Chapter 12
It was tuesday night, classes just having finished. Aizawa had announced the Sports Festival was in two weeks this morning and Izuku knew there was no time to waste. Before the class could disperse and head back to the dorms he made sure to let everyone know a dorm meeting would be taking place upon their arrival. This also made Izuku aware of another problem, there wasn't a way for the class to get into contact with each other quickly and that would need to be fixed.
Upon arriving at the dorms Izuku had everyone just find a spot in the room to get comfortable before he began. "Alright everyone you're probably wondering why I called this dorm meeting. There are a few reasons, first as the Sports Festival is in two weeks we have been given access to Gym Gamma, you need to submit a request 2 days prior and you may only reserve it for an hour at a time. Second, recent events have made it clear we need a group chat. Everyone write down your names and numbers on this sheet and pass it around." He pulled one out of his backpack and handed it to Momo. "Third and probably most important. I have been cleared to grant anyone who can take an extra quirk a second quirk to call their own. The first one up for grabs is Decay, I make my trips to Tartarus weekly and I will update what is available on the dorm whiteboard. Any questions?"
Nearly every hand in the room shot up at that but he saw Iida's first, so he pointed at the boy.
With hand chopping action. "Midoriya isn't that quirk extremely dangerous, do you not remember what happened to our classroom door. It still hasn't been fixed."
"My apologies Iida I forgot to mention that any request for a quirk must go through Aizawa-Sensei. I might be the one who can give them to you but i'm far from being the beacon of caution." He said rubbing the back of his head.
All but two hands went down those being Shinsou and Sero. Izuku pointed at Shinso to go first. "I want decay Midoriya, my quirk is fairly non physical so having one that is would be helpful."
Sero immediately cut in. "I want the quirk I have no ways to fight up close but with decay I will be able too."
Izuku could sense the impending battle. "Alright go take it up with Aizawa if he agrees then we'll find a way to determine who gets it. It'll honestly just probably end up being rock paper scissors though to be fair."
With that both boys ran off to find their teacher.
"Any other questions?" Izuku paused no response. "Alright adjourned, I left a stack of the forms to apply for Gym Gamma on the table over there."
Momo handed Izuku the sheet with all of the students numbers on it. "Thanks VP." He said while smiling at her, causing a blush before he went to sit down and make this group chat.
Group Chat created.
Group Chat name changed to Class 1-A's Gang of Misfits.
Izuku Midoriya: Alright everyone here's the group chat, if you need anything feel free to post in here but try to keep from spamming it too much.
Momo Yaoyorozu granted Admin Privileges
Momo Yaoyorozu has changed Izuku Midoriya's name to Cinnamon Bun
Cinnamon Bun: You have not even been an admin for five seconds and this is the first thing you do Momo? Fine two can play at that game
Momo Yaoyorozu: Noooo you know I had too
Cinnamon Bun has changed Momo Yaoyorozu's name to Amazonian Warrior Goddess
Alien Queen: Well he's not wrong
Amazonian Warrior Goddess: Izuuuu
Lord Explosion Murder: I SWEAR TO GOD STOP FLIRTING IN THE GROUP CHAT, IT'S FUCKING DISGUSTING.
Get Hard ;): I think it's kind of manly they're willing to show themselves off like that.
Alien Queen: Ohhhh speaking of flirting guess who I caught coming out of Yaomomo's room this morning
Cinnamon Bun: You saw no one because nobody did
Amazonian Warrior Goddess: Mina you saw nothing.
Shouto Todoroki: What's wrong with coming out of someone else's room in the morning? I saw Kaminari leaving Jirou's room this morning as well.
Alien Queen: Oh you sweet summer child
Pikachu: What no way I checked
Rocker Girl: I knew you should have left sooner
Cellophane: Dude how it's been like 1 week
Amazonian Warrior Goddess: Alright well this has certainly been eye opening, however I believe it's time everyone went to sleep before anything else gets revealed
Alien Queen:Hey Toru you follow Denkirou I got Izumomo
Chameleon: Deal
Izuku read that last message face palming, when he looked up he saw Momo giggling and Ashido just giving him the I'm watching you gesture. Deciding to give Ashido the slip he texted Momo.
