"Me too." I whispered, and looked at my mom. I thanked whoever sent me here… for giving me this family.
"YOU WANT TO WHAT?!" All Might screamed as he was still bedridden, I was able to walk around and see him.
"I want to tell Class A and a couple of others about One for All." I repeated my statement.
"Midoriya, I know that it's not my place to say who and who you can't tell about One for All, your mom, sure I understand but all your friends?!" All Might tried to get up but laid back down as his body ached in pain.
"All Might, I need you to trust me, I know I haven't been transparent but things are changing. I told you that the cycle of One for All needs to end with me, I'm not gonna tell the whole world… just people I trust…" I walked over and sat on his bed. "I don't want it to be just us in this, we need allies in this fight, a war can't be fought with just 6 people." I looked at my mentor.
All Might stared at me for a good while. "... Okay… I'll trust you… but you still have to explain what happened out there."
I gave him a smile. "After Nezu sets up the dorms, I'll gather the people who need to know, but for now, rest, you earned it." I got up and left before All Might could ask me about the dorms.
I could feel things changing, I was running out of things to predict… I needed to stop Shigaraki before he became too powerful and there were still other threats to worry about.
I just hope I won't do it alone.
A week… It took a week to get things ready.
I stood inside the lobby of the new dorm for class 1-A. Mom and Eri moved into the teachers dorm since the apartment was swarmed with reporters…
And there was a dorm for the reformed villains, Nagant was staying there.
Mr. Aizawa and my classmates were outside, this… this was gonna be hard. "Yo, kid." I looked at Nagant… She basically became my bodyguard after I left the hospital. "You gonna do this or should I just open the door for you?" I took a deep breath, shaking my head. "No…" I walked to the doors and opened them, gaining the attention of everyone outside.
"Midoriya." I looked at Aizawa. "Is everyone here?" I asked. "No.. All Might is bringing them." Aizawa responded.
"Deku.." I looked at Ochako and couldn't help but feel guilty at her expression.
"I am here! With Young Melissa!" I saw All Might walking over with Melissa.
"Good… Let's go inside everyone, I have a lot of explaining to do." I turned and went inside, everyone followed.
I stood at the corner of the room, where everyone could see me. I felt a lump on my throat as I took a deep breath.
"... You all may know that I'm All Might's successor." I started. All Might closed his eyes. "But
what you don't know is that there's more to the story and I am here to tell you everything because… I want to trust my friends and teacher." I looked at Aizawa who narrowed his eyes.
"... I lied, my quirk is not called Stockpile as I lead you to believe… My quirk's name is One For All." I revealed.
Iida raised his hand, classic Iida. "Yes?" "Is this quirk related to All For One?" He asked, I bit my lip at this.
"Yes, the two quirks are related." I nodded. "It is a stockpiling quirk but it's a quirk that has been passed from generation to generation." I explained. "The brother of the villain All For One had a quirk that could be transferred by DNA, he was thought to be quirkless, so All For One, I don't know if it was out of pity or a way to make him submit, gave his brother a stockpiling quirk, it has merged with brother's quirk and became One for All, a quirk to beat All for One." I took a breath and continued.
"The brother passed on the quirk to the 2nd User, then to the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and then the 7th who was All Might's master, passed it onto All Might and finally to me." I finished, the whole room was silent, my friends were processing the information slowly, Aizawa looked at All Might who refused to look at him and Melissa… I couldn't see her expression as her glasses were fogged.
Nagant was staring at me with wide eyes as she just learned this huge secret, soon the silence was broken.
"So that makes you the 9th user of One for All?" Momo asked, getting curious. 10th actually but… I can't tell them that… Not yet "Yes." I nodded.
"... Well there goes my dad might theory.." I resisted the urge to facepalm at Todoroki's comment.
"Was it on the day of the sludge villain?" Bakugo asked with a glare. "Yeah, when All Might saved us that day, he was impressed by my actions and named me his successor and deemed me worthy to inherit One For All."
"When did he pass it onto you?" Aizawa asked, still staring at All Might.
I looked at my mentor who gulped. "... The day of the entrance exam… I was able to gain little control over it but not a lot, beforehand I went through 10 months of hellish training to mold my body to the proper vessel to contain the quirk." I explained.
Uraraka's eyes widened. "You used it at 100% to save me!" She realized. I smiled at her. "Yes, I couldn't just stand by and do nothing when someone is in danger… can I?" Uraraka blushed and smiled back at me.
"But wait, why did it have to be passed on so much?" Toru asked. "Ribbit, I don't think the quirk was strong enough yet to go against All For One." Tsu croaked as she looked at me. "Am I right?"
"I- Yes you are correct." I nodded at Tsu. "So that's why you can't use all your strength? Because you have a quirk that has stockpiled too much power?" Ojiro deduced. "Once again, correct." I said.
"Wow… a quirk that strong, made to take down one villain.." Kaminari rubbed his head to process the information.
"Wait, is that why you were taken by villains?" Tsu asked as she was connecting the dots. "One of the reasons, All for One wanted One for All for himself." The room went silent once more for a
while.
"What about the other quirks, the ones you manifested?" Aizawa asked me. I chuckled, always the sharp one. "They were the quirks of the previous users, excluding the 1st user and All Might, I have 6 quirks in total." I told them.
"But… you only showed 3 other quirks." Mina commented slowly as she counted on her fingers.
"There's those black whips, the danger sense and then that speed quirk." Todoroki counted. "Not really speed." I spoke up, "More like kinetic buildup." I corrected him.
"So you have 3 more quirks?!" Kirishima asked in shock standing up. I looked at Kirishima and smiled, it was enough of an answer for him.
Melissa finally spoke up. "Why did they awaken inside you?" She asked, her expression was blank. I just hoped she wasn't mad at the thought of not being chosen since her dream was to be a hero also…
"The quirk completely merged with me… As of now, I am the final user of One for All, it's grown too powerful to be passed on once more." I told everyone.
"... What are the 3 quirks?" Momo asked, I just noticed she had a notepad in hand. "Ummm as far as I know, the 7th user's quirk, Float." I hummed. "And the 6th User's quirk which is called Smokescreen."
