Chapter four-five: It gets real

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Four

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After leaving the shower, Izuku headed to the classroom to talk with Mr.Aizawa. It was about a recent event regarding the injury of a student, at least that's what he thought. Although it seems the most accurate, his reckless actions caused it. But faint reminders of what Mina said, You were in the moment, so don't beat yourself down!

It left a little faith in his heart.

Arriving at the classroom, It was only Aizawa and Ashido in there. I guess he wanted it private.

Entering, he stood beside Ashido who wasn't smiling this time. I guess she's nervous as well

"Now that you're both here, I won't start with your rash behavior during your battle.", he first looked over at Ashido, " It was you who noticed a slight change about him, correct?".

" Yes. I saw that his horns changed color." Mina answered honestly. Aizawa nodded and said, " That's great that you're keeping an eye out on the small things, even in battle"

She didn't give any reaction. Even with the praise, there was still the punishment, and they both were prepared.

"Now Midoriya-San. I already know that she told you about, am I right?". Izuku nodded swiftly," Yes... but I ignored her and continued without a second thought", he ducked down his head in sorrow. Getting a nudge in his side, Ashido shook her head. He nodded back and put his head back up.

" In any case, I'd like to tell you that I've had high hopes for you two. you've placed a good impression on me, and it only strengthens as you guys scrolled up the mini-tournament I set up. It's hard to impress me, so take that to heart."

Their spirits raised a bit. He had impressed the one who claims to be hard to impress. Though, he could be lying to himself...who knows.

" However, there's something you two must work on, and I think it's pretty obvious— Trust."

It's sad to admit but...

" Yes, I mean trust. Midoriya-san, I know you already have trust in Ashido-san, but you let it slip— Ashido, you don't have trust in yourself. Take charge if necessary... Forget the if, take charge when it's right."

Trust in herself? But she has plenty of trust in herself!

" If you don't have any questions, I wanted to talk about your quirk Improvement, Midoriya," Aizawa told. " My quirk improvement?"

"Of course! At the start, you emitted smoke. Now you emit acid. That's an improvement, right?" Aizawa confirmed.

"Yeah, I guess."

Aizawa looked at the time. He paused and looked back, at the two and said, " We've out of time for now. I just wanted to talk to you about how you're gonna approach this but it seems will either continue this another time or you're gonna figure it out yourself."

While walking out, he said, " The choice is yours Midoriya. Ashido, remember what I said."

After he left, the duo stood there. The silence was among them. Izuku got quite uncomfortable, so he tried to break the silence, but Ashido was first. " That was strange wasn't it?"

She gave a rough laugh, moving in front of Midoriya. " Y-yeah, I honestly thought we were gonna get in trouble. I guess not."

" Today was a little much for me. And I'm beat! I'm gonna go home, see you tomorrow Midoriya-kun!~" She said with glee, walking out the room. Understandably, it was the end of the day. He too was also tired, feeling still guilty for what he'd done, to Hagakure and dragging Ashido into the mess. Yet, Aizawa said that she needs trust in herself. It puzzled him, She seemed to have lots of trust.

The next day came by quickly. Everyone gave off a little depressing aura. The memory of Hagakure being hurt was still there.

As Izuku entered the room, he felt stares at him. Taking a glance, he saw everyone looking at him.

Why is this so familiar? I feel like an outcast...just like back then... Everyone staring at me!... Why do you hate me?! What did I do to deserve this?!

" Hey. Hey! Guys, it wasn't on purpose. I-it was just training, r-right Midoriya-"

Hagakure was attempting to stop this awkward atmosphere, but she cut off by looking over Midoriya for help. Midoriya was glaring, murderously. It was like a dark beast was looming behind him. Shutter came among the class. No one had moved a single muscle as Izuku stormed the class with his glare.

" Hey Midoriya!~", a sudden attack by his horns happened. The effect set upon the class clicked off and Izuku had grown red. " A-ashido-san!"

While holding on to his horns, Ashido asked, " What was going on in here? It feels so weird"

"I don't know... But can you let go of my horns, please!" Izuku begged!

" Nope!"

Izuku gave a heavy sigh, whilst Ashido just grinned at him.

