Chapter 8: Battle Trial
Izuku gasped for air as he tried to sit up in bed. He got up with some effort and looked around his room, some things looked singed, others looked wet, black scorch marks littered the room along with pebbles, and everything wasn't where it was supposed to be. "What, what was that."
Izuku got up and walked over to his desk where a water bottle sat on the floor beside it, he picked it up and quickly drank it.
He looked over the mess in his room one more time and sighed, "I've got plenty of time." He quickly fixed his room around. Making sure everything was in place, sweeping up the rocks, throwing the wet stuff in his hamper, and leaving everything else, "Good enough for now…"
It'd been a weird morning to say the least. First his dream left him feeling weird, at least he had faces to put the voices to now. Now he had to take a quick shower.
The water hit him and strangely he felt calm, more calm then he had ever been, it was a weird feeling but he felt like everything was at peace and nothing could ruin what he was going through. His muscles that were constantly sore from all of the work he had put into them had calmed and no longer ached, he didn't feel anything. He truly felt at peace.
"MIDORIYA-SAN, BREAKFAST IS-
"IIDA-KUN, I KNOW, AND I'M IN THE SHOWER."
The morning was hectic, Iida had taken to acting as the surrogate father of the class and Momo had been acting more or less like the mom of the class. So they ended up waking everyone up, and at least 3 hours before homeroom was supposed to start too!
Izuku threw on a pair of black shorts and a blank white t-shirt that said "t-shirt"
'Don't even know where I got this shirt.' Izuku thought to himself as he opened up his door and headed down for breakfast.
He sighed as when he reached the bottom floor...there was absolutely no food, 'Guess Sato-kun isn't up yet…' Izuku thought as he started pulling out pots and pans.
No one else was down yet, which wasn't surprising since how early Momo and Iida were waking people up, 'They're all probably still in bed, I could be in bed right now…' Izuku sighed as Shoko came into the kitchen, "Oh hey Shoko, you're up early."
"Yaoyorozu-san and Iida-san told me to get out of bed, and I'm used to waking up early." She said.
Izuku perked up at her being used to waking up but let it slide, it was probably nothing, nothing to worry about, nothing to worry about at all. "So do you want some breakfast, some eggs maybe?"
Shoko nodded and Izuku smiled, "Ok! Sunnyside or scrambled?" Shoko tilted her head in confusion and Izuku just said screw it and made sunnyside, it was easier.
Izuku grabbed some eggs from the fridge and some salt and pepper, he turned to the stove and with a flip of his finger he sent a little spark of fire and the stove lit aflame. He saw Shoko tense out of the corner of his eye, "Shoko! Are you ok?"
She released a nod after a bit, but she kept her eyes on the flame that was on the stove, Izuku turned it off. "Hey Shoko?"
Her gaze turned to him, "Yes...?" She asked in a quiet voice.
"Do you want to try?"
Her eyes widened but she didn't say no. "I'll be here to help, if you need it." He added. She slowly approached the stove and hesitantly reached her left hand up, it was shaking. It was clear the girl was nervous.
Izuku placed his hand on top of her and she eased up, "You don't have to do this, we can try another day, or we don't have to at all. Whatever makes you comfortable Shoko."
Shoko let her hand fall to her side. "Thank you.." He heard her say quietly.
"Don't worry about it Shoko, now you want some breakfast?" She nodded and Izuku got to work, he quickly finished and he gave Shoko her food.
"Morning Izuku…" He heard someone say groggily to his right, he turned and saw Ochako in an oversized white shirt with pink pajama pants and messy hair. "Are ya making breakfast?" She asked.
'Why is she wearing that?' Izuku thought as he took a slow and shaky nod. "Y-Yeah, made some eggs for class, want a plate?" Izuku asked with a weird smile and Ochako nodded with a yawn and Izuku gave her a plate.
"Thank ya Izuku." She said with a smile, and she went to sit down next to Shoko. "How's ya morning doing Todoroki-chan?"
"Good."
"That's good." Ochako said with another yawn and they both ate.
The rest of the class quickly came down, Momo being excluded, "Hey Iida-kun, where's Momo?"
"Ah, she's up in her room, she said she had a headache, I believe she might be looking for some medicine." Iida said, Izuku nodded and left the kitchen.
He walked up the stairs of the girl sides of the dorms and approached Momo's dorm room, he knocked on the door and after some stumbling the door opened and Momo was there, with her hair down, 'Huh, ok, ok, that's nice.' Izuku cleared his throat. "Hey Momo, I heard you had a headache, are you ok?"
Momo nodded but Izuku could tell she wasn't alright, she looked bad, her face was red and she was sweating a lot. "Did you find any medicine?"
"Ah, no, I did not, I don't seem to have any." She said.
"I have some, come on." Izuku grabbed her hand and led her to his room. He opened up the door and began to go through his drawers, "I know that I have it somewhere here.." He mumbled.
He found it in his nightstand drawer and turned to see Momo inspecting his room, "Izuku, why are there scorch marks and singed areas around your room?" She asked.
Izuku sweated a bit, "Um, q-quirk training, you know? I practice my control and I mess up sometimes, I'd rather it happen here than during training." He lied.
"Oh, I suppose that makes sense," Momo said as Izuku gave her his aspirin.
"Yeah, we should hurry down for breakfast by the way."
"Oh right, let's go Izuku."
The two made their way down and the class ate breakfast together. It was a nice feeling, they felt strangely like a family, though they've barely known each other for a couple of weeks. After they finished they all went back to their dorms and changed into their uniforms.
Izuku inspected his uniform, "It's still so surreal to think I managed to get in! And this uniform is so cool!" Izuku said aloud as he put his clothes on. He struggled with the tie and shrugged when he got something that looked something like a scarf, he brushed his hair and lost yet another comb, "I'll find all the other ones some other day." Izuku said as he brushed his teeth.
And now, it was school time…
Yeah, UA had normal school classes, and it was boring! For everyone except for Izuku, since all the classes were taught by pro heroes. Homeroom had been….fun to say the least, Aizawa was being Aizawa, math by Ectoplasm was simple, English was by Present Mic, 'Oh that's what he meant..' Izuku thought as he remembered when he first came to UA, and Midnight taught History.
Izuku didn't hate it though. He was always at the top of his class in middle school and high school didn't seem like it was going to be any different.
Now it was time for their last class, which was their Hero Foundations class, and the teacher was five minutes late already. UA was supposed to be top in the country how could this guy be l-
"I AM"
Izuku tensed a bit at the familiar voice, 'I totally forgot he was teaching here.'
"COMING THROUGH THE DOOR!"
"Holy crap, All Might!"
"That's awesome kero."
"What's All Might doing here!"
"Is that his silver age costume!"
"That pose is so manly!"
All of the class looked on excited as All Might pushed the door open and leaned on it as he came in. His smile was ever present and his gravity defying hair was there as well. "What's up you bunch of noobies!"
