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On the night after opening the results, All Might have contacted Izuku and telling him to go to Dagobah beach. Toshinori-san stood on the shore with clothes bigger than him.
"Deku!" Izuku flinched at Kacchan's screaming on the phone. Even miles away from him and over the phone his friend was loud as ever, unlike Iida and Uraraka who took the news with a smile and loud cheers. Not that he minded his blond friend's very competitive manner when they've been beating each other since they were kids. "You scored first place!? How is that possible you nerd?! You just got lucky in the rescue point Deku. Your weak ass quirk only got you forty-five villain points." He was just as surprised as Katsuki in him being in the first place.
Izuku grinned at the other one's words. "You're right. I didn't even know they had rescue points. I really got lucky at that. I'll talk to you later Kacchan, something came up." Katsuki protested but he hung up before his friend.
"Toshinori-san!"
"Congrats on being accepted, Izuku-kun" his blond mentor greeted giving him a high five. Flattered as he was, he felt like he didn't do a good job at all. "Nice job on the exam. You and your friend impressed the judges."
"Thank you," Izuku replied bowing. He could feel his cheeks heat up on the praise. "But I feel I didn't do a good job. I injured myself lots of times in the exam using One for All. I was hard pressed controlling it and it didn't help my quirk also drained me faster too." His fist tightened, he had to choose which quirk to use at that time, his energy draining quirk or potentially injuring One for All. Using them on them or both would have a big consequence in any battle.
The thin form of the number one hero gave him one thumb up and a hearty laugh. "It is to be expected. Two weeks of training is not enough to master the legacy of One for All. Don't worry about your progress right now, it's to be expected. In time you'll be able to use Warp and One for All at the same time."
"I also didn't tell the teachers of our connection. I figured you might think of it as cheating."
Izuku thankful for this gesture, smiled appreciatively. It was true, he wanted people to see him enter on his own rather than through the help of All Might. The teen didn't think the teachers at UA would take kindly to that if they knew. He was afraid they might think he got in thanks to All Might. "Thanks, Toshinori-san."
Following All Might, they sat on the beach. The waves crashed into the sand gently as the wind cooled his worries as neither one of them spoke. "Right now, your body can't handle it but the more you train the more you'll be able to move the power freely. The only problem is your quirk. That warp of yours is useful and versatile in situations but the trade is troublesome that even the endurance training helped little. Tell me how does it work? Just in case I missed some details."
Right, Izuku and Toshinori-san hadn't really discussed his quirk much while training. They did discuss it during the second day and All Might put in some endurance and cardio exercise in his plan but weren't able to focus on that as the physical training had to take priority to prepare his body to inherit One for All. What training they had, was during the last month. It was a rush of two weeks of training One for All mostly and his self-training using his Warp quirk and One for All. Putting just enough power to not break his arm and finding his current limits of what he can handle.
Even with strengthening his body, his quirk still drains him fast. Though, not as fast as before if he had to admit.
How should Izuku start? "Well, my quirk's energy drain really is dependent on portal sizes. The larger the size the faster the drain, but controlling the size is a problem itself," making an example Izuku held out his hand and opened a gate half his size. The portal pulsed as it grew and shrunk chaotically like the waves that crash to the shore. He let go of it and felt the trickling of his energy stopped. "The smaller the portal, the harder to control."
"I could make many portals, like when we first met but," to emphasized this, he summoned many warp gates. All the summoned portals in varying size fluctuated. "It gets harder to control and the energy consumption doubles. You remember when we first met."
"Continuous holding of a portal will drain me nonstop too. I can only teleport in two conditions; first is the limits of my vision or to the horizon of my vision. The longer the distance, the less accurate where it'll pop out." The teen would have made an example, but it was dark and his warp gate wouldn't be seen. "I'm sure you've seen that in the exam."
The thin blond man nodded in affirmation.
"Second one is I must be familiar with the place I want to go to," he then chuckled. "Not just places seen in pictures or maps. No, I mean, I must be familiar with that place. That's why it is needed for me to familiarize the place personally."
"The things you mentioned were seen in the exam," All Might replied looking deep in his thoughts. "I've also seen you using that for offense as well. I seem to remember you not mentioning that."
"Eh I didn't? Sorry," he replied cheeks heated and turned red. "That…," he said pausing for a minute scratching his cheek. "That's easier but still taxing, since I don't need conscious effort because those thrown warps, so to speak, opened in random places near me if without conscious effort and closes automatically. If I desire too, I can send them to places or positions I want but it's a conscious effort. I can also use it to cut those midways in it if I close it abruptly." That was one aspect of his Warp that he did not like. That is why he was always conscious if he ever transports someone using his warp gate.
