This is the 29th chapter. I don't own the series of My Hero Academia or the series of Justice League.
BrianShooter672: Thanks, it's just a lot of details to go through between the Aquaman Family and the episodes of the Justice League. And no, I'm not doing the Amazonian Warrior Bio. However, I'll do the BIO before the I-Island Arc. I'm not telling, but I'll surprise you.
A Tale from the Past
It was now the final day of Izuku's internship and he was standing outside of the apartment in his school uniform, holding the briefcase that had his hero outfit, and a backpack. Gran Torino was standing in front of him with his cane. For the rest of his internship, Izuku was subject to even more rigorous and difficult training by Gran Torino The old Hero made Izuku go through tougher challenges when using Full Cowling. It wasn't easy, but Izuku was able to make his new ability last longer.
Both Gran Torino and Izuku have heard the news about the Marius siblings stopped Innsmouth and his sidekicks at sea, taken them to the deep underwater city called Atlantis. Izuku was shocked of the Atlanteans capabilities, which he'll have to remember to not getting on their bad side.
"I know I wasn't here long, but, thanks for everything." Izuku said with a grateful smile.
Gran Torino can only let out a yawn since he just woken up a moment ago.
"I don't think there's any reason for you to thank me." Gran Torino said. "I wasn't around when the really big stuff happened."
"Sure, but the only reason Batman and Deathstroke were able to stand up against Stain was because of their experience." Izuku points out, but Gran Torino hits him in the ankle with his cane, making him grunted in pain.
"They beat Stain, yes, but only because they know what they're doing." Gran Torino told him, sighed and closed his eyes. "Well, at least you learned how to channel your power instead of relying on one monster smash, even though you still managed to get a stress fracture in your arm."
Izuku was about to say something, but Gran Torino whacked him in the head and points that bandaged arm with his cane.
"I know what happened! You went well over your limit! I thought we agreed you're supposed to use 5%! You're too impatient and when you lose focus, you lose control too!" Gran Torino warned him, making Izuku sweat dropped and looked at his arm. "You must always be calm and alert! I'm sure you know this, but if you're really aiming to become the greatest hero, like All Might, then you've still got a heck of a lot to learn, boy. So, keep at it!"
"Yes sir!" Izuku replied with determination, earned a nod from the elder Hero.
"See you around." Gran Torino said, turns around to go back inside.
"Wait!" Izuku called out, earned his attention. "I've got a question, please, just one more. I've been wondering for a while, but never found a good time to ask. I mean, now's not the best time, either, but here I am..."
"OUT WITH IT, NOW! I'VE GOT PASTRIES TO EAT!?" Gran Torino yelled in annoyance with a tick mark on his head.
"Even though, you're really strong and you trained the number 1 hero in the world yourself. You should be super famous, but you're not." Izuku told him. "Is there a specific reason for that or what?"
"Oh, that's an easy one. I was just never that interested in working as a Pro Hero to begin with." Gran Torino answered.
"What?!" Izuku exclaims shockingly.
"There was a point in the past when I needed to be able to use my Quirk freely, without limits. That's the only reason I got my license." Gran Torino explains. "It might be better to hear this from Toshi...All Might, I mean. He can explain everything better than me."
It got Izuku's attention when Gran Torino mentioned All Might's real name.
"Yeah, okay." Izuku replied.
"That's it, kid. Keep working hard." Gran Torino told him.
"Yes sir!" Izuku replied, bowed in respect. "Thank you very much again. Bye for now."
Izuku then turned around and started walking away towards the train station. All the while, Gran Torino watches from the steps of his apartment. It was kind of strange to believe that this boy was the future of One-For-All, but it wasn't too unbelievable. He may not look or act like him, but he's still just like Toshinori. The man chosen by Gran Torino's old friend to inherit One-For-All. The man who became the very best.
"Hey, boy!" Gran Torino called him, earned his attention. "Who are you?"
"Seriously?! Oh well, I'm uh...Izuku Midoriya." Izuku said exasperatedly.
"That's not right." Gran Torino said, much to Izuku's annoyance.
But then a thought went through his head.
"I'm Deku!" Izuku proclaimed.
Gran Torino smirked at his answer, before turning and walking back into the apartment. Giving Izuku one last wave as he closed the door behind him. Izuku continued on towards the station, Gran Torino knew that his work wasn't completely done because he and Toshinori were going to watch over Izuku together, until the day All Might passed on into history. Until the day that the hero 'Deku' is celebrated around the world as the new Symbol of Peace.
