7 Chapter 7: First Day or How Madara Made Heroes Shit Themselves
Being in school after you spent the better part of two lives dodging it was somewhat surreal.
Especially since I was the only student in class 1-A.
In a way this was better than being in a class with students my age, or close to it, especially given that I've already 'graduated' high school and I get bored easily. That's why I spent the entire morning bouncing from class to class and letting my teachers evaluate my skills. At the end of each class the teachers looked somewhat constipated and some of them looked at me with an unreadable expression on their face.
What? Did you expect me to go easy on them? I'm a certified genius with multiple diplomas, I don't need to be taught English, I'm already fluent in 7 languages.
Thankfully it was time for Hero Basic Training with Aizawa since the man became my unofficial mentor.
I came into the training ground dressed in my new battle armor. I spent a lot of time arguing over my costume design with the people from the support department. Thankfully I won the argument. Now most kids would order some flashy costume with a few support items on the side to amp up their quirks in battle, I needed no such amp. Chakra is the undisputed ultimate tool for war in this superpowered world. My costume, if you could call it that was simply armor. It was good looking, not overly flashy and most importantly of all, functional.
Thad a two-part costume made from Kevlar reinforced materials. Tear proof and somewhat bullet proof. Alongside that were specially designed flexible plastic-ceramic plates weaved into my suit. These were designed to stop bullets and shrapnel from penetrating through the cloth layer. I also had shin guards, a chest and back plate and shoulder guards with a high collar to protect my neck. All these were made from thin and highly resistant composites and, while they offered protection were mostly there to serve as anchor points for any other weapons and items I might add in the future. I also had full gloves with metal inserts for increased punching power and reinforced armored boots for the same reason.
The suit was black with the overlaying armor a dark grey, bought having patterns of red lines over them. Say what you will, the armor had to look good so that my hero image is marketable. Is that shallow? Maybe, but it was an undisputed truth in the hero industry and with my original plans for UA utterly destroyed I might as well become the best hero I can be. I always disliked doing things halfway anyways.
Aizawa looked at me impressed
"I suppose it should have expected it, problem child" said Aizawa in a bored tone
Again, with that nickname, what on earth is he talking about. I am a perfect model student.
Though by his smirk I can probably deduce that he is amused by my reaction to the nickname.
"What? Did you honestly expect me to just order up a piece of brightly colored spandex and some padded gloves?" I asked
"That's what most kids would do if they had a quirk like yours" said Aizawa
"Well, most kids are idiots" I replied
The man huffed and put his hands in his pockets
"Ok then, welcome to hero basics. For today I want to test the full extent of your combat power and try to see how it applies to situations you might have to face in the future" said Aizawa
"So basically, today is show and tell" I said
Aizawa looked distinctively unimpressed. I sighed
"Ok, what do you want to know?" I ask
"What is you quirk? And please tell me the truth, not that half-assed bullshit you wrote down in the official paperwork" asked Aizawa
I sat and thought for a moment. I could lie and tell him some bullshit story, but I felt I could trust this guy and it would be better in the long term if I tell him the truth. Plus, I get to mess with him. Heh
"Don't know" I said
Aizawa looked annoyed
"You don't know" he repeated slowly trying to see if he understood me correctly
"Yes, I don't know if I have a quirk" I replied
Now Aizawa looked confused, annoyed, and lost at the same time
"Your quirk can shut down other emitter quirks, the area of quirks that my abilities would fall under, correct" I said
He nodded, not truly seeing where I was going with this
"Use your quirk on me" I said
Aizawa waits a bit before his eyes turn red and his hair stands up. I bring up right hand and form a rasengan in my palm. Aizawa looks at me, then at the rasengan. He blinks and turns on his power again, but nothing happens. After a minute he shuts off his power and I dispel the rasengan
"Huh, so I am quirkless then" I said nonchalantly
Good to know. This means that my value just skyrocketed and I'm in no danger of losing my power to quirk suppressants or other dangers
"Problem child, what the fuck is wrong with you?" asked Aizawa
