AU notes- This chapter is a long one and has a couple of time skips that get us closer to the events of cannon as our boys get stronger as well as introducing a new potential love interest or friend depending on how I decide to go with this I wasn't actually planning on introducing her for a while yet but I said y'all should leave reviews with what girls you wanted and only one person did so I thought I'd reward that by bringing their chosen girl into play sooner. (yes I know I don't have that many readers to leave reviews yet but still)
I also want to thank the person who advised spacing my story out better it was a good point that I had forgotten about and hopefully I did better this time. Eventually I'll go back and rework the first two chapters as well
The next three years were fairly peaceful for Izuku. Inko and Mitsuki had announced their relationship to the boys a few days after Izuku got his new hand. The boys had reacted positively to the announcement, they only partly understood relationships, as one would expect of a four year old. But they understood the gist of it which was that their moms were now closer and that they were happy about it so the young boys knew it was a good thing.
A year later their relationship was going so well that the mothers decided it was time the families moved in together. They found a medium sized five-bedroom house complete with a back lawn for the boys to play in they had gotten a good price on the home as the Dagobah beach a few blocks away had turned into a trash dump lowering the property values of everything in the area.
Izuku and Katsuki loved their new home and had no problem living with their best friend, and each of them had their own bedroom to decorate as they wished. although sharing a bathroom had taken some getting used to as Izuku was very neat and orderly in how he kept his belongings wile Katsuki's side of the sink looked like there had been an explosion, which may or may not be exactly what happened.
One of the extra bedrooms was turned into a fairly impressive home gym as both Inko and Mitsuki were still working as models and needed to stay in top shape. While the other was left as a guest room incase it was ever needed.
Another change that had come to Izuku's life was the increased presence of Mei Hatsume. The children had multiple play dates sometimes at Izuku's house sometimes at Hatsume industries as it turned out Mei and Bruno lived in a house attached to the back of the office.
Mei was an interesting child to say the least and she cared more about learning how to make her "babies" then she did about any people which at times made her hard to talk to, as the girl was prone to randomly stop paying attention while talking to her because she had an idea for a new creation.
Despite this she and Izuku had become very close with Izuku joining Bruno in the exclusive club of people who could actually reliably keep Mei's attention. Katsuki also had his share of interactions with Mei but the two never really became close, they were each close to Izuku so they were around each other often enough and but they just didn't form a solid bond themselves
Katsuki found Mei's flighty and erratic nature to be annoying and Mei found Katsuki's abrasive and hostile attitude to be unpleasant and at times frightening.
Regardless the two children tolerated each other well enough for Izuku's sake which the green haired boy was glad for as he didn't have any other friends and didn't know what he would do if the two he had couldn't stand each other.
The reason for Izuku's lack of friends was understandable if unfortunate. His fellow students wile nice enough when he first got back to school after the incident were very uncomfortable around Izuku.
Watching a hand get cut off was an unpleasant and somewhat traumatic event for the four year old children and seeing Izuku and his robotic hand made them think of that scary moment so mostly they just tried not to see him. And as is the way of people, especially children, when something makes them uncomfortable over time, they became hostile towards Izuku calling him cripple and making fun of him both for his fake hand and for the fact he cut it off himself.
Also an unfortunate joke by Katsuki in which he called Izuku Deku which was another way of reading Izuku's name and translated to useless, had unfortunately stuck and many of their fellow children now called Izuku such.
The explosive blond had been furious about this first and had been prepared to start attacking the " worthless extras" who were mean to his friend but Izuku had convinced him to stop and that he wasn't bothered by their teasing. Katsuki knew Izuku was lying when he said it didn't bother him but he let it go…. For now.
Not having much of a social life Izuku instead developed a new hobby hero and quirk analysis. Starting with Katsuki he began taking detailed notes on various quirks around him, at least the ones he felt could be used as heroes. He studied local, national, and international heroes doing throughout examinations of their quirks their tactics costumes and abilities. These notes were combined into journals titled "Hero Notes For the Future" the few adults who saw these journals (his mother, Mitsuki, and Bruno Hatsume ) were stunned by the depth of the analysis brought forth by the child. His mother and Mitsuki particularly encouraged him to continue it as they felt it could only benefit him in the future.
However, they were less pleased when in order to get more information for his notes Izuku began running around town whenever there was an incident trying to get closer to see the heroes in action.
Katsuki merely rolled his eyes at Izuku's note books declaring them as proof that Izuku was " the nerd I've always said you are" but that didn't stop him some reading Izuku's notes on his own quirk.
