Izuku Midoriya, The hopeful future Number 1 Hero.

Izuku and his classmates stood shoulder to shoulder decked out in their hero costumes complete with all the accessories as they and their teacher Sekijiro Kan/Vlad King waited in anticipation of All Might's first lesson,

And his arrival,

It hadn't gotten to the point where Vlad King would just say he wasn't coming and do the lesson himself, but he had stopped telling the students to wait, which meant that all that could be heard were faint murmurs from the few people who were talking to someone next to them that they felt close to,

Izuku was pretty lucky though, why?, because he was in between two of his good friends, Ibara-Senpai, and Naoko,

"My I wonder if anything has happened to All Might?," Ibara said to herself,

"He probably got caught up dealing with some villain scum," She said with her trademark smirk, "It takes a little time to scrape shit off your shoes after all," she chuckled,

"Nah I'll bet that they gave up immediately upon seeing him," Izuku said tapping his drumsticks to a rhythm only he could hear, "When I'm the Number one hero I bet people will throw fights with me all the time,"

Ibara smiled, "I doubt they would want to feel the wrath of er..."

"Hypeman" Izuku said,

Ibara nodded, "Yes they'll surely cower in fear of The Hypeman's rhythmic wrath,"

"Actually it's just Hypeman Senpai," Izuku said,

"The Hypeman huh?," Naoko asked,

"Not what I-,"

"Makes sense you'd already have the perfect name ready," Naoko said ignoring Izuku,

"Do you have a catchphrase ready too Izuku-San?," Ibara asked,

"Er several test phrases really,"

"Really?," Naoko asked,

"Well they aren't fin-," Izuku started but Naoko said,

"Nope, you have to say them,"

Ibara nodded, "It's the rules,"

Izuku looked between both of his friends, his cheeks reddened slightly, "O-okay," he said, "They're a little embarrassing though,"

"We will get the class on a chant if we have to," Ibara stated,

Izuku took a deep breath, "This first one is just me shouting I am the hype,"

"Nice reference," Naoko said,

"And it does fit you," Ibara said,

Both she and Naoko looked at each other, then Naoko said, "Six outta ten,"

Izuku looked at Ibara who nodded in agreement with Naoko's score, thus with a sigh he continued with, "Next was this Hype train don't stop,"

Naoko shook her head, "Eh, so-so,"

"It's not very lively," Ibara said, "Four out of ten,"

"Fair enough, the last is, I am here, to believe in you."

"Perfect," Naoko said snapping her fingers, "Go with that one,"

"I agree It suits you perfectly," Ibara said,

"What about you two?," Izuku asked,

"All right class!," Vlad King said, "Looks like All Might ain't gonna make it," He waited for the class to groan before he said, "Yes I'm not to pleased either, but you're all heroes in training so we've more important things to do,"

"Now lets mix you all up,"

Kan-Sensei had the students all split up and chose people who weren't used to working with each other, Izuku was teamed with Yui Kodai, Naoko was teamed with Nirengeki Shoda, and Ibara was partnered with Setsuna Togake,

"All right, now," Kan-Sensei said tossing numbered flags to certain teams and whispering something to others,

"Here," He said tossing a flag to Izuku and Yui,

"I got it!," Izuku said trying to grab it he fumbled with it nearly dropping it, but Yui grabbed the pole of the flag,

"Here," she said handing it to him,

"Thanks Kodai-Senpai," Izuku said, he looked at the flag, "What's with this number?," Izuku asked seeing the number 7 on their flag, he looked at Kodai but she just shrugged,

"Now you all have a flag and a number," Kan-Sensei said, "The goal of this exercise is simple, Those with flags must guard their flags, those without have a number displayed on the flag itself showing which they must chase and capture," He stated, "Hiding the flag is not allowed, it must be displayed prominently,"

Izuku tucked the flag into his headband,

"If your flag is taken then you and the team that took it switch roles," Vlad King said, "You will all be scored based on your performance during this exercise,"

He waited a moment and then shouted "FLAG TEAM FIFTEEN SECONDS HEADSTART,"

Izuku ran into the fake city believing there would be more places to hide, Yui passed him and took his hand pulling him into a nearby building,

