Chapter 59
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Master Criminal]
Inside the bar at the Kamino ward, Tomura, Kurogiri and the Figure were alone, as the other members of the League went off to do their own things. The warpgate Villain had allowed them to leave, but only through his quirk, and not the normal exit. When they are needed for the upcoming big mission, they will be informed by the Figure. Until then, they could do what they wanted, so long as they weren't traced back to this location.
Tomura was deep in his thoughts, before he smiled under the hand covering his face. He got up and then decided to go for a walk. Unlike the other League members, he knew the area as much as he knew video game terminology, which was to an extreme degree. That meant that he knew where he could and couldn't go and he could leave through the entrance to walk around the maze of alleyways in between the buildings that neighbored the abandoned bar.
When the League Leader left, Kurogiri looked at the contents on the table that were left by the young leader and saw a deck of cards, as well as three pictures of certain people. He spoke out loud as he described the first picture. "Izuku Midoriya. Quirkless until middle school, when he suddenly manifested a power. After enrolling at U.A. High, he distinguished himself by finishing at the top eight at their world famous sports festival. Then, during the Hosu incident, he and his friends fought the Hero Killer Stain, and won the first bout. Afterward, the Hero Killer chose to save the child's life. Izuku Midoriya was acknowledged by Stain, the man seeking out true Heroes as worthy. He judged Tomura Shigaraki quite differently."
The Figure then spoke up next. "Don't forget about Sora."
"How could I not?" Kurogiri replied. "Publicly, his early life is an enigma, but all that is known about him is that he's a foreigner born with a summoning quirk. His personality is almost a direct parallel to All Might, in positivity and confidence, and he has the combat prowess to prove it, fighting against Tomura Shigaraki and myself at U.S.J. attack, reaching second place in the sports festival and defeating an empowered Hero Killer Stain all by himself."
"Until I filled in the blanks for you." The hooded League member pointed out. "Not originating from this world and inheriting a power in the form of a Keyblade, simply because he had another wielder's heart slumber within him. He went on to save many worlds, until he lost most of his strength coming here. Now he works to rebuild his strength and eventually save this world too. At least, until he knows I'm here. Then I know his priorities will shift."
Outside the bar in the maze of alleyways, Tomura said out loud to himself "Just picture it. A world without the symbol of peace. I'll show society just how fragile their sense of safety is." And with that, he continued his walk, knowing full well what his conviction is and knowing how he was going to achieve this goal he strived for.
[Silence]
Elsewhere, in Mustafa. Izuku and Sora were both in the Midoriya residence. Izuku himself was in his room, lifting some weights as training, because that's just what he does. He had a small towel around his shoulders as he was sweating from his workout. When he finally finished his reps, he took a breath.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Anguish of the Quirkless]
On his computer monitor, a video played, and a man spoke up in it. "Who is he? The guy's already saved a hundred people at least, and it hasn't even been ten minutes! This is...this is crazy! I can't believe it!"
Another person spoke up. "Look! He's got more!"
Then came the man responsible on the video holding more civilians in his arms and over his back laughing confidently before he spoke up. "FEAR NOT CITIZENS! HOPE HAS ARRIVED! BECAUSE I AM HERE!"
Izuku looked at the video and simply said "Thanks All Might." Before he looked down to his hand and looked back on how he came to be like this.
[Play KH3 OST Destiny's Union Piano Ver. -cutscene-]
Sora was out in the kitchen area with Inko, as she was teaching him how to make a few japanese dishes that he was curious to learn about. He's cooked for the family before and there was a cookbook that he followed, but Sora had already done every recipe inside it, and there were still plenty more dishes that he could learn how to make. Since the Midoriya mother had the day off, and it had been a few weeks since the incident at I-Island, the Keyblade wielder figured he'd try to learn how to make a few more dishes from her.
Inko, while not a professional, still knew how to make a few dishes that weren't in the cookbook. While she at first wondered why Sora wanted to learn more recipes from her and not through something more reliable like the internet, she accepted Sora's request to teach him how to cook a few more dishes, seeing it as a good way to spend time with the boy that she, at this point, considered a second son, thanks to not only him living with her and her biological son, but thanks to him also looking out for Izuku, easing her worries over him as the boys were in the Hero Course together, and just acting like a big brother to the young Midoriya, which made both him and Inko happy.
Sora caught on quickly to the Midoriya mother's instructions, and after a short while, the Keyblade wielder had made some Grilled Unagi. After personally taste testing the dish, Inko dubbed his result as a great success. And soon after, the pair called Izuku down to have some as well, to which he accepted as he needed the food after his workout, especially the meat.
After the three finished the meal, Inko cleaned up the dishes while Izuku and Sora had finished up the last of their current summer homework together. Before the boys could go off to do their own things however, they heard the doorbell to their residence ring, and they both wondered who could be there. Izuku was the first one to the door, while Sora was right behind them and they opened it up to see who was there.
[Silence]
Both boys recognized who was there and Midoriya spoke up. "Mineta, Kaminari."
"Hey guys." Sora greeted them.
"Heyo Midoriya, Sora." Denki replied to them.