At the Batcave, Ethan is coming up a strategy since the Final Exams is in few days. Ethan knows full well that Class 1-A and Class 1-B won't be able to pass the exam if they're going to face the Bat Family, Lita, and Tamao. He made some calls with the Sons of Batman Motorcycle Club, informed them that the Final Exams will be in for a few days which the group of outlaws are heading to Japan. He also made a call for Azreal, which the French priest accepts his offer to help.
However, Ethan has no way to get in touch with Red X because he can only come and help whenever there's trouble. He would call for Nikita to have the Task Force X to help out, but knowing them and given the circumstances, the Task Force X are having other plans due to military protocols and finding criminals with powers.
"Trying to figure out which teams we're gonna be in?" The voice of Dick asks when he approaches.
"Yeah, given the number of students we'll be facing in the Final Exams. The students from Class 1-A and 1-B are only 40 students in total." Ethan explains. "And only about 7 of us, 5 members of the Sons of Batman Motorcycle Club, Azreal, and Red X, it'll be able 14 in total. It may or may not be enough, but the U.A. faculty members are planning on helping us."
"Hmm...there were only 13 members who can fight, which makes the addition of 27." Dick guessed. "These guys may have the experience as Pro Heroes, but not like the real heroes, like the Justice League."
"True, but we need to learn about their strengths and weaknesses. The internships are already over, and they'll be doing a Final Exams." Ethan points out. "The Written Exam is something they'll need to study on their own, but the other Exam is where we play our part, whether if the students pass or fail."
Dick nods with an agreement when Jason, Lita, the Gordon siblings, the Oguro family, and Eri came inside of the Batcave along with Toya Todoroki, known as Dabi.
"Toya." Ethan greets respectfully.
"Ethan." Toya greets back. "Thought I could give you guys some helping hand since the Final Exams is around the corner."
"That's right, and we're about to study their Quirks and their weaknesses so we can learn from them if they can fail or pass the exams." Ethan informed him. "Knowing the U.A. staff, they have plans of their own by having the students form a group in order to fight against us and the staff members."
"That, and the problem is, they may or may not get along after we convince them to have the classes work together in Hero Course." Emily adds.
"Well, we've already got the idea that a certain hot head doesn't do well with others, so there's that." Jason points out.
"Well, neither does Shoto, but he's still learning and knows how to adapt." Toya said. "But to let you guys know, I've got some additional teams of my own."
"Why? So, we can outnumber the students and given them an unfair fight?" Lita inquires with a smirk.
"No, what I mean is, we can ditch the staff members and add the members of my own." Toya told her. "While it's true that the criminals won't give us a fair fight and not coming quietly, but there's gonna be some enemies that are very dangerous. And they'll be having no problems by killing them, either."
"There's no doubt about it, but neither of them are realizing it, not yet." Iwao agrees with a nod.
They can only agree to Toya's statement since the students of U.A. High have been involved in the number of incidents, but they still have a long way to go if they'll be planning to be a Pro Hero in the future. However, the problem is that the U.A. High is making too big of a rush, but the reason why is because the League of Villains are gathering the number of criminals in order to strike the Pro Heroes.
But with that mind, they began to study the students Quirk while learning their strengths and weaknesses, and find out who fights and who's teaming up.
The next day, it was back to school for the students of Class 1-A.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HOLY CRAP! WHAT THE HECK, BAKUGO?!" Sero and Eijiro said, laughing their asses when they saw Bakugo.
Apparently, Bakugo got a new hairstyle from Best Jeanist as part of a 'makeover'. Instead of his usual spiky hair, he was now sporting a columned and nicely hairstyle that was similar to Best Jeanist. It's way too ridiculous and it's too much for Eijiro and Sero to handle.
"Stop laughing!" Bakugo growled in fury. "My hairs gotten used to this and I can't get it back the right way. Did you not hear me? I'll kill you all!?"
"I'd like to see you try, pretty boy!" Hanata mocks with a laugh, wiping the tears off of his eyes.
"WHAT'D YOU CALL ME?!" Bakugo yelled, but his outburst popped his hair back into the original style.
"There it goes!" Hanata and Eijrio said in unison.
"Awesome! You got to face actual villains? I'm super jealous!" Mina said with a smile.
The other students in Class 1-A were talking to each other about their experiences at their internships.
"Well, I didn't fight. All I did was help people evacuate and provide logistical support." Kyoka point out, twirling one of her ear jacks. "But I did get to see Batman and Red X fight against that Nomu, though."
"But it still sounds like so much fun." Mina complains.
"I spent basically the whole time training and cleaning the deck." Tsuyu added, placing her finger on its usual spot on her chin. "Though, there was this one day we saw some people from Atlantis took down a bunch of drug smugglers."
