Chapter 19
Izuku sat on the edge of his bed, it was the night before their first days his head lowered and shoulders slumped. His room, usually a place of solace, felt stifling tonight. Himiko sat beside him, her hand gently resting on his.
"I don't know, Himi," Izuku said softly, his voice tinged with a mix of frustration and sadness. "I just... I feel so out of place at UA, heck even at normal places, I see kids smiling and happy with their parents and I just feel so out of place, I never had that. Everyone there had these normal, happy upbringings. They had parents who supported them, friends who cheered them on. I had no one. No one wanted to adopt a quirkless kid."
Himiko squeezed his hand, her eyes filled with empathy. "Izuku, you've been through so much, but look at how far you've come. You have a quirk now, and it's amazing. Mindflare? That's incredible! What's more important, is that you now have people, you have me!"
Izuku shook his head, a bitter smile playing on his lips. "It's not about the quirk, Himi. I just can't shake the feeling that I got lucky, people would never consider me human before I got this, but in the end I'm just the quirkless kid that got lucky, I still feel like an outsider. I don't have parents, I don't have that foundation. You at least have the Chizues. I can't help but feel like people wouldn't have treated me with any respect if I was still quirkless. I-"
Izuku was silenced by Himiko placing a finger on his mouth "Ah ah ah! No! None of that baby, because remember whenever I had a panic attack over fearing that I could have become a villain, and you saying no need to worry because you're there and I'm not in that universe where I'm a villain? Well I'm here to say that you don't need to think about any of that! Don't worry because I'm here! to be there for you and tell you don't need to worry about the universe where you stayed quirkless. Because you aren't! And besides you know that I'll still love you even without a quirk!" She then hugged Izuku aggressively with a small pout on her face.
Izuku looked up at her, his eyes searching hers. while softly chuckling "I love you too Himi but, It's hard, Himi. It's hard to fit in when you've spent your whole life feeling like you don't belong anywhere but the crappiest and shadiest places in the entire city and yet ironically, it is places like these that have the kindest people. The people who have hearts in them that see past the quirk."
Himiko looked at Izuku with sympathetic eyes "You always have home to come back to Izuku, have me to turn to, besides if people find out about your quirkless past and don't accept you for it they have me to talk to!" Himiko flashed a knife from her sleeve and gave Izuku a smirk. Izuku just smiled in response. "Of course Himi, I'm glad that I have you."
Himiko grinned wide and hugged Izuku harder, they snuggled for a bit longer.
A lot of people stand in front of the bar in the early morning and were standing in front of the entrance in an overly dramatic way, saluting, as Himiko, with her hair in a ponytail in a Shiketsu uniform and Izuku in a UA uniform walk away to the train station. Waving to the people behind them.
"They grow up so fast..." one said
"Oh shut it, it's not like you're their parents."
The people in front of the bar started leaving as Izuku and Himiko walked to the train stations, snickering at the banter behind them.
They reach the train station, both needing to take different train lines.
"Did you bring enough blood bags?" asked Izuku
"Yeah..." replied Himiko
"Look, I know to say that we had a weird childhood would be an understatement Zuku, especially you since legally speaking, you don't even have parents but just remember what we talked about last night ok? You can be just as good as them! If you feel uncomfortable or weird or can't relate with them, I'm always just a call away ok? You don't need your egg and sperm donor, look at you, look at us both! We have gotten this far! We don't have them but we have other people! Your big brothers and sisters through out Musutafu, through out Japan, so don't go thinking you're alone alright? Especially with me!" Himiko flashed him a happy grin.
Izuku hugged Himiko while tearing up a bit. "Thank you Himi... You're the best friend and partner I could ever ask for..."
They both shared a few moments of silence.
"So this is it huh." said Izuku.
"Yeah... from abandoned children to heroes in training. Who would have thought?" Himiko chuckled.
Izuku grabbed Himiko's hands and kissed them both. "I couldn't have done it without you Himiko, I love you, and I can't thank you enough for being there for me."
Himiko blushed before kissing Izuku's cheek " I could say the same about you Mr save me from bullies. I love you a lot dummy. I mean it."
Himiko pulled out the necklace, as Izuku took off and revealed the compartment in his watch revealing the blood vials.
"Always together?"
"Of course Himi!"
"Thank you, Zuku, Let's try our best ok?"
"Yeah... see you Himi."
As Himiko and Izuku rushed to their trains, Izuku sent a heart emoji to Himiko on his phone, seeing Himiko on the opposite train car fluster and make a heart with her fingers and show it to Izuku, getting a blush from him as well.
Izuku arrived way earlier than predicted, he didn't want to risk being late but one hour early was perhaps unneeded. Regardless, he entered into UA grounds. He wanted to see some of their facilities after all, but he couldn't shake off that feeling of unfamiliarity.
Izuku felt a pang of envy. UA was a place for the best and brightest. Something Izuku believe that he was, but it was also filled with students with happy, normal upbringings. They had supportive families, dreams nurtured from a young age, and a clear path to becoming heroes. In contrast, Izuku had grown up abandoned, surrounded by people who were cast aside from society. Those people, with their rough edges and shared pain, felt like his true family. He wanted to be a hero for his family but he felt so out of place here. He forced those feelings down and moved on.
Unbeknownst to him, Nezu was already texting all the teachers
Nezu:
He's here.
Eraserhead:
Who?
Nezu:
The one you deem to have "potential"
Eraserhead:
WHAT? It's an hour before school even starts!
Nezu:
I know, maybe he doesn't want to risk being unpunctual.
Nezu:
Eraserhead, Vlad, stop right there I see you rushing to him through the cameras. I told him he can explore the campus, and use the facilities so let him. He'll discuss his class placements with me.
Vlad King:
You can't stop mejfojs
Nezu:
Back off before you run face first into another locked door Vlad.
Izuku POV
Izuku was amazed, he knew that UA had money, but seeing it in person was still stunning for him. Training grounds as big as cities, the materials were top of the line, he soon stumbled into the cafeteria where he saw
"Lunch Rush?!"
Lunch Rush looked up from his stove. Surprised to see a student here. "Oh hey there, what are you doing here? School doesn't start for like another hour, people don't come this early."
Izuku looked a little bit embarrassed before replying "It's my first day, I didn't want to risk being late but I may have overdone it... Heh..."
"I see don't sweat it kid, you need anything?" Izuku's eyes shone, a hint of pride. "Lunch Rush sir, people have always guessed what your quirk is, and apparently no one has done it, can I give you my guess?"
Lunch Rush looking intrigued, leaned on the counter top. "Alright, shoot what do you think my quirk is?"
