Chapter 24:
(Okay, training montage time! I figured I'd use Izuku's little montage as a neat little in-between for him & Lucas to bond. So, anyways, I hope you guys enjoy the chapter)
Lucas could feel the sea spray as he sat by the waves. It was pretty hot out, too. Lucas was hot wearing his tracksuit. He stood up after taking a deep breath, prepped his staff, and readied his stance. He grunted at each swing he took, then tried to jump and finish his strike. He took a breath and then put his staff away.
"Lucas!" He heard Izuku's voice coming from the stairs. "Oh, hey." Lucas greeted his friend, "Okay, so put your stuff down and then we'll start with a few stretches." Lucas said.
Izuku nodded and put his backpack down, he suggested the idea of studying Lucas' "PSI" abilities. Lucas was a little weirded out, but he thinks trying to catalogue them is a good idea. "Okay, take a deep breath, then reach for your legs for 20 seconds." Lucas instructed, doing the same thing.
"Ok, got it…" Izuku stretched himself, and counted to 20. Lucas set his legs apart and reached for his right leg with his arm. "Okay, same here." Lucas said, counting.
Izuku followed suit and stretched himself. "Okay, that should be enough." Lucas put his staff near the wall.
"What are you doing?" Izuku asked, "It's imperative that you need a proper fighting form, Quirk or no Quirk." Lucas walked back to his spot, "So, just follow my movements." Lucas got into a fighting stance, Izuku tried to copy him.
"Okay, I should try to draw energy into the punch." Izuku said, focusing on that. "Right, but a bit wrong. When fighting, it's important to draw energy from your entire body and release it into whatever attack you have." Lucas said, sending a punch into the air.
"Essentially, we channel that power the punch to make it stronger. Think of it as directing the energy and releasing it." Lucas said.
Izuku mimicked the stance and tried. "I…I sorta feel it." Izuku said. "That's fine. Just remember. Breathe, then strike. And most importantly, try to feel the energy." Lucas said.
"Ready?" Lucas said, Izuku nodded. "And let's go!"
Lucas & Izuku tried a fighting form and set of attacks.
"Good, just like that. We'll head into an advanced set in the future." Lucas said, "Did you feel the energy?"
Izuku looked and felt energy from his body. "Yeah, I could. I do get what you mean about it being redirected." Izuku said, "Okay, now let's see what we can learn about your powers."
Izuku grabbed one of his journals out of his backpack.
Lucas tried to use his psychokinesis, "I wonder…Have you tried projecting them into things like your staff or anything? Like some sort of weapon manifestation." Izuku came up with an idea. Lucas thought about it and tried to harness and channel his powers. He tried to make a staff, but instead he thought of…a shield.
"Whoa…Why a shield, though?" Izuku asked, in awe that his theory was correct. "It may be because I use it as a line of defense, so I thought of a shield." Lucas explained. "So, a bit of muscle memory on that one."
"Okay…" Izuku wrote down and theorized things. "Oh! I know you can push or pull things, but how about you try lifting yourself up?" Izuku said, "It could be possible to use as a form of levitation." Izuku looked over all the notes he has on Lucas' powers. "It's possible, I think. Let's see…" Lucas tried to surround himself with blue light, but grunted. He didn't find himself being lifted off the ground. "Y-Yeah, I don't think I can lift myself up." Lucas said. "Okay, we'll work on that. So, about the fever…" Izuku wanted to ask.
"I don't think it was a "power-fever."" Lucas said. "Otherwise, I'd have found the ability by now." Lucas thought about it and tried working on his form with the staff.
He grunted once more, "Well, I guess that's it for today?" Izuku said, Lucas stopped before moving to the next attack. "Yes, although—..!!" Lucas stopped as he saw something come off his staff. "Did you see that?" Lucas asked, "Yeah, I did." Izuku looked at it.
Lucas saw a purple spark come off his staff. He tried another strike, and he felt strength from him shoot into his staff.
"Whoa…I think I found the new power." Lucas said, "But I don't understand…, why'd it channel through my staff?" Of course, how could he understand how this power works yet? This should lead to speculating. Izuku thought about it for a second and had another idea. "Oh! Lucas, try attacking again!" Izuku shouted, Lucas gasped at his idea and then tried his form again, with punches and kicks shooting out that purple spark! "Okay, so we've determined that you're channeling that when you fight, but we still don't know where it comes from. Let alone, does it make the attacks stronger, or is it some sort of indicator?" The boys tried to put it together, but won't be able to tell.
