The subjects of the hero course at U.A. High School: before noon we have normal classes in all the required subjects, at noon we gather in the courtyard to taste the free first class food, and finally in the afternoon, our daily studies of the heroic foundation!
The students of class 1-A, were sitting waiting for their teacher to arrive, and suddenly they all heard a voice.
"I'M... ENTERING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!" Said All Might in his muscular form, entering the room in a strange pose, and wearing his old hero costume.
"He really came" Izuku thought surprised.
"It's All Might!" Kaminari said excitedly.
"Amazing, he really became a teacher" said Kirishima smiling.
"That uniform is from the Silver Age, isn't it?" commented Tsuyu.
"The style of the dress is so different, I'm all goosebumps!" said Ojiro.
All Might walked over to the table at the front of the room.
"Study of heroic functions, in this room we will be building your heroic foundations, through various tests! And today we will have... BATTLE TRAINING!" All Might exclaimed.
"Training..." said Bakugou, smiling like a maniac.
"Battle training" Izuku finished, clenching his fists.
"And you will be able to use... THIS!" All Might exclaimed, pointing to the wall. Bookshelfs came out of the wall, surprising the students. "Costumes that were made based on the registered quirks, and requests that you sent before class"
"My costume..." Izuku smiled.
"After changing, gather at Ground Beta!
"Yes sir" the students replied.
ONE SMASH!
3
2
1
Kill Shot
I'm here for fun
I will be number 1!
(useless?)
(powerless?)
(I want to see someone stop me!)
One punch! That's it
I aways win
(Can you hear me?)
(I won again!)
Power... no need a power...
I will go beyond
PLUS ULTRA!
HERO!
Today they underestimate
But they remembered my name
The real hero no need fortune or fame...
HERO!
I will fight smiling so that our world has peace
(no one can defeat him!)
My fists will open the earth, the sea and the sky
I will train day and night
HERO!
Never fear
Why?
Because he is aways here...
The quirkless HERO!
Unlimited Hero...
THE STRONGEST HERO!
One Smash Man
Chapter 4: "The Battle Training"
3 weeks before...
How is the costume made? Before entering the academy, the student is asked to submit a report with their quirks and physical characteristics, then a company associated with the school uses this information and creates the ideal uniforms, it is a practical system, requests for specific details are accepted, so this is how the costumes are created.
"The problem is that I don't have any quirks and I'm registered as quirkless, what am I going to do now?" Izuku thought.
"Izuku, I'm home" Inko said before entering the house with a bag.
"Hi mom" Izuku said.
"Izuku, look at this..." From inside the bag Inko took out a green jumpsuit "Congratulations on getting into U.A, sorry if I rushed" Inko said smiling.
"A jumpsuit?" Izuku said confused.
"It's not a big deal for now, you fell asleep while studying, and I saw the drawing you made in your notebook... back then I... I said something I shouldn't have... and I feel really bad about it now...".
11 years ago...
Shortly after finding out he would never have a quirk, Izuku was sitting on the chair in his room, watching his favorite video about All Might.
"Mommy... he saves everyone with a smile, no matter what the problem is, he's such a cool hero..." Izuku looked at his mother, with tears in his eyes, as he pointed at the screen "I wonder... can I be a hero too?"
Inko started to approach Izuku, and hugged him while crying.
"I'm sorry, Izuku! And I'm so sorry..." Inko said while crying.
This wasn't what Izuku wanted to hear.
11 years later (but still 3 weeks before the present)
Inko looked at her son feeling guilty.
"I'm ashamed that I gave up on you so easily, but you kept chasing your dreams without ever giving up, forgive me Izuku..." Inko said dejectedly.
"Mom..." Izuku said surprised.
Inko smiled.
"From now on, I will always support you with my arms raised high!" Inko said smiling at her son.
Currently...
Battle training was about to begin, all the students were already dressed, Izuku was heading to Ground Beta, already wearing his uniform.
"Inside this uniform is my mother's heart and feelings, it's not super efficient or very pretty, but it makes me feel good, I'm proud to wear this as my uniform!" Izuku thought as he entered Ground Beta.
His uniform was simple, he was wearing the jumpsuit his mother had given him, a red belt, a white cape, white gloves, and white boots.
