Chapter 6: New friends
Hello guys! before we start I just wanted to clear an important matter, So the reason All Might stayed in his hero form is because in this part of timeline he hasn't fought AFO yet so he's still in his prime, which means that Re-Destro has a snowball's chance in Hell to fight back! And considering All Lights soft spot for children especially the quirkless it's obvious All Might would more brutal and the hero persona, it was a personal matter to since he sees himself in Izuku
Ever since the whole Ordeal with Aldera and the MLA the country was in state of shock, it was terrifying for the public that some Quick Supremist Cult was hiding under everyone's nose on the form of a company that supposedly helps people in their every day lives just to be the reason behind the discrimination in the society, it's been a month and the media is still covering the news about the matter.
It's rather surreal to be told you aren't going to school because all of your teachers were arrested. It's been a month since the police sent him home with the other students and Department of Education is still tearing the Aldera District apart. Most of the district administration has either resigned, been arrested, or both. It was decided that since the teachers actively groomed students to act out, his classmates would not have any black marks in their records, but their… turbulent histories were noted down for future schools to look through only the ones who committed acts beyond normal bullying were arrested for criminal acts. Schools could not officially refuse the Aldera students, but Izuku doubts many of his ex-classmates will enroll anywhere notable. Checking social media confirms that the Aldera scandal is national news, but Izuku doubts anyone in the prefecture hasn't heard about it.
He's still adjusting, to be honest. This was something he was certain about. The sun rose in the east, All Might was number one, and Quirkless people were as worthy of fair treatment as everyone else.
And then when the police dragged his teachers of the district out of schools in handcuffs he felt satisfaction.
With school out, Izuku's spending time at home with his mother and doing online courses which was better since he's close to finishing Jr high now in the site.
The government had launched an open investigation on all the school districts to find all all the other indoctrination facilitys around the country which much to the public's horror there was at least 2 facilitys in each district, the department of education also gave the teachers a test that secretly tested if they would discriminate a student for his quirk or lack of and the result was sickening, 47% of the teachers in the country were found to be the type to commit discrimination if possible to get away with it.
He talks to her about it over dinner that night. It's a hard conversation. His mother and the Bakugous had met and talked the evening the news broke. Aunt Mitsuki and Uncle Masaru were proud of Katsuki for having Izuku's back but he just waved off with a 'the nerd would've screwed up without my help' but it was obvious he was happy with their accomplishment.
Izuku was now going to use his free time to find and train in a dojo since he no longer can depend on fending off bullies as training, and something he noticed in the past month were the looks of fear by his peers, he became the Apex predator of this place, only Katsuki rivaled him and it was fine.
"Hey mom, I'm hooome!" izuku shouted as he entered the house.
"Hey Izu. How was your day? Did you have fun in the beach?" Inko asked her son in a testing manner, she found it weird that he goes to a beach full of trash but he explained that he picks heavy objects to train different muscles
"Yeah! I found an old set of weights to use!" he said and Iko noticed the box in the door way
"Alright izuku, you should go get ready. We'll leave after we have lunch."
"Ok, but before that," Izuku said before showing her a list of names.
"You want me to help you pick out your hero name?" she asked
"Yeah," he said excitedly, "I can't decide which one I like most!"
Later they were going through some of his names.
"Now let's see," Inko said, "We got…. Mighty All Man, or Mighty boy, or All Might Jr."
"Yea that's me!" Izuku said as he raised his fist up.
"Mighty man, or Captain All Might," Inko continued down the list, "Oooh, I like Super All Might."
"SUPER!" Izuku said.
Inko used her quirk to pull Izuku towards him as if he were flying. "Super!" she said while Izuku giggled.
Izuku and Inko got into the car and drove off to the address in one of the pamphlets Inko had kept on the car seat. The first one was a grand dojo, bigger than the midoriya household itself. It had 3 floors and loud noises of shouting and the breaking of wood and glass alike could be heard.
Izuku looked in amazement. "Oooooh," he said.
