Denki wasn't exactly sure what to think about his green-haired classmate anymore.
One moment he seemed like an innocent cinnamon roll that he had needed to take under his wing to teach him the ways of flirting, the next moment he let out an oppressive aura that damn near made him short-circuit himself.
And there was also the fact that he just shot a classmate with an actual fucking gun just to prove a point.
And now he was hearing gunshots ring out from within the building he and Kirishima was about to go into.
Yup. Denki is a little scared at the moment.
"Ok, full disclosure here, Kirishima, I'm a little nervous at the moment." The electric blonde confessed.
"Really? Personally, I'm getting pumped up." Kirishima replied, his shark-toothed grin was wider than ever.
"Well that's easy for you to say, you can just use your Quirk to keep yourself safe when Midoriya shoots you!" Denki exclaimed.
"Oh... That's true... Tell you what, if anything happens, I'll be your shield then." Kirishima offered.
"Really? I'd appreciate that!" Kaminari said, relief flowing through him.
And before any more bromance could've been had, All Might's booming voice had signaled the beginning of their trial:
"BEGIN"
"Ready?" Kirishima asked.
"As I'll ever be."
And without any further delays, they slammed the double doors of the building open.
LINE BREAK
He could feel it.
The blood rushing in his ears.
The cold kiss of the stale air in the room he was in.
His own breath; a controlled, and steady action.
The touch of the familiar metal of his guns.
The way his hair itched to be freed from the tight ponytail he had it in.
The twitch of his trigger fingers.
The static in his ear that signaled Toru getting into position.
And the eerie smile growing on his face.
Izuku had lectured Kacchan multiple times in controlling his emotions during a fight; because in truth, Izuku was much the same as his friend; they both enjoyed a damn good fight, but he knew just how important emotions came into play in a battle.
After all, he was an empath in his past life, emotions were once like a physical thing to him, something tangible, something he could once see, something he once felt, and at times, something he could taste. And something he could bend to his will.
Grayson had learned to master that ability.
And albeit to a lesser extent, Izuku had too.
And if there was any empathic Quirk user who could see peer into his emotions now...
They would see a storm restrained.
"BEGIN"
All Might's voice cut a path through the air, even as the door near violently swung open; kicked open by an overly enthusiastic Kirishima.
He was the first to feel the barrage of 'bullets' Izuku had fired.
To the redhead's credit, he had activated his Quirk in the nick of time, shielding himself from most of the damage.
But not all of it, even from the distance Izuku could see a bruise forming on Kirishima's cheek.
Izuku's grin wided at that.
And in the next second, he was right in front of the hero team, his foot sailing through the air and connecting with Kirishima's crossed arms, breaking the hardening user's guard and opening him up to the follow-up punch Izuku threw.
It was immediately after that moment that electricity filled Izuku's vision.
But with Kirishima so close to him, Denki's couldn't have risked anything more than a paltry sum of what his Quirk could have offered, leaving Izuku free to simply shrug off the weak attack and disengage.
It was less then ten seconds into the match and already things had gotten interesting.
"You Heroes are all the same. Nothing but a bunch of overzealous bigots and idiots." Izuku snarled out. The lack of light in the room failing to hide his glare.
"If you really think you've got what it takes to stop us then step right on up." Izuku taunted, a wide grin on his face, and his arms spread out to the side of him.
Kaminari was at a loss for words. Too dumbstruck with surprise to respond.
The lack of an answer just caused Izuku to growl as he aimed his guns at Kaminari and unloaded the mags.
But to his surprise, Kirishima had gotten enough of a breather, and had shielded the blonde with his own body, causing the bullets to simply bounce off of his Quirk hardened skin.
Izuku had simply let out a Tsk and dashed up the stairs.
LINE BREAK
"What the heck was that about?" Kaminari blurted out as Izuku made his way up the stairs.
"Uh, a gun?" Kirishima offered.
"Two guns?"
"Not what I was talking about dude. What was up with Midoriya? I get him shooting at us and stuff, but did he really have to smack talk us like that?"
"Oh, that. He was probably just getting into the role of being a villain." Kirishima offered with a shrug.
"And come on, we can't just sit and wait, we're training to be heroes we gotta man up and match Midoriya-kun's enthusiasm!" Kirishima added with a determined grin.
Kaminari just let out a sigh and mirrored Kirishima's grin with his own.
LINE BREAK
"Hagakure-san, they're on their way up. Are you ready?" Izuku voiced, hand on the communicator on his ear.
"Ready and waiting by the stairs to the third floor! We'll get those heroes, boss! Nyehehe~" Hakagure responded, enthusiastically getting in her role as a villainess.
Izuku simply chuckled in response as he fully unbuttoned off his jacket, letting it flutter about around himself as he ran.
LINE BREAK
Hardening. That was the official name of Kirishima's Quirk. On the surface, it simply gave him the ability to more durable than most people.
But people were more than the sum of their Quirks.
Case in point, coupled with his 'sheer manliness' and the fact that he managed get a proper running start this time, Kirishima had effectively barreled through the what could only be described as an obstacle course encapsulated in the space of a hallway, like a freight train.
The only problem was that the hallway was dark. Courtesy of Izuku having shot out the lights.
And as previously stated, the hallway emulated the spirit of an obstacle course with the sheer amount of debris in it.
Seriously, Kirishima broke through like five goddamn cabinets already.
And there was also the fact that Izuku was taking potshots at them from just beyond their line of sight, the light from his gun's barrels illuminating his gloved hand and hero costume's jacket.
"COME ON MIDORIYA! THAT'S NOT MANLY, DUDE!" Kirishima yelled indignantly.
"You've yelled that five times already man, give it up and just keep chasing him." Kaminari exasperatedly said as he ran behind the redhead, conviently out of the way of the bullets being fired at them concurrently.
