Chapter 5: Midoriya's Effect
Midoriya's Effect
The class was dead quiet when Tetsu, Tsunotori, and Kamakiri had entered. The air held a weight in it and Tetsu felt it in his stomach and his throat, he felt like he couldn't breathe. His eyes went across his classmates, more so the people he knew Midoriya was friends with and he saw all their reactions, all of their anger, all of their sadness.
Monoma had his arms crossed and was tapping his foot, he had a scowl on his face. His eyes every now and then drifting towards Kamakiri in a glare, the bug boy crossing his arms and scoffing when he caught the blonde's gaze. Yanagi was frowning, wringing her wrists, why was she doing that? He had no idea. But Tetsu had never seen the girl frown before, she had always looked impassive, seeing a negative emotion on her face was… concerning. It wasn't that hard to know that she was also at least a little angry with Kamakiri.
Everyone else was one of the two, either angry at Kamakiri or sad with the events and Midoriya's current situation. Though the steel teen noticed that Kendo looked like she was fuming, albeit silently, or as silently as she could.
"Ehem, allow us to move on, Young Monoma and Tokage as the villains against Young Shiozaki and Kodai as the heroes." All Might interrupted, his voice and words doing nothing to alleviate the mood. The duo that knew Midoriya left, both having tension in their shoulders as they walked out the door, the stoic faced duo of Shiozaki and Kodai leaving soon after as well. Tetsu looked around the room, he was squirming, he felt terrible right now, he needed to voice out his thoughts.
He saw Yanagi, but the girl was terribly quite in class and she spoke with a voice of… something.. he couldn't figure out what exactly. But there was an flair of something in her voice that kinda made him feel dumb, he looked around more and his eyes landed on Kendo.
She was friends with Midoriya, right? Maybe he could talk to her about it? She definitely seemed approachable and she was pretty manly also. He walked to her and stood next to her as she was watching the screens. She glanced at him, "Is there something you need?" She asked with a raised brow.
Tetsu took a look at her as well and he nodded, "Yeah, you're friends with Midoriya, right?"
"I think so, but I'm not as close as Monoma and Yanagi are." She responded. "Why? Did you need something?"
"No, well yeah, but-" Tetsu tripped over his words as he thought of what he wanted to say, "Midoriya's kinda hardcore, but too hardcore ya know?!" He exclaimed as if it made sense.
"Eh?"
This was going to be a long conversation.
Tokage sighed as she lifted the bomb to the roof, All Might didn't say the area was off limits so they figured it was fair game. She used her quirk and was surprised that the bomb was surprisingly light. They set up on the roof and Monoma sat on an edge facing the back of the building so the heroes wouldn't see him.
He looked like he was thinking, going by his creased brow, he clicked his tongue and made a "Tisk" noise as he stood up. "Alright, I believe it would be best to split the two of them up, how we go about that, I'm not sure…"
Tokage put her hands behind her head as she hummed. Her brain train went choo choo and after a couple seconds she smiled. "Blonde, I got an idea."
The boy huffed, "I have a name, Tokage."
"Yeah whatever, I got a plan, now are you in or not?" She let out a hand as her smirk grew, the blond boy sighed as he shook it.
"Very well, I do want to win so tell me, what idea has your genius blessed us with?" His smirk matched Tokage's as they decided to reign hell and confusion on their opponents.
Kodai and Shiozaki entered the building after the planning phase had ended, it was different from the first round but they both assumed that the bomb would be on the fifth floor just like the last round. "Alright, stick together little lamb and allow my holy light to guide you to victory." Shiozaki said, her hands together for a prayer, her partner merely nodded.
She was a little nettled but let the jab slide for now. They walked into the first connected hall-
And heard laughing. Two different voices, one male, one female, cackled and giggled. One going both ways, left and right, from their intersecting halls. Shiozaki sighed, such a sinful tactic.
