"Y-you say that the villain had multiple quirks?" Naomasa muttered in shock as he read the documents of the previous villain.
Shouta nodded as he drank his coffee and looked at his phone. "And one of them was a mutant quirk. It's a good thing it wasn't a troublesome one though."
"It's still jarring." The raven-haired detective put his hand on his forehead as he read the folder, his eyes widened when he looked at the quirks. "Kotake Miura. That's rare for a dual quirk wielder to be a villain. Is there a reason for his actions by any chance?"
"He and his partner were trying to kidnap a quirkless girl. Snipe barely noticed them chasing her." Shouta said as he put down his phone and took another sip of his coffee. "As for Miura, he could not provide a lot of information. My guess is he was doing a contract job since he was not informed about anything but his mission which is to retrieve the girl."
"This complicates things because that means that there is a mastermind that is carefully trying to avoid being caught." Naomasa grimaced as he massaged his forehead with his fingers. "Just when I thought we have a breakthrough, we barely made half a step."
"Snipe was doing an investigation with Vlad King and they seem to notice a pattern." The teacher in black said as he pointed to the file that Naomasa had. The detective turned over the page to see something that made his eyes widened. "What?"
"Whoever this 'mastermind' is seems to have a preference. They are very specific with the quirkless people that they are going for. They are looking for young quirkless adults or teenagers. Basically, what you consider as someone in their prime. The elderly quirkless folks in the area are not targeted at all." Shouta explained with a grim expression. "At one hand, this is good but on the other...if this continues-"
"-then in no time, they will try to go after the ones that are admitted to UA." Naomasa pieced together before he lifted his gaze to the ceiling with his arms crossed and let out a frustrated sigh. "That's not good. We need to improve on the security around this area. Especially since a good portion of the quirkless population of Japan is around here due to UA college being the only university in Japan that admits them."
"Got it. I'll see if I can follow them to any leads." Shouta said before he got up and drank the rest of his coffee. "Anything on your end?"
"No. Even with All Might on board, we're able to keep the kidnappings to a pause but we can't get to the source of the issue." Naomasa said with his hands together. "That's a good idea. Keep searching. We need all the info we can get."
"Got it." Shouta said before he finished his coffee and got up, getting ready to leave the room. "I'll have to inform Nezu to increase UA's defense system."
Nodding in agreement to the underground hero, Naomasa was left to his lonesome in his office, his arms crossed as he read the documents before checking the map of the area that had several dots in the places that the incidents happened. "I just hope that we get somewhere with this. But every time they are attacked, it's like they vanish into thin air so it's possible that the person they're working for has some form of a teleportation quirk."
Looking at the map, he picked up a cup of coffee when his eyes widened in realization.
'Hold on. How does the ringleader know the whereabouts of the quirkless people? Even though they cannot use their quirks, you cannot exactly differentiate the outside differences between someone with a quirk and someone who does not.' He thought as he looked through the population records of the people in the area, not seeing the ones for the quirkless within the records. 'It's not here. The people taking the records do not count quirkless people as one but instead put them in a different report. This means that the person could either have a scan or X-ray quirk or they could be a part of the government.'
Naomasa said before he made a call to someone, a bead of sweat coming down his face.
'I hope Nezu makes sure to keep on his guard. This will be troublesome if my hunch is correct.'
It was another day at UA university as Izuku and his friends were enjoying their lunch and having a conversation, now with the addition of Itsuka, Monoma and Yosetsu.
"Ouch!" Izuku was rubbing his aching arm as he put an ice cube on his wounds, Yosetsu and Monoma doing the same to get some relief.
"You guys really need to work better at using your quirks." Itsuka said at the three boys of class 1B, getting groans from them.
"Says the class president that does not need any prerequisites to using her quirk." Monoma mumbled in frustration, getting a nod of agreement from Yosetsu. Itsuka enlarged her hand and flicked Monoma on the forehead. "That's no excuse, Monoma. When you're going against an enemy-"
"-don't expect a fair battle. I know." The blonde cut her off as he ate his food. "Say that again when you are going against someone who doesn't make it hard for you to use your quirk."
While Itsuka and Monoma were arguing, Izuku could barely take out his notebook with his trembling arms as he put it on the table and opened it. While he was reading and taking notes, he noticed Denki generating lightning from his fingers.
"Hey, Zuku. You got any notes on my quirk?" Denki asked him as he put his hands together and parted them, lightning emitting between them before dispersing. The blonde said as he pointed his finger at his empty water, managing to shoot a small bolt of electricity that hit the bottle.
"I know I can shoot my lightning better but Mr. Aizawa said I need to do better and find a way to make my quirk more versatile." Denki thought aloud, Kyoka nonchalantly holding his hand and putting her phone in it for him to charge the device. "I don't know what else to do apart from creating an electric armor. Maybe an electric sword could work…"
"Why don't you try infusing the lightning on your hands? It would double as defense and offense and you don't have to accidentally hit anyone. Plus, your punches are strong so add lightning into the equation and that would be a devastating combo." Izuku pointed out while eating a melon bread.
Denki thought about the situation before he looked down on the ground, his eyes slowly widened as he thought about the idea before he put his head in his palm. "Seriously, that's so simple! Why didn't I think of that?"
"Because you're an idiot." Kyoka said emotionlessly. Izuku, on the other hand, was still looking in his notebook. "I guess it's because you're more thinking about the flashiness of the move over its effectiveness."
"That's...you might have a point there." Denki thought.
"Oh, found it! Here." Izuku then handed him his quirk notebook which the blonde checked into. "Like this? It's a rough sketch but you can get the gist of it."
"Oh, that's actually pretty cool. I could incorporate that. Is this like a stun touch? That's impressive." Denki said when he saw a sketch of him using his electricity on his arms. Kyoka was surprised as well when she looked into the book before she decided to speak her mind when she saw drawing of her quirk with speaker-like objects. "You're actually onto something there with this gear. I was thinking of doing some mini speakers but creating vibrations through the ground with my heartbeat could work. Like a heartbeat wall or a sound wave."