"YEAH BUT-"
Whatever else Kirishima had been about to say was silenced as another rubber bullet bounced off of his head, fueling the redhead's anger as he let out an angry warcry...
Only for him to slip on something wet and then subsequently faceplant onto the cold hard floor.
And then Kaminari fell on top of him.
"This is so not manly!" Came Kirishima's muffled complaint.
And just as Kaminari was about to respond with something unforgivingly sarcastic at that, they heard Izuku's voice somewhere in front of them.
"Good, they've tripped up, I just have to stall them for a few minutes longer Hagakure-san"
That had riled up the Hero team, they will not be timed out.
LINE BREAK
"They're... Really just being lead around aren't they?" Kyoka observed with in bored tone of voice.
"This feels weird to watch if I'm being honest." Mina confessed.
"Mhmm, I can imagine. But this is what happens when you get tunnel vision, children. There was a risk to this plan, but it had been executed perfectly."* All Might commented.
Katsuki just snorted at that.
"Even if it wasn't, that green haired bastard has contingency plans. Always does." The irritation was palpable in his voice.
"You sound like you're mad at him kero." Tsuyu voiced.
"That's because I am! You have no idea how many of his plans involved some stupid annoying shit that'd fucking blindside the fuck out of you!" Katsuki growled out, eyes twitching in anger.
Even to this day Katsuki was still ever so slightly traumatized about bread.
Fucking, bread of all things!
LINE BREAK
THERE.
FINALLY.
Kirishima and Kaminari had finally gotten past the second floor and were making their way up the stairs to the third floor.
Only for them to meet a dark hallway once again.
"OH COME ON!" Kirishima yelled out, throwing his hands up in irritation.
And then immediately bringing them in a cross guard over his face as a gun shot rang out.
"I am so breaking those guns when I get my hands on them." Kirishima growled out as he activated his Quirk again, and once again charged through the hallway, following after the sounds of Izuku's footfalls and occasionally gunshots.
Kaminari was too short of breath to give any sort of response, seriously, having to vault across all the debris Kirishima broke through was a pain.
'WHERE THE FUCK DID THEY EVEN GET ALL THOSE CABINETS AND DESKS??' He thought to himself.
But, luckily for them, the Villain team seemed to have ran out of things to litter in this hallway, giving the Hero team some leeway at the very least.
BANG
If you ignored all the gunshots that is.
BANG
Seriously, the rubber bullets were useless on them anyways, they were barely even an inconvenience now that Kaminari and Kirishima was used to the spacing and pace they needed to keep the bullets from hitting the more vulnerable Kaminari.
BANG
And with the considerable lack of things in their way, it would only be a matter of time before they catch up to Midoriya.
BANG
BANG
Click
Wait...
Click
WAIT.
Click
He was out of bullets!
It was then that Kaminari had gotten a second wind and a newfound determination.
"Finally!" The blonde yelled out, charging forward and closing the distance between himself and Izuku by a good margin.
Until finally, they found themselves barreling through a door and in the middle of an empty room.
An empty room at the end of the building. With no bomb in sight.
And no Izuku either.
Just Kaminari and a floating jacket, with a pair of guns and a pair of gloves.
"Gotcha~" Came Toru's cheerful, sugary sweet voice.
"Wh- HOW?? Where's Midoriya??"
"Bro, what do you mean... WHERE'S MIDORIYA??" Kirishima yelled out as he caught up with his teammate.
"Hehhhh~ wouldn't you two want to know." Toru giggled, the floating jacket wiggling around in a way that denoted Toru currently squirming with giddiness.
"But since you two are just the cutest little heroes, maybe I'll tell you!" Toru said, dragging out her words in a sickly sweet manner; she was maybe getting into her role a little too well.
"He's... RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOOR!" Toru yelled out, one finger held up to her ear.
The dumbfounded hero team only had a moment to react as the door behind them burst from its hinges and exploded forward, carried off by the momentum of a One for All empowered shoulder tackle.
"I AM HERE." Izuku snarled out in a sick parody of All Might's catchphrase as he charged forward with the door like a battering ram, not unlike Uraraka and Iida's strategy with the crate earlier.
Kaminari had managed to leap out of the way, but Kirishima had been hit directly, and while the damage was mostly negated by his Quirk, he was still knocked back a fair distance away as Izuku shoved the door, along with Kirishima, away.
Kaminari had no time to gawk, he was tired of this whole thing already, and Toru was just at the edge of his effective range. So with an energized yell, he let out one of his stronger attacks.
"THUNDERSHOCK"
Kaminari grinned at the startled "eep" Toru let out, and then immediately flinched as he just realized he was attacking a girl.
'Keep it together man, it's called battle practice for a reason' He thought to himself.
But he didn't need to worry for long, as Izuku had ran over and pulled out Toru from the attack, hugging the invisible girl against himself.
"Ne~ and you call yourself a hero? What kind of hero just goes and attacks my cute little partner like that huh?" Izuku goaded, glaring at the electric blonde.
"Y-yeah, he was being a meanie boss, that really hurt! Mou~" Toru said, her playful pout, and blushing face evident in her voice.
"Tsk, no one hurts my partner, hero; guess I'm going to have to teach you a lesson then."
"Oi. I'm not out yet." Kirishima huffed, tossing the door off himself with a groan. He was really starting to get tried now.
"Oh buuuu~, and here I was thinking I get to see my boss act like my knight and beat up your partner. Now I gotta keep fighting too." Toru bemoaned, shrugging off Izuku's jacket and taking off the gloves, rendering her completly invisible, aside from her shoes that is.
"Well at the very least, these heroes are tenacious. You remember the plan partner?" Izuku asked, shifting into a low fighting stance as he faced Kaminari infront of him, just as Toru was facing Kirishima behind him.
"Yup! Sure do! You're supposed to face Kaminari-kun and I'm... Gonna jump on your back!" Toru said aloud, doing just that.
