Chapter 21
Izuku was standing in front of a train station. Seemingly waiting for someone, he looks at his watch over and over before...
"Zuku!"
Izuku turned around to see a Himiko lunged towards his embrace. They spun around for a second before Izuku set her down.
"Hi, Himi!"
Izuku spun Himiko around once, and held her hand as they went back to the bar and discussed their day.
"And then some girl with a gravity orbit quirk! It was so cool! Then some girl with a secretary bird quirk? They invited me to the mall! I was so happy! I got you this!"
Izuku looked down and saw a beautiful keychain of a cat, nibbling on a bloody steak.
"Reminds you of Michi doesn't it." Himiko grins
Izuku eyes sparkled and looked down to think as she talked about the quirks, and so glad that his girlfriend was happy, before Himiko flicked his forehead.
"Hey eyes up here. I know I'm beautiful but calm it." Izuku waved his hands "H-Himi you know I'm not like that!"
Himiko giggled "I know, it's just that you're so cute!"
Izuku sighed "There's this girl in my class that teases as well, not as good as you but still. I swear you're the only one who can tease me and get me flustered. I don't get it!"
Himiko laughed. "Well, it's because of love Izuku!"
Izuku squeezed her hand a little "You're so cheesy..."
"So yeah, Broccoli set me up with this girl, and she was so nic-"
"We're back!" Himiko announced
The bar cheered, happy that the "Future top two heroes" are back, "How did the first day go? I bet Broccoli was holding himself back from writing down all the quirks he saw!" Tetsuchi teased
Izuku flustered before replying "Hey! They were cool as hell! If you saw them you will be fascinated as well!" The bar chuckled to themselves, as Tinker popped up his head from a booth, sitting with Spinner.
"Broccoli~" He called.
"Yes Tinker I gave my ideas for support gear, you can make them and think of ones of your own and write them down~" Izuku replied in a sing song tone before Tinker grabbed some paper with glee.
"Spinner make sure he doesn't cause a gas leak or something."
Spinner gave a thumbs up and a chuckle before diving back to his laptop, seemingly trying to program something.
"Mine went great! All the girls were so welcoming! Especially when I kicked three of the boy's asses!" three on one!"
"That's our girl!" A muscular woman with sharp teeth responded.
"Are the UA kids any good?" A man with the rat mutation asked.
"They looked scared of me at first I don't know why." Izuku said. The rest of the bar looked at him This kid is joking right?
"Broccoli maybe it's because you snapped off a giant robot's neck and got a higher score than All Might?" A woman in the back sarcastically responded. Izuku chuckled. "Yeah maybe that's it... Silk's son and Father Shiozaki's grand daughter are in my class by the way!"
Silk stood up, the mantis lady nervously asked "Is he doing well?" Izuku smiled "Yeah, he was good, a bit aggressive to classmates and don't talk to them much but he can have good attitude and manners when he needs to. The class have neutral opinions of him so far." Silk sighed "At least he has the manners... Did he get into any fights?" Izuku shrugged "Well he fought me."
"WHAT! WHY DID HE DO THAT!" Silk yelled, Izuku waved his hands "It was a sparring lesson! The whole class fought me. He was just the first one after all!" Silk slumped back down "Oh thank goodness. I'm guessing he didn't win." She chuckled, Izuku blushed, "Yeah... No he didn't, the way it worked was people will come up one by one to fight, whoever won stayed and fought the next."
"And you fought all of them cause our boy doesn't lose!" Mino yelled from the back. "Yeah, I did! Some people asked me to go easy on them so I did, but Togaru just kept asking for a full fight, called me dork the entire way through" Izuku grinned. Silk sighed, "That boy... No wonder he had bruises when I video called him."
"Trust me, the entire class got along well from what I saw. A few introverted ones but no one too eccentric, we do have an American girl in there, she asked for my notes on English and Japanese."
Himiko grasped her chest in mock shock, "Gasp! Izuku you're cheating on me already?"
Izuku flustered "What! No!"
Himiko grinned "I know, silly just teasing!" Before pecking him on the cheek.
"Alright someone add one mark to the board!" A man with three eyes cried out before someone near the front of the bar grabbed a marker and added another mark to a board.
"What's that board for?" Asked Himiko.
"Every time you or Broccoli do something sweet or cute or anything couple like we add one mark to it. We're at... 42 now, 30 of them you caused. We just like seeing romance I guess." The man snickered
"Well, it's because I love him!" as she went into another peck, Izuku leaned in for it. the man shook his head and added another stroke "43..."
"I'm glad that I got into the class I did, right now the people I talk to the most is this red haired girl, this blond guy with blue eyes that acts quite a bit, he just screams theatre kid, guy with a headband that's a bit of a hype man, the American girl and this green haired girl with sharp teeth. It's way better than what I could have gotten in class 1A."
"You met any of those kids?" Izuku smirked, "Yeah the explosive idiot is in there, class 1A and that blue haired boy with glasses? He's there too, the one that told me my shoes make me worse. That explosion guy tried to attack me but got sent to the principal's the guy with glasses just stopped me and said that I had a part in getting him in trouble."
"Broccoli could you perhaps reveal his name?" A group of quirkless people stood up with bats and swords and pistolsf, Izuku waved them off "No, I won't tell you if I know you're gonna beat them up." the group settled down before grumbling "At least we know where he is most of the time..."
"So, that Bakugo got in huh." Himiko grinned deviously while flashing a knife. "Also attacked my Zuku today... beat him up for me whenever you get the chance Zuku, for me." She showed an angry and devious grin "Before I get to him..." Izuku smiled and kissed her on the forehead. "Of course Himi, but hey, at least he did something good in getting us together." Causing Himiko to blush and hide her face.
"44..." The rest of the bar clenched their hearts at the sight of these two lovebirds.