"I'm taking this! You alright with that, Zuku?" Denki said with a smile on his face, Izuku shrugging absentmindedly while Kyoka was taking her page. "Go ahead. I just do it out of hobby."
"Thanks, man. Oh, Mr. Aizawa is gonna be shocked!" Denki said in a giddy mood, Kyoka nodded as she took hers. "I might need to give our resident mechanic a visit. Speaking of which, where is she?"
"Hibernation." Izuku and Hitoshi said in unison, the latter deciding to explain. "She has an exam next week so she shut herself in the workshop. Not even Zuku or chocolate could get her out of there."
"She's alright though. I frequently check on her to make sure she's eating food and taking care of her hygiene." Izuku chimed in.
"Hygiene?" Ochaco asked with a raised brow before Hitoshi and Denki put their hands on her shoulders. "Before you ask if it can be that bad. Yes, it can."
"Oh." The brunette looked at her food in disbelief. "Ohhhhhhhh."
"Anyways, I might need some gear especially with our next classes." Denki said which got Hitoshi's attention. 'Next classes? What does he mean by that?'
While they continued with their conversation, Izuku's eyes were glued to his book as he read through the pages showing his quirk information as he tried to come up with new ideas on how to utilize his quirk until he heard someone.
"Zuku!"
"Yes!" Izuku jumped out of his chair and fell out on his butt, getting a laugh from his friends. "What happened?"
"Take a break." Hitoshi said to Izuku before he noticed the tired look on his face. "You're starting to look like our teacher and that's not a good thing. What are you doing?"
"Oh. I'm just looking at different ways to use my quirk." Izuku answered as he continued to read his notebook. Hitoshi looked at his notebook before he noticed a picture with him using the bat. "I always wondered. What happened to the bat you were using?"
"Yeah, you were so cool with it! What happened?" Denki said, nudging the groaning verdette until Monoma decided to speak. "We're doing quirk training so we are prohibited from using support gears and weapons."
"Seriously now? That's unfortunate." Kyoka commented while listening to her phone.
"Right! You class 1A guys are so lucky! You get to use support gears and weapons. We're stuck with quirk training, it's only one time. ONE TIME that we got to use support gears! Hell, we could only use one!"
"It's that bad, huh?" Ochaco asked, getting a sigh from Itsuka.
"Yeah..." She said, taking a bite out of her bento. "It's a sad life. Can we swap teachers please? I know he wants to boost our quirk potential but still...there's so much we can do with seeing Midoriya pass out for the umpteenth time."
"It can't be that bad." Izuku said before Yosetsu put his hand on his shoulder. "Midoriya brother. You passed out 8 times this week...and it's Thursday."
"Well, Class problems...and teachers aside, am I the only one that realized that the teachers have been...on edge lately?" Toru asked with her arms crossed. "Heck, he's been very tired as well. Dude did not bother taking attendance."
"Now that you mention it, Mr. Aizawa was dozing off a lot during our hero practice classes. He was out of it." Mina putting her finger on her chin. This caught Izuku's attention before he spoke. "I mean, he has been on night watch for the past few weeks along with his Mr. Hikigane."
"How do you even know that, Midori?" Mina asked the question that everyone had wanted to ask the verdette.
"Hero Watch. It's a website that is known to find any recent hero events." Izuku explained nonchalantly, much to his friends' surprise. 'He does it through a regular website?!'
"Ok..." Ochaco said while scratching his cheek nervously. "But that doesn't explain you knowing their activities but how can you even identify their quirks?"
"A...well educated guess?" Izuku shrugged.
"The wise words of the Quirk Guru! His skills cannot be replicated." Yosetsu said while bowing to Izuku who had a deadpanned look on his face.
They continued with their conversation until their lunch was finished, the group dispersing as they went to their respective classes.
As the students of class 1A changed themselves and went to the P.E. grounds, Hitoshi looked around as he adjusted on his gauntlets and scarf while he along with the rest of the classmates waited for their teacher.
"What do you think Mr. Aizawa has for us today? He said we should be extra prepared for today." Ochaco whispered to the purple-haired young man who looked around the place for anything different. "Dunno. He's one to just surprise us out of nowhere."
"Alright, class!" Shouta said as he approached them with two older students behind him. Everyone looked in confusion at the two students, one of them being a girl of medium with pink hair who had a small smile on her face and the other being a tall, silver-haired girl who has a pocky in her mouth.
"These gremlins are your seniors. The second years of the Hero Courses. Well, some of them, the rest are doing internships right now." Shouta explained in a frustrated tone, the seniors waving at the students of class 1A. "Hello!"
"Internships?" Momo repeated.
"The more important question is: Why are you calling them gremlins?" Tsuyu asked curiously which got an annoyed groan from their teacher and snickers from the seniors.
"When you reach second year...that is the time when you get to work with heroes on missions. Based on your performance, UA will allow you time to have on-the-field experience with those heroes. These are called internships." Shouta explained to Momo before he turned to the rest of Class 1A.
"Also, these...troublemakers used to be my students last year. They have graduated from being problem children into being gremlins." The man said as he gestured to the second years. "Introduce yourselves, gremlins."
"My name is Mawata Fuwa. Nice to meet you all!" The pink-haired girl said as she played with her earrings and adjusting the long sleeves of her uniform.
"Tora Yukimura. Sup?" The silver-haired girl said with her arms crossed, the students shocked by the numerous scars around her muscular body. Tora had a star mark on the middle of her forehead, her cold gaze made almost everyone froze in fear.
What caught everyone's attention was that Tora's arms and legs were covered in fur, her ears were on the top of her head and lastly, a white and black striped tail coming from the bottom end of her U.A. P.E. uniform. She wore her U.A. blazer open which showed a black undershirt with the logo of the face of a cat with the colors of a tiger on the middle of the chest.
