Chapter 6: Quirk apprehension test and new friends!
It was finally spring, which meant two things. The cherry blossoms were in full bloom and school was coming back into full swing. It was the day before school started that I decided to meet with All Might at Dagobah beach. The place where it all started. And as a man of my word I gave him fair warning.
"All Might-sensei. You're little joke made Ochako-chan cry. I hope you know that you deserve this." I say with a dangerous smile as I charge my right fist with 50% of One for All. My control was all over the place though so it could have been 35% to 75% for all I knew. I was able to use higher percentages at will, given that I pay up with HP. But my actual control was crap.
His eyes widened and he bulked up in preparation as my fist was planted into his jaw. With added force from the jump that I needed to take to reach his face. -400 40% not bad. My control was getting better. All Might took the hit like a champ, only slightly bleeding from the mouth but that was normal.
"Holy shit did that kid just punch All Might! Is he bleeding!" Crap! I didn't notice the couple that was hanging out at the gazebo!
"Run young Midoriya! Run like the wind!" And we did. Effectively giving any anti-quirk use laws the middle finger. Oh well, most people didn't care if you just used your quirk for transportation so long as it wasn't a volatile one like Kacchan's.
"Ok, not my best decision. In my defense, that was a low blow on your part." Yeah, needless to say, our speed was more than enough to outrun the prying eyes of the public. All Might just looked sheepish as I lightly glared at him
"Sorry about that young Midoriya I didn't think about young Uraraka's feelings on the matter. O-on a lighter note, I just wanted to tell you how proud I was of your performance! You barely even used One for All back there, that quirk of yours is really something!" I'm not gonna lie, being praised by the #1 hero was still so surreal. In a good way, of course.
"Have you thought of a name for it yet? The government is only going to wait so long before they demand an update to your quirk status." He was right. I've been holding off on that to brainstorm ways that I could combine what my quirk does without giving away its true nature.
It was more difficult than you might think, but in the end, I think I summed it up best with: "Ultimate Adaptation, my quirk allows my body and mind to adapt and improve at an insane rate. And with enough time and effort, I can even copy other quirks, up to a limit." That last bit was to explain away the quirks that I would eventually inherit. It was quite a powerful quirk but hopefully, it shouldn't get too much attention.
"Yes, yes, that's a great name I must say. And a pretty intimidating description, definitely top tier HAHAHA!" Classic All Might, I guess he practices whenever possible so that he doesn't mess up on screen.
After a quick heart-to-heart, we went our separate ways, knowing that we'd see each other in two days' time. Since tomorrow was just a half-day for orientation, and to meet the faculty. Little did I know that I was going to be doing something a bit more tiring than that.
Next day. 1-A Classroom
"This is it. Class 1-A, thank goodness we ended up in the same class Deku-kun! Now we just have to check to see if Mina-san or Kirishima-kun are there." So did I but I wasn't holding my breath. I mean there were 40 students and two hero course classes. The odds of all four of them being in the same class were in the single digits.
Ochako opens the door and immediately gets glomped by the pink terror. "Ochako-chan! Midoriya-kun! I knew we'd be in the same class, probability be damned!" Well, that was certainly nice, I gave Kirishima a fist bump as we walked up to each other.
We were about to catch up before a new voice jumped in. "Hello, my name is Iida Tenya from Somei academy! You're Midoriya-san, right? I would like to apologize to you for misjudging you during the entrance exam. It's obvious that you knew the true nature of the exam, as a student you're clearly superior to me!" He said while making exaggerated arm motions. Eh? True nature, he's got it all wrong.
"Although I have to ask, how did you know that I was related to Ingenium?" Oh that's he looked pretty surprised when I said that and was interrupted before he could ask me something. I give him a sheepish smile before I explained, the rest of the class paying attention now.
"W-well at first I just noticed how familiar you looked in general. The blue hair and such. But what really gave it away was your quirk. The Engine quirk is pretty famous after all." It really wasn't all that hard. As a hero otaku, I would be ashamed if I didn't notice.
"Impressive! I'd expect no less from you Midoriya-san!" He praised. I held up a hand though.
"Although I should correct you on one thing. I had no idea about the hero point system. I just took the test blind like everyone else, but when I saw Ochako-chan being attacked by that 0 pointer I couldn't just ignore it. I did it in the heat of the moment that's all!" To my surprise, his smile only grew at my explanation.
"Even better! It shows that you have the true essence of a hero, just like what the test was designed to bring out... Truly I have a long way to go before I can reach your level!" Well, he was certainly spirited, although I can't say that I wanted all of this attention on me so early...
"If you're just here to socialize then leave." A dry voice came from behind me. I turned around to see some kind of caterpillar man lying down outside of the door. "This is... The hero course." He said, interrupting himself as he drank a nutritional jelly in one go.
"It took you all 5 seconds to quiet down, not bad but not ideal. I'm your homeroom teacher Aizawa Shota, quickly put these on and head out to the grounds." Our teacher?! That means he's a pro but I don't recognize him... Regardless he seems like a man who values efficiency so I don't waste any time doing as he said, the rest of the class followed shortly after.
We arrived at the schools testing grounds and were met by our sister class, 1B. Amongst their ranks was a certain blonde. "Deku! So you did pass. Whatever, it doesn't mean anything I'll still crush you!" Good ol' Kacchan was in 1B. And it seems that he has a score to settle. Their teacher, the hero Vlad King just looked exasperated.
"How many times do I have to tell you Bakugou, calm down!" The blood hero scolds before turning to Aizawa. "So what was so important that you wanted us to skip orientation of all things. This better be good Aizawa-san." He sounded ticked off, probably a traditionalist, Aizawa didn't seem to care though.
"Today we will have a quirk apprehension test to see where everyone stands. To do this we will be doing a few basic physical tests that you should all be familiar with. However, as the test implies you will all be able to use your quirks. Vlad-san would you please send one of your students to demonstrate." Vlad grumbled a bit but complied, sending Kacchan in for the softball throw.
"So long as you stay in that circle you can do whatever you want to achieve the maximum score possible," Aizawa explained as Kacchan grinned. He cocked back his arm and propelled the thing into the air. "DIE!" Classic Kacchan. Aizawa pulled out a cellular device that showed his score.
"705.2 meters!" They were all surprised by the power behind Kacchan's blast, a few even saw the exercise as a fun game which seemed to piss Aizawa off. "Fun huh? How about this then, however, gets the lowest score in my class will be deemed hopeless and expelled immediately." That certainly stopped everyone cold.
"What the hell! But that's not fair at all, we just got here!" A boy with a headband from our class spoke up in outrage. But yet again Aizawa was unmoved.
"Fair? Natural disasters, highway pileups, villain attacks. None of these things are fair yet they happen all the time. Heroes exist to overcome and mitigate this unfairness. If you all want to reach the top then you should get used to hardships early on. This is the U.A's hero course, welcome to your first day." He wasn't wrong, the world was unfair. There's no doubt about that, but this was just...
Regardless of how I felt about it, we all had to step up for the exam without exception. The students of class 1B were impressive, and without the pressure of expulsion on their shoulders, they were a lot more relaxed as they went through the tests.
We went through the tests by seating order, class B first followed by class A since Vlad was only there as a favor to Aizawa and got first dibs. The first test was a simple 50-meter dash. Most of the students of 1B had fairly normal scores since their quirks weren't speed-based. There were a few notable ones though:
Katsuki Bakugou: 4.13 seconds(Blast rush turbo!)
Hanta Sero: 5.31 seconds(He used his tape to pull himself towards the finish line faster.)
Mashirao Ojirou: 5.49 seconds(He was fast on his own but his tail provided him with a third leg to propel himself with.)
There were a few others that made it in under 6 seconds but not many. Our class followed shortly after, we were a bit more speed-oriented for the most part. Iida, Asui, and I in particular had above-average scores.
Tsuyu Asui: 5.58 seconds(She's surprisingly flexible, I guess a frog quirk is rather versatile.)
Tenya Iida: 3.04 seconds(Sadly he couldn't go at full speed since he needed time to accelerate) He claimed that his top speed was close to double of what he scores, with Analyze I could attest to that.
