Welcome to the next chapter!
Rikku Kaitani; Thank you! Yeah, a good bit was shown last chapter, also setting up some stuff to come. Yeah, he managed to meet a good few people. Himiko and Katsuki are becoming very odd friends together~ Thanks for the vote. Yeah, pretty surprising huh~? Yup, that's how it happened. Glad you liked their conversation. Yeah, their would be some interactions between the Angel parent and their son. Yeah, it'd be up for a vote, Annihilation Maker could be yeah. Thanks very much!
Jose19; Thanks, glad you liked it. If you mean the poll, then it didn't win the poll, all other Sekirei stories I've done are still up.
ShadowUzumaki55; Thanks! Yeah, Leo was apart of it, and All For One has done something. Yeah, Leo's met a good few people for sure. That's Katsuki for you~ Leo did yeah~ Himiko's pretty excited right now for sure~ Yeah, he'd tell if people ask. Lady Nagant's going to become quite important pretty soon.
Silver crow; Thanks! Yeah, Leo was there for sure. Leo became public for a different reason for sure. He is pretty famous yeah. Tsuyu got pretty close for sure. If Toru had any on, Leo would've mentioned it. Yeah, Leo finally met his gaming buddy. Glad you liked it. Inasa and Leo do yeah. Ooh yeah, Himiko won the game and she was excited. I can't spoil it, but what All Might and Leo said last chapter, is going to be more elaborated on in future chapters, for now, All For One did 'something' to Leo that day, what that something is we shall see. Yeah, they're pretty aware it could be him. Lady Nagant did yeah, she's going to have a fun time in the story. Leo did yeah. They could do yeah. Its a shame Himiko died in the end, I expected it as well, but still sad. That'd be cool for the movie events. I think the endings good for what it is, I wish some stuff was elaborated on more, but leaving the characters off in this way seems like a good move on Hori's part. I'm surprised Dabi's hanging on still with all he went through, but it was nice to see one last Todoroki family moment. Yeah, surprised those two out of all are still alive. I could see Monoma doing that yeah. I could see Katsuki being like that yeah. Lady Nagant could do yeah.
Guest 1; Thanks! Here's the next chapter!
Djinn; Thank you! Momona can copy the Quirk, and I believe he does get the knowledge on how to use it, but he doesn't have the refined abulities that Leo has with his Quirk so he'd not be nearly as effective as Leo or Star is with it.
Guest 2; Thanks very much!
Guest 3; Thank you! Thanks for the harem suggestions. Yeah, its gonna be quite fun~
Momo fan; Glad you liked it! Yeah, he got to meet a fair few people. Himiko's having a blast. Lady Nagant's got a fun role in the story.
Mrgamerandwatcher; Thanks very much! Glad you like it so far! Thanks for the harem suggestions!
Guest 4; Sato and Koji are the ones replaced.
With those reviews finished, its time to start the chapter!
Chapter 6
Leo had been attending U.A. for a few days by this point, and on Katsuki's request, he was walking with her after school to her house.
While walking, Leo felt a chill go down his spine.
His eyes look around, going across the rooftops, and saw for a moment, a flash of indigo that vanished behind a building.
"Hmmm…"
"Something up?" Katsuki asks.
Leo shakes his head. "No, thought I saw…never mind. Guess its nothing."
Leo looked at the building once more, wondering if his experiences with the monsters had left him on edge or something, though he did ponder since he didn't feel any killing intent, if there was anything to worry about.
As Leo thought about it, he noticed a few kids looking at Katsuki, and giggling while coming from the opposite direction, causing irritation to grow on her face.
"Erm, why are those kids giggling at you?"
Katsuki's eyes snap to the children. "Because they like angering teenagers!"
The kids let out cries, and run off.
Leo hums as he puts his hands behind his back. "So what was that about?"
"Ugh, last year there was this Villain that captured me, and Deku of all people comes to try and rescue me, gets himself in danger of course, then someone came to save us." Katsuki looks to Leo's eyes intensely, who tilts his head. Shaking her neck, she sighs, as they continue on. "Anyway, come on, lets go. Daylights burning."
Leo looks at the sun in the sky, then shrugs, and follows after her, as they casually chat about various things, including the current levels they were in the games they played together, and more than that, getting to know one another more.
They eventually found themselves at her home.
When he walked in the door, Katsuki's mother, an older version of her, shot for Leo. "When Katsuki said that she knew Golden Boy, I didn't believe it! But wow, you're here! You're very handsome in real life, I can see why Katsuki likes you~"
Leo chuckles lightly, while Katsuki glares with irritation returning to her eyes. "Thank you very much~"
"Ooh when Katsuki told me she was in class with you, and was friends with her online this entire time…" Katsuki's mother, Mitsuki, adopts sad eyes, while Katsuki's own flare. "Y-You see, my daughter is quite aggressive, I worry for her, and her potential partner in the future. But if her partner is Golden Boy, then I think it would be the best…please take care of Katsuki for me~!"
"What the hell are you actually saying!?" Katsuki snaps.
Mitsuki shines her smile. "What? I'm helping you."
"I can do it on my own!"
"Good, I'm glad! I just want you to be happy!"
Leo scratches his cheek, as a mother daughter stand off happened before his very eyes.
Though it was clear from their interactions that Katsuki and her mother did seem to care for one another.
