A Hero's Variable – New Equation

No Summary. This covers Chapters Three and Four

Chapter 1 – New Transmissions

The next morning found me sitting outside of the MLP eating a muffin. Man, it took me forever to find a place that sells a good Blueberry Muffin in town. I'm kind of glad I came early. Satsuki came by earlier and she was acting weird...like….concerned girlfriend weird. Honestly I didn't know what to make of it. She tried to play it off with her usual personality but I wasn't buying it. Sitting in front of the building, I can't help but to feel like today is going to be one of those days. It feels like a Tuesday. Pulling out my phone, I silently curse. It is Tuesday.

"Something wrong, my boy?" I look up from my phone to see All Might looking at me with concern.

"No it's nothing. Just girl trouble."

"Your local Tsundere giving you problems?" He asked with a smile.

"She was acting weird. Like concerned girlfriend weird." I replied with a shrug. "I'll probably ask her about it later." Honestly I don't want it to be a Superhero Tuesday. It's too early for me to be suffering from a Superhero Calendar. "Anyways, let's get going."

"Right."

We entered the building and I was blown away at how technological this place was. So many different monitors displaying different information, large holographic models of different planets, exhibits. It felt more like a tourist trap than what I was expecting.

"All Might!" I was brought out of my awe when a person wearing a slightly odd Space suit approached us.

"Thirteen, hey. I thought you were busy." Sensei said back with a wave and a grin.

"We always have time for friends here at SciLab."

"Excuse me?" Did they just say what I thought they said? "Did you say SciLab? I thought this was the Musutafu Laser Planetarium."

"It is! But where the scientists and heroes like me work at is a subsection of this place called the "Science Labs" or SciLab for short. You must be the kid Toshi couldn't help but to gush about."

Sensei was gushing about me? I felt my face heat up. Praise was such a foreign concept to me that I still flushed when praised. "I hope it wasn't something embarrassing…" I muttered.

"Nope, nothing but good things. Anyways, why don't we head on back to the labs and we can talk about quirks."

Oh good, a change of pace. Hopefully my face will stop imitating a tomato. If there was one thing that was constant between canon Izuku and I is that we simply can't handle praise and admiration well. I'm just glad that Satsuki doesn't know about it and that I can curb the quirkiness (ha!) of my reactions by pure sarcasm. She doesn't need to know that her blatant concern makes me feel all gooey inside. Keep Tsunderes at arm's length - close enough to keep them from going Yandere and far enough from going into femdom territory.

I followed them into SciLab, quietly listening in on their conversation. I've always wondered if Thirteen was a guy or a girl. The show never really specified. Maybe I'll find out. This universe is weird.

We soon came to the lab were a lot of Scientists and even some Heroes was meandering about. Both of my eyebrows met my hair as I happened to catch the shapely rear of one Midnight.

"It seems that Young Midoriya is quite healthy in his tastes." I heard a voice say. Once again my face turned red as I turned to source of the voice. Sitting at a table drinking tea was a Hero I did take the time to study. Nezu, the principle of U.A. Highschool. His Quirk High Spec was something to be admired and feared. He was a modern day Zhuge Liang. Still, embarrassed, I shoved my hands into my pocket, ignoring the looks of the other people who hear Nezu say that, including Midnight.

"I'm a healthy guy alright? No need to judge." I grumbled.

"Is this your new protege, All Might?" Uh oh, my douche senses just burned out. I glanced over to the owner of the voice to see Endeavor with...a girl who looked like she wanted to be anywhere else but next to Endeavor. She had White and Red hair, bisected down the middle like a Pokeball on its side and a red scar. Wait...holy shit, is that Todoroki?! Why he a she?...then again I had stopped questioning why Bakugo was a she in this universe as soon as she opened her mouth. "His attitude is as airy as yours, no wonder you chose him."

My eye twitched. Deep breaths Izuku. "Right, I'm going to ignore the fact that you somehow forgot proper etiquette and introduce myself. My name is Midoriya Izuku, nice to meet you." Endeavor glared at me for a moment before ignoring me. "Or you can be a total flaming shit bag in human form, you can do that too."

Ah that got his attention. And Todoroki's for that matter. "What was that?"

"I called you a total flaming shit bag in human form. I did not stutter, nor am I going to mince words with an asshole." I replied with a deadpan expression. "I can tell that you're so up your own ass that you won't need a prostate exam for the next six decades or so." Oh that got his fires burning.