Izuku Midoriya: 1.6 seconds
I was surprised at my score, to be honest. I guess AGI doesn't represent pure speed. If it did then a score of 220 ish like I had would make me move 22 times faster than the average human. Or about 500ish kilometers per hour.
"Midoriya-san you've beaten me yet again! And in a contest of speed! I must work harder!" Ok, I'm flattered and all but he really needs to ease up a bit.
"The hell was that Deku! You've only had your quirk for a year! What utter bullshit is that!" Confusion and jealousy. Two things I would never think Kacchan could express, let alone at the same time. Too bad that his yelling caught the attention of everyone else, I didn't want that little nugget of info to leak.
"No way! Under a year and he's already that fast, how?!" One of the class B students asked from the slowly growing crowd. All I could do was rub the back of my neck sheepishly.
"My quirk is a special case, it's an adaption type quirk that lets me learn and adapt to things much faster than normal, that's why I got so strong, but I've reached some diminishing returns lately so my future growth won't be as... Explosive, pardon the pun Kacchan." Yeah, Kacchan didn't like puns, go figure.
"That's enough! We've wasted enough time as is. if you want to socialize do it after class." Aizawa spoke up, saving me from a veritable tsunami of questions that were no doubt on people's lips.
The next test was for grip strength again the results were pretty average across the board. Class B was the more strength-oriented class, they had plenty of power-type quirks including Kendou, Monoma, Bondo, Satou, and Shoji. Most of them cracked the 300-kilo mark while Shoji impressed everyone with his score of 540kg using three arms.
I was also pretty interested in Monoma, copy quirks aren't very common although I was a little afraid of what would happen if he copied The Gamer. Or would One for All override it? What about when I finally inherit other people's quirks? Will he get all of them, or will it be random?
I was so focused on questioning the logistics of copy quirks that I didn't notice my own score. Luckily/Unluckily Kirishima did it for me. "Holy- Over 700 kilos! I knew you were manly but not that manly!" Tetsutetsu joined in shortly after. It looks like Kirishima found a kindred spirit.
'This is going to be my whole day isn't it?' Don't get me wrong I like being praised as much as the next guy but after a while, it just becomes embarrassing to have everyone look at you like the second coming of All Might or something...Oh, wait. 'Yare yare daze I guess I'll have to get used to this.'
To my surprise, someone actually managed to beat my score. "Wow Yaoyorozu-san managed to get 1,000 kilos!" She created an industrial clamp and just used that... I'm not even mad that's impressive. If anything I was happy that someone managed to beat my score, it got some of the attention off of me... I should thank her later. And that name, it seems oddly familiar.
The third test was the standing long jump. The scores for this one were hit or miss. Either the person got a perfectly average score or they jumped the sand entirely. The ones that made it all the way were: Myself, Ochako, Yaoyorozu, Iida, Todoroki, Shiozaki, Asui, Kacchan, Monoma, Tokage, Mineta, Shoji, Tokoyami, Aoyama, and Sero.
The fourth test was also pretty basic. Only Mineta and Monoma managed to get a good score, bouncing off their respective purple balls for victory. Komori tried something similar with her mushrooms but it didn't work quite the same way. I was also close behind but this isn't the kind of speed that I was used to.
The fifth event was what most people were waiting for after witnessing Kacchan's energetic example. Since he already went he was exempt from participating, his classmates were no slouches though.
Tokage in particular, and Monoma by extension, blew the rest of class B out of the water. Considering the fact that she could fly with her quirk all she had to do was levitate the ball up as far as she wanted while staying in the circle.
Aizawa showed their scores: 15 kilometers They had to stop there since any higher and their flesh might start to boil from the low-pressure environment. As for class A, we had a bit of an unfair advantage.
Momo for one created a military-grade grenade launcher and blasted the ball nearly 3 kilometers into the air. Koda asked a small flock of pigeons to carry the thing as high as they could, about 2 kilometers. And Ochako was our star student in this one, seeing as she scored an infinity… Yeah, it really wasn't a fair comparison.
It was my turn to give it a try when Aizawa addressed me. "Midoriya. During the entrance exam, you demonstrated a power that far exceeds what you have shown today. There better be a good reason why you're holding back." Oh, so he noticed, let's see if that story All Might and I came up with will cut it.
"I can use that power, yes, but it will leave me injured afterward. While my quirk does give me a decent regeneration rate it would still take a while to heal my arm... Actually, I just thought of something that might make a good compromise." I said with a smile on my face. Ochako noticed and facepalmed knowing what I was about to do.
"Deku-kun this isn't helping your case you know." I just shrugged and entered the throwing circle. I should probably give some context to this for the sake of the other students.
"My quirk is made for adaptation and learning, one of the benefits of this is that I can occasionally copy the moves and abilities of other people, but only if I know them well enough to pull it off. And.. well, I was always a big All Might fan so when I got my quirk I just had to try it." I cocked back my arm and charged up One for All into my finger at 100% since it was just my finger the damage was going to be reduced significantly, an exploit that The Game praised me for.
"Delaware Smash!" -90 The ball was sent flying, leaving behind a sonic boom as it flew, my superior strength enhanced with One for All was pretty damn effective. Even Aizawa was marginally impressed by what I did as he showed off my score. "6 kilometers"
He wasn't the only one that was impressed, while my score wasn't the highest, it wasn't anything to scoff at either, especially when you remember that I did it with just 1 finger... Kacchan in particular was doing his best Eneru impression as he barely restrained himself from rocketing over to me and demanding answers. Good thing we came up with that story, otherwise I don't think he could restrain his curiosity like he has now.
"You focused all of the power you collected into your finger... Not bad, you said you had regeneration right? How long will it take you to heal that broken finger?" I did some quick math in my head and answered. "About 3 minutes."
He nodded and the tests went on. I wasn't deemed injured enough to need Recovery Girl since my natural healing would take care of it anyway. In fact, by the time the next test was over I was already healed. The seated toe-touch wasn't exactly difficult, although some people were more flexible than others.
The situp test was equally simple. I won easily enough, with my max levels in basic exercises I had effectively infinite stamina for most physical exams. Kacchan tried to keep up but that just wasn't realistic.
As for the long-distance run... Someone actually tied with me. Yaoyorozu created a solar-powered scooter and just kept going along with me. Eventually, we just conversed with each other for 5 minutes until Aizawa realized that neither of us was going to stop in the foreseeable future.
"The scores have been averaged out for the sake of convenience. Oh and about that expulsion... I lied." He lied that time. Thankfully with my CHA and WIS stat I was getting pretty good at telling lies, it wasn't perfect but it helped against people that weren't trying too hard to hide something.
Yaoyorozu Momo
Midoriya Izuku
Todoroki Shoto
Monoma Neito
Bakugou Katsuki
Most people were fine with their scores although Kacchan was being a bit of a sore loser. I guess coming in 5th place was a huge blow to his pride. There was heavy relief coming from Yosetsu Awase who got the lowest score in class 1A although Yaoyorozu was surprised that they thought Aizawa was actually going to expel someone. I walked up to her to congratulate her on the win.
"Hello Yaoyorozu-san, that was a great showing you had. That quirk of yours is amazingly versatile." She smiled and returned the compliment. "Thank you, I can say the same about yours Midoriya-san. It took me years to learn how to use my quirk at my level yet you achieved such impressive results in under 1, it's rather inspiring." Something tells me that we were going to get along just fine.
"Deku-kun! We should get going, Aizawa-sensei left our syllabuses on our desks." Ochako said as she walked up to us, she noticed Yaoyorozu and introduced herself. "You're Yaoyorozu-san right? My name is Uraraka Ochako, pleasure to meet you!" Yaoyorozu returned the greeting and agreed that we should head back to class.
After we gathered our syllabuses we walked towards the exit together only for me to be glomped from behind by Ashido… I guess she had a 1 glomp per person rule or something. "Midoriya-kun! That was amazing, why didn't you tell us you could do all that?!" She yelled in a false hurt tone.
"It never came up," I said with a shrug which got her off of me. Kirishima was there as always and Tetsutetsu joined in the mini group as well. I guess I was right, those two made fast friends. Yaoyorozu also seemed to get along with Ochako and Mina, she had a surprisingly bubbly personality under her serious, studious persona.
