Chapter 7- Of Friends and Fury: Part 1
It was another beautiful morning and Midnight felt at ease or as at ease when you are a Pro Hero/Teacher/Guardian (Mother) of 3 super powered girls. Yes, it has not been easy and sure watching over the girls has been tricky but she is happy to help someone in need, that's why she became a hero, to help those that are not fortunate to find it. She was going over her class's schedule when she heard a certain conversation take place between two old friends of hers.
Occupying a table over, she saw Aizawa and Hizashi Yamada. The thunderous voice has always been unmistaken, even when he did not use his quirk. The topic of conversation was on Aizawa's "problem children" of the year, particularly on a green haired boy with an unstable quirk? Midnight could not fully wrap around the whole conversation but could guess the certain student he was talking about. Unlike him, Midnight found it important enough to read over a student's file, whether they would grace her class or not; what was important was that if they caught a certain teacher's eye.
It was written down that Izuku Midoriya was a particular late bloomer by medical standards that she could not fathom. As in, yes quirks can come in late, around the age of 6-7 year of age in a child but to have your quirk appear when the person is 14 years is quite odd to say the least. Either way, the file stated that he was deemed quirkless up until last year and from what she saw at the entrance exam, he did not have a great grasp of such a powerful quirk 'such a shame' She thought to herself.
When done, she made her way over to her two old friends, stepping closer; a certain topic caught her interest.
"It serves you right Shota. You finally got an observant student with a backbone that called you out on your bullshit, on your so called "quirk apprehension exam"!" With that he began laughing at his friend again.
Aizawa left eye twitches at his blonde friend's antics. "But seriously, I have a feeling that girl does not back down from what she believes in. That could definitely make her a great superhero someday!" saying that he took a sip of his coffee.
Shota grumbled "Or a disrespectful student. She clearly has an attitude against authority figures. Honestly, her and her sister's stop a couple of incidents and now they think they are heroes." He said, eyes down at his paper work.
"Oh, look at the pot calling the kettle black. You are not the poster hero for following the norms and authority of society Shota." Giving his friend a raised eyebrow.
"That kid was not even meant to stay in my class, much less in this school. And I don't understand why Nezu insists on allowing those girls much less Midoriya in the hero course."
"Oh please Shota, what? My girls giving you fight you can't win?" Midnight walks over after having her ears burned off by the conversation.
Shota just sighs, "Oh hello Nemuri, care to add your "unbiased" opinion in to the conversation about why I could be wrong?" Not really looking forward to it.
"Oh I would love to Shota. I particularly wanted ask how someone with a quirk that requires the user to have his eyes wide open, be so blinded by his own biasness towards unsuspecting kids?" Sitting down to face the man straight up.
Hizashi just sat there, wondering how he got placed in the middle, both physically and literally. He has been friends with these particular superheroes since they all went to UA and he knew first hand that they had different views of heroism. He could not understand Shota's brand of teaching. Like how do you motivate new incoming kids by scaring them with a test designed to kick them out right after they have already proven themselves in the entrance exams?
Oh well, he hopes that he can leave this conversation in one piece.
The next day of school was as normal as can get.
When the girls entered their homeroom, they were met with glares and odd looks, more specifically from 4 particular classmates; though she did not care much to deal with it now. Bakugou was busy shooting glares at Buttercup for what she did to him and in all honesty, she would have slugged him if she had the chance back then but whatever.
Iida was acting as if she was in the wrong for going against the teacher even though he acted like a total ass. The funny thing about all this is that Izuku hasn't said a word to her or her sisters, might be because he hangs out with the zero gravity girl and stick up his butt. She learned a long time ago, not to let her anger boil over unnecessarily, not to repeat of last time.
Aside from the ridiculousness that is her class, school was far from the glamor and excitement it was bragged about to the girls.
Don't get them wrong, they were not looking forward to any more of a teacher's bullshit but they did expect that an institution ranked as one of Japan's leading school in heroics would be a little more…exciting? As it goes, they not only teach heroics but stuff that a regular school would cover, be it math, chemistry, English grammar (which to the girls credit they could ace with flying colours), history, physics, modern literature and modern hero art history taught but none other than their dear guardian who practically glowed with happiness at the prospects of having them in her class.
Although they did have classes as heroics which made up for the looming boredom that plagued some of their faith in the so called hero school. The classes were short but what they lack in time, they unfortunately more than made up for it in the large amounts of lesson plans.
