Chapter 1: A Slightly Late Lunch
Izuku Midoriya was feeling nervous as he finally left Recovery Girl's Office. After barely not getting expelled by Aizawa,-who was Eraserhead!-he now needed to get to lunch. He looked out of the windows as he walked around, just thinking about everything that happened. Aizawa did at least stop Kacchan from attacking him but other than that… it seemed to be dropped. Still, better than Aldera.
He soon found one of the doors into the cafeteria and entered. He saw the cook was Lunch Rush, which was another Pro Hero! Were all the UA staff Pro Heroes? That'd be nice to discover, since their Quirks would be interesting. Izuku looked around the cafeteria, and could not see any of his new classmates in there. That made him a bit nervous until he felt someone's arm come over his shoulder. "Hello there, you seem a bit nervous and lost. Can you not find your classmates?" Izuku turned to look at the speaker, a blonde blue eyed student. "U-uh… yes." Izuku said, not sure how else to react to that.
"Then come with me, and hopefully my classmates will be able to be more accommodating. Neito Monoma," Monoma said.
"I-izuku Midoriya," Izuku said, feeling both better and worse about all of that. Monoma nodded. As Monoma led Izuku to his table, Izuku noticed a blonde-haired girl with some sort of horns on her head, alongside a green haired girl as well. They seemed to be having trouble talking to each other though, as the girl with horns seemed to be badly speaking Japanese with a foreign accent.
"Izuku Midoriya, please meet Pony Tsunotori and Setsuna Tokage," he said, pointing to the girl with horns and the green haired girl respectively. They both nodded and waved.
"Hey there Greenie, nice to see you," Tokage said.
"'G-greenie?'" Izuku asked, surprised by the nickname.
"Well yeah, your hair's all green!" Tokage said with a smile, showing off her sharpened teeth.
"Hell-Hello," Pony said, having started off with English before switching to Japanese. "Meet you good." She managed to get off. At least it was coherent to Izuku.
"It's-It's nice to meet you as well," Izuku managed to get off, leading to all three staring at him incredulously. "W-what?" Did he do something wrong? Oh wait, were they not expecting him to-
"Another person I can actually talk to!" Pony cheered. "Neito's the only other one I think. Also, please call me Pony," she said, making Izuku blush harder, leading to chuckles from Monoma and Tokage.
"Well, I'd say I definitely made the right decision to bring you to our table," Monoma said, a smile on his face. "Say, what class are you from? We're all 1-B."
"Uh well…" Izuku said, nervous about answering, though all three were staring at him. "I'm in 1-A…"
Monoma was taken aback. "Really? Where are they? Seems pretty bad to leave a classmate behind."
"Actually…" Izuku rubbed the back of his neck. "I just came from Recovery Girl's place." The other three did not notice Tokage perked up a bit upon hearing the name 'Recovery Girl.' "Maybe they had lunch early or something?"
"Where were you all, out of curiosity?" Monoma asked. "We didn't see you at orientation."
Izuku wasn't sure about whether or not to reveal Aizawa's name, mainly because if he didn't even know Aizawa taught here at U.A. then they probably didn't as well. "O-our teacher thought it was a waste of time and had us do a Quirk Assessment Test…" Izuku hung his head, remembering his performance at it.
"That's… odd," Monoma said.
"If Principal Nezu allows it though, I don't think they'll get in trouble," Tokage added.
Pony then stomped. "I can't understand all this rapid back and forth!" She said, discarding the translation book she was not able to use.
"Wait Pony, what all is with your Quirk?" Izuku asked, pulling out a notebook, confusing the two girls, though Monoma seemed unfazed by it.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Pony asked, confused by the sudden change.
"I thought your Quirk was horns, but then I heard the weird… clop?" Izuku paused before going with it, "You made when you tried to get attention."
"Pony has vestigial parts similar to a horse," Monoma interjected.
"Wait. How do you know they're vestigial?" Pony asked.
