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Chapter 7 - Dexterity
Dex, or Dexterity, is your chance to hit objects with any given object, including yourself. It is a representation of your hand-eye-coordination and affects almost every form of fighting you encounter. Throwing a punch is not determined by any math and is completely up to chance, Luck, and many other factors.
While not as useful, you are able to use this stat to work with your hands and create masterpieces. Dex will help with woodworking, lock picking, and painting.
Written on the back of page-
It Lies! There is a formula to determine hit chance, but it's right that Luck somehow plays a role. There is also the fact that if a person is going to take you seriously or not it will either decrease or increase the chance. So there's no definitive way to determine the formula, but it's not entirely chance and Luck. Always worth increasing Dex though.
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"Kid, we're here."
Izuku nearly jumped out of his skin, it was dead silent the whole trip and he had fallen asleep. Quickly grabbing his stuff, he thanked the driver,and got out.
He watched as the driver waved and turned around. Looking at his surroundings, he wasn't impressed, it was a somewhat aged bus stop. It was in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by trees. The bus stop itself was simple, a bench with a roof over it, and a sign for the bus stop. Not having anything else to do he sat down and waited.
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Twenty Minutes Later
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He wasn't allowed a phone during the trip, so he was bored. He would workout, but he was planning on working out when he got to where he would be going. Save his energy and stuff, so he put his head back and tried to doze off, while listening to the sounds of nature.
He assumed 5 or 10 minutes had passed before an engine could be heard. Looking up a car easily going 130 km/h was speeding down the road toward. Picking up his stuff, he got ready to jump out of the way. The car skidded and did a 180 to a stop right in front of him.
A woman jumped out the car. She had brown-reddish hair and stood slightly taller than him.
She bowed to him, "I'm sorry for keeping you waiting. I wasn't paying attention to the time."
Izuku tried to wave off the apology frantically, "It's fine, I didn't mind."
Standing back up, she introduced herself, "My name is Sosaki. You are Midoriya are you not?"
He bowed and answered, "Nice to meet you and yes it is."
She walked back to the car and opened the passenger door, "Well get in, daylight is wasting." She walked to the other side and got in herself.
Not wanting her to wait, he put his stuff in the back seat, and hopped into the passenger seat.
After she got going, she spoke to him, "So how much were you told?"
"Not much honestly, they kept it mostly secret."
She let out a slightly strained laugh, "Sorry about that, it was under my request. Also they did tell you what was expected of you yes?"
Izuku shook his head, causing the woman to sigh, "Alright, let me explain. First are you okay with cleaning?"
Raising and eyebrow, "Yes?"
"Then you should be okay. In return for housing you for a few weeks, you'll be cleaning the housing unit and kitchen. After you clean you are more than welcome to train as much as you want. Pixie can even help you if you want. Tiger will probably want to help you too."
'Pixie? Tiger? Where have I heard those names before?' He looked at her and asked, "What is your hero name? Are you part of a group?"
She sighed again, "Did they seriously not tell you anything?"
He shook his head.
She glanced at him incredulously, "So you got into a car without knowing about the person?"
He scratched his cheek and let out a small laugh, "I don't exactly feel fear, so I didn't even think of doubting it."
"That your quirk? Seems pretty weird you'd be sent to us if that's it. You brought the envelope didn't you?"
"Yeah, it's in my bag."
Nodding to him, "When we get there, I'll look over it. Also my hero name is Mandalay."
It clicked. "You're the leader of the Wild, Wild Pussycats!"
Sosaki laughed, "Correct!"
"You guys are amazing! I've watched a couple of your mountain rescues before!"
She smiled at him, "Glad to know we're not unknowns."
"Heroes like Endeavour and Hawks are really cool, but rescue Heroes are in a class of their own. It's one thing to defeat a villain, but to be able to save a whole village from a volcanic explosion is another!"
She giggled, "Thanks for the compliment, I'm guessing your favorite hero is All Might though?"
Tilting his head, "How did you know?"
She thumbed toward the backseat, where his All Might dufflebag sat. "Oh. Yeah, he's a personal hero. Him, along with another person are the reason I'm able to become a hero."
She smiled, "Mom?"
Izuku shook his head, "I love my mom, and she is a hero to me. But I didn't develop a quirk until about 3-4 months ago, so she didn't support me becoming a hero."
"Well, you can't blame her, I may not be a mother but I am a caretaker. I wouldn't support Kota, if he didn't have a quirk. I doubt he'd want to be a hero though." She said the last part under her breath.
"Kota?"
She nodded, "He's my brother's kid. His parents died when he was younger and I've been taking care of him since."
"Heroes?"