Our not so little motley crew of 6 walked together once more before we were stopped once again. "Hello, Midoriya-san! Is it ok if I walk with you as well?" The voice of Iida spoke up from behind me. I turned and greeted him back.
"Sure the more the merrier I guess." He ended up starting a conversation about how Aizawa handled the class with his expulsion threat, and how it was both igneous and unbecoming of a teacher. Yaoyozoru again said how she realized it from the start saying that "No teacher would really expel someone on the first day"
"I hate to break it to you Yaoyorozu-san but he wasn't lying. At least about it being a clever ruse. He was fully intent on expelling anyone who showed no potential." I give her the bad news which shocks most of the people walking with us.
"And how do you know this Midoriya-san?" Iida asked curiously, not happy about how Aizawa played them like a fiddle.
"It's a by-product of my quirk it helps me read people better. It's not mind reading or even cold reading, I just have a way of noticing when things don't add up in conversation and stuff like that. A skilled liar can still trick me." I explained away some of my power. Although Ochako knew the real reason already.
"You said that my quirk was amazingly versatile but yours seems to be just as useful in so many ways. Super strength, speed, learning ability, and you can read social situations easier? It's almost as if your quirk can do anything." Yaoyorozu summed up my problem. It's hard to attribute all of that to just one ability, and when I do inherit more quirks... That's going to be even more difficult to explain.
"Well I'd love to walk with you all but I already have transportation for heading home. I'll see you all tomorrow!" Yaoyorozu said abruptly as she walked over to a parked limousine which then drove off, leaving most of us stunned.
'So that's why the name Yaoyorozu seemed familiar. They are an extremely rich hero family.' Oh well, at least she didn't seem to show off her wealth out of malice, I think it's about time to knock the others out of their trance.
"Ok guys no need to gawk for so long. We're gonna miss our train if we don't get moving." That shook them out of their stunned states as they all agreed to pick up the pace. It was another good day if you asked me. We all cut loose a bit and I even managed to make quite a number of new friends.
Chapter 7: Ordinary school stuffAnd a nuke!
Our second day of school was a lot less hectic compared to the first. We started the day off with homeroom. AKA Aizawa takes a nap while we introduce ourselves to each other. Next, we had an English class with Present Mic, he was a surprisingly good teacher... If a bit overzealous.
Skill learned, English proficiency(C) Lv 15! Languages skill tree unlocked!
Having a dad that works overseas does have it's benefits. He always tried to teach me what he could while he was around. And what's better to learn than the most spoken language on the planet? (1)
Next up we had modern literature with Cementoss. Although the name for the class was a bit of a misnomer. It dealt with literature written shortly before quirks started to appear, the "Modern Era" which was followed by the "Quirk Era" which was then followed by the "Hero Era" So these stories were all a good 150+ years old.
+1 WIS for taking in the wisdom of the past!
'Who knew The Gamer was philosophical?' Anyway, our third period was Modern Hero Art History. Yes it is a mouthful, and yes it was probably intentional. Historians are pranksters like that. To our surprise we had Midnight of all people teaching that. I wasn't too bad at it though, having a few years worth of amateur sketching to fall back on. Plus The Gamer helped me out with the more complicated stuff.
Skill learned, Drawing(C) Lv 20! "The Arts" skill tree unlocked
Skill learned, Painting(C) Lv 5!
Decently useful skills for a hero. They also improved my CHA by a small amount so I couldn't complain. Next up was Mathematics with Ectoplasm, I was already way ahead of this class since I spent a good deal of the training time last year studying up. In fact my basic maths skills were already maxed out so the class was a breeze.
We ate lunch afterward, the food got a unanimous "Delicious!" from everyone who ate it courtesy of the Cook hero: Lunch Rush. Truly, he is the highest tier of hero. As our stomachs were filled a conversation sparked. The topic? Our next teacher.
"Can you guys believe that All Might of all people is going to be teaching hero studies at U.A?! When I saw him on the projector I could barely focus on what he said!" Kirishima started it off while hyping himself up for our last period of the day.
"I know what you mean. Having the top hero be our teacher is an honor that can't be understated!" Iida agreed, trying to keep things formal with the admittedly large group of friends that were all sitting at the same table.
"Well it does sort of make sense. All Might is getting older nowadays and this was the place where he learned. It's not too surprising that he chose to come back to teach the next generation." I cover for him a bit, it wasn't technically wrong either.
"How do you know how old All Might is? That isn't exactly public information." Kirishima asked, looking at me a bit weirdly. Crap I gotta salvage this. "He made his debut in America right after graduating from U.A. That was 30 years ago. Assuming that he graduated at the age of 18 like most people do it would make him 48 years old now."
Our table went silent for a bit until Kacchan summed up what I said with a single word. "NEEERDDD!" *Sigh, I can't really deny that. But to be fair Kacchan was just as much of an All Might nerd as I was.
"I hate to agree with Bakugou-san but he's not wrong. You really take fanboying to a new level Deku-kun!" Ochako played along, knowing that I didn't want to reveal my connection to All Might. The others still looked curious though.
"What's the story between you and Bakugou-san by the way? It's like you two know each other, along with Ochako-san." Mina asked looking curious as well, I never did tell them about how we all met before.
"Kacchan and I knew each other since we were kids, we actually used to be best friends, but ever since he got his quirk he grew cocky and became a bully to those weaker than him. Since I grew up quirkless you can imagine who his favorite target was. That's where the name Deku comes from, it means useless." Not that the name really bothered me now. A special someone turned it into something positive.
"Then why do you let Ochako-san call you that? Is what she told us about you being into that sort of stuff true!" Mina said the last part with a fake gasp, I just choked on my drink.
"O-cough-Ochako-chan what have you been telling them!" She gave me a sheepish look and a blush before looking away. "A-And no she started calling me that because she thought it sounded like Dekiru, the word for 'you can do it' I liked that meaning and decided to keep it."
With our lunch finished, we headed over to our last period of the day Hero Studies. All Might was late... For his first day. 'Knowing him he's probably preparing himself to make a gran-' "I AM...COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!"
Yeah his cheesy nature easily captivated most of the students there. Ochako and I.. Not so much, we've gotten used to it after the first few months and now it was just normal. "Hero Basic Training! The class that molds you into heroes! It also provides tons of credits!" I sure hope it does, considering that it takes up two or more class periods every day.
"No time to dally, today's activity is Battle Training!" Already? I guess he wants to check out how everyone is currently, then again shouldn't we be doing basic safety training and scenario drills first?
"Normally yes, but I firmly believe that practical experience trumps theory any day! Other lessons will be taught throughout the year but I want to get a firm baseline on all of your skills first!" Crap did I say that out loud I thought I broke that habit years ago.
"No you still mutter all the time we just stopped trying to stop you after the hundredth time!" Ochako nodded her head in agreement at that... Wait a second... DID THEY JUST REVEAL OUR RELATIONSHIP FOR A GAG!
"...Oh will you look at the time, please get dressed everyone your hero costumes have finally been made, you can find them in these containers labeled by seating order! Meet me at ground beta and forget everything that was just said!" And he booked it to ground beta leaving everyone stunned and confused.
I just picked up my costume and sped off to the changing rooms to avoid any questions. I know I can't avoid this forever but by Asobi I'm gonna try! On the plus side my AGI score helps me get dressed faster... So that's a thing.
I'll be the first to admit that my hero costume wasn't very impressive. Well, in a way it was. My mother, an amateur with no experience, made it and it was completely functional and rather cheap. Of course, I was going to wear it, this suit represents my mother's love.
"Although I could do without the rabbit ears...Child me wasn't the smartest." I know I wanted to make it look like All Might but still... Oh great he's laughing at the sight of them. 'Was it that obvious?'
"I think it's cute Deku-kun. You are kind of like a rabbit, your really fast, your pretty shy, and I've never seen you get tired either." Ochako said as she arrived with a few other students. 'Oh god why!' Was my only thought when I noticed the skin-tight bodysuit.
