The Symbol of Peace
The five students looked on in shock as All Might's smile stretched, sending uncomfortable shivers down all of their spines. "Well, I'll see you lot after you fail." The giant of a man turned around and stalked off, the match hadn't begun yet and he would be starting on the other side of the district.
"So…" Todoroki trailed off.
"We're fucked." Shinso finished.
No one said anything, but they agreed with Shinso, after all, how could they fight against the Symbol of Peace?
Izuku closed his eyes and brought a hand to his chin, 'Well, if he's wearing those weights and then also is limiting his percentage of power…. Wait…' Izuku blinked and turned to the nearest speaker, the exam had still yet to start, and he knew Nezu was watching in on them. "Nezu-sensei!"
"What are you up to Midoriya?"
"You'll see Monoma!"
The speakers buzzed, static coming through before they heard a high pitched voice, "What is it, Young Midoriya?"
"How much of All Might's power is he going to be using?" There was no way they would allow All Might to use all of his power on kids, right? Well, they did have them fight the zero pointer during Entrance Exams… and they had the bottomless pit during the Sports Festival, even if they said that would be safe…
But they only had Hound Dog act so roughly on Shoji because they knew Shoji could regenerate, none of them could. So, they would have to limit All Might's power.
The squeaky voice of Nezu came through the speakers,"All Might will be restricted to only twenty five percent of his power, Young Midoriya."
"A fourth of his power? Doesn't that seem unfair…?" Todoroki asked.
"Shut the fuck up, IcyHot, if you can't handle the heat then you shouldn't be here!" Bakugo snapped. He had been short with all of them today. Even refusing to talk to them, if not to only criticize and belittle them.
That seemed like one of Bakugo's favorite pastimes.
Izuku clenched a fist and they watched as lightning wafted off of him, the boy winced before the lightning seemed to settle, allowing him to grin, "I can match that…. not perpetually, but I can rest at a lower power and increase to something that might match that when I need to take on his power…"
Against Stain he was able to use 20% with…. moderate pain. But after training for finals there was slightly less strain. Upping that percentage to 25% would hurt a lot more, but if he followed Gran Torino's style well then Izuku knew he'd be able to do it.
Shinso sighed, "We're really going to take on All Might?"
Monoma smiled and toyed with his bangs, "Looks like it, us taking on the Symbol of Peace?!"
Bakugo massaged his forearm and fired off some warm up explosions, "I'll take him on alone."
"He'll kill you." Todoroki stated in monotone.
"SHUT UP!" Bakugo snapped and aimed a gauntlet at Todoroki, "Doubt me again and I'll pop you like a can, Icyhot!"
Before Bakugo could make do with his threats, the gates of the training ground began to open and the four stood together with Bakugo letting out a smile., "I believe they call this "Do or Die time" just like Tetsu-kun says all the time, right, Midoriya?"
"YEAH!" Izuku responded in kind.
The gates were open and they flooded in.
"FUCK OFF, YOU EXTRAS!" And Bakugo instantly went off on his own, using his explosions to propel himself down the street.
Todoroki sighed in frustration, "He's not going to work with us, we need to form a plan on our own."
"Kacchan's already doing his part." The three looked at Izuku in confusion as the boy pulled his cowl onto his head and sealed it with his respirator, "We've got a decoy." His voice came out muffled but loud, carrying through the street, "So scatter."
Full Cowling sparked across his skin as he jumped to one of the nearby buildings, landing comfortably on the top of the roof and crouching down.
Shinso hid a smile under his scarf, Deku looked just like Eraserhead….
"Stay hidden in the shadows, let Bakugo face off against All Might first and we'll capitalize on it! Only talk through code names, You've got Deku right here!" He announced before getting ready to bounce off.
"I'm Shoto!" The youngest Endeavour yelled before getting ready to slide away on his ice.
"Phantom Thief at your service, but you can call me Phantom!" Monoma split his body up and floated to a nearby rooftop.
Shinso stood in place and clenched a fist, he had never really come up with a name, he didn't think he would ever get this far. 'A name, huh...?' He let his scarf out and it wrapped around a light pole, he pulled to the sides and found himself flying towards it. With skill and a bit of effort, he found himself crouching on top of the light pole, "Call me HiveMind!"
Deku grinned under his mask, "Got it, HiveMind! Now let's do this!"
…
His explosions slowed as he looked around and came to the ground, there was no sign of All Might yet. If his estimations were correct, he should be in the middle of the mock site right now, but the bastard was nowhere to be seen.
"Tch." Bakugo clicked his tongue as he started to walk, he needed to save his strength for later if he wanted to take out All Might.
The city was too quiet, too still, and it was pissing him off. At least he wasn't with those damn extras, like fucking Deku–
The guy he had lost to… in the Sports Festival. In an all out one versus one. He had lost to Deku. That little pebble on the side of the road that no one gave a second glance, the little bastard that everyone took and pummeled into the dirt for years, that guy had beaten him.
