Chapter 5: 10 Months of Training
Bakugo… or rather Katsuki, he was a member of the team now, he was going to use his given name. Watched as Izuku cleaned up the trash.
"So a robot?" asked Katsuki.
"Like I said turns out puppets aren't the only thing he an possess." Said Stan.
"The plan is for there to be multitude bodies for him." Said Ford, "However he'll probably end up just using the puppets for day to day activities unless we come up with a good substitute."
"You know! You haven't really explained who you are!" yelled Katsuki glaring at the spirits.
"You didn't explain who we were are?" asked Ford.
"You're better at explaining than me." Said Stan.
Ford explained how the four of them were spirits of a family that fought against Bill.
"So you're ghosts." Said Katsuki.
"No we're not you see ghosts are…" said Ford.
"Another time Ford." Muttered Stan.
"Are you saying ghosts are real?" asked Katsuki.
"It's probably better if you see it yourself." Said Mabel.
"But perhaps we should properly explain who we are." Said Ford.
And of course learning that three famous historical figures in the forms of spirits were helping him was just weird.
"WHAT THE FUCK!" yelled Katsuki, "You're the fighting mama!"
"Kind of…" said Mabel, "I don't remember all of the stuff from afterwards."
That was when Katsuki took out his phone.
"WHAT THE FUCK!" yelled again.
Turned out he went to Mabel's Wikipedia page and there was a picture of a teenaged Mabel in the early life section.
"Oh yeah… never thought of using that a proof." Said Mabel.
"Why is he freaking out that much." Said Stan.
"Oh Kacchan's dad works in the fashion industry." Said Izuku.
"Oh…" said Dipper.
"Well… I did grow up to be a fashion designer." Laughed Mabel.
Turns out his mom often yelled at him whenever he he'd disparage his father's job pointing out the "Fighting Mama" was a fashion designer.
"The ghost of the Fighting Mama hugged me!" he yelled letting loose ends explosion.
"I think he's going to be like that for a while." Said Dipper.
"Yeah…" said Mabel.
"So…" said Ford changing the subject, "Why was this location chosen to be a training ground."
"All Might realize it would be a good plea to train. Not only because no one is here but also because most heroes don't do things like this anymore." explained Toshinori
"Oh I get it you want Izuku to clean the beach!" said Mabel.
Toshinori nodded.
"Most heroes forget about these sort of things." Said Toshinori.
That was when Izuku threw a large thing into the water.
Everyone gapped at that.
"You might want to explain to him that reason for training here." Said Stan.
Toshinori face palmed when that happened.
"I'm going home…" muttered Katsuki who reached his limit today.
"See you tomorrow!" said Mabel.
Katsuki glared at Mabel before leaving.
After Toshinori explained the whole cleaning the beach thing to Izuku. Stan looked at the extremely skinny man.
"So… you have a transformation quirk… right?" asked Stan.
Toshinori coughed up blood in response.
"How did you figure it out?" asked Toshinori.
"You can't bullcrap a bullcrapper." Said Stan.
"Grunkle Stan." Sighed Mabel.
"We've been like this for over 100 years, we can handle strong swears." Said Dipper.
"Still a force of habit." Said Stan, "But yeah… you're All Might, right?"
And so Toshinori Yagi AKA All Might learned a very important lesion that day… don't try to con a con man…
The next day at school, Katsuki arrived.
He saw Izuku enter shortly afterward, awkwardly carrying his backpack.
"Deku." Said Katsuki.
"Morning Kacchan." Said Izuku.
"Do you really have to carry your backpack like that?" asked Katsuki.
"Yeah… there's no way… unless I deicide to use two puppets… but that feels weird." Explained Izuku.
"Where did you even get those puppets anyway?" asked Katsuki realizing that he never asked about the human puppets
"Oh Mabel made them." Said Izuku.
Katsuki grunted, he had heard stories about how Mabel Pines-Williams was well known for creating various things in less than a day if not minutes…
Once again… his mom made him listen to those stories.
