Hello everyone Tenebris here, sorry for not uploading stories for quite a while after Chapter 10, aside from a MASSIVE writer block that I have, I also quite busy preparing to move to other country. And thus, writing a new chapter is not really my priority
Now that I finally settle down, I could continue this story. And please tell me whether you are happy with my story or not, positive criticisms are welcome, this is my first story after all so I need reviews to track my improvements on writing a story
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ProjectIceMan Ch 12: Izu is holding himself back, should this is a real fight and should Izumi is his enemy he would have simply kills her
ProjectIceMan Ch 13: There's a reason on why she could teleport, I plan to offer the answer on this chapter but… something feels aint right when I write it. I decided to keep publish this tory to check your reaction. This is the best idea I have for now
ProjectIceMan Ch 14: Yea, Izuku is bias towards her sister, but he's doing this out of fear that she will die because she underestimates the dangerous nature of this job
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Chapter 13 The Test and The Successor
What you leave behind is not what engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven unto others
-Pericles-
"Now with that out of the way, let me introduce myself" The hobo said
'Name's Shota Aizawa, I'm your homeroom teacher. So, form today onwards you will be under my care." He said flatly with a tired voice
'If we can keep up that is' I said to myself.
He rummages from his yellow sleeping bag, before throwing a pile of sports uniform, a blue sports uniform with red and white strips in the wrists and legs.
"Please share this with your friend anyone who isn't show up in the P.E Ground until five minutes going to get dispelled" he said it, before walking to the door
"But what about orientation? Surely as a prestigious school you, as a teacher would have to introduces us to the school facilities, our program and many other things. As a teacher this act is not suitable to guide a future hero" Iida Tenya, the boy with trimmed black hair and glasses said
"…" he stops at the door before turning back, and walking to the boy
"What's your name boy?" he asks in a low voice, more like a grumble rather than regular voice
"Iida Tenya sir! I graduated from Souei Aca-" he explains before Aizawa's hand silence his mouth
"Let me tell you something boy, and this also effect all of you class!"
"We hero do not have time for niceties, here in U.A, us senseis are granted freedom to decide what pace we will going to study. And let me tell you, the most important aspect of a hero, is timing. The more we stay here dillydallying doing nothing is more time for a villain to act"
"So, again, you are here to be a hero, not wasting time doing useless thing" he said releasing his grip from Iida's mouth
"You all only have 3 minutes left, last one to show up will have to do 100 push ups" he said before leaving the class in silence
"Well, that's that" I said to no one, while walking and picking up my uniform and I was about to leave the room, before stopping myself and turn back to other student, but my eyes fall upon Izumi
"I have warned you sister, be prepared…" a warning to her, and perhaps to everyone as well
'Hmm not too much protection, it is made of nano fibre, but…' I think while checking the material and the quality of the uniform in the changing room, no one is here, so I have a small free time to inspect and asses the quality of the stuff we're given
'Its inferior than my White Wolf set that I used, also its not as heavy, no chance to train my muscle then…' I sigh, such a waste of potential design, they could add more weight into the uniform, adding more layer to protect the wearer but they didn't
'My dearest guardian, need I remind you that we are in a different universe? Or timeline? Clearly humanity haven't reached the technological marvel like before' she said, ending our conversation…
And so, I walk to the P.E Ground, the place its indeed a large area filled with many facilities, running tracks, softball pitch, sandbox for long jump, and many more. I eye our instructor slash homeroom teacher, he looks miserable, but I know that look is merely a mask. I feel his gaze analysing me, and I return the favour, I know who he is, and I know his quirk, but I have no intel on how he uses the quirk to fight, how he incorporates it to his fighting style.