All Might walked up to the podium and everyone was so pumped for him to say a speech or something really motivating and he….pulled out note cards?
He clapped the notes against the podium to straighten them all up only for him to flip them around because they were upside down.
'Of course Toshinori-sensei needs notecards..' Izuku thought and he heard Ochako holding back laughter along with Momo failing to stop her giggles.
"Ehem...so…..today we are going to be doing...battle trial…..so ummm if you look to you-MY right, you'll see cases that correspond to your seat number….so take that and meet me at…..Ground Beta!" yikes…..just yikes…
'Toshinori-sensei's reputation is going to go down in the dumps if the press hear something like this, they're gonna drag the fact that he's a bad teacher through the mud and someone spin it to make it seem like he's a bad hero as well, that might not work since it's All Might, but it's always a possibility, Lightning Hero: TeslaCoil can attest to that after he taught at Shiketsu for a year…' There was no way he could salvage that or at least that's what everyone thought until a certain green mop student up. And began walking up to the podium.
'Ok Izuku, this battle trial is gonna be big and everyone probably thinks it's a joke so just get the class pumped for it, this is UA and everyone needs to take these classes seriously.' Izuku looked to All Might and gave him a smile. 'No way I'll let that be it, I'll help out'
"Yo what's Midori doing?"
"No idea, probably something manly."
"Or something stupid kero."
Shoko had a slight smile on her face, one that Momo and Ochako matched, Iida looked a tad confused, and Jiro was twirling her earphone jack on her finger. Katsuki had a smirk, he knew that whatever happened over the past year changed Izuku, something just sparked in him. Bakugo saw it in class during middle school and it was even more evident now, the old Izuku would NEVER act like this, also he imagined Izuku messing the whole thing up and embarrassing himself, 'That's probably what's gonna happen.' The blonde thought.
Izuku reached the podium and All Might took a step back letting Izuku give a hopefully better speech. 'You got this Young Midoriya, do whatever you're planning, just don't totally flop it like I did, but if you do, we'll go out for ice cream later!' All Might cheered on his pupil in his head as he himself was sweating from the speech he gave. He predicted that it would be different from the ones he gave out during public and he was right, something or everything about teaching was alien to him and it threw him off.
Izuku cleared his throat. The class was completely silent, they were all waiting for him to say something, anything. "So umm al-alright guys…" crap he was just like All Might. All the eyes staring at him made his throat just shut and made him sweat like crazy.
'Focus Midoriya, find your serenity within your mind' a familiar voice said in his head. It was the man's voice from his dreams.
'And blow 'em all away with a cool ass speech' another voice he had also heard before yelled. It was the woman who was an awful lot like Katsuki.
'A-Alright, I got this' Izuku closed his eyes for a couple of seconds, he took a deep breath, the air invigorated him, it gave him strength and confidence, and when he reopened his eyes he had that new found confidence. "Ehem…" Izuku cleared his throat and stood straight up "Alright guys! Like All Might said we'll be having battle trials, this is going to be a test of our strength, intelligence and teamwork. You will NOT be able to do this solo, if you try to might as well quit now, but I believe in each and everyone of us. Get your cases and let's head out, and don't forget to go beyond-"
"PLUS ULTRA!" the entire class joined in for that one. Izuku smiled as the class cheered, they all had smiles on their faces, including Shoko, which made him happy.
"Ehem thank you for your speech Young Midoriya, everyone get dressed and meet at Training Ground Beta."
Izuku and All Might shared a smile, Izuku's mind was blank as he couldn't believe what he just did while All Might's was…..'Holy crap Young Midoriya, WHEN DID YOU GET SO COOL!' Blown away by Izuku's performance.
The class left the room, each student had their cases in hand.
They reached the locker rooms and Izuku inspected his case, it was just like everybody else's and his had the number 18 on it, corresponding with his seat number.
"Man! This is so cool!" He heard Kaminari say.
"Yeah, I know! It makes you feel more real, you know?" Sero said.
Izuku had to agree, it felt a lot more real. The case that held his uniform felt very heavy in his hands. "Yeah, I get it." Izuku said quietly as he started changing.
GROUND BETA
"Man, this jacket looks sick!"
"Yeah, it actually looks a lot like mine!"
"Iida-kun, is that you under there!"
"It is indeed I!"
"I like our costumes, kero."
All the students had reached the mock city, looking very fashionable. Although some complained about their costumes, like Ochako's skin tight suit or Eiko shirt that she had to wear. At least she got to show off her manly arms!
"ALRIGHT! YOU ALL NOW LOOK THE PART OF A HERO A VERY FASHIONABLE AS WELL, NOW let's get….on...with, where's Young Midoriya?" Now that the class thought about it Izuku was nowhere to be seen, he had told them to head out so why was he late?
Just then a crazy amount of wind kicked up behind All Might, the pressure was similar to All Might's punches but the wind was continuously opposed to just happening for a few seconds and then dissipating.
Shoji held Mineta with an arm so the short student didn't go flying, many of the students were covering their faces and a lot of hair was being thrown around.
And it finally ended when someone in what seemed like a hero costume landed kneeling with a hand on the ground. Standing up revealed the full suit. 'Didn't fly, just fell with style'
The costume seemed to be made of a sort of metal that was painted dark green with black accents running along the shoulder, biceps, and thighs. Black gauntlets that passed the elbow and black boots that went past the knees. The boots had accents of pink and yellow near the soles. While the gauntlets had some of blue, red, and brown along the forearms. On the chest there appeared to be a yin yang symbol. And finally was a metal helmet that had what appeared to be bunny ears. And separate from the helmet was a mask that doubled as a respirator, from the eyes of the were on a piece of black glass and seemed to be robotic.
The helmet mechanically unfolded and became a sort of hoodie, and it also revealed a certain green mop that everyone knew. "What are we waiting for?"
Izuku joined the rest of the students and they all stared in shock, while Kaminari screamed something about superhero landing.
All Might looked at his protege and cleared his throat soon after."R-Right, so umm if you look to my right there will be a box shaped like a magic hat." The hat was in fact behind All Might, it was sad he had notecards that no doubt took an effort to make. "Ehem, so you will pick a paper from there and that will reveal your teams." All Might seemed a little bit more confident now, and his smile seemed to grow as well! "Any questions?"
"Are you going to threaten us like Aizawa did?"
"How are teams being chosen?"
"Is this a good idea?"
"Shouldn't we start off with basic combat training?"
"Is my cape fabulous?"
"How big are your biceps?"
"Doesn't your face hurt from smiling so much?"
"Are these costumes dry clean only?"
All Might sweatdropped a little before he snapped his fingers, "ALRIGHT ALRIGHT, CALM DOWN, kinda new to this teaching thing." All Might cleared his throat. "I am not going to threaten you with expulsion, teams are chosen randomly with lots, and this is a terrific idea! The best type of training is right off the bat, so we can see what you need to make up for, Young Aoyama your cape is magnificent, not sure, no it does not, and yes your costumes are dry clean only." All Might quickly got out.