However the rest of the class stared at this interaction.
"Welp… that does… I'm out… I'm just… the end is near and I'm ditching class…. Later…" said one of the classmates.
"Oh come on! It's not that bad!" yelled another of their classmates.
"They're talking civilly! When the hell does that happen!" yelled the classmate trying to ditch class.
"You want to die!" yelled Katsuki.
Izuku on the hand was trying to figure out of a way to hide in his embarrassment. While Mabel who was watching over Izuku that day was laughing uproariously thankfully it was much easier to not make any sounds than it was for them to make sounds, so Izuku was the only one who could hear the laughter.
During lunch Katsuki left the classroom to eat after what happened, that was when he saw Mabel waving at him.
"Hey! I got a message from Grunkle Ford and he told me that Nezu wants to meet with you this afternoon at UA!" said Mabel.
"Whatever." Muttered Katsuki.
"Wait…" said Mabel, "We should also talk about something."
"What about?" asked Katsuki.
"I get it your trying to change after whatever Bill did to you… Pacifica bullied me…" said Mabel.
"Wait…" said Katsuki, "That girl he was talking about was your sister in-law?"
He didn't pay attention to the other Pines, but h knew their names well enough.
"Yep! She bullied and made me doubt myself a few times…" said Mabel, "But the reason why she did it… she hid a lot of pain… and I shouldn't tell you about any of it… it's not public information."
Katsuki glared at her.
"So I know Grunkle Stan also threatened you…" said Mabel glaring harshly at him, "But if you go back to your old ways…"
"I know… you'll make me pay." Muttered Katsuki.
"Oh yeah!" said Mabel, "But I get the feeling like you're trying to change."
Katsuki looked at Mabel and then left.
"Later!" cheered Mabel.
Katsuki didn't respond to her.
Later that afternoon, Katsuki grabbed Izuku backpack for him.
"Here, I'll carry it." Said Katsuki.
"Oh thanks!" said Izuku.
"Come on you two! We really should go!" said Mabel poking her head through the door way.
Once they were gone their classmates were confused.
"Who was that girl?" asked one of them.
"I don't know… but I get the feeling that he was right earlier." Said another of them.
"About it being the signs of the end of the world? Yeah… maybe…" said yet another.
And so they headed to UA, when they took the train, Katsuki stared at how Mabel held onto Izuku… even if he couldn't see Izuku's spiritual body.
Soon enough they arrived at UA where Nezu was waiting for them.
"Good to see you again Midoriya, Ford and Power Loader are waiting for you in the support workshop." Said Nezu, "And Katsuki Bakugo, there's quite a bit we need to discuss."
"I'm going to look around! Later!" called out Mabel going invisible.
Neu led Katsuki to his office and offered him tea, which Katsuki relenting took.
"I'm extend the offer." Said Nezu, "I know you applied for the hero course, but you will have a guaranteed Spot in General Studies if you fail."
"I'm getting into the Hero Course." Muttered Katsuki.
The animal principal chuckled.
"Now… I was also overlooking your files." Said Nezu, "And I noticed something deeply concerning."
"Let me guess it's that I bullied Deku." Muttered Katsuki.
"Actually it's on the contrary." Said Nezu, "You're files a very clean… far too clean."
Katsuki paled considerably.
Nezu took a sip of his tea.
"Do you know about antibullying laws that were established during the rise of quirks. Bullying so to not be tolerated, at all." Said Nezu, "After all, if a bullied teen reaches their limits, their quirk can do something terrible."
"You know I'm willing to overlook certain things for certain reasons." Said Nezu, "It is the end of the world… I mean you did confess to bullying him."
Katsuki flinched when he said that.
"And I have checked, there are no loopholes for the Quirkless." Said Nezu.
Katsuki paled.
"You're not the one in trouble…" said Nezu, "But the fact that none of this was reported…"
"The school is." Said Katsuki.
