The Next Day
Training Ground, UA High
Todoroki can be seen standing in the middle of the training field as he looks at his right hand. He remembers very clearly how Izuku easily uses his ice after evolution and he can't help but feel insecure about it.
People may have been too invested in the battle to care, but not Todoroki, who has been practicing his ice for years, and yet he just saw how Izuku casually creates an ice gauntlet and spear in the blink of an eye. He can't help but be frustrated, realizing how much he lacks in the ice department.
He extends his hand out as cold mist emits from his hand, focusing on the image of a sword. But, instead, it came out as ice spikes, much to Todoroki's annoyance.
"So, you're here, huh?" Todoroki turns around to see Bakugou in his UA gym uniform. "You trying to practice Deku's move?"
"What is your business here?" Todoroki asks, barely hiding his annoyance.
"This is a free training ground, I can fucking practice my moves here." Bakugou shrugs. "If you plan to copy him, use less power. Deku uses Ice Punch, not Ice Beam."
"I-Ice punch?" Todoroki vaguely remembers the moves, as it became a famous meme of Gastly and Kyurem. "You mean where you coat your fists with icy mist and punch people to freeze?"
"Yeah, and also, he uses Liquidation to form its shape. It's the reason why he had an easier time doing so." Bakugou says.
"How did you know all of this?" Todoroki asks with narrowed eyes.
"...Deku was right, I need to tone down my fucking rudeness. Everyone starts fucking think of me as a brutish thug with zero brain skills." Bakugou mutters as Todoroki deadpans at him. "I observe with my two fucking eyes. While you're too mesmerized by the scene, I observed it. Besides, it's such a Deku move. I have known him for years, and I heard his theories and application so much I used it on myself."
"..." Todoroki stares at Bakugou. "How did you know him?"
"I told you since the fucking beginning. I've known him since we were kids. He's the smartest out of both of us, helping me in improving my quirk and my support gear." Bakugou chuckles humorlessly. "It motherfucking hurts to see him didn't remember anything about me, but given that it wasn't his goddamn fault. I can't fucking blame him."
"..." Todoroki simply stares at him.
"Also, stop staring at me, will ya? I don't swing that way." Bakugou deadpans as a tick mark appears on Todoroki's forehead.
"How about a spar?" Todoroki asks as Bakugou stares at him before grinning.
"Fine!" Bakugou lets out a mini explosion on his hand before taking his stance. Todoroki merely takes a step before a huge iceberg crashes towards Bakugou, who counters it by swinging a powerful explosive palm. Todoroki sends more and more icebergs towards him as Bakugiu launches himself into the air using his explosion before he spins midair and slams his leg as another explosion occurs, creating a smoke screen.
Todoroki looked around, his vision was obscured by the smoke. Suddenly, he hears multiple pops before using his ice to create an ice dome, which causes the explosive bullets to hit the dome. Bakugou opens his right palm and creates a hole using his left hand around his palm before letting loose an explosion beam.
Todoroki barely dodges the incoming attack, receiving a scratch mark on his right side. Bakugou dives down and slams his leg right onto the hole before releasing explosions inside, shattering the ice dome. Todoroki manage to move away with his ice as Bakugou slams both of his hands into the ground with a large grin.
"Thanks for the inspiration, Deku! Land Mine!" As he said, an explosion occurs on the ground as it spreads toward Todoroki, who creates an ice barrier but is shattered by the explosion and the debris. He was even more surprised when Bakugou managed to get close to him and placed his palm right on Todoroki's chest.
"Keep refusing to use your damn fire, Icy-Hot, and I'll take the number one spot!" Bakugou grinned as he let loose an explosion point blank, sending Todoroki back as Bakugou saw ice creep into his hand.
"Icicle Spear!" As Todoroki regains his footing, he launches an ice spike toward Bakugou he tilts his head to avoid the spear before he swings his hand, creating a blinding light on Todoroki. Todoroki rubbed his eyes as he felt tears coming out of his eyes due to the pain from the light.
"Howitzer!" He looks up, but he sees nothing, confusing Todoroki as he expects to see a Howitzer Impact from the sports festival. He looked around and saw a flame wheel coming right at him. "Impact!"
Boom!!