"If only I had my gauntlets, then there's no way I would've lost…" Yeah, Deku wouldn't have been able to take that explosion on, if he managed to pull off his Howitzer then Deku would've been demolished.
That little nerd couldn't beat him at his best.
"You look a little distracted there, Young Bakugo."
He froze, his head turned to the side, and there was All Might. Sitting on the hood of a car like a dad about to give his son a talk. "All Might.." He sneered.
"You know–" The pro ignored him, " – I have to say I'm not surprised by your actions." All Might stood up and Bakugo could see the hood of the car was dented from the pro's weight, "After all, you didn't work with Young Iida during the Battle Trials, you caused trouble at the USJ by attacking a dangerous villain when your instructor told you not to, and Best Jeanist's notes showed you had a subpar performance during your internship."
A scowl formed on Bakugo's face as his teeth almost cracked. "Shut. The. Fuck. Up."
All Might's smile seemed to only stretch as one single blue eye came through the shadows on his face. "Make. Me."
"RAHH!" A fist pulled back filled with explosions was sent All Might's way as Bakugo's yell cut through the city, the blow landed and filled the street with smoke. All Might simply stepped out of the smoke and looked undamaged. "W-What?!"
All Might sighed and shook his head, "HA HA HA!" He laughed to the sky, "Like I said before, Young Bakugo…." That one cerulean eye stared down at him and sent a shiver down his spine, "... You don't surprise me anymore…"
All Might clenched a fist and pulled it back, "DETROIT–"
"ST. LOUIS SMASH!"
Bakugo's eyes widened as All Might's cheek caved in, courtesy of Deku's boot. The pro was launched back and hit the ground. "NOW!" Deku's muffled but strong voice came through his mask.
A wave of ice came from one of the empty alleys and made a wall separating them from All Might, by the time the pro smashed it the two were gone. His head spun around, trying to see if any of his students were around.
Phantom was right in the middle of the street.
"Hey, All Might."
Their plan so far was to trick All Might, the man knew about Shinso's quirk so they hoped having Monoma copy Shinso's brainwashing would be enough to trick the man into responding and getting trapped in his own mind.
However, it looked like he wouldn't be doing that.
"HA HA HA!" All Might laughed before looking to the rooftops, "Say Young Midoriya, it was a good idea! But one the principal already warned me about!" The pro clenched a fist and pulled back, causing Monoma's eyes to widen in shock and worry.
"He wouldn't… right?" Monoma asked.
"TEXAS–" He was going to do it! " –SMASH!"
Monoma only had a moment to raise his arms to cover himself before being bombarded by air pressure, sending him flying down the street. He bounced on the road, cursing as each bounce formed a new bruise, his suit was cut up and he landed roughly on the ground.
Monoma coughed as he got up on his arms, "A-And that was just a quarter of his full power?!"
All Might's stomps echoed through the street, the man approached the downed Monoma and his sapphire eye peered down on the boy. Monoma scrambled to his feet and drew in as much air as he could cause that hit hurt.
"Get me outta here!" Monoma yelled in fear with All Might right before him, blue and green figures came down, a wave of ice and a bolt of lightning crashing down on All Might's form.
All Might didn't budge.
"OKLAHOMA!" All Might grabbed onto both Shoto and Deku and tensed his body before starting to spin in place, "SMASH!" The two boys and Monoma went flying from the air pressure, with Monoma and Todoroki hitting store fronts and Izuku landing in a car.
It seemed like they were truly out matched
…
"I mean this is hardly fair!" Yaoyorozu yelled in fright as her classmates were decimated by the Number One Hero, "To pair students against such a higher being should be criminal!" It was an outrage in her opinion. To see the boys so far had not given any sort of edge in the fight made her skin crawl.
"I've gotta agree…" Kaibara muttered as Bakugo flew back into the fray, only to be backhanded by All Might. "Yikes…"
Tetsu clenched his teeth and pumped his arms up and down, hoping his friends could get in a decent blow now that their plan had unraveled, only the All Might to use Monoma as a bat to his Izuku with. "Shit…"
Reiko couldn't help but gulp, going in she was optimistic for her friend's chances, now she was nervous, worried, and anxious about their physical wellbeing. "Come on, you can do this." But she still hadn't given up hope on them.
Both Class 1-A and 1-B could admit that they had plenty of differences and yeah they didn't like each other too much, the Sports Festival had even made that worse, made things more strained. 1-A had wanted to defend Bakugo, 1-B saw Bakugo as nothing but an asshole, but now they were united on cheering on the five fighting against Japan's strongest hero.
"Come on guys!"
"Plus Ultra!"
"You got this Greenie!"
"Go on, Todo-Broki!"
"Get up Sparky!"
"Neito you've got this!"
"Shinso don't give up now!"
Their voices grew and grew, and the five did not give up, Shinso and Monoma both tried to use brainwashing over and over but All Might never felt for it, Shinso couldn't even use the modulator yet since he hadn't had enough testing or luck with it. All Might only gave them even worse beatings for their attempts, Todoroki's ice was useless as All Might would tear through it and any use of his fire was dismissed with the immense air pressure All Might could create.