He wondered if All Might have an idea of how to improve his use of Warping. "I see. Simple enough conditions and useful when used properly. Now, I'm positive your time in UA would help you gain the control that you seek."
"Thanks, All Might," the green haired teen replied hugging his knees. "I know I said this millions of times already, but I still can't believe of all the people out there, you chose me." Looking at his fist, he let the power flow and red electricity course through his arm. The power flowing through his arm felt like a torrent and attempting to control it was like akin to making to go through a small tube. He unclenched his hand releasing One for All and with it the uncontrollable power.
"If you ever doubt yourself young Midoriya, don't," All Might's thin hand gently held to his shoulder. "I chose you because I saw within you the same fiery determination as my mentor had. One worthy inheriting a legacy of heroes. Come on, young man. I'm hungry and I know just the place."
April rolled quickly for Izuku as he now tied his shoes and while his mother kept fretting over him.
"I'll be off mom," he said.
Izuku didn't know if he was practically shaking from excitement or fear! All Might had said UA would test their limits. Make or break them. Make or break, he would make it! After an uneventful trip to school, he found himself standing and admiring the huge door. 1-A, the plaque says. There was a lot of noise behind and Izuku hoped that Uraraka, Iida, and Kacchan will be in his class.
"Bakugou-kun, put your foot down," Iida-kun admonishing an unaffected Kacchan who merely scoffed at his antics while many eyes landed on them and maybe somehow forced to look away. No doubt because of Katsuki's aura. "You are disrespecting our upperclassmen who came here before us!"
His childhood friend rolled his eyes, "So? They're not using it now, four eyes."
"Deku-kun!" Uraraka called from behind who waved at him.
He smiled at her, "Uraraka-san," he greeted as they enter together. He wanted to thank her for her thoughtfulness on giving some of her points but deciding to tell her about it unless she said it first. "I'm glad to see you here. I thought we'll never be classmates."
"Good morning, Midoriya-kun and Uraraka-san," the engine quirk teen greeted while Kacchan simply waved at him.
"Morning Iida-kun, Kacchan."
Uraraka wasn't deterred by Katsuki's face and greeted him too, "Good morning, Iida-kun, Kacchan." Izuku chuckled and as he expected the explosive teen glared at the zero gravity user.
"Whatch'ya said round face!" Kacchan's calm demeanor quickly shifting to that of annoyance.
"Quiet down," Izuku and Occhaco swiftly turned at the man before them before taking their seat. Their teacher was a scruffy looking restless looking lithe black-haired man wearing all black nearly crumpled clothes and a scarf. He avoided looking at the cold eyes gazing at them all sharply.
Izuku prided himself knowing a lot of pro heroes but he didn't recognize the man before them though he felt that he should've. "You kids are not rational enough. It took eight seconds before you were quiet, a second that may be important in a life or death situation. I'm Aizawa Shouta, and I'll be your homeroom teacher. Wear this, we're going out onto the field," Aizawa-sensei ordered holding out a blue tracksuit with an angular U on the upper torso and A on the lower torso with the letter A's feet going all the way down and white on the sleeve trimmed by red.
As far as the teen knew, all teachers in UA were Pro heroes. So, who is Aizawa Shota? He'd never seen a hero with that kind of get up.
After changing clothes, they were led to the wide field behind the school and he was shocked that Aizawa-sensei already got to teaching on the first day of school.
"Quirk assessment test!?" He, along with his new classmates chorusing in shock. Izuku gape at the bluntness of their homeroom teacher. All Might was right! UA will be the greatest challenge they'll face. First day of school and we already have a test.
"What about the orientation?" Uraraka bravely asked.
"If you're going to become a hero you don't have time for such events," Aizawa-sensei replied and voice remaining dry not even showing them what he was thinking. "UA's selling point is how unrestricted the school tradition are." Their raven-haired teacher looked over his shoulder gave them a bland glance. "That's also how the teacher runs their classes."
"Midoriya Izuku," he blushed, and his heart raced fast upon being called and answered a quick 'yes sir.' "You were first on the practical exam, right?" All eyes turned on him and someone even muttered he or she can't believe he got first. Kacchan even muttered a bitter "lucky shot". "How far was your softball throw."
"Fifty meters, sir," Izuku replied immediately.
"Try doing it with your quirk," Aizawa-sensei had him stand in the middle of the circle. "You can do whatever you want but keep within the circle. Hurry up. Give it your all."