Another nod, "They died defending a town from a serial killer. They went out in a way that any hero would be proud of, but Kota resents them for it. So when you first meet, don't hold it against him. He'll probably ignore you, or say something mean."
They drove in silence through a forest lined road. Eventually it ended and opened up into a clearing, "And we're here."
The clearing was house to a two story building, an outdoor dining pavilion and a decent sized house.
"The team lives in the house, the larger building is used by the school to house students for summer camp. You're going to be cleaning it for a few hours a day, after that you have free rein. Come take you stuff in."
Getting his stuff out of the back seat and followed her in. Walking through the front door, he saw a woman, Pixie?, talking to a young boy, Kota?
"We're home!"
The two turned to them, Pixie lit up. Kota crossed his arms and walked up to the second floor.
"Don't mind him, he's just a little upset. I'm Tsuchikawa." She got about 3 inches away from his face, he could feel the heat in face rise.
"Midoriya Izuku."
"Let's fight!"
"Uh."
Pixie was tossed away from him by Sosaki, "Where are Tiger and Rag?"
Picking herself up, "They went to get food for the next few weeks."
"O! Let me text them!" Turning to him, "Pixie will show you to your room, hand me the envelope before you go?"
Nodding he dug through his bag and pulled it out for her. Taking it from him, he turned away and followed Pixie. Pixie took him down into the basement, which was just another living room. There were 3 doors branching off the main room. She took him to the door on the right and opened it. The room was simple, a bed in the corner, a small wooden desk and a closet.
"This is your room, the one across is Rag Doll's, the other is empty. The main floor has Tiger's room, and the top floor belongs to Mandalay, Kota and me. Need anything don't be afraid to ask." She winked at him, it caused another rush of red, but she walked away back toward the main floor.
Collecting himself, he went to the closet and emptied the clothes into dresser that was in there. 'This is going to be a long few months.'
With the bed already made and nothing but the clothes in his duffle bag to put away, he walked back out and up to the main living room.
Mandalay and Pixie were sitting at the dining table looking over the papers that were no doubt in the envelope. "What are those about anyway? Just my quirk?"
Pixie gained a huge grin and rushed him, "You me, outside now!" She picked him up and took him outside, with Mandalay following behind them.
Putting him down she jumped a few feet back and brought out her claws. "Ready?"
Putting his fists up he asked, "Any rules?"
She smiled, "Don't destroy the house or car."
Mandalay spoke up, "Or any of the buildings, I'd rather not have to deal with the furniture everywhere."
Pixie grunted, "Fine. Ready Izuku?"
He blushed at the first name being used, but nodded anyway.
She immediately dashed at him and took a swipe at his center of mass. She was just as fast as Midnight, but he could tell she wasn't a heavy front line fighter. Taking a step back and dodging the attack, he brought his knee up and tried to strike back but hit rock. She took the surprise to her advantage and sent a left hook at him which connected. He stumbled back and looked at her.
Her skin had a layer of rock encompassing her body, clothes and cat gloves.
"Bring it Zuku, show me your potential!" She still had her grin.
He had to admit she was a lot more fun to battle than Midnight, a lot less flirting. He smiled and prepared a spell. "[Frost Giant's Spear]."
A weapon a little taller than him, materialized out of thin air, made of ice that radiated cold.
"I see you have an ice up your sleeve."
He groaned, 'Much worse than Midnight.'
He charged her and threw the spear ahead of him, and prepared another spell. "[Pillars of Hell]."
The spear shattered against her armor and as she saw the small fire disc heading for her, she summoned a massive golem that encased her in its chest. The disc landed under her and went off but didn't seem to do anything to the golem.
The golem easily stood 5 meters tall and probably weighed 2 or 3 ton. None of his skills would help against it, spells were almost totally useless. Fire did nothing, same with ice and electricity. Necromancy was out as well, he learned that after his first use of it.
He was sparring against Aizawa, who was jumping around him and had decided to try and use [Reaper's Cage] on him to pin him. Aizawa was surprised but not angry. He had said that quirks that dealt with death and viscera, are unfairly considered evil.
So yeah, necromancy spells were out unless they were absolutely necessary. So his only choice was One for All, aiming for the right leg, he charged his left hand. The blow connected with his shout, and the leg did get blown off but was almost instantly rematerialized. His right hand was broken and before he could jump away, was kicked, hard. He felt his ribs crack and was sent hurtling through a tree.
Touching his left hand, "[Emergency Aid]"
'Ok. Left hand out, got eleven uses left.'
Running back in he was faced with a new problem, apparently Pixie-Bob can create constructs. They were smaller than the golem, so he could probably use his fingers against them. The tactic didn't feel nice nor did it make using his quirk easier.
