Welcome back to Project Velocity. So something funny about this chapter happened, the wrong version almost got posted. I don't know what happened, but there was a bunch of different lines of codes between the paragraph, I don't know what kind of code but it seriously screws up the formatting. Took me nearly a hour to go through the chapter and delete it, so apologies if I missed any.
With that over, last time was the quirk assessment test and now it's time of the first class of heroic and everyone get introduced to All Might. Times to see what crazy mess happens this time around.
As always I do not own MY HERO ACADEMIA or any of their characters.
With that, let's start off with a bang.
After dropping Ochaco off at her apartment, Izuku went home and enjoyed a relaxing evening with Inko and Eri. After all the exercise that had been done, Izuku was happy for the chance to rest. Knowing tomorrow would probably be just as exhausting, though more mental, so after Izuku finally got Eri put down to bed, he was more than happy to turn in for the night himself.
The next morning, it was a similar routine of Izuku picking Ochaco up on his bike and then driving to UA. In the morning the main core classes of Japanese, English, and Math were held. It was the complete opposite from the previous morning and some members of Class 1-A found it dull. Even though their education has been accelerated, Izuku and Bakugo tried their best to pay attention, yet Izuku often found himself updating his hero analysis journal.
As he spent the evening with Eri, he hadn;t taken the time to write down the quirks of his classmates. So that was what he was doing during class. He tried his best to make it look like he was taking notes, and he was technically listening to the lessons. Yet Present Mic had caught on and called him out in English, "Midoriya, can you find the mistake in the sentence that is on the board?"
Izuku looked up his journal and began tapping his pencil as he looked up at the board. He looked over the sentence which read, "As the sun began it's descent behind the mountain and night began, the temperature of the valley began to drop."
Izuku only had to read it once and then answered in English, "It's shouldn't be an apostrophe because it's possessive and mountain should either be mountains or mountain range, as mountain means single and doesn't work in the context of a valley."
Present Mic looked at the board and shook his head a bit, Izuku's answer wasn't technically wrong. Present Mic turned back to Izuku, "Thank you Midoriya, but I was a teenager once, I can tell when any one of you is not paying attention."
Taking the hint, Izuku closed his hero journal, slipped it into his backpack and pulled out his actual notebook. The rest of the morning was uneventful, seemingly taking forever as everyone wanted to get to the afternoon. As the afternoon meant hero class, the whole reason the students of Class 1-A had decided to come to UA. As soon as the lunch bell rang, many students of 1-A quickly packed their items and ran off to the lunch room. Izuku, Bakugo, Todoroki and by proxy Ochaco, took their time.
Ochaco stayed behind to walk with Izuku, who as they walked gave a small yawn. Ochaco looked over at Izuku and asked, "Are you not excited for hero class after lunch?"
"I went to bed late since Eri refused to go to bed on time and the morning has been pretty slow for me. And besides it's the first hero class, it's not like we're going to actually be training. It will just be more introductions and the teacher getting a baseline the same as Mr. Aizawa did." Izuku said as he shouldered his backpack.
Ochaco smiled and said, "Did you forget who's going to be teaching our hero class." No matter how tired Izuku was, talking about All Might always seemed to light a fire under him. Izuku looked at Ochaco confused for a few seconds then connected the dots. A smile appeared on his face and he began to walk a little faster towards the cafeteria. By the time they got to the end of the hallway, Izuku was almost dead on sprint. Ochaco struggled to keep up with him as Izuku quickly caught up to the rest of the 1-A. Once he did he slowed down and walked behind everyone. As Ochaco caught up she had to rest an arm on Izuku's back to catch her breath.
In the lunchroom, they walked in line to get their food. As Izuku and Ochaco walked in front of LunchRush, Izuku magically produced his journal and asked LunchRush for his autograph. LunchRush happily accepted the journal and signed his name, then handed it back to Izuku. The moment the journal was back in Izuku's hand, it disappeared.
Even though she had been watching closely, Ochaco still couldn't figure out where Izuku had stashed his journal. She tried to think about where it went, but once she had lunch in front of her she completely forgot about it. After paying the duo began looking for a table, when Izuku spotted Mina with her hand up, waving them over
As Izuku and Ohaco walked over, they found Mina, Momo, Jirou and Kirishima enjoying their lunch together. They sat down next to each other with Ochaco being on Izuku's right and Mina on his left. Mina looked over at Izuku and said, "Hey you two, you're acting like a couple. Did you go to the same middle school?"
Ochaco's face went red and Izuku looked confused, they hadn't been acting like a couple at all. Why would Mina like they were, "No we only met at the entrance exam. Uraraka moved into an apartment complex a few minutes drive from my house." Izuku looked so innocent that even Kirishima couldn't help but think of how dense Izuku was.
"Oh, yes. Kirishima, Kaminari and Sero informed us of Bakugo and your bikes and you driving Uraraka home." Momo said as she took a small bite of her salmon. This caused Izuku to shoot a glance over at the red-haired student, who defensively held up his hand. Though Izuku didn't mind the bit of gossip, everyone would bound out about it eventually, but for Kirishima to talk about it so bluntly.
"Yeah, Kacchan and I were very excited when we got our license early. Kacchan wanted to go for a night ride after we were handed the keys, it wasn't until his mother stepped in that he waited until the next morning." Izuku said.
"How did you get your licenses and the bikes, they had to be quite expensive?' Jirou asked as she took a bite of her sandwich.
"When you know people." Izuku shrugged, "Speaking of knowing people, what do you think about our first hero class?"
