Been awhile. Sorry, life happened that made me unable to focus on writing, but I'm slowly coming back and to terms of what has happened.
Izuku made it back home, greeting his mother and father, who were also home, which was a rare occasion.
"How was the university?" asked Hisashi.
"Dean Nezu was interesting," nodded Izuku as he sat down to eat with his family, "Made me take a little test before opening up to me a bit more. He's still hiding some secrets, but he's at least respectful and honest to me. That's a huge plus."
"And the others?" questioned Inko with a raised eyebrow as she sat down, giving everyone a bowl. They were having ribeye steak as a treat as it was rare for all family members to be sitting together for dinner.
"Professor Midnight was very professional and upfront with me," continued Izuku, "She's one of the few who apparently believed that I should've been placed in the hero course. A few other professors I've met for my other subjects have been courteous to me as well."
"And him?" asked Inko with a darker tone.
"... He's an asshole," admitted Izuku bluntly, "He confronted me and tried to restrict my time with Momo and the others, giving a pathetic excuse that Hero students and General Education students shouldn't socialize with each other, and tried to remove me from the table, most likely wanting to put his own apprentice into the circle to leech off others. When I called his bluff, he tried to expel me."
Hisashi and Inko had to take a deep breath to control their tempers, but that was a rather futile effort as Izuku continued on.
"Then we had the unfortunate timing to cross each other's path as I went to the Support Department, where his apprentice, who I now know has some form of mind control quirk that activates upon responding to him, tried to make me jump out the window head first. He did nothing to stop it, if not encourage it."
At that statement, both lost their tempers and control of their quirks momentarily. Small objects flew towards Inko, with a knife flying into Inko's hand where she grabbed it and stabbed her steak viciously.
Hizashi had to tilt his head up to breath out a stream of fire that made its way to the ceiling. Luckily, the house had been embedded with a rune that absorbed the fire, allowing Hisashi to continue spewing out fire without worry for damage.
"When can we meet this 'professor' and his 'student'?" asked Inko frostily as Hisashi was breaking his record of longest fire being spewed.
"Another teacher stopped it before it could go too far," said Izuku calmly, "I could've broken out easily with the artifacts my masters gave me, but the other homeroom teacher for 101-B Heroics Course, Professor Vlad, stopped it before it went too far, giving Eraser Head a warning about his so called 'logical' deductions. Dean Nezu was also watching over the situation as well."
Hisashi finally stopped breathing out fire, taking a big gulp of water to cool down before looking at Izuku.
"Remember, you don't have to prove yourself to the world. We believe in you, as do your friends and your masters. You don't need to put up with needless suffering against petty people," stated Hisashi.
Izuku shook his head, "As my masters would say it, these ants don't bother me at all despite their antics. It's hardly a big deal. Dean Nezu has shown me respect, so I'll give him the respect he is due as well to his university."
After spending some time with his family, Inko and Hisashi left to catch a flight out of the country for Hisashi's job. Cleaning up their home, Izuku made his way to the teleportation array. Looking at the scroll he had gotten in hand, Izuku made up his mind. He was going to solve the mystery of this scroll with the help of one of his masters whom he knew would do so easily.
After activating the lockdown sequence, Izuku activated the teleportation array. A bright light flashed in the basement, and Izuku was whisked away to another world.
Izuku slowly opened his eyes once more to see a rocky valley with trees and waterfalls, a rare sight in his own home planet. Izuku took a deep breath, enjoying the fresh taste and smell of air. While his own home had been purified of pollution from the environment, it was nothing like he was breathing now. Still, he had a task to do, so Izuku made his way down the bridge leading into a town with building architecture that to him, seemed like it would have existed back in the old dynasty eras.
Izuku quickly made his way through the buildings, ignoring the pointed gestures at his clothes. He was wearing a basic t-shirt and shorts while everybody else was wearing robes for the most part.
'Fashion really is different when comparing worlds,' thought Izuku as he made it to the main building.
Izuku flashed a badge when some guards came close, allowing him to pass through easily.
"Who was that?" asked one of the guards, "He doesn't seem like someone who'd be allowed to carry one of the ancestral sect master's token. His cultivation feels like he's still in the earthly fate realm."
"It's not like he can threaten him even if he is somehow hiding it," shrugged the other guard, "Not to mention he's also entertaining some guests who are just as strong. Not only that, but that specific badge was specially made. I've heard rumors about someone who's not only an apprentice to the ancestral sect master of the Divine Feathers, but to two other sects as well. You sensed it as well, he came from the transportation array created by the sect master's friend."
The first guard nodded in agreement. That particular transportation array used for a specifically a group of people, and nobody else. There was even a trap within the array. Anyone not carrying a specific token made by the creator would be torn to shreds, their body thrown into the various dimensions and the void.
Izuku made his way into the building just in time to be greeted by one of Nie Li's wives, Yu Yan.
"What brings you here?" asked Yu Yan kindly as she smoothed out her red dress, "Are you looking for Nie Li?"
Izuku nodded, "I want to ask him for some help. I found a scroll recently back in my world that has some sort of inscription on it. I want to break it without damaging what's inside of it."
Yu Yan nodded, "He's inside talking with some of his other friends. He'll be done shortly."