"OH! Broccoli, Carmilla, Silk and I got your costumes done! You can take it to school tomorrow!" Tinker exclaimed before handing them two packages.
"Everything to your standards! You won't be unsatisfied! The materials and tech fit your needs to a tee!"
Spinner and Silk gave them a smile, Spinner exclaimed. "Send them to the stratosphere, if any of them are quirkists, send them higher! You two are the only true heroes I've seen!"
"Hell yeah!"Himiko exclaimed.
"We're gonna go changed now see you in a bit!" Izuku and Himiko went up to their rooms and the closet.
Izuku and Himiko both changed into their attire, Izuku's dark green shirt and vest, and Himiko's red shirt and vest, but before they go down, Himiko took Izuku's hand.
"Zuku~ We haven't been dating long but we know each other for so long~ Can I ask for something?"
Izuku sensing the teasing tone, asked "What is it Himi?"
Himiko grabbed Izuku's tie and pulled it towards her. "Just normal couple things~" As she kissed her fingers then placed them on his lips
Izuku immediately knew what she meant, he couldn't even respond before Himiko shoved her lips into his, soon her tongue wanted access which he granted, they had a private moment to themselves as they were making out. Izuku slowly started to ease into the situation and put his hands on her hips.
Both of them continued to share this moment of passion before Himiko let go, giving Izuku a dreamy look then, bit on his shoulder, but not for blood, as Izuku looked down, a hickey remained.
"Better hide that Zuku~" Himiko teased.
"Oh really?" Izuku responded in small gasps "That must have been worth 100 marks on the board." He said before deeply kissing Himiko on her neck, causing her to whimper, "Better hide that one, darling."
They went down and started preparing drinks and food for the patrons. "Hey Broccoli your tie is a bit messed up." Izuku smirked "Oh sorry about that." As he looked towards a blushing Himiko, raising the collar of her shirt.
Today was a beautiful day as Izuku whistled a tune and walked to UA, only to be rudely interrupte-
"Is it true All Might is a teacher here?
"How does it feel to be taught by the number 1 hero!"
"Is he a good teacher?"
Izuku tried to navigate through the sea of reporters before facing a solid group of them who actively stop him and grab him.
"You people are bothering the students, please leave..." Izuku sighed.
"Just one statement! Please!" The reporter grabbing on to him said.
"One statement and you'll ask for more, also, you know that the heroes in this building are well within their rights to use their quirks on you right?"
"What? Of course they won't!" Izuku looked onto the distance and pointed at something, "Look!"
All the reporters, looked to where he pointed, only to see nothing, when they looked back, Izuku was gone into the school gates, looking back to give them a smirk.
He was here early, because he received and email from Vlad King that Nezu wanted to see him, he didn't know what for, but he hoped it's nothing too bad.
He approached the door of the office, and of course like last time, the door opened without him knocking, to see a very chipper looking Nezu.
"Ah! Hello Midoriya! I'll get straight to business, considering you still need to get to class, You have the honor of being the first student to guess Lunch Rush's quirk! I watched over the footage and you have proven to be quite good at quirk analysis. Do you perhaps have notes?"
Izuku nodded "Yes sir, on heroes, our teachers even some captured villains in the past."
Nezu eyes sparkled "Do you have them on you?"
"Yes sir just it's all digital. If you would like them I could use the printer in your room."
Nezu nodded, "Please, any notes you have on our teachers, please let me see them."
Izuku went to a corner and pulled out a tablet from what seems like nowhere, before doing a retina scan and converting his code to normal, his sketches became unblurred.
He plugged a cable into the printer, connecting his tablet to it and paper started printing, occasionally, grabbing large stacks of paper and stapling them together. After a while, every teacher's notes were printed.
"Sir, here they are." Izuku handed him a large stack of papers, Nezu reached out to grab them only to realize Izuku had hardened his grip on the stack, he looks up to see Izuku give him a knowing smile.
"Oh.... Are you trying to bargain with me Midoriya?"
"Yes Sir! I know how intel like this can be so valuable to heroes, especially heroes like you." Izuku leaned in and winked, "Besides, I have full faith in my quality of work. I know it's worth." Nezu's smile became maniacal, "Very well! Let's get down to business!"
The rest of the teachers walked past the office, all ready for a morning meeting with the principal, only to see through the door's window a maniacal Nezu reading through some papers with awe with a smirk wearing Izuku, Nezu got up and signed a piece of paper and gave it along with an envelope to Izuku. Izuku took it and shook his hand with a knowing smile. He exited the office and changed to a bright smile as he saw the teachers outside. "Hello Sensei! Before going away.
All of the teachers felt a shiver go down their spine as they started to get into their seats.
Nezu stood up and announced "I'm pleased to say that me and Midoriya have come to an agreement! He has handed over his quirk analysis of all of you, in exchange for... some other things of interest from me."
The rest of the teachers sat there frigid, the fact that a student had came to a deal with THE Nezu, is a scary thought.
"Well... are the analysis that good?" Present Mic asked.
"Of course! it was a fair and good deal!"
Nezu handed out the packets to each of the teachers and told them to go one by one. Starting with Eraserhead and Vlad as the heroics teachers at the left edge of the table, he skeptically opened his packet to have his eyes widen at what he saw. It was sketch of his face and a close up dissected view of his eye alongside some support items. He turned it around to reveal the sketch to everyone, shocking them.