"And then we execute plan A-3!" Izuku yelled out as he felt Toru's arms gripped tightly around his neck and her legs wrapped around his waist, a manic grin on his face as the telltale signs of his Quirk sprang to life, enveloping him in an electric green aura as red veins of power snaked across his skin.
"Gyahahahah! NIGERUNDAYO ZUZU!" Toru yelled out.
And then Izuku promptly ran to the far wall of the building, and immediately committed self-defenestration.
Kaminari and Kirishima simply blinked at the sight.
"WHAT THE F-"
LINE BREAK
"Well..."
"I mean... They won... At least?"
"I told ya. Stupid annoying shit that'd blindside the fuck outta you." Katsuki grumbled out as he glared at the cheeky looking Midoriya.
"Well come on Froggy, time for us make our way down there."
"Kero. I thought for sure you would've taken some time to enjoy winning the bet more."
Katsuki just snorted and glared at Yaoyorozu.
"I'll be smug about that later. It'll be all the better once we win."
The grin on Katsuki's face was unnerving, to say the least.
Momo glared at the retreating figure of the explosive blonde.
Sure she may have been... Completely wrong about her predictions about the previous match, but no one could've predicted that Izuku would've resorted to such blantly... Annoying tactics.
Granted the part where Izuku planned to keep the hero team consistently on their toes by showing them an immediate threat and then subsequently coercing them into giving chase at the very beginning to prevent them from finding the Bomb that was conviently tucked away in one of the rooms on the second floor was rather smart of him.
And then there was the part where he had Toru switch places with him in order to perform that inevitable pincer maneuver, only to break off from the plan and then run down the timer... By jumping out a window.
"Sigh, Okay, I concede the point. I can see Bakugo's point of view." Momo lamented as she and her partner Mineta made their way out.
That is until Izuku spoke up.
"Don't be too hard on yourself Yaoyorozu-san, there's always merit in a good plan. It's just the fact that life often likes to spit in plans. You just gotta plan for when your plans fails."
There had been a twinkle in Izuku's eyes then. Almost like he knew something she didn't.
But she didn't have time to dwell on it. She had a fight to win.
LINE BREAK
"Kero, so what's the plan, do we just come in the front like most of the other hero teams, or do you wanna come from the top?" Tsuyu asked.
"No."
"Kero... No?"
"We're not going in. I'm going in." Katsuki said.
Tsuyu blinked at that.
"You can't just expect to win this on your own. This is a team exc-"
"I know Froggy. That's not what I was trying to say."
"Highclass can make fucking anything. And with the time they have to prepare, that place is going to be filled with traps. A lot of them. You can do whatever à frog can right?"
At Tsuyu's nod Katsuki continued
"Good. Then I need you to trail me from the outside. Best case scenario we can come at them from two sides, worse case is that you come at them after they get me."
"That's a decent plan, kero. But how will you deal with the traps, and what will I do if there's isn't a way for me to get to you in time if we can corner them?"
"I'll deal with the traps by dealing with them. Just trust me on that. As for the other thing."
Katsuki popped open a panel on one of his grenade-like gauntlets and pulled out a small, black, rectangular block.
"This should be more than enough to breach through a wall." He said as he handed it over to Tsuyu.
"What is it?" Tsuyu asked.
"A bomb. Just stick it to a wall and prime it by pressing the two buttons on both ends at once, then stand the fuck away."
"Well... It fits your theme at least. Kero."
"BEGIN"
"Well... Time to win this." Katsuki declared, a feral grin growing on his face as he stepped up to the building.
And then the grin subsequently fell off his face as a shotgun went off the moment he opened the doors.
The bean bag round was swatted out of the air with an explosion thanks Katsuki's sheer instinct alone, but it pissed him off, nonetheless.
"That fucking bitch." He growled out.
He was going to massacre them.
LINE BREAK
"Are... Are you sure we should just sit here and wait?" Mineta asked nervously.
There was another muffled explosion from somewhere below then and it had cause the midget to flinch. Again.
"It's the best course of action we can take. A direct confrontation against such a versatile and powerful Quirk like Katsuki's explosion would just be asking to lose. We're both more suited to this anyway. With the number of traps I've set up coupled with the amount of your... Balls you've scattered around, they're bound to be caught one way or another. " Momo answered with complete confidence.
"Well... If you say so."
And with that Mineta, continued to ogle at Yaoyorozu.
Momo just frowned at that and made another shotgun, a bo staff was also primed and readied within her mind should she need to create one. Though she doubted that she would.
And then the door to the their room exploded inwards.
A ruffled and highly irrate looking Bakugo stomped in.
There was a bruise on the side of his jaw, and a small layer of rapidly thawing frost on the side of his costume, but that was the only sign of damage on the explosive blonde.
Momo had immediately aimed her shotgun and fired, but Katsuki just swatted the beanbag out of the air like it was no more than an annoying fly.
"Do you know how fucking annoying it is to deal with those fucking toys." Katsuki growled out.
"VERY. Fucking annoying." He added, not waiting for them to answer.
"You know I expect you to be at least a little creative Highclass, you got a Quirk to make whatever you want, and yet you stuck to those fucking toys and weak ass shit like teargas, and sleeping gas canisters. The liquid nitrogen traps for Froggy were clever at least. But not even a single fucking anti personal mine, no satchel charges, not even a fucking firework or some shit? Are you fucking underestimating me, Bitch?"
Katsuki glowered at her, he didn't even fucking bother with the trembling midget.
"Those things are dangerous. They could kill you like nothing, and you want me to use them? On fellow students on the grounds of the fact that if I didn't, I would have been underestimating you? How big is your ego." Momo said as she shook her head.
"That doesn't matter. You'll learn to be humble after we win this exercise. Hopefully it will also teach you to watch that vulgar language of yours." She added as she created a bo staff that she flourished with an ease that betrayed her experience with the weapon.
