Chapter 7: Quirk Apprehension Test
"Sir, with all due respect he shouldn't-" Aizawa, a scruffy black haired man with similarly colored clothes and a grey scarf, was complaining to Nezu, the odd animal amalgam principal of U.A. when the furrier of the two held up his paw to stop the man.
"We agreed to open up U.A. to the quirkless as well Shota." Nezu reminded and the man sat back down with a groan.
"Something we never should have done! It's like we're trying to get people killed." Aizawa groaned as he massaged the temples of his head. "I WILL be expelling him immediately, I'd suggest just starting the paperwork now."
"I won't. For one, expelling the only quirkless person to ever make it past the entrance exam will broadcast the message that we never meant what we said. You may not care about your reputation but I care about the school's." The principal told him, before taking a sip of his tea. "Besides, he is hardly a normal quirkless child, I'm surprised you are so resistant when he still possesses what I have come to learn is quite a diverse set of abilities."
"A support item is supposed to make up for it? A device, a gadget that can break, or malfunction or 'time out' as the documents I read said?" Aizawa asked while quirking a brow before frowning. "A lot can happen in five minutes, a lot of deadly things. Ten minutes is not long enough to win every fight you'd come across. He shouldn't be here, he'll die!"
"Clearly, you are set on this train of thought." Nezu sighed as he finished his tea. "Fine then, as your employer I am ordering you to let the boy remain in your class for the first day, no immediate expulsions. If he still hasn't proven himself by then, you can expel him."
"1-A, 1-A, 1-A…" Midoriya muttered the class name as he jogged past multiple other classrooms, not wanting to be late. Finally he found the right room and his eyes widened as he looked up at the size of the door. "Woah….I could almost fit a full sized colossus through there…"
Taking a deep breathe, he prepared himself to meet his new classmates. He knew Bakugou had passed and he was sure he had saw the blue haired teen from the exam get enough points to pass as well. 'Maybe I'll be lucky and neither of them will be here, everyone will be nice.'
The door slid open and Midoriya was sure the world was just messing with him at this point. Inside, talking (or more accurately, bickering) with one another was Bakugou and The Engine leg quirk wielder. 'Great. Wonder if I can turn into Chiller and hid-'
"It's him…." The blue haired teen said in surprise, spotting the greenette who just sighed. 'Well not anymore I can't.' "I'm Tenya Iida, from Somei Academy, Engine quirk wielder. I was top of my class with an 89 on-"
"Let me stop you there." Midoriya said while pinching the bridge of his nose as 'Iida' had made his way towards him. A nearly inaudible growl came from across the room. He was not particularly keen on talking to the boy who had embarrassed him. "Izuku Midoriya, Aldera Middle School…."
He paused as he looked around the room, taking in the class who (for the most part) we're staring at the interaction but without much interest, likely just to see who the new arrival was. He grinned a little, knowing his next words would cause a stir.
"Quirkless."
Even the few uninterested in the conversation looked up at hearing that, most showing the same looks of shock and surprise, a few starting to mutter among themselves. Bakugou stiffened in his seat and glared harder at his desk, as if trying to make it explode with his mind.
"Wha, but I saw you-" The blue haired teen could only sputter, when Midoriya raised his arm to draw attention to his watch.
"Long story. To cut it short, support item." He explained briefly, and the taller teen shook his head, composing himself.
"Well that's quite remarkable then from what I witnessed. And I must apologize, for my rude behavior towards you at the entrance exam." Iida said, bowing and catching the Omnitrix bearer by surprise. "You also realized that there was more to the test than just fighting mock villains, truly you are a superior student than I."
"Uh…" 'How do I even respond to that?!'
Fortunately, he didn't need to.
"Hey I know that hair! And that watch! You're the one who turned into that giant monster thing and saved me!" A cheerful, familiar feminine voice said making Midoriya twirl on his feet to come face to face with the girl with gravity powers. 'Oh wow, she looks good in that outfit.' "That was so awesome, you were all like-"
"Oh h-hey!" He said, starting to mutter a few things while she over-acted his rescue attempt. A few seconds later and they both composed themselves again, the girl asking a question.
"So what do you think our teachers going to be like? I can't wait to meet everyone-"
"If you're only here to make friends, then you might as well leave now. You won't be welcome here." A rough voice cut in with a tone only all too familiar to Midoriya. The trio all looked out the door to see a scruffy black haired man unzipping a yellow sleeping bag he had apparently travelled here in. "I'm Shota Aizawa, your homeroom teacher."
Muttering ceased at that moment and the man let out a long suffering sigh. "Eight seconds. That's how long it took you all to shut up. That isn't going to be acceptable, anyone rational would understand that."
Midoriya had only one thought as he regarded the man with wary eyes. 'Why do I get the feeling this guy is going to be anything BUT rational?'
"Put these on and get on the field out back. I know what you're thinking but we run classes as each individual teacher sees fit here and if you're all serious about being pro's, you don't have time for trivialities like orientation because there are more important things to do. Now move." He demanded as he held out gym outfits.
A sinking feel entered Midoriya's gut and he swore the Omnitrix dug into his wrist just a little tighter than normal.
Once they had stepped out onto the schools impressive sports field, all dressed and (not even slightly) ready for whatever Aizawa planned to do, he got onto explaining how society refused to let anyone use their powers when doing sports tests.
The teacher once more returned to the idea of rationality and already the greenette was sick of hearing the word. Sadly, he had a feeling he was going to hear it a lot from this man, who seemed vaguely familiar the more Midoriya looked at him, though he couldn't place where he knew him from. Or rather, just what pro he was as most of the U.A staff were pro heroes.
The mystery man went on to explain that they would be doing a series of sports exercises, while using their quirks to, effectively, cheat.
Midoriya looked at the list and small smile made its way onto his face. 'These pretty much all have something I can use an alien for. Still going to be stuck as them for a while though, but two or three tests out of all of them having a low score shouldn't matter-'
"And whoever scores the least will be deemed worthless, and expelled immediately." Aizawa announced as his final speech ended. A more, for lack of a better term, evil grin spread onto his face. Midoriya didn't miss he looked straight at the greenette when he said that. "So you better go beyond. Plus Ultra style."
'Ok, so maybe I can't afford bad test scores.' The boy thought as his eyes widened in surprise. Protests came from, Uraraka (the girl he had saved) but the boy tuned the world out as his thoughts went into a flurry, a small part fixating on the pro's words. '"Demmed worthless" huh?'
'You worthless freak'
'We're your betters, and you better remember it'
'Honestly, I don't think you can become a hero without a quirk.'
'You're powerless, so who cares what you think Deku?!'
Things were different now. He had the Omnitrix, he had powers and yet the words still played over and over in his head. He scoffed quietly. 'Figures. I wanted to be a hero partially to stop the bullies of 'weaker people', and my teacher ends up being no better than one.'
Perhaps others wouldn't realize, maybe they would just consider Aizawa to be the drill instructor type who wanted every 'member of his troop' to be the pinnacle of greatness. Midoriya just saw another person putting people down just because of how they're born. In his mind, he couldn't help but mock 'The irrationality of that.'
If he was to be honest with himself, it annoyed him to no end. 'I am not going to lose here, if only just to shove it in his face. Blink is the best alien for most of these tests, so I'll probably be pretty reliant on him.'
"Bakugou, you came second in the entrance exam, just behind Midoriya in first place." Aizawa announced, causing the blonde to growl, which the teacher just ignored. "What was your furthest score in the ball throw?"
"Like sixty something meters." He said as he crossed his arms. Aizawa pulled out a ball from his pocket and held it out.
"Ok, now come up here and do it with your quirk."
The blonde complied, walking forward and taking the ball, preparing to launch I and swinging his arms around in an arc. Midoriya recognized the little sparks before a massive explosion was let off and the ball sailed off into the distance. Most everyone's jaws dropped, and the shock was only increased when Aizawa showed them the score.
"705.8 Meters." Aizawa announced. "The fifty meter dash is up first. Get moving."
First up was the fifty meter dash. Midoriya took a deep breath as he scrolled through his aliens, doing few little calculations just to check if his own decision was a good. 'A lot of these tests will be over fairly quick, way less than ten minutes and most I'll need Blink for, like this dash and the long distance run. I could maybe get away with one other transformation depending on how they line up, if the strength ones all come in a row but that seems unlikely.'
