My dumbass thought Jade Shadows was coming this month because I can't read.

CW: Vomiting, Body horror

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Notice: Top Secret: Project A.M.P

12/4/2180
United States Dept. of Defence

A.M.P (Augmented Metahuman Power-Up)
Status: Abandoned

Project A.M.P has been designated a failure by the DOD. All clinical trials are to be suspended immediately. All other Artificial drug-based quirk enhancers are hereby suspended and under review for viability. Please send all relevant files for redaction and incinerate all research material.

Notice: Top Secret: Project A.M.P

Clinical Trial Results

Subject 1: Sgt. ████ ██████
Quirk: Strength Enhancer

- 1st Injection: Dosage has increased strength by 230%. The subject suffered from quirk exhaustion as expected when the dosage wore off.
- 2nd Injection: Strength increase of 200%. The subject complained about a headache.
- 3rd Injection: Strength increase of 300%. The subject collapsed with a nosebleed and wash rushed to the infirmary. Upon further inspection, it was discovered that 10% of the subject's brain had suffered permanent damage similar to Alzheimer's.

Injections were spaced two months apart. The subject passed away six months later.

Subject 2: Pvt. ██████ ███

Quirk: Salamander (Mutant Lizard-Based mutation with fire breath)

- 1st Injection: The subject's animal-like traits were amplified. Increased aggression. Flame temperature was recorded as fifty degrees higher than previous records.
- 2nd Injection: Subject underwent drug-induced psychotic breakdown and dismembered two researchers. Unfortunately, the subject was terminated by on-site personnel.

…

Subject 6: Cpl. ████ ██████████
Quirk: Stoneskin

- 1st Injection: The subject suffered an unforeseen allergic reaction to one of the components of the drug. Due to the nature of her quirk, we were sadly unable to administer an epi-pen.
Unfortunately, while the subject expired, we did gather valuable data on her quirk's reaction to the drug. Her skin increased durability and gained a more rocky, chaotic texture.

Notice: Top Secret: Project A.M.P

Upon review, this project has been deemed unfit for potential use. With the abysmal success rate and high casualties among volunteers, A.M.P is not a viable means for bolstering the country's heroes.

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[Kuat Entertainment District, Shibuya, July 23rd, 2242]

"Wow…" Izuku said with awe. "It's so big!"

The Kuat Entertainment District was one of the largest shopping centers in Japan. It had been ranked third in most popular tourist destinations in all of Asia for the last ten years. Compared to other shopping centers, it was more like a theme park than a mall. There was an aquarium, movie theater, roller coaster, mini-golf, and other attractions for all ages.

"It's pretty cool." Haylee nodded while taking in the sights. The Orokin's definition of "fun" hadn't permitted attractions like these. Leisure and entertainment activities like these were foreign to her, as most people in the Origin System had no time for such luxuries. She looked over to Izuku, who fidgeted in place. "You nervous?"

Izuku nodded. "Yeah… what if her friends don't like me?"

"You worry too much Izuku," Haylee lightly punched his shoulder. "Do you really think that Eikyō would invite you if she didn't think you would have fun?" She reassured. "If it makes you feel better, I'm a bit nervous too. I've never been out like this before."

"I've been to smaller ones when I was little, but never here." He moved out of the way as another group passed them.

Haylee glanced around the plaza. "She said they would meet us here around eleven A.M. What time is it?"

Izuku pulled out his phone. "10:58."

Looking around, she couldn't see Eikyō's signature golden hair or the white flower she kept in it. "Well, we are early. If they run like, I dunno, fifteen minutes late we can message the group chat." Haylee shrugged indifferently and sat down on a nearby bench. Izuku joined her a few seconds later.

They didn't have to wait long, as after a few minutes they spotted a familiar white flower weaving through the crowd followed by two other teens. "Hey Tenno, Midoriya! Over here!" Lumine waved to them as she jogged over. "Glad you could both make it!" She said with a warm smile.

"So, you're the totally-not-masochist?" The girl on Lumine's right asked with a pointy-toothed grin. "And a fellow member of the green hair gang. Nice." She gave Izuku a thumbs up.

Haylee groaned. "I hate you." She glared at Lumine. "I still haven't forgiven you for the chat nickname."

Lumine giggled. "I'll give you a new one if I have a better idea. Anyways, these are my friends." She nudged the green-haired girl and blonde boy. "Introduce yourselves guys."