And slowly, deliberately slowly, Katsuki opened his right fist, and tilted his hand to the side, dropping the pins of several of the gas based traps he had disarmed.
"Bold words from someone who couldn't even make a proper trap."
And as her eyes slipped down to his open palm to look at the pins, Katsuki grinned and used one of his favorite moves.
"FLASHBANG"
And as the bright light and incessantly loud ringing filled the room, Katsuki rushed forward, finger pressed at the communicator on his ear.
"NOW, FROGGY NOW! THEY'RE STAGGERED."
The shout had been immediately followed by an explosion from his other hand directed at Momo, who was desperately rubbing her eyes to get her vision back.
Katsuki had expected her to be down for the count from the blast, but he had either held back too much, or she was more tenacious than he thought. Probably both.
As it stood, Momo had simply been knocked back, singed and hurt, but still in fighting condition.
At the far side of the room, Froggy was already fighting the midget, having came in from the hole in the wall she blasted through with the breaching charge Katsuki had given her.
At least the midget would be occupied now. His sticky orbs would've been annoying to deal with.
With a yell, Katsuki rushed forward.
Only falter at the last moment as Highclass began creating something via her Quirk, her glowing forearm keeping Katsuki wary.
Only for Katsuki to stare dumbly at a simple shield. Just a fucking shield. He'd stopped in his tracks expecting something more, but he only got a shield.
A shield that was quickly thrown like a frizbee towards him.
The thing had been easy enough to dodge.
But the stun grenades at the underside of it had caught him by surprise, temporarily blinding him like he had done to them not too long ago. (Talk about getting a taste of your own medicine.)
Apparently the bitch could make multiple things at once. Maybe she wasn't completely useless then.
However, Katsuki was used to these kinds of things. He'd be able to see in a moment. But it pissed him off nonetheless.
But adding that to the fact that one of the midget's haphazardly thrown balls managed to stick to his foot, anchoring him to the floor til he could blow it off had ticked Katsuki off even more.
And then...
CRACK
LINE BREAK
Momo was starting to doubt herself the moment she fell for the explosive blonde's little trick, but she quickly stifled the negative thoughts after she recovered from blinding move,and explosive blast fast enough to create a shield with the express thought of throwing back the exact same trick at Katsuki.
Her doubt was dashed against the rocks and her elation peaked as she noticed one of Mineta's orb managed to stick the blonde to the ground, this was the perfect opportunity to secure victory for her team.
So as quickly as she could, Momo pulled at her vast experience with using the bo staff, swinging her staff round once, and using her full momentum, and all the strength she could muster, she struck as hard as she could.
The blow threw Katsuki's entire body to the side, the bruise on his jaw darkening to an even deeper shade, blood spewing out his mouth.
But... instead of simply dropping unconscious as she thought he would, Katsuki had shakily steadied himself by stomping his foot down.
And then he just stood there, hunched over in an awkward position.
For a moment, Momo thought he had somehow manged to pass out while standing up.
And then she heard it.
The ear grating sound of teeth grinding against each other.
Katsuki's head swiveled toward her direction faster than she thought possible.
She had half a second to see the pure, unbridled hate in his eyes.
And then the air between them exploded.
Momo was thrown across the room, forcefully coming to a stop as she collided painfully against the wall.
She didn't even have any time to recover, because as soon as she crumpled to the floor, she immediately felt all her muscles lock up. Something thick, and viscous permeated the air. Something that made her feel like she would die if she so much as twitched.
An opppresive aura that had made her want to curl up on herself and hide under a blanket.
This had been similar to what she felt earlier that day, but this... This was just so much more bitter and hostile. Something volatile. Something that threatened to blow up at the smallest provocation.
There was another deafening explosion, and she felt something impact the wall next to her.
"HEROES WIN"
And then it was all over.
LÍNE BREAK
Jiro didn't exactly know what to feel right now, the battle training that happened earlier was still fresh on her mind, the violent ending to the whole thing had her a little scared of the ever angry blonde that was Bakugo, but for some reason, she's found herself waiting just outside of the gates of UA with said blonde, and a few other classmates.
Now, this kind of thing wouldn't exactly be new for any regular teen, but for one, she was never really a social butterfly.
She had acquaintances, lots of them even, but she never had any friends, not really.
A lot of them had just been leeches who wanted to be "friends" with the daughter of a famous musician.
None of them even liked Punk, or Rock, or Metal. Hell, she was sure most of them didn't even listen to music in general!
And the rest... The rest of them never really saw past her Quirk, and not too long ago, her body.
She was just a plain looking tomboy of a girl with a non flashy, boring Quirk.
Which why Jiro felt... Weirded out currently.
She was waiting outside the UA gates together with Uraraka, Tsunotori, Katsuki, Hakagure, Mina, Kaminari, and Kirishima and it just felt... Weird.
This was almost half the class, and yet here they were, all of them just waiting around for Midoriya.
Apparently the principal wanted to have a word with the green haired boy, and instead of just going straight home, their little group just immediately decided that they would wait for him.
Which was, as stated previously, weird.
Why was she here again?
She should probably just go home now, her parents are out of town for a couple of weeks again, so she'd have to go grocery shopping for stuff to cook for dinner.
Or maybe just stick to instant ramen.
But just as she was about to announce her leave, a green haired missile had come out of nowhere and had clung to Katsuki like an overexcited dog.
"Fucking get off me Deku!" Katsuki shouted, prying off the greenhaired boy from his person.
"Heh, sorry. But I'm just a little excited, the talk I had with Principal Nezu was more interesting than I thought it was gonna be." Izuku said, bouncing in place as he said so.
"Really? What'd he say to you?" Mina asked, voicing the question on everyone's mind.
"That's... A secret." Izuku replied, with an excited grin on his face.
