Chapter Thirteen

Danger at the U.S.J.

Today wasn't Izuku's day. It had started off great, with his friends giving him some ideas for how to properly use One For All without crippling himself after each use. Even just the idea of HAVING friends to talk to at all was a novel experience. Due to him not having a quirk, Izuku had never formed any friendships with people. Everyone either looked down on him for being quirkless, or were afraid of those who looked down on him, leading to a very lonely childhood. In hindsight, it explained why he had devoted so much of his effort into hero studies, becoming an otaku in the area.

Of course, life loved to throw curveballs at him, for some reason. When he wanted to be a hero, he turned out to be quirkless. When he got a quirk, it damaged him whenever he used it. And when he had possibly found a way to use his quirk in a helpful manner, All Might wasn't there. Normally, those thoughts would be on his mind. However, he was focusing on more pressing matters, such as the water that he was falling towards.

"The Flood Zone?!" Izuku exclaimed as he fell through the mist villain's portal. Stretched out beneath him was the deep blue waters of the aquatic disaster zone. A disaster zone that he was fast approaching.

'Okay, think,' Izuku said in his mind, his thoughts racing as fast as they could. 'What did Silky say in that one safety video? It was to land feet first, right, rather than belly or head? And I guess now is as good a time to see if my quirk works.'

Izuku angled his body as he fell, aiming his feet towards the water, his arms held to his side, making himself as narrow as possible.

'Just imagine it like putting on a suit of armour,' he thought, closing his eyes as he braced for impact. 'The armour covers me, and I won't take it off.'

Izuku felt energy coursing through his body, just like it did whenever he had used One For All before. But this time, rather than going full throttle with his quirk, he greatly reduced how much was used, spreading it all over his body.

'Enough that I'm useful, but not so much that it hurts me,' Izuku decided, bracing for the impact he knew was coming. 'A full suit of plate mail, at 2% power!'

Unbeknownst to Izuku, as his eyes were firmly shut, but a faint, spectral green suit of armour had formed over his body. It lasted all of two seconds, however, as Izuku slammed feet first into the deep water, a massive splash erupting as he landed.

'That…didn't feel as bad as I was expecting,' Izuku thought, his eyes squinting as they got used to the water. 'Kurusu was right! My quirk doesn't only give me super strength, but also increases my durability!'

The joy of his revelation was swiftly cut off as Izuku saw a shadow moving through the water. A shadow that was moving closer, and closer, until Izuku was able to make out the menacing form of what had to be a villain. He was a Shark Fishman, the dorsal fin on his head being a dead giveaway, and wore a black sleeveless jumpsuit. Additionally, he was heading right for Izuku.

"It's nuthin' personal, kid, but say goodbye!" the villain declared, his powerful, muscular legs propelling him through the water, his toothy mouth gaping wide.

'I don't have time to amplify my whole body, he'll just get to me in time!' Izuku thought as he swam away, trying to buy himself some time. 'I just need to swim faster!'

Energy flowed through Izuku, but unlike before when he felt the power go through his entire body, Izuku focused it into his legs, not unlike how he had managed to focus his quirk only into his finger during the Quirk Fitness Test.

'One For All, 2%, Greaves!' Izuku yelled in his mind, the spectral armour forming around his legs, propelling him through the water much faster than before.

"What the hell?!" the shark villain exclaimed, his jaws snapping shut on nothing but water. "Oh, you little brat! Don't think you're getting away that easily!"

As much as Izuku wished the villain was wrong, he wasn't. The Sharkman heteromorph villain was right at home in the water, and despite One For All making Izuku faster than before, it only allowed him to stay just ahead of the villain. Izuku also knew he'd have to come up for air at some point, unlike the villain, who was able to breath the water as easily as Izuku could breath air, thanks to the gills on his neck.

'Can I even fight him?' Izuku worried, glancing over his shoulder. 'He's going to have the home field advantage here, and if he hits me hard enough, it might cause me to lose the air in my lungs.'

"You're going to run out of air sooner or later, kid, so just give up!" the shark villain taunted.