"Come to the pool with us." Minoru offered the pair.
"The pool?" Both residents repeated.
"Yeah." Kaminari confirmed. "Some fun before the training camp."
"We'll get in some solid laughs." Mineta said with a thumbs up.
Izuku was just silent, unsure of what to say, but Sora had a skeptical look on his face as he asked. "What are you planning?"
"Wow." Denki replied. "Can't you cut us some slack? It really is just to chill and have fun before the camp starts."
"I was mainly talking to Minoru, but if you're serious..." Sora began before he was interrupted.
"If I was planning something, why the heck would I invite you and run the risk of ruining said plan?" Mineta pointed out.
"Hmm...that actually is a good point." The Keyblade wielder conceded. "Alright. Sure, why not? We don't have any plans. Is anyone else coming?"
"Only whoever you invite from 1-A." Kaminari told him.
"Sweet." Sora said. "Where to?"
"U.A. has a pool and we turned in a form that requested that we use it." Minoru explained.
"We'll head there and see if we got permission." Denki stated. "I'm pretty sure we do though. We turned in the form a few days ago."
After that explanation was given, Midoriya and Sora both informed Inko of what they were going to do and where they were going, then they both got on a pair of shoes and set off with Kaminari and Mineta.
Over at U.A. High, Aizawa and Vlad King were in the teachers lounge and the 1-A homeroom teacher spoke to his fellow instructor. "Vlad. We have to increase each of the students' quirks this summer."
"Agreed." The 1-B homeroom teacher replied. "Why don't you start by giving me a rundown of all of class 1-A's abilities."
"If I must." Aizawa complied. He then began to list off his classmates and their abilities.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST We Are Fu#king Superstar]
"Let's start with Yuga Aoyama. His quirk is 'Naval Laser'. It's...basically a belly button laser."
"Then we have Mina Ashido. Quirk, 'Acid'. She secretes a corrosive substance that melts targets."
"Tsuyu Asui. Her Quirk is 'Frog', and she can do pretty much everything a frog can."
"Tenya Iida is the class rep. Quirk, 'Engine'. The engines in his calves grant him superspeed."
"There's Ochako Uraraka. Her quirk, 'Zero Gravity'. She can make anything she touches weightless."
"Mashirao Ojiro. His quirk is called 'tail'. He can manipulate his tail as if it were an arm or leg."
"Moving on to Denki Kaminari. Quirk, 'electrification.' He discharges built up electricity from his body."
"The red spiky haired one is Ejiro Kisirhima. Quirk, 'hardening'. He can make his entire body stone-like."
"Koji Koda is the quiet type. Though his quirk is 'Anivoice'. He uses it to control animals and insects, but it can't affect humans."
"Rikido Sato is strong. Quirk 'Sugar Rush'. He turns the sugar stored in his body into pure power."
"Then we have Mezo Shoji. His quirk is 'Dupli-Arms'. He can make other body parts appear on the tips of his tentacles."
"Kyouka Jiro. Her quirk is called 'Earphone Jack'. Using the retractable plugs on her earlobes, she can distinguish between even the quietest of sounds, plus she can use the speakers on her legs to create devastating sonic bursts."
"Hanta Sero has a Quirk named 'Tape'. It has many uses. He can shoot sticky tape from his elbows and use it to apprehend his opponents, or simply to swing around through the air."
"Fumikage Tokoyami. Quirk, 'Dark Shadow'. He commands a devastating bird-like shadow that gets wilder when there's no light."
"Endeavor's son, Shoto Todoroki. His quirk is 'Half Cold Half Hot'. He can emit Ice from the right side of his body and flames from the left."
"The Stealth Hero, Toru Hagakure. Her quirk, 'Invisibility'. She's...invisible."
"The Sports Festival winner, Katsuki Bakugo. Quirk, 'Explosion'. He sweats a nitroglycerin-like substance and makes it blow up."
"Of course there's Izuku Midoriya. His quirk is 'Superpower'. He can increase the power and physical abilities of isolated appendages or his entire body."
He sighed at the next one. "Minoru Mineta. His quirk, 'Pop Off'. The balls he pulls off his head can stick to anything, though he himself bounces off them."
"Finally, there's Momo Yaoyorozu. Her quirk is 'Creation'. She can create any nonliving thing with the lipids in her body."
"And while Sora is a member of class 1-A, I don't need to go over his abilities with you, seeing as we've both seen what he can do and already know what he's about."
[Silence]
"And that's it." Aizawa stated. "We should also go over class 1-B's quirks." Before they could go on however, they heard the door to the room open and the pair looked to see who came in.
Denki, Minoru, Izuku and Sora walked in and Mineta spoke up. "Excuse us."
"Yes? What is it?" Vlad King wondered what the four of them wanted.
"Sorry to interrupt. We were wondering about the form we turned in a few days ago." Kaminari told them. "About the pool?"
"Oh." Aizawa knew about that. "The school has granted you permission." The four students smiled at that as he continued. "You're allowed to use the pool until 5:00 PM."
"Thanks!" Denki said as he bowed.