Her gaudy hair grew in size and went both ways, traveling throughout the building as it searched for her opponents. She sent it after the laughs, but she didn't hit anything. Her eyes narrowed as she searched the locations, she didn't find anything. "Kodai, it's time to search for some black sheep." Their confusing tactic was sinful.
Monoma and Tokage laughed as they floated their mouths and one eye around the building, getting Shiozaki to follow the body parts before they hid them away, making them invisible and making the religious girl angry.
Their bodies were still on the roof and their bodies still had one eye in them. Tokage's body was flailing on the floor, while Monoma was standing and disconnected his arm. 'Time for me to strike.' The boy sent his hand out, ready to gain a couple of quirks to use.
Kodai had reached the third floor, they had already wasted half of their time following Monoma and Tokage around, it was getting old. She remained impassive however as she jogged through the halls, long since had she left her partner behind.
She decided to climb the floors instead of looking for their opponents. They were either trying to distract them or Shiozaki was bad at using her quirk, either or she didn't really care.
She got to the fourth floor and found… nothing. "Fifth floor." She muttered under her breath.
Shiozaki was getting frustrated. She couldn't find the little lambs that were causing her ire. And then, she felt a tap on her arm, turning she saw a floating hand, before it zipped away from her.
Her eyes widened as she followed the limb, her vines crawling like a spider as the limb floated down many halls. So many times her vines barely missed catching it. She finally thoughtshe had it when it found its way into a corner, only to see it go out a window.
She pressed her comm, "Kodai, I believe-"
"Ah hello Shiozaki! Kodai isn't here right now, actually in just a second-"
"YOUNG KODAI HAS BEEN ELIMANATED!"
"-there it is!" Monoma cackled. "Good luck Shiozaki-san!" She turned off her comm and huffed. She spent the rest of her time searching endlessly, every floor, every room, every nook and cranny. But found nothing.
The time ended and she felt like she was going to blow a gasket. And heard laughing from above her, she was on the fifth floor. "How sinful." She muttered.
Recovery Girl's Office
Izuku cried as the Youthful heroine bonked him with her cane. "I ASKED FOR A WEEK, A SINGLE WEEK, AND YOU COULDN'T EVEN DO THAT!" She had already healed him, as much as she could do for the day. But now that meant she had free reign to tell him how reckless and stupid he was.
Which was fair… "B-But we had a h-heroics exercise…" He lost his voice as the old hero glared at him, he decided not to open his mouth anymore.
Recovery Girl huffed, "That's no excuse you buffoon, push yourself past your limit and your body won't be able to keep up. You're lucky your hand wasn't too broken." The nurse sighed as she gave him some gummies. "You don't go plus ultra on your body with that quirk, you have to get used to it, sonny."
Izuku quieted as he chewed on the given gummies, he knew he didn't have good control but he couldn't just not participate in class. He clenched a fist. "B-But All Might was able to use 100% from the start…"
Recovery Girl turned to him and sighed. "Toshinori trained for a long time to inherit that quirk, and he had two teachers, you only had one. And on top of that I doubt he was a good one.." She sighed again, just thinking about how much of a terrible teacher Toshinori must be, it made her remember her age.
She looked at Izuku who looked as if he was contemplating something. "…I need to get better…" She barely made out. His brow was creased and it looked as if he was shaking slightly.
'It's too much… too much pressure. Damn it Toshinori, you've put too much on his shoulders. He's just a child for god's sake!' Recovery Girl instantly knew that was it. Having to carry the legacy of the Symbol Of Peace, having to carry on the torch of One For All, on top of whatever else was going on in his life. She was surprised the boy didn't have any white hairs.
She went to her desk and tore out a piece of paper, quickly writing a number on it. 'Either he'll make it a lot worse or a lot better, there's no in between with him.' She sighed and approached the bed that the successor occupied.
"If I finish my homework during lunch and in between classes, maybe also during homeroom, I can get in a lot of hours to work out time, but I'll have to get used to it or just push through, that's about 7 hours of workout time a day, 8 hours of sleeps, an hour for everything else, 8 hours for school. Yeah this could wor-yOW!" Izuku yelped as a cane hit his head.
