"Why won't you use it? Are you looking down on me, Deku?"
The hot-headed explosive blonde, Bakugou, has had enough of this bullshit this sad cheating insect called Deku had been spouting. Even though he knew that having the speedy Iida would have been the smarter strategy, he really wanted to beat an explanation out of the green-haired wimp ever since he ruined his chance of being the only student from his high school to be admitted into the prestigious UA. Not only did he now have to share it with him, he also found out that he mysteriously had a Quirk out of nowhere.
And not just any Quirk, no, it had to be a powerful one as well.
"I'm not afraid of you anymore, Kacchan!", yelled the weakling.
'Oh? So that's how it is', his mind growled, 'After all this time, you kept a Quirk a secret to make a fool out of me?! Not only that, you have the gall to predict my moves? Well… he is a creepy stalker nerd with his note-taking and all. Let's see if he can predict what I have in store for him!'
"I know all about your stalking, Deku!" A smirk grew as he saw the pebble freeze in confusion. Turned out he was not smart enough to see where this was going, it seemed. Time to add in the rest. He raised an arm to point towards Deku, his palm open. Given his explosive Quirk, he was proud of himself for having his thick arm bracers look like grenades.
"My explosions are sparked by the sweat of my palms which is like secreting nitro-glycerine that then detonates."
He readies his finger on the pin that was attached to the back of his arm bracer, his smirk never leaving. "Now, if the specs are as I asked, and I can store that nitro-sweat into this bracer…"
"Bakugou, my boy, stop this!", came All Might's warning into his wireless communicator. His eyes grew wild, a smirk now a feral grin. 'Come on, Deku, you fuckface! You better show me your Quirk now or you're going to be blown to Hell!'
He could feel excitement coursing through his veins as he felt his finger applying pressure to the pin. Deku's eyes were now that of terror. Good. He should be. Like the Deku he had always been.
"Don't do it! You'll kill him!", warned All Might again, worry heavy in his tone.
"IF IT DOESN'T HIT HIM, HE WON'T DIE!"
BOOM!
There was silence over the communicator. The large explosion caused by the accumulated sweat being released vaporised a huge chunk of building directly in front of him and the resulting shockwave shattered all the windows in the building the test was conducted and the one next to it as well, the cracks present being a testament to the sheer destructive force that was Bakugou.
For a moment, he almost felt guilty. Guilt at maybe killing Deku by accident but knowing that he had that damn Quirk that he dared to hide replaced that guilt with anger. He kept his arm outstretched while he waited for the dust and smoke to dissipate so that he can follow up his threat with a piece of his mind to break Deku's will utterly. He planned to beat Deku at his full strength.
Then, he saw the signs of the dust and smoke clearing up. He could see the extent of his attack. He cracked his knuckles with a manic grin.
"Use your Quirk, Deku…", he growled. "I'm going to break you at full strength!"
He glanced around the destroyed area. No sign of Deku. Tch. He must be hiding in the smoke! The coward… "Come at me, bro! You can still fight can ya! You were talking all that good shit a while ago and you fucking judo-slammed me to the floor! So, come on!"
Yet, as the cloud of dust and smoke cleared fully, Izuku Midoriya was not there.
"Huh?!"
Then, without warning, he felt his knees being kicked in from behind with a thud while arms were pulled back strongly and bound tight with some kind of tape.
Tape? 'No… It can't be!"
"Uraraka! I've captured Kacchan with the capture tape! Hang in there, I'm coming!"
'You fucking son of a- DEKU!'
The Ground Beta monitoring room was abuzz with chatter. Everyone could not believe their eyes at what they just saw. Even All Might was stunned by this turn of events!
"Whoa, did you see that?!", piped the red-head Kirishima. "One minute he was about to get blown off by Bakugou's explosion and then the next minute, POOF! He shows up behind him and incapacitates him!"
"I know right!", chirped Kaminari. "Man, just how does his Quirk work? Just when we thought it was a strength-enhancement Quirk we find out he can teleport too?! That's awesome!"
"But, sneak attacks don't seem too manly, though…"
"We can't be too sure, the camera might have malfunctioned…", reasoned Tsuyu. As far as she was concerned, it might be a one-off thing because it would not make sense for someone with Izuku's Quirk to suddenly develop teleportation.
Yaoyorozu nodded in agreement. "She's right. We can't be too sure. The explosion might have damaged the camera's ability to broadcast so it could have skipped past the parts where Izuku snuck past him."