Hers wasn't the only one though, I wasn't that lucky. Mina thought it was a good idea to wear something that wouldn't look out of place in a 1970s disco party. Yanagi, Tsunotori, Komori, and Shiozaki at least had some restraint. And by restraint I mean that their costumes weren't skin tight. And finally, there was Yaoyo-
' has stopped working. Please consult the user's manual for technical support' Gamer's Mind temporarily disabled for the sake of hilarity!
'Calm down Deku! You have a girlfriend damn it! Keep eye contact! EYE CONTACT!' The cause of my current mental breakdown was currently heading my way with a questioning look on her face.
"Midoriya-kun, I'm sorry if this might come off as rude or pushy but... What is your relationship with All Might-sensei?" Crap, I knew she would pick up on that and have the courage to ask.
"I-It's complicated. I guess you could say he made me who I am today." No no! That was way too vague! They're going to get the wrong idea!
"Oh my! I understand, please forgive my rudeness." Nononono!
"I think that's enough comedy for one chapter, now that everyone's here we should get on with the battle training!" A team match between heroes and 'villains' The teams were also completely random, makes sense.
"Sensei! Is it truly wise to let such an important decision fall to random chance?!" Iida asked concerned over the method. I cleared it up by mentioning how heroes are often paired up at random depending on the situation, along with the fact that heroes were almost always at a disadvantage since villains tended to be the instigator of most encounters.
We each picked lots to determine our teams first. Asui-san and I ended up drawing the A slots. The other teams were:
Team B: TetsuTetsu and Kirishima
Team C: Todoroki and Koda
Team D: Awase and Shishida
Team E: Mina and Rin
Team F: Komori and Yanagi
Team G: Iida and Ochako
Team H: Kodai and Shoda
Team I: Yaoyorozu and Tsunotori
Team J: Shiozaki and Manga
"Nice to meet you Asui-san, I hope we can work together well." She nodded but asked me to call her by her first name. "Oh, sure! If you want you can call me Izuku too, I don't mind." I guess she wanted to try and make new friends fast, I could relate to that.
"Now for the matchups. There are 10 slots in this box, the one I pick up with my right hand are villains while the left are heroes!" He pulled two slots from the box.
Hero Team: B
Villain Team D
This could be interesting but team D was at a bit of a disadvantage. Normally Awase's melding quirk would make short work of most people, preventing them from moving under most circumstances. However with Kirishima and TetsuTetsu...
"He just keeps charging at us like a mad dog!" The disbelieving yell of Shishida came from All Might's earpiece, so loud that he had to take it out for a moment. Poor guy, he had a pretty good plan laid out from the start, Awase would use his quirk to halt the inevitable Leroy Jenkins maneuver from the two hardening users while using his enhanced bestial strength and speed to capture both would-be heroes.
Yeah it's going to take a bit more than some concrete or metal restraints to stop these two, even if they were bonded at the molecular level. At most it's just weighing them down and making their punches heavier as a consequence.
Shishida tried his best to combat the two juggernauts but his strength also had limits. If it was just one of them, then maybe, but their defensive quirks made any attacks ineffective. And with the extra weight behind their punches from their 'restraints' It ended up leading to their victory.
'I guess charging into battle like a madman does have it's uses sometimes.' I wonder how All Might's gonna spin this one, teaching his students to throw caution to the wind would be counterproductive.
"That children is why you should never be too sure about a plan. 'No plan survives first contact with the enemy' and all that. Sometimes your opponents will simply use overwhelming force and shock tactics to succeed, a decent number of heroes and villains overthink things sometimes and it can lead to things like this happening."
'Smooth.' I'll give him that, then again the plan was solid, the materials on hand just limited their performance. Awase should look into getting sturdier materials for his metal blocks.
"That being said the two heroes had an equal impact on the battle so I can't rightfully give the position of MVP to either. So I'll give it to both of them instead!"
The next teams to fight were:
Hero Team: F
Villain Team: H
This matchup wasn't even fair. All team F had to do was send Komori's spores into their opponents' lungs using Yanagi's poltergeist quirk. They were too busy trying to breathe to notice the hero team disable the bomb in record time. The good news was that the mushrooms could disappear at will so there were no long term complications.
"That's one scary combo... I-I mean good job hero team! That was an excellent use of each other's talent! Full marks, however please note that while asphyxiation is an effective combat tactic, it is also a dangerous one, please use it sparingly." I guess even All Might was a little freaked out by the imagery that mushrooms in the lungs conjured.
"Now while young Komori's quirk was the one to deal the damage, young Yanagi was the one to skillfully maneuvered them into the villain's lungs. So I think it's fair to give her the MVP title."
The next match was ours. Tsuyu and I were drawn as the villain team to our slight discomfort while Todoroki and Koda were the heroes. I gave a short nod to our opponents out of respect, which Koda reciprocated, but to my surprise, Todoroki just glared at me for some reason.
'Does he see me as a rival or something? It would make sense seeing who his dad is..' It made sense, sure but something didn't seem quite right with that explanation. Either way this was going to be a tough fight, I saw what Todoroki could do in yesterday's test and it didn't bode well for Tsuyu in particular.
"Tsuyu-san, I'm just guessing here but does your quirk make you weak to the cold?" Unsurprisingly she nodded. Her frog physiology made her hibernate in the cold weather, and since she didn't bring any winter gear with her… She went on to explain the rest of her quirk and when she mentioned that she could climb walls my mind went into overdrive.
"Ok, we can work with this. Todoroki-san is no doubt going to try large scale ice attacks first. He's shown more than enough power during the tests yesterday to prove that he can. When he does that you should be outside the building to avoid the initial attack."
"I got you so far, I imagine that you want me to head to the lower floors and try to take potshots at them and possibly separate the two?" I nod at that, it was a good idea. If we could take out Koda that was one fewer issue to deal with.
"Good plan, although I should probably bring this thing to the top floor. It should buy us a bit of time, meanwhile, you should head to the side of the building on the top floor and escape through a window from there." No sense in having the enemy see them coming after all. Too bad her quirk didn't give her camouflage.
"Try to scout out their opening move and act accordingly. If the two ever separate take out Koda first, he's fairly durable but his quirk isn't a combat-based one so I'm sure you can take him on your own." Tsuyu seemed to approve of the plan as she headed to the top floor with a smile on her face. I chuckled and did the same… It was a huge pain getting the 'bomb' into the building though, most of the doors were barely wide enough to pass through with it.
Everything was ready. The bomb was set at the top floor and Tsuyu was ready to head outside the moment All Might signals u- "Indoor Antipersonal Battle Training... Start!"s. Well I guess this is it… Did it just get colder?
Tsuyu POV
"Izuku-kun was right, he didn't even consult his teammate first. The whole building is frozen, even a bit of the outside… Scary." As luck would have it Todoroki didn't even spare his teammate a second glance as he entered the frozen building. Leaving the stunned Koda all by himself.
"Nows my chance!" I dropped down and used my tongue to trip Koda off his feet. While he was distracted and trying to get up I wrapped some capture tape around his waist.
"Hero captured, good work young Asui." All Might said through my earpiece, confirming the capture without alerting the other two members of either team.
"Time to help out Izuku-kun. He probably got his feet frozen by Todoroki-san. Hopefully that strength of his will be enough." As I climbed up the side of the building I felt something strange, like the temperature just climbed up several degrees. "What's going on up there?"
Izuku POV
"Well this was a bit overkill...My feet are frozen. *Sigh." I prepared myself mentally and pulled on them with my full strength. -50 Dull Pain has leveled up! Cold resistance(C) has been unlocked!
"Oooh that stings! No time to dwell on it though, Todoroki-san's probably confident that he got me with that, I should surprise him as he's coming up the stairs." I headed towards the third floor before I started hearing footsteps. Heading back to the fourth floor I prepared a Delaware Smash for when Todoroki would appear. And boy was he surprised when he saw me standing there, bloody feet and all, ready to flick my finger at him.
"SMASH" The air pressure from the attack sent Todoroki flying down the stairs, and nearly into the concrete wall if it weren't for the wave of ice that he summoned up to cushion his fall and change his trajectory.
"What?! How are you still moving with your feet like that?!" He yelled in disbelief as I charged at him.