Izuku's prosthetic hand was refitted every four months at the Hatsume office with Izuku choosing varying colors over time from skin colored, to green, red, black, and once due to a lost bet Katsuki it had been hot pink. But for the most part he found he like it best without paint enjoying the silver color of the metal its self. But it was during one of these updates that Izuku had a conversation that would start the boys on the road to being heroes.
Izuku, age eight, sat in the operating chair at the Hatsume office this was his first update sense he turned eight and this one would be a full replacement not just an adjustment meaning it would take longer. His mother had been busy today so the Bakugos had taken him to this appointment. The fiery blonds were sitting in the waiting area inside the procedure room Katsuki staring interested as Izuku's new hand was attached he had already seen this a few times but it was still cool to watch.
"So, boys tell me" Spoke Bruno his eyes still on his work, "have you given any thought to what you want to do when you grow up?"
"Fuck ya" spoke up Katsuki before Izuku could say anything. "Nerd and I are going to be Heroes"
Izuku nodded eagerly raising the hand that wasn't currently being operated on and cheering "we are going to be just like All Might and graduate from the hero course at UA"
Bruno smirked at their answer as it was the fairly standard one for kids their age well except the profanity that was only standard to Bakugo at that age. "That's interesting to hear boys you both have quirks with heroic potential I'd say so tell me have you started training your selves to be heroes yet".
At this the boys just looked confused. Training how were they meant to do that? Katsuki asked for the both of them "What the fuck are you talking about pinky isn't that what the hero schools are for?"
this time the explosive eight year old received a slap to the back of his head courtesy of his mother with an order to "respect your elders your fucking brat".
Bruno just laughed having had enough time around both the Bakugos to know this is just how they were. "well boys you know I graduated from the support department of UA, the number one hero school in the country, right?"
The boys nodded having been told this before and been amazed by it.
"Well, the part I never told you was I didn't start out In the support course I actually spent the first two years in the hero course before I decided it was the wrong fit and transferred to support. That's how the support gear part of my business took off making gear for my former class mates."
"Wow really?" an excited Izuku nearly shouted the only thing keeping the boy from running up to where the man sat was that his arm was strapped down to the chair as it was being worked on.
"that's badass" said Katsuki
He had known the large man was impressive given that he was a 7ft tall mass of muscles who was also a surgeon and a expert at robotics. But he had never suspected the man had gotten into the top hero school in the country.
Especially sense in terms of combat his quirk wasn't all that impressive meaning the man must have worked seriously hard.
It wasn't the boys but Mitsuki who brought the conversation back to its starting point before the children could get distracted asking about UA. "So, what does that have to do with the boys training for heroics now?" asked the women.
"Ah yes thanks for getting us back to that" said Bruno still seemingly focused on attaching Izuku's new hand.
"You see there is more to getting into a school like UA then just an impressive quirk. There are tests of intelligence and combat ability and athletics to consider. Only 1 in 300 applicants are accepted into the top hero university. In addition, you must show that you can not only use your quirk but use it effectively and creatively."
The boys were listening intently as if every word was a piece of wisdom beyond all value. Izuku finally asked the next question
"So, what kind of things should we be doing now if we want to have all that stuff?"
Bruno's smile grew not surprised the boys were willing to go for it even knowing the high bar they were reaching for. "Well, there are many things the first and most obvious is to start getting serious about diet and exercise, having a good workout routine and nutrition can benefit you in many ways on the route to a hero. Luckily for you two your mothers happen to have a line of work that requires them to stay in top shape so I'm sure they could get you started on that process"
Mitsuki spoke up excitedly at this "he is rite boys we have that gym set up at home and Inko and I would love to teach you boys how to use it you can join us for our morning runs as well. And as for diet Inko and I have a nutritionist we work with I'm sure we could get him to work out a meal plan for you two"
"that's great thanks auntie Mitsuki" cheered Izuku excited by anything that would help him get closer to his dream before turning his focus back to Bruno "what ells can we do?"
"well getting started on some self-defense classes is always a great place to being. learning martial arts will help you both in combat potential as well as focus and discipline. If I think about your quirks and personalities then for you young Bakugo I'd recommend a high-powered style with aggressive moves, Izuku your harder to give a recommendation for so my advice is just shop around the various dojos in the area there are more than a few of them in Musutafu and just look for one that feels rite."