"Monoma Neito." He bowed while maintaining eye contact.

"And I'm Tokage Setsuna!" Instead of bowing she stuck out her hand for a handshake which was a bit odd. Haylee took her hand and noticed Monoma rolling his eyes.

"Nice to meet you." Haylee gave Tokage a firm handshake, only to realize she was now holding a severed hand.

"Ahhh! Y-your hand!" Izuku shouted, then covered his mouth so as not to startle the people around them.

Haylee however remained nonplussed, immediately noticing that one, the hand wasn't bleeding, and two, Tokage was still smiling and trying not to laugh. "Dang, usually people freak out like he did," She remarked, pointing at Izuku with the still detached hand. Haylee felt a tug, and the detached appendage zipped back onto her wrist with a popping sound.

"Huh. Neat." Haylee could see Izuku was barely containing his urge to ask about her quirk, and elected to do so in his stead. "So is your quirk detaching your hands?"

"Not just my hands. I can do any part of my body." Setsuna wiggled her eyebrows suggestively, but Izuku seemed to be the only one to get the implication based on his sudden blush.

"Plus she can heal, just like you!" Lumine told Haylee. "If she loses a part, she can grow it back."

"Healing is just the passive part of my quirk. Mine has three components: regeneration, energy manipulation, and I can transform as well." Haylee explained. "I can show you when we train."

Neito eyed the blue-haired girl with interest. 'So she's like Lumine and Aether. Her quirk has multiple components. Interesting.' Multi-faceted quirks were incredibly rare. He was lucky to have become friends with the twins and had copied Elementalist several times to practice. Elemental quirks weren't particularly rare, but control over several elements was. It sounded like Tenno's quirk was more combat-oriented than Setsuna's. Neito resolved to copy her quirk before the day was over.

"Sweet, sounds like a dope quirk." Setsuna complimented.

"Thank you." Haylee noticed Izuku's increasing discomfort, probably hoping the conversation wouldn't turn to his quirk. "Uh, so what exactly is the plan for today? You just said you all were hanging out at the mall." She changed the subject much to the green-haired boy's relief.

"Oh, that's right, I wasn't very clear about what we were doing." Lumine realized. "First we were going to get some lunch, and then we could decide what we wanted to do. I didn't really plan anything specific but there are tons of fun things to do here."

"I am pretty hungry…" As if on cue, Haylee's stomach growled causing her to blush.

"Alright!" Lumine clapped her hands together. "Let's get something to eat! We can plan what we want to do while we wait for the food."

==VI==

"Don't worry about paying for it." Lumine nudged Haylee, who was reaching for her wallet. "I told you I'd pay you back for helping me, so I'll cover your meal."

"You don't have to-" She faltered the kind look Lumine gave her, deciding that she wasn't going to win that argument. "Alright."

"A wise choice." Monoma nodded to Haylee. "When she wants to do something, good luck stopping her."

After they all placed and paid for their food they sat down.

"So, whaddya want to do newbies?" Setsuna asked.

"I dunno, what's the most fun? We've never been here before." Haylee said, Izuku nodded alongside her.

"Well, what do you like to do?" Lumine inquired.

"Training and studying," Haylee said plainly.

"Watching heroes and training," Izuku added meekly.

Lumine and Setsuna stared at them. "Seriously?"

"Not like there's anything wrong with that." Neito defended. "I've been training a lot too." Without a quirk to copy, he was pretty much useless, so he needed to keep in top shape.

"I haven't had anyone to go anywhere with until recently." Izuku quietly murmured. Until he met Haylee, nobody wanted to hang out with the quirkless kid.

"And I just moved here a few months ago and only know these two." She pointed to Izuku and Lumine. "So I spend most of my time training with him."

Neito shot Izuku a sympathetic glance. 'From the way Midoriya acts, he was probably bullied. I think Lumine said his quirk was some sort of strength enhancer that his body wasn't ready for. Probably a stockpiling quirk then.' That was a shame. Quirks that stockpiled something weren't useful for him due to Copy's time limit. 'If he didn't know about it until now, he would've been assumed quirkless.'

Neito had experienced some bullying when he was younger. The other kids would stay clear of him because he would "steal their quirk". It wasn't until Setsuna, Aether, and Lumine started to play with him that the teasing stopped.