"You won't regret this sir." Minoru said as he bowed as well, followed shortly by the other two boys.
"You said you wanted to use the pool for endurance training, correct?" The 1-A homeroom teacher remembered. "Make the time count."
"Right!" All four of the boys said in unison, before they left the room.
The two Homeroom teachers then went back to what they were talking about. "Ok. I'll go over Class 1-B's quirks then." Now it was his turn to list off his students' abilities.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Obstacle Course]
"First there's Yosetsu Awase. His quirk is 'Weld'. He can fuse any objects he is currently touching to either himself or whatever else he's touching to a molecular level."
"Next is Sen Kaibara. Quirk, 'Gyrate'. He can make any part of his body, preferably his arms and legs rotate like a drill."
"Togaru Kamakiri's quirk, 'Razor Sharp' lets him produce large blades anywhere on his body."
"Shihai Kuroiro has a quirk called 'Black'. It lets him merge his body into anything that's dark in color."
"The class rep of 1-B, Itsuka Kendo. Quirk, 'Big Fist'. As the name implies, her hands can grow and give her enhanced striking power."
"Yui Kodai's quirk is 'Size'. She can alter the size of nonliving objects she's touched."
"Then there's Kinoko Komori. Her quirk 'Mushroom' allows her to spread any type of fungus from her body."
"One of the top 8 in the Sports Festival, Ibara Shiozaki. Quirk, 'Vines'. She has vines for hair that she can manipulate however she wants."
"Jurota Shishida's quirk 'Beast' turns him into...well...a beast."
"Up next is Nirengeki Shoda. His quirk is 'Twin Impact'. When he strikes a target, he can remotely make the point of contact experience a second impact."
"The American student, Pony Tsunotori. Her quirk is 'Horn canon'. The horns on her head can be launched and controlled, while a new pair grows back almost immediately."
"Kosei Tsuburaba's quirk 'Solid Air' allows him to make solidified air come out of his mouth."
"Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, another 1-B classmate who made it to the one on one finals. His quirk, 'Steel' allows him to make himself as hard as steel."
"Setsuna Tokage. Quirk, 'Lizard Tail Splitter'. She can split her body into many pieces and use them freely through the air. If any get damaged, they regenerate."
"Manga Fukidaishi's quirk 'Comic' allows him to materialize words in midair by speaking them through his text bubble head."
"Next is Juzo Honenuki. His quirk is 'Softening' and as the name implies, he can soften any surface he comes into contact with."
"Kojiro Bondo has a quirk called 'Cemendine' and it lets him spray a glue-like substance from the holes on his face."
He sighed at the next one. "Neito Monoma. Despite his superiority complex weighing him down, his 'Copy' quirk is extremely good, allowing him to copy up to three quirks and use them for at least a minute."
"Next is Reiko Yanagi. Quirk, 'Poltergeist'. She can telekinetically control objects close to her vicinity."
"And last, but not least is Hiriyu Rin. Quirk, 'Scales.' He can sprout scales from his body that act as a defensive layer of armor."
[Silence]
"Now that we've gone over the quirks, we need to come up with exercises in the camp that would help each individual with improving their quirk in the shortest amount of time." Vlad stated.
"Agreed." Aizawa replied. "I've got some ideas for a few of my students."
"As do I, with some of my own." Vlad said.
Inside the boy's locker room, the four 1-A boys had finished getting into their swimsuits and Midoriya commented on the reason that they were here. "So, we're using the pool to improve our stamina. That's a great idea, Mineta. Plus if we're at school, we can use our quirks. It'll be the perfect way to train."
"I gotta admit. That was actually a really smart move. Good going, you two." Sora complimented.
Both boys took those compliments in stride and Kaminari spoke up. "Just what you'd expect from us Heroes."
"You know what we're gonna do! Go beyond, PLUS ULTRA!" Mineta announced.
"ULTRA!" Both Sora and Izuku joined in on the hype.
While the two of them walked over towards the entrance to the pool, they were soon overtaken by Denki and Minoru, who ran out the entrance. "Guess they're excited to go swim." Sora commented.
Then he heard a voice. "There you are slow pokes." It was Tenya, who was also there, along with all of the other male classmates of 1-A.
"No no no! What are you guys doing here!?" Mineta questioned.
"Since we're doing endurance training at the pool, I messaged everyone to see if they wanted to come with us." Midoriya stated.
"You did what?!" Kaminari exclaimed.
"It's only fair." Sora told them.
"Now all our plans are ruined." Denki mumbled.
"Don't lose hope yet." Minoru whispered to him. "There will definitely be girls splashing around the water."
The two then looked around to see if they were correct. And to their surprise, they were. At least halfway. The 1-A girls were there, but in a uniform costume and they were all just doing stretches near the edge of the pool. "Oh hey. Hi Mineta." Tsuyu noticed them.
"I didn't know you guys would be here." Kyouka commented.
"You know, those school suits are still pretty hot." Mineta said as he looked at the girls.