"It's going to take a lot more than that to slow me down!" A regular punch was aimed at his stomach but Todoroki took no chances as he created an ice wall to intercept it. It was far too thin though, Todoroki was not expecting Izuku's natural strength to be able to break through it.
The punch connected, though much of it's force was stopped by the earlier wall it still did significant damage. With another punch headed right for his left shoulder, aiming to dislocate it. And it did, only to be burned by a sudden eruption of fire from said shoulder. -300
Fire Resistance has leveled up 2x!
'Tsk clever, he hid his fireside until just now. I fell for it even though his hair really should have tipped me off.' Quirks were weird like that, they usually left a mark on the physical body in one way or another.
The punch did land however, and this time it wasn't held back by a solid wall, just weak flames that did much less damage than usual due to my resistance. Todoroki was sent flying from it and landed face first. I took this as my chance to capture him.
He tried to resist, of course but I just pointed a finger at him, ready to flick at any sign of a struggle. "Young Midoriya has captured young Todoroki! This exercise is over, Villain team wins!"
"An excellent battle. Young Midoriya showed excellent tactical and strategic skills along with young Asui who provided excellent feedback and suggestions. Her early takedown of young Koda was perfectly executed and well planned out." We took our praise pretty gracefully, I admit though it was a tough fight against Todoroki, if I didn't catch him by surprise it might not have ended the same.
"It was a difficult decision, but I believe young Midoriya deserves the MVP title for his great plan and his ability to push past the pain and achieve victory!" I took it with a smile, Tsuyu seemed to agree as well, giving me a high five when he said it.
"Now for the hero team. Young Todoroki's plan might have been effective against most people, but it was also rather predictable, which young Midoriya exploited. His plan also left out young Koda from participating, along with young Todoroki's reckless choice to go in alone, I'd say that teamwork and communication are what you need to work on most."
Todoroki wasn't too happy with that assessment, but he acknowledged that he had made a bad call by going in alone. And that he underestimated Tsuyu and I.
"As for young Koda he allowed young Todoroki to dictate the plan along with freezing up, forgive the pun when young Todoroki froze the building. This allowed young Asui to more easily capture you. Situational awareness and calmness in a battle are what you need most for now."
Koda took his critiques much better. He already knew that his quiet and soft nature needed some work and that he really shouldn't freeze up like that. He even came over to us for a handshake... I had to decline though my fingers were still broken… And slightly burned.
Todoroki was a bit of a sore loser it seems. He spent the rest of the time glaring at his left fist for some reason, not sparring anyone else a word. 'I guess he wanted to save his fire quirk for later, he really shouldn't hold himself back like that in a real fight.' I thought to myself, having no idea about the can of worms I just opened.
Chapter 8: Battle trial 2 Electric Bugaloo
After our last fight, the mood had grown a bit antsy. I guess it was a bit brutal compared to the earlier ones. Anyway, the next two teams to fight were:
Hero team: I
Villain team: G
This was going to be a tough one. It could go either way, honestly, both teams have a great deal of versatility in their arsenals. I was going through scenarios in my head when someone tapped my shoulder which shook me out of my thoughts.
"H-hey Midoriya-san that was an awesome fight, but... Are your feet ok?" Komori asked me with a concerned look on her face. 'She has really pretty eyes..Wait no!' I blush a bit and answer before I get different kinds of strange looks.
"Y-yeah they're fine. I heal really fast remember." I play it off but she asked me if it hurt when I did that. "Yeah but only for a few minutes, I just power through it for the most part." Why were Kirishima's eyes glowing? TetsuTetsu too? Weird.
"You must be really tough! I don't think I could do that so casually." Awase spoke up with growing respect in his eyes. Shiozaki also added her two cents, although she was a bit more... Formal. in comparison.
"To overcome such pain in the face of one's duty is a great virtue! I have much to learn from you Midoriya-san." She was a rather spiritual person. Specifically, a Christian, which made it rather awkward for me to speak to her considering that I had a 'god' sponsoring me.
"Begin!" Ah! I got distracted and didn't pay attention to the setup! It looks like Ochako went for the optimal strategy after all. All that quirk training and strategy sessions with All Might and I paid off it seems.
Ochako POV
"This is a magnificent plan Uraraka-san! How did you come up with it?" Iida asked me while I floated the bomb high up into the air right as the battle started, preventing the other team from noticing.
"Honestly I just asked myself ''What would Deku-kun do in this situation?' And I got this. We used to spend a lot of time working on strategies and tactics that incorporated our quirks and this was one of his favorites. Zero Gravity is tricky to fight against without flight or teleportation."
"Midoriya-san huh. He really is something else. Strong, fast, intelligent, and he has a charisma that not many can match. I've chosen a good rival." I smile at him and then got serious.
"Right! This is just the first step of the plan, but it won't work for long if we get found out. Yaoyorozu-san could probably create something to bring it back down even if I don't get taken out so distracting them is a must." With Iida's speed he could find the enemy easily and pick them off, or at least distract them for a good long while. Villains had the advantage with this exercise, after all, time was on their side.
3rd person POV monitor room
"This isn't going to end well for the Hero team. Yaoyorozu-san is smart, but Ochako-chan has a pretty good plan too. Even if the heroes do realize what's going on, they might not have enough time left to recover the bomb, and that's assuming that Yaoyorozu-san can create something that could reach it and bring it back down to earth without destroying it. Besides if things go poorly then Ochako-chan could just dropthedamnthingandforceadrawandthenwehaveTsunotoritoworryabout…"
'So fast.. Does he have a second quirk or something?' Was the collective thought amongst our hero's classmates. Even All Might who was used to this by now could barely keep up. "Quiet young Midoriya, you're missing the action!" Their instructor said, having enough of his successor's nonsense.
"R-right! Sorry I got carried away!" The fight was as Izuku imagined, a long and drawn-out one. On purpose, of course, Iida spent most of his time harassing the enemy team and being a general distraction while Ochako tried to place weightless traps at various positions to trip up the hero team as well.
In the end, Iida was captured by a well thought out net trap made by Yaoyorozu but he was only one villain. Ochako made the executive decision to stay out of sight for the rest of the test, which wasn't too hard considering that they only had a minute or two before time was up.
"Time's up! Villain team wins!"
The battle ended right after, Yaoyorozu looked a bit disappointed in herself but Ochako quickly lifted her spirits when she came out of her hiding place. After Iida was set free they all headed back to the monitor room.
"You all did great work but there can only be one winning team. Young Uraraka made an ingenious plan with how she raised the bomb into the air using her quirk. It was a catch 22 scenario in away." Something that he'll have to change if they ever did this exercise again.
"If young Uraraka was captured and forced to release the bomb, then it would fall and explode anyway ending the match in a draw. That along with her plan to use young Iida for hit and run tactics along with her rather impressive weightless traps has earned her the MPV spot!" Nobody could really deny this, she was instrumental in her team's victory and played a big role even towards the end. Izuku gave her a congratulatory hug and Iida a handshake for the win.
"Now for the villain team young Yaoyorozu did well utilizing her quirk to minimize the damage from young Uraraka's gravity traps and young Iida's constant attacks. While young Tsunotori acted calmly while using her quirk to keep young Iida on his toes. That along with young Yaoyorozu's use of a net to capture young Iida has earned you quite a few points even if your team technically lost. Good job all around!"
Izuku POV
I headed over to the hero team to see how they were holding up. We were moving the scenario to another building so it was going to take a few minutes for the next team to be ready. "Hey Yaoyorozu-san, Tsunotori-san, you two did great!" Yaoyorozu met my gaze with a light smile but Tsunotori just hunkered down a bit. A shy one I suppose.
"Thank you, Mr. Green. Sorry if my Japanese is... A bit slow." Oh, she's from overseas. Good thing I had those early English lessons.
"No problem at all," I spoke in English to her great surprise. "My English isn't very good either. So we might be able to help each other out." I finish sheepishly, my English skill not being at the passing level.
"Oh! You speak English very well! I thought only Momo knew how."Momo? Oh, right they're a bit more casual in western countries. Probably the States judging from the accent.
"Yeah, my dad taught me a bit when I was younger. He works overseas so I picked a few things up. If it makes you more comfortable you can call me Izuku, I don't mind." Honestly, I never cared much for what people call me. For most of my childhood, I was called Deku so being called by my first name wouldn't bother me or anything.