"Precisely." Said Nezu.
"What you want my help to take down the school?" asked Katsuki.
"Just an extra set of eyes, just in case something is going on." Said Nezu.
Katsuki snorted.
He was the one to bully Deku… and no one put him up to it. If anything he put other people up to it.
But the school just ignored it, hell he remember the day everything went down, the teacher just ignored everything even when it happened in the middle of class.
"You don't have to help your file is clean after all…" said Nezu, "Just something to think about…"
Katsuki didn't answer.
"On the bright side, we don't have to worry about anyone pressuring Stan to give away his mark." Said Nezu.
"What?" asked Katsuki.
"It's probably better if you find out yourself." Said Nezu.
Katsuki only blinked.
Meanwhile Izuku strength test the robot body.
Various tests, such as punch strength, how much he could lift.
"You know… building him a body made out of steel makes sense that the basic body is getting these results." Said Ford.
"Well considering things." Said Power Loader.
"I'm sure we can figure out other ideas." Said Ford.
Both of them looked at Izuku as he performed the tests.
"I don't like the looks they're giving me…" thought Izuku.
Meanwhile with Mabel she was looking around the campus. That was when she stumbled onto some second year students practicing their quirks. Her eyes lit up when she saw one of the boys use his quirks. And she was practically drooling.
Something should be noted about Mabel, after that fateful summer she realized she didn't need a boyfriend to be happy.
Then she was hit by the puberty stick and became something of a perv.
And she was still emotionally 15 years old.
Meaning she was a bit horny… especially with that boy's quirk... so yeah…
Over the course of the next few weeks. Things had hit something of a rhythm, some days Izuku would go to the beach and train with Toshinori.
Other days he would test out various bodies in the workshop.
Most days Katsuki was quiet to him, giving a nod or grunt whenever Izuku said good morning.
But it was clear things had changed between them, with Katsuki no longer hanging out with his toadies.
However that didn't mean that Izuku wasn't bullied.
While heading to the rooftop hang out with Mabel during lunch (as it was her turn to watch over him), someone managed to grab his puppet away from his hand.
"Oh Deku!" say the boy who grabbed it, "What can't say anything without your little puppet."
Izuku gritted his teeth.
He was about to look for Mabel to get the puppet back.
"Give him back the puppet." Said Katsuki showing up.
"Kacchan." Said Izuku.
"Come on Bakugo! It's hilarious!" said another of the classmates.
"He's been reduced to nothing… probably less than useless." Said the one who grabbed the puppet.
"I said give back the fucking puppet!" yelled Katsuki.
The other boys knew meant business and dropped the puppet on the ground.
"Thanks Kacchan." Said Izuku.
"Whatever." Muttered Katsuki, "You meeting up with the scarecrow today?"
"Yeah." Said Izuku.
"I'm coming with you… better than Sweater just protecting you by herself." Said Katsuki.
"Okay…" said Izuku.
"Hey! Don't call me that!" said Mabel appearing.
"Where were you?" asked Katsuki.
"Right there… I was about to do something, but you beat me to it." Said Mabel, "You have to come up with better nicknames is what I'm saying through. Seriously sweater?"
Katsuki stared at her like she was crazy, and she just gave a bright smile back.
"You're so weird…" muttered Katsuki.
"I take that as a compliment." Laughed Mabel.
Katsuki just rolled his eyes.
It after that Katsuki became a regularly during beach training, with Toshinori occasionally letting Katsuki help with the beach clean-up.
And it was clear that Katsuki was becoming a bit friendly.
Though they did know that there should be a substitute for the puppets, Mabel suggested a mascot costume, but everyone disagreed.
They decided to try out something else however… a thing that was dubbed "The Suit"… it was… well one day it will be described, but the way to school trying it out did not turn out well. While it did allow him to ride the train easily it caused too many screams, too many tears and too many other things that the second he went to school, he had to take it off and put on the spare puppet he kept in his desk after that incident with the bullies.