"Anyway, I can't believe my daughter knows Golden Boy~ I remember when my daughter first got your-"
"Quiet!" Katsuki coughs, and quickly snags his wrist, pulling him away while Mitsuki looks amused.
Making it to her room, Leo and Katsuki sit on the bed, while Leo examines her room. He could see the All Might love immediately, from the posters, to the figurines, she was an avid All Might fan, not that he could blame her, since he was one as well.
Then he noticed something to the side of her bed, partially hidden between her bed and bedside table.
He looked towards it, as he thought it looked familiar. "Hey, I think your calendar fell down."
Katsuki became speechless as Leo reached for it.
But she quickly intercepted, and grabbed, forcing it into a drawer. "That's nothing to worry about."
Leo adopts a cool smile. "You don't have to be embarrassed if its an All Might calendar. I have one too, and one of my Mom."
"Yeah, that's what it is. Guess it was just a little embarrassing, had it since I was a kid."
Leo snickered, and pulled out his wallet, showing Katsuki a trading card of All Might. "My first ever one, got it signed by him, I'll never forget that day."
Katsuki lets out a laugh, and goes to her draw, pulling out a similar card. "Need to get this one signed by him."
Leo pursed his lips in thought. "Well, I'm sure he'd sign it for you, he's a pretty cool guy. Unless you're shy~"
Leo's light teasing ignited a growl, with a small smirk on her lips. "Yeah right!"
Leo and Katsuki begin to laugh together, while continuing their conversation about various things.
But then they came to a topic that surprised Leo when she asked it.
"What do you think about Deku?"
Leo hums in thought. "Izuku-kun huh…well, I don't know him that well, he seems determined, but breaking his body like that can't be good."
"I didn't even know he had a Quirk, it makes me wonder if all this time he had a power, and he was, lying about it or something."
Leo knew why Izuku had the power, but Katsuki didn't, so he did his best to divert her worries, knowing All Might didn't want One For All becoming common knowledge.
"What would he gain from lying about it? Maybe he's always had it, and didn't know how to use it, I mean it breaks his body even now, so it must be difficult to wield…which from what I can assume from you not knowing, that's probably the more likely."
Katsuki thought that was plausible. "Makes sense. He still bugs the hell out of me."
"What bugs you about him?" Leo questioned softly.
Katsuki lets out a small breath. "Ever since we were kids, he's always followed after me, trying to be a Hero. I never thought it was possible, a kid without a Quirk can't be a Hero. Now he has a Quirk…to be honest, its weird, seeing Deku's strength, it surprised me."
Leo could feel something conflicting within her, so he gave her the space. "Well, if you ever wanna talk about it, I'd happily listen."
Katsuki nods in thanks. "Anyway, I'm sure you've had a lot of people follow you like that, right?"
"Well, when I was a kid, I was just like everyone else for the most part, but when I was outed to the world as Star and Stripe's son…well, lets say they didn't want to stick around anymore."
Katsuki raised a brow. "Why not?"
"Being Mom's son, as soon as they found out, at first they became awe-struck and would follow me kinda like how you said Izuku-kun did, but eventually some became jealous, some became unsure if they even could speak to me, or for other reasons, and all just didn't want to speak with me anymore. So, I didn't have any friends anymore, with a few and far between exceptions, like Shoto-chan and Momo-chan, and of course you~"
"Endeavor's kid huh. How'd you meet her?"
Leo thought back on their meeting, recalling his first ever meeting with Shoto.
"That day when I first met her, it was the first time I came to Japan, that I remember. I think I was around four or just turned five, something like that. My Mom was touring Japan, saying it'd be good to exchange between America and Japan, though secretly I think she just wanted to see All Might~" Katsuki snorts. "That's when I first met Endeavor, and his daughter. She was, and still is, a bit of a stoic girl. But I really liked her, because I remember her saying my hairs like the sun, and she liked it."
"Huh, who knew that Icy Hot was like that."
"I-Icy Hot?" Leo inquired.
"Gotta be that for a nickname. Speaking of gotta be, I want to have a match against you."
Leo could hear the passion in her voice. "How come?"
"I've seen your strength, how you beat that Muscular guy. I want to see where I come up to currently, because I plan on becoming Number One, and you're strong enough to be a good challenge for me."
Leo smiled, remembering himself as a kid saying something similar to his mother.
He always wanted to be like her, but he wanted to be even stronger, so she could rely on him as well as him rely on her.
"I think I know where we can go. If you'd like to follow me~"
Katsuki was thrilled to hear it, and left with Leo.
They arrived at a training field of sorts, in a secluded area, Leo used it to train thanks to All Might allowing him to have a safe place to train.
Katsuki looked around the gym training field, and found it to be what they'd need to have a good fight with one another, so she pulls her hands together, as mini explosions begin going off all around her digits.
"This'll do. I want to see what I can do."
Leo shoots high into the air, having his strength based rule always active, and lands on the opposite side of the arena of sorts, his feet digging into the ground as he pushed his hands out in front of him, getting into a combat style reminiscent of someone who had been taught to fight in the military.
"Ready when you are, Kacchan."
Katsuki smirked, and thrusts her hands down to the ground. "Lets do this!"
She used her explosions to jettison herself off the ground, and high into the air.
