Chapter 5: Fight between Rivals
Izuku, Frieda, their friends, and their classmates were now back to U.A the next day and it went as normal as every high school.
Before noon, Class 1-A studied subjects like English, Math, and Modern Literature, which went really smoothly with no other problems other than some students having a hard time following.
Then at noon, everyone had lunch, which were gourmet meals with reasonable prices.
Izuku has katsudon, Katsuki has mapo tofu, Frieda has a bratwurst sandwich with cheese and onions, Ochako has gyudon with a small platter of mochi, Tenya has steak, salad, and orange juice, and Tao has tuna and meat buns.
Then its past noon as everyone waits in their classroom in excitement because...
"I'M COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!" All Might then came into class in a dramatic manner despite what he said, and he was in his hero costume.
"I can't believe All Might is really gonna be teaching us!"
"That design is so Silver Age!"
"That art style clashes so much it gives me goosebumps!"
"I AM THE FOUNDATIONAL HEROIC STUDIES TEACHER, ALL MIGHT!" All Might then has his back facing the class. "FOR THIS CLASS, WE'LL BE BUILDING UP YOUR HERO FOUNDATION THROUGH VARIOUS TRIALS! YOU'LL GET TONS OF CREDIT FOR IT!"
All Might then then turned around as he thrust out a white plastic placard forward and declared, "LET'S JUMP RIGHT WITH THIS! THE BATTLE TRIAL!"
Izuku could see Katsuki, who was sitting a desk in front of him, turning towards him with a challenging glare with Izuku giving his own.
"AND TO GO WITH YOUR FIRST BATTLE," the wall to their left then began to move as multiple shelves pop out with numbered bags on them. "WE'VE PREPARED THE GEAR WE HAD SEND YOU IN REQUEST FOR TO MATCH YOUR QUIRKS!"
"Our battle gear!"
"Awesome!"
Everyone then grabbed their respective backpacks containing their gear.
"GET CHANGED AND WE'LL BE READY TO GO! EVERYONE GATHER AT GROUND BETA!" All Might said before everyone head to the door in excitement.
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Later, all students were now in Ground Beta wearing their costumes, some were flashy while others were basic.
"LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF, YOU EMBRYOS!" All Might called out to get everyone's attention. "IT'S TIME FOR THE TRIAL OF BATTLE!"
"What the fuck are you? Discount ninja?" Katsuki asked as he look at Izuku's costume.
"Look who's talking, grenade salesman."
Katsuki's costume consists of a tight, black, sleeveless tank top, with an orange "X" across the middle, forming a V-neck. There are two dots along the left line of his collar. His costume also has a metallic neck brace worn with rectangular ends that have three holes on each side. His black sleeves reach from within his large grenade-like gauntlets to his biceps, with a thin orange tip at the end. A green and orange belt, which carries grenades, holds up his baggy pants with green straps and knee guards. He sports black, knee-high metal boots with orange soles and eight eyelets, straps on the top, and exhausts on the back of his calves. He has an orange tint visor that is jagged and black, and as it goes around his eyes, a large, orange-rimmed flare shape protrudes from each side.
Izuku's costume consists of a tight green, sleeveless tank top with a funnel shaped collar, and a pair of belts that crosses one another to form an "X" on his torso, which also has pouches. There is a long black scarf around his neck that goes down his back and white shoulder pads. A black and green belt, which has more pouches, holds his baggy pants with white greaves. He also sports a pair of green sneakers with white soles and red laces. He has a black mask covering his mouth, a pair of green gloves over bandages wrapping his lower arms, and a conical grey hat with a green and red band on it and a green ribbon tassel that is hanging on the front of the hat's rim, just aligning with the left side of his face.
"Why not go with your old design?" Katsuki asked but he has a cheeky smile on his face, which made Izuku glare at him.
"That is exactly why, even my sister would tease me about it, so I did a complete redraw, and besides, this fits my aesthetic better," Izuku said with his hands on his hips.
"Zuku!"
"Oh, hey..." Izuku quickly droned out in shock when he looks to see Frieda running towards him in her costume before stopping infront of him.
