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Izuku griminced at the disapproving look on Nedzu’s face. “I thought that these students would take the news a lot better. However, you could have dealt with that in a much better fashion; but with the reaction they had I can’t really blame you.” Izuku sat down and rubbed his temples. “I honestly don’t think that anyone is going to want me in their class anymore.” He watched Nedzu shrug.
“We’ll see, they are having an argument over the matter. I am not surprised Shota has yet to get up from his spot.” Izuku walked over to Nedzu’s desk and watched as the class became divided due to the argument. He saw Shota on the floor queenly listening to every word that was said. Shota slowly got up, the class barely noticed.
“Enough.” Shota said in a low growl with his quirk on. The entire class shut up in an instance. “It is not up to you if Izuku gets to stay or not. Keep your opinions of him to yourselves. If I see any sign of discrimination I will not hesitate to expel you.” He promptly left the room leaving a flabbergasted group of teenagers behind.
Izuku watched him enter the office soon after. “You ready for tomorrow?” He watched his angry classmates slowly leave the classroom. He sighed and nodded. This was going to be a crazy adventure.
{next day}
This time Izuku wasn't going to 1-A first. He would go to Nedzu for a lesson with him, a lesson with the support class, then he had to go with 1-A for his English class and his lesson with All Might. Shota had let it slip that today they were going to be able to get their costumes. Him and his class were going to practice with their quirks in them just to get comfortable in the costumes.
He didn’t really like the idea of having to do the lesson with All Might but there really wasn’t much he could do about it. For now he was going to enjoy the time he had with Nedzu.
Izuku knocked three rhythmic times on the door and a warm “come in!” was heard from the other side of the door. He walked in and greeted Nedzu. “Izuku! Are you ready for your first lesson with me?” Izuku nodded eagerly. They both got to work on teaching Izuku how to blackmail people.
“So record everything, make sure I have a copy of said recording or other evidence I may collect, and make sure that the blackmails never get out unless I need it.” Nedzu clapped his paws together. “Perfect summary!” Izuku glowed at the praise. “Now I think it’s time for your support class!” Izuku nodded enthusiastically. Honestly at this point anything is better than having a lesson with All Might. He skipped down the hall and opened the door. He was greeted with a lovely explosion.
Izuku covered his ears and pressed his back against the wall next to the door. He slowly took his hands away and realized the explosion was made by a girl with pink hair. “Hatsume! We have a new student and you’re going to scare him off! My god…” Powerloader walked over to him. “Sorry about her, she makes explosions frequently.” He guided Izuku to the front of the class. “Everyone, this is Izuku. He likes to make designs but has not been able to find someone to make his designs. Any takers?”
Izuku swallowed when no one raised their hand. Then out of nowhere the girl with pink hair’s hand shooted up in the air. “Oh! Oh! I’ll take him! We’ll make great babies together!” Izuku furrowed his eyebrows at the mention of “babies” but then Powerloader introduced her to him. “Alright then, Izuku, this is Mei Hatsume. She calls her inventions ‘babies’. Hatsume this is Izuku. He makes designs but needs help actually making them a reality.” Hatsume jumped up and down from her spot.
“Call me Mei!” Izuku smiled. “Call me Izuku” The both shook hands and instantly Izuku was pulled into her world. “Okay so I haven't been able to get this to work. I triple checked everything was right but every time I turn it on it just completely malfunctions!” Izuku looked it over and he was extremely impressed at the accuracy of everything.
“You have these wires mixed up.” Izuku simply said. “What!?” Mei looked inside and saw where Izuku was pointing. “You’re a lifesaver!” Mei quickly did the fix. “Okay! Now let’s look at your designs!” Mei placed her invention away from the table. Izuku nodded and quickly pulled out his designs. “I understand most things for making some of my designs, it's just I never had the right tools.” He placed them spread out on the table. Mei picked one up.