Leo smiled, putting his hand out, murmuring "The air will harden into five cubes half my size." and when the hardened cubes of air were formed, Leo used his incredible strength, propelling one of the cubes through the air at incredible speeds.
Katsuki could feel the air changing, and saw it coming for her, she thrust her hand towards it, and detonated a strong explosion, the shockwave causing the cube of hard air to shake but didn't break, and nailed her in the stomach, propelling her back.
"Hah! Hah! Hah!"
Leo kicked the cubes into the air, and fired them off towards Katsuki.
Recovering in the air, Katsuki thrust her hand down, as she saw the wall behind her denting and the sound of shattering rang in her ears. She timed her movements with the way Leo kicked and propelled the air cubes towards her the best she could, but better said than done, as they moved so swiftly it was hard to see.
She managed to avoid two more of them, which impressed Leo as he knew Heroes had been hit by them before, yet Katsuki showed fierce dexterity and speed.
The second to last one managed to hit her arm, knocking her off course, and she lands on the ground with a thud, and rolled to her feet.
"Ugh…" She grits her teeth, as she looks up, seeing Leo kicking towards her, and the air cube glimmering under the lights of the training gym, so she places her hands down into the ground.
She unleashed a few powerful explosions, stronger than the ones she had used until that point, and caused the ground to shatter, along with smoke to rise up, leaving Leo unable to see what was going on with her.
So he waved his hand out, dropping the air cube rule, and mutters "The air 50 meters in front of me shall form a twister." to get the smoke out of the way, and the air begins to twist, dragging all of the smoke with it.
But Katsuki wasn't there, surprising Leo.
That's when he caught a glimmer up in the air, and saw Katsuki barreling towards him, being as quiet as possible.
"Smart, used that as a diversion for not only me to miss you, but to propel you in the sky." Leo was impressed, dropping the twister rule, and placed his hand out. "The air before me shall harden."
He formed a solid air barrier, that Katsuki slammed her hand against, detonating an explosive force. He could see the air barrier shaking, her explosions were pretty good, but not strong enough currently to get through, and Katsuki knew that, her eyes looking up and down as she pounds the barrier.
"I don't know what your Quirk does, but its clear it can use the air somehow. But you've also got super strength. I've watched the videos of you fighting, I watched them all."
"You did?" Leo was surprised she would want to.
"When I first saw you, I had to admit that I thought you were cool. Someone that I wanted to meet, and you're not disappointing me either."
Katsuki slams her hands down, detonating an explosion, that propelled her up, and above his barrier, Leo smiling as he could see she couldn't break the barrier, so she quickly switched tactics, which he found impressive.
Leo with vigour, turns to see Katsuki coming in with her strong fist.
He throws his own, yelling "Starlight Smash!" and slams his fist against Katsuki's, who detonates her strongest explosion at the same time.
Katsuki grits her teeth at his strength, as she was repelled away, powering through her explosions, thinking "If she trains them more, they'd be lethal." with a grin growing on his face.
She flips in the air, landing on the ground, as Leo yells "Starlight Break!" slamming his hand down, causing the earth to break under his fist, while sending a linear shockwave of debris and rubble right for Katsuki.
She pants, throwing her hands out, and releases her strongest explosion, matching Leo's shockwave enough to divert its path from hitting her.
But then Katsuki saw Leo jump up into the air, and bounced off the ceiling, jettisoning himself right for her body, swirling around, and his foot raised high into the air, as she begins pulling back, knowing she couldn't take a direct blow from him.
"Starlight Wave!" Announcing that, Leo's foot embeds into the ground, barely missing Katsuki, and blew up the ground.
Unlike the other linear debris and rubble wave attacks, this one was more about creating a shockwave all around his body, catching Katsuki up in the eruption, firing her away from him through the air, but not before she aimed her hand out towards him, and released an explosion.
He wondered why she'd do that, when he saw on the ground, some of her shirt containing her sweat on it, smiling to himself as he crosses his arms over his body, taking the explosion head on, stronger than it was before.
Katsuki skids across the ground, breathing hard, as she saw the black smoke of her explosion rising up into the air.
"That wouldn't work, I know it wasn't strong enough, Leo!" Katsuki yells out.
Moments later, the smoke vanishes, as she sees Leo swirling his arms around his body, moving like a tornado, to dispel the smoke.
She saw that her explosion had ripped his shirt in places, exposing his well toned upper body as well as some scuff marks across his body.
When she saw his toned body, she couldn't deny that he looked pretty attractive, finding herself turning a little red faced.
Leo's smile shined. "I was wondering how you were able to detonate your explosions, and why during the fight, they seemed to get stronger. Now I get it, you're using your own sweat, aren't you? On your shirt you left behind, it contained your sweat, and mixing with your fired explosion, enhanced the power, and as you fought, you'd sweat more, which would increase your power."
"No wonder you're called Golden Boy. You're right, my sweat is like nitroglycerin, it can explode away from me if detonated like with an explosion from myself or something else that ignites it. Thought it would be good to leave behind, and it seems if my explosions were stronger, it could've gotten through." Katsuki mused.
Leo breathes out, as he pulls forward, seeing Katsuki signaling the match was over, since it was only a workout.
"You were great, it was pretty interesting to see you fight Kacchan. Smart, tactical, strong, very good~"
Katsuki adopts a small smirk. "Tell me, how did you get so strong?"