'He's right, I can't run,' Izuku decided, turning in the water to face the charging villain, One For All building in his arms. 'I don't have enough time to cover my body, but this should be enough. One For All, 2%, Gaun-'

"Hi Midoriya," came the neutral voice of Asui, who had landed feet first onto the side of the shark villain's head, stomping him away.

"Goodbye," she said to the villain, before shooting out her long tongue, wrapping it around Izuku's waist, rocketing up through the water. They surfaced next to the yacht in the Flood Zone, with Izuku being tossed up onto the deck of the boat. As he lay there gasping for breath, Izuku heard a quiet mutter to his side.

"For a frog, she's got pretty nice boobs," the voice said, turning out to be Mineta, who was also laying flat on the deck, trying to control his breathing. The small student wasn't able to relax for long, however, as Asui jumped over the railing, landing directly on the purple-haired boy's stomach.

"Gah!" Mineta cried out, clutching his stomach as Asui stepped off him.

"Thanks for saving me, Asui," Izuku thanked, pulling himself up off the ground. "I wasn't sure how much longer I'd have been able to hold my breath."

"Call me Tsu or Tsuyu," Asu…Tsuyu insisted. "But even though we're safe here, we seem to still be in trouble."

"They know our schedule," Izuku remembered, thinking back to what the fog villain had mentioned before he teleported them. "The simplest explanation is that they caused that media rush the other day to get their intel. It's like Todoroki said, they've been waiting for this chance, and they prepared for it well."

"But, but, there's no way they could ever kill All Might!" Mineta protested, having finally gotten back onto his feet. "He'll thrash 'em once he gets here!"

"Mineta, they must've figured out a way to kill him," Tsuyu pointed out. "Otherwise, why come here just to get beaten? I wouldn't put it past them. That one guy promised to kill us too, after all. Who says we can even hold out until All Might gets here? Even when he does show up, who says he won't be killed?"

"That's right, brat!" a cruel voice called out, catching Izuku and his classmates' attention. Looking over the railing into the water below, about a dozen heads appeared out of the water, each and every one of them villains.

"I'll kill you, you froggy bitch, and then I'll kill your friends," the shark villain declared. "Then when All Might shows up, the boss is going to kill him as well!"

"A whole school of villains!" Mineta shrieked, trembling as he held onto the railings for support.

But despite being surrounded, the words of the villains, as well as the implication, caused Izuku to spiral into a muttering storm.

"So they must have figured out a way to beat All Might, probably, that must be it. Doesn't make sense otherwise. But why kill him? Because he stands against villains? Against evil? Because everyone calls him the Symbol of Justice? No, I mean, there has to be some specific reason…"

Memories flashed through Izuku's mind. All Might declaring to him on the day of the Sludge Villain that Izuku could be a hero. All Might pushing him to succeed during his training. All Might pushing him on, encouraging him, seeing his potential, rather than what he currently was. But most significantly, that video of All Might. The same one that Izuku had easily added thousands of views to, of All Might walking out of the burning wreckage of a crashed train, piles of rescued people on his shoulders. His comforting trademark words, 'Fear not, for I Am Here!'

'Does it really matter if these villains have a reason?' Izuku wondered in his mind. 'No, it doesn't. Hell if I know why they want to, but I can't let them succeed, no matter what!'

"If they," Izuku began, catching Tsuyu and Mineta's attention, "if there's even a chance that they have a way to beat All Might, then we have to fight and win!"

Tsuyu and Mineta simply stared at Izuku, the former with her usual blank face, but the latter had a horrified expression.

"How can we possibly fight, you dumbass?!" Mineta yelled in anger and fear. "These guys might even be strong enough to kill All Might! You're contradicting yourself, Midoriya! Our only hope is to hide somewhere until the U.A. heroes come to rescue us!"

"Mineta, those guys down there, they're clearly suited to aquatic combat, right?" Izuku pointed out.

"Stop ignoring my point!"

"So the ringleaders must have recruited them knowing about the U.S.J.'s different environments," Tsuyu realised.