My gaze focused on his arms, legs and the scarf that he uses, he's slander but I could see muscles beneath the baggy outfit he uses and that scarf that he's using is clearly not normal scarf. This is U.A after all
Not long after several students arrive, I see Iida, Uraraka, the boy with bird head, the grape pervert, Bakugou, the red head that keeps calling everyone as 'Manly', and Izumi. There are plenty of students that I haven't know, I was planning to ask their names but a cough from instructor stop me on my tracks
"Okay, now that all of you are here, we can start, today we will do some quirk apprehension test. An exercise, basically. We'll be doing pitch, long jump, 50-meter dash, grip test, sustained jumps, upper body exercise and last endurance running" he said while looking into a note he took out from his pocket earlier
"Bakugou, come here" he calls the blond Pomeranian
'how far you can throw this ball without your quirk?" he ask
"70 meter" he replied with a sour face which ignored by instructor
"Now try using your quirk and throw this ball as far as you can" he gives him a ball
Bakugou feeling the ball, and after weigh it down and up launch the ball with a violent explosion
"DIEEEE!"
"750 meter, not bad Bakugou" Aizawa said with a smile in his face, said smile quickly extinguish as soon as a pink girl said
"Wow! This looks fun!"
At first his face turns into a scowl, then a smile, a sadistic smile…
"Fun you say huh? Then how about this? The student that ranks last must drop the heroes' course and instantly expelled from U.A Our freedom allows us to dictates which class we are willing to choose and that means we can dispense you as we wish"
"What? That's not fair! This is our first day on the school" Ochako said, voicing other's opinion, and many other are too also not happy and are not afraid of voicing their own opinion in their own language, most would whine and grumble, some even angry. But I simply stand there with my arms crossed
"Fair enough" I said to myself, however the after effect of that word is not what I expected
My voice silences everyone, looking at me with bewildered eyes
"What do you mean Izu-nii?" Izumi asks me
"Just think about this as a hostage situation Izumi, Aizawa-sensei here is the 'Villain' and our future is the 'Hostage' right now we must think, would we sacrifice our 'Hostage' to capture the 'Villain'? Is that an attitude of a hero?"
"We have no choice to play his game, or whatever he's planning is. Besides, we're here dillydallying would not make his change his mind, might as well just grit your teeth and move on"
"But as student we have right to be mentored properly to be a hero, and that needs process. A process that we just skipped and plunged into an unfair situation" Iida, the glass wearing student said
Sigh*
"Life is unfair Iida-san, life is chaotic, one moment you are in the top and the next one you are at the bottom. Not all things are proper and orderly, Aizawa-sensei here just help us to prepare for it in the best way"
"Sounds like you know a thing or two about this huh?" a girl with a pink skin and black sclera said
"Perhaps…" I give a hanging reply and letting our teacher to continue
"Ahem, but yes, what Midoriya-san said is correct, natural disasters, accidents, villains and many more… All of these calamities are can and will happened when we least expect of them. It is our jobs as heroes to preserve and restore order" Aizawa explained
'Try as you might, in the grand scheme of things, Chaos would exist as long as Order exist. Can't have one without the other…' I said in my mind
"So… for the next three years I expect you to tackle and every obstacle that will be given to you and reach to the top, this is the true idea of U.A, this is 'Plus Ultra'" he concludes with a smile
50-Meter Dash
The first one to do the sprint section is Iida Tenya and a girl with frog characteristic, she calls herself as Tsuyu Ayasui. Of course, a difference can be seen as Iida-san's quirk 'Engine' gives him an extra speed boost, finishing at 5 seconds and Ayasui-san at 6 seconds
And then the girl, Uraraka Ochako at 7 seconds, which raise my eyebrow, I expect her to be faster with her quirk 'Zero Gravity'. It seems she haven't mastered her quirk yet. She could simply make her body zero grav and propel herself forward.
'Hmm, never mind…' I decided to stop pondering and adjust my attention to the test
Then comes another, a French looking guy named Aoyama Yuuga with his quirk 'Naval Laser', the name is self-explanatory. Shoto Todoroki with his quirk "Ice and Fire", again, self-explanatory. And more and more guys come in, before…
"Izumi Midoriya and Miina Ashindo please prepare" Aizawa's voice wakes me up from my train of thought
"Ready... Go!" and what happened after truly mind-boggling for me and the other students
I never know that Izumi could use 'Blink', but she clearly teleports quite a distance away, granted it's only 20 meters away, before finishing the rest of the test on foot finishing on 4.30 seconds. After that, she high fives Iida and Ochako-san with a smile, but I could clearly see that even with a short radius it took every stamina from her
Normally I would come over and congratulate her, the problem is the teleport technique that she's using is awfully similar with a warlock's 'Blink' and us warlocks have the skills and knowledge to handle void, the aspect where 'Blink' comes from. And unproper utilization of void could result her turn inside out, implode, explode, or simply just vanishing
Void, is the gravity and the entropy of universe, it is a fundamental energy that shapes our very own universe, existence and creation, Void is not nothingness, it is the energy of emptiness. To wield Void is to control the immeasurably small and the unfathomably gigantic.