He cleared his throat again, "Aizawa recommended to have 2 on 2 battles but I feel like it'd be better to have 5 on 5 battles." Izuku assumed that now there was going to be a lot more emphasis on teamwork and strategy now that both teams had more manpower.
"Come pick a paper, ….it will have either an A, B, C, or D on it and that will correspond….with your team." Realising he forgot the box he was gonna use to pair the teams up against one another, he decided to choose instead. "Uh and then we will have….team A and B square off followed by the other two.
"All Might-sensei!" The knight that everyone assumed to be Iida said raised a hand.
"Yes Young Iida!"
"I wanted to ask, is it really best to choose teams in such a barbaric way?"
"Well Iida, heroes usually have to team up on the spot when they're on the streets, whether they like the pro or not, this is probably to recreate that feeling." Izuku said.
"Ah! I see, what a brilliant idea, sorry for the interruption All Might-sensei!"
"Do not worry at all Young Iida now come draw lots!" All Might said with a booming laugh as he pulled out a box.
Izuku tensed as it was his turn, he took a deep breath and put his hand in the box, he felt the rustling of paper and pulled out a piece that had the letter B on it. Izuku ended up on a team with Jirou, Shoji, Ochako! And um Katsuki.. '3 out of 4, I can work with this.' Izuku found his team and was surprised that Katsuki didn't completely ignore them.
"Just don't fuck anything up you extras." Is what he said.
Team A, the team they'd be facing off against, consisted of Momo, Shoko, Iida, Aoyama, and Kaminari. Izuku could work with this, or at least he hoped, he could, maybe, 'This is going to be tough.'
Test Building
Izuku's team had been named the villain team and they were now in the building and the room where they laid a fake bomb that they had to guard for 10 minutes or they could wrap the hero team in capture tape, whatever worked.
'Momo and Shoko are both going to be big problems with their quirks, Iida-kun too, with Momo's brains along with Iida-kuns speed and the versatility of Shoko's quirks, and that's without even considering Kaminari-kun and Aoyama-kun. Short bursts for Aoyama-kun and I haven't gotten even data on Kaminari-kun yet, they might try a rush strategy with Iida-kun's speed and Momo's quirk, along with the wave of ice that Shoko can ride-' Izuku was thinking about a plan and then he cut himself off when he realised that everyone was staring at him, even Katsuki
"So...what's the plan Midoriya-san?" Shoji asked the green head of the group.
Izuku was caught off guard, 'What, they want me to make the plan? Why? I mean I understand Jirou-chan and Ochako, but I barely know Shoji-kun, and Kacchan is Kacchan, I
'GOD JUST FUCKING MAKE A PLAN!' Izuku winced at a woman's voice in his ear but it didn't sound like Ochako or Jirou, it sounded like the lady from his dreams, 'Yeah, good job genius, now tell 'em your plan, I know you got something cooked up in that brains of yours.'
Izuku decided to ask questions about that later and held his chin as he thought about a plan. "Me, Jirou-chan, and Kacchan are going to go try and detain them. Jirou-chan will look out for the heroes using her quirk and Kacchan is there for fighting since they have a lot of power houses, Ochako and Shoji stay and guard the bomb. Ochako try to use your quirk to incapacitate them and Shoji-kun you play defense while you listen out for them and capture when you can, got it?" Izuku explained.
"Alright." All except Katsuki said.
"Alright, let's go." The three left as All Might announced over the speaker that the test had officially begun.
The hall was quiet besides the sounds of their footsteps, 'Momo would no doubt be a pain along with Shoko, Momo's quirk is really versatile and Shoko's ice is very strong and she's really good with it. Iida-kun might be able to slip past us but other than that Aoyama-kun and Kaminari-kun aren't serious threats as long as we can dodge, I don't think Kaminari-kun has good range-.' Izuku thought to himself.
"Hey green your mumbling again." Jirou said as she stuck her earphone jack in the wall to listen for the heroes.
Izuku got a little red and rubbed the back of his head, "Sorry, just...thinking….you two stay here, I'm gonna try to stop Shoko and Momo as they'll be the most trouble for us." Izuku said as he walked away.
"The hell what are we gonna do then?" Katsuki yelled as Izuku walked away.
Izuku looked back at the two of them, he had his helmet off, and the expression his face gave off was villain-like, he smiled ear to ear as he closed his eyes, "Break them" Izuku said innocently as he kept on walking.
"He's taking this entire villain thing out of proportion" Jirou commented as he walked away.
Katsukihowever didn't care, if they passed then they passed. They were on the same team so he couldn't do anything to Deku even if he wanted to, if they were on separate teams, that'd be a whole new story. 'I would've crushed the nerd, no way I'm getting second place to him again.'
Hero Team
"Ok Yaoyorozu-chan what are we gonna do?" Kaminari asked the smartest person of the group as he checked out his hero gear, it looked really cool, especially the jacket that he had.
"We're going to rush them, I'll explain on the way." Momo said as she made sure that her comm was in place, "Shoko, you know what to do." Momo said to her new found love rival, and friend.
"Got it." She answered coldy as she nodded. Everyone backed out of the building as Shoko touched the side of the building and encased the entire thing in ice. Hoping to either incapacitate some of the villains or to make them uncomfortable and in the process lower their performance.
Izuku was walking through the halls and was constantly using his seismic sense. 'Hasn't been anything yet-' He felt something affecting the ground, and he soon found out what it was, as he saw ice quickly approaching him and eating the walls and floor like a virus, 'Ok, didn't know that her ice was THAT strong!' He could've used his fire to prevent the ice from reaching him but instead he encased himself in earth, Izuku wanted to try using abstract ideas, he felt that it could help him in the long run with strategizing and fighting.
Izuku shivered as he felt his earth encasing get freezed over, 'Damn, it's freezing!' Izuku touched the comm in his ear. "Kacchan! grab Jirou-chan and make sure you don't freeze over. Ochako use your quirk on both yourself and Shoji-kun!" Katsuki was about to protest but then Izuku heard an explosion from his comm. 'Guess it reach hi-"Fucking Ice Queen is gonna pay for that!" Katsuki almost made Izuku go deaf.
"I'll take care of it, don't worry." Izuku said as he continued his trek looking for those heroes. Rubbing his ear to make sure there was no bleeding before that, 'I hope Jirou-chan's ear are fine-'
"Aoyama now!" He heard Momo scream as the french boy turned around the corner and fired his laser at Izuku's chest. 'Oh what now!' Izuku took a stance and made a swiping motion with his right arm, manipulating the concrete walls and blocking the blast.
"Wow that was a smart play hero, but sorry….wasn't smart enough." Izuku said as he was covered in dust that resulted from Aoyama's blast connecting with the concrete.