All Might, however, had to disagree in silence. Since he was the closest to the monitor screens, he saw the recorded time of the incident as well. Unless Izuku somehow managed to use One for All in his legs and keep them from breaking, there was no way he could have avoided the blast in less than a second.
Iida turned to the sound of the doors being broken in. He began to break into a cold sweat. Bakugou had been defeated.
'Oh no! I mean, curses! Dealing with Uraraka was an easy task but having her reunited with Izuku would this job challenging for me! But! He and I know the rules of this Battle Training exercise, so I can trust him to not punch me into the next century.'
With that in mind, he let himself be engaged once more into his dastardly villain persona to taunt this new challenger. As a villain should.
"Hah! While you may have bested Bakugou in combat, you are far too late! There is only a minute left on the clock and my incredible speed will without doubt impede your efforts in thwarting my villainous schemes!"
Both Izuku and Uraraka had to curl up and quake as they tried their best not to laugh.
'So…so serious!'
"Hmm? Is my dark aura too much for you? Muahahaha!", Iida inquired while still in character, threatening to crumble what little defences remained of Izuku and Uraraka before the torrent of laughter came through.
A few moments later, they were able to catch their breath, Iida weirdly not doing anything while they were struggling to keep themselves together (his image of a villain was similar to that of a Bond or Dragon Ball villain). Uraraka turned to Izuku, her eyes determined to follow his plan.
"Deku! What do we do now?"
"Rush the bomb on one side and I'll take the other!"
"Got it!", cried Uraraka as she sprinted towards the bomb as fast as her legs could carry. 'He's so smart! If we flank it, it will make Iida's job harder to stop us!'
However, Iida caught on to this plan. 'Interesting! So, they intend on reaching for the bomb like this? How brilliant! As expected of Midoriya! However, I think he may be underestimating how fast I can intercept them.'
He glanced both ways. Uraraka was slower than Izuku so first impressions would tell him to go after Izuku first. But, he also knew that Izuku was strong, so he could not risk having Uraraka reach the bomb while he took care of Izuku. Furthermore, Uraraka could make herself float so that made her travel speed faster than on foot. Thus, the best course of action must be to repeat what he did in dealing with the gravity girl: Quickly get the bomb and carry it to the other side of the room.
He revved the engines in his legs and dashed for the bomb, leaving Uraraka in the dust. There were 20 seconds left on the clock, he could make it there in less than two. The bomb was steadily getting within reach. Now, a few more strides and he could-
"HERO TEAM WINS!"
"Eh?", peeped Uraraka in confusion while Iida found himself slamming into the wall in front of him as he too was confused by the announcement.
She towards her left where she saw Izuku running alongside her. He was not there. Then, when she looked at the bomb, she saw him hugging the bomb, his face almost as confused as hers.
'…what?'
"What was that?!", chimed Kirishima. "Seriously, he did it again! Denki, you saw it too, didn't you!"
"Yeah, dude! That has got to be real! There was no explosion to damage the cameras, so it can't be a glitch!"
Everyone in the monitoring room was flabbergasted. How did Izuku get there in such short notice? Did he teleport? Did he stop time? Did he sprint so fast that not even All Might could track him?
"Sensei! May we ask for permission to rewind the tapes, please?", Yaoyorozu asked with her hand raised. The room was then filled with requests to review the moments of Izuku's supposed teleportation.
All Might conceded. He rewound the footage until it reached the point where Izuku and Uraraka were running for the bomb. To be honest, he was asking the same questions his students were asking when he saw young Midoriya do what he did. He hoped that in doing this, he could find an answer.
The whole class watched the recorded time very closely with the footage.
19 seconds till the training was over
Izuku and Uraraka were halfway there. Iida began his dash.
18 seconds till the training was over
Iida has overtaken both pursuers. Izuku was still running.
17 seconds till the training was over
Izuku was suddenly standing by the bomb, looking panicked upon seeing Iida's fast approach and hugs it. Uraraka was now a few steps closer. Both Iida and Uraraka appear to have jumped a few spaces ahead although they do not notice this.
16 seconds till training was over
All Might finally noticed Izuku's capture of the bomb, announcement was given. Iida got confused and flustered and slams into wall as he tried to brake.
'No way…', was what on everyone's mind. There was no glitch, no tell-tale ripple that the footage was skipped. The time corresponded correctly with the footage. Izuku Midoriya had seemingly teleported to the bomb. Weirder still, Iida and Uraraka were also teleporting as the footage clearly showed that they somehow skipped a few steps forward but only Izuku appeared to be fully aware of his own teleportation.
