"Seriously, they'd love you back in the States!" Jenner said as he, Kianna, Kouji, and Tsuyu visited the city zoo.
Satsuki and Samidare had been delighted to see their big sister helping at the field trip; ever since she entered the UA dorms her time with them shortened, so to see her for even a bit was a nice treat for them. It also helped that one of their sisters' friends from school came with them.
Jenner and Kianna had proven themselves to be quite good with the kids. Jenner himself was an avid animal lover and was very entertaining in giving facts about all the animals the kids saw. He had even transformed into a few of them to scare back the ones who roared at the kids, only for Kouji, the precious cinnamon roll that he was, to apologize to the creatures.
"Really?" Kouji asked
"Yeah! I mean, Talking to animals? We could answer so many questions!" Jenner's beaming smile grew more and more. "How do their societies work? Are we even close to how we think they act? How do they choose what to eat? Do they...?"
"You ramble, ya know?" Tsuyu noted, causing the boy to silence himself.
"Sorry…" Jenner blushed. "My mom's a hippy and my dad's a zoologist….I grew up listening to all their rambles. Guess it rubbed off on me."
"Hey, your passionate about what you like, buddy," Kianna said. "As for me, I'm quite knowledgeable in flowers and plants and all their properties and uses for people."
"Midoriya rambles too." Kouji pointed out.
"The kid Bobby was fighting?" Jenner asked.
"Yeah. But he's all about Heroes and Quirks." Tsuyu noted. "Must be because his own Quirk is kind of odd; it used to hurt him whenever he used it, plus it came out late."
"That must be helpful for tests and taking down villains." Jenner mused with a smile. "Wish we had someone like that at Kirby; our resident genius quit after the gang war..."
"Dick didn't quit." Kianna corrected her classmate. "He transferred. Plus, he did give us these nifty translators, so it's still like we have a bit of him with us."
"Fair." Jenner sighed, looking off to the side annoyed. Before Kouji could inquire, Kianna took him aside and whispered:
"Our guidance counselor also quit after the gang war. Jenner's never forgiven them for it."
Screams suddenly filled the air, ending the conversation. Everyone was confused and worried by the commotion when a staff member shouted out what was happening:
''THE WOOLY MAMMOTH GOT OUT!"
As it turned out, humanity wasn't alone in the Age of Quirks: Creatures long thought extinct were brought back. Case in point, an elephant with a Mutation Quirk that changed its very species to that of its ice age ancestor was running throughout the zoo, and the nearest Pro Hero was a minute away.
Without thinking, Tsuyu used her tongue to get her siblings out of harm's way, then started doing the same to others. Jenner and Kianna ushered some other civilians while looking for anything to use in stopping the beast...
"Please go back." Kouji asked the creature, which seemed to pause at his words. "You're scaring everyone. I know you want to move around and must be tired of being looked at, but..."
The mammoth was apparently not going to listen to the boy if he didn't have anything to offer and moved to slap him away before something grabbed its trunk; an Allosaurus that bore Jenner's helmet atop its head.
The newcomer roared as loud as it could, and the Mammoth irked back before trumpeting in kind. The Dinosaur roared again, making the Mammoth step back in the direction of its exhibit.
"Back!" Kouji snapped at the carnivorous dinosaur who, seemingly frightened, did as it was told. Kouji then returned to the Mammoth, now much more willing to listen to him as he gently pet its trunk.
"It's okay; he won't hurt you. I know, I know. It's cramped and boring, but that space also keeps you safe."
The mammoth, seeming to realize and agree with Kouji, looked on the dinosaur in fear. Kouji saw this and looked at the Allosaurus, who let out an annoyed growl before shifting to its human form.
"My Quirk sucks." Jenner sighed as he collapsed to the ground exhausted. "I don't get an endurance boost when I transform and none of the defences my animals have actually work for me. By the by, wasn't going to touch it; just tried to scare it back."
"At least you can fight...All I can do is talk." Kouji reminded.
"And look at what you just did." Tsuyu, Jenner, and Kianna all said together, a blush of embarrassment clear.
The Mammoth now calmed, softly trumpeted and nuzzled Kouji's face.
"Go back, my big friend."
And that's what it did; just as Jenner returned to normal. The crowd burst into applause, which the young heroes-in-training bushed and shook off...minus Tsuyu, who delighted in her siblings calling her the coolest sister of all.