'Those ears look like tiger ears. A mutant quirk...like Shoji and Tsuyu?' Ochaco thought as the woman's eyes went to her which made her frightened before she bowed.
"Alright then, get yourselves ready. For this exercise, you will be facing your seniors. Think of it as a little test to show you what I expect you to strive for at the end of the year." Shouta said as he provided red headbands to Mawata and Tora. "The objective will be to take the headband off your seniors' head."
The seniors put a red headband on their heads and then stretched their bodies, some of the students being confused by the lack of seniors.
"Are you sure that two seniors can deal with us?" Shoto thought aloud which made Mawata laugh. Everyone's eyes laid on the pink-haired woman who wiped a tear from her eye before she went to the field.
"Trust me, it's enough. You don't know the difference in experience and skill between me and all of you." Mawata said with a confident grin as she gestured for the juniors to come onto the field. Shouta let out a sigh before he called for half of his class to go onto the field, Katsuki, Shoto and Eijirou being some of them.
"First match will be you lot against Fuwa. Fuwa, deal with them. Yukimura, take care of the rest after Fuwa is done. You have 10 minutes." Shouta yawned before walking away, leaving the students on the battlefield. As the match started, it was only silence as Mawata stood in front of the kids with her hands on her hips.
Seeing that none of her juniors is making a move against her, Mawata was surprised before he gestured them to her. "Come on, guys. Let's go. Don't be shy. You can come at me at any time. I don't have all day."
Seeing his senior's mocking gesture, Katsuki started gritting his teeth as his palms let out small sparks. "The hell is this? I have to fight her with them! I can take her on alone!"
"Oh! We have a tough guy here. Alright, you can go first. By yourself. The floor is all yours." Mawata smiled before she tapped her fluffy earrings. "Just make sure to take it easy, alright? I just did my hair."
"DIE!" Katsuki said before blasted himself forward, going for a punch. His punch made contact with air, the blonde noticing the pink-haired girl twirling beside him before she winked at him. "Gotta say, you're quick."
"You're annoying!" Katsuki screamed as he unleashed an explosion but Mawata moved out of the way, this time yawning before she began to laugh mockingly. Hiding his shock, Katsuki went over her before he aimed his palm at her face.
"DIE!"
He detonated a strong explosion at the girl which covered the area, the shockwave pushing everyone back.
"Damn. He's not pulling any punches." Eijirou said as he covered his eyes from the shockwave.
"Shouldn't we help?" Ojiro said, seeing Mawata dodging Katsuki's strikes before he heard Tsuyu speaking behind him. "He asked for this though."
"Although, I don't agree with him not taking help. Bakugo is smart by going all out." They all turned to Momo who had her arms crossed. "He's fighting against an upperclassman. He can't afford to make any reckless decisions."
"That's Bakugo for you. He's either all in or all in." Sero said before he saw another explosion occurring which caused another cloud of smoke. As the smog cleared, Katsuki jumped back, focusing his attention on where his senior is before his eyes widened in shock when he saw a wall of cotton in front of him. "How on earth?"
"Woah! That was a strong explosion there." Katsuki heard a voice that surprised him before he noticed the cotton wall getting smaller. Mawata emerged from the cotton, stretching herself as the cotton morphed back to her earring. "Had some power behind it. I didn't think my cotton shield could work. Good thing I had my earrings today."
"She can create a barrier to block my most powerful explosion!" Katsuki was extremely surprised until he let out a feral grin. "Perfect..."
Mawata was surprised by this behavior until she noticed a barrage of ice spikes approaching her which she dodged with a backflip. "Woah!"
She could not get time to recover when she ducked a laser beam from Aoyama before noticing Shoji getting close, dodging his punches until moved out of the way which caused Shoji and Sato to slam into each other. She then noticed Mina and Sero coming towards her, tapping her earrings which spread cotton around her before she sat down while it blocked their attacks.
"What the? Not even my acid can get through this." Mina said as she attacked again. Katsuki dashed towards the veil and unleashed an attack on it which barely did anything. "What kind of bullshit?!"
"Woah! Her veil is strong! To be able to handle Bakugo's explosion, Todoroki's ice and Mina's Acid...that's terrifying." Ochaco stated, Toru and Hitoshi nodding in agreement before the latter. "Is there cotton strong enough to withstand Ashido's acid?"
"Trust me. That's not normal cotton." Tora answered, her presence surprising the students of Class 1A as she leaned on the wall. "Mawata created a cotton solution that can be able to withstand intense heat and acid. Well, normal acid though. Ashido's acid seems to be more potent."
"So, the gremlin has finally found a way around her weaknesses? Good work. She is learning." Shouta said before he heard a click which made his eyes widened, the man turning to see Tora quickly putting her phone in her pocket.
"That better not be a recording." The man glared at the silver-haired woman who looked away with a whistle and a slight blush on her face before the man got up, his eyes glowing. "Yuuukkiiimuuuurrraaa~"
"C'mon. You hardly give us compliments." Tora whined under her breath which shocked everyone when they noticed her falling to the ground, making some of the female classmates realize. "That's adorable."
"I don't give compliments. If you want one, go to another class or teacher." Shouta said before he noticed Tora checking on her phone and playing a recording.
"Although Yukimura seems a bit aloof and cold, she is a hard worker. She is taking time to understand her quirk and she is aware of her surroundings and weaknesses. Give her some time and good gear and she will become an excellent heroine. That is my assessment on her. She will be a perfect intern for your hero group, Mandalay."
Everyone's eyes turned to Shouta who let out a sigh before he walked away. "Don't misunderstand. I just made an honest assessment of your abilities. Keep your head in the game for your turn, Yukimura."
The man heard a few giggles and chuckles from his female students which made him pinch the bridge of his nose. 'These problem children of mine.'
