Jet Set Go! (3)
Mugen found himself in a bizarre position. Not only was the world's Number One hero prostrating himself to him in a perfect dogeza, but also his own girlfriend was prostrated in a perfect dogeza to the prostrating Number One hero.
"Young Mugen! I cannot express my thanks to you enough! Even if my health is fully restored, I promise to make it my sole life's duty to become my successor!"
"Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!This autographwillbepasseddownmyfamilylegacyforyearstocome!Iwon'teverforgetthekindnessthatyouwouldbestowontosomeoneaslowlyasme,AllMight-san!"
"Whoa…" Eri muttered on his lap.
"My thoughts exactly." Mugen grunted with a nod. It was definitely a good thing that Izumi was too starstruck with her Hero Worship, otherwise she would have heard All Might slip up about him being the man's successor. "Hey, you two, its fine! Get up before you catch a cold." He put down Eri who giggled at the whole affair before running off to chase a bored Sibby who was irate with all the noise.
It took him a good minute to calm All Might down and a full ten minutes to calm Izumi down and get her to stop crying. Honestly, this girl was too sensitive and quick to tears…but he loved that part of her, so he wouldn't change a thing.
Getting her up to speed, he introduced her to All Might and forged a tale about how the Number One hero saved him from a Slime Villain and listened to his woes in regard to her plight as a quirkless student. He omitted all talk about One for All and the fact that said Slime Villain was almost set loose again. Hoping that his new mentor would take the cue, Mugen gave a silent fist pump as the full restored All Might approached and placed a comforting hand on the sputtering greenette's shoulder.
"Young Abbot has told me a lot about you, Young Midoriya."
Izumi gulped. "H-He has?"
All Might nodded, "Indeed, it's clear that he holds a great amount of affection toward you and just wouldn't stop gushing about how amazing you were." Mugen did his best not to blush much to the Number One Hero's amusement. "And after hearing of the amount of bravery that you've shown for the path that you chose, well, I can't help but agree."
"B-Bravery, really?" Izumi wanted to say more but kept herself from doing so.
"No, go on. You have words to share?" At her hero's urging, Izumi hesitantly nodded.
"I-I…I don't know if it what I chose to do is brave." She started with a despondent sigh. "All I could do was look at reality and realize that even with all the training I did and the amount of effort I placed in my support items, I wouldn't stack up to the others who have quirks their entire lives. So…I don't think I should be praised for coming to grips with my own weakness."
"Izu-!" Mugen wanted to step in, but sad for him, he had the most kind man in the world to beat him to the punch.
"Never. It is never a weakness to reconsider your plans, your future. I've run into many who are quirkless like yourself, who've faced the same helplessness, and loneliness that came with being without power…" All Might's voice grew shaky for a fraction, but he ploughed through with making his point. "Though it saddens me to say it, most would fester in their powerlessness and curse those with power, even falling into villainy to prove a point. Except, the few brilliant people that I know like David, like Melissa, like…you. You've shown courage to take a path that not even I can imagine to take.
You chose the Support Course at U.A., yes? An excellent choice for someone so kind, she'd dedicate her every hour sketching plans to create a suit for her paramour that would ensure he'd return to his family. You may not be punching a villain to save a family, but you're certainly doing work that ensures that someone can do that and survive a blow that can be fatal. Not being a traditional hero doesn't stop you from being a hero because those you support will soon find that with your expertise that at the end of each grueling patrol, you are a hero."
Standing back, All Might gave Izumi a bright, wide and genuine smile. "So, stand proud, Young Izumi Midoriya. You are a hero."
"I…" For once, Mugen was surprised, Izumi wasn't crying a fit like she usually does…until he realized how much she was actually trying to keep it together. "Than…" She shook her head and rubbed it against her shoulder, looking away from the hero for just a moment. Then in a bid to look cheerful, she rubbed her own neck and brightly smiled. "Wow, All Might that means a lot, and I-I appreciate i-hrck!" And there came the water works.
