The events of last night were all over the news, the sudden appearance of this new mysterious villain was something the media was instantly attached to, and the police confirmed that the villain called himself "The Scarecrow".
Everyone was theorizing on what the quirk of this villain might have been, or how it works. One thing was for sure, everyone was aware that it might be some form of gas quirk.
The news of Midoriya getting hospitalized after encountering the villain spread like wildfire all over U.A, especially in Class 1-A. No one was exactly sure about how Izuku was doing, and they were all extremely worried about the health of their classmate, even if it was only the third day since everyone knew each other.
Damian was slowly making his way to U.A with his hands in his pockets."That Idiot..." Damian kept thinking to himself, what were the chances of one of his classmates encountering one of their villains?
He finally entered UA and made his way to the floor where his class was, opening the giant sliding door and seeing that some of the students were already chattering about the events of last night "Of course, as expected" Damian thought to himself as he made his way towards his desk, sitting down and noticing that the desk in front of him was empty since that was where Midoriya was sitting.
"I heard that the Scarecrow took down Kamui Woods with ease, how powerful is he?" Denki says to Kirishima "Seriously, that guy has this gas quirk that makes people hallucinate stuff" Kirishima says as he crossed his arms "It is like the quirk Midnight has but far more dangerous" Sero says as he also joined in on the discussion with the two males.
Damian was overhearing almost every discussion that was going on inside the class, he was tapping his desk with his index finger while overhearing, and the more he heard the more irritated he became. Everyone kept saying that Scarecrow had a quirk, but he very well knew that he had no quirk at all or any sort of power.
He just has the little gadgets he uses to spray the toxin or inject it into the bloodstream. But he did not want to show any signs of affiliation with these villains, no matter how much he wanted to slap everyone in the face with "He is Quirkless!".
The chatter soon died out as the sliding door to the classroom opened up once more, and their mentor casually walking in. Aizawa got to his desk and faced forward, taking a look at the entire class before speaking.
"I am aware that all of you are worried about the condition Midoriya is right now, but I want to assure all of you that he is fine. Midoriya will be released from the hospital later today" Aizawa spoke as the other students felt really relieved that their classmate was fine after encountering this unknown villain. Damian did not worry about the state Midoriya was in anyway since he was aware that the fear toxin doesn't kill people.
"Now that we got that out of the way it is time for me to make an announcement" Aizawa spoke as the heads of other students perked up, they were all wondering what kind of announcement Aizawa had in mind for them, whatever it may have been it must be important.
"Tomorrow you all will be practicing rescue training at a different location, and great challenges will await you in that location. In order to prepare you a bit for the challenges you will be facing tomorrow, we will be doing some training to test your mobility" Aizawa says.
The class got a bit excited after hearing that announcement by Aizawa, rescue training sounded like something the class would most definitely enjoy, one of the main features of being a hero is rescuing people after all. Damian also got a bit interested in this rescue training they would be doing tomorrow.
He already had a lot of experience when it came to rescuing civilians from danger. The raven haired male smirked a little and crossed his arms, his classmates had no prior experience saving civilians, so he was gonna show off his skills tomorrow to everyone.
"After your upcoming English class with Present Mic, change into your gym clothes and meet me in front of the school." Aizawa says in his usual dry tone as he turned to the side and started walking out. As soon as the class 1-A mentor walked out of the room, the cheerful voice of the blond male could be heard as he peeked out from the side of the door with a wave "Who is ready to learn some vocabulary?!" He says in his usual cheerful voice.
Damian just groaned as he noticed the blonde coming in with his cheerful attitude, the only class Damian did not dislike was P.E with All Might. But he just had to hold firmly until this mobility training with Aizawa came around the corner.
He wondered what kind of training it would be, from what he experienced yesterday he had high hopes for this exercise. But for now, he had to focus on English lessons with Present Mic, which was something he did not look forward to. The Raven Haired male let out one last groan before taking out a notebook.
After the annoying English lessons with Present Mic it was finally time for the training Aizawa mentioned which had to do with mobility. The students made their way into the locker rooms and changed into their normal gym clothes.
The fact that they had to change into their gym clothes was good news for Damian since his hero costume still was not ready, but in case he was going to battle more of his classmates, he was going to have an advantage since they do not have their suits on.
The class slowly started making his way towards the school entrance where Aizawa told everyone to meet up. Everyone was wondering what this Aizawa will have in mind for them, including Damian. Whatever it may have been, the Raven Haired Male was prepared to give everything he got.
Aizawa was already at the school gates waiting for his class, and he waited till everyone had arrived before speaking "Follow me to the are where all of you will be training" Aizawa says as he turned around and started walking towards the training field, with the class following behind their mentor.
They made their way to an area that looked like some sort of factory, with metal pipes sticking out everywhere and a few buildings here and there. Aizawa turned around to face his students again who were amazed at the giant area.