"What?!" Mina and Kyoka exclaims shockingly.
"And what's more, they're the rulers of Dagon and the protectors of Atlantis and the sea." Tsuyu continued, but blushed a bit which it got Kyoka and Mina noticed.
"Ooooh~! Someone has a crush~!" Mina said with a playful smirk. "Who was it? Give us the juicy details~!"
"It's no use trying to deny, I can hear your heart beating~!" Kyoka adds with a smirk. "Who?"
"...Prince Teal'c..." Tsuyu admits with embarrassment.
"A Prince of Dagon?! You have a crush on him!" Mina exclaims, but smirk. "Wow~! Looks like a frog has found herself a prince~!"
Tsuyu couldn't help but groan with a blush of embarrassment, decided to change the subject when she turns to Ochaco.
"What about you, Ochaco? How was your week?" Tsuyu asked.
However, Ochaco had a scary dark aura around as steam came out of her mouth every time she breathed. Her eyes were white and focused, while stood in her fighting stance.
"I'd say that it was very enlightening." Ochaco said, before throwing punches into the air like she's in a trance.
"I think she found her fighting spirit." Tsuyu said in amusement.
"Yeah, that Battle Hero must've been something else." Kyoka replied nonchalantly.
Meanwhile, Denki was talking with Mineta as they watched the girls.
"After one week, Tsu has a crush and Uraraka is like a totally different person." Denki comments, feeling jealous that Tsuyu had a crush.
"Different? Don't be fooled, Kaminari." Mineta said, wagging his finger at him.
Suddenly, Mineta's attitude changed completely when he looked shell-shocked, biting his fingernails nervously.
"All women are demons at heart." Mineta told him in a horrified state. "They just hide their true personalities behind pretty faces."
"What the heck did Mt. Lady do to you?" Denki asks when he stopped Mineta biting his fingernails, making him snapped out of his horrified state. "Everyone at my internship love me, it was actually kinda great. Now, it you wanna talk about the ones who really changed, it was those three."
Denki motions toward Izuku, Tenya, and Shoto. The three were at Shoto's desk, talking when Denki called them out.
"Oh yeah! The Hero Killer!" Hanata pointed out, with Bakugo holding both him and Eijiro by the back of their uniforms.
"Glad you guys made it back alive! Seriously!" Eijiro said with a relieved look.
"I'm worried about you, too." Momo said with worry, turns to them.
"You were lucky Batman, Robin, and that 'Deathstroke' guy showed up and saved you guys." Rikado said with his arms crossed.
"So cool!" Toru said as they glanced at one another.
"Actually, I was helping Batgirl and Red Robin evacuate the civilians when the police arrived." Shoto explains. "Deathstroke and his group that were called Task Force X were fighting against those Nomus, with a little help from the others."
"Yeah, those guys were something else." Ojiro agrees with a nod. "Especially when they just beat those Pro Heroes like it was nothing. Also, Dabi revealed himself as Toya Todoroki, the son of Endeavor? Man, that was pretty intense when you guys think about it. Everyone's been booing at Endeavor and the Pro Heroes, it's like they're now losing their trust."
"No kidding, and they're now respecting Ethan and the others even more after that incident." Denki adds. "It's like we're in a whole new level in terms of being Pros."
"I didn't even want to think about it right now, because it's kind of scary." Hanata said in fear.
"Yeah. Now that you mentioned it, I saw a group of people equipping themselves with those gadgets. And for what I can see, they really want to defend themselves." Denki states with a ponder. "Not to mention Stain's a pretty evil villain, like, super tenacious."
"Indeed, it's true that he's quire a tenacious villain." Tenya nods with an agreement. "I understand why people might think he was cool. But...instead of helping the world, his beliefs led him to cold-blooded murder. No matter his motives, killing cannot be condoned!"
Everyone listened to him as Tenya continued on.
"To keep anyone else from suffering, well, I promise: I will strive to be the perfect Hero!" Tenya proclaimed to the rest of his classmates. "It's time for class to begin! Everyone, please take your seats!"
Just as they were back at school, All Might was back to train them for Hero Basic Training class. The Number 1 Hero had the class between 1-A and 1-B change into their costumes and gathered them at one of the training fields. This time, the field was more of an industrial city with many pipes across it.
"I am here!" All Might exclaimed to the students, standing between them and the gate to the field. "Hope you're ready to return to our lessons. Today, it's Hero Basic Training. Feels like I haven't seen you in a while. Welcome back! Now then, listen carefully for what's in store. We're going to be conducting a little race. Take everything you've learned from your internships and apply it to this rescue training."