Meanwhile, during the battle, Mawata was sitting in the middle of the cotton dome she made as she took a deep breath.
"Teach got some strong ones this week. Plus, my juniors got a lot of spunk. Well, I don't have enough time to stay in here." She said with a smile as she noticed a part of the veil burning. She rolled up her sleeves to show a bracelet that has several needles and a roll of thread on it. "Never thought I had to use this. One should be enough."
Mawata pulled out a needle and put a thread through it before she put it in between her fingers with a smile. 'Let's see how they deal with this.'
Mina managed to burn through part of the veil until she noticed a wave of ice spikes coming towards the shield, the girl moving out of the way as she turns to Shoto.
"Todoroki! Warn a girl next time!" The pink-skinned young woman yelled but Shoto ignored her, deciding to freeze the cotton and destroy it. 'That should take care of her.'
As the smoke cleared, they all noticed that Mawata is nowhere to be found within the dome, much to class 1A's surprise.
"Where did she go?" They all looked around in confusion. Katsuki looked around before he noticed pieces of cotton on the ground.
"Idiot! She's right behind you, Peppermint!" Katsuki's voice echoed through the place, Shoto turning around to see Matawa's face in front of him.
"Aren't you cute? Trying to prove yourself." She said, pinching his cheek and patting his back with a smile. "But you need to be careful. I just got my hair done."
She then retreated, dodging a bomb from Katsuki who unleashed a barrage of explosions that she dodged before he went around her and shot a blast that pushed her back, clicking his teeth when he noticed the cotton shield on her arm. "Damn it!"
'Yeah. He's got spunk. A lot of spunk. I need him to spice it up.' She thought as she went for a kick which the blonde dodged by propelling himself into the air with an explosion.
"What's wrong? Don't want to lose to a girl?" Mawata commented teasingly which angered Katsuki. "Screw off, Polyester!"
"You could've just called me Cotton." The woman said before she blocked a laser from Aoyama, looking up to see Sato coming towards her with a punch that she dodged before covering his body with cotton. "One down."
Mawata then focused her sights on Aoyama, dashing towards him at an astonishing speed before he covered the laser quirk user in cotton in seconds, turning to the rest of the students. "Two down."
Seeing Katsuki rocketing towards her, the pink-haired woman shot several balls of cotton that the blonde evaded until she moved her fingers in the air which did not unnoticed by the explosive quirk user.
'What is that about? Hmm.' Katsuki thought as he chased Mawata who waved her hand in the air. 'She's doing it again.'
Reducing his speed, Katsuki prepared himself as he looked around for any projectiles until he noticed the girl was about to attack him with a hand swipe but he dodged before he quickly aimed his hand at her. The spiky-haired blonde grinned as his palm glowed intensely. 'Checkmate. You're done!'
"I don't think so." Mawata said, a smirk coming across her face before she adjusted her fingers and pulled her hand to the side. "Todoroki! Be a dear and shield your senpai!"
Katsuki was confused by what she said but he still launched an explosion at her, the blonde smiled until his eyes widened in shock at what he saw in front of him. In front of him was Shoto whose body was covered in burns, his body stationary in the air.
"Damn it! She got me!" Shoto gritted his teeth as he tried to move his body. Everyone could only watch in surprise as Mawata used the ice user as a human shield against his classmates' attacks, the ones watching the battle in complete shock.
"How on earth did she..." Mina muttered.
"She made Todoroki her puppet! Is that her quirk? I thought it was the cotton that was her quirk."
"Hmm, interesting. How does she activate it?"
Katsuki noticed Shoto struggling against Mawata's hold until he unleashed a blast of cold wind, managing to free himself from her hold before he spun around and sent a wave of icicle spikes that Mawata barely avoided.
"Out of the way, Peppermint!" Katsuki shouted as he went above Shoto and blasted himself towards Mawata who threw a string at the blonde who dodged the attack. 'Huh? A string? Is that how she controlled Peppermint?'
Katsuki tried to attack the pink-haired woman who moved her fingers again, slamming Sero into the blonde which sent them onto the ground.
"How did she-? Sorry, Bakugo." Sero apologized before Katsuki kicked him off him and then lunged at Mawata. During his assault, the blonde was surprised by the speed and flexibility of his senior as they fought around the battlefield.
Barely dodging a slap from the girl, Katsuki then checked his clothing which made him grin as he lashed at her. "Guess it has to touch my clothing for it to work. Alright...'
Before he could attack her, he was suddenly sent into the air before he was slammed into a wall, knocking the wind out of him.
'What the? How did she get me? She didn't even touch me.' Katsuki thought as he was sent to the ground.
Seeing the situation, Momo was completely surprised as she watched the explosive blonde being thrown around the place like a ragdoll, his body slamming into his teammates.
'How is she able to do this?' Momo wondered as she saw Mawata's display of her quirk. 'I would deduce that it's cloth-based but she was able to do that little move with her earrings. So, some form of cotton quirk then?'
As they continued to watch the battle, Tenya squinted his eyes. "Am I the only that realize that something is tangled to Bakugo's shoe?"
"What do you mean, Iida?" Denki asked. Seeing Tsuyu trying to kick her but failed as Mawata knocked her down with Ojiro's body, Tenya adjusted her glasses. "When she slammed Sero into him, she strapped a string around his shoe which made her throw him into a wall."
"Hmm." Momo hummed while doing a thinking pose. "And she can make her earrings bigger…does her quirk give her the ability to change the size and malleability of the things she touches?"
"Close." Shouta said while he was watching Mawata wrapped Ojiro, Tsuyu and Mina in cotton. "Just keep watching."
"Well, eight down." Mawata said before he turned to Shoto and Katsuki and stretched her arms. "Two more to go."
Katsuki lifted himself from the ground, coughing before he glared at Mawata who fought against Shoto. The blonde was about to attack before he calmed himself down by taking deep breaths and using out a stress ball and letting out a few explosions onto it. 'Alright, think. How the hell did she do throw me around like that?'