She guided Izuku into the building just as Nie Li had finished talking with some of his closest friends that had been with him from his original world, the Tiny World.
"Oh? What brings you here?" asked Nie Li in surprise, "You usually don't visit unless it's time for a training session."
"I came here for your expertise in inscriptions," said Izuku as he held up the scroll he had gotten from Nezu, "I wanted another opinion before I try to open it. It seems to be written in my own native language, but I wanted to be sure I don't lose anything when I open it."
"No worries, let's go into the inscription room," nodded Nie Li, "You'll be breaking the spiritual lock on this, but I can guide you."
Izuku nodded as the two went into a private room. A few moments later, Nie Li was already writing up inscriptions with a brush to translate the formation set on the scroll to something he could read.
"Let's see….. Seems simple enough," nodded Nie Li as Izuku began to write his own inscriptions, explaining his thought process to Nie Li.
As Izuku finished with inscriptions with Nie Li double checking his work, Izuku's hands began to blur through hand signs before slamming both palms into the floor. The inscriptions that Izuku had written began to wriggle on the ground before all moving towards the scroll like ants. The words on the scroll began to glow brightly before dissipating into the air.
Gingerly reaching out, Izuku took the scroll before breaking the wax seal on it, finding it rather easy now that the inscription seals on it were gone. Taking a deep breath, Izuku opened the scroll.
"I'm not sensing any energy fluctuations, so it's not an inscription scroll," commented Nie Li from the side, "What is it?"
"It's…. It looks like a passage describing a period of history," said Izuku as he continued to read through it, finding the whole text written in his native language, Japanese, "But it's using a rather old dialect. It describes the Red Spiritual Awareness Fruit a little, but that's to be expected since the scroll was found next to said tree. It looks like it was written around the Sengoku period."
"Sengoku?" asked Nie Li.
"A period of time in my country, known as the Warring States Period," continued Izuku, "One my old middle school seemed to love using as an example of how uncultured people were despite the fact it marked the transition from medieval Japan to modern day Japan. Though it was a bloody period, to be fair. It looks like there's a technique here that the author wrote out. Says it was originally used to create an illusion of a double, but the writer wrote out he managed to… upgrade it? Expand on it? It's hard to understand what he's trying to convey since parts of it are smudged. His name is also half smudged. Hat….. nzo? It's gotten too old."
"Can you try to use it?" asked Nie Li.
"Yea, the way to use it along with the hand signs is still legible. It talks about using chakra, but it should in theory be the same way you all taught me about Ki," mumbled Izuku as he slowly went through the hand signs shown in the scroll, cycling his Ki within his whole body as demonstrated in the scroll before activating it.
Izuku felt a good chunk of his Ki leave his body, pondering what was going on as it floated into the air before manifesting itself into a body identical to Izuku, including the clothes he was wearing.
"Is this an illusion?" questioned Izuku as he poked the body that had appeared, only to be shocked that it was solid.
"Looks pretty real to me," observed Nie Li as he tilted his head, "Can it move independently?"
The clone suddenly opened his eyes before replying, "Yes, I can."
The master and disciple looked at each other in shock for a second before looking back at the clone, "Are you….. aware of your current surroundings and conditions?"
The clone nodded, "I am a clone of Izuku Midoriya."
"Well, this is interesting," smiled Nie Li, "Let's see what this clone can do. Go spar with each other."
The two began to spar at low intensity, slowly kicking it up as time passed. It was there that Izuku discovered the limitations the clone had despite being a solid copy of him. One good hit to the vitals would dispel the clone no matter what. It was the same with an attack that overpowered its defense, and the clone currently only had 5% of Izuku's overall strength. It did not transfer any memories or anything over when it died, and it took a good chunk of Izuku's Ki to even form one.
"It is still useful for scouting, emergency moves, and confusing opponents on the spot," hummed Izuku as he wrote down his observations, "Can also use it to throw off others if being tracked."
"You can probably improve it as you use it more," suggested NIe Li, "How far it goes depends on you."
As Izuku began to clean up his tools, Nie Li cleared up his throat.
"I know it's a bit rude to ask since this is technically your technique…. but can I also learn it?" asked Nie Li, "It'd be useful to use for various other menial tasks that I might need to do. I'm sure Yang Kai would also love to learn about this as well."
Izuku eagerly shook his head, glad to be able to do something for his masters. Just as he finished cleaning up, the door slammed open to reveal another of Nie Li's wives, the temperamental fiery Long Yuyin.
"So you're my husband's disciple from another world," said Long Yuyin, her long pink hair flowing around her body, "Let's see how well you can fight for your level."
"Wait, it's still a school night, I have to go back home!" exclaimed Izuku, only to be ignored as he was dragged away.
"Don't worry, I won't test you for long," said Long Yuyin curtly.
Nie Li could only chuckle as he watched one of his wives drag Izuku away before glancing down at the copy of the technique Izuku had created for him.
"This'll make my wives and Yang Kai's wives happy," muttered Nie Li.
The main reason why Nie Li wanted to learn how to make a clone was for one sole reason. To make their wives happy by having an actual copy of their body to accompany them. The two of them felt guilty when they couldn't spend time with them, and the amount of time they could had to be split among them. With this technique, their wives wouldn't be as lonely, even if it was just a clone.