Leo smiles softly. "Training my ass off for most my life. Hard military training, my Mom's training and mental training. I suppose you could say I was groomed to be strong by those that govern America, similar to how the Hero Association does for Japan."
"Must be tough to have those expectations on you from many people."
"Ever since I was young, I was told I would have to be like a shining star, someone that others could look up to, feel safe, and truthfully, I want to be that for people, so when they look at me, they know I'll be there for them." Leo pulls in close, so close that Katsuki could see his dazzling brown eyes up close. "I think you've got incredible potential to be strong Kacchan. I'd like it if we could train together again."
Katsuki begins to laugh. "Yeah, I'd like that. I've got to improve my explosions, so I can break those air barriers."
Leo skips back, and flashes a small smile. "So, don't know about you, but man I'm craving some food. Got any suggestions for some good places to get some grub around here?"
"Heh, there is a place I do like, it sells good spicy food."
"I could go for spicy food, lead the way~ Ooh yeah, we're gaming tonight, right?"
"Damn straight we are." Katsuki smirks, and begins walking off, Leo followed her, and swiftly grabs his bag, pulling out his blazer since his shirt was now destroyed by Katsuki, to cover up his body.
Then he and Katsuki enjoyed a good meal together, all the while from a fair distance, Lady Nagant's keen eye was right on Leo's form.
She watched Leo sometimes glance around as if looking for something, or more precisely, someone.
Watching him like a hawk, she adopts a small smirk. "He's aware someone's watching…but he doesn't know if I'm a friend or foe…"
Lady Nagant keeps her keen eye on Leo, her face twisting, conflict in her eyes as she gazed at his brown eyes, his golden blonde hair, his handsome face, and his soft smile, she couldn't believe this boy was capable of such power since to her, he looked rather innocent.
But she had a duty to carry out, and was preparing for when she was ready.
The next morning, Leo and his mother had their morning calls and had a happy conversation, speaking about how he had been getting on, how she had been getting on, among other things.
When he finished, he went downstairs, and into the kitchen with All Might, this time he prepared the breakfast, since he said to All Might he wanted to do at least something to repay him for all he's done for him.
So Leo cooked up a good breakfast for them, and sat down together at the table.
"Hmm, this is delicious Young Leo!"
"Thanks, glad you like it~"
While sitting down together, All Might turned to Leo. "I'm going to be running your class today~"
Leo's eagerness grew on his face. "Really? No way, I've been waiting for this! So what are we doing? Or, is it a surprise?"
"Ooh, I couldn't keep this a surprise~! Its going to be the Battle Trials! Though, you've had a fair few real life experiences already, this is going to be good for the other students. So, I have something to ask you."
Leo raised a brow. "Yes, what is it? Need me to go and fight a Villain?"
All Might mused, bringing out his phone, and then held up two pictures on it of him. "Hmmm, modern or retro. What do you think Young Leo?"
Leo snickers. "The class will go wild for the Silver Age costume for sure, you know the one with the cape? Its one of my favourites as well~"
"Ooh, then maybe I'll surprise you all~!"
Leo grins, eating his food at a rather relaxed pace. "You're such a tease Uncle Might."
All Might lets out a joyful laugh. "Isn't that the best kind of way to go about things, Young Leo? Isn't that what you kids say?"
Leo shrugged with amused eyes. "Yeah, I guess we do say stuff like that~"
All Might snickers, and together with Leo, they enjoy the food they were eating together.
When Leo made it to school, he walked towards the doors, when he happened to notice the girl with orange hair walking on by, so he smiles, and goes to greet her, since they weren't in the same class, he wanted to get to know her since she seemed pretty cool.
"Hello, Itsuka-san."
Itsuka turned towards Leo, her lips curling up. "Hey, weeks nearly over. Hows your first week been going?"
"Pretty interesting I'd say, learning a good deal about others around me, and finding it really fun. How about you?"
"I have a few interesting people in my class. Including a girl with vine hair who was called an assassin. Not entirely sure what that was about if I'm honest~"
Leo chuckles a little. "An assassin huh?"
"I'm pretty sure she's not, but when Monoma called her Class 1B's assassin, she didn't seem pleased."
Leo rubs the back of his head. "That's a tough one. And that Monoma guy, he's…intense."
Itsuka nods with a sigh. "He's…ugh, its difficult dealing with him. By the way, heard Eraser Head on your first day did a Quirk assessment test, how was that anyway?"
"Pretty good actually, learned a good deal about my classmates~"
"And no one's said anything they shouldn't? I know from passing, people haven't been sure if they should approach you, or what."
Leo mods slowly. "Yeah, it happens from time to time. I'm glad we're able to approach with one another though~"
Itsuka shares a small smile.
But then a deep frown shows when she sees Monoma coming down the corridor.
"Kendo, what are you doing with the enemy!?"
"What did you just call him?" Itsuka's voice was calm, but her eyes displayed annoyance.
Monoma winced, his shaky eyes turning to Leo. "W-What are you trying to do by luring Kendo away from Class 1B huh? Haven't you got enough in your class without stealing ours as well?"
"Erm…We're just talking."
"Yeah, don't get so bent out of shape Monoma." Itsuka adds, letting out a small sigh at the young man.