Charging forward toward the golem, using the fingers on his right hand. He cleared his path and used his right foot charged with One for All. The golem wasn't as fast as Pixie-Bob, no doubt was, so hitting it was trivial. He honestly didn't want to hurt her so he tried aiming for where he knew she wasn't.
The kick landed and broke through the rock but hit something much harder than rock. He looked back at where his foot landed, and was greeted with a shiny color. 'Is that metal? Everything I read about her said she can somewhat control the ground.' Apparently that extended to ores.
He fell to the ground in a spin, and landed on his face. As soon as he hit the ground, rock encased him. Being pinned to the ground he called out, "I give."
Out of the corner of his eye he could see the constructs sink back into the ground, and hear the sound of stone rumbling. The earth surrounding him, dissolved back into the ground and he was free.
[Spar Complete!
You have gained the following:
+1 Str
+1 Con
+1 Dex
+1 Agi
+1 Int
You have also gained 3,000 xp.]
[One for All has reached Level 11!
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"Uh. Are you okay?"
He flipped himself over with his still healing hand and saw Mandalay standing over him. 'Too close!' He could feel his face go red and managed to stutter out, "Yeah just give me a few minutes to heal." He closed his eyes to block his vision.
"Hmm that's helpful. You pack quite a punch, don'tcha?" Her voice was getting closer, he shut his eyes harder and heard her snicker.
"Okay!" He felt the ground pick him and peeked his eyes open. Pixie had made a bed out of dirt and carried him back to the house. "You have potential kid, not much experience obviously, but give you a year or two of actual hero training and I'll be much more interested." She finished with a smile and a wink. He closed his eyes again and touched his right hand, casting the spell.
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They'd spent the last hour talking about his quirk, and how'd he be training the different properties of it. All Might, Eraserhead, and the Principal has lied about his quirk, which was fine with him, and said that his quirk was a grab bag quirk with multiple properties. They had conjured up a convoluted plan to get his body more use to punches with One for All. Izuku pointed out that Eraserhead had already come up with a plan for that.
It involved using each of his fingers and all bones possible, right before bed. He couldn't normally do this at home since he couldn't sleep at UA.
"How does your regeneration work anyhow? I've never heard of an instant heal quirk before.", asked Pixie.
"It's not instant but it feels like it. I have to get 8 hours of sleep for it to go off."
"Does it need to be sleep, or just lying down?"
Thinking through the prompt windows he got to Gamer's Body and read through it. "Sleep, pretty sure I need to be unconscious for it to go off."
"It's never gone off before eight hours before?"
He shook his head, "No, it refuses to work unless it's exactly eight hours."
Mandalay sighed, "Then there's no way to train that. What about the ice and fire quirks?"
"The ice weapon I can summon just seems to get bigger if I use it enough. Maybe I can put a little variation on it but probably not enough to make a new level of it."
"How many times can you use it?"
"Mm, maybe 20 times before I run out of my pool?"
She tilted her head at him, "Pool?"
He nodded, "Yeah all of my element based quirks draw from the same pool. So if I use up the pool, I can't use the others."
She put her hand to her chin, "So we have to increase the pool. What happens if it runs out? Does it increase it?"
He shook his head, "If it runs out I get a massive headache that puts me out of commission. So far the only thing I've found that increases the pool is training my mental strength."
'Hmm, that's going to be tricky. My team focuses more on physical training, but we can probably figure something out. What about the strength boost you used earlier? Does that draw on the pool?'
He shook his head, "No, that just seems to break my bones whenever I use it. That will probably be the easiest one to train honestly, but my healing also uses up the pool."
'So increasing the pool takes priority. What about the entry on taking others quirks?'
"I can't completely take a quirk, but I can take a bit of it. I also need to know how to use the quirk, I take."
'Try it on me, to use it you just need to think aloud and focus on a person or people. For right now just focus on me.'
"Alright." He stuck out his hand. She reciprocated and reached out for his hand. The instant her hand touched him, he could feel the pull of Transference. Allowing it to feed he pulled in the quirk.
[Quirk Absorbed! Telepathic Empathy Lvl: 5
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Looking into her eyes, he spoke aloud, 'Hello?' He immediately felt like he was drowning in a color, yellow?
'I honestly didn't think that would work sorry.' He felt orange swallow him.
He shook his head free of the feeling, 'It's alright, but what was that?'
'When a certain emotion takes over, it feels like a wave washing over you. Not fun or easy when you're dealing with fear or hate, but you eventually get used to it.'
'I can only imagine connecting to multiple people in the middle of a major rescue operation, so much fear.' He felt a mix of red and blue over take him, it made him shiver slightly.
'It's not fun, but it's part of the job.'