Momo hummed, "Great for utility.." She wrote down the information. Melissa cupped her chin and looked me over before moving closer to Momo looking over the girl's shoulder.
"That's two quirks." Tokoyami noticed. "Yeah… the 2nd User and I don't really get along…" I rubbed the back of my head. "Get along… Wait, are you saying what I think you're saying?!" Kaminari shot up from his seat.
"If you were thinking of the previous users' souls living inside the quirk then you would be right." I gave a humourless laugh.
"...Dude are you even sane?" Mina asked me. "Nope! I lost that the moment the previous users started to ship me with girls from my class!" I could see the looks of disbelief on their faces.
And I wasn't lying… They were that bored.
"... Who shipped us with you?" Camie asked. "THAT'S YOUR QUESTION?!" Sato asked the blond. "I mean come on! I'm curious!"
Aizawa sighed. "And you have no idea what the 2nd user's quirk is?" He asked me and All Might. "No, it was too long ago.. We don't have much information during that time period." All Might explained sadly, Aizawa sighed.
I licked my dry lips. "I'm trusting you with all this because… you became my family, Class 1-A." I smiled at my friends.
"WHOA JUST GOT AN IDEA!" Kaminari shouted with a grin. "Class 1-A, One for All! Does anyone not see it?!"
Jiro jammed her earphone jack into Kaminari's ear and blasted his ear. "Way to ruin the moment!" She exclaimed.
I couldn't help but laugh at how relaxed everyone was. "I think it's nice, Class 1 for All." I joked with a grin.
Iida got up. "Midoriya… Thank you for trusting us with this secret and I think I speak for everyone of our classmates… We will be there with you when you need us." He gave me a smile.
"Fucks sake, count me in, I'm not letting some villain kidnap you again because of your quirk, I'm gonna need my rival if I want to get stronger." Bakugo crossed his arms.
"Hell Yeah! I'm with Bakubro! I'm with you through tough and thin!" Kirishima got up, hardened his arms and pounded his fists together. "SIT DOWN SHITTY HAIR!" Bakugo pulled the redhead back.
"I'm not sitting out of this." Uraraka stood up. "You saved my life, inspired me to be a better hero! I'm not gonna just let you do this on your own!"
"We won't either!" A visible Toru and Mina pumped their fists. "With you it's always something greenie." Jiro smirked.
"Dude, with what you did for me, I'm sticking by you!" Kaminari grinned as he walked over and wrapped an arm around me pulling me for a noogie.
Aizawa watched as the students gathered around problem child and gave him their support. "I already know this is gonna give me a bigger headache.." Aizawa sighed.
"Well at least the worst is behind us." Nagant shrugged. "Don't… Ahhh you jinxed it.." Aizawa groaned.
The meeting was over and everyone went up to get started on decorating their rooms, Lady Nagant and All Might went to Nezu's Office while Aizawa went to the teacher's dorm to take a nap, leaving me and Melissa alone.
I looked at Melissa who was looking at the notepad Momo made earlier. I walked closer to her. "Melissa… Look I umm I think I know what you're thinking and-" "Don't.." Melissa sighed.
"I wanted to be a hero like Uncle Might… then I found out about support designing.. Then we met Tony, now this… I just need some time to think."
I frowned. "I understand…" I looked down. "Don't worry." I looked back up to see Melissa smiling at me. "Uncle Might made the right choice… Everyone knows that now." She left right after.
That's one explanation taken care of… I went upstairs and knocked on Bakugo's door.
When it opened I stopped Bakugo before he could speak. "Nezu's office, It's time to explain everything else." I said softly enough for him to hear.
Bakugo's eyes widened as he nodded and we left the dorms.
I was standing by the window of the Nezu's office, looking out at the dorms as the sun was still high in the sky.
Casting my gaze to the room, I looked at who was present.
All Might, Nezu, Bakugo, Tsukauchi, Lady Nagant and Gran Torino.
"Are you finally gonna talk?" Bakugo asked with a growl. I guess I've been silent for long enough,
"Yes… I brought you here for a number of reasons, I have enough trust in you to keep this secret." I took a deep breath.
"Bakugo knows this, he was the first one I told…" Bakugo's eyes narrowed as he knew what I was talking about. "But he doesn't know everything I'm about to tell you.."
I looked over the people in the room. "My name is Izuku Midoriya, but it's also Ethan Vinenzo." Tsukauchi's eyes widened as he detected no lies.
"I was a 20 year old guy who just finished college and had no goal in life, no purpose, just going with the flow, until I died in a bank robbery and found myself in the body of Izuku Midoriya with all of my memories on the day of the entrance exam."
"... He's telling the truth." Tsukauchi revealed. Nagant stared at me. "Wow… I didn't think this is what you were hiding."
All Might stared at me in shock. "So… Vinenzo-" "Midoriya, I abandoned the name Vinenzo a long time ago." I interrupted my mentor.
"I see… Why didn't you say anything before?" All Might asked. I scoffed.
"What, tell everyone I'm a 20 year old inhabiting a 15 year old's body? Yeah that'll be something." I rubbed the back of my head.
"You told me." Bakugo interjected. "Because you saw that I was not acting like Izuku." I responded.
"You noticed too." I looked at All Might. "I was scared that you might… reject me because I wasn't the Izuku you knew… But I talked to him." I gave a small smile.
"He wasn't angry that I was inhabiting his body… He was happy to see me saving people like Toga, Eri and you." I gazed at Nagant who blinked.
"... But there is more." I closed my eyes.
"In my world, this whole reality is summed up in an anime called My Hero Academia. I loved the anime, I even read the manga." I gave a small laugh. "I didn't think I would be a part of it… But here I am… So I made it my mission to make things better, use my knowledge of the future to change outcomes and save people from death or from the dark." I explained.
The room was quiet. I could tell that this was hard to take in. "Look.. I have a theory on why people in my reality can see your world, you all are real." I assured them, "The events of your world leave footprints in mine, retellings on what happens in your world in the form of stories, I believe it's like this with other worlds." I explained.
"... Wait… IS THAT HOW YOU KNEW ABOUT WHERE WE WERE WHEN WE WERE IN THAT OTHER WORLD?!" Bakugo demanded. I gave a nervous laugh.