Tears just kept pouring out of her as her face scrunched up from the rictus of emotions flowing through her. Her hands failed to suppress the heavy waterworks that flowed out of her. "Thank you!"
Mugen rushed over to give her a hug that she easily leant into while ignoring the teasing smile the Symbol of Peace was sending him. Izumi just kept crying until she ran out of tears and passed out from the exhaustion. Though not without giving him a quiet, fading, [I love you] to him.
[Izumi Midoriya (T5) Captured – 12 credits]
Score for him! Now he finally has Izumi in his retinue as his first official Top Wife!
Suppressing his joy, Mugen laid the girl down in one of their home's couches while taking a card from All Might.
"Make sure to give this to Young Midoriya when she wakes. I'll be sure to put in a good word to my friend. I'm certain he and his daughter will be fast friends with the young lady." All Might smiled.
"Kind of hard to with Izu-chan as a great friend." Plus, she was definitely in need of some good friends.
"Oh~. Just as a great friend, Young Abbot?" All Might teased, leaning forward with his hand covering his huge smile. In a fit of embarrassment, Mugen waved the older man off. He can handle it coming from literally anyone else, but seeing grown men like his father and All Might act this way made him feel weird.
"Gah! Quit it already!" Mugen batted the man away. What? Was he one of those call girls who got excited whenever the topic of romance was brought up. In fact… "Besides, now that you're healthy and no longer on death's door, what are your dating prospects like anyway?"
"Urk! That's…!" Heh, Mugen enjoyed watching the older man squirm.
"You know…it's not frowned upon to have multiple lovers, y'know. The HPSC may be using it as a cover to get more people with a diverse set of quirks these days, but the birthrate of our country is still lower than other countries. I'm sure that you have loads of admirers who would just love to throw themselves at you!"
"No comment!" The big adonis of a man crossed his arms into an "x" while visibly blushing.
Mugen shrugged to himself. At least the idea of giving the man a potential wife (or wives) and kids something else to live for was planted into his head.
"Getting to business…" All Might coughed. "We'll meet at Takoba Municipal Beach on your next off day, and we'll see just how far you can go with One for All."
"Sure!" Mugen grinned then paused. "But wait, isn't Takoba Beach closed due to all the litter?"
"Yes!" All Might's smile grew a bit devious.
'Ugh, this is going to be just dad's Turtle school training, isn't it?' Mugen tiredly groaned and scratched his head.
"Then I'll see you there, sir…" Mugen tiredly saluted.
"Now what kind of attitude is that? As my successor, you'll need much more energy than that." All Might huffed.
"Then I'll see you there, sir!" Mugen sat up from the couch and stood ramrod straight to salute the man.
"Much better." All Might laughed before immediately rushing in to give Mugen a hug. "And lad…thanks again for your help."
"Don't mention it, sir." Mugen happily patted the larger man's back. "And before you leave, I think we should have a discussion about your current tenure as the Number One hero…"
"Oh? What about it?" All Might blinked.
Sheepishly smiling, Mugen hopes that the good will for restoring and even advancing his health would allow the man to hear him out. "Well, you know…what if…you drop out from officially being Japan's Number One Hero?"
Okay, so that talk did not go as smoothly as Mugen would have hoped, but he did get a gruff "I'll think about It" from the Symbol of Peace, so…progress!
Also, more progress! He can fully go into 100% of One for All's true power without any backlash just like his predecessor much to All Might's poorly hidden relief. The man didn't know what he would have done if he couldn't control the power off the bat. Mugen scolded his teacher for not even thinking about that possibility and that he should really get his act together if he was serious about being a U.A. teacher.
After sufficiently reprimanding his sulking teacher, it Mugen a whole 5 minutes to clean Takoba Municipal Beach in its entirety with no time to spare whatsoever. Although, he began to limit himself from using 100% by instead going through 10%, 20%, and so on and so forth. Compared to harnessing his own Ki, using One for All felt like utilizing the energy from a separate battery that wasn't his own life force.
As a stockpiler, he realized that it can even boost the strength of his own Ki-enhanced strength, but not by much. Still, sorting out his powers did make it easier for him to trade off when he's beginning to exhaust his Ki.