Katsuki looked around his body, inspecting himself which confused the other students. After a while, he felt a string by his shoe, pulling the string to see that it is leading him towards Mawata who stopped Shoto's ice with her cotton shield.
'So that's it…' Katsuki grinned before he let out a spark that burnt the string.
Taking deep breaths to calm herself, the blonde sped towards Mawata at the speed of a bullet and then unleashed an explosion that the pink-haired woman barely dodged. Aiming his hands on the ground, he shot himself over Mawata before trying to land a kick which she blocked. Dodging and blocking Katsuki's attacks, Mawata noticed Shoto shooting a barrage of ice spikes which she stopped by creating a field of cotton.
"Oh no, you don't. Be a good kid and stay on the floor." Mawata said before she moved her fingers, making the red and white-haired teenager float into the air before slamming him into the ground and then covering him in cotton. "Play with some cotton, it's comfortable."
She then blocked a kick from Katsuki, grabbing his leg and then punched him in the chest as he unleashed an explosion that pushed them away from each other. Shouta was surprised by what happened before he noticed Shoto breaking out of his trap and went for an attack.
"She's ready." Tora said which got everyone's attention as both Shoto and Katsuki rushed after Mawata.
'It's time!' Mawata smirked as everyone got out of their bindings and rushed towards her, a needle coming back into her hand before she put it between her fingers. Mawata observed all of her opponents before she wrapped a thread of cotton around her fingers.
"Here is my finisher! Keep your eyes on me, Mr. Aizawa!" She yelled, getting a roll of the eyes from Shouta. "Get it over with."
"Special move! Weaving Style: Twill Weave Binding!" Mawata yelled while she thrusted her hands to the side. Before any of the students could attack her, several twill patterns appeared on their clothing which made them frozen in their tracks, much to everyone's surprise. In front of her was a growling Katsuki whose hand was merely inches from her face, the girl flicked him on the nose before she happily waved at him. "Bye bye."
"Fuck!" The blonde yelled when the girl balled her hands into fists which caused for him to be pulled back. Without warning, the rest of the students were pulled back until they collided into each other, some of them getting knocked out as they all got wrapped into a twill-weaved rope, much to their surprise.
"What the hell?! Get this off me!" Katsuki yelled as he thrashed within the bindings before he noticed Mawata approaching them with a needle in her hand.
"Nice job. You actually got a hit though. I need to do better." Mawata said as she tapped Katsuki on his head before she looked at her P.E. uniform that is burnt. "This was my favorite shirt too."
"Match is over." Shouta announced before he walked beside Mawata who was undoing her juniors' bindings, surprising her when he lightly tapped her head with his book and glared at her. "What kind of display was that? You should have been more aware of your surroundings. That one hit may cost your life. I see you're still lazy as ever."
"I learn from the best." Mawata smiled at Shouta, getting a groan from the grumpy teacher as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "I should've expelled you."
"But you didn't." Mawata poked her teacher on his shoulder, Shouta turning to see his class 1A students snickering and giggling quietly at him.
"Yukimura, it's your turn!" He shouted to the silver-haired girl who approached the field, Ochaco, Hitoshi, Denki and the rest of the class facing her. Katsuki sat down at the side, an angered look on his face as he looked at Tora. 'She doesn't look like much. However, she has some intensity in her eyes.'
"Match start!" Shouta announced.
"What's the plan, Momo?" Ochaco asked as she put up a battle stance, Momo nodded as she took out a wooden sword. "Yeah. We need to spread out. Kaminari and Jiro, I need you both to stay back and attack from long distance. Ochaco, take the middle along with Shinso and Toru. I'll go onto the frontline as we test out what she can do and exploit any weaknesses she has."
As Momo continued to explain her plan, Tora threw away her U.A. jacket as she gritted her teeth, everyone shocked when they saw her beginning to transform.
"What the hell?" Kyoka could only mumble those words as she saw the silver-haired woman gritted her teeth as her muscles begin to bulge. Tora's teeth began to grow bigger and pointier, her arms getting bigger as white fur started to cover them. Her fingernails transformed into claws as she crouched on the floor on all fours, the woman growling as her nose turned into the snout of a tiger. Everyone could only watch in awe and shock as Tora's voice started to distort, her pupils turning into slits that seemed to strike fear into the students of 1A.
In front of them was a huge, silver-haired humanoid tiger that glared at them, its mouth drooling as it slowly approached them.
"Oh boy!" Toru said as her body turned invisible.
"Anyone got animal repellant?" Denki joked nervously, getting his answer in the form of a pinch from Kyoka. "We need to focus, Denki. Pull out the full voltage if things go south."
"Yeah! Got it!" Denki agreed as they prepared themselves for Tora who let out a powerful roar that managed to stun them.
Before they could blink, Hitoshi's eyes widened when he came face-to-face with Tora, the tigress' claw just inches from his face. Eijirou quickly went between the two of them, taking the hit that sent him flying across the field and out of the gym.
"Holy shit! That's gotta hurt!" Sero said, Mina immediately running out for the redhead.
"What a powerful blow!" Tsuyu stated.
Taking advantage of the situation, Hitoshi went for Tora's headband but it ended in failure when she grabbed his hand and glared into his face which made him a bit scared.
"Shinso!"
Noticing Momo and Toru about to attack her, Tora leaped over them before using she swung her tail at them which they dodged. The silver-haired tigress then felt something wrapping around her neck, looking down to see a black cloth before she noticed Hitoshi pulling the binding cloth with all his might, making her lose her grip on him before he hopped on her back. Tora then took a blast of wind to the face, Tokoyami and Tenya about to attack her but she vanished before knocking out the two of them.
Ochaco rushed towards the white tigress, going for a punch that Tora dodged before retaliating with two slashes that the Zero-Gravity user nimbly evaded with two backflips. When Hitoshi was able to stop the tiger woman, the brunette let out a terrified sigh as she clutched her chest. "Woah! I thought I was a goner thereeeee!"