"If it's rescue training, then shouldn't we be at the USJ instead?" Tenya asks, immediately raises his hand.
"Ah, that facility specializes in disasters. As I said earlier, this is a race. So prepare, you're about to step into Field Gamma!" All Might explains, presenting the field to the class. "Inside is an area full of factories that form an intricate labyrinth, so good luck finding your way around. You'll be competing in groups of five. Each person starts from a different location on the outskirts of the model city. I'll send a distress signal, and you do what you must to rescue. Whoever finds me first wins! But try to keep the property damage to a spare minimum, please."
All Might apparently, points his finger at Bakugo. Bakugo was about to retorted, but decided not to argue with his teacher as he looked away. All Might even remembered of Jason Todd talked to Bakugo during the time at the internships.
"All right! First group, get to your places!" All Might suggested.
The first group was Izuku, Ojiro, Tenya, Hanata, and Mina. While they stood at their position and waited for the for the race to start, everyone else waited at where All Might was. There was a large jumbo-tron TV screen in front of them, so that they could watch the race as well.
"This should be interesting." Tetsutetsu said with a smirk.
"Yeah, they have the advantage when it comes to their Quirks for jumping on buildings." A student named Jurota agrees.
Jurota Shishida is a tall young man with a very beastly appearance. He has shaggy brown hair, covering most of his body. He has sharp teeth and his large jaw sticks out a fair amount, with two of his lower canines poking upwards from between his lips. He also wears small, rectangular glasses with thick black lenses. His costume consists of a regular pair of pants, a shirt collar with no shirt and a pair of stylized goggles in place of his normal glasses.
"But the downside is it takes an intense training of parkour. They might got it down, but Batman and his team are a whiz at it." A student named Sen told him.
Sen Kaibara is a young man of medium height with dark shaggy hair and dark eyes, which are rather thin and lazy looking. He seems to have a modest athletic built and a slight tan. His costume consists of a dark-colored windbreaker with grey drill patterned rings around the base of the neck and arms. Over this, he wears a large white trench coat and gloves.
"Not to mention that Batwing can fly over those buildings with his glider, while Catwoman uses her cat-like reflex to climb and jump towards the building." Setsuna adds when a student named Yui nods with an agreement.
Yui Kodai is a young girl with shoulder-length bob-shaped hair, side swept to her right with some short strands hanging above her eyes. She has fair skin, athletic build, cerulean eyes, and she usually wears a neutral expression on her face. Her costume consists of a simple red bodysuit with a white collar trim, a matching 'V' pattern running over her chest and around her upper arms, which also indicates a short white skirt with a red design at the front, dipping so it follows the one in her chest. She wears plain vambraces, as well as a hat which resembles the front of a baseball cap, colored red with a white U-shaped lines around the sides, with a metal piece resembling a fin attached at the back of the strap around her head. She has a belt on her waist and straps around her shoulders, what appears to be a yellow oval-shaped gemstone set between them of her chest, each adorned with a small pouch, containing various nuts, bolts, and all of the other small metal pieces.
"Men, everyone in this group has really good mobility." Eijio said, looking at the rest of the teams.
"Yeah? Well, me and Class 1-B are going to win this race." A student named Neito told him with an arrogant smirk. "And Class 1-A will lose."
Neito Monoma is a young man of average height with slick blond hair, which gets shorter the further down his head goes, styled so that it's parted to the right, his bangs left hanging over his right eye. His irises are a periwinkle blue, his pupils white and his eyes are shaped so that they're slanting downward towards the far side of his face, usually left half-closed, along with his signature smirk and head tilt, giving him a rather contemptuous look. His costume consists of a black, double-breasted tuxedo with two long tails reaching almost down to his ankles. Three clocks hang on one of two belts around his waist, presumably to help him keep track of his Quirk's time limit, and he leaves his shirt collar upturned, a blue and black dotted tie done up around his neck. A left breast pocket can be found on his tuxedo, a small blue handkerchief sticks out. Both of his tailcoat and his pants are plain black, with exception of the cuffs of his sleeves and the inner-facing sides of his tails, and his shoes are white with a simple design.
Itsuka however chops him in the back of his neck with annoyance, knocking him out.
"Idiot." Itsuka said in annoyance, sighed as she turns to them. "Don't mind him, he's not use to have us working together with you guys."
"I'd say Midoriya is at a huge disadvantage against those four." Momo states with a ponder.
"That's what I think." Kyoka agrees while Yui nods.
"What makes you say that?" Jurota asks curiously.