Everyone went in groups of two, like a race. Iida managed to get a little under four seconds using his engines. Uraraka lightened her clothes to run a little faster and a blonde haired teen who seemed to sparkle managed to achieve a good time by propelling himself with his stomach laser that looked suspiciously similar to the one that destroyed one of Midoriya's re-programmed robots in the entrance exam
"Next, the final two for the fifty meter dash, Izuku Midoriya and Bakugou Katsuki."
Both students from Aldera took their places at the start. Bakugou stretched and crouched down slightly, preparing to propel himself with his explosions. Midoriya stood straight, hand ready over the watch. He wanted to save as much time as possible.
Not too far away he could hear some of his classmates talking among themselves while the boys prepared.
"So that dude can explode stuff right? what about the green guy? He said he was quirkless….He isn't going to have an easy time….." One teen with yellow hair that had a black streak running through it. Another, a girl with frog like features spoke up.
"He said something about a support item but I don't know how good any support item could possibly be next to a quirk. Ribbit." She said and Uraraka quickly moved to defend the watch even despite not knowing its full capabilities.
"It's definitely as awesome as a quirk! You should have seen it, actually you probably did see it with how huge he got."
"Ready!"
"Wait he was that giant?!" A boy with tape dispenser elbows asked in surprise and few others muttered in surprise as well.
"Set!"
"Yes he was. I find it unlikely it will be of much use to him here though. I am truly curious why he didn't use it in the exam earlier though."
'Well here's your answer.' Midoriya thought as his hand pressed in the dial and a familiar flash of green covered his body from view. In his place now was Blink, ready to run.
"Hey what the?"
"I thought you said he was a giant!?"
"He was!"
"Go!"
BWOOSH!
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
"No way…." Uraraka muttered. Iida just nodded in agreement beside her.
Bakugou's time, compared to most would have ended up being impressive, having used his explosions as propellant like predicted. He had under four seconds.
But even Iida's time paled next to what Blink had secured for Midoriya.
"0.20 seconds!" The robotic voice of the timer announced and Midoriya smirked as his visor lifted up. Most of the class looked on in shock, no one expecting the boy to pull of such a feat.
Just out of the greenette's sight, an annoyed scowl overtook Aizawa's face.
The next test Midoriya would have preferred to have been colossus or maybe Crystalize for but blink still proved efficient, his strength being better than that of the average humans.
He didn't place at the top, that honor going to a boy with multiple arms named Shoji who achieved 540 Kilograms but his score was hardly something to laugh about, hitting a grip strength of 227 Kilograms.
"Well it's still better than base." The raspy voice of his new form said as he did some quick maths in his head, tapping his watch to transform back. 'It took us three minutes to walk here after we finished the test, and about a minute to get my results checked. Recharge time should only be about two minutes to recharge, seeing as I didn't wear out the time limit. Next is the standing long jump, so I'll probably want….'
His hand scrolled over the selections, until Chiller was selected. When he transformed into an entirely new form a lot of the class had started muttering until Aizawa managed to quiet them down, though even he seemed intrigued.
It was possibly one of the easiest tests as he could just fly to the other side of the pit, clearing it easily. Not even a minute passed when he transformed back and as a result the watch almost immediately recharged for the next event, fortunately.
'Next is side steps, and from there I'll just be staying in Blink form non-stop.'
Side-steps had been easy, little devices on his legs monitoring each step. Surprisingly he had tied with a purple ball haired teen who had used the physics of his quirk to his advantage, bouncing between two balls he had plucked out his head and set on the ground.
Midoriya didn't bother to transform back to conserve energy. 'One minute's passed. Next is….The ball throw….'
For some reason, he did not feel good about the ball throw.
"So what exactly is this then?" Iida asked in surprise as Blink stood next to him while they watched some of the other students throw their balls. "I understand you have more than one transformation available but…"
"Well….Like I said, it's kind of a long story." Midoriya said with a raspy chuckle. "My watch, the Omnitrix, lets me turn into ten different 'aliens' as I like to call them. I call this one Blink because of his speed."
"Ah, that is quite interesting. What about that moth creature from before? I know you decided to call the giant one Goliath as you quite loudly announced it at the time." Iida said and the alien boy chuckled, slightly embarrassed while they watched Uraraka step up to take her throw.
"Chiller. I call him that because he's actually primarily got ice powers, like the two-tone hair kid there, Todoroki he was called?" Midoriya explained and Iida looked surprised but nodded his understanding. Before any more questions could be asked, Uraraka's score was announced, and it dropped everyone's jaws.
"Infinity?!" Most of the class shouted out in unison, the brunette herself just standing there, scratching the back of her head with a cute nervous smile upon her face.
"That's insane! How's that possible?!" The yellow haired teen from before said, and Midoriya knew his turn was next. He walked (or more accurately skated) forward to his place on the stand to prepare for his throw but before he could get there…
"Midoriya, a word before you take your throw." Aizawa said, his voice making it clear he didn't have anything positive to say. 'Of course…'
He walked with the teacher to just a little out of earshot as his mind tried not to worry about his-
"Your time limit." Aizawa said, predicting the next part of his thoughts and making the alien boy shudder. His glare was harsh and Midoriya got the feeling he wasn't going to like the man anymore when this talk was said and done. "The judges for the exam failed to be rational enough. Someone like you should never have gotten into a hero course…"
'…..What…' Midoriya barely registered his claws pressing tighter together in a slowly building anger he rarely felt. But he was quick in this form, in every regard. Physically, mentally….emotionally…
"You are not in the same position as your classmates. A gadget cannot make up for the lack of the quirk when it can break, malfunction, and timeout, which can happen far to fast. Once that happens you're no longer useful in the field, just easy target for the enemy. You CAN'T be a hero with some toy-"
"Oh of fricking course!" Midoriya exclaimed before he could stop himself. Aizawa's look turned to one of anger as his eyes flashed red but now that Midoriya had started he couldn't stop. The teacher couldn't keep his anger on his face for long at his next words. "'You're worthless Midoriya!' 'Having no powers makes you a freak Midoriya!' All of those bullies, part of why I wanted to be a hero was to stop people like that, hypocrites who pretend to love heroes but act like villains. Of course my teacher had to just be another hypocrite."
Beep. Beep. Beep. Bwoo.
Midoriya was back again. Having timed out and proven the man's point that it could get in the way. He wasn't wrong about that but the fact he wrote Midoriya off for it, just because he had no powers... "If I was a student doing the exact same things but it was a quirk instead of a device, you wouldn't care. But because I'm quirkless you start treating me like I'm worth less than anyone else."
Silence. The red eyes faded back in and the scruffy man's hair fell back down.
"….Take….your throw." The man said in a clipped tone without addressing the outburst, though his anger, while still present seemed to be briefly overwhelmed by shock. Midoriya could have hit himself for the outburst but at the same time, he wasn't going to take back what he said. 'I'm stuck as human now for the next couple of tests now….great.' "…And when you can….use a different form at least. You're getting predictable."
Midoriya blinked at the instruction, expecting to be reprimanded instead but he didn't complain as he made his way back to the stand. Aizawa took his place among the muttering crowd will the greenette considered how he could get a decent score without any of his powers.
"What do you think mister Aizawa and the curly haired guy was talking about?" Midoriya overheard the pink skinned girl ask and Iida quickly replied.
"I don't know but both of them seem quite unhappy coming out of it, in fact our teacher looked livid a moment ago. I hope the two haven't already had some sort of argument that would be most unbecoming of members U.A. high!" He exclaimed and the Omnitrix bearer rolled his eyes as Iida's seriousness about school took over once more.
"He's not gonna transform?" Uraraka asked, confused as the boy decided against the arc he was about to throw the ball in. "And why does he look so nervous as well?!"
'Oh, it's showing. Great.'
"His watch face seems to have changed to a different color and he did remain as one transformation for much longer while coming here. Perhaps he has some sort of time limit? There must be some limitation to his device, and it would seem like a likely one." Iida theorized and a quiet snarl came from Bakugou.
"Midoriya, we don't have-" Aizawa went to, presumably berate the teen for taking so long to throw but before he could, Bakugou roared up first.