Izuku took a deep breath reaching for One for All. His right arm now heats up and crackled with the power of the legacy passed to him. Just like a microwave, control the temperature. Or a faucet keeping the water from flowing out. Eyeing the sky, a slow red swirling in front of him became big as he threw the ball. "Smash!" he screamed. He clutched his arm and hissed. The fingers and joints stung, something he could bear, painfully. It was okay but… damn if that didn't hurt his joint.
One kilometer. His throw managed to reach that far using both quirks?
Murmurs had him blushing but luckily, he was already one.
"Warp quirk?" Guess the bag's already out of the bag. Not many people knew about his quirk. Aside from Iida-kun and Uraraka that was.
"Oui, I was with him in the entrance exam and went ahead of us faster than I thought," he remembered that voice. It was the blond boy who had a navel laser and tried to steal his kill.
"Awesome!"
"That looks fun."
"Fun," Izuku swallowed heavily at that tone. "You have three years to become heroes. Would you still have that attitude," Aizawa-sensei grinned. Grinned! First day of school and already he could see that their homeroom teacher was one not for smiling or anything of that sort. "All right. Anyone who comes in last place will be judged to have no potential and as punishment," his gaze turned to each and every one of them. "will be expelled."
Shit hit the fan as he, and everyone reacted in shock. Expulsion? On the first day of school?!
Said grin of the teacher widened, "Welcome to UA Hero course."
"Expulsion on the first day? Isn't this a bit unfair!?" Izuku moved closer to her. She had a point, but they were powerless against their teacher because just as their homeroom teacher state earlier, UA gives their teacher control on classes they handle.
"Natural disasters, accidents, and villain. Japan, the world is filled with these calamities that may happen anywhere. The world is not fair. It is a hero's job to reverse these situations. In your years here, UA will keep pushing to your limits until your graduation and become the heroes preventing the calamities," Aizawa-sensei gave them a come hither sign. "Plus ultra. Overcome it with all you've got."
The first test was by pair. They were set up to race each other in a fifty-meter dash. He was paired against Kacchan grinning at him with challenge and his eyes glinting with excitement. Izuku gladly returned the favor. On go, a gate appeared in front and came out on the other side.
"2:30 seconds," the robot reported.
The rest of the exercises were somehow a breeze, except for the sidestep, because it was all close calls with his more physically stronger classmates or those with highly potential quirks. His control of One for All still left much to be desired.
As they gathered again, he hoped the pro hero was bluffing. All of them suffered through the entrance exam, it would be bad if they had to fail now. First day of all things.
Without prompt, their sensei showed their rankings. Holding his breath, the warp user went from the last to the top. Minoru Mineta ranked last. Izuku slowly went up and smiled on his spot. Fourth! He got fourth place. Two places above was Kacchan, which he turned smug about. Iida got seventh and Uraraka tenth.
Izuku frowned, that means Mineta would be expelled. He waited with bated breath for the ultimatum the pro will now drop. Their cheers turned silent and the only noise came from the last placer.
"As agreed earlier," he began. The silence was bearing down on them heavily. Izuku wanted to protest against Aizawa-sensei but he was stuck in his place. "The last placer will be expelled."
"Sir, just give Mineta-san a chance," muttered Izuku but loud enough for those near him to hear. "He did his best just like all of us."
Flinching at the glare, All Might's inheritor faced it still. "Why should I take in someone who I judged has no potential, Midoriya Izuku."
"Because…," swallowing heavily. "Mineta did his best. He will improve and grow with the rest of us. Isn't it irrational to expel someone without knowing their potential yet which we'll find out later?" Aizawa didn't let up on his killer gaze. Izuku himself shrunk but still held on the mental onslaught of the homeroom teacher.
"I'm sorry, Aizawa-sensei but I agree with Midoriya-kun! Mineta deserved a chance and I thought it is unfair eliminating someone on their first day," his head turned fast to look at Iida with concern. He appreciated his support, but the engine quirk user is jeopardizing his position! Maybe even his hero career.
"You guys," the teen in concern said. "You don't have to."
"I see," his eyes scanned all of them slowly. "Is that what you two think?" He held his breath and gave the small teen a small yet assuring smile. Seconds tick and he didn't know what Aizawa-sensei would say. "Then, in that case, you're right."
Audible relief came from everyone but more evident from Mineta himself. "I was lying about the expulsion earlier," Gaping in disbelief, Izuku couldn't believe it that their teacher deliberately lied to them! Scared them to hell, even. "It was all a rational deception to draw out the upper limit of your quirk."