"Because I only got horns from [Horn Cannon]," Monoma said. Izuku looked confused. Monoma switched back to Japanese for the next part, partly to help Tokage get a rough idea of what was said. "Ah! I guess I didn't introduce my Quirk. Mine is [Copy]. I can scan and copy any Quirk. I can only store 3 at a time and for 5 minutes. Might not be a grea-"
"That's wrong," Izuku interjected, before getting nervous as the three all turn to stare at him. "Y-you have a Meta Quirk. Those are crazily rare. I only know of one other one." Which was true, because [One for All] wasn't really one.
Monoma chuckled. "Be that as it may, I am very much Quirkless at least 95% of the time." Monoma also noticed the odd look Izuku and Tokage gave him. They didn't seem pitiful, more like pondering.
"Still, you can basically be helpful in any situation, you can copy and now there's twice the Quirks to help. Especially-if-you-can-use-multiple-at-once-or-figure-out-a-way-to-keep-Quirks-on-demand. Maybe-hair-or-some-other-DNA."
"Keeping hair on me causes some weird tingles that refuse to go away. Also having more than three at once causes issues," Monoma said. He then sighed. "Though I guess I have little reason to not try and get used to it."
Izuku noted that down, "Interesting, good to know. Still, that is definitely the most interesting Quirk I've seen."
"Thanks…" Monoma said, not sure how to react to that. "But going back. [Copy] only copies the actual Quirk, any vestigial parts are not copyable."
"That shouldn't matter too much, should it?" Tokage asked.
"It does," both Izuku and Monoma said. The two looked at each other as if to see who should explain, and Izuku gave the floor to Monoma. "Tokage, imagine if someone has vestigial scales and a shedding Quirk. All I could do is lose skin, if at all. Or if I retract webbed parts between my fingers and toes but those are vestigial."
"Yep. Human evolution has been irrevocably-changed-by-the-introduction-of-Quirks. Mainly-in-the-form-of-eye-and-hair-colors."
"Or having much sharper teeth?" Tokage said with a big smile, showing her teeth off.
"Exactly!" Izuku said. "Not-sure-though-how-much-animal-attributes-that-are-more-like-Pony's-legs-would-be-like-in-the-future-though."
"What did you say about me?" Pony was unable to understand anything of what was said, but did hear her name and wanted to figure it out.
"We were talking about how different even 'normal' human genetics are without Quirks Pony," Monoma said.
Pony then nodded. "Ah! Got it."
Izuku then paused as he realized something. "Wait. You two understood my rambling?"
"Wasn't rambling to me," Monoma said. "You're just quick with your thoughts."
"Exactly Greenie," Tokage said. "And well, considering the reflexes we need to have as heroes, not being able to keep up will be bad."
After Monoma quickly explained, Pony added her thoughts, "I have a friend who talks kind of fast. It's just you spoke in Japanese."
"We should probably eat some," Tokage said. Monoma and Izuku looked down, and started to eat.
Not long afterwards, the bell rang. "Midoriya, do you know where your classroom actually is?" Monoma asked.
"I have a rough idea… but not fully sure," Izuku honestly admitted.
Monoma then nodded. "Come follow us then. Probably easier on all of us, and I don't think our teacher will mind since it's the first day."
"Thanks Monoma," Izuku said.
He followed the other three as he ended up seeing some interesting students as they got to 1-B's classroom. There was a guy with weird chin blades, a girl with vines for hair, and a person with no lips. He also saw two students with a speech bubble and a weird yellow thing instead of a head. Izuku had no clue what was going on with those two but there was no way they weren't tied to their Quirks. He was scribbling it all down, not aware of the stares he was receiving.
"Ahem!" A voice from behind him said. Izuku turned around and saw Vlad King, the Blood Hero, there behind him. "What brings you here?"
"Uh… sorry Vlad King, sir. I just don't know where 1-A's classroom actually is."
Everyone was surprised to hear him say 'Vlad King.' "Well… alright then, come with me and I'll bring you there," Kan said. "Capybara and keep track of your kids Aizawa," he muttered under his breath. Kan and Midoriya then left the classroom.
The rest of the class went and turned to Neito. "So who is that person?" The orange haired girl decided to break the silence first.