Kaminari and Sora both heard that and glared at him, but for completely different reasons. The Keyblade wielder was annoyed that Minoru was ogling at the girls, while Denki was annoyed at how low his fellow woman appreciator's standards were with swimsuits.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Heroic Fighting Battle Song]
"Kaminari. Mineta. Nice work." Iida complimented the pair. "I'm proud of you for suggesting more training. You're an asset to our class. Let me thank you. Now, don't just sit there. It's time to come sweat with us!" He grabbed the pair and brought them over to the rest of the boys. As the two of them complained that 'This wasn't part of the plan.' the training that Tenya had planned for them had begun.
First off was multiple sets of explosive squat jumps in the shallow section of the pool. You kept going until you couldn't anymore. Most of the male students couldn't last long, and it ended up being a competition between Tenya, Izuku, Katsuki, and Sora. Midoriya was the first one to get eliminated out of the four, with Bakugo losing after him. However, he was only one squat away from drawing with Iida, who was the second to last one to make it through. Sora kept going for a bit before he finally gave out.
The next exercise for the boys was getting out of the pool only to get in it again. These jump outs were simple yet effective, but that didn't stop them from being difficult for most members of the class. Ejiro, Izuku, Katsuki, Mezo, Mashirao and Sora were the last ones left, but soon after Ojiro and Kirishima gave out, Midoriya followed suit, then Shoji right after. It was between Bakugo and Sora, but in the end, the explosive teen couldn't keep going, in spite of him saying he could, and he lost to the Keyblade wielder again in the training exercise.
Next up was water jogging, which as the name implied was jogging while your legs were submerged in water. Most of the students lasted for a while, but eventually started to drop out one by one. The last few in the group were Tenya, Izuku, Ejiro, Katsuki, Rikido, and surprisingly Shoto, as well as Sora, of course. The group kept at it and soon enough, Todoroki faltered. Sato and Kirishima dropped out soon after, and eventually Midoriya followed suit. After another while, the three left kept going, until both Iida and Katsuki faltered, finally giving out, leaving Sora to once again win this unintentional competition.
The class was starting to question how the heck Sora can manage so well in the water, and the boy explained to them "I grew up on a shoreline. I regularly swam and dived in the ocean with normal clothes on. Swimming in a pool in a lightweight swimsuit is easy for me."
[Silence]
At the end of the training, the boys got out of the pool and the girls went in. The six of them had brought in a beach ball and had just decided to bounce it around towards each other.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Heights Alliance]
As the girls laughed and played in the pool together, Tenya spoke up. "Alright. Let's take a fifteen minute breather." The class rep brought out a cooler. "I brought these for everyone. Please drink up." The cooler was filled with ice and orange soda.
"Nice!" Rikido exclaimed.
"Thanks a lot class rep!" Mashirao told Iida.
"This is just what I needed." Hanta said as he took one along with most of the other male classmates.
As Denki chugged a soda down, he questioned the female student's activities. "Why do the girls get to play around instead?"
"They got permission to use the pool so they can goof off." Minoru explained. "Can you believe it?"
"You idiot." Kaminari said. "Why did you make our application for endurance training?"
"Sure! Blame me! I didn't hear you make any suggestions!" Mineta argued.
"Looks like you've been working out." Mezo commented on Ojiro's physique as he had some more muscle on him.
"I'm practically living at the gym." Mashirao stated. "It's been kind of nice actually."
"We must all remain focused." Fumikage said.
Sora had taken one of the sodas and was close to finishing it. He walked over to the girls as Mina missed the ball coming for her and it flew towards the boy. He caught it and brought it back over to them, before commenting. "It looks like you're having fun."
"Yeah." Ochako replied.
"Loads." Toru added.
"It's nice." Momo commented. "So you were invited to the endurance training?"
"Yeah. Denki and Minoru asked me and Izuku to come along." Sora told the girls as he sat on the edge of the pool nearby them. "Oh. Hope you don't mind me here."
"Not at all." Yaoyorozu replied before she noticed something. "Though Sora, I must say, I'm surprised that you're not in a swimsuit similar to ours, considering your...well..."
"Scars?" Sora finished for her. "The teachers suggested that I did, but I told them that it would just draw attention to me either way. Plus, I'm not ashamed to show them off or talk about them."
The other girls who had actually never seen Sora shirtless before were able to understand what Momo was talking about as they took a good look at the boy's upper body and noticed his battle damage. However, they also noticed that under that damage, was a very toned and fit body, which sent mixed signals to most of them.
"I-I...guess that makes sense." Hagakure replied, starting to understand how the boys felt around her in her Hero costume at that moment.
"I can see that, Ribbit." Asui commented, feeling a little bit flustered.
"Yeah! Show that body off!" Ashido cheered, having already experienced this before back at Kiyashi, and being fine with it.
"I mean...i-if you're okay with it. It's your choice." Jiro said, with her cheeks slightly red as she had a face that made her look like she didn't care.
"There's no shame in that I guess." Yaoyorozu understood, maintaining a composed look, minus her cheeks slightly changing to a redder shade.
"Good on you." Uraraka supported his reasoning, feeling indifferent towards her friend.
