Chapter 13:
(Okay, time for the Heroes vs. Villains fights! Which mean Deku vs. Kacchan! I hope you guys'll like the outfit for Lucas. After this part in the story, I'm gonna write a chapter about Claus and his gang to see what's going on at the Nowhere Islands again. Enjoy the chapter!)
"Seriously, Lu! I didn't know you were fluent in English!" Ochaco complimented the boy, who buried himself in the hoodie. "Th-Thank you…" it was lunchtime on the second day, and Izuku and Lucas were sitting with Ochaco and Iida. "You really should take that off, Lucas." Izuku patted his shoulder, "It should be okay, you're among friends." Lucas was still nervous around others, but he lifted the hood off of his head.
"I-Is this better?" Lucas asked, Iida simply nodded, Ochaco gave a thumbs up with a smile and Izuku did the same.
"Yeah, I-I'm fluent in English. My Pap—I-I-I mean my Dad taught me." Lucas explained, feeling embarrassed that he almost called his father "Papa" in front of other students.
"Well, I can see he has taught you well." Iida said, respectfully. "Does he also know you wore your jacket to school?" Lucas nodded, but not really knowing what to say to that. No one knew he was Nezu's son, or that he gave him permission to wear the jacket over his uniform, so what COULD he say?
"B-Back to the topic of our school schedule, don't you find it strange? Mr. Aizawa hasn't started our training yet." Lucas knew how the class was going to go, but he didn't want to spoil it for the others. "He did say to Deku the real training begins today, how bad do you think it's going to be?" Ochaco asked, still pretty nervous after what happened yesterday.
"Let's finish up and get to class." Iida said, the only way to know what Aizawa had in store for them today was to work through the day.
(Later)
"I AM HERE!" All Might shouted, revealing himself. "Coming through the door like a hero!" His cape was flying in the imaginary wind, everyone was excited. Lucas simply cringed at the entrance, squinting his eyes. "Whoa! Can't believe it's really All Might!" Kaminari said, Kirishima was excited, "This year's gonna be really awesome!" Tsuyu took note of the costume, realizing it was his Silver Age outfit. "Welcome to the most important class at UA High. Think of it as 'Hero-ing 101.' Here, you will learn the basics of being a pro." All Might explained, "And what it means to fight for the name of good! Let's get into it!" He dramatically pulled a card that said "Battle", "Fight training." Bakugo seemed TOO thrilled to see that.
"Real combat?" Izuku seemed concerned, though All Might continued. "But one of the keys to being a hero is…Looking good!" Containers came from the classroom's wall, labeled with numbers. "These were designed for you based on your Quirk registration forms and the requests you sent in before school started." All Might explained, the students all gasped. "Weird, the only thing Papa said to me about my costume was…" He remembered Nezu chuckled mischievously, "It's a surprise, my little noble warrior." Lucas realized there was a hint to what the costume was, the keyword being "noble warrior."
"Costumes!" Izuku was excited, as he was excited to wear his costume finally.
(Later)
Toshinori told them to meet at Training Ground Beta, "They say the at clothes make the pros, young ladies and gentlemen, and behold, you are the proof…Heroes in training!" He said, admiring the costumes. Many examples include Yuga in a knight's armor, Ochaco in an astronaut inspired outfit, and Shoto covering one side of him with ice.
Lucas' outfit was oddly simple, he word a zip-up black jumpsuit with a hood, with red and yellow armor on his shoulders and arms, and blue and red on his legs, with boots of the same color. All Might thought their outfits were incredible, "Now. Shall we get started, you buncha newbies?" He asked, enthusiastically.
Izuku was the last person to come over, wearing a big green jumpsuit, with giant thing that kinda looked like rabbit ears. And a paintball mask, sporting his red sneakers. "Ah! Hey, Deku!" Ochaco and Lucas approached, "Uraraka!" He was out of sorts when talking to her, Lucas wondered why that is. "Love your costume! Not too flashy, ya know?" She said, Lucas looked over the costume, as if evaluating it. Izuku stopped blushing over Ochaco and looked at Lucas in confusion.
"You make it too obvious." Lucas pointed to the "rabbit ears" and mask. Izuku looked at his friend, feeling embarrassed in the moment. "I like that you added your shoes to the look, though." He commended him, "Huh…I just noticed your shoes are like my Pa-I-I-I mean—my Dad's." Lucas blushed nervously again, still not wanting to sound juvenile in front of others. Ochaco looked nervous and scratched her head, "I should've been more specific with mine. This bodysuit's skintight, not really my style." Lucas nodded in understanding, "Your outfit's cool, too, Lu. But, what's the staff for?" She asked, noting his bo staff. "On the battlefield, you need to know how to fight in more ways than one. Though, what I'm going for is a more non-lethal means." He explained, as he noticed that All Might was cringing at Izuku's costume. "And he noticed the similarities, as well." He muttered.
"Now that you're ready, it's time for combat training." All Might said, enthusiastically. Iida raised his hand, "Sir. This is the fake city from our entrance exam. Does that mean we will be conducting urban battles again?" He asked, "Not quite. I'm going to move you two steps ahead." All Might explained, "Most if the villain fights you see on the news take place outside. However, statistically speaking, run-ins with the most dastardly evildoers take place indoors." He furthered the explanation and the structure of this training exercise were to partner two students up into good guys and bad guys, and to fight 2-on-2 indoor battles.
