If music is like a dream, does anyone dream of becoming a hero?

While I was playing Dr. Phill, my clones were spending some time with my parents, All Might and Toga.

The first two had managed to arrange a meeting between sensei and Mr. and Ms. Monoma.

While the third decided to take my dear cousin for a walk around the campus. I had given her enough blood to satisfy her bloodthirsty nature for at least a while.

She was very impressed with my recent display, and since we shared some of our beliefs and values, we were getting along nicely.

Please refrain from making those "sweet home Alabama" jokes. After all, I'm not really from this world.

"Welcome back everybody, it's almost time for the final round!" Present Mic's echoed through the entire stadium, reaching even those standing outside trying to get in.

Present Mic proceeded to explain how the matches were being organized.

"Oh yeah, we are finally getting to show off what we are made of!" Kirishima remarked. "I've watched these finals every year and now I'm finally in them."

"Of course! Man, I wonder who will I face! I'm gonna blow anyone away!" Replied Inasa clenching his fists.

"We better not let this chance go to waste." Said Kinoko more to herself than to the others.

Midnight told us how we would define our matches before the recreational event, but like in canon, someone had to raise a hand. Or several. "Apologies, but I want to withdraw!"

Mezou? Man, out of the three I thought you would be the last to quit!

Kirishima and Inasa tried to change his mind, but the young giant wouldn't change his mind.

He did however hint about Shinso's quirk, albeit being less precise on how it worked.

Looking at Shinso, I noticed he was really regretting not keeping them under his control. Less chance for me to figure his quirk.

And by them I mean, Rikido Sato and Koji Koda also followed his exemple.

All that talk about honor and wanting to respect the festival's spirit had Kirishima in manly tears. "Listen to these guys, they are so manly!"

Even Midnight admitted it turned her on, go figure.

"Mezou, I admire you for such passion and courage!" Declared Inasa as he patted him in the back and he received a nod from the wannabe Kakashi.

But the drama didn't end there, someone on my team also quit.

"What's the problem Toru? Are you not feeling well?" I asked her.

"Don't worry, I'm just not ready to fight. I thank you for letting me get this far, but my objectives were more than fulfilled. Sorry if I'm not going plus ultra today." She told me with sadness in her voice.

'Objectives?' I thought for a moment, but decided to let it slide and nodded back to her.

Soon after Midnight made us pick our numbers and revealed our first opponents.

Neito Monoma VS Hitoshi Shinso

I turned to look at him, but obviously his plan was to get me by surprise during our fight, so he avoided me like the plague for now.

But he must be thinking that it was his lucky day, after all, by facing me first I had less chance of figuring out how his quirk worked.

Shoto Todoroki VS Reiko Yanagi

Reiko was obviously intimidated, but managed to resist the pressure for now.

Inasa Yoarashi VS Ibara Shiozaki

They usually didn't talk to each other that much, but his honest personality made her respect him quite a lot.

Yui Kodai VS Eijiro Kirishima

Yui wasn't one to show fear, or emotion for that matter, but she friendly nodded to him.

Katsuki Bakugou VS Ochako Uraraka

"Who's Uraraka?" He asked out loud to Ochako's disbelief.

Yeah, some things never change.

Tenya Iida VS Mei Hatsume

I'm afraid that's a lesson he has to learn eventually, so it might as well be now.

Izuku Midoriya VS Fumikage Tokoyami

Interesting match up, I wonder if he had come up with something to counter dark shadow.

Should I tell him?

And waste his chance of improving by himself? No thanks.

Momo Yaoyorozu VS Kinoko Komori

I will keep an open mind for this match.

"Okay! Let's press pause for a moment!..." Present Mic announced.

For now I've already finished the preparations I set for my show.

Principal Nezu gave me permission and my clones managed to recruit those interested to join me.

The time has come.

"...But before that, good news is that I have stored something super cool for you guys! Hope you don't mind the fan service though!" Concluded Present Mic.

Everyone's attention was focused in the raised stage right in the middle while some cheerleaders were making their way towards it.

Among the traditional cheerleaders, some students were also participating, wearing a flashy set of clothes that matched the U.A festival theme.