"I'm so excited for Hero classes, All Might has to be one of the best teachers," Mina said. Izuku noticed that Kirishima didn't seem to agree with Mina's comment, and Izuku had to agree with him. The Symbol of Peace was the most powerful hero in the world, but he didn't actually seem like a good mentor. He barely did work in his agency, just let those under his employees deal with all that stuff.
From there Izuku was grateful the conversation moved on as after his slip-up yesterday he would need to be more careful about revealing too much. From the conversation, it seemed that everyone was excited about being taught by the symbol of peace. Izuku made sure to not repeat his earlier comment as he didn't want to place a cloud over everyone's mood. As lunch went on the conversation progressed to everyone talking about what kind of heroes they wanted to be.
Eventually, the bell rang again and all the students began making their way to their next classes. Class 1-A filed back to their seats and slowly left silent as they waited to see if the acceptance letters were a hoax or not. It was time to see if All Might was the newest teacher at UA. Everyone kept a close eye on the door until it suddenly flew open. And then in a red, white and blue blur, All Might ran into the classroom while yelling. "BE PREPARED, STUDENT. WHY? FOR I AM HERE."
All Might finished with his ionic smile which led several students of Class 1-A to start cheering.
"I can't believe it's actually All Might." Kaminari said, clapping as hard as he could. To see a living legend in person. Kaminari felt like he needed something for All Might to sign.
"Yeah, I couldn't believe the letter," Sero said. When All Might suddenly appeared through the hologram, Sero yelled and that caused his entire family to run into his room, and when they saw who was in the letter they all gave their own screams. A chance to be taught one of the greatest pro heroes to ever live.
Ochaco looked over, expecting Izuku to have a big smile. What she got was so much funnier. Izuku's face was turning a bright red until he practically passed out and face-planted onto his desk. Through Project Velocity, he had the chance to meet several pro heroes, some of them pretty high in popularity. But there was a big difference between that and meeting Japan's Number 1 hero, the symbol of Peace, All Might.
Shinsou let out a small chuckle as he used his foot to tape Ilda in front of him. Once Ilda looked back, Shinsou pointed over at Izuku. Ilda gave a confused look at the passed-out Izuku, then nodded and then turned back to All Might. Bakugo then turned around to look at Izuku, to see the dumbstruck look on his face, only to findfound him unconscious. Bakugo groaned as he whacked Izuku on the back of the head. Izuku instantly shot back up and as if nothing had happened, he began clapping his hands with the rest of the class. Ochaco had to hold a hand up to her mouth to hide her chuckle. But her bouncing in her seat and her face turning red revealed her laughter.
"He's wearing his silver age costume." Tsuyu pointed out.
"It's so retro. Old school even." Mina said and personally, it was her favorite of the different costumes All Might had worn throughout his career of being a pro hero.
"NOW NOW, YOUNG ASHIDO. I'M NOT THAT OLD." All Might chuckled and Mina's face went a dark purple. She hadn't expected All Might to hear her comment over all the applause, she thought she had been safe, "NOW, YOUNG STUDENTS WELCOME TO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CLASS OF UA HIGH. BASIC HERO TRAINING. HERE YOU WILL BE TAUGHT THE BASICS OF BEING A PRO HERO, BY TRAINING AND PRACTICING ALL ASPECTS OF HERO WORK. BUT IMPORTANTLY WHAT IT MEANS TO FIGHT FOR GOOD.
"AND I BELIEVE THE BEST TEACHER IS EXPERIENCE, SO LET'S NOT WASTE ANY TIME AND GET INTO IT." All Might reached into his belt and pulled out a card that read, "BATTLE."
Ochaco looked over at Izuku with a smug look, Izuku looked back and mouthed, "Time to go Plus Ultra."
The class cheered as this was bound to be a very exciting first class.
"BUT APART OF BEING A HERO IS LOOKING THE PART. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, MAY I PRESENT TO YOU YOUR HERO COSTUMES." All Might said and with a push of a button, a section of the wall began to move out. Shelves with briefcase slowly move out, "WITH THE REQUESTS SENT IN BY YOU, SUPPORT COMPANY CREATED INDIVIDUAL SUITS TO BE USED BY YOU AND ONLY YOU. NOW GRAB THE CASE WITH YOUR SEAT NUMBER AND MEET INTO OBSERVATION ROOM BETA AND WE'LL GET STARTED."
With excitement at an all-time high, everyone quickly jumped up grabbed their costume and ran into the changing room. Izuku took more time for his pacing and the last one of the room. Before leaving, Izuku put his case on a desk and opened it to see his hero suit. As he looked over the suit, he found everything. The main base of it was a dark green sleeveless shirt that was lined with Kevlar for an extra layer of protection. Going down both sides of the shirt were rows of purple V's, while two white strips went over the shoulders.
Aside from the shirt, there was a single leather gauntlet that would cover Izuku's entire left forearm. There was only one as that was all that was needed, because if Izuku had one of his right arm whenever he used his quirk the gauntlet would just be torn apart. And while the gauntlet fit the aesthetic of the costume it housed a familiar wire system to help Izukus climb up buildings.
Next was his utility belt which had several containers. The five ones on the right were small containers that held the specialized hair dye, and when Izuku opened them up he was happy to see they were all filled. The container on the right and the back housed material needed for first aid. Separating from the set of containers was a long six-inch military knife that Izuku pulled out and inspected the edge. The buckle was formed to look like a crosshair and was the same purple as the V's.