"DAMMIT DEKU! JUST GET IT OVER WITH YOU PATHETIC FUCKMUNCH!" He shouted out as he let off an explosion, fed up of waiting for the greenette whose body froze up just briefly at the familiar sounds associated with a lot of pain from his past.
Bakugou glared and seemed ready to outright blast the boy if he took any longer. 'And he won't be trying to get the watch so that weird shockwave thing might not happen… '
Aizawa moved to say something, his eyes tinged red once more when yet another interruption took place, but this one much more welcome by Midoriya.
Beep.
The Omnitrix turned green once more and his watch face popped up, ready to go. He immediately turned his attention to it, missing Aizawa's calculating gaze (and slow stalking towards Bakugou), while he dialed through his aliens, passing by Blink. 'I'm already probably in trouble, no point making it any worse. Let's see, after this is the distance run, toe-touches and sit-ups. If I can't use blink then my best bet is either Pyroform or…'
His hand pressed down and within the flash of green Midoriya's form changed to one much bulkier, standing seven feet tall. His muscles were replaced by solid blueish-green crystals as was the rest of his new 'muscular' body. His eyes were an almost glowing yellow and he wore a half black, half dark green kind of jumpsuit. There were little holes on the sides of his face were his freckles would normally be.
"A new one?" he heard someone question as he picked up the ball once more, doing a quick mental run down of his new forms powers. 'Crystalize has similar powers to Todoroki really, just with crystals and maybe a little more versatility. He used a thin ice spear thing to launch it. He could only do so much with his ice though from what I saw…I wonder, I know I can shot crystal projectiles from my hands but…'
He planted his back foot firmly into the ground, feeling the crystals burrow into the earth, going further and further down. Once they started to fly back up he went to take his throw.
It made it to the fifty meter's mark, when it looked like it was about to fall. 'Now!'
The ground behind him exploded as a crystal structure burst forth, one particular strand growing longer than the rest before detaching and flying out as one thin but heavy crystal spear, the monument from the long climb propelling it far. It pierced through the ball and they both traveled far off into the distance, soon falling out of sight.
He turned to face the class who had seemed to be caught off guard by the sudden ice structure. Aizawa turned the screen around to show the score.
"738.2 Meters."
A satisfied smirk graced his face as he triple tapped his chest symbol and transformed back into Midoriya.
The distance run was nothing particularly difficult. Blink still would have been preferred but Crystalize, despite his bulky nature, was fairly good at moving fast. Both the alien teen and Todoroki seemed to have the same idea, skating along the field on platforms of crystal and Ice.
They ended up tying just behind Iida in first place.
The last two tests had been nothing all that impressive, Midoriya hadn't even been sure he needed his aliens for an impressive score on the finals tests as no one had any quirk truly good for them.
The class now stood out in the field, all anxiously awaiting the final results from Aizawa.
"You probably all already have a good idea of where you're standing already." Aizawa said as he pressed a button on a remote and a digital screen seemed to pop into existence in the air.
Midoriya took a deep breath as he opened his eyes to see the results.
1. Momo Yaoyorouzu. 2. Izuku Midoriya.
3. Shoto Todoroki. 4. Bakugou Katsuki.
5. Iida Tenya. 6. Fumikage Tokoyami
7. Mezo Shoji. 8. Mashirao Ojiro
9. Ejirou Kirishima 10. Mina Ashido
11. Ochaco uraraka 12. Koji Koda
13. Rikido Sato 14. Tsuyu Asui
15. Yuga Aoyama 16. Hanta Sero
17. Denki Kaminari 18. Kyoka Jirou
19. Tooru Hagakure. 20. Minoru Mineta
A small bang sounded to his right and Midoriya knew Bakugou was pissed about the outcome. He didn't care though, he had survived the test!
Now all that remained to be seen was if he could survive their teachers anger, if his outburst came back to bite him.
He felt bad for the purple ball haired teen though, as his quirk had only been able to be applied in once scenario when Midoriya could see plenty of uses for it in heroics.
"And I lied, no one is going home." Aizawa announced and Midoriya blinked. 'What?'
The greenette met the scruffy man's eyes, and was surprised to see them almost contemplative instead of upset.
'Did….I change his mind somehow?' He wondered, as everyone started to make their way back to class.
"It's time. Send the mark II. Let's see him fend off this."
Chapter 8: The Return
'The first day's finally finished.' Midoriya thought happily as he wandered down the path to the school gate with a bit of a slouch. The stress of the supposed punishment for failing the apprehension test had tired him out.
Aizawa had revealed it to be a 'logical ruse', which Midoriya had heavy, heavy doubt about. Why he hadn't really expelled anyone, the boy could only guess.
Before he could contemplate it more a sudden tap on his shoulder made him jump and he turned to see a boy with spiky red hair staring at him. "Oh, sorry, if I scared you man! Midoriya, right?"
"Uh, yeah. I….didn't get your name." The greenette admitted and the red head just grinned, showing off his unsettlingly sharp teeth.
"Ah no worries. I'm not surprised, I didn't really stand out next to people like you and that Bakugou dude." He said, waving it off. He didn't notice the small flinch from Midoriya at the mention of his once friend. "He really seemed to not like you for some reason. Ah well, anyways i'm Kirishima, Eijirou Kirishima but you can just call me Kiri if ya want."
"O-oh! Well nice to meet you Kirishima." Midoriya said, giving the boy a smile of his own. "So did you want something?"
"Well, I really just wanted to say that I think you're super manly." Kirishima said bluntly, causing the omnitrix wielder to just blink, surprised and unsure of what to say. "Applying for the top hero school quirkless, even with your watch, that had to take guts! Speaking of, that's super cool as well. All those forms, though as a fellow hard boy, that crystal dude has got to be my favorite."
Midoriya's face turned bright red, the boy before him not realizing his accidental innuendo. 'I-is this what i'm like to other people?'
"Ah, Midoriya!" A familiar voice said and the two turned to see Iida wandering up to them. "I had hoped to catch you before you left. Oh and it's nice to meet you, Kirishima? Am I correct?"
"Bingo." Said teen said, flashing the taller boy a grin and a thumbs up. "And I got your name, Iida. So you two friends then?"
"O-oh. Well uh…" Midoriya stuttered, not wanting to be rude but unsure of how to answer.
"Well I certainly hope I haven't ruined my chance to be. Me and Midoriya started off on the wrong foot, I was hoping he would allow me to amend that." Iida explained and once more the greenette could only blink.
"Oh…well I suppose….It couldn't hurt to give it a shot!" Midoriya said with a smile, not sure what to think of the fact someone actually wanted to be friends with him. Iida bowed in thanks and Kirishima smiled at the two of them.
"So manly!" the red head said excitedly. "Mind if I tag along with you two?"
"Not at all, Iida?"
"I'm fine with it, he was here before me anyways." Iida said as he continued to walk.
They didn't get far though before…
"HEY!!! WAIT UP YOU THREE!" A feminine voice said and Midoriya turned to see Uraraka running up to them, a taller girl with long black hair in an odd bun doing her best to keep up without looking like she was sprinting like a maniac, something the anti-gravity girl had no qualms about. "Phew! I was worried I wouldn't catch up. You going to the station? I'll join you. Kinda annoyed haven't had more of a chance to talk to the one who saved me."
"Oh hey, it's the infinity girl!" Kirishima said excitedly, giving them a small wave. The taller girl looked away shyly while the brunette grinned at them.
"I'm Ochaco Uraraka. And this here's my new friend, Momo Yaoyorozu." She said as she put her hands up, as if she was presenting the girl, who blushed a bit at the attention, as if she was a prize on a game show. Uraraka then began to point at each boy individually. "Let's see, you're Eijirou Kirishima, you're Tenya Iida and you are….Deku, right? Midoriya?"
"Deku?!" The greenette questioned and the girl quirked a brow. It was Yaoyorozu who spoke up next though.
"That's what Bakugou called you at the quirk test, is it not? I mean i'm not going to repeat the profanity he spouted but he did use that name." The girl explained, causing Midoriya to sigh.
"Oh right. Well my names actually Izuku Midoriya, Deku is what Kacchan calls me to make fun of me." He explained and the group all shared a look at that.