Sora chuckled and rubbed the back of his head before he finished up his orange soda. "Well. It was nice chatting with you. I'll let you go back to your pool time."
"Wait!" Mina called out, which caused Sora to stop. "I just had an idea. I couldn't help but notice how good you were in the water."
"Well...I grew up on a shoreline. The ocean was my swimming pool back in the day." Sora reminded the girls.
"So then you wouldn't mind a little bit of 'endurance training' against Tsu then, huh?" Ashido suggested.
"Huh?" Both Asui and Sora replied in unison.
"Come on. It'll be easy. Just do something like...holding your breath underwater for as long as you can. Or swim laps until you can't anymore. Something like that." Mina said
"Against Tsu though?" Ochako protested.
"Yeah, isn't that a little unfair?" Kyouka questioned.
"Hey Tenya!" Sora called out to the class rep. "The girls suggested something that might be a good training thing!"
[Silence]
"Oh?! Excellent! What was the idea?!" Iida wondered.
"They said that we all hold our breath under the water and see how long we all last!" The Keyblade wielder said. "Whoever loses swims a lap!"
"Ah! That's a good idea!" The class rep agreed with that. "We can see how well each of our lung capacities are! Thank you for the suggestion, girls!"
"Hold on!" Mina shouted out. "I meant for it to be just Tsu and Sora! Not the whole class!"
"Wait, Tsu vs Sora in a breath holding contest underwater?!" Sero realized.
"What? Isn't that unfair, considering she's part frog?!" Sato questioned.
"That's what we said!" Both Uraraka and Jiro said
"I'm still down to try it!" Sora told them all. "I just figured that we could test the whole class!"
After a bit of back and forth, everyone eventually got back into the water and they all got ready to submerge themselves together. "On the count of three. Okay?" Iida told them all before he began the count. "One..." They all prepared themselves mentally. "Two..." Everyone prepared themselves physically. "Three!" Everyone took a deep breath and submerged themselves.
[Play KH2.5 Remix OST Cloudchasers]
Everyone who could open their eyes did, and they could see that everyone was underwater, either concentrating on keeping their breath held or looking at the others holding their breath, seeing if they could guess who was going to go first. It stayed like that for about thirty seconds, before the first person finally went up for air. It was Yuga. With him being the first eliminated. There were twenty more left to go.
Another twenty seconds had passed and Denki was the next one to go up, followed shortly by Tokoyami. At this point, a few faces were starting to turn blue, but they didn't want to take a lap. However, they weren't going to drown over it and Mina, Minoru and Hanta went up for air.
Another fifteen seconds went by and Jiro gave in, going up for air. Five seconds after that, Rikido followed suit. Then Shoto and Toru right after that. Another ten seconds passed and Mashirao went up to breathe. It was now down to ten people, and all of them weren't backing down yet.
Another twenty seconds passed and Koji needed to breathe, being the first of the last ten to go up for air. After another ten seconds, Momo followed suit. Then after another ten seconds, Tenya went up to breathe. He also instructed the losers to start their lap in the center area of the pool, so they don't accidentally sabotage the last seven left in the water.
As the students above the water started their laps across the pool and back, one more person went up for air, and that was Ejiro, finally giving in, despite wanting to make it into the top five. Another ten seconds passed and Izuku came out of the water. Now that it was down to the top five, the students could only wonder who was going to come out in second place, because they knew that nobody here was going to beat Asui.
Another thirty seconds had passed and Ochako came out of the water, feeling a bit proud that she made it to the top five, but also sad that she couldn't last longer, in spite of her lasting two and a half minutes. After another twenty seconds, Shoji popped out, needing to breathe after staying underwater for almost three minutes.
After another ten seconds, Katsuki's face was blue, but he had a stubborn expression. He was not going to allow himself to lose to Sora again at this pool, and both Sora and Tsuyu had a feeling that he would probably risk drowning himself to do so. Luckily for them, Bakugo wasn't that stubborn and when he opened his mouth under the water to breathe, he swam up for air before he could drown. Once he got oxygen in his lungs again, he screamed out "DAAAAAMN IIIIIIIT!"
Another sixty seconds had passed and neither Sora, nor Asui showed signs of coming up for air. Some of the class was concerned, and looked to see if Sora was okay, but when Mezo stuck one of his eye tentacles under the water, he was surprised to see that the Keyblade wielder was completely fine, even waving at the tentacle in a friendly manner under the water. "He's completely fine." Shoji told the class. "It's like he's not even close to being out of breath yet."
"Seriously?" Mina questioned.
"How?" Mineta asked.
"Hey! Some of you haven't done your lap yet!" Tenya spoke up to them. "You can talk after you've done your lap."
[Silence]
After everyone finished their lap the class waited for Sora to come up, but he never did. After another five minutes of nothing, the students above the water were getting concerned again and then Mezo stuck an eye tentacle in the water again. This time though, he was even more surprised.
[Play KH Re:Coded OST Destiny Islands]
He saw Sora and Asui still under the water, but now they were playing rock paper scissors under the water. He saw that Sora lost and then he began to take a swim around the perimeter of the pool, giving a thumbs up to the tentacle as he swam by it under the water. "Are you kidding me?" Shoji said. "They're playing rock paper scissors under there now, and it looks like whoever loses it has to swim a lap around the edge of the pool."