Then came the dark green pants which were once again lined with Kalvar and braces over the knees to help with sliding and close-quarters combat. Going down the side of the same were the same two white stripes on the shoulders. Along with the pants were black steel-toed boots that had additional brace around the ankle and calf to help with the impact of kicking.
The last item in the briefcase was a scouter that was meant to rest over Izuku's left ear. Aside from working as an extra set of communication in case he couldn't use his comm bullets. When the green tint glass was in front of Izuku's eye it acted similar to a rifle scope. It wasn't able to zoom as far as Izuku's scope, but it would allow Izuku to look at things in different modes such as Heat, Infrared and Night Visions. All things he sadly couldn't do with his scope.
Happy that everything was in order, Izuku closed his briefcase and headed to the changing room. Once he arrived, Izuku saw the last few of the boys in Class 1-a were finishing up their costumes. Knowing he wasn't going to be too far behind, Izuku set about changing starting with his boots and pants. And finishing with the scouter, slipping it over his ear and securing it in place. Once his scouter was in position, Izuku pulled out a hair tie and pulled his hair into a ponytail. His hair was well on its way to being as long as Momo, at which point Izuku would decide to cut some off. But for now, he was fine tying it back as it did a good job of keeping it out of the way.
Izuku was the last one out of the changing room, as he had been the only one left in the room by the time he was taking his shirt off. This meant he was the last one to get to Training Ground Beta. As he walked into the mock city he heard All Might, "ALRIGHT, IT SEEM WE'VE JUST MISSING YOUNG MIDORIYA."
"Apologies, I was wanting to make sure everything was in order, only to find that my scooter wasn't properly turning on. Turns out someone put the battery in backwards." Izuku said as he walked out of the tunnel and joined the rest of his class.
All Might looked over Izuku's costume, there was no clear indication that he was copying Lady Nagant in any way. Though if Izuku was smart, he would keep far away from doing that. All Might then cleared his throat and said, "THE WORLD SAYS THE CLOTHES MAKE THE HERO AND YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BEHOLD YOU ARE PROOF."
Izuku looked over at his classmates, each of their suits perfectly fitting them. Ochaco came over and smiled, "Wow Midoriya, you look sharp in your costume."
Izuku looked at himself, proud of what he had come up with. The costume was close to his initial design, though Aunt Mitsuki with her fashion career gave her two cents. The major look she had changed from switching the purple V's from being on the front to being on the sides. A change Izuku agreed with after seeing it, "Well my quirk doesn't require much support, so I went more for the look and kevlar protection. What about you Uraraka, I noticed your quirk seems to make you nauseous."
Ochaco chuckled and brought her hands up, "Yeah my collar and wrist cover and belt add pressure to my nerves point to help with the nausea. My boots are spring loaded to help with jumping when I use my quirk on myself. Though I could have been a little more specific in my costume design. This costume is kind of skintight and not really my style, then again all I put with a costume that was space theme."
"I think you look amazing," Izuku said, trying not to look Ochako over too much. Because Inko had raised hell to make sure her boy was a gentleman and treated women with respect. Luckily a distraction came as he saw Bakugo working with his gauntlets, which were shaped like grenades. Izuku had to laugh at Bakugo's design choice, clearly using what he had learned from his parents. But Izuku stopped laughing as Bakugo gained a feral grin when the pin of the grenade popped up and a smaller pin jetted out to the side. Bakguo chuckled a little as he stored the pin away.
With that little show Izuku realized what the purpose of the gauntlets was. A support item Bakugo always wanted was a container that could absorb his explosive sweet. Then he would be able to unleash all the stored sweat and ignite it, forming an explosion larger than he could on his own. An idea that Project Velocity always shot down, stating the property damage the explosions would cause as the main reason. It seemed whatever support company UA had sent Bakugo's request didn't think that through as much as members of Project Velocity had.
"THIS IS GETTING ME ALL REVVED MORE. NOW, SHALL WE GET START, YOU BUNCH OF NEWBIES." All Might said, causing most class 1-A to cheer. All Might led them to the outside the observation room of the mock city and explained what the lesson was about, "QUICK QUESTION BEFORE WE BEGIN. WHERE DOES MOST VILLAINOUS ACTIVITY TAKE PLACE?"
Several hands shot up, though Izuku elected to keep his own down. He was curious about what his classmates thought. All Might looked over the class and pointed at Mina, "YOUNG ASHIDO."
"In dense residential areas, so they can cause the most damage to people and property." Mina said, with a big smile. It is what the media always talked about and it made sense as it was the biggest blow to society.
"DESPITE WHAT THE MEDIA PORTRAYS, THAT IS INCORRECT." All Might said, causing Mina's smile to disappear. Apparently, many of the other students thought the same idea as they put their hands down. Only Momo still had her hand up.
All Might pointed at Momo who stated, "Assassination attempt." All Might shook his head, "MAYBE IN THE PAST BUT AS LICENSE FOR BODYGUARDS AND THE LIKE HAVE BECOME MORE AVAILABLE, ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS OCCUR LESS OFTEN AND ARE LESS SUCCESSFUL."
"Bodyguards licenses?" Kaminari asked and it seemed that most of Class 1-A were also unfamiliar with the term.