"Exactly! Their intel told them that much, at least," Izuku nodded. But with all their careful planning, one odd point sticks out. They send you, Asu-, er, Tsuyu, into the Flood Zone!"

Tsuyu and Mineta stared at Izuku blankly, not saying a word.

"Take your time, then," Tsuyu croaked, a patient tone in her voice.

"What's your point, already?!" Mineta yelled, a not so patient tone in his voice.

"Oh, okay, right," Izuku stammered, realising he hadn't finished his explanation. "What I'm saying is that they must not know about our quirks."

Tsuyu nodded, starting to understand what Izuku was saying. "If they'd known about me having frog powers, they'd have dumped me into that fiery area."

"It's exactly because they don't know about our quirks that their strategy was to scatter us and overwhelm us with numbers," Izuku summarised, glancing down at the villains in the water. "They've got us beat when it comes to numbers and experience, so there's only one way for us to win. Exploit the fact that they don't know our quirks! The fact that they're not trying to get on board supports my theory!"

Indeed, even though the villains could clearly hear Izuku, for he was no longer trying to keep his voice down, they hadn't made their move. No attempts to board the boat, no attempts to even sink the boat. However, Izuku also knew that that meant that these villains weren't making the classic mistake of underestimating their opponents.

"Okay, let's see, what quirks do we all have?" Izuku asked, keeping his voice down so as to not give away their abilities to the villains.

"I'm a Bullywug, so I can jump really high, stick to walls, and my tongue can stretch to a maximum of twenty metres. I can also spit up my stomach to clean it and secrete a poisonous fluid. Well, I say 'poisonous', but it really just stings a little. But those last two aren't that useful. Just forget about them."

"Wow, and as a heteromorph, you're really strong too," Izuku muttered. "With those other abilities, you're really strong, A-sorry, Tsuyu. I have super strength, but if I use it at full power, it messes me up. My quirk is a double edged sword."

"Then what was that in the water?" Tsuyu asked, tilting her head. "You seemed to be using it fine. And when were you able to create armour around your legs?"

"Oh, that's something that was suggested to me," Izuku explained. "Instead of using all of my quirk, I'm only using what my body can safely handle. I've only tried it at 2% so far, but I don't know if that's my limit or not. As for the armour, I'm not sure. I imagined my quirk like putting on pieces of armour, so that image might have manifested itself somehow…"

Izuku's rambling were interrupted by a squishing sound. Looking up, he saw Mineta pulling off one of the purple balls that grew from his head.

"It's really sticky," Mineta explained, referring to the ball that he had stuck onto the yacht. "If I'm feeling good, it'll stick there all day. A new one'll grow in the old one's place. But if I take too many, I'll start bleeding. They'll bounce off my own body without sticking to me."

Izuku stared at Mineta, not sure if that was the entirety of his quirk, or if he had more to tell. Given the tears that were welling in Mineta's eyes, it was evidently the wrong thing to do.

"Like I said, we just gotta wait to be rescued!" he wailed. "My quirk is terrible for fighting multiple opponents!"

"N-Not at all," Izuku reassured. "It's a great quirk. We just have to think how to make use of it-"

Izuku was interrupted by the sudden lurching of the yacht, the water slamming into the side of the vessel, cracks forming along the hull.

"I'm getting bored over here," one of the villains declared, his bald head a snow white with red stripes running from the top of his slanted eyes to the back of his head. "Let's finish this thing."

"So strong!" Tsuyu exclaimed, holding onto the railing to keep her footing. "He split the boat in two!"

While Izuku and Tsuyu used one hand to hold onto the railing and the other to keep Mineta upright, this allowed him to use both of his hands. And rather than hold onto the railing or hold onto his classmates, he panicked.

"YAAAH!" he cried, plucking and throwing his purple balls from his head as quickly as he could, each of them landing in the water with a small splash.

"AAAAHH!" he cried, tears streaming from his face as he pointed at the villains, looking to Izuku as if he held the answer to their problem.

"Why'd you panic?!" Izuku yelled. "Damn, now the enemy knows your quirk!"