"Is that so? Then to be honest I would like to start calling you Izuku-san as well. You can call me Momo of course we've become pretty good friends even if it's only been two days." It seems that Yao-Momo is on board. Wait… That's the perfect nickname I'm using that the first opportunity I get.
"Sure! We're all classmates, after all, might as well try to be friends. By the way, do you walk to the train station after school? If so you can come with us, we usually walk together with some other friends." I offered, getting an enthusiastic nod from
And so we ended that day with a new addition to our not-so-little group of friends. We hadn't quite expected what the next day would bring, however, although considering who one of our teachers were we really should have.
"What's it like learning from All Might?!" A random reporter asked me on my way to school, pointing a microphone right at my face. I was pretty annoyed all things told, you can't just stop a kid in the middle of the damn street like that. No subtlety whatsoever.
"You know we only had him for a day right? That's not the point though, you should all leave before this situation gets worse, I'm sure U.A doesn't take kindly to people harassing their students right before class starts." I gave them my best Aizawa impression which seems to scare them off for now. My classmates weren't so lucky.
"He's off today, this mob is pointless, if you want to get answers from him come back another day. Preferably when after school hours are over." Aizawa tried his best to shoo away the reporters to little effect. Logic didn't seem to work against them.
I looked around to make sure that the coast was clear and let off a Delaware Smash into the air which let off a loud boom before I quickly ran towards the U.A gates. "That air pressure! Was that All Might?!" I yelled out getting the attention of the reporters who flocked away towards the source of the sound.
"That should buy us a few minutes. Good work Midoriya, I'll let the unauthorized use of your quirk slide this time." Aizawa said with a grin at the trick I used to get rid of the vultures. The school decided it would be best to erect the "U.A Barrier" for the rest of the day, just in case anyone with a speed/infiltration quirk tried anything funny.
We all reached our homeroom class which started with Aizawa mentioning our scores from yesterday's battle trial. "I've looked over your results and they're mostly fine. A few of you need to work on your decision-making and on the fly strategy but other than that, good job. However." He looked at Todoroki dead in the eye.
"Todoroki, confidence is important but don't allow it to become arrogance, you entered enemy territory completely sure that you took out your enemy with no proof whatsoever. You also abandoned your teammate without sparing him a second thought. These aren't the qualities of a hero, I expect you to learn from the lesson Midoriya gave you yesterday." Ok, what he said might be true but did he have to bring me into this! I'm already pretty sure that Todoroki doesn't like me this just adds fuel to the fire.
"Yes sir." Todoroki replied curtly and Aizawa moved on.
"Now onto homeroom business. Sorry for the sudden announcement but today you'll pick a class president." Most of the room was shocked at how normal it seemed, I guess they got caught up on the hero work from yesterday.
A good number of students jumped at the opportunity, sometimes literally, but in the end, we went with Iida's sensible idea of having an election. Even if he was far too enthusiastic with his want for the position.
I voted for Momo myself. Ochako was great and all but she wasn't exactly 'leader' material. Iida was a good option too but he tended to overthink things. The results of the election were mildly surprising though. As expected most people either got 0 or 1 vote, those that voted for themselves but two managed to stand out.
Midoriya Izuku: 6 votes
Yaoyorozu Momo: 2 votes
"Eh? I got 6 votes? I expected a few but not that many." I knew Ochako would vote for me, Mina and Kirishima too. But 3 other people? Well, with the votes cast I became class president with Momo being my vice-president. She looked a little disappointed at first but fell into the position easily enough.
After we went through our basic classes, hero training was only held every other day so this time lunch came around a bit faster. We also got to meet our teachers for the two other mundane subjects. Chemistry with Power Loader, and History with Snipe. (1)
During lunch, I decided to find some answers. "Ok spill, which of you voted for me. I already know Ochako, Mina, and Kirishima did." I asked in the middle of lunch getting the others to flinch a bit. Guess I was right.
"I voted for who I felt would best fulfill the position. I'm sure that you will do a fine job Midoriya-san." Iida reassured and admitted, still calling me by my last name since he was a bit more formal than the others.
"I also voted for Izuku, you just seemed nice. And I really didn't know the others very well. Sorry if you didn't want it." I shook my head at Pony.
"It's not that I didn't want it, I was just curious. Honestly, I thought Momo-san would have been best so I voted for her." A surprised yelp came from the mentioned ravenette as she looked away shyly. 'I guess I know who the third mystery voter was.'
"Well I don't know about you guys but I've had a question that's been bugging me ever since yesterday!" Ah crap I know that tone, Mina's not gonna let me get away scot-free with this one. "How do you and All Might-sensei know each other? Yesterday he talked about you as if he knew you for a while." Think fast Deku!
"Well you see-" VREE! "Security level 3 has been breached all students please evacuate in an orderly fashion." 'SAFE! Or not very I guess. What's security level 3?'
Iida seemed to have the same question and asked an upperclassman, he said that it meant the U.A barrier had been crossed and that there were intruders in the school. I noticed how everyone was panicking and help up the others at the table for a bit, pointing at the growing pile up to express my point.
Luckily I was able to make my way towards a window to see that it was just a bunch of media vultures who had the balls to trespass on U.A property. There was going to be hell to pay to be sure, but for now, I had to find a way to calm everybody down.
"Momo-san, can you please make me a megaphone, it seems like some idiots decided to break down the U.A barrier to get some media attention. If we don't stop this soon somebody is going to get hurt." An affirmative came from Momo who proceeded to unbutton her shirt, much to the male students' embarrassment, I just looked away out of courtesy.
A few seconds later I had a megaphone in my hand and I wasn't afraid to use it. "Everyone calm down and look out the window! It's just the press, everything is fine! Keep evacuating but do it calmly! You are U.A students, act like it!" It was a little harsh but it worked. The little blow to their pride forced them to calm down quicker and assess the situation. By the end of it we all evacuated just fine until the teachers dealt with the press outside.
After a quick headcount, and to my slight embarrassment a round of congratulations from my class for taking control of the situation, we ended up heading home early since the school needed to investigate what happened.
Apparently, the U.A barrier wall had a section that was completely disintegrated. In fact, the whole that was made was almost perfectly symmetrical. I doubt any ordinary reporter would have gone through such lengths to get into the building, especially when they knew that they would get kicked out immediately. 'I have a bad feeling about this.'
Chapter 9: My class is pretty badass
"Now for today's basic hero lesson. This time All Might, myself, and one other will be supervising. We will be doing rescue training!" That certainly got everyone excited. Our class in general had a good deal of rescue potential, we were no slouches when it came to raw power but with members like Ochako, Shiozaki, Momo, Tsuyu, or even Reiko we were the De Facto rescue class.
"Hey I'm not done yet." Aizawa glared at his rambunctious class. "It's up to you whether or not you want to bring your costumes. The training spot is a bit remote so we'll be going by bus. That is all." We all took our costumes with us, for style if nothing else. Then again while my costume wasn't 'cutting edge' or anything, it did have some decent utility to it.
You know the basic stuff. Rubbing alcohol, water bottles, rubber gloves, pepper spray, thermite powder… What? You don't carry thermite around in your pockets? I guess your life is easier than mine then.
"Midoriya-san! What order shall we sit in on the bus? If you need assistance in handling that I have already prepared a comprehensive plan on how to most efficiently-" I raise a hand and give him an awkward smile.
"Iida-kun It's fine, it's not the traditional type of bus so everyone can sit wherever. Thanks for the effort though I know you meant well." Iida is diligent beyond belief but sometimes he does a bit too much.
We all stepped into the bus and went on our way. While I was there I sat next to my partner for the battle trial Tsuyu. And it seemed as if she's had enough of me dodging the question. "Izuku-kun I generally say what's on my mind. You've gotten lucky so far but it will be a while before we reach our training spot. What is your relationship with All Might?"
I take a deep breath and get it over with. I've had a bit of time to think about it and so my story wasn't completely on the fly. "I met him about a year ago, right after the school year started. Do you guys remember the sludge villain incident that happened around the same time?" Most nodded, All Might was involved so it almost automatically went viral, even more so since he was in his casual clothes(Those specific brands, in particular, got very rich very quickly.)