Izuku was the last student to arrive at the place, he saw his classmates' uniforms, some were simpler, others more flashy and exaggerated.
"Hey, Deku!"
"Uraraka? Ugh!" Izuku blushed when he saw Uraraka's costume, he wished he was wearing a mask.
"How cool! It's very simple!" Uraraka said smiling "I should have made a sketch for mine to look better, mine was a little tight, what a shame" Uraraka said blushing.
"The hero course is the best" Mineta said giving the reader a thumbs up,
"Huh?" Izuku confused looked at Mineta who obviously wasn't talking about classes.
"Now let's start the combat training" All Might said.
"Teacher" Iida said raising his hand.
"It's Iida, how cool" Izuku said looking at Iida's armor suit.
"This is the entrance exam battle center, will we have urban battles again?" Iida asked.
"You'll see, actually, take two steps and you'll be there, this battle test will be indoors! Normally we face villains in open places, but if you pay attention, most villains act indoors, kidnappings, house arrest, black market, in this society full of heroes, intelligent villains hide in the shadows, in this test you will separate into groups of villains and heroes, for a double team battle!" explained All Might.
"But what about basic training?" asked Tsuyu.
"This is basic training, only this time there will be no robots to destroy" All Might explained.
"So how are we going to determine who wins and who loses?" Momo asked.
"Will it be okay if we just defeat our opponents?" Bakugou asked.
"Why do I feel like he thought of me when he asked that?" Izuku thought.
"Could we be expelled like in Aizawa sensei's exercise?" asked Uraraka worriedly.
"If we are going to split into different groups, what is the best way to do it?" Iida asked.
"Isn't this cover amazing?" Aoyama asked, seeking his opinion.
"I can't hear with everyone talking at once..." All Might pulled something out of his pocket.
"A script?" Izuku thought in surprise as he watched All Might begin to read.
"Now listen, for this training, the villains will have to plant a nuclear bomb! And the heroes will have to stop them before it's too late! If the heroes capture the villains or get to where the bomb is before the time runs out, they win. If the villains can protect the bomb site or capture the heroes, they win," All Might explained as he read the script.
"It looks like something out of an American movie," Izuku thought.
"The teams will be randomly selected from this box!" All Might showed a box with a hole in the top.
"Is this really how we're going to do it?" Iida asked, not understanding.
"Well, a lot of times pro heroes are forced to improvise teams with heroes they don't know very well, maybe that's why," Izuku said.
"I see, always thinking ahead... I apologize!" Iida understood and apologized.
"Alright, let's begin!" All Might exclaimed excitedly.
After All Might decided the teams, Uraraka approached Izuku while smiling.
"Wow, we're on the same team, it must be fate, I'm counting on you!" Uraraka said smiling.
"Seriously!? Say something, say something!" Izuku thought nervously and blushing.
"The first two pairs that will kill each other... I mean, battle, will be the next ones!... Pair A will be heroes, Pair D will be villains!" All Might said as he pulled out two balls with the letters of the teams.
Izuku and Bakugou realized what this meant.
"The others go to the monitoring room," All Might said.
The students agreed and went towards the monitoring room. Izuku looked to the side and noticed Bakugou looking at him angrily. Izuku looked away, and lowered his head, but then clenched his fists, and stared back at Bakugou, with a serious look and expression, which made Bakugou surprised.
"In this scenario, the villains will enter the building first, and after 5 minutes, the heroes will enter. Everyone will be able to watch through the surveillance cameras. This will allow Iida and Bakugou to fully immerse themselves in the nature of a villain. This is a practical training exercise, so go all out without fear of getting hurt, although we will naturally interrupt if things get out of hand," All Might explained to the teams.
After that, the teams went to prepare. Iida and Bakugou were inside the building, near the fake bomb.
"It may just be a training exercise, but I still don't like the idea of being a villain. Although I believe that all you need to do is defend this thing." Iida lightly taps him a few times. "It's made of papier-mâché."
"Hey!" Bakugou said to get Iida's attention. "So Deku has a quirk, right?"
"Didn't you see that monstrous strength? It's hard to believe he's just a student like us... you're going to go see him, aren't you?" Iida said.
"You've been fooling me this whole time, haven't you? Damn nerd..." Bakugou thought furiously.
Meanwhile, Izuku and Uraraka were outside, waiting for the moment to enter.