"The way Eraserhead's quirk likely works is his eyes exude a ray of a certain wavelength, like x-ray, except his is just enough to temporarily disable the quirk genes of people and not kill them completely. Strengthening this ray with could be enough to either leave a more permanent effect on his enemies and make it so that they can't use their quirks for a while. However this is very risky and most likely not worth it considering, surgery is needed to change the retina structure if he were to increase the amount of rays he could produce which is a very delicate surgery.... I didn't know that...." Eraserhead muttered. The rest of the teachers also looked like they were about to have their brains fried. He continued "Potential ideas: He ever tried winking? Wonder if that works through mirrors? GET SOME SLEEP FOR F**KS SAKE TRUST ME IT HELPS YOUR EYES." The rest of the table snickered as he holds his head in exasperation. "Potential support gear: goggles that can have switchable lenses depending on the situation that can break up and spread the rays, potentially the effect can be increased from his own line of sight to a 240 degrees vision cone surrounding him. Though it comes at a cost of his erasing abilities to be lowered, weakening their quirks significantly instead of erasing them. The goggles will be made of a metal alloy, similar to the ones used in his capture scarf. With solidified impact gel inside the casing, weakening blunt attacks... Special eyedrops solution... A solution that not only moisturizes the eyes but aims to keep the moisture to be added to the goggles through a small tube and canisters attached to the goggles and into his eyes, reducing his need to blink and doesn't need him to take off the goggles to apply the eyedrops... These support gear are called..." Eraserhead's face dimmed to an expression and looked to Nezu, saying "Really?" Nezu nodded for Eraserhead to continue, "The Eye-zawa set..."
The rest of the room ruptured into laughter before Eraserhead retreated back into his sleeping bag, cursing "problem children..."
"Weakness: Blinding lights, if you were to fight against Eraserhead, jab him in the eyes, that works for anyone really but him especially, tear gas, If you were to capture him alive but his quirk functioning , don't pierce, slash his eyelids...."
"That's a bit morbid..." Thirteen muttered
Vlad King read his out, with a sketch of a piece of bone marrow and sketches of support items. "Vlad King's quirk is blood control, solidifying it after it exits the body, The most likely explanation of this is because his bone marrow likely has enhanced stem cells thanks to his genes that produce red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets at a rapid pace. This allows him to recover quickly from blood loss and maintain his combat abilities. I do not know how long he can control his blood after it leaves his body, but assuming it is indefinite then it will be wise to include gear that can help him store blood just in case he can't use his blood. Some attacks could maybe include: Make blood come out of his entire body and them make them into spikes, making a defensive and offensive move in battle. Make hardened blood armor, or blood weapons. However I'm not sure if he has weapons training, I have some...." Vlad King mutters. "Some support gear can include some blood gauntlets that are wore around his wrists and has a revolving firing mechanism, he can store his blood there and fire them on a later day, another idea is a bandolier that can have packs of his blood on it and inject it into his body through some tubes when he suffers from blood loss. Similar to his current gauntlets." Vlad King facepalmed before saying, "The Vladolier.."
The rest of the room laughed and read their own, but as they read on, their face morphed into ones of shock and confusion,
"How the hell does he know this about me?"
"I did used to live in that place..."
"Wait this is quite morbid..."
Vlad King says out loud. "Lethal Move: Vlad King ejects blood into someone's body and solidified it inside their body, if in case of the most desperate situations, or against non biological enemies... Why does he have ideas like this... There's even a sketch on how I could do it. With blood and stuff."
Ectoplasm slowly replies "Well... i suppose sometimes as heroes would have to resort to such measures..."
"But still, why does he think of this... I guess it goes to show how good he is at this...But this is a bit concerning how he knows so much about anatomy, Thoughts on this Inui?" Thirteen muttered.
"A bit concerning, but it can be written off as analysis and just telling us our weaknesses."
"Well, I want you all to study this packet I can confidently say that the deal was well worth it!" Nezu exclaimed.
"Wait where's All Might?" asked Present Mic.
Nezu looked around and looked at his phone.
"ALL MIGHT DEFEATS FIRE VILLAIN" 8:32am
"That blond idiot..." Nezu cursed under his breath.
Izuku made it into the classroom, opening the door to see Tokage rushing up to him holding her phone.
"Greenie! Give me your number!" Tokage exclaimed.
Izuku surprised, thinking Tokage is teasing him again, "Woah, really bold there Tokage."
"No silly! We have a group chat! You're not in it! And that's not right!" Tokage pouted before shoving her phone in front of his face.
Izuku chuckled before adding his number to her phone, noticing at the corner of his eye Monoma and Awase pumping their fists.
"Hey Midoriya! How did you get past that mob in the front?" Kendo came to him and asked. Izuku snickered before recounting how he just pointed at somewhere in the sky and say look. Causing Tokage and Kendo to laugh.
"Hey, what do you think we're gonna do in our heroics lesson today? It's the first lesson we have!" Awase asked from the background.
"I don't know but I hope All Might gets to teach us! That'll be so cool and manly!" Tetsutetsu turned his fists into steel before punching them together.
"I too hope that All Might gets to guide us, however even if he doesn't I'm positive that today's lesson will at least let us utilize our quirks." A nearby Yanagi said.
Their conversation was interrupted by Vlad King entering the classroom they all shuffled back into their seats. Vlad King shot a slightly terrified look at Izuku before breathing a deep breath. "Class... All Might can't make it today..."
"UGHHHHH!!!" The whole class groaned, "I know! I know! He has matters to attend to this morning, he is still the number 1 hero after all but don't worry! Because today there will be a simulated combat exercise with your quirks! You also get your costumes!" Vlad King quickly said, hoping to reign in the disappointment of his class. It seemed to work as the cases revealed behind them.
"Midoriya? Where's yours?" A confused Nirengeki asked.
Izuku lifted a case, "I was late when I registered my costume so It's right here!"
"All right class! Get to the training grounds!"
"YESSIR"
The whole class arrived at the changing rooms, and slowly changed into their costumes, Izuku of course same as before, waited a little and went to a more secluded area, and arrived to the training grounds.
