Chapter 20: Izuku vs Vilgax, part 2
"Together!"
With that confident announcement the two rushed at their opponents, attracting the attention of the rest on the sidelines. All Might started to run faster than his successor as he seemed to glow with power. "I got the squid, my boy!"
"Right!" Colossus nodded, turning his attention to Nomu. Finally the four met in the middle and fists began to fly. Vilgax and All Might fists met, cancelling each other out over and over, only occasionally landing blows. As they clashes, the wind power of the blonde's blows were slowly but surely pushing Vilgax back.
On the alien dinosaur's side, he couldn't really say he was struggling. Admittedly any direct blow into the creature did nothing but the bird monster also only had enough strength hurt a little worse than a regular punch with the boy's scales protecting him. There was a much easier way to fight this creature as well.
As Nomu came in for another attack the transformed teen dodged, grabbing Nomu's arm and yanking him up and spinning around on the heels on his feet. He spotted his target with a grin. "ALL MIGHT, INCOMING!"
With that he launched the monster and watched as his mentor jumped out the way, causing it to collide with Vilgax and throwing them back. "Nice shot, young Midoriya!"
"Thanks! Trade you a moment, I got something to say to Vilgax!" The teen said as he stomped forth, causing the ground to shake as he did. All Might followed behind, and the brown scaled alien quickly descended upon the recovering Vilgax who grabbed his incoming fists to hold back. "Sorry Gaxxy, but I have something I need to make up for from our first fight!"
Quickly he swished around and knocked the villain off his feet using his tail. As Vilgax fell through the air, Colossus grabbed his leg and smashed him into the ground, before lifting him up and repeating it before finally throwing him in the air and punching him back a few feet. "THAT'S IT! YOU ANNOYING EARTLING, JUST DIE!"
"You ever think about anger management? I feel like it could really benefit you." Midoriya pondered, backing up into All Might, the squid like villain rushing at them. "You got yours running at you as well?"
"Yep."
"Ready?"
"Ready!"
Quickly the two dived to the side and Vilgax and Nomu collided, the monster throwing his ally back. As this was happening, Midoriya was to distracted to hear the beeping of the Omnitrix in amongst the noise.
"Now my boy, grab the monster!"
Before the villains had time to react, All Might started an assault on Vilgax as a distraction while Colossus yanked the bird creatures arms over its head and pulled it up rendering it motionless at the moment. It kicked hard but couldn't get loose. "Got him!"
With that the ground shattered as the pro rushed back full speed, delivering blow after blow into the villain. "He can absorb shock, not nullify! There's a limit to it, there has to be!"
"Oh, I get it! If you can create enough force- Behind you!" Quickly the transformed teen threw Nomu to the side and shoved his mentor as well to intercept Vilgax's strike, "You really need to learn to wait your turn!"
All he got in response was a growl. Quickly the dinosaur threw both the villains arms to the side and delivered a swift strike to the face, before pulling his legs out from under him. He tried another strike but suddenly his legs were swept as well and the villain leapt back, swing him around into a nearby tree.
"Ow…." He stood up, eyes going wide as he realized Vilgax was atop him. He tried to block but was too late as blow after blow hit him in the face, before one finally blow threw him back into Nomu, pushing the creature into one of his mentor's punches. "Wow these guys really don't know how to work together."
"Well one of them is a mindless slave monster." All Might said and the teen shrugged as he faced his own opponent. "What are we going to do about the alien, young Midoriya?"
"It's not a perfect plan but…" He paused as he blocked an incoming hit, grabbing Nomu from behind him and using it as a bat to knock away Vilgax and smashing the monster into the ground. "I doubt any of our prison's will be able to hold him properly, and then he wouldn't even be properly charged for a lot of stuff I bet seeing as it happened in space. So…I'm sending him back where he belongs."
"BEHIND YOU MY BOY!" All Might called out in panic, and he turned to see Nomu coming at him. Without missing a beat the alien grabbed his beak and threw the monster aside. Then, something stabbed into the teens legs.
Suddenly, green electricity burst around him and he cried out in pain before a similarly coloured fist collided into his face and stomach. He grabbed the offending fists, ignoring the pains and looked Vilgax's rage filled eyes. 'What the-'
"Give me my omnitrix, you brat." The squid like monster demanded, slowly starting to overpower him. 'Crap, how is he doing this?!' "Neither of you have much time left, just give up!"
"DEKU!" Midoriya wasn't sure who cried out, to be busy fighting back. 'Need to…end this…'
BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.
"No!" He shouted out and faster than he could think he started growing in size, crushing his opponents fists in his hands and spinning as fast as he could. "AND STAY OUT OF MY LIFE!"
Bwoo.
A flash engulfed him as he let go and he was on the ground once more in human form, but…he'd barely done it in time. He looked up and he saw Vilgax crashing through the roof and out into hopefully the further reach's of space. 'Should at least slow him down until we can finish up with the rest.'
"Midoriya." A voice came from behind and he turned to see his heterochromatic haired class mate, Todoroki. "Come on."
"Todoroki? Wha-"
"A teacher sent me to escort you when your time limit ran out." He explained simply, turning on his feet and beginning to walk. "Let's go. We can't stay in the way when All Might's fighting."
"Right!"
CLASH! BANG! BOOM!
The two turned for a moment, seeing the quickly escalating chaos of the pro and monsters fight. 'Hopefully now he can fight without worry this will go easier for him.'
"You damn brats!" A scratchy, irritated voice called out and Midoriya looked up to see the hand covered villain and his warp gate friend stood across from Kirishima and Bakugou, as well as now Ectoplasm. "This really is game over…"
"I'd recommend you surrender now!" Ectoplasm suggested, but the villain's made no moves to do so. From behind Midoriya could feel the wind of the fight his mentor was engaged in, as the ground shook beneath them.
"-ese words, but I'll teach you what they really mean!"
At hearing that, the greenette took a quick glance behind to see his mentor deliver a final blow to the villain. "Go beyond. PLUS ULTRA!"
And suddenly, an explosion erupted from the sheer force of the punch, launching Nomu out right beside the greenette's own hole that Vilgax had made. A moment later, and the blonde staggered quietly beside them all.
"I'll give you, villains, that was quite the challenge. In my hay day, one punch would have been enough…"
"Not really the time to reminisce All Might." Ectoplasm reminded him and the blonde nodded. It seemed like victory was within their grasp, Midoriya was starting to feel his stomach sink however.
Because smoke was starting to roll off All Might.
"Of course. You've been bested villains, it's time you give up." The pro said, and the presumed leader of the villain's, Shigaraki started scratching more and more violently.
"You…cheated…." He said simply, before he stopped. Then he looked straight up, at Midoriya. "You and your stupid watch!"
"Midoriya!"
Beep.
Shigaraki suddenly launched forward, almost frenzied and getting closer. No one could move fast enough to get in between him and his target.
So Midoriya slammed in the dial and hoped for the best. A green flash engulfed them both, and a second later it dissipated to reveal that the villain had missed.