"Iida!" as Momo said that Izuku was surprised as the speedster dashed from the dust and passed him carrying Kaminari, Aoyama, and Iida on his arms. Izuku went to grab them but was stopped as a block of ice closed the wall.
Izuku could've blown through the wall and gone to chase after them but he knew Katsuki had to let out some steam and he trusted him, also he still managed to stop the strongest one. 'Kacchan will take down the ones that are the most threatening, they only have ten minutes, we can hold this.'
Izuku turned and saw Shoko take her hand off of the wall and enter a fighting pose, "Come at me Izuku." Shoko said with a very cold face.
"Will do hero" Izuku moved into a fighting pose and managed to touch his comm in his movement casunig Shoko to not notice, he then whispered "Coming your way, deal with Momo Kacchan."
Katsuki and Jirou
"Got a reading Bakugo-san." Jiro said as she released her earphone jack from the wall. "I'd say we have a quarter minute before they get here.
Bakugo said nothing as he walked deeper into the hall. Jirou knew what he was gonna do. 'Damn, he's really just going to take them all on?' She stood up, "Alright, I'll go back with Shoji-kun and Uraraka-san. I'd say good luck but I think you got it."
"Damn right." He grunted before he heard Jirou step away, a small rattle from in front of him alerted him to the hero's arrival.
"Aoyama-kun!"
" Je l'ai!" Aoyama said as he fired at Bakugo, he didn't even need to use his explosions for that one, 'The idiot just missed, does he even have good aim with that thing, and what the hell is he speaking!' Bakugo got into a crouched posed, his new grenade gauntlets open palms facing them. "Stop speaking croissant Glitter Fuck!" Bakuog yelled as he rushed the group of four, making sure to keep Momo in his line of sight.
"Kaminari-san now!" Momo yelled as she covered herself and the rest of her team in a white sheet of some sort while Kaminari jumped towards Bakugo.
The blonde had a smirk and Bakugo saw sparks dance across his form, "Indescrimate Shock: 1.3 Million Volts!" Kaminari yelled as he sparked with golden blinding electricity, Bakugo tried to use his explosion to back up but he was too slow and was caught in.
'Lightning is fast, shit!' "Damn it Pikachu!" As Bakugo was stunned Iida grabbed Aoyama and Kaminari and ran, Momo tried to jump onto Iida's back but she was yanked by a livid Bakugo.
"Yaoyorozu-san" Iida screamed as he screeched to a halt.
"Keep going, don't worry about me, go get the bomb!" She yelled back
"O-Ok, got it!" Iida ran up the hall.
"Alright Ponytail! You're going down!" Bakugo screamed as Momo backed away from him. His gripped slipped with a little electricity still frying him.
"Alright Bakugo-kun, if you want a fight then you got one." Momo said calmly as she created a staff for her to use and a taser that she managed to hide from Bakugo making it from her leg. 'This is going to be tough, but I trust my team.' She got herself into a fighting pose.
"I'M GONNA TEAR YOU APART PONYTAIL!"
"Ready when you are."
Izuku
Neither had come at the other, Shoko tried to use a bit of ice but Izuku manipulated the building walls and destroyed the ice. Shoko started to gain a frown over her face. It hurt Izuku a bit to see but it was a test, they could talk about it later.
"Come on, I thought you were gonna stop me." Izuku said in a smug tone, betraying what he was feeling at heart.
"I did." Shoko said still in a cold tone as she stared at Izuku, a slight smile on her face that made Izuku feel a little better.
"Well I guess you are right about that, the rest of your team got past, but you can't take me out." Izuku rushed Shoko without using his lightning. He wanted to see what all his classmates were capable of in a fight. That's one of the reasons he wanted to go alone.
'You can only find out so much in a test, I saw some capabilities during Aizawa's quirk assessment test, but this feels so much more real'
He knew that some of his classmates might not be able to become heroes going by what happened with the test on their first day, some were going to get expelled, some would quit, so he wanted to see what some of them had today.
And Shoko showed she was resourceful, blocking Izuku from getting her teammates was smart. 'The main objective is getting the bomb, using her ice to stop me and let her teammates get through was genius.' Izuku thought as he approached, 'But so far….she's only used ice, she's Endeavor's daughter, so she had to have some sort of fire quirk, right?' Izuku attempted blows on her shoulder which she both evaded and blocked. He backed up and then decided 'I'll only use One For All.
Lightning danced around his figure, Earth floated off the ground, Water formed in the air, Wind pressure was coming from him, and Fire was born in his eyes, then it all stopped and only the glow his body had stayed. 'One For All: Full Cowling.' "Come at me Shoko."
She was a caught a little off guard by the glow and power that radiated off of Izuku but quickly composed herself,
SHOWING WEAKNESS WILL GET YOU NOWHERE IN A FIGHT SHOKO, YOU'RE GIVING YOUR ENEMIES A CHANCE TO STRIKE YOU! DON'T YOU DARE GIVE THEM ANY ATTEMPTS TO DO THAT!
She shivered at the memory but shook it off, "If you say so." She responded by narrowing her eyes and shaking, not because she was scared but because she had overused her quirk. Without using her fire to counteract it she would most likely get frostbite before the day finished, something that Izuku noticed.
Izuku ran at her while she created walls of ice, Izuku simply smashed through them, using the incredible strength of One For All at 8%. He bounced off the walls of the building, making it so Shoko couldn't land a hit on him, and closed in on her about to land a blow to her stomach.
'Why is she shivering?' Instead Izuku decided to tackle her, bringing her to the ground.
"Ow…" the two slid across the floor since it was iced and hit a wall.
In the couple of seconds they were on the floor Izuku used his fire without her noticing as she had a pretty nasty fall and warmed her just enough.
'I'll ask her about it later, but for now I got a test to finish, I'm sorry Shoko' Izuku felt bad not helping her more as he tried to tie the capture tape around, but she make a wall of ice to block Izuku from approaching her.
"I'm not done." She got out with her shivering teeth.
Izuku melted the wall and stood eye to eye with her, 'Not good, if she keeps on going her body might go numb' He thought, "Shoko, you should stop-"
"I SAID I'M NOT DONE!" She slammed her right hand on the ground and thousands of ice spikes came at Izuku.
'NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD.'
'DUMBASS, USE FIRE, YOU'LL BE FINE!'
Izuku quickly complied with the woman's use and surrounded himself in an aura of fire, he could feel himself getting angry, it was sadly a side affect of using the fire part of his quirk, 'Deep breaths, deep breaths, I'll be fine, Shoko needs help, Shoko needs help, help her get angry later.' He repeated as he took calming breaths, the ice melting as soon as it came into contact with his aura of fire.
He strolled over to Shoko who was shivering in a kneeling position. He squatted down and brought out his capture tape and wrapped it around her arm.
"Young Shoko is eliminated!"
He saw the girl grimace a bit, she wasn't looking at him, obviously she was scared of the flames. 'What did Endeavor do to you?' Izuku thought as he moved his hand to her upper arm.