However, splashing from the water caught Izuku's attention. Down below, the shark villain who had initially pursued Izuku was splashing the water, pushing Mineta's balls away from him.

'Wait a minute,' Izuku realised, 'they're on guard. They won't touch them?'

"That boat'll go under in less than a minute," the shark villain taunted. "Once you're in the water, you're chum."

"Ahh, he's right!" Mineta yelled, backing away from the railing in a panic.

"Mineta, did you really come to U.A. to become a hero?" Tsuyu asked, a question that Izuku thought was very warranted at this point.

"SHADDUP!" Mineta yelled. "You're crazy for not being scared! We were just freaking middle school kids a couple of months ago! I never thought we'd be in a life-or-death situation so soon! AHHH, I just wish I could've gotten to grope Yaoyorozu's boobs before I died!"

While Izuku should've paid more attention to Mineta's regrets, worrying as they were, the current situation was more pressing.

"'The moment when the enemy thinks they've won, represents your best chance'," Izuku quoted. "All Might once said that during a documentary interview."

"Hear that little one whining?" one of the villains asked aloud. "What a bunch of babies?"

"Hey, Shigaraki said not to get careless here," the water controller pointed out. "Their age isn't what matters. We judge them by their quirks. And our quirks clearly have the advantage in the water."

Izuku heard all of this as he walked towards the railing, balancing himself on top of it.

'Do it just like Kacchan,' he thought to himself, launching up into the air. "Go to hell!"

While the villains might have thought that this was a stupid move from a dumb kid panicking, Izuku had a plan already in mind.

'No matter how powerful of a blow I fire off, they've got us surrounded, so I can't hit 'em all. And even if we somehow make it out of the Flood Zone, there are more villains to worry about! I can't sacrifice my whole arm, but limiting my power to a manageable amount isn't gonna cut it either.'

"I can consider this my first super move," Izuku muttered to himself, the power of One For All building in his middle finger and thumb. "Sorry, Recovery Girl. I'll try to make this the last time I damage my body on purpose."

The tension in his fingers built, and just as he was over where a large portion of the villains were located, released the tension.

"JAVELIN!"

The sheer force of the flick caused air pressure to slam into the water, creating a tremendous splash, displacing massive amounts of water.

"Tsuyu! Mineta!" Izuku called out, trying his best to ignore the throbbing pain in his doubtlessly broken finger and thumb.

Tsuyu leapt off the sinking yacht, Mineta held in one hand. Her tongue shot out, wrapping around Izuku's waist again, pulling him along with her. Mineta began throwing his balls towards the centre of the water disturbance, blood starting to trickle from his scalp. As the displaced water rushed back to where it had once been, it dragged the villains with it, and subsequently, caused Mineta's quirk to stick to them, and also causing the villains to stick to each other.

"By delivering a strong shock to the water's surface, it spreads, and once it rushes back into the centre," Izuku began, glancing down at the villains.

"They're all washed up," Tsuyu concluded, a spout of colliding water shooting up into the air, the clump of stuck-together villains going with it.

"Looks like we beat our first obstacle, or something," Tsuyu noted. "Good job, you two."

-]l[-

Itami Taeru was never a religious person. Unlike many people in Japan, he didn't believe in the Shinto gods, nor spirits, nor ancestors that watched over him. Even if his old man was looking on from the Thereafter, he'd probably be heaping every curse upon him that he could think up.

Itami also didn't believe in any foreign gods. The Faceless God, nor Allah, nor Jahova, or even Christ and his four angelic babes that the Sect of Four believed in held his belief. He didn't believe in an afterlife, no great purgatory when he died. His whole life, Itami only believed that all there was to his existence was the here and now, and that meant that the only person who had the right to judge him was himself. With no afterlife, no judging of his deeds, the world was his oyster, and he could whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted.

However, if, for some unknown reason, he were to start believing in Hell, or at least some afterlife realm that punished him and his fellow wicked sinners, he reckoned he was looking at a good interpretation of it.