Midoriya had dodged by a hair's length. Then, he let out a rasp chuckle. "You're in trouble now….I've had a lot of practice with this one."
BWOOSH!
A second later, the villain was thrown into his warping counter-part without anyone even having seen it happen. In the blink of an eye, Blink was in the fight and finished it without hesitation.
"Now-"
"Kurogiri!"
The two were surrounded by purple smoke, and the aliens visor slid down as he went to rush them. He'd have already had them if not for…
"Midorya don't!"
"I will kill you….symbol of peace….and your cheating students…."
Then, they were gone. The speedster alien looked up at his mentor confused, having had an opportunity to catch the villains.
"I didn't….want to risk losing you again." He said simply and the boy winced as he thought about what it must have been like for the blonde. "Alright, students…get to the entrance. Except you Midoriya…"
Without a word, the other three followed his instructions and followed ectoplasm away who created a wall of clones to hide the blonde's transformation ack into his true form. Without missing a beat, Blink scooped the man up and took him into the part of the forest he had hid in with Aizawa.
"Right, before we talk…" The blonde began tiredly as he sat against the tree, gesturing out to all the villain's still around. "Think you could do a little clean up, there's plenty of rope in the storage room on the third floor of the school.
BWOOSH!
It took five minutes, and only because he was constantly being stopped by doors heavy enough that he didn't want to accidentally crash into them full speed. He finished up upon the stairs, all the villains bunched up and delivered to the pro's before running back, registering a shouted thanks from Nezu in the distance.
He finally stopped once, more tapping the Omnitrix until he was back to normal and…
"So what happened?"
Ah. This would take a while.
Chapter 21: Aftermath
"…And…that's everything that happened until I got to you…" Midoriya said, voice heavy as he turned and looked out to the now empty mostly empty USJ, the only evidence of conflict the cracks in the floor and the few robots still scattered about.
"You….faced him, even without your watch?" All Might asked, worry and…something else in his voice. Midoriya nodded as he balled his fists.
"Not that it matters…I couldn't….Roller still…" His throat seemed to constrict as he looked down. Now that there was no fight drawing his attention, keeping his thoughts at bay he was forced to confront the after math. "He'd still be alive, if I didn't show up."
A hand settled on his shoulder and he turned to see his mentor frowning at him, before pulling him into a tight hug. "He was a prisoner, you said it yourself. Vilgax killed him, not you. The only one to blame is him."
"But…." Midoriya tried to argue, but found he was struggling to much to really get anything out.
"You did more than anyone could have asked of you, in this situation Midoriya. You saved that other alien, JJ? You prevented Vilgax from getting his hands on tech he shouldn't have and you took him on like a true hero." The blonde said as he squeezed the boy's shoulders. "You've been through a lot today, it's ok to cry…I'm so proud of you, Kiddo."
"….Th…Thank you…" Midoriya muttered as he finally let the tears fall, wrapping his own arms around his mentor. "Thank you…"
"Alright kid…Come on, we should get back to the school…"
"Right."
Without really thinking, the boy turned to Blink and transformed, rushing them both to the infirmary without a thought. They arrived outside it in no time at all, as he set his mentor down and transformed back.
"S-seriously kid….warn me if your gonna do that in the future." Toshinori complained as he placed his hand on the wall to steady himself.
"Sorry, I just…" He sighed as he looked up at the infirmary door. Then he pushed it open and walked in. Inside, Roller's body laid upon one of the bed's and Recovery girl walked around it but….it was clear that there was nothing she could do.
Machines were attempted to be wired up yet few were actually working and the few that were had no good readings, as far as the greenette was aware. Off to the side, face in her hands and sobbing quietly… "JJ?"
She froze up for a moment before looking up. The teen slowly made his way beside her and knelt down to be eye level with her. Her glistening eyes met his and his heart felt like it was crushed by the sheer sadness inside. "Are you ok?"
"…"
"Sorry…stupid question." The boy realized, taking the seat beside her. "I didn't really know him but, I can't imagine how it must feel for you…"
"He was…Vilgax he….he took me four years ago…." The girl said as she wiped her eyes, looking at the floor. "Roller was always….distant but he was all I know and…he was still so kind to me when he didn't need to be…I probably would of went insane if not for him."
"…"
"I….in a way….i'm glad…." She said, causing the boy to blink in surprise. "I mean obviously I wish he was…was still here but I'm just glad he isn't suffering anymore…and….I think he went out like he wanted to. Making a difference and getting back at Vilgax…"
"Yeah…" Midoriya nodded, understanding what she meant. Quietly, he pulled his watch up to him and scrolled through to his Pelarota transformation while Recovery Girl forced his mentor into a bed. "You know….it's weird to know it's his DNA in here…Yet to see him…."
"Yeah….I think….I think he'd probably be happy you have it. He liked to be aloof a lot, but he just wanted people to be happy. Guess…guess it was just a natural part of being a pelarota." JJ said with a sad, broken laugh before she sniffled. "I just….I just wish I had more time with him."
"Me too…" The omntirix bearer said with a sigh of his own, before standing up. "JJ…If you don't want to right now, that's fine…but I'm going to have to bring you to the principal at some point…Do you think…maybe…"
The alien girl caught on quickly, body stretching to the sides before another JJ, equally forlorn popped out. "Yeah…let's go…"
"Hey, hold on! Where do you think you're going mister?!" Recovery girl asked with an annoyed yet worried tone. "You were fried! You can't just leave!"
"I know but…" He looked at the clone and the original JJ, before looking back. "I'll be back, but I need to do this. I can still walk and talk….Please…"
"But….." The woman paused for a moment, as if thinking it over before she sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Fine, just be quick."
"Thank you."
The walk to the principal's office was quiet, and when they arrived they'd found no one within.
"Must still be with the staff. Probably for the best then…" He sighed, turning around and walking, the Splixson trailing behind slowly. As they walked, a thought came to mind. "Did…did the Pelarota have any special ceremony or procedure for when one of their own…you know? Like how we human's usually bury each other."
"Yeah actually…their bodies last to long to just be put in the ground, so they had special temples built where they were put into coffins and stored away." The alien explained, rubbing her arm awkwardly. "Midoriya….what happens to me now?"
"Huh?"
"I mean….human's clearly don't know much about other aliens and…I didn't exactly get here through legal means." She wondered aloud, eyes slowly shimmering more and more with building fear. "Will they imprison me again? Throw me away? I don't have anything to go back to. What if…"
Before she could continue, Midoriya knelt down and took her rubbery like hand into his. Despite the situation, he did his best to give her a bright smile, like All Might did to reassure people. "One thing I know for a fact is that nothing will happen to you, so don't worry about it, ok?"
"H-how do you know that?" She asked, surprised by the conviction in that statement. Standing back up, but not letting go of her hand, instead squeezing it as support, the greenette answered her.
"Because anyone who tried will have to go through me, and I won't hold back."
Eventually they arrived at the staff room and already the boy could hear voices inside. 'Probably talking about the USJ.'