"Some people think your quirk is a super speed type of quirk, allowing you to make a lot of food at the same time, but I don't think that's true. Given the fact I see you cooking and there's still six hours before lunch time, you wouldn't need to cook this early if you had a speed quirk. People also think you have the ability to create food that tastes different and fresh, therefore tasting good, but that is illogical, because I don't think you can produce such an amount of food for an entire school by yourself. Those are the leading theories but I think your quirk is similar to a creation quirk, only difference is you produce, concentrated chemicals that enhance the food's flavors. You know the chemicals needed because your body can remember any food you eaten and know what to make in order to enhance the flavor. This would explain why you have said in interviews that you eat a lot of wide variety of food even if they are rare, or ridiculously expensive. Because you need to expand your "arsenal" per se, and reviews by food critics say that even plain food cooked by you can have subtle tastes that normally can't happen with just cooking, and while your culinary skills are exceptional, the art of mixing different flavors you have tasted with the original dish, is the true challenge for you, to figure out what flavors mix together and taste well. Not to mention the fact that you cook food in big bulks which would make it easier for them all to taste good because all you need to do is spray chemicals over the mass bulk of food. It also explains your apparatus, the chemicals you produce are likely gas, giving them aroma and flavor, since it connects to your mouth, I assume you produce these chemicals through your mouth, and the apparatus acts like support gear."
Izuku finally took a breath after going on for a few minutes
"Am i close sir?" he said smiling at Lunch Rush.
Although behind a mask, Lunch Rush's face paled, the kid got it exactly right.
"H-holy crap kid, you got it completely r-right."
"Yes! Vindication!" Izuku exclaimed.
Lunch Rush was shocked at the kid in front of him but played along anyway. "Hey kid, what's your name and class?"
Izuku smiled "I'm Midoriya Izuku! I'm a hero course student but Principal Nezu said that my class is undecided."
Lunch Rush was contemplating running right then and there, not only was this kid smart, he knew him, the kid that beat All Might's record. No wonder Vlad and Eraser wanted him
"What do you think of the class and the teachers?" Lunch Rush asked.
"Well... I think the biggest factor to me is whether or not my classmates are pleasant people or not. If I'm stuck in a a class full of intolerable jerks, then I would go to the other class immediately. As for the teachers, I really like either of the teachers, if I'm right then I think it's Eraserhead and Vlad King, I wouldn't mind being taught by either, but if I have to choose, I'm conflicted but I think Vlad King would be an interesting teacher to have, I already learnt a lot about underground heroics since the person who trained me and taught me how to fight had experience in dealing with underground heroes which is what Eraserhead is. Not to mention I have seen him in action personally before, so I think I want to be taught by Vlad King who was a limelight hero before turning to teaching so I think he has more experience in things I don't know about but I think Eraserhead would be a great teacher nonetheless, I learnt a lot from my sensei, when it comes to how underground heroics operate but it could always be more and given Eraserhead's experience he could hone my existing skills."
"I see, well I hope you have a good time here no matter what class you get put in." Lunch Rush said with a smile beneath his mask.
"Thanks sir! I'll be heading off now!"
"Alright kid good luck!"
Izuku wandered around the massive campus more, until he came across the range, peering inside, he sees multiple different types of weapons, he began to practically salivate and his eyes have look of nostalgia.
He looked at the table, there were katanas, knives even long arms like spears and naginatas, it's a shame they don't have European weapons, he would love to train with a physical version of a mace or a zweihander, even a simple spear and shield but there was only so much UA could do, but it was made better in the fact that they had bows, now Izuku was used to a shorter historical horse bow or longbow he makes with his quirk but the ones in UA were compound modern bows, still, he didn't have many chances to use actual physical bows, so he picked up a quiver of arrows and a bow along with some knives. He noticed some controls, with one saying "DUMMIES AGGRESSIVE", he didn't know why the button was not guarded but he shrugged, he wanted a warm up, so he pressed the button, and 30 dummies dropping from the sky, they seem to have metal exoskeletons while having see through skin, made up of some gelatinous substance, showing all their inner organs
He entered the training grounds behind the glass, as soon as he did it's like all the dummies locked onto him and rushed towards him. Izuku breathed deeply, bowed and did a backflip while firing an arrow at a one of the dummies, hitting it's shoulder, he rushed in stabbed a dummy with an arrow then shot that arrow to a dummy far off, he dodged a punch from an attacking dummy by stepping to his side before pulling out a knife and stab it's side, he grabbed it out and slashed it across one of the other approaching dummy's chest. He gracefully spun and jumped up flipping to the back of another pair of dummies attacking him, dodging them, he pulled out another knife and threw the two of them through one of each of their knees, severing their Achilles tendon, causing them to limp. He rapidly loaded and fired five arrows within 5 seconds, hitting 5 dummies, sensing an attack from behind he ducked and swiped the knees of the dummy behind them. He used his thighs to choke the dummy as he used the dummy as firing platform, while sitting on it's shoulders after 3 more arrows and 3 more dummies, he jumped from the shoulders of the dummy he was on while stabbing them in the shoulder, he ran straight into a group of 5 dummies, throwing 5 knives at the same time as he rushed forward, all hitting their marks, pulls out a knife and slash one's thigh, before putting them in a chokehold and pulling out 3 arrows and taking down 3 more dummies, a dummy came up from behind and he used the one he was putting in a chokehold as a meat shield before delivering a kick and a knife slash to the chest.
Time to try something cool he thought
Seeing there are only 4 left, he loaded four arrows at the same time, and fired, all hitting it's mark but weaker, only making them stumble but Izuku took advantage of this and rushed in and whacked one of their chin with the bow, then dodge an attack from one of them before hitting their shins, and lastly threw two knives, hitting the dummies chest.
He calmed down after seeing the carnage he caused, inspecting the dummy's bodies.
No lethal hits, all are enough to incapacitate, pretty good if I do say so myself
The dummies got up and like robots, walked towards some secret trapdoor and dropped in.
That's so cool!
Izuku stretched and bowed and hummed a song before exiting the training grounds, putting the weapons back and exited the range, walking to Nezu's office but there he saw
Bakugo.
Izuku immediately turned the other way, he spent too much time in the range and was in the time frame where people started to come in, but as he turned, he heard him mutter
"Tch... where the fuck is 1-A..."
Well that makes my choice easier thought Izuku
Izuku didn't want to start his school day by bumping into that explosive quirkist piece of shit. There's a good chance he forgot about him but he is not taking any chances. Especially not when he remembered what he did to him, what he did and say to quirkless people like Tinker and what he did to his Himi.
However, Izuku accidentally bumped into a mantis boy knocking him over, he had green hair like a mohawk with fain yellow skin. "Oh I'm so sorry!" the boy gets up and grumbles, "It's fine, just watch where you're going."
