Chapter 13: Declaration of U.A. Sports Festival
Yuudai sits at her desk thinking about the villains and their leader with powder blue-hair same as hers. What the repercussions will be once she tells her family what had happened to her. She snaps out of her thoughts as a knock at the door sounds, she gets up from her desk and opens the door to see her Mum standing there with Katsuki as he was still staying over. "What is it?" She asks them as she pulls at her loose hair.
"We think you both should tell us what happened yesterday," Aya tells her daughter and Yuudai nods as she shares a look with Katsuki unsure if this is a better option.
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In the living room, Daisuke and Yoko sit on the sofa and armchair waiting for the others to settle in their seats and Katsuki grits his teeth, he may have seemed cold and harsh at the time. Still, he was hurting inside at the sight of Yuudai dying and lying on the ground as she healed herself. "Please doll tell us what happened," Daisuke asks his baby.
"We got to the USJ, and the villains attacked, the warp gate separated everyone, and I was with Kat and Eijiro, we took down a lot of the small fries, and one of them caught me off guard and -" Yuudai can't bring herself to tell her family. She feels Katsuki hold her hand as she sits next to her for support. "-he stabbed me in the back; that was why I had blood." She explains and looks up to see her big sister with tears falling down her cheeks, and her dad stone-faced as her mum wails next to him. "I came back, but Kat watched over me with Eijiro, and we made it to the plaza where we tried to hold off the villains till All Might turned up and I may have shot the leader a few times."
"Yuudai! Oh, my little baby!" Aya cries and leaps at her daughter hugging her enough for Yuudai to turn blue.
"I'm okay mum, I promise, I'll be okay. Also, I felt something inside me when I faced this Shigaraki guy." She confesses not sure what the feeling was it almost felt familiar, but she couldn't place him. "I felt like I knew him somehow, but I swear I never met him before."
"It's okay, doll just never let that happened again," Daisuke tells her, and she nods as she hugs her mum back and she pulls away trying to straighten her pencil skirt.
"Oh, I need to leave for a conference at the school. I will see you all in the morning," Aya says and kisses her husband goodbye and hugs her daughters. "Katsuki, you promise to look out for my baby, right?"
"Of course," He answers right away not missing a beat. "I'm sorry I let it happen, and it won't happen again." He vows and looks at Yuudai, seeing her cheeks heat up at his vow.
"I'm not an actual baby; I can look after myself." She defends herself, puffing out her cheeks in protest when her dad's pager beeps, and he rushes over to see that the hospital is calling.
"I better head into work also, there seems to be an emergency, don't stay up too late tonight you have school in the morning," Daisuke tells them, waving them goodbye as they rush out of the door, Yoko turns on the TV, and the news pops up right away.
"This is a follow-up report on yesterday's incident at the U.A. rescue training facility where hero course students were attacked by villains. According to police investigation, the criminals call themselves 'The League of Villains' and have been plotting to kill All Might, who has been a teacher at U.A. since spring this year. Police have arrested 72 villains, but they still do not know the whereabouts of their ringleader." The news reporter reads off, and Yuudai shares a look with Katsuki before turning to continue watching the news.
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Night falls over the city and Yuudai sits at her desk as she thinks again of that feeling inside her, it's not over, not yet. "I need to get stronger and control over my demons to become stronger to protect my family and friends, so nothing like this happens again, and if it does I promise it will stop and I will stop anyone who gets in my way." She stands up in her PJs, ready for bed, and she tucks herself into bed, ready for school in the morning.
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At U.A. the facility along with Aya and Tsukauchi are in the conference room. The teachers sit at the tables while the lawyer and the police officer, stand at the front. "The police have investigated the group calling themselves 'The League of Villains,' and there does not appear to be anyone registered with the name Shigaraki in his 20s or 30s with a Quirk that lets him disintegrate whatever he touches. It's the same with the villain called Kurogiri with the Warp Gate. They are probably not citizens and are using false names. In other words, they are people with unregistered Quirks who are part of society's underbelly." Tsukauchi informs the heroes.
"You mean, we don't know anything…" Vlad King comments.
"We must hurry," Snipe adds, they look at him. "Once their ringleader, Shigaraki's gun wounds heal, they'll definitely try again. It'll be a pain." Aya thinks to what her daughter said earlier about being the one to shoot the ringleader.
