Justice Across Space and Time

Chapter 7

Now we get to the battle trials. This is where you'll find who got removed to make space for Saphentite. Also, I know everybody usually goes with this happening the day after the tests but I'm going with it happening a few days later. Not too many. Just like two or three. So now that that is out of the way. On with the show.

(No POV)

After the first insane day class at UA, the next few were downright boring. They were just the regular high school classes the average student takes every day. You could just hear the slightly annoyed statements of 'So ordinary' as they took Present Mic's English class. He was more than happy to call on Jotaro and Saphentite, given they both were fluent in English.

Saphentite also seemed to match equal to Momo in terms of intelligence. Between that, and the abilities both had shown, a small rivalry was growing between the two girls. That aside, Jotaro and Izuku were also enjoying a bit of the mundane classes. It was a bit of an improvement compared to the emotional roller coaster from a few days ago.

Today, however, would be a change to that pattern. As today was the day for their first hero class! Suddenly Jotaro jerked up from his leaning position and then had a disgruntled look on his face. Izuku was confused at his actions until he heard it.

The booming laugh of All Might, followed with the shout of, "I AM COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A HERO!" 'Well, that explains it.' Izuku thought as All Might took the attention of the whole class. "Whoa it really is All Might! He really is a teacher this year! That's his silver age costume! So cool!" Once everyone had calmed down a bit All Might started in, "indeed students. I am your new Hero 101 teacher. Now then, one of the first parts of being a hero is…." He pushed a button, and a set of cases came down from the wall. "Looking the part. Inside these cases are the hero uniforms you have all submitted and will help you get into the spirit. Meet me at ground B and we will get started."

Once he was gone, they each took their cases and headed for the locker room. The only exception was Saphentite, who had stated to the costume companies, "I just make my own. So why do I need you assholes to tell me what looks good or how I need to dress." And she gets after Jotaro for having a smart mouth.

Jotaro waited until most everyone had left to finish putting his on. He had some cargo black and grey pants on with black combat boots. For his top though he did something he didn't want anyone else to see. He created an energy field around his chest and ionized the air. Turning it into a skintight shirt with the libra scales on his chest. After that he put on a gray trench coat and walked to meet everyone.

'Damnit. I can't form it as easily as I used to. Still, it's better than it was. Couldn't even make my logo over a year ago.' As he's walking out, he hears everyone cheering. Up in the air, is Saphentite. Dressed in her usual harem pants, with a tight tank top that shows off her abs. For her feet when she is walking, she has on tabi style shoes. When Jotaro asks her about that she responds with a wink, "felt more natural for where we are."

"Well don't you all look cool! You're really shaping up for what the hero course is about." Once he was done and everyone had gathered Ida spoke up asking, "Sir this is the battleground where the practical exam was. Will we be fighting robots today?"

"No today we will be skipping two steps ahead young Ida. Today will be indoor battle training. Most people do not realize that most criminal acts happen out of sight. Backroom meetings, drug deals, smuggling operations. For heroes now, we must take those matters into account as well. So, for today you will all be competing against one another as heroes or villains."

Before the slew of questions would start, they were all interrupted by "HEY!" Everyone flinched at that, then looked to Jotaro. Momo was the first to ask, "why did you shout Jotaro-kun?"

"Oh, I was just stopping you all before you bombarded All Might with questions. If you'd all wait a few seconds, you'd have noticed that he wasn't done explaining." At this a bunch who were about to ask questions flinched again and turned back to All Might. While he still had his trademark smile, he seemed to be chuckling and said, "Indeed. Thank you for the attempt, but you also distracted from the class as well." At this Jotaro made an 'urk' sound and just nodded his head. "Anyway, as young Jotaro said I do have an outline for your battle trials."

And to follow that up he pulls out a script. While both Jotaro and Saphentite have their eyebrows raised at that All Might explains the details. "The scenario is this: villains have a nuclear weapon hidden somewhere in the building. The heroes' job is to either find the weapon and secure it or capture both members of the villain team within the time limit of fifteen minutes. On the other hand, the duty of the villain team is to prevent their weapon from being captured, which in this case all the heroes have to do is touch the weapon, or capture the heroes, or allow time to run out."