Izuku extended his hand. "Midoriya Izuku, what's your name?" "Kamakiri Togaru..." Kamakiri replied, though he half-expected Izuku to avoid his gaze or make a quick exit, like most people did. He extended his hand back to Izuku which he takes, catching Kamakiri off guard. "Well, have a nice day! I have a meeting to go to." With that said Izuku goes to the principal's office. Kamakiri stood there a little shocked at the normalcy Izuku gave him. He didn't comment nor get intimidated by his look like others.
Soon enough, Izuku was in front of the principal's office, but before he even knocks the door opens, revealing Nezu sitting on his chair. smiling while drinking some tea. "Hello! Midoriya-san, please take a seat we have much to discuss."
Nezu smiled "Well, to start off Midoriya-san, we at the faculty are leaning towards putting you in 1-B is that alright?"
Izuku nodded before Nezu continued "Well that makes everything much easier, I must say you are a very talented young man, you have quite an insight to so many things! I would like to pick your brain a little if that's ok?"
"Sure Principal Nezu what do you have in mind?"
"I want to talk about the essay you wrote, It is rare for someone your age to have such views, where did you cultivate these? I'm not saying it's bad but again it's just rare, these are similar views to mine,
Izuku hesitated for a moment, trying to find the right words. "Well, I guess it comes from a lot of observation and personal experiences. I've always been interested in the dynamics of hero society and how it impacts people, both heroes and civilians."
Nezu nodded, his eyes sharp and attentive. "Observation and experience, you say? Could you elaborate on that?"
Izuku took a deep breath. "Sure. Growing up, I saw a lot of things that made me question the way hero society operates. For example, the focus on quirks over the person wielding them. It often feels like people are valued more for their abilities than their character. And then there's the issue of quirk discrimination, especially towards those with so-called 'villainous' quirks or mutations that make them stand out."
"Interesting," Nezu said, steepling his fingers. "It sounds like you've seen the darker sides of hero society firsthand. How did you come to these conclusions at such a young age?"
Izuku smiled softly, choosing his words carefully. "I think it's just a matter of paying attention. When you see friends or classmates being judged for their quirks, or hear about people being ostracized because they don't fit the ideal image of a hero, it makes you think. Plus, there's a lot of history to consider. Hero society has evolved a lot, but there are still flaws that need addressing. I think the we rely on heroes too much, in the past people have organized protests to fight for things they want or fight against oppression, and yet we don't do that anymore, the civilians have become too complacent because of heroes."
They kept on talking for what seems like hours, two intellectuals talking with each other while sipping on tea, when Eraserhead and Vlad passed the door to the principal's office they saw the two of them engage in a heated discussion, and their face paled
Fuck not another one They thought.
"So you think he'll be good in your class?" asked Eraserhead. "If he's a problem you can always send him to mine."
"Oh I don't think I'm letting this one go to you Shouta, I can't risk having him expelled now can I?" Vlad snickered
"The ones last year had no potential, they don't understand a single lick of sense when it comes to heroics. That one actually has sense, you're lucky I already had 20, stupid two recommendation and one exchange rule..."
Half an hour later
"Well, It is certainly very enlightening talking to you Midoriya-san! However, I think we have to go now, both of us should be going to orientation now! You already missed the first homeroom lesson."
"Oh I'm sorry Principal Nezu I'll be on my way now!"
Izuku quickly ran towards the auditorium and opened the door slowly, he sees Vlad King from across the room and he signaled to him. Next to a large portion of seats that are empty. That has the small sign of 1-A besides the seats.
Guess they're doing something else
Izuku speed walked towards him and shuffled along the seated students, apologizing the whole way. Some looked at him in confusion and frustration.
Nezu came up on stage soon, and after a long winding speech about UA's history and how important it is to keep a heroic attitude to how important it is to have a healthy diet, to how he grooms his fur...
"And now! Our biggest announcement! The new foundational heroics teacher... Say hello to!"
"I AM HERE!"
"ALL MIGHT!"
The entire auditorium erupted in cheers, but Izuku can't help but deflate a little.
The entire auditorium erupted in cheers, but Izuku couldn't help but deflate a little. The sight of All Might, the Symbol of Peace, standing tall and exuding confidence, should have filled him with excitement and hope. Instead, it reminded him of past disappointments and the problematic aspects of hero society.
His mind drifted back to the memory of Tinker. Tinker had always been fascinated with hero gadgets and support items. Despite being quirkless, he dreamt of becoming a support engineer. One day, he'd had the chance to ask All Might if someone without a quirk could help heroes. All Might's response, though well-intentioned, had been devastating. He wondered if he was the one to ask, will they response be the same.
He couldn't help but feel that people have relied on this man too much, if nothing changes then All Might will be on the street less and less, crime will rise as it already have been. He greatly respects All Might for all the work he does but he can't help but think of his past.
Izuku looked at All Might giving a speech with an empty and exasperated look.
"Defect!"
"Why do I have a son like you?"
"You shouldn't even be here!"
"You can't be a hero, you null!"
Even with people back in the coves to support him, he can't help but let these words stew, he never really talked to anyone about his experiences, in fact only Tetsuchi knows the basics of his upbringing but only Himi knows all the details, and in turn she shared hers, that day at Hinode was the start of it, when they really got into the details, the tears could have flooded the whole bar. He thought giving it enough time would make it go away but it seems these feelings are here to stay, he feels safe amongst the cove, however he is not amongst them now, the vast majority of people here have no experience with dealing with the most darkest parts of life. None of them knew the pain of being abandoned for something you can't control. Being considered worthless for just existing.
He was brought back to reality by the applause that rang out as All Might's speech ended. Izuku's class started to shuffle out back to their classrooms.
"Alright class! Before we continue with today, I am glad to say that we have a new student, he was not here during the first period of the day because he had to meet the principal over some clerical errors. With that said, please welcome him!"
Izuku walked to the front of the class "Hi everyone! My name is Midoriya Izuku! I am pleased to make your acquaintance." and bowed. He looked around the room to multiple sets of curious eyes, he's glad that he doesn't see anyone he knew, not Bakugo or that blue haired boy.
"Ok, your seat is the one in the middle row, in the back next to Monoma and Awase and behind Tokage but right now, all of you need to come with me and change into your PE uniforms, we will be doing a quirk apprehension test, meet me outside at Training Grounds B. I'll meet you there."