She barely dodged a claw swipe from Tora before she decided to retreat, leading the tigress towards Denki and Inasa who were preparing their quirks. As soon as Ochaco leaped into the air, Denki took out his taser and unleashed a blast of electricity but Tora quickly dodged the blast, much to everyone shock.
This got Katsuki's attention as he leaned up in his seat. 'She's fast enough to dodge lightning! Most of us could only block or redirect Sparky's electricity! Not even Four Eyes!'
"Woah! She's fast!" Denki shouted in surprise before he noticed a claw in front of him, his body generating lightning which Kyoka noticed before she told everyone to run. "Move! Denki about to go on full discharge."
"Indiscriminate Shock-" Denki said as the lightning brimming from his body caused his hair to spike up everywhere, showing his full face. Katsuki noticed a few scars above the Electrification user's face before Denki exploded into a burst of lightning.
"-Full Voltage!"
Inasa brought everyone into the air to avoid the arcs of lightning, everyone watching for the results of the attack as it covered the entire battlefield. As the electricity subsided, everyone watched as Denki was walking aimlessly around the field, a blank look on his face as he held up two thumbs up.
"Wait. Kaminari is right there but where's...Yukimura?" Momo wondered as she looked around her, including above her but she saw nothing.
"Welp! They're done!" Mawata said while she was adjusting her earrings which caught her juniors' attention before Mina decided to ask while she was tending the wounds of an unconscious Eijirou. "Why is that? She could be sent out of the gym like she did Kirishi."
"Trust me, she's not. Mr. Aizawa knows too." Mawata said as she turned to Shouta who was watching the fight with an indifferent expression. the pink-haired woman looked at the field with a calm expression as she spoke again. "When Tora gets serious, there's no one that can stop her!"
Within seconds, Momo noticed Tora right behind Inasa, the wind user unleashing a power blast of wind that hit the tigress but she grabbed the cloth around her neck and threw Hitoshi into the wind user, sending them both into the ground. Before they both could get up, she slammed her feet into them, knocking them out before she turned to Momo and the others who landed on the ground.
"We need to-"
"What?" Momo and the other turned around to see half of their group on the ground unconscious, Tora standing above the pile of bodies.
"What were you going to do?" She said, her rough voice causing fear to erupt in the students that she is facing. "Don't freeze now. Mr. Aizawa will give you a bad review...and his words hurt."
As Tora lunged at them, Momo blocked her with a shield, Ochaco, Inasa and Toru rushing to fight the woman who readied herself to pounce on them until she heard a loud sound that made her ears hurt.
'What is that?' She thought before she turned to see Kyoka who had a small speaker box connected to her boots that her earphone jack is plugged into. 'Damn it! That hurts!'
Despite being disorientated by the sound wave, Tora blocked a kick from Toru and a punch from Ochaco, Momo rushing in to hit her with a staff but she grabbed by the tigress' girl tail and was thrown into the two girls. Quickly recovering and staying invisible, Toru took out her daggers and went on the attack but it failed when she was knocked back by a powerful kick that sent her flying into a wall, the girl fell onto the ground unconscious.
"Toru!" Ochaco said before Tora grabbed her and Tokoyami before slamming them onto the ground which made them lose consciousness. Knocking out everyone, Tora then turned to Momo who faced her with a shield and a sword. "You're the last one left."
Tora rushed towards Momo who blocked and dodged her attacks, the young girl trying to find any openings as she observed the tigress' attacks.
'She's powerful! Her attacks are so powerful. Even in this state, her attack pattern is not standard but organized. I need to stun her...somehow.' Momo thought as she was being pushed back. Her eyes widened in realization as she created several riot shields before slamming them into the ground and hiding behind them.
"Alright, I have to do this quickly." Momo said as her skin around her arm started glowing.
Everyone watched in anticipation, Mawata a bit curious before she noticed what the girl is doing. 'She's a smart cookie.'
As the shields were destroyed, Tora saw Momo who was grinning as she had a flashlight in her hands.
"Say cheese!" The girl said as she turned on the flashlight which unleashed an intense light that blinded the white tigress as she rubbed her eyes, much to Momo's delight. "Now!"
Momo quickly created a long staff from the palm out of her hand, taking off the headband off Tora's head before she pulled it towards her.
"She got it!" Mina cheered along with everyone, Katsuki shaking in anger and embarrassment that Momo managed to do something that he could not. Shouta hid a smile as he watched the girl going after the headband.
'Yaoyorozu. Truly a girl with a steady head on her shoulders. Making excellent plans, great observation skills and has very good combat skills. Even as everyone turned this exercise into an all-out brawl on who can beat their senior, she kept true to what the exercise is about.' The teacher said as he folded his arms before his smile fell. 'However...'
Before Momo could touch the headband, it disappeared which surprised her as she turned to see Tora. The tigress' eyes were focused on her before she vanished, shocking Momo.
'...Yukimura is the same as her. Although her quirk makes it look like she is unstable and acts like an animal, she does that on purpose to confuse her enemies.' Shouta said as he watched Momo take a strong strike to the stomach which made her fall to the floor unconsciously.
"And the exercise is over." Shouta announced before he made the medical robots take care of any students that has any injuries. After everyone was taken care and tended to their wounds, their teacher walked in front of them with their seniors beside him as he looked at them.
"Well, you know I'm going to say that you all failed with Yaoyorozu being the closest. However, I'm not disappointed. This exercise is to show you all on what you should be fighting like at the end of the year." Shouta then put his hands in his pocket before he put his hands on Mawata and Tora's head.
"Listen up. You guys will be training with your seniors for the next two weeks for them to help you with any personal endeavors that you're too embarrassed to ask me about." Shouta explained, ignoring Mawata who was nonchalantly making his shirt puffy. "As a hero, you need to use any weapon you can to ensure the safety of the people around you and be able to subdue the villains."
