Chapter5- 3 Months of Bullshit, and a job with Logan.
"You two suck"
The deadpan insult comes from the right head of the snake woman, the left nodding in agreement.
It has been three hours since Mineta and Midoriya were saved by the twins, the frog man has been sent to the hospital, the twins making sure no one saw them.
Now the two newest members of the Topologics are being chewed out as they head back to the garage.
"You two literally have the most advanced systems on earth melded with your bodies. How could you not handle this?" the left head says gesturing to boys their entire bodies.
Midoriya stays silent with his head down, not sure how to respond to the women, but Mineta is quite angry.
"We're 14! How were we supposed to fight those guys? We're not heroes!" Mineta raises his voice, Midoriya turns to the boy and gestures for him to lower his tone.
Before the twins can strike the imp with a mass of green energy, an orange hand grabs their shoulder.
"Hey girls, let's not" Layla smiles at the twins, but her grip on their shoulder implies bad things will happen if they try to hurt the boys. She waves at Mineta, her favorite imp, and the glares at the twins.
The twins don't seem intimidated, the green aura surrounding their bodies as they direct their attention to Layla. "We shouldn't have had to wake up and speed to the other side of the city for this" both heads speak at once.
Orange orbs surround Layla, the space around the orbs seem to shrink in, like everything is being pulled to them.
The two stare at each other, the two boys seemingly forgotten, and just as they're about to strike each other, the orbs and aura disappear. A white halo forming under the two women, they both seemingly look at the boys, eyes full of annoyance.
Layla sighs "Hey Logan, we were only kidding"
The twins smack Layla's hand off their shoulder, the right head spanking up. "yeah…just joking, we would never fight each other"
Mineta and Midoriya turn around to see Logan, The dark skinned man grunts, dropping his hand, and the halo disappears.
And two women attack him.
"You on the other hand" the left head grunts.
The twins go for a kick, but the man moves to the side, his face completely straight and not even looking at the attack.
Just as he dodged, the green aura reappears around the twins, moving to the leg and turning into long spikes. Logan smacks the spikes with a simple back hand, shattering the spectral constructs.
An orange orb flies between the two, and implodes, sucking everything in and forcing the twins to crash into Logan.
"GOTCHA!" Layla screams while jumping in the Air, her fist winds back, the green lights on her mechanical arms shining bright.
Logan hums and grabs the twins, using them as a human shield to block Layla's puch.
With a crunch, Layla's fist makes impact with the twins chest, causing her and the man holding her to fly back.
"Sorry girls, reflex" Logan apologizes, dropping the twins and dodging another orb.
The twins get up and growl, going for a spin kick. However Logan moves again, causing the twins to hit Layla clean in the jaw.
The Amazon goes flying down the street and into a light pole hard enough to bend it, and before she can get up, the twins are thrown at her.
Both women get up with full intentions of continuing, but Logans gotten bored.
He is in front of them, finger guns pointed directly at their hearts, small white circles at the tips of his fingers.
Both women freeze up, and Logan asks a simple question. "We done?"
Immediately, the three sigh out in frustration and nod. Logan lowers his fingers and turns to the two boys, "the doc needs to talk to you both".
…
"First, I'm sorry about what happened. We had no idea that an anti heteromorph cult was operating in the area", Topologina brings out a sincere apology. "But unfortunately today's incident has brung up a pressing issue." The doc raises both hands and points their index fingers at the two teens.
"If you are to continue working, you must learn the basics of self defense".
Midoriya speaks up first. "you mean, how to fight?" he asks, and Layla comes behind both boys and puts them head locks.
"That's right runts, you'll be getting tutored by me and Logan…and maybe the twins"
Mineta isn't too pleased with the idea, stating "that sounds like hard work, which I'm strictly against doing at the moment."
"I won't force you, neither of you were given your systems willingly. But if you wish to continue going out to work, you must learn." The hunchback doctor says with a surprising amount of authority.
"I'll do it"
Everyone turns to the white haired cyborg still In Layla's head lock, head down and eyes locked on the floor, his eyes misty.
"I panicked when those guys came after me. It never even occurred to me that I might be physically stronger than them, so I didn't try, and assumed my only option was to run."
Tears begin to run down his face and onto the floor. "And when I got hit, I just curled up and lied on the floor. It was what I did with my classmates, lay there and wait for it to be over. I don't want to do that anymore."