"He was staring at us and writing in his notebook," the guy with a speech bubble said.
"I-it was freaky." The yellow skinned guy also nodded in agreement.
"His name is Midoriya. He's from 1-A and his classmates just kind of left him alone," Neito informed the class.
"Enjoys of Quirks," Pony said, trying to help, but just confused everyone else a lot more.
"Midoriya happens to enjoy Quirks. It wasn't meant to be anything bad," Neito said.
"Still, I'm not a fan of it," Speech Bubble said.
"He knows a lot of Quirk stuff. Still, if he's in 1-A it probably won't be too much of a problem." Still, seeing a Quirk Analyst to suddenly arrive seemed almost fated.
"I mean," Tokage said, quickly getting a massive grin on her face. "Nothing's preventing me from dragging him over during lunch."
"I believe making sure Sir Midoriya and everyone in this classroom is fine is a preferred outcome," the muscular man with glasses said.
"Agreed," the orange haired girl said, "Still, we're here to train our Quirks. Doing weird stuff we didn't expect should be par for the course."
"Indeed," Tokage said. "We got to be ready for our Quirks being heavily analyzed."
That caused some of 1-B to pause and think. Soon though, Kan came back, alongside Midoriya? "Well, nothing's gone wrong. Go and change and be outside in the courtyard in fifteen minutes."
The students of 1-B just looked at him, confused. "Time's already started." Soon there was a mad scramble to get out.
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Reiko was… perplexed. The green haired kid- Midoriya, was confusing. She did wonder why none of his classmates were willing to help or at least hang out with him. Then there was the fact Midoriya came back with Kan Sensei after he tried to go and get him to class. She'd ask later. The real confusing thing though was learning that he was a big fan of Quirks. For some reason she had her 'other feeling' and was really wanting to tell Midoriya about her Quirk. She shook her head, not wanting to deal with it.
She joined the rest of the girls as they headed to where Kan was. Midoriya was indeed still with Kan Sensei, which was confusing. Eventually everyone was outside now.
Kan then started off talking, "Now then, we're going to be doing a Quirk Assessment Test." Midoriya then, to most of the class' surprise, pulled out a notebook. He also seemed a bit giddy, and the person who introduced Midoriya earlier went over to stand next to him.
Kan Sensei just ignored that, though his next words indicated he noticed it. "Now then. Any questions?" After a quick moment, he then clarified, "Not including Midoriya being here." Reiko was one of the few to lower her hand. "That's good. Also, I know all your Quirks, and I trust you to ask for something to change because of how your Quirk works." Some more lowered their hands, but Midoriya also gave him an odd look of confusion, which wasn't lost on most of them, or at least Reiko thought so. "Who wishes to go first?" Kan asked.
Reiko felt like was almost compelled to want to go first, and decided to go and volunteer. "I will go first to show off my capabilities, Kan Sensei."
"Alright then. We will start with introducing yourself and your Quirk."
Reiko went up and talked about herself. "I am Reiko Yanagi, and my Quirk is [Poltergeist]. With it I am able to manipulate many small objects around me. I can lift up to reliably roughly 50 kilograms."
Kan Sensei nodded. "Alright then, go and-" Kan Sensei just stopped as he heard what Midoriya was saying.
"[Poltergeist]?That's-an-odd-name.Most-would-just-call-it-[telekinesis]-or-something-else.[Poltergeist]-has-certain-implications."
Then it got weird as the blonde one kept up with him. "Wait! What if it's a subconscious Quirk entity?" Reiko was confused as to why she was feeling both trepidation and also… hope?
Midoriya perked up at that. "Have you ever had mood swings, and did they start when you got your Quirk?" At least he managed to slow down enough to talk. Reiko just nodded. That just made them more confident.
"Did you insist on your Quirk name, or was it from the Counselor?" The other one asked, though he did not seem to be happy with saying that word, almost like he did not like respecting them.
Reiko managed to get out, "I-I did…" She was very worried, and yet also wanted them to figure it out? Figure what out?!