His training afterwards was all just strength and control while under All Might's vigilant gaze. This along with the rough training that his father subjected him to did tire him out, but it would prove useful down the road when he faces the world's villains. His father always beat it into his skull that just because he has the power to blow up a planet doesn't mean that he's invincible.
Mugen did want to talk back and say that he's technically winning by blowing up the planet, but since he doesn't have Environmental Talent II to prevent himself from suffocating in space, he decided to concede that point to his father.
His school life was just a drab as ever with the only shining beacon there to be had was Izumi's presence. The girl was even closer to him than she was before AFTER he revealed the full truth of his true occupation as a worker for the Company. Although she blanched at some bits of it, she positively beamed once he explained the benefits to be had.
"I trust you, Muggy-chan! Nothing, not even this will change my mind about you. That's why I'll do everything in my power from now on to support you no matter what!" It was after that heartfelt speech that Mugen threw caution to the wind and shared his first kiss with her. She passed out and wouldn't recover for the whole school day, but SCORE!
It was completely worth it!
Oh, yeah, Kacchin and he were pulled away by our principal to congratulate us for making it into the U.A. High School's Entrance exam for the hero course. Oddly enough, Kacchin didn't even throw a fit, but she certainly didn't want to acknowledge his presence since she kept her eyes away from him.
Not like he cared. More importantly, he asked the principal why he didn't pull Izumi in to congratulate her for making it into the Support Study's entrance exam. Though he didn't get his answer since Kacchin had some smart-ass remark about how an "Extra" like Izumi barely deserved getting notice which kickstarted another one of their infamous arguments that wrecked the Principal's office.
Cue their parents coming over to apologize on our behalf and pay for the damages yet again.
Mugen just doesn't understand Kacchin deal with him, but she's not a main priority right now because what's important was passing the Entrance Exam. Entering U.A.'s massive gates felt surreal and a little hollow. He had wanted Izumi to join him, but her Support Course Entrance Exam was the day after his.
Ugh, what a drag!
"Move it, ya asshole! Get in my way and I'll kill you!" Kacchin hissed in her winter uniform, still wearing his old red scarf that she refused to give back. Bitch. She's blatantly been wearing it since they were kids on purpose just to piss him off.
Tch, well at least she was taking care of it.
"We're literally walking in the same direction, Kacchin. What? You can't see now?"
"Idiot! Just who was it who tried to enter Amphitheater C when it should have been D!?"
Mugen's cheeks flushed red as he hissed back at her. "Oh, yeah, well why did you decide to follow me then, huh? You didn't even say a thing until it was too late!"
"Because I wanted to see you realize just how stupid you can be." Kacchin sardonically smirked.
"Bull. Shit! You panicked just as much as I did!"
"Like hell I did!"
The both of them continued their argument until they reached their real destination where they had to unfortunately sit in the same area due to attending the same school. First came their written exam which was a breeze for Mugen, he wasn't confident that he got a 100% or even a 90% but he was a sue in to pass the written part of the exam.
As Present Mic, the Voice Hero, finished his presentation on the jumbotron detailing the amount of points needed to pass the exam. How these points were possible to get you may ask? Well, by smashing robots that is…yeah, this system sure weeded out the ones with noncombative quirks.
Although this did test whether noncombative quirk users can think on their feet and utilize other skills to make up for their physical weaknesses. Still, Mugen checked most of the other participants and found that a couple weren't as built or prepared for this task like him and…ugh, Kacchin.
"Tch! We're placed in different groups…" She lowly grunted as she held up a ticket with the letter "A" on it while he held one with the letter "B". "Be thankful, Mu, you get to live another day."
"You know, I can still wash your scores by getting the most points, right?" Mugen heatedly whispered back.
"I'd like to see you try, dickbag…"
"AND YOU TWO!" The two of them were snapped out of their quiet argument by a bespectacled student a few rows down from them. "You've been disruptive through the entire presentation! This is an environment for prospective students who one day wish to become Pro-Heroes! If you two think this is a game, then I highly recommend that you leave immediately!"