"Yeah.. That was the MC Universe or Marvel Cinematic Universe." I explained. "I was surprised we ended up there."
"Wait, you went to another world?" Nagant asked. "I'll tell you later." I told her.
"... You said you wanted to save people… Who did you want to save?" Nezu asked after processing what I told him.
I looked down. "... Toga was a villain… She joined the league after Hosu, but I was able to get her to change sides. Eri was with the Yakuza longer, but I met her and took her away and the Yakuza were arrested early." I paced as I laid my actions out in the open. "Then there's Twice who I saved."
Naomasa looked at me shocked. "You did all that?" He asked. "Yeah… As for deaths… There's Sir Nighteye who died during a villain raid.." All Might choked and looked at me in shock. "But that won't happen, I won't allow it." I assured him, then turned to Nezu. "... Heroes from the top 10…" I muttered, Midnight's death wasn't gonna happen on my watch.
"We have threats that we don't even know about but now that All For One is in prison, we can focus on them." I sat on the chair in front of Nezu's desk, staying silent so they could process all of this.
"... Midoriya." Nezu spoke up. "What do you know about these threats?" I looked around, everyone in the room was paying close attention.
"... For one, the League is not that much a threat until later on, we still have to keep an eye out for any activity, I have some knowledge of their next move, but I changed too much for it to be completely accurate." I explained.
"Eh, from what you told us, you made a lot of changes." Gran Torino sighed. "But anything you can provide us helps." Tsukauchi added.
"The League would have teamed up with the Yakuza but now that's not a factor." I told them, "With the Yakuza out of the picture, the League's activity will be unpredictable." Nezu hummed.
"So what's supposed to happen after?" Bakugo asked, crossing his arms. "After the Yakuza thing is the whole cultural festival. Nothing much happens there but there are some people I want to recruit, Nezu when you have time, can you try and track down Gentle Criminal?" I asked the principal.
"Whatever for?" "He and his assistant need second chances and can be helpful. His assistant, La Brava is very good with computers, so I think you can get it done." I told him. "Oh, how fun!." The chimera grinned, giving me shivers.
"Tsukauchi, Gran Torino, keep up your investigation with the League, Kurogiri will try to find one of All for One's followers." I told the two. "A follower?" All Might asked.
"Really devoted… More like a pet really." I mumbled. "What can you give us?" The detective took out a notepad. "His name is Gigantomachia, and you can't miss him, he's huge." I spread my arms out.
"He can grow larger, very strong and very devoted to All For One, he was able to break through waves of heroes with ease." I tried to remember the quirks he had but I was coming up blank.
"That's a problem." Gran Torino mumbled. "You have to work on a sedative strong enough to knock out a giant." I added. "We'll look into it." Nezu nodded at me.
"Okay, next on the list is the Meta Liberation Army." I revealed. "That old group?!" Gran Torino barked.
"I thought they disbanded." Nagant frowned. "No, they're staying in the shadows until they can reveal themselves. The problem there is that we can't do anything until we have more information." I rubbed my forehead with a sigh.
"Don't you know everything nerd?" Bakugo asked sarcastically. "No, I don't, I can say that Detranat is a front for the army and their leader, Redestro, is the CEO." I revealed. "... I need a drink." The detective grumbled.
"They have people all over Japan, it won't be easy to take them down." "If what you say is true then I agree, we can't act recklessly, we need to gather up all the supporters to end the Liberation Army." Nezu agreed with me.
"We need someone on the inside to get that kind of information." All Might piped in. "I believe I have someone in mind, but we can discuss that later, is there anything else?" Nezu asked me.
"The doctor All for One worked with, the one who can create Nomus, he can control Gigantomachia, I know who he is and his location… But we can't act without evidence… Am I right?" I asked the detective who frowned and nodded.
"... Right, well I'll write down all the information once we're done… But we have one more thing to talk about." I looked at Nagant.
"The Hero Public Safety Commission." Everyone but Nagant and Nezu looked at me in confusion.
"Kid, what are you talking about?" Torino asked. "Lady Nagant wasn't MIA, but she was in Tartarus, because she killed the previous president of the HPSC." I revealed.
Tsukauchi looked at Nagant and was about to grab his gun, "Detective, if you will listen to me and my story… well how about I show you… May I?" I looked at Nagant.
"Wait… you can do that?" She asked. "I just learned it a week ago." I walked up to the detective and placed my hands on his head and closed my eyes, I pushed the memories of Nagant into his mind.
Seconds later, I pulled away and Tsukauchi fell in his seat. "I… Wow…" He took off his hat and rubbed his forehead.
"You see, the Commission is focused on one thing, keeping society clean, by any means possible." I said. "The commission takes kids with amazing quirks and trains them to become heroes in the spotlight while in the shadows, assassins." I look at Nagant.
"Then that means Hawks is.." All Might's eyes widened. "Yes, he's a puppet of the commission, he was trained at a young age to become their tool after Nagant who too was trained at a young age." Nagant lowered her gaze.
Bakugo clenched his fists. "Fucking bastards.."
"So the system we work under is dirty… what do we do about it?" All Might looked at me and then Nezu.
Nezu and I looked at each other. "Nothing." We answered. "We can't do anything right now, as of right now, society is still reeling from losing it's symbol of peace." I answered.
"Once all of the other threats have been dealt with, we will do what we can to weed out the corruption." Nezu took a long sip of his tea before putting it down. "Is that all?" He asked me.
"Right now Principal, that should be all, if anything else comes up, I'll let you know, but right now, I need to head back to the dorm to mingle with my friends. Come on Bakugo." I walked out and Bakugo walked behind me with a headache. "I wish I never fucking asked…" The blond grumbled. "But you wouldn't let it go." I snarked. "SHUT UP NERD!"
Tsukauchi took a deep breath. "I thought One for All was the biggest secret I ever had to hide… Now I'm gonna go home… and think this over..." The detective left.
"... I'm getting too old for this shit." Gran Torino walked out. "Don't call me.." He closed the door.
All Might just left without a word.
Nagant sighed and got up. "I'm gonna lay in my bed… and just… process.." She was about to walk out.