"Huh? But why for two weeks? Seems like a weirdly specific amount of time." Momo asked curiously with a raised brow.
"Well, apart from your senior's being busy around this time, we have a cross reference lesson with Class 1B in the next two weeks." Shouta explained as he checked his phone. "So, we need to prepare you for that time. Alright?"
"Yes sir!" Everyone nodded before Shouta decided to dismiss class for the day, ignoring Mawata puffing his shirt and Tora filing her nails. As they left, Shouta parted them with a few words that caused some of the students to turn to him.
"Remember, class. Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard. So, make sure to train and earn your worth to being a hero."
What he said infuriated Katsuki who gritted his teeth, Momo, on the other hand, noticed that Shouta gave her a proud nod before she felt a hand from Kyoka who gave her a thumbs up.
"He said 'good job'. Well...whispered." Kyoka whispered which surprised the class president as a smile went across her face. "Thanks."
Some of the students heard their conversation, looking back at their teacher who was picking up their equipment with a bored expression on his face.
'So, he's not always grumpy. Just like our seniors said.'
"How was your exercise today?" Ryo said as both him and Katsuki are in the guidance counselor room. Katsuki scoffed before he rested his head on his knee. "It was...alright, I guess."
Ryo noticed the blonde's frustration before he let out a sigh. "What's wrong? Did something annoy you? I know that at this time you will be meeting your 2nd and 3rd year students."
"Pixie hair! She was..." His hands tightened into fists. "...annoying. She was so laid back but she was...being a nuisance. I hate that it took me so long to get a hit on her and I can't even call that a hit."
Seeing Katsuki being frustrated while looking at his hand, Ryo got up from his seat and paced around the room. "So, you're meeting your match? It makes sense since they have more experience and training. It's expected."
Katsuki was angry when the man said this as he took out his stress ball and let out an explosion onto it before he spoke. "What match? She just caught me off guard. Next time, I'll crush her."
"Hmm. So, you don't think you need to work on anything?" Ryo said, leaning on the table. "Your quirk? Your fighting style? Your behavior?"
"Tch! I'm a natural. Why should I bother? I'm strong, I just need to get a feel of the situation!" Katsuki said before he remembered the words from Shouta which made the blonde upset. Ryo noticed Katsuki's change in behavior before he let out a growl. "It looks like something is on your mind. Care to share?"
"Oh, it's just Mr. Aizawa saying something about hard work and talent." Katsuki said with a conflicted expression as he gazed at the ceiling. "If a quirk is useless for hero work, it's useless. But their quirks...they were able to do so much with it despite it being useless. The pink-haired girl...her quirk seemed to be around cotton or something and she's able to so much with it."
"Hmm? That sounds like Fuwa. Trust me, she did not have it easy. She had it just as bad as Midoriya." Ryo raised a brow before gesturing the blonde to continue.
"I'm strong but she was able to beat me easily with such a weak quirk...all I could only get one hit...that pissed me off." Katsuki said as he took out his stress ball and let out a barrage of explosions onto it. "I knew she was my senior and everything but I was not expecting...that."
"Not everything goes as planned, Bakugo. You're gonna experience some hicc-"
"I'm Katsuki Bakugo! I don't make mistakes! I'm awesome!" Katsuki pointed at himself proudly. His eyes twitching which made the guidance counselor let out a sigh.
"This is reality, Bakugo. There is no such thing as a perfect person."
"Explain All Might then! That man is a god amongst men and if I tend to outdo him, I have to aspire to be the same!"
"And who told you that your behavior was acceptable? You need to work on your behavior. Your pride. Your temper. These are essential to reach the number one spot."
"THAT'S COMPLETE BULLSHIT!" The blonde gritted his teeth in anger before he let out a powerful explosion onto his stress ball. "Who cares about who I smile to in the crowd? As long as I win my battles, that's all I care about! It's all about the results anyway!"
Hearing Katsuki's words made the beast man very skeptical as several thoughts went through his mind.
'That mindset, it reminds me of a certain someone.' He thought as he looked at a picture of one of the alumni, particularly at one that showed a red-haired man with flaming eyebrows. Ryo then decided to open his mouth and ask the first question that came from his head.
"Do you have parents that give you a lot of freedom?" Ryo asked the question which got a chuckle from the blonde.
"Please, my mom is on my ass 24/7. Anything I do, she has to know and she's always on my hair." Katsuki said with his arms folded, looking to the ceiling. "She and Dad don't even give me the time of day."
"Are you sure that it's not because of your behavior?" Ryo asked with a raised brow, getting a sneer from the blonde.
"What are you talking about? I'm awesome!"
As Katsuki said that, the guidance counselor tried his best not to roll his eyes. 'Sure~'
"So why would they be like this to you if your grades and...behavior is so good?" Ryo asked in a curious tone. Hearing the question, Katsuki was about to tell until he thought about the question, his silence surprising the guidance counselor. "Did you do something wrong before?"
"I don't know." Katsuki answered silently and honestly as he looked at his reflection in his tea.
"You...don't know?" Ryo questioned, Katsuki shaking his head.
"When did they started to get harsh on you?"
"Not really sure." Katsuki mumbled, taking a minute to think before he opened his mouth. "I guess since I was between 13 and 15 years old...something like that..."
'So around middle school...' Ryo deduced while making notes. 'What happened in his middle school days?'
"How was middle school?"
"Nothing to write home about. It was meh!" Katsuki answered honestly before he looked at the ball in his hand. "Middle school was boring. Nothing exciting. The only thing odd was a few accidents that happened that caused the school to shut down."
"A few incidents?" Ryo was shocked by this before his eyes squinted. 'Nezu did say that the school shut down a few years ago. It makes sense that he was there at the time.'