The entire class got up and went to the changing room and changed into their PE uniform and started talking to each other, murmuring about their newest addition and started to get their PE uniforms, and change, Izuku went to a corner in the back to hide the scars on his back. Izuku quickly got his things and made his way to the grounds, knowing where it is due to his time this morning. The rest of the class though when stepping out. Looked lost, seeing this, Izuku said "The training grounds is this way." The rest of the class quickly followed his lead but he stopped when a hand got on his shoulder. "Hey, aren't you the dude that took down the Zero Pointer?" He turned around to see a boy with a headband as his head. It was as if a record scratched as the entire class now looked at Izuku, Izuku looks a bit sheepish before replying, "Yeah, I guess I am, Midoriya Izuku, what's your name?" Izuku extends a hand. The boy shakes his hand back "Awase Yosetsu! It's really dope that you took it down! I saw that! You just snapped it's fucking neck clean off before catching it, and then you just laughed it off and sat down like nothing happened!" Izuku smiled before saying "Well, it was still quite a challenge, The first plan of being a caveman and throwing rocks at it didn't work so I decided to go a few centuries in the future and use a guillotine." Awase laughed at the line. The rest of the class looked on in a bit of a shock and a bit of weariness.
"That's the guy? Holy shit!"
"So that's the one blessed by the lord..."
"He looks kind of plain..."
"He doesn't seem like to have his head shoved so far up his ass..."
"What's your quirk man? Is it green tendrils?" Awase asked,
I don't want to seem like an asshole but I don't want to give away too much at the same time.
Izuku replied, "Well yeah, but I can make it into different things, I thought tendrils were the best form to use during the exam so I didn't use the other forms. What's yours?"
"Mine's called Weld! I can weld two things to a subatomic level as long as I have physical contact with them!"
Izuku's eyes glowed, his inner quirk analyst came to life "That's so -"
Before he can continue though, they've already came to the training ground and Vlad King stood in front of them.
"Alright zygotes! Today we will be doing the quirk apprehension tests, basically the physical tests you guys did in your middle school except you use your quirks, ball throws, long jumps, endurance runs, 50 meter dash, side steps, alongside other things, now follow me to the field for the first test, ball throw!"
The class stops in front of the field. Vlad King continued. "The ball throw is simple, as long as you stay in the circle, you can do whatever, use your quirks to throw the ball as far as you can, is that clear!" "Yes Sensei"
"Midoriya, you have the highest score on the entrance exam with 142, what's your middle school record for ball throw?" Izuku simply shook his head a bit awkwardly "I don't remember sir." While giving Vlad King some looks to tell him to let it go.
Vlad, remembering that Izuku was homeschooled quickly shifted the topic, "Very well then, it's ok, now though I want you to use your quirk to throw this ball as far as you can, please step up."
Let's see how this kid does... and also to see if he gets along with people Vlad King thought.
Izuku walked towards the circle as he hears whispers of "142?" "That's more than All Might's!" "What the hell how does he do it?" "Wonder how he does it..." "Manly!"
Hmm, an English speaker... That last one was a bit out of nowhere...
Izuku stepped into the circle he looked at the ball for a few moments, seemingly thinking how he can do this, after a few seconds he thought of something, 20 tendrils sprouted from his body, and all grabbed onto the ball,the coiled back, similar to putting the ball in a slingshot, before Izuku swung the tendrils around and let the ball go into the air like a rock sling.
"713.2 meters"
Vlad King turned his device around to show the class, the class erupted into calls of awe.
"Very impressive Midoriya, please return to the rest of the class, Monoma you're up next."
The blond haired boy instead went towards Midoriya with a shaky smile on his face, "Hello there, can I touch your hand?" He asked, Midoriya had a look of confusion before the boy continued, "My quirk is copy, if I touch someone physically I can copy their quirk, and I would like to copy yours for this exercise. May I?"
Izuku grinned and stuck his hand out "That is a very nice quirk, Monoma, sure you can use mine, be warned though it's a bit tough to control!" Monoma's shaky smile turned to a surprised and happy grin as he shook Izuku's hand. "Thank you dearly my friend, I'll watch myself!"
As Monoma stepped in the circle, he realized no matter what he tried he can't summon the green tendrils. Izuku yelled from the sidelines "Imagine a fire in the back of your head!" Monoma proceeded to do so, only for a spark of green to appear around his body before clutching his head in pain.
"What on earth is this?" Monoma exclaimed. Izuku looked a bit embarrassed before saying "Well... the green energy is manifested from my mind, I had to train it for along time to not get a headache... So that might be why people can't use it effectively."
"I-I see." Monoma proceeded to ask Vlad King if he could copy someone else's quirk, he agreed and copied an orange haired girl's quirk, the ability to make her hands bigger, he threw the ball for a respectable 300 meters, before everyone else had a go, Izuku was amazed, a boy with a beast quirk, a blue haired boy with a quirk that seemingly can duplicate one's impact, a girl with vine hair tried to replicate his technique, "That's probably Shiozaki"but only to manage a few hundred, there were a few people that seemingly didn't use their quirks
Probably because their quirks don't help much in a ball throw. Izuku thought.
They proceeded to do the rest of the tests, for the 50 meter dash, Izuku just used his tendrils to push himself off the ground to get a time of 4 seconds, For the grip strength he got a respectable 253 kg with the help with two tendrils, for the standing long jump, he cleared the sandbox with his tendrils. He cleared the seated toe touch with no problems, the sit ups was easy for him to with a score of 82 in a minute, the side steps were also easy just extend the tendrils and move side to side rapidly, the endurance run was also cleared, he only lost to one girl, the blond English speaker that seemed to have like a horse or pony quirk? Speaking of which, Izuku got to see a lot of great quirks in action, a boy can merge into black things, the guy who yelled out manly could turn into steel, a girl even turned the grip strength test small and crushed it with finger, technically getting a score of 999 kg, he even saw a fellow telepathic in action, a white haired girl, a boy that can shoot glue from his head, and a boy that can spin himself up like a drill and a girl that can split into multiple pieces!
Be still my quirk loving heart, I'll let you run wild on the tablet soon enough."
Then it was over, and the results was shown, Izuku, of course had first place, and going down the list, he noticed the ones who were in the last five, give exasperated and disappointed sounds. Vlad King voice rang out from the front of them.
"Listen, these scores here are simply baselines for the beginning of the year, there is no need to feel down on yourself if you come in last, those that come in first, don't be so comfortable, if you don't keep up, it will only be a matter of time when the people at the bottom rise to the top. Remember, no matter where you place on this leaderboard, always go Plus Ultra!"
"YES SIR!" The class responded.
They proceeded back to the classroom in preparation for their next class, English. Izuku heard a voice from behind, he turned around to see a severed hand, it startled Izuku a bit before realizing it was the green haired girl's quirk, Setsuna Tokage if he remembered correctly from the introduction from Vlad King, the rest of the class still seemed to look at him with guarded looks, albeit a less intense.
"Hey there fellow Greenie!"
Izuku look of confusion dissipated quickly when he realized the point of similarities, they both have green hair. "Oh hi Tokage!"