Cinnamon Bun: Go to your room and open the door to the balcony. I'll meet you there ;)
Amazonian Warrior Goddess: Your jumping up the side of the building aren't you?
Cinnamon Bun: It's just the second floor it'll be fine I mean unless you want that following us
Momo looked up to see Mina was behind her trying to sneak a peek at her phone.
Amazonian Warrior Goddess: Fair point, see you in five?
Cinnamon Bun: You know it. It's not like I can sleep without you there to cuddle me anymore
Izuku stood up stretching. " Alright everyone i'm going to go for a run I'll see you all later." He walked out the door and waited expecting Ashido to follow him but was surprised when she didn't. Ah well that's just easier for me then. He walked over to where Momo's balcony was, getting directly below it before charging up Jetstream and Silencer before jumping up onto the balcony. When it slid open he saw a Momo staring at him with wide eyes.
"Miss me?" He gave her a quick peck on the cheek.
"Izu it's literally been 5 minutes, of course I missed you." She said as she casually picked him and threw him onto the bed.
"And you didn't like that name I gave you." He said smirking at her.
Blushing heavily. "I never said I didn't like it, I just don't want everyone else using it. Now shut up and lay down. I'm tired." She said as she nuzzled up to him."You remembered to reserve the gym for us right?"
"Of course Momo." He whispered into her ear.
"G-good." They drifted off quietly after that.
The next day Izuku woke with a familiar weight next to him and the slightly less familiar spam of his phone. He saw it was the group chat apparently having missed something like 15 messages.
Misdirection: So Sero and I went to talk to Aizawa about the quirk. He kinda just gave us a are you serious look before slamming the door in our face.
Cellophane: Yeah I think it's safe to say Decay is off the table, your going to get rid of it this Saturday right Midoriya?
Rocker Girl: Alright who told on us, me and Kaminari have detention until the end of the week for breaking curfew.
Pikachu: I swear it's like he knows everything, it's so creepy
Shouto Todoroki: That may have been me sorry, I didn't realize you could get in trouble for that and Aizawa asked me if I saw anything
Alien Queen: Okay maybe you could be a little less pure
Alien Queen: Seeing as these messages aren't being seen by Momo and Midori it's safe to say they are asleep, did you tattle on them as well?
Shouto Todoroki: Well I didn't see it personally so it didn't seem my place.
Pikachu: Todoroki man you can't just break bro code like that
Shouto Todoroki: Bro code?
Cellophane: Have you been living under a rock for the last like what 10 years?
Shouto Todoroki: No I lived in a house like everyone else.
Alien Queen: You hear that Todoroki, thats the sound of literally everyone in this chat face palming at the same time.
Lord Explosion Murder: Icyhot what the fuck, do you take everything literally?
Shouto Todoroki: Yes?
Cinnamon Bun has changed Shouto Todoroki's name to Sweet Summer Child
Cinnamon Bun: It's okay guys he will get there eventually and as for decay yes Sero I will be getting rid of it this saturday, also no we didn't get in any trouble Ashido because we sleep in different rooms.
Alien Queen: And pigs can fly Midori. Don't worry I'll get proof.
Chameleon: My spying went pretty well I got this photo of Jirou sneaking into Kaminari's room.
Chameleon: *Insert Jpg.067*
Rocker Girl: Toru if you want to have eardrums you will take that photo down.
Chameleon: :P
Chameleon has logged off
Rocker Girl: I'm going to kill her
Rocker Girl has logged off
Izuku felt Momo shifting so he also got off the chat after clearing what he could up. "Hey we got like another hour to be ready and I have a feeling Ashido is waiting outside your door so I'm heading up to my floor the spy way." He gave her a kiss on the lips before walking outside and using a combination of super strength, Jetstream and Silence to quickly and more importantly quietly reach his room. Thankful for the three fingered gloves and the fact that he didn't need to lock the balcony of a 5th floor dorm room. He quietly walked in to get ready for class.