"License for people that protect people high in power. Like CEOs of big companies or political figures, their bodyguards can receive license to use their quirk when protecting the person they protect. Their ability to use their quirk is still extremely limited and since the training is similar to becoming a pro hero. Most do the extra training and become pro heroes so their ability to use their quirk is not as limited, while still offering body guard services." Izuku said, then looked at All Might and decided to humor the question, "Smart villains know if they go out in public, pro heroes will be about to stop them before too much damage occurs. So most villainous activities occur in backroom deals, blackmailing, rigging votes, that kind of stuff. It's harder to be stopped when pro heroes don't know what's going on."
All Might had to pause for a second and remind himself that Izuku and Bakugo had previous training. He cleared his throat and continued with, "YES, MOST HEROES GO FOR PUBLIC ATTACKS AS THAT'S WHAT THE MEDIA COVERS AND IS A GOOD WAY TO GET YOUR NAMES. HOWEVER STATISTICALLY SPEAKING RUN-INS WITH MOST DANGEROUS VILLAIN HAPPEN IN BACK ROOMS AS YOUNG MIDORIYA MENTIONED. THOSE ARE USUALLY HANDLED BY MORE POWERFUL AND PROFESSIONAL UNDERGROUND AND SECRET HEROES, AS YOUR TEACHER ERASERHEAD."
Several of the students became confused at the name of Eraserhead and Bakugo said, "Our homeroom teacher, you dumb idiots. Mr. Aizawa."
"THANK YOU YOUNG BAKUGO. AND WITH THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL BE SKIPPING A FEW LESSON AHEAD TO COVER THIS. BUT THIS TIME YOU WON'T SIMPLY BE PUNCHING OTHER ROBOTS, YOU'LL BE FIGHTING IN TWO ON TWO TEAMS." All Might said.
"Sir, will you be deciding who wins?" Momo asked.
"How much can we hurt the other team?" Bakugo asked, causing Izuku to sigh and drop his head into his hand. Izuku swore one of these days he was just going to buy Bakugo a punching bag.
"Will the losers be expelled like earlier?" Kaminari asked, everyone looked with unamused faces, "What? It's important to know."
"Will you be splitting on chance or comparative skill?" Illda asked.
"I WASN'T FINISHED TALKING, BUT NO, NOTHING RECOVERY GIRL CAN'T HEAL, NO AND NO. YOU'LL BE PLACED INTO TEAMS BASED ON LOTTERY. NOW LET'S SET THE SCENE." All Might said, then pulled out flash cards. Izuku and Ochaco both had to hide their laughs behind their hands, "THE SITUATION IS AS FOLLOWED. A PAIR OF VILLAIN HAVE HIDDEN A NUCLEAR BOMB SOMETHING IN THEIR HIDEOUT. THE HEROES MUST TRY AND FOIL THEIR PLAN, BY EITHER DISABLING THE NUCLEAR BOMB OR…." -Kaminari raised his hand and All Might looked at him for a second- "SAID NUCLEAR BOMB IS FAKE AND YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO PLACE YOUR HAND ON THE BOMB TO WIN. YOU WON'T GET TO LEARN HOW TO DISARM BOMB UNTIL YOUR SECOND YEAR. EITHER DISABLE THE NUCLEAR WEAPON OR CAPTURE THE VILLAIN. LIKEWISE THE VILLAIN WIN IF THEY WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE HEROES FROM RECOVERING THE WEAPON WITHIN FIFTEEN MINUTES WHILE STAYING FREE OR CAPTURE THE HEROES. NOW LET THE TEAMS BE DECIDED BY DRAWING LOTS?"
"Sir, is there a better way to choose teams?" Ilda asked.
Yet before All Might could offer an explanation Izuku spoke and gave one that the number one hero found to be better than his, "Think about it, pro heroes teamed up with each other all the time. Something the heroes have worked before, other is the first time the heroes have met. Yet they need to work in sync to win, fighting alongside someone you don't know can help you learn how to adapt and improvise."
Ilda looked at Izuku and bowed, "Thank you. Excuse my interruption."
"NO PROBLEM, NOW LET'S BEGIN." All Might said after moment as Izuku was about to better explain the situation than All Might ever could. So instead All Might pulled out a box and instructed everyone to take a turn and draw a lot. Izuku drew "C" and was placed with Ochaco. Bakugo was placed with Kirishima. Todoroki was placed with Tokoyami, Shinsou with Momo, Ilda with Shoij, Sato with Jirou, Kaminari with Aoyama, and Mina with Koda. Tsysu was teamed with Hagakura, and lastly Sero and Ojirou.
Once all teams were decided All Might produced two more boxes and gave each team their assignment as heroes or villains. Izuku and Ochaco were drawn as villains and their opponents were Shinsou and Momo. And they were up first.
"BEFORE EACH MATCH, TEAMS WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO CREATE PLANS. PRO HEROES WILL HAVE THAT TIME TO MEMORY THE LAYOUT OF THE BUILDING, BUT WILL HAVE TO FIND THE WEAPON AND VILLAINS ON THEIR OWN. ONCE THOSE FIVE MINUTES ARE UP, A FIFTEEN MINUTES BATTLE WILL BEGIN. NOW ANY QUESTION?" All Might asked and Izuku raised his hand, "YOUNG MIDORIYA."
Instead of asking his question out loud, Izuku surprised Class 1-a by walking up to All Might. All Might then leaned over and Izuku whispered his question in All Might's ear. It was so quiet that not even Jirou was able to fully hear what Izuku was saying.
All Might's smile faltered for a second, he wasn't expecting such a question from a first-year. Yet he had to answer, "SUCH A DEVICE WILL BE WAITING ALONGSIDE THE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE."
