Different Perspectives and Gratitude

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The students didn't really know what to expect at first. Their teacher confirmed his age during the girl's questioning, they started doubting the training he could give them.

Sure, Allan was a great hero. His speed was said to be unmatched, even his haters couldn't disprove that his speed was likely as great as that of All Might. The people that had seen the fight between the two would even say that he was faster.

But he shouldn't have as much experience as a teacher. From what was made public, they knew that he had acted as a vigilante for about 4 years.

Then he gained a license and worked as a hero for approximately 1 more year. He shouldn't have had much time to teach others.

After the girls talked a bit about Allan's answers to the guys, the exercise started.

They didn't expect the clones. Izuku remarked that the ability was similar to Ectoplasm's quirk. But he couldn't have been more wrong. The way the clones morphed to match their opponents freaked out some of the students.

When the clones started using their powers more proficiently than them it became concerning. It was discouraging to see just how stronger they had to become to overcome a pro hero.

But this was to be expected, Allan was one of the strongest heroes in Japan, they might have been a bit overconfident.

In the beginning, some believed that landing a hit on a clone shouldn't be a problem. That belief was short-lived.

Midway through the exercise, most of the students had stopped trying to hit the clones entirely. They started trying to study their teacher's moves. Attempting to analyse new ways of using their abilities from his clones.

Two students, however, kept going, filled with indignation. Shoto hadn't managed to even touch the clone of his young teacher.

It was a strange feeling seeing the clone copy everything about his move-set. He had even thought of using his fire out of frustration, but he quickly snuffed out the idea(hehe). He didn't want to use his fathers powers in the end.

Bakugo was a lot more agitated. He was a bit angry and agitated. He didn't care as much that the clone in front of him was copying his every move. What made him enraged was that the gap between him and Allan hadn't shortened at all.

He wasn't even able to defeat a clone of his childhood rival... It gave him a strange feeling. It made him look back on the times he had tried to fight Allan back in junior high. He had never been taken seriously by his tall rival.

His anger was growing more and more. But it was not directed at anyone but himself. His pride was wounded, but he couldn't blame Allan for that.

Bakugo and Shoto were both trying their best to deal damage to the clone in front of them.

In the end, neither managed to learn much, both of them being too concentrated on their respective egos. Being tunnel-visioned on something worthless was a damaging hobby...

Even Mineta managed to learn some things from the clone in front of him. It kept throwing balls in his direction, they latched on to him and immobilized him.

First, the clone targeted his feet, like he usually does. But then it started going for joints, his knees, elbows, underarms. He even created a string of balls that he used as a whip, entangling him in them.

It managed to incapacitate him quickly, but the balls disappeared every time Mineta lost. Giving him more and more ideas on how to use his abilities.

Him and the other students all started looking up to their new teacher. It seems that despite having a similar age to them, he still had a lot to teach them.

In the eyes of most students, Allan was a genius at fighting. No one could replicate so many styles so quickly. It was simply impossible. But he had done it, not showing even a bit of tiredness.

And it would've been impossible, had it not been for him remembering some of their styles and quirks from the anime. But the students had no way of knowing that.

Some could've theorized that Allan had analyzed their fighting styles from recordings of their previous exercises, but that wouldn't have made it much less impressive.

They were also too concentrated on training to think too deeply into this.

From how Allan had described his own quirk to the students, he needed to control the action of every clone individually. He split his attention in 20 different directions. That alone was a shocking thought.

Adding to the fact that he was copying all of their styles in real-time and managing to fight them to a standstill whilst holding back. It humbled some of them a bit.

__________POV Allan__________

As my allocated two hours were coming to an end I started gathering the students. The time had gone quickly, this exercise was great training for me too. It was more mentally tiring than anything, but it let me exercise control over my recent awakening.

When the students arrived at my location they all looked tired, but they seemed to be filled with confidence. Well, everyone besides Bakugo and Shoto. I guess I need to think of something different for the two of them.

I'll do this exercise regularly from now on, I'll call it 'Mirror Training'. At least I can also do it tomorrow with class 1-B.

Looking over the students, I couldn't help but smile a bit.

"Looks like most of you gained something..." My lazy smile seemed to radiate some pride now.

Iida responded, quickly bowing his head at a 90-degree angle."Teacher! I apologise for being disrespectful during the entrance exam."

I just swatted the matter off, "Don't worry, you didn't know who I was. It's understandable..."

He seemed a bit relieved after those words.

"That was it! Next week you will be doing the same thing. We will continue this training until you manage to defeat my clones." Most of them seemed happy at this. At least I didn't have to think of something new for everybody. Only Bakugo and Todoroki...

Well, Bakugo should be fine, he's smart enough to start learning after a while. But Shoto is too fixated, always holding back and refusing to learn...

I unknowingly released a sigh. No one should've heard me, the students were already going towards the changing rooms.

But Ochako was still there. Standing in front of me, looking a bit anxious.

"What's wrong Ochako?" My question broke her out of her stupor. She was likely stressing out about how to approach this. But it should be simple enough...

"Do you remember me? I-I mean when I was younger you saved me from a burning apartment in this city..." She looked at me for a bit.

I purposefully looked at her for a bit before answering. "Yeah, I think I remember you. Hope you didn't have any problems afterwards..."

"I just wanted to thank you! My parents also wanted to do so, but you disappeared too quickly..." She was talking while looking down. This was truly the female version of Izuku.

From what I remember she wasn't from Musutafu. Her parents were likely visiting some relatives or something and they decided to take her with them.

I sighed, again."I'm a hero, don't worry too much about it." Her eyes widened a bit, she looked at me in shock.

"I appreciate the gratitude though." My lazy smile turned into a reassuring one. As she also started smiling happily.

She went off after a while, she tried to invite me to her home so that her parents get to thank me properly. But I dissuaded her, there was no need for that, I also had a lot to do.

Her parents lived in another prefecture, it would be too time-consuming.

After she left, I stood there for a while. After having some quiet for a few minutes I dialled Shinso and told him to grab Naijeru and meet me at the Gym.

I still needed to start training the two of them after all.

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That's all folks! For today anyway.

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