I saw Momo with her noticeable assets clearly drawing attention.

Ochako with her petite stature but curvy figure.

Yui rocking her top model style and calm expression.

And Reiko fails miserably to not blush, but being incredibly cute all the same.

Of course they weren't the only ones my clones managed to convince, also wearing the attractive uniform were Kendo and Mei.

Curiously, I wasn't able to find Toru, guess she does know how to vanish when she wants to.

Anyways.

Kyoka, Ibara, Tsuyu and Kinoko were too prideful or shy to join. But they still cheered us from the sidelines.

Being the virtuous bastard that I am, I also invited some of the boys.

Inasa and Kirishima were thrilled to join.

And Midoriya accepted as well, probably to make his mother proud of him.

Some of class 1B even came to request to join the show as well.

Mina and Aoyama being prime examples.

Although "Can't stop twinkling" framed it like I was the lucky one to have him joining.

Whatever man. You still have to learn how to dance though.

By the way, Mineta wasn't allowed.

Nothing personal, lil fucker.

The audience quieted down a little, trying to pay attention to what was about to take place.

My nearby clones were wearing black, double-breasted tuxedo with two long tails reaching almost down to their ankles, they began picking their instruments and cueing my entrance for my clones with trumpets to play the catchy theme song I remembered from Star Wars.

John Williams.

If one wants to copy, copy from the best.

I came from the sky, doing my best impression of All Might and wearing my 2.0 hero suit.

The brigandine breastplate still had the same color pattern, but the quality had noticeably improved, giving me a more chivalrous knight image, with a golden sword and pistol hanging in my belt.

My vambraces and greaves were more resistant while still looking like they were made of pure gold.

Sorry Aizawa, but I decided to incorporate your goggles into my hero costume.

Please, don't sue me!

I landed without breaking anything, and a wave of cheers came from the audience.

Hearing my name being chanted, with a smile I picked the microphone and announced. "Welcome everyone! Thanks for staying tuned to our Sports Festival! I would like to share with you a song I call "The Day"! Hope you all enjoy it!"

Present Mic's quirk was indeed a major boost when performing showmanship stunts like I just did, hopefully it will have the same positive effect for my singing skills.

I turned to my clones and the dancers, with a nod we began.

My guitarist clone took the initiative and started mimicking the song I remembered from my previous life.

I pulled the microphone close to my mouth and started to sing with the guitar playing before each sentence. "YOU SEE THE SUN RISE, A NEW DAY IS UPON YOU."

"YOU BITE YOUR NAILS AND YOUR KNEES START TO TREMBLE."

"THE TIME IS UPON YOU TO SHOW THEM WHAT YOU CAN DO."

"AND SOON THEY WILL KNOW THAT THE DAY HAS COOOOME!!!!!!!"

Immediately the clones I had set amongst the grandstands fired fireworks and confetti, filling the air with bright colors.

I heard applause and excited cheers as my drummer and guitarist clones continued to play, hopefully Present Mic won't feel envious about the attention that I was receiving while using his quirk.

Perhaps the clone I sent to ask if he would like to join me in my next song will be enough.

Now lowering my voice a little I continued the song when I saw the dancers movements slowing down, I continued with the drummer punctuating the lyrics rhythm.

"Late into the night I hear it storming."

"An end to the rain Is what I pray for and I'm hoping."

"Now I feel the pressure of the city. Oh, how it eats me whooole!"

"So many names and faces."

"Sleepless nights spent in unknown places."

"And every day I walk straight into the great unknoooown."

"I'm not to blame."

"I'm gonna take a stand."

"You say my naaaame."

"I'm telling you to reach out and FINALLY TAKE MY HAAAAND!!!!"

I performed a backflip just for the sake of it as my stage fireworks lit me up and my band of clones, and so I continued.

"COLLIDING FISTS, THEY ARE WHAT'S GONNA MAKE YOU."

"YOU GRIT YOUR TEETH OR THEY'RE GONNA BREAK YOU."

"THE TIME IS UPON YOU TO SHOW THEM WHAT YOU CAN DO."

"YOU'RE BREAKING THE MOLD TO SHOW YOU'RE NOT THEM."