"Phew," Izuku called, "Good call Kodai-Senpai they'll never look for us in here,"

"The ones not chasing us won't," She said pocketing some stones she found,

"How do you figure that?," Izuku asked,

"We're in the first building on the left, exactly where I said we'd be," Kodai stated,

"Oh that makes sense," Izuku said, "Wait what?,"

Kodai turned to him, "If everyone is looking for a flag they'd have memorised the one they need and who was carrying it, something that was made much easier with us all wearing our costumes for this," she stated pulling him upstairs, "But other teams could cause us problems if we fight in the open, thus I isolated us and our enemies into a two on two,"

She stopped noticing a pipe on the wall and started trying to kick it off, "Sturdy," she noted,

"Here," Izuku said, readying his drum sticks, "Put your trust in me senpai,"

She raised a brow as a Taiko drum floated in front of him, he focused on just his senpai and hit the drum, green lighting spread over Yui's body, "Woah," she blurted out, she felt amazing, no she felt incredible, she looked at the pipe and with just one hand she easily pulled it off the wall, "Amazing," she said breathlessly, she pressed her fingers together and the pipe shrunk and she slipped it down her sleeve, then she ran down the hall and hit the wall,

She stared back at the now cracked concrete but despite her head being what cracked it, she herself felt no pain, she turned back to see Izuku running after her, still halfway down the hall, she watched as the green lightning faded from her and she went back to feeling normal,

"Your quirk?," she asked,

"Hype," Izuku grinned, "Anyone who I can name and who trusts me I can buff them,"

She looked at her fingers, she barley trusted him though, and she felt so powerful, was that enough for his full effect?, or was what she felt nothing compared to what his Parents would feel?, she shook her head, those were questions for later,

"I guess you're quirk shrinks things?," he asked as she started walking upstairs,

"Alters the size of inanimate objects," She stated,

"Soo cool," he gushed,

Izuku froze as he heard something familiar, he turned and his fears were confirmed, "Senpai," He whispered, "I know who's chasing us,"

Yui turned back and froze, vines were creeping in through the empty windows and had pooled onto the floor,

"Suggestions?," she asked quietly,

"This is her Jophiel's Watch move, If we touch them, or are too loud she'll feel the vibrations and that'll let her know where we are,"

"And Setsuna will come after," Yui turned ready to ascend the stairs but Izuku held her in place,

"She's already spread her vines past this floor," Izuku said, "Our best bet is to go backwards and slip out of a window to catch them by surprise,"

"No we go higher, that will force Ibara to take the stairs while Setsuna chases us herself," Yui said pressing her back to the wall, and trying to sneak upstairs,

Izuku followed her example, "I don't think Ibara will try chasing us if we go past the third floor, she's a stationery fighter and these halls are too crowded,"

"Then we'll stop on the third floor," Yui said as she reached the top,

As Izuku had predicted the second floor was overrun with vines, but Yui gracefully stepped around the vines Izuku followed after her carefully, the vines kept moving though, some quick, some slow, it made not disturbing them a massive challenge, but somehow both Izuku and Yui made it across,

"That was hard," Izuku said,

Yui nodded before she intentionally stomped on a vine, the rest all reared up and reached for her, but she grabbed Izuku's hand and ran up the stairs,

"Why did you do that Senpai?," Izuku asked,

Yui stayed calm though as she explained, "Cause now she thinks she stopped us from getting any higher," they reached the third floor vines blocked the way upstairs, thus they ducked into a large room,

"Now we wait," Kodai said letting go of Izuku's arm,

"Hope she doesn't take to long,"

"That's what she said,"

Yui rolled her eyes as Izuku took her hand, "Not funny Izuku,"

Izuku felt Yui grab his hand again, "Me?," he asked, "I didn't say it,"

Both of them froze, and looked at their hands, two separate hands held theirs,

"It's pretty cold in here," they both turned to see Setsuna faking a shiver, "Maybe we should all cuddle for warmth?," she winked,

Yui shook Setsuna's hand off her own and leapt back,

Izuku tried pulling it off but he wasn't able to actually get it off, "This feels weird!," he cried,