"Go fuck yourself, four-eyes!" "I'm sorry that my classmate disrupted the presentation."
"Eh, wait, wha-! Fuck you too, Mu! Also, who the hell are you to point us out when you're disturbing the lecture just to call us out!" Kacchin angrily shouted at the glasses wearing student, who seemed struck by blonde's sound reasoning.
"I-I-! I was only trying to-!"
"Ahem! May I go on?" And with an impatient cough from their presentor, the glasses wearing boy had to quickly save face by deeply bowing his head and apologizing for the interruption. Though Mugen didn't miss the glare that he shot back at the two of them.
Great, now thanks to Kacchin, he's made a horrible impression with another student. Once it was time to split off into their groups, Mugen returned Kacchin's "Fuck you" with one of his own before changing and riding the bus to Cityscape B. The buses were weird in that the aisles faced each other, Mugen particularly hated this arrangement because…
睨…
睨…
睨…!
His rotten luck just had to sit him directly across from the glasses wearing student from the lecture!
"W-Whoa, he's mad…" Worriedly muttered the brunette beside him with cute cheeks.
"Y-Yeah, why wouldn't he…?" Mugen nervously laughed.
When it came time to emerge from the bus, Mugen spared no time rushing off to hide amongst the crowd once the bespectacled student made a beeline straight for to "chat". He didn't want to have to deal with an asshole just because Kacchin was an asshole. He just wanted to pass his test and get a congratulatory smile from Izumi afterward…oh, and also get congratulated by his teacher, All Might too.
But still!
"Found you!" Goddammit! Mugen squeaked in surprise as a familiar hand grasped his shoulder. The bespectacled teen opened his mouth, but didn't get the chance to speak when an obnoxiously loud voice drowned everything out.
"…AND BEGIN!" Everyone seemed to pause, surprised with how sudden the announcement was, but Mugen was more than thrilled to have an excuse to escape the glasses wearing teen's grasp.
In a shroud of Ki, he flew across the admittedly well-built cityscape. Not heeding the surprised cries of his fellow competitors and the Voice Hero, Mugen immediately went straight to work.
"DIE, HERO!" Green mechanical monsters with numbers on them crawled up the buildings and leapt after him on the roof.
Drearily, Mugen tapped into One for All and raised a fist. "Smash." The cluster of robots were obliterated in one hit and directed back onto the roof to avoid the debris hitting anyone from the streets below. "Ah, I should have counted the points before shredding them apart…Oh, well, I'll just wait until the proctors give us the scores afterward."
Now was the time to hunt!
…And boy was it such a boring hunt.
For the average student, these robots might be a challenge, but for him, they were too slow (intentionally so since they were made to be destroyed by students), lacked any functions that made them a threat, and-
"DIE, HERO!"
"DIE, HERO!"
"DIE, HERO!"
"DIE, HERO!"
"DIE, HERO!"
"DIE, HERO!"
"DIE, HERO!"
So goddamn annoying, seriously did the creator have no other lines for them to repeat!?
Ugh, it took a bit but he finally managed to get enough points to be comfortable that he passed. He did consider blowing up the rest of the robots, but felt that was poor sportsmanship for the other competitors. And so, he decided to help out a bit for those struggling.
Why?
Because it seemed like the thing Izumi would do, and in her stead, he'll gladly do his best to live up to her expectations.
A Ki blast of his disarmed the arms of a robot that was about to cold clock a squirming blonde boy clutching his aching stomach.
"Blast it!" He screamed and the boy pushed past his limits and did just that by using his belly lazer to finish off his robotic foe.
"M-Merci, mon brave homme!" The french blond tried his best to look cool despite clutching his stomach and standing on shaky legs.
"No problem, man! Also, if you have to use the bathroom just check one of the buildings, I'm sure a place like this has functioning plumbing." Mugen chuckled and waved the teen goodbye, going off to see if any other students needed help.
The bespectacled student sure didn't need it as he seemed to be tearing them apart with those engine legs of his.