He even saw a picture of All Might. Someone arrived in front of them. He then began singing "Man Out of You" by Mulan in an attempt to get Izuku pumped. Inko looked at the man with orange as if something was wrong with him and then chuckled.
"So what brings you by, little broccoli dude?" he asked. Izuku pumped his fist in the air.
"I'm here to workout so I can be a quirkless hero," Izuku answered proudly, "dojos were the best place to get a good workout!." Inko chuckled at her son's motivation.
"That's a nice motivation you got there, you will surely be great at whatever you want to do, i can just see it. The name Ryujin Kendo! That's a nice motivation you got there, you will surely be great at whatever you want to do, i can just see it. The name Ryujin, I'm the master here. Nice to meet you little broccoli dude. We would be happy to have someone as motivated as you here." the man smiled
"Mom, can we join here? I like this place. I want to join here! Please." izuku asked his mom who was going through the pamphlet she was given by Ryujin.
Inko smiled, "are you completely sure about this one, Izuku? This won't be the only dojo you join." she asked her son who just nodded his head vigorously. Inko couldn't help but smile at his enthusiasm, even though there were other options they had.
"Alright then, Mr. Ryujin, when can izuku start his training?" inko asked the master.
"Well anytime you like, he can start anytime this week or he can start tomorrow. Its your wish ma'am. Ryujin told inko.
"Mom, can I start now?" Izuku asked his mom.
"Alright Izuku. Mr. Ryujin izuku will begin his training from now. How much and when should I pay for the classes?"
"Ma'am we can discuss this on a later date, money is not my first priority. I won't ask for money till i believe izuku has completed his journey as my mentee." Ryujin answered.
"Are you sure sir, it doesn't feel right, you are teaching izuku all your skills and not paying you for your time doesn't feel right." said Inko with a frown
"Ma'am as a teacher, all I need is the current generation to grow and become stronger heroes to fight the forces of evil. I am just doing this out of good will for the next generation and not for money." said the master and Izuku cheered
Izuku had started his classes at the Raiken Dojo, his first lesson was a basic vocal exercise he had to perform. The exercise wasn't too hard for our little problem child since he was used to intense workouts from his own training.
After that he started performing moves and Katas with the other kids, the room was for kids between 7 to 11so Izuku was with kids his age, he was finding the moves easy to mimic and the master noted that, they kept going like that doing multiple moves and combos on wooden dummies and Izuku appreciated having something to practice the more damaging takedowns he learned from video games (mostly Batman Arkham games) and practiced them until the Master called out.
"Okay Midoriya I want you to spar one of the students, she's my daughter actually, her name's Itsuka" said the teacher and Izuku beamed, "I didn't have a nice fight in a while!" exclaimed Izuku and walked to the small arena in the middle of the room and an orange haired girl came in after him.
"I hope we have a good match" she bowed, "Do you want me to go easy on you?" she smiled and Izuku grinned
"Only if you want lose! I'm very experienced in fighting!" Izuku said and took his normal stance since he wasn't used to the new moves yet and Itsuka took the stance taught in the dojo, both kids looked at each other.
"Ready? START!!" called the master and the kids charged at each other.
Izuku went for a punch to the gut but Itsuka grabbed his wrist and elbow with her hands and twisted his arm but Izuku kicked her off before she could pin him to the ground thanks to his reflexes and years of fighting others
she recovered quickly and charged at him again and Izuku had to admire that she didn't fall on her back like most kids would've, she went for a palm strike and moved a step back, then grabbed her arm and turned to judo throw her over his shoulder but she kicked off of him and jumped back
Izuku followed her and therew a right hook quickly but Itsuka blocked it with her arm and kicked him in the in the gut, her kick hurt more than most people he fought but he just grunted and grabbed her leg, Izuku threw her up and kicked her in the back, she fell to the ground but stood up just as Izuku went for a punch, she grabbed his fist in her hand an tossed him over her shoulder,
Izuku stood up quickly just as Itsuka came for him, she went for a round kick which he blocked and countered with a a punch she dodged, Itsuka tried to sweep his feet but he jumped a couple steps back, she followed him, they kept trading blows and it seemed like they were in a draw and Izuku was nearing the edge of the ring
Itsuka went for a punch to the gut to push Izuku out of bounds, she expected him to dodge but he took it head on which surprised her, Izuku grinned as he grabbed her forearm and elbow and before she could react he judo threw her over his shoulder and out of bounds.