Frieda's costume consists of a black short sleeve modest leotard with petal-like embroideries. Her costume also has a brown belt with a gold buckle around her waist and a similar belt that goes down from her right shoulder to the left side of her waist. A green cape that is held up by a red string with golden glazed edges on the green fabric and gold eye motifs that goes down the cape down to the last eye design having a red iris and black borders, and a pair of red tassels on the two ends of the bottom of the cape. She also has knee-high boots with fake dark, fuchsia-coloured flowers on the vamps of each boot, brown opera gloves, and large brimmed black hat with a green band, three black feathers, and a similar fake dark, fuchsia-coloured flower along with a fake violet-coloured flower.
"How do I look?" she asked the verdant teen who was blushing a bit.
"You look... good," Izuku said with an awkward smile on his face which made Frieda beam in joy.
Though, Katsuki could see Izuku's eyes were wandering, so the blonde followed where his childhood friend was looking.
Thighs.
Katsuki then has a deadpan look on his face as he gave Izuku a "Are you serious" look.
"Thank you. You also look good," Frieda said as she gave Izuku a thumbs up.
"Midoriya! Jager!' The three of them look to see Ochako walking towards them.
Ochako's costume consists of a black, full-body suit with a pale pink design down the middle of her torso, topped with two black semi-spheres on her chest, two pink stripes starting at her midsection, a deep pink choker, and two-toned pink sleeves with cuffs. It also has matching pale and deep, pink-coloured accessories, including round gauntlets with handles, which are used to increase and decrease her blood pressure, chunky, knee-high boots with deep pink shock-absorbent soles and grey heels that have stiff springs in them to soften landings, and a two-piece belt with a round buckle. She also wears matching headgear with a tinted visor.
"You two look awesome!" Ochako complimented the two before she sheepishly rubs the back of her head. "I wish I'd drawn my request sketch a little better, my costume came out a bit puffy. It's embarrassing."
"Nein, it really fits you," Frieda said with a supportive smile. "You resemble space hero from future."
"Well, thanks," Ochako said in gratitude.
"Heroics is the best," a certain pervert said as he leers at most of his female classmates in their costumes, but suddenly felt a presence behind him, he turned to see Tao behind him in her costume.
Tao's costume of just her jacket, a pair of red short-shorts, and a pair of knee-length dark-yellow combat boots resembling cat legs with grey heels.
"Purple Perv," Tao said before reeling back her left leg.
"W-w-wait!"
Bang!
"I saw that a mile away," a girl said, who has just stood by Tao, as she watched Mineta getting kicked in the air before falling and caught by one of their classmates.
She is a petite, fair-skinned girl with a slender build. She has triangular onyx eyes with notably long lower eyelashes and small eyebrows. Her dark-purple hair is chin length, with an asymmetrical fringe that has two reflections shaped like sound waves on either side. Her most prominent features are the flexible, plug-like earphone jacks hanging from each of her earlobes.
Her costume consists of a black leather jacket, long salmon-colored shirt with several rips at the collar and hem, black pants, and boots with stereos built into their shafts. She also has two small, triangular red paint marks just below her eyes, a plain black choker, and white fingerless gloves.
"Cousin Kokonoe always told Tao to kick pervy people nya," Tao said which made the girl beside her nod in respect before looking at the cat girl.
"By the way, my name is Jiro Kyoka," the girl introduced herself.
"Oh! Tao's name is Tao," Tao introduced herself as well.
"I'M LIKING EVERYONE'S STYLES, VERY COOL!" All Might complimented everyone.
"Sensei!" Tenya suddenly said.
Tenya's costume consists of a dark blue one-piece suit with a high collar, over which he wears various pieces of armour, all in a pale silver, including a chest plate, a metal collar around his neck and another around his upper arm, and metal vambraces that extend past his elbows pointed at the ends. He wears a helmet covering his entire face, its sharp bevor full of holes to allow him to speak and breathe easily, and its upper piece rounded over his head with two larger holes on either side, two curved horns just behind and a single spike sticking out of the back of his head.
On his feet, he wears silver knee-high boots with gold accessories, which are specialized for his Quirk, and around his torso, he has three thick metal pipes, attached with a blue band, although these only serve as decoration. His armour is very lightweight and does not protect him much; its main purpose is to cut down air resistance rather than to protect him.