Todoroki was sent flying through the explosion and momentum created by Bakugou as he used his ice to stop him from flying. It took him a lot of ice pillars, but he managed to stop as Bakugou pants, his body covered in sweat while grinning at him. Todoroki can't help but find Bakugou annoying, with all of his growth in strength and skill.
At first, he saw Bakugou as a nobody with a decent quirk. He saw Endeavor's flame, and Bakugou is nothing compared to him. But, over time, Bakugou kept growing and growing, closing the gap between him and the explosive boy.
During the final exam, he sees how much he grew stronger as he teams up (Something he finds too absurd to believe given that Bakugou shows signs of being unable to cooperate) with Izuku and nukes the whole city to beat All Might. He doesn't know their plan at first and believes Izuku is silly as he plants more and more seeds around while Bakugou distracts All Might for 10 minutes. As the 10 minutes passed, Izuku gave Bakugou the signal and unleashed what he considered a motherfucking nuke.
In just 10 minutes of preparation, Bakugou and Izuku completely defeated All Might and passed the exam, while he failed because he refused to cooperate with Momo. It was insulting, but he saw Bakugou as the mountain he needed to climb.
Right now, he felt Bakugou grow even more, and the gap between him and the boy in front of him grew even bigger. He can't help but feel inferior in front of him, just like when he fought Izuku at the Sports Festival.
That moment was the greatest humiliation he had ever experienced, and he would rather go through Endeavor's 'training' than deal with Izuku. In just a minute, Izuku paralyzes his right side with a single strike on his pressure point, causing him to be unable to use his quirk. Then, he proceeded to beat Todoroki without any mercy, and when he accidentally lit his left side out of panic, Izuku brushes the flame off and proceeded to paralyze his entire body before continuing to beat him.
"You want to be a hero? What a joke. News flash, Zuko, if you don't take this seriously, change your career. You'll save more lives than did whatever you're doing right now." Todoroki hears a lot of insults, but his words cut him deep, and he never stops thinking about it ever since he hears that line.
It was the first controversy that ever happened to UA and Izuku, as it was seen as a bully beating a helpless child. Endeavor was very angry at how his 'masterpiece' is now a laughing stock, being seen as a helpless 'victim' of a 'bully'. So, ever since that day, Todoroki has been obsessed with how Izuku grew stronger, hence the conspiracy theories. But all he did was make himself lose more and more common sense.
"Grr!" Todoroki summons a cloud of cold mist and is about to release a huge ice attack, but suddenly, the cold disappears. Bakugou felt like his quirk disappeared in a flash, feeling like someone gripping both of his arms to prevent movement. Both boys turn around and pale to see the person they don't want to encounter.
Aizawa is in his full glory; his eyes glow red, his hair floats like he was underwater, and his scarf wraps around Bakugou's arms and Todoroki's upper body. They didn't want to admit it, but their teacher had scared them multiple times with his glare.
Not as scary as Kyogre's imposing tone, but it was still scary.
"What, in the fuck, are you two doing!?!" Aizawa growls as both boys silently gulp before they find their binding tightened. "Answer me!"
"W-we were sparring!!!" Bakugou admits as Aizawa gives him a dry stare before looking around. He saw the entire ground was ripped off, puddles everywhere, and smoke still covering the field.
"...I want you two to clean this place up! Both of you are suspended! There are reasons why I told you to ask permission for spars!" Aizawa says as both boys rapidly nod before Aizawa let them go. "Now, go back, the class' about to start!"
Both boys immediately ran off as Aizawa sighs before looking around. He pinches the bridge of his nose in annoyance.
"I need a raise..." Aizawa grumbles.
Later
UA Cafeteria
"So, you and Todoroki fought, again?"
Bakugou grumbles in annoyance as he hears Kirishima call him out. He didn't know what he was thinking earlier, accepting an unsupervised spar from his fellow student, which led him into more trouble.
"Yeah, yeah, I fucking get it. I was being stupid for accepting his invitation." Bakugou says in annoyance.
"Well, at least you realize that." Bakugou sent a heated glare at Kirishima, who raised his arms in surrender. "Hey, I'm saying that because Todoroki doesn't seem to realize he did wrong."
Bakugou raises his eyebrow before looking around and spots Todoroki from the distance. He can't help but feel annoyed by the death glare from Todoroki.