He felt her tense a bit, "Shoko, you're going to freeze, let me help, ok?"
The girl nodded and Izuku warmed her with his own fire powers, 'I'll help you, I promise.' He let go when he thought she was at a good temperature.
"T-Thanks."
He heard her say, "No problem, see you later Shoko!"
Izuku then ran towards the upper floors, 'I hope we can talk about that later' He continued running, 'This is going to take too long.' He jumped out a window and elevated himself to a higher floor using his wind, he couldn't fly, but propulsion over short distances was possible. He used his seismic sense to feel that Bakugo was still a couple of floors below him and had incapacitated Momo. He also felt a couple of people above him, so he jumped back out the window and went higher. 'We haven't won yet, this is anyone's game.'
Ochako, Shoji, and Jirou
Ochako stood in the bomb room, both Shoji and Jirou there, "Guys, can you hear anything?" Ochako asked the two that were listening for people that might be coming with their quirks.
Both Shoji and Jirou nodded as they had heard someone running up the floors very quickly. Shoji turned his ears into arms and got ready for a fight while Jirou took her audio jack out of the wall.
"They're really close, we should stand back." The rocker- girl said as she backed away from the door, an action the Shoji mirrored.
BOOM!
"Alright you villains, hand over the bomb or face the consequences!" Iida screamed as both Aoyama and Kaminari stood behind him, the ladder looking very dumb.
Jirou would've been laughing if this wasn't a serious test and their grades were on the line.
"Sorry not going to happen Iida-"
"Like we'd give in to some amateurs like you!" In a flash of lightning Izuku broke through the wall of the floor they were on and was now face to face with the guy he called a friend, but right now they weren't friends, they were enemies. 'Tense, did not expect that, we have number, Kacchan in on the way, Kaminari-kun is out, Aoyama might be suffering from quirk overuse going by his expression, can't tell what Iida is feeling because of the helmet'
Iida was sweating underneath his knight cosplay, 'Great, without Todoroki-san we lack the power to deal with all of them, I might be able ot rush, but that's a risky option.'
The two had a staring contest and Izuku smirked, Iida was oblivious to the reason until he heard something from behind him.
"Aidez-moi!"
"What is it Aoya-"
He heard an explosion noise before something hitting the ground. "There, I finally shut up croissant boy, now come on Four-Eyes, I'm ready to put you down!" Bakugo had an evil glare in his eyes as he stared down Iida.
"AOYAMA IS ELIMINATED!"
Iida was on his own, Kaminari overused his quirk and had stupefied himself and the rest of his team were down and out.
"I-I." Iida stumbled on his words, he was surrounded, both Bakugo and Izuku placed higher than him on the Assessment Test, and they still had the rest of their team.
Remember Tenya, even though I might be strong there are people stronger.
Really Tensei?
Of course! But guess what?
What?
I don't let that get me down! Even if I'm backed into a corner I keep fighting.
'After all, that's what a hero does.' Iida remembered the words as clear as day. "I won't give up!"
"Come on then Tenya!" Izuku screamed as the two ran at each other.
'Tch, come on four eyes, why the hell do you wanna fight shitty Deku!' Bakugo thought as he too rushed forward however Iida was too fast and the blonde didn't get a chance to reach him.
Iida took a calming breath before gritting his teeth "Recipro Burst!" The fire that ignited from Iida's calves turned a royal blue as he left Bakugo in the dust. Racing to pass Izuku and grab the bomb.
All of the villain team looked shocked at the speed.
However, one student stood in Iida's way, but there was no way he'd be able to react in time, no eyes can track his movements unless it's a quirk that amplifies sight and he knew Izuku didn't have one of those.
'It's experimental, I haven't gotten a chance to use it! And the Recovery Girl said it might be dangerous, but I can't let that stop me!' Izuku felt the storm that was his quirk activate "Absolute Sight!" Izuku used his lightning powers to amplify the speed of his eyesight, his eyes glowed yellow with the electricity going through them, 'Increased reaction time, theoretically makes me see up to 10 times faster, more detail, but only for a short while.' he could see through all of Iida's openings in that short while though.
Izuku stood his ground as Iida ran past him, 'This is my win Midoriya-kun, a hero never gives up-' Iida felt a force on his helmet 'MIDORIYA-KUN!'
"Earth Style: Earth Gauntlet!" A glove of rock surrounded Izuku's fist and forearm as he brought it forward, ceasing Iida's advancement towards the bomb, "Newton's third law hero!"
Iida didn't get to question Izuku's statement as he was too busy getting slammed into the ground.
"What the hell, Deku what the fuck was that! How did you catch him, better not hold out on me you mother-"
"Villain Team Wins!"
Izuku let go of Iida, and fell on his butt, "Guess we WO-" Izuku's helmet retracted and the boy started grabbing his eyes with his hands while yelling bloody murder.
"Izuku are you okay?!" Ochako ran over to him. She was about to touch him but she didn't know what it'd do so she stopped. "Shoji-kun please grab Izuku and take him to Recovery Girl!"
The boy hesitated for a second "Got it." The much taller student did as was asked and ran off with Izuku.
"What the hell was that?" Jirou asked as she walked over to her friend.
"No idea…."
Chapter 9
-A New Discovery-
Both teams watched as Shoji carried Izuku away to the infirmary.
'How did he react to my Recipro Burst? Whatever it was, it isn't good' Iida thought.
The rest of the group were having similar thoughts, so far Izuku had seemed unbreakable with his overly powerful quirk and his determination. Now, he pushed himself too far and was facing repercussions for it.
'I couldn't even touch four-eyes, yet Deku was able to completely stop him in his tracks, what kinds of bullshit is this!' Katsuki left the building soon after, the rest of the students followed suit.
"Not going to lie, that was stupid Kid." Izuku heard a femine voice say, he wasn't in the void, he only saw black, but ripples of red appeared in his vision when she spoke.
"I know.." He somehow replied.
"Now now, it was quick thinking, but maybe not the best skill to use in battle." He heard the male voice say. Izuku groaned, "What's wrong Izuku?"
"Yeah Kid, why are you so glum?"
"I don't even know your guy's names, I don't even know what or who you are.."
He was met with silence, it was almost like the two were thinking about what they were going to say, "You sure? Tamada, I'm pretty fucking sure we introduced ourselves."
"Now that I think about it, I don't believe we did Kokoro, that's our bad Midoriya." The man sounded like he was smiling, "As you may have heard, my name is Tamada, and-
"AND YOURS TRULY IS KOKORO!" The woman, now known as Kokoro interrupted, making Izuku wince even though this didn't seem like a place where ears were used to hear.
"Yes, her name is Kokoro." The man said quietly. "Now as to what we are, that will just have to wait, it seems you are waking up."
"Wait but-"
"Sorry kiddo! Good luck with your eye thing, I'm sure Tamada will help you out later!"