"Izuku!" All Might admonished. "You can't just call an adult an uhh...that thing you just called him!" I love you Toshi-sensei, never change you cinnamon bun.

"Hey, a spade is a spade. From what I can tell the only reason he's not labeled a criminal is the fact that he's in the number two spot."

"Watch what you say, brat, or-"

"Or you'll what, burn me alive? Try it shithead, I promise you, you won't even see me coming." I said grinning darkly. I began circulating the solar energy inside of me. I could hear gasps as my body began to let off steam. I didn't want to show off a hidden technique but to put Endeavor in his place, I'd gladly do so.

"That's enough." Another voice said. Endeavor's flames went out as some sort of tape wrapped around me. I glanced over to see a man with wild black hair and a serious case of dry eye. Eraser Head.

"I quite agree!" Nezu said hopping onto a table. "We're not here to fight and I'm sure we're all on the same side." Endeavor huffed and looked away. Nezu looked at me expectantly.

"What, if you asking me to apologize, then you're going to be wasting everyone's time." I replied removing the capture tape from my body like it was nothing. Erasure Head raised an eyebrow. I shrugged at him. He grunted annoyed. I smirked back. "Nice talk Erasure Head. Anyways, why is everyone here? I didn't come at a bad time did I?"

"Whatever do you mean?" Nezu questioned amused.

"I remember telling All Might I was coming here yesterday. But I count at least Eight Pro Heroes and Five hopefuls including me." Nezu, Erasure Head, Thirteen, All Might, Endeavor, Midnight, Ingenium, and is that Best Jeanist in the back with Snipe? Then there was me, Todoroki, an uptight kid standing next to Ingenium who looked mortified so that had to be his brother Iida, a rather shy looking tall ravenette which I'm guessing is Momo, and a bluette caught up in her own music...Jirou if I remember correctly. "Now I'm not a fan of coincidences, but this smells like a bad set up." Nezu grinned at me. I furrowed by brows. His grin did not go away. I threw my hands up. "...god damn dragons…"

"That's a new one." He replied with his grin.

"Anyone who can't recognize a sleeping dragon is doomed to be devoured by waking them." I said back.

I could tell my words confused most of the people in the room but Nezu was impressed.

"In any case, your assessment is right. All Might had kept me informed about your progress and when he told me about your plan, I had an idea to bring together some of the impressive students wanting to enter U.A. for a mock trial."

"A mock trial?" Momo questioned concerned.

"Yes, think of it as an early entrance exams. You all will be put into a simulation and must work together to solve the problem immediately." He explained.

"You chose the five of us because individually we excel in one aspect of being a hero, but as a unit, we can achieve better results." I said tapping my finger against my temple.

"You analysis is correct!"

"Pardon my interruption, but I cannot see how a crude individual like him was chosen to be a part of this, even if its impromptu!" Iida announced. Ingenium looked sheepishly.

I raised an eyebrow. I glanced at All Might. All Might glanced at me. "Go ahead." He said with a sigh.

I smirked and glanced at Iida. "Don't blink." I called out, before leaning forward. "Speed Gear." The world slowed down dramatically for me. God I hated the feeling, but it was worth it to see the look on his face. Moving forward, which was harder than it looked, I walked over to Iida and gently took off his glasses before pick-pocketing him, making it a show by walking around him while doing so before heading back to where I was. I released Speed Gear, letting out a sigh as I did.

"W-WHAT THE?!" He exclaimed. He wasn't the only confused and/or concerned face in the room. Endeavor had a gleam in his eye that didn't look healthy either. Best to ignore that.

"Speed Gear. It's a technique I developed with my quirk. By cycling the solar energy through my body at high speeds, I can move closer and closer to the speed of light. Physically I can't achieve total light speed, but at my current level, I'm moving faster than anyone else can react. Think of it like me getting the ability to slow down time for everyone but me. Best thing is that it doesn't drain any of the solar energy in my body to use it. However it does overheat my body if I use it for too long." I explained wearing his glasses and opening his wallet. "Ida Tenya huh? What kind of guy doesn't carry a condom in his wallet for emergencies."

"M-M-My Wallet!?" He exclaimed, before checking his pockets. He soon then realized I was wearing his glasses. "W-What? How?! How fast are you?!"