"Good, I got your attention."
Izuku rubbed his head in discomfort. "T-That hurt…" It reminded him too much of his old teachers.
Recovery Girl looked at him and huffed, "Well how else am I going to get it into your thick skull that you need to stop breaking yourself? Anyways, I'm not here to argue, so take this." She handed him the piece of paper.
Izuku rose a brow but took it. "W-What's this?"
"Someone who can help you, who can actually teach you. Just focus on what you can do for now. No crazy work out plans or anything of the such, just call or text this number when you have the time and when you aren't in the process of healing after one of your stunts." She sighed and walked away, "You can go back to class, just come back tomorrow to finish your treatment."
Izuku nodded and pocketed the paper, he stumbled out of bed and thanked her again after getting into a gym uniform. His arm was wrapped in a cast, but it was more of a lot of bandages than a full cast. The limb hurt but not overly so like during the entrance exam.
So….that was a plus?
He left, thinking about the number. Could the person that used this number help him? And if so, how? He shook his head and made his way to the viewing deck of Ground Beta, he remembered the route and hoped that he would be able to see at least a few of the matches.
Izuku walked through the halls and was about to leave the main building. "Midoriya." He knew that gruff and rough voice anywhere, he turned around and his eyes landed on his homeroom teacher, Vlad King.
"A-Ah! Kan-sensei!" He bowed quickly. He stood back up nad realized something, he had no idea how to make conversation with someone older than him. So he opened his mouth before his brain started working, "H-How's your day been?"
The man sighed, it sounded like he was tired, or maybe angry? Izuku couldn't put a finger on it. "Interesting to say the least, Midoriya." It had definitely been interesting. That was for sure.
The first thing that happened after he left the All Might to deal with the students was head to Nezu's office as he was called up to do so. And he learned more of Midoriya's unique situation.
"Yes, there's evidence that his middle school wasn't the best, and I still do not believe it has improved at all. They discriminated against Midoriya, all because of his "Quirklessness". I need you to assist Midoriya in getting up to speed with everyone else, Kan."
He had been given a job, and he would do his best to fulfill it. Just like he knew Nezu was going to do his best to tear Aldera to the ground. Honestly, all that he had learned was infuriating. He had never seen such things that angered him so much through such shitty cameras. "But I wanted to talk to you about something Midoriya, if you don't mind me taking too much of your time." He wasn't yelling, which he figured was good when talking to the boy. He flinched when too much noise happened, he had noticed that whenever Tetsutetsu yelled that would happen.
Izuku waved his hands, "N-No, it's alright Kan-sensei! I don't m-mind at all!" He answered hastily.
The giant man nodded and motioned Izuku to follow him, "Come, let's walk. The class will be done by the time our conversation is over so we can just head to the cafeteria now." Izuku nodded and started walking next to his teacher, wondering how much time he had taken up in the infirmary.
The hall was quiet as Vlad King thought about what to say. He wanted to be blunt but being too blunt had a chance of hurting Midoriya's feelings. It was clear his self esteem was low, taking a blow to it would be bad. "So, Midoriya, tell me. Are you training to use your quirk?" Vlad King hoped that was an appropriate question.
Izuku paused, he hadn't really had the time to do so. He had been working out but not using his quirk. "N-No sir, I haven't b-been able to…" He answered.
Vlad King easily noted the disappointment in his voice as he answered. "At UA we don't have traditional extracurricular activities. We have social activities to help students get away from the stress of their classes but there's also others to help assist those falling behind." He noticed how Izuku looked disappointed when he mentioned falling behind.
"Midoriya, I read your file and I know you're a late bloomer, on top of what you told the class during the quirk showcase. It's clear that you are behind everyone else." It might've been a little too blunt.
Izuku clenched a fist. "I-I know, sensei…" He answered in a sad tone.