"First time?," Setsuna asked with a chuckle, "Don't worry the way I do it, will make you feel like a king," she smirked,

"Enough of the jokes," Yui said, "You're just trying to distract us,"

"Maybe I'm trying to get laid, you two certainly are my type,"

Yui felt confused until she noticed Izuku, his cheeks were red and he had stopped focusing on the hand, the one that had let go of his arm and now started stroking his hair,

With a grin Setsuna blew him a kiss and Izuku's entire face turned red and he dropped to his knees as steam rose from his head,

"Wh-, Izuku!?," Yui called, "Is something wrong?,"

"From what I understand he's pretty sheltered," Setsuna said, "Just a little affection from a girl turns him into this,"

Ibara raised herself into the room using her hair, "It's done?," She looked at Izuku and nodded, "Yes he's out," though she said that Ibara's hair quickly took his drum sticks, "And in case he comes too now we have his main defence," she said wrapping her hair around them,

"Hear that Yui?," Setsuna asked as her hand grabbed the flag, "Soon we'll-," A stone knocked the flag out of Setsuna's hand,

"Not yet," Yui said pressing her fingers together, the stone grew into a massive boulder that hit the floor and started cracking it,

Yui jumped as the boulder shook the floor making Setsuna fall over, then Yui ran to grab the flag, only to have to dodge Ibara's vines that had tried to do the same,

"It's almost over Yui," Ibara stated, "We just need to grab that flag and run," Ibara sent all of her hair towards Yui who slid the pipe out of her sleeve and with a quick finger press she swatted them back with a full sized pipe,

But the vines were unrelenting and came back twice as fast, Yui felt overwhelmed until a large drum blocked the vines,

"It ain't over till the fat lady sings," Izuku said having come back to his senses,

"Oh but it is," Setsuna said as she and Ibara readied themselves, "After all we have your drum sticks,"

"Your quirk isn't very effective without your drums Izuku," Ibara stated, "You told me that yourself," She said as her hair spread around the room,

Setsuna stretched her body sensually, "Yeah handsome, so sorry but when you lose I'll be sure to give you a nice warm cuddle,"

Then her entire body split apart, "And you're going to lose," she said,

Izuku walked over to Yui his arm behind his back, "Or perhaps not," Izuku said pulling his arm from behind him, clasped in his hand was a brass bugle and quickly he played a tune with it,

Green lightning again spread over Yui's body and her incredible feeling returned, she placed the flag back into Izuku's headband and readied herself with the pipe,

"Did you know he had that?," Setsuna asked,

"I didn't even know he could play one," Ibara said,

"Ready Izuku?," Yui asked Izuku,

He just nodded as he continued playing,

"Then let's go," Yui stated as she threw tons of stones at their opponents,

Vlad King watched as his student's all tried their very hardest to keep their flags and to steal the flags of others,

He'd pretty much made the exercise up off the top of his head, and used what All Might had ready for his lesson since he still hadn't shown up,

He should've taken more time to think up rules, He'd already found several teams who'd actually won the exercise already, Like Monoma and Shoda who'd been stuck dodging TetsuTetsu and Shihai Kuroiro, and by dodging he meant completely avoiding by using their quirks to jump from building to building, thus he called the match in their favour since the chaser team couldn't do anything to them,

Then was Itsuka Kendo and Jurota Shishida both had brains and brawn, and completely blocked off any way to escape them, Komori and Yanagi pretty much just gave them the flag after Itsuka managed to pin Reiko down,

And that was the matches really, he'd tried to pick teams that would have trouble working together, but he obviously hadn't thought about it as hard as he should've, Monoma's ego made her take control of her team and Shoda agreed because he enjoyed co-operating, Kan expected Kendo and Shishida to argue a little about who would lead but they just started co-operating instantly,

Then was group seven Izuku the loudmouth and Yui the nearly silent, he hadn't expected them to get on to well, and the ones chasing them were Setsuna and Ibara the pervert and the prude, he'd assumed that Setsuna would've said something Ibara would've taken issue with, "You want to lead?, I love a girl who likes to be on top," or "I'd love you to be all over me like Ivy on a wall,"

Something crass and rude but the two seemed to be holding their ground, but so did the other team, which made him wonder, had they all completed the test since the point of it was to co-operate even when it's difficult, or should he wait?,

And if he should wait, what should he wait for?, he'd forgotten to assign a time limit,

He sighed, the whole lesson had been a failure,

He pressed a button, "Alright everyone I'm calling it now," he said, "The lesson's over the rest of it is free time," he groaned,

The students seemed to share his sentiments,

But he was proud to know that nobody had abandoned their teammate, which was the only way to fail, he'd grade them later, right now he had a M.I.A teacher to find.