If they wanted any of Todoroki's abilities to work then they would need to lock him in place and limit his arm's movements.
All of Bakugo's explosions were tanked as if they were nothing more than little pebbles.
The only thing that really had done any damage was Izuku's attacks, yet they weren't as effective as the boy estimated they were supposed to be…
"He's using more than what Nezu said!" Izuku came to the realization as he rolled against the ground once more. Izuku scrambled to his feet, seeing Shinso trying to hold All Might's arm with his capture scarf only to get pulled by the giant, grabbed by the face, and slammed into the ground.
Izuku pulled an arm back with electricity building up in pressure. "One For All…. thirty percent…!" His arm bulged as green electricity and the scent of ozone wafted in the air. The pain was terrible, as if his arm was being held under a hydraulic press, but he had to push forward!
Todoroki cursed and slammed a foot down from his position behind All Might, coating the man in a layer of ice, Bakugo used an explosion to propel himself to All Might's head and blasted his ears and then his eyes.
The pro cursed, feeling the ice crawling up his body that he easily could have shaken away if not for the burning of his eyes after Bakugo's attack. All Might quickly spun in place, shattering the ice around him, and opened his burning eyes only for them to land on his first pupil.
Izuku got as close as he could, his arm burning with more power than he knew his arm could handle, "SMASH!" Izuku's fist connects with All Might's face, making the pro's head whip around, but that was all…
'That should've done more!'
A vice clamped around Izuku's arm and he trailed with his eyes to see that All Might was gripping it, pulling his own giant arm back and pumping it with power. "It's more like…. SMASH!"
The fist implants itself in Izuku's stomach and he feels his organs shift inside of him, spit coming out of his mouth and coating his respirator, as he goes flying from the blow and wind.
All Might grins, turning to gaze at Todoroki and Monoma, glancing off to see Shinso still in the ground, and not seeing where Bakugo is, "Two down…" His smile stretches up and only unnerves the students more, "Three to go…"
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The teachers and students in the observation room looked on in shock as Izuku collided with the wall of the district, All Might had sent him flying far. Vlad King knew that they were going to be hard on these boys, but he still couldn't help the bile building up in his throat.
"Midoriya's not… dead… right?" Shoda asked with a slight tremor in his voice.
"His quirk increases his durability so… he should…. be fine…" Kendo sounded unconvinced even to herself.
"He's not dead." Aizawa answered, "This kid's skin is thicker than that, I thought you all would know that." They all can hear the sarcasm in his voice, but don't acknowledge it, they were too worried at the moment.
After all, All Might just pinned Bakugo…
…
A grin graced the Symbol of Peace's face as Bakugo tried to worm his way out of a metal fence that All Might had stuck into the ground on top of the boy, trapping him against the concrete. Even with all the explosions Bakugo was trying, he still wasn't able to get out.
It was almost like watching a rabid dog get locked up.
His massive form shifted to look around, Monoma and Todoroki had gone missing. "Trying to regroup, eh…?" How pathetic. Well it actually wasn't, in fact he was quite proud of his students, but he did have a part to play.
KRAKAKAKA
The sound of breaking glass came to his ears as ice shot out of an alley, one of Todoroki's glacier sized creations, and tried to overtake All Might. They succeeded in covering him, and most of the block, and Todoroki finally eased up a bit with a relieved sigh.
But then he heard the cracks.
The ice shifted and split, tearing and breaking, before Todoroki heard that damn laugh again.
"HAHAHA!" All Might flexed and the glacier came to pieces around them, like little snowflakes in winter.
With all the ice falling away, it let All Might see Young Todoroki's horrified face from the alley.
He pulled his arm back and was ready to let out a Texas Smash to knock the boy out, but that was when he saw a blonde figure in a suit in the corner of his eye, 'What's Young Monoma doing, charging me all by himself?'
The boy in the coattail jacket looked frightened, down right terrified to face All Might, but he was still doing so with all he had, and that was something All Might respected.
Monoma charged forward, that look of fright on his face slipping away as a smile came, but it wasn't one of his usual cocky grins, instead there was a genuine joyful smile on his face. 'Midoriya… thanks for this…'
It was something he'd been planning since school started, it was one of his original selfish reasons for befriending Midoriya. So he could use Midoriya's strength. But now, Midoriya… Izuku had become one of Monoma's most trusted friends, a person he could always rely on. To use his quirk was an honor, it meant something. Even if Superpower destroys his arm, he'd be happy to have finally assisted his friend in something.
Green sparks danced off of Monoma's body and his skin began to glow as he fueled his body with Midoriya's quirk, Superpower. All Might's eyes widened as the gears in his mind turned, realization kicking in. "Young Monoma, don't—"
But Monoma didn't listen, instead threw his arm forward with all of his might, with everything he had—
And nothing happened
'IT'S A BLANK!' Being unable to situate himself, he got back slapped by All Might, going flying and hitting with a crash into a storefront. Monona groaned and cried out in pain as discomfort and hurt shot through his back. The blonde forced himself to at least try to get up and saw a livid All Might stalking towards him.