"You ready?" He asked, and though her body was shaking the pink clad clone nodded her head. With that, he knocked on the door and all the noise from inside stopped. A chair scraped and then…
"Who is it?" A gruff, familiar voice called out. 'Mister Aizawa? Shouldn't he be at the infirmary?
"Izuku Midoriya sir. I need to speak with all of you as soon as possible, about what happened." He said, and there was hushed mutterings from the other side, presumably debating what to do. After a moment, he got his answer.
"Come in."
With a deep breathe, he pushed the door open and walked in to see all the staff sitting around the table looking up at him. At the far end was Nezu, present Mic and Midnight either side of him. Thirteen was missing, likely at the hospital but so was Ectoplasm.
"Mister Midoriya, good to see you're well after the harrowing events of today. I would of thought you would have wanted to rest first before coming to us? You have quiet a lot to deal with after all." The principal said, not so subtly alluding to how he was going to have to explain to his class very soon everything.
"To be honest sir, I'm still not ready but there is something incredibly important I have to deal with first. I guess you all know what happened to me, at least from mister Aizawa's perspective?" He questioned and was met with a chorus of yes's.
"I am truly sorry we couldn't get to you before a villain attempted to abduct you." Nezu apologized, taking a sip of tea. 'When did he even have time to make that?'
"Yes, as your teacher…I failed you, multiple times today." Aizawa said with a sigh, returning to his seat. "So I'm sorry as well."
"It's…..There was nothing to be done for it…" Midoriya said as he waved his hands, before turning to the door. "In fact it was probably for the best. JJ?"
"Huh? Who's…" Present Mic began to speak but the words died in his throat as the alien nervously walked in, looking around at them clearly intimidated. 'She's like a completely different person now.' "Well…hello there…"
Quickly scrolling through his aliens, the teenager settled on his Splixson transformation and pressed it in. The teacher's eyes widened as the noticed the obvious similarities between his new form and JJ.
"She's an alien. No technicality, no jokes or anything." He started to explain, as he then returned to normal. "She's from a species called Splixson and….one of the villain's at the USJ…the one who took me was holding her prisoner along with another, as a power source."
"That's horrible." Cementoss said with a frown, turning to face her. "All this new….information is hard to take in but….So who are you, do you have a name?"
"Um…Well…I just always call myself JJ." She said quietly, not meeting any of their eyes. Midoriya could swear he heard Midnight coo at her.
"I understand this is all new to you, but please just bear with me." Midoriya said as he paced. "JJ here helped me escape, and whether it be by luck or fate we ended up back near the USJ. All I have to say is she needs help just like any other person, shelter. She's worried as she has no idea how people will react to her."
"Ah, I see were you are going with this, mister Midoriya." Nezu nodded, as he stood up and walked around to the alien girl. "Well, miss JJ, I am principal Nezu and I run this school. As a school for heroics, we pride ourselves on doing what is right and helping others. If mister Midoriya can truly vouch for you, then I will do everything in my power to help you."
"R-really?" She asked nervously and the bear mouse hybrid nodded.
"Of course! And you have no need to fear others, in a world so full of quirks as our own most people probably won't even realize you're alien if that's what worries you." He assured as he clapped his paws together. "Is there anything else you two need then?"
"Aside from probably aspirin, there is one thing…" Midoriya said as he walked up to the principal and whispered the next part into his ear. The prinicpal's smile turned to a frown but he nodded.
"Ah, yes. I'll get to that as soon as possible. For now, you should get to the infirmary. I can only imagine what you've been through."
With that, the boy and his alien friend left. After they returned, he got checked up and gave pain medication, as well as be told his mother was anxiously waiting for his return in their apartment were she'd been confined for her own safety with Ectoplasm guarding her.
He's sent her a text promising he would be home very soon, there was just one thing he needed to do first. Something important.
It had been two hours since recovery girl had cleared him as remarkably healthy for what he'd been through, likely a direct result of the Omnitrix and the greenette was looking out the window.
Down in the large expansive garden U.A had he could see the principal, likely waiting on him. 'He arranged that fast….'
"JJ?" He questioned, looking back at the now once again singular Splixson. She looked up, confused as he began going through the Omnitrix. "That thing I whispered to Nezu…We can't just keep his body here…"
"Right…So…." She swallowed the lump in her throat as he pressed in the watch, flash dissipating to show him in his Crystalize form. "A Petrosapien? Oh I get it…."
With a nod, the teen turned and lifted up Roller into his arms and the two began to walk down through the halls. It had gotten a lot more quiet now, all the students sent home early. Only Midoriya remained, permitted to wander around due to his situation.
The walk was quiet, as they ended up outside soon enough and walked towards the principal who looked up at them.
"Ah Midoriya….I set up the paperwork, and after checking no one can object if we start now so I'd recommend you begin." He said, and the teen nodded as he planted his foot down, crystals sprouting forth. It was more complex than what he's done before but nothing he couldn't handle.
The crystals took on the shape of a temple, with stairs leading up to it and columns supporting it, that only lacked a door. The three walked inside, Midoriya leading them and saw that it was a mostly empty room. In the middle though, in front of two chunks of crystal meant as seats was a coffin of sorts.
Gently, the boy laid down the Pelarota inside before walking to the other side. JJ started to tear up again while Nezu simply cupped his paws and bowed lightly out of respect.
"I didn't really know Roller, not as well as you JJ but…what I do know is that he didn't deserve what was given to him. The lot in life he found himself with was something he never should of suffered. In the short time I knew him, he saved me three separate times, despite his own reservations and feelings." The transformed teen began, carving out the walls as he talked with his control over them. They were hardly elegant yet they depicted the deceased alien's final day. "The true measure of a hero is helping others no matter the cost to yourself, and today Roller acted like a true hero. No matter what, that's something amazing. I only wish I got to know him more…"
With that, he stepped back, and though the teen expected JJ to say her piece first, Nezu actually walked up.
"I never even met this fellow, and truly my place here is dubious but….Even if I cannot say it to him in life, I must thank him now for protecting my students life. Wherever you may be know, I hope it treats you well…"
With that short piece, the principal stepped down and JJ walked forth on wobbly legs. Her entire body shivered as she was forced to look straight at him once more, only for him to never see her.
"I…..I'm going to miss you so much….I never really thought to give you a name, like Midoriya did. I was so distracted that first day, that in the whole time it never really clicked in my mind. I regret that ….What I don't regret though, even with everything we had to go through up there, is that we went through it together. When I thought I would go insane, you were always there for me. Maybe it doesn't mean as much as it should but….You really were my best friend, Roller. I don't think I'll ever be able to accept you aren't here anymore…."
She then turned away, unable to say anything more as her throat got hoarse. With a sigh, Midoriya stepped up again and placed his hand on the coffin, starting to form a separate lid. Before it finished completely, Midoriya took one last look at the Pelarota. "…..I promise. this one thing to you….If Vilgax ever comes back, he'll regret it. And…I promise you I'll do everything I can for JJ."