"Isn't this a little advanced?" Tsuyu asked, "The best training is what you get on the battlefield. Remember, you can't just punch a robot. You're dealing with actual people now." Yaoyorozu asked if All Might would be deciding who wins.
Bakugo asked how much they can hurt the other team. "Is violence all you think about?" Lucas asked, quietly.
Ochaco recalled yesterday's practice and asked if they needed to worry about whoever was in last place.
Iida asked if the decision of partners was based on chased or comparative skill.
Aoyama asked about if his cape was trĀ''s chic.
All Might was slightly annoyed. "I wasn't finished talking." Lucas felt guilty. "I apologize, Sensei." He said.
"Listen up." He pulled out a script, Izuku noticed. "The villains have a hidden nuclear missile somewhere in their hideout. The heroes must try to foil their plans. To do that, the good guys either have to catch the evildoers or recover the weapon." That was the heroes' conditions of winning. "Likewise, the bad guys succeed if they protect their payload or capture the heroes."
Izuku nodded, "Sounds like a classic action movie setup." All Might pulled out a box reading "Lots."
"Time's limited, and we'll choose teams by drawing lots." Iida thought there might've been a better way, Izuku perked up. "Think about it! Pros often have to team with heroes from other agencies on the spot, so maybe that's the reason we're seeing that here." Iida understood and then bowed respectfully, "Excuse my rudeness." He said, "No sweat! Let's draw!"
Teams went as followed:
Team A:
Izuku Midoriya and Ochaco Uraraka
Team B:
Mezo Shoji and Shoto Todoroki
Team C:
Lucas Sakai and Momo Yaoyorozu
Team D:
Katsuki Bakugo and Tenya Iida
Team E:
Mina Ashido and Yuga Aoyama
Team F:
Koji Koda and Rikido Sato
Team G:
Denki Kaminari and Kyoka Jiro
Team H:
Fumikage Tokoyami and Tsuyu Asui
Team I:
Mashirao Ojiro and Toru Hagakure
Team J:
Hanta Sero and Eijirou Kirishima
Ochaco was excited to be partner with Izuku. "Wow, what are the chances? We're a team!"She said, happily. Izuku started blushing and getting all nervous.
"I have to make a good impression on her." Izuku said, nervous.
"Hey, don't be nervous, Izuku. You and Ochaco will be fine." Lucas said, "U-Uh, thanks, Lucas." Yaoyorozu tapped the blonde's shoulder. "Sakai, I think we need to stick together at the moment." She said, Lucas nodded in understanding. "Good luck!" He said, but also hoping they don't go against each other.
All Might pulled out two balls marked with letters. A black box with "Villain" labeled on the front, and a white box with "Hero."
"I declare that the first teams to fight will be…these guys!" On the villain's side was Team D, and on hero was Team A.
Katsuki and Izuku looked at it in shock. Lucas grew worried, given Bakugo's behavior from yesterday.
"Team A will be the heroes, and Team D will be the villains. Everyone else can head to the monitoring room to watch!" The students answered with a strong "Yes sir!" And walked off. Izuku looked back at Katsuki, who glared at him with silent fury.
Izuku shrunk back for a second, returning to being afraid, but in the moment, made a fist and stood back up straight and confident, he glared at Bakugo in return. This was something Katsuki didn't expect, he was shocked and started growling.
(Later)
"Bad guys, you can go on in and get set up. In five minutes, the good guys will be let loose and the battle will start." All Might said, only 3 out of the 4 students responded with "Yes sir!"
"Young Iida, Young Bakugo. The key to being successful in this challenge is to embody villainy. Think from the perspective of an evildoer." He explained, Tenya took the advice, whereas Katsuki seemed too focus on Izuku. "If things go too far, I'll step in." All Might said. Katsuki growled as he wasn't listening. In his mind, all he could think about was how Deku was confident now, and he had a Quirk as well? Was he lying about being Quirkless all these years? And then there's something about the blonde kid that Deku's hanging out with now, how he views him already as he could be a great hero. More than him.
(Later, on Team D's side)
Tenya and Katsuki walked to the prop warhead, "Even though this is training, it pains me to be aligned with criminal behavior." Iida said, walking up to the prop. "So, this is the weapon we must protect." He hit the replica, fully determining that it's fake. "Hey." Katsuki said, plainly. "Do you really think Deku has a Quirk?" He asked, still not processing yesterday's events. "You saw how he threw the ball. Though I think his power hurts his body." All Katsuki did was scoff at Tenya's answer, "Why is it that you seem to be especially angry when it comes to Midoriya?"
Katsuki moved into his thoughts, "Was he seriously tricking me all these years? I'm gonna roast that dang nerd today!" He grinned aggressively.