What had happened finally went through Kouiji's mind: He had stopped a rampaging animal, one of the largest land-dwellers on the planet no less, in an easy and calm manner. A sense of pride in his being he hadn't experienced since helping Jiro defeat President Mic and when he had gotten into UA filled the boy.
"Thanks for your help, kids." The formerly panicking zoo keeper smiled sincerely. "Now, normally I'd have to report you for using your Quirks..."
Tsuyu and Kouji reached for their licenses.
"But since you helped stop a disaster...might I interest you and your little friends in some complimentary ice cream?"
And now the day was looking a whole lot better. And it was about to be even more so for one of the Kirby students.
"I heard screams, where's the trouble?"
Kianna's world went blank for a minute before it dawned on her who was in front of her; now complaining about being slow to respond to a situation.
"OH MY GOD, KAMUI WOODS!" Kianna squealed in spite of herself. "YOU'RE MY HERO!"
The Rookie Sensation who had been shooting through the Hero Ranks had heard such words before, his adoring fans and a stalker or two. But something was different with this girl, and not just because she was a foreigner.
"Thank you for your words, Miss...?"
"Sinclair. Kianna Sinclair. Yes, those Sinclairs."
She had said the surname with disgust, but he didn't press.
"I know you probably get this all the time, but would you sign my copy of your autobiography?"
He didn't get that a lot; the book's sales had tanked, critics called it too bleak and depressing. So, he was more than happy to do so, even if his English writing wasn't all that great.
"Are you a tourist?"
"Kind of, my class from Kirby is here on a trip."
This rose his interest; a foreign girl who was trying to become a hero herself and genuinely seemed to idolize him...
"Might I ask why you..." He paused, trying to find the right words. "Why I'm your...?"
"At first, mostly because your Quirk is kind of similar to mine: I can manipulate plants, flowers, trees, wood, and everything else that a forest has to offer," Kianna explained. "You ever read One Piece? I'm kinda like Admiral Ryokugyu with his Woods-Woods Fruit."
Kamui Wood's interest was now solidified; she'd be the perfect sidekick and ally! He had to have wood to make his Quirk work, she could, in theory, create a massive amount for him. The opportunistic side of him was silenced by his reminder that this was a hero-in-training and had another reason to look up to him.
"But...when I read your story, at least what you've shared..."
Kianna looked down at her feet. The hero could see that despite her chipper mood, going to a good American school, and coming from an incredibly wealthy and influential family, Kianna's life had not been easy.
He then remembered that things were done differently in the States and asked:
"When are you doing your internship?"
"Two years, sir."
Kamui Woods now had a Sidekick in mind.
"Here's my card." He smiled. "I'll be rooting for you."
And with that, he swung away back onto the street.
MHPP
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
"Go away."
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
"I said piss off!"
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
With an annoyed growl, Katsuki Bakugo swung open the door to roar at whoever was bothering him.
"WHAT?!"
"Hello to you too." Terrance, accompanied by Aizawa, smirked.
"Bakugo." Aizawa said, getting his student's attention. "The rest of Class 1-A has been given the afternoon off and are showing the Kirby students around. All except you and Terrance."
"…And?" Bakugo rose a brow.
"Well as someone who went through what you're going through, I know that being holed up ain't good for you." Terrance smirked. "So, wipe away your tears, man the hell up and show me where a decent arcade is."
"This is an assignment for Nedzu." Aizawa explained. "Show you can co-operate and lead in an international situation. Terrance will send us a report on your progress later. Depending on what he reports, it may help or damn your time here."
Groaning in annoyance, Katsuki moved past his teacher.
"Come on, gaijin. We ain't got all day before kids come."
Terrance smirked and gave Aizawa a nod as he followed the explosive blonde outside.
"You're enjoying, ya piece of shit?" Katsuki growled once they left UA.
"A little." Terrance admitted. "Fun to see if from the other side. No wonder Bobby wanted to kick my ass."
Katsuki smirked at that.
"You can't be that tough if a Quirkless…"
"Oooh, watch what ya say!" Terrance smirked, Katsuki then seeing literred cans floating into garbages and a few yen coins floating into the American's hands. "Electromagnetism. Awoke when I was three. And the thing about us folks in the USA? We archived all the old comics, so anyone could reference and learn from em. Whereas here, you Japs gotta figure everything out from scratch, right?"