Then he blinked.
"Wait, what're you all guys doing out here?"
"Dude. We were waiting for you, how isn't that obvious? Don't know why honestly, but yeah." Jiro said with a shrug.
The others had nodded along with her answer.
But before anyone could've said anything more, a new voice piped up from behind Izuku.
"Geez, I was gone for less than a day and you already made this many friends?" Kinoko said with a smile.
"KIN-CHAN!" Izuku yelled out, immediately running over and squeezing the girl in a hug that made her blush.
Jiro silently noted the quiet "Mäuschen" Izuku had said under his breath as he ended the hug.
Jiro also noted Tsunotori's adorable pout directed at Izuku as the boy hugged the newcomer.
"Sorry about that. Izuku's gets a little uh... Excited sometimes, hehe." Kinoko said as she straightened herself up and bowed towards them all in greeting.
"Anyway, I'm Komori Kinoko, I'm from class 1-B, it's nice to meet you all."
And after a quick introduction from everyone, Mina, the ever social butterfly that she was, immediately proposed for everyone to hangout.
Which Jiro was quick to decline.
Or at least try to.
"Sorry guys, can't actually, I just remembered that the 'rents are actually going to be outta town for a bit and I gotta go to grocery shopping for dinner and stuff." Jiro said.
And then she flinched when Katsuki had immediately facepalmed after she finished saying what she did.
Uraraka and Pony had exchanged bemused smiles with each other.
And Kinoko had put a hand on her shoulder.
"Keep your elbows tucked in, and try not to scream too much, you really don't want to accidentally bite your tongue." The brunette said.
"What are you on about?" Jiro asked, a hint of fear and irritation in her voice.
And then all she saw was green.
LINE BREAK
Mina stared at the space where Jiro stood just a moment ago, then she looked to the spot where Izuku had been standing.
She blinked.
Kirishima blinked beside her.
Kaminari opened his mouth to say something but no words came out.
Toru... Well Toru was just standing there, presumably just as surprised as the rest.
It wasn't until Tsunotori giggled that everyone's trance was broken.
"Told ya. High energy." The American said.
Uraraka just giggled as well.
And before anyone could add anything in, Katsuki trudged forward with a heavy sigh.
"Well you all wanted to hang out right? Deku has the latest systems, he's also got the newest Hero Brawl too. I'm going to beat all of your collective asses." And while his tone sounded bored, the smile on his face betrayed his true emotions.
"Awww hell yeah!" Kirishima yelled out, pumping his fist to the air as he said so.
"Couldn't beat Midoriya earlier, but I can definitely get back at him in this. I've heard they buffed up Crimson Riot!"
"YEAH! Let's how he feels about getting shot at this time around when I pull out Snipe!" Kaminari joined in.
The girls just looked at each and laughed.
"Boys." Mina said with a shake of her head and a smile on her face before turning to face Uraraka, Pony, and Kinoko.
"So anyway...Midori huh?" The teasing tone of her voice was all it took to get them to blush.
Mina was so going to have fun with this.
Shame she couldn't see Toru's blush due to the girl's invisibility.
'I wanna be carried like princess too.' The invisible girl thought to herself.
LINE BREAK
Jiro found herself in front of what she presumed was the door to Midoriya's apartment, she should have been furious right now, or at least irritated, maybe even just annoyed.
But instead...
"Are you alright Jiro-san? I didn't run too fast did I?" Izuku asked worriedly, concern evident in his eyes.
His goddamn emerald eyes that just seemed to shine like fucking miniature green stars.
The very same ones that Kyoka had been staring at the whole time she was being carried.
"I-I'm fine. Just a little surprised." Jiro said, her already flustered face serving to hide her blush.
The worry seemed to instantly melt away from Izuku's expression, and a soft smile had replaced it immediately after.
"Okay, that's good to hear." Izuku said as he turned away and pulled out a key to open the door with.
And while he did so, Jiro stared at his back. Even through the uniform, she could see the muscles there. At a glance, Izuku didn't look it, but Jiro knew for a fact that he was jacked as shit.
The fact that he carried her like she weighed nothing was proof enough.
And the muscles she felt when Izuku was carrying her was just further proof.
Although the way he handled her so gently like she was something delicate honestly made her a little mad, she was no fragile flower. But then she remembered the way he gripped her. It was firm, warm and just... It had just felt so good.
She shuddered for a moment and did her best to bury those thoughts and hide her blush. And maybe stop chewing her lip
The creaking of a door snapped her from her thoughts.
"Well here we are, come on in Jiro-san, make yourself at home." Izuku said, leading the way inside.
And what Jiro saw honestly made her forget what she had previously been thinking about.
Now her house wasn't exactly normal, her place looked like it was a music studio haphazardly smashed together with a house, an office space, and the backstage of a Rock concert.
The result was a weird looking amalgamation of chill and serious.
Her mother had been a beacon of order in their family, but her father was the chaos of a mosh pit. It reflected on the house.
And honestly, Jiro could only have described it as "home", the Modoriya's place was much the same, except instead of being music themed, it seemed like a museum, a comfy house, a souvenir shop, and if Jiro were to believe her sense of smell, a bakery were all rolled into one cozy little haven of a home.
She liked it. A lot.
Then she looked down at the welcome mat and a grin spread across her face.
"You dork." She said aloud.
"Wh- hey that welcome mat is cool and you know it." Izuku indignantly responded.
He had a cute pout.
"Oh relax, I'm just teasing. I like it. It's a cool place you got here." Jiro said.
"Yeah, I love it. Anyway, Kacchan just texted me, he said the others wanna play Hero Brawl, you wanna go à few rounds before they get here?" Izuku asked.
"Yeah, sure. Not like I have choice, I'm pretty sure I've just been kidnapped." Jiro teased with a grin.
"Oh don't worry, you'll get used to it." Izuku shot back with his own grin.