'Seems very American.' Is the thought on most of the class's mind after the description of the scenario. To the two from the west they just thought, 'which action movie did he rip that scenario from?' With All Might having finished his lesson scenario, continues with saying, "Now to divide up the teams we will all be choosing lots. Each person will come up to the box and draw a letter denoting your team."

Ida pipes up with a statement about if that is really the best way to decide but Izuku corrects him with, "It's not like most heroes always have a choice of who they work with. For most pro heroes, they often have to team up on the spur of the moment."

"Ah, yes you make an exceptionally good point. Excuse my rudeness!" All Might brushes this off and tells everyone to come up and pick their lots. With that done the teams are as follows

Team A: Izuku Midoriya and Tsuyu Asui

Team B: Shoto Todoroki and Mezo Shoji

Team C: Saphentite Anwar and Minoru Mineta

Team D: Tenya Ida and Kirishima Eijiro

Team E: Yuga Aoyama and Mina Ashido

Team F: Rikido Sato and Momo Yaoyorozu

Team G: Denki Kaminari and Kyoka Jiro

Team H: Fumikage Tokoyami and Koji Koda

Team I: Mashiro Ojiro and Toru Hagakure

Team J: Jotaro Svoboda and Ochaco Uraraka

With the teams chosen all that was left to do was decide who would be fighting who. And who would be the heroes or the villains. The first group up was Team A vs Team D, with the former being the heroes and the latter being the villains. With that decided, the teams split up to prepare and plan for their inevitable encounters.

For team D Ida was inspecting the dummy weapon the two of them were supposed to be guarding. "Paper mache. That'll make it easy to move it around for when the heroes show up."

"Yeah, so your quirk is those engines in your legs, right? Mine is a hardening quirk. I can make my skin as dense and strong as stone." Eijiro said to get a feel for his partner. "Indeed. I can increase my running speed greatly and magnify the power of my kicks due to these engines. Of course, our enemies are a bit of a conundrum."

Eijiro tilts his head in confusion at the way Ida phrased that. After a second, he smacks his fist on top of his palm saying, "Oh you mean you can't figure out Midoriya or Asui are gonna fight right?" Ida flinches a bit at the dumbing down of what he said but agrees.

"Midoriya seems to have some sort of super strength. But he also has that healing factor. Even if you could hurt him, he might be able to heal right up. Asui on the other hand is a bit of a wild card. From what I saw she seems to move around like a frog."

"Yeah, she seemed like a mutant type. The thing that I keep thinking of is what Midoriya said about Jotaro training him." Even through his helmet you can tell Ida has a funny look on his face.

Eijiro explains that "we both know how crazy strong they are, but Midoriya seems different to Jotaro. While Jotaro seems pretty patient, he's got a temper and looks pretty quick to strike. Midoriya on the other hand seems like the type to think things through and plan everything out. I noticed after class he had a notebook that seemed like it had some details on each of us." Ida contemplates what Eijiro just explained and mulls over a few scenarios before discussing them with Eijiro.

While they have been discussing how to fight team A, they in turn have been discussing how to find and capture the weapon. "So Midoriya-chan, any thoughts on how to deal with those two. I saw the notebook you were writing in yesterday. It was about each of us and what we can do right?"

"Uuuh yeah it is. And I do have a few ideas but maybe we should compare on what we can do first." Tsuyu puts her finger to her chin and thinks it over a bit. "Good point. Well as you may have noticed my quirk is called Frog. I can do anything a frog can do. I can even stick to walls for a while." Izuku had his notebook in one of the pouches on his belt and began writing things down. He started going over a few things in his head before Tsuyu said, "So what exactly is your power if it isn't a quirk Midoriya-chan?"

This snaps him out of his mental rambling. So, he tells her, "I don't know everything, but my body seems to store the kinetic energy I either create myself or is exerted on my body. I haven't figured out how it all works yet but it seems to fuel my healing factor, let alone the boosts to my strength. I think the recoil breaks that happen are due to my accidentally gaining more energy than I can handle at once."

'At least that is how we chose to describe it. And it isn't entirely wrong. OFA is like a battery that stores the power of each user. Jotaro only explained that it seemed like my body was being enhanced by kinetic energy. Still don't know how he can tell the difference between energy forms.'

"So, you are kinda like a battery and your charge is kinetic energy?" Izuku winces a bit at this description but agrees. But with that out of the way he explains his plan. He has a rough idea where the weapon would be based on the size of the building. He tells Tsuyu to climb up the outside of the building to the seventh floor.