"Looking good man!" Awase said to a white coat and pants wearing Kaibara.
"Thanks dude, nice armor you got there." Kaibara responded.
"I must say all of our costumes look really good and well made. Sir Honenuki's costume looks really technological."
"Thanks, Shishida, I made quite a bit of requests to the support department for it."
Some more people arrived. Monoma walked in before posing and making a flourish with his suit. Kendo behind in a qipao and domino mask flicked his forehead, with a group of students snickering behind.
"There's no need to be so dramatic Monoma." Kendo quipped. "Oh come on Kendo you must admit I look quite good in this costume!" Monoma spun around. "Are you sure it's even practical Monoma?" Tokage asked in the back. "Of course! You just have a jump suit, how is that practical?" "Hey! It's made of my DNA, my hair, to be exact so I can split up when I'm in this form, so hell yeah it's practical!"
"Looking good! Bronoma!" Tetsutetsu yelled out to him. "Thank you friend! At least someone appreciates it!" The rest of the class just chuckled and rolled their eyes before they seat on the benches. "All of us look so cute!" Kinoko said. "Yeah man! Although I don't think it's practical, I do think that Monoma looks the best right now in his suit." "Thank you Tsubaraba! Now-"
"Monoma shut up." Manga cut him off while looking behind him. Monoma confused looked behind him alongside the rest of the class and their jaws dropped.
Flashback
Himiko and Izuku go to an underground workshop underneath a warehouse, near a giant junk yard, when the open the doors, they see welding torches fire up, sounds of hammer clashing and the occasional explosion and the smell of chemicals are present too
Alright Broccoli, Carmilla! All done! Tinker removes a tarp covering a clothing rack, revealing Izuku's and Himiko's hero costume, he wanted one that reminded him of the people here so it was based on his bartending uniform, it was a dark green dress shirt with a black brocade vest with gold buttons, black pinstripe pants along with his black gloves with gold patterns and a red tie, he noticed that Tinker had made combat boots, in the style of his quirkless shoes. steel tipped, with straps to attach hidden knives and on the soles, a retractable knife. Also with noise cancelling abilities
"Alright let me explain this to you guys! For Broccoli, These shirts and pants? Kevlar, sandwiched between two layers of nomex for fire resistance! bullet resistance and knife resistant! With a special surprise... a mix of spider silk! Silk couldn't make a lot of it but we fashioned some substitutes that's close enough to the original so it's even stronger than just normal kevlar. The vest looks a bit bulky? That's because it's made of the same material but inside of it is impact gel! No punch or kicks can hurt you much there! The gloves are made of the same material and have the same metal brass knuckles in the fabric and are made longer with padding sewn in it, acting as bracers. And, what really makes this a hero costume? These armor pads! On your shoulder, knees and elbows are armor pads that are made of carbon fiber, I decided to keep it lightweight, since you can make armor of your own by just adding fire plating around you using your quirk, but still! Then you have these utility belts! Made of black leather, you can have them fit with you know, whatever you want! Right now it's filled with first aid supplies courtesy of Necra like bandages, some gauze even some syringe shots, adrenaline and such, a notebook and pen, and there's a lock pick in there, you can use your skills from when you were younger I guess." Tinker took a breath after that long explanation.
"Then, onto Carmilla's, you wanted stealth, so body suit it is. A full red body suit with black pants, it's made of the same materials, armor pads on shoulders, knees and elbows, vest with the same materials and utility belt with the same things and with the same types of gloves, but inside the vests are a lot of vest pockets the size of blood bags just in case you ever get "thirsty" or need someone's powers in a pinch. Lastly, bandoliers for your knives and other weapons like katanas and such, though I know you particularly like the sais and have been learning it, so I've fitted some things on your belt for you to hold them. Spinner, the last part of this creation!'
Spinner soon came through with a gadget of his own. A green lower face mask with golden edges and a red face mask with silver edges, "Here, it's a mask, it's made of carbon fiber again but it's way more than that. A communicator is in there. Alongside this." The lizard man pressed a button on the left and a green visor covering one eye popped up, similar to the shape of a square monocle. "It's a program I wrote, It makes it so that you can zoom in on things and search things up on the internet if you look at it and press the buttons on the right. It can even record and broadcast a live feed as long as you connected it to something. It's good tech, Carmilla gets one too."
Tinker leaned into their ears, "Also I included enough space in the vest, if you want, it can have a shoulder gun holster, but your school doesn't need to know that." Tinker winked to see a knowing smile for both Himiko and Izuku.
"Thank you Spinner, you're the best!" Himiko took her red and silver mask in awe. Spinner laughed "Are you kidding me? You kids literally saved my life and gave me a new one, you found me people willing to teach me the shit I want to learn, so to me you two are the only two true heroes!" Izuku looked towards the rest of the workshop "Thank you all for making this for us! We owe you all!"
The rest of the workshop cheered and laughed. "We already owe you! Treat this as repayment kids!" A gecko man shouted from the back.
End of Flashback
"DAMN!" Pony yelled, "That's classy Midoriya holy hell! I didn't know you were into things like this!" Izuku took of his mask and smiled. " You're lucky Shiozaki didn't hear you say that, but yeah I enjoy some of the finer things in life, it's made of some nice materials, so I'm confident in it. It's pretty nice ain't it." Pony nodded, "Yeah you look like a bartender that'll mess someone up if they caused trouble in the bar!" Izuku laughed and thanked Pony and muttered under his breath. "You're closer than you think Pony..."
"Midoriya! That suit is manly!" Tetustetsu came up and slapped him in the back "Are you trying to fight villains or going to church man?" Kamakiri sneered. A vine slap from Shiozaki in a white robe come soon after, "Oh I think it is a wonderful costume Midoriya, if you were to come to church I'm sure the people will appreciate it." Midoriya snickered, "Oh, thanks Shiozaki, I don't think Kamakiri meant any ill will from that statement."