"Tell me again why we wanted to enrol in this school?" Buttercup groaned as she had her head down on the table next to her food.
It was thankfully lunch time and the girls were enjoying the school meals. They were impressed that a superhero with a food specific quirk was the one making all these but then again, they're in UA.
Blossom was just having her rice with grilled fish and steam Vegetables while Bubbles was enjoying a bowl of miso soup and a bowl of rice.
Pausing for a minute "Well if memory serves me well, we all wanted to help people in this world just like Townsville and I quote "show those spandex wearing jerks what real superheroing looks like". I believe those were your words." Taking another piece of fish in to her mouth.
"I never thought it involved so much schoolwork! Like honestly, I thought it would involve more action and less fraction." She grumbled, taking another bite of her Katsudon.
"Well Buttercup, we do have classes like Heroics." Bubbles piped up.
"Yeah but our teacher is Mr Muscle head himself." Punctuating it with an eye roll.
"It is kind of interesting to have the number 1 hero in Japan teach our class. He is greatly admired." Bubbles said.
"Well yes he has done well for himself but I am not a fun of him being titled the symbol of peace or such." Blossom said.
"Why Bloss? It doesn't seem like a big deal." Bubbles asked, confused.
"Well aside from the ridiculous notion that he has of peace being personified. From his many crime fighting reports and interviews, he seems to revel too much in the spotlight and his attitude seems to be a bit full of himself."
"I agree with Bloss. She would know a little something about having a big ego." Buttercup smirked as she faced her meal. Followed by giggles from Bubbles. Blossom's eye twitched but only sends a fiery glare across to her sister.
They continue to eat and talk about the day so far, when familiar faces walk up to them with trays in their hands.
Izuku comes over with an uptight Iida and a too bubbly Ochako. The girls were slightly glad at this, thinking that most of their classmates were avoiding them. They began talking, with Iida lecturing Buttercup about authority and treating elders with respect, to which she just ignores him, much to his irritation.
Ochako went on to talk about how she is so excited about UA and she then goes on to address Izuku as Deku, something not lost on Blossom. From her lessons in Japanese language, that does not sound like an intended name to give to a child.
"Um, is that one of your names Izuku?" She asked knowing full well the answer.
Feeling a bit flustered he tells them that it is a name Kacchan gave him to make fun of him when they were kids.
"Excuse me but who is Kacchan?" Bubbles asks, confused.
"That would the guy who Buttercup tackled in to the ground yesterday. I believe his name is Bakugou." Blossom's answered.
"Oh the angry mean one." Bubbles said with a grimace expression.
This makes Buttercup a bit on nerve but Ochako interjects to say that the name sounds cute and he can totally take back the name as his own, making it a hero name.
Buttercup then with a smirk, "How about we just call him the Green Bean if we are going with "cute" names." This in turn makes Izuku to blush and smile, if not a little.
Ochako dismisses the name with a smile, sighting that it is a somewhat childish one and that Deku is more meaningful; Deku not wanting to start conflict just opted out of it and continued eating.
This causes Buttercup to give just roll her eyes at that quickly resolves with a "whatever."
Bubbles could feel there is more to the situation than said out loud and she decided to keep a watchful eye today.
-Heroics Class-
"I AM HERE!" The familiar voice called out and Izuku as well the others were all in smiles. Well most of them. "COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A HERO!" All Might exclaimed as he opened the door and struck a hero pose, his cape fluttering in a slight breeze.
"No way, I can't believe it's really All Might!" Kaminari exclaimed with a huge grin.
"All Might is our teacher? This year is going to be totally awesome!" Kirishima yelled excitedly.
"Oh brother." Buttercup groaned under breath at the dramatics.
"Welcome to the most important class in UA high, Heroics Basic Training, think of this Class as Hero 101." All Might with his signature smile. "Here you will learn the basics of being a Pro and what it means to fight in the name of good!" He proclaimed as he pulled out a card with the word 'Battle' printed on it in big, bright red letters.
"Yeah fight training!" Bakugou grinned viciously as he stared at the card.
"Real combat?" Izuku said seemingly surprised.
"Well I can agree with tantrum boy on something." She said while cracking her knuckles in anticipation.
"Yes, a Battle Trial" All Might grinned. "But what are the keys of being a hero is LOOKING GOOD!" With that he pressed a button on a small remote he had. From the wall emerged twenty metal cases, each marked with a number corresponding to each student's seat. "For that, you'll need these!"