"You don't get out much, do you?" Lumine guessed. Both Izuku and Haylee nodded. "Well then, Midoriya, Tenno, we're gonna have to show you what you've been missing!" She beamed.

A few seconds later, their food arrived and they started to dig in.

"So," Setsuna grinned. "I say we hit up Photon Realm Laser Tag first."

Haylee stopped mid-bite. "Laser tag?" She imagined trying to run from a laser. "How do you play that?"

"Wow, you really don't get out much," Setsuna giggled. "Photon Realm is awesome, super exclusive. Luckily I have a team membership since I play in their ranked league sometimes. You get a suit with targets on it, and you have to shoot the enemy team or destroy their base. It's probably the best laser tag place in Japan."

Oh. So it was like a live fire exercise, like the Conclave but for entertainment instead of training. "That sounds fun. I'm down."

"Great! Broccoli boy, what about you?" Setsuna pointed to Izuku while stuffing her face with chicken, much to Neito's annoyance.

'What the fuck is broccoli?' Haylee wondered. (She would later look it up on her phone.)

"That's fine with me." Izuku agreed.

==VI==

※ Photon Realm Laser Tag is unlike any other laser tag establishment. Most have rules like no running and having to stand upright to avoid injury. Photon Realm has no such rules, other than no physical contact and no quirk use allowed.

Photon Realm's technology is derived from a joint project between the U.S. Military, I-Island, and Speedwagon Foundation to create a realistic combat training simulator. The military-grade version uses complex suits to simulate body armor with sensors to detect hits. Both versions use technology derived from a quirk that makes a laser-like beam with programmable speed and size rather than IR (Infrared) sensors. The civilian version marketed to the public resembles a classic laser tag game with sensors on the chest, back, and gun.

"Alright kids, here's the rules: no active quirk use, no physical contact or melee. If we see you breaking the rules on the camera we will deactivate your suit and you will be escorted out by security. If you get tagged, you need to go back to one of your team's nodes to re-activate your suit, or wait two minutes in your side's territory." The employee explained. "Your scores will be tallied based on hits, destroying key spots in the enemy base, and a bonus for accuracy vs hits. The game will end after the enemy base loses all its "HP" or after 20 minutes. Sound good?"

A resounding chorus of agreement echoed throughout the prep room.

Izuku nervously adjusted the sensors on his vest. The other team was much larger and they were older teens and maybe an adult or two. His team was just Haylee, Monoma, Tokage, and Eikyō. They were outnumbered 3:1.

"Cheer up Midoriya, it's just a game." He jumped a bit as Tokage slapped him on the back. "Don't worry about it and just have fun!" She gave him a toothy grin, showing off her pointed teeth.

"Yeah!" Eikyō agreed. "Just do your best. It's a first time for most of us too." Lumine was pretty sure Neito and Setsuna were the only ones experienced with Photon Realm, and Setsuna was the only one who played competitively.

"Okay!" Izuku said with slightly more confidence. He looked over at Haylee, who was staring at the map of the arena to memorize it. She stared at it for a minute, then turned and practiced firing her gun. Instead of beams, it fired little bolts of light. They were about the speed of a baseball thrown by a professional pitcher. You would barely have enough time to get out of the way. 'Such a cool quirk to base the technology off of…'

"All right guys, this is a five versus fifteen match. I say we split ourselves into attackers and defenders. Three to protect our base, and someone to go with me to attack since I'm the most experienced." Setsuna called out. "Who do you think should attack."

"I'll go." Haylee volunteered. Out of everyone here, she was the most suited for this.

"Alright! Let's go team!" Lumine cheered.

==VI==

When the match started, Tokage and Haylee immediately split up and darted off to different sides of the arena. Izuku clutched his laser gun, his gaze darting around the dark room illuminated by neon lighting.

"I recognize some of the people on the other team. Me and Setsuna have played against them before. Real assholes." Neito piped up from the corridor he was watching. "They will probably rush us with most of their people for a quick win, even though this is a casual match. Let's not make it easy for them." He said, voice laced with a bit of a competitive edge.

"[TRIPLE KILL!]" The automated announcer's voice shouted.

"Looks like Tenno or Tokage got some of them." Izuku surmised.

"Shhh! I hear someone!" Lumine twirled around her corridor, firing off a few shots before being blasted by return fire. "Crap! I'll be right back. There's two of them coming up." She ran off back to their base to reactivate her vest.