They would have bur ed The Suit… but Ford pointed out that they would probably need in the future during times Izuku couldn't wear a robot while being transported and one of the Pines wouldn't be there to help him or the trip was too long.
So he had to keep in case of that.
But with the promise of burning it once he got his body back.
Though after that incident, after a couple months after Katsuki started joining All Might knew he would have to confess to Katsuki bout his identity.
"What is this shit!" he yelled at the beach when All Might told him the truth.
Mabel laughed… While Dipper who was also there.
"How does even work?" asked Katsuki.
"Well… it's kind of like a guy sucks in stomach at the pool to make him look buff." Said All Might.
"That's not how it works…" said Dipper.
"I think I know how my quirk works…" said All Might.
"It might sounds like… but while I didn't do the research myself…" said Dipper.
"Oh right… the kid who grew up to be one of the pioneers of quirk research." Sighed All Might who then turned back into Toshinori.
"How can you just accept it Deku!" yelled Katsuki.
"Well I've known about it for months." Said Izuku.
"Also the fact that he there's no social media posts about All Might doing his own grocery shopping…" said Mabel.
"That's how I figured it out." Said Dipper.
Katsuki was going to argue but then began to think about it, "Damn it! It makes too much sense!"
"I wonder how many people figured out the same thing due to this…" said Dipper.
"Not many if these two hadn't figured it out." Laughed Mabel.
Toshinori just face palmed.
A few days later, during lunch (Katsuki had gotten into the habit of eating lunch on the rooftop while Izuku hanging with daily body guard to avoid everyone, this day's was Dipper) Katsuki decided to ask Izuku something that had been bothering him.
"Why did All Might start training you?" he asked.
"He was there was Bill possessed me." Said Izuku.
"WHAT!" yelled Katsuki.
"He didn't see it." Said Dipper, "It's impossible to actually see it from the outside."
"If All Might knew what was going on, he would have stopped it." Said Izuku.
Katsuki gritted his teeth, but didn't say anything.
"He was the who stopped the villain who knocked me out. He had a bad feeling about Bill… but he reached his time limit so he left…"
"Katsuki gritted his teeth.
"Don't blame him Kacchan! He didn't know that my body is possessed!" said Izuku, "And he's been helping me!"
"Of course I don't blame him." Muttered Katsuki.
"Oh good." Said Izuku.
Katsuki gritted his teeth.
"Not when it's mine… even if All Might had stopped Cipher, you would still have still made that deal with him." Thought Katsuki.
Shortly before summer vacation Izuku was overlooking some blue prints in the Support Course work shop.
They had completed two more bodies since earlier.
The first was more durable and stronger version of the first one, however it was also a bit heavier so it was more of a backup than anything.
The other had something of piston arms for rapid fire punching. Which Izuku had to get used to.
They were also working on a hand had a hand that could transform into a laser gun, that could change its ammo so it wasn't just lasers. Like something of fire or an electricity.
However the blue prints he was looking over…
"Why is this R2-D2's body!" he yelled out.
"Why would you have preferred BB-8?" asked Power Loader.
"That actually would be kind of fun…" said Izuku, "I mean… no… but I don't' know if I would fit inside it."
"It's better to have a multitude of robot bodies!" said Stanford, "We considered a certain gold one… but then we realized it was bad idea."
"But with my head!" said Izuku seeing a rather cylindrical design "And why is this body for bending girders?"
"You'll never know…" said Power Loader.
"Wait it run on alcohol?" asked Izuku.
"It's also a good idea to mix up the power sources." Said Ford.
Then he saw another set of blue prints.
"Wait… if we get rid of the preloaded voice chips and sayings, this one isn't so bad." Said Izuku.
They looked at the blue prints and it was one that clearly based on Arnold Schwarzenegger's body with built in voice chips to say his famous phrases.