"Don't know, I'm just that awesome" I said
"How can you be quirkless! I saw you split the earth apart and spit out a fireball in the entrance exam. How the fuck is that not a quirk!" yelled Aizawa looking like he was just about to have a meltdown
"That is chakra" I said
"Huh?" says Aizawa completely lost
"The power I used is called chakra. I was always sensitive to its existence and originally, I just assumed it was a quirk, but as I grew, I began to develop more and more facets to it. For example, chakra boosts my physical strength, speed, endurance, perception and durability as a passive effect of having it inside my body. If I mold it in the correct way those boosts become more pronounced to the point that I can compete with people like All Might. I can also mold chakra in techniques such as the fireball and earth techniques you saw me use in the exam" I said
"So, it's just like an enhancement quirk with some added bonuses?" asked Aizawa
"Not quite. As far as I understand it Chakra is formed my combining a person's physical and mental energies, in the form of yin and yang. By manipulating these specific energies a chakra wielder can form Yin release or Yang release, which when combine gives Yin-Yang release which is a way to assert absolute control over one's own self mind and body and thusly you can affect the world in ways quirks will never be able to. I don't know why I can use chakra, but I do know that every human being on this planet had the theoretical potential to use chakra" I said
"Everyone?" asked Aizawa surprised
"Yes, everyone, however when I tried to teach my brother chakra, he couldn't unlock it and connect his mental and physical energies like I could" I said
"But you could, in theory teach anyone about chakra and how to use it" said Aizawa
"In theory, if I find out how to get passed the natural block against chakra, I could, but I don't think that's a good idea" I said
"Why?" asked Aizawa
looked at him. had to make him understand that the level of power a chakra wielder was able of disking out was far beyond what this world could manage
"Chakra makes me a perfect combatant. With enough chakra and skill, anyone, and I mean anyone could bring down mountains and destroy cities. Quirks, for better or for worse don't have that kind of power" I said
"Do you?" asked Aizawa
"Not quite yet, but it's not long before I do" I answered
Aizawa looked at me before nodding
"Ok, that changes things. Go back and change into something normal. Meet me in the principal's office in half an hour" said Aizawa
I nodded and vanished in a body flicker. Half an hour later I was in the meeting room near the principal's office with the principal, Nezu, Aizawa, and the rest of the teachers looking at me with interest.
"Madara, you know why you're here" began Aizawa
"Actually no, I don't" I replied
"You committed a crime when you did not register your quirk properly with the hero association" said
Vlad King sternly
"I thought I just proved that I'm quirkless" I said
"That doesn't matter. Before you found this out you were content to leave your quirk description as 'energy manipulation'. Still you know of the potential this chakra power of yours had if what little you said to Eraser Head is true. Now I'm not blaming you for this" said Nezu
"But sir- "interjected Vlad King
"All Might himself hasn't described his quirk fully to the hero association and yet he is still the world's number one hero. It's not truly a crime to be vague about one's power and that is what our student did" said Nezu
The principal looked at me expectantly. I sighed and activated my Sharingan. I looked at the teachers with these eyes of mine and I saw them grow somewhat uneasy by my stare
"When I first discovered the true full potential of my powers, was ecstatic. My powers are of such a level that when fully mastered I doubt that even All Might at his prime could stop me, or any truly powerful wielder of chakra for that matter" I said
This brought some worried looks on the teacher's faces. Only Aizawa's remained stone cold.
"That doesn't answer the question as to why you kept it a secret" said Nezu
"We live in an era of quirks where almost any person can have any ability. Is it that farfetched to believe that there is someone out there with the power to take and give quirks at will?" I asked
There was an uneasy silence in the room before finally Aizawa broke it
"When did you figure this out?" he asked
"When I was 7, after my eyes reached their second tomoe and I discovered the elemental manipulation aspect of my chakra" I replied truthfully
Well, it's not so much discovered as it was foreknowledge and finally having a chakra pool of enough quantity and the freedom to be alone for long periods of time so I could start my elemental manipulation training.