The building is twelve stories tall and even if this is not an entirely realistic scenario, the best option would be to get the weapon to a high floor but not so high that flying heroes or ones who could land on the roof could get to it easily.

While she climbs up the side, he will go through the interior and keep in contact. Both Ida and Eijiro wear heavier gear, so they should make noise moving through a level. 'I may not have super senses, but I've picked up a few things from training with Jotaro.' Turns out Izuku was not wrong about the original floor they were on.

However, Ida felt the need to air on the side of caution and the two of them moved the weapon down a level. The problem was that they had made enough noise while they were moving for Izuku to figure out what they had done. He told Tsuyu to check the sixth-floor windows and see which room they had moved the weapon to. He still ended up in a fight with Eijiro though. Even though he was trying to be as quiet as could be there is no accounting for a can that just happens to be by your feet.

Eijiro got the first hit with a shoulder tackle to the stomach. He thought he had Izuku down but as he was getting up to start attacking, Izuku punched him in the chin. This threw him off long enough for Izuku to get in his stance. While they were squaring up, Tsuyu had found the room with the weapon, and she told Izuku discreetly.

He said, "right let's do this", but this was so Eijiro wouldn't catch on right way. And when Izuku said that Eijiro "you got good spirit there man. But it won't help you here." The two traded a few blows, before Izuku broke away toward where the weapon was located. As he heard Eijiro warn Ida he stopped right next to the door where the weapon was housed.

Eijiro saw it as a chance to rush him, but it was all a feint. Izuku caught and using a bit of OFA threw Eijiro through the door right at Ida. While surprised by this Ida reacted quickly and rushed Izuku as well. But underneath his respirator Izuku grinned. He dodged Ida's attack and said, "Go for it Asui!" Out of a corner of the room Asui rapidly hopped to the weapon securing it.

"Hero team wins!" With that announcement the fighting stopped. Neither side was injured, other than some bruising on Izuku and a black eye for Eijiro. Once they were back in the meeting room, and All Might was saying that Ida and Izuku were the top members in their battle. While some were questioning why he chose both, Momo brought her own insight.

"Midoriya built a whole plan for getting the weapon even accounting for the possibility of it being moved. Plus, he made full use of his teammate's capabilities and the fact that the enemy would see him as the greater threat. Ida on the other hand was smart and cautious enough to guess that Midoriya would deduce where the weapon was. And he stayed behind to better protect the objective."

All Might sweat dropped and thought 'Wow she is intense.' Before saying, "There were one or two other points but that was accurate yes. With that done let us move onto the next match."

(I'm skipping a few because we know how a few of them turn out. Think after the Shoto freeze match and teams G & H fought each other.)

The next match is team C vs team E, with team C being the villains and E the heroes. Saphentite starts by welding up one of the doors with her finger. While she is doing that Mineta is unfortunately being Mineta. When she blasts him back with a spell, she tells him "Are you actually gonna do anything, or are you just here to stare at my ass?"

After shaking off the effects of the blast he says, "Fair enough. Besides, I don't want to take another hit. The problem is that my pop off balls are easy to spot. It's not like you can just camouflage them right. Plus, the two we are up against have a lot of offensive power."

Saphentite thinks it over for a bit then snaps her fingers. "What if we make it the obvious trap that fools them?" Mineta thinks over what she said and asks, "Can you make like a net that blends with the ceiling?" With a wave she makes a simple one that should catch them. With that Mineta starts throwing his pop off quirk down one hallway.

Even with Ashido's acid it would still take a while to get through them all. And Aoyama can't fire that laser fast enough to get rid of them all. Hopefully anyway. 'Ow this is starting to hurt. Maybe I need to work on strengthening my scalp later.'

As the pair thought their opponents didn't want to go down the ball covered hallway, so they went down the opposite side. While Aoyama got caught by the net, Mina skated (or slid) right past it. When she had finally melted through the welded-up door, she found… Nothing.

Mineta had thought back to what Ida had done and asked if she could open the ceiling to take the bomb through. Just when Mina was about to back track, out of one of the boxes popped Mineta! He stayed behind at Saphentite's suggestion to catch the enemy off guard. And it worked. Mostly. Ashido wasn't going anywhere for a bit, but she still punched Mineta in the face when he landed on her chest.