"So-there-is-at-least-something-going-on-with-her-Quirk.Easiest-way-normally-is-them-also-wanting-to-go-by-another-name-for-one-reason-or-another.Honestly-there's-some-circles-who-believe-most-multiple-identity-personality-disorders-are-actually-the-result-of-Proto-Quirks." the green haired one said. Despite not getting much, her 'other feeling' perked up at 'name,' and 'multiple identity.'
"Ok," the blonde one said, getting himself together. He stepped out to take the attention, dragging Midoriya with him. "Yanagi, we think that you have a conjoined twin in your head sharing your Quirk." Reiko then suddenly realized something important, something she was always intrigued by. "What do you think is the likelihood of-"
\\"I can't believe they did that so quickly!" a girl with a pink and light blue dress said.\\
"Emily," she suddenly said. "Her name is Emily." She then felt dizzy, and nearly collapsed. Realizing she hadn't hit the ground, she looked up and saw Kan had come and caught her to keep her up though.
"You ok?" Kan asked. Reiko was not, and shook her head. She found herself brought to the wall and sat down against it. Kan went and grabbed a water bottle from a cooler he had to offer it to Reiko. Reiko was so confused, feeling confusion, happiness, worry, and definitely an existential crisis.
The weirdest part was Midoriya was just going and continuing to rattle on. "If-that's-true,the-normal-way-to-go-and-help-bring-out-a-subconscious-Quirk-entity-is-to-hit-them-hard-on-the-head." That did not help Reiko feel any better.
"Monoma. Midoriya," Kan said, as the two went to look at him. "Do you mind doing more of that?" Kan had to admit he was impressed. He looked over Reiko and the rest of his class, and realized this was going to be not what he expected. "Capybara…" he said under his breath, confusing Reiko.
"I don't mind," Monoma said, meanwhile Midoriya was nervous about doing that.
"S-sure," Midoriya said.
"Why should we listen to them?" The no lips person said.
Monoma seemed to smile at the challenge. "Well, outside of us figuring out Yanagi having a conjoined twin simply off the name of her Quirk, I assume it's because Vlad King trusts my Quirk. So let me introduce myself. I am Neito Monoma of Class 1-B. My Quirk is [Copy]. I am able to touch someone and copy their Quirk for a limited time." The vine haired girl seemed very angry at him for some reason. "However, I can also simply scan them. So I can still tell you how your Quirk works. And you, my good sir," Monoma said and grabbed No Lips, "Are going next."
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Neito could tell Midoriya wasn't very nervous by the time the last one, Tokage, was coming for her Quirk assessment. 1-B's Quirk Assessment Test had turned into him and Midoriya breaking down all their Quirks. Six more of his classmates were having existential crises about what their Quirks were. And then there was whatever was going on with Tetsutetsu. At least he seemed aware he didn't know everything about his Quirk.
Pony also already knew about her flying, so she didn't have much of a reaction.
Tokage went up, "So my Quirk is a bit… weird."
Neito then immediately responded. "Tokage, seven of our classmates are having existential crises. I don't think it'll matter too much." Also, considering what Midoriya had done…
Tokage then nodded, trying to keep herself calm enough to show it. "Well, my Quirk is pretty… out there." She then went and detached her hand, leading to gasps from everyone still watching, which then went and floated.
"Detachment-control?That's-quite-crazy-to-see-" Midoriya started before Tokage spoke up again.
"Just as long as I'm detached, I can float everything," Tokage said, showing her point by floating.
"Do-you-have-regeneration-if-you-lose-control-of-anything?" Midoriya asked, as Tokage went with a panicked look on her face.
Neito came to save her face. "Well, her Quirk is definitely a complex one," He said as he went to scan her Quirk again. The shivers he felt went over him again. [Lizard Tail Splitter] was definitely a weird Quirk. And why did it feel so weird? If he didn't know any better, it's almost like it wanted to kill her!