"MIDORIYA!" The other group of boys came towards him. Some were fanning him, "Damn man, leave some girls for us!" Tsubaraba said "Midoriya! I'm so glad that someone knows the importance of class!" "Well at least I can tell he considered practicality unlike you." Kaibara quipped
"Alright, zygotes!" Vlad King interrupted," Yes, you all look great in your costumes but listen up, what you see in front of you is the place you would need to fight in, there will be a villain team and a hero team, the villain team would have to break into this building and get files from a filing cabinet, the file you need will be marked with a green UA logo, the heroes need to stop them! Either side win if they manage to capture each other with these handcuffs. I will draw lots to decide the teams, now our first match will be..."
"Kuroiro Shihai and Shishida Jurota as the hero team..."
"Against Midoriya Izuku and Kinoko Komori as the villain team!"
All four grabbed communicators and headed out. Kuroiro and Shishida were talking, likely discussing strategy. Midoriya made his way towards Kinoko, with her brown bangs covering her face, wearing a nervous smile.
"Hello there Kinoko! I hope we'll work well together."
"U-Uh hey yeah you too Midoriya..."
"Do you have any idea how you want to execute this? If not I can give you my ideas and suggestion. Also do you mind telling me about your quirk." Midoriya said with a smile.
"Well... I can't really help much... My quirk is to make mushrooms, I can make mushrooms around me, by spreading fungal spores... if it's more humid then I can spread them better like... in a 200 meter radius? I have a vague sense of what I grow mushrooms on, these spray bottles on my hero costume, are to spread the humidity around me... I'm sorry if it's not much or cool..."
"That's not true, your quirk is so cool! How large can you make the mushrooms and can you make any mushrooms?"
"Really? I can make any mushroom... and the largest one i've ever made is 3 foot tall but I've only made it in a shorter range...Sorry..."
"What are you sorry for Kinoko, do you feel unwell?"
"No! It's just that you have such a strong quirk... and mine is so weak, I'm afraid of holding you back, I have little to no combat abilities with my quirk, I feel so useless around you!"
Izuku looked at her with a stern but kind look "Kinoko look around you, you're in UA, best hero school in the country! Tell me how did you defeat the robots?"
Kinoko looked at him with a shy look "I- I made mushrooms in their circuitry and they all malfunctioned..." Izuku's eyes light up. "See, that alone is combat ability, if you can make mushrooms inside robots, you can make mushrooms inside people!"
Kinoko had a scared look in her eye "B-but that can kill people!"
"Well yes, but there are places where it could work without killing, like your throat and make them choke on it, incapacitating them before getting rid of it, or you can make on in front of their eyes to make them blind, make some covering their ears to make them deaf. and if you train hard enough you might be able to make mushrooms that coil around people's legs, making them unable to escape. Besides not every quirk is combat oriented. I think your quirk has a lot of uses, you just need to be creative. I don't know much about mushrooms but I know that a lot of them are bioluminescent, if you can manipulate that then you can communicate in the dark with morse code, if you make a lot of mushrooms it can create cover, making you great for stealth. Besides, it works great in disaster scenarios, if you can vaguely sense of what or who you grow, you could find people in the rubble and some mushrooms have medicinal properties you can make stuff like pain killers. Don't sell yourself short because of a quirk Kinoko, ok? Now with that said, I think I have a solid plan if I can correctly predict what they're about to do..."
Kinoko looked on stunned, "Wow- I thought you were gonna be dismissive about it..."
"Why would I be?" replied Izuku.
"Well, growing up, i saw people with so many cool quirks! Telekinesis, fire, water, making themselves elastic, and they were jerks! So not cute! They even said that people with quirks like me couldn't be heroes! In fact people were scared of you in the beginning, some people in the group chat at first thought you would be a jerk and were thankful you weren't a jerk, Ah! no offense..."
Izuku laughed "First of all, none taken, second of all those jerks were wrong, because well do you see them around in UA, no you don't so they're not as good as you, lastly, Kinoko if I ever judge someone or think lower of someone just because of their quirk. Shoot me, stab me, punch me whatever, because that is someone pretending to be me I promise you, the day I hate someone for their quirks is the day hell freezes over. You got that? In fact it's not just quirks, if someone hates someone just because they look weird for their quirks those people can stay away from me. Don't doubt yourself, in fact I think this plan can show you how well your quirk can help."
Kinoko smiled brightly and wiped away her bangs revealing her eyes that resemble shitake mushrooms, "Okay! Tell me I'll do it, shroom!"
Izuku and Kinoko were standing on the street, opposite of them was the building.
"Alright, we're both villains trying to steal something, so we both agreed to go stealth right? So I think we should go up top." Izuku pointed to the building in front of him.
"Ok! Let's use your tendrils to get up there!" Kinoko brightly chirped. Only to receive a finger wag from Izuku.
"No if I use my tendrils there will be too much noise, besides it'll be quite the spectacle if they're watching, we can say goodbye to stealth, so I have another idea." Izuku, guided Kinoko to a nearby alley and snapped his fingers, fire producing from his hand, he looked at it focused and the fire split and turn into two long boards. "We'll float up there, hop on!" He extended his hand towards Kinoko.
Kinoko had a face of confusion and shock, at first he just thought his power was green tendrils, but what was this?
"Confused by my power? Yeah I was too, my ability is to make fire, but i trained it enough to solidify them into solids and can telekinetically control them, that's why my hero costume has nomex, to be fire resistant. Hop on the other one, don't worry! You won't fall on my watch!"
Kinoko took his hand and got onto the other board, and Izuku slowly floated them up high and landed them on the roof.
