A few days pass, Monday morning comes and Michi and Fugu train in the same gym they always do, Michi holds the punching bag as Fugu activated One for All, repeatedly punching the bag as she completes the move Michi showed her, adding a few of her own before stopping, as she lets out an exhausted sigh, Michi gives her a thumbs up
"holy shit! Nice one, Fugu! That was insane!"
Fugu wiped her forehead as she straightened herself out, high fiving Michi. Michi stepped up to the cement dummies, as he readied himself, Fugu watched on stand by.
"Alright, Fen! You ready?!"
as Michi threw a punch at one of the dummies, 10 meters away, a massive collection of tendrils launched towards the dummy, completely crumbling the stand apart. Then moving on to the next, repeating the action, the same happened to the second piece of Concrete. Michi looked at his hands, worried.
"Looks like you still need to learn restraint." Fugu commented.
Michi squeezed his hands as he nodded
"yeah it would seem that way. It's just.. it's intense, like the moment I call upon it, it all wants to release, it's a violent urge." Michi admitted.
Michi and Fugu began to walk out of the gym after cleaning up as Fugu stopped, looking at the sun rise, a soft smile formed on her face as she pointed it out for Michi
"it's nice, isn't it?"
Michi watched for a minute before nodding "yeah, it's pretty nice. Really nice."
Fugu kept walking as she went towards the dorm rooms.
"how do you feel about the sports festival still happening?" Fugu inquired of Michi as she did a bit of a skip, turning around, facing Michi
"Wait, it's still on?! None of the teachers said anything" Michi's face was shocked as he warned Fugu before she ran into a street light
Fugu jumped in the air, still filled with energy as she ran around Michi, until she paused, realizing the only reason she knew about it was because Midoriya told her.
"umm yeah! I went to a teacher for extra help after class and I overheard the school faculty.. crazy right?!"
Michi nodded as he wasn't sure how to feel but then put on a smile
"finally, a moment of normalcy for us while we're still young. I'm so glad..."
Fugu paused as she saw the smile on Michi's face before smiling herself,
"it's going to be fun. But who knows, maybe after you've been shown on air, you have a chance of getting some bitches!"
Michi rolled his eyes as he thought about it for a second, he couldn't help it but remember the last time he got close to someone, as he scratched his face, taking a deep breath as he sighed
"Maybe. That would be kind of nice. To get noticed."
Fugu looked at Michi as she noticed his optimism, she also looked a bit nervous herself, still getting a handle on One For All has been a full time job, just like school, Fugu let out an exhausted sigh as she found a new source of determination, she knows that she has to work harder than everyone else to get to a point where she can be on equal grounds.
"it would be nice. But I'm not sure if I'm good enough to get far enough in the sports festival to get noticed."
Michi stopped in the middle of the street, as Fugu stopped and looked at Michi after his sudden stop. Michi grabbed onto Fugu's cheeks as he began to pull on them
"ow-OW- OW WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS!?"
Fugu slapped Michi's hands with an angry expression as she got mad at her friend
"There's the fire! Thought I lost you there, don't doubt yourself Fugu. You are one of the most competent, determined people I've ever met. Stubborn too. I know you'll be just fine. Don't forget that yourself."
Fugu's expression softened as she smiled, she couldn't help but feel slightly bashful.
"Thanks Michi. It's nice hearing that from someone. who isn't my family. You know?"
Michi smiled as he punched Fugu on the shoulder softly, as he kept walking,
"any time, I'm here for you."
Fugu rolled her eyes as she laughed,
"uh huh, sure"
Michi shook his head "I'm serious, wherever you go I go. You, me, and Shizu to the end of the line, Fugu."
Fugu covered her face with her hair as she entered the Dorm, as she tried to hide her face after hearing that statement, even if it blurred together
"Wherever you go I go."
Fugu remembered her mom and dad telling their first time admitting their feelings to one another, how Tsuyoi always commented on the phrase that captured her heart from Masa.
"I don't want anyone else, I want you!"
Fugu looked at Michi for a second, before snapping to reality. She smiled at her friend
"Thanks Michi. I'll see you in class."