Monoma's eyes flare, his finger pointing out towards Leo. "W-Well, we have an assassin that's going to take you out!"
Leo shared a knowing look with Itsuka, who slowly nods her head, as if to say "Yeah, this is what I deal with." and Leo could only offer apologetic eyes, it seemed that she was having a difficult time with him.
Suddenly however, all three of them jump when they heard "I don't know why you called me an assassin, I don't want to take anyone's life." and saw a green long vine haired girl stepping out from behind a pillar, her fingers interwoven, as if she was in a prayer stance.
"A-Ah, good! You're here Shiozaki! There he is, use your assassin…"
"I don't think she likes being called that." Leo observed, seeing Shiozaki's eyes lower a little when Monoma said that.
Monoma chuckled awkwardly. "I, I didn't mean anything bad by it Shiozaki, honest. But you're our secret weapon. You can fight him!"
"But I don't want to." Shiozaki murmurs, as Itsuka sighs, and casually karate chops Monoma in the back of the neck.
He lets out a small voice, as he crumbles down to the floor.
"Nice shot." Leo praised.
Leo's words caused Itsuka to snicker. "Gotta have it to deal with the likes of this guy. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to take this one to class, nice chatting with you Leo-kun~"
Itsuka waved, and walked off, while Leo glanced at Shiozaki.
She looked back at him, tilting her head to the side, as she stares at his golden blonde hair, and then his face, adopting a small smile.
She then looks at his smile, as he approaches. "Nice to meet you, my names Leo Bate."
"Yes, my name is Ibara Shiozaki, its nice to meet you also. I, have to attend class now. Sorry I can't talk."
"Aah, alright. Don't worry, we can catch up later. See you later~" Leo waved her off.
Ibara walks off, and as she does, she looks back to see Leo going to his classroom, her smile growing on her face as she vanishes down the corridor.
Sitting in class like any other normal day a little while later, Leo was interacting with a few of his fellow students, going over various things.
Including what they had been doing during that week, and what they could be doing soon enough.
"Did you know that Monoma guy calls a nice girl called Ibara-san an assassin?" Leo brought up.
Momo tilts her head. "Why?"
"I don't know, she seemed sweet to me."
"Unless she's a secret assassin. In which case, do not worry Leo-kun, I shall make sure she is frozen should she attempt to make a move." Shoto mused.
Leo chuckled lightly at Shoto's imagination, while Momo giggles, while Izuku overhears, and gives a joyful smile.
Katsuki stares at Shoto in bewilderment. "Yeah, because U.A. just lets assassins walk their corridors."
Himiko looks over towards Katsuki, and waves.
Katsuki shudders, not sure how to work out Himiko if she was honest with herself.
As they talked, the classroom door opened, with All Might came rushing through and showed his usual bright smile. "I AM HERE! COMING THROUGH THE DOOR!"
Stepping through with his cape waving behind him, All Might looked like to be in a different costume than his usual one. Leo recalled the outfit, he actually had to wear it when he worked in the Hero cosplay cafe, it was from All Might's Silver Age.
"Ah, I can't believe it's All Might!" Mina pumped her fist in excitement.
"Whoa, he's the Sensei!? Yeah! This is going to be the best year!" Kirishima yelled with just as much enthusiasm as normal.
"Hey look..." Tsuyu brought up, looking at All Might. "Is that his Silver Age costume?"
"It's so retro." Ojiro commented while looking excited to see All Might.
Leo adopts a wide smile on his face, recalling seeing them whenever he was younger and All Might dressed for different occasions, glad he took his suggestion.
Himiko stared at All Might, and released a giggle at the sight. "How cool, love the cape. Maybe I should get a cape?"
Katsuki's eyes turn to Himiko, seeing her smiling happily towards her, causing Katsuki to shudder.
"Welcome to the most important class at U.A. High!" All Might announced, glancing around the class seeing their tilting curious faces. "Yes...as it is the most important...we will be doing battle training today!"
Leo looked rather pumped for this, and he showed a strong expression on his face. "Yeah, lets do it All Might!"
"Love your enthusiasm Young Leo!"
Leo thrusts his fist into the air energetically, something that made some of the others in the class, particularly Kirishima, seem really excited for the next fights as well.
Katsuki looked at Leo and then herself.
Remembering their fight, she wondered how strong he truly was, then she looked to Shoto, wondering the same thing, and finally Izuku, her mind wondering about his Quirk.
Leo then saw All Might show his signature grin. "It is essential that we do battle training today as our first class! I'd like to know your capabilities immediately! You'll also be showing off your costumes, which have already been delivered, so please pick them up, and change into them, then report to Ground Beta!"
Leo couldn't wait to see what his classmates would be capable of doing.
A small time later on, Leo met up with the others in a suburban area, wearing their Hero costumes. Leo could see that each of them had different types of costumes, he saw Ochaco's was very skin tight, with what looked like a helmet, wrist guards, and some boots as well.
Himiko's was basically a school girl outfit, different to the one they usually wore, with a beige coloured oversized cardigan with a lion symbol on the breast, a white shirt underneath, straps on her legs were knives were shown, her main one attached to her skirt. Along with that, Himiko, some kind of machine on her back with retractable needles, and some holders for her different type of blades.
"Nice outfit, Himiko-san."