Finally, the lid closed completely and he sighed as he stood up. Nezu turned and began to walk away, while Crystalize picked up JJ as she was to distraught to really move on her own. She buried her head into the crook oh his neck as they walked out into the cool night and he turned as they left, to put the final touch on the temple.
As the doors closed, Midoriya thought, so too did the story of Roller. A story he would never let be in vain.
Chapter 22: The Truth
"IZUKU!" Inko's worried voice cried out when the boy walked into their apartment, being assaulted by a tight hug from the woman. Gently he wrapped his arms around her as well, JJ walking in after him nervously. "Are you ok?! All I heard from Ectoplasm was there was a villain attack happening and I was so worried! You're not hurt are you? Was it the ones who attacked you before? What's-"
"Mom, give me a second." The greenette said, slowly parting from her Looking behind her he saw Ectoplasm standing guard behind her, ready to jump in. Midoriya sighed as he turned to face his new friend. "Before anything, I want you to meet JJ."
"Um…Hello, miss Midoriya." The Splixson said with a nervous wave,
"Oh, why hello there. I don't believe I've met you before." The woman said, crouching down to shake her hand.
"I'd be more surprised if you did, Mom. JJ isn't from earth so…"
"Wait what?!" Inko quickly bolted up at that, looking at her son. Then a knowing glint appeared in her eyes. "Then does that mean… your watch really does…"
"Yeah, All Might's theory was right." The Omnitrix bearer nodded, lifting up said watch. "Everything in here is part of different alien species. In fact, I got a few new ones today…"
"Does…. someone want to explain what you're all talking about?" Ectoplasm asked from the back, confused. Midoriya scratched the back of his head nervously as he started making his way to the kitchen.
"Yeah, but before that let's eat." The boy suggested as he did so, looking back to the alien girl behind him. "After all we need to find out what JJ can eat anyways."
"So what exactly is happening anyways with me?" She asked quietly, keeping close to the greenette. "I mean I know that Nezu person said I'd be welcome but…"
"I still have a spare bed in my room, so you can stay here for now. Is that okay, mom?"
"Huh? Well yes I suppose so but why exactly does she have to?" Inko inquired confused, only for Midoriya and JJ to share a look.
"It's….a bit of a long story."
Later than night, after Midoriya had gotten through the long process of explaining everything that had happened to his mother and dealt with the many fainting spells that came with that, he'd retired to his room with JJ.
The Splixson had been thankful when the Omnitrix bearer had let her go to bed pretty much as soon as they walked in, exhausted from the day's events.
Midoriya himself couldn't say he wasn't nervous as sat down at his desk, pulling out his notebook for his aliens and updating parts, as well as adding his new transformations.
As he did, his mind kept wandering to the fact he'd have to explain everything to his class. The whole truth about the Omnitrix. He was so not looking forward to that.
Eventually, he'd gone to try to sleep when his phone suddenly started vibrating. Picking it up he saw that it was a call from All Might. He answered it quick and before he could even ask what was the matter the blonde began talking.
"Come to the hospital wing immediately. It's about One for All."
He didn't need to be told twice.
The school had an almost eerie atmosphere during the night, with the quiet seemingly abandoned halls and few flickering lights. The relative silence exacerbating any noise that was made such as his footsteps.
It was like being in a horror movie. With a shudder he put that thought aside and quickly found the infirmary, one of the only places to have its lights and other electronics and such on. He opened the door to find All Might laid up in bed beside a man he didn't know and Recovery Girl examining some readings he couldn't really see.
"Ah, this your successor then, Toshinori?" The unfamiliar man questioned, noticing the boy and prompting the other two to look at him. The blonde nodded with a grin.
"Yeah. Young Midoriya, this man here is an old friend of mine from the police force, detective Tsukauchi. Tsukauchi, this is Midoriya." The skinny bandaged man introduced and Midoriya reached over the bed to shake the detective's hand. "Don't worry kid, he knows about One for All."
"Woah, really?" The teen questioned and the man nodded as je pulled his hand back. Midoriya tugged at his sleeve as turned to his mentor. "So, why exactly did you want me to come here?"
"Well two reasons actually, one Tsukauchi here will need your account on what happened at the USJ today for his investigation. I already prepared him for a lot of it so you don't need to try to ease into anything." The blonde said with a wave of his hand. Then his gaze turned more serious as he looked up to the greenette. "Secondly…. I wasn't expecting anything like this to happen. I thought we would have until your third year to finally get you ready but… With what's happened now, I don't think we should put it off any longer. Midoriya, it's time I gave you One for All."
"W-wait really?! But…my body…."
"It's….I won't lie kid you're not perfectly ready yet. Not to the point you can use the full power without damaging yourself but you are at the point you should be able to hold it at least." The blonde said yanking out a strand of his hair. "Before I do…I just want you to know that you earned this kid. You've proven to me time and time again now that no matter what powers you're given, if you are even given any that you are worthy of being called a hero. Think of this as the embodiment of all that you have accomplished so far. You're reward."
He held out his hand as Midoriya felt his heartbeat faster. He knew this moment would be coming one day. He knew he'd inherit his mentors power but he never expected it to be like this.
This was a tremendous occasion. He didn't think anything could ruin this moment.
"Eat this."
….He should have known better. "Eh?!"
"To get my power you have to ingest my DNA, that's how it works. Look this is the least disgusting and questionable way, you do not want to know how one of the previous holders got it. He-"
"NOPE DON'T WANT TO KNOW!" The boy interrupted quickly, yanking the hair out and just forcing it down to avoid whatever that story would be. He gagged a little as he did but eventually he managed to eat it. "Ok…It's in…What now?"
"Now you'll have to wait for it to digest. Still, aside from that everything should be fin-"
"DNA Alteration detected." A sudden robotic voice announced, causing everyone's eyes to go wide a Midoriya pulled his wrist up. The Omnitrix was now glowing. "Scanning…."
"Uh…Omnitrix?"
"Was this alteration intentional?" It asked in that odd robotic voice and the boy looked at the others, who seemed equally as confused.
"Uh, yes. Yes it was."
"No danger detected. Updating Human DNA Sample. EHUIWHUIDGwuhduiehsifgiagf\isruobsribhibvhbdrhbvrfhbvdrhbsrhbvsrhbh!"
Suddenly a few sparks flew off the watch and the boy quickly moved it away from the others so they wouldn't get zapped. "What the?!"
"Oh shit did we fry the thing?!" All Might questioned, getting lightly smacked by the nurse for swearing. "Wait it's glowing again!"
"Function rebooting…. Settings restored. Slow Playlist Unlocking activated. Translator Activated. New feature detected." The watch started rattling off different features, only serving to confuse everyone witnessing it. Then… "New features name, One for All."
"It…recognizes it?" Tsukauchi questioned shocked.
"Function: Increases users physical abilities via stored energy. Integrating function into Codon Stream."
"Wait what does that mean?" Midoriya questioned worried, really hoping he hadn't somehow just erased One for All's passing on ability or something. The watch actually seemed to understand his question, as it started to explain.