Michi nodded as he waved good bye, as he went to go get ready for class, as he put on his shirt, Fenrir appeared from Michi's stomach, looking excited and peppy
"she's so nice!"
Michi rolled his eyes as he buttoned his shirt
"yeah, she's a very nice girl. When she isn't kicking me in the stomach."
Fenrir bobbed up and down around the room, as he seemed more and more getty as he flew around the room.
"we should walk her to class!!" Fenrir said enthusiastically
"oh so you're calling the shots now, Fen?"
Michi began tying his tie as Shizu walked in his room, wearing his UA uniform
"What's up Michi! Fen!"
Michi faced Shizu, a smile on his face.
"Hey what's up bro, you enjoying your morning?"
Shizu shrugged
"it's going good, ready to head over?"
Fenrir jumped over to Shizu, with a gleeful look on his face
"is Fugu walking with us!?"
Michi retracted Fenrir, pointing at Michi, Shizu smiled
"so that thing about Fenrir amplifying emotions... is that how you really feel?"
Michi shook his head "no, it's nothing like that, Shizu. I think you're confusing admiration for something else."
Shizu got in front of Michi as he pointed it out once more
"I dunno! That seems more like you don't know what you're feeling!"
Michi rolled his eyes as he walked towards school, he stretched as he began to feel sore due to training.
"you should join us tomorrow, Shizu, it'll be fun. You, Fugu and I, we can get some serious training done!"
Shizu shrugged as he opened up the UA door for a few fellow students as he walked in after
"I would but I gotta be careful, if I'm too hard on my body I'll over heat... and it'll cause my body to begin to burn."
Michi nodded as they walked into 1A
"but you should still come. All training is good training."
Shizu stopped at the door as he saw Toma, noticing her sitting in her desk, as she talked to Onishi, Shizu looked away as he walked to his desk
"now YOU should be the one talking to a female."
Shizu shook his head in disagreeance
"no no I couldn't- shouldn't- we're fellow students, working to be heroes it would be unprofessional, or something."
michi sat in his desk as he looked a bit confused
"then why should I-"
Shizu stopped Michi there as deku walked into the classroom, with a serious expression on his face as he stood at the pulpit.
"Class we have something serious to go over, something that I personally voted against but... the principal thinks it's important, not only for your growth, but for getting you out there for your Internships. Today, we're going to be talking about the sports festival."
the class began conversing with one another as Midoriya took a pause, waiting for the room to fall silent again as he opened his eyes looking at everyone again
"we have had a rough patch, this semester, losing a beloved classmate..."
As Midoriya made this comment, Michi slowly glanced at Mari's old desk, which has been decorated with a vase and a flower ever sense the incident, he let out a small sigh as he looked back at his teacher
"and a personal attack on many of our schools, which scared us all.. and now we are springing this large scale promotion on you all.. and I do apologize but it is with greatest interest to your growth."
everyone nodded as they listened to their teacher, as Senshi stood up
"in all respect sir, I have a comment to make. Growing up, my father has taught me to respect all heroes for the effort and the hard work they go through for all of us. And I know that something like the sports festival, especially after everything that has been happening, is quite difficult to obtain. I think I can speak for the majority of the class when I say we trust you, and your judgement!"
Many students nodded in agreement as they enthusiastically threw their hands up, cheering on their teacher as Deku smiled softly he put his hands towards the class
"alright alright everyone, let's calm down, thank you, everyone and Senshi. You all have been given the week of classes off to prepare for the sports festival. We expect you to use your time wisely and for the purpose of preparing yourself for this festival. Work your hardest my students, I know you will... go beyond?"
midoriya put his fist in the air as the class imitated him
"PLUS ULTRA!!"
Michi looked down at his hands, remembering his training not only with Fugu but Fenrir. He clenched his hands, he knew that Fenrir would be powerful in battle, yet... he knows he cannot control him, at least not yet, Michi stood in front of training dummies, as he once again practiced with Fenrir, as he punched the air, Fenrir extended his reach, reaching the target. But every single time it connected, the reinforced target fell to pieces.
Michi let out an exhausted sigh as he began to grow more and more frustrated, as Fenrir appeared, even more frustrated
"Maybe let's stop doing the same exercise again and again!!!"