"COSTUMES!" The entire class exclaimed with a cheer.
"Exactly!" All Might smiled. "Get changed and meet me at Ground Beta!" All Might was looking at the 3 girls after his speech. 'Maybe I can help these girls to be on the right path. Maybe my teaching expertise may be what they need' he thought to himself. But he noticed something strange happening over at the blonde one.
Blossom and Buttercup had the same thought that crossed their minds and looked to where Bubbles sat, to see their hunch was correct.
Bouncing in her sit with wide blue eyes, she was so excited.
Closing their ears before the class or teacher realized what was going to happen.
"OH. MY. STAAAARRRS!" She released a deafening scream that could have been mistaken for her "quirk" activation.
-Ground Beta-
"They say the clothing makes the man." All Might intoned as he watched the students start to emerge from the locker rooms. "As of this moment you all are Heroes!" The class all trotted out in their Hero Costumes, some commenting on other's suits while some maintained a quiet, focused attitude. Though when the girls turned up, some were staring while others were a bit impressed by what they were wearing.
When the girls were informed to come up with a concept for their hero costumes, Bubbles was all the more eager to start on her design and even happier to help her sisters, much to their delight. Although Bubbles was reluctant, she opted out of designing remotely dress like for them and herself. With Midnight's added advice, and Blossom's analytical skills, they thought up something functional and stylish; with Buttercup only not wanting something too girly, they accepted.
Blossom's costume comprised of a pinkish-red tunic top that was form fitting, reaching down to her mid-thighs. A black utility belt around her waist. Wearing tights that go all the way in to her red knee high boots. The fabric is sturdy as well as slightly thick but allows her to best breath, move and perform in battles. She adorns a pink crop top long sleeve jacket. The boots are also very "special" in regard to one of her powers. The back of her jacket, had a black outline design of an ice heart symbol with waves encircling it.
Bubbles' costume was a bodysuit that had no sleeves but had fingerless gloves that reached her elbows.. The colour scheme of the outfit was a blue and black combination. The bodysuit was blue with black lines on the side, but at the mid-thigh, the colours change tone until black runs down to the legs, looking as if they were tights. She wore a blue mini-skirt, the same colours as the top it was attached to; with black outlines of bubbles. She wore boots that were fitted with some Kevlar built in the soles. She wore a mask similar to Midnight, just cause she thought it looked cool; making Midnight really touched.
Buttercup's costume was a bodysuit. The suit being green, reaching all the way to the pants with the arms, waist belt, gloves and her ankle boots are also black. She has a black holster on the side of her left thigh. Wearing a dark green hairband and a black outline of a star on her chest and a small one on her right knee. Buttercup's was made to be heat resistant, but due to her being a student and not a pro hero, her request for a more heat resistant material to be added was denied and so she would have to be careful.
The girls adorned chokers that had the initials of 'P'.
"Wow Bubbles, these came out better than we expected!" Blossom praised her younger sister works as she looks herself over.
"Yeah Thanks Bubs, you got the style I liked." Buttercup sent a teasing smile at her designer sister.
"It was no problem girls. Just glad to help." She said happily.
Standing at attention to the gathered students, All might was ready to continue. "Now that you are all here, it is time to explain what is going on. In most cases on the news you see heroes battling villains outside in the city. More times however, battles are taken place indoors instead, that is where today's lesson comes in. We will be doing two versus two mock battles!"
Tsu touched her chin in surprise to the reveal. "Isn't that a little advanced for our first testing?"
"Nonsense! In combat you must adapt to situations when it calls. While the entrance exam breaking bots was one thing, but now you are up against real people."
"Excuse me, but question…" Ilda interrupted his speech, "But are we being split by random or skill?"
"Are we graded on performance?" Momo chimed in.
"Are there any safety measures put in place?" Blossom inquires.
"How much can we hurt the other team?" Bakugo growled.
"Isn't my cape magnifique!?" A sparkling Aoyama yelled to the class. Which got him a few "Like seriously?" looks from some of his classmates.
"WAY TOO MANY QUESTIONS!" The top pro yelled out in annoyance, his brain overloaded from the kids. "Listen up, I shall explain…"
"A script?" Izuku and Blossom asked confused.
"The villain team will locate a mock bomb somewhere in the location. You are to defend your stronghold from the two heroes coming to stop you. Either the heroes capture both villains or the bomb and they win or the villains capture the heroes or time has run out and they win. Now, all of you come and draw to see what your teams will be."