"Moving around quickly isn't one of his strong suits." Kyoka told him.
"That, and whenever he uses his powers, he always gets badly injured." Momo adds.
"It makes sense if you're not careful." A student named Yosetsu said, pondered. "But I'm betting on Iida, because he has the advantage in speed."
Yosetsu Awase has long black hair, spiked upwards and backwards to his left, and rounded gray eyes, tilted inwards. He wears a zig-zag patterned headband around his forehead, pulled down quite low to keep his hair out of his eyes. His costume consists of a burgundy baggy full bodysuit, its collar passing his chin. He wears shoulder pads and a bag on his belt which he keeps various items, including blocks of wood and metal to aid his Quirk. He also switches out his zig-zagged headband for a striped one.
"Same here." Jurota agrees.
"Who's your pick?" Eijiro asks. "I'm betting on Sero."
"Same here, because he can use his Quirk to swing his way to All Might." Setsuna said with a smirk.
"Oh yeah?" Denki said, then pondered. "I got odds on Ojiro."
"Same here!" Tetsutetsu adds. "Because he's manly!"
"I choose Ashido, because she's got a super-athletic body!" Mineta shouts out, but earned a bonk on a head from Setsuna and Itsuka.
"I know Deku would be last." Bakugo said with a glare.
"I think Iida got this." Ochaco states when Tsuyu nods with an agreement.
"Is everyone ready?!" All Might called out to the group that was racing with a remote on his hand. He then pressed the button on the remote, activating the horn. "BEGIN!"
Hanata started off by quickly using a Tape-Quirk to swing and propel himself around the pipes. Mina uses her Acid-Quirk, slid down the pipelines towards All Might. Ojiro used his tail to high jump up into the air and swing himself across the pipelines and onto the roofs. Tenya took his usual approach and ran through the factory.
"Look at him go! In a maze like this, it make sense to be above everything else!" Eijiro states with a smirk.
"So, that means Sero's at the advantage because he can take to the sky." Shoji said.
"Looks like it." Itsuka agrees while Yui nods.
"It's like this course was built with me in mind!" Hanata said with a smirk, then uses his Quirk to launch himself, until...
Midoriya zoomed right past Hanata.
With Full Cowling turned on at 5%, Izuku jumped from pipe to pipe as electric aura coursed around his body.
"With my new training, I can win!" Izuku exclaims with a confident grin.
"WHOA! MIDORIYA?!" Denki, Mineta, and Sen yelled as they jumped out of their seats.
All Might and everyone watching were absolutely shocked by what they were seeing. Izuku was moving faster than he's ever been able to do without getting seriously injured.
"Since when can he do that?!" Denki adds, watching Izuku jumped from pipe to pipe, leaping into the air for longer jumps.
"What?! No way!" Hanata exclaims in shock.
'The way he's propelling himself through the air...' Shoto mentally thought with his eye widen in shock.
While everyone else was amazed by his new abilities, Bakugo was in disbelief, but also angry. All throughout his intership with Best Jeanist, he was getting groomed and made to look presentable, while getting lectured by Jason Todd. Midoriya was getting better by learning to use the Full Cowling, but Bakugo is frustrated to no end.
As Midoriya jumped past on Mina, who's climbing on a wall and watched him go by.
"Midoriya?! Are you kidding me?" Mina exclaims in shock.
"Shouldn't he be breaking a bunch of bones?" Ojiro asks, grabbing the pipe with his tail.
Izuku jumped high up onto a large roof and over the railing, landing on the roof while running towards the railing. He was making progress, but all he had to do was not go above 5% and stay calm and alert.
Jumping up onto railing, Izuku launched himself high into the air and was about to land on a pipe, but...
...he lost his footing which it got his eyes widen and then started plummeting into the ground, made a crash landing.
"And it's over!" All Might announces when he presented the winner of the race with a white and red sash that said: 'Thanks for saving me'. "Thanks, Hero! And congratulations!"
He then placed the sash on the student who won the race: Hanata Sero.
"All right!" Hanata cheered with a big grin on his face.
"Darn it!" Mina pouted, lightly stomping her foot.
Ojiro was trying to catch his breath, while Izuku was lying on the ground in defeat since he still haven't learned about proper landing.
"Uh, you are okay, right?" Tenya asked.
'I see...By jumping in the area with unstable footing...I need to be careful where it is in landing. I'll have to remember that...' Izuku mentally thought, while taking a mental note.
"Young Sero may have come in first, but compared to the start of the year, you all showed some incredible improvements!" All Might told them with a proud smile. "Keep working and preparing for your upcoming final exams!"