Tokage grinned widely, her eyes twinkling with mischief. "So, you're the guy who obliterated the zero pointer robot, huh? That was pretty impressive. I bet you felt like a total badass doing that."
Izuku smiled "I just gave it my best shot really, my folks back home gave me a lot of training and advice so yeah."
Tokage teasingly smiled "Well, surely, it must have paid off, huh? You're making the rest of us look bad!"
Izuku shook his head. "Nah, getting into UA is a hard task in of it's own, anyone that got here has proven their mettle even in the support and general courses."
She leaned in a bit closer, her grin widening, whispering "Ah being humble eh? Still, scoring 142 on the entrance exam? You're setting the bar pretty high, Midoriya. And I've noticed those muscles of yours. Must be all that training, huh? Bet they come in handy for more than just fighting robots."
Izuku channeling the memories of all the times he sees patrons in the bar flirting with each other and him, and all the times Himi made him flustered when they were younger, he responded back in kind
Izuku chuckled, not missing a beat, whispered back in her ear. "Well, Tokage, muscles can be quite versatile. But it's not just about strength; it's also about how you use it." He leaned in slightly, his voice dropping to a playful whisper. "I'm sure you know a thing or two about using your assets effectively."
Tokage immediately flustered, her face turning bright red, before Izuku heartily laughs "Ah not used to when someone does it to you aren't you? It's alright Tokage"
Tokage turned to a smile "You're pretty good yourself Greenie! You seem like quite a guy. Nice to meet you."
"Thank you Tokage! Nice to meet you too!" Izuku bowed his head a little before Tokage returned to the rest of the girls looking a bit flustered.
The girl with the red hair, Itsuka Kendo seeing her friend in this state, asked "What happened Tokage?"
"I hoped you didn't say anything too sinful..." Shiozaki added.
Tokage replied a little bashfully "N-Nothing... let's just get to English"
Present Mic was in front of the board, spewing on about some passage in the English textbook, the rest of the class was split between a look of confusion or absolute boredom, with some faces of determination, seemingly wanting to actually learn English, Izuku was in the latter category, Insight had already drilled so many of these grammatical concepts into his head when he first taught him English, but Izuku was also feeling a sense of normalcy and peace, he was happy to have a normal lesson with classmates, instead of the sessions that are mostly just Insight and Himiko. Besides having Present Mic as a teacher was fun. He smiles slightly at the thought. He also noticed that a blond girl with horns on her head seemed bored as well, but seems to turn into a face of confusion and mock disgust when work is required to translate from English and Japanese or vice versa.
"ALL RIGHT LISTENERS! WHO CAN TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PASSAGE?" The blond girl raised her hand "Not you Tsunotori, you're American, you speak English already."
Ah, an American exchange student... Tsunotori... I wonder what her quirk is?
"All right, I can tell all of you little listeners are struggling to have some motivation, you do know why we have these English lessons right?"
"Because it's important for heroes to communicate to a wider international audience..." The majority of the class responded in a tone best described as "dead inside"
"Ok, how about this, some motivation, you guys seem deflated, if any one of you little listeners can do this challenge, it'll be extra credit for all of you! a 5% increase on the next test! But it won't be easy."
The rest of the class shot up in their seats, even those that seem deflated seem to have inflated themselves back to attention.
"You need to read out this passage from an old piece of literature from Shakespeare and translate it into Japanese!"
The rest of the class deflated again. Izuku remembered all those nights he stayed up with Himiko reading literature, he raised his hand.
"Oh, a challenger huh? Alright let's see what you got little listener!" Present Mic pulled out a piece of paper and put it on Izuku's desk. He began to read in a slightly exaggerated nobleman tone.
""To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune..."
Izuku continued to read, after a while he repeated the passage in Japanese.
Present Mic, clearly not prepared that someone stepped up to the challenge, was not prepared to go in with his promise, the class including Izuku looks at him expectantly.
"Uh... so about the extra credit..." but as Present Mic was about to continue, before being saved by the bell and rushing out.
"HEY!" the class yelled but it was too late Present Mic was already nowhere to be seen.
It was lunch time and Izuku stayed behind a little to text Himiko
Zuku:
Hey It's my lunch break, everything going well on your end?"
Himi<3:
Yeah Zuku, it's been going great :3, say have you done any heroics classes yet???? I done mine, it was sparring with my class.
Zuku:
No not yet, mine's after lunch, hope I can see some action today. How did your's go?
Himi<3:
Oh! I kicked everyone's ass! They all looked at me and underestimated me cause I'm a small girl!! I showed them what's good really quick.
Zuku:
Well, It's clear that's the first mistake they made. If they have seen the way you fight against me, they would have ran away to America by now!
Himi<3:
Oh you flatterer!:3
Zuku:
What can I say, I love my chaotic rogue fighter<3 but anyways, I have to go eat lunch now, see you soon!
Himi<3:
Byeee!!<3
Izuku smiled to himself, a reminder of cove, a reminder of care is always welcome in his book, but he needs to get up, or else he might miss lunch.
Izuku proceeded to the cafeteria, Izuku ordered a bowl of katsudon, the first food he was ever offered by Tetsuchi, Lunch Rush seemingly winked under his mask, before giving him a big bowl of katsudon, giving it a whiff, he could smell some different spices, paprika Izuku thinks,but also a major dose of nostalgia and home, but before he can get lost in the smell, he sees a very chipper Tokage waving him over, sitting at a table with Monoma, Tsunotori, Kendo and Awase, he approaches them and Tokage said "Hey Greenie! Want to eat with us?". Izuku seeing that he does need to socialize more with his classmates, considering he missed his first period. He sat down and started talking, Tsunotori asked him the first question "Hey do you actually know how to speak English?"
Izuku nodded before replying, "Yeah, the person who taught me knew English so he taught that to me too."
Pony's eyes light up, "Really? Thank God! Do you think you can help me with Japanese? I still suck at it!"
Izuku's face frowned a little, "I'm sorry I don't think I have enough time in my schedule to have lessons with you, at least for now, but I do have all my notes on Japanese grammar, words and even the translation work I did, I'm willing to give it to you if you want it."
"That'll do just fine! Thank you!" Pony put her hands together and bowed her head a little.
Kendo then asked, "Say Midoriya, where did you go to middle school? The fact that you know English is pretty impressive, international school?"
Izuku shook his head "No, Kendo I was technically homeschooled, all the knowledge I have is from my tutor."
"That's awesome dude! You must be really smart, if you managed to do that!" Awase added.
"What do you do as hobbies Midoriya?" Monoma asked while eating a spoonful of rice.
"Oh, I like the usual, movies, gaming, cooking and drink making, and quirk analysis, but the last one is a bit niche." Monoma dropped his spoon and fork and looked at Izuku with practically glowing eyes.