"Ah Ms. Nagant, I have a proposition for you." Nezu smiled. Nagant looked at Nezu. "... What kind of proposition?"
"How good are you at teaching?"
I looked around my new room, I didn't bring my All Might merchandise, I didn't want to see the man staring at me as I slept.
I looked at my bed at the duffle bag full of spray cans that I bought earlier. I grinned and took the bag and left the room and rode the elevator to the lobby.
The doors opened and I saw most of my classmates mingling. "Hey Midori! We're gonna have a room contest!" Mina exclaimed.
"Denied! I have a better idea!" I showed them the bag. "A little bonding and the start of a tradition. Gather everyone and meet me at the back of the dorm building, Kirishima, drag Bakugo out of bed!" I ordered and went outside.
I put the bag down and looked at the wall with a glint in my eyes. If Miles Morales and Delsin Rowe taught me anything, it was to take the opportunity to leave your mark.
My classmates came over. "Deku? Why did you bring us here?" Ochako asked as she looked at the wall I was staring at.
"Well, a little bonding and tradition I want to start." I took out a green and blue spray can. "Leave our mark here, first of many class 1-A in the Height Alliance dorms." I smirked. Bakugo's eye twitched. "You brought me here for this?" He growled.
"MIDORIYA, WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS VANDALISM!" Iida shouted as he chopped his arms. "Oh come on Iida, live a little!" Mina smiled widely as she watched me starting to spray paint the wall.
I thought a lot about what my symbol would be, VD in green and a blue lightning bolt running across it. The Viridian Hero: Dekiru, It looked cool. "And lastly!" I took out a marker and wrote my name and signature under it. "Done! Now who's next?" I asked as I showed the bag had stencils and more cans.
"ME NEXT!" Kaminari took the yellow spray can and Mina rushed up to be next.
I smiled as my classmates spray painted their logos onto the wall, I looked at Iida, "Mr. Aizawa won't mind." I commented. "How do you know?" Iida looked at me shocked, I simply pointed at the corner and there was Aizawa watching. "I asked him beforehand." I winked.
In the end everyone was able to get their symbols on the wall, with a little help from others who could draw, even Momo and Iida got in on it, Iida took more convincing.
Ochako's symbol was a pink U with a ring around it like a planet, Denki's was a yellow CB with with two thunderbolts on both sides, Jiro's was a set of blue earphones, Shoji's was just an eye, Koda's was a paw, Camie's was a M with a mist around it, Iida's was actually the Ingenium helmet, it took a while to spray but it was worth it, Mina's was a pink Q with blobs of white like acid on it, Toru's was the outline of an I and G together, Momo's was just the word Creati, Kirishima's was a brick like RR, Aoyama was a shooting star, Tsu's was the face of a frog, Shoto's was what looked like a glacier covered in flames, Bakugo just made a grenade and went back inside after signing it, Tokoyami's was Dark Shadow's head, Sato's was a cupcake, no surprise there, Sero's was a tape dispenser and finally Ojiro's was just his tail.
We looked at the small section we covered, I looked at the empty space and imagined it being filled by the next class after us.
"This was a good idea." Momo smiled softly, "Yeah, we left our mark alright."
"I still don't approve… But I must agree it looks pretty nice." Iida had a small smile.
"Hey, like the logo." Sero grinned at Shoto, "Thanks, but it was the best I could come up with." The fire and ice user shrugged and we went inside.
Aizawa walked up to the wall and looked at the logos of his students. A ghost of a smile formed on his face. "You would have gone crazy about this Shirakumo…" The teacher saw the marker on the floor, he picked it up and wrote on the wall.
Above the logos was Class 1-A Year 2XXX-2XX.
Aizawa smiled and left.
Chapter End Notes
EXPLINATIONS!!! I'm so tired, I did my best to get this out and I have news, Hero of Olympus will be put on hold.. Before any pitchforks or mean comments come out, please understand that I have a hard time writing it out, once I figure out the issue, I may upload more then one chapter.
Anyway, onto the story itself, if it seems rushed, I'm sorry, I went through 3 rewrites before I came to this one, so hope you like it, things are changing, see you later!
Chapter 28
Chapter Summary
First official day at the dorms and Ultimate moves training.
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
"The Morning Is here! The Morning Is Here!" I slapped the top of the All Might alarm clock on my bedside table, I turned to my side wanting a bit more rest, the bed felt so different from the one at home but it was comfortable at the same time.
Sadly, the day had other plans. Even with my curtains drawn, sunlight beamed through the small crack and hit my face. I groaned "Alright alright... first day in the dorms." I sat up from my bed and stretched with a yawn. "Man… Yesterday was exhausting." I got up from my bed and gathered what I needed.
I left the room with toiletries in hand and went to the washrooms, I arrived to see my classmates brushing their teeth also. "Morning." I greeted, earning some good mornings in response. I stood in front of a sink and started to brush my teeth. If I remember correctly, we were gonna start training to use our ultimate moves.
After the morning ritual, I walked to the kitchen for breakfast and found Shoto eating…. Soba?
I stared at the boy as he looked at me with a blank stare and slurped his soba slowly. "... is that even warm?" I asked to which the boy shook his head.
"... Is it even healthy?" I asked once more as the boy shrugged. "... Okay…" I stepped out and walked to the dining area as almost all my other classmates were having breakfast. "Guys, Todoroki is having cold soba for breakfast…" I mentioned.
Momo sighed as she rubbed her forehead, "I tried to get him to eat something else but he just looked at me and slurped his soba." The rich girl told me.
"I… Attempted to tell him also, but he just stared at me and ate his food without breaking eye contact… It was unnerving." Iida commented. "But I read that Soba is healthy so I do not thinkg we should be concerned about it.
I sighed, "Still eating alone… Guess we should give him time." I mumbled as I sat down, "Are there any eggs left?" I asked as Dark Shadow came over with a plate. "Thanks." I took it and grabbed some eggs and bacon.
My mind went to what I was told before I moved into the dorms.
Along with the student and faculty dorms, there was a dorm building for the reformed villains, Neo, Emerald, Nagant, Toga and Twice were living there.