"One for All improves the user, partially through DNA. Using the Omni-matrix this can be preserved through all transformations. Current amount deemed to dangerous to use in human body. Relative split between power output in normal form and alien form is 3% in human form, 98% in alternative forms."
"So…I can't use a lot of One for All in human form then?" He questioned as he took a seat on the opposite bed, wishing this wasn't hurting his head as much as it did.
"Affirmative. For your safety, the Omni-matrix has locked away a majority of that potential away. Use newly generated code IZUMID22100 to re-evaluate your capability at any time. If it is deemed safe more power will be transferred to regular form."
"Well….that must be the oddest thing the watch has done so far…" All Might commented as he scratched the back of his head.
"Yeah…I wonder if-"
"Error. Splixson DNA is being heavily altered by One for All. Should we attempt to intervene? The results are unknown." The Omnitrix announced and really Midoriya was starting to get sick of all the stuff it suddenly was coming away with. 'I miss when I just pressed a button to turn into something else.'
"Is it dangerous?"
"Unknown. It is not able to be a threat to user's life but may still not be stable."
"….Leave it for now. I'll decide what to do later."
"Affirmative."
"My boy?" Toshinori cocked his head to the side. "You're leaving it? Why?"
"Curiosity to be honest." The greenette said, scratching his head and standing up again. "It only said Splixson, not all DNA. I want to know why. Though….all things considered I might have a theory…"
"Oh, and what is that?"
"Better to wait until we can actually test it. So…." He couldn't help the small grin that grew across his face as he looked up at his mentor. "I have One for All…"
"Yeah kid. Yeah you do." All Might said with his own grin.
Two days had passed since then, with dread slowly creeping up more and more on the boy until finally he was swarming with it in this moment.
He'd not gone immediately to class, instead going to the principal's office to talk about what they were going to reveal today. As well as how to cover up One for All. A part of him hated he'd still have to lie but he understood the importance of it, he knew he couldn't just ignore it either.
After what would normally be the end of homeroom the two had walked to the 1-A classroom. It was the first day back since the USJ and everyone has seemed a little tense. Understandable all things considered.
Now, all that stood before the boy and his class was the door. A gently shove in the leg by Nezu though grounded him a little and he took a deep breathe, before opening the door. 'They're your friends, they'll understand. If you can escape an alien abduction you can do this…'
He walked in and the entire room descended into silence as he did. Aizawa just nodded at them when they walked in.
"Hope our timing didn't interrupt anything, Aizawa." The principal said in his usual chipper voice, waving to the students as he walked in.
"I was just starting to tell the students about the sports festival, but it can wait." The gruff man said, taking a seat at his desk and looking up at his one missing student.
"So….Midoriya? Are you ok dude?" Kirishima spoke up with a hint of worry. "We heard something happened to you at the USJ but no one really knows what. You didn't get hurt to badly or something, did you?"
"Not….not exactly." The greenette waved away the concern, trying not to meet Kaminari's eye. "Ok, maybe it would be best to start from the top. Before anything else… I just want to say I'm sorry for lying to all of you."
"Wait what? What do you mean?!" Iida asked, concerned. "What lie? And why would you lie to us!?"
The Omnitrix bearer let out a sigh and went to explain but before he could…
"I'm afraid that last part is my fault, young Iida." A familiar booming voice said and the greenette looked up in surprise to see his mentor's muscle form walking in, wrapped in a few bandages.
"All Might?! What are you doing here, shouldn't you be resting?!" Uraraka called out with a hint of worry.
"Hahaha, not to fear young Uraraka, I got the all clear from Recovery girl. After all, I could hardly just let Midoriya fall into the deep end for something that wasn't his fault. Not to mention, seeing as I was there when this all happened it might help for me to also shed some light on a few things."
"Wait, you knew each other before U.A?!" Hagakure practically jumped out her chair as she shouted that question, before sitting back down when Aizawa glared at her.
"Yes, we did. I'd ask you keep any wild speculative rumors to yourself as well, miss Ashido." The blonde said with a serious gaze directed at the pink girl.
"hey, why are you picking on me?" She asked with a pout. Midoriya just shook his head.
"What's truly important is simply that I was already aware of young Midoriya when these events occurred, as I happened to be patrolling his home city a lot at the time." The blonde said with a shrug. "Now, all I know from my point of view, which I'll give you first is I knew young Midoriya was in the forest of said city. I then lost track of him, nothing particularly concerning until a meteor crashed into the ground and exploded. I rushed in to check on him to only find a massive dinosaur like creature and blood on the ground. Knowing Midoriya was quirkless, I could only assume this was a villain who had attacked him…"
"Wait but… If that dinosaur was…." Kirishima seemed to put the pieces together quickly, before he began to sweat. "Oh man…."
"Yes, it's time I let young Midoriya tell you the whole story."
With that, the greenette stepped forward and launched into the tale. He omitted the part where he had been camping with All Might and just got onto his walk through the forest.
He explained the many falls and scrapes and how the comet had nearly taken off his head, which had gotten a few shudders from the others in the room.
"So… at this point I'm obviously a little freaked out, because this thing has just fallen out the sky and nearly killed me. Normally I probably would of just left that spot and tried to go home but…Then I saw the comet was made of metal." He explained as he lifted his watch up for all to see. "I guess it was just instinct to reach towards it. It was too…perfect for it to be a natural formation. Then, it opened up and this thing decided to jump out at me."
"So…. You have no idea where the Omnitrix actually came from?" Yaoyorouzu asked with a frown, and he nodded. "Yet you kept a mysterious and potentially dangerous device anyways?"
"I didn't really have much choice. I tried everything I could think of to get it off, but it wouldn't budge. Eventually I accidentally brought up the selection wheel and I just thought pressing it back down would close it. Instead I turned into my first ever alien."
"Colossus, a 12 foot tall bipedal dinosaur." All Might finished for him, and looks of understanding dawned upon the class.
"Wait…. but wasn't All Might about to attack you? How did you talk him down?!" Tsuyu questioned next, placing a finger to her chin. Midoriya scratched the back of his head at that.
"I…didn't"
"Yes, I'm afraid I jumped to conclusions a little to quick and found myself deaf in my own anger. Something you should always try to avoid doing." The blonde said with a tone of shame. "Fortunately, as luck would have it that alien would turn out to be one of his strongest. Even with zero training young Midoriya put up a decent fight against me long enough to explain the situation and time out."
"Oh wow…. That's… That's really a terrifying first test for the very first time using your powers." Ojiro said, sweating slightly just imagining it. "Though, that still doesn't explain why you had to lie about it."
"Like I said before, that was my fault. You see, as we were unable to remove the watch we discussed the options available for it. We had no idea of it's origins however the following day…"
"A villain attacked me trying to get it. One of those USJ robots." The boy explained. "In a way I got incredibly lucky though. There wasn't any pro's around to save us, and…I don't know. I just saw this robot gunning for these two kids and I just reacted."
"What alien were you then?" Aizawa asked, though he had his suspicion.