"Woah, what the fuck is that?" Awase exclaimed after seeing the floating green boards, earning a vine whip from Shiozaki "Language."
"His quirk is telekinetic fire?" Monoma asked, his mouth frothing, "Main character power..."
"Ok Kinoko, use your quirk to try and sense where they are and where the cabinet is, it's fine if they know we're near as long as they don't know where we come from or where we are, you remember the specifications of the mushrooms right?"
"Yup! Don't worry! It'll be shroomtastic!"
Kinoko pressed her hands together, and a few moments later, Izuku slightly scaled down a wall and peered into a window, seeing the insides of the building filled with mushrooms, Although Izuku didn't know Shishida's quirk but he could make a fair assumption that it enhances his sense of smell. So he told Kinoko to make the building fill with mushrooms that give off strong smells to throw their own scent off. He got back on the roof, Kinoko said "Something tall rectangular and heavy on the top floor, end of the corridor in a room." Izuku nodded and signaled Kinoko to follow him, they descended the stairs into the top floor and quietly crouched down using the mushrooms as something akin to tall grass to cover themselves, they eventually arrived at the room and went inside, sure enough there was a filing cabinet, a chair and a table, Kinoko tried to pry it open only to find it locked. "How are we going to-" Before she can complete that sentence, Izuku already got out his lockpick from his belt and started to pick it, opening one cabinet in the matter of a few minutes. "Come on, help me scan through these." Kinoko snapped out of her stupor started to look through the files with him. He picked more locks and scanned through them.
Only for Kinoko to snap her head up and say, "Something is moving in this room." Izuku remembering what Kuroiro's quirk was, lit his hand brightly with fire, in a moment Kuroiro popped from a shadow below the table, the shadow he merged with disappearing because of the fire.
He rushed tried to throw a punch at Kinoko, only to get his fist caught by Izuku and flipped over, "Shishida!" Kuroiro yelled and Izuku and Kinoko heard stomping noises from the corridor, realizing he had to end this quick, he summoned multiple tendrils, and held Kuroiro in the air, making him unable to merge into anything black. "Kinoko! NOW!" Izuku yelled, Kinoko stumbled to her feet and cuffed Kuroiro.
"Kuroiro is captured!"
After that announcement however, Shishida burst through the door, flinging the door of it's hinges and towards Kinoko, knocking her over and hitting her head, seemingly knocking her out, he went in to grab her, only for Izuku to rush in front and manifested a shield and knock his hand away and respond in kind with a shield bash, he manifested a blunted spear, and pointed at Shishida, while also manifested two katanas around him.
Shishida roared and rushed towards Izuku, only to receive a bright flash of fire, stunning and burning him, before he can recollect himself though, Izuku already closed the distance and bashed his head with the shield again and stabbing him with the blunted end of the spear, eliciting a roar from the beast boy, He threw a punch which Izuku blocked with the shield. However, not full expecting the strength he faced, he buckled a bit, and had to narrowly dodge out of a second punch.
Figuring to switch things up, he changed his spear into another shield and grabbed the two katanas floating around him and let the shields orbit around him, Shishida threw punch after punch, only to be blocked by the floating shields, while Izuku kept on slashing and slashing him with his blunted fire katanas, the pain and the heat started to get to Shishida, Izuku jumped up and bounced off the wall, aiming to stab Shishida to finish things off. However that fell short as Shishida whacked him away then bringing a hand chop on him. He crossed his katanas to block the blow, and parrying it by knocking his hand off side, he delivered a doubled slash towards his body. Getting a howl from him.
"STAB HIM! GO FOR THE KNEES!" Kamakiri yelled.
"Dude, you are way too into this!" Kaibara said while holding him back
"I DIDN'T KNOW THE DORK COULD USE BLADES LIKE THAT! I NEED TO FIGHT HIM!" Kamakiri kicked in his seat
"CALM DOWN, YOU CAN FIGHT HIM LATER!"
Shishida seemed to notice something at the back of the room, the filing cabinet. He rushed towards it and picked it up and started to run away.
"Three minutes remaining!"
Izuku internally cursed, they've been sneaking and fighting for so long there were only 3 minutes left, at this point Kinoko had woken up. "Kinoko! Follow me!" Kinoko didn't hesitate as she rushed behind Izuku, They peered outside a broken window seeing Shishida having jumped from the window in his beast form and running away a fair bit of distance, almost about to enter the maze of alleyways of the city.
"Shrooms! How are we supposed to catch up!" Izuku simply sticked his katanas together at the hilt and produced a thin line of fire between them, turning it into a bow, he made a fire arrow and he pressed a button on his mask, the visor came up "Not on my watch."
216 meters.
Izuku zoomed in with the visor and aimed, loosed his arrow, and hitting Shishida in the leg, hearing a howl from the boy. He then grabbed Kinoko with a tendril and scaled down the building. Getting a startled yell from her. When they touched ground. They rushed towards him, he limped slightly but he was swinging the filing cabinet around like a big mace, files being flown everywhere, he had seemingly lost it. Both of them had to step back to avoid being hit.
Izuku manifested a naginata, and as the filing cabinet was being swung he made the naginata burning hot and cut horizontally through the filing cabinet as it was being swung, Shishida panicked and ran towards him. However stopping and kneeling and started coughing, Izuku seeing this didn't hesitate to put the cuffs around his wrists.
"Shishida has been captured! Villains win!"
Shishida coughed up a small mushroom, seeing this Izuku shot Kinoko a bright smile "Well done! Kinoko nice one! I knew you could do it!"
Kinoko blushed, as red as her hero costume at receiving the praise. "Thank you Midoriya... I simply took your advice..."
"Nonsense, you did great! Come on let's get back up to the observation deck!"