"Sorry," Tokage said. "But to explain my Quirk, I can split up into roughly 30 or so pieces as well. All of them can be free floating, but it takes a lot of energy." She looked around, and most were either looking at the Wall Students or on the wall, with only Pony, Kendo, Shishida, Shoda, and Yui all looking at her. While she clearly did not want to admit it, she almost seemed hopeful when looking at Midoriya. "If any piece gets destroyed, or disattached for too long…" Neito was wondering what she would say, "I don't want to admit it yet."
Midoriya seemed to slump a bit at not being told what happens in that scenario. Neito decided to distract them all by seeing if Midoriya could get another revolutionizing idea, "Well then Midoriya, any special ideas?" Neito asked to draw attention to the non resident mumbler.
"Oh!Well-then-let's-deal-with-the-floating-part-then.You-need-to-split-your-body.Wonder-if-hair-counts-for-being-able-to?Hair-is-usually-dead-though."
"I can't detach anything not living from my body or control it at least." The tone in her voice makes Neito think she wished it wasn't true. Though now thinking of the implications… yeah that made sense. Neito wondered if anyone could put two and two together. Thankfully though, Midoriya had other ideas in his head to not focus on it.
"I-I meant all of the hair, f-follicles included," Midoriya said, and everyone just stared at him. Neito then realized what was going on as Tokage just tried something, part of her hair went a bit longer and then she was flying. Recognizing the type of smile she had on, Neito moved out of the way.
Tokage then proceeded to tackle Midoriya to the ground. "Ah!" Midoriya screamed, and his entire head would look like a tomato if anyone could see it right now.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you," Tokage said, almost happy with relief.
Seeing Kan Sensei was torn between helping the Wall Students and dealing with Tokage, Neito went and pulled Tokage off Midoriya. "Let's try not to give him a heart attack. You good Midoriya?" He asked as he offered a hand to Midoriya.
"I-I'll be fine," Midoriya said, face clearly red.
"Hey!" Tokage said, grabbing their attention. "Do you like dinosaurs?"
"T-they're not terrible," Midoriya said, confused by the non sequitur.
Tokage seemed to think that over. "I can work with that. Well then Greenie, I guess we're going to be best friends." Tokage said, smiling wide, and Neito wondered if she used her Quirk to exaggerate it.
"Wait what?" Midoriya asked.
Tokage started to get the teasing smile again. "Well you just gave me an not weird way to use my Quirk without detaching my entire body. And you like dinosaurs, so we're best friends."
"Why would you have to use your Quirk in a weird way?" Midoriya asked, head tilting to look like he didn't get it.
"We are definitely going to be best friends then," Tokage declared.
Kan Sensei finally came and made a statement. "Alright then. It's time for you all to go and change and get back to the classroom. Midoriya, you're all good to go, don't try and get into Recovery Girl's office again." The class members not trying to keep their minds were confused by the comment.
"Yes Vlad King," Midoriya said as he turned to leave.
"Hey Midoriya!" Neito said, going to ask him something. "You want to make some sort of Quirk Analysis Club for the rest of the school?"
"Well maybe…" Midoriya said. "But well…" he motioned to 1-B.
"We can make a warning and therefore it's not our fault."
"I recommend you go and set it up after class, so you can keep it up while dealing with injuries." Kan Sensei said, immediately supporting them.
"I-I guess we can." Midoriya said.
"Awesome. I'll handle it, let's meet up tomorrow alright?" Neito said. "You have your phone?"
"Y-yes," Midoriya said. Neito went to change after entering his number and sending a text.
Neito though had already decided, he was going to help Midoriya as much as he could, even if he can't do much himself, he can make sure the other people in his life can excel and succeed. And he already had concocted a plan to make sure people who would appreciate him would be there for him.
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Setsuna got back to 1-B's classroom. A lot of her classmates were not in a good mood, though Yanagi seemed to be doing better.
Setsuna saw Monoma on his phone and suddenly remembered something. "Say, you got his number, right?" She asked, prodding him to get him to turn around.
"Yeah, I did, and yes, I'll send it to you." Setsuna nodded, happy about that.
Kan Sensei then came and entered the room. "Alright then, after all of… that, everyone who ended up on the wall you'll be doing therapy with Hound Dog during PE. Monoma here's the form on the desk for your club with Midoriya. Now then, you are released for the day." Kan Sensei then went and left.