Himiko giddily looks to Leo. "Really, you like it?"
"Yeah, its cute~"
Himiko grins, pushing her chest forward, showing off her cardigans breast pocket. "See that? Its a lion, its supposed to be you Leo-kun~"
Leo was flattered she would include him into her Hero outfit. "Thanks, that's really sweet Himiko-san."
Himiko skips in place, excitement on her face.
Leo met up with Momo, and when seeing hers, the high-collared, sleeveless crimson leotard with silver lines at her waist and around her arms, which is open to expose her skin from her neck to just below her navel, he couldn't help but blush a little.
"Nice costume, Momo-chan~"
Momo blushes, as she gets an eyeful of Leo's own. "I can see you've decided to blend Japan and American huh?"
"Yup, gotta blend the places I love together~" Leo grins, noticing Shoto coming along. "Shoto-chan, your costumes pretty cool, though…I take it the icy looking part is to cover the fire part representing Endeavor huh?"
Shoto wears a plain off-white shirt with matching pants and boots, with two gold-coloured straps going over her shoulders, which attach to a similar coloured tactical vest, which function as a heater. She has what appears to be a material resembling ice covering her whole left side, even her head with the eye socket glowing red.
"Yes, I thought of it to reject Endeavor."
"Yeah, you've got your reasons. Though it hides part of your cute face~" Leo chuckled.
Shoto hums in thought, then she simply detaches it from her body, showing her full face. "Better?"
"Its up to you Shoto-chan. Though to me, I think you look adorable."
Shoto's heart flipped in her chest. "Adorable, huh…"
Katsuki stared off from the side, as they came out of the small dark enclosed area they were in, and stepping out into the bright lights, All Might looked over all of them pleasantly.
"They say the costume makes the pro's ladies and gentleman!" All Might began with his wide smile. "And behold, you are the proof! Take this to heart, from now on, you are all Hero's in training!"
As All Might spoke, Leo glanced at Katsuki's costume.
Seeing the black, sleeveless tank top, with an orange "X" across the middle. Her black sleeves reach from within his large grenade-like gauntlets to her biceps, with a thin orange tip at the end. A green and orange belt, which carries grenades, holds up her baggy pants with green straps and spiked knee guards along with a black and orange eye mask.
"Your outfits ready to pulverize, isn't it?" Leo joked.
Katsuki smirked. "Damn straight it is!"
Katsuki looked at Leo's Hero costume.
She saw that he was wearing a high collared shirt that was striped red, white, and blue akin to the American flag. Around his waist, a golden belt with a large S written on what looked like detachable grenades on them, gauntlets on his upper forearms that stopped short of the elbows, with stars studded across the wrists, a mask similar to his mothers around his eyes. He wore golden shoes, as opposed to boots like his mother and uncle, a golden trim running up his blue slightly baggy pants.
"Interesting colour scheme." Katsuki commented.
"Gotta admit, I'm pulling from America a bit, though with some Japanese added too, with the gauntlets, and all that."
As he said it, Katsuki's eyes drifted down his back, but stopped as Himiko gave her a knowing look.
"Best friend? Where are you looking?"
Katsuki huffed and turned her eyes away from his body. "Nowhere!"
Himiko then came over, and winked. "What do you think of my knives Leo-kun? Not very Hero like, is it?"
"I think they can be protective, can't they?" Himiko grinned at his answer. "You're good with a knife?"
"Ooh, so good with a knife, been practicing really hard~ And this device on my back…aah, I'm sure it'll come in handy when the right time comes~"
"What is your Quirk anyway?" Katsuki questions the blonde.
Himiko hums, and feigns ignorance. "I didn't say what it was?"
"No, you didn't. What is it? Some kind of physical power? Accuracy like Snipe? Or something else?"
"You'll see when the times right~" Himiko giggles, irritating Katsuki a little. "Anyway, why do you have spikes on your knee? Trying to kill the enemy~?"
"That's what they're for, aren't they?"
"Between my knives, and your spikes, its going to be a good time~" Himiko giggled once more.
Momo in the meantime moved closer, noticing that Shoto had done the same thing.
"It seems that everyone has dressed in really cool outfits. Mine is something that I had to make sure I showed more skin, for my Quirk to work. And I really like yours Leo-kun. I think it suits you the most."
"Thanks~! Glad that you like it~! And yours is really cool too~"
As they spoke, Leo noticed Izuku's outfit, and thought he might be trying to look like All Might…or Mirko, he wasn't sure with the giant antenna like things on the top of his head, making him look like a green rabbit.
Himiko moved closer to Tsuyu. "I think you look super cute! You look totally like a cute frog that I want to cuddle and be with forever and ever~"
Tsuyu gave a nice smile, thanking Himiko.
All Might then thrust his hand to the sky. "Now, it is time for combat training!"
Iida raised his hand. "Sir, who are we to be fighting? I heard before we'll be partnered up! Are we to be fighting robots!?"
All Might was surprised by his forwardness, but at the same time was happy to see such a thing.
"Actually..." All Might began, his eyes dancing between the students. "I am going to be pairing you off, to face one another. Most of the Villain's fights you see on television take place outside. However, more often than not, Villain's fights take place inside of building's, places that you can't cause much destruction. Back room deals, home invasions, and underground lairs, aren't out of the question."