"Fast enough." Honestly I didn't want to think of the ramifications of moving closer to the speed of light as humanly possible. I had a feeling the answer would be scarier than I'd want to know. Still I approached him and handed him his glasses and wallet. "Let this be a lesson to you though."

"And what kind of lesson were you trying to teach him?" Aizawa questioned, his eyes narrowed.

"Who you are here-" I tapped his head gently. "-shouldn't change what's in here." I tapped his chest. "I've trained my entire life mastering my powers and more so my own strength to be a hero. I don't need to act or be someone else to save people. So relax Gearshift, my attitude towards people don't invalidate my desire to save them."

"Gearshift?" He questioned.

"You seem like the type who stick to formality. Me? I'm more flexible and besides, we're going to be working together. Formality gets in the way of being people." His eyes widen. "Do you understand what I'm saying?"

Iida nodded. "I understand what you're saying."

I smirked. "Good, so why don't we students get to know each other before we see a side of Nezu no one ever acknowledges."

"Quite right. If you would proceed over to that room over there." Nezu pointed to a door. "There are locker rooms for both boys and girls."

The girls went ahead while I stuck with Iida. "What side are you talking about?" He asked me.

"Rule number three when dealing with sleeping dragons: beware of sadism."

/-[Normal PoV]-/

"Your new protege is certainly lively." Midnight commented once the kids were out of the room. "Honestly I didn't expect him to square up with Endeavor like that. Not only that, he was sure that he could win."

"Young Midoriya isn't without his confidence, but as long as I've known him, he's never made a claim that he could not back up with his actions." All Might replied a bit sheepishly. "But he does have a good heart, if not a mischievous streak."

"Which means he'll be trouble when he comes to U.A." Aizawa muttered as he looked at his capture weapon. "I see...he magnetized it."

"What?" Ingenium questioned approaching Eraser Head.

"My Capture Weapon is made out of a special metal fiber, I use it against people with Mutation Quirks mostly. But he must have guessed that the material had to be made of metal so he magnetized it and then repelled it."

"He explained it himself." Nezu commented. "His body contains Solar Energy, and to use that speed ability he turns his entire internal systems into a generator of sorts. I can see why he wasn't afraid to fight Endeavor."

"And why is that?" Endeavor questioned, slightly curious.

"Because that's only one half of his "Gear" Technique." Nezu replied. "He said he circulates it through is body at high speeds to force his body and mind to move at those speeds, what do you think would happen if he released that energy in a focal blast."

Everyone eyes widen. "The blast would be so powerful, nothing could stop it." Best Jeanest deduced.

"Exactly! And that's why I think he has another technique he probably calls 'Power Gear'.It would be his best bet to take down targets who can survive normal attacks with ease." Nezu concluded. "By the way, Aizawa, whatever you do, don't use your quirk on Midoriya-kun."

"And why not?" He questioned confused.

"From his medical records, they likened his entire body as one mechanical unit. For all intents, his body is techno-organic. Cutting off his quirk could put him into a coma at best and kill him at worse."

"How is that possible?" Midnight questioned, concerned.

"Isn't it obvious?" Endeavor said looking at the screen. They all turned to see the students walking into the simulation room. "His quirk is integrated into every aspect of his body, from mental faculties to controlling every aspect of his body. You probably didn't notice, but he was barely breathing."

"What?!" This time that was All Might.

"I'm guessing that brat figured out the bare minimum "settings" to run his bodily functions, and ran with it. The end result is that his body is always at "rest" and ready to kick it into high gear. That brat is dangerous." The other heroes couldn't help but to think on that statement.

/-[with the students]-/

"Izuku." Izuku raised an eyebrow as Todoroki approached him. "Why did you openly insult my father like that?"

"What, you didn't want to?" He questioned back with a lazy grin. The girl eyes widen slightly at that. "Hey, I could tell you couldn't stand even standing next to him and to be fair, he started it first. I mean, who pissed in his Wheaties this morning or is he always like that?"

"He's always like that, but you didn't answer my question."

Izuku sighed. "I'm a bit of a walking analysis machine. My quirk has forced to work like a supercomputer to work my body. And I've always been a fan of heroes, and at one point I thought Endeavor was cool." She gave him a look. "Hey I was young and fire was cool. But then I started gathering data on him and my mind came to a conclusion that he was a reckless sociopath with an inferiority complex. I came in there with All Might and the first thing he does is compare me to you. Granted, you're hella attractive, just like the other girls here-" Momo and Jirou who was listening in blushed slightly. Todoroki did as well. "- but I deserve to be judged on my own merits, not on who sponsors me, don't you think?"