"Fen, stop. It's better to be proficient in one move than an amateur in many."
Fenrir began to attack the target on his own yelling "Bullshit" over and over, its frustration could not be contained. Michi let out a sigh of defeat as he suddenly get a cold water bottle touched the back of his neck, making him jump. Fugu tossed Michi the water bottle as she smiled
"hey, how's it going?"
Michi looked a bit sad, yet relieved as he unscrewed the water
"it could be better. But it's worse than I thought. Fen refuses to hold back most of the time."
Fen seemed calm as he danced around Michi and Fugu. And Michi pushed him away. Fugu thought for a second, her hand on her chin as she readjusted her glasses
"maybe you're looking at Fenrir in the wrong way. Maybe holding back comes from your side of the quirk."
"my side?"
Fugu walked over to Fenrir as she patted him on the head, scratching him under his neck as Fenrir seemed even calmer, and happier. As she walked over, tapping Michi on the cheek before walking away.
"Learn what is means to be Michi, then you can learn what it means to be Fenrir."
as Fugu walked away, Michi's eyes were drawn to her as his face turned red, as he tried to disregard his feelings, he looked at Fenrir, who was on the ground, rolling around, happy. Michi's eyes opened wide as he realized what she meant.
"To truly understand Fenrir, I have to understand my own emotion? It's true, Fenrir is just a mirror, so if I want things to go my way... I have to keep my feelings in check?! Or do I let them run wild?!"
Michi gripped his hair in frustration as he tied it in a small ponytail,
"Fenrir! Retract!"
As Fenrir returned to Michi, he tried to focus, what makes him mad the most? What ticks off Michi?! Michi thought for a second as he remembered his argument with his dad. As he tried to attack the dummy's Fenrir seemed much to weak to even assist.
"that just makes me feel shitty. Like I'm a shitty son."
Michi tried again, over and over he attempted to make things work with failure after failure. Michi then remembered the wildfires, as he got angrier, and frustrated, he punched the dummy, only for Fenrir to appear, crushing the dummy, Michi's eyes widened as he looked at the tendrils retract. With a grin he began to realize what it meant to use Fenrir.
"my emotions ARE my ammunition. Alright... Fenrir, let's do some REAL damage."
Fugu watched from the side lines as she saw Michi discover Fenrir and how he worked, she could see Michi celebrate after finally figuring it out as she smiled
"nice job, dumb ass."
"what are we lookin at?!" Hana asked curiously as Fugu turned around
"ah, just seeing if Michi was going to use his brain finally or not." Fugu exclaimed
Hana rolled her eyes as she walked towards the sparring mats
"are you ready for round two?!"
Fugu nodded as she had a determined look on her face
"Hell yeah! Let's do this shit!!"
Training:
Michi Shinomori: not only training physically, but for the four days. Michi also trained his base quirk and his new asset Fenrir. With their training becoming more intense, the two have gotten used to each other's situation.
Fugu Baga: Fugu has been practicing multiple moves shown to her by Hana, Michi, Senshi and even Deku. She is attempting to not only understand One for All, but master it as soon as humanly possible, thanks to her quick learning abilities, and Midoriya's guidance, she has become more and more used to her new quirk.
Shizu Baga: Shizu has practiced restraint. His quirk is nothing but raw strength, but it is thanks to his technique and his stubbornness that he has made this wildfire in his heart into a bonfire that does not overstep the boundaries he has made for it.
Senshi Itami: Senshi has trained his body to the max, as he prepares to not only take first place in the Sports Festival, but get an internship with his teacher, Izuku Midoriya, it is clear that his goal is to step over his father's place and take over the number one spot.
Hana Asami: she's practiced her teleporting and her moves, she has not only gotten rid of the disorientating feeling she gets from teleporting, but improved her resistance to its drawback.
Toma Agatsuma: with her quirk being specific, Toma has began feeding herself excess food to build up a fat reserve to use to heal herself throughout the battle. As well, has trained herself to be able to take a beating, and give one back.
As the doors slowly opened, our heroes slowly walked in to the stadium, filled with hundreds of heroes, and civilians from all over, with overhead drones scanning for any danger. It is time, for the Sports Festival.