The truth, he didn't mind her action

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Five

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" Alright, now that you're settled down, I can announce something you probably already know"

Aizawa was stood upfront, not in his sleeping bag this time. It was about the third week since school started. Everyone had already forgotten or forgiven the incident, yet, Izuku had not let it go.

" In the following, today you'll be going to USJ. A training facility made by Yuuei, of course. I'll explain more at the facility, just be prepared— Now for something else. You all handed in your costume blueprints. And they're all done for today, so, " he pressed a button, then revealing twenty suitcases from a wall " Pick out yours, by seat number, and go change. Meet me outside by the buses please."

He walked as everyone scrambled to their cases. Izuku laid out his hand and activated his telekinesis. His case picked up and hovered to him. He let it on his hands and stood up.

" Finally I got my costume! " the known Pinky said with glee. Izuku looked in front, Ashido smiling very tightly while clutching the case close. " Yeah. I just hope it doesn't look too bad." Izuku told, scratching the back of his head.

" I'm sure you have a good sense of fashion," Ashido said giving a thumbs up. " I didn't t make it off of style, however. I made it to benefit me and my quirk. So that's why I'm hoping it doesn't look bad."

Ashido thought, then shrugged, " There's no point in worrying about it. You'll probably be able to change it later."

" Guess you're right."

Ashido started walking away saying, " Let's go change. Meet you on the bus. ". Izuku nodded and followed. Both went into their locker rooms moments later. All the males seemed to be there already. To not be left behind, he quickly unpacked. After opening, he pulled out a cyan based shirt with black lines going down the sides of the sleeves and a box-like shape on the sides of his chest. Then he had cyan based pants, with a black knee pad( No steel piston shoes. That and no finger flick gloves)

Lastly, he pulled out a mask filter. (it was the same shape as his original mask) However, when he isn't using it, he set it on his neck bone area. It was designed with sharp teeth and fangs to represent his dragon side, so to speak. He put everything on and noticed everyone was gone. So Izuku sprinted outside, hoping to not be left behind.

Slowly down his rush, he stepped to where everyone was. Yaoyorozu was giving out rules that seemed fair. Iida on the other hand was trying out a seating order. ' That's right those two are class presidents. Yaoyorozu being the class president and Iida being the secondary one.'

Aizawa told them to get on and quiet down the noise if possible.

" Midoriya, your costume looks amazing!~" Ashido exclaimed. Midoriya sat down, The frog quirk, Asui, was on his left and Ashido on his right. " What do you think Tsuyu?" She asked her.

Asui glanced at Midoriya. Then putting her index finger on her lip, she said, " I think it looks nice ribbit "

Flattered, Izuku mumbled " Thanks. But both of yours looks nice as well. Could you tell me how you came up with it? I can share my process." he held up his mask, " This is mask is to filter and let out my fire breathe, or other components but I've yet to figure out what those other components are. Also, I wanted to make up some gloves to help my telekinesis but that's still in the process."

Ashido blinked at him. " I didn't think that much into it. The only the I came up with that helps was, " She lifted her feet, " My shoes. It has holes in the bottom so my acid can come out. It helps my movement, making the ground slick. "

Izuku remembered he had his patch where his book was. He pulled it out and a pencil. Flipping to a blank page and wrote: 'Ashido Mina, Quirk Acid. Hero costume: Her costume is very fashionable. A white scarf that lays on her neck, her whole costume stops around her breast and wraps on her shoulder. It was a cyan [note to self, ask for correct color] like the color that has purple splashes all around.

Equipment: So far she has boots with holes, allowing acid to come out and liquefy the ground she travels on, Improving her movement.

Quirk: Said above, it's acid. She releases it from her body, typically her hands and feet. [ NTS: update later once given or ask for more information.] '

he flipped to a new page as Asui explained hers, writing something similar format to Ashido's page.

As she finished, Asui mentioned something, " Midoriya, Could you tell me why he's been glaring at you this whole time?"

He, confused, looked behind her to see him snarling at him. He jumped back and avoided eye contact, " I-I have no I-idea.". She closed her eyes and said, " With that look, there's no way he can make friends.". Izuku gasped. Was she trying to piss him off, he thought. Bakugo stood up from his seat and growled, " Whatcha say Frog legs?!".