"Hey, relax" Layla's concerned voice comes with her dropping the boys, "it's not that big a deal, it was your first fight" she says while patting his shoulder.
Once the tears stop,the doctor discusses the schedule. "for the next month will be learning the basics of combat with Layla and Logan. At no point for the time being should you two be doing a job alone, one of us must chaperone you".
"I'm not watching them" the twins speak in unison, they are ignored by the doctor.
Midoriya nods his head while wiping his tears away, but Mineta has an issue.
"I still haven't agreed to this" he points out, and Layla leans in the imp's ear.
"You train for 3 months, and I'll show you the 107th issue of "hero scandal monthly""
Mineta doesn't move, he doesn't even look towards the Amazon, he just responds. "Not possible, all those were destroyed by the villain "Puritan"".
"No my little imp, 3 copies survived, and I've got one of them".
"How?" Mineta asks, still not looking at her.
"She spent a quarter of our emergency funds on it" Logan groans out, "I'm still genuinely upset by it"
Mineta stays silent for about 30 seconds before speaking again, "when do we start".
…
Days 1-26
The two spent the past 26 days learning two things, basic kicks and punches, and making sure their reflexes were sharpened.
How would one get rid of two fourteen year olds' sense of shock? In the words of Layla "I'm going to attack you two at random points. It could be while you are on a job, while you're eating breakfast, could even be while you're taking a shit. And you two need to block it, or avoid it."
And so they did, and it was hell.
While eating, Midoriya got a punch to the face, while in the bathroom, Mineta got a surprise ax kick. Even in the middle of training with Logan, the two would be suplexed without warning by the amazon. It was enough to drive them insane if it wasn't for the few bits of levity they got whenever Inko came over, and when they slept.
It was a grueling experience, but on the 15th day, something odd happened to Midoriya…
He got better
It was quite the odd experience for him, he got so used to being hit, that he never once tries to dodge, that only made it worse. However on the 15th day something clicked, he finally came to terms with the fact he wasn't at school anymore.
So he dodged, and as it turned out, he's very good at it.
The way one breathed, the way the shoulder moves before the attack, even certain combos, years of beatings left him privy to these things, but he never had the body or mindset to utilize it. That was different now.
Mineta was a bit different, his realization didn't come till the 20th day. When he comes to the shocking realization that he's short, everyone has to either kick him, or punch down. After that, it was pretty easy.
When Layla came after him, he didn't panic, or try to block, he just moved out the way and placed one of his balls in the direction of her fist. Layla's appendage would be stuck to the ground, and the imp would run away.
This continued for six more days, with the two having a 80% success rate of stopping Layla. On the 26th day, she attacked them both when they came back from a job with the doctor. She tries to kick mineta, but the 3ft tall boy moves and places an explosive ball right where her foot will land. Layla's foot makes contact with the adhesive sphere, and foot becomes stuck, thankfully the ball didn't pop.
Before she can even turn to lariat Izuku, the white haired cyborg already has his arm up, fully memorizing her patterns.
When the attack is blocked, Layla smiles, taking a deep breath before saying. "Alright, I'm satisfied. Logan! Argolid! Lerna! They're all yours!"
The two boys look up the staircase leading to the rooms, and standing on top is Logan and the twins. "Oh, cool" he yawns out, seemingly uninterested in the two.
…
Days 30-90(with Midoriya)
"I'm not teaching you a martial art. I'm teaching you two how to fight".
Sitting at the roof of the garage are Logan and Midoriya. It's completely bare, except for three mannequins, the oldest of the two explains what the remaining two months will be like.
"Most martial arts are beautiful, people who train for combat against those with similar skills. A true test of skill, it's truly marvelous,"he goes on with a faint smile, but then it fades.
"What I'm teaching you is fighting, there's nothing good about it, it's dirty, in more ways than one. I will teach you to use your teeth and nails, I will teach you to utilize your metal parts to most effectively take down your opponent, regardless of what the outside world thinks of you later."
Logan removes his first restriction, the loud THUNK causing Midoriya to flinch. He then karete chops ate the mannequin, but only the tips of his fingers touch the dolls chest. Logan backs away and Instructs Midoriya to look at the two inch deep gash appearing where he stuck it.
"Our systems are similar in the fact that the restrictions stop us from breaking everything in our path. I will show you the basics of how to utilize this strength without killing, but make no mistake, you will be leaving permanent damage on those you face." He finishes his explanation and waits to see if Midoriya has any questions, once he can tell he doesn't, the work begins.