Jiro just snorted and rolled her eyes as Izuku set up the game.
It was odd how much she felt incredibly at ease right now, maybe it had something to do with the zany feel of the Midoriya's place.
Now, Hero Brawl wasn't exactly what Jiro would say was her favorite game, that title went to Clone Hero the free rhythm game that survived over two centuries thanks to dedicated generations of fans, (Kyoka blames her dad for getting her into that game), but everyone, literally everyone, knows Hero Brawl.
It's the game that pitted most of the Heroes of the world, retired and not, into an all out brawl, featuring multiple different builds for every hero, and a special code unique to each individual user that carried their builds, profile, and Hero rosters, allowing them to sync with all compatible systems, allowing for seamless transitions from system to system, from place to place.
Which was why when Jiro scanned the code on her phone with the controller Izuku had given her, her profile had popped up on the screen, along with image of her top played hero, Syncronoise, a European heroine who's Quirk allowed her voice to "sync" with people and things, letting her blast her voice out and only damage those she synced with. It also let her voice match the resonant frequency of different objects, giving her the ability to easily blast through most obstacles.
On Izuku's side however, no character popped up, only a black silhouette.
Which either meant that he never played before... Or he was an all-rounder and didn't have a main.
Jiro looked at Izuku with a raised brow.
And Izuku just gave her a side glance and shot a cocky grin her way.
"Oh it is on broccoli head." Jiro said, already feeling competitive.
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Mina blinked at the sight in front of her.
Then she looked to the side of her where Tsunotori and Komori were pouting.
A cheeky grin slowly grew on her face as she turned to look back at Jiro and Midoriya wrestling on the couch, Jiro was angrily trying to take Midoriya's controller away from him, yelling something about him cheating and Midori was just laughing away and trying to keep Jiro from getting his controller.
They didn't even notice just how tangled up they had gotten.
"Heh~ what's this, you two seem to be having fun." Mina spoke up teasingly, which had the immediate effect of freezing Jiro in place as Midori turned to look at her with a grin.
"You're here!" Modri called out, not at all bothered by the fact that he practically had Jiro laying on top of him.
"It's about time you guys got here, I was starting to get worried." He said, casually disentangling himself from Jiro and standing up to stretch, but not before giver Jiro a pat on the head that just made her blush even more than she already was.
After tossing his controller to Katsuki, who caught it effortlessly, Midori excused himself to change out of his uniform.
"Not. One. Word." Jiro growled out through gritted teeth.
"Awwww, not even just to say you two looked cute?" Toru said.
Jiro tried her best to glare at her, but given her blush and Toru's invisibility, she didn't do too well.
But luckily for her, Izuku had saved her from any further teasing, by completely giving near everyone there a mind fuck when he suddenly appeared behind Kaminari.
"I'm back~"
"Dude what the hell! You literally just went into your room. How did you change that fast??" Kaminari yelled out as he jumped to the side in surprise.
The others just stared incredulously at him.
"I just... Did??" Was all Izuku said, head tilted to the side in confusion.
Jiro on the other hand, snorted when she saw his shirt.
"You dork. Seriously, a 't-shirt' shirt?"
"Hey it's a good shirt!" Izuku responded.
His pout was still cute.
"Are you extras done yet? I'm getting tired of waiting over here." Katsuki yelled out from his place on the couch.
"I'm going to skip out on the first round, I'm going to change too." Pony said with a smile.
"Wait, wouldn't that take too long?" Toru asked.
"Nah, I live just across the street, I'll be back in a jiffy." Pony said, excusing herself from everyone as she went out the door.
And for a moment, Kirishima, Kaminari, Mina, and Toru just stared at the door, waiting to see if Pony would come back just as fast as Midoriya did.
When she didn't, they all collectively let out a sigh of relief and Katsuki just snorted at their stupidity. And Kinoko promptly whacked him upside the head for his attitude.
By the time the first round was over, and Izuku was unanimously voted to never be allowed to play All Might again, Pony had returned with her hair tied in a loose ponytail and wearing a loose, pink shirt with a Sailor Moon design on the front, and a pair of baby blue shorts that showed of her toned legs.
Kaminari was halfway through a whistle before Jiro jabbed his side with one of her jacks.
Kaminari turned to her with the intent to complain, "Hey the he-Ack!!"
Only for Katsuki to elbow his other side. Hard.
"Dude!?" Kaminari whisper-yelled.
Katsuki just gave him a very serious look and then shook his head once.
Kaminari stared at him in confusion until he realized that Izuku had ran over and hugged Pony in greeting.
"Oh... So they're a thing. Gotcha." Kaminari whispered.
Kinoko whacked him upside the head.
"Whyyyy????"
He was promptly ignored.
And the Hero Brawling resumed.
And Izuku was banned from spamming ranged trip attacks using Kamui Woods.
And after a few heated battles, Jiro once again found herself entangled with Izuku trying to wrestle the "cheating" greenette's controller away from him.
What she wasn't expecting however, was for Izuku, who was previously trying to keep Jiro from getting his controller and laughing all the way, to suddenly stop moving, causing her to smack her face directly into his chest.
She definitely did not mean to take in his scent then.
'He smells like old books and a cold night breeze...'
'It's nice'
'Fuck, am I a pervert??'
Any other thoughts she was having was halted when she felt Izuku's arms wrap around her once again.
"It's about time I start with dinner. You guys keep playing." Izuku said, casually lifting Jiro off himself and gently putting her back on the couch.
Jiro blinked up at him, and Izuku just shot her a smile that made her blush.
Her character was promptly evicted off the side of the screen from a simultaneous attack from Pony and Kinoko.
"Wh- Hey! I wasn't ready!!" Jiro yelled out angrily.
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Toru was a little jealous of Jiro, practically cuddling with Izuku twice was so not fair.