"We can tell my Papa about it." Lucas said, "I-I mean…oh, forgot you heard anything." He then said, he already messed up. Izuku just looked at him weirdly.
Lucas pulled out his phone, "Hi, Papa. …Yes, I had a sandwich before me and Izuku started training. Oh, he says hi, Izuku." Lucas said to his friend. "Oh, okay. Tell him I said hi back?" Izuku asked.
"He says hi, too. Anyways, we think we figured out what my new power was?" Lucas explained it over the phone. "Okay, we'll talk about it later. Okay, bye, Papa. Love you." He then hung up.
Little does Lucas still know he's being watched. "It seems he's awakened his latent ability. The true root of his powers." The being said.
"Why is that nostalgic…?" He questioned, confused.
(Later)
"Thank you!" Lucas said, respectfully. The boys went and got ice cream, and then they sat down, Lucas pulled out his phone, "Should we invite Ochaco & Tenya over?" Lucas asked. "I guess so." Izuku said, "Okay, only YOU have to call Ochaco." Lucas said, Izuku went red-hot-blushing.
"Wh-What? Wh-Wh-Why-Why do y-you need me to call her? Y-You have her number."
Lucas laughed a bit mischievously, "Ok, calm down. I'll call her. Although, if you have a crush on her, you could start by getting to know her." He explained, "Wh-Who has a crush on who?! Oh…L-Lucas, that's n-not funny!" Izuku said, stammering through his words
"Sorry, sorry. Hold on, I'll call Tenya in a minute." Lucas apologized and said. He pulled out his phone and called Tenya & Ochaco.
"Okay, Tenya says he's studying, but Ochaco's free." Lucas said. Izuku nodded, "Okay then." He said, happy that at least the three of them would be hanging out. "So, are you excited for the Sports Festival?" Izuku asked his friend, Lucas just shrugged. "Ah, n-not really." He said, "I'm not really for competing in stuff." Izuku looked at him, then remembered all the things he said to Hitoshi-san.
"Don't you wanna win, though?" Izuku asked, "It seems like you could easily get recognized by so many pros for your powers. Heck, with how strong you are, you seem like you could be able to win."
Lucas looked over, "That's true I suppose. Still, I've seen how competitive students get in the event, especially amongst those in the Hero Course." Lucas said, "When we compete amongst ourselves, I think: "We're competing for a goal we'll all get if we work hard enough." Lucas remembered Hitoshi-san, but then that student from Class 1-B: Tetsutetsu, and Katsuki especially. Izuku looked at his friend, sort of understanding.
"Lucas thinks so differently from us, sometimes, it feels like he's in his own league. Still, I can understand where he's coming from." Izuku thought to himself. "S-Sorry, I s-suppose you don't want me to ramble?" Lucas said, sheepishly.
"No no, it's okay!" Izuku said, reassuringly. "Guess you're thinking it's a little unfair to those who aren't in the Hero Course."
Lucas nodded. "So, why don't we change the subject?" He asked. "Hmm…Well, I wanted to ask about how you grew up with…your dad?" Izuku realized they were in public and made sure to be ambiguous. "I guess I could tell you." Lucas said, "He's protective of me. He even had hesitation of putting me in the Hero Course." Izuku was shocked by that, "Wait, really? I would've thought he wanted you in because of either…well, following in his footsteps or he just thought you were capable." He said, Lucas looked saddened.
"No, quite the opposite, in fact. He doesn't show it…but I know he's afraid of me joining the Hero Course. It may be related to…" Lucas started remembering the flashes of Nezu's memory that haunted him. "He doesn't want me to be a target for villains, is all." Lucas didn't necessarily want to reveal that part. Though he already suspected there were public rumors regarding his father's past.
"Though, he never told me the reason. I found out that on my own." Lucas said, saddened. He doesn't blame Papa for never telling him, he just hated that he found out accidentally.
"I see. Is this getting too personal?" Izuku asked, "A little. We can talk about something lighter, I suppose?" Lucas said, trying to think of a lighter topic.
(Okay, so that's it for the training montage. I hope you guys like it, even it was just fluff. Anyways, we're getting straight into the Sports Festival. I know Lucas has taken Minoru's spot in the class, but I will be rewriting a few parts of the Sports Festival Arc. Anyways, stay strong & awesome! Be humble as you can, because He's with you!)