"Sir!" Mina, Tenya, Ojiro, and Hanta replied.
"Group 1, leave the field. You're up, Group 2." All Might said as the others started to leave, Izuku was about to stand up and follow them when he stepped up to him. "You surprised me. That was incredible."
All Might then turned his back to him and give Izuku a thumb up.
"Find me after class. We need to talk." All Might whispered to him, which Izuku is confused.
"Yes, sir." Izuku nodded with a respond.
"The time has come for me to tell you the whole truth. About me. And One-For-All." All Might informed him.
After the Hero Basics Training was over, the students were told to go change out of their costumes. The boys were currently in their locker room, taking off their suits and putting back in their uniforms.
"Midoriya, are you sure you're alright? I mean, you took a bad fall." A student named Hiryu said.
Hiryu Rin has lightly tanned skin and black hair, reaching roughly down to his shoulders, which he wears in a low braid. His eyes are shaped like those of a reptile, and his irises are notable small. His costume consists of white knee-high boots, a black bodysuit with yellow clouds across the torso and gets progressively baggier as it travels downward. He has a red belt tied around his waist with pouches on his left side, a large collar across his chin, and he also wears large yellow gauntlets and a visor on his head.
"Yeah, I'll be fine." Izuku assures him.
"Ah, that was some training today, huh?" Rikado said with a pant.
"No kidding, who'd thought that this training is so intense." Yosetsu agrees. "Not to mention the first time, we're doing Hero Courses together."
"It's the first class in a while that had me glistening." Yuga said, wiping his face with his handkerchief.
"Man, I really gotta work on my mobility." Eijiro said, slipping off his shoulder pieces and storing them away.
"Damn, I don't know how Midoriya can go equally fast!" Tetsutetsu groans.
"You could also compensate by improving your skills." Tokoyami points out, adjusting his tie.
"Still wish I could use my Quirk for speed." Denki complains. "I'm jealous of guys like you and Sero."
Izuku took off his shirt, but his mind was still thinking about what All Might said about wanting to talk with him.
'I wonder what he wants. He sounded so intense.' Izuku mentally thought.
"Hey, Midoriya!" Mineta called him, making Izuku snapped out of his thoughts and to look to see that perverted grapefruit waving him over.
He was standing next to a piece of paper stuck to the wall.
"You won't believe what I just found." Mineta told him with a lecherous grin on his face.
"Found what?" A student named Juzo asks since it got his attention.
Juzo Honenuki is a pale-skinned young man with angular eyes, mid-length spikey hair of beige color, a flat nose and small eyebrows. His most unusual feature is his teeth, which sit on the outside of his skin. He has no discernible lips, giving him a skull-like appearance. His costume consists of a dark bodysuit with a set of armor over the top and a mask that covers his face. His helmet is more round and elliptical, tinted black with orange lines supporting the sides. Though, it doesn't cover his entire head: some tufts of hair around the back of his head and chin are still visible. It's also equipped with a retractable snorkel which he uses for swimming under softened surfaces. His chest plate is made up of three pieces which are held on by two thick metal straps going over his shoulders, along with jewel-shaped plate supported between them. He wears orange vambraces and plates placed over his thighs, calves, and upper arms. He also sports a pair of elevated, green and orange boots with pipe-like shafts on his feet, white gloves on his hands, and white kneepads.
"It's the jackpot!" Mineta exclaimed, pointing to a small hole in the wall.
"A hole?" Juzo and Hiryu said with a sweat drop.
"Not just any hole! Some Shawshanked a hole in this wall!" Mineta told them, emphasizing his point by shaking his hand on the wall. "A previous generation has given us a gift. You know what's next door, right? This looks into the girls locker room!"
"WHAT?!" Juzo, Yosetsu, Hiryu, and a student named Shihai exclaims with shocked expression.
Shihai Kuroiro is a tall young man with fluffy white hair and black eyes, which are long and thin in shape. His most prominent feature is his pitch black skin, mostly because of his Quirk, and his face usually holds an unsure or irritated expression. His costume consists of a simple black jumpsuit with light shoes and a large wristband on his left arm with three rectangular indentations.
"Don't even think about it!" Tenya yelled with a tick mark on his hand, reprimanding the pervert grape boy. "Peeping on them like that would be criminal!"
"And you need to realize that Jiro can hear you from the other side!" Togaru adds.
"Then you'll have to throw me in solitary confinement, 'cuz you can't stop me!" Mineta yelled, ripping off the piece of paper from the wall. He then put his eye to the hole while continuing his horny, perverted rant. "I wanna see Yaoyorzu's curves! Ashido's slender waist! Hagakure's floating underwear! Uraraka's super-fine body! Asui's unexpectedly soft boobies!"