Oh, and that cute girl from earlier was using gravity to pick them up and make them fall.
Wow, there are so many powerful quirks here.
"ONE MINUTE REMAINS!"
"Man, that guy's lo-!" Mugen's complaining was cut short as he nearly fell off the lamppost that he crouched down on. "Wh-Whoa, what the hell!?" He along with the other students began to marvel at the massive Zero-Pointer that the exam chose at the last literal minute to unveil, it was bigger than even the skyscrapers!
"RUN AWAY!"
"THAT'S TOO FREAKING HUGE!"
"JUST HOW MONEY DOES U.A. HAVE TO COME UP WITH ALL OF THIS!?"
Amidst the crowd of running students below, Mugen looked up at the massive and kept a vigilant eye for any student who were too close to it or were struck by the debris. There were a few close calls, but he managed to vaporize the rubble with his Ki and saved as many as he could…save for one.
"Oww…! M-My leg…!"
In a mere fraction of a second, Mugen's eyes homed in on the struggling form of a girl – cute cheeks! – struggling under piles of heavy cement.
And she was SUPER close to the Zero Pointer too!
He could just blow it up, but then who'd get her out of the rubble quick enough to-!
"Glasses." Mugen snapped his fingers and locked in on the bespectacled student's energy signature. In a burst, he Dragon Rushed over to the fleeing well-built teen and grabbed his arm.
The guy looked crossed between shocked and apprehensive of his presence. "You-!"
"No talk time! That girl's in danger under the rubble, and I need your help to get her out of the way!" Mugen quickly shouted, desperation in his tone.
"Wha-Why would I even-?" The bespectacled teen then narrowed his eyes. "Is this a trick to distract me from getting more points?"
"At this point, I couldn't give a flying fuck about points!"
"Language!" Dude now is not the time!
"I want to save someone, and I need your help to do it!" Mugen growled then butted heads with the bespectacled and looked him in the eye and asked, "Or are points more important than saving a life?"
That question visibly struck the teen, who reared back and clenched his fist. "O-Obviously…" He lowly muttered before looking back at Mugen with a much softer yet determined gaze. "A life is more important than this test."
"Then go get her while I prepare an attack to clear out the Zero-Pointer! Once you're out of the way, I'll release it!"
"Got it! Recipro Buuuurst!" Mugen marveled how fast the guy the guy was after convincing him, also him being generally fast in general.
Cupping his hands together, Mugen began channeling his Ki to a fine point. "KA-ME-!" He saw the bespectacled teen moving the rubble aside, barely lifting the girl into his arms. "HA-ME-!" And barreling past him just as a sizeable sphere of Ki was molded into the palm of his hands.
"Do it!" The bespectacled teen screamed out, and using him as catalyst, Mugen finally released his attack in a massive wave of blue energy.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
In one moment, the Zero pointer and a good portion of the street it was on, was vaporized. No debris from it fell to the ground. One moment it was there, the next it was gone.
"Phew…that's over and done with…hm?" Mugen clapped his hands and turned back to notice that everyone was staring at him in awe. "What?" He shrugged.
"IT'S ALL OVER, EVERYONE! PLEASE RETURN TO THE BUSES, AND GREAT WORK TODAY!"
And with Present Mic's announcement, the test was over.
…But Mugen cared more about the injured girl. Moving past the crowd of competitors, he sat down to join the glasses wearing teen who was checking her leg.
"Are you okay?" He asked the cute girl with a worried glance. His relief was magnified once she shot him a grateful smile.
"Nevah been bettuh! Urp! Oops!" Mugen tilted his head at that sudden burst of the Kantai dialect being used and sighed in relief.
"I'm so glad…" He tiredly laughed and looked to the guy who carried her off.
"Don't worry, she just has a sprained ankle. A bit swollen, but some treatment and a bit of rest will do her just fine." The bespectacled teen smiled.
"Thank goodness…" Mugen could only further sigh in relief. He then remembered that he should thank the guy for helping him, then he remembered that he pissed him off and needed to apologize.