"Regarding the performance ground we'll be using, is it the mock city from the entrance exam?" the stern teen asked.
"YOU'LL SEE. IN FACT, TAKE TWO STEPS AND YOU'LL BE THERE! THIS WILL BE AN INDOOR BATTLE TRIAL!" All Might said to them. "VILLAIN CLEANUP IS USUALLY SEEN OUT IN THE OPEN, BUT STATISTICALLY, THE BETTER PART OF IT IS IN AN INSIDE JOB. MOST ACTS OF VILLAINY ARE COMMITED INDOORS. IMPRISONMENT... HOUSE ARREST... THE BLACK MARKET... IN THIS HERO SATURATED SOCIETY, THE MOST DANGEROUS VILLAINS ARE THE ONES WHO USE THEIR INTELLIGENCE ARE THE ONE'S LURKING IN THE SHADOWS! FOR THIS TEST, YOU'LL BE SEPARETED INTO "VILLAIN" AND "HERO" GROUPS, FOR A TWO-ON-TWO BATTLE!"
Every student has various reactions from this, some were shocked while others were readying themselves.
"What about the Foundational Training?" Tsuyu, the frog girl, asked the hero.
"THIS IS FOUNDATIONAL TRAINING!" All Might said as he clenched his fist. "ONLY THIS TIME, THERE WON'T BE ANY ROBOTS TO PUNCH, THIS WOULD HELP ALL OF YOU WITH RESTRAINT!"
"So how do we determine who wins and loses?" Momo asked
"Can I still blast them hard enough?" Katsuki asked with a snide look on his face.
"Is there a threat of expulsion like with Aizawa-sensei's exercise?" Ochako asked nervously.
"If we're separating into different groups, what would the best way to do so?" Tenya asked with his hand raised up.
"Doesn't this cape look fabulous on me?" Yuga, the guy with the belly button laser, asked as he showcased the cape of his costume.
"MY QUIRK ISN'T SUPER HEARING!" All Might proclaimed as before clearing his throat and pulled out a small piece of paper from his pocket.
'Seriously?' Both Izuku and Katsuki thought when they saw this.
"FOR THIS TRAINING, WE'LL HAVE SOME "VILLAINS" GUARD A NUCLER WEAPON THEY INTEND ON DEPLOYING, THE HEROES MUST STOP THEM AND THEIR NEFERIOUS SCHEMES BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! IF THE HEROES CAPTURE THE VILLAINS OR REACH THE NUCLEAR CORE BEFORE THE TIMER RUNS OUT, THEY WIN! IF THE VILLAINS MANAGE TO KEEP THE CORE THE WHOLE TIME OR CAPTURE THE HEROES, THEY WIN!"
All Might then brought out a box to the class.
"YOUR TEAMMATES AND OPPONENTS WILL BE CHOSEN BY LOTTERY!"
"Is that really how we'll do this?!" Tenya asked in shock.
"Well, heroes aren't always be partnered with the person they always know, so they have to improvise when the situation is dire," Izuku explained to him.
"Ah, I see!" Tenya said in understanding before looking back to All Might. "I apologize!"
"ANYWAY, LET'S START THIS!"
Everyone then began to grab balls inside the box as every team quickly when they grab balls with similar letters from each other.
Team A: Midoriya Izuku and Oscar Pine
Team B: Todoroki Shoto and Shoji Mezo
Team C: Yaoyorozu Momo and Lelei La Lalena
Team D: Bakugo Katsuki and Iida Tenya
Team E: Ashido Mina and Frieda Jager
Team F: Aoyama Yuga and Koda Koji
Team G: Sato Rikido and Mineta Minoru
Team H: Kaminari Denki and Jiro Kyoka
Team I: Tokoyami Fumikage and Asui Tsuyu
Team J: Sero Hanta and Kirishima Ejiro
Team K: Ojiro Mashirao and Taokaka
Team L: Uraraka Ochako and Hagakure Toru
"Pine?" Izuku said out loud with a raised eyebrow.
"It's actually Oscar," the verdant teen then looks to see his partner.
It was a boy who is short in stature with his hair unkempt umber or black with green undertone.