The man had managed to rein in his shock and got back into character as soon as he could, he could save apologies for later.
Monoma chuckled, dragging a hand up to his face and swiping the blood off of it. "I guess this is it…"
Todoroki was still shell shocked that All Might had just flexed off being trapped head to toe in ice, Bakugo was much the same, as All Might had completely decimated the boy and trapped him, Shinso was still head first in a small crater, and none of them knew where Midoroya was. They had lost.
"We did our best…."
The pro raised a fist, his stern smile sending chills down Monoma's body as those blue eyes stared down at him as if he was a pebble, "Don't be disappointed Young Monoma, after all, what did you expect going up against the Symbol of Peace?"
Monoma chuckled, "I guess more than this…" He smirked and hung his head in shame, this was it.
And then the smell of ozone filled the air. The smell took over his sinuses and he heard it, the small little crackling, the sound of lightning, the sound of Full Cowling, and then he felt the thunder along with a yell. "ALL MIGHT!" He looked up, seeing Izuku descending from who knows where.
It made Monoma grin like a madman. "Midoriya my friend, you maniac!"
"STAY AWAY, FROM MY FRIENDS!" Izuku yelled as he soared down towards his favorite pro, his arm wrapped in green electricity, his teeth grit with incredible force. And then—
SNAP
A dam inside Izuku broke, and before his fist could collide with All Might, something exploded. Spikes, spires, whips, tendrils of darkness shot out of Izuku's arm, swirling around the fake city. Izuku yelled and never reached the ground as he was carried far into the sky. "GAAAAAH!"
Monoma froze, sat in the storefront, waiting for something to happen. For him to wake up from this horrible nightmare, but nothing was happening. He took a chance to glance at the downed Todoroki, and saw the same expression on the Son of Endeavor's face.
The classes froze as they watched what was happening on screen, "IZUKU!" Reiko yelled. Large tears in her eyes as the darkness spiraled around Izuku's form.
Vlad and Aizawa shared a look before Vlad slammed a hand down and yelled into the intercom, "MIDORIYA, CAN YOU HEAR ME-"
"GAHHH! CALM DOWN, I SAID CALM DOWN! WHY- WHY NOW, I'VE HAD CONTROL FOR MONTHS, I WAS DOING GREAT! WHAT'S GOING ON?!" His yells came through, all the students present felt horrible, they couldn't do anything.
Tetsu clenched a fist, his friend was suffering right now, could he go and help? He could! He was a hero in training after all, that was his duty! That's what he was supposed to do!
"Yanagi, it'll be okay, he'll be alright…" Kendo held her poltergeist friend as the girl reached for the screen that displayed Izuku's anguish, though it was clear that her words were not heard.
She could only pray as she watched on, hoping that he would be okay, but watching his face contort in pain only sent tremors through her body. This was a million times worse than his collapse after fighting Stain.
Aizawa could only watch in horror as well, feeling horrible for Midoriya. His hands reached up and curled around his capture-weapon, if anyone looked closer they would've noticed he was starting to stain the weapon red.
"Everyone stay here! We're going to go help him!" Vlad King yelled before smacking the comm again, "The exam is officially cance-"
"N-NO!" The pro paused, looking up to see Izuku's face on the camera, tears in his eyes, but a look of resolution on his face as he grit his teeth. "DO NOT END THIS EXAM!" The darkness spiraled and he was carried farther into the sky, far above his friends.
Vlad King cursed, he believed in his student, but he was also scared for him! "B-But–!"
"It's okay, Sekijiro-kun." Nezu's high pitched voice cut through the intense atmosphere in the air. "Let's see him rise to the occasion.
…
Monoma sucked in a breath before trying to let it out, but he couldn't, his breath was stuck in his throat and he felt like he was suffocating, Izuku soared higher and higher towards the heavens to a place that he couldn't reach.
"All this time… I've been obsessed with being the best, with being better than 1-A…" He clenched a fist as tears filled his eyes, "... now I realize that none of that crap matters!"
Monoma's voice carried through the street before he decked himself in the face. The class in the observation room yelped at the display but Monoma lifted his head, looking more focused than ever.
Blood leaked from his nose but he didn't care, "We need to help Midoriya right now!" He yelled before shooting to his feet.
All the while, Bakugo just stared on in confusion, because what the fuck was happening?! "God damn Deku, stealing my spotlight!" He yelled, trying to get up off of the ground.
All Might wasn't fairing much better, he didn't know how to help without injuring his protege, and his brain was still reeling from what was happening. What was going on with One For All?
Izuku cried, soaring farther and farther into the air, being whipped around like a deflating balloon as he crashed into buildings. Holding his arm he clenched his mouth shut, 'ONE FOR ALL!' His arm was burning, as these– these spires of darkness took hold of him, 'What's going on?!' Was this One For All? But how? This wasn't anything close to what the quirk was!