Hero Training that Afternoon
All Might paused before speaking. "Greetings you Zygotes, I bet you all are wondering what Hero Training today will be like? Well as i'm sure you all noticed that the final competition of the Sports Festival is some kind of 1v1 sparring, last year they used foam swords and quirks for example. Today will be exactly that, you will spend the whole class doing bracket style mono e mono fights, treat each of your foes like a real villain. The starting brackets will be randomized and demonstrate your ability to win a fight all your own. Lethal force is obviously not allowed. " It felt like the entire class saw All Might pause while staring down Bakugo specifically before continuing. "There are three ways to win, knock your opponent into unconsciousness, get them out of the arena, or make them concede. Your matchups will be randomly determined and these spars will be recorded for your Homeroom teacher later. Any questions?" All Might flashed his Hero smile. "Excellent here are your brackets."
Round 1:
Toru Hagakure vs. Yuga Aoyama
Izuku was standing next to Momo as he began muttering about the outcome of the match. "Hagakure is invisible but Aoyama can wide sweep the arena, meaning she has to duck but if she can get close does she even have any weapons."
As impressive as the sight was, "Izuku just watch, this one is a toss up."
It was in fact not a toss up Momo realized as it seems Hagakure's quirk isn't invisibility but rather light refraction. Wouldn't it be possible to make her visible then or is that just a side effect of her quirk.
Either way everyone was shook as Hagakure just took Aoyama's laser and threw it back into him, defeating him instantly.
Kaminari was the first to speak. "So I didn't know she could do that, did anyone else?"
The entire class shook their heads.
Bakugo Katsuki vs. Shinsou Hitoshi
Poor Shinsou Izuku thought. "What are the chances he can make Bakugo respond to him?" Izuku asked the class.
Tsu being level headed as ever. "Basically 0, Kero. This should be a quick match."
At least Bakugo didn't drag the fight out, he jumped Shinsou as soon as the countdown ended punting the purple haired aizawa from the arena with a large blast.
Rikido Sato vs. Ejiro Kirishima
Power vs defense, Izuku wondered which would crack first as both of the people in question just kept laying into each other.
He head Momo next to him talking about which would run out first, Sato's sugar or Kirishima's hardening.
It ended very anticlimactically in a draw of all things. Sato threw a finishing blow but the massive overdose of sugar had run him into essentially a coma. With neither able to move All Might called it a tie.
Momo Yaoyorozu vs Tenya Iida
Izuku just flashed her a smile letting her know that she had this.
Both people stepped up to the plate Iida bowing and Momo returning it.
"It is an honor to test my valor against our esteemed Vice President, but know I have zero intentions of holding back Yaoyorozu." Iida said finishing his bow
Momo turned serious. "I wouldn't have it any other way Iida and if it makes you feel any better I voted you for the position of Vice President."
As she heard All Might Counting down the first thing Momo did was focus 7% into her legs, she knew she would need that. Second she began to make a taser, she knew Iida had to get into melee range and with his metal suit, this was going to hurt, badly.
Iida knew that the longer this fight went the worse it would be for him so he decided it was finally time to unleash his trump card. Screaming internally RECIPRO BURST! He felt his engines overclock before launching himself as fast as he possibly could at Momo before grabbing her and throwing her as hard as he could. He only had one shot at this and he needed to knock her out.
Momo had never before seen such speed from Iida and she was falling away from the arena she knew she didn't have time to fix this, the ground ever approaching closer. She just shut down and accepted her fate. That was until she saw Izuku frantically cheering her on. Right how could she give up like that, she has the power of the worlds greatest hero, well two of them if you count want Izuku says. She charged up 11% in her fist while simultaneously channeling creation, she had been getting better at this but it still required an intense amount of focus. She slammed her fist into the air below her while at the same time creating a trampoline below her. She found out that things made by creation had no gravity after being created, these two facts combined allowed her to slam her fist into trampoline, slamming it into the ground and herself sailing back into the arena. Her landing was far from graceful but she wasn't out.
The people outside the arena began erupting into cheers.
Iida had failed, he put all his eggs into that basket so to speak." Well played Yaoyorozu, my engines are stalled for essentially the next 50 seconds. I have no hope of victory." before Iida calmly walked out of the arena.
"Young Yaoyorozu Wins by knockout."
She was proud of that performance and she knew Izu would be too, she brushed herself off feeling the various bruises from the impact but no worse for wear over all.
"See I told you, you got this. You just gotta believe in yourself more." Izuku smiled that damn dorky smile at her, of course he was right. Whenever was he wrong.