(On Team A's side)
"You think they expect us to memorize this building's floor plan? It's so big!" Ochaco said, "You know, All Might's just as cool as he is on television! Glad he's not threatening us with some kind of punishment like Mr. Aizawa we can relax—" Ochaco stopped when she noticed Izuku was sweating through his costume, he had his paintball mask down, too. "It's just because we're up against Kacchan. Plus there's Iida, too." Izuku explained why he was nervous, "We should be on our guard, who knows what they'll pull." Ochaco was a little worried for her friend, "Oh right, Bakugo. He's the one who's always making fun of you." She said, Izuku sighed. "And he's amazing. He can be a real pain, sure..But his strength and confidence, and his ambition, not to mention his Quirk. They're all so much greater than mine." He said, then stood up straight.
"But that just means I have to do better." Izuku put on his paintball mask, "I refuse to lose today." He stayed confident. Ochaco smiled at Izuku's boldness.
"So it's a fated battle between rivals?" She asked, thinking this was like some grandiose story. "O-Oh, not that I'm trying to get you wrapped up in my fight or anything!" He said, nervously. "Are you kidding? We're a team, right? Let's win this!" Ochaco raised her hand up enthusiastically. Izuku smiled, feeling extra confident now.
All Might's voice rang over the building. "All right, let's begin the indoor combat training! Team A and Team D, your time starts now!"
(In the monitoring room)
"Pay attention, kids. Think about what you would do." All Might said, Lucas looked worried, understanding that Izuku and Bakugo's Quirk are equally destructive and could level the building. Not to mention, Izuku doesn't have full control over All Might's Quirk just yet. And then there's Bakugo…he seems to have it out for Izuku right now.
"Sakai, is everything okay?" Tsuyu already noticed he was lost in thought, though he was scared. "O-Oh…I-I'm sorry. I was just thinking of their Quirks…" He explained. "Oh, I see." Tsuyu said, Yaoyorozu stood next to him, "So, did you notice the dangers of their Quirks?" She whispered. Lucas nodded, at her.
"So you've caught on as well, then." He said, "Not that I'd expect anything less, of course, Yaoyorozu-san." He remembered Yaoyorozu entered the school through recommendation. But they returned their attention to the current match.
(Back with Team A)
Izuku and Ochaco looked over a corner of a wall, wondering what Tenya and Katsuki were planning. "I still have basically no control over One For All." Izuku thought to himself, "I can't risk using it." He knew the danger that could be caused by his lack of control with the strength. "We'll just have to win with Uraraka's Zero Gravity and whatever I can do without a Quirk. I've gotta use my head." Remembering the notes he wrote in his hero analysis journals. "I can do this!" He said internally, confident. Then, the fight truly began. Bakugo jumped from a nearby hallway and ignited an explosion, Izuku grabbed Ochaco and then jumped out of the way. The explosion tore off a bit of Izuku's mask. "Uraraka, you okay?" He asked, worried, since they barely avoided the attack.
"I'm fine. Thanks!" Ochaco said, but then realized the masked was torn off. "Oh, Deku!" She said; worried he was harmed. "I'm fine. It's just my mask." Izuku readied himself, Katsuki brushed the smoke out of the way.
"What's the matter, Deku? Afraid to stand up and fight me?" He said, still enraged. "I knew you'd come at me first. And figured you'd try to catch me by surprise." He said, not showing any fear.
(With the other students)
Lucas sighed in relief and proudness. His friend was finally being standing to his bully. "Sneak attack, Bakugo?" Eijirou said, holding his fists together. "What kinda man pulls cheap crap like that?"
"It's a viable strategy. He's playing the part. Acting like a true villain would." All Might said, "From what I've seen of him alone. He knows the part too well." Lucas said, seriousness in his tone. "But it didn't work, Midoriya dodged it!" Mina said, excitedly. "Whoa, there he goes!" Denki said, Lucas took a deep breath. "Prove him wrong, Izuku!" Lucas said.
(Fight's on)
"I wanna hurt you so bad, they'll have to stop the fight!" Katsuki came viciously toward Izuku, "Just close—!" He was interrupted when Izuku grabbed, and turned. Bakugo questioned how he knew what he'd do, not thinking he was that good. Ochaco was excited, she saw Deku throw him down to the floor. "Kacchan. You always use a big right hook to start a fight. I know because I've watched you for years." Izuku said, Bakugo got back up and then turned toward him. "I analyzed every amazing hero, even you. I wanted to learn everything I could about them. It was all in the notebook you burned and threw away." Katsuki growled in anger. Izuku kept his fighting stance. "You can call me Deku, but I'm the same helpless, defenseless kid anymore!" He affirmed, "You hear me? I've changed. From now on, Deku is the name of a hero!" He shouted.
Ochaco looked at him in shock, she remembered she thought Deku was a cute nickname that would make a great hero name. Katsuki got back up, "Deku…" he growled, seeing that he was shaking. "You're shaking in your boots, you're so scared. But you wanna fight me anyway…" He grew enraged. "THAT'S WHY I HATE YOU!" He screamed.
(And here we go, anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. And that Lucas' hero outfit sounds cool. Anyways, I'm sorry I end Deku vs Kacchan here, but I'm going by episodic length as best as I can.
Anyways, stay strong and awesome! I hope your days are going good and I hope God is more involved in your lives)