"BUT WILL WE BREAK THROUGH? I DON'T KNOW, DON'T KNOW."

"THE BELLS ARE RINGING, COME OUT AND PLAY NOW."

"THE TIME IS UPON YOU TO SHOW THEM WHAT YOU CAN DO."

"AND SOON THEY WILL KNOW THAT THE DAY HAS COOOOME!!!!!" I finished it and witnessed the crowd going wild.

My clones began to high five and praise everyone that accepted to join me, and I bowed charismatically for my fans that were shouting my name.

I was very pleased with my performance, and even though my dancers didn't have time to learn a choreographed dance, I would say that they were much better at improvisation than me.

"Thank you! Thank you!" I said. "So glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully the next song will be just as well received!" I raised my arm to the side and a warp gate appeared besides me. "Please welcome, your hero, your rockstar, Present Mic!"

He came like a bullet through my portal and pointed both arms to the sky and shouted with his quirk activated. "ARE YOU READYYYY?"

The crowd surrounding us from all around us was clearly excited for the show to continue.

"I like your style kid!" He said to me while placing a hand in my shoulder. "Let's get this party going!"

I nodded and signaled to my dancers, they now had ear microphone thanks to my clones creating them. And so this time, they were the one to start the song. "Oh, oh, oh, oh!"

"This song I call "Peace Sign"!"

"One day I set my eyes up to the sky, and like a plane my dreams were passing by. And I awoke to tears that had filled my eyes, I needed to spread my wings out and fly.

I lie awake at night with these memories, of feeling powerless and they're haunting me.

I'm always reaching out for this destiny, to make it happen that's all on me."

"Cruel fate sets in motion, and no one else knows why.

Waiting for the day to come when it will show up, claiming what's before my eyes.

With every issue I gotta breathe through.

Or the moment might just pass.

They all told me I can't, they were laughing.

Well look who's laughing now!"

"Now I can feel the fire burning deep within me.

I'll be the hero and no one can stop me.

Loudly I will scream it from the top of my lungs.

You've got those tired eyes from crying every moment.

You cannot hide it, someone's gonna notice.

I'll be your hero, no one's gonna hurt you again."

Everyone on stage raised a hand and formed a peace sign. "Gonna raise my hand with a peace sign!"

"Our story will last forever!" And again the stage's fireworks marked the end of the song.

"Well done kid! You have real talent for this, if you agree, I would like to have you working for my agency." Present Mic told me.

I didn't know teachers could recruit students to work for them, but I guess there's no law against it. I remember that Aizawa kinda took Shinso under his wing after all.

We talked a little before I sent him back, after that I prepared for the third and final song. "Glad to see everyone so high spirits today! Please, stay with us for our third and final song!"

At their positive response, I said. "This song is called: "If I Sing To The Sky"!"

Everyone on stage threw a smoke bomb to the ground, engulfing basically all the arena in a dense smoke cloud.

I punched upwards with OFA boosting my strength, and the cloud of smoke dispersed from my raised stage. "I cut right through the wreckage, and look into the sunset, eternity I'm flying."

With an arm swipe, I managed to clear the smoke enough to show all my dancers.

"Singing right into the sky.

I can't live with regret.

Can't fade, won't break.

Live for tomorrow with our might.

We'll fight on, once again."

"Seeking out...

all the lies that I've been told.

My tears leave me drowning."

After a brief participation from my dancers, I continue.

"I'm moving ooon!

You can't tell me how to be.

Nothing else is stopping me."

"Frustrated."

"Humiliated."

"It fuels me to carve the road I walk on!"

The drummer built up the hype before I sang again.

"I cut right through the wreckage, and look into the sunset, eternity I'm flying."

"Singing right into the sky.

I can't live with regret.

Can't fade, won't break.

Live for tomorrow with our might.

We'll fight on, once again."

This time instead of the fireworks, I had something better in mind.

At that moment, All Might came from the sky, circling in the air with his cape flapping and laughing.

As he landed, all the remaining smoke over the lawn cleared and I heard the crowd cheering for us.

I knew Toshinori wasn't a good singer, but when you are the world's symbol of peace, just standing there flexing and smiling was more than enough to excite the crowd.