"Midoriya, cover that side until she gets back. I've got one coming up on my end." He heard Neito shout.

"G-got it!" As two enemies rounded the corner, Izuku scrambled to Eikyō's former position. It was only thanks to his quick reflexes he was able to tag both of them before he could be hit. Both of them whiffed their shots.

"Damn it!" One of them shouted. "Nice shots." The other gave him a thumbs-up before they both hurried back to their base.

"I'm back!" Lumine sprinted up to Izuku. "Nice job Midoriya!" He responded with a blush.

The benefit of their defensive position was they could "respawn" by running through the gate in their base. The downside was that there was a cooldown on the reset gate, so if all three of them got tagged out the base would be defenseless. Even with a few seconds of invincibility the gate gave them to prevent "spawn camping" the other team was large enough to destroy the base before they could defend it.

"I'm surprised they haven't stormed the base yet. Only three of them have made it through." Neito commented. "Setsuna and Tenno must be doing a good job keeping them occupied." It made sense, Setsuna played competitively. He was more surprised the blue-haired girl hadn't come back to respawn yet since it was her first time playing.

Hearing someone else approach, they turned their laser guns toward the noise. "Oh, Tokage!" Izuku exclaimed.

"They got me good. I tagged one but then three respawned that I got earlier." Setsuna pouted, vest deactivated. "I was trying to get a rapid-fire powerup…"

"There's powerups?" Lumine questioned.

"Yeah, only rapid fire in casual though. It's kind of a secret little mini-base you have to get." She glanced back where she came from. "Shit, I need to get back to respawn. Tenno's all alone back there."

"TRIP- QUADRA - PENTA- HEXA - SEPTA - OCTOKILL! KILLING SPREE!" The announcer's voice boomed in rapid succession.

The four of them gaped, wide-eyed. "I thought you said this was her first time playing…" Neito stammered.

"It is," Izuku confirmed.

==VI==

Up in the spectator booth, the manager of Shibuya's Photon Realm Branch watched the match with growing interest. He had a quirk called Activated State, which could see electrical currents, as well as people activating their quirks which made him the ultimate referee.

"That blue-haired girl just wiped out eight of them and didn't miss a shot. Is she cheating, Shiro?" One of the other employees asked.

Shiro looked over the balcony, eyes flashing orange as he activated his quirk. "Nope. Not using her quirk." He'd assumed the girl had some sort of passive always-active quirk, like night vision or enhanced hearing. They couldn't disqualify someone for a quirk they couldn't turn off unless it was damaging the arena.

"She's good. Part of Tokage Setsuna's group, right?" Tokage was a regular here, played competitively. "What are her prior stats?" Shiro had never seen her before, so he assumed she'd played at one of the other Photon Realm arenas before.

"She's a new customer." Another piped up. "Just registered today."

Everyone in the viewing booth turned to him. "Seriously!?"

"That kid's good." The oldest man in the room and former member of the JSDF chimed in. He'd been watching her the entire time, and could tell she was a natural even without Shiro's quirk. The way she carried herself, the serious expression on her face. Not how a normal teenager behaved in a game like this. She was treating it like it was live combat. On top of that were her keen senses and aim, along with her use of cover. "She's very good." He watched her take out another four as her teammate came up to support them from behind.

One thing weighed on him though. 'She's too good for her age. What's a child not even in hero school like her doing with those kinds of skills?'

==VI==

They ended up winning the match. While Izuku didn't see much actual fighting, the experience had been thrilling. "That was so fun!" He told the others as they took off their vests.

"I know right! This place is awesome." Lumine raised her hand for a high five, which Izuku reciprocated.

"I thought those guys were supposed to be tough, outnumbering us and all. Guess that shows that we're superior to them." Neito cackled.

"Neito." Lumine held up two fingers, purple electricity sparking off them. "You better not go over to the other team and start provoking them. I'll shock you."

"He gets a bit competitive." Setsuna giggled, elbowing Izuku in the ribs playfully. She then turned to Haylee. "Hey Tenno, nice plays out there! You did amazing for a newbie. Where'd you learn to shoot like that?"

"Oh, uh." Haylee's smile fell as she came up with an excuse. "I had a teacher who liked to do combat simulation exercises. He called it 'The Conclave'" she said wistfully. "His name was Teshin."