"Holy shit! What a snipe!" Pony yelled
"A bow? Greenie knows archery?" Tokage said wide eyed
"Midoriya is truly a man of many talents." Yanagi added.
"Wonder what made Shishida cough so bad" Kendo pondered.
"That went pretty well, all things considered. Good job Kinoko!"
"Really?"
"Of course! You were the one who sensed Kuroiro and you were the one that got Shishida!"
"I did huh, I really did... "
"Exactly! So don't sell yourself short alright?"
"Yeah I won't!"
They were walking back to the deck and meet Shishida and Kuroiro on the way.
"I'm sorry for choking you Shishida..."
"It's fine Madam Kinoko, we were conducting a combat exercise and you simply fought me with your quirk, I hold no ill will for you doing that."
"Still feels kind of bad though... It doesn't look cute on someone like me..."
Izuku patted her shoulder "Kinoko, when we become heroes, we're gonna have to fight villains, there's no shame in using "underhanded tactics" if they are used to save lives alright?"
Kinoko nodded, "I guess so... It's a good point, though I want to be an idol hero so I would have to think it through..."
"Oh really? Well if you need help, I'm sure me and Monoma could help with your quirks, we both do analysis after all, the offer goes to you too Shishida and Kuroiro."
'Thanks."
"Thank you Sir Midoriya."
"Midoriya I must say, I didn't expect someone like you to be adept in the ways of darkness. To go from the roof really caught us off guard." Kuroiro said.
Izuku only slightly surprised at his interesting way of talking replied. "Well, just because I could go in guns blazing doesn't mean I should, should I? I know my power is flashy but I can be discreet with the right skills, I know stealth and precision is valuable and sometimes better, so my sensei trained me in it."
"Your sensei sounds like a very powerful man, truly one with who lives within the darkness, I'm assuming he taught you weapons and archery?" Kuroiro asked
Izuku smiled at the thought of Hare. "Yes he did and yes he was, He trained me until I couldn't even move properly but it was worth it."
"Reverly in the darkness..." Izuku chuckled under his breath at the way he talked.
They opened the door, and Midoriya is immediately met with a manic looking Kamakiri
"DORK FIGHT ME!"
"W-What?" Izuku stepped back startled.
Kaibara, Tsuburaba and Manga rushed to hold him back, Manga explained "You know how you fought Shishida with katanas and naginatas? Well, he can make blades and you're the only one in class that knows how to fight with them. So yeah, he wants to sword fight."
"Ohhhh I see... Well, if you want me as a sparring partner we can do it sometime soon! I'm sure." Izuku smiled
"YESS! FINALLY!" Kamakiri yelled, only to receive a hand chop from Kendo.
"That's enough out of him, Midoriya! That was amazing! You make fire?" Kendo asked.
"Well yes, it's fire, but I trained it to compress the fire into solids, and I can telekinetically control them."
"That's sick!" Honenuki said.
"Yeah it is g-"
"Alright! everyone, now we have to do the evaluation of the battle! Can anyone tell me who the MVP of that match was?"
Kendo raised her hand "It was Midoriya, he thought of a strategy, and was able to quickly dispatch both targets, hoisting Kuroiro up, making it so that he can't merge with anything black, also holding his ground with Shishida even with his increased strength, especially with that bow shot. He also worked well with Kinoko's quirk, and used it in tandem."
"Any other thoughts?" Vlad King asked, only to see people shaking their heads. "T-Thanks guys, I just tried my best is all." Izuku smiled sheepishly.
"Alright next up..."
Right now, it was lunch time, and Izuku was sitting with his usual group. Pony, Kendo, Awase, Monoma and Tokage
Izuku pulls up a large stack of papers from his backpack and slammed it on the table.
"Here you go Pony, all my notes for Japanese and English."
The rest of the table just looked on as if cavemen seeing fire for the first time.
"Holy shit... These are so detailed... How did you not lose your mind Midoriya? Looks like I got my work cut out for me..." Pony said with her eyes still scanning through some of the papers.
"Trust me Pony, it was hard, my brain was barely chugging along when I started on past tense when I started English, you'll have a hard time with that Japanese kanji I think."
"Fuck..."
"Hey... Greenie... Mind if i take some of this, these are nice..." Tokage flipped through the notes. "I might actually get a B this year..."
"Well, you can share it with Pony, but I'm willing to help anyway I can. Even tutoring."
Tokage and Awase clapped their hands and bowed. "Please help us Midoriya Sensei!"
Midoriya shook his hands around "P-Please I just want to help is all."
Kendo smiled. "Still, Midoriya, my Science is bad, I would also like to have some tutoring."
"Well, I'll try my best for y-"
It was at that moment when the alarm blared through out the cafeteria "CODE 3 SECURITY BREACH DETECTED, STUDENTS, PLEASE REMAIN WHERE YOU ARE"
The table covered their ears.
"What on earth is a Code 3 security breach?" Monoma asked, trying his best to yell over the alarm.
"I think it's when someone breaks into the school!" Kendo replied
"WHAT?! Does that mean there's villains here?" Awase yelled
"This is just like those lockdown drills in America..." Pony muttered
"Calm down! It doesn't mean that it's a vill-"
That line was cut off, as the entire group at the table, was pushed onto their feet by the stampede of students rushing towards the exits. The group was broken up in the resulting sea of people. Izuku was pushed around the crowd, their feet stepping over his. He got his face pressed to their window to see a bunch of press members going into UA grounds through a seemingly disintegrated door.
Izuku sees a head of red hair and had an idea.
"KENDO! GROW YOUR HANDS OUT AND CLAP!"
Kendo hearing this, didn't hesitate as she enlarged her hands and clapped, the sound reverberating through the hallways, a small shockwave rung out from where she was and everyone, stunned by the sound stopped in their tracks.