Although it's not like she had any claims on the boy, it seemed that Kinoko and Pony were the ones who did.
But the way Izuku and her had played off of each other so fluidly during the battle practice was fun, and the way he hugged her into his embrace when he pulled her out of Kaminari's attack had made her feel so warm and safe.
She wanted to feel that again.
That might sound just a little weird to most, but being invisible for her entire life kinda left her feeling a little touch starved.
After all, it was hard to truly relate to someone when you couldn't see them.
At least her parents had some control over their own invisibilities!
Toru however, was permanently invisible. Ever since she was born.
It made making any sort of friend difficult. And keeping them close was nearly impossible. Everyone just seemed to forget about presence eventually.
And trying to be as loud as possible personality-wise just to keep up a conversation was exhausting.
Sometimes, Toru felt that she was just as invisible socially as she was physica- Wait what's that smell.
In the blink of an eye Toru found herself in the kitchen, peering over Izuku's shoulder to look at what he was cooking.
She faltered slightly when she realized he was cooking on a teppanyaki grill built into one of the counter tops.
'Holy hell. I didn't know they had one of these.'
She made to comment on it, but Izuku's eyes met her own and a smile made its way on his lips before she could say anything.
"Hey Hakagure-san, what's up?" He asked, casually adding another thick and juicy looking steak to the grill without even looking. The smell instantly hitting her as the marinated slab of meat sizzled.
"Oh uh... I was just wondering what you were cooking. It's smells great." Toru said, trying her to not drool at the smell.
"Just something simple really. Teppanyaki steak, fried rice mushrooms, some onion soup, and stir-fried veggies. Right now I'm just going to sear the meat lightly, I like cooking it slow." He said as he flipped the meat. "I could cook you something else if you'd prefer though." Izuku offered with a smile.
"Eh? No, no, no! You don't have to go out of your way for me." Toru said, rapidly waving her arms about to help get her point across.
Izuku turned to fully face her.
"Are you sure? I really wouldn't mind you know."
"Y-yeah, it's fine. I really don't want to impose anymore than I already am. I'm pretty sure I made Jiro crack her controller when I spammed all those fireballs at her." Toru said, scratching the back of her head as she let out a nervous laugh.
"It's fine Hagakure-san, those controllers are specially built to handle Kacchan's explosions. And you're not imposing. No one ever invited into this household is a burden, that's what my parents always say." Izuku said with hearty laugh.
"Well... If you're sure, and I'm certain Jiro's thrown the controller at Kaminari-kun at least twice now."
"Yes, I'm sure Hakagure-san, you're not imposing. And the controller will be fine. I'm not too sure about Kaminari-kun though."
"And could you do me a favor and hand this over to Kin-chan for me?" Izuku said, handing the a bowl over to Hakagure.
"Hmm, sure thing. What for though?"
"Mushrooms."
"Ohhhhhhhh... What?"
"It's her Quirk."
"Ohhh! Gotcha."
And with that, Toru made her way back to the living room, carefully dodging Jiro's flailing Earphone-jacks, the Rocker has major gaming rage, and bringing the bowl to Kinoko.
"Hey, Kinoko-chan, Midoriya-kun said to give this to you."
"Oh yes, here, control my character for a bit. I'm using the Heroine with the vine whips."
Toru took one look at the screen and back to the controller in her hands, and not five seconds later she started spamming ranged trip attacks on Katsuki.
The explosive blonde's hands exploded in anger after the tenth trip.
And his controller was no worse for wear.
"Huh, so it can hold up against explosions."
"Yes, but only for so long. And unless you want to feel one of those explosions, I'd suggest you stop spamming on the IED." Kinoko said with a smile, the previously empty bowl on her hands was now filled to the brim with mushrooms.
"Heh, noted. And thanks for the mushrooms." Toru said as she swapped back the controller for the bowl.
Halfway back to the kitchen however, the doorbell rang out.
"Oh I got it!" Toru yelled out, detouring back to the front door with the bowl in her hands.
And upon opening the door, Toru was greeted to the sight of an unassuming man wearing a plain long-sleeved sweater, with simple pants, and a long green scarf.
What wasn't so unassuming however, was the horrible scar Toru could see on the man's face, it looked old, faded out to the point it almost matched his light skin tone, but just the sheer size of it... The way it cut a jagged line diagonally across his face, from above his left eyebrow down to his right cheek.
Toru tried her best to suppress the shudder she felt when her imagination showed her images of what might've happened for the man to receive such a wound.
"Umm... Hi?" Toru offered.
The man blinked at her, head tilted to the side, his short hair looking oddly messy despite its length.
"Huh, you must be a friend of Izuku yes? That or he kidnapped you." The man observed.
"Ah, yes. I'm one of his new classmates from UA, Hakagure Toru, it's nice to meet you, uh..."
"Well it's nice to meet you too, Hakagure-chan, I'm-"
"Aniki!? Is that you?" Izuku called out from within the house, and almost immediately after, a loud crash emanated from the living room and Mina's voice echoed out.
"HE HAS A BROTHER??"
Shinji chuckled at that.
'Never a dull moment I suppose.'
"Anyway, as I was saying, my name's Nishiya Shinji, honorary member of the Midoriya family."
"WHAAAAAAAAAAT" Mina yelled out.
Shinji chuckled again.
"Nice to see that even with Mom and Dad away, this place is still lively."
"Oi! Scarf face, get over here already, we're brawling!" Katsuki yelled out.
"I gotcha, I gotcha, chill your butt Katsuki."
"WHY DON'T YOU COME OVER HERE AND CHILL IT YOURSELF YOU BOOTLEG WEBSLINGER."
"Don't just yell so close to my ears you explosive chihuahua!"
"Yo, sensitive hearing over here, tone it down will ya!"
"Hey! Kirishima dude!? What happened to the whole sneak attacks not being manly thing huh!"