"Elemental manipulation?" asked Present Mic surprised
I wanted to reply to him but Nezu cut me off
"That's not important now. Now, Madara you are correct in your assumption. There was once a person with this quirk. He was known as All For One" said Nezu
It took me only a moment to see the connection
"You have got to be shitting me" I said as I looked at Nezu in horror
He nodded, the smile leaving his face.
God dammit All Might. I want my brother to be a hero, but that doesn't mean he has to be on the front lines against a quirk stealing madman that is more than likely over 100 years old.
"I see you put the gist of the story together, but don't worry All Might killed him five years ago" said
Nezu
Well that's a relief. Somewhat. At least I now know who did that much damage to All Might.
remained silent as I mulled the problem I my head
"Ok, so I get why the kid did it, but we still can't teath him all he needs to know about being a hero if he insists on hiding his true abilities from Us" said Vlad
"I don't think that's the case" said Nezu smiling "If he wanted to hide, he wouldn't have told Eraser Head about his theory or asked him to help test it"
I looked at Aizawa who just gave a bored shrug
"I just thought it would be easier to have you present it only once" said the bastard
"You-I have no words, sensei. Truly" I said
"Anyways, let's hear it. I'm dying to know about this" said Snipe
"Firstly, I want your word that this will not spread outside of UA. This knowledge that I'm about to share is dangerous" I said
"You have our word" said Nezu as the others nodded
"Right. As I told Aizawa-sensei Chakra is formed from mental energies, Yin and physical energies,
Yang" I said
"We know, Aizawa told us about your potential with Yin-Yang release as you call it" said Midnight
I snorted "You know nothing of the amount of power a user of Yin-Yang release has. Just as an example one of the techniques I theorize might be possible is called Creation Of All Things" I said
That and Truth-Seeking Orbs and Six Paths Sage
Mode and other crazy bullshit that come as a package with it.
The teachers felt chills down their spines at their
student's words.
"Anyways I split up the abilities of chakra in three main categories: Taijutsu, Ninjutsu and Genjutsu" | said
I noticed that Nezu looked very interested and that Ectoplasm had a clone with a pen in hand taking
notes
"Taijutsu is the art of augmenting one's body with chakra to boost one's power and speed. You saw me use taijutsu for most of the entrance exam.
This is the form of chakra usage I have most experience in using since performing taijutsu doesn't require actual chakra usage. I managed to create a style of combat separate from the one witch you saw me use in the exam witch I call
Gentle Fist" I said
"How is it different?" asked Midnight
"Gentle Fist relies on precise strikes on an opponent's body to inject chakra so that it would do damage to his muscles, nerves and internal organs without actually harming the skin. Useful against hardening type quirk users and others that rely on their skin as a form of protection. In contrast the Strong Fist, which you saw me use in the exam, focuses on dealing external damage using chakra to augment my own body's strength, speed and durability" I said
Stealing the style of the Hyuga Clan was a pain, but there were martial artists that taught me the precision required for the gentle fist and since it doesn't need to shut down chakra nodes, a Sharingan has sufficient visual acuity to use it. The rest was me practicing on stumps in the forest and wild animals that I had hunted. Gouken aka Strong Fist was easier since that was just punching the shit out of people and there were plenty of styles that did that and worked wonderfully when I added chakra to them.
"That is impressive" said Vlad King
Having two distinct fighting styles almost mastered by 14 was a feat no one truly expected of a student
"Thank you, but I'm not finished. Through the careful use of chakra to coat my fist or foot and it's explosive release from a compressed state a single punch from me using Strong Fist is able to do damage close to that of one of All Might's punches if I want it to" I said
"What! Seriously?" asked Mic
Inodded "By my calculations if I increase the compression ratio of the chakra I use in my super strength technique I should be able to pulverize a small mountain in a single punch"
Tsunade super strength for the win.