"Excuse me?!" Ashido exclaimed as she and a few other students stuck their heads under the water to see if that was true. The students then saw the pair doing another round, ending in a few draws before Sora managed to beat Tsu, who then took a quick lap around the pool and started another game.
The students who stuck their heads under then pulled them back up and they all had exasperated expressions on their faces. "Are you serious?!" Mineta yelled out.
"How can he hold his breath for this long and still be fine!?" Kaminari questioned.
"Does he secretly have gills hidden in those scars?!" Sero asked.
After another ten minutes of waiting, Sora still didn't come up for air. Even Tsuyu was amazed, and she was still under the water with him. She could stay underwater for hours if she really wanted too, but she attributed that to her frog Quirk. But now she was starting to think that maybe it was possible for someone to actually hold their breath for that long, as it had been almost twenty minutes, and Sora showed no sign of needing to resurface, even while he swam around the edge of the pool underwater.
The boy got back to her and they continued their contest of rock paper scissors. So far, it was 7 wins to Tsu, 4 wins to Sora and 19 draws. However, all three of those numbers would only go up as another thirty minutes went by under the water, and Sora won 12 games, Tsu won 17 games and they drawed 31 times. They went through 60 games of rock paper scissors while holding their breath underwater for an hour.
Before they could continue however, Sora's face finally began to turn blue and Asui noticed it. She pointed it out to the Keyblade wielder, who rubbed the back of his head and realized that he was at his limit. Before he went up for air, he extended his hand out to who would soon be the winner of this contest. Tsuyu then grabbed it and the two shook hands before Sora swam up to finally take a breath.
The boy's head came up and he let out all the CO2 in his lungs and let in some oxygen. The students, except for Shoto and Katsuki actually cheered for Sora, amazed at the fact that he could hold his breath for an hour underwater while exercising. The Keyblade wielder appreciated the praise, but as he was about to take his lap, Tenya told him that since Sora did multiple laps around the perimeter under the water, he would not need to take his single lap across the pool and back, to which Sora thanked the class rep.
Tsuyu then came up after him and spoke up. "Wow, Sora. I didn't even know someone could hold their breath for that long."
"Like I said. I swam and dived in the ocean all the time back home." Sora said once again. "It's honestly much harder out there, because of all the waves pushing and pulling you around, and the fish swimming by your face, and the occasional seaweed snaring itself around your body."
"STOP BRAGGING, TOY SWORD!" Katsuki screamed out.
[Silence]
Elsewhere, inside a police station, Naomasa and Toshinori were discussing the League of Villains Case. Tsukauchi was recapping the events that they knew were connected to them, as well as the Heartless, since they're usually around when the League did stuff. "U.A. high school was attacked by the League of Villains and the Heartless during a rescue training session. It would come to be referred to as 'The U.S.J. Incident'. Then there were the attacks by the Hero Killer Stain the Heartless and the League of Villains in Hosu City, what became known as 'The Hosu Incident'. Then, Tomura Shigaraki, thought to be the leader of the League of Villains, cornered Izuku Midoriya, a student in the Hero Course at U.A. High. Then, just a few weeks ago, a group of Villains was given assistance by the Heartless when they attempted to hold I-Island Hostage. And this would be known as 'The I-Island incident'." A projector showing footage of these events had turned off and Naomasa walked over to Yagi. "As far as we can tell, neither the Heartless or the League have made a move since."
"That's true. But I'm sure they're hiding in the shadows, waiting to strike again." Toshinori stated.
"Likely, yes." The detective agreed. "The police are currently working alongside Heroes, to gather as much information about the group as possible. When they do find out where they've been hiding, we'll need you, All Might."
Yagi buffed up and replied. "I won't disappoint you, Tsukauchi."
Back at U.A. High's pool, the class had decided to do another contest in the form of a 50 meter swim race. After four races had come and went, Iida spoke up. "It's time for the final race. Bakugo, Midoriya, Todoroki, Sora, as winners of each heat, you'll fight for first place. Understand?"
"Got it." Izuku replied.
"Yes." Shoto said.
"Sure thing." Sora agreed.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Cavalry Battle]
"Listen up, scar face." Katsuki spoke to the ice user. "Don't you dare hold back. Bring everything you've got." He turned to the Keyblade wielder. "Or you, Toy Sword. Don't slack off at the end like you did at the Sports Festival." he then turned to The One For All user. "You too. Fight to win!"
All three of them agreed to give it all they had they got into positions. Each of them had a plan. Bakugo would use his explosions to blitz to the end. Todoroki would make a path of ice to slide to the end. Midoriya would use full cowling to enhance his swimming so he could plow through to the end. And Sora would use his flowmotion to zoom to the end. The students watching this event cheered on who they thought were going to win. "Now. On your marks." Tenya had the whistle in his hands and was ready to blow. "Get set!..." The four boys had their powers activated and were ready for the whistle to be blown.