Emerald was a bit of an issue, I tried my best to tutor her in Japanese but the girl was so stubborn, well at least Neo learned enough and knew sign language, and she … Behaves. I just hoped Nagant
would keep them in line..
Huh I just realized that they made up a version of the Suicide Squad from DC comics, Nagant was Deadshot, Toga was Harley Quinn.. Or was that Neo… Both are colorful girls who are head over heels over a green haired person…. I shivered at that.
"Dude you okay?: Kirishima asked, I blinked and looked at Kirishima, "Oh yeah I'm okay, sorry just thinking." I waved off Kirishima and continued to eat.
The dorm doors opened and Eri ran inside wearing her pajamas and jumped straight into my lap.
"Big brother." Eri held me tightly, she was clingy after the Kamino fiasco, I smiled and pet her head. "Hi Eri." I whispered.
Mom walked in wearing a shirt and skirt with an embarrassed smile. "Good morning everyone, I'm so sorry for her, she didn't want to wait and just came here." I smiled at mom. "It's okay." I assured her, huh was she losing weight?
"Yeah!" Mina grinned and reached from across the table to rub Eri's head. "I'm always happy to see my other horn buddy!" Mina said, bubbly.
"Did you have breakfast?" I asked Eri, the response was a low growling noise from her stomach, making the unicorn blush.
"We can't have that now can we?" I looked at Sato, "One stack of chocolate chip pancakes, on the double!" I ordered as the sugar boy stood up and saluted. "FOR THE UNICORN!" He ran into the kitchen as I rolled my eyes.
Kaminari Sero, Camie and Mina grinned. "For the Unicorn!" They cheered.
I groaned. "Guys, don't start a cult around Eri." I begged. "Too late!" Eri was lifted off my lap by Toru who was invisible. "All Hail Eri!" Toru giggled as she became visible again, some of my classmates got up from their seats and bowed to worship their unicorn princess and Eri didn't know what was going on and looked at me confused.
Inko giggled at the funny scene as I took Eri back. "Give it a rest." I sat down with Eri on my lap and Sato came in with a plate of the requested pancakes.
Eri's eyes widened and was beaming, Tokoyami closed his eyes and left, muttering. "Too bright.."
This child in my lap was amazing.
I helped her eat her pancakes, she had some crumbs on her cheeks after her 3rd bite, Momo wiped the crumbs off Eri's cheeks, we really were like a family.
Today would be the start of training for the provisional exams, I knew we could do this, things were gonna be better.
I know it.
Hatsume walked through the dorms of the Class 1-H, her tech sister, an amazing name by the way.
She was very happy that she got to live on campus, now she could make more babies! But something bothered her.
Melissa was out of it yesterday, it got Mei worried, she normally didn't worry about anything other then her babies but… Melissa was her first real friend who understood her and kept her afloat and they were working together to create new things.
"Hey, Mel you in there?" Mei knocked on the door to Melissa's room.
No answer.. "Coming in!" She entered the room and blinked as she saw Melissa hunched over her desk, working on something.
"Mel?" Melissa looked up, her glasses falling down her nose, she pushed them back up. "Oh hey, Mei, what time is it?" She asked.
"Ummm breakfast time, I noticed you weren't downstairs, so I… umm came to check on you."
"... Did you need something for the ATHENA project?" Melissa asked, raising an eyebrow.
"No! That's going on great, should be finished soon!" Hatsume rubbed her head. "Just… saw you down and got worried."
Melissa's eyes widened. "Oh Mei.. thank you, umm look, just have a lot of stuff on my mind, I need to finish this." Melissa showed Mei what she was working on.
Mei's eyes almost popped out of her eyes as she saw a functioning mark 1 arc reactor. "YOU FINISHED IT!" She ran up to the desk and looked at it. "Ah yeah, a working prototype, but… this isn't what I'm working on." Mei blinked and looked at her friend.
"Then… what were you working on?" Mei asked, Melissa pointed at the thing connected to the arc reactor.
Seeing the device, Mei took it into her hand and examined it. "Is this.." "Yes… Before I work on the next phase, I need to do something important." Melissa sighed.
"... Let me help." Mei looked at Melissa. "Two heads are better than one, plus, we're tech sisters, we help each other out."
Melissa smiled. "Thank you Mei… I'm really glad we're friends."
"Ah don't sweat it, you keep me from doing anything stupid!" Mei grinned.
"Now let's go eat and get to class before Power Loader gets on our butts!"
Melissa giggled. "Isn't it me who always drags you out of the lab?"
"NOT THIS TIME!" Mei dragged Melissa out the room.
Melissa looked back at her room, her project was almost done.
'I need to finish then… Izuku'
I was correct about the Ultimate Moves training for the provisional exams, but after the exams… I'll be in new waters.
At least I could prepare my classmates for what's to come.
I was in the locker room with the rest of the guys, putting on my hero costume and as I zipped up
my costume, Kaminari called out.
"Dude, what's that on your shoulder?" I looked up and then looked at the shoulder, on it was the Avenger's A logo in red, kinda like Roger's.
"Bakugo and Todoroki have it too." Sato noticed as Bakugo's was black and on the left part of the orange X on his costume while Todoroki's was on his shoulder also.
"The logo of the team we worked with." I responded, I saw it on Captain America's shoulders and wanted it on mine also, the others wanted the same and Melissa was happy to add it.
"Dude, it looks sick." Kaminari grinned. "Thanks." We left the locker rooms and the girls joined us as we made our way to Gym Gamma. I saw Momo and Uraraka have the same A on their shoulders, Uraraka's was black on pink, Momo's was black on red.
As we walked, Kaminari spoke up. "Yo Midoriya, your lightning was green right?"
"It's more of a teal colour." Momo answered for me. "Right, well I noticed that it's blue now."
Jiro blinked at her boyfriend's words. "Yeah, I noticed that too, during Kamino, your lightning was blue instead of teal."
My friends were staring at me, except for Bakugo, who I can assume, put the pieces together.
I looked at my gloved hand and activated One for All, the blue lightning dancing around my finger. It was my One for All, my quirk, since I let go of Izuku… I felt more powerful than before.
"Let's just say my quirk evolved after my encounter." I left it at that and we continued to make our way.