"Their ringleader, huh?" All Might wonders aloud.
"What is it, All Might?" Principal Nezu asks him as he sits to his right.
"It was a bold attack that normal people wouldn't carry out even if they thought of it. To suddenly go on and on with his wild statements like that… although he didn't reveal his own Quirk, he bragged about that Nomu's Quirk… and when things didn't go the way he wanted, he was visibly upset. Well, the incident with the Quirk was to also force my hand, but…." All Might comments thinking back to his encounter with the villains.
"Even so, it was foolish to throw away the advantage of having unknown Quirks when fighting against heroes," Nezu replies and looks at Tsukauchi who nods at him.
"He made immature, wild statements with a straight face. He bragged about his possessions. He thought everything would simply go his way. Adding that to what I saw of him when he carried out the attack, the picture I get of Shigaraki is… someone who hasn't gotten rid of his childish sense of omnipotence- a man-child." All Might adds, and the heroes look in horror at the thought
"A child with power?" Vlad King questions.
"Could it be that he never received the Quirk counselling every child gets in elementary school?" Midnight wonders aloud.
"Well, what does that have to do with anything?" Snipe asks, looking at All Might.
"There were 72 villains arrested the other day at USJ. they were all small-timers that lurked in back alleys. But the problem is how they all agreed with that man-child and followed him. In the current environment saturated with heroes, villainous people who have been oppressed may be drawn to that kind of simple-minded evil." Tsukauchi informs them.
"That's true." Vlad King agrees with a frown.
"There are plenty of people who don't know what to do with their Quirks." Snipe comments.
"This is alarming, though…" Midnight adds.
"Well, it's thanks to you heroes that we are able to devote ourselves to our investigation," Aya tells them.
"We'll expand our search network and continue to assist in arresting the perpetrators," Tsukauchi adds.
"A man-child… in some sense, he's like our students. He still has room to grow. If there was someone capable of backing him, trying to cultivate his malice…" Nezu thinks aloud, and All Might thinks of only one name.
"I don't want to think about what could happen…" All Might thinks to himself and looks at Aya as she fidgets with her hands he knows that is a sign she is holding something back. "Aya, what is it?" he asks her, and she looks at him, feeling the heroes eyeing her.
"It's Yuudai; she said she felt like she somehow knew this Shigaraki and I'm worried about her because what if he goes after her." Aya voices her worries, and the teachers and heroes look at her knowing that Yuudai's Quirk is strong and if in the hands of a villain would be incredibly deadly.
"We will look after Yuudai, we promise Mrs Honda," Nezu promises, and she nods her thanks as they finish the meeting.
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Morning dawns over the city and at the Honda home, Aya thinks to last night's meeting, but she pushes to the back of her mind for now as she cooks breakfast for Katsuki and her girls along with her husband. She stands at the stove as she flips the pancakes and hears noise from upstairs from Yoko's room as Katsuki and Yuudai are out for their morning run and Daisuke in his home office. Yoko runs down the stairs in a hurry as she picks up a piece of toast; her mum leaves out as she runs back out of the kitchen. "Bye Mum, love ya!" Yoko shouts as she shuts the door behind her, but it opens not long after as Katsuki and Yuudai walk in all sweaty from their morning run.
"See ya, Yoyo, hope your professor likes my essay!" Yuudai shouts after her sister, Katsuki laughs, seeing the gesture Yoko gives her sister back as she runs to catch the bus.
"Smells good in here!" Daisuke greets as he puts on his jacket sitting down at the table, and looks at his wife seeing the distressed look on her face. "She'll be safe there, and she can look after herself." He tells her as she walks over, placing the plates on the table, and he takes her hands in his for comfort. Yuudai and Katsuki walk into the kitchen in their school uniforms and sit at the table, enjoying their pancakes quickly.
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Yuudai walks into the classroom with her head held high with Katsuki walking behind her as they go to their desks and sit down seeing everyone sitting at their own desks conversing about the other day. "Hey, did you watch the news last night?" Toru asks from her seat to Mashirao.
"Yeah." Mashirao nods in confirmation.
"Did you see how everyone in class was on-screen for a second? I didn't stand out at all…" Toru sighs, holding her hand to her chest.