"That's hardly sportsman's like."
"So uncouth."
"Not manly, even slightly."
"Oh i'm sorry! I didn't know." Uraraka apologized, before she perked up. "Though you know what, I like Deku, it could make a great hero name. Not to mention it's pretty cute too."
"…Deku it is!" He quickly announced, making the girl tilt her head in confusion and Iida turn to face him, arms swinging around in surprise.
"What?! But weren't you just saying its an insult?!" The blue haired teen questioned as the omnitrix bearer hid his face behind his hand, having gone completely red.
"Paradigm shift, my whole world is upside down!"
"Wait, wha…"
Aside the small display of awkwardness, Yaoyorozu and Kirishima simply shared knowing looks. Once the greenette calmed down a bit he realized something. 'Kirishima just wanted to say hi, Iida wanted to start over and Uraraka wanted to talk but…is Yaoyorozu just here with Uraraka or….'
"Oh, Midoriya." The girl spoke up and the boy felt a small smile form on his face at the timing. She fidgeted nervously as she seemed to be trying to think of what to say next. "I…um…I wanted to talk to you. I had some questions about…"
"My watch?" The greenette hazarded a guess and the girl looked bashful as she nodded. 'Heh, girl's being nervous around me. That's just weird.'
"Not that I'm not interested in you as a person or anything!" She quickly said and Midoriya couldn't help the small chuckle. 'So that's why she was nervous? Well I guess 'I want to know about your property, nothing about you' doesn't sound that great.'
"It's fine." Midoriya reassured, before putting a finger to his chin. "Though I'm not sure how long we'll have to talk though, I mean I doubt we're all going back to our homes the exact same way."
"Oh…well I'm actually getting picked up by a car. There's plenty of room, i'd be happy to offer you all a ride home." The girl offered and the rest looked among themselves surprised.
"Are you sure? I wouldn't to intrude or anything." Midoriya said and the girl giggled.
"It's fine. As long as you're willing to wait for a few minutes I have no problem with you all joining me. " The tall teen said, a kind smile on her face. "Besides, it will make the trip much less lonely."
"Well then…..What do you want to know?" The greenette asked, and he didn't miss everyone else listening in, excited to get answers themselves.
"Hmm, well first, how many do you even have?"
The ride home had been incredibly pleasant and fun, everyone chatting about his watch and more, making jokes and getting to know one another.
They had been in for a shock when Yaoyorozu's 'car' arrived and turned out to be a limousine, but certainly no one was complaining. Yaoyorozu didn't seem to register that it was a rarity to the rest, not picking up on their shocked expressions.
Once they were inside they found it to be incredibly spacious and covered in blindingly white leather seats and wall pads that contrasted the almost infinite black of the paint on the exterior. Midoriya sat beside Yaoyorozu, while Iida and Uraraka took their sears on the left side of the vehicle, Kirishima on the opposite side from them, next to some sort of wine holder.
Whoever was driving, he was hidden from sight behind a pitch black divider at the front. The group, once they had gotten over their shock quickly made their way back to talking about their quirks and Midoriya's aliens.
Uraraka had been the first to be dropped off, her house being closer than the rest's. The building itself had looked a little worn down but no one had said anything to be polite as the anti-gravity girl said her goodbyes and made her way to what Midoriya was sure was a one person apartment. 'Does she live alone?'
The second to be dropped off had been Kirishima, who had turned out to be only a couple of blocks away from Uraraka in the same city. When they had pulled up they had seen the red head's house was a much more standard house, with a garden, two floors and a garage.
The remaining three students, between whom Midoriya felt pretty out of place with them being so much taller, had a much longer journey together as they had to leave to another city to drop off Iida next.
As they talked, the greenette noticed that every now and again the black haired teen would say something that would really put into perspective how she was absolutely definitely ridiculously rich, though it was never done in a flaunting manner. It was little things like being shocked Uraraka could live in such a small house or when someone brought up a minor inconvenience of everyday life she seemed totally oblivious of, such as making some small meal, apparently used to others doing it for her.
While being in the personal limo of a super rich girl was odd enough and certainly not where Midoriya had expected the day to be going, he couldn't help but notice Iida was less phased by the girl's obvious deep pockets than everyone else, not even batting an eye when she mentioned having a maid at one point. 'I wonder….engine based quirk….I'll have to look into it when I get home.'
They pulled up at the blue haired teens house and Midoriya could only blink in surprise when he saw it. It was easily twice the size of Kirishima house in every possible way. Twice as tall, twice as wide and twice as long. It definitely didn't dissuade the notion growing in the greenette's head.
"So where do you live, Midoriya?" Yaoyorozu asked with a kind smile once they were alone, ready to give the driver directions.
"Musutafu city." Midoriya said and she quickly relayed it to the driver before turning to him once more, to continue their conversation.
"So you only got the watch in the last few months?" The tall teen questioned and Midoriya nodded, as he idly ran a finger across the Omnitrix. "How did you get used to it then? You seemed fairly proficient with it during today's tests."
"Ah…well it's kind of like…it's like there's a natural instinct in each of them that gives me a basic idea of what I can do, but I still have to figure it out myself. So I did have a bit of a head start." The greenette explained as he scratched the back of his head. "I mostly got used to them by using them in my house, to help out where I could."
"Oh? In what ways?" Yaoyorozu asked, curiosity evident on her face. Midoriya chuckled lightly as he thought about all the little errands he did.
"Well, you know the moth guy I turned into? I call him chiller, because one of his abilities is an ice breath type thing. Our stove is sometimes faulty, overheats too much but we didn't have the money to replace it so I'd use chiller to keep any fires from starting." He explained and Yaoyorozu looked surprised at the mention of not having the money needed to fix the stove. The boy then laughed as he remembered something else he used to do. "Oh, don't tell mister Aizawa but I also from time to time would use Blink whenever my mom came back from a shopping spree to help her get the groceries and that upstairs. Had to go a bit out into public to do that though."
"Well, I suppose I can overlook it, if it was just helping your mother." The girl said, but with a teasing smirk that the boy returned. "But what about your father, couldn't he have helped as well?"
Silence. Midoriya just looked at the floor at that. It didn't take Yayorouzu long to get the message.
"Oh, i'm sorry! I didn't realize…"
"It's ok, you didn't know." Midoriya said as he looked up and realized they didn't have long left until they reached his house. "Anything else you wanted to ask?"
"Yes actually…" The taller teen trailed off and didn't actually ask anything, looking away bashfully and making Midoriya quirk a brow in confusion.
"And that is?"
"I um…..I'm curious….What's it like? To be quirkless I mean?"
A few buzzwords sprang to mind immediately and Midoriya clicked his tongue as he thought about how to answer. He wasn't going to lie about it or pretend it was anything other than torture.
"In a word? Hell." He started and the girl didn't seem all that surprised though she did seem a bit saddened by that answer. Sadly it would only get worse. "Honestly I couldn't tell you what's more crushing, the self-hatred or the hatred from others. Everyone just thinks of you as this….pushover freak to toy with. They think of you as less than human for not having any special abilities…..and after a while, you believe it."
"Oh, Midoriya…."
"and even though I eventually got my watch, it was too late. I was the powerless freak and that's what they'll forever think of me as. I ended up fighting back in the last few months, and they backed off but….they were still always shooting looks….judging….it sucked."
A harsh silence hung in the air once the boy finished and they pulled up outside his apartment building. Midoriya opened the door and turned back with an apologetic look.
"Sorry about ending it on a kind of sour note, I just…I can't hide how much it sucks, it wouldn't be fair." The greenette said before he turned to exit, before he got far though a hand on his shoulder caught him off guard and he was turned around once more to see the nervous gaze of the black haired girl before he suddenly felt to slender arms wrap around him in a hug.
The omnitrix bearer let out a small squeak of surprise as his face flushed red and he went rigid in the tall girl's grasp. It only lasted for a couple of seconds before Yaoyorozu broke away, clearly embarrassed herself.
"S-sorry! I should've asked first, I apologize. You just seemed like….sorry!" The wealthy teen quickly got out her flustered apology, slamming the door shut behind her as she scrambled back in. A moment later the limousine pulled out of the carpark and left Midoriya standing there dumbfounded.