"You do quirk analysis?!"
"Well, yeah, surprise surprise but the ability to deduce what you're opponent's quirk is and what you can do to counter it is pretty useful and important in a fight! With that said though, I know your quirk and Awase's but do you girls mind if I ask questions about your quirks?"
The three girls proceeded to explain their quirks, Izuku's mind already running a mile a minute,
"I can make my fists larger, and it's strength increases too."
"I can split my body into pieces, right now I can do up to 25."
"I can fire off my horns and control them telepathically! Right now I can control 2 only though."
Can she increase the amount of horns she can fire?
How big can she make her hands?
That quirk's so useful for recon!
"Monoma i guess you would be into quirk analysis huh, considering you need to use the quirks around you."
Monoma nodded "Yup! I'm so glad another fellow intellectual acknowledges the importance of analysis! I have a feeling we'll be quick friends!"
Izuku laughed and started to respond, but he was cut off when they heard explosions coming down the corridor towards them, Izuku hearing it and knowing what was coming, grabbed Monoma next to him and pulled both himself and him to the ground, under the table. Monoma was confused, why did Midoriya pull him to the ground? It was only when an explosion rang out above him that he realized why.
"GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE FREAK!"
Izuku knew that voice anywhere, it was Bakugo, he came out from under the table, only to stop and dodge an explosion coming from his right hand, Izuku grabbed his right hand and pushed him away.
"Who the fuck are you asshole!" Awase yelled, Monoma popped out from the table as well, "Why did you attack Midoriya you scoundrel! Back off!"
"I'm showing this freak that he shouldn't be here! DIE!" Bakugo activated his explosions, only to be met by Midoriya splashing water on both of his hands, immeadiately extinguishing his explosions, the nitroglycerin sweat not working. The entire cafeteria were looking at them at this point, Midoriya simply replied in a cold and dead voice."Bakugo Katsuki, leave me and all of my classmates alone, or else."
"Huh?! Or else what Deku!"
"Or else I will have something to say about it." Vlad King appeared at the cafeteria's entrance alongside Eraserhead, both having an angry and frustrated look on their faces.
Eraserhead, flung out his capture weapon and snagged Bakugo "We'll be talking this over in the principal's office problem child"
5 minutes earlier
"Hizashi, what is this I hear about you running out in my class?"
Present Mic stopped mid way through getting his coffee. Before slowly replying. "Well... I noticed your class seems very unmotivated with the lesson so I proposed a challenge! Extra credit for the entire class! One of them had to read and then translate a Shakespeare passage. Now I made that promise thinking I didn't have to go through with it, but then that Midoriya kid went and did it, spoke it in fluent English and translated it and all. Then I panicked, and was saved by the bell! So I ran out before I could say anything."
Vlad King started to laugh, alongside the rest of the faculty.
"Well, in that case you better give them that extra credit huh?"
Vlad King slapped Present Mic on the back, nearly causing him to spill his coffee. "Don't worry, Hizashi. We all have our moments. But maybe next time, think twice before issuing a challenge you're not prepared to follow through on."
Present Mic laughed, albeit a bit nervously. "Lesson learned. But you have to admit, it was a good way to break the monotony. I didn't expect Midoriya to actually know it!"
Cementoss spoke up, "You saw his paper, he knew English and Literature. You should have seen that coming. You know he has smarts as well."
"It didn't cross my mind!" It was at that moment when an alarm went off
"CODE PURPLE NEAR CAFETERIA!"
The TV in the staff room flashed to a screen of Bakugo flying to the cafeteria while making explosions.
"That doesn't seem good, Shouta let's go."
Eraserhead popped up from his sleeping bag while muttering "Damn problem child..."
Nezu was in the principal's office, sipping his tea while looking at the footage.
Bakugo Katsuki, just attacked a classmate for seemingly no reason at all. Right now, he and the two heroics teachers are in front of the Principal.
Nezu trying his best to hold down his rage forced a smile on his face asked "Now, Bakugo can you explain as to why did you attack Midoriya?"
"He shouldn't be here! That's why! Weak people like him shouldn't ever be a hero! He has to have cheated to get in here!"
"Now Bakugo, I don't know who Midoriya is to you, but he not only scored the top score in the entrance exam, beating All Might's record, he also did so quickly and efficiently, it is one of the best showings UA has seen in history."
But, Bakugo couldn't believe what he was hearing. Did the nerd have a quirk? Has he been hiding it from him all this time?
He was looking down on him.
The moment he saw who beat him in the entrance exam, he was determined to show people like him his place, at the bottom of his boot and punish him for cheating. How can a defect like him get into UA?
"T-That's impossible, he's quirkless!"
"I'm afraid you are mistaken Bakugo, Midoriya has shown great control of his quirk."
"That's bullshit! Th-"
"Enough Bakugo!" Nezu yelled, gritting his teeth "This is a serious offense, I'm disappointed, your record was spotless! This could get you expelled, and thrown into prison, what you did there was assault, no other way to describe it, and that's a crime."
"I am giving you one last chance, according to Aizawa sensei, you have already shown signs of aggression, and blatant disregard for your classmates, Not to mention, during the practical exercise in heroics class today, you went overboard and almost critically injured two female students and adding on the fact that you assaulted a classmate, I recommend you not waste it, you would have to write an apology letter to Midoriya, and have detention for the rest of the term, and this will be going on your school record as a misconduct, that will only be removed if you have shown improvement in your attitude to everything, and the teachers approve of it, Hound Dog our counselor will be informed of this, if this continues then you will have to take mandatory anger management classes and your parents will be informed of this, do you understand?"
Bakugo couldn't believe what he was hearing, back at Aldera, he didn't get in trouble for anything, it was almost a rule that people like him, strong people, could do whatever, that quirkless kid especially, the whole school almost hated him, it was right, he was weak after all, but now he was being punished for showing people their place?
"Bu-"
"No buts! That is all I have to say, Aizawa you need to keep an eye out for Bakugo from here on out, you got it?"
"Yes Principal, a very keen eye..." he said while glaring at Bakugo, not even needing to activate his quirk to stop Bakugo.
Kan was at the other end of the room. Glaring at Bakugo as well, he would have to ask Izuku what's his history with him later.
Bakugo was seething, a misconduct record from one of the most prestigious hero school in the whole of Japan? That will almost kill his career.
"If that is all then this meeting is dismissed, Kan I believe 1B has their heroics class you better go prepare. All Might has to deal with... you know..."
"I see, I'll go prepare the lesson then."
Walking back to the classroom, Kendo put a hand on Izuku's shoulder. "Are you OK Izuku? Do you mind if I ask about that kid."