The teachers looked somewhat nervous at that
"Well, that's certainly impressive, what about- "said
Cementos but I cut him off
"I'm not finished" I said
A hushed silence fell on the room
"The final technique I have for taijutsu is one I have yet to try to develop because of the inherent danger it poses, not only to those around me but to myself as well" I said "I call it the Eight Inner Gates"
"What does it do?" asked Recovery girl
"At any given time, I use at most 20% of my full power. The eight gates are limiters my body has in place to ensure this limit is kept" I said
"Don't tell me- "began Aizawa dreading the answer
I nodded
"This technique allows me to open these gates and bring out the full power of my body, however it comes at the cost of incredible pain and ligament damage if overused" I said
"Heh, Plus Ultra, am I right?" said Mic trying and failing dispel the gloomy atmosphere
"Each gate is named for a specific thing it unlocks.
The Gate of Opening allows the use of 100% of a person's muscle, the Gate of Healing re-energize the body, allowing you to fight through exhaustion.
The Gate of Life brings your cardiovascular system to full capacity to ensure proper nutrition and oxygenation of the body, the Gate of Pain disables the body's normal pain receptors and boosts pain tolerance to inhuman levels but it begins to damage the muscles, the Gate of Limit boosts all abilities, including those that fall under the category of ninjutsu but it can cause stress fractures in the bones. The sixth Gate of View is a further boost added onto the Gate of Limit as the user begins to emit an aura of chakra. I theorize that anyone who achieves this level or at least the previous one will be able to physically contend with All Might as he is now one on one" I said
I let that sink in. The room was silent, and I was looked at in reserved awe while Aizawa looked slightly terrified
"The seventh Gate of Wonder will cause the body to start overheating, the user gaining a blue aura as their own seat begins to evaporate. At this level the user can create air blasts powerful enough to destroy entire cities" I said
The Hirudora comes to mind in this situation.
The teachers looked shocked
"I don't think I even what to know about the last one" mumbled a sweating Present Mic
"I don't think I even what to know about the last one" mumbled a sweating Present Mic
"The eight gate grants one power tens of times stronger that the seventh. It is the ultimate power an average human being can wield, but it comes at the greatest of all costs" I said
"Dear lord, don't tell me" said a trembling
Recovery girl
"Death is the price of using the final stage of the Eight Gate Formation by unlocking the full power of the Eight Gate of Death. It grants one the power to enact their dying will, their final resolution when all is lost and there is no other way than to sacrifice oneself for the greater good. When opened, the user will be cloaked in a shroud of blood red vapor formed from his own boiling blood. The full use of the eight gates will last anywhere from five minutes to half an hour, depending on how fast the user burns through his chakra reserves" | said
This was the technique that Might Guy used to deal an almost deadly blow to Six Paths Madara.
Nothing in this world can match such power, not yet at least.
By this point even the principal was sweating
"What you described right now, that's a suicide technique" said Ectoplasm with mild horror in his voice
"Bear in mind, this is only theoretical, but I haven't been wrong before and I know I'm not wrong now.
The Eight Gates can only be used to their fullest if one dedicates their entire lives to mastering and studying the Strong Fist taijutsu style. Not something I plan on doing when I have other options", I said
"There is more? Shit, kid what kind of monster are you!" asked Mic looking at me with scared eyes
"The good kind, now can I continue?" I asked
"Yes, go on" said Nezu
"Ninjutsu is any kind of technique that involves using chakra to make alteration to the physical world. Firstly, you must understand that mastering chakra comes with certain requirements such as being able to control it. By increasing my control over chakra, I can modulate the power, area of effect and size of my ninjutsu while also boosting taijutsu. I have pretty good chakra control which allows me to use chakra to stick myself to any vertical or horizontal surface and walk on water" I said
"Come on! That's seriously unfair! You can walk on water" yelled out Mic as he threw his hands in the
air
"Calm down Mic" said Aizawa
"C'mon Shota, how can you be so calm. The kid's already a monster in hand to hand combat and now he tells me there's more than shooting fireballs. He can walk on water, walk on water for fuck's sake. At this rate we might as well call the kid a god and be done with it" yelled Mic
I hummed "Well actually..."
"Don't you dare answer that, problem child!" snapped Aizawa at me while the rest of the teachers looked horrified at me
"Can I go on? There's still much more to cover" I said
Aizawa glared at Mic who wisely shut up and returned to his seat from where he had shot up on two feet.