Not too long later they told their dilemma to Nezu.
"I told you not to include the terminator with skin." Said Nezu.
"You're the one who put us up to it." Said Ford.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Said Nezu taking a sip from his tea.
In the end the two had to admit that the blue prints they showed him was a prank.
It did break Izuku's heart… and it hurt them to admit, but Ford had to explain that it was better if the robot fit his build better not because of size issues, but it was probably not a good thing that it wasn't public known that Izuku was inhabiting robots, and having the body of an Austrian Body builder/movie star/former governor of California wasn't a good thing.
However Toshinori also asked if he could see if his old friend could also build Izuku a robot body.
As long as it wasn't based about Schwarzenegger, it was fine.
And so he got permission to see if his old friend David would be willingly to contribute an idea that Toshinori personally had for the robot.
Of course he sent David some of the information about it. Not everything only the basics.
"Poor kid." Said David.
"I know." Sighed Toshinori.
"But what you have in mind, is similar to your quirk." Said David.
"I thought it would be a nice idea." Said Toshinori "He's one of the biggest fans I ever met…"
"He will get his get his body back." Said David.
"I know…" said Toshinori, "But even so, he will be part of the next generation of heroes. He might not take my place. But I will leave my mark on the generation. I can't be All Might forever."
"Are you sure about that?" asked David.
"I'm fine with it." Said Toshinori, "Nothing lasts forever."
Neither one of them knew it, but this conversation would make a big impact on his old friend's life.
"So the Pines are part of fighting this villain?" asked David, "So… when this is all over you going to visit the Mystery Shack."
Toshinori started coughing.
"What? You're the one who found the place charming." Laughed David.
It should be noted that was the first time he went was actually during a road trip that included a stop in Gravity Falls.
"So how's Melissa's doing?" asked Toshinori trying to change the subject, which only got his friend laughing.
Through the months Izuku got used to his various robot bodies, included a couple more designs.
One included well…
"Are you seriously ripping me off!" yelled Katsuki when he saw it.
IT was a robot with explosive hands that let him let loose explosions from his palms.
In other words, imitated Katsuki.
"You know what they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." Said Toshinori.
"BITE ME SKELE MIGHT!" yelled Katsuki.
Mabel just laughed while Dipper just face palmed lamenting the fact that Ford and Power Loader went with that idea.
Another idea they went with was one with where legs would turn into rockets.
Which Izuku did have to learn how to control but it was hard learning how to steer.
But eventually December rolled around, and Mabel insisted they celebrate Christmas.
Turned out, the reason why was because well… she had been making a bunch of sweaters for Inko, Katsuki and Toshinori and insisted on giving them for Christmas.
The one for Toshinori was really stretchy. And said "I am here!" in English.
"Oh because you're All Might's secretary." Said Inko who had a green one with a heart on it.
"Seriously?" asked Katsuki holding up an orange with a bomb on it.
Izuku got a little puppet with a sweater with a tiny robot on it.
"Wait… I thought you made four sized sweaters of full sized sweaters." Said Dipper.
"Oh… he's not here… but I did make he got it." Said Mabel.
Meanwhile Present Mic got an apartment, Eraserhead opened the door wearing a sweater with a cat head on it.
"Whoa… where did you get that sweater?" asked Present Mic.
"None of your business." Muttered Eraserhead.
For a long time to come he would forever deny that Mabel one time stumbled upon him feeding a cat…
And he would forever deny that the two of them bonded over a shared love of cats, feeling empathy when she admitted that before she performed the ritual she would always pet a cat when she saw one, with the pro hero knowing that it would be a great pain for that to happen.
Mabel went along with the denial, after all who would believe her that the seemingly grumpy pro was a huge cat lover.
As the exams got closer the Staff at UA began to realize something, after several months, only two symbols were found.
However Dipper got in contact with his Great-Great-Great Granddaughter Sabrina.
While she herself had a rather weak quirk, she embraced her family's paranormal routes and learned all she could about magic.