"Yeah." She stuttered out before she composed herself. "No, I understand that completely."

"Good, so what's your name?" Izuku asked before glancing at Momo and Jirou. "I want to know who I'm working with before we start this mission."

"Oh right. My name is Todoroki Akari." She said introducing herself.

"I'm Yaoyorozu Momo." Momo introduced herself next.

"Jirou Kyoka." Came Jirou's blunt introduction.

"Nice to meet you all, Midoriya Izuku and this stiff board is Iida Tenya."

"I'm not a stiff board!" Tenya exclaimed.

"Sure you're not." Izuku smirked and nudged the taller boy with an elbow. "Don't worry, The work will break you out of that real quick."

"What do you mean?" Momo asked confused.

"Being a hero is stressful on levels we can't even comprehend. Some heroes either break after a few years, fall into their own delusions-" Akari snorted. -"Or they find outlets to release that stress. It does us no good to go into situations stiff like a statue. We have to be loose and keep calm."

"I see…" Jirou muttered. "So Izuku, what's your quirk? Is it Super Speed?"

"I call it "X", but really it's more complicated than that." He replied with a shrug. "To simplify, my Quirk mutated my body to be part machine. I weigh more than I look because of the Solar Cells and biomechanical parts in my body. I can Absorb and Emit Solar Energy, and I can absorb an aspect of another person's quirk and weaponize it."

The other teens looked at him shocked. "That...that seems broken as hell." Jirou muttered.

"So how does that work?" Iida asked curious.

"Here, I'll show you." Izuku moved over to Jirou and offered his right hand "Here, take my hand."

Jirou looked confused until she looked at his hand. His hand had circuits running through it. "Oh I see, so you have to touch people to get their aspect right?"

"Right." Izuku confirmed.

"...why the hell not." Jirou touched his hand. Suddenly Izuku's hair and eye color matched Jirou's. "Whoa!"

"A side effect of accepting a quirk power like that. So let's see what I got…" Izuku stepped away for a moment closing his eyes.

"...do anyone knows what he's doing?" Jirou questioned.

"If his mind is like a supercomputer like he said, he's going over the data." Iida replied while adjusting his glasses.

"I see…"

"Got it." Izuku said opening his eyes. "Hey this is one of those hard light simulation rooms right?" He asked looking up.

"Correct!" Nezu's voice said over an intercom. "Do you need something before we begin? I see that you've adapted Kyoka's Quirk."

"Yeah, I need a wall." The others looked confused before a wall appeared a few feet away from them. "Perfect! Noise Crush!" A small blue wave of energy flew from his hand towards the wall, hitting it before flying right back at him.

"Watch out!" Momo called out in worry.

"Don't worry," The blue wave hit Izuku causing him to glow blue. "Noise Crush sends out visible sound waves to hit targets. If it hits a wall, it flies back to me, giving me a charge for this!" He pointed his hand out and unleashed a larger Noise Crush wave that flew at the wall at high speeds before hitting the wall, cracking it. He turned to Jirou. "Thank you for allowing me to add to my arsenal." He thanked her before bowing.

"Hey now, no need to bow! What happened to being flexible?!" Jirou exclaimed embarrassed. The others were amused in their own way.

"In any case, we can begin the test." Nezu announced as the scenery changed from the testing room to city scape. "In this simulation, Villains have barricaded themselves inside the building before you. You must work together and stop them before they hurt their hostages."

The five teens tensed as they stared at the building before them. None of the teens noticed that the simulated hiccuped a bit.

"Well...what shall we do?" Momo asked concerned.

"We know that the villains are inside, we don't know their numbers, nor their tactics, where the hostages are being held, and the state of the hostages." Izuku listed off as he moved towards side of the front doors. "Too many variables, too little time."

"I'm guessing you don't have a plan then?" Jirou questioned as the others took up positions on either side of the door. Jirou was behind Izuku, while Momo, Akari, and Iida was on the other side.

"I have the makings of one. Can you use your quirk to hear sounds through the walls?" Izuku questioned.

"Of course, give me a minute." Izuku moved to the side as Jirou took point, and stealthily plugged her earlobe jacks into the side of the door. "There's no sounds coming from the entrance. The place is barren."