"Wha…."
The greenette just watched, mouth slightly agape as the car rounded the corner and left. Only once a harsh breeze blow into him and his skin started to form goosebumps did he snap out of it, turning around and walking to the staircase. 'What was that about?'
The omnitrix wielder shook his head, deciding to put it out of his mind for now and simply get to bed, the long school day having left him longing for some sleep.
Unfortunately, as he climbed he felt a pit form in his stomach and his mouth start to go dry.
Something was…wrong. There was nothing visibly amiss but after spending so many years in the one apartment the boy knew what to expect from his house and something about the atmosphere wasn't right.
His pace slowed as he trailed his hand along the wall, fingers occasionally roaming over small divots. The air was cold and there was a disturbing amount of silence.
No sound of television from a neighbors house leaked out, no particularly bright lights came from anyone's windows to blind him as wandered down the hall. He came up to his door and the pit in his stomach only got worse.
Nothing was wrong that anyone just casually passing by would of picked up on but the boy saw it and he crouched down to be eye level with his door handle, looking at where the lock should be.
Instead there was the tiniest little hole melted into the door and judging by the light glow around it, it was a fresh cut. The boy stood up once more, quickly pulling up the watch face on the Omnitrix just in case.
He considered running, trying to find the pro heroes who were supposed to be stationed nearby at All Might's request but one simple fact kept him from doing so.
He didn't know if his mother was in there, trapped with a villain or not. If she was, he didn't want to waste time trying to find a hero that might not even be around. He kept a hand ready over his watch as he slowly opened the door and looked inside.
His breathing hitched as he saw the flowers near the door spilled onto the floor with the vase smashed and a hole in the wall the size of a small ball. He slowly creeped in more. He passed the bathroom which was empty though the shower curtain lay on the floor, his room which remained until and his mothers room which had clothes strewn around all over and another vase smashed into the floor.
Finally the teen made it into the living room and his eyes widened in horror at the scene before him. One of the couch's was flipped over, the TV was smashed upon the floor, noodles from the meal his mother must have been making were spilled along a kitchen countertop and the fridge was completely toppled on top of something metallic.
None of that was what had caused the boy surprise nor the cold piercing chill of fear to run down his spine though. Stood in the center of it all was his mother, looking terrified as one robotic arm remained wrapped around her neck, the other pointing a mounted gun at her head.
A gun that had just started to light up.
Chapter 9: The probe, round two
The barrel of the hand-mounted gun lit up, charging a shot that would kill Inko if it hit. Midoriya's eyes widened in horror, hand flying down onto his watch on instinct.
The signature flash of green hadn't even dissipated when Midoriya's new form shot out towards them.
BZZT!
"NOO!"
"AHHH!"
BOOM!
SPLAT!
Smoke filled the room, only a coughing could be heard. It took a moment to clear and when it did the probe took in its surroundings.
"Target….lost."
It's eyes scanned over the woman lying on the floor, eyes open in fear. It's optical display showed different information all about the greenette's health state.
"Diagnostic complete. Still alive, in shock. Must eradicate. Primary target lost? What are you talking about robocreep, i'm right here!"
The robots head tilted down against its will to look at it's gun hand, which had it's barrel completely destroyed and split, as well as having turned an odd black and green color that was spreading up the arm. "Just needed to catch my breath from that hit. Can't hurt anyone if the opening is jamme-AAGGADGGGHHHOWWWASHH!"
Violent bright bolts of electricity traveled through the robots arm and a large green and black blob shot off the arm, forming into a towering alien with green stripes all over and seemingly only one eye.
"Ow….note to self, Enhance can't stand electricity." The alien teen muttered as he clutches his head with a massive hand before straightening up. The probe turned to face him.
"Galvanic mechamorph form detected." The robotic voice announced as it's eyes lit up and it raised it's other arm up to the boy. It's claws closed and two shutters closed above them, preventing some sort of liquid from escaping. Further up the arm a little miniature catapult was deployed. "Incapacitation recommended."
"Woah, ok, new plan!" Enhance shouted as he dove out of the way of the projectile which went on to hit the couch and wrap it up in some sort of electric net. The teen looked up and saw, through some miracle the television had survived so far.
The aliens body shot forth, turning into a ball of a liquid-like substance that quickly engulfed and grew around the TV until it was fully black and green, the display serving as the placement for the aliens eye. The boy's form continued to wrap around the connected speakers and devices, pulling in as much materials as he could. "Time to pull the plug on this jerk."
As he said that, the DVR his form was connected to shot out it's videotape as a distraction. The robot wasn't hit with it as a green bubble seemed to form around it, protecting him from harm. However it also locked away from interacting with what was outside the unexpected force field, letting Midoriya grab his mother with the television's plug which wrapped around her and pulled her away from the danger.
"Eliminating mechamorph assets." The robot announced as it's force field fell and it lifted up its working hand to the teen.
"Oh that can't be good." Midoriya muttered as he quickly separated from the television and watched in shock as a stream of fire shot forth from the robots hand, causing the TV to blow up into a flurry of sparks. "Dammit! That's expensive! Could you not blow up our stuff while you try to kill me?!"
"Negative."
"Did the killer robot just sass me?!"
Midoriya's new body melted into the floor into a puddle and quickly moved away towards his mother before he reformed, picking her up and running away. "Ok mom, if you're gonna focus up again please do it now."
"Huh-wha mmm….ugh…." Was the only noises that came from the plump woman, making Midoriya groan. 'Not good. What the hell happened to the pro's around here?'
Crash!
Looking back Enhance's eye widened in worry as he saw the robot crash out their apartment door, hovering in the air somehow.'It can freaking fly now?!' "Hold on mom!"
The alien made a sharp turn, ignoring the stairs and jumping off the balcony, wrapping his hands tightly around his mother and spreading his body out like a parachute. Wind hit his stomach and he felt his body ben back as their descent slowed down, and too his dismay he couldn't see any pro's around anywhere even with his current overhead view. A few moments later they were in the carpark of their building with the robot already following through the air.
"Mm Izu…ku…what's going…OH MY!" Inko shouted in surprise as she regained awareness and Midoriya quickly kneeled down beside her. "That-That's-!"
"Mom! I know you're scared but we gotta focus. I can't see any pro's around anywhere." He quickly explained and the fear I her eyes got worse once she heard. Then realization dawned on what her son was about to say and apprehension appeared.
"No, not again!"
"Mom, just go get some pro's! I'm safe as long as I stay alien, your not! Go!" He said as he pulled her up and quickly got her moving away. She took off into a sprint just in time as a loud crash signaled to Midoriya the robot was behind him. "I just can't catch a break today."
He turned to face the robot, thankful yet also annoyed that the car park was empty. He'd be able to avoid collateral damage but he had nothing to merge with. 'How am I going to win this now? I can't merge with him without getting zapped…'
"Initiating FDC Protocol.." The robot announced and before Midoriya could react a ring of green energy suddenly burst forth from the machine. It moved too fast to dodge and washed over the alien boy.
At first it seemed nothing had happened, and the teen went to laugh but as he moved his body suddenly twisted and contorted, becoming more solid and a burning sensation traveled throughout. Slowly his skin started to glow green, getting brighter and brighter until he was engulfed in a flash that soon dissipated.
Enhance had disappeared but Midoriya was still present, blinking in surprise. He looked down at himself and saw his body partially covered in red rocks but mostly being pure fire. "What the- Pyroform? How did you do that?!"
"Error. System failure. Protocol B engaged." The robots eyes turned purple as it suddenly began to grow to double its size, making Midoriya gulp. "Eradicate Izuku Midoriya, completely."
"I don't suppose I can refuse service can I?" Pyroform asked with a nervous smile. The robot didn't answer, instead aiming its working hand at him, a faint whirring noise indicating something had started charging inside. "So that's a firm no?"
The boy quickly threw his hands down, violent torrents of fire shooting into the ground and creating an intense pressure that rocketed the teen into the sky, narrowly avoiding a stream of liquid that shot out of the hand. "Hey I thought that was fire before?"
He stopped the jet of flames and let himself plummet on top of the robot, feet landing on its head before he summoned up a violent tornado of fire around the two in a bid to destroy the bot quickly.