"That's true." Mezo agrees not holding back.
"It's hard to stand out looking like that, huh?" Mashirao questions thinking back to the picture of all of the girls on the news.
"But man, all the channels made a big deal out of it," Denki comments as he leans back in his chair with his arms behind his head.
"I was surprised," Eijiro adds.
"Can you blame them?" Kyoka asks them as she fidgets. "The hero course that keeps pumping out pro heroes was attacked.
"Who knows what would've happened if the teachers hadn't come when they did," Hanta comments as he leans his head on his arms on his desk looking at the others near him.
"Stop that, Sero! Just thinking about it's making me wet myself-" Mineta cries out from his desk jumping around in a panic.
"Shut up! Be quiet scum!" Katsuki snaps at him angrily and Yuudai giggles.
"Kat, calm down!" She tells him.
"But man, All Might was great. He pushed back those crazy strong villains." Rikido comments faking punches as he talks.
"Yes, his strength is worth wondering at." Fumikage agrees.
"Everyone! Morning homeroom is about to start! Stop talking and take your seats!" Tenya calls out to the others as he rushes to the front desk, but everyone is already seated.
"We're already in our seats," Eijiro replies.
"You're the only one who's not," Denki adds, and Tenya sulks as he walks back to his seat and huffs in frustration.
"Shoot!" He curses under his breath.
"Don't worry about it." Ochaco cheers trying to help his mood as Koji looks at him in worry.
"Tsu, who's…" Mina begins leaning back in her chair too far as Tsuyu catches it before she can hit the desk. "... gonna teach homeroom today?" She asks.
"Well, Mr Aizawa is supposed to be in the hospital recovering from his injuries… ribbit?" Tsuyu says, and the door opens, revealing Aizawa covered entirely in bandages. Yuudai feels her phone vibrate inside her blazer pocket, she sneakily looks at the text message from her dad and sees it's about Mr Aizawa escaping from the hospital.
"Morning." He greets them.
"Mr Aizawa, you're back too soon!" The class yells at their homeroom teacher.
"You're too much of a pro!" Denki shrieks.
"So you're all right, Mr Aizawa?" Tenya asks him, raising his hand as Aizawa walks to the front podium.
"Can you really call that 'all right'?" Ochaco questions in worry.
"Seeing as he escaped from the hospital, I'd say otherwise," Yuudai comments with a smirk towards their teacher.
"My well-being doesn't matter. More importantly, the fight is not yet over." Aizawa brushes it off.
"Fight…?" Katsuki mutters to himself in interest.
"Don't tell me…" Izuku mutters.
"The villains again...?!" Mineta freaks out.
"The U.A. sports festival is drawing near," Aizawa announces looking very serious.
"That's a supernormal school event!" The class exclaims in surprise by the announcement. "The sports festival!"
"That's a supernormal event-" Eijiro exclaims getting up from his seat, but Denki cuts him off by pushing him down back onto his seat by his face.
"Wait a minute." He tells Eijiro and looks back to Aizawa.
"Is it okay to have a sports festival so soon after the villains snuck inside?" Kyoka asks their teacher.
"What if they attack us again or something?" Mashirao asks him.
"Apparently, they think of it as U.A. showing that our crisis management system is solid as a rock by holding the event. Security will also be strengthened to five times that of previous years. Above all, our sports festival is a huge chance. It's not an event to be cancelled because of a few villains," Aizawa answers.
"But that's a good reason, isn't it? It's just a festival of sports." Mineta freaks out, feeling the pressure and fear of the villains turning up again.
"Mineta, you've never seen the U.A. sports festival?" Izuku asks him, turning in his chair.
"Of course I have. That's not what I meant!" Mineta argues lightly.
"Our sports festival is one of Japan's biggest events. In the past, the Olympics were called the festival of sports, and the whole country was crazy about them. As you know, with reductions in scale and population, they're now a shell of their former glory. And now, for Japan, what has taken the place of those Olympics is the U.A. sports festival!" Aizawa replies.
"Of course, all the top heroes around the country will be watching. For scouting purposes!" Momo says, clenching her fist.
"I know that," Mineta mutters looking back at her.
"After we graduate, it's typical to join a pro-agency as a sidekick," Denki explains though everyone already knows this.