"Did something happen? I saw him so angry except the moment he got curb stomped by the God of Manliness." Bakugou almost trips when he hears Izuku's new title, staring at his friend in disbelief.
"Are you fucking sure you want to call Deku that?" Bakugou says hesitantly.
"Why not!? He's the true embodiment of Manliness!" Kirishima says enthusiastically.
"He will fucking hates it." Bakugou deadpans.
"What!?! Why!?!?" The poor puppy asks in a heartbroken tone.
"He's too fucking humble to accept the title 'god'. I still remember how he once got called master comedian by Auntie Inko, and he turned into a fucking stuttering mess. You call him a god and he will fucking get catatonic." Bakugou says as Kirishima lowers his head in sadness, causing the explosion boy to snort.
And since he talks about Izuku, he can't help but remember the day he saw him again. When he was out of luck and encountered a villain that trapped him, he was suffocating while the heroes did nothing. Back then, he also saw All Might, in his skinny form, standing there in silence and horror instead of helping him. He thought he was gonna die as no one wanted to help him, and he believed he deserved it for ruining his friendship with Izuku.
To his shock and disbelief, Izuku immediately rushes towards him with nothing but a metal pipe and, in one swift move, separates the slime from him and the villain before he tells him to use an explosion to escape. He does, and he drags Izuku away before All Might appears and defeats the villain for sure.
After that incident, he went to see Izuku and wanted to ask about everything. To his horror, all Izuku did was face him and utter one sentence that horrified him.
"Who are you?"
That single sentence shocked Bakugou to the core and in desperation, he believed it was a joke and tried to beg Izuku to admit it. This almost caused Izuku to leave if Bakugou didn't mention his full name and his parents' names, getting his attention.
He manages to give proper explanations to Izuku about how he once was a former friend and got separated ever since the incident happened a few years ago. He even showed proof with the picture of him and Izuku, which worked as he got to bring him to see his parents, knowing they would miss him.
Over the 10 months, Bakugou did everything to help with recovering Izuku's memories with every minor detail he ever knew about his best friend. But, Bakugou noticed one thing whenever he observed Izuku. He felt an invisible barrier was created between him and Izuku.
He realizes that Izuku didn't feel anything towards the friendship between him and Bakugou. Over time, he felt more of a stranger than the Izuku he knew. It hurts Bakugou every time he sees Izuku, didn't act like the ones he knows.
When UA starts, Izuku and Bakugou have a decent relationship, but it doesn't feel the same. Bakugou felt an unimaginable amount of anger in his heart, all of them towards the world and himself. He was angry towards the world for taking away his friend's memories while he was angry towards himself for fuck things up. Even now, he keeps blaming himself for everything.
"Baku-bro!? Baku-bro!!" Bakugou snaps out of his thoughts before looking at Kirishima giving him a concerned look. "Bro, you okay?"
"...I'm fine..." Bakugou mutters before walking towards the table, with Kirishima following suit out of concern.
Later
1-A Classroom
"Aaaahhh!! We forgot the Cultural Festival!!!"
Momo sweatdrops as she watches her class go crazy after realizing one crucial detail. They have completely forgotten the fact that they have a Cultural Festival in a month, and so far, they have made little to no progress.
The main reason? They were too invested in Izuku's isekai adventure in a new world as a Pokemon to remember it. Momo had never felt so ashamed of herself in her entire life, and she wished that she hadn't made such a crucial mistake.
"Alright, calm down." But, right now, she has no luxury to feel that way. Being the acting class representative since Izuku is not here, she needs to take responsibility for her classmates, and right now, they need help. "Look, I understand the panic! But, if we keep doing this, we will not going to progress at all! So, calm yourself, and let's think properly!"
"Yaoyorozu is right, everyone! Calm down and let us discuss this calmly!" Iida yells, getting everyone's attention. "Thank you! Now, since we're planning to discuss what are we going to do for the Culture Festival!"
"Do you have any idea, Iida?" Ochako asks.
"I..." Iida pauses before he starts to get deep in thought, his face slowly turns pale before he panics. "I have none!!!"
"..." Cue facepalm from the entire class. Momo simply sweatdrops at the weird scene before clearing her throat.
"That's why we're here, Iida. We plan to discuss this." Using her quirk, she creates a chalk. "Now, if any of you have a suggestion, please don't be shy to talk about it."