'OK, definitely too blunt, damn it..' Vlad chastised himself. He probably hurt the kid's feeling, though indirectly. "Well…" He wasn't a talkative guy, he didn't talk to people. He wasn't like Mic or Midnight, he was more like Aizawa (which did piss him off just a bit) So he was struggling talking to the kid, struggling being an understatement. "Don't.. feel too bad. It's a given because of your situation…"
Izuku nodded. "I know…" He sounded a little annoyed. Perhaps because he wasn't making progress with his quirk, or maybe something else. "S-So you want me to take an extracurricular activity to h-help me catch up?" He asked as he put the pieces together.
Vlad made a so-so motion with his hand, "Sort of. In reality kid, I'm just going to be doing my best to help you catch up with the class and it'll be listed as extracurricular. But this isn't mandatory, so I came to ask you if it'd be something you want."
Izuku kinda wanted to cry. Is this what teachers were supposed to be like? Were they supposed to help you when you struggled? He looked at Vlad King, his vision was blurry, 'Dang it.. stupid tears…' and nodded. "Y-Yes, I'd like that."
Vlad King smiled as he stopped walking and let out a hand for his student to shake, "Alright, every day after school. I'll be located in Training Gym Gamma." Izuku shook his hand and noticed the difference in size. Vlad King was no All Might but he was still huge.
"A-Alright sensei, I-I'll do my best, I promise!" Izuku swore.
His teacher grinned, "That's all I ask Midoriya, now go get some lunch, you'll need energy for later today." He began to walk off.
Izuku froze, "W-Wait, we're starting today?!"
The greanette ate his food quietly, when he had sat down his class had entered the cafeteria, just finished with the exercise. He watched as they all wondered about and Monoma caught a glance of him and sat down next to him as soon as he got his food.
The rest of the group joined after that. Though Tetsu was also sitting with them and Kuroiro was too. Though Kuroiro was only talking to Komori. 'Huh, wonder why that is…' So far, nothing really interesting had happened. Just asking how everyone's day was going, which was a weird question considering they all knew how each other's days had gone.
And then Izuku realized, 'They're all nervous about something…' Yanagi was wringing her wrists, Tokage's carefree grin was slipping, Tetsu wasn't as loud as he made conversation with Kendo, the red head herself acting more reserved, and Monoma kept opening his mouth to say something but never got it out.
The only ones who were acting normal were Kuroiro, who Izuku guessed didn't care, and Komori because she was always nervous.
So he decided to spark up a conversation with his totally existent social skills!
'Ok… I don't know anything about anyone really…' This was going to be tough, wasn't it? Despite having friends now, he knew nothing about them. Was that how having friends worked? He didn't think so. "S-So, umm." The group turned to him as he started talking, "..how were your guy's matches?"
No one really reacted, they were all still kind of nervous. Until Tokage smiled and detached her upper body. It floated over the table, slinging her arm around Monoma, and also kinda bringing his head into her breast, "We kicked ass! Didn't we blondie!"
Monoma pushed her face, trying to get her off of himself, "Yes, I suppose we did, now please unhand me!"
"Aww come onnnn~ a lot of guys would love for this to happen to them!"
"Well I am not one of them!" The boy yelled back.
Tokage huffed and sat back down, reconnecting to her lower half. "Fine, be a party pooper then." She grumbled. Monoma straightened out his clothing and sighed.
Izuku looked between the two of them, "S-So… how w-was everyone else's?" He was completely appalled at the fact that he was the one initiating the conversation. With so many people too. At Aldera, he never could've imagined talking to two- no even one person! But here he had a whole group of people he could talk to, and it was nerve wracking!
Komori blushed before entering the conversation, "Kuroiro-kun and I did w-well, shroom.. we won our match…" Said teen simply nodded along with Komori. None of them knew exactly why he was here, but they weren't going to kick him out.
Izuku turned to Yanagi, the girl sitting next to him as well. "W-What about you Yanagi-chan?"
The entire group, excluding Izuku, had seen that the girl had been frowning since the moment Izuku first entered battle with Kamakiri. But now, she had a really small smile on her face.