"That sounds pretty cool. Maybe you can introduce me to him. If I can get as good as you-" Izuku noticed Haylee's face darken at Setsuna's innocent request.

"He's not around anymore." Haylee answered sourly.

"Oh. Oh! I'm sorry." Setsuna apologized sincerely. "I didn't realize…"

"It's fine." Haylee forced a happier expression. "You didn't know." Happy thoughts. Happy thoughts. Don't think about Teshin.

Izuku eyed Haylee carefully. He was the only one who knew the real reason she had all those skills. Still, he'd never heard Haylee talk about Teshin before. It was clear to him that it was a sore subject, so they must have been close.

"We should go see the match highlights!" Lumine declared, seeing the mood in the room turning negative. "I saw it in the lobby when we came in."

"Oh yeah!" Setsuna brightened. "I bet I know who the MVP is going to be." She teased, nudging Haylee playfully.

"All right, I get it." Haylee cracked a smile. She followed the blonde girl out to the lobby, passing someone from the opposing team arguing with one of the employees. The older teen stopped mid-argument, staring at Haylee angrily before storming off with some of his friends.

"Fucking cheating bitch." She heard him mutter.

"Don't worry about him. He thought you were using your quirk during the match." The employee assured her. "We know you weren't. Good match by the way."

Whatever. It wasn't her problem if people were idiots. Finally, they got to the lobby where the match highlights were starting to play.

Most of the highlights were from her team, with the exception of one of the enemy players shutting down Tokage's killing spree. Izuku even got one, and she chuckled at his panicked face tagging the two opposing players.

"PLAY OF THE GAME!"

As Setsuna had predicted, it was her, during her rampage attempting to get inside the enemy base. Everyone watched as Haylee sprinted around the corner, expression calm as she fired two shots center mass into two of the enemies, dodging a blast from behind and taking out the guy who attempted to pick her off.

Four more fired on her from cover, and to the awe of those watching she weaved in and out of their shots, shooting back and hitting the tiny sensors on their guns to tag them out in rapid succession.

The clip ended there, and the scoreboard for her team came up. She had to mentally assign names to each of the scores because it was registered under the suit names.

==RED==
Tenno - 34 Tags - 0 Deaths - Accuracy 85%
Tokage - 20 Tags - 3 Deaths - Accuracy 60%
Monoma - 9 Tags - 2 Deaths - Accuracy 48%
Eikyō - 5 Tags - 4 Deaths - Accuracy 52%
Midoriya - 4 Tags - 0 Deaths - Accuracy 80%

==RED==

"Damn Tenno, you really locked in!" Setsuna praised. "I've never seen someone get that high a score without getting tagged out before, especially storming a base!"

"Thanks, Tokage." Haylee rubbed the back of her head, embarrassed by the constant praise of her abilities.

Some of the opposing team members were getting in on it too, surrounding her and asking where she learned to play if she would like to join their teams to play competitively (which she politely refused).

Eventually, the two groups separated and Haylee met back up with Izuku and the others. "Man, that was freaking exhausting." She sat down between Izuku and Monoma and leaned back, letting her head droop over the other side. "If I knew everyone would be all over my like that, I wouldn't have tried that hard."

"You shouldn't be ashamed of doing well, especially if you have the skill to do so. People will judge you whether you are good or bad at something." Neito said with a hint of spite tone, though not directed at Haylee.

"Quit being a downer Neito." Lumine teased. "I think we should celebrate our glorious victory," She wiggled her eyebrows mockingly at the blonde. "With some sweets!"

Neito rolled his eyes, and Izuku couldn't help but laugh. So this was what having a group of friends was like. It felt nice.

==VI==

"Chooocolate…" Haylee drooled over her ice cream before chomping on it like the addicted little cocoa goblin she was.

The other girls sweatdropped. "You know we have spoons right?" Lumine deadpanned, a spoonful of cookie dough ice cream in hand.

"Haylee really likes chocolate," Izuku added. "I think it's becoming a problem at this point."

"And she got the biggest cone too…" Neito flinched as the blue-haired girl inhaled a whole scoop, somehow. "You should've set a size limit, Lumine."

"I think she's earned it." Setsuna added.

"Tenno, maybe you should slow down, you're going to-" Lumine attempted to stall Haylee's rapid consumption, only for the girl to nearly drop her cone and clutch her head. "Get brain freeze…"

Izuku started to laugh, remembering the first time this happened when Toshinori had introduced Haylee to ice cream. He nearly fell off his chair watching Haylee groan in discomfort.