"Maid Café with a special uniform I've designed!!" Mineta pulls out a very well-drawn sketch of a maid uniform. Everyone would praise his artistic talents if it...wasn't so lewd.
Lewd isn't the right word to describe the uniform. It's just straight-up string lingerie!
Momo saw the image, and with her quirk, she created a duster before throwing it right at Mineta's face at such high speed. If this is a manga, the throw itself sends him out of the manga panel they're in and returns to another manga panel.
"...can you teach us how!!?!?" The girls asks Momo in unison as she blushes, not expecting herself to successfully perform the duster throw in such a way.
"The way of the duster...Izuku has successfully passed down his knowledge!" Kaminari says in awe, ignoring Mineta's pained yelp.
"A mad banquet of darkness..." Tokoyami mutters in fear.
"Holy bejesus! First, it's Aizawa-sensei, now the Vice Class-Rep!!! If this keeps up, Iida will be the newest practitioner!" Dark Shadow exclaims.
"I will...?" Iida mutters as he looks at his hand, in awe at his future potential.
"No!" Tokoyami exclaims in horror. If there's another practitioner, then the madness will go out of control, and Tokoyami will lose his remaining sanity, which leads to him agreeing with every Dark Shadow's antics, something he didn't want to ever happen.
"I swear, this class gets crazier and crazier..." Ojiro mutters.
"I hope Class 1-B has better luck in dealing with their class," Sero mutters.
Meanwhile
Class 1-B
"Kendo Smash!!!"
BOOM!!!!
"Kyaaa!!!"
People would've mistaken the shrill scream belonging to a girl, but in reality, it was from a certain bitch-in-a-man's-clothing, Neito Monoma. He started mocking Class 1-A once again, and it was too much even for some of the competitive people like a certain green-mohawk boy.
It was a huge mistake as now, he has triggered the temper of a woman with a giant man's hands who ends up hulking out. She grabs her table and prepares to bash Monoma with it. If it wasn't for Setsuna, Shishida, Ibara, Awase, and surprisingly, Kamakiri, Monoma would be a bloody pancake and 6 feet under.
"Milady, please calm down," Shishida says as he's struggling to hold her down, even with his quirk. "Don't let that goblin piss you off even more! He's a fool, a god damned fool!!"
"Hey-!" Monoma was about to yell but was silenced by a glare from everyone.
"Yeah, Class Rep. It's not worth it to kill that dude." Awase piped in. "Not only it'll dirty your hand, but you'll get into jail for killing him, which isn't something you want, right?"
"Please, calm down, my friend. Violence is not necessary." Ibara says as light emits from the sky and hits Ibara like a stage light.
'No, seriously, is this some sort of secondary quirk!?!' No one was able to believe the light shone on Ibara wasn't a quirk.
"Fine, Kendo calm," Kendo says as they all sigh in relief while not noticing how Kendo says in the third person in broken vocabulary like a certain green beast. But, it was a huge mistake as Kendo took the chance to break out of their restraint before she roared and chased after Monoma.
Back with Class 1-A
The whole chaos was paused when an ear-piercing girlish screech could be heard from the other side of the wall. Everyone pauses as they are surprised at the sound before they shrug and make one conclusion.
"Monoma."
Later
Class 1-B
"Kendo, you gotta calm down now. I get that you're angry at Monoma for attempting to worsen the relationship between our class, but constantly angry won't help." Shishida told his Class Rep as she blushed in embarrassment.
"I think having to deal with a group of fanatics reduces the amount of patience you can hold..." Setsuna says with a sweatdrop.
"We are no fanatic!" Awase exclaims. "We're merely the followers of our god, the one true god that has protected our multiverse, Izuku Midoriya!"
"Yeah! We're merely paying our respect to the man who deserves it! The true God of Manliness," Tetsutetsu exclaims before whimpering after seeing Kendo snap her spoon in half.
"Please, Kendo. Calm down." Ibara says gently as Kendo lets out a sigh. "Our god, Izuku Midoriya, will be disappointed to see you lose in anger."
"Not you too!!!" Kendo wails in misery, unable to handle that her naive classmates were corrupted by the crazy fanatics.
"The more I hear you guys talk, the more I get curious." The entire group stiffens before they turn around to see Kamakiri was there the entire time, listening to every word he hear.