Todoroki ran by a shocked All Might, the pro was ready to intervene when his communication device beeped to life in his ear. "Leave it to them, All Might."
"N-Nezu…" All Might stammered, his eyes shining in worry as his student stood like a dying star in the center of the decaying street. "B-But Young Midoriya is–"
Nezu cut him off. "Let the boys handle it."
The device shuts off and All Might is left standing, shaking, praying for his student.
Shinso bolted up when he felt a sudden bit of frost on his neck, looking up to see a shaken Todoroki, "D-Did we win…?"
"The match is still going on, but we need to help Midoriya."
"What's up with him..?"
Todoroki simply pointed up, allowing Shinso to see a horrifying site. A goop of black in the sky, almost like a physical representation of anxiety of depression. "HE'S IN THAT?!"
"Yes, and we need to help him."
"Guys!" Monoma yelled as he skated to a stop near them. "I've got a plan."
Shinso pulled himself up with the assistance of the other two, "Then let's hear it."
Monoma pulled his sleeve up and revealed a green bracelet, one made of hair, after that he showed what that allows him to do by disconnecting his hand from his arm and leaving it floating in the air. "With this I should be able to get up to him." Then he grabs a hold of Shinso and copied Brainwashing once more. "With this hopefully I can knock him out, and I'm praying it'll have an effect on whatever the hell is happening."
"Alright." Todoroki nods. "I'll try to freeze the infrastructure around here to make it stable so nothing gets damaged or falls on top of us."
"And I'm going with you Monoma." Shinso states, a look of resolution on his face as he grips his scarf. "Midoriya…. he's a really good friend and I wanna help him."
Monoma's eyes widened a little before softening, "Then let's go." He points to the top of a nearby building, "Let's get up there, Todoroki, we'll meet you later and win this thing!"
Bakugo was still off to the side, stuck in the ground, his eyes bulging and teeth grinding as the other three break apart to save Deku from his own mess. "He got himself into that, he can get himself out!" He grits his teeth even harder and lets out large explosions towards the ground, forcing himself up despite being trapped. "I'M GONNA KICK ALL MIGHT'S ASS!"
The three boys heard the sound of familiar explosions before a guttural scream tore through the city. Todoroki sighed, at least Bakugo would serve as a distraction for them.
The dark star in the sky that had trapped Midoriya was still whipping around, shooting jagged spikes out and catching some of the buildings, cracking concrete off and sending debris sprawling everywhere. Todoroki did his best to catch any debris, shooting his ice across the testing ground and creating a sort of spider web to reinforce structures.
"I'll do the best I can." What he could do for now. He wanted to save, he wanted to help, winning didn't matter so much.
Monoma and Shinso found themselves on one of the rooftops nearest Izuku after flying and climbing up it respectively, hearing his screams made their hearts ache even more.
Izuku himself wasn't fairing well, his arm was burning up, and no matter what happened he couldn't control himself, or whatever was happening with One For All. The Exam hadn't been canceled yet so they still had a chance to pass, he just had to get a hang on this stupid thing!
"MIDORIYA!" Izuku flinched, tried to look down but found that he was floating with his toes up, instead he looked around and found his eyes landing on his friends nearby, Monoma and Shinso with looks of terror on their faces.
Monoma's upper body disconnected by the hips as he floated in place, Shinso wrapped him in his capture scarf before spinning in place, "Scarf Launch!"
Like a bullet, Monoma shot towards Izuku, cutting through the strands of the darkness around Izuku and cursing as some cut through his skin. "M-MONOMA-KUN!" Izuku yelled.
"I gotcha Midoriya!" Monoma latched a hand onto Izuku's shoulder and grinned, "Now, let's win this thing!"
Even if they had to face All Might, even if they had to fight an impossible foe that was leagues above them, Monoma knew they could do it. Because as long as he followed Midoriya then anything could happen.
Ever since the first day of school, he knew Midoriya was special, but now it was different. Midoriya was his best friend, his first ever friend, someone that didn't look down on him for being a copycat.
Midoriya…. Izuku was a truly great friend, and he would always stand by him.
A grimace came to Izuku's face as the quirk around them crescendoed but he grinned just like Monoma, maybe even more so. "ALRIGH—"
Brainwashing kicked in, and in a second it was like all the tendrils around Izuku were sucked into a vacuum, everything around him turned blank, it was like last time he was affected by the quirk, but slightly different.
The darkness around him was taking over, his vision was dark, he couldn't see.
All around him it was just a shadow.
"SNAP OUT OF IT WILL YA?!"
"Gah!" Izuku's eyes shot up, startling in fear as a bald man with goggles yelled at him. "Who are you?!" Izuku tried to talk, but found that his voice wouldn't escape his mouth, but that was because he didn't have a mouth.
The man chopped Izuku on the head, "You're going about it all wrong kid, Black Whip's controlled through emotion, you gotta keep yourself in check!"