Next morning
"Ow…. ow…. Ow….," groaned Izuku as he dragged himself towards U.A. university.
The 'spar' against Long Yuyin had been brutal in his opinion, and it was only due to Nie Li that he was allowed to go back home in time to get some much needed sleep. He had to admit that he certainly learned quite a bit, though.
"Morning!" cheered Ochako as she saddled up to Izuku's side. The other side was quickly and slyly taken by Yui. Itsuka and Momo could only sight as they let the two do what they wanted. They would take the next shift.
The group made their way to the university, where Ochako and Yui reluctantly let go to head to their own classes. Izuku made his way to his own class, noticing the glares from five other students while the others did their best to not look his way.
"Yo," greeted Tsutsutaka and Chikuchi as they arrived, "Gonna be a busy day since we've officially started, right?"
Those words prove prophetic when class started for them all. Immediately, the professors began to dive into their lessons. Even if U.A. university was known for their heroics course, it didn't mean that their other courses were lacking. Students could feel their eyes becoming spinning orbs as they tried to process all the information they were given. For Izuku though, it was rather simple for him to memorize everything that he was being given. Being a cultivator not only raised his physical abilities past normal human limits, but also his mental capabilities, giving him near perfect eidetic memory.
Soon enough, it was lunch time for the students.
"My head hurts," groaned Tsutsutaka, his head on his desk.
"Suck it up, you'll get used to it," said Chikuchi as she slapped him on the head, "The hero course students have to do this as well and keep up with hero training as well. If you wanna try to transfer into the hero course, you gotta get used to this. Look at Izuku, he's totally fine."
Tsutsutaka raised his head in complaint, "Yea, but he's also Nezu's personal student. He's at a different level."
Izuku could only chuckle at the compliment, "Don't give up hope. If someone like me can do this, then you certainly can too. Especially if you want to steal a spot in the hero course."
"Yea, we'll kick that purple-haired jerk's butt!" exclaimed Chikuchi, "Show that cheater that just because he got in due to someone taking pity on him doesn't mean he's better than us!"
Tsutsutaka nodded, getting himself pumped up.
The trio went to get lunch, ordering their food before finding a table to sit.
"Togeike-san, I never got the chance to ask a little more about your quirk. You said it was seed growth, right? Can you see if your quirk works on these seeds?" asked Izuku as he pulled out a seed from the sealed world orb he had hidden in his backpack.
"I could try," nodded Chikuchi as she took the seed, "I've been meaning to test out my quirk some more to see if I could improve on some things."
Chikuchi began channeling her quirk into the seed, causing a small reaction within said seed. Whenever Chikuchi did so, she could sense what sort of seed she had in her hand, whether it was a fruit, flower, vine, etc. The one she had on hand she could feel it was some sort of flower.
Chikuchi was surprised to see that the seed in her hand hadn't even begun to grow, though she could feel it starting the germination process.
She began to pour more energy into the seed, trying to get it to bloom. Izuku could see her beginning to sweat before deciding to stop her, though only after he noticed a small sprout emerging from the seed.
"That's enough," said Izuku gently as he swiped the seed back, putting it into his sealed world. The seed was from the flower that Izuku had gotten back when he had been exploring a hidden realm, the blessed blue crystal drop. While the sealed world orb accelerated the growth of plants, the downside was that it couldn't accelerate the germination process while within the seed shell. Now that the sprout had come out, it could easily grow at an accelerated pace.
'Maybe I should consider hiring her as a gardener,' mused Izuku, 'She could definitely benefit from it. I'm sure master Yang Kai has some plant seeds she can use to protect herself. I've heard from him about a vine that grows to protect the owner.'
"What the heck is that seed!?" gasped Chikuchi as she quickly began gulping down water to replenish herself.
"A special seed," said Izuku with a tone of finality, giving Chikuchi a hint not to ask more about it.
Chikuchi frowned but nodded for the while as she began to dig into her meal.
Momo and the others soon joined them to eat, followed by Himiko, Reiko, Setsuna, and two more students, Tsuyu and Pony.
"Kero, hello, may we sit here?" asked Tsuyu politely, gesturing to herself and Pony.
The others nodded, allowing the two to sit at the same table.
"Not that I don't mind it being mostly girls, but I wouldn't mind some guys joining us as well," chimed Tsutsutaka.
"Yea, wouldn't mind getting to know some guys," grinned Setsuna, "But who to join us?"
"Maybe Yoarashi-san," said Momo, looking over to see where her fellow recommendation student was at, "He's a little boisterous from what I've seen, but he seems to have a good and honest heart."
Momo spotted Yoarashi Inasa, the other recommendation student with a buzz cut who came in first place in the obstacle course, coming into the cafeteria with his lunch tray, and waived at him to come over.
Inasa saw Momo and decided to accept the invite, though he had been planning to eat with Tetsutetsu and Eijiro, seeing how passionate they were, but it didn't hurt to mingle with others.
As he walked over, he crossed paths with another recommended student who had come in second right behind him, Todoroki Shoto.
Inasa paused as he glared at the bi-colored hair student, who noticed his glare before turning to meet his eyes.
"What?" asked Shoto dully.
Inasa breathed in for a second, his eyes closed for a second before replying with his natural voice, which happened to be very loud, "I DON'T LIKE YOU!"