"Umm, nothing much!!" Kendo says nervously as Kamakiri snorts.
"Nice try, but I ain't deaf," Kamakiri states. "What's this about Midoriya, anyway? And why do some of you call him god? I get he's special for all of his feats and actions, but don't you think it's a bit much?"
"You will not say such a thing if you saw his true self, the God of Manliness!" Tetsutetsu dumbly exclaims, leading the entire group to facepalm.
"Elaborate," Kamakiri remembers the first round of the tournament fighting Midoriya and in his humble opinion, Izuku is easily the strongest out of the entire first year. He may be quirkless, but his skill and strength is no joke. He snaps the blade produced by his quirk, uses his anger and attack to change the shape of the blade to a makeshift sword, and uses it to beat him. It was so bizarre and surreal, but somehow it worked.
It was the first time he was ever humbled, but he didn't complain because of the skill he had. He uses it as a motivation to get better. Also, he was glad that he didn't end up like Todoroki because, god damn, it was humiliating. He is completely in awe when Izuku fights against Bakugou in the final as it looks like David vs Goliath, with everyone believing Izuku to be David, but he still wins. Bakugou didn't make it easy, but he managed to win.
"...fine, let me tell ya." And oh boy, they did. As the explanations go, Kamakiri's face starts with confusion before it turns into complete disbelief.
"...what kind of copium have you been inhaling?" Kamakiri mutters as everyone groans.
"I told you, Kendo. He won't believe us unless we give him proof." Kaibara exclaims.
"Oh, shut it!" Kendo says as she pinches the bridge of her nose. "Just come with us after school, then you'll get what I mean."
"Okay...?" Kamakiri mutters, looking confused as fuck.
Height Alliance Dorm
"Uhh..." Kendo mutters in surprise and confusion as she sees the entire Class 1-A sitting on the couch, covered in a depressing aura while letting out a sigh.
"What's going on?" Awase mutters in surprise.
"We can't think of any ideas for the Cultural Festival," Momo mutters as she drinks a bottle of apple juice, treating it like a wine.
"We're doomed." Iida sobs as he looks like he's drunk after drinking so much beer while in reality, he's just drinking orange soda.
"We're gonna be the failure!" Kaminari exclaims as he eats a huge chunk of ice cream and wince due to brain freeze. Class 1-B stares at the class in silence before Kendo decides to sit next to Momo, grab her bottle, and drink it.
"You too?" Kendo stares at her silently before nodding solemnly. It was the moment when the class truly united from that day onwards.
"...do you think we can think of an idea from the video?" Koda asks, causing everyone to freeze, remembering Izuku's comedic shenanigans and his singing skills. Momo grabs the bottle and slams it down into the ground before standing up in confidence.
"Start the video!" Momo exclaims, causing Koda to sigh. He regrets ever opening his big mouth as he starts to play the next video. The video immediately starts with Izuku, now in his Swampert form, looking at the camera and sighing.
"If I knew I was gonna grow this big, I would make the camera bigger," Izuku complained, earning a snort from everyone. "I'm gonna be honest; I ain't expecting the townsfolk to record our battle with Primal Kyogre. And now it's in the memory files and I can't delete it because I forgot the delete function."
"You guys weren't joking..." Kamakiri mutters in disbelief.
"Wait, since when Mantis is here!?!" Bakugou exclaims.
"Oi! Do I look like a girl to you!!?" Kamakiri yells.
"Wrong Mantis, you dumbass!" Bakugou yells.
"Anyways, so I manage to recover quickly, but I ain't getting out of the battle unscathed." To emphasize his point, he lifts his right arm, fully covered in a small scar. "I overdid it with my Liquidation and Ice Punch combo, which leads to some frostbites. But, with everything that happens, gotta take the risks."
"So, that explains the scar. I mean, I doubt he walks unscathed when he pulls a Saitama on the Kyogre." Kaminari mutters. "Also...I'm neither gay or scaly, but...damn...he's hot."
"..." None of the girls want to say it out loud, but they agree with Kaminari's statement.
"As for everyone, well, most of them are resting," Izuku says, rubbing his scarred hand.
"Which is something you should've done too." Izuku looks to his left, and Pyro makes his appearance, looking at the camera. "I start to think you're a bit obsessed with this."