And Izumi has none of those…
'I have to either stopped her from ever teleporting again, or… teach her how to use void… I guess Aria's advice of me teaching her has some merit after all…'
'See? I told you so my beloved warlock…' Aria, in all of her smugness replies, but I'm not impressed
'But we'll have to see whether she's willing to be teach or not, your point haven't made manifest' I replied
'The teleport that she just use is heavily inspired with your 'Blink' my dearest guardian… she would never say not o be trained by the person she draws inspiration from' and again, she sound extremely sure about this ordeal
'Hmm… We'll see…'
"Next will be Katsuki Bakugou and Izuku Midoriya"
And so, I walk into our starting line, Bakugou is already there doing some stretching
"What took you so long huh Deku? Afraid to lose to me?" he said
"… Wow… You continue to surprise me Bakugou-san" I give an entirely different answer
"Huh? What do you mean you useless piece of shit?" his tone is agitated
"Im surprise you could talk in a normal voice, not yelling at all" that earn a laugh from Izumi
"YOU MOCK ME HUH YOU FUCKING DEKU?!" he blazes his quirk, seeing that a confrontation would happen between both of us, Aizawa-sensei decided to act
"Enough you two get ready…" he said cooling down the tension
"Go!"
As soon as I the mark I simply use 'Blink', an under powered blink that is, my regular 'Blink' is capable of reaching 100 meter, and maximum range is 175 meters, which is rarely use considering I would prefer to be able to use it more often rather than once a period
This earns me a 0.1 second for the 50-meter dash, and it dwarf the 3.5 seconds for Bakugou, and that make him to glares at me, slowly he stomps his way to me
"WHAT DID YOU DO DEKU? YOU CHEAT! THERE'S NO WAY FOR YOU TO BEAT ME YOU USELSS PIECE OF SHIT!"
But before I could do anything Aizawa's scarf suddenly moves in to wrap around the Pomeranian, silencing him and temporarily erasing his quirk, rendering him harmless and then berates him for his arrogance
Long Jump
This is quite interesting, a boy with half red half white hair, Shoto Todoroki uses his ice quirk to make a jumpad, Bakugou uses his blast to gain extra momentum, a frog-like girl names Tsuyu Ayasui can jump quite high, which makes sense since her quirk allows her to do what a frog could do
Tenya-san's uses his engine quirk to help his running start, Ochako-san's zero grav makes her body lighter, Izumi, much to my dismay, again uses her bastardised version of warlock's blink. And then many many more students before its finally my turn…
This is quite easy since I was raised and mentored as a hunter, which relies on movement and accuracy to survive, the triple jump is a standard hunter technique that allows me to jump twice in the air. Plus my knowledge as a warlock allows me to incorporate Blink in the final jump
Again, this earns some eyebrows from my colleagues and a scowl from Bakugou, nothing new…
Grip Strength
Since im not a titan, my physical strength is not the best, I managed to get 65 kilograms, but this is dwarf by a 2-meter-tall colleague of mine, Mezo Shoji.
He's a quite scary looking guy, he's a tall muscular young man with pale hair swept forwards and he have six arms attached with a web like skin. But despite the scary appearance, he's an ok guy, doesn't hold a grudge, polite, and most importantly he doesn't let his emotion rules him.
Then other tries, many goes above my scores, heck even my sisters grip managed to surpass mine, seating on 80 kg
Sideway Jump
This test is not really fun for me, while indeed hunter is extremely fast, flexible, and accurate in their movement. I hate to do this test since I see no point to doing this multiple times, in the battle too many sudden vector changes would mess your aim.