Seeing the bucket in front of them, each student came and grabbed a random folded ticket. They never opened it and handed it to All Might, the brawny man reading it himself before jotting down the information, after a few minutes they were done, and he stood back up.
"Now that you have all drawn your tickets, here are the results!" He flipped around the chart to the students to read.
Team A: Midoriya and Buttercup
Team B: Shoji and Todoroki
Team C: Uraraka and Yaoyorozu
Team D: Bakugo and Iida
Team E: Ashido and Aoyama
Team F: Koda and Bubbles
Team G: Kaminari and Jiro
Team H: Asui and Tokoyami
Team I: Blossom and Kirishima
Team J: Sero and Harugake
They looked over the list and were a bit iffy about it.
"Well I guess neither of us are going to be in a team together." Blossom says as if a bit disappointed.
"Well we will just have to make the best out of the situation, won't we?" Bubbles asked, trying to lighten the mood.
"I guess so. We will have to know and work with our classmates sooner or later." Blossom said.
"I vote never." Buttercup said with folded arms.
"Don't be like that Buttercup, at least you got paired up with Izuku." Bubbles said. That at least wasn't so bad.
Speaking of Izuku, he is having a talk with Uraraka. "Aw, this is not fair. I wish we were on the same team." Uraraka whined to Izuku.
"Well it's no big deal." He said while rubbing the back of his head. "No matter what, we just need to do our best."
Those words cheering her up a bit and giving a "Right! Let's do this!"
"Team A, huh?" Buttercup said as she saw the list created.
"Hey, looks like we are a team." Izuku strode over to his team partner.
Hearing the voice behind her, Buttercup turned and looked at Izuku coming her way. His new getup was practically a weird out version of a bunny with a familiar design. She raised an eyebrow as he approached. "Yeah, it seems we are green bean. I get you are a fan boy but you seriously are not subtle with the idol worship are?"
"Wow that obvious is it?" He nervously smiled, making Buttercup roll her eyes as if to say "yeah, it is."
"Now all of you…" All Might declared as he dug his hands into two different buckets, the left labelled villain and the right hero, "… the first to be battling will be… these guys!"
Team's D vs A.
Both Midoriya and Bakugou gasped out loud to the twist of fate that they would be facing each other, their eyes locking in a split second and sending a tense filled pulse through the air.
"Finally, I get to crush you, Deku…" Bakugou growled as he hissed through his teeth. "…Get ready, you little bastard."
Izuku was feeling a little nervous at that and Buttercup did not like the intent in the jerks voice. Walking away, the raven haired girl was now curious and asked.
"Okay Izuku" that caught the guy off and staring at her "What else is going on with you and that guy over there and don't say it's nothing." She firmly pressed.
Izuku didn't know what to do and just opted to tell her part of the truth. "We've known each other since we were kids and we were best friends. Bakugou became a bit mean after his Explosion Quirk manifested. It didn't help that he was always rather advanced and was constantly showered with praise. He views that everyone aren't as good as him from it all and since my Quirk didn't manifest at all until last year, well, I became a target for his ridicule." He looked up to see a peeved off Buttercup. "B-but it wasn't so bad. At least I got my quirk and so everything worked out."
Buttercup had a lot to say but opted to let her fist do the talking.
"It seems you still look up to that asshole." Not shying away from her use of words.
Looking down. "Well his strong, confident and his quirk is so powerful, better than mine. I can't begin to- OWW!" He was given a smack upside the head.
"Why did you do that for?" Rubbing his head as he looked at her in shock.
Looking straight in to his eyes, she spoke "Cause you're acting like an idiot. You mean to tell me that you've gotten this far and by the looks of things, with an awesome power of your own and your still doubting yourself? Besides, the guy is acting like a great A jerk with an ego to boot. You don't owe anyone who does not seem to treat you with descent respect an explanation of your power or of yourself. Besides, you seem more determined and can think outside the box, like the other day with the ball." She says, trying to get her point across.
That was enough to make him stutter and blush in embarrassment. No one in his life, even his mother until recently, ever acknowledged him like that before. She was even someone who had strength too and here she is giving him praise.
Gathering his bearings he replied. "I don't k-know about that b-but thanks." Trying to cool down.
"Anyway, we should come up with a plan. What you got?" She asked.
"Well we just need to secure the bomb and we will win. But I know that Kacchan will want to attack while Iida stays behind and keeps watch. So I am thinking that we split up, divide and conquer." He says, with a sure face.