The job had been simple: gather up in the warehouse, listen to the boss, get warped into the U.S.J., kill a bunch of kids, and sit back while the boss and his pet freak killed All Might. Everyone would go home happy and famous, except for the heroes, because they'd obviously be dead.

Unlike some others who had more specialised quirks, and had thus been sent to the disaster zones that suited their talents, Itami's Pain Tolerance quirk was pretty generic, so he was sent wherever extra manpower was needed. Thus, he'd been assigned to the Landslide crew. All they had to do was wait for whatever students Kuro-what's-his-face sent to them, kill them, and meet up in the central plaza. Nice, clean, easy.

What they hadn't been expecting was to be encased in freezing cold ice, turning the landslide area into a forest of screaming, pleading, and whimpering icy columns.

Even with his quirk, Itami could feel the stinging pain of the ice on his bare skin. Even though it didn't hurt nearly as bad compared to what his fellows must be feeling, he knew that if he got out of here, which was looking more and more unlikely, he'd need to find a skilled back alley doctor to fix the scarring he'd receive.

"You all lost to a kid," a cold, heartless voice remarked, the crunching of ice underfoot echoing out as he walked. "How pathetic."

The speaker was a student, one of the twenty who were meant to be here. His red hair was swept to one side, covering the right-hand side of his face, only his mouth and nose exposed. His costume, because of course he had a costume, looked like a mage's robes with some travelling boots on his feet. However, the icy armour that had formed over it gave it much more menacing, martial feel to it. His hood cast a shadow over his face, and peering out of his hair was a mask that he wore, covering his right-hand side, the face of a snarling reptilian monster poking out. If the staff of ice in his hand had a curved blade at the top of it, Itami could believe that he was looking at the Grim Reaper himself.

"Come on, now," the student continued, looking out across his handiwork without a flicker of remorse or regret, even amongst the cries of anguish from the villains. "You're adults, aren't you? I'm sure you can all manage some pain."

"Stay back!" one of Itami's fellow villains yelled, a rat heteromorph or something. His whiskers had a light frosting, and his eyes were wide with panic and terror. "The Todoroki leave this one alone, now!"

'Well, fuck me, I guess,' Itami cringed, a new sense of fear entering his heart. 'Of course, the one school we pick, hell, the one zone I was assigned to, and it has a damn Todoroki. All I can hope for is that the apple fell far from the tree.'

Every villain knew the Todorokis; knew and feared them. The horror stories of the Cardinal of Flames, Salamander, turning warehouses and buildings that villains and criminals had called a home and a refuge into their fiery tombs were dime a dozen. She was well known as one of the most feared of her sisters, eclipsed only by her sadistic sister, the Cardinal of Water. Salamander's ruthless mindset had clearly been passed down to her son, the Flame Hero: Endeavor. While the sheep of civilization would think that All Might was the most feared hero in Japan, that was only half of the truth. All Might was feared, without a doubt, but he was more like a hurricane. He appears every now and again, makes a big spectacle, then disappears. Endeavor though, he was feared like one feared a monster that dwelled outside your village. All Might would simply knock you unconscious with his ridiculous strength. Endeavor, on the other hand, would burn you, bathe you in flames, mark you for life with the humiliation that you had lost. After all, if it wasn't for the Symbol of Peace's popularity with those too weak to stand for themselves, Itami knew that Endeavor would be seen as Japan's No. 1 Pro Hero. And if this student really was the son of Endeavor, despite his polar opposite quirk, he seemed to be just as apathetic.

"Huh, what do we have here?" Todoroki Jr. rhetorically asked, turning his attention to the rat heteromorph. "A Skaven. I thought the world was free of your filth. It seems that one of you managed to escape my family's wrath."

"Spawn of murderer-killer," the Skaven spat, his whiskers trembling. "They had no right to kill fellow heteromorph."

"We are not the same," Todoroki Jr. snarled, looming over the short villain. "I refuse to accept your kind as a heteromorph. The very idea that we belong to the same classification sickens me, especially after what you did to your own kin, and what you were planning to do in Germany."