"You knew that was going to happen, didn't you" Lumine guessed, bursting into laughter as well following a quick nod from the green-haired boy.

Setsuna and Neito shared a quick look. She could see Neito's lip curl in amusement before the both joined in laughing

"Y'll are assholes." Haylee groaned, still trying to shovel more chocolate fudge into her mouth with her spoon. This only made the brain freeze worse, of course, and caused her friends to laugh even harder.

Friends.

Even though she'd just met Monoma and Tokage today, they had already grown on her.

Friends.

And she wouldn't have it any other way.

==VI==

The day didn't end with laser tag and ice cream. After they finished their treats they went to an arcade, where Setsuna absolutely wrecked everyone at a dancing game. Then they entered a group hero trivia competition. Neito and Izuku (although mostly Izuku, even Neito had to agree he knew more about heroes) annihilated all the competition. They won some hero merch, and Haylee elected to give hers to Izuku.

Finally, they decided to end the day with some karaoke. Lumine was declared the best singer, with Monoma surprisingly a close second. Apparently, he was what they called a "theater kid" whatever that meant. Izuku was too shy to try singing and kind of just hummed when it was his turn, but Lumine and Haylee still cheered him on. He got really into some All Might TV show OST they made him sing.

Haylee was not a good singer, much to her embarrassment. It would've been fine if it were a Shawzin or drums, but singing was not her cup of tea.

"Man, that was so fun." Haylee gushed. "You're such a good dancer Togake, do you do yoga?"

"Nah, I just abuse the shit out of my quirk under my clothes to be more flexible." The green-haired girl replied.

"I'm surprised you aren't a better dancer with how flexible you are, Haylee." Izuku wondered, flinching when Haylee glared.

"I can dance." She retorted.

Setsuna snorted. "Tenno, shaking your ass with your hands on your hips is not dancing."

"It is fucking too!"

"Nuh uh!"

"It's kind of a dance," Lumine whispered to Izuku, giggling as the other girls argued. "Just not a good one."

Neito knew that the end of the day was approaching. He had no idea when he would get the chance to try out Tenno's quirk. He already had Lumine's Elementalist and Tokage's Lizard Tail Splitter copied, and the choice between Izuku's stockpile and Tenno's weird multifaceted quirk was obvious.

The question was how was he going to get it. He hadn't had the chance to get into physical contact with her. Unfortunately, that was easier said than done.

Oh, wait.

He's a fucking idiot.

He has Lizard Tail Splitter.

Copy can be used long distance with LTS. It would take a few seconds for the quirk to copy over a distance though.

Why didn't he think of that sooner?

As Tenno rounded a corner, he detached his pinkie finger. All it would take is a brush against her hair. She would probably think it was just the wind. The finger brushed past her, and she swatted at her neck like a bug was there.

The transfer wasn't instant at a distance, just as the finger segment returned to him he could tell something was very wrong. A spike of pain shot through him and he felt liquid running down his face. He put a finger to his nose, and when he looked, Neito saw blood.

==VI==

Haylee felt something brush against her hair and quickly swatted at it, only to come up with nothing.

'Huh, must've been the wind.'

No one in the group noticed Neito stop and dart into the nearby restroom. It wasn't until a few minutes later that they noticed he was gone.

==VI==

Neito barely made it into the toilet stall before he collapsed and vomited blood, along with his earlier meal into the bowl. Every step felt like it took hours, every cell of his body screaming in pain.

'What the fuck is her quirk?!' Was the thought that barely made it through his pain-muddled mind. It was the most intense pain he'd felt in his entire life.

He'd has mishaps with copied quirks before. Manifesting transformation quirks or the rare heteromorphic ones that were compatible with Copy was never a pleasant experience. Usually they were just uncomfortable, sometimes stinging a bit.

But this wasn't like any quirk Neito had copied before.

※ When Monoma Neito copies a quirk, he "scans" the baseline information of the meta-ability. Because of this, he instinctively knows how to use any quirk that Copy duplicates. However, when he scanned Haylee's quirk… ※

Tenno's quirk… was an abomination.

"Healing is just the passive part of my quirk. Mine has three components: regeneration, energy manipulation, and I can transform as well."