His skin is tanned, and he has a faint, perpetual blush and freckles on his cheeks. His hair is dark brown, and his eyes are hazel, the main iris being forest green, with accents of burnt orange and yellow around the pupil.
His costume consists of an olive coat with shoulder pads and a belt both of dark red. Underneath, he wears a white collared shirt, and bandages wrapped around the neck. His gloves are a slightly open U-shape with black X-pattern wrist straps. He also wears black trousers, red boots coloured orange at the toe, a black top hat with a green band, and a long cane.
The cane doubles as a walking stick. Its handle is embellished with a floral pattern and features a large knuckle guard that reaches down the bottom of the handle. The larger area at the bottom of the handle contains small gold-colored gears, while the shaft of the cane has a grey-black coloration and is square in shape as opposed to most canes which have a round shaft.
"So, you are a foreigner?" Izuku asked as his partner sheepishly rub the back of his head.
"Yeah, I'm from Omaha, Nebraska," he said before offering his hand. "So, I'm Oscar, Oscar Pines."
"Well, I'm Midoriya Izuku, and you are really far away from home," Izuku said as he shook Oscar's hand.
"My teacher actually recommended me to go here, I even had to learn Japanese before I get here," Oscar said.
"Why not go in one of America's Hero schools?" Izuku asked.
"He actually wants me to experience more of the world, and he thinks I should attend a foreign school would be a great idea," he explained to the verdant teen.
"Well, I hope you enjoyed your time here," Izuku said as Oscar smiled.
"I have, 2 years actually."
"ALRIGHT STUDENTS!" All Might announced as he has two set up a table where two boxes were on it, one was labelled "Hero" while the other is labelled "Villain". "THE FIRST TWO PAIRS TO COMBAT WILL BE THE FOLLOWING!"
All Might then pulled out one ball from both boxes.
"PAIR A WILL BE THE HEROES AND PAIR D WILL BE VILLAINS!"
After hearing this, Katsuki and Izuku look at each other from a distance as they grin and their eyes gleam in anticipation.
"THIS SECENARIO HAS THE VILLAINS INSIDE THE BUILDING FIRST, THEN, AFTER FIVE MINUTES, THE HEROES WILL BE LET IN AS WELL! EVERYONE ELSE WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH THE BATTLE UNFOLD THROUGH THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS!" All Might said to everyone "THIS WILL ALLOW YOUNG IIDA AND BAKUGO TO GET INSIDE THE VILLAIN MINDSET! THIS IS A PRACTICAL TRAINING EXERCISE, SO GO ALL OUT WITHOUT FEAR OF INJURY! THOUGH NATURALLY WE'LL CUT IT SHORT IF THINGS GET OUT OF HAND."
As All Might finished his explanation, he and the other students who weren't participating went to the surveillance room, leaving the two pairs to do their part.
"May the best man win," Izuku said as he raised his fist.
"You better fucking give it your all," Katsuki said as the two of them bump their fists.
"Oh, I will," Izuku said as the two smirk before they join their respective partners and walked to their respective locations.
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"So, you know Bakugo?" Oscar asked as he and Izuku were outside the building that they will be infiltrating.
"Yeah, we've been friends since we were kids," Izuku said as he looks at the building in anticipation.
"So, what is the plan of action?" Oscar asked as the verdant teen look at him.
"What is your Quirk?" Izuku asked.
"Well, it's called Overclock, I basically make my body move three times as fast, but I can't use it for long or I might lose a ton of energy and get cramps," the tanned skin boy answered.
"Well, I could only say that you should go against Iida while I deal Katsuki, I know Katsuki better and he wouldn't miss a chance to fight me," Izuku said.
"What do I do against Iida?" Oscar asked as Izuku chuckles.
"Outmanoeuvre him, if you are cornered, just use the wall," Izuku said which made Oscar look at him in confusion and the two waited.
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Inside the building, Tenya could be seen looking at the bomb while Katsuki taps his right foot.
"It may just be a training exercise, but it still pains me to be a villain, though I suppose I just need to defend this thing" Tenya said as he placed his hand on the "bomb". "It's paper mâché."
"Oi glasses!" Katsuki called out to his partner. "Defend the bomb, I will face the nerd, if his partner gets here, it's all up to you."