[Silence]
The whistle blew and all four of them jumped forward, but none of their abilities were activated, so all of them fell into the pool, making a splash, which confused everyone. "What happened?" Denki questioned.
"Why aren't they using their quirks?" Sero asked.
"It;s 5:00 PM." Aizawa's voice rang out and caught the attention of the class as they saw him with his quirk activated. "Your authorized pool time is officially over. Hurry up and go home." When Kaminari and Hanta protested, Eraserhead glared at them, with his quirk still on. "Are you questioning me?"
"Not at all Mr. Aizawa." Everyone outside of the water said in unison while the four in the water got out.
As the students were getting changed in the locker rooms, Sora was a bit slower than usual. However, that was because he just experienced his power being temporarily stopped by Aizawa, which he didn't even think was possible. He knew he could be affected by quirks, but he didn't think that he could be affected by Aizawa's. It felt similar to how he felt in the underworld, before he obtained the Olympus Stone, or how he sometimes had a seal on him, where he knew he had his power, but he just couldn't access it at the time.
The Keyblade wielder decided to make a mental note to himself, that whenever he fights with Aizawa, he has to stay out of the man's sight, as to make sure that he doesn't accidentally get sealed again during a fight where he'll need his flowmotion and other abilities.
The students went home and later in the night, Aizawa and Vlad King talked about the training camp. "So the location of the training camp has been moved?"
"Yes. Just in case any information is getting leaked to the Villains." Aizawa confirmed. "Only the upper management of U.A. knows were it will be now. Please keep it to yourself. Don't even tell the students."
Vlad agreed to that request.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Vanguard Action Squad -Darkness-]
Back at the bar. Shigaraki had gotten back there and was now on the phone. "There's something I'd like you to prepare for me." Whoever was on the phone asked him something. "That's right. We're about to start playing a brand new game." After the phone call was finished Tomura decided to start stacking some cards together like a pyramid as he commented on his master.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Master Criminal]
"The master is good. I tried so hard to find out where those idiots were going, and he figured it out in an instant. Guess he really showed me up."
"It was worth having a team on standby then, wasn't it? Tomura Shigaraki." Kurogiri replied.
The cards fell down after he completed his pyramid and the hand faced Villain spoke up. "I guess."
The door opened and in came Giran who said. "I heard back from the Union today. You can expect a delivery tomorrow. It was thrown together quickly, so it might not look like much, but quality is guaranteed."
"I must apologize for making such an unreasonable request." The warpgate Villain stated.
"Tell me, Shigaraki. Do you know why the Union accepted this outlandish offer of yours?" The broker asked him, before he answered the question himself. "Because everyone's got high expectations of you. If the League of Villains steps into the light, then the scum hiding under the sidelines will follow suit. And if that happens, then brokers like me will be rolling in hungry new customers. Crime pays."
"Oh yes." Tomura agreed. "You're gonna be so busy, you won't be able to keep up."
Giran chuckled. "I'm looking forward to that. Anyway, thanks." He then left the bar.
Meanwhile out in a forest area, in the dead of night. The Figure was swiftly dispatching multiple Heartless that came after him, due to him possessing and using a Keyblade against him. He wanted them to come for him, because it would make keeping them in check here a lot easier when he dispatched enough, especially since this happens to be the same forest where the summer training camp of U.A.'s students will take place in. He won't destroy them all, but he's going to make sure that they won't be seen by the Pro Heroes and students when they arrive.
Back at the bar. "The board is set and all of my pawns and their prey." Tomura stated. "Finally. Time for the real game to begin."
The night had passed and it was soon daytime once more. The 1-A students were back at U.A. again, but this time, it was because of something different. Aizawa spoke to the students. "Now that you've finished up your first semester at U.A. High and the summer assignments, it's time for your summer camp to officially begin. However, Don't think these will be days of rest for you Heroes in the making. At this camp, we'll push you to go beyond your limits. You're aiming to become Plus Ultra."
"Yes sir." All of the 1-A students said in unison.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST I'll Become a Hero]
I'm so psyched! Ochako cheered as she ran over to Sora and Izuku. "I've been looking forward to this camp since the semester ended."
"Oh yeah!" Midoriya replied, getting flustered at how close she was to him. "It's definitely close, huh?"
"Hey, what's the matter?" Uraraka asked him.
"I'm just a little hot." Midoriya told her.
Sora just chuckled at his friend and put his arm around him. "Then you need to chill out. Take a few breaths. That should cool you off."
After that brief moment, Ochako backed up and cheered out "Let's hear it for camp!"
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Slapstick]
She, as well as Mina and Denki cheered out "Yeah! Camp! Camp!" As they clapped their hands.
As Izuku commented on how excited some of the 1-A students were, a familiar voice from 1-B spoke up. In a familiar demeaning fashion. "I SEE THAT THE 1-A FAILURES OF THE FINAL EXAMS ARE HERE! IT MUST BE SO EMBARRASSING FOR YOU TO BE HERE! ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SO MUCH BETTER THAN OUR CLASS! YOU MUST BE WALLOWING IN SHAME DEEP DOWN, HUH!" Neito would have kept going if it wasn't for Itsuka chopping his neck, and knocking him out.