"A lot of people miss their chance to become independent after that and become eternal sidekicks, though. Kaminari, I feel like you'd be one of them. Since you're dumb." Kyoka comments looking at Denki who slumps in defeat.
"Of course, joining a famous hero agency will get you more experience and popularity. Time is limited. If you expect to go pro, then the path to your future will open up at this event, one chance a year, a total of just three chances. No aspiring heroes can afford to miss this event. If you understand that, then don't slack off on your preparations!" Aizawa tells the class.
"Yes, sir!" The class responds.
"Homeroom is dismissed," Aizawa says, and the class gather their things for the next class, Yuudai walks over to Aizawa with a smirk on her face.
"I got a text from my Dad letting me know you'd escaped and I let him know you're here," Yuudai tells him, and he nods his head thinking back to his encounter with Tomura and the words he spoke and knows he needs to find his answers.
"Thank you, Miss Honda." He replies and she nods back.
"Kat, you're going the wrong way!" Yuudai calls out as she jogs after Katsuki and they walk to their next class.
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Their class ends, and Yuudai packs her bag full of notes as she stands trying to stop Katsuki from leaving quite yet. "Even though all that stuff happened, I'm getting really excited!" Eijiro exclaims in delight at the thought of showing off.
"If we put on a good show and stand out, we'll have taken the first step to becoming a pro!" Hanta adds with a grin as he walks over, bumping his elbow on Eijiro's shoulder in greeting.
"It was worth coming to U.A.!" Rikido agrees, pumping his fist to his open palm with glee.
"We will only receive a few chances. We cannot afford to miss this." Fumikage tells them bowing his head a little.
"Ojiro, I'm getting kind of nervous now. I need to stand out at the sports festival! Hip, hip, hooray!" Toru cheers as she stands in front of Mashirao as he sits at his desk.
"Y-yeah… but the pros might not notice you unless you try really hard…" Mashirao tells her.
"Oh, dear, what'll I do? I stand out just standing still, so the scouts won't be able to stop looking at me, right?" Yuga asks Koji who is trying to wipe the blackboard and freaks out. "Right?" He gets in Koji's face, and he nods frantically.
"You're lucky, Shoji. Your brawn stands out on its own." Denki complains as he sits on the top of his desk with Mezo sitting at his desk along with Kyoka, and Momo standing in the aisle.
"There's no point if I cannot show them my usefulness," Mezo replies, clenching his fists.
"I think you'll stand out, too." Kyoka giggles behind her hand, thinking back to Denki when he uses his Quirk too much.
"Everyone's so into it." Izuku gulps as he stands by Tenya's desk looking over his classmates as they talk about the upcoming sports festival.
"You're not? We have enrolled here to become heroes, so of course, we would get fired up!" Tenya asks his friend and stands up from his desk and does a silly dance.
"Iida, you have a unique way of getting fired up." Tsuyu comments, looking over her shoulder as she stands with Mina, lunchbox in hand. "It's weird."
"Midoriya, you don't feel the same?" Tenya asks him, ignoring the girls.
"Of course I do. But something's…" Izuku tries to explain his hesitancy.
"Deku, Iida… let's do our best at the sports festival." Ochaco says in a gruff voice and dark aura surrounding her.
"U-Uraraka, your face! It's…" Izuku stutters looking over at her.
"What's the matter? You don't look carefree at all, even though that's what your name means." Mina comments popping up.
"PM-" Mineta begins to say, but Tsuyu smacks him around the face using her tongue.
"Everyone, I'm gonna do my best!" Ochaco shrieks with her fist in the air.
"Yeah!" The others cheer, and Ochaco turns to face the boys.
"I'm gonna do my best!" She repeats with her dark look, and they raise their arms in the air.
"Y-yeah…" They reply hesitantly.
"What's wrong? Your personality's all over the place." Hanta comments.
"Everyone, I'm gonna do my best!" Ochaco keeps yelling.
"Now that I think about it, I never asked Uraraka." Izuku thinks and sees Yuudai and Katsuki walk out of the room talking, and Yuudai stops at the door.
"Guys, you coming?" She calls out and the others all stop and look over at Yuudai in the doorway and Mina, Tsuyu walk over joining them with the rest of the class.