Izuku nodded "Yeah, I know that kid from childhood, he's someone in 1A. I hadn't seen him for years, but it seems he still remembers me, and he was a bully, he had this explosion quirk and was praised for it, I think it got to his head, I don't wanna talk about him too much though."
Tsunotori added "What a jerk! How was allowed he in the Hero course!"
"Pretty close there Tsunotori but yeah I agree with you, can't believe 1-A has people like that!" Monoma exclaimed.
Then Izuku's second most hated person in the school, the blue haired boy with glasses.
He approached Izuku with great haste and started to do weird hand gestures at him
"You! What have you done to result in one of my classmates to be sent to the principal's office?"
"Excuse me? He attacked me unprovoked, who are you anyways?" Izuku asked.
"Why I am Iida Tenya of class 1-A, and I'm sorry but I don't think you were free of responsibility of this altercation!"
"Hey! Blasty attacked Greenie over here for no reason, he was just being a jerk!" Tokage stood in front of Izuku.
"Yeah you look like you got a stick up your ass. Don't just assume things about people!" Awase approached Iida and stuck a finger in his chest.
"What! How dare you! As students of this institution, we should uphold the values of this institution. We should-"
"Hey Iida, isn't it 5 minutes until your next class, surely as great students of UA, you wouldn't risk a tardy now would you?"
Iida sputtered before realizing he was almost late, so just letting it go for now, he left in quick haste.
"Sounds like 1A is filled with intolerable idiots..." Monoma said under his breath.
The class was once again in their PE uniforms in a gym.
"Alright zygotes! We are doing quirkless sparring today! All Might unfortunately had to deal with some business with the school after teaching 1-A."
The entire class groaned, Izuku was neutral at this news, there was a part of him that wanted All Might to teach them, considering his experience, but he was also a reminder to the pains Izuku has faced.
"I know this is disappointing for all of you, but for me, I would like to get a baseline on your skills for the first day. Trust me, things will get more interesting tomorrow, It will work like this, I will draw lots here, the two people will then get on the mat and fight, first to fall out of the mat or be pinned down and become immobile or be knocked down loses and goes back to the benches, whoever wins will stay, and fight the next person I choose. They will keep going until they lose, for those watching, make notes on how the people winning are fighting, Also, no excessive force! If I catch you using excessive force for no reason, it is detention for you! Understood?
"YES SIR!"
"Alright let's draw the lots here... It will be Kamakiri Togaru, against Midoriya Izuku.
The mantis boy grinned widely and strided to the mat with confidence, looking at Izuku up and down, sizing him up, he was taller thatn Izuku, so he felt good about this fight,when both of the stand on the opposite sides of the mat, Izuku bowed. Before the match can begin Kamakiri yelled out "Hey dork! Don't hold back on me! Cause I won't!" Izuku smiled softly "Of course Kamakiri! I wouldn't dream of it." After this interaction, Vlad King counted down 3 seconds, and the match began. Kamakiri lunged forward with impressive speed, aiming to take down Izuku as quickly as possible. Throwing an impressive punch at Izuku's face, Izuku simply caught his fist, and pushed him aside, with his back to Izuku, Izuku raised his leg and delivered an axe kick (Luna Axe!) to Kamakiri's shoulder, making him fall, Kamakiri eyes widen in shock before quickly rolling over and standing up only to see Izuku rush to him, He threw a left hook only for Izuku to duck down and send a sweeping kick to his left shin,(Moonlight Rabbit Sweep Kick!) Kamakiri stumbled and on the way down, Izuku chopped his neck with his hand, finally, stunning Kamakiri enough, he pins him down by kneeling on his legs and pinning his hands down.
"M-Midoriya wins! Kamakiri please go back to the benches." Izuku helps Kamakiri up, Kamakiri looked a bit flustered and gasped for air a little, not expecting to be beaten so easily. "G-Good match dork..." Izuku smiled brightly "To you too Kamakiri!"
What a bright smile! Everyone looked away to not get blinded.
"So Vlad- Sensei, who's next?"
The rest of the class shuddered, the kind and seemingly reserved boy just took down someone in mere seconds with such speed and power.
'Is it just me or does he fight like Mirko..." Vlad King muttered under his breath, before calling out. "Next up is... Shiozaki Ibara!"
The vine haired girl slowly walked up to the mat, amongst the pitying looks of the others in the class.
"Before we begin... I pray that you take it easier on me... I do not have much experience with fighting hand to hand..."
"Of course Shiozaki!" Izuku got into a fighting stance but more noticeably, it is looser, with more weaknesses to exploit.
Shiozaki ran forward and delivered a side kick, Izuku dodged it and commented "Rotate your standing foot, it generates more power." Before delivering a punch that was slower than his normal strikes, Shiozaki barely dodged it, before following his advice and delivered another kick while rotating her standing foot, immediately noticing her kicks had more power and speed behind it, catching Izuku off guard a little and raising his forearm to block it, "Good!" he said before giving a slower coming round house kick, Shiozaki, ducked under it before going for a punch only to be whacked away, "Don't tuck your thumbs inside your fist, rotate your hips as well." Shiozaki continued to throw slightly better and smoother punches and kicks at Izuku for one minute before managing to slightly graze Izuku's cheek with a punch, at that moment, Izuku grabbed on to her arm swung her to the side so that her foot is out of the mat.
"Midoriya wins!"
Shiozaki and Izuku bowed at each other. "Thank you Midoriya, you are blessed with control and patience, the guidance you have given me during the fight is appreciated, so thank you." "Of course Shiozaki! Anytime."
As Izuku went on to spar more and more people, some people asked for a full fight and some asked for the treatment Shiozaki got, like Awase, Yanagi, and another girl that looked like a mushroom named Kinoko Komori, by the time the lesson was over, everyone including Izuku was sweating buckets and lying on the mat, but some clearly needed more time to recover, notably Kendo with a sore side and the spinning boy, Kaibara Sen with a bruise on his chest.
"Good job all of you! Especially to you Midoriya, you managed to keep winning through out! As to the rest of you, good showing! I hope this reminds you all of your weaknesses and how to improve, with that said, keep going Plus Ultra!"
"YES SIR!"
I wonder how Himiko's day went... Izuku thought lying on the mat.
Right now the faculty was having a meeting in the staff room
"Alright aside from the "cafeteria incident" I'll say today went off without a hitch!" Nezu exclaimed. "Anything from the students? Aizawa, Kan?"
"Nothing much from me, everyone here seems to get along just fine." Vlad King replied "Though they did seem disappointed when I was the one teaching them heroics today." He looked at All Might as he said it. "Sorry..." the scrawny All Might said.