"Continue please" said Nezu
"Right, that's chakra control. It also helps boost my chakra capacity since chakra's like a muscle. Based on my chakra capacity I have a finite number of techniques I can use before I need to rest and eat to replenish it. Moving on is chakra shape mañipulation" I said
The teachers looked at me as I raised my hand and on it a rasengan bloomed to life with a whirl. I saw everyone in the room in awe at the small rotating ball of power
"This is the Rasengan and it's a technique I originally designed to help me better understand chakra shape manipulation. However, it can be used to strike at an opponent and get though one's defense since it shreds whatever its touches" I said, utter bullshit for the first part, but the truth for the second
The teachers leaned back from the dangerous little ball as of it was about to bite them
"Still, it's incomplete" I said
"Incomplete?" asked Midnight
"Yeah, the component necessary to complete it is Nature Transformation and elemental manipulation" I said
Aizawa and Mic smashed their head in the table with a groan and a silent prayer of 'kill me now'. I continued nonplused
"There are five main nature types from what l've found with possible subtypes that l've yet to dissover. The main are Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth and Water. So far, I have only mastered Fire, Earth and Water Release" I said
Iraised my hand and on it a flicker of flame appeared, a bit of earth was sitting, and water was flowing in a circle.
Ectoplasm and Midnight joined Aizawa and Mic in banging their heads on the table while Nezu had a highly distinctive sheen of sweat on his fur
"Next up there are the actual techniques I created through the use of hand seals" I said
"Hand seals?" asked Nezu curiously
"Yeah, I discovered that certain movements of my hands have a distinct impact on my chakra that helps mold it into what I want faster than doing it by pure will power and it's more precise in execution as well as wasting less chakra. So far, I have only a few elemental ninjutsu and some supplementary ones. None of them are water style though since I just finished mastering it before the semester started" | said
"I think I'm going to die" whispered Mic
"Oh, please you have one class with problem child,
I'm his homeroom teacher" spat out Aizawa
I winced. God, how pathetic can they be?
"Anyways, my elemental ninjutsu so far are only god for dealing damage or other tasks that require excessive force, so l have other jutsu to compensate such as the body flicker and flash step" I said
"What do they do?" asked Nezu curiously
"They're mostly the same and mobility based.
Basically, they allow me to move at high speeds. I only use flash step in combat though since it's to impractical over long distance and I never meant for it to be used as anything other than fast relocation on the battlefield" I said
"Oh, good, and the last one, you said it was genjutsu?" asked Nezu with a hopeful expression
"No, I have more" I said
Nezu's expression froze as I continued
"I have the replacement technique which allows me to replace myself with objects of a similar mass almost instantly to get out of the way of an attack, then there's the transformation technique with is a type of illusion that I cast over my body to look like someone or something else and there is the shadow clones" I said
"Shadow clones?" asked Ectoplasm
lout my hands in the iconic sign and beside me two clones burst into existence
"Shadow clones are solid chakra constructs of the wielder, capable of independent intelligent action and being able to utilize the entire skillset of the caster. They suffer from a lack of durability though, since one good hit is enough to pop it" I said and demonstrated by punching the clone on my right
"They can also be used for scouting or to accelerate learning since they transfer all they learn back to the user when they are dispelled along with any remaining chakra they might have. I can only do 4 at a time now since they're so taxing on my chakra"
Nezu was openly crying and the other teachers were equally looking at me as if I committed some grave sin against the world
"Is there more?" asked Nezu
"Uh, only genjutsu and Sharingan" I said
Aizawa sobbed
"Anyways, genjutsu is the art of casting illusions with chakra and as far as I can tell there's no limit to what I can do with it and it can only be undone by either extreme willpower, pain or a small pulse of chakra" | said
"So,perfect, unbreakable illusions on top of everything else?" asked Cementos
"Um, yes?" I answers-asked
Cementos looked to the sky "This is god punishing us for our sins" he said
I sweat dropped. Can't these guys be more optimistic?
"Anyways, I still have to talk about my Sharingan" I said
"And what godly technique is that?" asked Aizawa sarcastically
"It's not a technique" I said
This piqued their interest and I waited until they were all looking at me in the eyes.