She put a finger on her chin, "My teammate and I conquered our opponents, though they were zealous in their desire to achieve victory. Despite that, we came out victorious in the end." She said.
Izuku nodded, he wanted to ask how they won but decided not to. He knew he'd get into a mumble fit and that creeped people out.
"What about you K-"
"MIDOLYA!" They all heard the yell of Izuku's last name, although it sounded a little.. scuffed. (For those who don't know, I heard somewhere that the Japanese "Ri" is often the parallel for the letter "L", for an example "Krillin" From Dragon Ball is actually Kuririn or Kurririn in Japan.)
The group turned to see Pony approaching their table, smiling. It was heart melting. And now Izuku knew how much looks could be deceiving, 'Tetsu-kun struggled fighting her, I only won because grabbing her horns is a weakness that I just guessed on…' And now here she was, making them all scrunch their eyes at her brightness and cuteness.
She turned to Izuku, "You ok?" She said with an accent. It was clear that she meant to say "Are you ok?" But none of them would fault her. Japanese was a difficult language to learn and being a hero course student gave her a lot of duties and responsibilities.
Izuku briefly remembered the final moments of their battle trial, he was holding onto Tsunotori's horns and then he passed out. At least that was the extent of his memory. So that begged the question. What happened after? Did she catch him? If so then he was going to explode into a blush. 'No no, just- keep your cool' He took a breath and smiled, "I-I'm fine Tsunotori-san."
He saw the girl scrunch her brows. Perhaps his stutter was making it harder for her to understand him? It made it seem like he was adding more to his words when it was just him being bad at talking.
"I'm fine Tsunotori." He said in English, the American's eyes widened.
"YOU CAN SPEAK ENGLISH?!" The group looked between the two of them as they made conversation, none of them really knowing what they were saying. Though Tsunotori looked happy that she had someone she was able to talk at a normal speed with.
Izuku explained that he had picked up English as a pastime. He didn't really want to explain that he learned because all the articles about All Might's time in America were in English, and while there were some Japanese translations there were interviews done with both All Might and his partner at the time, David Shield, that Izuku wanted to understand firsthand.
So he got a book, learned which phrases translated and eventually picked up the language. But that's besides the point really.
Tokage looked between the two and smiled, opening her mouth she was going to embarrass that crap out of the green teen. Sadly she found a floating hand blocking her mouth and was met with a glare by Monoma. "Just don't."
She pouted, "Fine…" She'd get the blond back for this. Eventually, she just had to play the waiting game.
The bell rang and the students sighed as they went to throw their food away. "Can you teach me Midoriya! I'm really struggling with Japanese." Tsunotori got into a bow as she asked.
Izuku blushed and waved his arms, "Y-You don't have to boy Tsunotori, and y-yeah… I can try." He could try, because 1. He wasn't sure if he could teach someone something so difficult and 2. He wasn't sure if he could teach someone so bright and cute without being blinded by said brightness and cuteness.
"THANK YOU!" She glomped him with a smile.
Izuku blushed but nodded, "Y-You're welcome! B-B-B-B-B-B-" And he was broken. Yanagi used her quirk to separate the two, Tsunotori blinked at the weird feeling of being moved without wanting to move as well as floating mid air.
The group made their way to class with Tetsu and Monoma helping Izuku walk as his brain was still crashed.
Tokage smiled as she held her head with her arms behind it, "All that over a hug, what do you think'll happen if someone ever kisses him? Or if Miss Midnight goes too far during class."
Kendo and Yanagi sighed, "I don't think Miss Midnight would go that far Tokage-Chan." Kendo chastised.
But Yanagi hummed instead as she pulled out her phone, "Actually, I've heard quite the contrary. There are numerous posts on hero forums of recent UA alumni that have been, for lack of a better term, scarred by Miss Midnight. Though I hope that Midoriya does not become one of those."
Tsunotori looked between everyone, she wanted to feel included but didn't really know how to enter a conversation with her limited speech. She sighed and let herself just follow along with everyone else as she tried her best to understand what they were all saying.