Izuku Midoriya vs Uraraka Ochako
Ochako saw her name and immediately began panicking, of course she drew the short straw. The person she was about to fight has literally never even been close to matched, he's slaughtered both the next two strongest classmates and has literally never broken a sweat. Ah well let's just not give them a pitiful showing.
Izuku walked up to the podium before giving a friendly wave to Uraraka. "I can see your worrying but don't it's just sparring. We're here to learn."
Of course he thinks that, he knows I have no chance of winning. "Deku, I know you know I can't win but i'm going to try my hardest."
Izuku just tilted his head. "That's all anyone can ever give but I wouldn't sell yourself that short."
They both paused as they heard the countdown begin.
Izuku was mentally sweating, he couldn't just Jetstream her out now, but if he showed pity that'd be even worse. Lost in his confusion the match had already started and Uraraka had already charged him even managing to land a fingertip on him. In sheer panic he felt himself floating away, and he could see the confusion in her eyes followed by what looked like sadness. Fuck Izuku no pity we crush with all our strength.
Momo was genuinely confused, she's never seen her boyfriend even come close to hesitating but he was clearly mulling something over in his head and now he had been caught off guard but I mean does that even matter. In this matchup Uraraka is so unfairly screwed, she used her quirk to remove gravity from someone who can fly. Momo was pretty sure that's just helping the enemy at that point.
Feeling his weightlessness Izuku began to use Jetstream to steady himself. Huh I can just fly now, before I basically could but this is just flight. Although I should be careful as she can remove my weightlessness at any moment and if I use too much of Jetstream I just get shoved in one direction. Seriously this quirk breaks physics, okay new plan we wait. Just because she's removed our gravity doesn't mean anything, she will get tired from quirk overuse and then we win Izuku. "Uraraka this was a good plan against anyone else, but I know you have a time limit that's functionally shortened by a weight limit. I may not weigh much but eventually your quirk will run out and when it does I win. I don't suppose you took my paperweight idea into consideration, your quirk actually helps enemies that can propel themselves such as myself."
The girl below him just sneered at him, she did not like being looked down upon and while no she hadn't listened to that idea he kind of had a point. "Ha it doesn't matter Villain with your weight I can hold you there for hours!"
Okay Izuku was not waiting for that, Fire Breathing, Combustion, your up. Izuku inhaled deeply before spewing out as many flames as he could with one breath. He then used Combustion to surround Uraraka with a circle of flames. "Hero surrender or be slowly cooked alive, I have no patience to wait here for hours."
Just because Uraraka knew it would end this way didn't mean it wouldn't hurt any less, she really didn't want to give up but she was sweating bullets. Dehydration was probably already getting to her and it'd only been a few minutes. Just as she went to surrender to this boiling heat, she suddenly felt blackness and hit the floor.
Izuku surprised by the fact he suddenly has mass reacted as quickly as he could before slamming into the ground. When he did he saw Uraraka's unconsciousness body and the guilt hit immediately. I'd better at least patch her up, he walked over and began to cool her body with molecular manipulation, but not to quickly. Rapidly heating and cooling something was dangerous.
"Izuku Midoriya Wins by Knockout!"
"Now you fledglings, there is time for one final match and since everyone has gotten to fight at least once, why not make this an exhibition match? Vote for the two you want to see fight and that will be our final sparring session." All Might postured to the class who all began to murmur as to who they wanted to see fight.
The votes ended up being a landslide for a matchup everyone had wanted to see previously, it technically had already happened but no one got to see that fight.
Izuku Midoriya vs. Shouto Todoroki
Izuku did his best to look as haughty and villainesque as he could. He was going to make Todoroki use his flames here and now. Izuku making silent apologies for what he was about to do. When the boy Izuku was to fight appeared at the opposite end of the arena he could see the turmoil the boy was in. Good, he was taking Izuku's words to heart, now for the final push. "We both know how this ends if you don't use your fire Todoroki. But i'm a man of honor I'll only use one quirk in this fight, how does that sound?" Of course Izuku was lying, he was about kick the shit out of todoroki with every quirk at his disposal, if Todoroki thought that he had a chance without his fire he was very mistaken.