"Blink. I never meant to get in an actual fight but seeing as he was coming for me, he was willing to kill other people and there were no pro's to distract it I couldn't really just run away. My mom ended up getting those kids away and I did the first thing I could think of, I used the wind kicked up by Blink's sheer speed to send the robot into orbit and smash it on the way down."
"You…really have some insane adventures cause of that thing, dude." Sero deadpanned.
"Yeah… anyways at this point we knew someone was after the watch, which is also how we found it's name, and we knew they were willing to kill people to get it. We could only assume it was the person who made the watch in the first place, which meant we definitely were not just going to give it back."
"Ah… yeah then the solution is simple…" Iida said, nodding his head as he started to understand. "You couldn't take it off anyways and it allowed you to deal with the fact you lack a quirk so I can only imagine you wouldn't have particularly wanted to part with it anyways."
"Yep. Everything just made it seem like the best option was to just keep the Omnitrix. All Might started to train me to use my aliens somewhat in case I was ever attacked again."
"Ah, so that's why you seemed a little closer than the average student and teacher." Satou said, snapping his fingers as if he just solved the world's hardest puzzle. "So then… The reason to lie about it…"
"Other than it not being technology as we have recently confirmed, we couldn't be sure who made it. Not that I suspect any student here of anything so dastardly, but we decided to keep it's alien origins a secret to avoid yet more attacks on young Midoriya. If a villain saw it but knew it was earth tech, they'd likely just try to get another person to make it, instead of trying to kidnap the only known version."
"So wait… not human technology…"
"Yeah… All Might called the aliens first as just a theory. It was just we knew it fell out the sky, turned me into species we'd never seen before and it even kind of looks alien. It was just a theory at the time, but at the USJ… Well, you all saw Vilgax right?"
"That creepy squid dude? Yeah he was just… Ugh, do not like him at all." Mina said, shuddering lightly.
"Well… You all saw me get dropped through that portal. Vilgax was on the other end. I think I put up a good fight for a while but he managed to start tampering with the Omnitrix somehow, so I timed out earlier than normal. When All Might arrived... Vilgax got his hands on me."
"Wait, he did… Dude, what happened?" Kirishima really was starting to freak out a little and Midoriya felt guilty, knowing the red head was probably even more worried than he let on.
"Well… No point sugar coating it. I was kidnapped and tortured."
"WHAT?!" The entire room suddenly shouted out the question, and despite the worry it caused them Midoriya couldn't help but feel a little happy they actually cared. A red eyed glare from Aizawa quickly got them to quieten down again.
"I get it might be hard to believe but I'm not kidding when I say he took me to a ship. He… He hooked me up to this thing and started blasting electric currents through me, when he knew it wouldn't do anything to get the watch off.
"That bastard!" Surprisingly Yaoyorouzu of all people was the one who exclaimed that before her face flushed crimson and she looked up away embarrassed. All Might just nodded with a growl of his own.
"Yes, yes he is."
"But… Eventually, he did take off the watch."
And so, Midoriya explained his entire adventure on the ship, not leaving out any detail regardless of what they were. They'd been horrified at his near outer space death, intrigued by his meeting with Roller and JJ, horrified yet invested in his recounting of his quirkless battle with Vilgax and finally understanding when he started to struggle, explaining the fight and Roller's ultimate demise.
"Well… That… Explains a lot about things up until this point." Aizawa said, as began to stand up. "Nezu, I was just explaining the importance of the festival when you came in, do you think you could continue for me? I'd like to talk to Midoriya outside."
"Of course! Now then students, what have you been told so far?"
Before Midoriya could hear their reply, her and Aizawa had left and closed the door, blocking out the noise. He looked up to his scruffy tired homeroom teacher, not quite sure what to expect when the man placed a hand on his shoulders.
"I already praised you once for this but… Seeing from what I heard in there you should know you did good kid. I don't completely agree with every action you took at the USJ today but on that ship, you performed better than anyone could ask of you." He sighed before standing back up. "I said once that you'd be useless without your watch. Clearly I was wrong, you're capable of more than I gave you credit for."
"…Thank you sir…"
"Now, while we're here, I might as well start explaining the sports festival to you seeing as you missed the start…" The man said with a shrug, turning to face him. Midoriya smiled a little despite himself.
He never thought getting Aizawa's seal of approval on how he performed quirkless would be as gratifying as it was, but he was more than happy to hear that praise.
Chapter 23: Preparation
After Midoriya had finally told the class the truth of the Omnitrix, and talked with Aizawa outside, he'd returned to class to find out about the sports festival before going on with the day.
He already knew what it was of course, it would be more worrying if he didn't. It was one of the biggest sporting events in japan. Every year U.A. would hold a festival where the students of each year group would compete with one another, fighting to come out on top.
They did it to show off their potential to hero agencies, hoping to get internships. At least, that's why they did it in later years. It was a rare occurrence for first years to get any.
Still, a chance to prove themselves wasn't something to turn down!
After that had been explained, they had gone about their day as usual and the boy's usual friend group had been especially clingy that day, not that he could blame them.
Eventually, it was time to return home and they had all been walking out towards the front of the school however instead of them leaving to Yaoyorouzu's limousine like usual the raven-haired girl turned to the boy with a soft smile.
"Oh, I entirely forgot to mention! We were talking with mister Aizawa this morning and got permission to spend some time with you here. We would of asked first but we weren't sure you'd be back so soon…" She explained with a light blush, rubbing the back of her neck. "So… I kinda called off my limo for a while…"
He could only blink dumbly for a moment before grinning. "Well… then I guess I might as well show you around. And… thanks guys."
"Hey, what are friends for!" Kirishima said, throwing an arm around his neck. "Now let's go!"
"So… it's only working for a couple of minutes at a time then?" JJ pondered as she inspected the odd machine before her, as Inko nodded with an amused smile. The alien girl was almost like a child in some ways, not understanding parts of the world around her.
"Yes, that is the point of a microwave. We don't use them longer than we need the or we lose power." The green haired woman said with a nod, while pulling out some carrots from the fridge. JJ turned out to be a vegetarian so they had been mainly feeding her salads in the mean time, not that she really minded. After all, a few years of barely edible space gunk made any real food pretty appetizing. "Did you want to try mashed potatoes today by the way?"
"Oh! That sounds really nice miss Inko!" The girl nodded her head, still fiddling with the machine in front of her, unaware the woman had unplugged it to be safe when a small bang attracted their attention.
"I'm home!" Came Izuku's voice, however more than just his footsteps echoes through the halls. "I brought some of my friends!"
"Huh? Oh, what good timing." Inko said with a lighty chuckle, opening up the fridge. "I can make something for them as well. We're in the kitchen sweetie!"
Once she called through, the boy had quickly shown up and behind him they're had been a small group of human's fowling him. The Splixson's grin turned nervous as she turned around, especially when all their faces seemed to turn to ones of shook when they laid eyes upon her. "Uh…hi?"