We entered the gym and saw Aizawa with Midnight, Cementoss and Ectoplasm waiting for us.
I tuned out most of what the teachers were saying and thinking of my own ultimate moves, I had two at the moment, the 200% Detroit Smash and Lunar Impact.
Should I come up with something new?
"ALLOW ME A QUESTION, WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING ULTIMATE MOVES IN THE PROVISIONAL EXAMS! MAY WE KNOW YOUR REASONING!" I closed my eyes.
"Iida." I called out, making the turbo hero in training look at me. "Inside voice." I told him with a flat look. "You don't need to scream it out."
"Midoriya's right, no need to scream and that was two questions." Aizawa looked at Iida. "The job of a hero is to save people from all sorts of dangers, crimes, accidents, natural or man-made disasters. Of course the exams analyse how well you respond to these events."
"You won't just be fighting, your ability to gather information and make quick decisions will be judged. As well as how you communicate, cooperate and lead others, every year a new test is used to test these qualities." Aizawa finished and Midnight stepped up.
"One thing is for certain, if you want to be a pro hero, you must be able to prevail in battle, if you're prepared, you don't have to worry, those of you with an ultimate move will have better results."
Cementoss spoke up. "The circumstances should not dictate the results of your future battles, learn to be consistent and you'll be a great asset on the front lines." Cementoss smiled, I wonder how he deals with having a block head…
"Your ultimate move can be an attack or a boost to your abilities." Ectoplasm said, "Take Iida's Recipro Burst and Midoriya's Overdrive, those ultimate moves push the user's powers to the limit to get the job done."
I saw Iida swell in pride, teacher's pet I suppose.
"And Midoriya's Lunar Impact." Midnight winked, "Binding the opponent and finishing them off with a powerful attack to take them out of the battle quickly, that's what we want to see." When did.. Oh right, I was training with the move after Stain, I had Midnight watch over me as I worked on the move.
"The training camp was interrupted, but the practice you did get in to develop your quirks was part of the process needed to create defining abilities." Aizawa explained. "You'll be working hard to develop powerful moves of your own for the next 10 days or so, this is how you will be spending the remainder of your summer vacation."
I grinned as I watched Cementoss create towers of cement.
"Be prepared for intensive training! In addition you should work on improving your costumes, especially now that you have a better understanding of your quirks. I expect you to go Plus Ultra." Aizawa gave us a hard look. "Get to work."
"YES SIR!" The class responded as everyone went with their own Ectoplasm clone.
I walked up to a clone. "Alright Midoriya, you already have your Lunar Impact, do you want to work on that or work on something new?" The clone asked.
"I have … 2 ultimate moves, one is Lunar Impact and the other is… something I used against Muscular back at Camp."
"Show me." Ectoplasm ordered. I looked at the clone. "... Alright…" I took a deep breath and activated FC at 15%, I jumped in the spot to build up a bit of kinetic energy and then lunged at the clone and started to attack as the clone dodged my attacks.
I wasn't trying to hit him, I was building up more energy to use the move.
Should I use the same name? No… this was an ultimate move, I needed to give it a new name.
I waited till there was a pillar behind the clone before I unleashed my attack. "Washington SMASH!" I wrapped blackwhip around my arm and tapped into Fa Jin giving me 150% more power, plus the 50%.
Throwing a left hook and then- BOOOM!!
I blinked as the pillar… as well as what was behind it was destroyed by the immense force.
Everyone stopped and stared at me and what was left of the tower.
"... I think you should reserve that move for larger villains and dial down the power." Ectoplasm deadpanned as I looked a bit embarrassed.
"I agree." I looked at the source of the voice to see All Might walking towards me, his arm still wrapped in bandages.
"That move has a lot of power behind it, it's no wonder that Muscular was in intensive care after." All Might smirked.
"Ah yeah.." I chuckled nervously. "Don't worry, you're not in trouble, just need to dial it down." I nodded. "I understand… But I think I have an idea for a new ultimate move." I smiled at him.
"Well I can't wait to see how you use your abilities to create it, it's also good to see you're not imitating me as much." All Might grinned.
"I'll make you proud." I turned to Ectoplasm and grinned. "I'm ready to go again." I said as I activated Full Cowling.
The day was full of training and brainstorming, I felt glad for the slow pace and I was surprised when I saw Uraraka flying through the air, I guess her quirk evolved once again.
I was walking through the lounge with my notebook talking to Tokoyami.
"I'm just saying, with your new shadow abilities you can use them for more than just fighting." I explained as we walked through to the kitchen.
"What do you suggest?" The avian boy asked me. "You interned with Hawks, can you maybe create wings out of your shadows?" I asked with a grin on my face.
Tokoyami blinked and hummed. "Possibly, but the question is, will I be able to fly with them?"
"Oh you just need to create enough force to lift you into the air, even during the day the shadow can be strong enough." I said as I wrote down in my notebook.
"I will attempt it tomorrow, thank you for your suggestion." Tokoyami nodded at me and took out a bottle of water from the fridge.
The one thing we needed in this class were flyers, Uraraka could fly now, Bakugo can somewhat fly and I could swing from black whip.
I left the kitchen and hummed as I went to the ultimate moves page on my notebook. Washington Smash was too powerful so I had to come up with something new, good thing I thought of ultimate moves from the get go.
But the best thing I can do is help my classmates with their own ultimate moves.
Let's see… Ah! "Hey, Todoroki!" I walked over to the fire and ice user. "How's your training doing?" I asked.
"Midoriya," Todoroki blinked as I ran up to him. "It's going okay… But I do need to ask you something." He turned and showed me his hand, he then summoned some ice vapor.
Wow, "Wait, couldn't you only summon ice in solid form?" I asked Todoroki. "I used to, but since the training camp, I was able to produce ice in vapor form." He explained.
I hummed. "Is it hard to control?" I asked him as Todoroki put his hand down.
"No, not really, it's just like me using my fire, just… better." He explained it in the best way he
could.
