Chapter 44

*Sigh*

[Its because of this blonde muscle head I too became one. I was once a psuedo-ninja, now? I'm just one of those berserker battle junkies. God damnit! Now its not even fun trying to be a ninja anymore. I hate this, this sucks.]

I keep sulking in my head as Toshinori and I walk to our testing grounds, kicking the ground as I go. He realized I was in a bad mood and did not say anything, but scratch his hair in defeat. We reached the area, I checked my gear and my gauntlet where I had all my hair samples.

Speaking of which, I got rid of almost all the hair samples I had. It is simply tiring and irritating to keep track of all the samples and their quirks. There were only seven, plus the gauntlet only held eight. I always keep a slot free so that I can place it with a quirk I come across which might be useful.

[Hardening: I'm so hard right now!] - from Kirishima

[Half-cold, half-heat: I'm a walking AC] - from half-half emo

[Earth control: I'm Toph!] - from a certain pus.... ahem cat

[Lightning generation: that's electrifying] - from idiot #1

[Electromagnetic bullet: a goddamn portable railgun....noice!] - a troublesome kindergartener.

[Twin Impact: Double the trouble. Double the fun.] - got it from Tubby in 1-B.

I open up my gauntlet to fit in the new piece into the last remaining slot. Getting this was a bit tricky and a whole lotta risky, especially for the guy who got it for me. It was a piece of a sharp pointy broken fingernail. I selected it as my choice to test it out.

Holy Shit!! DAAAAAMN SON!!!!

The Power..... its like a boost of adrenaline shot, except that I was injected with those adrenaline given to race horses. It was the worlds biggest sugar rush, one could perceive and live to tell the tale.

[Nomu: .... that's about it] - from Nomu.

Yup. This was a fingernail taken from him during while he was made to activate his quirk forcefully by scientists who where currently studying it. All Might, pulled almost all known strings he had to get this for me. This was extremely difficult, since the body part, whichever it was, loosed the quirks Nomu had.

They had successfully extracted a few samples and had given one to Toshinori as a favour from a known person to him.

Well what the quirk does is just that. Be a Nomu. I mean, you don't transform into one, just that you get all its quirks.... and I mean ALL. (Imagine me rubbing me hands villainously). Super strength, super regeneration and damage/force absorption. Combine that with <One for all> and I'm set.

I saw that all the examiners/ teachers/ heroes were wearing weighted cuffs except All Might. Cold sweat ran on my back, but the exhilarated feeling <Nomu> gave made me excited about the prospect of fighting All Might full on, full powered, One-on-One.

We were transported to another city block as the Mouse Principal predicted the damage to be catastrophic in proportion.

"You ready there, Monoma-shounen?" All-Might asked. There was not even a hint of his usual smile on his face. He was dead serious, he took a charging stance and readied himself. It just hit me what would happen if he was a villain. I knew I had to bring everything and beyond to defeat him.

"Whenever you are... old man." I smirked

"Aikawarazu... Kibishinaaa!" he chuckled breaking his seriousnss just to go back the next second.

I paused and then thinking it over I removed the gauntlet and took out a coin from my pocket. If I'm going to fight All Might then it has to be with my own power. One for All Versus One for All.

"Are you sure Neito-kun?" He was back to his serious expression. I nodded without hesitation, "I cannot be always reliant on the copy quirk. If 'HE' steals it then I will always have a safety net. Time to get on the tightrope and cut the net below.

I held out the coin, All Might nodded, understanding what I meant. I flipped it into the air immediately activating <One For All>. Red lightning arced off of me, slowly subsiding and just the steaming skin was left. I finally had full control over <One for All> albeit at 50% of the power. But the thing is that both of us are controlling the same amount of power. Since its a 'stockpiling' quirk, I still have to master the other <One for all> users' stockpiled power.

But this was enough. Although I could still feel the pain... it was a good type of pain. The Pain you feel after an intense excercise, the sense of fullfillment and achievement it gives.

The coin reached its peak height rotating for a fraction of a second before gravity did its work pulling it down. The seconds felt like hours, as I tightened my fist. The gap between us was just 5 meters, gotta avoid his fist as much as possible because of his superior strength and use my superior speed to my advantage.

The coin was about to land, we crouched down both of us aiming to accelerate instantaneously and punch first and get the upper hand.

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*TING*

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"PLUS ULTRAAA!!!" "PLUS ULTRAAA!!!"