"What…" The tallest of the group, a boy with blue hair and glasses stared perplexed, readjusting his glasses to make sure he was really seeing what was in front of him. Noticing their odd stares Midoriya chuckled for a moment before hurrying up to her, giving her a small pat on the shoulder to reassure her.
"Right, I forgot to mention. Guys, I want you too meet JJ, JJ these are my friends from school. Uraraka, Yaoyorouzu, Kirishima and Iida." He said simply, helping her off the counter without hurting herself. "Guys, you already know who she is."
Yaoyorouzu walked up first, kneeling down with a soft smile and offering her hand. "A pleasure to meet you. Truly, thank you for everything you did for Midoriya.."
"Aw… it was nothing." She said with a nervous laugh, scratching the back of her head. "Besides, he did the real impressive stuff."
"Still, you got Deku back to us." Uraraka said, shaking her fists with a grin. "So you're definitely awesome to me."
At that, the splixson grinned for a moment, before it fell as the other events of that day returned to her. Aside from Midoriya, Kirishima surprisingly was the first person to pick up on it and quickly looked for a change of subject.
"Yo, miss Midoriya! Good to see you again, Ma'am." He said, pulling the attention towards the woman while the younger Midoriya pulled his alien friend into a sideways hug. "What you cooking?"
"Oh, Kirishima! I'm so glad you asked! It's a special meal designed for JJ. We've been toying with some food and found mashes carrots mixed with red grapes is actually pretty similar to an old food from her past she loved." The woman explained with a smile, fishing out more stuff from the fridge. "Will you all be staying long? You're timing is impeccable if so! I'd love to cook something for you all."
"Ah, you needn't do that miss Midoriya!" Iida quickly said, bowing. "I do appreciate the effort but you shouldn't have to do anything on our account!"
"Nonsense, I'd love to!" She said quickly and Midoriya grinned, as he looked up at his friends.
"Don't bother arguing. She won't take no for an answer. She's about this close to breaking miss Midnight already." The greenette laughed, deliberately pressing his fingers together. His prediction of the entire school staff sat around his kitchen table might come a little sooner than he expected at the pace she moved. "I bet Aizawa will be next…"
Suddenly, the mental image of Inko kidnapping the one scruffy and strict teacher Midoriya had told the splixson about came to mind and she snorted.
"Well, I guess if we can't say no… you got any Ramen?" Uraraka wondered with a smile that the plump woman returned, fishing out the noodles. Iida just grumbled under his breathe.
After a moment the others also put in requests for some food that would take a while, leaving them to ponder what to do. They were only silent for a moment though as a glint appeared in Midoriya's eyes.
"Well, I'm allowed to use my powers here and JJ needs to get used to the area anyways so…" He leaned over to Yaoyorouzu and began to whisper in the raven-haired girls ear. JJ noticed she blushed at the proximity, making her grin a little.
The creation girl's eyes lit up at whatever his idea was however and she stood up with a smile of her own, while Midoriya looked to the rest. "Come on guys, we should probably get a teacher to supervise."
"Huh? What are we doing?" Kirishima asked as the group, sans Inko all walked out into the hall and across to the opposite apartment, knocking on the door.
"You'll see…" Was all the Omnitrix bearer said, before the door opened up revealing Midnight in her hero outfit. "Hey, miss Midnight."
"Oh, hey kiddo." She said with a grin, getting the rest of the students to look at them with odd expressions. "What's up? Why are your friends here?"
"Just visiting, what with everything that's happened. The reason came over though is we need to show JJ around anyways and thought it would be fun to do it through a game. We need someone as a referee for it though. I heard you complaining on the way in about being bored so…"
"Hah, you're sweet kid." The teacher laughed, walking out and grinning at them. "Actually I'm going to be the main referee at the sports festival anyways, so I'm down for it as a bit of practice. As long as I can supervise, I assume you'll be using quirks."
"Yes ma'am, we need to start the game in the first place." Yaoyorouzu said with a nod. The teacher gave a thumbs up and the girl smiled, as she turned and unbuttoned part of her blazer to create somethings. She turned back with a grin, holding a blue ball in her hand which she chucked over to Midoriya.
"The game… It's a bit more frantic a version of hot potato." He explained, while scrolling through his transformations. "The ball Yaomomo just created is on a timer. When it's turned on and runs out, it will open up and spray whoever's holding it with a little water. Not much, just enough to know who lost."
Then, he pressed in the selection dial, disappearing into a flash of green light and shrinking down until he was shorter than even JJ. He looked up at them all, with dead eyes and a wide open green mouth.
Finally for the first time his friends got to meet Reverb. His body glowed for a moment as a clone split out either side of him before two more came from them. "And to ke-ep it fa-air, te-ams of sev-en? Boys vs Gir-ls. J-J, you in?"
The splixson blinked for a moment before punching her open palm and cracking her knuckles, with a determined grin and splitting into multiple of herself. "Challenging me with a Sonosarian? How could I ever back down. Boys vs girls it is!"
With that they all began to walk out into the city, but not before Kirishima spoke up with a teasing grin. "So, 'Yaomomo', Midoriya?"
At that, the white silicone housed alien froze up, and Uraraka also giggled a little at the realization. Said girl blushed and rubbed her head but gave him a reassuring grin. "It's ok, i… I like it. It's cute. It's also understandable if my full name was getting a little much to say."
"Hehe. Deku and Yaomomo…" The red headed boy grinned, before getting elbowed in the stomach by Uraraka. "Hey! I'm just saying…"
The game was even more hectic than JJ had expected. Yaoyorouzu had set the timer for six minutes, giving them plenty of time to scatter. They had confined themselves to two streets however allowed themselves to enter the building.
Two more of Midoriya's reverb clones had also been created but giving markings to distinguish them. They weren't playing, just following the ball when it went inside to feed information to Midnight when she couldn't see.
The first round had started with the ball in Kirishima's hands who had quickly thrown it off to one of the JJ's. The alien girl had called on another clone, throwing it to them as they leapt through the air to quickly launch it at a Reverb clone.
Instead of just catching it however he had used his sonic screams to launch it back into Uraraka's hands before the boy's all scattered. Unfortunately, despite being the fastest player Iida had failed to get out of sight.
Uraraka had floated the ball, and Yaoyorouzu had quickly came along with a baseball bat she'd created to launch it to the other class president. He'd turned to throw it back only to see the girls had already started dispersing. Taking a risk he threw it at the one JJ still in sight and managed to get it right into her hands.
After that, the clone hadn't found anyone until right at the end of the round, where Kirishima had gotten cocky atop one of the smaller buildings rooftops. Midnight had called out for him to be careful when the ball suddenly landed in his hands and sprayed him, throwing him over the edge.
Fortunately, the Reverb keeping track of the ball was quick to react, leaping of the building and multiplying rapidly to create what amounted to a hovering raft of bodies staying aloft via pure sound.
After a quick reminder to not get so close to the edges, they had begun again this time with Uraraka holding the ball. There had been more back in froth in the streets that time before they had ran off but eventually it came down to Iida and Uraraka in one of the buildings basements when the girl had taken to long to throw the ball and gotten sprayed.