"Izuku wins the match!" called Ryujin and everyone clapped for the two
Izuku helped Itsuka up and they shook hands
"Where did you learn fighting? you seem experienced" asked Itsuka and Izuku shrugged
"Nowhere, I'm used to fighting other kids"
"You get in trouble?"
"No it's trouble coming to me since I'm quirkless"
"Nobody tried to help you?" Itsuka frowned in worry
"I went to Aldera" Itsuka winced and everyone hissed in sympathy
"Well I don't mind that you're quirkless, wanna be friends" Itsuka beamed and Izuku blushed and shook her hand
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Katsuki was bored out of his mind, ever since Aldera was shut down he was doing online courses which was boring as Hell, the only thing he could do was hanging out with the nerd to play videogames and doing modeling together which was -making a too good of a succes- boring and annoying, the thing that sucked the most was that Aldera wasn't just some shady ass school with a shitty quirkiest workers but a f*ing facility for some Quick Supremist Cult or whatever, the bastards never saw Katsuki's potential, they just wanted him to follow their long nosed leader, the fools,
And the worst thing is that they tried to brainwash him into hating the nerd and seeing him as worthless and they secceeded, but All Might said they were wrong, the best hero said they were wrong and Katsuki believed him, he also in the past few years watched Deku- Izuku turn from a weak little brat to a tough kid that beat up anyone that screwed with him even older kids and Katsuki respected that, and when he worked with Izuku to take down Aldera he came to fear the nerd's mind, Izuku could be cruel and petty when he wanted and Katsuki would never ever get on the nerd's shit list thank you so much.
But he growing tired of staying home so he signed for another school, and that's what led him to this moment.
Katsuki was fixing his new uniform in front of the mirror, it was his first day in his new school and he wanted to stay out of trouble or he might not be accepted into U.A so he had to make some friends that he can stand and keep his grades up, that was the plan, he took a shower earlier and brushed his teeth, and went to have breakfast, after that he left the house and took the train.
The school wasn't fancy but was in a much better shape than Aldera so he wasn't complaining, Bakugo walked to the place in map where his class should be and opened the door and went in
"Alright, settle down." The teacher, Sakuchi Sensei, a woman with a small set of wings consisting of blue feathers called, causing the class to quiet down. "We have a new student joining us today. He transferred here from Aldera." She nodded towards Bakugo. "Please introduce yourself to the class." Bakugo stepped forward.
"My name is Katsuki Bakugo. And no I'm not like the assholes from that shit hole of school Aldera."
"If any of you have any questions for Bakugo-Kun, please ask them now." Futakuchi Sensei stated. A girl with what looked like some kind of heteromorphic bird quirk raised her hand. "Yes Amara-San?"
"What's your quirk?" asked the bird girl and Bakugo rolled his eyes at the stupid question
"Don't feel offended she's a quirk enthusiast, she gets excited about every quirk she sees" said a girl with blond hair that was floating in the air and Bakugo thought of Izuku so he decided to answer the question
"My quirk is called explosions, I sweat a substance like neitroglyserin that I can ignite in my hands, the power varies from a small pop to a grenade" Katsuki explained
"Woah that's so manly!" exclaimed a boy with black hair and red eyes, Katsuki looked at the boy with a raised brow, he went and took a seat that was actually beside the boy
"Yo! I'm Eijoro Kirishima! my quirk is hardening, it let's me harden the skin on my body to be harder than stone" said Kirishima as he hardened his fists and hit them together
Katsuki looked impressed since the guy seems to be able to tank his explosions if trained hard enough, hardhead kept making a conversation and Katsuki tried to speak without snapping.
The first day wasn't all that bad, he met a kid with potential who seems to be aiming for U.A too and he didn't I snap at anyone even once, so it was a good day.