"This is Ground Gamma, it consists of an industrial site compiled by many factories that form a labyrinth. The labyrinth contains tons of heavy machinery including cranes and pipelines if you have not noticed already. This is the Area where this training will be taking place" Aizawa explained to the students.
Damian observed the giant factory area as Aizawa described it, a small smirk appeared on his face "This area will be excellent for my gadgets" He thought to himself, he specialized in city areas as well as factory-like areas where he had the ability to climb atop pipes and move swiftly from place to place, as well as hide or escape. The area itself gives Damian already an advantage in this training.
"I will now go over what this training will be about. It is extremely important for every hero to be mobile and to be able to overcome certain obstacles when it comes to saving people. This training will be an exercise to prepare you for what you will be going through in the facility tomorrow. The rules are simple. Every one of you will be on a time limit to get to the center of this field without hitting the ground and always staying above it. Use your quirks to overcome these obstacles" Aizawa explained as he then looked at Damian "Wayne, you will be using your support items to overcome them." Aizawa says to the raven haired male.
Damian crossed his arms as he heard their mentor explaining the rules of the training, as well as when he called out his name "That is all? This should be too easy" Damian says to himself in his mind. With his gadgets, acrobatics, and mobility this should all be a piece of cake for him, but not so much for the other students.
Some were a bit intimidated. If they needed to stay above ground they would have to overcome almost impossible jumps and great distances, and almost all of them did not have any sort of past experience with these things.
But what Aizawa said to Damian also caught the attention of a few Class 1-A students. The majority of them were not really that much interested in their new classmates ever since he appeared yesterday, but after the P.E lesson with All Might where he and Katsuki defeated Izuku and Ochaco, they started to get curious.
They still were not aware of the fact that he was quirkless, and started to theorize what kind of quirk he might have. They were aware that he used support items, maybe they help him with his quirk?
"The sooner we start the better. All of you will go by the order of your numbers, so let us start" Aizawa says as he pulled out the timer from his pocket "Your time limit is two minutes, again, watch out for the ground or you will fail the training instantly" Aizawa says, this was going to be interesting for him to see how the students are going to handle this training.
The training was, as expected, extremely hard for some students while easy for others, depending on their quirk. But now it was finally time for Damian Wayne.
"Wayne, your turn. Get to the starting position and wait for my signal" Aizawa says as he turned to the raven haired male, to which Damian just gave a slight nod as he made his way up a small building which was close to the starting gate. Damian was not worried about failing this training at all, with his acrobatics as well as his grappling gun, this should all go smoothly.
As Damian got into position, Aizawa gave Damian the "Go" sign as he started the timer. Without a second to think twice, Damian started rushing towards the ledge of the building, jumping up slightly and placing his foot on the handrail before jumping up again into the air, jumping off of it.
He quickly pulled out his grappling gun and fired it at the pipeline which was above him, the hook tying itself around the pipes Damian held onto the grappling gun, swinging himself across and landing onto another pipe below him, after which jumping up again and grabbing onto the ledge of another small building as he pulled himself up.
As Damian made his way parkouring and using his gadgets towards the center, Aizawa as well as the other students were watching his moves on a monitor. The mentor carefully watched every move he made and was kind of impressed.
After hearing that the new student in his class was quirkless he got a bit interested in seeing his skills, and he was not disappointed one bit. "It is obvious that he was trained by someone, those kinds of acrobatics require years to master." The mentor thought to himself.
The other students were also observing as Damian was making his way through the field, with every second most of them grew evermore curious on what kind of quirk he might have, perhaps he was already using it but everyone did not notice it? But one student was more curious than the others, and a bit pissed off...Katsuki Bakugou.
This new student was not showing any signs of a quirk, nor does it look like he is using it, this pissed off Katsuki a bit. Was he intentionally hiding his quirk just to fool everyone? Well, he was about to find out.
Pretty soon Damian had arrived at the center of the field without touching the ground, and there were still 12 seconds left on the timer, a close call, but he was glad that he made it. Damian was wondering what Aizawa and his classmates were thinking about his performance in this training, but he guessed that they were all most likely pretty impressed. As he arrived back at the front gates, he was met with a pissed-off looking Katsuki walking up towards him.
"Alright, you loser...Spill it out, what the hell is your quirk?" Katsuki says with an intimidating look, attempting to intimidate the raven haired male which obviously failed. The rest of the class scooted over a bit closer since they were all curious as well, listening closely to any answers Damian might give Katsuki.
"I do not have a quirk nor do I need one, happy now?" Damian says looking Katsuki in the eyes as he crossed his arms.