Katsuki looked at this mom excitement clear in his face "well old hag can we do what he is saying we got to take any opportunity so show we are better than the dumb ass extras"
Rolling her eyes at her sons disrespect and bad language Mitsuki answered the boy in a calm tone. " I'll have to talk to Inko about it you know how protective of you two she can get but this can help with keeping you two safe in the future I'm sure she will agree."
There smiles growing even bigger the boys turned back to Bruno to see if he had any other suggestions, and he did infact have more.
"the next thing I'd recommend you boys do is take time to train with your quirks themselves, expand your limits Izuku try and make your portals bigger and farther away and make sure you can hold them even when your distracted so you don't lose another hand, Bakugo work on the size and shape of your explosions and see what you can do with them. Lastly while doing all this you boys will have to keep your grades up you can be the perfect hero candidates but UA is still a school if you don't have the grades you won't even be considered"
Before any more words could be said a familiar pink bullet came crashing through the doors of the procedure room
" Zuku how could you not tell me you were hear your so mean" wined Mei as she ran up and wrapped her arms around Izuku's good arm before turning her attention to her father before Izuku had a chance to respond, not that he could have as Mei being so close had turned Izuku into a blushing mess.
"Dad why didn't you tell me Izuku was coming today? I have so many new babies to show him."
Bruno just shook his head chuckling at his daughter "I told you this morning Mei-Mei but you were too busy working on the designs for that jet pack of yours, remember the one I told you will explode if you actually try and make it. And please don't jostle Midorya rite now I'm almost finished with installing his new baby"
Mei pouted and let go of Izuku but remained close to the boy. None of the children noticed the fond and thoughtful look Bruno was shooting Izuku he had been trying to get Mei away from her designing for a good chunk of the morning with mixed success but the mere knowledge Izuku was here and the girl came running. He was already very fond of Midorya which is why he was giving all this advice in the first place but now he saw that keeping Izuku healthy and successful would be important for the continued wellbeing of his daughter as he had and a level of influence over the girl equal too if not surpassing his own.
He knew as they got older their relationship may or may not become romantic in nature and like many fathers with daughters, he wasn't sure how he felt about that. But he had an intuition that the boy's effect on Mei would be the same weather or not they became more then friends Izuku would always be an important figure in Mei's life, and sense the boy was determined to be a hero keeping him healthy meant helping him become the best hero he could, and he couldn't just help Izuku and leave Katsuki out or Izuku would object, with that in mind.
" I'll tell you what boys ill make a deal with you" Said Bruno and he finished the last details of Izuku's new hand and pressed the button for the table to release the boy. With all the amazing things he had told them today Bruno instantly had the boy's full attention which made Mei pout as it meant Izuku was ignoring her. "You have 10 years before you will be applying to UA, assuming neither of you changes your mind 10 years is a long time after all".
At this Katsuki scoffed and Izuku shook his head clearly neither felt they would ever stop wanting to be heroes.
Bruno smirked at their reactions for continuing "if in the next nine years you two work on all the stuff I just mentioned and make real growth in each of those areas then I'll give you a prize that will help you in your career"
"what kind of prize" Mitsuki interjected before the boys could accept, it was obvious they were going to, but knowing Bruno a prize that would help the boys could mean anything from more advice to some kind of dangerous weapon the man was unpredictable.
The elder Hatsume nodded at the question having expected it. "when you get accepted into UA one of the first things you get is your own costume, you submit a design to the school and they have the 3rd year support course students make them. If the boys do all the stuff I listed I'll do the designs for their costumes myself, and if they come out more complicated then students can handle ill even make them myself, and Izuku I have an extra prize for you"
"what's that?" asked the green haired boy already excited about having a professionally designed costume.
"The highest grade of prosthetics I make are what I call support prosthetics, there are a couple of heroes who use them, not only are the top line prosthetics but they have a couple of extra gadgets that help with hero work. Things to ensure a harder hit or tools to capture a villain I've made one with a built in taser I've even made one that had a built-in bandage dispenser for medical emergencies. If you pass my little challenge, I will fix you up with one for no extra cost then your usual babies"
Mitsuki was stunned at this having seen the man's price catalog and knowing how much one of his specialty support gear prosthetics normally would cost. But the boys were thrilled and eagerly accepted the pink haired man's deal when Bruno had another moment of brilliance.
"Mei, I have a challenge for you too honey" the Pink haired girl looked up at her father with curious eyes. "I was going to start teaching you how to make babies in earnest this year if you can go at least one of the next nine years without accidently blowing something up or designing something will accidently blow up if it's made, I'll let you create Izuku's new hand, I will have to approve it first of course but it will be your baby start to finish".