The quirk chose that moment to run out and made him blink. It took him a second before he noticed their hands were still touching and she was still staring at him. Pulling away quickly, he heard snickering. Looking to his left he saw, who he assumed was, Rag-Doll and Tiger had come back.
She gave him a smile, that made him feel uncomfortable, "We interrupting anything?"
He stuttered trying to come up with an answer," Uh."
"No, just practicing his quirk. He can use the quirks of other people, and I wanted to test it."
Tiger walked past them toward the kitchen and started putting stuff away. Rag-Doll smiled at Mandalay, "Oh, I'm sure, but looking into each other's eyes and holding hands, when you're by yourself doesn't seem like training."
He turned to look at Pixie Bob, who apparently had left in the middle of them talking. Mandalay seemed to take it stride, but he could barely make out her slightly red cheeks. Shrugging, she answered, "When he took my quirk, and used it on me the feedback was double compared to what I normally feel. As for Pixie, she must have gotten bored and left, I wasn't paying attention."
Rag snickered and walked up to him, "Nice to meet ya, I'm Shiretoko, but you can call me Rag."
He felt a massive hand on his shoulder. Looking up Tiger was looking down at him from behind his back. "Chatora, Chatora or Tiger work for me." He looked over at Mandalay and asked, "Has he been tested?"
She nodded, "He did well for freshly trained kid, and is decent enough to become a student. Pixie wiped the floor with him."
Tiger nodded, "Good, I'd hate to have to give her another training session."
Izuku sweatdropped, 'This is clearly the main front line trainer.'
Tiger looked back down at him, "Did you start cleaning yet?"
He shook his head. Tiger picked him up and put him under his arm as he walked toward the main building. "You're going to finish cleaning so we can get to training ASAP. Got it?"
He did the only thing he could do and nodded, "Got it."
They walked through the main lobby and went down the left hallway. It ended in a door that opened into a stairwell. "Supply closet is down the stairs and if you need anything else, or fresh supplies. Write a list, one of us will head to town for them."
Izuku was put down like a toddler, and Tiger left him alone. Sighing to himself, he started his job.
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[New Skills Gained!
(See Below for list.)]
He honestly had never thought about gaining skills from cleaning. When he'd clean for school, he was always in a rush to get back to training. Taking his time and trying to clean perfectly, had given him the skills he needed to make this so much faster. The skills were also leveling pretty steadily, as he wasn't doing much of anything else.
"You do know you have like six months to spend here right? There's no need to try and clean the whole place in a single go."
He looked over to see Pixie Bob leaning against the wall. "It's alright, I don't need sleep and I don't get tired. I want to get this done as soon as possible, so I can spend more time training."
Pixie smirked at him, "Lucky lady."
He tilted his head at her and then it clicked, 'First Midnight, now Pixie. Really.' He could feel his cheeks rise in temperature, and started cleaning again. Pixie laughed, and walked off back toward the house.
The main floor hallways were cleaned a little over an hour later. It was time to clean the first room. Opening the door he was greeted with a slightly sweet smell, must have belonged to a girl. Luckily for him, even students in High School were respectful to their hosts and the room wasn't a mess and just needed to be wiped down.
A half hour later the first room was done. Going on to the second room, he was greeted with a flowery smell. 'I must be in the girls' dorm.'
[New Skill Created! Scent (Passive) Lvl: 1 Xp: 0.00%
You are now able to smell as well as a dog and are able to distinguish people through smell. You are currently only pick up day old smells, this will increase with level. Scents can also be washed away by weather.
Max Scent Age: 1 day]
'Great. Now if I go into a room and it smells bad, it will be just that much worse.' Sighing to himself, he continued his task.
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2 Hours Later
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'How do dogs do this!' Dirty socks smelled like rotten egg boiled in sweat.
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4 Hours Later
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The smells slowed him down immensely, but he managed to finish off the last of the rooms and the two classrooms on the main floor. He managed to gain quite a few levels in his cleaning skills and even gained five points in Res.
It was already dark out, not that he minded. Though with him being in the middle of nowhere, and it being completely dark, courtesy of the mountains flanking them. He was sufficiently creeped out. Quickly making his way to the house, he knocked and entered.
The four pro heroes were sitting around the sofa talking.
Tiger asked, "Finished?"
He nodded, "I believe so, the last visitors didn't leave a large mess, so it was just a matter of mopping and cleaning off windows." Rag-Doll patted the seat next to her, taking the offer he sat down.
"The smells were the worst part."
"Smells?"
"My sense of smell is as good as a dog, makes bad smelling stuff much worse. Sweets become stronger too. The forest smells like pine sap, and rain."
Rag giggled, "You'd be an amazing tracker, any other tracking skills?"
Giving it a quick thought, "I can track a wild animal through a forest, or a person through a city. It's not really tracking but I have perfect recollection, so I never forget what a person looks like."