Including spells about seeing the future, but she wasn't a seer, so anything she would do was very weak.
She performed the ritual that allowed her to see the future and video chatted with the staff at UA along with the Pines Family Spirits.
"(Hi! Grandpa! Hi Graunty! Hi Grunkles!)" she said cheerfully despite early being her early 40s.
"Seriously?" asked Eraserhead.
"Don't knock my family traditions." Saud Sabrina.
"So were you able to see anything?" asked Dipper.
"Yes… but of course I couldn't see much… just some figures I can't remember how many and most of them were blurry." Said Sabrina, "But one thing was for sure, the two kids you already recruited were among them… and all of them were wearing UA uniforms and they were all in a classroom."
"How do we know we can trust it?" asked Eraserhead.
"I'm not a seer, but if this is not trusting my magic." Said Sabrina, "Look magic is real and people are so closed minded that they don't want to tap into it…"
Eraserhead was about to say something but he saw Mabel shaking her head no.
Once again… they totally did not bond over a shared love of cats and he totally did not trust her judgment.
"I believe that the two will be in the same class whether or not they will be heroes is up to them… but their classmates… they will be the members of the Zodiac." Said Sabrina.
"I believe you…" said Nezu.
"Wait… are self-fulfilling prophecies a thing with this?" asked Power Loader.
Everyone stared at Power Loader.
"I've been working with Stanford for several months, but he told me makes a lot of sense." He explained.
"It depends…" said Sabrina, "Maybe putting the two in the same class might be the only thing about it that's self-fulling but that's it… like I said I couldn't tell you much about what I saw… the combination of not being a seer and the thing I have to do to get me to expand my mind doesn't not make for a good combination for my retention."
"What… what you have to do?" asked Midnight.
"Oh look at the time! I have to meet with some people about a spell." Said Sabrina ending the video chat.
They all looked at the Pines.
"Look… it's a different country…" said Stan, "What's legal in one country is illegal in a different one."
"Also she has teenagers so she's embarrassed to the ritual when they're around." Laughed Mabel.
Most of the Staff at UA was confused, but they brushed it aside…
Though Nezu knew how it was done, and Present Mic had a small inclining.
Over the course of the next couple of month, Izuku continued to train his bodies.
However shortly before the exam, he finally got the one built by David.
After squeezing quite a bit that David Shield built him a robot body, he ran some tests. Turned out it had a power source that drove his body to become stronger with a certain percentage of power.
It was much stronger than the basic bodies he had.
He trained that new body on the morning the of the entrance exam. Clearing up the last bit of garbage on the beach.
Toshinori watched with a grin.
Ever since he had gotten to know Izuku he realized something about him. He had the right heart to be a hero.
That was one of the reasons why he commissioned.
It was unless something happened before then… or that something that prevent Izuku from getting his body back, he had chosen Izuku to be his successor.
But he would not tell Izuku until the day came.
"All right! Izuku!" cheered Mabel as she and her mother and uncles watched the kid.
"Oh sorry about it!" said Izuku down on the beach.
"It's fine Green Bean. It's not like you can sleep anyways." Laughed Stan.
"But you really should prepare for the exam." Said Ford, "We haven't gotten a chance to decide which body you're going to use."
"Well…" said Izuku.
"just let him choose on his own." Said Mabel.
"But we have no idea what sort of exam it will be Mabel!" yelled Dipper.
Toshinori laughed at the spirit family's antics.
Today was the day.
The day where Izuku could finally see if he could become a hero…
And he promised to himself, no matter what happened he would pass the exam.
He just hoped he would be able keep that promise.
Next Time: It's time for the entrance exam. What is it? Well it's fighting Robots! Will the body that Izuku uses be enough? And which body will he use? Find out next time!
A/N: If you guys have any ideas for any sort of future body and weapons that Izuku can have, I will take suggestions. But it might be a while to implement... so yeah...