Shoto blinked at that in confusion, but Inasa merely walked past him to continue his path before he could really react.
"HELLO FELLOW CLASSMATES!" grinned Inasa as he sat down next to Tsutsutaka, "FOR THOSE NOT IN MY CLASS, MY NAME IS YOaRASHI INASA. PLEASE TO MEET YOU!"
"Dang, and I thought I was naturally loud," said Tsutsutaka with a chuckle, "Agoyamato Tsutsutaka, but you can call me Yamato if you want."
"Togeike Chikuchi," said Chikuchi as her introduction.
"Midoriya Izuku," continued Izuku, "If you don't mind, could you lower your voice a little?
"AH, I KNOW OF YOU! YOU WERE THE ONE WHO ALMOST GOT EXPELLED!" greeted Inasa before coughing, "Apologies, I'm very excited just being in this university. It's been a dream of mine!"
"We can see that," said Setsuna dryly, "You definitely aced the recommendation exam."
Inasa glanced at Setsuna, squinting for a second before bumping his fist into the palm of his hand, "Ah, you're the girl who could split her body parts into pieces! Good to see you again! Sorry if I didn't recognize you earlier, yesterday was a little too hectic for me to remember everyone."
"No problem, I'm sure everyone was trying to memorize the school layout," nodded Setsuna.
"Tsunotori-san, are you okay?" asked Tsuyu towards Pony.
"Ummm… I…," stuttered Pony, trying to find the correct words.
Momo glanced over before realizing something, clearing her throat for a second
"Are you alright?" asked Momo in almost perfect English.
"Oh, you can speak English too?" exclaimed Pony with a happy tone, "I'm sorry, but my Japanese isn't the best, but I really wanted to attend U.A. university!"
"It's impressive that you came all the way from America," nodded Izuku, having also studied English thanks to the tutors the Yaoyorozu family hired for him for middle school and high school.
Ochako nodded, having understood everything, but decided not to showcase her skills in English as it was not as good as Izuku and Momo.
Soon the group fell into the lull conversation, each one talking to one another while eating their lunch.
"So, what's the big deal with your beef with Endeavor junior?" asked Setsuna.
"I'm usually straightforward, but even that was too blunt for me, kero," nodded Tsuyu.
"I think people who want to be heroes should be passionate!" said Inasa as he ate his bowl of rice, almost spraying his food out before remembering his manners and quickly swallowed first, "Todoroki is the opposite of that completely! He's so cold-hearted, like his father! I also don't like Endeavor, just to let you know!"
"Do you dislike Todoroki because of his father?" asked Itsuka for clarification.
"No, I was willing to give him a chance, especially since how close he came to beating me back at the recommendation exam," explained Inasa, "I tried to compliment him despite seeing him with cold eyes the first time after the race, but he rudely brushed me off, saying that he had no intentions of competing against me, that he just wanted to pass. He didn't even look at me when he said that, just walked away, saying I was a nuisance. Just like his father when I wanted to ask him for an autograph when I was a kid. I almost chose to give up my spot in the recommendation exam and was ready to apply to Shiketsu when I got my head knocked in that I shouldn't let one student ruin my whole experience."
The others were a bit silent at his statement when Yui summarized what they were all thinking.
"Hothead," said Yui, pointing at Inasa, who merely laughed heartily and accepted that title.
"Seriously, you almost forfeited your spot because of him?" asked Setsuna, "That's stupid. Sure he was cold, but honestly speaking, most people in his position would probably have the same attitude. I bet he wanted to get first to impress his old man, only to have you beat him. So he probably tried to play it off as not trying his best and was annoyed about you. I'm sure you were trying to be nice, but he probably saw it as rubbing salt on his wounds. He probably should have handled the situation better, but we have no idea if that is his default behavior. "
Inasa raised his hand to object, his mouth open before he paused, pondering about the situation before falling silent again.
"Is he alright?" blinked Chikuchi as he watched a somewhat malfunctioning Inasa going through his thought process.
"Give him a second, I'm sure he'll be up," said Tsutsutaka, "If not, we can slap his head to wake him up."
Inasa suddenly stood up, almost causing everyone to spill their food if not for their fast reactions.
"I should apologize to him!" stated Inasa, "But whether I like him or not is still up in the air!"
"How about finishing up your food first?" suggested Ochako, "Still plenty of time to meet up later. Plus, he's already gone."
Inasa looked around to see that Shoto had vanished from the cafeteria before huffing, sitting back down before wolfing down his lunch.
As lunch ended, they all went to their respective classes, though not before Momo, Ochako, Yui, and Itsuka snuck in a kiss before leaving.
As Izuku sat in class, he looked out the window, pondering about the Heroics class 101A was having. Nezu had not mentioned just who it was yet, but it couldn't remain hidden forever. Sooner or later, it will come out.
Meanwhile, Heroics Course
"Team D as villains will fight Team A as heroes!" declared All Might as he pulled out the lottery balls he had set up earlier.
The class in general had been excited when All Might entered the room, marching up to the front of the classroom before introducing himself as the professor for the foundation of Heroes.