Izuku responded but he got no response back, and he felt his eyes stringing. More than stinging, it was like knives were stabbing at his eyes rapidly with stop, it made Izuku wince as he sat up in bed and covered his eyes with his palms, trying to give them comfort, but it didn't work.
He threw his covers off and fell to the floor when he tried to get off his bed.
He rolled around as he kept the pressure on his eye sockets, hoping that if he pressed hard enough maybe the pain would go away.
He peeked his eyes open for a second, a mere second, and felt the stabbing intensify. He managed to get a glance at the clock and saw that it was 6:17.
His breathing started to get ragged as the pain became overwhelming.
He got in a kneeling position, 'What happened after the battle trial?'
He tried to remember but his last memory was screaming in pain and being picked up by, 'Shoji-kun I think..' Everything else was blank.
Izuku managed to shakily get on two legs, exchanging more pain for another glance at the clock, '6:17 still..!' He closed his eyes and made his way to the restroom in his dorm room, waving his arm in front of him so he could get a feeling for the wall or door before he hit them.
He touched the door and kept his hand on it as he made his way into the restroom.
'Towel towel towel towel towel, where is it!' He yelled to himself, he felt something soft and fluffy, 'FINALLY!' He grabbed it and slowly made his way over towards the sink.
He placed the towel under the faucet and turned it on, wetting the towel. He turned it off and took the towel and began dabbing his eyes with it, it made him feel a little better.
'The pain is more bearable now, but it's still there…' He thought as he repeatedly had to close his eyes from the irritation.
He heard a knock come from the door of his dorm room. 'Who could that be?'
"Izuku! It's Yaoyorozu, are you awake?" He heard her voice from the restroom, she sounded stressed, worried, tired, 'Is that my fault….?'
"Y-Yeah, I'm awake!"
"Oh, can I come in?"
"Umm s-sure, the door should be unlocked!"
Izuku heard the sound of the doorknob turning and soon Momo walked in, her hair was down. He would've gawked at her sight if his eyes weren't in constant pain right now.
He began dabbing his eyes again, "Hey! Momo, I'm in the restroom!" He said to the open doorway, Momo came over and from the little Izuku could see, she looked worried.
"Izuku, are you okay?!" She walked over and stood next to Izuku, taking the towel and pouring water on it for him.
"Yeah, I'm fine, I think.." He finished quietly, "W-We should probably go see everyone else, I mean, I have no idea what happened after our match so it would be nice to get filled in on everything."
"Oh, alright, if you want."
She helped Izuku out of his room, since he had to keep blinking and would momentarily keep his eyes closed, they were walking down the stairs. "Izuku, what was it that you did during the match?"
He tensed then sighed, "I sent electricity through my eyes, it helped speed up my reaction time." He said quietly.
"Now why would you do that, Recovery Girl told you it was a risky move Izuku…"
"Iida was going to get past, he would've blasted through any walls that I made with his kicks and I had nothing else…" he explained.
Momo hummed and they continued their way to the common room, when they arrived everyone was talking amongst themselves,
"He's been out for a while."
"Thing looked mighty painful on screen."
"Uraraka-chan you were there, how was he?"
"Not good.."
"Iida-kun, it's not your fault!"
"But it was my actions that-"
"Hey everyone.." All heads snapped towards Izuku and Momo, many looked relieved, while observant ones looked worried. Izuku wasn't smiling like usual, he was struggling to even grin. 'Damn it, I'm gonna need the towel again soon.' Izuku thought as his eyes burned.
"MIDORIYA-KUN!" "IZUKU!" He heard from Iida and Ochako, Shoko looked worried, but she was shy. The rest of the class followed suit and soon many of them were surrounding the duo.
"Everyone, please give Midoriya-kun space." Momo interrupted.
They all backed up and Izuku stopped leaning on Momo and instead stood up by himself, 'I need a breather' He felt so tempted to rub his eyes, but even if he did it didn't help at all so there was no point. "I'm going to go outside, need some fresh air." He didn't let anyone say anything and stumbled outside.
"Well the good thing is we have the rest of today off. If he needs help we can take him to Recovery Girl!" Mina said with optimism.
"We can't.."
"Huh! Why not!"
Momo thought back to the day where Izuku first came up with the move he used.
It was a normal day, the students of 1-A were still getting settled into the dorms, some were arranging rooms, and others were working out. They didn't have classes and they were making use of it.
Izuku was in his room, doing what you may ask? ANALYZING HIS QUIRK! "You'd think after having it my whole life I'd know everything that it can do" Izuku muttered to himself.
He was writing down possible uses for his quirk in a notebook that he had. "I've done stuff for everything except lightning today… what could I write?" Izuku tapped his chin with his pencil.
He squinted his eyes as he tried to think harder about what to write, he looked around his desk for inspiration and he saw a water bottle that he had, "It's empty I should throw it away." He said. He faintly read the information but had to bring the bottle closer to read everything else as some words were really small. "Taking up so much time to read such tiny words, what a random thought." He sighed as he put the bottle in the trash.
I advice that you prepare
The words were haunting, like no matter how hard Izuku trained he would still be crushed by the hero course. Of course he didn't know how to fight, at least in a proper fight, not the "fights" that he's been in with the sludge villain and bakery fire villain. They weren't really fights, Izuku didn't really do anything.
"Reaction speed is important, and also is…" He thought back to the bottle, how he'd only gotten the words that were big and in his face and that he need to bring the bottle closer for the smaller ones, "The small details are also really important, but the eyes can also do so much, only you have a quirk that makes your eyes stronger, but I don't. So there's nothing I can really do for that." He sighed and leaned back in his chair.
"Nerves are annoying, you can't really train them, after all you can't make the electricity in our nerves more potent or stronger…"
"WAIT I CAN CONTROL ELECTRICITY!" Izuku jumped out of his chair and threw on his shoes. He bolted out of his roof and "oof!"
He fell to the floor and saw books scattered in front of him, "Huh?"
"Oh sorry Izuku, I had some studying I wanted to do with you and Ochako." He looked up and saw Momo, her hair was down and she had a white turtleneck.
"Oh um, I'm sorry here let me help." Izuku helped her up and picked up her books for her, "And I'd be happy to study later, but I actually wanted to go talk to Recovery Girl about something."
"Oh? What is it?"
"I thought about this thing that I might be able to do with my quirk, and I wanted to ask if it's safe."
Momo sighed, "If you even consider the possibility that it's dangerous than it probably is, yet you are still going to try it, aren't you?" She ended with a head tilt.
"Um, y-yeah.."
"Very well then, mind if I come with you, knowing you're most likely going to end up staying there because you'll ask her a bunch of questions about what's it's like being a hero."
"Um, sure, I don't mind.."
"Alright!" She smiled brightly, "Mind if I leave my books in your room?"
"Not at all, go ahead." izuku smiled himself.