Class 1-b had split, some had taken the lesson as a failure since they noted some flaws in their costumes they headed over to Research course, others still wanted to get a workout and headed to U.A.'s gym, and the last few just wanted to relax and took the time to go back to their dorms,

Izuku was none of these, he was too energetic to relax, his costume was fine and he worked out earlier, no he wanted to explore U.A. so that's what he was doing,

Which had him wandering around the building he was admiring a crack in the wall, as it was clearly a fist print, 'Who had done it?,' he wondered to himself, 'Were they still at U.A.?, or had they gone on to craft their heroic legend?,' and most importantly of all, 'Why hasn't it been fixed yet?,'

Then his brain thought of an answer and his jaw dropped in shock, 'No,' he thought, 'This mark, it must be All Might's!,' he declared mentally, 'That's why nobody fixed it, U.A. itself took a shot from the symbol of peace and is still standing,' and then he wondered, 'If this is All Might's fist mark maybe that's where he was,' after all if he had a fist imprint in a wall in the most prestigious hero school he'd get all nostalgic after seeing it all these years later,

Thus Izuku felt the call to place his fist, inside the fist imprint, as a way of passing the torch, that when he left U.A. to become a real hero and get closer to his goal of being the Number 1 Hero he'd have a fist imprint right next to All Might's own, He'd even sign it so that everyone knew it was his, and then someday a young teen standing exactly where Izuku now stood would see the fist prints and place their own fist in Izuku's and then the torch would again be passed.

And that's what Izuku did, he walked to the wall and placed his fist inside the imprint, He could feel the destiny being passed down to him, "Woah," he said, he felt great, maybe he should go and Join the others at the gym, he had to get stronger after all, thus he turned round the corner and was knocked over,

"Ow," He groaned lifting his head up, "Hm?," across from him was a tired looking girl with purple hair, "Hi," He smiled looking up to her, "I'm Izuku," he said stretching his hand to her,

She just stared at him, "Yeah hi,"

Izuku stood up and started dusting himself off, "Sorry for walking into you, I get kinda distracted," he chuckled,

Her eyes seemed to light up for a second, and she looked around, "And you're from class?,"

"1-B," Izuku answered cheerfully,

Then his eyes went wide and his mind was blank,

"And Izuku what is your quirk?," she smirked,

"Hype anyone that trusts me and whose name I know I can buff them,"

"How useful," She noted "Any weaknesses?,"

"If I don't know someone's name I can't buff them, using music seems to help my quirk I use floating taiko drums for the best result without any instruments I can whistle or sing but it's not very effective, I can't sleep, I have to focus on who I want to buff and what I want to buff about them, I'm not very strong myself so I have to rely on others to keep me safe in a fight," Izuku droned emotionlessly.

The girl looked confused, "You can't sleep?, how is that a weakness?,"

"I've never slept a day in my life and I wonder if that's the reason I'm so weak," Then Izuku's eyes widened, "Oh uh, that's weird," he said scratching his head, "I uh don't know why I told you that," he put his hands together, "Please don't tell anyone Senpai, I'll owe you big time," he pleaded,

"Heh," she frowned, "Like you could even give me what I want,"

"I mean I can't if you don't tell me what that is," Izuku said,

"I haven't told you because it's impossible," she stated,

"So you say, but I don't know yet senpai,"

"Fine," She said with an eye roll, "I want to be in the hero classes, but I have an evil quirk,"

"Okay what's your quirk?," he asked,

'Is this guy dense?,' She sighed, "I brainwash people," then she covered her mouth, 'Why did I tell him that?,'