Izuku stood still, his "mouth" still agape, "Who are you?!" He repeated in his head.
The man grunted and seemingly sensed his confusion, "Oh for the love of—" He chopped Izuku on the head again, "The name's Lariat, kid! I'm the fifth user of One For All!" The now-named Lariat announced, "But you can call me Daigoro, Daigoro Banjo."
Eyes shining in awe, Izuku looked at his… predecessor in admiration. Another user of One For All, communicating with him through the quirk. Just like when he was fighting against Shinso, just like his dream after Stain, but this time…
He was so close….
The man, Daigoro, clicked his tongue as he looked around, "Looks like my time's about to be up kid, be careful with Black Whip, you've got this!"
Izuku wanted to say something, even though he couldn't , wanted to know more about his predecessor and to know if he could tell him more about One For All and its secrets.
But before he knew it, his eyes were opening and he was sucking in air as consciousness returned to him. A pair of blue eyes with blonde hair was in front of him, shaking him as they landed on the ground, "MIDORIYA!"
"M-Monoma!"
Shinso jumped down from the rooftop, "JUMP TO THE ALLEY NOW!"
"WHA–"
"SMASH!"
The boys were sent tumbling back by a whirlwind of pure force, Bakugo went flying past them, obviously from one of All Might's signature attacks, Izuku glanced at his face while he passed by and saw him for just a moment. His eyes were completely rolled into the back of his head.
'He took out Kacchan…' Izuku thought to himself as he forced his body up.
Shinso grunted, "So… we're still not gonna give up, right?"
"I don't know the meaning of the phrase." Monoma grinned and rubbed his mouth with a fist.
"Neither do I…" Izuku forced himself to his feet, the sound of crackling glass told him that Todoroki had joined their side.
"Get up.." His monotone voice cut through as he helped Monoma and Shinso up.
The four stood side by side, Izuku's wrecked right glove hanging limply as he ran it across his face to get rid of some blood that littered him when Black Whip went haywire. All Might could only grin as he stood taller, having not used up any of his time today to give his students the best challenge he possibly could. And despite everything against them, they were doing the same.
Izuku crouched down, gritting his teeth as Monoma and Todoroki shared a fist bump, lightning danced off of him in waves as he increased his output, "Come on All Might!" He yelled as he felt his body strain, yet, he was still standing, with a crazy smile on his face. "Full Cowling: 20%!"
All Might laughed at the heroes, "Your fighting style primarily focuses on using quick attacks too fast for your opponents to see Young Midoriya!" The pro stopped his cackling and leveled Izuku with a piercing glare, "You don't have the strength to take me on, boy." He spat.
His opponent, Deku, could only grin in response, "No hero is a one trick pony All Might!"
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"Aizawa, did he just–"
"Shut it, Kan."
…
"LET'S DO THIS THING!" Izuku shot towards All Might like a bullet, landing with a foot on the pro's face. All Might whipped around, ready to punch, but encased in ice up on his sides from both Monoma and Todoroki.
"Even if you break out of it." Todoroki increased the ice and it crawled over All Might's entire body, Izuku upped his percentage and pushed further along with Monoma, "The rapid temperature change will surely have some effect on your body!"
Izuku grit his teeth as his power settled even higher than power, "COME ON, 25% SMASH!"
All Might's head jerked.
They could win.
All Might flexed off the ice and grabbed Izuku by the face, ready to throw him, but Izuku lifted his lower half up and wrapped them around the pro's arm. "TODOROKI, MONOMA!" Izuku used his entire body's power to keep All Might's arm straight.
Monoma spawned as much ice as he could and sent ice All Might's way, flames crawled up Todoroki's skin and shot towards All Might, 'The rapid change in temperature should create—'
BOOOOM
'An explosion!'
All Might winced, his sight obscured and his ears ringing, 'He recreated that attack from the Sports Festival, but on a much smaller scale!' Impressive, the students truly were impressive!
All Might's vision cleared just a tad, and he got ready to pull out a Detroit Smash, even if Young Midoriya was clutching onto his arm. But a surprising voice cut through the air.
"GO TO HELL ALL MIGHT!" Bakugo came through the air, sailing on his explosions before flipping around mid air to throw an explosion towards All Might.
The pro himself grinned, before forcibly ripping Izuku off of his arm and throwing him backwards.
The pro braced himself as Bakugo sent an explosion All Might's way, however it did nothing to the man as he came out of it unscathed. Stepping out of the dust with a menacing smile that actually sent shivers down Bakugo's spine.
All Might's attention and focus on Bakugo was exploited by Monoma as he came out of nowhere and hit All Might in the eyes with Todoroki's fire. "Gah!" All Might yelled and covered his eyes, the damage actually hurt since it had targeted a vulnerable area that was easily exploitable.
With his messy vision, the pro tried to punch Monoma, however he couldn't bring his arm forward, feeling something holding onto it tight. He turned around and could barely make out the figure of his student, Midoriya, using his new ability to hold All Might's arm in place. 'He's using that thing already?!'