…
Days 30-90(with Mineta)
"So why are me and Midoriya separated?" The purple perv asks, his question is ignored by the twins
He and the twins were in the trash filled beach of Takoba, they were here for an hour, and the twins weren't telling Mineta anything.
"Lerna? Argolid?...Come on, this is important to me! Can please just tell me what I'm supposed to be doing here?" Mineta exaggerated his point by waving his hands, gesturing to the surrounding area.
The left head, Argolid, looks at Mineta with an amused smirk. "Doing this to get a porn mag doesn't seem important"
"Gross" the right head, Lerna responds, her look not nearly as amused as her sister.
This goes on for another hour, and Mineta just as Mineta starts to get frustrated, the twins get a message from the doc.
"Help the child or cut your pay"
Both girls grumble and type on their phones "we're helping"
They turn to Mineta, who's sitting on a pole of trash and tapping his foot impatiently.
"Yo imp, listen up" Argolid calls the boy over and points to her and Lerna's restrictions.
"Me and you have the same-ish system. They were made for people with different quirks, but ours were close, so we can use them".
Argolid removes one, and with a THUNK sound, the green aura surrounds them.
Lerna speaks up next, explaining "our systems don't necessarily boost our muscle output, but instead our brains, since both our quirks stem from there"
"it's easier if we show you, remove your first restriction. Then, take two explosive balls from your head, be sure they are from the exact same spot."
The imp does as instructed, removing his limiter and grabbing two orbs. though oddly enough, it takes a bit longer for the orb to grow back. Normally it's instant, this time it took about 3 seconds.
The twins take the first orb, throwing it up and sending a needle of green energy to pop it.
When the needle makes contact, the ball explodes in its normal firework-like manner. Then the twins grab the second, throwing it up and doing the same thing, but the explosion isn't like a firework, it's more like a bus exploding.
"HOLY SHIT" the imp screams, the shockwave almost knocking him back.
Slightly amused by the boys' reactions, the twins get a bit more into their teaching roles.
"When you remove the restriction, your brain increases the potency of the chemicals you produce." Lerna explains while pointing to the sky.
"What would happen if I removed them all?" Mineta asks, reaching behind him, only for his hand to be smacked by the twins.
"Strain on the brain, even now, both of us can only handle 4 hours with the first restriction off before our bodies start to shut down." Argolid explains, Lerna speaking soon after
"Then 2 hours with the second, 1 hour with the third, and 30 minutes when all four are off. Side effects include memory loss, loss of function in limbs, and from what the doc told us about some poor sap he experimented on before, complete loss in sex drive."
Mineta cringes, specifically at the last one.
"For the next two months will be focusing on how to utilize your quirk when you have all four restrictions, and when you have one removed."
The imp nods, and the work begins
…
After the 90 days
"Well, you two have made incredible progress, mostly because of my systems cutting the learning curb." Dr.Topologina boats, eating an eye roll from the older four cyborgs.
The doctor looks at the two boys, both have lost there slouch, and there's a different air around them.
"Perfect" he says "now to see if you really improved you'll be going on a lvl 3 job"
"What!?" Comes from everyone in the room, except Logan, who knew this was coming.
"We're gonna what!?" Midoriya has to ask again.
"You two will go to an illegal action of dangerous tech and stop it" the doc describes this like they have to take the dog out for a walk.
Before either boy can rebuttal or refuse, the twins and Layla speak up.
"That's insane!"
"They've barely trained!"
"Even if the three of us go with them, it's way to risky"
"Please relax children" the doctor reassures them. "Logan's going with them."
Almost immediately, the three women's looks of worry vanish, being replaced by ones of releaf.
"Oh thank god"
"That's fine then"
"You really had us worried their"
The three girls walk away, seemingly ok with the idea now. Logan goes to his room for an early nap.
Mineta and Midoriya are not.
"Hold on" Midoriya says while raising his hands, "isn't this…super Dangerous?"
"YEAH! SUPER DANGEROUS!?" Mineta screams in agreement with Midoriya.
The girls look at the boys confused, but then it hits them.
"Right! You guys have never really seen him in action before" Layla laughs.
"You guys have nothing to worry about because…" Lerna explains, pointing to a groggy Logan stumbling into his room. Argolid finishes her twins sentence.
"That assholes quirk is unfathomably unfair"