Mineta hugged Izuku's feet and thanking him again and again. He opted to awkwardly pat Mineta's grapey head. He would be crying too if he was in Mineta's position.
"I thought you are going to be in trouble, Deku-kun," Uraraka with obvious relief said wiping the sweat on her forehead. "Aizawa-sensei sure is rough, huh. I never thought he was bluffing."
"Of course, he was lying," Yaoyorozu Momo said. "It would've been obvious if you just thought it through."
"With that, we're done here," Aizawa-sensei dismissed them.
With classes done, all four of them walked together to the station.
The whole day of classes the next day went uneventful and a surprisingly normal class from Present Mic who taught them English.
The next day was the one he was looking forward to.
"I am!" Izuku turned his head faster than he thought to see his mentor in his silver age suit. "Coming through the door like a normal person!"
His classmates awed at the sight of All Might. Who wouldn't right?
"He really is a teacher," the one with hardening quirk, Kirishima Eijirou, gushed.
"I teach basic hero training," All Might stated as everyone listened. "It is a subject where you train in different ways and aspects of being a hero. You'll take most units of this subject. Let's get right into it. This is what we'll do today!"
Battle was the words written on the plaque that All Might held. "Combat Training! And to go with these are!" the wall the hero pointed opened forward. "Costumes based on your quirk registration and requests you sent in before school started!
"Costume," excitedly Izuku said. He and his mom worked hard on that designing his hero costume. He can't wait to see it!
"After you change, gather in Ground Beta."
Izuku felt like a hero just wearing his costume. Compared to his friend's costume, his was rather simple. Especially Uraraka's. Her costume had him blushing with its tightness though it really looked awesome and had a futuristic feel to it. Not only did Uraraka's costume had him blushing, but Momo's too had him looking away as well.
Bakugou's had his personality written all over it with large grenade style gauntlets and explosive like headband on the side of his head. Black tank top with red crossing over the chest.
Iida had an Ingenium look into his with the way his costume closely resembled that hero.
"The fuck is this shit Deku?" Kacchan reacted. The blond tapped his costumes ears. "You look like a rabbit freak. I ain't gonna hire you as my sidekick if you wear that. No one will take you seriously with that shitty costume."
"You won't have to," he grinned. "If I become the number one hero."
Uraraka giggled, "I think it looks cool. Really down to earth and simple. What do you think Iida-kun?"
"Tch," the explosive blond sneered at Uraraka. "Of course, you would say that round face."
The blue haired teen studied his form up and down humming in thought. "Yes I agree. It looks good on you Midoriya-kun. Your protruding horn reminds me of All Might's hair and the colors suits you well."
Izuku chuckled embarrassingly, it was based on All Might, at least only the figure design was. Not that the All Might attributes didn't serve any purpose. The grin like shape mouth serves as his oxygen filter against poison gas and such. The two All Might hair acted as transceivers that can pick up any signal within a certain radius and the device can be adjusted through a device hidden in his gloves. Not only that, but it also had a sensitive hearing device capable of hearing the quietest sound it could pick up. Well... Provided that the setting was quiet because he didn't know if the device could filter the unnecessary noise.
Aside from that, his utility belt was designed to carry all a hero would need. Mainly First aid kit, rescue kit, emergency kit, capture tape, heck a grappling hook shot too if needed. Not to say it just carried that when the belt also carried various items he'd need like, food for his energy needs like his gloves too.
Once they gathered his mentor explained the rules. Beside their teacher was a box named as heroes and villains. "It's time for combat training."
"Sir," Iida raised his hand. "This is a battle center from the entrance exam. Will we be conducting Urban battles again?"
"No," he replied holding out two fingers. "We'll move two steps in advance. Most of the time villain attacks occur outside but if you'll look at the consensus, the more dangerous villains appear indoors. Those intelligent villains hide in the shadows. You'll all be split into teams of two and be divided between heroes and villains in an indoor battle."
"Without basic training?" the froggy and neutral faced Asui Tsuyu inquired.
"This is a simulated real battle to understand the basics."
So, learning through experience. That's UA for him. To go straight to the point in the first week of school.
He listened to All Might again and think about it later before he could miss something important. "The real key difference is that there is no robot to beat up this time." The pro hero motioned for them to be silent with is palm and grabbing a tiny notebook. "The situation is that villains have a nuclear weapon somewhere in their hideout and the heroes mission is to search for it. The heroes would need to capture the villain or get the weapon in the allotted time while the villain will need to capture the heroes or protect the weapon the whole time."