Before he continues, Jiro's earphone jack stabs him right in the eye, causing Mineta to scream in pain.
"That's gotta hurt." Yosetsu exclaims with a cringe.
"No kidding!" Tetsutetsu agrees, but smirked. "Serves him right, though."
"Pervert corner pocket!" Togaru said with a chuckle.
"That's Jiro's earphone jack! What a brutal precise attack from next door!" Izuku exclaims nervously.
In the girls locker room, the girls moved away from the hole. Jiro, in only her sports bra and skirt, had one of her earphone jacks sticking to the wall to listen in one the boys, while the other one was still jabbing Mineta's eye. Ochaco is in her bra and only one sleeve shirt on, Momo and Mina were with her. Mina was in the middle of taking off her leotard with her skirt and shirt on, and Tsuyu was still getting the top pop of her bodysuit off.
"Ugh! Thanks, Kyoka!" Toru said with steam coming out, but she's still completely naked with only her gloves on.
"Despicable!" Momo said in disgust, with her hair down and only on her leotard. "We'll close this hole up immediately!"
"Don't worry about it! I'll get right on it!" The voice of Yosetsu said with a suggestion.
'Why am I the only one that he didn't say anything about?' Kyoka mentally questions with a blank face, which was obvious that she interrupted him before he could get to her.
(A/N: The message is brought you by Cat in the Hat: Hang In There Baby!)
It was the end of the day, and Izuku walked up to the same room that he and All Might have been using to talk, gave it a good knock on the door.
"It's me, All Might." Izuku said, letting him know that it was his successor and that he didn't have to transform.
Izuku opened the door, and what he saw troubled him already. Toshinori was sitting down on the couch with his true form, with his fingertips touching and his head down.
"Come have a seat." Toshinori suggested which it got Izuku took aback for a moment.
'He seems...different.' Izuku mentally thought, swallowed a lump on his throat and walked over to a stool.
"You went through a lot recently." All Might said as Izuku sat down. "I'm sorry I wasn't around to help you out."
"Oh no, you don't have to apologize for that." Izuku said, but then leaned forward a bit. "More importantly, um...you mentioned One-For-All earlier."
"I heard that Young Asui have met the Atlanteans." Toshinori told him, looked up at him. "And young Wayne and Deathstroke took down the Hero Killer easily."
"Oh, yeah." Izuku replied. "I kinda overheard that Asui met them, but she got embarrassed of telling them she had a crush with this 'Teal'c' guy. And...Batman did team up with Deathstroke and Robin to apprehend Stain, but I have also saw that those guys were able to take down the Nomus easily along with the Pro Heroes. Is that what this is about?"
"Do you remember how I gave you my power to you?" Toshinori counters with a question. "What I said that day?"
"Eat this!" Izuku said, making the impression of All Might, much to his annoyance.
"No! Not that part! And what's with that look?! Have you got bats out of the belfry?!" Toshinori remarked, but regain his composure. "I said, 'The key was in my DNA!' That's why you had to swallow the hair!"
"But why? Why not Ethan?" Izuku asks.
"Because he was trained by Bruce, in order to become his successor and taking up his mantle as Batman, remember?" Toshinori told him. "Anyway, I just thought you might be worried about that, but...I see, it didn't cross your mind. One-For-All can only be given to another person, if you, the bearer, intend to pass it along. It's not something that can just be taken by force, although, it can be transferred by force...Kinda like this."
Toshinori then imagines himself in school and a female student wanted to give you chocolates.
"What kind of an example was that?!" Izuku exclaims.
"The Quirk you now have is unique, and you should know its origin." Toshinori continued when Izuku widen his eyes as he sat back on the stool while paying close attention to him. "One-For-All was derived from another odd Quirk, a power that's very old."
"It used to be something different?" Izuku questioned, earned a nod from him.
"The name of that Quirk is All-For-One. It allowed its user to take Quirks from others. Then, the user could keep their Quirks for himself or give them to someone else." Toshinori explains.
"What? You mean...He can steal powers?" Izuku questions slowly with shocked look on his face.
"This was back when Quirks were just starting to show up." Toshinori explains. "Before society had figured out how to deal with the newly powered among them. When Quirks first appeared, suddenly, it was impossible to say what it meant to be a 'normal' person. Laws and human rights were hotly debated, civilizations progress stalled, society decayed."
"If superpowers have never appeared, then humans would be taking inner-stellar holidays by this point." Izuku states, looked at the window for a few seconds and then looked back at Toshinori. "I remember, hearing that from someone famous."