But like I said, grit your teeth and suck it
Endurance Run
I'm halfway intent to just simply whip out my Sparrow and ride on it, but I decided that that's simply too cruel for my sister and the other contestant to watch as I simply cruising around. Also, I'm sure that it would not be in the spirit of doing your best by your own.
Turn out I was wrong about it, because a girl in our class simply makes a scooter and using it to do the test. So, while the rest of us jog and run like a peasant we are, she just scoots around with minimal energy spent
In the end she's the one that endure the last, although to be fair. I could outlast her by a quite wide margin, I have traveled and jog from the Last City to the EDZ (European Dead Zone) I simply have no reason to continue the test, besides having the fourth one to give up is not a bad place
Ball Pitch
Since Bakugou already finishes his test the rest tries, Tenya-san kick the softball with his quirk landing at 670 meters, Ochako-san with her zero grav making the ball float to infinity, Todoroki uses his ice to maka a ramp and slide the ball out, 650 meters. A girl, names Momo Yoyorozu uses her quirk to make a cannon, landing at 850 meters
'Hmm, I could use Gjallarhorn to launch the ball, or perhaps Fighting Lion?' I think myself a way to launch the ball. Gjallarhorn is one of my favourite weapons, the solar rocket launcher has help me in many missions and the Wolfpack rounds and its Pack Hunter abilities are useful in facing a hard boss.
Using him as a glorified ball launcher seems… disrespectful
So, I decided to use an unconventional method…
"Okay, and last is Midoriya-san, please get into position" Aizawa-sensei said with a tired face
I simply flick my finger and…
From the sky falls down an object in terminal velocity, when it impacts it sends a shockwave, sand and dust everywhere. Forcing the students and sensei to cover their eyes, by the time it all settled all can see the object. It is a sword, or perhaps more accurately, a sword-like object.
It stands almost two meters tall, and it has multiple weird things unto it. First, the body of the sword is too wide or it to wield as a regular sword, its rectangular shape means that it's useless for thrusting to your opponent. It's fuller, or body is divided into two blades, the rain guard as a circular mechanism making it looks like the blade can be split in half and a rather long cross guard serves as the basis of the sword
This is Falling Guillotine, a tool I specially used to execute, its beautiful, its majestic and it has stand with me ever since Rasputin detected the arrival of the black pyramids. It has executed many warriors who stand in the path of humanity.
And now using it as a baseball bat is honestly a degradation to its honour, but I prefer this than showing them Gjallarhorn. Traveller knows what would be their reaction seeing an ornate sol rocket launcher…
"It's been a while old friend" I said while grabbing the hilt and lift it from the ground, while at the same time ignoring the reaction of my "colleagues"
"I shall require your assistance once more; would you help me?" I ask the sword as if he's a sentient.
I ready myself , and using my right hand I grab the hilt of the Guillotine and lift it up from the ground effortlessly. Then with my left hand I toss the ball up, before swing the flat side of Falling Guillotine like a pro baseball player
The ball fly high into the air before landing quite far away
"700 meter, not bad kid" Aizawa-sensei announce how far my ball has fly. A decent result, not good not terrible. After the test I simply flick my hand, and Falling Guillotine starts to disappear, as if it was never meant to be here
"Wow, I don't know that you have a powerful quirk Midoriya-san" a boy with a black bird-like head speaks
"Normally I would not do something so flashy, its not my style. But I guess I have no choice for this one" I replied with an uncertain tone
"Okay, we finally finished our quirk test, most of you have no idea how to properly using your quirk, there's an untapped potential there. And for the next three years we will tap that potential and make you into a great hero" he said before stopping for an exhale, before looking at us sternly
"But remember, this is U.A you have to go plus ultra if you have no wish to succeed whoever left behind would get a chance to fix themselves, but everything starts and ends with you. If you still think that this is a game…" before sharpening his gaze on the purple grape haired kid
"Then I suggest you drop this course" we all know that this is not a threat, not a warning. But a guarantee that we will either swim, or sink
"So let us see who's at the bottom" he said while flipping some pages from his clipboard
"Minoru Mineta, please come forward" Aizawa said and the boy with grape hair, she steps forwards, crying, tears in his eyes, his mouth quivers. But we hear no sound from him, no sobs, no wailing. He would make a good warrior…
If he could shred his pervert tendencies that is
Aizawa walks towards him, and then bend his back, facing him. His face is so close that a kick from anyone to his butt would make both of them kiss. But his aura is intimidating, although his eyes looks tires, he's scrutinizing the kid, judging him and perhaps lay a verdict onto him
"You are at the bottom of the barrel, you have no grip strength, no endurance, while you are middling in most other areas you are seriously behind and you keep ogling at the feame students especially the green one"
If the situation is not so tense, I would already draw Last Word, Ace of Spades, Gjallarhorn and many more weapons in my arsenal and skin him alive, before blow him up to pieces.