All Might held out two boxes. "Teams will be decided by random draws."
"Teams are decided haphazardly?" Iida-kun reacted.
"Yes, Iida-kun," All Might gave him a thumb up, "because not all the time heroes are partnered with someone they know. There are times in which heroes from other agencies team up on the spot to either stop a calamity, a villain or just simply rescuing civilians."
"I see, thank you for clarifying sir," Iida responded then bowing. "Excuse my rudeness."
"It's fine. This wouldn't be teaching if no one asks after all. Let's draw!" Izuku looked at his friends and found each of their and the class's excitement so infectious.
One by one All Might drew. "The deciding teams are," their teacher recounted.
Team A: Midoriya and Ochaco
Team B: Mezo and Todoroki
Team C: Mineta and Yaoyorozu
Team D: Bakugou and Iida
Team E: Ashido and Aoyama
Team F: Koda and Sato
Team G: Kaminari and Kyouka
Team H: Fumikage and Asui
Team I: Ojiro and Hagakure
Team J: Hanta and Kirishima
It was a relief for Izuku to be teamed up with Uraraka. Both of them knew each other's quirks after seeing one another in the mock battle and the test done by Aizawa-sensei. Plus, he knew hers when they first met. They also knew each other so their coordination would be better than others. The ones he knew they should watch out for the most was Team B, C, D, and H. The quirks of those people simply overwhelming quirks. Though he shouldn't dismiss the others, he had no idea how creative they can get when using their quirks.
"Deku-kun!" Uraraka cheered. "It must be fate! Let's do our best!"
Please don't jump Uraraka-san! He nodded awkwardly.
"The first team to fight will be!" All Might said drawing in the two boxes. "Team A will be the villains. Team B the heroes."
Once all their classmates went to monitor room All Might guided them to a nondescript five-story building.
That draw surprised him. Their chosen enemy of all people was the worst one they could get. Team B, Mezo Shoji, and Todoroki Shoto. They'll be at a great disadvantage with Mezo's Dupli-arms and Todoroki's ice. From what Izuku had seen during the test yesterday, Todoroko had good control of his ice. Not to mention the fire as stated by Aizawa-sensei. Even though they still hadn't seen it, but he was wary despite of that.
Mezo Shoji, from what he had observed can turn his hand to specific body parts, like when he transforms one of the blank arms to a mouth just to talk and even made hands during the strength test, so it was a reasonable assumption that his Dupli-arms can make any part of the body.
"Young Midoriya and Uraraka, as the villains of this match. Try to think in their mindset. This is not called a Combat battle for nothing," Izuku tested his gear and flinched when All Might's voice hurt his ears. Okay, they work. Too well in fact.
"You have five minutes to prepare before the hero team storms your hideout."
Once inside they went to check the location of the bomb first. The bomb had the likeness of a real bomb but made of papier-mache. Even the structure is made of the same materials. There were some objects they could use to block the door or for something else.
"Deku-kun, what's the plan."
Both of them huddled together. "Todoroki-san is the more dangerous of the two. His quirk is very versatile and powerful. We don't even know the extent of the power of his quirk," stated Izuku. "We can't take him on with melee, one touch from him and he can maybe freeze us. That's not including his fire that Aizawa-sensei said he had. The same can be said with his long-range ice attacks that we are immobilized once we contact his ice. But going closer is the lesser of the two since he can't risk going all out or he destroys a building in the middle of the city.
"Then there is Shoji whose Dupli-arms can make easily detect us," his partner stated, brows furrowed. He decided then that a serious face doesn't suit Uraraka Ochaco. "How do we counter Todoroki's ice."
"True," muttered Izuku. "Shoji would act as the scout and Todoroki will be the striker."
It would be a hard battle, but he smiled nervously at his partner. "Let's familiarize ourselves with our quirks and costume abilities first." Izuku then explained the mechanics of his quirk. "We can plan after that."
"Now let's start with indoor combat Team A versus Team D. Start!"
Katsuki analyzed the two villains. Deku just returned from patrol and gave his partner a high five. Most likely to familiarize with the place for quick getaways. They couldn't see what those two hid behind the pillars from their view, but they hid something earlier. Maybe something crucial to fight against half and half's quirk.
Round face, acted as the last defense by staying close to the bomb while the nerd stood in front who tapped his ears. From the outside camera, the two entered and a minute later the whole structure turned glittering white surrounded by cool vapors as muti-arms then waited outside. He said something to half and half before going in.