At her father's words Mei let out a little girl scream of joy before running to hug her father. And so it was that the three children began the training to get in to UA two for the hero course and one for the support.
When Mitsuki and the children got home they filled Inko in on Bruno's advice and challenge and while the Midorya mother was excited about the boys joining in with their fitness routine she was a little more hesitant about letting the boys take martial arts classes.
However, Mitsuki told the boys to go watch tv for a few hours while pulling Inko up to their bedroom to discuss the matter. That night at dinner a very tired but also happy and satisfied Inko agreed to the defense classes wile Mitsuki sat next to her smirking into her meal although eating carefully as her tongue was a little sore.
The next day they began the boy's new program the mothers waking their sons early in the morning to join them in their home gym, after a moderate workout Inko and Mitsuki not wanting got risk injuring to boys by going too hard to soon that afternoon they began the search for dojos to teach the boys their respective marital arts.
Katsuki choice was easy as when looking for a style that match Bruno's description of High powered and aggressive. Few styles match up better to that then Muay Thai, in addition the style included a focus on elbow strikes that most martial arts don't which would be helpful sense his hands may be busy with explosions.
Finding a fighting style for Izuku was a little bit more of a challenge as Bruno hadn't really been able to recommend a fit for him. In the end they found a local dojo that was run by a former special forces solider who came from a long line of martial arts masters who taught a created style mixing elements of Thai chi ,Jujitsu and Russian Sambo. Named after its creator the style was called Kendo-chi and had a dojo within running distance of their home.
The following weekend Izuku and his mother went to check out the Kendo-Chi dojo. The building was a medium sized two-story square built around an open area. On walking in they saw a handful of students going through various exercises around the inside of the gym and some working in what appeared to be a mix of a Zen garden and outdoor sparing arena in the open area that the building surrounded. In the center of the arena two students were facing off under the watchful eyes of a short women with reddish orange hair and yellow eyes.
The two students moved quickly exchanging punches and kicks before one of them landed a joint lock which used to pull his opponent to his knees and apply a submission hold causing him to tap out.
"Break" yelled the orange haired women overseeing the spar. After exchanging words with the students that the Midoriya's were too far away to hear the women took notice of the mother and son standing at the door and began walking towards them.
The women wile short only standing at about 5ft was well muscled and toned. Her red orange hair went down to her shoulders and she had a face with sharp features. She wore a purple ghee with a black belt tied around her waist.
"how can we help you two" spoke the orangeet taking in the pair before her. Clearly mother and son she had a good idea why they were here, but she had been wrong before, just last month a father and son had come into the dojo and she assumed they were here to sign the child up and it turned out they were just lost and looking for directions.
"we would like to sign up my son for the dojo" Inko said gesturing to Izuku
" I see well I should too able to help you with that" the woman said " My name is Lenora Kendo and I am the master and founder of this dojo"
Gesturing to the Midoriya's to follow her Master Lenora lead them to a small office just off the main training area which glass walls so she could still watch the students and teachers in her dojo.
"So why would you like to join the dojo" the sensi asked taking a seat at her desk and inviting the Midoriyas to take chairs themselves.
Izuku answered with a child's enthusiasm. "Mr. Hatsume said marital arts would make me a better hero someday and your dojo looked cool and it felt rite".
Lenora smiled fondly at the kid her eyes locking for a moment on Izuku's hand causing her eyebrows to raise in surprise for a brief moment. Before turning to his mother for a more detailed answer.
"my son wants to be a hero one day" Inko explained "A family friend who has experience with heroes and the hero industry recommended he study martial arts both for the physical and combat elements that could improve his hero performance someday, but also the focus and discipline it can help teach him."
Lenora nodded at this her face growing thoughtful " A lot of Children dream of being heroes someday but few are really willing to put forth the effort to become good ones. It speaks well of your son that he is and he certainly won't be the only one in the dojo with such ambitions although he will be the youngest to have such." The dojo master reached into her desk and pulled out a handful of papers and a pen handing both to Inko. "This is the standard forms to join the dojo it covers costs for both lessons and equipment, liability, and so on"
Inko took the papers looking at the pricing and legal disclaimers not having an issue with any of it she signed the papers as Izuku's guardian before handing them back to Master Kendo who smiled before addressing something she had noticed.
"I couldn't help but notice your son's hand is that an aspect of his quirk or is it a prosthetic due to injury" The sensi asked.