She laughed, "Doesn't count but makes it so much more helpful."
He smiled, "Thanks."
Mandalay spoke, "We were just talking about the students from last week."
Pixie Bob stretched and yawned, "No one promising enough to do a double take at, but they have strong futures."
"How long have you worked for the school? I didn't even know you were staff til today."
Pixie looked at Mandalay, asking, "Six? Seven years?"
"Five, or do you want to be older?"
Pixie's eyes filled with a bit of fear, "Nope. Five works for me."
'She must be scared of getting older.' Izuku snickered in his head.
"What were their quirks?"
Rag-Doll answered her, "Varied, and we're not supposed to tell you. It's considered a secret unless you are actually part of the school. Sorry Zuku."
He shook his head, "It's fine. I'll probably learn a clue or two when I actually get into UA."
"That's the spirit." She smacked him on his back.
"Is there anything left for me to clean?" He wanted to try and get everything out of the way tonight if possible.
Pixie smirked at him, "You eager to get beat up again?"
He smiled, "If that's what it takes, sure."
She laughed alongside Tiger and Rag. "Kid this is going to be a fun few months."
Mandalay answered his question, "The bathhouses and the dining pavilion still need to be cleaned."
"Is that everything?"
She nodded, "After those are done you have free reign. The only other thing I'll ask you to do is watch Kota when we go out on missions."
"Oh uh sure. That sounds fair, how often do you leave?"
She shrugged, 'Depends on when we're needed.'
Rag Doll looked at him, "So want to level your borrowing quirk?"
"I'd really like to, but it takes forever for me to regain a use of it. Right now it takes almost a full day to recharge."
"Awww. We'll have to let you try tomorrow."
"For right now though." Tiger spoke to him, "You can either start cleaning again or you can spar with me."
"Spar." He said quickly, he earned a couple of grins. "I'll clean afterwards."
"Fine by me kid." Tiger stood up and Izuku followed him out. The rest of the group followed them out. "No powers, fight me hand to hand got it?"
He nodded. "Good. Go!"
Tiger charged him and sent an open palm strike at him. Ducking the blow he sent a punch toward the hero's stomach and missed. Tiger had brought his knee up and kneed him in the sternum. The blow, not having its normal effects, allowed him to counter strike. Making use of dance skills Akito forced onto him, he went for a kick against the legs. Tiger, seeing the telegraphed attack, caught his leg and proceeded to throw him a couple of meters away.
'Don't look this way, but try to dodge and get behind him.'
Raising an eyebrow, 'Mandalay?'
Tiger rushed at him, and instead of dodging backward, Izuku rolled underneath it and tried to go for the back of his legs. Giving the back of one knee a quick jab, Tiger was brought down to one knee, but was far from done and kicked Izuku very very hard.
He was sent face first into the ground and received a prompt.
[New Statuses!
Concussion - 25% decrease to all physical and mental tasks.
Broken nose - Scent skill temporarily blocked.]
'Owww.' He actually felt that. Having had Gamer's Body for awhile he had forgotten how much feeling sucked. Getting up to his knees shakily, he started by casting [Emergency Aid] on his head. His vision was blurry and he felt light headed. As the spell worked its literal magic, he was surrounded by the 4 heroes.
"Are you ok?", it was Rag Doll.
Giving a thumbs up, he managed to slightly slur out, "Yup."
"He'll be fine in a couple minutes.", and that was Mandalay. 'Sorry by the way, I didn't think he would go full force.'
"I'll be fine in a few minutes. Can we keep going?" His voice sounded extremely nasally.
Tiger smiled, "Sure kid. I like your gusto. Don't try that move again though. Try something more you." He turned to Mandalay, "And you! No helping! Not only are you quicker than him, but you know how I fight!"
Mandalay smiled guiltily, "Hehe, sorry. Promise I won't help." 'Much.'
A few minutes of talking passed as Izuku healed himself. "You good to go?"
Taking a quick peek at his HP and Stamina, he nodded. "I'm good."
Getting up and separating, they each took a stance. 'Okay kid, you need to be quick, a single attack could take you out. So bob and weave.'
"Ready?"
He nodded and activated dodge.
[Dodge activated! Target: Chatora Yawara
15% Dodge Increase]
Tiger immediately pounced on him with an open palm attack. Relying on his speed, Izuku did a slight jump to the left out of the way of his free left hand. He went for his own punch, but it was thrown off by the elbow, that was aimed at his shoulder.
Caught off guard, but not unprepared. Izuku brought up his other hand and tried blocking as much force as he could. When it connected, he went with the momentum and rolled back on to his feet. He charged at Tiger and went for a couple quick jabs, none connected. The hero went for a swipe with his ridiculously thick forearm.