"Well they've probably trapped the lobby, but I also didn't spy any side entrances either. More than likely if they were, those entrances would be heavily guarded." Izuku surmised.

"So…?" Iida was wondering where Izuku was going with this.

"We walk into the front door." He replied with a shrug. "They wouldn't have a contingency for what would be a move of sheer stupidity."

"…" All four other students stared at Izuku like he was crazy. He probably was.

"None of us have powers that allow us to safely and stealthily infiltrate the building, unless you four are holding out on me. The only reason I knew Jirou could even do that was because it came with the information when she shared her quirk. I can't even do half the cool things she can." Izuku deadpanned.

Akari looked mildly embarrassed at his assessment. "...my Quirk is mainly combative. I can make Ice with my right side." Izuku didn't say anything because he knew she could do more, but refused to due to her father.

"I can create things as long as I know the composition of what I'm making." Momo added.

"Speed runs in my family, but after meeting you, I know I need to get faster." Iida finished while adjusting his glasses.

"Don't compare my speed to yours. I can't sustain that speed while you could probably get faster and sustain yourself longer." Izuku said with a frown. "Speed Gear is useful, but it slowly overheats my body to the point where the liquid in my body boils and steams. I might've burned off two percent of my body's water just for showing off."

"That's insane!" Iida exclaimed shocked.

"My quirk is good, but the drawbacks are murder." Izuku shook his head. "We're wasting time, let's go in."

The Five students moved to open the lobby door when suddenly a bright light erupted from the doors, blinding them. Izuku caught the worse of it, him taking the lead as they all passed out.

/-[Izuku PoV]-/

The sky was a technicolor mess of ones and zeros. Yep, something went to shit. We had made a simple plan: go in, assess the situation, and then use each of our talents to save the hostages. Instead as soon as we entered the room, I blacked out. Next thing I know, I'm looking up at what looked like the matrix with a really bad wallpaper. Why does this oddly seem familiar…

I climbed to my feet and looked around to get a better sense of my space…I blinked as I recognized a small green robot thing standing off to the side. "...Mr. Program?!" Did something mess with the simulation and somehow dumped me into the network? I approached the Mr. Prog.

"Hello?"

"GREETINGS! WELCOME TO THE SIMULATION NETWORK!"

Uh...ow. I guess they do scream everything out. Wasn't expecting that.

"What's going on?"

"ARE YOU HERE TO FIX THE NETWORK? OH THANK GOODNESS! THAT STRANGE PROGRAM JUST TOOK OVER THE PLACE AND CARRIES OFF SOME PEOPLE DEEP INTO THE SIMULATION!"

I think I might go deaf at this rate. Wait if I'm on the network can I just…

"I'll do my best to figure out what's going on."

"Oh thank you!" Oh thank god, I can turn down the volume! "Oh take this!" He handed me a ball of data. Suddenly a pain shot through my hand then my arm.

"Ow! What was that?!"

"That was Buster Data. Normal Progs like me can't use it, but you should be able to."

"I guess?" I looked down to my hand and noticed it was surrounded by a green cylinder with a barrel at the tip. "Is there anything else I need to know about the Network?"

"Oh! Right! To get to the next Area, you need to connect all the light nodes to light the bridge!"

This is just like a battle network situation alright. At least I have a buster. Odd… it feels like my own hand except I know how to shoot it. Is this what it's like to be fully techno-organic? I really didn't put much thought into it...rather it just came naturally.

I remember something from class, how Quirks can influence a person's personality to the point that what may be weird to another, its natural to the user. It was one of the reasons why I tolerated Satsuki to a point; she couldn't help that her quirk made her more explosive than normal. Maybe my Quirk changed my mindset just minutely that even I could not discern what was different in me. I try to live my life by a set of logical and moral rules, maybe to my quirk, these are simply lines of code that dictate how I behave, like software.

I shook my head. There was no time for thoughts like this! I need to help the others! I wonder how panicked the Adults were…

/-[Normal PoV]-/

Nezu frowned as the scientists of Sci Labs worked furiously to figure out what happened. The entire system crashed and the kids were missing. He was racking his brain trying to figure out what happened. The heroes didn't understand it either. And Endeavor…

"WORK FASTER!" Despite his rather harsh goal he set for his child, he was understandably nettled. He wasn't dad of the year but someone took his daughter. Let's just say he went from a flaming douche to a Cerberus.