"I can't sleep, so I decided to start another recording," Izuku says as Pyro hums.
"Well, how about a song? I mean, it's been a while since you started singing again." Pyro suggests as Izuku huffs.
"It wasn't that long ago..." Izuku says before smiling. "But, sure, why not?"
"We gotta hear Kip-Zuku sing again!!" Mina exclaims excitedly, earning a cheer from everyone. Kamakiri looks a bit confused by their reactions.
"Is his singing really that good?" Kamakiri asks as everyone nods in unison. "Okay..."
"Nobody, nobody, nobody (ooh)
Nobody, nobody, nobody
Yeah
I'd take the fall
I got you covered when there's no one at all
Oh, yeah, and I'd stay through the night
When you've got demons trying to break through the walls
There ain't no, no kind of line
That I wouldn't cross if you need me to
You're out here searchin' for signs
So I think it's finally time that you knew
Nobody got you the way I do (ooh)
Whatever demons you're fightin' through
When you need somebody to turn to (ooh)
Nobody got you the way I do
The way I do (woo)
Nobody, nobody, nobody (ayo)
Got you the way I do
Oh, nobody, nobody, nobody (ayo)
Nobody got you the way I do
The way I do (yeah, yeah)
When you've got dark and the night's gets so cold
I'll be on my way to you (oh yeah)
You know I ain't tryna lose you, oh, no
If you're in Hell, I'll go there too
There ain't no, no kind of line
That I wouldn't cross if you need me to
You're out here searchin' for signs
So I think it's finally time that you knew
Nobody got you the way I do (ooh)
Whatever demons you're fightin' through
When you need somebody to turn to (ooh)
Nobody got you the way I do
The way I do (the way I do)
Nobody, nobody, nobody (ayo)
Got you the way I do
Oh, nobody, nobody, nobody (ayo)
Nobody got you the way I do
The way, the way, the way I do
Nobody got you the way I do (woo)
Nobody, nobody, nobody (ayo)
Got you the way I do (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Nobody, nobody, nobody (ayo)
Nobody got you the way I do
The way I do
Nobody, nobody, nobody, yeah (ooh)
Nobody got you the way I do."
As Izuku stops singing, Pyro looks at Izuku before clapping at him, earning a slight blush from Izuku. As for the audience, it was a silence before it was broken by a pair of sobs from two manly dudes.
"I-It was the most beautiful song we ever heard." They say in unison. Kendo tiredly sighed; she was so done with their shenanigans that she gave up.
"That was awesome," Pyro exclaims. "But, then again, it's you."
"T-thanks..." Izuku mutters. Pyro sighs before smiling softly.
"You can face to face with Legendary with such confidence, but there's none when it comes to your singing?" Pyro teases as Izuku huffs.
"Well, you could just sing another song?" Pyro suggests as Izuku deadpanned.
"You just want me to sing, aren't you?" Pyro merely gives him a shameless grin as Izuku sighs in amusement. "Fine, this is a more old song."
"Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
When you call my name, it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour, I can feel your power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there
I hear your voice
It's like an angel sighin'
I have no choice
I hear your voice
Feels like flying
I close my eyes
Oh God I think I'm fallin'
Out of the sky
I close my eyes
Heaven help me
When you call my name, it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour, I can feel your power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there
Like a child
You whisper softly to me
You're in control
Just like a child
Now I'm dancing
It's like a dream
No end and no beginning
You're here with me
It's like a dream
Let the choir sing
When you call my name, it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour, I can feel your power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there
When you call my name, it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour, I can feel a power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there
Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
Just like a prayer (oh-oh), your voice can take me there (oh-oh)
Just like a muse to me (oh-oh), you are a mystery (oh-oh)
Just like a dream (oh-oh), you are not what you seem
Just like a prayer, no choice your voice can take me there
mmm mm
(Just like a prayer, I'll take you there) I'll take you there
(It's like a dream to me) whoa oh-oh-oh
(Just like a prayer, I'll take you there) I'll take you there
(It's like a dream to me) oh yeah, oh yeah yeah yeah yeah
(Just like a prayer, I'll take you there) oh yeah yeah yee
(It's like a dream to me) whoa oh-oh
Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there (just like a prayer)
Just like a muse to me, you are a mystery (your voice can take me there)
Just like a dream, you are not what you seem (just like a prayer)
Just like a prayer, no choice your voice can take me there
Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there (just like a prayer)
Just like a muse to me, you are a mystery (your voice can take me there)
Just like a dream, you are not what you seem (just like a prayer)
Just like a prayer, no choice your voice can take me there
your voice can take me there
(Your voice can take me there) just like a prayer
(Just like a prayer)
(Just like a prayer)
(Your voice can take me there)
(Just like a prayer)
(Just like a prayer)
(Your voice can take me there)
(Just like a prayer)."