Katsuki Bakugo grinned malevolently as his team would be going up first, though as villains, but that was beside the point. While he had the stiff Glasses, aka Tenya Iida, as his teammate, his opponents just happened to be Shinso Hitoshi, Mineta Minoru, and Monomo Nieto, aka lazy hair, grape head, and copyshit. Since there were 21 students in the class, one team had three members. All three of them were on his shitlist.
'Maybe teacher's bitch would be better for lazy hair,' mused Katsuki.
Katsuki had changed a bit after the whole Alderada Middle School scandal. Being forced to self-reflect while doing his community service. Finally seeing a therapist after seeing past the supposed social stigma of seeing one in Japan at the insistence of his parents for his issues. And finally making some friends, not lackeys like he had in the past that wasn't afraid to call him out.
Katsuki Bakugo felt like he had come out a better man, but at his core, he had the same drive as before. That had never changed no matter what. To become the best hero, the undisputed number one, so high that even when he retired, when compared to others, they would think he was stronger.
And so when he learned about Hitoshi unfairly taking Izuku's spot in the hero course and didn't even seem embarrassed about it, but proud, that cemented to the top of Katsuki's shit list. Katsuki only learned about this in more detail only thanks to pestering his mother, who got some more information about Izuku's situation from Inko.
Grapehead was next, only because he was annoying, always yapping about girls and stuff. He blocked out whatever the midget had to say unless it was actually important, which was next to nothing. Copyshit was third because of his high and mighty attitude, always trying to be above others when he didn't even place 1st in the Quirk Apprehension test.
'If Deku had that quirk, then he would be really scary,' mused Katsuki to himself, knowing his childhood friend's ability to dissect quirks in seconds, outperforming most quirk guidance counselors with experience.
Katsuki and Tenya made their way into the building, putting the paper mache bomb on the top floor.
"So, what should we do?" asked Tenya, "Stay here and protect the bomb? We can win by timing out."
"You stay here, I go out and beat the shit out of them," said Katsuki bluntly.
"What, that's not a plan!" exclaimed Tenya, chopping the air with his right hand, "We need a proper plan of attack!"
"I have a plan," said Katsuki curtly, "Attack."
The bell buzzed, signaling the heroes to start. Katsuki immediately rushed out of the room, leaving Tenya by himself to ponder what to do. He thought about following Katsuki, but remembered that they were outnumbered, and it would be bad to leave the bomb alone in case they managed to sneak past Katsuki.
"Perhaps I can use this time to get into a 'villainous' mindset," mused Tenya to himself as he began clearing the area to allow him to use his quirk fully without worrying about road hazards.
Two minutes later
The trio were walking down the hallway, completely relaxed. At first, they had been wary, but after not seeing any action, they began to let their guard down. Mineta had at first been crying about fighting against Katsuki, but seeing he was on a team of three, he began to feel more confident. Nieto was confident he could win just because he was on the team, and Shinso felt like he could easily handle Katsuki.
'He and glasses look like they're very responsive, especially if you insult them,' pondered Shinso, 'Just need a reply, and it's game over for them. I'll show them that flashy quirks aren't everything for a hero!'
Unaware of the double standards he was making or just plain ignoring it all while intending to prove himself, Shinso was so caught up in his thoughts that he let his guard down.
The trio had just arrived at a corner when Katsuki suddenly appeared before them, his hands already up towards them with sparks crackling at the palm of his hands.
Without hesitation, Katsuki let out a bright flash of light, stunning and blinding the trio.
"Ah, my eyes!" screamed Mineta before panicking and tossing his orbs in the general direction of the flash.
Though his reaction could be commended, thanks to the sound and light blast, Mineta was visibility disoriented and ended up throwing his purple sticky orbs in the wrong direction, mainly right towards Monoma.
"Get over here!" shouted Monoma as he blindly waved his hands, hoping to get a lucky touch so as to copy Katsuki's quirk.
Katsuki merely stepped in, dodging Monoma's attempts to touch him when he saw several purple orbs stuck on Monoma's back. He knew what they did, and immediately formulated another plan.
Katsuki grabbed Monoma by the head, squeezing harshly with his right hand. Then, with his left hand out, he began to let out a chain of explosions that let him spin, taking Monoma with him with an iron grip.
After gaining enough momentum, Katsuki threw Monoma as a human missile directly towards Mineta, who was still tossing his orbs everywhere, only to get a few stuck onto the incoming Monoma, who harshly collided into Mineta. The two bodies went flying, slamming into the floor a few times before Monoma was slammed face first into a wall with Mineta stuck on his back. Then gravity took hold of them as Monoma fell off the wall, landing on his back while Mineta was subjected to a face plant to the ground with the combined weight of both of them. Both were knocked unconscious.
"And that leaves one," grinned Katsuki maliciously as he turned to see Shinso still trying to get his sight back.
"Coward! Fight me fair you asshole!" shouted Shinso, trying to get a rise from Katsuki, "Dickhead! Think just because your quirk is flashy means anything? Just wait till I get you!"
Shinso was laying out insults, but Katsuki didn't rise to the bait, but only because he was amused and observing Shinso's gear.
He noticed the mask on Shinso's face and realized that Shinso was trying to get a response out of him.
'So his quirk must be voice activated on others or something,' mused Katsuki, having years of Izuku with his quirk analysis rubbed off on him even if they didn't spend as much time together after they were six, 'Explains why he didn't use it in the Quirk Apprehension Test.'