"I think we'll have to memorize a map of the building. It doesn't look like there'll be a punishment like Aizawa-sensei. I'm relieved. All Might is as cool in person as he is on TV... is this an earthquake?" Uraraka looked to the side and saw Izuku tapping his foot on the ground restlessly. It was with such speed and force that it caused a tremor in the ground. "Are you okay?" Uraraka asked worriedly.
"Yes, it's because I'm going to fight Kacchan," Izuku said, looking nervous.
"I see. Bakugou is the one who always picks on you, isn't he?" Uraraka asked.
"He and I were childhood friends. He was already a bit arrogant, but he was seen as the coolest kid. I thought the same thing, and I admired him. Maybe it was because of his ambition, his courage, his strength. When he developed his quirk, the Things changed, he became more arrogant, more aggressive, and we stopped being friends. In all these years, he kept bullying me for being weak, and he wasn't the only one. Over time, I also considered myself useless, but... that day, I decided that I needed to change. I decided to become stronger to be a hero. I succeeded. I became much stronger. I won many fights against strong people, but I can't help but think that I'm not strong enough. If I defeat Kacchan, I think I'll calm down." Izuku said seriously, remembering everything he went through with Bakugou, his training, and his fights.
"Wow, what an incredible story. This must be destiny! A rivalry between men!" Uraraka said after hearing the story.
"Ah! Sorry for spending so much time talking about something that has nothing to do with you." Izuku apologized.
"It's okay, we're a team now, aren't we? Let's do our best." Uraraka said, smiling.
"The internal battle test begins!"
In the monitoring room were All Might, and the other students from class 1-A, all were looking at the screens to watch the battle that was about to begin.
"Alright students, now watch and create your own strategies" said All Might.
Izuku and Uraraka entered the building through a window.
"We successfully infiltrated" said Uraraka as she entered.
"There are several blind spots so be careful" said Izuku as he started walking.
The two began walking through the hallways, alert in case someone attacked.
"I need to control my strength, otherwise Kacchan or Iida might die" Izuku thought.
As Izuku and Uraraka walked Izuku felt something approaching, Bakugou suddenly appeared, and attacked the two with an explosion, but Izuku dodged it, grabbed Uraraka and pulled her away from the explosion.
"Are you okay?" Izuku asked Uraraka.
"Yes, I'm fine, thank you," Uraraka said in surprise.
"Come on, Deku, don't run away from me," Bakugou said, staring at Izuku.
In the monitoring room, everyone was watching the event, and many were surprised by Bakugou's attack.
"A sudden ambush!" Mineta exclaimed.
"This Bakugou is a cheater! An ambush is cowardice!"
"Ambushes are a good strategy, they are doing their best after all" said All Might watching.
"Midoriya dodged him very well!" said Mina smiling.
"but Bakugou is going towards him" said Kaminari seeing Bakugou running towards Izuku.
Bakugou ran towards Izuku, preparing to attack.
"I'm going to hit you until I'm stopped!" Bakugou exclaimed.
Before Bakugou could hit Izuku, he felt a sharp pain in his back, and realized he was on the ground.
"Ugh... what?" Bakugou said, confused and in pain.
Izuku had grabbed Bakugou's arm, and slammed him against the ground, the others watched in amazement.
"What's wrong? I thought you were going to hit me, so why are you on the ground?" Izuku asked seriously as he watched Bakugou.
"Amazing, you're like a martial arts master!" Uraraka said in amazement.
Bakugou started to get up.
"Kacchan, you always attack your enemy by swinging, I can't even tell you how many times I've seen you do that, I analyzed and wrote down characteristics of all the heroes I thought were incredible... including you... the same notes that you blew up and threw away! I'm no longer the "Deku" that you compared to a "dead fish"... now I'm... THE "DEKU" WHO NEVER GIVES UP!" Izuku exclaimed.
Bakugou started to get up.
"Deku... damn you... NOW I'M REALLY MAD!" Bakugou yelled, managing to get up.
"Hey, Bakugou! Tell me what's going on! What's going on!?" Iida asked through the intercom.
"Shut up and keep your guard up, I'm really mad right now," Bakugou replied angrily.
"When did I ask you how you were feeling? Hey... he hung up," Iida said.