"Whoa...not expecting a song like that..." Pyro says in awe. "But, still amazing!"
"Thanks," Izuku says with a smile. "Been dealing with a lot of things, and singing helps clear my stressful mind."
"That's the reason why you can't sleep, isn't it?" Pyro asks as Izuku rubs his head Mareepishly.
"Yeah, sorry for keeping you awake," Izuku says as Pyro shrugs it off.
"Bah, you may have evolved, but you're still the Izu that I know. You overthink things." Pyro comments.
"Guilty," Izuku says while sticking his tongue out playfully, causing Pyro to chuckle.
"...he's hot and cute, how is this fair!? No one stands a chance against him in getting the boys or girls!" Kaminari wails as everyone feels their pride stabbed by a poisoned knife, wincing at the cold facts.
"Please, shut it, Joltik!" Bakugou growls in annoyance.
"So, how do you feel about what happened after the battle?" Pyro asks.
"You mean the moment everyone collapses out of mental exhaustion and the injuries that are ineffectively healed because we're outside of the dungeon, or the fact that we got a telepathic message from Xatu who told us a giant meteorite, that is also the source of all the natural disaster happens around the world, will fall in 72 hours at this continent and we gotta ask Rayquaza, who's the older brother of two most psychotic Legendary Pokemon, to help us destroy the meteorite to prevent a real-life simulation of Ancient Pokemon Extinction?" Izuku asks as Pyro can only nod yes.
"...Wait, what?!?!?" The audience yells in unison.
"Another one!?!?" Momo exclaims in disbelief.
"Horikoshi, this is too much!!" Iida yells in horror.
"Give the poor guys a fucking break, you cosmic psycho!!" Bakugou yells in exasperation.
"How did Dekiru remain sane?" Ochako mutters in surprise.
"Are we gonna talk about how everyone almost died because the healing in the real world wasn't as effective as in Mystery Dungeon? Is that why in the game, we got kicked out of Mystery Dungeon when we died instead of died?" Kaminari exclaims in horror.
"...once this is over, we get a long-ass vacation." Izuku deadpans as Pyro laughs and nods. He refuses to complain, especially when he and his team get little to no break.
"...Hey, Izu. Once we solve the issue regarding the natural disaster, does that mean Ian will go back? Nova did mention he was summoned because he wants to help and save the Pokemon world." Izuku froze at that before hesitantly nodding. "...do the others know?"
"...not sure..." Izuku sighs.
"What about you?" Pyro asks.
"I doubt it. My situation was a complete accident, so I doubt it works the same way." Izuku says before petting Pyro. "Besides, I got you and the rest of my family here, I don't think I can stomach the fact that I left you guys..."
"...I wish I could've met you sooner in my early life," Pyro mutters as he holds Izuku's hand, his eyes are misty. "Your existence in my life is a miracle itself..."
"Hehe..." Izuku smiles before pulling Pyro into a hug.
"...fuck, this scene is so sweet it's giving me diabetes..." Kamakiri mutters quietly, unable to handle such a sweet scene.
"I already got diabetes watching scenes like this daily..." Sato mutters.
"And yet despite that, you keep eating more sweets." Bakugou deadpanned.
"Let's get some rest...I feel the exhaustion hitting me." Izuku says as he yawns, followed by Pyro.
"Yeah, I'm tired..." Izuku turns off the camera as everyone pouts in disappointment.
"...Iida, add singing and drama to our list of Cultural Festival Activities," Momo says as Iida nods immediately before taking out a notebook similar to a certain protagonist and writing it down.
"...fuck, even four eyes..." Bakugou mutters as he rubs his forehead.
"Next video!" Momo exclaims as Koda nods and presses the next button. The camera shows Cobalt and Sally on the camera screen before moving back.