Shinso noticed he was failing to get anything, so he decided to change tactics.
"I bet you were friends with the quirkless loser," said Shinso, remembering how Katsuki had approached Izuku first, "Did you think he had a chance? That pathetic powerless Deku should know that he shouldn't even be a hero. I can easily overtake him and beat him with just my pinky. His parents are probably ashamed of him, and if not, are just losers like him!"
Toshinori frowned as he currently had audio along with video, unlike the students who only had video. He was aware of Shinso's quirk as well as his ploy, but to drag Izuku into this just to insult him was taking it too far. He still didn't agree with the decision Shota had made, no matter how much 'logic' the man tried to put in it. Toshinori was also wary of what Katsuki would do.
The boy had a record with notes stating he was 'volatile' to say the least. No criminal records, but a side note stating Katsuki had been on probation for a bit while taking anger management therapy amongst others.
Taking a peek at where Tenya was, Toshinori switched comms to listen to what Tenya was doing before realizing he was still continuing a monologue ever since Katsuki left him alone, and quickly switched back to Katsuki and Shinso.
Katsuki did indeed almost want to explode Shinso into ashes for that last comment, tempted to bring his bracers for a point blank shot. But he decided against it, taking a deep breath. Katsuki had seen Izuku take out his old middle school class without breaking a sweat, and knew that Izuku wouldn't have been content with that skill level. Katsuki would easily bet Izuku beating the shit out of Shinso. And those words pointed at Izuku's parents were a low blow as well. Katsuki respected Inko and Hisashi.
As Katsuki decided to wrap the capture tape around Mineta and Monoma, knowing he had some time to spare before Shinso finally recovered his sight, he began to ponder how to humiliate Shinso. Katsuki grinned as an idea popped in his head as he finished 'capturing' the two heroes.
"Mineta and Monoma are eliminated," declared Toshinori as Katsuki finished his capture, witnessing Katsuki turning towards Shinso and just waiting.
"What is he doing?" asked Kaminari, a student with an electrical quirk, "He can easily finish this!"
While others also questioned Katsuki's motives, only a few remained silent, watching the screen.
Katsuki stood there, just waiting for Shinso to finally stop stumbling around and recover his vision and balance.
Shinso blinked as he saw Katsuki just standing there, having taken his grenade bracers off and setting them aside before pondering what the hell Katsuki was doing.
"Are you looking down on me!?" demanded Shinso, "Answer me you asshole!"
Katsuki merely smirked as he took up a fighting position, his left hand in front as he flipped Shinso off with his middle finger before using said finger to curl up, taunting Shinso to come at him.
Shinso roared like a bull and charged towards Katsuki, rearing his right arm back. In his mind, he imagined punching Katsuki right in the face, overpowering his defense. He had been working hard after being accepted as Eraser Head's apprentice.
However, reality was different from what Shinso envisioned. Though he had been working on his body for a month, it was nothing compared to Katsuki, who had been working and toning his body for years.
Katsuki easily caught the right straight with his left hand, stopping Shinso in his path without any effort. Then, at the same breath, Katsuki brought his right fist up for a right hook, slamming it into Shinso's face.
Shinso went tumbling for a second before managing to combat roll back up to his feet, grabbing the capture scarf wrapped around his shoulders and hurling it towards Katsuki. The scarf wrapped around Katsuki's right arm before tightening in Shinso's hold.
"Gotcha!" shouted Shinso as he managed to yank Katsuki towards him.
Katsuki didn't even flinch, but rather twisted his body, manipulating the scarf on his hand, and came in with an arc kick towards Shinso's face. Half of Katsuki's combat style involved him in the air, leading to Katsuki having a developed sense of air combat and space. It was child's play for him to use Shino's attempted throw against him.
Shinso quickly put his arms up in time to block the kick, sending him skidding away. Katsuki, however, wasn't going to let him go. Unraveling the scarf on his hands, he pulled the scarf as hard as he could. The capture scarf, which had been loosened due to Katsuki's kick, had fallen down Shinso's shoulders when Katsuki pulled, tightening the scarf around Shinso's body, enough to pull Shinso towards Katsuki.
Shinso desperately flailed, trying to reorient himself to attack Katsuki with a kick. He did so successfully, but Katsuki merely ducked under his kick before delivering a palm heel strike right to the chin, rattling Shinso's brain.
Shinso tried to regain control of his body, but Katsuki didn't let up. Katsuki grabbed Shinso by his leg as he was flying up from the palm strike and with a grunt, hurled Shinso into the ground. As Shinso slammed into the ground in pain and rebounded up a little from impact, Katsuki twisted his body and threw a solar plexus punch, causing Shinso to curl up in pain. With all the damage Katsuki had done, Shinso was very much out of it, barely hovering the line of consciousness.
Katsuki stood there, tempted to continue his attack, but knew All Might was watching. Taking a deep breath, Katsuki took out the other capture tape and wrapped it around Shinso.
"Hitoshi Shinso has been captured! All heroes have been captured, Team D wins!" declared All Might as Katsuki grabbed his grenade bracers to leave, but not before spitting at Shinso's face.