Izuku got on a small green fire board and floated up slightly.
"Guys! It's the media, it's not villains or anything dangerous! People by the window look outside, there's no need to panic! The teachers are already dealing with this, calm down!"
The crowd looked outside to see the teachers chasing the media back outside the gates.
The disintegrated gates?
Huh that's weird Izuku thought
After people realized it really was just the media, they slowly shuffled back into the cafeteria to have their lunch, and Izuku and his group also sat down.
"So, as I was saying, I'll try my best to he-"
"That was badass Greenie!" Tokage slapped him on the back. "You just got up and told everyone to just calm down like it's nothing!"
Izuku shrugged "Well it was literally nothing, just people begging for a headline, one scream from Present Mic would scatter them, they wouldn't do anything too drastic. I've been in situations where things are worse and people act way more calm. You got to asses the threat level and act accordingly, if you want to be a good hero, at least that's what my sensei taught me."
"Really? Your sensei seemed really experienced Greenie, with someone like you, your sensei must be a tough cookie to crack right?"
Izuku chuckled "Tough? Yeah that's an understatement, I started training when I was 7 it took me 7 more years to actually beat him in a spar, so yes, tough is one way you could say it."
"7 years old!? Holy shit dude no wonder you act like you've been fighting your entire life, you basically have been!" Awase exclaimed.
"Well, it ain't easy but looking back, I'm glad I did." Izuku fondly smiled.
It was at this point the table was approached by Bakugo, Kendo stood up and got between him and Midoriya, Monoma and Tokage did so as well.
"What are you doing here?" Kendo coldly asked.
Bakugo shoved a piece of paper into her hands "It's for that useless Deku there, I don't have time for a class full of extras."
With that he stomped off, "What a jerk..." Monoma muttered.
Kendo handed izuku the paper, he took a look at it only to shake his head.
"All right class, glad to see everyone is safe from that whole break in fiasco. Midoriya good job for calming everyone down, you too Kendo for getting everyone's attention, with that said, we have some class business to manage." Vlad King said.
"The question being, who will be our class representative?". at that moment the entire class erupted into cheers and multiple people yelling to be class president.
"Vote for me and I will bring class 1B into victory!" Monoma exclaimed,
"May the Lord grant me the position of class representative, Amen."
"Perhaps the spirits might be a better choice..."
Vlad King silenced the class. "Nice try zygotes but, I'm not picking, you guys are picking, by voting, It's simple, the only rule is you can't vote for yourselves. With that said, go."
Izuku was aware of the prospect of being a class president, normally it just meant more work, but there was actual weight to the title especially in a hero school, it showed that you were capable of leading, keeping a level head in chaotic situations, even a vice was pretty good, he wasn't really too invested in it, his mind wandered to the people he could vote for, Monoma? Bit eccentric, Tokage? Nice and smart and she is on recommendations, but she seems a bit laid back might not take it seriously, Kendo... She seems like a nice choice, calm, level headed, even have people calling her big sis for when she's always reigning in some more chaotic tendencies in some of the classmate, and she proved herself capable in that break in, with his mind set he cast his vote along the others.
Midoriya Izuku: 13 votes
Kendo Itsuka: 5 votes
Vlad King had tallied the votes and written on the board and the results were surprising to only one person.
"Me?" Izuku asked the class, the others looked at him as if it wasn't the most obvious thing in the world.
"Dude, in case you haven't noticed, you're kind of a badass, 142 points, killed the 0 pointer, powerful quirk. I mean you can make fire and make that into swords and telepathically control them? That's sick!" Awase exclaimed.
"Wait, I don't want you voting for me if it's just because of my quirk. I want you to vote for me because you genuinely believe and have faith in me that I can lead." Izuku said with a slightly concerned tone.
"Well, I for one believe you're a fine choice Sir Midoriya. That fiasco in the cafeteria was proof that you could hold your own in a bad situation." Shishida said.
"I think you're a good choice Midoriya." Nirengeki added. The rest of the class sounded their approval. With that, Izuku looked at Kendo, "You ok being vice?"
Kendo nodded a bit flustered "It's unexpected for me as well, but yeah I'll do it."
"All right class! Here's you new class reps!" Vlad King exclaimed, the classroom was filled with applause after.
After class was over for the day and Izuku and Himiko were in the bar again.
"So... my boyfriend is a class rep huh?" Himiko teased. Izuku smirked "Yeah... I am."
"Nice! You're just getting better and better huh Broccoli?" a patron at the bar top said, "Anything special today?"
"Well, we had our first practical fighting exercise today! Me and this mushroom girl went against this boy that can turn into a beast and the other where he can merge into black things, similar to Nocturn. The suit worked well! And the visor too, helps me with my bow aiming." Izuku said resulting in a fist bump between Tinker and Spinner.
"Oh there's also this." Izuku chuckled and pulled out a piece of crumpled paper, "That little firecracker gave me this as an "apology letter" he was forced to write. It's hilarious."
Izuku started reading the letter in Bakugo's voice and sounds like a bad yakuza gangster "HEY, DEKU! I'M SO SORRY FOR BEING TOO STRONG FOR YOU, YOU AND YOUR CLASS OF EXTRAS SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM MY PATH TO BEING THE GREATEST HERO, EAT SHIT!"
The rest of the bar laughed as Izuku kept reading the letter in a dramatic flair, "He thinks he can become the number 1 hero when you exist? It's a joke!" Tinker said between laughs.
The rest of the night went smoothly with Izuku even doing a show of bartending and only almost smashing one bottle. It was close to midnight closing time that a man in a mask and top hat barged in.
"Ah! Compress! What brings you here today?"
Compress looked ragged and his breathing in short gasps as he pulled out a USB stick from his phone.
"You, me, Tetsuchi office now."