"Everything I've said so far can be learned by everyone if they put their back into it enough. The Sharingan can't be learned" I said
"So, what is the Sharingan?" asked Aizawa
"These are" I said pointing at my eyes
Everyone looked confused
"They are a special ocular power unique to me and me alone since as far as I know my brother can't awaken them" I said
Aizawa choked and went white along with the rest of the teachers
"You have a brother" whispered Midnight as if she suddenly remembering something
"A twin actually" I said
Vlad was crying
"Don't worry he can't use chakra" I said
I peeved me a little to see the entire room breathe a sigh of release
"In fact, he's training right now with All Might to strengthen his newfound quirk" I said with a sadistic grin
"Oh" said Nezu as the teachers paled again
Serves them right, jackasses
"Yeah, well anyways, these eyes of mine grant me access to two abilities the Eye of Insight and the Eye of Hypnotism" I said
The entire room looked resigned
"The Eye of Insight allows the bearer to see through the movements of an enemy and increases one's perception to such levels that even a decent chakra wielder can't stand up against a competent Sharingan bearer in a one on one taijutsu match. They can also see chakra and allow the bearer to recall instantly and perfectly everything they've seen with the Sharingan to the point that they can copy taijutsu moves. It also removes the usual weakness of tunnel vison that I would have had when using body flicker and flash step" I said and pause
The teachers looked at me blankly
"Right, the Eye of Hypnotism allows me to cast illusion though eye contact and I suspect it allows me to hypnotize people into doing what I want, such as giving me information. I haven't tried it yet, but I think I can use them to cast illusions on my opponent mid battle and get him to mess up to gain an opening" I said
"Anything else?" asked Nezu who was still crying
"Not really... oh yes. I can also use my chakra as a sonar to sense people and I can recognize them based on their chakra signatures and I still must tell you about those two forbidden techniques" I said
"Forbidden techniques?" asked Recovery girl with a noticeable amount of dread
I nodded "Izanami and Izanagi, two techniques that are only available to Sharingan users and I call them forbidden because they have the same relative cost as the eight gates" I said
The teachers shivered
"The first one is Izanagi. With this technique the user can alter reality and turn it into an illusion and turn illusion into reality, it's a juts that has the power to decide fate and it can even restore the dead" I said
The teachers looked like they've been slapped as they looked at me with horror
"Such power" whispered Midnight
"Izanagi is a technique based in Yin-Yang release.
This should give you an idea of just how powerful chakra is" I said
"But still, to rewrite reality in such a way that you can bring back the dead" whispered Aizawa
"The cost of using this technique is the loss of sight within one eye. I suspect that if I ever use this techhique would be because I died" I said
The teachers shivered at my words
"And Izanami? Honestly Madara, I'm afraid to ask" said Nezu
"If Izanagi is the jutsu that alters fate then Izanami is the one which decides fate. When cast the target is stuck within an infinite loop until they take the correct course of action that the caster intended.
Izanami also causes blindness within one eye" I said
I fell silent as I waited for a reply. It took some time before Aizawa spoke up
"Overpowered Problem Child, you can go home for today. We need to have a talk, so come back tomorrow, ok?" asked Aizawa
"Ok" I said and vanished in a body flicker
returned to normal speed outside UA and grinned with a murder face that had almost every student in the vicinity running away screaming and my namesake probably feeling very satisfied with himself wherever he was. Messing with the teachers was fun.
Furthermore, I needed them to realize just how powerful lam and could be. Still, if they reacted like this to the snippets of information about Izanami and Izanagi, I don't think that their hearts would survive if told them about the Mangekyou Sharingan or Rinnegan and their broken OP abilities.
Ever since the day that I met All Might at the beach
I've been thinking and because my plan to coast though UA is mostly shot to hell and back I might as well do something relatively out of the ordinary for me.
I'm going to take All Might's place as the pillar that supports society. The man is at the end of his time anyways and Izuku won't be ready to take on the burden any time soon. I need to think about the new information I gained about the so-called king of the underworld.
All For One, your time is done and I will see your legacy shattered.