We nodded to each other and shook hands, he knew my goal here was to subconsciously make everyone see me as the second coming of him.

Our hair and eyes were similar, the costume and smile were obviously designed to bring his picture to everyone's mind whenever they looked at me.

"I want to thank everyone for attending our special event and wish you a great day!" All Might said before passing the microphone back to me.

"And I want to thank All Might and all the other teachers and staff members to help secure us on a daily basis! Especially for today's event." I remarked before bowing in respect.

As did my clones and the other students.

All Might just waved his hand and left the stadium in a single jump.

I turned to speak to the crowd again. "Thanks again for your attention! And please..." I raised one arm, and the other I pressed against my chest. "Be excellent to each other, and party on!" And left the arena alongside the others.

I wanted to make everyone have some fun before the oncoming final round. They still had plenty of time to strategize, rest and prepare to fight.

Everyone had their particular way of calming their nerves and hype themselves up.

After all, they had to be ready for anything.

When Cementoss finished building our fight stage and sat at his own throne, Present Mic announced the start of the festival final round. "Alright, let's cut to the chase and not delay this finals any longer! Our first fighters are... Neito Monoma and Hitoshi Shinso!"

"The rules are simple, immobilize your opponent or push him out of bounds! Or you can also win by making your opponent give up!"

I stood there, face to face with Mr. Mind Flayer himself.

"Quite the show you pulled out! And that quirk of yours, you've been so blessed that you also managed to catch All Might's attention... you are the most lucky person I've ever met, you know that?" He told me, knowing full well about my calm and optimistic mindset.

He was trying to bait me to reply.

I had considered answering him right there and trying to break free like Midoriya did in the canon, surprising everyone as a result.

But since I heard weird voices talking to me back at the U.S.J while fighting the Nomus, I'm almost sure that the trace of the previous owners of OFA aren't exactly fans of me.

So I couldn't risk it.

I made four clones, and had them answering him.

"Well thank you, but it was—" They stopped mid sentence and froze in place.

"How did you... It doesn't matter! Clones, attack the original!" He shouted to my own clones, losing all composure he had showed up till now.

Each and everyone of my clones raised an arm and shot me with my own attacks.

"Who could've predicted this turn of events? That's the sports festival for you!" Narrated Present Mic while I was being betrayed by my own clones.

The first blasted me with his powerful flames, the second masterfully tamed the wind and attempted to slice me in half with a swipe of it, the third touched the ground and a wave of cement came crashing down towards me while the forth deployed his massive ice wall to freeze me alive.

Each attack had a sliver of OFA amping it up, so the output was higher than the original users of each quirk could muster.

I just smiled before "shadow stepping" it by using my warp gate.

Because of all that sheer power that my clones attacked me, Hitoshi Shinso didn't notice my move until I touched his shoulder from behind.

"What? But..." He tried to say.

"You know, you also have an amazing quirk! I mean..." I smiled at him. "Now we both have!"

With another hand, I dramatically snapped my fingers and my clones vanished in a bright burst of plasma.

Their furious attacks were canceled out immediately before they reached the audience.

The only thing that remained was a monstrosity of a wall half made of ice and half made of cement. With some massive burn marks and deep cuts all over it.

"Wow! The match had barely begun and we witnessed such an epic battle! Plot twist after plot twist ladies and gentlemen!" Present Mic said and began to explain what happened through replays in the large display screens. "Such a massive scale, and we are only in our first fight!"

"You've beat me, you want me to surrender?" Shinso said as he looked to the ground.

"Better luck next time." I replied to him casually and took his bait.

"Hehehe! That's it, I win!" He replied confidently as he looked at me. "I admit that was a close one, but I guess I shouldn't have expected anything less from you. Now tu—" I stopped him mid sentence by grabbing him by the collar.

"How did you?" He asked surprised, but noticing red lights coming from my special goggles, he understood right there what I did.

"Guess you aren't used to speaking with people." I lifted him from the ground using only one arm. "Regardless of us being opponents now, I want to tell you... you too can become a hero."

He grabbed my arm with both hands and struggled. "Are you mocking my bad luck?"