"The Great Horned One demands sacrifices!" the Skaven raged, his snout snapping as he desperately tried to bite the student. "The weak must be killed, the strong survive, and the female to serve their one purpose!"

Todoroki Jr. was silent as he stared at the Skaven, the only expression on his face being disgust.

"You talk too much for a corpse," he muttered, placing his right palm on the Skaven's face. The rattish villain let out a strangled screech as ice spread across his snout, fully encasing the villain.

Todoroki Jr. didn't seem to pay the noise any attention, merely standing back once the villain was completely encased. He raised his staff, and swinging it down in an overhead strike, struck the column of ice, shattering it and the villain it contained.

"Jesus fuck!" a nearby villain swore. "You killed him! I thought you were meant to be heroes!"

"That's quite hypocritical coming from you," Todoroki Jr. pointed out. "After all, you were trying to kill me, yet you have an issue when I take a life? But you're correct, as a hero in training, I'm not meant to take the lives of villains. When I graduate, the sentence that you'll receive won't be my responsibility, so I can't take the law into my own hands, officially. Of course, accidents do happen, especially when civilian lives are on the line."

"So why kill him?" another villain called out. "And don't even think about killing all of us to keep this a secret! People will eventually find out, and you'll be done for then!"

"According to the World Council, any male who is a member of the Skaven heteromorph species is no longer given the rights and protections that is standard for any person, be they with or without quirks," Todoroki Jr. explained. "After the virus bomb that the Skaven clans detonated in Poland, turning large swaths of the land uninhabitable and killing just under two million, no quarter is to be given to them. I thought my father and grandmother had killed the last of them four years ago, but it seems one of them had managed to survive, until now, that is."

The red-haired student looked out over the icy field, the occasional groane or hiss of pain echoing out.

"Your plan must have been to divide and conquer, correct? Forgive me for saying so, but it's hard to see you guys as more than thugs with quirks you can't even handle. There was no coordination, no greater strategy, other than relying on sheer numbers. While quantity can be its own quality, not even overwhelming numbers is able to make up for a chronic deficiency in power."

'The kid hit it on the head,' Itami admitted. No one had stepped forth to make themselves the leader. To do so in this kind of crowd was a death sentence, unless you had the power to back it up, which unfortunately, no one so far had. Unlike the Flood Zone crew, who had a bond as those with water quirks, Itami and his fellows were the odd ones out, those who didn't fit a particular niche.

"Hey, you," Todoroki Jr. called out, and Itami's heart began to race as the student's gaze fell on him. "Unlike the others, you're not in nearly as much pain. A quirk that makes you resistant to the cold, perhaps?"

"Fuck you," Itami spat, the globule of spittle landing just in front of the red-haired student, solidifying and freezing from the sheer cold of the ice it landed on. "Torture me all you want; I won't feel a thing."

"At this rate, all of you will die," Todoorki Jr. declared, projecting his voice across the zone. "Your bodies are already likely to be frostbitten in certain areas, and the damage will only continue to spread, until your bodies give out. But I'm trying to become a hero, and not even my father's influence would be able to protect me if I did that. So I'll make you all a deal: if anyone, even only one person, tells me how you all plan to kill All Might, I'll save your lives. A collective reward, only one of you needs to tell me."

"What's more important?" he asked, holding his right hand in front of Itami's face, frost misting in the air. "Your lives, or your loyalty?"

Okay, full transparency: this chapter was meant to be much longer, like twice as long AT LEAST. Unfortunately, I was struggling a lot with writing a chapter for a different series I'm publishing as well, and then university started up this week, and here we are. I also really didn't want another delay, since that happened last week, so I decided to slash the chapter and only have the Flood Zone and Landslide Zone in this chapter. Next chapter we'll be seeing the Mountain Zone and the Ruin Zone, as well as some small pieces in the Squall Zone, Inferno Zone, as well as the U.S.J. Entrance with those who didn't get warped away.