""I'm sorry!""
"Huh?" "What?"
The two teens blinked at each other in confusion. Did they just talk at the same time?
"Y-You go first." "I apologize, you speak what's on your mind."
"Uh…" "Er…"
Now it was awkward since neither wanted to be rude and go first.
"S-Sorry for getting in the way and making you lose precious time to get points." Their third party in the form of the injured brunette caused the two boys to immediately object to the idea.
"Don't be sorry for that!" "Yeah, it's what heroes are supposed to do!"
Mugen turned back to the boy and bowed his head. "I'm sorry for not apologizing for my outburst earlier. I may have blamed Kacchin for it, but I'm also at fault for being a distraction during the lecture."
"No, I apologize for my behavior. My nerves were too high at the time, and I chose to vent it out on you and your friend because of it. I used that interaction to paint such a bad image of you in my head without getting to know the real you and such a lack of foresight isn't welcome in a proper heroic school environment."
"Huh, wow, I guess we both suck, huh?" Mugen awkwardly laughed.
The bespectacled teen awkwardly looked to the side before awkwardly smiling. "Yes, I believe we do…sufficiently suck, don't we?"
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The two boys awkwardly looked around, unable to think of a way to continue the conversation from that point forward. Mugen scratched back of his head while the glasses wearing teen coughed in his hand. Leaving the lone injured female on the ground to just look at them in disappointment and groan, "Ugh, boys…" Raising her hand, she managed to get their attention and cheerfully smiled.
"Well, looks like we all suck. Yep, I'm included! One of the debris I sent floating fell on top me when the Zero-Pointer surprised me. So lets all just agree that we sucked, and band together to ensure that we don't suck in the future, cool!?"
"Oh thank god, I mean, sure!" Mugen laughed in relief.
"I would like that very much, yes."
"Great!" The trio of teens grinned as all four of them clasped their hands together.
"The name's Uraraka, Ochaco! Nice to meet ya two!"
"My name is Iida, Tenya, a pleasure you two!"
"Just call me, Abbot, Mugen. Glad to meet you guys!" Then Mugen blinked in surprise as he noticed something odd. Wait, four hands?
Following the fourth hand with the others, he noticed that their surprise guest was none other than that french kid.
"And this little get together is more dazzling now that I, Aoyama Yuga has joined your conversation !"
"…Did you ever find that bathroom, man?" Mugen asked, curious to see if there were any functional during the exam.
And from there, Mugen's Entrance Exam came to a close. After Recovery Lady healed Uraraka, the three of them left the site and began talking. It wasn't strong yet, but it was a solid foundation for a friendship between him, Uraraka and Iida. They exchanged phone numbers on LINE and decided to text their results when they came out.
Now with two new friends, well, two of his first new friends since Izumi was the only person he hung out with, Mugen was in the best possible.
He felt that nothing could fuck his day up.
"Ugh, that smile…! Gross, well, thanks for confirming that you're confident that you passed! Way to kill my good mood, fucking Mu." Until he remembered that Kacchin and him were probably stuck taking the same walk back home due to being released from the exam at the same time.
"Ugh, gross…why do you have to exist, Kacchin!?" Mugen sneered back at her.
"I could say the same to you, idito!"
"Loudmouthed tomboy!"
"Lumbering Oaf!"
"Dickhead!"
"Bitch!"
And as the two former childhood friends walked off arguing, Iida and Uraraka caught wind of the pair's argument.
"Huh, I suppose Abbot was right about that girl's foul mouth. She certainly knows how to push his buttons." Iida rubbed his chin in contemplation.
"…I ship it…" Uraraka's eyes glimmered.
"Huh?"
"Nothing!"
AN: Well, I hoped that you all enjoyed this chapter because it was fun to make all things considered! Now, I get to move on to the U.A. stuff and the loads of other changes to Canon which will really show the SI that he can't just rely on his good old DBZ strength to win a fight...but that's for USJ for now, lets get into my High School hijinks~!
I'm Out so Peace Out everyone!