Yuga looking in shock at the power of her Quirk before quickly going outside, watching as the entire building was covered in ice.
Bakugo and Kaminari
Back with the Villain team, they suddenly felt the temperature rapidly dropping, before they saw ice approaching them at a fast rate. "Jump now!" Bakugo shouted, just in time as he and Kaminari narrowly avoided being hit by the ice.
"Don't think a little ice will stop me, Todoroki!" Yelled Bakugo, slamming his hand on the ground, unleashing an explosion that destroyed the encroaching ice, preventing it from going any further. Using his Quirk to destroy more of the ice, Bakugo rushed downstairs to face the girl, soon finding her still at the entrance.
"I got you now, ice girl!" Bakugo shouted before jumping towards Shoka to hit her with an explosion, only for the dual haired girl to jump back and create a wall of ice to take the hit, which was blown to pieces from Bakugo's explosion.
"So, you actually were able to escape my ice and destroy it. I'm actually impressed that you could react fast enough. But let's see how long that lasts." Shoka said with a smirk, making Bakugo growl. "Aoyama, go find Kaminari and the weapon, I'll deal with Bakugo." Shoka said to her partner.
"Right away monsieur!" Replied Yuga, before turning around and jumping, firing his Navel Laser to send him flying past Shoka and Bakugo, the latter not even attempting to stop him, with all his attention being on the ice and fire user. "You should have kept him around, because then you might've stood a chance!" Said Bakugo, before launching himself towards Shoka, who merely raised her right hand.
"And you never stood a chance against me." Shoka replied, unleashing a blast of ice at the Explosion Quirk-user, with Bakugo thrusting his hand forward destroying the ice in an explosion. Getting in close to the girl, Bakugo held his hand in front of her face triggering another explosion, that sent Shoka skidding back before she placed her hand on the ground. Swiping her arm up, Shoka created awave of ice that rushed towards Bakugo, who merely fired off another explosion, destroying the ice. But that was what Shoka wanted as she used the smoke as cover, jumping through and kicking Bakugo in the chest, not only knocking him back, but also covering him in ice.
"I already said, you can't stop me with a little ice!" Bakugo growled before slamming his gauntlet into the ice, breaking it, before firing another explosion at Shoka, who easily evaded it. "And you'll need more than a few little explosions to beat me." She stated before she froze the ground underneath her and Bakugo, with the latter jumping up when the ice approached him, to avoid being
frozen. Only to grunt, when his opponent then skated across the ice and slammed
right into him, knocking the blonde Villain down the corridor, sliding across the ice. With Bakugo having difficultly standing on the ice, before he was hit again by Shoka, this time with his entire left arm being incased in ice, much to his shock. With an angry growl, the spiky blonde haired boy slammed his ice-covered arm on the ground, releasing a large explosion that broke the ice on his arm and on the ground around him.
"Let's see you how handle something bigger!" Shouted Bakugo, holding his arms behind him, before throwing them forward, unleashing two large explosions towards Shoka, who created another wall of ice, one bigger and thicker than the first to withstand the explosions. Only for the wall to be reduced to pieces by the force of the explosions, making Bakugo grin wickedly, before it quickly faded
when Shoka came surfing out of the smoke on a wave of ice. Scowling, Bakugo rushed towards the girl and jumped at her, thrusting his hand towards the ice user, with Shoka doing the same, their two attacks colliding in an explosion of ice.
Kaminari and Yuga
Meanwhile, above where Bakugo and Shoto were fighting, Yuga had arrived where Kaminari and the weapon were, leading to a battle between the two. Only for it to turn into a battle of endurance between their Quirks, given the weaknesses they both had. Kaminari short-circuiting his brain if he overused his Quirk, and Yuga getting stomach pains from using his. Forcing both of them to use their Quirks sparingly and aim to take down their opponent quickly. With Kaminari rolling underneath a blast from Yuga, before firing a bolt of lightning at the French Hero, only for Yuga to spin out of the lightning. With Yuga then firing another blast, only instead of at Kaminari, he fired it at the ground and launched himself into the air, where he kicked off a pillar towards the weapon.
"Oh no you don't!" Kaminari said, taking aim and firing high voltage of electricity at Yuga, who managed to fire off a Navel Laser which met the lightning, though was still knocked Yuga off course, sending him skidding across the ground. Seeing this, Kaminari quickly fired another lightning blast at Yuga, who once again spun out of the way, making the Lightning Quirk user smirk. "Got you now, Hero!" Said Kaminari, firing a second blast of electricity right where Yuga dodged to, making his eyes widen as he quickly fired another Navel Laser. Only to groan in pain as he reached his limit for using his Quirk, forcing him to cancel his attack and jump out of the way of the Kaminari's attack. However, some electricity struck him causing him to cry out in pain and shock.
"Yay~." Kaminari muttered as he walked around, chuckling dumbly and holding his hands in a double thumbs-up, with a dumby, blank look on his face. He had over used his quirk and had now short circuited his brain leaving him defenseless
Fortunately for him, he had managed to knock Aoyama down ending their fight in a tie.
Bakugo and Shoka
Back with Bakugo and Shoka, the two heroes-in-training seemed to be evenly matched. Shoka, was able to evade and block Bakugo's explosions with her ice while also getting hits in and freezing him at times, and Bakugo, with his
explosions to destroy Shoka's ice. Though it was soon becoming clear, that Shoka had the advantage, having managed to freeze Bakugo's leg to the ground, leaving him immobile until he managed to break free. Something, Bakugo began seeing as well, making him start to become more desperate to take down the dual haired girl.