Leo thought that made sense, looking towards his uncle figure curiously.
All Might then continued on, showing more enthusiasm than ever.
"So, you're going to be paired off into teams of two. Then we'll be picking roles for both Hero's, and Villains as I pick randomly through balls in both the Hero's and Villains boxes." All Might showed his grin. "Also, since this is a training exercise, we wont be going for killing shots, but to disable our opponents. And the idea of facing indoors, also has us learning how to fight within confided places."
Immediately Katsuki stepped forward. "So, how much can we hurt the other team?"
"Ooh, good point~ Can we make them bleed~?" Himiko asks, only to get many people looking towards her quizzically.
Leo muses "Two on two huh, pretty cool~" while the others began getting pumped.
Ochaco placed her fingers to her mouth in slight worry. "Do we need to worry about the loser getting expelled like when we were with Aizawa-sensei?"
"Will you be splitting us up based on chance or comparative skills?" Iida added into the conversation.
Shoto looked towards Leo. "If we fought Leo-kun, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world."
Leo gives amused eyes. "Yeah, would be an intriguing fight. Though I doubt we could go all out in there."
Shoto pushes her finger to her chin. "Now that you say it, you're right…Though I do wish to face you one day with everything we've got."
"Does that include your fire?" Leo asks, wanting to do his best to support her, knowing it was a difficult subject.
Shoto paused, her eyes on Leo's own, noticing his small smile aimed at her, made her feel warmer on the inside. "It, could be."
Leo was glad to hear that.
Suddenly, Aoyama came fluttering before Leo, and did a twirl for him in an elegant manner.
"Isn't this cape magnificent~?" Aoyama spun around with his cape flapping in the wind.
Leo held a smile on his face. "Yes, it's quite extravagant~"
"Aah, thank you very much my American friend~!"
Leo smiled at Aoyama as Momo glanced at Leo, pondering if they'd be together. Though she also wanted to show Leo all she could do, and wanting to improve as well.
All Might's eyebrows twitched around as question after question came for him personally. With no signs of slowing down, he held up his hand.
"I wasn't done!" They all paused at the yelling of All Might. Composing himself, All Might showed his mighty grin, pulling out a small notebook. "Listen up everyone! The situation is this. The Villain's have a hidden a nuclear missile somewhere in their hideout. The Hero's must try and foil their plans. To do that, the good guys either have to capture the evildoers, or recover the weapon. Likewise, the bad guys succeed if they manage to protect the missile, or capture the Hero's. Times limited! We will choose the teams by drawing lots!"
"But, there has to be a better way." Iida's comment came out swiftly.
Leo went to speak, when he saw Izuku wearing an unsure face.
So he scoots closer to Izuku, and whispers "Say what you want to say, okay?" Izuku's eyes move towards Leo, seeing his encouraging smile, so Izuku's chest swells, and he begins to nod his head.
"If we were left to pick for ourselves, those that know one another would naturally go to someone that we already know, and would work well off. Hero's don't always have the luxury of picking who they work with…I think that's what All Might was trying to say."
Iida blinks several times, while All Might himself smiled happily, seeing that Izuku was becoming more confident, while Leo was supporting him, the best outcome he could have hoped for if he was honest with himself.
Iida bowed his head quickly. "I am sorry! Please forgive my rudeness!"
Leo was rather bemused with how Iida got so bent out of shape, it seemed he jumped to conclusions pretty quickly.
"Good, now that everyone is caught up, lets all draw lots, shall we?"
Everyone had different thoughts on who they were going to be paired with. Leo didn't mind who he was paired up with, he was excited to get to know all of the class if he was honest with himself.
Then everyone began drawing lots for themselves.
He looked at his results, and saw that he was paired with Katsuki.
"Hey, we're a team in the game, and in real life~"
Katsuki smirked. "We'll blow the enemies up together!"
Himiko looks to hers, and sees its with Izuku. "Aah man, I thought I'd be with Leo-kun. But I guess it isn't too bad. Maybe we could fight Leo-kun, maybe I could taste Leo-kun~"
Izuku looked a little weirded out. "T-Taste him?"
Himiko nods. "Yup, I want to drink from him~"
Not understanding what she meant, Izuku thought it was something private, so he didn't comment on it anymore. "G-Glad to be working with you, Toga-san."
"Hmm, ooh yeah~ Great to be working with you~"
Leo smiles, glad that they were beginning to get along.
Ochaco saw she was with Tsuyu. "Aah, Tsuyu-san, looks like we're together~"
"Ribbit, great to work with you." Tsuyu was so relaxed, Leo actually low key found her incredible how she dealt with situations so far.
Leo also saw that Shoto was partnered with a guy named Shoji.
Momo grimaced when she saw she was partnered with Mineta, Leo noticing and furrowed his brows. "Momo-chan, are you alright?"
"I'm with Mineta-san. I, I'm sure he's a good teammate, but he's…"
"A massive pervert?" Momo lets out a sad breath, so Leo gives her assuring eyes. "I'll have a chat with him so he doesn't make you uncomfortable, okay? I don't want you to ever feel uncomfortable while in class."
Momo placed a hand over her heart, giving thankful eyes. "Thanks, Leo-kun."
Leo walked to Mineta, bending down to meet his eye level. "Hey, Mineta-san. It seems you're with Momo-chan."