[Skill check pass!
Combat Reflexes leveled up by 1!]
Izuku bent backward to dodge the blow by the width of a hair. He used his own momentum to send a kick aimed up towards Tiger's head. It didn't connect, but there wasn't a retaliatory strike. That gave him the chance to jump back a bit and prepare for another chance to strike.
Tiger stood straight up and smiled widely, "How bout we take it up a notch and use our quirks?"
Izuku nodded and smiled, "Only if you're okay with losing."
The grin that Tiger had went wild, "Be prepared to taste dirt kid."
Tiger jumped at him, going for a jump. Izuku dodged the initial punch but was unprepared for the arm to snake toward him full force. That punch connected and not only pushed a foot back, but broke his nose again. Quickly casting the regen spell, he prepared for his attack.
The last two months hadn't been easy for him. Eraserhead had him train in a few forms of combat and each one was now at 100%. What he was most proud of though was the combat style he made himself.
[Unarmed Combat Lvl: 14 Xp: 74.2%
Anyone can throw a punch, but it takes a master to attack with any part of them.
Unstylized Unarmed Attacks deal 52.5% of your Str +Dex.
Fighting Styles -
Basic Boxing - 100%
Intermediate Boxing - 89%
Basic Judo - 100%
Intermediate Judo - 47%
Basic Tai Chi - 100%
Basic Knight Burst - 40%]
[Knight Burst Style - Progress: 40%
Throwing everything into your attacks and taking blows like the shield you are, use your Str and Res to deal damage.
Basic style formula - 40% of Str + 20% of Res.
Reduce incoming damage by 20% before any other buffs, skills or upgrades.
Style created by Izuku Midoriya.]
Since there was no way to study a style that didn't exist outside of him, he was stuck making up moves on his own and use it regularly. Sure his other side were stronger but this was his! Akito named it though.
Charging his left toes with One for All he blasted toward Tiger, who wasn't expecting the speed. Prepping his punch he took a swing at Tiger who caught it with his extended forearm. A punch was sent back at him, and sticking with his style, he punched it back. The force pushed him back, and he knew his hand was fractured. Not broken, but close.
Tiger rushed him the instant he landed and didn't let up. Izuku ducked and blocked the attack and sent a strike with his fractured hand toward the hero's stomach, charged with One for All. "Smash!" The attack seemed to connect, and as it went off the wind pushed away went past the hero toward the sky and didn't affect Tiger.
'Jump back!'
Using the toes in his unbroken foot, he jumped back to gain distance. He then noticed Tiger's other arm had elongated and had to try to capture him.
"Not bad kid, you need to get a lot faster if you want to get a hit in though. You okay to keep going?"
Izuku looked over his statuses. Both feet are considered broken, along with a hand. He could only jump away from a single attack, it would be an all out attack or he'd have to give up now.
He wouldn't consider himself cocky, but he knew he had a chance of getting a hit in and nodded.
He charged his foot and jumped back in. Charging his other leg with One for All, he was hoping to use a feint. Tiger either not seeing it or letting it happen blocked the feint, and received a charged punch toward his legs. It went off and too Izuku's dismay, Tiger's legs stretched thin and warped outward to avoid the attack. His leg was wrapped by Tiger's arm and as a punch was sent toward his face, Izuku made a decision.
Blocking out his common sense, he charged One for All into his skull. As the punch was sent flying toward his face he swung his head forward and made contact.
He didn't see the results as the attack made him black out.
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Mandalay watched as Izuku flung his head toward Tiger's fist and against her mentor instincts was impressed that he actually landed a hit. It did nothing for him as he went limp and hung swaying from Tiger's leg lock.
"The kid shows more promise and more PLUS ULTRA than any student from this year's first years." Tiger gave a really large smile and oozed orange, "Pixie!"
Pixie gave a forced smile, "Yeah?" Green
"You're training against him tomorrow."
"What why!" Yellow.
"He needs to fight more people than just me to train his fighting style. You should be fine, I doubt he can punch through metal, probably sent but not enough to harm you." He looked at her, "You did say he can heal other people right?"
She nodded, "Correct."
He looked back at Pixie radiating a mix of orange and purple. "See? No harm done, even if he did manage to hit you."
She groaned and threw her head back, "Do I have to?" Blue.
"Yes, it will not only help him but you too."
"Fine!" She threw her arms up and walked back to the house. She let off green.
Tiger poked Izuku, "Is he going to be okay?"
"It looks like it.", Rag Doll said. "He has a concussion, both hands are broken and both feet are pretty bad. Other than that though, he doesn't seem to have any other physical weaknesses."