All the while, Komori and Kuroiro were still holding a conversation with each other.
"Who's your favorite Nintendo character?"
"A-Ah…. T-Toadette….you?"
"Bowser is quite fierce, but Dark Link is very mysterious."
They were basically just learning more about each other.
After School
The main trio walked together as they left the class. They were just chatting, and Izuku felt happy about that. Just talking to them was nice. He idly played with the bracelet that Yanagi had given him.
The bracelet strap was leather so it was secured tightly around his wrist, he honestly had no idea how he didn't lose it during the battle trial but he loved the gift. It also had each of their hair colors incorporated into it. The black band had specks of gold, most likely gold glue, on it. Then there was the green gem held in a silver container. It was just-
It made him happy.
"Midoriya, you're going the wrong way.." Monoma commented as Izuku was walking towards Training Ground Gamma.
The greanette rubbed the back of his head, "A-Actually Monoma-kun, I have an extracurricular activity to do… s-sorry that I won't be able to-"
Monoma waved a hand, "Do not apologize, you don't have to. I hope you have a good time with whatever you are doing. Yanagi, are you coming with me?"
The ghost girl looked between the two of them and eventually she floated over to Izuku, "I hope you don't mind, but I would like to accompany you, Midoriya." She tilted her head.
Izuku gulped, it was actually kind of cute. He had a weakness for girls, he knew that, he didn't know how to deal with them. "S-Sure, Yanagi-chan.." They both turned to Monoma, "S-See you, Monoma-kun."
Monoma gave them both a bow, "Farewell for now my friends, good luck to you both!" The boy turned around and flinched when he heard the yell of "BLONDIE!" He booked it to get off of campus as fast as he could.
Izuku smiled a bit, though Yanagi got into his vision, "Shall we go?" She asked. He nodded, though with a blush as she was very, very, very close to him. It was nerve wracking. He turned around and made his way around the campus. Yanagi followed behind him, floating and observing the surrounding areas. "So Midoriya." Yanagi decided to spark up a conversation. "What does this extracurricular activity involve?"
"Ah, Kan-sensei said he was going to help me with my q-quirk… since I still don't know how to use it that well…" He explained as they walked around, there were other students about the halls. A couple pointed and whispered, others glared. Izuku didn't know why.
"Hero course…" He often heard but he and Yanagi kept on walking, well in his case, Yanagi was still floating. Was that quirk training for her? If so, it was impressive, as she did it all the time. Should he do something like that to train his quirk? Perhaps? He should talk to Kan-sensei about that-
"Midoriya, you're muttering." Yanagi poked his cheek.
Izuku yelped and backed up, 'TOO CLOSE!'
"If you two are done then get in here. You don't have time to slack off Midoriya." Izuku turned to see that they had arrived at Training Gym Gamma. The one who talked to him was Vlad King himself.
'Just how distracted do I get with my muttering?' Problems to deal with later.
The pro motioned them inside and the two obliged. The gym was massive, it was quite spacious though it was completely flat. "You two are lucky, this place is usually a mess. But since no one has had a chance to use it this year it's completely clean." The pro grinned and readied his vocal chords. "Ishayama!" The size of the gym gave way to an echo, and Vlad's voice vibrated throughout, shaking Izuku up a little.
They heard footsteps and a sigh as the Cement Hero came into the gym. "Cementoss! The cement hero!" Izuku had already gotten the man's autograph as he was their Modern Literature teacher, but still!
The man chuckled briefly at Izuku's excited nature before turning to Vlad King, "So, what exactly did you need me to build Kan? I do have lesson plans to get to work on." The pro said as he squatted and put his hands on the ground.
"I had an obstacle course in mind as well as some concrete blocks that the second years use for their super move training." Vlad answered, his fellow pro nodded and the ground shook.
Izuku smiled as he pulled out his notebook.
A wave of cement moved as an obstacle course was formed from the ground, the blocks Vlad talked about being formed away from the course. Cementoss stood up and sighed, "Alright, good luck you two, and Kan? Please don't get carried away.." And left.