Katsuki smirked again.
"Badass Quirk and…?"
"Training? Yup. Quick aside, what your family life?"
Confused, Katsuki answered.
"Old hag and old man are around. Hag's annoying and calls me weak, Old man never does anything but whisper."
"Huh. Lucky, you got both." Terrance smiled. "Military family for me. Dear old dad was a hardass general from a long line of them. Mom walked out when I was five; runs a vlog and calls me every Tuesday. Dad starting training me right away."
"...Sounding like icy hot."
"Endeavour's kid?" Terrance asked. "Meh. Maybe. I didn't care; I could do what most kids dreamed of doing; being strong, fast AND a great quirk? Life was pretty swell for me."
"Until that Quirkless…"
"Strike two!" Terrance sang. "But…yeah. On live, international TV."
"….How the fuck he manage that?"
"Oh you know, the usual underdog tricks of the trade: Stubbornness, determination…and wood."
"…"
"…What?" Katsuki asked.
"What you mean 'what'?" Terrance asked before realizing. "Oh! Right. Right. See, all his equipment for our fight was made of wood. Basic tactic against a magnet type honestly, but so many focus on the old 'reverse and then unreversed the poles' trick…Which I'd overcame! That and using magnetism, you sometimes make a platform for people to jump around on."
Katsuki gave Terrance a look over.
"Don't tell me your ass is a glass canon."
"Oh right, you weren't at lunch, you never saw." Terrance mused. "But no, no. This bod isn't for show; took us 10 minutes before he finally knocked me down. Still, I did screw up his hand…"
Terrance then looked down at his feet.
"He can still use it, can't he?" Katsuki snapped.
"…Wow, you really do not have any empathy." Terrance smirked. "Yeah, Bobby can still do whatever he needs with that hand. Doesn't mean I have to like the idea I kind of ruined the first person to make me work for what I wanted that I wasn't related to."
"…Why?" Katsuki asked.
Terrance sighed.
"Look, it ain't my place to say, but know this: Bobby Walker has been through more crap in seven years than most Pros do their entire careers. And this is coming from someone whose dad literally beat diabetes out of him and told him to always see loss as a fate worse than death…heh. No wonder the prick sympathized with Mason."
"…Who?"
"None of your business." Terrance snapped. The less he thought of the Kirby Class's fights with the Mad Bomber, the better.
Suddenly, Terrance felt someone crash into him from behind. Turning around, he saw a little girl with a now dropped and ruined ice cream cone.
"Watch it, ya brat!" Katsuki snapped, making the girl tear up before Terrance forcibly pulled Katsuki back and knelt down to the girl's level…a warm smile on his face.
"I'm sorry kiddo." Terrance said kindly as he reached for his wallet and pulled out some cash. "My mean old pants done gone ate your ice cream. Here, go buy yourself a new cone. And keep the change."
Suddenly, at that moment, Katsuki finally understood what Best Jeanist has been trying to teach him not too long ago during Internships.
"You must give off the aura of a hero. Your appearance must quell the fear of a citizen."
He then saw that Terrance was assuring the girl's mother that no harm had been done and was turning around.
"Well? That acrade getting any closer?"
"You realize you gave that brat way too much cash, right?"
"Eh, whatever." Terrance shrugged. "Kids are kids only for a while, let her enjoy herself."
MHPP
Dennis, Donna, and Nancy were at a clothing shop with Tooru, Momo, Shoto, Mina, and Eijirou, looking for clothes to buy for Eri.
Brittany and Isabella had opted to join Kyouka and Denki at a record shop, while Tenya had rushed to see his brother...not aware Odessa was following him.
Henry had gone to check out a sweets shop with Rikidou and Sero, but they had all agreed to meet up in an hour.
"There she is, the model herself!" Mina beamed when Izuku and Ochako came by with the little girl, along with Bobby, Riley, Reggie, and Natalie, the latter two of whom spied Nancy glancing through some jewelry.
As it turned out, the group had waited outside of UA for Izuku and Bobby, so they could all arrive together.
Donna beamed down at the little girl, having found several found dresses she had thought (and been right) that Eri would like.
"Can I?" Eri looked up at Izuku and Ochako.