Yaoyorozu thought long and hard about what she just saw. It could not have been teleportation because it should not have affected Iida and Uraraka. It could not be time stop either (even though there has not been a recorded instance of such a Quirk, it was a possibility) as both of them would have remained in place instead of suddenly skipping a few tiles of floor.
The footage looked like someone had erased a chunk of the film and reattached it without the chunk, much like how jump-cuts were done many centuries ago when people still used rolls of film.
Did he do this? Could this be another feature of his Quirk that even he himself was not aware of?
It took Izuku a few moments to realise that it was already over. When he burst through the door where the bomb was held, he was already wracking his mind trying to understand what happened. It did not make sense. He did not have a Quirk; he was Quirkless. The only Quirk he should be having now was One for All.
But yet, when he saw the pin fly off from Kacchan's bracer, the world suddenly came to a halt. He dropped to the ground and began panicking as he thought this was what death looked like. However, intuitively guessing that this odd phenomenon will end in a few more seconds, he sprung up and ran to safety behind Kacchan.
He tried to touch him but to his surprise, his hand went through him! He pulled his back in fear. Was he a ghost? Then, the explosion came, and he could do nothing but look in terror at Kacchan's power.
'K-K-K-Kacchan! Are you insane?!', he thought. It took him considerable will to avoid voicing it aloud as he did not want him to turn around.
"Use your Quirk, Deku… I'm going to break you at full strength!"
His hairs stood on end when he heard that especially considering how close behind him he was. Then, he remembered that he had the capture tape provided for the training exercise. He needed to wait until Kacchan had realised he was not in the blast site. He gulped. It was a nerve-wracking experience for him hearing him spout insults and threats while hoping he does not turn around.
When the smoke and dust cleared up, he wasted no time in securing Kacchan with the tape and head off to help his teammate.
This was when the second time happened.
While he ran for the bomb, the bangs of his hair suddenly came down to cover his eyes and a vision played out in front of him. In the vision, he saw Iida snatch the bomb and move it the other side of the room and the timer ran out. Then, after he brushed the bangs away, he saw that the world had stopped again, leaving him twice as confused.
Nonetheless, it was as good a chance as any and he walked towards the bomb. Like what happened with Kacchan, his hands phased through the bomb like he was not there, leaving him to suspect that he could not interact with anything within the stopped time. Time also appeared to stop whenever he felt like he was in danger or, in this case, determined to win, which meant that it had something to do with his power of will.
Then, when everything began to move again, to his horror, he saw that Iida was charging full steam ahead towards him. Noting that he was now right next to the bomb and hugged as hard as he could, silently grateful that his hands were not phasing through it.
As he hugged the bomb, he contemplated his own Quirklessness. Did the doctors misdiagnose him? Was this another aspect of One of All that he did not know of? Wait, All Might uses One for All and even he cannot do what he did.
"Wow, that was amazing, Deku! How did you do that?!", chirped an excited Uraraka, snapping him out of his internal muttering.
"Indeed, Midoriya! How is it that you have beaten me in speed?", inquired Iida, his villain persona dropped.
He scratched his head and gave a sheepish grin. "W-w-well…thing is… I'm not too sure myself…"
"Could you try doing it again?", asked Uraraka.
That gave Izuku some room for thought. "I don't know… I'll try, though!"
He closed eyes and concentrated, looking deep within himself to find the same sense of determination and urgency that made it happen. Upon opening his eyes, however, nothing changed. But, he did notice that both Uraraka and Iida had their faces contorted with fear.
"Guys? What's the matter? It didn't work so could possibly be the-"
Uraraka gripped his shoulders and spun him around, leaving him speechless at what he was seeing.
There was a floating crimson humanoid figure with a menacing face and a smaller angry face on its forehead. Its eyes were a piercing green and it was covered in a criss-cross pattern all over its body. It had a sturdy musculature and its knuckles were clenched.
The monitoring room also fell silent. His classmates froze either out of horror or bewilderment. All Might's expression grew serious. The figure that emerged out of the young Midoriya appeared to be highly similar to that of a high-profile villain that he heard emerged a century ago.
The villain led an organised crime group consisted entirely of people who had these summoned figures which left the mostly Quirkless population of the region they controlled helpless.
That villain was the mafia Capo, Diavolo.
A/N: Yo! So, uh, this is the first time I've attempted a fic that is outside my comfort zone. I thought it weird that King Crimson's Stand user is not featured at all in this website's list of characters for JJBA so I thought, "You know what? Let's give it to Deku!" And... you get this. Let me know what you think!
I don't have any plans to expand any further than this but hey, if people like it enough, I might make a continuation.