"Well, it looks like your control of the ice vapor is better than using flames because you always practiced with your ice, your control over your ice is in mastery." I wrote it down in my notebook. "You could probably use it for mobility, to create a quick platform of thin ice for you to skate on it and then it'll melt immediately, or if you want to keep training with your flames, you could use the flames from your feet or hands as propulsion to fly around. If you're thinking of combat, you could use the vapor to slow down villains and then take them down." I mumbled.
Todoroki blinked as I was going through a mumbling storm.
I stopped as soon as I realized what I was doing. "Oh umm sorry, I try my best not to do it anymore… Umm do you want the notes?" I asked showing him the pages in my notebook. "Sure." Todoroki responded as I copied my notes onto a few blank pages and ripped it off, handing it to him.
Todoroki looked them over and left after saying thanks.
I smiled a bit and went back to my page where I had ideas for Ultimate moves listed out. I haven't mumbled in a long time, I really needed to be careful.
The next day, I decided to visit my friends in the VRD, or the Villain Rehabilitation Dorm.
I knocked on the door and waited. It looked exactly the same as the other dorms except for the lettering on the front, VRD.
The door opened and Neo poked her head through, once she laid her eyes on me, she pounced, wrapping her arms and legs around me like a koala.
I blinked and looked down at Neo and rubbed her head. "Umm there there- OW!" I pushed her off as she bit me. "THE HELL?!" I demanded rubbing my chest. Neo crossed her arms glaring.
She was wearing yoga pants and a pink T-shirt and her hair was in a bun, the look in her eyes showed how much she was upset. I sighed. "Look, I'm sorry but I had a lot of stuff to do… at least we're neighbors now." I offered her a weak grin. Neo kept her glare till she smirked and walked in and kept the door open for me to follow.
Walking inside and closing the door, I heard Nagant arguing with Toga. I walked in to see a bizarre sight. "GIVE ME BACK MY SHIRTS!" Nagant yelled as she was wearing beige pajama pants and a purple bra, Toga was wearing a grey shirt with the words, "Live Long and Pawsper '' with a picture of a cat raising its paw. The shirt was a bit big for her. "But it's so comfy~ Come on Nagant." Toga pouted as she pulled the shirt down a bit.
"It doesn't even fit!" Nagant growled. "Two days and you already stole half of the new clothes I bought!"
"But you have amazing taste!" Toga whined. "I can't help it~"
"It looks good!" "NOT GOOD!" Twice said as he was on the couch wearing his mask, a sleeveless shirt and pants.
Neo silently giggled, I stared at the two trying my best not to stare but failed as I looked at Nagant… fucking horomones…
Then Toga saw me and gasped. "IZU~!" She ran over and hugged me tightly, "I'm so happy your okay!. Nagant froze when she realized that I was here.
I rubbed Toga's back and smiled. "Yeah, and I'm glad to see you doing okay." I said as Toga pulled away. "Yeah, it's been so fun with my new roomies, Na-AH!" Nagant literally pulled the shirt over Toga's head and put it on herself while blushing with embarrassment, not meeting my gaze.
"Stop. Stealing. My. Clothes." Nagant warned as she walked to the kitchen.
"Booooo killjoy." Toga pouted, crossing her arms as she was now only in…. Bra and panties, both crimson.
My face turned scarlet as I looked away. "Toga put some clothes on!" I demanded.
"Fu fu fu, what, don't want a show~?" Toga purred as she came closer, making me step back. Neo smirked as she pulled her collar down.
"NO, GO NOW!" I walked past her to follow Nagant, I heard the two high five, those minxs…
I walked in to see Nagant was pouring herself some coffee. "You enjoying your new roommates?" I asked as I walked closer. Nagant looked at me with a mild glare.
"I can see why they're here, especially Toga and Twice. But I don't trust Neo or that Emerald girl." Nagant sipped her coffee.
"... Is it because Neo's mute and Emerald doesn't speak a shred of japanese?" I asked dully. "That and they rub me the wrong way… especially Emerald, I've seen people like her before, only caring about one thing in their life."
Huh… "How do you know that?" I tilted my head, Nagant looked at me, "Because of how she acts and was asking Neo about when they would return to Cinder."
I nodded slowly and walked over, I mentioned for her to lean closer. Raising an eyebrow, Nagant leans in.
"Neo and Emerald are from another dimension all together, they're trapped here, Neo was a thief with her partner who died, Emerald was basically a …" I chose my words carefully. "Devoted follower to Cinder who took her out of the streets and gave her a purpose." I leaned back and Nagant stared at me like I was crazy, but with what she learned days ago… She believed me.
"Damn… So those two are really out of place here.. Thanks for the heads up." The heroine sighed, "Be careful with Neo and Emerald, they have power of illusions, Emerald is a pick pocket so-" "Keep an eye on her." Nagant nodded and sipped her coffee once more.
"... That Neo girl has it out for you." I closed my eyes. "It's just teasing." I rubbed my forehead. "Mhm." Nagant nodded.
I gave her a smirk. "Nice shirt by the way, Nagant." I looked at it and held back a laugh. "Haha, very funny." Nagant rolled her eyes and put her mug down.
"And it's Kaina, Kaina Tsutsumi." Blinking, I stared at Nagant who was giving me a smile. "You trust me that much?"
"You trusted me with your name, why can't I do the same… But tell anyone else and you'll get a
bullet to the leg." Her expression turned dark at the threat.
"Message received, where's Emerald?" I asked, "In her room, refused to come out and talk to anyone other than Neo."
"Mind if I give it a shot?" I needed to check to see how she's doing. "2nd floor, left side, 3rd door." Nag- Kaina told me.
"Thanks and keep an eye on Twice." I walked out of the kitchen and went up the stairs, left side… 3rd door.
I stood in front of the door and knocked on it. "Emerald, it's me." I waited for a minute before the door opened just a bit.
I entered the room and was surprised to see a bookshelf filled with books. I didn't take Emerald for a reader… I suppose she had to get her illusions down to the letter you need an accurate description..
Emerald was sitting on her bed wearing a red shirt and black shorts, she crossed her arms. "What do you want?" She asked me.
"... I wanted to see how you were doing." I said in complete honesty.
"Well I'm fine, but what I want to know is when I'm going back home." Emerald glared.