It was one about a headset that he wanted with his hero costume. She also picked up another sketch of the bracelet that Izuku had drawn. The bracelet was meant to check everyone’s vitals and condition. “We can start working on the headset.” Mei said. Izuku nodded.
As soon as she saw Izuku’s confirmation she flung herself on him and measured his head size. “Okay, let's start with the base. I know a bit of coding but not much to be able to make some of the things you want on the visor possible. I can help with the muttering about info of heroes or villains and like the storage. Definitely on the phone calls but the vitals one is going to be hard.” Izuku nodded. “Yeah I can do that part, all of it actually.” Mei smiled. “Great! You work on the coding and I work on the headset itself!”
They both got to work and Powerloader was left surprised when he saw Izuku and Hatsume begin to work together. Most of her class was frightened of her or found her weird. “Izuku! What about these shoes?” Izuku looked away from his computer. “Oh those shoes are technically crocs but I need them a bit adjusted. They are going to be part of my hero costume too but I want to work on the headset for now.” Mei nodded.
“I think I can work on this tomorrow and then have them ready when you come again!” Izuku nodded but then grimaced when he realized he now had to tell Mei about his double jointed toe. “Um Mei just to let you know that the shoes are going to have to be for a double jointed toe…” Mei didn’t even look up from what she was working on. “Oh cool! I’ve never been given a reason to make shoes like that!” Izuku sighed in relief and got back to work.
Mei and Izuku worked and a lot of their project was done but time was up and they had to go their separate ways. “Come after school Izu! So we can finish up!” Izuku nodded. “I doubt we’ll finish Mei-Mei but we can try.” They said their goodbyes and Mei set to work on the shoes.
Izuku held his breath as he walked into class 1-A. Hizashi was at the front of the class getting ready but no one was in the classroom other than him. “Hey listener! The class is just wrapping up their break and they should be in shortly kay?” Izuku nodded and took his seat. Soon the class began to trickle in. He heard the occasional excitement of having Present Mic as their teacher. He also heard the occasional slur but he didn’t pay much attention to that.
The class started and Izuku wondered why he had to take English when he was practically fluent in it. They weren’t starting with the basics (Thank God) but it was really easy, in Izuku’s opinion.
“Okay can anyone read the sentence on the board?” Izuku and two other students raised their hands. “Izuku!” Izuku watched the other students put their hands down in disappointment. “The apple fell far from the tree.” Hizashi smiled and congratulated him for reading it correctly. That’s how the first half of their class went. Reading words. Paragraphs, sentences and such in English.
“Alright listeners, I'm going to give you guys a test. I won’t hurt your grade so don’t worry I just need to know where you all stand on how fluent you are.” Hizashi went around giving everyone the test. Izuku looked over the 20 questions and began to do them.
When the class was only half way down the first page Izuku was flipping the packet. Izuku did end up finishing before everyone and he gave it to Hizashi. “Nice kiddo, class should be wrapping up soon so try to catch up on some sleep kay?” Izuku nodded and pulled out his sleeping bag from an outside pocket of his backpack.
He climbed inside and fell asleep but was woken up when someone poked his head. “Oy! Pikachu! Let him sleep!” Izuku gave the boy with yellow hair a questioning look. “Sorry dude! I just wanted to ask if you could help me with the English homework. Earlier you seemed like you knew your stuff.” Izuku’s eyes watched other students ask Iida or a girl with black hair for help. He wondered why this guy asked him . “Sure,” Izuku muttered.
“Cool! When do you wanna meet?” Izuku lifted his head up to look at his phone. He was meeting with Mei after school… “We can meet at the cafe near Holland Park at 4:00.” The boy nodded. “Great! My name’s Denki Kaminari. Nice to meet you!” Izuku smiled. “Yeah nice to meet you too.” Kaminari walked away and Izuku was subject to having a staring contest with Bakugo. “I’m sorry” said a low voice. Izuku couldn't process that it came from Bakugo.