Meanwhile, in the monitoring room, All Might and the students were watching everything and Kirishima asked.
"But what is he talking about? These cameras don't capture audio," Kirishima asked.
"Teammates can communicate via wireless radios, and they all have a map of the building, and they also have this tape," All Might showed the tape with tape in his hand, "the moment someone wraps their opponents with this, it will become the signal that they have been captured."
"The time limit is 15 minutes, and the heroes don't know exactly where the bomb is, the heroes' side is at a great disadvantage in this scenario," Mina said.
"Heroes must be able to reverse any situation, and didn't Aizawa teach you our motto? Tell me now!" said All Might.
"PLUS ULTRA!" the students said the motto.
"ah mosieur o Bakugou" said Aoyama pointing to the screen.
All Might turned his attention back.
Bakugou was preparing to attack.
"Uraraka, go" said Izuku.
Uraraka came out, Bakugou used an explosion to propel himself and attacked Izuku with a kick, Izuku defended himself with one arm without difficulty.
"are you looking to the side? Don't get so confident!" Bakugou exclaimed before noticing Izuku trying to wrap a capture tape around his leg.
Upon noticing this, Bakugou used his arm to attack Izuku with an explosion, but Izuku avoided it by moving away.
In the monitoring room, everyone was impressed.
"This guy is impressive," said Sato.
"Bakugou came in first place in the entrance exam, but Midoriya is easily surpassing him," said Sero.
Bakugou continued trying to hit Izuku with several explosions, but Izuku continued to dodge them easily, leaving Bakugou even more frustrated. Bakugou attacks Izuku with another explosion, but Izuku disappears.
"Huh?" Bakugou starts looking around for Izuku, "Show yourself, Deku! Where are you!?"
There was no answer.
"You fooled me! You were laughing this whole time!? You have a pretty impressive quirk, don't you? Well then, you can try to defeat me with it, because I know I'm much better than you!" Bakugou exclaimed.
Meanwhile, Izuku was upstairs, looking for Uraraka.
"I'm far superior to Kacchan, that's weird to think about... if I punch him he might end up... I better keep looking for Uraraka," Izuku thought as he walked.
Meanwhile, downstairs, Bakugou continued walking furiously, looking for Izuku while he thought.
"No matter what happens, or what you say, I'm going to UA!
"I'm the Deku who never gives up!"
Flashback...
"Amazing Kacchan!" said Izuku at age 4, watching Bakugou show off his skills with a ball.
"That's too easy," said Bakugou as he demonstrated his skills.
Izuku tried to do the same, but when he kicked the ball, it landed hard on his head, knocking him down.
"Izuku, you really can't do anything, can you?" said Bakugou, smiling, seeing Izuku on the ground rubbing his head.
Another time, Izuku and Bakugou were at the park with other children, Bakugou showed a bucket with Izuku's name written on it.
"You can read the kanji "Izuku" as "Deku," said Bakugou to the other children.
"Wow, Kacchan, you already know how to read?" said an impressed child.
"What? You can't? Okay, I'll explain, "Deku" is someone completely useless in everything!" Bakugou said.
The other children looked at Izuku.
"Stop it Kacchan" Izuku said sadly.
(Why don't they know anything?)
In another moment, Izuku, Bakugou and the other children were gathered, throwing stones into the water, Bakugou threw his stone into the water, it bounced several times impressing the children.
"Wow Kacchan how many times did it bounce?" asked a child.
"7 times!" Bakugou said proudly before looking at Izuku "and your Deku?"
"None" Izuku replied sadly.
(Why can't he do anything?)
In another moment, the children were in the kindergarten, watching Bakugou who was showing off his quirk, impressing everyone.
"Wow, what an incredible quirk! It's flashy enough for the hero job Katsuki!" said the teacher.
(I get it, I'm just amazing, and no one is better than me!)
In another moment, Izuku and Bakugou were walking through a forest, with Bakugou walking in front.
"You're so lucky Kacchan, your quirk is really cool! I hope mine appears soon" Izuku said excitedly.
"I already told you Deku, no matter your quirk, it will never be like mine" said Bakugou.
End of flashback.
"He's just a stone" Bakugou thought.
Flashback...
Izuku at 4 years old was sitting on the ground still, while the other kids looked at him and talked about Izuku.