"Right." Toshinori replied. "During that chaotic period of change, there was one person who managed to rally many people together. He went by the name of his power, All-For-One. He stole Quirks from others, and then, with his overwhelming abilities, he spread his influence across the country. He manipulated people to serve his purposes, and committed evil acts with little resistance. In the blink of an eye, he became the leader of villains and ruled over Japan."
"I've seen plenty of rumors about this online, sure, but...isn't that all just made up?" Izuku questioned again, looked at Toshinori while clenching his knee slightly. "It's not mentioned in our textbooks."
"Because this is the kind of shameful history people would rather ignore." Toshinori points out. "Anyway, when a person gains true power, they enjoy showing it off to others."
"How does this all tied together though? And what about One-For-All?" Izuku asks with a gasp.
"I said that All-For-One could give Quirks to others, remember?" Toshinori told him. "He made people trust him or submit to his will by altering their abilities. But apparently, there were many poor souls who couldn't bear the burden of the Quirks they were given. They became like mindless living dolls, incapable of speaking. Just like the Nomus are."
Izuku could only gasp in shock and horror.
"Meanwhile, some Quirks actually evolved as they were passed on." Toshinori continued. "Some even combined with other power sets. This evil man had a Quirkless younger brother. He was small and sickly, but he had a strong sense of justice. They couldn't have been more different. It pained the brother to see All-For-One's deeds, so he kept resisting him. And then, All-For-One transferred a Quirk to his sibling, one that would allow him to stockpile power. We don't know if it was a gift he was given to his brother, or if he just wanted to force him to submit."
"Don't tell me..."
"Yes, even though, everyone thought he was Quirkless. Turns out, the brother did have a Quirk." Toshinori replied, raising his arms. "Though, even he hadn't realized this to be the case. He has a useless power that only allowed him to pass on Quirks. And so, the stockpiling ability merged with the younger brothers power, and that is how One-For-All came to be!"
Izuku stared at Toshinori, speechless with his jaws hanging open as he was immersed in the story he was being told.
"I've always found that ironic, justice so often spawns from evil." Toshinori states.
"Wait! Hold on! I understand how One-For-All came about now." Izuku said. "But this bad guy must be long dead this point. So, why are bringing him up?"
"One who steals Quirks has no limits, anything's possible." Toshinori points out. "There are Quirks that halt aging, he probably has something like that. The Symbol of Evil seemed pretty much immortal. With the state of the world at the time and the huge difference in their combat abilities, the younger brother decided to entrust this new Quirk to future generations. Even though, he couldn't defeat All-For-One, he hoped One-For-All would continue to grow in power, until it was strong enough to stop his older brother. Eventually, it was my turn, and I managed to defeat All-For-One! At least, that's what I thought. But he survived and is now back in action as the brain behind the League of Villains."
Toshinori stood up and walked over to the window, staring out at the sunset.
"So, now you know. The entire purpose of One-For-All is to defeat All-For-One." Toshinori said. "As its holder, you may one day fight against the great evil yourself. Because I failed. I know you didn't expect this, but..."
"I'll do my best!" Izuku interrupted with determination which it got his attention as he stands up with his fists clenching. "I'll do whatever you ask, no matter what it might take! As long as you're with me, I can do anything! I know you'll have my back!"
Toshinori stared at Izuku for a moment. He appreciated his vigor and determination, but it just made him sad. Toshinori had to him, Izuku needs to know. Izuku started to become concerned when Toshinori placed his hand over his mouth. The truth was that's not how it will happen, their futures are...Izuku won't understand.
"Thank you." Toshinori said.
Izuku felt like something was bothering him, and he wanted to know what was wrong, but right now, he felt like pressure his mentor. With that, Izuku walked out of the room and down the hallway. Toshinori stood there with a look of despair. He wished he could tell him, he wanted to tell him, but he couldn't. That boy doesn't need to feel anymore burdened by the secret war that the Hero has dragged himself into.
By the time Izuku Midoriya faces All-For-One, Toshinori won't be by his side anymore.
That's it for the 29th chapter.
Sorry about that, I've been working on the new story called 'Danmachi: Union X'.
Anyway, the Final Exams is about to start, and the students between the Classes 1a and 1b will be facing some heroes like: The Bat Family, Sons of Batman Motorcycle Club, Azreal, Catwoman, Dabi, and Delta. What other heroes will they be facing?
If you got ideas, let me know. But I have some ideas like:
Teen Titans
Terra
Hot Spot
Arsenal
Static Shock
Gear