Izuku's teeth were clenching, his eyes shaking with adrenaline, "WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU DOWN!" He held on for a moment before feeling a strange snap, as if he had pulled a muscle, but it was with his entire body.
His body froze, but still managed to give his teammates enough time to attack All Might.
Monoma ducked under All Might's arm and let out as big of an explosion, courtesy of Bakugo, as he could on the man's legs, sending his limbs flying back and causing him to fall forward as he lost his footing, Monoma jumped backwards using Explosion before yelling, "TODOROKI!"
All Might didn't get to do anything but only turn around mid air, expecting an attack and seeing his star pupil soaring down to attack him, "PREDICTABLE—" He was cut off as he was hidden under a layer of ice by Todoroki.
Izuku sneered as he lifted one of his legs up, "MANCHESTER–" He increased the power of One For All to 25% once more, " – SMASH!" Ice and steam kicked up and spread apart like a plague around the block, Izuku leapt back towards his friends and gasped for breath.
From the steam, stood All Might, all the boys held their tongues, Bakugo growling as the Number One Hero smiled threateningly, "HAHAHA!" The laugh was too taunting to be endearing at the moment. "Truly impressive young heroes, but you're almost out of time!"
They all flinched, with flames coming off of Todoroki, electricity coming off of Izuku, and Bakugo was popping explosions, they didn't want to lose.
"So, just give it up boys!" All Might threatened.
"Like HELL All Might!"
The pro froze, not because of the words, but because of who said it: Izuku.
His precious student would never let out such crude words !"Y-Young Midoriya—-"
All Might's voice cut out, and Shinso let out a breath of relief from beneath his capture scarf and mask, "Gotcha….. you hacked asshole."
Izuku's eyes widened and he grinned under his mask before hooking an arm around Shinso's neck, Monoma socked his insomniac friend on the arm. "You did it, Shinso! You used the modulator!"
Shinso sighed and removed Izuku's arm from around him, "You didn't make it easy, Midoriya, but yeah I figured it out." He took the mask off and grinned, "Now, let's cuff this guy up."
"Oh." Todoroki mumbled, a capture cuff around him and All Might, "I took care of it cause you guys were taking too long."
It looked like…
"HEROES WIN!"
…
His hands were twitching, he was so useless, hadn't been able to do anything.
"Shinso, that mask really came in useful!"
"Neito-kun, I told ya my quirk would help!"
That stupid Gen-Ed bastard had done better than him, that damn Copycat had done better than him! It made him so fuckin angry!
"Todoroki, you really made good use of your fire out there!"
And there was Ponytail's annoying ass voice! There was stupid fucking IcyHot too! The monotone asshole had completely shown him up! But that wasn't the worst, no. Because fucking–
"Midoriya, that was fucking awesome! You decked All Might. ALL MIGHT!"
Everyone continued congratulating the group, though no one came towards Bakugo, the blond would blow a fuse if anyone approached him right now and they all knew it.
"HAHAHA! My students truly did a superb job in detaining me." All Might managed to distract everyone from Bakugo's silent implosion, "I'm sad to say that I must depart, but let it be known that I believe Young Shinso will be a shoe in for the hero course!"
The insomniac gripped the capture scarf gifted to him by Aizawa, feeling a bulge of pride blooming in his chest at being praised by the Number One Hero. He stumbled slightly when Monoma slugged him on the arm, but he couldn't keep the smile off of his face.
"Told you, Hive."
"You sure did, Thief."
Members of their friend group congratulated Shinso, though everyone in the room noticed the tension between Kan And Aizawa.
"All I'm saying is that he already has friends in 1-B that he pairs well with, why split them up?"
"And all I'm saying is that he's my student who is learning how to use my capture weapon, something that you won't be able to help teach him about."
"Why you!"
"Bring it."
"Now now boys." Midnight and Present Mic laughed at the two as they were reprimanded by Nezu like the student's frustration and stress ebbed away, leaving them with nothing but joy that exams were finally finished.
"Izuku!" Reiko's voice called out to Izuku, and the boy pulled his respirator and mask off. His face was covered in sweat, and even a little bit of blood, the sideways glances the students gave All Might as he left showed the responsible party for that.
The ghost girl grabbed Izuku by the head and made him look down before grabbing a towel from her first-aid supplies and wiping the blood and sweat away. Izuku couldn't help but smile to himself as she mushed his cheeks together to get a particularly rough patch of blood on his lower jaw. "Twank yo."
His ears were blessed with a little giggle, "It's certainly not fair that you can act so casually after giving us all such a fright." Reiko pulled her hands back and placed a hand on his chest, "I was so frightened by that… thing that came out of you."
"Yes, Young Midoriya." Nezu's squeaky voice cut through the crowd, silencing all conversation as he stepped forward, "Please, do tell me what happened with your quirk during the exam."
Izuku paused and lifted his wrecked glove up, the remains of Hatsume's creation dangled off of his forearm, "It's called… Black Whip…"
"Black Whip, you already named that thing, kid?" Vlad King asked.