The heterochromatic teen grimaced when he heard that, HE was being looked down upon of all people. He started gritting his teeth together in frustration, he knew what he needed to do but could he just do it? The last ten years he's known that never using his fire was the correct option, but he wasn't so sure anymore. Todoroki barely noticed the countdown ending but recovered in time to throw an ice blast, his large opener, he failed to account for the fact that his opponent had removed a glove.
The massive ice wave was just about to reach him when Izuku reached out with his right hand and pressed all 5 fingers to the ice decaying the wave as it came. "Oh by the way Todoroki, I'm a villain remember? I lied." Izuku breathed deep roaring and condensing the flames with Pyrokinesis creating a bubble of fire to surround him. His fine control of pyrokinesis had improved greatly over the years, using his fire shield he walked forward shrugging off every attempt Todoroki made at freezing him. "You can't even touch me, how long till you reach your limit? 10, 20 shots? You can't even generate your most powerful ice because your body freezes over before you could reach such temperatures. On the other hand I can do this all day. Stop fucking around, this isn't a fight until you give it your all. Guess how many of my quirks i'm using? I have 11 at the moment and oh wouldn't you know i'm using about half of them, weird huh Todoroki?" Izuku continued his slow march to the other boy as he slowly cornered him.
Todoroki knew everything Midoriya was saying was right and the irony that he was using half his power was not lost on him. Not to mention a real villain would never hold back they would use every trick, every tactic, squeeze every chance they had to gain an advantage not to mention he couldn't even hurt Midoriya as he is now. His ice isn't strong enough to pierce that fire wall, and even if it did Midoriya still has decay. I can't beat him, i'll never be able to beat him. The thought sombered him, he was his father's perfect legacy and yet he doubted even at full power he would ever come close to matching up against the person in front of him. He just laid down defeated and frozen, might as well go out with his dignity intact.
"I thought I told you to stop fucking around Todoroki." Izuku used his Pyrokinesis to melt the ice off of Todoroki before throwing him back into the middle of the arena. "IT'S YOUR GODDAMN QUIRK, FIGHT ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT!"
Memories were flooding back, Todoroki remembered his mom. How she believed in him, she just wanted him to be the hero he wanted to be. His father didn't matter, he never mattered. Shouto was himself, that bastard can be whatever he wants. He felt the left side of his body ignite, it was warm, caring. Nothing like like the flames of his father. It took him a second before he could look up. He saw Midoriya smiling at him. "You're crazy, you know that Midoriya? What kind of idiot smiles after making his opponent stronger."
"Todoroki that was the requirement to even be in the same ring as me. You just unlocked another 6 quirks to fight, if you think you've won simply because you brought out your fire. Well let me tell you, you got another thing coming." Izuku squenched his fist together as he said that. Alright no more holding back, all quirks online, activating combat mode.
Todoroki meanwhile was rapidly heating the cooled air, preparing for the one thing that might stop Midoriya, he knew his fire was near useless in this fight, but it did give him unlimited Ice to work with but even that wouldn't be enough, no he needed to create an explosion large enough to force Midoriya from the ring. Time for PLUS ULTRA, he fused the two halves of his quirk generating as much heat and ice as his body could physically handle before the backlash would hurt him faster than the opposing elements could correct each other.
Izuku was watching his opponent curiously when the mother of all icebergs was launched at him. Alright I goaded him into it, now to win this fight for real. Izuku had finally started unlocking the real secrets of Tempo, the double time never mattered but the old user had much better control of the quirk than he did and now all those self induced migraines were about to pay off. SNAPSHOT .1X SPEED, the world halted around Izuku as he processed every bit of information. The contours on the ice, the way it rippled, the speed of its approach, the way it grew from Todoroki like a snake, writhing towards him. The ice was being continually produced meaning it was one solid object, Decay could likely halt it indefinitely at least until Todoroki stopped that glacier and made a new one, that would be the gap Izuku needs to win. Izuku pulled his fire shield into himself, wearing it like Endeavour does. His black hoodie now glowed red flames licking at the tips of his costume. Izuku had 5 seconds before the backlash of Snapshot hit him, although to Izuku it was more like 50 seconds. He pushed as much as he could into Jetstream flying in slow motion towards the tip of the iceberg, grazing it with his ungloved hand before watching the decay spread. Now to take advantage of the fact that Todoroki has to touch the ground to use his quirk. The arena was small enough for Izuku to abuse this, he fired an air cannon at Todoroki in an attempt to knock him out but the boy created an ice wall behind him to stop him from leaving the arena. Taking use of his opponent's distracted state and the fact that he had to stop using his quirk as it was being decayed, Izuku shot himself like a bullet towards Todoroki. Izuku had been trapped in Snapshot for so long at this point he had no idea how many real life seconds had passed, but he didn't need much more to win this. Once Izuku landed in the spot in front of Todoroki he saw the boy slowly beginning to slam his foot onto the ground but Izuku wasn't letting that happen. He fired Jetstream from a lower angle forcing the teen into the air before Izuku jumped after him. The timing couldn't have been worse however as when he went for the finishing move Tempo ran out and his head was fried. Izuku just fell from the sky with Todoroki.