Izuku nodded and walked back to the class, with everyone's eyes on him, trying to figure out what Izuku had asked their teacher. Izuku stood next to Ochaco, who turned to look at him and asked, "What did you ask All Might for?"
"I'll tell you the plan once we're inside." Izuku said with a click of his tongue. All Might then dismissed the four to prepare for their battle, while he led the rest of Class 1-A into the observation room. Izuku led Ochaco into the designated building, yet before they could head in, Shionsu called out, "Midoriya, Uraraka."
Izuku and Ochaco turned back to see Shinsou walking up to them. Shinsou held out his hand to Izuku and said, "May the best team win."
Izuku looked down at Shinsou's hand and sensed a trap, but nevertheless, Izuku reached forward and shook Shinsou's hand. Best to learn what the trap was to be prepared. "Yes, may the best team win." Then Izuku led Ochaco inside where they quickly located the bomb in the first main room. Izuku quickly walked to the bomb and Ochaco saw him slip a device into his pocket.
"What was that?" Ochaco asked.
"What was what?" Izuku asked as he turned to Ochaco with a confused look on his face.
"Never mind." Ochaco said then turned to the bomb, "So what's the plan? You told me about Shinsou's quirk, he can brainwash us with a question, right? So as long as we don't answer any of his questions we should be fine. His voice is pretty unique."
"I won't be so sure about that, did you see that metal mask that hung around his shoulder?' Izuku asked and Ochaco nodded, "I think it's a voice modifier. Not a speaker, usually vocal quirks don't work through speakers. I think he can turn the plates of metal to make his voice sound like others, that's the only purpose I would see the item having besides being a gas mask. I don't know how accurate he can get it but it would be best if we come up with names so we know if Shinsou is the one talking?"
Ochaco smiled a bit, glad for a chance to already be using codenames, "Alright, then just refer to me as Thirteen."
Izuku immediately recognized the name and with an arched brow, he asked, "Thirteen, as in the space hero.
Ochaco got a bit of a sheepish grin and said. "Yeah, she's my favorite hero."
"Already. Just refer to me as Crosshairs."
Ochaco paused, within the file there was no mention of what hero names Izuku had been thinking about. Sure it seemed like useless information, but there had been even more useless information that Madam President insisted Ochaco know, "Is that your hero name?" A Hero's name was supposed to reflect the kind of person that held the name. So if Izuku was thinking about being called Crosshairs, that could reveal a lot about him
"One of them. I've got a list, but I haven't decided." Izuku said, as he picked up the bomb and began walking to the stairs, "Moving back to our opponents. Yaoyorozu can create any non organic material or item from her body, I'm guessing fat lipid as that is the most available resource. We'll have to watch up for her and whatever tricks she plans to use."
"So what's our move?" Ochaco asked as she followed Izuku up the stairs.
"I'm thinking we put the bomb on the fifth floor, then head back down to the fourth floor. The heroes will expect us to stay close to our main weapon, so when they see us on the fourth they'll assume the explosive is on the fourth floor." Izuku said, his voice dropping a bit and getting rough.
"What if they come from the roof down?" Ochaco asked, but Izuku shook his head.
"Neither of them have a very mobile quirk, and won't be able to scale buildings easily. Yaoyorozu could probably make some gear to do so, but that would just be a waste of her quirk." Izuku said, keeping his rough voice.
Ochaco laughed then added some maliciousness to her voice and said, "So how should we take them out. One just needs his voice and the other can make items to capture us."
Izuku smiled then switched back to his villain persona, "It's not going to be easy. First we need to take out the woman, she has too many possibilities. The earlier she's eliminated the less time she will have to plan."
"So she's first, what's our plan of attack?" Ochaco asked.
"How's your close-quarters skill?" Izuku asked and Ochaco gave a so-so gesture, "I haven't had any formal training."
Izuku gave a nod and continued with, "First we need to separate the pro heroes, so we don't have to deal with voice mimic as we tag team Home Depot."
Izuku's nickname for Momo caught Ochaco off guard and she let out a small chuckle, "Home Depot?" That was not the kind of nickname she was expecting from someone who took being a pro hero as seriously as Izuku.
"I'm not as good with insulting nicknames as Kacchan." Izuku said with a shrug of his shoulders, then continued with, "We'll engage both of them, let them think they have the upper hand. As we retreat, I trap Mimic, then we handle home depot together. Once she's captured, we'll loop around and handle the other self righteous hero."
"TWO MINUTES REMAIN UNTIL THE FIGHT BEGINS." All Might announced. Now on the fifth floor, Izuku quickly stored the bomb in the corner of a room, then both of them ran down to the fourth floor and sat in a room that Momo and Shinsou would be able to easily spot them from. A minute later an alarm went off, signaling the start of the fight.
Izuku flicked his scouter down and the green light got a small light to it. Izuku tapped the button on the side until he landed on heat signatures. He watched as two signatures slowly entered the building, he watched as they skipped the entire first floor and moved up to the second. Izuku watched as the duo quickly scouted the second floor and then moved up to the third.
Izuku watched them move into the main room, then to a side room. Izuku grinned as he held his right arm towards the hallway and steam formed around his arm. "We're supposed to be villains, so let's act like villains. Let's mess with them a bit." Izuku said, then shot a green bullet. It could be heard as it went ricocheting down the stairs and towards his classmates. Izuku watched as the bullet bounced in the room Momo and Shinsou were in until it lodged itself in the wall.
Before Izuku fired a second one, he noticed that Ochaco was looking over at him.
"What are you doing?" Ochaco mouthed.