"Kacchan. The guy with the explosion quirk from class B. Was captured by that villain. We were... Childhood friends, you could say, so when I saw him like that I couldn't just let it happen. So I ran in without thinking, keep in mind this was before I unlocked my quirk, hell I was pretty scrawny back then too. It was completely reckless but All Might was impressed with me." Aizawa heard that part and rolled his eyes.
"He told me that all great heroes share something in common. When they came under stress their bodies moved on their own without thinking. That was the day when he started training me." Most people expected that but their eyes still widened a bit. It's not every day when you that your classmate was personally trained by the number 1 hero.
"He was actually the one to help me unlock my quirk. You see it needed a certain prerequisite physical condition before it would activate. After about a month of training, I realized that I was gaining muscle and even learning things much faster than what was normal, that's when I got myself checked out and realized that I did, in fact, have a quirk, it was easily the happiest day of my life up to that point." I finished telling my story with a bright smile, I was truly blessed many times over. Somewhat literally if Asobi was what he claimed to be.
"W-wow, I knew it must have been something big but I never thought you would have been his student. What are you supposed to be his successor or something?" I know Shoda meant it as a joke but I couldn't help but freeze up at that. Something that the more perceptive students picked up on. Thankfully they kept that little tidbit to themselves.
"Sorry for basically forcing you to tell us about it Izuku-kun, but you gotta admit a secret like that would get anyone interested!" Tsuyu apologized for prying but I told everyone that it was fine. It wouldn't have been hidden forever and I didn't mind my classmates knowing. I also went on to talk about how I met Ochako and how she knew about All Might.
Even Aizawa got a bit of a chuckle out of that. Leave it to All Might to hold a secret for a grand total of 1 month. Little did he know.. We arrived shortly after I finished my story, heavily embarrassing Ochako with stories of how she started off her own training. I regret nothing, realistically I taught her more than All Might did so as her 'sensei' and boyfriend I had the right to tease her a bit. No I'm not still mad about her giving up my secret over a gag, not at all.
When we arrived I could barely believe my eyes. The building was... No massive wouldn't do it justice. It was effectively the size of a small town that was domed over. Each side of the building held self-contained areas that must have been used for survival training. There was a lake, a ruined city, and if my eyes weren't tricking me, a permanently on fire city. 'The funding for this school is ridiculous.'
"Floods, landslides, conflagrations! Any disaster or accident you can imagine! I built this facility myself I call it… The Unforeseen Simulation Joint. Or the USJ for short!" A vaguely familiar voice introduced us to this place's name. "The Space Hero: Thirteen! He's my favorite!" So that's where I heard it from. Thirteen was more or less to Ochako what All Might was to me.
"Now before we start I have one or two points. Or 3. Or 4." I can't tell if they're doing this on purpose or not. Either way it's pretty entertaining. "As many of you may know my quirk is called Black Hole. It sucks up anything that gets too close to it, crushing and turning it to dust. I mostly use it to clear up debris and such. However it can easily be used to kill." Oh so this was that talk. It was an important one no doubt and having a pro tell us it just made it all the more real.
After his small speech Aizawa decided to get on with things, however, he was cut off by a black mist that appeared right at the edge of his peripheral vision. "Huddle up and don't move! These are real villains!" My mind was working on overdrive at that point. I managed to identify the three biggest threats at least. Thank god for Analyze!
"That villain with the black mist... He's a warper isn't he? And a powerful one, how else would he sneak in so many people into U.A. Then there's that hand villain. He was the first to walk out of that mist, maybe the ring leader? And that one with his brain out… It's reminding me of All Might for some reason." Yeah, that definitely spooked me to hell before I saw that its END was just from a shock absorption quirk. Not ideal but it can still be beaten. If it weren't for its ridiculous strength and speed Todoroki might have been able to deal with that thing on his own.
Momo asked why the intruder alarms weren't going off while Todoroki deduced that if they planned this out even a little they would have a quirk user that would silence the alarms. "Thirteen, begin the evacuation! Todoroki is right one of these villains must be behind the signals being jammed." I saw that Aizawa was prepared to throw himself at the enemy but I immediately saw the flaw in that plan.
"Aizawa-sensei wait! If you go in right now it's all over. Most of those villains look like small fry but that warper is a real issue. We can't afford to let him use his quirk freely!" He looked back at me with surprise but nods. "Good job Midoriya, I was about to make a rookie mistake thanks for that." He scolded himself before giving his new orders.
"I'll keep my eye on the mist villain, Thirteen you and the students make a break for the exits, we're going to need back up for this and the student's safety is our top priority!" While it was a good plan it wasn't meant to be. Some of the mooks managed to take potshots at Aizawa which forced him to look away from the mist villain, that small window was all he needed.
"You're a smart brat but I won't allow you to leave. Greetings, we are the League of Villains. Forgive our audacity, but today we've come to this bastion of heroism to end the life of the symbol of peace." That was all I needed to hear, no need to hold back against this one either.
I launched myself at full speed, while using One for All at its current maximum output without breaking my arms and legs, about 15%. It took me countless broken bones and ripped tendons to attain this level of control and I was about to use it to its maximum. "15% Detroit Smash!"
Of course I aimed for the shiny metal bracer that the villain wore on his neck. It was a fairly obvious physical feature compared to the vague misty body below the neck(1) He tried to dodge but even with my regular speed I could give cars a run for their money. At 15% I bet I could probably match Ingenium's speed.
I kept an eye on the villain's stats as I attacked and I wasn't too surprised when I saw that I knocked out a good 80% of his health in one hit. This 'Kurogiri' fellow wasn't very END heavy. Most of his points went into CHA and INT.
"Got him! Quick make a run for it!" I yelled pointing at the exit. It took a few seconds for the others to pick their jaws off the floor but they managed it in the end. Too bad I never checked to see if Kurogiri was truly unconscious.
"BEGONE!" Was heard from under me. I tried to give him another quick jab but my vision went dark before I was able. The next thing I knew I was falling from the sky towards the rocky ground of what I could only assume was the mountainous zone!
-30 "Ow I guess, good thing I trained up my blunt force resistance." I took the time to look around and my eye immediately caught 2 more students standing on a plateau above me. "Izuku-kun! Are you ok?! It looked like you took a bad fall!" Momo asked from above me. I just gave a thumbs-up before widening my eyes as a villain came up behind them.
"Behind you!" Not wasting any time I jumped up towards them with One for All pumping through my limbs. I was fast enough to reach the villain before he could do anything and landed a straight punch to his stomach. I might have overdone it with the power a bit since his health went down to less than 10.
"T-thanks for that Izuku-kun, we didn't hear him sneak up on us!" The second student trapped here, Pony thanked me for the assist, I couldn't really focus on that though. There were at least 30 of the villains I saw earlier all trying to box us in, nearly half of the villains I saw at the plaza. 'I guess that warper considers me a threat... He should have brought twice as many, maybe then they'd actually stall me.'
These guys weren't going to be a problem. Their levels were in the high teens and their stats were abysmal. Momo and Pony could probably handle them all with a little difficulty and someone like Todoroki could take them all out before they knew what hit them. Speaking of which.
"Momo-san try to make some binoculars to scope out the other zones. I can handle these wannabe villains!" I wasted no time and aimed to incapacitate. Or more likely cripple, I would normally hold back a bit more but I couldn't get the image of that 'Nomu' out of my head. If it was left alone to rampage...
I mostly aimed for the legs, breaking kneecaps and crushing their feet, etc. Anything to take them out of the fight. Those that had ranged quirks were targeted first of course and had their arms taken out of commission for good measure. The rest soon fell without any ranged back up to support them. It wasn't really a fight, more like a slaughter.
"I found some of the others Izuku-ku-!" Momo turned around and noticed the carnage that happened right behind her. "I-I found Asui-san, Rin-san, and Manga-san on the ship of the flood zone. I don't think the villains know our quirks, otherwise, they would have never sent Asui-san and Manga-san there in particular." That thought process was proven to be correct when a shout of "Pika-Pika"(2) Could be heard from the flood zone, completely electrifying the surrounding lake.