"How's that evil?," Izuku asked,

She turned around expecting his response, "Yeah yeah I'd make a great-," she turned back, "What?,"

"Do you have to rip out people's hearts?," Izuku asked,

"Ew no,"

"Do you vomit out this black tar like stuff into peoples mouths?,"

"No," she said looking a bit sickly,

"Er is it fuelled by orphans dreams?,"

"No!," she said exasperatedly, "I ask a question and if someone answers it they're forced to do what I say,"

"But that's not really evil,"

"It isn't?,"

Izuku shook his head, "Course not, when you think about it super strength is way more evil then that,"

She shook her head, "What?, how?,"

"Cause you could crush someone with it, or take their stuff,"

"But I take over people's minds," she said, "Name one time that could be good,"

"What if someone was on a roof and they're going to jump, I'd need them to believe in me and I'd need their name so I could buff their positivity or need to not want to die," Izuku stated, "But you could just ask their name and when they answer have them walk down on their own,"

"How'd you?,"

Izuku grinned, "But you want me to help you get into the hero classes in exchange for our secret right?,"

The purple haired girl nodded dumbly, this guy was way too much for her to deal with, he was way to loud, yeah that was it, not the fact that he'd idly defended her dream to be a hero without realising.

"Well the first thing is- THINK FAST," he shouted and punched her,

.

..

...

At least from her perspective that's what he did, but she flinched and shut her eyes yet she just felt something soft hit her cheek, she opened an eye and watched as he hit her other cheek, and again she just felt a soft thing which now she knew where his fists,

"Was that you trying to hurt me?," she asked,

"That's as hard as my fist are, my mum calls them my little marshmallows," Izuku smiled,

'He really is weak,' she thought,

"Anyway senpai that was a test of your reaction speed," Izuku said, "And you passed in reverse,"

Passed in reverse?, "What?," she asked,

"I'm saying that someone might have considered your reaction a failure, but since I only believe you've truly failed once you stop trying you passed in reverse," Izuku gave her a double thumbs up,

"I hate trying," she groaned,

"Then you won't get into the hero class~," He sang,

"What are we even supposed to do?," She asked,

"We'll go to the gym," Izuku grinned,

"Yeah I'm not paying for any sorta membership,"

"But the school has a gym that everyone has full access too,"

"What?,"

"You didn't know?, but it was in a pamphlet, and they mentioned it at orientation,"

"I. . . must've missed that," she said, not wanting to say she'd been so down since she'd actually made it to U.A. only to find out she was in the general studies course,

"Well let's start there," Izuku smiled, "And after that I'll ask Kan-Sensei how student's can switch to the hero course," and Izuku so lost in his own excitement grabbed the hand of the girl who's name he didn't know and dragged her to the gym,

Unaware of the two people who'd watched the entire interaction,

One of whom was Shota Aizawa who'd seen the green haired teen staring at a wall enthusiastically and on reflex stayed as still as he could to not attract attention,

The other Naoko Momona had been following him since he left class, and judging by the look on her face and how quickly she turned and ran down the halls looking for a different gym route she wasn't pleased about the encounter.

OCTOPUS-The End-OCTOPUS


Now I'm sure you've all been wondering who from 1-B got the axe so I could place Izuku in, and The reason I haven't answered was because until now I wasn't sure myself, but I'd seen this class 1-B rap on Youtube by Aiden Colbaugh and since I couldn't figure it out I decided which classmate had the worst verse would be the one to go,

Now this was just my PERSONAL OPINION but It was down to either Itsuka or Manga, and right now I'll say there's a part in Itsuka's where the verses seem to clip into each other, but Manga's felt like it was added after the rap was finished since the music changed and it felt jarring, but I decided to keep Itsuka in because I'm highly biased for her and it's my story.

Also side note it feels good to be writing again,

Well writing something I don't erase saying it's not good enough, or staring at a page thinking what should I write next?.

And something I should've mentioned in the description was several characters will be gender swapped, Why?, well for Naoko or Neito I just prefer his gender swap's design, as for Hitoshi, I have no idea.

Our hero!

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