"We're trying sir, but the system is locked!" One scientist replied in fear.

"Wait, I got something!" Another said moving it to the main view screen. It showed Izuku running through a strange world fighting off even stranger enemies. "What in the world?!"

"I've seen nothing like this before." Another commented.

"Can you contact Izuku?" Nezu asked.

"Uh….yes I can! Here!" He pressed a button.

"Izuku!" Said boy flinched before dodging a shock wave from what looked like a living hard hat.

[Nezu?! Hey look, I'm kinda busy right now, so if you can call back?] Izuku replied firing bullets from a strange device on his arm.

"Where is my daughter boy?" Endeavor growled.

[Honestly sir, that's what I'm working on figuring out. According to the Programs working here, someone dragged Akari and everyone else off leaving me unconscious. Quite frankly, I'm insulted that I wasn't worth at least getting roughed up.] The fact that Izuku gave Endeavor a straight answer after their confrontation earlier spoke volumes at how stressed the boy was.

"Izuku, what can you tell us about the place you're in. You said "Programs"?" A Scientist asked/stated.

[You're not going to believe this, but we got transported into the physical manifestation of the Simulator Main Frame. And these things-] They watch as Izuku changed colors and let out a violent explosion destroying more of the creatures. [-are physical manifestations of Viruses. Man, that data that Program gave me was a great upgrade to my quirk!]

"What data?" All Might questioned, his eyes narrowing.

[It was "Buster Data", Sensei. From what I understand, it's the data compiled on the Hard Light Guns used during training simulations. It hurt like hell accepting Raw Data, but now I have a way to fire my Solar Energy with high accuracy and less energy.] They watched as Izuku finished what looked like a laser puzzle and a path opened up. [My guess is whoever did this has the ability to move through networks and somehow got into the systems. Start searching for outside interference while I work on finding out whose behind this.]

"No Izuku, it's too dangerous!" All Might exclaimed.

[Sorry Sensei, but I really don't have a choice. I need to save the others before something happens to them. They...don't have the same Defect as I do.] The scientists all paused as everyone looked up at the Monitor. [Even among people with Quirks, I'm less human than anyone else. I physically accepted data from a living Program for crying out loud! They won't survive here unless I do something. And I refuse to leave my team behind, even if we just formed!]

"...Midoriya...I cannot deny your valor and your drive to be a Hero…" All Might muttered before sighing. "Very well! Go forth! We'll work hard on our end!"

[Yes Sir! Rockman out!] Izuku went into the next area and the feed went out.

"...Rockman huh…" Aizawa muttered. "As far as hero names go, it needs work."

"I think it fits him perfectly." Midnight commented with a weak smile.

"Enough Chatter!" Endeavor barked out. "You scientists will work on fixing the issue and finding out whose behind this! Eraser Head, Ingenium, Midnight, and I will patrol outside to see if there's anything suspicious outside of the building."

"And what about me?" All Might questioned.

Endeavor glared at All Might. It wasn't his usual glares. It actually made All Might nervous. "I'm trusting your idiot of a student to save my baby girl. If anything happens to her, I need a target."

All Might sweated nervously. "Right." he stuttered out. He could deal with Endeavor the number two hero. He didn't think he could handle Endeavor the dad.

Even thinking it left a weird taste in his mouth.

/-[Izuku POV]-/

I felt a shiver go up my spine. "Why does it feel like I just fell face first into another annoying anime trope?" I muttered to myself before walking over to the Mr. Prog. "Hey, what can you tell me about this area?"

"The control panel for the Simulation Comp is in the back! It's locked behind three Hard-light Gates! The Bad Program locked itself behind the gates with the other programs it had with it."

"Well I know I'm close." I began to walk off when suddenly the Mr. Prog ran in front of me.

"Wait! There are traps that can really hurt you if you don't have protection protocols! Here, take this!"

He gave me a data orb. Oh no…

I hissed in pain as it encompassed my entire body. I looked down at my body in shock. I looked just like Hub, but green! I looked where my Navi Mark supposed to be, and there was a stylized X covering the rabbit like design the original Izuku had for his costume.

"Alright!" I said pumped, carefully ignoring the fact that more of my own "data" had been modified. No need to worry when I have friends to save. "Thanks!"

"No problem! Good luck out there!"