"Yeah. Something that had to do with one of the student's parents filing a complaint. Apparently, one of them was gravely injured or something like that and sued the school." Katsuki explained in a nonchalant manner, much to the surprise of his guidance counselor. "After that, it's just only Aldera High School now."
"Wow. That must be a shocking event for you back then. Seeing that you have friends in middle school."
"Not really. Those extras aren't even in the same tier as me. Who would want to hang out with them losers?" Katsuki said before his eyes lowered to the ground, a melancholic expression on his face which did not go unnoticed by Ryo. "You alright, Bakugo?"
"Yeah. As I was saying, at the time, I got transferred. My parents changed work and came here in Honshu." Katsuki explained before he scratched his head. "Like I said, nothing noteworthy. You were expecting a superhero backstory or something?"
"Not really. Maybe a little incident that made you think 'With great power comes great responsibility' or something like that?" Ryo joked which got a chuckle from Katsuki which surprised him. "Someone has a sense of humor."
The blonde realized what happened before his face turned into his classic sneer. "I don't know what you're talking about."
A hand went on the blonde's shoulder as he looked up to Ryo's face. "There is no problem in admitting your weaknesses and throwing down your guard. There is a time and place for everything. We want the best for you. None of us hate you or are looking down on you. We see your potential and we want you to work towards it or even beyond. Just make sure to promise me that you will be an amazing hero...and one that treats people with respect."
"Pfft! I'll be the best hero and don't you forget that!" Katsuki said before he heard the alarm went off, signaling the end of his session. Putting his hands in his pockets, Katsuki stomped out of the room before he remembered something about that incident that made his brows furrow. 'Now that I think about it, Deku was absent around that time. Weird.'
Meanwhile, at the other side of the campus, Izuku and his group of friends finished their training as they have prepared themselves to go home.
"Zuku, man. How do you function?" Denki said as he massaged his arms. "Does your body have a limit?"
"He does." Hitoshi answered before he smacked Izuku's arm which make the teen flinch. "It's his quirk. That green vein thing is new though."
"I don't know. From what I've seen so far, it makes my arms feel like they're on fire." Izuku said before he checked his phone. "And Ms. Uraraka and I have to work after this."
"Yaaaayy." Ochaco weakly lifted her hand. "Work."
"YO, DEN!" A voice called to them, the group turning to see a woman running towards them.
She had spiky, reddish hair and reddish-brown eyes with a few piercings on her ears. As she walked up to them, the group all noticed that she was dressed in the UA Hero Course uniform and that she had a huge black and yellow bow strapped to her back.
"Hey, Den! How are ya?" She waved at them, everyone confused except Kyoka and Denki, the latter having a scared expression on his face as his mouth muttered. "S-sis?"
"Sis?" Everyone repeated before the woman wrapped her arms around Denki's neck and choking him, ruffling his hair with a grin.
She then looked at the others with a grin before hugging him. "You have been so cold to me! Haven't even paid me a single visit? You know Mom's been worried about you?"
"Uncle...uncle..." Denki could barely say the words as he patted the woman's arm.
Everyone watched the two in silence for a while before Hitoshi decided to speak. "So, who's the redhead?"
"The name is Yuyu Haya! I hope my little brother hasn't caused any issues for you." The woman named Yuyu raised her hand in a salute before she let go off Denki, much to the blonde's relief. "Oh, sweet release! Air has never tasted so good!"
"Judging by the uniform, you're a part of the hero course but we have never seen you before." Tsuyu stated, Denki deciding to answer her question. "That's because she's a third year. She's been busy with doing hero work."
"He's not putting himself in trouble, right?" Yuyu whispered to Kyoka who nodded with a thumbs up. "He's been a good boy. I'm keeping an eye on him."
Izuku blanked for a while before his eyes gleamed in excitement, Hitoshi and Mei knowing the expression too well as they pulled everyone out of the way as he rushed towards Yuyu.
"You're the rookie heroine, Thunderbolt! You are so cool! Especially with your takedown of the villainess Magne!" Izuku said with sparkling eyes as he took out his notebook and a pen.
"Never thought I would meet a fan here." Yuyu said before she took the notebook and pen and wrote her signature. "Sure, kid. But I wouldn't call it a takedown, she got away so we're doing a widespread search for her."
"You know her, Midoriya?" Mina asked, getting a nod from the verdette. "She's one of the new heroes on the scene. The Archer Hero: Thunderbolt! She often does team mission with the heroes Lemillion and the heroine Surge!"
"She changed her name again, it's Swirl now!" Yuyu let out an exhausted sigh.
"Seriously?! Last time, she went with her actual name." Izuku scratched his head as Yuyu gave him back his notebook.
"I can never understand what goes on in Nejire's head." The redhead put her hands on her hips before she heard an alarm from her phone. "Well, I gotta run! I'll see you guys later! And Den, visit us already!"
Everyone watched as Yuyu left them, the group waving at them before turning to Denki and Kyoka who let out a long sigh.
"You have a lot to explain." Mina said as she and Toru wrapped their arms around them. "A lot."
The two let out annoyed sighs as they continued down the road before Denki and Kyoka shared a displeased glance when they felt the auras of Mina and Toru, the two sharing the same thought.
'This is gonna be a long day.'
Mawata's Quirk: Cotton Weaver
Mawata has control of any cotton she comes into contact with. No matter what the form is.
Tora's Quirk: White Tiger
Tora quirk gives her all the abilities a tiger has and more. She can also transform her entire body into that of a white tigress. However, after she cannot quickly revert her body into her human form.
For anyone who is wondering, in the MHA series, Mawata Fuwa was one of the students that Eraser expelled but he immediately got them back into the hero course. She's a second-year student or...a third-year student in UA since class 1A is pretty much class 2A in the war arc. They never have a quirk for her so I made my own. Also, for Kaminari, when he uses his Indiscriminate Shock: Full Voltage move, he kinda looks like his beta design.
Enigma out!