The last match was between team J and team F. J would be the heroes and F would be villains. Ochaco was still a bit intimidated by Jotaro but she knew she had to work with him to win. He seemed to be looking up at the building for some reason. "So. I kinda know what you can do-"

"Shh. Be quiet for a sec." Again, she was off put by his abrupt statement. She was about to tell him off when he said, "ok got 'em. They're on the ninth-floor, northwest side. The bomb is closer to the window. Probably hoping to slow down or drag out with some traps by the door."

Ocahco is just dumbfounded by all the info he just dropped. She shakes her head and asks "how do you know that? I thought your power had to do with just super strength." Jotaro shakes his head and tells her, "that's only one part of my abilities. I also have enhanced senses. I could hear them moving the bomb around and I can hear their heartbeats."

"Whoa. I guess you don't really need me." Jotaro looked down at her and put a hand on her shoulder. He gave a warm smile and said, "you're actually a big part of the plan I have in mind. You can remove gravity, right?" She looks up at him and nods. "Ok hop on my back and hold on. We're going up." After she has done just that, she expects that he will super leap them up to the top of the building.

Instead, when he leaps it is much shorter. Right below the ninth floor and headed towards the wall. Right when she thinks they are going to crash into it, she sees Jotaro touch the wall and sticks to it. "You might want to remove your own gravity for now. I'll walk us to just below their window." She nods rapidly and uses her quirk on herself. But she also starts to feel nauseous from it.

"Hold still," Jotaro says as he pokes a nerve point behind her ear. It isn't a full fix, but it does alleviate some of the trouble. After he has walked the two of them to just under the window, he explains the rest of the plan.

"Ok, this will be where I really need your help. I know you can just float for a while but get ready. I want you to remove my gravity, then wait just above the window. I'm going to push myself to the other building and jump hard enough I crash through the window. Hopefully, I'll be able to catch them both off guard and knock them out of the room. Once I'm done, you should be able to move in no problem and get the weapon." Ochaco is a little surprised he came up with all of this on the spot, but nonetheless agrees.

When Jotaro is on the other building, she can see him crouching so he can launch himself. When he does, the result is almost exactly as he predicted. Momo is the first one he grabs. He also ends up dragging most of the traps she had laid to slow him down with them. Sato, who had come in after hearing the commotion, gets caught in the mess as well.

Though it's a bit awkward for Momo. Mainly due to the fact that she is now sandwiched between both of the larger men. And they are all wrapped in some of the nets she was going to use. While this is happening (and Momo is freaking out) Ochaco floats in and grabs the weapon. "Team J wins. Now we just need to get them out of that mess."

When they all arrive back at the meeting chamber, the question of who the MVP was gets overridden by everyone asking how Jotaro did all of that with the wall walking. While he is initially trying to not tell, All Might gives him a stern look as if to say, 'I'll tell them if you won't'

With a sigh he explains it as, "One of my abilities is to absorb energy. That includes electrical energy. I can't throw lighting or anything, but I can put a charge through my body. And with enough concentration, I can basically magnetize myself to walls. But I don't use it very often." While this starts a wave of questions, Kaminari is the first and asks, "So are you like me and get shorted out when you use to much electricity?"

"Think you missed the point that I said energy. Not just electricity. I can absorb almost any energy around. It's part of why I'm so strong. Due to solar radiation, my body is extra dense, and my muscles are ridiculously strong. Can we leave some of the questions for another day please?"

"Young Jotaro is right. You all have other studies to go over. Plus, you should all review what happened during today's matches. With that, have a good day students! Remember: PLUS, ULTRA!" And All Might dashes out of the observation room.

"He is still really cool. But seriously man come on. Can you tell us a little more please?" Kaminari asks. In his mind he's thinking 'maybe he can both help me figure out how not to short myself out and see if he can help me get a date with Saphentite.' Jotaro on the other hand is having none of it. "No. I don't like telling everything about my powers. Better to keep some things close to the vest."

"You heard him. It's not polite to badger someone about at topic they don't want to talk about." Ida says while basically pushing everyone out. Izuku catches Jotaro on the way to the locker room and asks, "you good? You seemed extra tense during the trial, let alone the questioning after." Jotaro sighs and quietly tells Izuku that it was harder than usual to maintain the magnetism to the wall. "Hopefully, this doesn't come around to hurt us."