She left her books and they walked to the campus and through the familiar halls, because SOMEONE had to break an arm and need medical attention multiple times through their training for the entrance exam, and soon they found Recovery Girl's office.
Izuku politely knocked twice on the door and it opened up revealing the short Youthful Heroine.
"Oh not you again, what happened this time?"
Izuku sweatdropped, "N-Nothing, I actually wanted to ask about an idea I had with my quirk"
She turned to Momo, "He hasn't broken anything?"
"Nothing at all Recovery Girl-sensei!"
She hummed, "Alright come in."
Izuku quickly explained his idea of making his reaction time faster by using lightning on his eyes, speeding up the electricity that ran through the ocular nerves.
"ABSOLUTELY NOT!" She startled both of the soon to be heroes in training, "You must understand, while it might be a good idea, lightning is hard to control without a conductor, and the overdrive your nerves would suffer at the strength of your quirk, there's no telling what might happen, and I might not be even to fix it with my quirk…"
Momo thought back to the event as she stared at the door, "She wasn't sure if she could, and when Shoji-san took him after the match she said she couldn't."
It was cold, really cold, even though it was April! He raised his body heat with his quirk so he wouldn't need to go get a jacket. He could feel the itch in his eyes and finally gave in, rubbing his eyes, running his hand all over his sockets to try to find ANY comfort, but it was still there, 'DANG IT!' He wanted to scream, but it wouldn't help, there was no point.
Then he felt a small drop on his shoulder and another one on his nose, and one on his hand and then his leg and his shoulder again, he looked up, "Rain?"
It was raining. The small droplets of water started pinging Izuku rapidly. It was raining, it was cold, he was in constant pain, but he was filled with warmth.
He'd always liked the rain, though he'd sometimes get a cold, it felt welcoming, it felt 'Nice…' It was like an old childhood friend coming back into your life, or your grandparents when you get to visit after not being able to for a while.
Izuku stood in the rain, spreading his arms out and letting it hit him, not noticing the people in the window, he hadn't been using his seismic sense, too stressed by the day's event to even think about using it. "It feels nice.." He said softly.
"It does, doesn't it…" He heard Tamada's voice, it was clear as crystal in his ear. "What do you feel, how does the rain make you feel Midoriya?"
"I feel…" Izuku closed his eyes, "Calm? No, more than that, I feel…" He thought about a word that fit, "Serene, that fits, like all my troubles for all my days are gone…"
"You're at peace…" The voice slowly got quieter until it was dead silent. Izuku tried getting more from him but Tamada didn't respond.
Izuku opened his eyes back up and noticed he was reaching to the clouds, he slowly brought his arm down and inspected his hand, and then he felt it again, the twitch in his eyes.
Class 1-A
"Is Midoriya-kun going to be alright?"
"I don't know Kamibroni."
The entirety of class A, excluding Bakugo, was huddled around the window, watching what Izuku was doing, putting his hands in the air apparently.
"I think he's lost it kero."
"Yeah…"
In the time they had spent together as class the greanette had 3 modes, cinnamon roll, hero nerd, and serious student. Not whatever he was doing now.
"The nerd's gonna be just fine.." Bakugo said from the couch.
"Bakugo-kun! Did you not see the state Midoriya-kun was in just now!" Iida yelled, the boy seemed like he wanted to cry. "He had trouble walking over to the doorway!"
"Yeah Bakubro, it's cool that you think he'll be fine, but lying ain't all that manly.." Eiko chimed in.
"I mean just look at Midori, he's not okay.."
Bakugo sighed, "You know what.." He stood up from the couch and walked over to the group, many parting so he could see out the window, they didn't want to incur the blonde's wrath. They were still saying things about how Izuku wasn't going to be fine, "Izuku Midoriya."
They all shut the fuck up lightning fast.
The blonde sighed again, "His quirk was never strong, he was always at the bottom of the barrel, ever since we were kids. And he still only ever wanted to be a hero." His voice was the only thing filling the room, he remembered kid Izuku saying he wanted to be a hero with an All Might toy in his hand, how he wanted to save people with a smile on his face just like the Number One Hero, "Then, he found a way to get stronger, and he trained his ass off to get where he is now, all in under a year."
Some of the students went wide-eyed that Izuku gained all his strength in a year.
"Now that he has a chance of getting his dream, there's no way in hell he'll let it go. The nerd's smart, smarter than me, smarter than all of you extras. He'll get past this, the fact that you dumbasses don't think he will, you're worse friends than I thought." He finished with a chuckle.
The class stayed silent, since the hothead actually complimented Izuku and dissed them in a calm way!
"What did you do with the real Bakugo-kun!" Kaminari pointed an accusing finger at the other blonde.
"THE HELL YOU TALKING ABOUT DUNCEFACE!"
"THE REAL BAKUGO-KUN WOULD NEVER BE NICE!"
"FUCK YOU, I CAN BE NICE!"
"You literaly just said fuck you to Kaminari-kun!"
"SHUT IT RACCOON EYES!"
All of the commotion didn't reach Izuku's ears, he was too focused, or too unfocused, there was nothing he was doing, he was simply calm. He was sitting on the wet grass and was collecting floating bits of water around him and then popping them, a fun pastime he had taken to when his quirk first evolved.
"Fire and lightning…" Tamada's voice came back quietly.
"Fire and lightning? What about them…" Izuku asked.
"They're powerful, I'm sure you've noticed that fact."
Izuku thought back to how he decimated the zero pointer with his fire powers and while he hadn't done anything like that with lightning, his eye skill was powerful, just dangerous. "I have…"
"You've trained them to their strongest but still lack control, you haven't reached the peak." The one statement, it was true.
'I've been training for the past year to get my quirk under control, I spend hours practicing control, but it's still not enough?'
"How…"
"How what Midoriya?"
"How do I reach the peak…?" Izuku asked in desperation, he's the inheritor of One For All, All Might's Successor, the next Symbol Of Peace. 'I'm supposed to replace All Might, but I just feel useless…'
"You've become a natural with your quirk, you can make minor movements and a flood will come to strike where you want it to, you've mastered the science behind your quirk Midoriya."
'The science?'
"But you haven't mastered the spirit.."
"The spirit…?"
"Yes, find your peace again, become one with the rain around you."
Despite the itching sensation in his eyes Izuku complied, he closed his eyes, relaxed his breathing and made his shoulder straight, and let the rain fall. It was calming, soothing, and once again he felt at peace.
"Now feel the water Midoriya…"
'Feel..?' Izuku didn't know what it meant, but he focused on the water pinging him, he felt it float in the air as he made water bubbles again, but he didn't pop them this time.
He collected more water around him, and despite not having his eyes open, he felt the water spinning like a vortex around him.
Izuku took slow and steady breaths, 'Feel the water…'
The vortex of water concentrated into one point in front of Izuku, the water condensed and started glowing. The students in the dorms noticed.