After a couple of second he relented and let the fire clear, only to groan when he realized the bot had managed to throw up its shield, though it had took some damage as a part of the casing on the head was melted. The force field suddenly dropped and the robot knocked the teen of its head and onto the floor. As he stood up a violent flood of water hit his face and he felt his body weaken. "Puh-ugh G-hey, qui-bleh, quit it. I said STOP!"
As he shouted in frustration he exploded in a violent burst of fire, evaporating the liquid and allowing him a brief respite. He quickly threw a heavily concentrated jet of fire at the hottest temperature he knew how to reach, as the water started back up and the two elements tangled in the air, dousing and evaporating one another. 'Dammit, I need a plan or a distraction or-'
"I AM HERE. TO DESTROY THE ROBOT THAT DARE ATTACKS YOUNG MIDORIYA! A familiar booming voice announced and Midoriya looked up to see his mentor, In his muscular form punching the robot in the head, throwing it off balance. 'Or that!' "Are you ok, my boy?!"
"A killer robot destroyed my house and nearly killed my mother in front of me!"
"So that's a firm no?" The blonde inquired and the greenette just nodded. The robot flow up into the air before suddenly growing to an ungodly size, only topped by goliath.
"Primary target must be destroyed!"
"My boy, what do I need to know?" All Might quickly inquired as they looked on in worry, unsure of how to proceed.
"He can fly, change size, has a flame thrower and water gun, had a laser gun til I destroyed it and some capture nets. He also has a force field. That's all I know." Midoriya quickly filled the man in as did what he did best, analyze the situation. "I have an idea, if you can distract!"
"And that is?"
"You'll see, just keep him busy!" The boy said and ran off to the back of the machine, leaving the blonde with the towering monstrosity.
"….I hope he knows what he's doing…LISTEN UP VILLAIN, YOUR TERROR IS AT AN END. I WON'T LET YOU GET NEAR HIM WITHOUT GOING THROUGH ME."
A large blue bar suddenly washed over the pro and he blinked in surprise.
"Entity: Homosapien, name: All Might, threat level: Low."
"LOW? WELL FRANKLY I FIND THAT QUITE INSULTING!" The muscular man shouted at the robot as he rushed forth, feet quickly finding the base of the robot before he leaped into the air. It went to grab him but he quickly flipped over it's hand and landed on the finger before rushing up the arm. "AND I'M WILLING TO BET YOUR FORCE FIELD DOESN'T WORK AT THIS SIZE! DETROIIIIIT SMAAAAASH!"
The attack landed solidly on the robots neck, causing it to stumble back but not fall. "Huh…thought that would of hurt more-Hey!"
The claw of the robots hand picked up the man by his shirt and threw him off the shoulder onto the ground before trying to punch further into the concrete. The blonde barely rolled out of the way in time, wiping away a drip of blood on his chin.
"ALL MIGHT, MOVE!" He heard Midoriya shout and obliged, rushing off to the side before turning back to see what was happening. To his surprise he saw the alien standing in the robots line of sight, holding a fireball that was twice the size of him. "Heat makes air rise so… RISE!"
The teen threw the massive culmination of fire at the villains feet and continued to pour more fire into it as he could. The flames swirled around the robot, dancing elegantly as it tried in vain to bat them away. In just a moment the entire machine was engulfed. "NOW!"
Midoriya's form suddenly exploded in a bright orange glow before the tornado followed similarly. The man wiped away the sweat forming from the heat as he watched in awe of what his student was doing. The tornado kept rising and rising and the blonde swore he could see the silhouette of the villain rising up with the flames.
After a few moments of the spectacle, Midoriya stopped pouring into the flames, and transformed back to human form. All Might rushed forward immediately, grabbing the boy and pulling him to the side lines. The tornado of flames soon dissipated and he was surprised to see the villain completely gone. "What…."
"I…did the same….thing the first time. Difference this time….I could control the intensity. I went above my normal….heat limit for a few moments, made the flames strong enough to carry the robot away. Should be….in orbit." Midoriya explained between tired breaths. "Not….used to…going past certain….temperatures with him….Clearly need to work on that."
All Might held his student against him, turning back to his skinny form once he made sure no one was watching and helped guide the boy. "You did good Izuku. Come on, let's go see your mother."
Chapter 10: Home sweet Home
Inko, Toshinori and Midoriya all sat around the annihilated living room of the two greenette's apartments, on the only couch still upright and a stool the student had pulled from a closet. Inko sat chewing her nails nervously while the blonde pro massaged his head as he considered what had occurred.
"So, you came down to see how my first school day had gone and just happened to run into mom as she was looking for the pro's?" The omnitrix wielder asked as he looked towards the spot where his mother had almost died and shuddered. "And you didn't see any pro's at all?"
"Not one. Your mother wasn't particularly subtle about looking for one either." The gaunt man confirmed as the woman blushed. Midoriya groaned as he started to pace. "Whoever sent that robot, for whatever reason they waited until now and had the ability to get rid of professional heroes. What I want to know is how?"
"I…..He was obviously equipped to deal with me specifically, to fight my aliens. What pro's were patrolling, do you know?" The greenette asked as he looked to his mentor. It was his mother who answered however.
"Volcanic, Gravis and Whiplash. I get a letter through the door at the start of the week telling me who should be patrolling on what day." Inko explained and Toshinori quirked an eyebrow.
"Well, clearly i'm falling behind on keeping up with who my colleagues are. I used to be able to tell you every pro hero in a given city and now…..so what were their quirks?"
Midoriya sighed, the theory in his mind seeming depressingly more likely. "Gravis' quirk 'Heavy limbs' let him make each and every one of his limb weigh up to four times more than normal. Gave him super strength at a cost to his speed. Volcanic had 'Magma beams', she could fire concentrated streams of lava from her fingertips and Whiplash, she had 'Electric Whip', she could deploy a whip from the palm of either of her hands where a little holster is located and electrify said whips."
"Sounds like a strong collection of powers." Toshinori said as he nodded along and the younger Midoriya in the room sighed.
"Yeah, their strong in a relative sense but against a that robot, who had so many defenses against so many powers…I hope i'm wrong but I think they did fight…"
"And they lost…." Inko finished for him. The room was silent for a moment as that sank in before All Might stood up, steam starting to pour as his muscles grew larger.
"Young Midoriya, is your watch charged?" He asked and the boy nodded confused. "Get ready to turn into blink."
"Wait, wha? All Might? Isn't that technically illegal though." The boy questioned and the muscular man nodded.
"Under normal circumstances yes but if it is deemed necessary by a pro, they can grant a civilian the right to use their quirk, or in this case support item, temporarily." The pro explained as he turned and walked to the door. "Take your mother back to U.A., I shall call ahead to inform them of your imminent arrival and then, I shall do my best to find these pro's."
A green flash occurred behind All Might and a second later Blink stood in front of him, a notebook in hand. "Here, pages 37, 62 and 145. My sketches aren't professional artist level or anything but they should be good enough to help, especially if you have no idea what they look like."
"Thank you my boy. Now get to U.A., explain to the principal everything that has happened. Don't worry about sharing your part in fighting off the robot, i'm sure he'll understand."
"Yes sir." The raspy voice of the teens alien form said before he was suddenly in front of his mother, not even leaving the blur trail he usually did in that form. "Ready? This might be a bit nauseating after a couple of seconds."
The woman nodded, before suddenly being picked up into the aliens hands. It looked ridiculous due to the size difference yet Midoriya didn't seem to be struggling at all.
BWOOOSH
Then they were gone, and All Mjght left quickly after, pulling out his phone and calling up the principal as he leapt down to the battle site. Somewhere near by there had to be a clue….
Midoriya counted in his head, as buildings and cars appeared and disappeared in blurs while he zipped and zigged and zagged around oncoming traffic. No one even seemed to realize he was there with how fast he was going, something he wrote down in his mental notebook for later.
'16, 17, 18!'
Suddenly they were in front of the U.A gate which was closed, a camera above looking at them. The alien waved a claw at it as he placed Inko down but he doubted Nezu knew he'd be coming yet.
"18 seconds to get here at top speed. God I love blink."