"Don't mind him." The 1-B class rep told class 1-A as she dragged him over to their designated school bus.
"Monoma is scary." Reiko commented on him.
Sora then spoke up. "Hey! It's 1-B! Nice to see you guys again." he walked over to the other class.
"Nice to see you outside of the Final Exams." Setsuna told him. "I guess now we're not technically rivals." Yui nodded at that comment.
"Time to get on the bus!" Kendo announced to her class as she pulled Neito's body up and into the bus.
"Okay." Most of the 1-B girls replied as they turned and went to get on the bus.
"The girls of class 1-A and 1-B?" Minoru commented while he began to drool a waterfall. "It's like a buffet of bombshells."
"Dude. Get yourself together. For real." Ejiro told the pervert.
[Silence]
"Attention Class 1-A, our bus is here!" Tenya spoke up while doing his arm thing. "Everyone line up in seating order!"
[Play KH1.5 OST Always on my Mind]
The class did as their rep instructed and then they soon entered the bus, each taking their seats and everyone except Katsuki was sitting with someone. Kaminari and Kirishima were in one seat. Ashido and Hagakure were across from them. Behind them was Uraraka and Asui. Across from them were Midoriya and Iida. Behind them were Momo and Sora. Across from them were Todoroki and Aoyama. Behind them were Jiro and Tokoyami. Across from them were Kota and Shoji. Behind them were Mineta and Sato. Across from them were Sero and Ojiro, and behind them was Bakugo.
As the bus was loaded and began to move, Sora took out Kairi's good luck charm and looked at it, fondly reminiscing over the memories he's had over the course of his life as a Keyblade wielder. Then he heard Momo next to him speak to him. "What's that in your hand?"
"Huh?" The boy snapped out of his reminiscing and looked towards Yaoyorozu.
"That object in your hand." Momo pointed towards the charm. "What is it?"
"Oh, this?" The Keyblade wielder replied. "It's a good luck charm. It's Kairi's, but she gave it to me to hold onto."
"Kairi?" The 1-A deputy repeated.
"Oh. Right." Sora realized that he never talked about Kairi to any of the girls in his class, except for Ochako. "Kairi is a childhood friend of mine. And...I...have some feelings for her."
"Feelings?" Yaoyorozu once again repeated him. "As in, romantic?"
"Mm...kind of." The boy timidly replied.
"That's not an answer." Momo told him. "It's either yes, or no."
"Ok then, yes." Sora told her.
"I see." Yaoyorozu said, feeling a slight pinch in her chest, but she quickly shrugged it off. "Does she know?"
"I don't know." The Keyblade wielder replied. "I mean. I never told her that I did, but I never hid them from her."
"Did she ever tell you what she thought about you?" Momo asked.
"No, but she still treats me very nicely, and nothing is awkward around us." Sora said. "We...both just want to be around eachother."
"Do you want to be closer?" Yaoyorozu questioned.
"...I do. But only if she does too." The Keyblade wielder answered.
"...If she feels the same way, then she'll tell you the next time you see her." Momo told him.
"You think so?" Sora asked.
"I would." Yaoyorozu stated.
Sora cracked a smile at that and he then commented "You actually remind me of her a lot. So you saying that… it actually means a lot to me, Momo." He had a thankful look on his face as he said "Thanks."
"You're welcome, Sora. It's a pleasure to be of assistance." The 1-A deputy said with a warm smile on her face.
And with that, Sora put the good luck charm away and looked out the window, while Aizawa tried to tell the class to be alert, only for the chatter of everyone else to drown him out and make him give up on even trying to talk to them.
In spite of all the noise, Sora ended up somehow drifting off. He just felt tired for some reason. He didn't bother fighting it and figured that he could use it before they got to the training camp. So when he could feel himself passing out, he didn't resist and he let himself sleep.
The Keyblade wielder, now asleep, ended up with his head on Momo's shoulder, which at first caught her off guard, but once she saw that he was asleep, she decided to leave him be. She let the boy's head rest on her shoulder and she simply looked fondly at him, seeing how peaceful he was in his sleep. She looked forward with a smile that showed acceptance on her face.
And so, the students of Class 1-A and class 1-B were on the road, making their way to the summer training camp. A new chapter of their lives would begin once they got off this bus, and they all knew that. In spite of not everyone looking like it, they were all excited and eager to start this new chapter of their lives.
And so begins Season three. I don't really have much to say this time, because this chapter speaks for itself. Katsuki didn't show up late because he wasn't going to let Sora get any more ahead of him in training. Sora being an islander (As well as a merman and a phenomenal swimmer in both the Caribbean and Scala in KH3) who lived by and played in a shoreline would easily do better than most people who don't to much water based training activities. Aizawa stopped Sora's flowmotion, and I already said way back when that he could do that and compared it to the seal status effect. Now I have to do School Briefs, Volume Two as it takes place during the training camp ark, in tandem with the season three episodes. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, and until I decide to upload again. ;)