" She's not wrong. You're bad trash mixed with hot garbage." the yellowed haired one shrugged. Izuku felt he was gonna faint from these insults. Peered one eye at Bakugo who was fierce.

Aizawa let out from his seat, " Now now everyone. Let's stop petting our feisty Chihuahua."

He got a laugh from everyone and a small giggle from Midoriya. The class continued to tease Bakugo as he sat down and dealt with it. Soon enough, they made it to USJ. Stepping off the bus and chatting about the recent activity.

We had walked inside the doors of this huge facility, then seeing a person in a suit. " Here is Thirteen. (I don't know the gender so) She'll explain everything."

Aizawa stepped to the side and let Thirteen speak. " Once again, My name is Thirteen, and here is USJ. You're probably wondering what are you gonna do in this place. Well, you'll be going against villains"

The class got confused, hearing a few gasps. " slash... Heroes that volunteered, but think of them as villains. I should've said that first— Anyways, you'll be split into groups of four then put into one of the six different zones. The group you'll be in and the scenario will all depend on your quirk. And to let you know right now, the villain has an advantage."

" Is that what you meant by being prepared, Aizawa-sensei?" Yaoyorozu asked. Aizawa nodded. " Exactly. Not in every situation, you'll be in will be fair. Adapt to everything. Now then, I'll tell the groups and get started. Once you enter the area, no coming out until the opponent is defeated or you are not able to continue."

Aizawa grew a smile, a freakish one " And if you can't win at the end of the day, you're expelled. Good luck. Now the team's are-"

" Wait Wait wait wait, you must be kidding right?" The purple-haired girl said.

The grin didn't disappear as he said, " No."

The teams were getting announced. Midoriya was paired with Asui Tsuyu, Tokoyami Fumikage, and Uraraka Ochaco. The area was a burning city. Automatically, He knew his disadvantages, however, he still had to try it out to see if he was wrong.

" Okay, Let's get a rundown on everyone's quirks so then we can make a plan." Midoriya requested, grouping with them next to the area entrance. Tokoyami spoke out first, " Mines is Dark shadow.". A shadowy figure appeared behind him waving.

" Any flaws?"

" Dark shadow doesn't work well in lit places, such as the city" He answered, then Dark shadow back away and said, " It's lit! "

Midoriya nodded and went to Tsuyu, " Asui, I think I already know what your challenge is in this situation.". Asui didn't say anything back, trusting his process.

" Uraraka, what's yours?"

" Zero gravity, " She answered, " Anything I touch is weightless.". Midoriya thought, Why would she be put in an area like this? Her quirk isn't affected by anything here.

" Maybe it's the fact you have to touch objects," Fumikage told, crossing his arms. Asui nodded with " And all, if not most, of the objects, are dangerously hot or on fire. Even if you do touch them, you'll burn your hands."

Midoriya sat down. He got the information he needed and now was trying strategies.

Moments later, he stood up and got everyone's attention. " Here's how we can fix our problems, at least to a better place."

They all understood well, hoping it'll work. As Aizawa told, over the earpieces, to start, they walked in. They could feel the heat from outside, but now it was intense. " This area would be perfect for Katchan," Midoriya mumbled. Uraraka glanced over at him and said, " Who is that?".

" Oh uh, what. He's the explosion quirk one." He told.

" Oh, Bakugo is Katchan? I'm guessing that's just a nickname. As yours must be Deku, right?" Uraraka asked, sweeping some lingering smoke. Midoriya got quieter, " It's more of a... Insult. The meaning is supposed to be Worthless."

" That's not very nice-"

A loud crackling noise came from their surroundings. They stood close, looking around for anything. Nothing was to be seen. At least until something came bursting through a building, making smoke fill the air. Izuku put his mask on to see it'll work. Not even for a second, smoke came in. He took it off and coughed. That's why he was put here. He can't use his breath side without inhaling too much smoke.

" Tokoyami! Can you fan out the smoke?" Midoriya asked, wiping the cloud of smoke. Tokoyami pulled out dark shadow and replied, " On it!". In a few seconds, the vision was getting clearer. Soon enough, something was off.

A firey figure stood out in front of them, burning up and hotter than ever.