"You've made that clear…..a lot…." Inko gasped out as she sat down on the floor, seemingly winded. Midoriya flinched, and briefly wished there was a water fountain nearby. Maybe he could put a suggestion in somewhere to get that done.
He tapped his watch and turned back to normal, sitting down beside Inko and supporting her while they waited. A couple of minutes passed in silence before anything occurred.
KHSSHHHH
Suddenly the barrier opened up, slowly sliding away. It took a couple of moments but soon the metal shifted away to reveal principal Nezu, a furry creature of some description smiling at them, with the pro hero Midnight beside him.
The younger greenette had already met the sultry pro earlier that day, in his first ever modern history course but he hadn't interacted with her much at all so he had no idea how she'd react to all of this.
In all honesty though, the boy was just glad it wasn't Aizawa.
"Ah, mister Midoriya, miss Midoriya! Please come in. All Might has already told me about what happened. A truly awful turn of events for you both. Let us talk in my office, as I think I have an idea about what Toshinori wants me to do." The furry principal said as he gestured for them to follow, turning and walking back in.
"Oh uhhh, can we get my mom a drink first? She could probably use one after everything." Midoriya asked and Midnight nodded, placing a hand on the womans back.
"I'll help her, and take her to the office once she's able then. The principal mostly wants to talk with you anyways." The pro said as she guided Inko. They split at the staircase. The women wandered off towards the cafeteria while Midoriya climbed the steps alone with the principal.
"It seems your already getting a bit of a reputation around here Midoriya. I suppose considering your status as the first 'quirkless' person at U.A., even on a technicality would do that. Getting Shota to change his mind about something though, now that might as well be a quirk in of itself."
"Shota, sir?" The greenette questioned, confused.
"Oh right, you humans and your double naming conventions. You're homeroom teacher mister Aizawa. He was quite insistent that he would end up expelling you by the end of the day. Of course, that didn't happen. In fact from what I hear, it was a bit of a role reversal."
"Ah…yeah. Honestly I thought would have been in trouble for that." Midoriya admitted, scratching his head.
"Well, i'm sure you were incredibly close to it. Regardless of how close you were though, something you said got through to him and you convinced him to let you stay. It goes to show, even the oldest, smartest and most experienced can learn something new, even if it is from a novice." Nezu laughed, as they stepped off the stairs into the hall. "Still, while I understand you may be inclined to hold a grudge for his attitude, I ask you give him a second chance. Shota is most certainly rough around the edges, but he is well intentioned. He only worried about your safety, as he didn't want anyone getting hurt or killed."
"Ok but see, that mind set is exactly what gets to me. No offense sir but it isn't right that he automatically associate quirkless with needing to be protected, especially after he saw my powers for himself." Midoriya explained with a scowl.
"Ah of course. The stereotyping must be one of the worst parts, and I apologize, as I'm sure even I'm guilty of it. Still, regardless of it all, there will be a second chance tomorrow. I hope you both will be able to capitalize on it fully." Nezu said as they walked into the creatures office, which turned out to be relatively plain.
A desk was in the middle of the room, and there was a couch off to the side with a tea set. Aside from that though the room was fairly empty.
"Of course, a part of his annoyance at the time probably also stemmed from his inability to use his quirk on you. He has his own flair for the dramatic, though he refuses to admit it."
"His quirk?"
"Ah of course, you don't know. He has the ability to erase other people's quirks He's-"
"The pro hero Eraserhead! THAT'S WHERE I KNEW HIM FROM!" Midoriya suddenly exclaimed, hitting himself in the head for not figuring it out earlier. Then he saw Nezu's amused stare. "Oh….uh…sorry. That's just been annoying me since I met him."
"I'm surprised you have heard of him, he does his best to stay out of the limelight. Considering what I've heard about your extensive note taking though, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised." Nezu said amused as he pulled out some documents from his desk.
"You know about my notebooks?"
"I know a great many things, mister Midoriya. I know the exact amount of sweets in a jar, I know the real origin of your Omnitrix, I know All Might's biggest, and your biggest secret because they ate the same secret and I know exactly how many individual strands of hair are sat atop your head right now."
Silence permeated the room, the teenager only able to blink in surprise before Nezu suddenly laughed, paw over his mouth.
"Oh dear me, I did get a bit carried away there. I guess that inclination towards theatrics is something we all have here." The creature said as his laughter died down. "Anyways yes young Midoriya, I know what you want to confirm. I know about One for All, as does our school nurse Recovery Girl. We're on your side, no need to worry. Now to the matter at hand?"
"Oh right, well how much did All Might tell you?" Midoriya questioned and the shorter, and furrier, of the two clapped his paws together.
"He only shared the basic details. He was sending you here, you were attacked and that you had been told to use your watch to get here. He then quickly hanged up before I could question him about any details. He did seem rather panicked so I hope you can enlighten me to the full story. I do believe a robot is involved though? I did get briefed on the original attack by Toshinori."
"Yeah, it was another robot. Well, too make sure I don't miss anything I'll start from when I was just leaving U.A. to go home…"
So the boy spent the next couple of minutes filling in the principal about the whole affair, from the relatively unimportant details of the trip home which the furry teacher was quite a polite listener about, all the way to the moment Midoriya blasted the robot into the stratosphere with a tornado of fire.
"That….does sound like quite the spectacle. Where it not for the whole danger to the general public aspect, I would've quite liked to see that." Nezu admitted as he wrote down some notes. Midoriya continued on, explaining what All Might was doing right now and the principals eyes seemed to lose a bit of the twinkle within them. "Oh, that is quite worrying. Gravis was a student here, only graduated two years ago. He was such a polite and hardworking student, I truly hope he is ok."
"Yeah….Well, that's about it. At least from what I saw and did anyways." Midoriya said as he scratched the back of his head. Nezu went to say something but before he could a knock on the door sounded, before Inko and Midnight walked in.
"Ah miss Midoriya, perfect timing. Your son has just finished relaying his side of the story to me. Do you think you would be able to do the same?" The principal asked and Inko nodded slowly.
"Well uh, there's not much to say I'm afraid. I was just cooking dinner, waiting for Izuku to come home when I heard this weird buzzing noise. I went to investigate, and saw their was this little hole in my door. When I opened it though no one was there. Then I turned around and…..it was right there, staring me in the eye. I'm not a fighter, not by any means and I don't really think well under pressure. If I hadn't of been panicking I should of ran out the door and tried to find some pro's." The woman muttered as she shook her head, taking a swig from the glass of water in her hand. "Instead I ran back into my house past the villain. I used my powers a couple of times to throw stuff at it but hardly anything worked and eventually it got its hands on me. I think it was going to just kill me on the spot but then Izuku walked in."
Midoriya's breathing hitched at that last part and he felt little tears forming in his eyes as he finally comprehended just how close he had come to losing his mother.
"There was a bang and I was pretty out of it after that. Once I was able to comprehend stuff normally again Izuku sent me off to find a pro. I didn't want to leave him fighting that thing alone, especially if it was after him but my son's much more powerful than me so…." The long haired greenette trailed off and Nezu nodded, writing down a few more notes with a frown. "I ran into All Might after that, and he rushed off to help."
"Ah yes. I hope he wasn't too close to his limit." Nezu muttered and Midnight sat up straight in surprise.
"Uh sir?..."
"Oh, no worries Nemuri, these two are already aware of our newest staff members limitation." The principal waved away the issue, paw flailing in the air. He then turned to face the two Midoriya's with a serious gaze. "I hate to potentially bring up any unpleasant memories but I read every new students files in detail to make sure we are as well accommodated as possible. I'm aware it's just you two."
Inko frowned sadly and a rare look of anger crossed Izuku's features.
"Judging by your reactions I suppose I can guess what occurred. That is besides the point, I only confirm it because of the offer i'm about to make." Nezu said and they perked up in surprise. "U.A.'s top priority is always the safety of the students who go here, and of course the safety of their families when it extends to that, as it does here. We know these attacks are liable to occur again, and currently when seems to be completely random. We also know the pro's who were assigned to you were unable to protect you, despite being some very promising up and comers from my memory, though mister Midoriya here was able to stand up to . Now, we do have two uninhabited cities for use in our own backyard…"
Midoriya's eyes widened. 'Is he offering what I think?'