"And you think you deserve to be a hero," spat Katsuki, "I beat your ass without my quirk. Deku would've done the same. If he's trash, then you're lower than trash. And only I get to call Deku by that name."
With that, Katsuki left, letting the medi-bots do their jobs, all while his statement rang within Shinso's mind.
Class continued on until the last match finished. As soon as Toshinori saw all the students had returned besides the ones in the medical room, Toshinori dismissed them before rushing away. He barely made it out before he transformed back to his skinny self.
"Shit, I can sustain my form throughout the class," coughed Toshinori as blood spat out, "My time is running out faster than I thought. I may need to find a successor sooner than I thought."
His mind flashed towards Nighteye's own suggestion before frowning. Mirio was an excellent hero and a choice, but something in his mind was telling him otherwise, but he wasn't sure.
Nobody in 101A came into mind as well.
'Maybe someone in 101B,' thought Toshinori before his hands touched a porcelain bottle had always kept on hand. His mind flashed back to Izuku once more before shaking his head. He knew he could not ask Izuku to become his successor, not with what he had done.
'Nezu would also kill me for trying to snag his own apprentice,' thought Toshinori to himself as well, 'But I really should go and apologize to him for saying those hypocritical words.'
Every now and then, he kept dreaming of the same disappointing look from Nana, while also encouraging him to apologize to Izuku. So far, he hadn't had the chance too, but Toshinori swore he would do so soon… as soon as he finished his reports in regards with today's battles before forwarding them to Shota.
As the bell rang, class was dismissed for the day. Izuku stood up after pouring his items into his backpack, which automatically went into the sealed world orb he had, before meeting up with Chikuchi and a tired Tsutsutaka, who was laying on his desk, looking like his soul would leave him at any moment.
"Oh c'mon, don't be so dramatic," said Chikuchi, slapping Tsutsutaka on the head.
"Just leave me," groaned Tsutsutaka, "I don't even know how I'm going to pass these classes."
"Man up, you got into U.A., didn't you?" scoffed Chikuchi, "You forget how hard the entrance exam was?"
"Yea, but I barely passed," pouted Tsutsutaka, "Really a miracle that I passed. I ended up just using my special rolling pencil dice to answer a good chunk of the questions."
"That's how you passed!?" shouted Chikuchi.
"He passed, whether by luck or not, he is a student here," chuckled Izuku, "I was planning to head to the gym to workout a little. Care to join me?"
"That I can do!" shouted Tsutsutaka, suddenly fired up at the sound of physical activities, "Let's go check out the gym here!"
Chickuchi scowled at Tsutsutaka's sudden change of attitude, but didn't say anything as she joined them.
The trio made it to the gym, switching to their gym clothes that had been provided by U.A. university.
"So what first?" asked Chikuchi as she stretched her limbs.
"Let's go for a simple jog," suggested Izuku, "Get the blood pumping while also working on cardio."
The trio nodded as Izuku led them off to the track field, though not before discreetly putting some arm weight and leg weights while activating some hidden talismans on his body to increase the gravity on himself.
One hour later
Izuku was still running at a constant pace, never having slowed down at all. Meanwhile, Tsutsutaka and Chikuchi were gasping, trying to get air into their lungs. At first, they had started at the same pace, but the two noticed Izuku was barely trying before telling him to go at his own pace.
Izuku nodded for running at a much faster pace that one would think he was running, not jogging. The other two went at their own pace though, not minding Izuku. Even as he passed by them on the left, overlapping them. However, the fact that Izuku never even slowed down did hurt their egos slightly. Even when Izuku politely told them he was passing them on their left every time. About every half lap they made, there was Izuku already catching up to pass them. Tsutsutaka was the first to break as Izuku passed by them for the 4th time, sprinting as fast as he could to try to avoid being overlapped, even using his quirk on himself.
That ended up taking Tsutsutaka out earlier, so he instead turned around to Chikuchi.
"You have to carry on for us!" cheered Tsutsutaka as he collapsed onto the floor, but not before using his quirk to empower Chikuchi.
Chikuchi nodded as she began sprinting in some hope of catching up to Izuku. Ultimately a futile effort as Izuku kept running, never slowing down as Chikuchi herself began to run out of steam.
"What the hell is with that stamina!?" gasped Chikuchi as she slowed down.
"Don't stop moving, even if you need to walk," advised Izuku as he kept running.
The two did as Izuku suggested, feeling a little better before trying to jog once more, this time doing their best to ignore Izuku running past them.
"How are you not tired?" asked Chikuchi, gasping for air as they finally finished their run.
"I've always gone running for training," shrugged Izuku, remembering one time when he was twelve, he was forced to run a certain training session devised by Tang San's master, one where all of his friends participated when they were young teenagers. It was hell, running 60 kilometers while carrying weights, and also forced to run without the use of Ki to help him, relying only on his physical attributes. He had to do that training for 3 months to get to his current stamina.
"Alright, I might lose to stamina, but I'm confident in my upper body strength!" grinned Tsutsutaka.
The trio were walking over to the weighted machines when they met Momo and a few other girls of 1B, all wearing their hero costumes.
"Vlad-sensei's idea," said Itsuka, "He wanted us to make sure we were comfortable with the hero costume designs given and wanted us to do a mock patrol around the university as a test run."