The final round had come down to the original Reverb and original JJ on either side of the street, atop the buildings. With a tie, the alien boy holding the ball knew he couldn't afford to keep holding it any longer so he used his abilities to his advantage, running and using his sonic scream to launch himself across the buildings and throw the ball into JJ's hand where it finally sprayed her.
They'd all returned to Midnight after that, laughing regardless of how they performed and turning back into the original group, JJ's clones returning to her and Midoriya making sure to take all his back before changing back into human form.
"Well, as you all probably realize, the boy's won thanks to Midoriya's quick decision-making skills." The woman said with a grin and a twirl, writing on a notepad none of them had seen her take out. "Also, not related to the game but I think I'll have to look into getting a similar game added in as a standard hero exercise in future. It's quite good training for your reflexes and testing your quick thinking skills."
With that, they had all began to make their way back when Kirishima who was now holding onto the ball had tripped on an uneven part of the pavement and fallen forward. Iida had caught him quickly, however the ball had catapulted into the air. Before anyone else could react two different voices called out.
"I GOT IT!"
"I GOT IT!"
CRASH!
Both Midoriya and Yaoyorozu had jumped for it at the same time and smashed into one another, the taller girls weight throwing them forward onto the ground.
Everything went silent for a moment, no one giving any more attention to the ball as it shattered on the road, all eyes on the two students. Midnight let out a childish squeal while Kirishima rolled his eyes.
"Seriously could you two be any more cliché right now?" He asked with an amused grin, while Iida ran forward to help them both up and assess how they were. However the two didn't really register any of his words.
Because Yaoyorouzu had ended up laying on top of Izuku in the most embarrassing way possible. In the background, JJ began to laugh her ass off.
After they recovered both were helped to their feet, brushing themselves off and apologizing profusely to one another. They both stayed red-faced and quiet all the way back until finally they had started to eat and calm down.
JJ was still thoroughly amused.
"Thank you all for coming!" Inko called from the kitchen as Midoriya's friends finally began to file out. Iida and Kirishima had dispersed first, then Uraraka and finally after a sweet short hug even Yaoyorouzu had began to depart.
However before she could leave completely JJ had quickly ran out after her, catching up quickly. Hearing her footsteps the tall girl turned to face the alien with a look of surprise. "Oh, JJ? Is something the matter?"
"No, I just wanted to ask something…" She explained as she slowed down, walking up to the girl and taking her breathe. She hoped she could do this properly, her race weren't known for being intimidating. "Do you like Midoriya?"
"Huh? Of course I do, he's one of my best friends." The girls said, as if it should be obvious and tilting her head to the side. The Splixson shook her head as she looked up, putting on a mean face.
"No, I mean do you… Like him that way? More than a friend?" Her tone sounded almost accusing as she said it, and the tall girl began to blush as she stared at her.
"H-huh?! W-what on e-earth makes you ask that?!" She questioned, and the alien just quirked a brow, making her look away. "I don't… I don't know? I mean do you? Is that why you're asking?"
"No, he's cool but…" JJ's mean looked turned into more of a pout as she crossed her arms. "He did a lot for me so I'm not going to let anyone hurt him!"
There was a beat of silence, then Yaoyorozu put her hand to her mouth as she began to giggle, causing the smaller of the two to look at her confused. The rich girl shook her head, taking the hand off her mouth and placing it on JJ's shoulders. "I promise I won't do anything to hurt him. I promise… and…. Thank you for caring about him."
"Well, as long as we are in the same page!" the Splixson said triumphantly, turning and walking back to her new apartment. Yaoyorouzu struggled to stop giggling all the way home.
Later that night, Midoriya had found himself near the forest area of U.A. with All Might and Nezu. He'd only gotten a text telling him to come meet them and no other information but he had an idea what to expect…
"Ah, there you are my boy!" The blonde waved when he noticed the greenette approaching and Nezu turned with a grin of his own. "Sorry to spring this on you but we need to do a little extra training…"
"For One for All, right?" The Omnitrix wielder questioned and was met with a nod.
"Yes. We got to figure out how it works now, especially with the Omnitrix deciding to regulate your power output itself. So… what do you want to deal with first? Human form One for All, or alien One for All? The latter is probably more dangerous but also what we really need to know about…"
"I… I think we should start with my aliens." Midoriya decided, pulling up his watch and scrolling through his transformations. "More of One for All goes to them so I need to think…. Probably the best bets for who can handle the full power would be Colossus or Crystalize…or I suppose goliath but that's overkill. Oh, I guess Goop also has an advantage on that front…"
Then, he scrolled past one transformation and he stopped. "Actually… if were going to start with any of them we should figure out what the Omnitrix was talking about. Let's start with Duple."
He pressed in the dial and a bright flash engulfed him as he began to shrink and his body became more rubber-y, arms growing long and large. He looked at himself when it was over and noticed no real change from before. "Huh… that's odd."
"Midoriya?" Nezu asked, and the alien looked up with a grin at his mentor and principal.
"Yeah, what's up doc?" He asked as he tried the first thing he knew he should before they began. His body glowed green and another alien exactly the same popped out. "This one's called Duple. Nice to meet'cha."
The clone was only around long enough to give a fanciful bow before merging back with the original so he could begin this. "So…. How do I do this?"
"Well, the first step is to clench your butt, of course!" All Might said with a laugh as if it was the most obvious thing, ignoring the aliens bewildered look. "After that, just focusing on calling the power to yourself and it should come!"
"Focus on calling the power…" The alien took a breath and imagined a raw energy flowing within him. To his surprise red lines started to cover his rubbery alien body and he looked over himself. "Woah… this… actually really stings but it doesn't feel like…."
"I think that's either the Omnitrix or your alien somehow keeping you from breaking. You're using far to much energy right now, can you even move?" All Might asked concerned and very barely the alien shook his head.
"Not…really…. Wait….I just need to tone down the power right?" He asked and the skinny man nodded, wondering where he was going with this. "Well if the power is separated across different bodies it can't do as much to me can it?"
"Wait…My boy I'm not sure if…"
It was too late for whatever the blonde was going to say as a green glow began to overpower the glow of One for all and then suddenly…
BOOM!
Both the teachers had to look away as a bright white light erupted before turning back and having their jaws drop in shock. The tree behind Midoriya had disintegrated in pieces from him colliding with it in the backlash.
Directly opposite him, slowly beginning to stand up was another Splixson. Unlike last time though this one didn't look the same as the original. It bared more of a resemblance to JJ in terms of body shape, with three tufts of hair instead of horns.
It's body was black and yellow instead of pure green and it began to talk in a much more feminine voice. One that caused the blonde to freeze up completely,
"W-what happened?" She asked, clutching her head as she looked up. "What happened to me. Why… why are my hands like this?!"
Midoriya finally recovered, clutching his arm in pain as he walked to his mentors side completely befuddled. The female Splixson looked up at them all and her eyes widened.
"T…toshinori?"
She knew All Might?
"M…Master?"
"Wait….WHAT?!"