"A lot of the teaching staff here live multiple cities away. Even after the day is over we have paperwork to file or have tasks to do before we leave. For some, like miss Midnight here, by the time she leaves, gets on the train and gets home, it will be time for her to come back again." Nezu explained and the long haired woman nodded. "The training cities we use, one of them has a quarantined off block the students never go near during the day. There is an apartment building the staff will sometimes sleep in and more than enough rooms to accommodate you both."
"That sounds great but i'm not sure i'd be able to pay the rent on that." Inko said before realization struck and she hid her face in her palms from embarrassment while the rest of the room chuckled.
"That would defeat the point of it being a safe house but I understand your concerns." Nezu said through his chuckling. "It is quite fitting that you bring it up though. It is quite a while from here to Musutafu. If you want, i'm sure we could find a position for you as part of the staff. For example I believe our 'chef', Lunch Rush, is looking for an assistant."
"That's….a really good offer, but the teachers do go home for holidays and that so the protection kind of goes away then." Inko muttered and Nezu seemed to make something akin to a chittering noise.
"Yes that's understandable, though not the case for us all. Recovery Girl, our nurse, pro hero and teacher Cementoss and yours truly all stay here pretty much all the time. Judging by our conversations, All Might as well will likely be staying nearby pretty consistently." The mammal amalgam explained before jumping off his chair and walking around the table to them. "And because no civilians would be in the majority of the city, we can allow you what so far has proven to be the best defense so far, letting your son use his watch freely. Of course, there is a catch."
'Of course, because there always is…'
"Miss Midoriya, you don't seem to be a specific target, just an unfortunate bystander, so you can leave and go to other cities to do shopping or meet friends or whatever you usually do. Mister Midoriya though, you'll have to stay within the two cities, or on school premises at all times, with limited exceptions."
The two greenette's looked between each other, considering it. Eventually Inko leant forward. "If it will keep my son safe, i'm willing to do it. Izuku?"
"So I have the whole city to use outside of school hours, with the ability to use my powers relatively freely?" He questioned and the mammal nodded. "Then to be honest, it's an improvement for me. There's nothing i'll really miss, aside from some nostalgia to be honest."
"Well, that is unfortunate but at least it will make this whole proposition easier for you." The principal said, shaking his head and walking towards the office door. "Allow me to show you what the apartments would actually be like."
The bus ride to the city was relatively quiet, the four only making small talk as they travelled. The stepped out after a couple of minutes and Midoriya recognized the entrance as the one he had been waiting at during the entrance exam.
Midnight opened up the gate and they took a left turn at the first block. After a couple of moments of walking they came up to a walled off area with a couple of buildings inside. They didn't go far into the area, walking to the entrance of the second building on the left.
Opposite was a building that looked identical and Midoriya realized these must be the apartment buildings. They stepped inside and went to the elevator in the main hall.
"Your apartment will be on the third floor. Both apartment buildings have a total of six floors with three rooms each. There's another building a little down the street but only Aizawa lives there. He does like to commit to his loner persona." Nezu mentioned with a small chuckle when the elevator doors opened, revealing a fairly small barren hall with a few seats, carpet and not much else. There were two doors either side of the elevator and one just across from the elevator. "The door to the left of the elevator is where All Might has set up and the right is where Nemuri here has slept for a while. This apartment straight across is where you both will stay."
Nezu pushed the door open and they walked inside as Midnight piped up from the back. "You're lucky to get this one you know. Both buildings only have one big apartment each, to save room."
The door lead into a larger hall with red carpeting and blue wallpaper. A coat hanger stood beside the door with an end table and a shoe rack. At the left end of the hall there was a closet that was left open for some reason.
There were five doors inside, and the younger Midoriya pushed forth, opening up the door straight across from the front door. Inside was a soft looking king sized bed, with bedside tables either side, a large wardrobe pressed up against the wall and a trunk at the foot of the bed. To the side of the door was a wooden desk with an office chair and a set of shelves behind it.
"This is the master bedroom where you will presumably sleep miss Midoriya. It has plenty of room and storage in case you need it, and the desk is a fine enough place to set up a computer if need be." Nezu explained and Inko blinked in surprise while the omnitrix wielder let out a whistle of content.
"I'm surprised it's already got some furniture, do you keep it ready for anyone coming in then?" He asked as he ran a hand over the wallpaper.
"Well partially yes. I also did call ahead after All Might called up just in case to get one or two necessary things put in." The principal explained as they stepped out Into the hall and walked to the room on the left of the elevator. "This room will be yours mister Midoriya."
They walked in and had to navigate a curve as the bedroom seemed to stretch around the edge of the building. When they did get in the teens jaw dropped.
The room was clearly initially meant to be a guest room as was evidenced by the two queen sized beds. Near the front was a divider between the bed area and what appeared to be a small office area with two desks, one of which had a laptop on it. An armchair sat just in front of the door with a little table and two wardrobes stood beside one of the beds. The room was a bit thin but otherwise fairly spacious and once one of the unnecessary beds was removed it would be a nice large room Midoriya would be more than happy with.
'I could fit twice my merch in here and still have room left over.'
They wandered into the hall again and Nezu opened the door opposite them but didn't walk in. "Your bathroom is a mostly standard affair, with one little difference. There's two baths and a shower in there, each hidden from each others sight. Also two toilets and sinks, we did it this way for efficiencies sake, so that you could save as much time as possible when in a rush. Now, if you'll follow me, the room on the other side of the master bedroom is the living area."
They walked in and looked around. It was probably the smallest room, next to the master bedroom funnily enough but it was still a nice room. A couch and two armchairs were set up, facing a television, a coffee table. Between them. There was a few cushions on the floor in the corner next to a pile of board games. The feature that truly caught Izuku's eye though was the pool table that was there. He raised his hand to question it but Nezu beat him too the punch.
"If you're wondering about the pool table, our designer had a bit of a phase when they were doing these buildings. I've considered removing them but I decided to keep them until someone moved in, and let them decide."
"….no comment." Was all the younger Midoriya could think to say. The went to the last room that was on the opposite side of the apartment, walking in too find it was a similar set up as Midoriya's room, curving around the side.
There was a normal kitchen with two cookers, a fridge, a few counters with cupboards and cabinets above. An ironing board and laundry basket stood off to the side and in the long hall where the room curved was an unnecessarily long dining table that could fit all of the boy's class without much effort.
"This is….so much. Your sure about just giving this to us? I thought we would have been in some little apartment, maybe a bit smaller than our current." Inko said as she looked around. Izuku couldn't help but laugh.
"Well from what i've seen this is the U.A. way. If it isn't over-board or over-the-top, it probably isn't U.A." The greenette said as he opened up the fridge out of curiosity and saw an alarming amount of soft drinks stored inside.
"Yes, well we have this apartment to spare, protection you need and a job to keep you sustained. It would be awfully rude and not very heroic of us to not offer you a safe haven when we have it. So, are you certain you want this?"
The two were silent as they thought. Inko spoke up first.
"I'm fine with it. Maybe hold off on the job part first though, so I can see if I can still maintain my old job please?" The woman requested and Nezu nodded while Midnight reached past Izuku, pulling out a drink for herself.
"That is perfectly fine. Mister Midoriya? This is mainly for your sake, are you ok with this?"
Midoriya was quiet for a moment.
"I have a single amendment, and i'll be happy with this."
"What would that be the?"
"Please, after the school day is finished may I have a two hour period where I can leave outside of U.A., just to make sure the rest of my friends get home? It's the only chance aside from during school I can interact with them and if today was any indication, we won't interact much during the day."
"Well, from my own experience you will be interacting more than you realize but if that's your only request, then I'm sure it can be arranged. So you are both willing to move to this?"
"If possible, yes."
"Then in that case, you both get comfortable around here. Midnight will show you where the rest of each of the staff reside while I go back and deal with the paperwork in my office. Don't worry about landlords or the like, U.A. will handle it all. If that's all then allow me to welcome you formally to your new home." The principal bowed before heading for the front door. "Toodles!"
Midnight downed the last of the drink she borrowed and Midoriya smiled as he followed her out to the other apartments.
A city to himself to use his powers, a new home and his dream school?
He should of gotten nearly murdered by an alien robot sooner!