"Of course, go ahead." Izuku smiled, as he and Bobby assured their classmates that all was fine. However, once she got close to the changing rooms, the girl was reminded of where Overhaul had kept her.
"You want someone to go in with you?" Donna guessed, getting a nod. She then looked over. "Hey, Tooru? Turn visible and come help me, will ya?"
The invisible girl did as she had asked and, taking one of Eri's hands and Donna the other, lead the little girl into the changing area. Dennis stood nearby.
"For protection." He assured all, but this was seriously doubted by the others when he appeared awestruck; as it turned out, Donna had found a very nice rainbow-dyed outfit that hugged her form very flatteringly.
"Well, Denny?" She asked. "How do I look?"
Dennis' image of a stoic fighter was promptly shattered by his next words:
"Please stop being so cute, I can't take it. Don't actually."
Everyone had a laugh at Dennis' expense until a few minutes later, Eri came out wearing a cute little schoolgirl costume. After that, she tried on a striped shirt and shorts with shoes that clicked.
With every outfit, all the teenagers gushed over how cute the little girl looked; Yuuga and Mina offered Eri little trinkets and extras to go with her outfits, and Shoto shocked all by buying everything they offered the little girl...with his father's Black Card, of course.
"Not my fault if he doesn't know how to cancel one." Shoto smirked, delighting the outraged face on his father's face when the bill came.
With each outfit, Eri looked happier and happier. The students were all happy as well; Riley spammed her sister with photos of Eri. All Brittany would say was that Eri 'was almost as cute as (Riley) was at that age.'
"What about this?"
Eri turned to see Nancy offering a toy crown, which fit on her head perfectly. Reggie then placed a toy flower in her hair, making the little girl rush to show Izuku, Ochako, Bobby, and Riley.
As Reggie moved to pay for the crown and flower Nancy then realized that her Electrokinetic classmate was tapping her on the shoulder.
"Nancy?" Natalie asked. "Please...don't hurt Reggie."
Nancy almost looked offended at that, but paused and adopted a gentle and sad smile.
"I won't. I promise."
Natalie's happy mood returned; confident her best friend was with a girl who would be good for him. She then pulled Eri aside for a moment.
"Hey, Eri? Whaddya think of this?"
She pointed to a costume based on Belle's dress from Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and Eri's eyes began to glitter in anticipation.
"Can I?"
The students smiled happily and motioned for her to try it.
"Anything we can't buy, I'll be happy to make," Momo assured her.
"No, my father has plenty of money on this card," Shoto said, still holding onto Endeavor's Black Card. "Everything is on him. He's paying for it."
"When did you get a sense of humor, Todoroki?" Ben chuckled as he and Megumi came over.
MHPP
Not too far away, Ben and Megumi were having a small slice of cake and some coffee.
"While I am a little disappointed you and Bobby went off on your own…" Megumi started, only for Ben to fall to his knees and plead.
"PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME BABY, I CAN CHANGE!" Ben begged.
"…Benji, I am not leaving you over something I'm proud of you doing." Megumi assured him with a smile. Ben, surprised, got into his seat. She chuckled as she continued. "We've been dating six years, you really thiyght that was why I came?'
"Hoping not, but covering bases." Ben admitted. "And counting blessing I get to see more of you."
Megumi smiled and nuzzled her nose with Ben's.
And then, off to the side
CRASH!
VORP!
"OW!"
"….Please tell me that is not our students getting into another villain fight when they're supposed to be on vacation." Ben begged, pointing to the side but not looking at the commotion.
"Well, I could, but that would be a lie." Megumi sighed.
MHPP
As the UA and Kirby kids were having a good time at the mall, a man whose body seemed to be chalk white with black spots decorated all over was staring at an ATM holed off in the corner of the grocery store. He soon casually strolled inside with a slightly awkward posture in his walk.
"Excuse me, can I use that ATM Machine?" The man asked the store clerk, who tiredly nodded while working on a crossword puzzle. "Preferably not change, please."
The man then approached the ATM and took a deep breath as he put two fingers over one of the black spots on his arm and peeled it off before sticking it onto the ATM. He then reached his hand inside, only for another spot to materialize nearby and his hand to come out and grab some ketchup on one of the shelves.