The blond explosive teen smirked and then muttered, "Deku ain't going down that easy, half and half."
"What makes you say that dude?" Pikachu asked. Bakugou only gestured at the monitor where Deku and his partner was. "Hey, they aren't frozen by the ice."
"You're right. Even the bombs not frozen. How'd they do that?" the pink one piped in. "Is it because of his warp?"
Unlikely. He shifted his gaze at Todoroki who slowly walked to the outside of the room.
"Uraraka," create quirk girl commented. "Look at her hand." She formed the sigh to release her anti-gravity quirk who swept her forehead.
"They floated themselves. I haven't even seen them float!"
They were only inches above the floor, he concluded. The nerd already hypothesized that half and half was capable of freezing things at a large amount. Deku said something and gestured but they couldn't hear any of it. When ice and fire entered, Katsuki could read his visible shock through the stiff movement.
Deku was such a drama queen by pointing at half and half by laughing like a stereotypical villain. Movements all exaggerated and expression manic as the ones he commonly sees. His eye twitched when that damn Deku grinned, posture straight, grinning wildly with arms to the side halfway up. The only thing missing would be explosions and the nerd would be him.
Did he copy me!? Deku, you're so dead later.
Half and half from his foot unleashed ice swiftly towards team A which Deku countered by launching a portal to it and pointed his other arm to the ice user's left whose attack then came out of a portal from the right side around the column and headed towards its maker. A quick portal opened in front of the ice user but evaded by sliding forward then ducking just barely avoiding below the portal.
Having no choice, the white-haired bastard quickly rolled and jumped left to avoid colliding with another warp. Bakugou smirked when another thin portal appeared to where he was jumping, and he twisted midair barely avoiding and landing in a crouch. The bastard didn't even wait before turning to offense again with ice from his hand, only to jump back from a portal beneath.
Deku can be a bitch in a bitch in a tight space. He'd been at the receiving end of those things for as long as he can remember. From a simple revenge prank to their playing hero and villain all in their own private "Hero Practice Ground" owned and unused by his uncle who then let them used it. Not a nice feeling all your attacks coming back at you.
Sweeping his arm aside, Deku briefly looked back at his partner, Deku's red gate appeared behind the ice user. Bakugou's eyes widened in shock when objects came out of the portal that hit ice and fire roughly pushing him forward sending him rolling. Another portal came out of thin air when the ice user landed in front of Deku. Round face thrust her hand and into the portal that popped in front of her.
Deku's style reminded him of that sci-fi game that uses warp too. He didn't give a damn to its title, but he was sure Deku did the same as that game' mechanics.
Their opponent jumped to the left as her hand came out of it and didn't give up by launching ice at them but was block by another portal that came after half and half and would have hit him if the bastard didn't stop.
The ice user was stunned, and his nerdy best friend ran with capture tape, but his enemy rolled right and jumped back.
His All Might horn picked up something, it was unclear since they were in an enclosed space and with the target far away. "…Ji, regroup. Meet me... second floor."
Todoroki was not only powerful and fast but also perceptive to avoid or even predict where his quirk would appear. As expected of a recommended student. The difference was too big. A portal below him, the ice user jumped and created an ice barrier and his footsteps then faded.
"He's fast," Uraraka commented. "We didn't capture him."
The warp user breathed deeper as he ate one of his energy bars. He knew they will be back. "Yeah," he replied clutching his chest as the drain from his quirk made him nearly tired. He went all out with the portals knowing that mobility was severely limited in this tight space, but their opponent was agile just as he was mobile. The white-haired ice user was trained well. "As expected from a recommended student. His abilities are above average. He's regrouping with Shoji."
Looking at the door and window. He didn't know how fast Todoroki would be back with Mezou Shoji this time. "We better leave. They'll be back and with the windows on our back, I'm not confident enough to say that Todoroko will not enter there." That had smaller chances since it would cause the destruction of the building and not to mention unheroic but he'd rather not take that chance. Too much was unknown since they barely know anything from their classmates except for quirk and name.
"Where?" his partner asked.
"We go above."
His portal swallowed them, and they appeared in a similar room but with a darker window view as the teen then fell to his knees. Looking around, there were a lot of objects strewn around which could provide could cover from Todoroki's quirk. "We're in a rear room. The tight space will deter them hero team from an attack from behind. "
Hefting an office table, he blocked the door. Both of them got to work on stacking the objects they could find. "I'll confront them. If one of them got here, you know what to do." Uraraka replied with a firm nod, her expression determined. "I'll go back to the previous room to confront them."