"Honestly not a bad idea," shrugged Setsuna, "Gives us a chance to test run a patrol in our uniform in a safe environment while figuring out what needs to be fixed."
A sensible idea as Izuku took in each person's costume design with his eyes, noting each one and their theme. Then his eyes landed on Momo's and blinked a few times.
"Momo, was there a mistake on yours?" asked Izuku while Tsutsutaka glanced over before trying to control his heart rate.
"Somewhat," said Momo, who was wearing a high collared leotard that exposed skin from the neck down to her navel, exposing a lot of skin on her body.
She wasn't troubled by it at all though, considering her slight nudist tendencies in private, but it didn't mean that she wanted people to ogle her all the time.
"Wasn't there a discussion about using DNA infused clothing?" asked Izuku.
"As it turns out, that one's a no go," winced Momo, "Though my quirk uses my lipids, it also uses the air around my skin to create the reaction. The note said that even with it, I would still rip through the clothing, so it would be a waste of money in the end. There was even a sample of a DNA infused glove that went up to my shoulders to try it out. I tried it, and lo and behold, the clothes were ripped apart as my creation came out. So that was a bust."
Izuku frowned as he mentally noted that maybe inscriptions that he had learned for Nie Li could help out, but he would need to review a few notes before he could confidently say that.
"So this is the alternative?" asked Izuku.
"Nope," said Ochako from the side, "She had to make that herself. The 'designer' apparently took liberties about the fact that she needed skin exposure for her quirk to work and cheaped out on the design. They basically gave her a slingshot bikini mainly composed of a string and tiny patches of cloth to barely cover the important parts. It's even more risque than Midnight's first costume appearance before having the gall to charge extra for it, saying they used up all the budget for it."
"It does feel like they were trying to rip her off," pointed out Reiko, "And I'm not convinced that the sample they gave you was real."
"Double check," nodded Yui.
Momo nodded, "I will. In the meantime, I'm sure my parents would live to know just who intended to parade the heiress of the Yaoyorozu family in such a scandalous outfit without proper work, all while trying to scam us out of money."
The others slightly shook in fear at Momo's face, remembering that she was indeed the heiress of a very rich family. The designer would most likely be fired, and the studio who had allowed such a travesty would probably go bankrupt.
"We should get back to patrol," pointed out Itsuka, "We need to write up a report on what can be improved or needs to be removed. We can hit the gym afterwards."
The others nodded and began to leave, though not before Momo waived Izuku over.
"I still kept it," whispered Momo to Izuku's ear, "While I won't wear it outside, I'm sure a private viewing wouldn't be uncalled for."
Izuku had to visibly strain himself from turning into a tomato as Momo quickly left to join the others.
Needless to say, the designer found himself fired and blacklisted from support companies while the original studio collapsed. The said studio just so happened to be connected to Detnerat, who had been trying to expand themselves into the hero costume designs, thus setting them back even further.
"C'mon, one more rep!" cheered Tsutsutaka as Chikuchi struggled to do another squat while carrying more weights than she was normally able to carry.
However, the reason why she could do so was because Tsutsutaka was using his quirk to empower her. Izuku had made a theory that with his quirk, he could really help others push to their limits.
"I… hate… you!" gritted Chikuchi as she managed to stand back up.
Tsutsutaka just laughed as he continued his bicep curls, "It's for your own good, isn't it? But if anything, you should be directing that to Midoriya. I don't know how the hell he does that."
Chikuchi glanced over at Izuku, who was currently doing one handed push ups. What made them feel worse was he was doing it while on a handstand with weights attached to his feet, without Tsutsutataka's quirk, meaning his base strength was ridiculously high compared to them.
"You can really see how he could rack up so many points with just his core strength alone," nodded Tsutsutaka, "I thought I was strong with my build, but he puts me to shame. Especially with those muscles."
Chikuchi couldn't help but glance at Izuku's arms, noting how muscular and lean they were. The school uniform certainly covered a lot more than she thought, and she could imagine the rest of Izuku's body was the same.
'Wonder if Izuku's lovers have tried grinding meat on his abs,' pondered Chikuchi before blushing at that thought, shaking her head to clear out that image.
Toshinori, in his real form, gazed at the gym, watching Izuku go through his workout.
'He's much stronger and fitter than I imagined,' evaluated Toshinori, 'And that stamina. I'm sure Midoriya has been training for a long time, if not most of his life. Not only that, but I'm pretty sure those muscles aren't for show either. He's been in fights before. He's probably more experienced than most of the first years, maybe even the second years. I really screwed up, didn't I?'
Toshinori could only sigh as he pushed those depressing and intrusive thoughts away, 'So how can I help him without seeming like a fool or at least apologize to him while making it heartfelt and appropriate?'
Toshinori glanced around once more before noticing Shota glaring at Izuku for a second before leaving.
"At least he's not doing something stupid like confronting him and making up another rule about how general course students aren't allowed to use the gym," sighed Toshinori, "Small mercies."
Toshinori felt his hand touch the bottle once more before making his decision. Nezu had told him that Izuku would be attending the Foundational Hero Studies with 101B. He would have his chance to apologize to him and try to make amends for his tactless and hurtful statement.
"Just one more day," muttered Toshinori as he left.
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