"Oops, nope, not that way." He said as he dispelled the unwanted spot and made the spot he put on the ATM a doorway to reach into the money inside as he tried to grab it. "Come on, gimme your money..."
Unfortunately, he unconsciously created several more spots, one of them causing the ATM to sink into a giant one that formed underneath. The man panicked and struggled to get it out or at the very least take it with him through wherever the spot portal led.
It was at that moment the clerk noticed what was going on and grabbed his bat from under his desk as he slowly approached the man, ready to knock him out.
"What're you doing to my ATM, man?"
"It's cool! It's cool! Everything's fine!" The man said, trying to push the ATM down through the spot hole. "I just forgot my PIN!"
However, he then noticed the clerk about to hit him over the head and ducked out of the way in a panic as he struggled to get away from the bat's swinging range.
"Ah! No! Sir, please! Just let me rob you!"
Bobby had arrived at the convenience store when he saw what was going on, seeing the man trying to get the bat away from the clerk.
"I've never robbed anyone in my life before! Please don't make this a bad experience for me!" The man pleaded. "See, I have these holes, I used to be Quirkless, you know but then an accident happened that supercharged my dormant Quirk gene and turned me into this!"
The man ducked under a bat swing, catching a can of curry powder which he admired before silently putting it into the pocket of the coat he was wearing.
"See, I used to be a student at Kirby Heroics over in New York City! Well, I used to be until I got sick of the curriculum and teamed up with my best friend to try and trash the school, maybe give it a bad rep!" The man continued rambling in panic. "Then the accident I just mentioned happened and turned me into this! And to top it all off, I somehow wound in Japan of all places! Seriously, for the life of me I can't figure that one out."
As the man talked, he created several more spots unconsciously, one of them sucking up the clerk's bat and then another spitting it back out and hitting him upside the head, making him sink halfway through another hole.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" The spotted man sincerely apologized. "Listen, I'm not even robbing you, this ATM Machine belongs to the bank and you know how corrupt they are handling people's money!"
"You're still robbing me! That makes you a criminal!" The clerk shot back.
"Listen, I can't find a way back to America and I can't find anybody willing to give me a job looking like this so I turned to a life of crime, which I technically already turned to before I became this and-" The man continued before Bobby decided to step in.
"You know, why do they call it ATM Machine when the 'M' stands for 'Machine'?"
"Wait, who said that?" The spotted man asked curiously as he turned to the American Hero-in-Training. "Wait...you're..."
Bobby flashed his Provisional License Card. "Bobby Walker. Everyman."
"Everyman!" The spotted man exclaimed, a little too happily as he tripped over himself, quickly steadying himself. "Oh man, this is real!"
"So, what's your Quirk? Does it make you like a Cow or a Dalmatian?" Bobby asked. "I mean, I can see you making portals with the spots but what's the name of your Quirk? What even is it?"
"I am..." The spotted man said, dramatically taking off his fedora and jacket. "...THE SPOT."
"Pretty on the nose, I guess." Bobby shrugged. "So is that your costume or...?"
"Unfortunately for both of us, this is my SKIN." Spot said. If he didn't have a black shifting spot replacing all his facial features, he'd clearly be frowning.
"Ooh..." Bobby winced. "I-I'm so sorry to hear that. You a Heteromorph-Type? Because I know how hard it is for some of them."
"Well, yeah, kinda..." The Spot said. "You see...I'm from your past."
Bobby looked greatly confused but had a small feeling that he knew this mystery criminal from somewhere. And sure enough, by the end of the next hour, the lives of all involved would be irreversibly set off course.
Knightmare Lord A/N:
And so we introduce a special guest to the story: THE SPOT, based on his appearance from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. However, keeping in lieu of the world of BNHA, he will NOT be Jonathan Ohnn, he just has his powers and potential as well as some of his personality quirks.
In the original version of the story, it was Feedback, Mudslide, and Void causing trouble but how will things change now that it's just Spot, a goofy villain with a very versatile power against the young heroes of UA and Kirby? Well, he won't have to worry as he'll be getting back-up that even he probably won't expect but still greatly appreciat!
Alright, take it away, Mrotrax!
Mrotrax A/N:
Another chapter bites the dust and soon a great brawl will commence!
The bits between Katsuki and Terrance are favorite parts of mine, I hope I expanded upon them well.
Not much else to say hear, glad you liked it and hope to see you soon!