" it's a prosthetic " said Inko " I hope that isn't an issue for him to join your dojo"
Lenora shook her head "No not at all we just need to get him a thicker padded sparing glove for that side to compensate that it's made of metal, It's not the first time we have delt with something like this we have a student rite now his quirk turns his entire body into bronze when he gets excited"
Turning to Izuku the sensei pulled out another piece of paper. "Now young man this one is for you to sign it's the code of conduct for the dojo all students are expected to sign and follow this document. It's fairly simple it basically boils down to work hard, show respect to me and the other older students who will help instruct you, treat your fellow students well, and not use what you learn hear for bad things. Can you promise me all that?"
Izuku nodded eagerly signing the piece of paper "yes mam I promise I'll be good and ill work super hard and I'll only use what you teach me to be a hero!"
Smiling again at the young child's declaration before gathering up all the papers. "Excellent then young man welcome to the Kendo-Chi dojo".
And so it was that Izuku's and Katsuki's day to day pattern for began. They worked out with their mothers every morning then would go to school where they put their hearts into studying and keeping their grades up, after school they each went to their respective dojos until it was time for dinner and bed.
On weekends and during the summer when there was no school they practiced their quirks in their backyard.
Izuku's first step was learning how to keep his portals open wile distracted he did this by opening a portal and having Katsuki push and shove him to disrupt his concentration, something young Bakugo did with no small amount of enjoyment, while he did his best to hold the portal open. It took time but after a few weeks of this he was able to open and hold his portals even when Katsuki hit him with explosions.
After that he felt comfortable having stuff go through his portals again so he started to focus on increasing the size of the portals. They discovered his quirk was largely stamina based, the larger a portal he tried to open the more a strain on his body and energy levels was. Also in trying to increase the size of his portals he discovered that once made he could move them around although doing so took even more of his energy.
During this time Izuku also clarified that his portals would always open in pairs he could never open just one or any other odd number and travel between the two portals was instant so hiding out inside his portals was given up as a lost cause.
The other elements he practiced had to do with the distance and area he could open his portals in, this more than any other aspect came easily as anything in Izuku's direct eye line was easy to open a portal to. Staring in a straight line the human eye can see about 5 kilometers on the ground this meant that portals in that area were easy for Izuku.
The challenge came when he tried to open a portal to an area he couldn't see. Something like opening it behind him where he could have seen if he turned his head was easy. But when he tried to open it into areas, he had no way of seeing such as opening a portal from the front of his house to his back yard he met with failure. With practice he was able to improve that somewhat but it was clear he would always be limited to opening portals within the range of his perception.
By age 12 Izuku had gotten his quirk to the point where he could open portals large enough for a person with only minor strain and hold them open almost indefinitely. He could freely move the portals around once they were made. Opening the portals stilled required he make certain hand gestures but he was sure he would be able to get rid of that handicap someday.
It was also at age 12 that Izuku made a new friend.
Master Lenora had called Izuku into her office two weeks before and informed him that she had chosen him to be one of the dojo representatives this year at an event that was informally called the first ever Kendo Face off. Master Lenora's brother Itsujin ran a dojo of his own in Chiba, the siblings had decided that each would choose a few students from their dojo, at assorted age ranges, and the students would have a match. Following which the masters themselves would fight the idea being to prove superiority of their styles Kendo-chi and Kendo-ryu as well as test who is the better teacher.
There was no real prize for this it was just sibling bragging rights but it was a good chance for their students to gain combat experience and for the masters to put on a show for their students and their students family's.
Nobody at the Dojo was surprised the master had chosen Izuku to be one of their representatives as In the four years he had been at the dojo he had proven himself to be not only a hard worker but rather gifted at martial combat.
His family had been thrilled to hear of his chosen status and were all eager to attend and watch. Mei had also wanted to be there but she and Bruno were going to be at an event of I-Island that week so were unable to come, but Mei had after a great deal of badgering made Katsuki promise to film it for her so she and Izuku could watch it latter. even going so far as to make a custom video camera for him to use.
For the week before the even master Lenora upped the training of all the representatives and personally instructed them about her brothers style, its strengths and weaknesses.
It seemed that Kendo-Ryu Like Kendo-chi was a mixed style. While the elemetns of Kendo-chi came largely from Jiu-jitsu, Thai-chi, and Sambo. Kendo-Ryu blended Taekwondo, Karate, and Savate. This mean that The Kendo-Ryu style but a much higher focus on striking wile Kendo-Chi while having its share of striking moves focused more on locks, throws, and holds.