Once in their original room, Izuku sat cross-legged to regain his lost strength by eating what's left of his energy bars while listening intently for their footsteps since no communication was picked up by his equipment. Good thing his suit was thick and ice resistant enough because he could feel only a little chill. He did list that in his suit specifications that the material be resistant to most elements, meaning fire, ice, water, wind, and debris. Though judging from the company sent, it offers only moderate protection to all aforementioned elements and may provide lesser endurance, unlike a suit that specializes against a certain thing. Still, that was enough for him.
They're near. The sound of footsteps thumping in the reached the warp users ears as then hid behind the pillar.
"They took the bomb," Todoroki stated. "Can you locate them?"
"Midoriya is here. Behind the pillar by the window."
Remembering his and Kacchan's playing of heroes and villains when they were young. Breathing deeply, Izuku channeled his Kacchan-ness and added a certain flair. Grinning at the two heroes, "Heroes!" he greeted with a grandeur sweep of his arm for dramatic flair. "You still didn't learn your lesson. I beat Mr. Freeze here before and I'll gladly do it with both of you!"
Looking at the Dupli-arms user, Todoroki then said, "Find the bomb. I'll handle Midoriya."
"Aren't you full of shit. Handle me!?" Izuku retorted sneering, faking a laugh. "Besides, you're too late! The bomb has been placed somewhere secured while my subordinate guards it. Keep underestimating her and you'll surely get it."
He wouldn't admit this to anyone but Kacchan, but he was enjoying acting like a "piece of shit" version of Kacchan in his best friends' words. The ice and fire quirked teen gave his teammate a sharper look this time, "Go." Shoji nodded and went his way.
"Not on my watch! Die!" sweeping his hand, a portal blocked Shoji's path, but his focus shifted to the ice heading straight towards him and opening a warp that swallowed the attack and appearing behind Todoroki. His opponent dodged but with another wave of his arm, he entered the portal appearing before the ice and dropping above him. Todoroki jumped back, launching ice at him.
Concentrating on One for All, energy surged and crackled to his arms as he flicked his finger sending the ice and Todoroki careening to the wall. Damn, I didn't control that one well enough! Izuku gritted his teeth from his badly hurt pulsing finger but he didn't have all that training to be easily vulnerable to this level of pain. He wanted to scream when his finger hurt summoning that warp, but he didn't, and then pushed his hand into it and grabbing a cloth then pulling it to him and hastily throwing the teen behind him.
Before he could turn and kicked Todoroki, his enemy was already up and attempted to grab him. Izuku stepped back noticing the ice coating his hand. No way he wanted to be frozen! He blocked a sideways kick to his left side.
Turning on his heels, he spun to the hero's right side and swept his feet making him fall. Izuku continued as he grabbed the others arm and shirt and throwing him forward to the ground. Izuku wouldn't let it be that easy! A gate appeared as he subsequently threw his enemy in it. Seconds later, from above, Todoroki dropped his grunt echoing throughout the room.
Capture tape ready in hand, the other teen quickly got back up then backflipping away from him. Fast as he was, he's vulnerable on the ground, so Izuku made a warp where Todoroki stood and absorbing him.
"Deku-kun, Shoji is now attempting to open the door," Uraraka's voice crackled in the communicator.
Izuku's warp opened revealing a confused teen which he kicked, but he leaped from that attempt and retaliated with his own grapple. His eyes widened when his attack was blocked by the ice users right hand but also froze his attacking foot. The stiffness made him fall out of balance. He recovered that easily!
Drained as he was, Izuku quickly conjured a portal swallowing him. He's got one chance on this one. He fell and abruptly seen the form of his multi-armed enemy pushing the door.
Screaming, Izuku wrapped his arms around Mezo and pushed his head forward banging his head on the door with a loud grunt. Seeing an opening, he pulled the other teen's real arms with One for All and pulled out his capture tape quickly tying the hero's many arms.
"You got me, Midoriya," the Dupli-arm quirk teen remarked once he recovered though still slightly dazed.
"Sorry 'bout that, Mezou-kun," smiled Izuku on the teens back. "I hope you're not hurt."
"It's fine, Midoriya. I'm not hurt," the masked teen replied. "This is Combat Training. It is foolish to expect not getting hurt sometimes."
"Don't panic, this'll be over in a sec." A second after they appeared in front of Uraraka who nearly screamed when she didn't see Izuku. Izuku grunted from the effort and punched the ice away before giving himself a breathing room to eat another snack. He doesn't think he can hold off the ice user this time. Not when his hero suit was easily frozen and left his body shaking from the cold.