“…What?” Bakugo rubbed the back of his neck and his eyes were cast down. “I’m sorry, I don’t expect you to forgive me. I put you through absolute hell. I fucked up, we used to be so close and then you didn’t get a quirk. I was taught that people with no quirk are lesser than. That 100% does not excuse the fact that I hurt you in so many ways. Right now all I can offer is an apology.”
Izuku's mouth gaped at what he heard. “That’s a lot to process.” Izuku simply said. Bakugo nodded and turned back around. Izuku saw the way that he gripped his desk, his knuckles turning white. “But I would like for us to become friends again just let me process, kay” Bakugo nodded again without making eye contact but Izuku saw as he visibly became more relaxed.
The bell rang and everyone waited for their next teacher to come in.
“I, ALL MIGHT, AM COMING IN LIKE A NORMAL PERSON.” Izuku rolled his eyes. He watched his classmates gasp and make excited motions towards All Might. “Now everyone get your hero costumes and meet me in Ground Beta!” Izuku watched the costumes come out of the wall and realized they were numbered. They all got their suites by matching them to their rank in the class. Izuku took the third and opened it to reveal something that wasn’t his costume.
He furrowed his eyebrows and placed it back then he took the case numbered 4 and once again it wasn’t the right costume. Maybe he needed to go up. So Izuku checked case 2 but it was ripped out of his hands by none other than Tenya Iida. “My suit shall not be in the hands of such scum.” Izuku sighed and shrugged. He decided to open case 1 and was pleased to find his costume. It must have been mixed with someone else’s.
Izuku walked into the locker room that went dead quiet when he entered. Izuku silently made his way to his locker and looked over his weapons and costume. It was a baggy one piece black suit that had green lining on the sides and a dark green tool belt. His tool belt contained a small first aid kit, smoke bombs, a knife, and different types of arrowheads. Izuku took out his bow/staff and quiver full of arrows. He may or may not have specialized in the fine art of the weapon called the bow and arrow with Emiko.
His bow however became unstrung and could become a very sturdy staff and when he needed it to he could turn it back into a bow. His arrows could become headless because Izuku has normal arrowheads and arrow heads that conduct electricity. Izuku quickly got dressed and ran outside. “Alright everyone! We are going to have a battle so you guys can grow more used to your costumes!” Izuku raised his hand and watched All Might hesitate to call on him.
“Yes Izuku?” Izuku pulled his phone out and began to text Shota. “I thought we were just practicing with quirks to get accustomed to our costumes.” All Might pulled out two boxes, one white and the other black. “Yes but plans change.” Izuku nodded. “Right but did either Nedzu or Aizawa approve of this?” All Might was beginning to get frustrated. “Yes, it was approved by Aizawa. Put your phone away, we do not need any distractions.” Izuku ignored All Might, and this didn’t bode well with him.
“Young man! I am asking you to put your phone away!” Izuku shook his head. “This isn’t what you should be doing, you have no authority to change our lessons. We are all inexperienced fighters with our quirks. We can end up dangerously hurting someone if we do this.” All Might walked up to Izuku and the class parted so he had a clear path to him. “Phone. Now.” Izuku looked him right in the eyes and gave him the middle finger.
All Might slapped the phone right out of Izuku’s hands and stomped on it so hard that it made the concrete crack. “WHAT THE FUCK?!” Izuku shouted. “That is what I think of your authority. Maybe you’ll learn manners now that you have no phone. God help the poor woman that raised you to be such a brat.” Izuku trembled with anger. “Izuku come on.” Izuku looked at Bakugo and huffed, he couldn’t believe that just looking at him at this exact moment helped him calm down.
Izuku walked away with Bakugo putting a hand on his shoulder. He wasn't going to lie when he said that he flinched but it felt reassuring in an extremely weird way. It felt like he got his big brother back. On their way back he met with Shota. “So? Is he continuing with the lesson?” Izuku sighed. “Yes he crushed my fucking phone with his overcooked chicken cutlets and made it into dust!” Shota sighed and walked to where All Might was.