"Yaomomo, Ocha, has Midori ever done something like that before?" Mina pressed against the window and pointed at the water.
"Nope.."
"I don't believe so."
"Tch, eat shit extras, I was right!"
Izuku brought the floating water to himself, it felt strange, it felt like all the calm he felt was in this water. He felt the buzz in his eyes, "Go on, try Midoriya." Tamada told it.
Izuku cupped the water in his hands and brought it towards his eyes, he splashed the water and instantly he felt relief, calm, and "There's no buzzing…."
"There's no buzzing.."
The itching, the buzzing, it was gone. A sense of relief and comfort passed over Izuku as the pain finally went away, "I HAVE HEALING POWERS!"
Then he heard laughing from the dorms and his classmates were in the windows, "OH COME ON!"
Next Day
It was Thursday, they had "special training" as the teacher's dubbed it tomorrow. And Izuku had just finished his daily jog. As he took a shower, he felt calm wash over him once again as he took a shower, and it went away when he got out.
He didn't mind it though because he still felt that good, "Today is going to be a good day."
He went down towards the kitchen, since he wanted to make breakfast. There didn't appear to be many people awake, he did go on his morning runs pretty early though.
There were a couple of students that were awake, Iida and Momo were a given, since they were basically the parents of the class, Bakugo was too since he always went to bed early and had a morning workout, and Shoko was awake also, in the kitchen staring at Izuku.
Izuku chuckled and walked over, they made eye contact and Shoko looked away causing him to chuckle again, "Guessing you're hungry?"
She couldn't find the words to say anything, she was worried about him and didn't trust herself to say anything, so she shook her head no. And then her stomach grumbled.
Izuku smiled and got to work on making some soba, it wasn't the most nutritious but it was her favorite. He started thinking about yesterday, no one had asked him what had happened and didn't know if it was a good or bad thing, he also was wondering about his powers a lot.
He had made sharp gusts of wind and cut his finger a little and was able to repeat the healing process on himself, but he didn't know if he could heal other people though, so that would have to wait, 'It would be really helpful though.'
Izuku finished the pot and poured it into a bowl, he made sure it was cold before he gave it to Shoko and the girl started devouring it. 'I swear, it's just her stomach is just a vacuum' Izuku took the bowl when she was done and washed it in the sink while Shoko stayed in the kitchen with him.
She looked like she wanted to say something but Izuku beat her to it, "Hey Shoko?"
They locked eyes for a second, or Shoko was looking at Izuku's eyes, Izuku was looking at her scar. It pissed her off, she didn't like the scar, in fact she hated it. "What?" She asked in a monotone with a cold glare.
Izuku felt himself tense, 'If looks could kill…' He sweated a bit, "I-I'm sorry..! I didn't mean to stare, I was just thinking about something, I'm sorry If I made you uncomfortable….. I didn't mean to, I promise.." He progressively got quieter as he finished his sentence.
Shoko felt a little silly, of course Izuku wouldn't pity her, he wasn't like that. She let out a sigh, "I-It's fine, what is it?" She asked, staring up at him.
Izuku didn't know what to say he had a lot of thoughts going on in his head right now, "Just come with me, please?"
"Ok, sure.."
The two left the kitchen and passed by Momo and Iida in the commons as they went outside.
"I wonder what that's about."
"Yaoyorozu-san, you shouldn't pry into other people's business!"
"I know Iida-kun, I'm just wondering is all." She stared at Izuku's form as he left the building 'He's about to do something amazing, I can feel it.'
The duo walked over towards a fountain, or Izuku led Shoko to the fountain. She glanced at Izuku, he looked like he was thinking about something, he was even mumbling too, but she couldn't understand him.
Then he stopped and his eyes steeled, he looked serious, just like he did during the battle trial. Yet now, his eyes held a warmth to them.
A warmth that was different to the flames that Shoko knew, but was just as captivating.
"Shoko."
She knocked out of her stupor, "Y-Yes? What is it..?"
He seemed really nervous, borderline sweating, "I'm sorry if I'm overstepping my boundaries, but h-h-h-how did you get your scar?" He asked quietly. He sounded regretful, like he didn't want to ask the question but like it'd been bugging him for ages.
They weren't looking at each other, the only sound was the fountain's running water and the whooshing of the slight breeze that was going on.
The silence was cuttable.
"My mother…"
Izuku raised a brow, "You're mother.." It was a burn, he was so sure that it had to be Endeavor's fault, it had to be, if she got fire from Endeavor then she got ice from her mom, so how is her mom responsible for her scar?
"Boiling water…"She said. Izuku clenched his teeth, why would someone do that to Shoko? "Endeavor… pushed her past the edge…" She added.
'So it is Endeavor's fault…' Izuku felt himself boiling, he was angry, beyond angry, how, why would Endeavor do this? He closed his eyes and calmed himself, the fountain started glowing and became still.
'Is Izuku doing this?' Shoko wondered. The water condensed and the glow remained, it seemed mystical to the girl. The water floated over to Izuku and rested above his hands, he then finally turned to the girl.
"Shoko Todoroki, please let me help you."
"Help…?"
"Mhm..I want to try something Sho… I want to help, if you'll let me…." He got quieter and quieter as he continued.
'He sounds so sincere..' Shoko sighed, she couldn't deny the brightness that she saw in Izuku's eyes, the light filled her with hope and she wanted to see where that hope led, "Ok.." A small smile stretched on her face as Izuku's face lit up.
The water floated over and sat in one of Izuku's hands. "Alright, I'm going to do it now, ok?" Shoko nodded and Izuku grabbed onto her shoulder. "Tell me if you feel anything weird, ok?" She nodded again.
He brought her into a one armed hug, and the girl didn't feel uncomfortable at all in his hold. Izuku raised his hand and hid her scar with it, Shoko closed her eyes and felt calmness run over her. She felt- she didn't know how to say it, 'At peace I guess…' She thought. She didn't know what that felt like because of Endeavor.
The glow of the water bled through the gap between Izuku's fingers and it soon died. He gulped, 'Please, please, please work…' He prayed.
Izuku pulled his hand back.
"How do I look?" She asked, her eyes were still clenched, she didn't want to see his expression, she didn't want to see the pity that might be on his face. 'No, Izuku isn't like that….' She told herself, but she still kept her eyes closed, she was scared.
"Shoko…" The voice was filled with happiness, "You look wonderful!" He said.
She felt that hope come back and she cracked her eyes open to see Izuku smiling. 'Too bright…' She gulped, "I-Is it gone…?" She heard her voice cracking and she felt tears streaming down her face.
Izuku nodded, "Yup!"
She felt so much wash away in that one word, of course her hatred for her father was still there, but she felt stronger emotions that mattered more for other people. She forgave her mom in that moment and she rammed Izuku with a hug, "Thank you Izu…"
"A-Anytime Sho.." Izuku smiled despite his blush, 'This is what being a hero feels like..'