Monoma decided to go and do something. "Attention classmates." He said, grabbing attention. "I assume most of us feel like Midoriya has been very good and helpful for us?"
There were murmurs of agreement, but Setsuna was the first to go and say, "Yep!"
"I have a proposal for us," Monoma continued on.
"This is going to be good," Kuroiro said, with a wide smile on his face.
"Well, I was thinking we would figure out how to transfer him into 1-B," Monoma said.
"Ok, but should we actually do that?" Kendo asked. "That seems a bit unclear to do that…"
"Need I remind you he most likely has some classmates who decided to be in the dorms, so they just left him alone."
"Alright fine, but you're taking the blame for that," Kendo said.
Monoma smiled at that victory. "Deal. Now does anyone know where some transfer forms are?"
"I might be able to help out," Setsuna said. She had remembered that her Grannie had special transfer forms for any medical reason, so they wouldn't even need to actually move someone else over. Might be a nice surprise for Monoma.
"Alright then, I guess I'll see you all later," Monoma said, going and grabbing the form Kan had laid out. Some of her classmates also went over to look at it, for some reason.
Setsuna left the classroom and went to the infirmary. "Hey Recovery Girl?" She asked, opening the door.
"Huh? Ah! Setsuna Sweetie, thankfully no one is injured for once at the end of the day, somehow. Nice to know your classmates Quirks don't mess with them so much."
"What are you talking about Grannie?" Setsuna asked, confused and deciding to focus later on getting the forms, but still would be nice to find it for later.
"The Quirk Assessment Test, usually both classes have someone who gets injured. Figured it'd be Monoma. He was the one during the Entrance Exam from your class."
"Oh wait, it was supposed to be a test," Setsuna said.
"What did you actually do…?" Grannie Chiyo asked, her voice dangerous like she was going to whack someone with her cane.
"Well, Monoma and another student ended up analysing our Quirks and proved our Quirk Counselors are useless."
That led to a small amused huff. "I could've told you that."
"But the real thing is they both didn't mind my Quirk, like at all," Setsuna said, a big smile on her face.
"That's good Sweetie," Grannie Chiyo said with a happy smile.
"The other one even helped me find a non-creepy way to fly actually."
"Oh? I thought we determined hair can't work for that?" Grannie Chiyo asked, confused.
"Yes, but hair follicles work," Setsuna said, as some hair floated off and then she went to the ceiling. She landed with some laughter.
Grannie smiled, glad to see Setsuna was happy. "That's great. I assume you're going to try and make him your friend," despite the wording, Setsuna could tell it was a statement.
"Best friend. He doesn't mind dinosaurs as well, but I can work with that."
"What's their name?"
"Izuku Midoriya," Setsuna said.
Grannie Chiyo's cane hit the ground, as something came over her. "Grannie! What's wrong?"
"T-that kid. Setsuna if you know what's best for you, stay away from him, you hear me?"
"W-what are you talking about? What's wrong with-"
"He'll be nothing but trouble. I don't want you getting dragged into his messes he will inevitablycreate."
"Surely it can't be worse than what he already did."
That was not a good thing. "What did he do?"
"Well… he uh… did analyses similar to my hair with the rest of my classmates, alongside Neito, and seven of them might be going to Hound Dog…"
"Unbelievable! Next time I see him I'll-"
"Grannie stop. Both of them are my friends now, a-and you promised to keep an open mind about who I made friends with here."
Grannie Chiyo took a breath. "Yes, I did say that. I just don't want you to get into any serious trouble Set."
"I know Grannie, but they are the two who have been the nicest to me, so I'm not just going to let them go."
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Meanwhile, at the Meteorology Club, a Red Haired Girl was looking over all the people who were interested and did their special signal. She was confused though, as looking over the lists, one class, or a pair of classes, was missing.
"Why don't we have a hero student interested in our club?" she asked her friend.
"Oh shoot!" the guy said, realizing the error. "We got to go and find them then! Why would they not show up though?"
"Great question," the girl said.