"Emerald, there's no way to send you back." I told her. "Well, I need to go back, Cinder needs me." I snorted at that. "What?!" Emerald stood up, growling.
"She was using you." I said, "You don't know anything about me." Emerald snapped. I hummed and nodded, "You're right… But let's look back on what got you here." I walked to the bookshelf.
"You were a street rat… then Cinder found you, right?" I asked, Emerald was.. Surprised. "How-" "She took you under her wing and you felt in debt to her, like you owe her your entire world."
"I owe her everything!" Emerald shouted. "Even after she did things that didn't sit right with you?" I asked her, making the girl look away.
"Next… You found a boy named… Mercury." I looked at one of the books, oh romance. "He was the son of an assassin, Cinder took him in, but you wanted her all to yourself, I could even say you had feelings for her." I chuckled as I took out a book and looked through it.
Emerald blushed and looked down at the floor, how did he know…
"Then.. she planned on hurting others… that doesn't bother you?" I asked the red eyed girl. "That she wanted to hurt others, to make them suffer?" I looked at Emerald.
"No." She said, "Why?" I asked, "Because they deserve to suffer." Emerald growled. "Why?" I asked once more. "Because I went through hell and the other people who walk the streets wear happy smiles! Where's my happiness!?" Emerald snapped.
Sighing, I shut the book. "... Well you tried to do the best with the cards you were dealt with, but now… You have a chance with a clean slate." I put the book back. "So why waste it for someone who doesn't even miss you?"
I expected Emerald to lash out… so I wasn't surprised when I found her hand around my throat
with her eyes filled with anger. "You. KNOW. NOTHING!" She snarled.
The look in her eyes is one I could recognize, the need for recognition, for someone to tell you that you matter to them, the fear of being expendable.
Reaching out, I put my hand on her cheek and she froze, like Toga… she yearned for acceptance, she just needed it from the right source. "... Don't waste your chance." I told her.
Emerald searched my eyes for deceit, for lies but all she found was kindness and pity. Emerald let go and pointed at the door. "Get out." She ordered, I quietly left the room, the door slammed shut behind me.
Other people would try to sugar coat it… But she needed to hear the cold truth that she was a tool that once broken, would be discarded instead of repaired.
I made my way out of the dorm and saw Kaina leaning against the wall. "... Give her time." I said, earning a nod from the heroine as I left the dorm with a heavy heart.
The truth hurts but it will also set you free.
The next 2 days were the same, breakfast, training, lunch, back to training then brainstorming and finally sleep.
But today I was walking to the support workshop to talk to Melissa about adding something to my suit.
Melissa's been avoiding me… I hoped I didn't do anything wrong.
I made it to the studio and entered.
Mei was working on her workbench, but no sign of Melissa. "Mei?" I called her name, the pink haired inventor turned to me. "Oh muscles! Sorry can't talk!" She turned back to her invention.
"Where's Melissa?" I asked. That got her to stop. "Well… Ummm." She turned to me. "She told me to give you this." Mei reached into her pocket and took out an envelope. I frowned and took it from her and stared at her. "She's been… occupied." Mei told me and then turned to work on her invention.
I left with the envelope, my original reason for going to the studio forgotten.
Opening it as I walked, I read it hoping it would give me an idea of what I did to make her like this,
"Izuku, I'm sorry for avoiding you but please meet me at Gym Gamma at 6 PM, Friday night, we need to talk. DON'T TELL ANYONE!"
I frowned at the short message, tomorrow was friday.
"Melissa.." I wanted to go find her before that but I had the feeling she would just avoid me.
Groaning, I went back to the dorms. Something told me that this had to do with me having One For All.
I just hoped this wouldn't break our friendship.
The next day passed quickly, I was too preoccupied with Melissa's note, I wanted to talk to All Might about it but she said not to tell anyone.
I sat on my desk, my finger tapping the wood repeatedly in anxiousness. I looked at the clock, 5:39 PM.
Fuck it. I got up and walked to my closet and grabbed my black jacket and put it over my white shirt and put on my red shoes. I still had my PE pants on. I opened my balcony door and jumped off my balcony, using black whip to catch myself and landed hard.
I walked to Gym Gamma, why was it always there… maybe because it was private unlike the other gyms.
After 10 minutes, I arrived and saw the door to gym Gamma ajar. I walked in and was met with blackness.
"Melissa?" I called out her name as I walked in the dark, the lights suddenly turned on, I blocked the light with my hand as my eyes adjusted.
Standing in the middle of the gym was Melissa, wearing the UA gym uniform, her arms behind her back, she didn't have her glasses on, her eyes were closed.
"Melissa, what's going on?" I asked with a frown as I walked towards her. "Why?" I stopped as she asked that question.
"Why?" I stopped in my tracks as I was confused by her question. "Why what?"
"Why did he pick you?" Melissa opened her eyes. So it was about One for All…
"... Melissa-" "Uncle Might knew I wanted to be a hero, I wanted to help others, I wanted to be like those people in the comics… But he didn't even bring up the offer." Melissa spoke in a tone that I didn't recognize.
"Even after his injury… Even after he started to look for a successor.. He never considered me a candidate." Melissa closed her eyes. "I still wanted to save people, like the heroes I make the support items for… I was jealous of them… Of people who had the chance."
I listened, biting my lip as Melissa spoke. "I had almost given up… But then I saw Tony… How he was quirkless and used his smarts… Then… One for All." She glared at me. "I was furious… Envious… Hurt.." She teared up. "I wanted to be a hero… not just stay in the lab and make the items for people." Melissa took a shaky breath.
I understood where she was coming from, I read her origins, how she wanted to be a hero… how becoming a support item creator was a fallback on her original dream… Finding out about a quirk that could be passed on that belonged to someone she considered an uncle…
"... That's why we're here… I want to understand…" Melissa steeled her gaze and then the lights shut off, engulfing the gym in darkness.
I was about to speak but then I heard the sound of metal hitting the floor and then a familiar sound…. Repuler! My danger sense flared and I jumped back just in time to hear a metal CLANG! Echo across the room.
The lights turned on and I was surprised to see Melissa getting up, her hands not visible, on her hands were two metal gloves with white circles on the palms, I just noticed she also had iron boots.