The day of the competition arrived and the dojo had been all set up. Foldable bleachers had been brought out and were surrounding the outdoor sparring area a student at Master Lenoras request had used her quirk to make all the plants in the outdoor area bloom brightly giving the place a beautiful look wile the inside had been thoroughly cleaned by the other students.
Izuku stood in a line at the front door of the Dojo with the other 5 representatives bowing to the various family members and guests as they walked into the dojo and were given a brief tour before being shown to the bleachers to take a seat. His own family having arrived already and been seated.
Lenora who stood at the end of the line of her students looked at her phone before speaking. "They are hear"
Shortly after another group in walked through the doors. At the head of the presession was a large man, not quite as large as Bruno but still at least 6ft'5 with a lean strong build and shaved head. The man instantly walked over to master Lenora and pulled the smaller women in to a big hug lifting her off the ground in the process.
"little sister" the big man intoned " it's so good to see you"
Lenoras eye twitched dangerously and all her students took a step back knowing that look was usually followed by somebody getting a beating. "Put me down to giant ox before I have to start breaking things off you"
Itsujin just laughed but quickly put his sister on the ground. "this was a grand idea Lenora I don't know why we didn't think of it years ago it's great for our students to practice against other styles of combat"
Master Lenora nodded her anger at the big man leaving as quickly as it had arrived. "I know I'm kicking myself for it but its good we have now, is this your whole group"
Itsujin nodded "yep students and parents all came in together."
Lenora gestured to some of the students who were acting as guides. "show the parents around then take them to her seats" The women instructed. "representatives line up by age from left to rite and introduce yourself to your opponent" The students quickly moved to follow her instructions itsujin matching them for his own group and soon Izuku stood across from his opponent for the match.
An involuntary thought of 'she's cute' passed through izukus mind the 12 year boy having recently started noticing girls for the first time before he recentered and examined his opponent more closely.
The girl had long hair its reddish- orange color being almost an exact match to that of his sensei it was tied into a side pony tail on the left side of her head. Her bangs fell in three clumps around her eyes a few tufts of hair stuck up on top of her head. She had teal eyes and, at least in Izuku's opinion a very charming smile. She girl had a slim figure and was a few inches taller than Izuku.
Remembering it was rude to stare especially at girls Izuku quickly bowed to his soon to be opponent and introduced himself. "I am Izuku Midorya age 12 I look forward to fighting with you"
Giggling a little at Izuku's awkwardness the girl bowed as well " I'm Itsuka kendo also 12 I look forward to fighting you as well"
"Kendo" Izuku asked interested " any relation to the masters"
"yep" nodded Itsuka "my master is my father and yours is my aunt" Her toned was a little resigned as she said this expecting the next words out of Izuku's mouth to be the same ones her fellow students had been whispering for a week ever sense she was chosen. How she hadn't really earned her spot and was just hear because she was the master's daughter. She was not expecting what Izuku actually said.
"wow if you related to sensei your probably really strong and I bet you started training super young too, meaning you must be really good at this. Fighting you is going to be a great experience for me, thank you so much" Izuku happily stated bowing again to Itsuka even lower this time. His loud words catching the attention of some of the other students and the masters who were smirking at the pair.
Itsuka was just stunned by Izuku's words for a moment before realizing others were looking at them and quickly blushing in embarrassment. "Midorya get up people are looking" reaching out the placed a hand under his chin and pulled him back to standing as she did, she got a good look at Izuku's eyes and froze. 'There so green' she thought to herself 'its pretty' unfortunately she froze with her hand still on his face giving the pair an even more romantic appearance which her aunt was laughing at wile her father seemed to be debating killing Midoriya.
Quickly snapping out of her daze Itsuka took her hand back and backed away from the green haired boy who was blushing strongly from having the pretty girl touching his face.
"assuming the love birds over there are done" Lenora spoke causing everyone to laugh and the pair to go even redder "we can get started. Addressing her own students, she said "Go start your warm ups wile I escort our guests to the lockers rooms so they can change"
Quickly following her orders, the students ran off to begin warming up for their fights Itsuka and Itsujin both followed the green haired boy with their eyes as he ran away the latter eyes were heavy weighing the boys worth to be around his daughter. The former was merely thinking that he had a cute backside and wondering why he was wearing a padded glove on one hand.
Izuku's and Itsuka's fight was the first one as they were the youngest of the representatives. The masters began the ceremony by welcoming the students and guests before each gave some of the history of their respective dojos. The fighters were introduced and Izuku and Itsuka took their places in the ring as the rules of the bout were explained.