Despite knowing that, when Copy scanned her quirk, all he got was a blistering headache. The sheer amount of information in the girl's quirk was too much for Copy to understand, and thus it only duplicated a segment of her quirk. If he had the mental faculties to make the comparison, it would be like trying to copy a terabyte file into a 8 gigabyte flash drive, or overfilling a glass of water.

Neito collapsed onto the bathroom floor, writing in pain. 'It hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts!' He mentally cried out, clenching his teeth so hard that his gums started to bleed. It felt like his blood was boiling, and his quirk itself was screaming in agony. If his eyes weren't blinded by tears, he could've seen that his skin was actually steaming and covered in red rashes.

If anyone else had been in the restroom they would've heard Neito's tortured wheezing and groaning. Unfortunatly, the time he was about to spend suffering would be in solitude.

His hands clawed at the tile, fingernails splintering and cracking as they dug into the ceramic surface leaving bloody streaks along the scratched tiles. In desperation, Copy instinctively activated Lizard Tail Splitter in an attempt to deactivate the malignant quirk ravaing his body. Both ̷̢̺̐ ̷̖̄̈ ̵̧̪̯̅̊̈́ ̶͖̪̠̊̓͐ ̸̡̼̐̍̕ ̵͖̲̤̾̀ ̵̧̺̻̓ ̷͎͇̓͜ ̷͍̝͎͐ and Lizard Tail Splitter remained active simultaneously, which should've been impossible.

The steam coming from his body was from the unconscious activation of Elementalist, which created a layer of frost over his rapidly heating body as well as freezing his sweat. All three of the girls' quirks were currently active alongside Copy.

※ Monoma had copied the quirks of Tokage Setsuna and Eikyō Lumine beforehand. Without the regenerative properties of Lizard Tail Splitter (LTS), the damage the fragment of Tenno Haylee's quirk caused would have killed him. Copying LTS raised his chance of survival to 60%, and Elementalist raised it to 98.2%. Neito was unaware of this possibility and retained them purely by chance. ※

Neito was too busy miserably flailing around to notice Copy manifesting multiple quirks at once. He just wanted the five-minute time limit to be over. Every second felt like it spanned hours. He struggled to breathe, each breath a wheeze as he gasped for air. He couldn't even scream, as he didn't have the energy.

'Someone, please kill me! I want it to stop… It hurts so much!' No matter how much he tried, her quirk would not deactivate. The only thing he could do was roll on his side to avoid choking to death as blood leaked from every hole in his face. Through his blurred vision, he could see what looked like lumps from muscle cramps forming and squirming under his skin.

The rashes burned and itched, but no matter how hard he scratched at his skin it wouldn't break. It was like it was made of steel, despite retaining its original human skin tone.

Eventually, after what seemed like hours, the pain subsided. Neito let out a gasp, finally able to breathe normally. Weakly, he pulled himself up and leaned against the wall.

How the hell did she handle that… thing? Whatever her quirk was, it wasn't normal. Did Tenno go through that much pain whenever she used it? Neito shuddered. When Copy interacted with her quirk, he could taste it. It was like rotten meat and shit on the tongue, not that he'd ever tasted those things.

He never wanted to touch it again. Worst of all, he could feel that his attempt to duplicate her quirk had done something to Copy.

"Tenno Haylee… what are you?"

==VI==

Lumine heard her phone ping, and looked to see a text from Neito.

'Oh, he wasn't feeling well and decided to leave early. I hope he's okay. Good thing he has a ride back.'

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Monoma you dumb bitch. Although to be fair to him, he didn't have any reason to believe this would happen, because by all accounts it shouldn't. He just did the quirk equivalent of trying random mushrooms in the forest.

I changed Monoma's quirk so that the time limit is still 5 minutes but only after he activates it, so he can hold three quirks indefinitely until he uses them.

Haylee: I can dance! *Does Pendulum Narta*
An Octavia main she is not. Girl can not dance or sing. Swordfight like an expert? That she can do.

The laser tag thing is a mixture of different mechanics from laser tag places i've been to. The background behind it here is the military being like "Oh hey, this guys quirk lets us make a light-like laser thing with programmable speed. We can use that for training. And then they make something like the Citadel Challenge from Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

And naturally, the civilian version of that is a more realistic laser tag.

I am a big Star Wars nerd, and sticking with the MHA theme of naming cities/locations after planets I named the entertainment district after the shipbuilding planet from Star Wars.