'Pretty sure any villain that was in that lake is dead now... I won't bring it up.' Momo also mentioned how the landslide zone was completely frozen over. 'Todoroki-san doesn't disappoint, I doubt any of these guys, barring the ring leaders could pose much of a threat to him.'
"I think I also saw vines growing across the ruined city zone so Shiozaki-san is most likely there. The other two zones are covered so I can't see anything with those. Iida-san, Ochako-san, and Mina-san are all at the entrance with Thirteen-sensei trying to fight off the warp villain but they look like they're at a standstill. Aizawa is currently fighting some villains in the main plaza and doing well against them."
This was going better than I expected. Time for a plan. "I'll head for the ruins to provide support to Shiozaki-san and anyone else there. Momo-san, Pony-san I want both of you to try to head towards the exit as fast as possible. Try to attack the warper from long range if you can, I damaged him pretty badly so one good hit should be able to take him out."
With the quick strategy in effect I bolted towards the ruined city at top speed. It was too bad that I had to alternate between limbs to use One for All, how did All Might do it? It was almost as if he never turned it off... "I'm a fucking idiot." I channeled One for All through my whole body at 15% and just left it there, not 2 seconds later I got a notification.
Skill learned, Full Cowling(L) Lv 1: This skill allows the user to channel One for All across their whole body continuously. Cost: 50sps.
Yeesh, that stamina drain was intense, considering that there were no damage multipliers leveling this skill would most likely decrease it's cost, better use it to the fullest. Now's not the time to half-ass things.
I followed the vines to their origin point and saw 3 familiar faces. Shiozaki was there of course, along with Yanagi and Kirishima. There were only 15 villains here, a good many of them were tied up by Shiozaki's vines while the rest were picked off by Yanagi's many many rocks or they were just straight up punched into unconsciousness by the human rock.
"Do I even need to be here?" That caught the attention of hero and villain alike, and I definitely abused their temporary surprise. 4 seconds later and we were walking out of the ruins with no visible wounds on us. Well, the others were walking out I ran straight for the squall zone at full speed.
It turns out that I wasn't needed there either. Komori had been teleported there, into a humid, constantly raining, inclosed location... Yeah the would-be villains there didn't stand a chance. Shishida and Awase just stared at he with barely contained fear. Don't fuck with mushrooms.
I decided to just head towards the conflagration zone immediately. I should really have more faith in my classmates, they're pretty badass. The students in the flaming building were rather unlucky. TetsuTetsu was doing fine, his metal skin being naturally resistant to heat.
Koda, Shoda and Kodai however weren't so lucky. Shoda was providing the occasional support with his quirk while Kodai was barricading her squishier classmates away from the danger but that left TetsuTetsu essentially on his own.
This time I didn't bother to raise my voice. The roaring flames were enough to cover my footsteps as I knocked out the villain wannabe's before they even realized I was there. With their numbers thinning out so quickly I was relatively sure that the only ones left were in the middle of the plaza.
Speaking of which I really should head out towards there. Aizawa was strong but if that Nomu decided to make its move he wouldn't stand much of a chance. Good thing I decided to come in when I did too. Shigaraki was seconds away from getting into close combat with Aizawa which would not end well.
"Aizawa-sensei duck!" He jolted at my voice but did as asked. Good thing too since I was midway through a flying kick heading right for Shigaraki's head. I felt my foot connect but not on my original target.
'I did 0 damage... Shock Absorption is really something else!' I don't have much time to contemplate as Nomu tries to grab my arm. I wasn't about to let that happen so I push away as fast as I could, taking Aizawa with me.
"Whatever that thing is it felt like I was hitting vulcanized rubber. Physical attacks aren't going to work, I have no idea why his brain is exposed though. It seems a little too obvious for a weakness." Aizawa took a look at their new opponent and came up with the same conclusion I did.
"You there. You're that kid that attacked Kurogiri. Not bad, but do you really think that you can take on all of the villains I brought along?" So he's a talker. Good maybe I can fish for information.
"Other villains? You mean the ones that were sent to each zone, currently lying unconscious?" His eyes widen at that but he relaxes soon after. Almost as if he'd expected that.
"Kids these days really are amazing, those idiots were just a bunch of riff-raff we found on the street. But to take them all out so quickly… Nomu, kill him." I could barely even see that thing move! It was easily comparable to All Might in speed and it was only my months of training with the man that let me raise my guard in time.
-500 And still receive a quarter of my health in damage along with a broken arm... We may need a change of plans. "Midoriya!" Aizawa called after me in worry but couldn't do much as Shigaraki continued his assault.
"D-don't worry about me Aizawa-sensei! This thing is following that guy's orders! If you can take him out this might be over. I'll just have to hold this guy off for now." My words were a lot more confident than I really was. I knew I stood no chance against this thing as I was now. Maybe if I had a different quirk, or if I had some kind of wea- "I really am a huge idiot aren't I?"
The villains were confused by my question as I pulled out a small bottle of rubbing alcohol and a cheap lighter. Now, a smart person would try to make some kind of ad-hoc fire bomb with these things. Instead, my genius(read: insane) intellect thought of something much more effective, but sadly more painful.
Yeah I drenched my gloves in the stuff and lit them on fire. Yes I did get strange looks from both my teacher and the villains. And yes I could hear Ochako face palming from the exit as I did it. Did I care? Not one bit because now I had fire enhanced fists and all it cost me was 5hps!
"Round two you fourth gear reject!" Was that an old reference? Yes. Did I care? Nope! I was too busy psyching myself up for the hardest fight of my life. Thankfully the fire worked! My punches finally started to do some damage, even more so when I just grabbed Nomu instead of using quick jabs.
Although I will say that I was genuinely spooked when I noticed all of the damage that I did regenerate within seconds…'Is this what it's like to fight me?' If so then I feel bad for my future opponents, having all your hard work be reduced to zero like that... It was aggravating, to say the least.
I was so annoyed in fact that I barely noticed when a wave of ice rushed past me and froze half of Nomu's body solid. 'Todoroki that beautiful bastard. Wait why does he look so pissed off?' He was glaring at me, or more specifically my hands. Wonder wh-Oh right.
"Before you ask, no I don't have a fire quirk. I just doused my gloves in alcohol and lit them on fire." I explained as if it wasn't completely insane. The look on his face was totally worth it though.. Right, the nigh-unstoppable monster was still behind me.
"N-Never mind, just freeze the guy completely quick!" My tone makes him hesitate for a bit which was Nomu's cue to break out. It lost It's left arm and leg in the process but it still stood up as if nothing happened. I couldn't have that.
'It's now or never, this guy is too dangerous to hold back against!' I charge a full-powered thrust right at it's exposed brain. Using my arm as a spear in hopes of cheating the 'Shock Absorption' quirk. "Kyoto Smash!" -1000
My arm was broken but thankfully my gamble paid off. The Nomu's brain was visibly deformed by the attack, a large gaping hole was formed in the left hemisphere while the rest appeared squished together. To my shock the brain itself looked to be regenerating, albeit at a much slower pace, but for now Nomu was taken out of the fight.
"NOMU! Damn it! Kurogiri get over here we're leaving!" Not on my watch I charged at Shigaraki with everything I had but my speed couldn't quite keep up with the warper. The two leaders of this raid had escaped and left Nomu behind.
"Damn it!" I can't remain idle anymore. I wasn't even a week into my life at U.A and things have already gotten complicated. These guys came out of nowhere and taught me a valuable lesson, I was still weak, and if this Nomu was as disposable as I think it was then that meant I needed to get stronger. Fast!
"Midoriya, Todoroki, now isn't the time to stand around doing nothing. Gather the other students and have them meet up at the exit. We'll contact the authorities once we're outside, I know it's been a long day for everyone but we'll have to stay put for now until the police get the full story." We both nodded understanding that certain protocols were called for after an attack like this.
Besides I needed to make sure that the others were alright. Momo was supposed to attack Kurogiri from a range but that obviously failed, hopefully, nothing too bad happened... But before all of that. "Hey Todoroki-san can you do me a solid and give me some ice for my burns?" I was met with silence as he walked away, not once turning around in fear of contracting my crazy.