His partner cheered upon seeing who he captured. "Way to go Deku-kun!"
Getting off of their prisoner, he fell on his knees but with gritted teeth and determination he stood up limped with his other foot still feeling stiff from being frozen.
"Awesome. Your best friend's awesome Bkaugou," shitty hair commented and was likely grinning. "He held Todoroki to a standstill and send him packing with that one flicking strike. Wonder how Todoroki'll beat them without his partner."
That isn't the case. He's tiring out. Another round would be his last and not to mention his foot is frozen. Too frozen since he didn't thaw it normally. His best friend walked around awkwardly with a frozen limping foot. Endurance has always been his weakness. Deku always relies either on outlasting his opponents or finishing the fight before he tires.
"Even so, he's tiring," creation girl said. "You can see it in his breathing and his posture. Possibly because quirk his very demanding in its energy usage or he has low endurance. But judging from his form, its likely the first one."
Someone hummed in agreement. "It does look that way. I didn't even notice it." Katsuki recognized the voice, it was the tailed one.
Team A made Dupli-arms stood in front of his Deku before the bomb and the other stood behind the bomb and away from the camera. So, Deku is hosting a hostage situation.
"Hostage?" someone asked in wonder. "All Might-sensei, is that allowed?"
The man laughed, "Of course it is. They're villains. Anything goes for them. Well," their teacher cleared his throat then continued, "as long as no one is hurt severely, then I won't stop the test."
Murmurs of using that tactic reached his ears.
"Such despicable and villainy act but yet ingenious of Midoriya-kun of using a hostage against the hero team!" Bakugou gritted his teeth cause by that boisterous Somei boy.
"I know right, Iida-chan," the frog replied neutrally. "Who knew that somehow shy Midoriya could pull off being a villain. However, I think it is unlike him from what I've seen."
"Right? I didn't think Midori had it in him to be like that," the pink girl said.
Looking at half and half, he was already one the other side of the door after checking the many doors. Piercing ice easily destroyed the barrier and which prompted Deku to cross his arms in and calmly the bastard came.
Deku said something as both of them stood tense and ready for combat. The other one didn't speak and without ado, Deku behind the hostage started by flicking once again as the ice user hid behind an ice wall. Fuck, he hated the cameras. Useless piece of shit. The debris and ice vapor now obscured the view! Whatever was happening only All Might know what was happening through the sounds.
All they could discern was the room shook powerfully that it veiled the room more.
"What do you think is happening there?" asked the pink acid girl. "Why didn't Midori use the hostage?"
"I don't know, but the fight's pretty intense," the ear jack girl replied.
"He did. The part where they stood before they fought," he glanced at the creation quirked teen whose eyes analyzing eyes surveying the battle was as sharp as Deku's. "Todoroki most likely didn't buy his bluff and confident he can take on Midoriya and Uraraka that he took the risk and froze the hostage."
He wanted to go out there and clear the fucking veil and know what was happening already. It took forever for the veil to clear and the shaking to stop. The nerd was already down and most of his body frozen with Deku's arm hued a very painful looking red and purple. Half and half, his form slightly ragged, walked passed the neck to toe frozen hostage and towards the bomb.
Deku screamed at the top of his lungs as a smaller portal from behind Deku's enemy formed. Arms then round face's upper torso came out of it swiftly holding both arms of half and half. The ice user reacted but he now floated when his arms were tied.
Silence. The room was deathly quiet. Bakugou smirked proudly arms crossed at his nerdy green haired best friend.
"Holy…," shitty hair stuttered.
"Villain team wins!" All Might screamed with vigor only he had that broke the silence as their classmates gawked, cheered, and commented to each other.
How was it? I did my best to make the fight fair as possible but let me know what you guys think.
I wanted to show in this chapter how powerful Shoto is and the gap between him and the other students. I wanted to show too that Team A barely won with that ambush and the fact that Shoto, a hero, held back since it's an indoor battle and they are in the middle of a city. I'm not confident to say I capture that. hehe :p
Team B would've won if it weren't for the ambush of Uraraka. My reasoning is Todoroki was shocked that Izuku could still make warp gates and reacted late because of that fact because it was not as he expected. He then found himself floating which further surprised (and maybe disorient) him. Uraraka used that chance to seal the deal. In case anyone is curious.
Edit: Fixed some glaring mistakes that I could find.
Edit 10/28/18: I polished some lines and dialogues. If there is anything I missed, worry not, I'll come back to it again. Just point out any mistakes I may had done. :)