'That bastard…'
"Prey, tell me kid what is your inspiration to be a hero? Glory? Fame? All of the woman in the world? Money? Then if so, you should start to holding yourself together"
"I will give you one chance… one chance only for you to fix yourself" before withdrawing from the kid
"You are not going to expel him?" the purple skinned girl asks our sensei
"That is a lie" he said in a tired yet amused voice
"WHAT?!" the class, except me and Momo Yaoyorozu, said in unison
"It is clearly a ruse you idiots, duh" she said with one eyes closed
"You all will perform fare better if you think that I will expel you, humans tend to do their best if they have something at the stake. Also take this as a lesson, villains are always playing with mind trick so you need to know which one is truth, and which is a lie" he said before walking away, but suddenly stops at the doorway
"Your study module is on the class garb it yourself" before leaving the area
With Eraserhead*
The hallway is empty, and honesty? He prefers it that way, its serene, it calming… he stops walking for a while and looking at his clipboard, scanning the participants, his class…
Last year he expelled an entire class, allegedly for not having the right motivation, nor they are willing to go plus ultra. So rather than teaching half-assed kids who are not going to take his teaching seriously and getting themselves killed in their career he expelled them
He would not have blood in his hands
While screening the participants, he slowly smiles
"Hmmm…We have a good batch this year"
With Izuku*
The rest of the class are preparing to go home, this is the first day Afterall, and the real study would begin tomorrow. I watch them chatting with each other getting friendly, and honestly? It gives me a feeling of nostalgia
'I miss Last City…' I think to myself
'I know my beloved warlock, my dearest guardian' Aria replies with her usual calm soothing voice
'I don't think I would be able to move from the past Aria, don't ask me to simply move on' I rebuke her statement before she would even speak it. But how wrong I was…
'I would not ask you to do that my dearest guardian, those who said that is a fool that never have their home taken away' she said, before continuing 'I merely ask you keep yourself together, at least until your wish to kill The Witness fulfilled'
I chuckled
'That! I will try…' a worrying answer for anyone for sure, but not Aria
'Heh, you and your taste of humor'
And so I leave the school, waiting for Izumi at the gate, while busying myself with Rubric of Ahriman
"See you tomorrow" I hear her voice as she walks to me
"So, we are going home?" she asks me, and I give a nod as an answer
The rest of the day is not special, mother congratulates us on our first day, and asks us many questions both about the students and the teachers. Izumi's the one that does most of the talking with me supplying a small additional information.
And on its time for me to ask her about what happened in the 50-meter dash…
Knock*Knock*Knock*
"Izumi, it's me can I come in?" I ask her
"The door isn't locked Izu-nii" I hear her muffled replies behind the door
As I enter I see her laying in her bed, listening to a music. Her room is quite… boring, I woukd think that she would have a poster of some of the heroes like me, but I guess not.