“Thanks for helping me out over there,” Izuku said. Bakugo only nodded. “I see you kept the design you made when we were five.” Bakugo kinda chuckled. “Yeah yeah nerd, it was one of the good things I had from you so I kept it.” Izuku looked over the gauntlet that Bakugo had on his arm. “This could kill someone, not to mention how big they are. Tomorrow, meet me after school, I have a friend that can help you.”
Bakugo furrowed his eyebrows, “What's so bad about them? They look badass!” Izuku rolled his eyes. “You may think that but it seriously hinders your mobility.” Bakugo did a jumping jack and Izuku couldn't help but laugh out loud. “See! My mobility is just fine! Stop laughing! I’m being serious!” Izuku laughed even more and Bakugo felt proud at the process he made. Not soon after Shota canceled All Might’s shenanigans the bell rang signaling the end of school. Izuku and Bakugo put away their costumes and Izuku made his way to the support lab.
“Izu! Look at the shoes I made you! Aren’t my babies beautiful!” Izuku smiled as he took the crocs look-alike from her hands. His eyes sparkled when he saw his sketch become a reality. “These look amazing Mei-Mei! Holy smokes, these are incredible! I thought you were going to work on them tomorrow!” Mei shrugged, “I had some extra time on my hands.” She didn’t hesitate when she pulled Izuku back into her world. “Ok so I have most of the helmet done, we just need to finish the coding and then we can start on the bracelets!” Izuku nodded and enthusiastically got to work.
At around 3:30 Izuku sighed at work he had finished. “I think that’s all I can do for right now. I need to help a classmate with his English homework.” Mei nodded and waved at him when he left the classroom. Izuku double checked with Nedzu to let him know where he was going. He didn’t have his phone because of a certain person so he had to resort to his computer.
You: Is it alright if I go to the cafe near Holland park? I’m helping Kaminari with his English homework.
Dadzu: That's fine but I’m going to need you to keep your bracelet on.
You: fine
Dadzu: Great, let me know when to pick you up or just come back to school. I'm going to be here until 7:00.
You: K, thanks.
Izuku walked down the halls and made his way out of U.A’s gates. He walked until he reached the familiar cafe. He saw Kaminari but he didn’t look so well. A bruise was splattered on to his right cheek and he looked tired. As soon as Kaminari spotted Izuku he lit up and became the energetic Kaminari he had seen during class.
“Hey, are you ready to start with this English homework?” Kaminari nodded. Izuku sat down and began to pull out some materials. “Alright so first question ‘Translate this sentence: Never walk over there’ . Kaminari looked down and scratched his head. “Um I have the last three words but I’m blanking on the first one.” Izuku nodded. “It’s the word ‘never’ “ Kaminari wrote a note somewhere and they began to wiz through the rest of the questions.
“Kaminari, can I ask you something?” Kaminari nodded. “How did you get that bruise?” Kaminari furrowed his eyebrows and panic seeped into his eyes. He took out his phone to take a good look at his face. “Oh! I don’t even know, I’m always very clumsy.” Izuku raised an eyebrow. “Really? To get hit in the face so hard that it forms a bruise and not realize?” Kaminari just shrugged, “I don’t know what to tell you man.” Izuku sighed. “Then can you tell me why you asked me to help you with homework when you can clearly do this? You didn’t need help, you only asked for minor details that you could have worked out.”
Kaminari rubbed the back of his neck. “Look man I just needed to be out a little longer is all. It does look like I need to be getting back though.” Izuku looked at the clock and realized that it was 5:02. He watched Kaminari pack his things in a panic. “Wait Kaminari here take my phone number.” Izuku quickly but neatly wrote his number down on a piece of paper.
Kaminari took it and smiled. “Thank bro! Call me Denki.” Izuku smiled and waved as he ran down the street.
Hopefully Denki was going to be okay tomorrow.