Izuku locked up, "I-It just kinda came to mind, ya know?" Izuku stuttered out.
"Hm." Aizawa grunted, "Do you know what it is?"
Izuku let out a small gulp, wondering how he would get out of this. "W-Well…." He rubbed his neck with a hand, "My best theory is that… it's the energy used for my quirk given a physical form? Kinda like the lightning I have."
"A very good theory, Young Midoriya." Nezu squeaked. "We will have to make sure to cultivate that power well at the upcoming summer camp."
"Summer camp…?" Kendo wondered.
"Don't worry about that for now, Ken-bro-do, after all school's finally out!"
"First off, never call me that again, second, you're right we should relax."
The students looked at the staff with eyes of hope. Nezu sighed, "You all will be released in a moment, however first we must announce those who did not pass.
"Honenuki Juzo, Nirengeki Shoda, Mezo Shoji, Mashirao Ojiro, Rikido Sato, and Katsuki Bakugo have failed the practical portion of their entrance exam and will be having remedial lessons over summer break."
One team who had entirely failed and two additional students from separate teams.
"THAT'S BULLSHIT!" Bakugo stormed to the front, his silent fuming finally blowing up, standing over Nezu with explosions popping in his hands, "ALL MIGHT LOST, WE WON, WHY DID I FAIL?!"
"Because Bakugo." Aizawa stepped up, "The test was meant to gauge your combat abilities and teamwork skills, the latter half of which you utterly failed."
The students took a step back as they heard Bakugo audibly growl. The teachers could only sigh at the reaction. Vlad glanced at his own class, "You all are free to go back to class, make sure to change back into your normal school uniforms."
"Class A, follow suit with Class B."
"YES SIRS!"
"Bakugo, stay here." Aizawa looked tired, but the students didn't know what would happen with the blond.
…
Izuku let out a sigh and banged his head softly against his locker, his muscles ached, his brain was hurting, and his arm was quite literally burning. Today had been way too exhausting for his liking.
"You good there, rep?" Awase asked as the rest of the boys were close to being changed.
He nudged his head against the locker in response, doing his best to nod, "Yeah, just tired…"
Tetsu grinned, "I get what ya mean, but at least we've got a bit of a break before the summer camp!"
Izuku squared his shoulders and tried to stand straight. He felt a jolt of pain but relaxed, "Yeah, you're right Tetsu-kun." Izuku buttoned up his dress shirt but left the coat and tie off, his shoulders felt much too heavy at this point.
The boys of Class B made their way to the homeroom, Izuku slid the door open to see the girls were already there. Setsuna let out a cheer and the class celebrated their 90% pass rate.
Everyone was sore and in pain, but they were also more than happy. Overjoyed.
They even managed to find Shinso and rope him into their celebrations.
Izuku was happy despite all his troubles with One For All, but maybe just for once he could save his worry for another day…
"Midoriya, I'm gonna go get some water real quick!" Monoma called out with a bottle in hand.
"Got it, Monoma-kun, don't be too long!"
Monoma went out of the class and couldn't let the grin off of his face. He was glad that he was finally able to help Midoriya today. "Maybe I can help him experiment with that new part of his quirk, but… it was a blank so probably not."
"What's a blank, Neito-kun?"
"GAH!" The blond whipped around to see Setsuna behind him, a grin on her face and her hands behind her back, "You little—"
"I'm gonna cut to the chase."
"Huh?"
Setsuna stepped into his personal space and looked up at him, "Tomorrow, four o' clock, you and me, Kiyashi shopping mall. Are you in or not?"
Monoma blushed as he looked down at her, his water bottle slipped out of his hand and clacked onto the floor. His brain stopped short and he couldn't find an answer for such a simple question,"I- yeah, I'm in."
"Good." Setsuna grinned and stood on the tips of her toes before reaching out with her lips.
She gave him a peck on the cheek.
As Setsuna walked away there was only one thought going throughout his brain, 'I'm going to need help… I wonder if Midoriya's ever been on a date.'
END
I could just not make the fight scene work, but this is the end result. I know the ending is weird but I'd rather it end now than have it stretch on for even longer.
Monoma and Setsuna are sailing, their date is at Kiyashi, I wonder what else happens there?
Most of the fails are from Class 1-A just like in canon, however this time Bakugo is among them. Shinso is officially in the hero course now and will be placed in one of the hero classes, would someone want him to replace a current member, like Mineta or Ojiro, or just be added onto the current roster of hero course students.
Finally, Black Whip has manifested! It's much earlier than canon, but Izuku has already used 20% of One For All and has adjusted faster than he has in canon due to his accelerated teaching.
Can't wait to see him use that!
If any of you have any recommendations for either I-Island or the Training Camp let me know, the next chapter won't be I-Island right away we're going to have an intermediate chapter so that will give me time to let the story breath.
Also, something about Deku's hero name is going to come up next chapter or the one after that, stay tuned for it!
Jay out!