Now, this chapter you got to see what I meant by Shoto being different in this timeline. Here, he's more sociable (kind of), but he's also a bit darker. Some lore reveals, as well as a tidbit I wanted to address. In Japan, All Might in the Number One Hero by fame alone. Now, as a Symbol of Peace, his position is unquestionable. However, if we're going by Japan alone, Endeavor is more likely to be the national No. 1. He solves more incidents, both as an agency but also as an individual, and he has maintained his position for years. As we know, the Hero Billboards are HEAVILY influenced by popularity rather than results. Given the awe-inspiring figure that All Might is, it makes sense why he is where he is.

Other than that, we got some villain perspectives, giving an insight into their perception of All Might and Endeavor. Also, the Skaven that was shown is pretty much a 1:1 from Warhammer Fantasy. I'm more of a 40K guy, and I've really gone down that rabbit hole, but I thought that the Skaven fitted in perfectly here. The idea that, as a heteromorph 'species' they were all utterly vile and detestable is pretty in line for them in canon. If you know anything about their lore, you know the fate of the females, so yeah, they probably deserved worse than what they got. I also decided that Poland would get hit by them, since we often see Skaven in toxic environments, no thanks to their malevolent deity, the Horned Rat, I thought that the Skaven creating a bio-disaster would be fitting.

Aside from that, we saw the fruits of Izuku's new perspective of his quirk. There are going to be some changes with One For All, not in the sense of how it works, but in how it is used. In my mind, it manifests thanks to the imagination of the user. For All Might, it caused him to buff out. For Izuku, it amplified his power, and in this rendition, thanks to the effect that Centorea and All Might have had on him, as well as Tenya's analogy, Izuku manifests a spectral suit of armour when he uses it. The higher the percentage, the less transparent it is. At 2%, it is very faint. At 100%, it will be fully opaque. Also, no more 'Detroit Smashes', we have the first of Izuku's super moves, 'Javelin'. This move is specifically for when Izuku hits something from the air pressure created from his flicks. While he did break his fingers just like in canon, there really wasn't any other way for Izuku to get off the yacht. Rest assured, however, that there will be some changes to the canon timeline of when events and/or powers are unlocked, so stay tuned.

Right review time.

Artorigus, thanks for the review. While the Four Cardinals are in their sixties, calling them 'Old Hags' would be misleading. Even though they're all retired, they've still got it, both in terms of their power, but also in terms of their looks. Salamander will be making an onscreen appearance during the Sports Festival, so you'll see what I mean. As for Suu's outfit, this is Suu, she's definitely worn more revealing clothing, so for her, it's pretty standard. As for the studying that takes place before the Final Exams, correct, that will be a chapter at the Kurusu mansion. Boy, I'm looking forward to writing that one. Finally, HOLY SHIT, CALL THE MEDIA, SOMEONE'S COMMISSIONED ART FOR MY WORK! It's official, ladies and gents, I've peaked. Big shoutout to Dejovanna on X for the incredible artwork. As you all know, Fanfiction is a shy little thing, so if you're over there, you'll have to check out my story on Ao3 for the artwork. If you're already here, however, this is it!

Again, big cheers to Dejovanna, and even bigger cheers to Artorigus for commissioning it.

Firetrail, thanks for the info. Kind of crazy that U.A. is a six-day school. Now that I think about it, I wonder if that's for everyone, or only for those who are in the Hero Course?

leonardo18anime, cheers for the review. I agree, the U.A. schedule is kind of weird. The U.S.J. is introduced on what I assume is the third day of the school year, we see it once more in an anime-only OVA, and then never see it again. Something that large and expensive would have to be in constant use. I'd only assume that there would be classes for it each day, and the only reason the U.S.J. attack happened was because that was the optimal date for the villains to attack when All Might was supposed to be there? I don't really know, and it's a bit too late to change it now, but I'll probably implement some changes for my other MHA series, the Portal crossover. And I agree, for a series with 'Academia' in the title, we don't see much of their academic life. Tests, sure, festivals, sure, but not classes, not really.

Anyway, that's all from me. For your sneak peek for next chapter, the title is called 'Students VS Villains'. Hopefully I'll get it out on time, fingers crossed.

See you next time…

- Jevm