"Only thing that matters in Hero Brawl is the winning Kaminari-kun!"
"I'M STILL PROCESSING THE FACT THAT MIDORI HAS A BROTHER. AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
Shinji paused in his spot and blinked.
"Guess you guys get along pretty well huh."
"Eh, I think it's cause our whole day so far has been really funky." Toru offered with a shrug.
The motion of which reminded her that she still had a bowl of mushrooms in her hands.
"Oh, I gotta get this Midoriya-kun. So um... Come on in?" Toru offered awkwardly.
And although his scarf hid it, Toru could tell that Shinji was smiling.
Now back in the kitchen, Toru noticed that the meat had been moved to the corner of the grill and covered with a basting cover.
"Here you go, one bowl of mushrooms. And your uh, brother is kinda making Bakugo-kun mad." Toru said, her words punctuated by a muffled explosion from the living room.
"It'll be fine... Hopefully." Izuku said, accepting the bowl of mushrooms and running it under the sink before drying it off and setting them on the counter top.
"Well, since I don't really wanna risk unnecessary bodily harm there, is there anything I can do to help over here?" Toru asked, plucking an apron from the air.
"Oh yes, I'd appreciate some help with the fried rice, if you could get started on that I can start with stir frying the veggies and making more sauce for the meat; the soup should be done by the time we set the table."
"Gotcha. Do you need help with cutting... the... woah. Dude. How'd you cut it up so fast." Toru asked, gawking at the portioned and cut shrooms in front of her.
"Eh, I'm just good with a knife." Izuku shrugged, casually flourishing the knife in his hands before sweeping half of the mushrooms, these ones finely minced, into a different bowl and handing them over to Toru to use in the fried rice.
"So, you know how to work on a teppanyaki grill?" Izuku asked.
"I've seen a chef make an onion volcano once. Does that count for anything?"
Izuku chuckled for a moment before giving the invisible girl tips on how to handle cooking on the grill, giving her an ample amount of headpats for every little thing she did right.
Toru could've sworn she felt two pairs of eyes bore into the back of her head.
Not that she paid it much thought, it took most of her willpower not to sneak a bite of the meat hiding under the basting covers.
A pointless endeavor given that Izuku had just cut off a small piece and fed it to her when he noticed her demeanor.
With how good it had tasted, she didn't even realize that Izuku had just spoon fed her like they were a lovely dovey couple.
Although two people certainly did notice.
LINE BREAK
Pony let out a content sigh as she leaned into Izuku's side, carefully avoiding impaling his face with her horns as she rested her head on his shoulder.
This is nice.
After the whole experience that was dinner more than half an hour ago, Pony could truly appreciate the warmth that came from snuggling with Izuku.
And the peace of having the house to just herself and Izuku after the others made their way to their respective homes, and apartment in Shinji's case.
Living across from the Izuku was definitely one of the American's best advantages over Kinoko in wooing the painfully dense boy.
After all, having near constant sleepovers was a major win for her.
"Pony, are you alright, you're humming to yourself again." Izuku asked his soft voice barely above a quiet whisper.
"I'm fine, just thinking is all." Pony replied, adjusting her position in a vague attempt to hide her attempts at nuzzling deeper into the boy's embrace.
"Oh, do you want me to change the movie? I wouldn't mind you know." Izuku said.
"No no, it's fine. Wasn't really thinking about the movie." Pony said.
"Oh? What were you thinking about then?" Izuku asked.
And for a moment Pony was quiet. Quiet enough that Izuku thought that she fell asleep.
And then she spoke up.
"It's just..."
"Come on, Pony, you can tell me. We're friends right?"
"Y-yeah, well... It's just... Mou~ why did you let Hakagure-san help but not me? That wasn't fair."
"I... Oh. Sorry, I didn't know you wanted to help."
"Of course I did. I like cooking with you." Pony said, pouting up at the boy beside her.
"Oh... Well, is there any way I can make it up to you?" Izuku asked.
And immediately Pony's answer came:
"Promise me that you'll let me cook with you."
"Okay. I promise that you and I will cook together next time." Izuku said easily. That wasn't really a hard promise to make.
"No."
"Eh? What do you mean?" Izuku asked, looking down at the girl by his side.
"I mean promise me that you'll let me cook with you... always" Her Prussian blue eyes bore into Izuku's own Emerald ones.
And slowly, a small blush blossomed on the verdette's cheeks.
"I- Yeah. I promise." Izuku said, looking away from her intense blue eyes, as he covered his mouth with his hand.
'When did she get cuter??'
"Good." Pony said with a smile as she wrapped her arms around his waist and pulled him closer to herself.
Her arms stayed around on his waist for the rest of the night
'Good.'
AUTHOR NOTES.
Hey. If it wasn't obvious, I'm back!
Hopefully.
Probably.
Most likely!
Anyway, apologies for uh, vanishing off the face of the earth for a while, stuff kinda happened.
But now things have mostly settled down, barring the entirety of 2020 so far that is.
And well, I think I've found my fire for writing again. Hopefully I can keep it up!
Now, for the story. First things first, if you're worried about the harem progressing too fast with so many girls, don't worry. Things are planned on that end, (even though I completely forgot about needing to introduce Mei in this chapter).
Next, uh, dude who asked for a chapter set in Izuku's previous life. Don't worry, that's also coming. In what's probably the worse time for me to post it story-wise. Hope y'all like cliffhangers. Yes I'm a dick.
To those in my server, you guys still have time to guess the Quirk and win the thing. Here's another hint. The Quirk can possibly be classified as a Euclid class SCP.
To those not in my server, join my server!
And well, for now that's about it. Review and tell me what you liked and hated about this chapter that I spent so much sleepless nights on (I should really start writing during the day.)
Also did the amount of follows and favorites spike? I don't really know cause I don't remember the previous numbers we were at.