Vlad grinned as he looked around, "All right! Midoriya there's a changing room around the corner, go do that and then come back and we can start."
"Y-Yes Kan-sensei!" The bow bowed and left as quickly as he could to change into a more fitting set of clothes for training.
Vlad placed his hands on his hips. 'Well.. someone's certainly energetic about this..' He turned to the more subdued partner that Midoriya had brought along, "So… what are you doing here Yanagi?"
The girl turned to him, "I merely wanted to spend more time with Midoriya." She answered plain and simply.
Vlad King raised a brow but decided not to press further. 'Merely wanting to spend more time with someone' yeah sure, maybe that was the extent of it. But maybe it was something else. He didn't want to ask but he did decide one thing, 'Never let Kayama see them together…' The woman would lose herself over the cuteness of the two and do whatever she could to get them together, which in most cases didn't end well. He swore he'd never let it happen.
"I-I'm back!" Izuku called as he arrived in a gym uniform.
"Welcome back Midoriya." Yanagi said as Izuku smiled, he was excited to be taught by Kan-sensei.
Vlad King crossed his arms, "Alright, Yanagi back up, Midoriya I want you to activate your quirk at your maximum. Not 100%, the max amount you can handle. If you get what I mean." Izuku nodded and Yanagi floated over to Vlad to make space between them and the green haired boy.
He closed his eyes and summoned One For All into his arm. Red veins appeared across his arm before disappearing, his skin almost glowing, and small, miniscule sparks of green lightning arcing every now and then. It wasn't instantaneous, not even close, but it was coming to him slightly easier than before. He grit his teeth as he upped the percentage until he felt his bones start to creak. "T-This is it, Kan-sensei!"
Yanagi and Kan both saw the flashy properties his quirk had. For a simple enhancer, Midoriya's quirk was very unique.
Kan had a small grin on his face, "Alright Midoriya! How much would you say this is?!"
Izuku closed his eyes and felt the power for a second before responding, "I w-would say about 4% sir."
Honestly, Vlad had to hold himself back from shaking in excitement. The kid's full power would be 25 times stronger! It was amazing! He would totally be able to show up Aizawa with this kid. "Alright, for now, let's gauge your max for now, go do the obstacle course."
"Yes sensei!" Izuku yelled.
The two watched as Izuku ran the course, a cheerful bounce in his step. It was quite nice to see, since he was always a ball of nervousness, but it made them wonder why he was so happy in the first place. Was it because he was getting help with his quirk or something else? They didn't know, but both of them silently decided to themselves that they wanted to see him like that more often.
The course was mostly just running with minor parkour jumps here and there. It was sets of walls and pillars that one had to jump off of and climb up. The structures grow in size to get to the tallest one. The greanette fell a lot, either from not being able to do certain jumps because he was underestimating or overestimating his quirk's power. Every time he would go back to the start and do it again. Though he was getting some scrapes on his body, which Recovery Girl would not like at all.
Vlad smiled as Izuku took up another attempt, he had a feeling about this one. The boy activated the quirk in his legs, the limbs glowing for a second, opened his eyes and ran off, he took 5 steps before jumping onto a wall, then he used his quirk to climb to the top of the wall in a couple leaps.
He jumped from the top of it to another wall and ran across that one before leaping off to a surrounding pillar, the process repeated until he reached the top point of the course, or what was the end.
He gasped for air. "O-Ok… done…" He made his way down and was drenched in sweat, the entire process had taken 30, maybe 40, minutes. "A-Alright, what's next sensei?"
The man smirked. "That." And pointed to a concrete block that Cementoss had made.
"That?" Izuku asked dumbly.
Vlad King nodded, "I want you to punch it, get a feel for how strong you are, the last thing you want on the field is accidentally overusing your power and killing someone." The pro explained.