"This will be a full contact match" Lenora explained to the fighters and the crowd "both fighters will be wearing protective head and body gear but will fight bare handed except when special circumstances apply." As she said this she gestured to Izuku who was wearing one padded glove on his left hand.
Itsujin continued the explanation of the rules "The match can be one by knock out, or points. The first to reach 15 points will win. Points will be awarded as follows, A clean punch is worth 1 point, a kick worth 2, knock down blows are worth 3, Throws or joint locks are worth 4, Forcing your opponent into a submission is worth 6 if they escape and 10 if they have to tap out Escaping from a submission hold will also earn two points for the escape. In the invent of a tap out after points are awarded fighters will return to their starting positions. Forcing your opponent out of the ring is worth 10 points. Students will be on either side of the ring with score cards to help keep track of points"
Lenora stepped forward again. "Master Itsujin and myself will alternate as referee for the matches as host the first one falls to me, Fighters any questions?"
Both Izuku and Itsuka shook their head no each focused on their opponent doing their best to size up the other. Seeing this Lenora gestured and each bowed to the other.
"being" Declared Lenora
Izuku: 0 Itsuka: 0
Itsuka moved forward in her fighting stance slightly turned to the side with one leg forward her hands up to act as a guard. Izuku moved as well in his own stance which was slightly lowed and with his legs a little wider apart.
Itsuka struck first throwing a couple of light jabs Izuku's way to test the boy's defense. However, Izuku quickly made her regret that decision when he grabbed one of the punches and used it to pull Itsuka slightly off balance and into his leg which shot out in a sambo style kick. Itsuka was knocked back but kept her balance as she took a step away from Izuku to recollect herself.
Izuku: 2 Itsuka: 0
Izuku tried to press his advantage moving in towards Itsuka but the girl recovered faster than he thought she would and quickly lashed out with a hard left right combo that caught him in the stomach. The hits causing him to flinch back which Itsuka took advantage off and lased out with a sweep kick to knock Midorya off his feet sending the boy crashing down on his back.
Izuku: 2 Itsuka: 5
Izuku rolled away and back to his feet just in time as itsuka shot out with a low kick trying to capitalize on his downed state. Izuku managed to catch the leg in his arms stepping in close and placing his leg behind Itsukas planted leg before using his body and her kicked leg as a lever to slam the girl into the ground.
Izuku: 5 Itsuka: 5
Izuku followed this up by taking the leg he heled and trying to force a submission hold such as a kneebar. But before he could complete the lock Itsuka managed to break away from Izuku by using her free leg to kick into his side. The fighters separated and stood both adjusting there stance to go again.
Izuku: 5 Itsuka: 7
the pair reengaged its Itsuka proving her superiority at striking and landing another punch and a kick into Izuku's body. Taking advantage over the fact she had a slightly longer reach then the green haired boy to land blows while staying outside the range he could easily retaliate.
Izuku: 5 Itsuka: 10
Izuku readjusted his stance and moved in closer to the girl who immediately lashed out with a hard right cross, but Izuku was ready this time and used a Thai- chi style block to redirect the move to one side allowing him to slide into Itsukas guard and land a blow in her sternum.
Izuku: 6 Itsuka: 10
Itsuka lashed out with another punch but she was off balance and the punch was easy to counter. Izuku did so this time grabbing the arm and pulling it across the front of his body and using his own arm to wrap around the upper part of hers so they were hip to hip. He then used the shoulder he now controlled as a lever and applying pressure forced Itsuka to her knees. Izuku then tried to release her arm and move around to her back seeking to try a choke hold, however this proved to be a mistake as Itsuka moved faster than him and was able to move forward up and out of his grip.
Izuku: 10 Itsuka: 10
Scolding himself for making such a rotten choice on transition Izuku moved to reengage the orange haired girl this time aiming more to grab his opponent then land any strikes. Itsuka again took advantage of her longer reach and striking ability to hold Izuku at bay before landing another hard punch combo to his body.
Izuku: 10 Itsuka: 12
Despite giving up another point Izuku managed to achieve his objective and caught hold of Itsukas ghee at the shoulder and side and pull her in before tossing her across his body in a perfect hip throw.
Izuku: 14 Itsuka: 12
Once more he moved in trying to take advantage of the downed position but again her speed was better than his as she rolled away and managed to regain her feet. However, Izukus moving in gave her the chance to deliver a punishing round house to his temple which even through padded head gear staggered the boy back.