I nodded before heading into the labyrinth of Viruses and Death traps.

/-[Normal POV]-/

"Any news on whose responsible for this?" Nezu asked.

"The scientist are kind of baffled on this." Jeanist said as he sat down next to Nezu. "They traced the intrusion but it came from the Net itself. And when they traced that, it just led to a random spot in the middle of the town. Not a website or router."

"I don't think I heard of a Quirk like that." All Might muttered. "Any word on Rockman?"

"You really like that name, don't you All Might?" Jeanist asked with a smirk, not that many could tell. "The scientist who first found him is tracking him. With any luck we can get another signal."

"Good." All Might said sighing. "You know, I did some digging on Midoriya, to figure out what kind of home he lived in?"

"Oh yeah?"

"Apparently he lives with his Mother, Inko. His father...well he left them to work in America, better benefits and easier right? Turns out he's been cheating on his wife and even has a kid on the way." All Might replied frowning.

"Damn…" Jeanist replied with a sigh. "And his mom doesn't even know?"

"Probably not, and the kid doesn't know. At least I think he doesn't."

"What do you mean?"

"There's a bit of...resentment that comes up when his dad is mentioned." All Might explained. "He might not know whats going on with his dad, but he knows the man hasn't been there in his life and he hates what its done to his mother. "

"Poor kid." Jeanist felt pity for the kid. "That would explain why he was so antagonistic towards Endeavor. You've heard the rumors about the guy right?"

"Yeah…" Endeavor was the type of man who endorsed Quirk Marriages, a rather archaic thing that fell out years ago, even within the Villain Community. It wasn't a guaranteed process, and some quirks...some quirks became weaker when mixed with others. "I can see that being the case."

"Sirs, we got visual on Rockman." Everyone turned to the main screen as the image came through.

"What on earth?" One scientist muttered.

"It looks like Midoriya-kun has found another "Upgrade"." Nezu theorized.

"Now he looks like a real hero!" All Might exclaimed.

"What on earth are you blabbering about?" Endeavor questioned as his "team" walked back in. They all glanced at the View Screen. "What has your foolish boy done now?"

"As far as we can tell, he's gotten another Upgrade." A scientist informed them. "And it looks like he's reach the end of the Network."

/-[Izuku PoV]-/

God damn I don't know how Hub does this! I'm exhausted! Then again, my body isn't digital so I do have the limitations of a human. Still, I'm going to eat like four cows after this! They've been getting too uppity lately and need a reminder.

I slowly crept up to the control deck of the Comp. My eyes widen as I see my classmates stuck inside of four tubes. I growled. "Show yourself!"

Suddenly the lights when dark. I grimaced preparing myself for the worse when suddenly two spotlights clicked on, shining on a being. My eyes widen.

"I'm ready to shine~!" The being announced. It was a man, no taller than I, wearing an orange and yellow battle suit, with green tubes coming from his head. They glowed brightly as the lights slowly came on. "I didn't think I would find another Navi here, but you look awfully familiar. Have we met?"

"Never met you til today." I said with a frown. "Now let my friends go!" I demanded hoisting my buster up towards him.

"What a shame! And you look weak too! Hey what's your name kid?"

Was this guy even going to take him serious? "Rockman,"

"Rockman huh? I knew a kid just like you, named Mega Man, and just like him, good old Bright Man is here to knock your lights out!"

"I doubt it. Why don't you tell me what you're doing here before I delete you, Bright Man." I demanded.

"Delete me? You won't even get past my shield!" He commented before firing lasers at me.

I rolled out of the way, before firing onto the Navi, grimacing as the bullets ricochet off a hard light shield. "I hate it when they're right." I muttered as I dodged more laser. I was already tired but I had to defeat him.

"See kid? Why don't you stand still and let ME delete you!" he jeered as more lasers came my way.

The one thing I remembered about Bright Man was that he was kind of immobile. He moved slow, but that was because his shield could block almost anything. "Wait…" I blinked as a planned formed in my mind. 'I could use Noise Crush! It bounced off the hard light wall, and then cracked it. His shield is smaller so the blast could go through it, and hit him.' I thought as my green Armor slowly turned purple.

"What's this? A wardrobe change in the middle of battle?!" Bright Man exclaimed shocked.

"Eat This!" I said firing off a Noise Crush. As predicted the weaker version bounced off his Shield, and back at me, giving me a charge. I also noticed that the shield cracked a little. "Ready for round two?"