Izuku paled at his words, he would never kill somebody! Wait Kan-sensei said accidentally, so of course he would never purposefully do that, but it was entirely possible to do it accidentally. Especially if he didn't get a feel for his strength like Kan-sensei was talking about.
He nodded, "Y-Yes sensei!"
Yanagi watched as Izuku charged his quirk into his arms and punched the pieces of concrete. Small cracks were formed and Izuku didn't seem to be damaged. "Perhaps his quirk also increases his durability? If so it's not to the same extent as his power and speed, if so he wouldn't break himself every time he used it." She mumbled.
Vlad glanced at her and sighed. 'Midoriya's rubbing off on her..' Of course that wasn't a bad thing but it was even more of a reason to keep Kayama away from them.
Izuku sighed as he charged his quirk into his arm one last time, gritting his teeth, powering it up quickly, and punching. The stone cracked, a spiderweb forming from the epicenter that was Izuku's fist and spreading throughout the stone block.
He panted as he regained his breath, 'It's only so broken because I was able to get so many repeated attacks, but I can't kill anyone with his power output.' It would definitely leave bruises but four percent wouldn't kill anyone, he had even used it on Kamakiri earlier and the boy was still alive.
He looked back to see Vlad King nodding approvingly, it… made him feel happy. "You have a basic grasp of the limitations your current output has, but how long does it take you to activate your quirk?"
Izuku closed his eyes and focused, summoning the power into his arm again, he opened them back up, "Ah.. about 4- maybe 5seconds?" He answered.
Vlad nodded, "I'd say we focus on burning that time down to 2 seconds or less." How were they going to do that? Vlad had a couple of ideas really. "So, get ready, Midoriya."
"R-Ready for what?" He only got a wide grin in return.
Izuku was not ready. The plan was to attack him repeatedly until he could use his quirk to efficiently dodge out of the way. Going by his analysis, Izuku knew that his teacher was holding back a lot, Vlad wanted Izuku to actually get better. But still! This was a little too much!
He jumped out of the way of a punch from the pro, his legs were burning from how much he had been using his quirk. But he was getting better at summoning his quirk, now it was definitely lower but he wasn't sure if he had lowered it to 2 seconds like Vlad King had wanted. Maybe 3 at the least.
But he had gotten better on not having to focus so hard on keeping his quirk activated, which was good. And then he slipped and fell.
Vlad winced, "Alright, I think that's enough for today, Midoriya."
Izuku got up as quickly as he could, "B-But I can keep going!"
Vlad could see a look of pleading in the boy's eyes, 'He wants to get better.' He smiled a bit. "Overworking your body won't help you right now, plus I think you can catch up to your classmates within the month."
"B-But I don't want to just catch up! I-I want to excel!"
Vlad looked at the boy with sympathy in his eyes, he laid a hand on his shoulder, "Then bring your best tomorrow. I'm counting on the fact that I'll see you here Midoriya. I find your drive admirable, but I don't want you going too far as to break yourself or your body. Yes, Plus Ultra is our motto but there is a fine line between Plus Ultra and overworking."
Izuku sighed and nodded, "I- ok… I understand sensei…"
It hurt to see the kid sad but it was needed, he couldn't overwork himself. "Alright, Yanagi you're always welcome to come join us, I could perhaps even assist you in anything you need next time as well."
The ghost girl shook her head, "While I do appreciate the offer sensei, I realize that Midoriya does need help. Speaking of, we should get going Midoriya, it's getting late."
Izuku rubbed his eyes with his forearm and grabbed his bag, "Y-Yeah, ok.."
They left, leaving the training gym quiet and leaving Vlad to deal with his thoughts. "DAMN IT! I WAS TOO ROUGH ON HIM!" The pro wanted to tear his own head off. He sighed, "I'll review the footage of the battle trials, tell get kids what they need to work on, maybe that will help him…"
It was just the beginning but Vlad knew there was going to be a long road ahead of him if he wanted that kid to reach his peak. But he swore he would get the kid there. To shove it to Aizawa, for his pride, and to help the kid out too. He clenched a fist, "I will do this!"