Izuku: 14 Itsuka: 14
Both teens moved forward seeking to end the match however they were each in the zone now and neither could land a solid blow, kicks were deflected punches were blocked or redirected and attempts and throws or joint locks dogged.
As the pair moved back each taking a moment to breathe Izuku smiled at the girl "I was rite you are really good".
Itsuka returned the grin "you too this has been fun we should do it again sometime."
Izuku's grin only widened as he regained his stance and starting preparing to move in for what they both knee would be the final exchange. "Who am I to refuse the request of such a beautiful lady." The adrenalin of the fight had over ridden his usual awkwardness with girls.
Itsuka chuckled regaining her own stance and moving forward. "Flattery won't stop me from beating you"
The pair moved around each other each throwing experimental or measuring blows that were dogged or blocked before both fighters went for a big cross body punch for the win. However this lead to a conclusion none had expected. Both punches connected with their opponents head at the exact same time. The simultaneous exchange causing both to take a step back away from each other.
Izuku: 15 Itsuka: 15
"break" came the cry of master Lenora.
Izuku and Itsuka instantly took another step back before bowing to each other saying together " Thank you for the match"
The parents and friends and fellow students were all applauding and cheering what had been a very impressive fight between two skilled teenagers. Inko and Mitsuki were particularly exuberant in the celebration of Izuku's skill.
Lenora stepped forward also applauding the pair "Wonderful fight you two and great start to the face off, why don't you both take two cool down laps around the dojo"
The teens moved to obey and were soon chatting amicably as they did their cool down jog.
"so I'm curious" said Izuku looking at the youngest kendo present " do you think you'll create your own style and open a dojo for it, like your dad and aunt did, some day?"
Itsuka chucked shaking her head "Mabey someday but I have another goal first, " I want to attended UA university and be a hero"
"really" exclaimed and excited Izuku "me too that's why I started doing marital arts in the first place a family friend who was a student in the UA hero course said it would help me be a better applicant to UA and a better hero overall"
"that's great" said a beaming kendo "If you're as smart at school stuff as you are at marital arts, I'm sure you will get in. It will be nice to have a friend there already before classes even start" then her smile turned a little mischievous "Especially if that friend is a real cute boy like you Midorya"
Izuku went crimson barley managing to avoid tripping over his own feet "C-Cu-Cute you think I'm C-Cu-Cute" the boy stuttered making kendo smirk although that smirk died as his next words. "But your like super-duper pretty how could you think a cripple like me is cute"
"what" kendo asked blushing at the pretty comment but mostly focused on the cripple bit. "Izuku how are you possibly a cripple the way we just fought you couldn't do that if you were a cripple"
Izuku looked at her then motioned to his left hand before realizing he had been wearing a padded glove this whole time so she hadn't seen it. Using his teeth to pull open the gloves Velcro.
Itsuka's eyes widened at the sight of his robotic left hand never having seen something like that before. "What happened to your hand" she asked wincing and she said the words but to shocked to say much of anything ells.
Izuku gave a sad smile expecting the teasing to begin any minute "when I was 4 I had an accident with my quirk and it got cut off this prosthetic works well so I can still do most everything but to the kids in school I'm still nothing but a cripple a fact they remind me of often."
Itsuka quickly realized why Izuku seemed so insecure and rushed forward pulling the boy into a tight hug her big sister instincts flaring up at the clearly bullied boy and if a small part of her had wanted to wrap her arms around the muscular boys frame then who could really blame her.
"you're not a cripple Midorya you're an amazing person that your still working hard to be a hero after something like that is something that should be praised not mocked. And I won't be hearing any words to the contrary"
Izuku started as a blushing mess at the girl's close contact but then her words got through his embarrassment and he smiled returning the hug Itsuka's taller frame meaning his face was pressed rite into her chest which of course had him rite back to blushing.
After a moment the two separated smiling at each other as they finished their cool down jog the rest of their conversation much lighter.
The rest of the day passed well Lenora's students won the majority of the bouts but Itsujin pulled out a win in the master's duel.
Before she left Izuku and Itsuka exchanged numbers and promised to keep in touch the girl pulling him in for one last hug which had Inko and Mitsuki beaming at the boy and Itsujin's eye twitching and for a third time debating killing the boy.
Alright that's chapter 3 my longest one yet and the first one with good spacing and formatting at least until I get around to going back and fixing the others as always place leave your reviews and if there is a girl you want to be considered for the pairing in this one, please make your case. Right now the two contenders are Mei, and Itsuka… or both I might do both