Playing the part." Izuku mouthed back and fired another bullet. It similarly went down the stairs and into the room of Momo and Shinsou. It bounced around the room for a bit, with Momo even having to push Shinsou out of the way Though it was easy to see that the bullet was going to miss him by a few centimeters.
Izuku gave a quiet laugh as he saw them looking around the room trying to figure out where the bullets had come from. Izuku decided to fire off five more shots and watched as the two of them worked to dodge the bullets.
"What are you doing?" Ochaco asked as she looked down the hallway. Izuku pulled out his scouter and handed it to Ochaco as he fired off five more shots. Ochaco watched as the heat signature of the bullet ricocheted down the stairs and towards Shinsou and Momo, "They're going to figure out where we are, if you keep doing that."
"Only if they listen to how the bullets ricochet." Izuku said, then saw the look on Ochaco's face, "Fine I'll stop."
Izuku transformed his arm back and accepted his scouter back. As he slipped it on, he noticed Momo and Shinsou working their way back to the stairs. They must have figured that Izuku was keeping them on that floor because that wasn't where he and Ochaco were.
"Thirteen, you were right, they're coming up," Izuku said as he hurried up to the corner hidden from the entrance to the room. Ochaco nodded and quickly got into position. Izuku watched their opponent walk up to the fourth floor and slowly walk towards their position. Momo was the first to enter.
Ochaco let Momo take a few more steps in, then she jumped the raven-haired student. Momo managed to keep her feet around and stepped away from Ochaco. Ochaco began to throw punches, not giving Momo a chance to think. As Momo couldn't find the time, Ochaco began to overpower her.
Seeing this Shinsou came rushing into the room to help his teammates, but that played perfectly into their plan. As Shinsou came through the door frame, Izuku popped out and rammed his right hand into Shinsou's gut. Yet before Shinsou could stumble back, Izuku transformed his right arm and set Shinsous flying back. After flying down the hallway, Shinsou hit the ground and and rolled to a stop. As he got his feet back under himm, Izuku transferred his arm back and stepped through the door. As Ochaco and Momo continued to fight behind him, Izuku reached back and closed the door behind him.
Izuku then turned back and saw Shinsou starting to get back up. Not planning on giving Shinsou a chance to attack, Izuku rushed forwards. And as soon as he could, threw a punch into Shinsou's jaw. Yet surprisingly Shinsou managed to block the attack, then he jumped back to give himself room to move. But giving Izuku more room was the worst thing to do. As more room gave Izuku enough time to transform his right arm again and shoot an orange bullet. Closing his eyes before the bullet went off, Izuku counted to three and then reopened his eyes. He found Shinsou to be stumbling back, rubbing his eyes from the sudden flashbang. Izuku yelled and charged Shinsou, tackling him through the closed door and back into the stairwell.
As they landed on the hard cement floor, Shinsou managed to hit Izuku in the side, but Izuku quickly slugged Shinsou across the jaw. As Shinsou's head whipped to the side, Izuku could see Shinsou was using all his willpower to stay conscious. This allowed Izuku to stand up and then kick Shinsou back down the stairs. As Shinsou rolled down the stairs, Izuku held a finger up to his earpiece and said, "Mimic is down. Doubling back to assist."
Izuku then turned and ran back through the door, across the narrow hallway and back through the close door to help Ochaco. By the time he returned, Momo had overpowered Ochaco and had her on her stomach. Momo pressed her knee into Ochaco's back to keep her from escaping. Momo bo staff was discarded as Momo reached into her belt and pulled out a roll of capture tape.
Momo grabbed Ochaco's left wrist and forcibly bent it behind her back. As Momo reached for Ochaco's other wrist she was interrupted by Izuku tackling her off of Ochaco. Izuku threw Momo across the room, who rolled as she landed, allowing her to pop back onto her feet. She rubbed her jaw a bit as a bruise slowly began to form. She looked at Izuku and said, "Here I thought you were never one to hit a girl.
"That was the first lesson that was beaten into me, but I still try to be a gentleman when I can." Izuku said, keeping himself between Momo and Ochaco, to allow Ochaco to get back on her feet.
"That's so kind of you," Momo said, as she created a new bo staff and held it tight in her arm. She raised it above her head and yelled as she rushed forward, targeting Ochaco. She and Shinsou planned to get Izuku away from Ochaco long enough for them to deal with her. Then they would be able to double-team Izuku. Ochaco was already worn out and only needed to be hit again on the head. Yet that plan wasn't going to work as Izuku already took care of Shinsou. Time for plan B, Momo could only hope Izuku played into it. And he did.
Izuku shot forward and met Momo head-on. He met her halfway and Momo swung her bo staff as hard as she could. Izuku expertly blocked the attack then kicked his foot up and used it to shove an end of the bo staff into the floor. With Momo's guard down, Izuku drew his right arm and thrust it forward. He would have aimed for her chest, but he was still an awkward teenager and didn't want to deal with that mess.
Aiming slightly lower, Izuku thrust his open palm into Momo's gut. The air was forced out of her lungs as she dropped to her hands and knees. Momo shook her head as she gasped for air, this allowed her earpieces to fall out and hit the ground. As Izuku watched it hit the floor, Shinsou's voice suddenly came over it, "Yaoyorozu, I'm headed up to the fifth floor, try and keep them distracted for a bit longer."