Eraserhead sighed and cursed to himself "Lucky... Right now I have 4 under my radar, Bakugo Katsuki for you know what. Todoroki Shoto, he just seems aloof and doesn't want to approach anyone, he also seems to not want to use his fire. He's limiting himself for no logical reason, and it will limit his potential as a hero, and Iida Tenya, he's a good student but he's a real big stickler for the rules. Also jumps to conclusions, I heard he confronted Midoriya after the whole cafeteria incident, it makes it really easy for him to accidentally offend someone. Then lastly Mineta Minoru, hasn't done anything wild yet, but he has shown tendencies to be a bit perverted. Other than that though, all the students seem fine."
"Very well, then I'll keep that in mind. With that said does anyone have anything else to say?" Lunch Rush raised his hand, Nezu nodded signaling him to continue. "I want to ask all the teachers, how smart is one Midoriya Izuku?" Vlad King replied "Well, he is courteous, polite and kind, willing to help and very humble despite having great power. It's quite rare to see." The other teachers looked confused and responded with answers like saying he's bright, he's capable, and after that Lunch Rush said "He guessed my quirk the first student to do so."
The rest of the faculty sat straight up upon hearing that, it wasn't a national secret or anything, but it was still surprising nonetheless. "Pull up the camera footage this morning. Listen to it."
Nezu accessed the camera footage, and slowly started to grin as he did. "Yes... Vlad, tell Midoriya to meet me tomorrow, before school..."
The teachers shivered, Don't corrupt the young boy please! They all thought.
"Y-Yes sir..."
1-B
Tokage Setsuna has added 18+ to the chat
T-rex: HI EVERYONE!
Big Fist: So this is why you wanted all our numbers.
Mantis: Oh Lord this is not gonna be good.
Vines: Language.
Mantis: Oh right the Christian girl.
Mantis: Oh no this is not gonna be good
Vines: Thank you
T-rex: Nice usernames y'all!
Pony: I didn't set mine so I'm just Pony!
Tsuburaba: I'm just me, the solid air guy
Real Steel: Yeah! This chat will be awesome! Got my heart pumping! Tetsutetsu btw!
Glue: Kojiro here.
MANGA: HI GUYS!
Darkness: Kuroiro
Rule: Hi
Copy: Hello all! It is I Monoma!
Beast: Good day sirs and madams, I am Shishida Jurota
Spook: I am Yanagi Reiko, pleased to see that the spirits have gathered us all here
Mines: Hi! I'm Nirengeki Shoda!
Drill: Hi i'm Kaibara, nice to meet you.
Softy: Sup it's Honenuki
Welder: Hell yeah! Group chat! Awase here!
Shroom!: It's me Kinoko :3
T-rex: Alright! The gang's all here!
T-rex: Wait...
T-rex: MIDORIYA ISN'T HERE! HE WASN'T HERE FIRST PERIOD!
Copy: Out of all the numbers you didn't get, you forgot the other intellectual????
Mantis: What do you mean other intellectual? You're one of them?
Copy: Oh come on! I don't see any of you do quirk analysis like him! Me and him are going to be the main characters of this class!
Welder: Woahhhh really bold there Monoma, Midoriya maybe, you have a bit to go
Welder: He already took the spot of main character of the class by getting 142 and killing the zero pointer and being a bad ass.
Soft: I'm a bit confused, i took recommendations, what's a zero pointer?
Welder: Just this big fucking robot size of a building. People ran away from it but he just snapped off it's neck! He caught the robot when it fell! It was fucking awesome!
Vines: Language
Welder: Sorry!
Mantis: I'm surprised he isn't an asshole, I bumped into him before class, he apologized and shook my hand, he didn't care about the mutation unlike some people.
MANGA: I'M SORRY MAN. YOU CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD!
Mantis: You literally have a speech bubble for a head, but fine, I guess
MANGA: THAT SAID, MIDORIYA IS SURPRISINGLY CHILL WITH SOME OF OUR MUTATIONS.
Glue: Yeah, he didn't flinch when he saw my head, just shook my hand like a normal person.
Mantis: At least he's not an asshole. People with flashy quirks like him are typically assholes are just act like they're better than everyone else. At least he knows we're just as good as him
Welder: You're kidding right.
Mantis: What?
Welder: Today's heroics lesson.
Mantis: What about it we did good.
Welder:...
Big Fist:....
Drill: ...
Beast: ...
Beast: I apologize Sir Kamakiri, although Sir Midoriya does seem to be a humble and kind man, you have to admit that he is better than us in many ways
Drill: Dude all of us got destroyed in the heroics lesson, me, you, Kendo, Tetsutetsu and Shishida got nuked. Setsuna tried it once and never again. Kendo lasted the longest and that's only because she said she trained in martial arts.
Tsuburaba: Well technically you guys did literally ask for it. Shiozaki asked for him to go easy and he did, I did as well, and even then I got whooped. At least he gave me good advice.
T-rex: Worst mistake of my life, he seems cute but he kicked my shoulder so hard, I swear it's dislocated. It's like fighting a non rabbit Mirko.
T-rex: He seems smart as well, I mean we got 5% extra credit because of him.
Shroom!: Yeah! English sucks! It'll make the next test easier.
Pony: Yeah, glad to have someone who can understand me, he offered me his notes, and I can trash talk and only he can understand it!
Copy: Yes truly main character energy. If someone like him can understand whatever Pony said. Too bad that 1-A hooligan attacked him.
T-rex: Yeah Ikr what's his problem?
Mines: What happened?
Big Fist: Some guy in 1-A came towards Midoriya and used his explosion quirk on him. he dodged it and pulled Monoma out of the way, then some other guy in 1-A stopped us after that and said how Midoriya had also done something to get him in trouble.
Spooky: He seems like a very nice individual, why would one attack him?
Big Fist: Apparently he knew him from childhood, he lost contact but last he remembered he had this really powerful explosion quirk and people praised him for it, it got to his head. Thank God Midoriya isn't like that.
Vines: The Lord has truly blessed Midoriya with humility
Welder: At least that dude got what was coming. Saw Vlad-Sensei and some hobo drag him out.
Pony: Hobo?
Big Fist: I guess I know why Awase thought so, unkempt hair, and scraggly black clothes, big eyebags, everything screamed hobo.
Copy: @T-rex you better get his number tomorrow alright?
Real Steel: Hell yeah! He got to have a lot of strength training to kick like that! I need to get his work out routine!
T-rex: Of course! Did you know he knows how to tease like me? I gotta get his number.
Big Fist: You teased him and he flipped it on you, from what I heard, so he doesn't tease like you.
T-rex: Shh!! I'm still the master of teasing!
Big Fist: Sure, just get his number tomorrow alright, I want everyone to be in this group chat.
T-rex: Alright...
Big Fist: You guys excited for tomorrow? It'll be our first heroics lesson where we get to use our quirks!