"So… do you need anything?" Izumi asks me
"We need to talk" I said sternly, no humour, no hate, nothing, just a no-nonsense expression
And seeing me talking to her in such a voice seems to wakes her up, seeing me crossing my hand also perhaps helps her to realize what a situation she's in
"Since when you learn how to teleport Izumi? I know that your telekinesis power does not include that" I ask her
"Umm… it's…" she stammers
"Speak" I say
"I… It started after the attempt of… 'that' at me… Izu-nii you still remember the incident involving four yakuza from an organization called Shie Hassakai? And after that you make a barrier of light to heal yourself and urges me to come over and warm myself, do you remember?" she asks, her voice is soft like a murmur
"A week after that, when I use my quirk, I feel a tinge in my hand, at first, I thought that it was nothing. But then in the evening when I made breakfast and using my quirk, a purple aura suddenly envelops my hand"
"At first i was extremely scared, what are this purple magic? Does it harm me? An addition to my quirk? Then, you tell mother and I your story, and I realise that I have something akin to yours, you call it a 'Light' correct?" She looks at me with a small amount of pride
"And thus, I started to experiment with this 'Light' power, it's hard and I barely understand what I am doing but as you can see it works in the end" she said with a smile, a smile that somehow feels… uncertain
She thinks that I would be proud with her doing such a dangerous experiment, she thinks that I would be happy with her having access he 'Light'. In truth, I'm furious…
Furious for her not telling me, furious for her for lying to me by saying everything is ok. Furious for her for ignoring her own safety, furious for her for she has no idea that she's playing with fire
Yet at the same time I also furious with myself
I should have known letting those who aren't touched by the 'Light' would be 'Infected' by it, furious for not checking her, furious with myself for not seeing her façade. Furious on myself for failing to let her know that she's playing with unknown forces…
"And why don't you tell me? Izumi… why?" I ask her with a softer voice while dropping my arms
'I… I fear that you would not teach me on how to handle this Izu-nii. I fear that you would, one way or the other, locked this gift from you"
"Why are you so adamant on this… 'curse' why you even want to use your light for? You have your quirk and it's a powerful one, why you wish to keep this? You wish for power? You aren't satisfied with your quirk?" I decided to dig deeper
"…" she didn't say anything, her head hang low
"Do you wish to hear the truth? Or what you wanted to hear" she asks back
'Using my own word against me huh? Clever…'
"Truth, please…" I beg her
"You remember when I said that you are my inspiration to be a hero? And how much I look up to you when were still kids? I see this not as a burden, Izu-nii. I see this as a gift, perhaps unintentional gift, but still a gift from you nonetheless" she said
"So you take this as if a child having an All-Might figure? Your 'Light' that is" I asking for a clarification of her perspective
She nods
"And remember when you tell me your story? On how you wish for someone to continue your legacy? Of how you wish to have someone that you entrust Last Word? I wish that it would be me Izu-nii" she's about to continue but I cut her off
"Why? Why are you wish the life of Guardian? Why you wish for a life of suffering? Of loss? Of pain? Why you wanted this? This is not your destiny; this is not your burden. So pray tell me sister…"
"Why you wanted this?"
"I…" I could feel that she's hesitant on telling me the answer, that there's something that she hides. I wish to pry more, to uncover her motives, to know why she's willing to throw away the relative calm of hero life.
But…
"We will continue this conversation later day" I said to her before continuing
"You have your 'Light' Izumi, but you have no skill, no knowledge, no experience for using it. You are a child playing with fire my dear sister. I almost having a heart attack when I sense a trace of void energy when you teleport during the 50 meter dash"
"Void is dangerous, Izumi, without guidance you will die quickly if you are lucky, there are far more possibility that you either disintegrate, implode, explode or simply erased… as if you never born" I said warning her before sighing
"Haahh… I will teach you on how to use 'Light'" I said, shocking her…
"Really you will?" she said with a renew vigour, and it feels nostalgic for me. It reminds me when Ikora, the Vanguard Warlock decided to personally be my teacher
"Yes I will, BUT! I will not teach you everything I know, no. I will teach you the basics of 'Light' and if when you have master it, we will see the next step"
"I know not your motive sister, I know not your ambition. I have told you about the life of a Guardian. And I wish it will not fall to you. But who am I decided that what you can be an cannot be? You are your own person after all" I said finishing our conversation and quickly leave the room, she's about to say something but I honestly too tired to continue this conversation
'Perhaps this is a way for Aria to tell me that she'll be my successor. Perhaps…, perhaps I could entrust Last Word to you'