Katsuki then quickly started laughing out loud after Damian gave him an answer "NO MORE JOKES, YOU WILL TELL ME WHAT YOUR QUIRK IS THIS INSTANT!" Katsuki says with a more enraged tone, he was sure that Damian was just toying around with him, hiding his quirk intentionally from all of them for a reason.
"He is not making any jokes...Wayne is telling the truth, he is quirkless" Aizawa says taking a few steps towards the two.
The face of Katsuki slowly changed from someone being enraged to someone being in shock, but quickly changing back into his normal enraged expression, but this time only angrier "THERE IS NO WAYA QUIRKLESS LOSER LIKE YOU GOT IN HERE WITHOUT SOME FORM OF OUTSIDE HELP!" Katsuki yelled out in rage, he could not believe that someone who does not even have a quirk was just suddenly able to enroll in U.A.
All the other students were in complete shock. This was so sudden, they just found out that their new classmate was actually quirkless, but yet managed to show amazing skills both in mobility as well as combat yesterday when he was up against Uraraka. They quickly started swarming around Damian, their expressions quickly changing from shocked to amazed.
"Dude, how long have you been training? Was it hard?" Kirishima asked in an enthusiastic tone "How did you develop your support items?" Momo asked "What other tricks do you have up your sleeve?!" Jiro asked, also enthusiastically.
Damian's classmates just started swarming him with questions while Katsuki just kept ranting on in his usual pissed off tone. For the first time, there was a student on the hero course that was quirkless, and this obviously excited all of his classmates, Damian's presence would also mean that their class would become famous if word got out.
Damian just rolled his eyes and groaned "I had a feeling something like this would happen" Damian thought to himself before the get-together was quickly interrupted by Aizawa "You all can ask him questions later after the training, now let us continue" Aizawa ordered.
But there was one Class 1-A student who was observing commotion and not getting in on all the swarming Damian stuff, that student was Shoto Todoroki... It was not visible to others, but Shoto was actually a bit impressed on Damian's skill to get into the hero course without having a quirk, this was something no one had ever seen, after all. His interest in Damian grew and was also interested to see what kind of tricks this new student had up his sleeve.
After School
As Damian was walking off the school campus he let out a sigh of relief, ever since he publically admitted at the training that he was quirkless everyone kept asking him questions. And the way they all reacted was a bit different compared to how he originally imagined.
Were people without powers really that looked down upon that much that he is considered as some kind of miracle in this world? But his thoughts quickly shifted to this rescue training they will be doing at a different facility tomorrow. If today was just the preparation, then tomorrow was bound to be good.
Soon he arrived back at the manor, opening the doors and casually walking in while letting out a slight sigh. He walked upstairs and started heading towards his room before encountering his father in the hallway "Ah Damian, how was your second day?" Bruce asked his son.
"It was fine. I finally revealed to everyone I was powerless, and their reactions were a lot different than what I expected"Damian says looking up at his father.
Bruce raised a brow "How so?" He asked. "I expected them to make fun of me or say that I am weak, but instead they were amazed and looked at me like I was some sort of celebrity" Damian says with a slight shrug "I was looking forward to kicking all of their asses if they thought I was weak, seems like I will not be doing that anyway" Damian says with a slightly annoyed tone.
"That reaction to me is very understandable. Quirkless people are viewed as inferior compared to their quirk counterparts, but it would seem like you will be re-shaping hero society" Bruce says trying to encourage his son.
Damian thought about it, and his father was right. He is the first quirkless student on the hero course, and he could become a national sensation just because of that fact. "I suppose you are right father" Damian replies before looking up at his father once more. "Tomorrow I will be going to another facility practicing rescue training, how finished is my hero costume?" Damian asked.
"The Ballistic Armor just came in today, but if we would work hard enough I suppose we could get it done by tomorrow" Bruce replied as he turned around and started making his way towards the workshop.
He had promised Damian to help him design his hero costume for U.A since obviously he could not go in with his Robin suit. Damian was walking alongside his father as they entered the workshop, he observed the half-finished suit on a stand. The chest and shoulders were already heavily armored, and the military-like cloth leggings were already set.
"But you do realize that you will need another identity as this new hero for U.A, as well as balance that one with Robin as your alter ego. Have you decided on a hero name yet?" Bruce asked looking over to his side where hiss on was standing.
Damian started thinking to himself, he was determined to have this hero costume done by tomorrow, even if it meant staying up all night, his head suddenly perked up as he got an excellent idea "We should make an "A" symbol on the chest of the suit, a bit weirdly shaped in white color" Damian says.
Bruce was already intrigued by this idea, it seemed like Damian finally came up with a hero name if he suggested having an "A" symbol on the chest "Well then we better keep going. So, who will you be known as?" Bruce asks getting all the tools and gadgets ready to continue working on the suit.
Damian just stared at the partially done hero suit before finally speaking "I will be known as...The Arkham Knight"