"Why do you want to face Midoriya?" Tenya asked as Katsuki just grins.
"I've been waiting for this opportunity, the nerd and I have been itching to beat each other since we got here, and this is the moment we were waiting for," the blonde said as he cracks his knuckles.
"Still, it is unwise to face him head on," Tenya tried to reason with him.
"Hey, I know the nerd better than anyone, I can handle him," Katsuki said as he faced the door.
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In the surveillance room, All Might and the rest of the students were watching what is happening on screen.
"Hey Jager, those two looked... excited," Ochako said as she stood beside Frieda while watching both Izuku and Katsuki on screen.
"They are childhood friends, also rivals," Frieda explained.
"So, they are just waiting to fight each other?" Momo asked.
"I know they spar a lot. I guess to try to up one another," Frieda answered.
"A destined fight," Lelei said as she stood behind the three.
Lelei's costume consists of a green dress, with a blue tabard on top. She wears blue boots, a satchel on the right side of her hip, a green witch hat, and a staff with a blue wing on it.
"A fight between men," Ochako said.
"Manly, so those two are your friends?" said by a person that was standing beside them.
It was a muscular young man of average height and a rather impressive physique for his young age. He has red eyes pointed slightly inwards, and a small scar just above his right eye. He also has small eyebrows and pointed teeth. His hair is somewhat long, bright red, and spiked away from his head at all angles with gel, with two more pronounced tufts spiked on either side of his forehead like little horns.
His costume consists of two dark red gear-shaped shoulder pads. A similar coloured jagged sash joins the one on his left to the right side of his belt, which has a red "R" set into its centre. Below this, he wears baggy black pants and red half cape with a ripped hem. He also sports dark red boots and thick rings around his calves. He leaves his chest bare, and wears a wired guard around his face, reaching from just above his hairline to below his jaw, an extra piece going over the bridge of his nose, and some spiked pieces around his mouth that resemble little fangs.
"Ja. Met Zuku first when young, then met Verdammter Junge," Frieda said.
"That young? You guys are close," another person said who was standing beside the redhead.
It was a girl of medium height, her skin is a light shade of pink, and she has somewhat square-shaped eyes with black sclerae and yellow irises and notably long eyelashes below and around the sides of her eyes.
Her face is framed by short fluffy, unruly pink hair slightly darker than her skin. She also has two thin pale-yellow horns protruding from her head, hooked squarely and leaning diagonally to opposite sides, which seem to be slightly flexible, able to bend a bit to each side.
Her costume consists of a plain white mask with thin lines over her eyes and a purple and turquoise skin-tight bodysuit with a camouflage pattern, ending just above her breasts. Over this, she wears a cropped, sleeveless, tan-coloured waistcoat with white fur along its collar, which she leaves unbuttoned. She wears custom made plum violet and beige acid-proof boots with holes in the soles, allowing her to secrete acid from her feet to slide around.
"Ja! We were," Frieda said before introducing herself. "I'm Frieda, Frieda Jager."
"Mina, Ashido Mina," the pink skinned girl introduced herself before pointing to the redhead. "This is my friend Kirishima Eijiro."
"Nice to meet you," Eijiro said.
"So," Mina then has a mischievous smile on her face. "Which of the two are you close with?"
"Um..." Frieda was confused by this. "I'm close with Zuku. First friend."
"Really, nothing else?"
"Like what?"
"I don't know," Mina's smile then grew larger. "Maybe a crush."
Frieda blushed from this as an awkward smile appeared on her face, "Nein! Nein! We are just friends."
"Really?"
"Ok, that is enough," Eijiro said as he pulled Mina away which made her pout.
"Kiri..."
Frieda let out a sigh of relief from this as Eijiro pulled Mina away.
"BEGIN!"
"It's starting nya!" Tao said in excitement as everyone look back to the screens.
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Izuku and Oscar could be seen sneaking through the building as they look around warily.
"It's too quiet," Oscar said as he was behind Izuku.
"Yeah," Izuku said when he suddenly smelled something, and he froze. "Move!"
"Wha-"
Boom!
Izuku quickly moved and moved Oscar and himself from the wall on their right as it was blasted outwards by an explosion.