That shocked her, "Really?" Every person had some sort of weakness, be it a slightly weak liver, weak tooth, heart skipping a single beat every hour. For someone to not have any at all was strange, almost impossible.
"Is it bad I kinda want to watch his healing quirk go off?" Rag Doll was oozing a dark purple.
"Yes, it sounds morbid and creepy you want to watch him sleep."
She pouted and walked back to the house. Tiger started to follow her and Mandalay followed him. As they approached the front door, he turned around, "You said you wouldn't help him."
Her voice caught in her throat, 'How did he know? I only gave him a single hint.'
"But I think he should practice against you with you telegraphing your moves. It will help him learn to fight like a pro."
She let out an internal sigh of relief, "That sounds fine. We can work on it the day after tomorrow."
Tiger nodded and walked through the door, but not before looking back at her, "Also that was a nice blond dodge wasn't it?" Her senses were filled with green.
'Damn.' "Sorry, I just wanted to see him fight longer."
Tiger shrugged, "I think we'll see a lot more of that in the time to come."
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Chapter end!
I'm so sorry about missing out last week! Not only was this chapter hard for me to write, but I got into a car accident and had to deal with that issue. So my writing time was shortened significantly. Then this last weekend, my internet went out and I wasn't able to do anything for writing, which includes posting.
Bad News! In an effort to save up for a car, I have to work more overtime. That means it will take me 2 weeks to update this story instead of 1 that I've been putting out at the start. I'm super sorry!
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Izuku Midoriya
Level: 19 Xp: 487,304 / 503,268
Quirks: Gamer V2 (Lvl: 19), Transference (Lvl: 5), One for All (Lvl: 11)
Hp: 2,270
Mana: 3,065
Stamina: 2,115
Str: 241
Con: 227
Dex: 213
Agi: 255
Int: 206 (239)
Wis: 187
Cha: 58
Res: 196
Luck: 12
Bonus Points:
Perks: 0 points available
Gamer's Body
Gamer's Mind
Spell Casting
Knight's Vow (1 in use, 2 free)
Qualities: 1 Point available
Behind the Eyes (Lvl: 8)
Muscle Malleability (Lvl: Max)
Hunker Down (Lvl: 5 (Max))
Power Strike (Lvl: Max)
Physical Resistance (Lvl: 18)
Precise Strike (Lvl: Max)
Dodge (Lvl: 6)
Combat Reflexes (Lvl: 4)
Neuron Fire (Lvl: Max)
Skills:
Art (Core Skill)
Art History* (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Ceramics (Lvl: 2)
Drawing (Lvl: 4)
Painting (Lvl: 3)
Biking (Lvl: 16)
Blade Combat^ (Lvl: 12)
Styles Known:
Haleing Blade 100%
Computer Science (Core Skill)
Coding^ (Lvl: 10 (Max ))
Languages Known:
Python 100%
JavaScript 100%
Java 100%
C# 100%
Programming* (Lvl: 3)
Cooking (Lvl: 2)
Dance^ (Lvl: 8)
Categories Known:
Ceremonial (Styles Known: Kagura 48%)
Electronic (Styles Known: Jump 27%)
Historical (Styles Known: Ballet 62%)
Latin (Styles Known: Salsa 100%)
Street (Styles Known: Hip-Hop 55%)
Swing (Styles Known: Charleston 27%, Jitterbug 17%, Lindy Hop 18%)
Health (Core Skill)
Anatomy (Lvl: 10 (Max))
First Aid (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Sexual Health (Lvl: 10 (Max))
First Responder (Lvl: 10 (Max))
History (Core Skill)
Ancient History^ (Lvl: 2)
Japanese History (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Hero History (Lvl: 10 (Max))
World History (Lvl: 10 (Max))
World Religion (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Geography (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Modern^ (Lvl: 4)
Linguistics (Core Skill)
Japanese (Lvl: 10 (Max))
English (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Mandarin Chinese (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Korean (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Spanish (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Malay (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Russian (Lvl: 10 (Max))
French (Lvl: 2)
Magicks (Core Skill)
Theory^ (Lvl: 1)
Spell Resistance (Lvl: 16)
Mathematics (Core Skill)
Algebra (Lvl:10 (Max))
Geometry (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Economics (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Trigonometry (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Calculus (Lvl: 4)
Reading (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Science (Core Skill)
Astronomy* (Lvl: 8)
Biology* (Lvl: 2)
Chemistry* (Lvl: 5)
Physics* (Lvl: 1)
Sociology (Core Skill)
Politics (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Civics (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Speared Combat (Lvl: 4)
Styles Known - None
Sprint (Lvl: 17)
Swimming (Lvl: 16)
Subterfuge (Core Skill)
Lying (Lvl: 1)
Document Forging (Lvl: 4)
Disguise (Lvl: 5)
Tracking (Core Skill)
Natural (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Scent (Lvl: 3)
Sneak (Lvl: 14)
Urban (Lvl: 10 (Max))
Unarmed Combat^ (Lvl: 21)
Styles Known:
Basic Boxing 100%
Intermediate Boxing 89%
Basic Judo 100%
Intermediate Judo 47%
Basic Tai Chi 100%
Basic Knights Blast 42%
Way Finding (Core Skill)
Astral Direction (Lvl: Max)
Cartography (Lvl: 1)
Terrain Scouting (Lvl: 4)
Skills represented with an asterisk *, do not have a max Level. These skills will forever be expanded upon.