"DRAW, IZUKU MIDORIYA AND SHOUTO TODOROKI HAVE BOTH LEFT THE BOUNDS OF THE ARENA! Class I must say you chose excellently for the exhibition match, that was a masterful showing from two of your fellow classmates. However I must be off expect to review with Aizawa later." With that the Number 1 Hero and symbol of peace and justice ran off.
Both of the boys got up slowly, they had fallen like 20 feet after all, it was not a pleasant experience to say the least.
Todoroki was the first to speak. "Midoriya, you made me use my fire. I don't know how to feel about that... but it wasn't a bad feeling. I need to search my feelings a bit more first but, thank you."
Izuku just rubbed his hair while letting out a small laugh. "Sorry if I said anything to offend you, but I was getting tired of watching you half ass everything. If you ever need any help just let me know Todoroki, I know you aren't here to make friends but i'd be willing to help regardless."
Todoroki to all his credit just focused his gaze on Midoriya, not entirely sure how to deal with the boy in front of him. He paused before speaking, "I'll consider it Midoriya." and with that he turned and walked off.
Gym Gamma after school
"You okay Momo? I know you hit the ground pretty hard during reentry." Izuku showing genuine concern.
Momo simply readjusted herself regaining her prim and proper stature. "If I didn't know any better I'd think you me weak, Hmph. Plus it's not like you did any better, I can still hear recovery girl's yelling and that was hours ago."
Izuku realizing she was teasing just stared at her.
Momo giving up the act. " Ugh Fine, yeah I'm okay but that's not why we're here today. Since you know what has essentially given me infinite fat storage for my quirk I'd taken up your advice on building larger constructs and I found one I think you'd like. Have you heard of the riot displacing sound cannon? Your advice to look at the tools people had before quirks has given me quite a lot of inspiration. Honestly it's kind of weird just how much quirks have slowed and changed technological growth, it's like everyone forgot that the old stuff really worked."
Izuku while glad she was still taking his advice honestly didn't care, he wanted to know how this so called sound cannon worked. He just gave her the quirk look until she relented.
"Fine, basically it uses megaphone technology to focus sound into a generalized area, it was an amazing riot control tool because you could disable large groups at a time with just the power of sound. It had an effective range of around 50ft and anything within that range is almost certainly down on the floor in pain. I've been trying to create actual vehicles with my quirk but there are so many different and moving parts that it's quite difficult."
Izuku realized there had to be a reason she brought him here and he didn't like it. "Am I the test dummy?"
"Oh you catch on so quick dear, but do take this I can't let you hurt yourself." She created a pair of noise cancelling headphones before tossing them at him.
With the headphones on and a quick thumbs up given Momo unleashed what could only be described as sound hell upon him. Even with the headphones on the air was shaking and he was screaming in pain. Thankfully Momo stopped as soon as she saw the pain Izuku was in. "ALRIGHT MOMO IT WORKED REALLY WELL, WHY IS EVERYTHING RINGING?"
Momo winced at hearing her boyfriend just screaming at her, okay maybe improving the materials used to make the machine had increased its output by too much. She mouthed to Izu loud after pointing at her own ears.
Thankfully it seems he understood and removed the headphones before talking at a much quieter volume. "Alright so that worked Momo." Izuku felt like he was whispering to himself it was so quiet.
"Let's call the test here for today Izu I'm not going to hurt you more." She just grabbed him by the wrist and they walked off.