"Are we sure we're gonna take this with us?" Cobalt asks with a raised eyebrow.
"Sure, why not? It's not every day we're going to Sky Tower. Recoding everything will make things memorable!" Nova exclaims from the background.
"You never go to Sky Tower?" Sakura asks in the background.
"Legendary Pokemon's Domain isn't something you can enter so easily. The only possible way to get in is through the mystery dungeon acting as the gate preventing any Pokemons from invading other's domain, and that applies to fellow Legendaries." Nova explained. "The mystery dungeon that guards the Legendary Domain isn't easy to get through, that's why I never go into any of them, not to mention entering alone is not recommended."
"Is that why Kyogre went after me instead of his brother? Because he can't just swim into his brother's domain." Izuku asks.
"Not exactly, it's still possible to invade other Domains, but Kyogre was too lazy," Nova explains.
"What about you?" Izuku asks.
"I may be Mythical, but I'm the youngest out of all. Unless I enter with a group of Gold Rank Rescue Team or Irregular Ranks like you guys, I won't be able to enter the dungeon so easily," Nova says, denying the fact that they're strong.
"I-Irregular...?" Izuku mutters.
"You didn't notice? Out of every rescue team, you and your teammates have the most achievement in a short amount of time." Nova says. "It's a new rank made official by the Rescuer Head Commission after hearing our adventures."
"E-eh!??!" Izuku was in disbelief before a newspaper flew towards his face. He grabs it and his eyes widen in disbelief. "Y-you're kidding me!?!?"
"What did it say?" Everyone asks out of curiosity. Izuku immediately crushed it into a ball before tossing it away, much to everyone's disappointment. Nova seemingly gave him a teasing smirk, earning a glare from Izuku.
"Guys, come on, the item's ready." Pyro says as everyone gathers near Alakazam along with Xatu. At the center, there's a glowing green gem floating anove the ground.
"This is it? The item requires for us to teleport into the Sky Tower?" Izuku asks as Alakazam nods.
"Yes, with all the collective Psychic Energies from Psychic Type Pokemon like us, it allows us to crystalize its energy and create an item capable of teleporting a group of Pokemon." Everyone stares at the crystal in awe.
"Of course, we won't be able to do it without a certain Pokemon's help." Xatu exclaims before looking around. "Oh, my, he already left."
"Who is it?" Blaze asks.
"We didn't get a proper good look at the Pokemon, especially since we've been doing it since dawn. The sky's too dark to see their face properly, and we're too focused on the crystalization," Xatu explains Mareepishly as everyone faces fault.
"This wasn't...tampered, right?" Izuku asks as Alakazam shakes his head no.
"No need to worry, young mon. I have checked to make sure about it. Also, you can only bring 5 Pokemons. That is the limited number of people since we only created this in such a short time." Izuku nods before looking at everyone.
"Izuku."/"Izuku." The Pokemons and audiences say in unison.
"Way to add more pile on my work, guys." Izuku dryly replies, earning a snort from everyone.
"Then, Pyro, Ian, Nova, and Sakura," Izuku says immediately as they all nod. "Cobalt, Blaze, and Sally, I trust you all with dealing things this side."
"Wait, why did he say that?" Kaminari asks in confusion.
"Perhaps to keep an eye on Team Meanies," Nedzu suggests, sipping his tea. Everyone nods in agreement before they blink multiple times and yelp in shock. "And he's smart at his choice, Cobalt for his immunity to Poison, Blaze for the firepower, and Sally to counter Gengar's and Medicham's Psychic."
"..." Momo nonchalantly sips her tea, so done with the insanity.
"I-if that's right, then why not Nova instead of Blaze?" Kaminari asks.
"With Nova, an unnecessary conflict may be avoided thanks to their familial ties with Rayquaza," Nedzu said as they all nodded in agreement. "Also, two fire types specializing in raw powers will create an imbalance on the team."
"True," Momo says with a blank smile.
"Alright, just wait for us. We'll deal with this quickly." Nova says as they and the rest of the group gather near the crystal. It glows green for a moment before the screen turns static.
Everyone blankly stares at the screen, waiting for a surprise. But, instead, the static turns completely black. Everyone takes a deep breath.
"OH COME ON!!!!"
To be continued