"Quite the contrary, I might be the only one that never will. Go now, people will pay more attention to you seeing that you lost to this year's champion. But if you really dream to become a hero, I'm offering you my help, come see me later if you wish to accept it." I released him and with a thoughtful expression he surrendered. "Hey, I don't think you are a bad guy!" I told him, startling him for a moment.

Of course I could've just ragdolled him out of the arena, but I wanted him to join me, so humiliation wouldn't do.

When Midnight announced my victory, we both bowed to each other and made our way to leave the arena.

Thankfully, I wasn't the only one to receive praises, seeing Shinso stopping to hear his classmates complimenting his effort was somewhat touching.

Even some heroes were interested in him.

His quirk's nature still being a secret was probably a great boost to his image.

They might consider him capable of minor mind control or something.

I wonder if there are other triggers that can be used to brainwash someone.

Eye to eye contact? Would be like a sharingan genjutsu.

Through some kind of touch? Hard to counter if the user has good physical condition and has the proper training.

Imagine if this quirk worked without triggers! Would be hard even for me to manage.

I walked past the stairs and sent some orders for my clones while asking for their reports.

The one talking to All Might, mentioned the trace of previous users of OFA just to make him see that I was mastering it as well, and that I noticed that he was there too.

Given that he also had those experiences back in his youth just like Midoriya had in canon, I'm sure he didn't doubt me.

As I made my way to my seat with my classmates, Shinso approached me. "So, am I supposed to interpret this as a sign of you accepting my help?"

"Pretty much." He replied. "What do you have in mind?"

I smiled at him and said. "For today, I would recommend you to watch Izuku Midoriya carefully."

"You mean that quirkless kid from Support Class? Why?" He contested.

"He's just like you! By a stroke of luck, he doesn't have a quirk that he can rely on like the others to enter the hero course." I pointed at him sitting along with my classmates. "But as you can see, he still hasn't given up. If you ask me, have both of you fought each other, he would've most likely defeated you. Unless of course, he had no idea of what your quirk was."

"That brat? You can't be serious." He said, narrowing his eyes.

"His first opponent will be someone certainly capable of resisting your brainwash." I pointed out. "After all, Tokoyami's quirk has basically a mind of its own."

From his expression, I saw that he understood my meaning.

We both walked to my group, Momo had saved a seat for me between her and Ochako with Yui besides her, so that we could cheer Reiko together.

Shinso sat behind me, with everyone else asking him about his "amazing quirk".

Especially Midoriya.

Though in Bakugou's case, he only started from a distance. 'I told you about that problem of yours with people, man.'

Anyway, with another clone, I continued speaking with Shinso while I still spent some time with the girls.

Sorry Shinso, we aren't bros yet.

"From what I've been thinking, your quirk will be invaluable for Interrogation or even Crisis negotiation." I told him.

"...I... I haven't really thought about it. That's a relief, I guess." He agreed. "But I want to do more than that."

"No problem, but for that to happen, I would say you need to stop relying only on your quirk. Work out once in a while, ok?" I suggested. "If you wish, I can help you with that! I also know some fighting styles that would be ideal for you. We should see with the support course if they have some kind of voice modulator. With it, you can more easily trick people into answering you back."

"Heh, you've thought about it that far ahead? I guess the rumors about you aren't false." Shinso commented.

"I did offer my help, didn't I? Well... villains make excuses, I make results." I told him before turning to watch the next match.

I knew he was staring at me like I was growing a new head over my shoulders, but I can't rush things with him.

He needs to learn to trust me.

Back to the arena.

From one side I saw Reiko, trying her best to stand straight to face her adversary as an equal.

From the other side, I saw Todoroki coming with a very annoyed expression.

Did Endeavor tell him some words of encouragement? Oh boy.

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(27/10/2020)

*Hope this chapter is of your liking. Anything you wish to ask, feel free to do so.

Thanks as always for your attention and please be safe.

Any problems with my writing, just point them out and I will correct them as soon as possible.

Shoutout to NateWantsToBattle, he was my inspiration for making the show in this chapter. Recommend reading that segment again hearing him singing in the background.

Shinso fans, I want to know how much can I make him stronger without making him lose his appeal to you.