Momo suddenly grinned and two smoke grenades formed out of her legs. As soon as they hit the floor, their clips popped off and the room was quickly filled with room. Ochaco looked around the room but couldn't even see her visor. When she suddenly heard Izuku call out, "Thirteen, Mimic's headed for the fifth floor. Try to catch up to him, I've got Home Depot. Can you do that?"
"I'm on it," Ochaco called out and ran for the hallway. Out in the hallway, she couldn't see through the other opened door. Shinsou must have already been headed up. Ochaco used her quirk on herself and used her spring-loaded boots to launch into the stairwell. As she came into the stairwell, Ochaco deactivated her quirk. As she landed she shifted her hands to reactivate herself to launch up the stairs.
"Freeze." Came Izuku's voice and Ochaco felt herself lose control of her body as it froze in place. Ochaco looked around and saw Shinsou down the stairs. He pulled off his mask and said, "Something I haven't talked about is the timing of my quirk. Usually, I try to activate it the moment someone answers my question, helps end the fight right then and there. But I can also delay my quirk's activation for a few seconds if I don't speak again. Needed to get you out of that room, or my hold over you could have accidentally been broken."
Shinsou walked the stairs, pulling out a roll of capture tape as he did so. Once he was in front of Ochaco, he said, "Now hold out your hands." Ochaco tried to take back control over her body, using her training to do so. However, Shinsou's quirk made quick work of that, as Ochaco felt her body obey Shinsou's command and she held out her hands. Once Ochaco's hands were tied, Shinsou continued with, "Once Midoriya began shooting us with ricochets, we realized it would be hard to get him away from you. So we changed the plan to get you away from him. Now all we have to do is deal with him."
"OCHACO URARAKA HAS BEEN CAPTURED, ONE VILLAIN REMAINS." All Might announced as Shinsou began running towards the room to help Momo.
Izuku knew he and Ochaco were in trouble once Momo filled the room with smoke. Even more so when he heard his own voice. He was going to call out to Ochaco that it wasn't him, but Momo recovered and attacked, drawing his full attention. Even with his enhanced eyesight, Izuku was barely able to dodge Momo's attacks. What compound Momo had put in the grenade had filled the room with enough smoke to make it dense.
Then worse news came as Ochaco was announced to be captured. After that, it didn't take long for Izuku to figure out what their plan was.
"Smart play. Shinsou recovered quicker than expected and got into position to intercept Uraraka." Izuku said, dodging a sudden attack. He heard metal being picked up and leaned back to avoid a swing from Momo's bo staff. "You knew to defeat me you would have to double-team me, so you used Shinsou's support item to trick Ochaco to respond to my voice. Even got the codenames. Now you're free to double-team me." Izuku then jumped up and backflipped, springing off of Shinsou. Shinsou would need to work on quieting his footsteps as he ran.
Izuku rolled backwards once he landed and jumped back on his feet, "So my only play is to keep you from getting to the bomb." With that Izuku turned and threw the door open and ran down the hallway. He kicked the stairwell door open and ran inside. He paid Ochaco no attention as he ran up the stairs, who had taken upon herself to sit down at the far end of the stairwell to be out of the way.
"He's going for the bomb, after him." Momo yelled and Izuku heard hurried footsteps coming after him. Izuku quickly made it to the fifth floor and ran out of the stairwell.
As Izuku ran down the hallway, he held a finger up to his ear and pressed his earpieces, "Hey All Might, how much time is left on the clock?"
"TWO MINUTES, YOUNG MIDORIYA." All Might said, confused as to why Izuku needed such information. Perhaps to know how long he needed to keep his opponents away, but that still didn't explain his earlier question before the match started.
"Thank you," Izuku said as he slid into the room with the bomb, to avoid the beanbag Momo had fired from a gun. As Izuku came to a stop he moved his legs out of the way and saw Momo and Shinsou running down the hallway. Izuku quickly kicked the door closed and then jumped up. It only took a few seconds before Momo and Shinsou arrived and the door knob rattled. Izuku stood confidently in front of his weapon, as the door began to shake and crack. After a fourth hit, the door came flying off of its hinges and Shinsou and Momo walked in carrying a battering ram. Izuku had to raise an eyebrow at the battering ram, which both were quick to drop.
"Give it up, you have nowhere to run, villain. Your ally is in the hands of the police and you'll be joining her soon." Momo said with confidence, though Izuku could tell it was being forced, why won't it be. Everyone had gotten a sense that Izuku and Bakugo were far more trained than any one of Class 1-A, sp what was stopping him from being able to handle himself in a fight where he was out numbered.
"You think I wish to see the inside of a prison cell, I'd rather spend an eternity in hell." Izuku said, raising his voice in volume and power, "Come on, you self-righteous heroes! You think you can protect your beloved world from the darkness humanity can create! The world was once cleansed by water, now it's time to be cleansed by fire."
Izuku pulled out the device he had grabbed, he flicked the cap off, revealing a glowing red button. In his hand, Izuku was holding a detonator. He saw Momo freeze, while Shinsou moved forward to try and knock it out of the detonator out of his hands. However, Izuku had given himself enough room to react incase either of them tried to stop him. So with a simply smile on his lips, Izuku pressed down on the button.
Yet nothing happened, causing everyone in the room, along with the camera in the corner to turn and look at the bomb. There as if it was comdey the bomb went off a second later, throwing Izuku and Shinsou to the ground, while Momo was pushed back against the wall.
"UMMMMM, BOMB HAS SUCCESSFULLY BEEN DENOTATED. VILLAINS WIN." All Might announced.