"Come on nerd! Let's brawl!" Out of the broken-down wall was Katsuki, who has a vicious grin on his face.
Izuku just grins and gestures to Oscar, "Go ahead, this will be messy."
"Right," Oscar said before taking another route.
Both and Izuku and Katsuki then stared each other down.
"I was afraid you got lost," Izuku said as Katsuki scoffs.
"Yeah right, I am missing this chance," Katsuki said as Izuku then cracks his knuckle and grinned.
"Then let's do this."
Both teens continued to stand there, both of them looking at each other in anticipation.
Then...
Boom!
BANG!
Both teens then charge at each other as both of them went for a spinning kick which they both block with the same kick.
The two quickly disengage before Katsuki charged again with his right palm glowing.
Izuku quickly change the direction of the attack as a strong explosion came out of Katsuki's palms, the verdant teen then went for a left jab, but it was quickly blocked by Katsuki raising his leg to block it before the blonde launched it forward for a kick as the exhaust on the boots let out small burst made it go faster
Izuku quickly raise his arms to block it, pushing the verdant teen away due to the power of the kick, but Izuku quickly stop and shake his arms with a grimace.
"Yeah, I should've seen that coming," Izuku said before taking a fighting stance.
"Just shut up and fight!" Katsuki then launches himself forward with Izuku doing the same.
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"Whoa! Look at them go!" Eijiro said as everyone watch as Izuku and Katsuki were duking it out.
"They show incredible techniques," Mashirao, the boy with the tail, commented as the two rivals on screen strike each other with precise and powerful blow.
'YOU TWO HAVE GROWN SO MUCH," All Might thought as he looks at Katsuki. 'YOUNG BAKUGO, YOU HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM GENOS AND HAVE TAKEN TO MAKE YOUR OWN MOVES FROM HIS TEACHINGS.'
Then his gaze was on Izuku.
'YOUNG MIDORIYA, I STILL REMEMBERED HOW SHY YOU ONCE WERE, BUT LOOK AT YOU NOW! YOU HAVE THE FACE THAT SAYS THAT YOU CAN FACE THE WORLD, AND IT COMES FROM YOUR TRAINING WITH SAITAMA, WHO WAS LIKE YOU, POWERLESS AT THE BEGINNING, BUT HAVE LEARNED OF A POWER WITHIN YOU...'
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"Limiter?" All Might asked Saitama as they were sitting in Saitama's apartment with the No. 1 Hero looking more like skin and bones than the muscles he shows in public.
"Well, you remember Dr. Genus?" Saitama said as All Might thought about it.
"The reformed villain who is now working on a Takoyaki stand? Yeah why?"
"Well, I once asked him why I could have this much power when it isn't a Quirk," Saitama said as he clenched his fist. "Then he told me about it, Limiters, which are supposed to be like mental barriers that prevents living beings to grow stronger and dangerous, but people can remove it to gain power without the drawbacks."
"And how does a person remove this Limiter?" All Might asked which Saitama shrugged to.
"I don't know, I got mine from working out, but I don't think anyone can do same the same way."
"So why is this about Young Midoriya?" the blonde hero asked again as a smile then formed on Saitama's face.
"Somehow, I saw it one day..."
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"Is that all you got you fucking tomato!" Katsuki roared as he charges with both of his palms glowing.
"I could say the same you damn Pomeranian!" Izuku yelled as he also charges as well but with a clenched fist.
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"When we were on the 7th day of his training."
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"Hellish!"
"Storm!"
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"His strength increased while he processes everything in a blink of an eye."
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"EXPLOSION!"
"HAMMER!"
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"At a young age, he broke both his physical and mental limiters."
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A powerful explosion then occurred at the floor where Izuku and Katsuki was as it shook the building, it shatters all of the windows, cracks began to form around the epicentre of the blast, and the aftershock shook the nearby buildings but didn't create as much damage than the building being used.
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And that is it for this chapter!
Nothing much change really, I am still working on this story, and I am putting everything I have on this.
And that is all I an going to say.
So for now, this will be the characters that I have introduced here:
RWBY: Oscar Pines
That's it for this chapter!
Vic out! Peace!