"There's a round two?!"

"Noise Crush!" I exclaimed firing off the charged version of it. He through up his shield, but it wasn't enough. The physical sound wave shattered his shield and the tubing on his body. Parts of his body was missing too. Did my transformation to Rockman boost that power too?

"Dang it!" Bright Man exclaimed before looking up at me. "You might've beaten me today, but the Darkloids will come and show you! And it with be shiny!" He exclaimed before exploding.

I let out a sigh of relief, glad the battle was over. I knew things were going to get rough but this...Darkloids in this world? I shook my head. I'll have to work things out later. I went up to the capsules and released my team one by one. They were unconscious but alive, that's all that mattered. I then walked up to the control panel and turned off the simulation. Right before my eyes the entire "network" faded to black and we were back in the original simulation room. I fell backwards onto my back and laid there as I heard the door opening and several people rushing in. "Somebody, get me like...20cc's of burger stat." I groaned out tired. I closed my eyes for a moment before a hand touched my shoulder. I opened my eyes. "Hey Sensei...I did a hero thing, I want like a lot of food."

I watched as Sensei chuckled. "We'll get you some food, Izuku." He said. "But we need to get you out of that armor first."

Oh...yeah...somehow I kept the Armor. Well, now that I have time to think about it, it's part of my body now...damn it! I sighed and tapped my Navi Mark. The Armor disappeared from my body in a flash of lights. "AHHHHHHHH FUCK!" OH THE PAIN! ALL THAT DAMAGE I TOOK FROM THE VIRUSES LEADING UP TO BRIGHT MAN! OW!

"Izuku, language!" Sensei admonished

"Sensei, pain!" I gritted back. Everything was growing dark. "Wait, never mind, my body is going numb."

"Izuku, I'm pretty sure your body is going to shock." Nezu pointed out.

"Let me have this moment." I slurred out before everything went black.

A few hours later, I found myself in a hospital bed. The sun was setting. I'm pretty sure my mom and Satsuki was near. I had this feeling climbing up my spine, like death was pole dancing on it. "Oh, Izuku, you're awake!" I turned to see Momo and Akari walking into my room.

"Unfortunately. Too much sun came through that window." I was running on empty as is and while the sun helped, my body still craved food. "You ladies doing alright?"

"Yeah…" Akari replied quietly. "We heard that you saved us from that digital nightmare."

"They also said you fought the villain that did that to us." Momo added.

"That thing was no villain." I replied with a sigh. "That was a monster." I mean what else could you explain the Darkloids? They were AIs created from the darkness of one man's soul. "It's only a shame I couldn't stop him from leaving with the data he stole."

"Do you mind telling us what he was?" Momo asked curiously.

"I'm pretty sure the heroes are listening in, and probably sent you ladies in to make me comfortable so I'll spill what I know." I grin weakly as both girls blushed embarrassed, caught. "No worry, I'll say what I know."

I took a deep breath. "From the data he left traveling along the network, I pieced together at least an identity of what I was dealing with. Bright Man is an Advanced AI known as a Net Navi. But what he said concerned me. He said "The Darkloids will come"."

"The Darkloids?" Akari questioned.

"I'd rather not think about it. Anything that goofy sounding is probably going to be a menace to everyone involved. Which means I'm going to have to fight them."

"He's not serious right?" Momo questioned the others concerned. "You're not going to fight these guys again are you?"

"Even if I don't want to, Bright Man said they'll be coming. And they probably know I defeated him. So I have a giant target painted on my back. Heh, I thought I'd be a hero before that happened."

"But you're not a hero." Akari pointed out bluntly.

"I'm not." I agreed. "Nezu-sensei would also agree, as would the Association. It doesn't change the fact that I'm probably the only being on the planet with enough training to fight them on even ground, if barely."

"Too true." Nezu said scaring the girls. Did they forget he was there? "I was going to admonish you for a blatant show of arrogance, but you seem to know how dangerous the situation is." The secret dragon smiled. "If you excuse me, ladies, Izuku. I have to discuss my finding with my colleges. Do try to keep him in bed ladies, he seems like a runner." He soon left the room with a smirk on his face.

I blinked as the girls slowly turned back to me. 'Oh… he's good. But I'll get my revenge.' I thought as I held my hands up in easy surrender. 'Freaking sleeping dragons'.

End Chapter 1