The three in the room were all slow to get back to their feet. As they slowly stood back up, they found the room to be covered in purple slime. Momo screamed as she wiped some slime off her face. She then glared at Izuku and said, "I thought the bombs were supposed to be fake."
"Well they're not nuclear, but they are slime bombs," Izuku said as he pulled a bit of slime from his ear. He had been prepared for the detonation, as that was what he had asked of All Might earlier if there was any actual explosive in the bombs. Yet he had not been prepared for the amount of slime that came from the bomb. It was going to take forever to get all the slime out of his hair.
"THANK YOU. NOW WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE RETURN TO THE OBSERVATION ROOM FOR YOUR ASSESSMENT." All Might said.
A few minutes later the four returned to the room, Izuku was still covered in the purple slime. Momo had created a towel to wipe herself and Shinsou off, and Momo had offered a towel to Izuku but he refused. Everyone looked over the four as All Might asked, "NOW WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ELECT AN MVP?"
"Midoriya, Sir." Kirishima said and most of the class agreed with him, "Despite being out gunned at the end, he was still able to handle the situation and find a way to win."
"But blowing the bomb, if it was real he would have been dead too?' Tsuyu said.
"Some villains are so insane that they're willing to die to kill people. If I wanted to, I could have easily detonated the bomb the moment I got into the room, but I played it being a villain whose mission was to kill heroes, not simply creating disasters. Personally I nominate Shinsou." Izuku said as he pulled a piece of slime from his ankle and tossed it into a garbage bin.
Everyone looked at Izuku confused. "YOUNG MIDORIYA, WOULD YOU CARE TO EXPLAIN YOUR REASONING." All Might said calling out the #1 student.
Izuku raised a finger, signalling he needed a moment. He then reached into the back of his belt and pulled out a small silver disc, "This is a comms link, one that Shinsou planted on me. After he distracted me with a simple gesture of good sportsmanship, a simple handshake."
"Wait if you noticed it then why didn't you throw it away? Shinsou won't have been able to spy on your team?" Ilda asked.
"Because I was able to use it for my own purposes." Izuku said as he flicked the silver disc into the air like a coin- "Shinsou was trying to figure out our plan, so I let him, to lead him into a false sense of security." -Izuku caught the silver disc and then tossed it back to Shinsou- "With the knowledge that they knew our plan, I let them spring their trap. Using the codenames Uraraka and I had created, Shinsou was able to capture Uraraka."
"What do you mean by false sense of security?" Kirishima asked.
"You might have noticed Shinsou was able to trick Uraraka, by using her codename. Once she was captured he and Yaoyorozu were bound to feel prideful. Who wouldn't, they knew they outnumbered their opponent and Shinsou knew I would have Yaoyoruz outmatched so he came quickly to assist her. That is when I switched to my secondary plan." Izuku explained further.
"So I was bait?" Ochaco asked, she had not gone through all of her training to be used as bait. The only reason she wasn't too angry, was that meant Izuku hadn't caught on to her extra skills. She could have easily overpowered Momo, but she wanted to see what Izuku would do.
"No. Even with my enhanced eyesight, the smoke made it very difficult to see Yaoyorozu's attack. Requiring my fully attention and not giving me a chance to warn that Shinsou's was copying my voice. And one Shinsou arrived, I knew they could easily overpowered me. And I couldn't simply knock one of them out because I needed both to follow me into the trap. So I acted afraid of being captured and retreated, while setting up to win the fight." Izuku said.
All Might chuckled then said, "WELL DONE YOUNG MIDORIYA AND YOU'VE TOUCHED A POINT THAT WILL COME UP LATER IN YOUR LESSONS. EVERY VILLAIN IS JUST AS DIFFERENT AS THEIR QUIRKS, THEIR GOALS AND HOW THEY WORK TO ACHIEVE VICTORY WILL BE DIFFERENT. EVEN BETWEEN FIGHT WITH THE SAME VILLAIN. SO BEFORE YOU CHARGE IN HEAD FIRST, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR VILLAIN HOPES TO ACCOMPLISH AND HOW FAR THEY'RE WILLING TO GO TO DO SO."
"So what about shooting us with your bullets?" Shinsou asked.
"I will admit that was just playing the part of a villain, and maybe messing around with you. It actually didn't play out in any plan" Izuku said, causing Momo's shoulder to drop and Shinsou hung his head, "Still though you handled yourselves well. You used the information you had worked to gain the advantage." Izuku paused as a thought crossed his mind, "Shinsou you had been listening the entire time, you knew the bomb was on the fifth floor. Why not just go for it directly."
"Well now I know if we had you would have just blown it up on us. But we were hoping to get a better grade by capturing you too. We figured you would have noticed us going up the stairwell and caught up to us before we got to the bomb. So while we pretended to search for the bomb, we worked on a plan to separate the two of you and make it easier to divide and conquer." Shinsou said.
"But then you began shooting at us and we realized that we wouldn't be able to get you away from Uraraka, so we switched to get Uraraka to leave you." Momo finished explaining and Izuku nodded.
Everyone gave the four a round of applause while Ochaco huffed, "You used me as bait."
"I didn't." Ochaco huffed again, "Fine, I'll take you out for mochi to make up for it." Izuku whispered in her ear and Ochaco smiled a bit.
And that's Goal of a villain. Izuku and Ochaco faced off against Momo and Shinsou and Izuku gets a chance to show off a bit of his skil and advanced learning for when dealing with a villain. Next Chapter will be the rest of the matched up and even more Chaos will ensue.
Next time: Rest of the Day.
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