Skills represented with an arrow ^, have a max level, but contain sub-skills (or versions) that will never be limited.
Spells:
Banshee's Wail (Lvl: 2)
Blood Bomb (Lvl: 1)
Bone Blade (Lvl: 12
Cold Snap (Lvl: 3)
Emergency Aid (Lvl: Max)
Frost Giant's Spear (Lvl: 3)
Frost Dirk
Hermès' Blessing (Lvl: 1)
Magma Bomb (Lvl: 2)
Mana Bullet (Lvl: 6)
Mana Shield (Lvl: 4)
Mana Storm (Lvl: 3)
Tempest
Medic's Respite (Lvl: Max)
Odin's Rage (Lvl: 2)
Thundered Weapon
Pillars of Hell (Lvl: 3)
Reaper's Talon (Lvl: 2)
Reaper's Cage
Stinging Rain (Lvl: 2)
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Spells in Detail (From this chapter)
Frost Giant's Spear Lvl: 3
A large spear of ice materialized in your open hand. This spear can be thrown, and deals normal damage.
Spears and all variations can only be used once before needing to be recast.
Damage = Normal Spear Combat Damage
Size = 170 cm
Cost = 120 Mana
Cool-down = None
Reaper's Talon Lvl: 2
Bones erupt near your feet and pursue your target until it runs out or it hits.
Damage = (15% of Con)
Range = 10 meters from Self
Cost = 500 mana
*Variation*:
Reaper's Cage Lvl: Max
A broken Rib cage erupts at your feet and pursues your target. Once captured the rib cage repairs itself and digs into the ground, in an attempt to contain the target.
Cage HP = 20% of Con
New Quality!
Combat Reflexes Lvl: 4
You have an innate chance to perfectly dodge an attack that you can see coming.
Dodge Chance: 5%
Reviews!
fictionelement777 - I've never played FF or DQ. Did I accidentally make monsters from them?
SuperSaiyanSora-Sama - I appreciate the comment. I hope and plan to finish this or get it to the point where I'm caught up with Anime.
QwertyBobberson - I thought it was unique and had potential to be really cute.
Shonisto - Thank you! I got the idea from a D&D campaign I played a few years ago.
MasterBlade47 - While that would be funny, it doesn't work like that. Passive and Active skills have a max level, for example Mana Bullet has a max level of 10.
Fire: I have never seen Fire Force and I already know what the quirk is going to be. It will have some properties of fire though.
Dying will: See above
Winter Kitsu: That's a little too strong but I like the idea, I'll add it to my list. Thank you! As for Akito, I was not planning on it, but there's a chance depending on how well I can write it in. She is already like a little sister at this point to him. He doesn't notice the brocon though. As for physical transformations, perhaps. You'll have to see.
: I'm glad you stayed around! Thanks for the compliment! What story can you have if the main character just beats everything in his path? While she may act older and mental be older, she still has the mannerisms of a child, because she's been treated like that by both parents and sister. I'm glad you like her. I think you'll like what I have planned for Eri's arc. Hmm, haven't thought of that ship before, isn't there a Doujin of it? I'll think about it, we'll see what the future holds in store.
ProjectIceman: Who told you! Damn gossiping birbs.
Dragonborn2704: Penny is precious and the only one who can appreciate and love her to the fullest is Ruby. Change my Mind. Stay out of my notes! But yes it is a Dishonored reference. Love that game. I hope you enjoy the chapters to come!
Jack: How do you know Midnight's quirk works the same? As I said, ALL heroes are getting power ups. Also I don't like Mineta either, along with several other students.
FanficFan909: No they will not, but keep in mind I did say they will be prevalent for the first arc or two. We're still in the first arc.
Wowow2264: Sorry for the typo. I type on a tiny keyboard, onto my phone. It's also how I edit this :/ not efficient but it has to do. I'll fix it as soon as this goes up! Also checking it over I forgot a skill from the first chapter! Document Forging!
WouldYouKidnapA: Sorry to see you go. Have a nice day!