"He said he has no quirk"
"Ehh!?"
"People like that are called "quirkless""
"How pathetic"
(Deku is the most useless at everything)
In another moment, Bakugou was in the forest leading the other children.
"Come on, come on, Bakugou hero squad!" Bakugou said as he stepped over a log that formed a bridge, but he ended up slipping and falling into the water below.
"Kacchan fell!" said one of the children.
"Are you okay!?" another child asked.
"He must be okay, he's strong" said another child.
"Don't keep us waiting" said the first child.
"It's nothing, I'm completely fine, I didn't even scratch myself" said Bakugou.
"Are you okay? Can you get up? If you hit your head it could be bad" said Izuku who had gone down to see if Bakugou was okay, while extending his hand to help him get up.
(Don't look at me like that...)
End of flashback.
Bakugou remembered the day Izuku had appeared to try to save him from that villain a year ago.
"Your eyes were begging for help!"
"I'm superior to you!" Bakugou exclaimed, before realizing there was a hole in the ceiling. "I found you."
Meanwhile, Uraraka had managed to find the bomb, which was being watched by Iida.
'I found it, now I just need to hide until Deku arrives' thought Uraraka, hiding.
"Bakugou is already someone naturally rotten, but he actually fits well for this exercise, hmm... thinking like that I should act more like a villain... yes... this is also simply another challenge to become a worthy man for the Iida family, put yourself in the place of a villain... envelop yourself in darkness!! Now I am... extremely evil!" exclaimed Iida.
"pfft... 'he's too serious!'" thought Uraraka, holding back a laugh.
Unfortunately, Iida noticed this.
"So you came Uraraka, I knew you would come as soon as Bakugou was out, your quirk makes everything you touch start to levitate, with that in mind... I prepared to fight you! By cleaning the floor completely! Now there's no way to use your tricks, you made a mistake in your calculations heroine! Muahahahahahahaha!!!!!" exclaimed Iida laughing like a villain.
"He's starting to look like a villain..." Uraraka thought worriedly, partly because of the situation she was in, and partly because of Iida's mental health.
Meanwhile, Izuku was about to go to his room, but he heard Uraraka's voice.
"Deku!" Uraraka said through the communicator.
"Uraraka? What's wrong?" Izuku asked.
"Iida found me, sorry!" Uraraka said.
"Where are you?" Izuku asked.
"In the central room on the fifth floor!" Uraraka replied.
"Alright, I'm going," Izuku said.
Izuku prepared to jump and cross the ceiling, but before he could, he heard an explosion.
boom!*
A hole was opened in the floor, and Bakugou came out of it.
"I found you," Bakugou said.
"Kacchan..." Izuku said, staring at Bakugou.
"Why don't you use your quirk? Do you think you can beat me without using it? Are you underestimating me, Deku?" Bakugou asked.
Izuku clenched his fists. He knew he couldn't just keep running away and dodging. He had to show Bakugou that he was strong.
"Kacchan, I'm not afraid of you anymore," Izuku said seriously.
"Having followed me, you should know that my explosions are triggered by the sweat on my hands, which are like nitroglycerin secretors that explode soon after." Bakugou prepared to pull the pin on a gauntlet. "Now, if the specifications were as I requested, then I can store this nitroglycerin inside these gauntlets and..."
"Young Bakugou, don't do this! You can kill him!" All Might exclaimed.
"If I don't hit him, he won't die!" Bakugou exclaimed before pulling the pin.
Bakugou released a powerful explosion towards Izuku, which shook the entire building.
In the monitoring room, everyone was surprised by the explosion and that Bakugou had used it on a classmate.
"Wasn't it just supposed to be an exercise!?" Kirishima asked in surprise.
"Young Midoriya!" All Might exclaimed worriedly.
The dust cleared, revealing Izuku, he was unharmed, but the upper part of his suit had been destroyed.
"Was he really trying to kill me?" Izuku thought as he looked back and saw the damage from the explosion.
"Hahaha, wow, the more nitroglycerin the gauntlets accumulate, the stronger the explosions... come on Deku, use your quirk, I'll destroy you with your full power!" Bakugou exclaimed smiling as if he was crazy... and he probably was crazy.
To be continued...
So this is chapter 4, I was going to publish it earlier, but some things happened, the next one will be published faster.