"Are you done?" Shoka questons the blonde with a blank expression on her face, already seeing that it's only a matter of time before she wins, while seeing that Bakugo was starting to get sloppy in his desperation. Which only seemed to anger the blonde. He then smirks when he heard a small ping sound from his gauntlets. "No, but you are! I'm now loaded." He says and Shoka raises an eyebrow at the statement. "Since you don't know how my quirk works allow me to explain it!" Bakugo says as he points a gauntlet straight at the girl who only gets on guard not knowing what the blonde was planning. "I secrete a substance similar to nitroglycerin in my sweat from my hands and it causes the explosions you see. So imagine if there was too much sweat on my hands."
Shoka's eyes widened a bit getting what the blonde meant. Bakugo seeing the look of realization on her face only grins madly. "That's right!" He says as he pulls a level on his gauntlet like he was cocking a gun and out pops out a pin. He then puts finger on pin and continues. "These gauntlets weren't made for show you know. They've been storing my sweat throughout the fight ready to unleash a monstrous blast."
Monitoring Room
"Has boom boom finally lost it?!" Ken asks in shock as he watches along with everyone else. "His explosions were already deadly before but something like that could kill even a top hero. Is he trying to kill her or something?!"
"What the heck is he thinking?!" Izuku asks.
All Might and everyone else heard what he said and were shocked at what he was planning to do! All Might grabs the mic and yells into it. "Young Bakugo stop! You'll kill him!"
Bakugo Vs. Shoka
"Young Bakugo! Stop that could kill him!" The blonde hears the deep voice of All Might through the communication device in his ear.
"She won't die as long as she doesn't get hit!" Bakugo yells pulling the pin and a massive blast was heading towards him, destroying part of the floor and walls as it came to him. Shoka's eyes widened at the sight, before she narrowed them in concentration. When the explosion hit where she was standing, it continued through the building, destroying everything in its path, as it went out the wall and outside.
"AHAHAHA! These are awesome! Well, what do you have to say now, Todoroki?! Still think I don't stand a chance?!" Demanded Bakugo, while moving through the smoke. "Freeze." Shoka's cold voice was heard from the smoke, as Bakugo's eyes widened as he was stopped in his tracks.
Looking down, Bakugo was shocked and horrified to suddenly find his entire body up to his chest was incased in ice. Before he looked up and saw Shoka covered in ice which shattered, revealing her partially scorched costume, but the girl was otherwise fine. "I admit, if that had been any other student, you likely would have
either killed them or knocked them out. But it was simply a bad matchup that you had to go against me." Shoka stated cooly.
"Both the Villains have been defeated and captured! The Heroes are the winners!" Said All Might, seeing that Shoto was the last one standing, meaning the win went to the hero team.
Later…
"Well done you two! Nice battle, although a bit reckless!" All Might says as he stood in front of Shoka and Bakugo in the damaged building they were battling in. After he had announced the winners, he had quickly dashed to the area to meet the two students, who were both sporting injuries on their bodies and damages to their costumes, Shoka having the least amount of injuiries.
All Might then stares at the other boy in the room. Bakugo. The blonde was just silently standing there with a shocked and slightly horrified expression on his face as he stared at his right palm. He had lost.
Lost.
The word was so foreign to him. To him, he was the very best. He had always been told that by everyone he knew and by himself since he first got his quirk. There was no one better than him in the world. He was always the best at anything he did and always won. But he had just lost at something. It felt so strange and so…wrong. His breathing became heavier and heavier as he kept thinking back to how he had lost the fight.
A large hand on his shoulder cuts him off from his thoughts. "Young Bakugo. Why don't we go review the battle. Whether you lost or won, you can still pick up on some things from this experience to better yourself, as long as you're open to learn. Then you can go patch yourself up after."
Bakugo doesn't say anything. He just nods his head.
'Now that I think about it. Young Midoriya told me about him. He is quite the prideful one so this loss must be hard on him.' All Might thought knowing how devastating a first loss can be but it is something that he would have to move on and improve from if he wants to be one of the very best. All Might knew he would have to talk to him at a later time but for now he had to continue with the training exercise.
The rest of the class had their own matches and Izuku and Ken carfully observed the matches. Izuku was studying their quirks and fighting styles while writing them down in his note while Ken just wanted to see who were really strong and the only ones that stood out to him were the guy with a bird head with some dark shadow like creature as his quirk and a rather pretty girl with black hair tied in a pony tail with some kind of creation quirk.
After school, Ken and Izuku walked towards the station with Iida and Uraraka like they had done the previous day before heading their separate ways. Another successful day at UA and they were sure there were plenty more to come and were looking forward for what was to come next.
Okay, that's it for this chapter. Up next the USJ arc which will be divided into two or three parts. Also I would still like to see some of the ideas you guys have for Ken's other quirks, although I already have quirks for him, I want to see what quirks you want him to have.
Anyway, in terms of the ship. Izuocha is one of them and I may consider adding another girl but nothing more than that. Also for Ken's case, you'd still have to wait and see. I already have ideas for his and nothing you guys say is gonna change it.
Well till next time, Read and Review.
Peace.