Mineta's face burned red, Leo knew where this was going. "Yeah! She's a beautiful babe isn't she?! Have you seen her bazoo-"
"I'm going to stop you there." Mineta froze when he heard Leo's serious voice. "Momo-chan is a life long friend of mine, and she doesn't want to feel uncomfortable. So, I am asking for you to keep your libido in check, and to not say any remarks regarding anything that would make her, or the other girls, uncomfortable and treat them respectably. Okay?"
Though he said it with a friendly face, Leo's eyes displayed his seriousness.
Jiro mentally cheered "Yes, thank you Leo-kun, tell him!" believing if Mineta would listen to anyone, then it would be him, seeing his feats already.
The other girls also seemed to be very happy to hear Leo saying that.
Mineta's bottom lip trembled, Katsuki smirked "Enjoy that pervert." as she could see that while Leo was kind, humble, and generous, he also wouldn't put up with anyone's shit when it pertained to someone he cared about, and found even with a smile, he could stop people in their tracks with his eyes.
Mineta nods so fast. "Y-Yeessss! It'll be kept in check! I promise!"
"Thank you~" Leo smiled, and walked back to Momo. "I think he'll not do anything. If he does…well, we'll be having words~" Leo turned to Mineta with a smile, who grimaced, remembering the fight with Leo and Muscular.
Momo was thankful for that, not wanting to have to deal with Mineta and his ways.
Katsuki let out a breath, "Thank God I'm not with…"
"Your best friend?" Leo snickers.
Katsuki growls. "She is not my best friend."
Himiko looks over, and waves to Katsuki.
Katsuki grimaces, something Leo rarely saw on her face, it seemed Himiko had a special way of getting to Katsuki like no one else in the world.
"Anyway Kacchan, guess we're gonna have to shred the competition!"
Katsuki grins. "Damn straight we are, lets destroy them all! Heroes, Villains. Doesn't matter what we are right now, only that they get taken out!"
Leo agreed, loving that she was exactly how he thought she was in real life when they spent hours playing games together.
Once confirming everyone's pairings, All Might continued on. "Now that you're here, lets see who's going to be going first!"
All Might then placed two boxes to the sides of himself.
One labelled Hero, and the other labelled Villain.
"Alright, here we go!" All Might withdrew a ball from both boxes. It was 'D' for the Villain's, and 'A' for the Hero's. "Team A shall be the Hero's, while Team D are the Villain's! Everyone else can go to the monitoring room to watch!"
Leo looked at the letters and then the teams.
He saw the teams of himself, and Katsuki going against Izuku and Himiko.
He saw he was the Villain team, and scratched his cheek. "Never thought I'd be labelled as a Villain again this soon~ We only played one last night, remember Kacchan?"
Katsuki snorts. "This time, lets really play the part, and destroy them. Dibs on Deku."
Leo shrugs, looking towards Himiko, seeing that she was shaking with glee. "Himiko-san, guess that means we'll be going up against one another. How do you feel about that?"
"Ooh, so excited, really excited. Like I can't even explain how amazing it is right now~ I want to experience it all with you Leo-kun, I want to throw everything I have at you, get naked with you…" Katsuki frowned. "And Kacchan too~" Katsuki slapped her own forehead, while Himiko grins. "We can do so many things together Leo-kun. Don't worry, you don't have to be gentle with me~"
Ochaco's face burns bright red, Momo bites her lower lip. Shoto blinks, and looked confused, while Katsuki snarls.
"Damn it, maybe I should fight her since she's thinking of Leo like that. But there's Deku who I want to kick the ass of…but then there's that girl…ugh, this is difficult…" While Katsuki mulled it over in her mind, Leo looked at Himiko, seeing her excitement growing.
He couldn't get out the fact that she's let the word 'blood' slip around him a few times.
Himiko was an interesting girl to Leo, he wanted to know more her, and he wondered how strong she was, as he knew she was one of the more agile members of the class, and he wondered what even her Quirk was, because as far as he knew, she hadn't shown one yet.
But more than that, Leo wondered about Himiko's fascination with blood, something he wondered since they first met.
Like she was trailing towards it like it was something she desired.
No, more than desired, like it was something she yearned for.
Something she couldn't live without.
Even if she tried to hide it.
Leo however could see whenever blood was mentioned, she looked happy, yet sad at the same time, a look Leo didn't like to see and wondered why.
He had theories, but he wished to see if he could speak with her directly.
So, he wished to use this battle trial as a way to understand what truly drove Himiko.
End chapter!
So this chapter dealt with Katsuki and Leo getting to know one another more in the real world, having a little practice match between them.
Leo's also met Ibara, and had a nice interaction with her, and also spending more time with Itsuka.
While not knowing its Lady Nagant, Leo's beginning to work out someone might be following him, but isn't sure if she's friend or foe yet, so is being cautious, as Lady Nagant herself also seems to be torn on what she should do, as she observes more about Leo.
And at the end, it seems Leo is fascinated by Himiko and why she seems drawn to blood, beginning to see something about her, and wishes to help if he can, so we'll see how it goes between them next time~
Well, until next time, thanks for reading!
Leo; Momo, Himiko, Katsuki (fem), Shoto (fem), Camie, Nejire, Mirko, Itsuka,