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Yuudai sits at one of the tables in the lunch hall with some of her class around her. Katsuki sitting next to her, and her phone goes off again and sees it's her Dad again. "Man, why do I have to look after him." She complains, gaining some of the group's attention.
"What's wrong, Yuu?" Mina asks her and sees the annoyed face on her face.
"Mr Aizawa, he escaped from the hospital and Dad wants me to look out for him like I have nothing better to do," Yuudai complains as she eats and the others who don't know who her dad is, seem surprised.
"Why would your dad care?" Hanta asks her, and she looks at him.
"Because he's the head of the private hospital that Mr Aizawa was in after the villain attack," Katsuki answers in his gruff, unfriendly voice.
"Whoa! The private hospital said to heal most of the pro heroes!" Hanta exclaims in surprise and Yuudai nods.
"I've met a few from when my dad forgets his lunch and my mum at her law firm," Yuudai says trying to sound like she is not bragging.
"Was that the two that were fussing over you?" Tsuyu asks her, and she nods.
"Yeah, I told them what happened, they almost didn't let me come back to school." Yuudai jokes and Eijiro looks guilty.
"I'm not surprised if you told them that you died," Eijiro says, and the others all look at her in surprise to see her look indifferent.
"I'm fine now and anyway we should be focusing on the sports festival coming up." Yuudai shrugs it off, and they nod not wanting to press any further.
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Inside the teacher's lounge Izuku sits on the green couch opposite All Might in his skinny form on another green couch, only about 50 minutes?" Izuku asks after All Might tells him in shock.
"Yeah… that's the limit to how long I can use my power now." All Might replies as he makes the tea. "I overdid it too many times. That Nomu was also a tough opponent. And it hurt… I can just barely maintain muscle form for 1.5 hours now."
"About that… Sorr-" Izuku begins to apologise, but All Might lets out a laugh spewing out blood from his mouth startling Izuku.
"You don't have to apologise! Man, we really are alike, you and me." All MIght says and places a cup in front of his student. "Have some tea."
"Thanks…" He replies.
"More importantly, about the sports festival. You still can't regulate One For All, can you? What'll you do?" He asks him very seriously.
"But there was one time…! When I aimed a smash at that brain villain, there was no backlash." Izuku replies, thinking about it.
"Oh, yeah, you mentioned that! What was different?" He asks him.
"Different… the biggest difference between that and the One For All that I'd been using was…" Izuku answers and thinks back to what Thirteen had said before the villains came about their Quirk and he looks at his right hand and lifts it. "It was the first time I tried to use this power on a person…" He forms his hand into a fist.
"Hmm… looks like you succeeded in putting on the brakes unconsciously. Anyway, that's progress. I'm glad. Now, drink up." All Might says, and Izuku takes the cup from the spot in front of him.
"Oh, thank you." He replies and All Might gets up from his seat and walks towards the window.
"Frankly, I don't have much time left as the Symbol of Peace." He tells his protegee.
"No, way…" Izuku whispers, lowering his head.
"And some of those with built-up villainous intent are starting to realise." He says and turns around as Izuku gets to his feet. "I granted you my power because I want you to succeed me." He thinks back to before when Izuku was weaker and told him what he wanted. "You still feel the same as you did back then, don't you?"
"Yes." Izuku answers without a second thought.
"Then, the time has come for you to show that. The U.A. sports festival is something pro heroes- no, the whole country- is watching closely. A big event! That is what I brought you to talk about! The next All Might the fledgeling Symbol of Peace… Izuku Midoriya. I want you to tell the world 'I am here!'" All Might tells him, and Izuku looks at him with a little fear in his green eyes as he hero looks at him right in the eye.
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Yuudai walks down the hall with Katsuki, and she smirks to herself thinking of the upcoming events and can't wait to show the country what she has to offer.
Song - Fall Out Boy: Centuries (Look for the Sports Festival AMV version)
Here it is the last one chapter for some time as you know I will get back to writing this soon and finish the second season of My Hero Academia and go around in a circuit of doing the same with all of my other stories. Starting a new form of updating my stories by finishing the series, arcs, and sage (maybe if there are a small amount of episodes). So please don't forget to show your support! DEADGIRLETERNAL OUT!