"Not a bad idea. So I take it that you locate the bomb room." She said it as if obvious.
"Actually I was thinking that I distract him while you find the bomb. He will be already coming after me, so it will give you time to locate and disarm the device." Izuku said.
Buttercup was not too fond of the idea, granted she knew Izuku was tough but that guy was giving off major danger vibes. She also knew that he didn't have much control over his powers.
"Okay, but watch your ass, got it?" She said sternly.
He gave a small smile "Okay." Making their way to the site.
"I don't get why you think he doesn't have a quirk." Iida turn to speak to Bakugou, as he stood next to the fake weapon. "I also don't see why you get angry when it comes to Midoriya."
"Little shit needs to be taught a lesson. To fucking know his place" he said it with a snarl.
Iida didn't pay attention to that but said "Well, if you have that much passion then use it in this exercise. Also keep a look out for that Kayama girl, she is not one to be underestimated." Saying with a serious face.
"Tch. Like I should worry about a bitch like her. She's just another lucky extra who wishes to be taken down by me." He dismisses as he walks out of the room.
Iida could say that the girl was disrespectful and crass but had power.
"ALRIGHT, YOU NEWBIES…" All Might's voice boomed through the streets intercoms, "…THE TIME STARTS… NOW!"
The speed hero put on his helmet and got in to character "Let's go."
The eyes in the media room looked between the two teams making their way to their spots, the students already debating the outcome.
"So, who you got with this one?" Kaminari asked the others out loud, "… I got Bakugou on this fight."
"Nah, that green eyed girl is taking this herself." Jiro responded shrugging.
"Well Deku is on her team then they will definitely do great." Uraraka said with determination.
Standing next to each other, the girls were watching the screens closely.
"Blossom, do you think Buttercup and Izuku will be alright?" Bubbles asked, a bit worried
She didn't take her eyes off the screen, "I am not too worried for Buttercup, but I am slightly worried for if that guy with a short fuse fights her instead." She said a sigh. That was enough to get her back to watching the screens again, but still worried.
Izuku was walking along the path leading in to the building. He's smart to keep on the alert, doing otherwise would spell trouble out for him. As he makes a turn in to the hall way, instincts kicks in.
"Deku!" Bakugou roared as he came down on Izuku with an explosion in hand. Izuku jumped backwards and the ash blonde blasted the wall next to where he'd been standing. The damage isn't much, just half of his mask torn and a few scrapes and bruises but all was fine…barely.
"What's wrong Deku, too much of a coward to stand up and fight?" Bakugou said menacingly.
Izuku stood up to face his opponent. His body trembling from what just happened, but nonetheless he tries to keep a cool head. Bakugou scanned around, only to just the nerd. With a menacing smirk "Well I see that bitch left you to me. Oh well, I guess she is smart enough to leave your sorry ass behind so I may teach you a lesson."
Izuku did not respond to that, trying to analyse his next move, this made Bakugou charge.
"I won't hurt you so bad that they have to stop the exercise; but just under that!" Bakugou threatened as he launched himself at Izuku. Green eyes followed Bakugou's movements and with a mental nod he stepped into Bakugou's guard. Once close enough he grabbed Bakugou's large grenade gauntlet and used a shoulder throw to slam the Explosion user into the concrete, back first. Bakugou hacked as the wind was knocked out of him.
The victory was small but he needed to still be on his toes for what was coming next.
Buttercup was making her way to the bomb room as initially planned. She read the schematics of the building and had an idea of where they could have placed it. She hid the corner of the door to observe something, weird. She saw glasses rehearsing being a villain.
'This guy is too serious for his own good' mentally sighing from this. She is brought out of her thoughts when an explosion, bigger than before goes off. She taps her ear piece to check on the green bean, but noting is coming on, just-
'DIE SHITTY NERD!'
She knew that this was not good.
"Mr All Might, you have to stop this fight or he might seriously hurt him!" Bubbles yelled, not caring that he was a teacher.
Everyone was thinking the same thing but chalked it up to it being all an act.
"Blonde Kayama, you need not worry. I am sure young Bakugou would never intentionally put his friends in harm's way.
Both Bubbles and Blossom knew that was no how it seems, for the way that things are going, someone would be seriously hurt from this battle.
Izuku was not faring well with the whole onslaught of punches and mini explosions at him. He tried to dodge as best as he could, even tried to grapple Bakugou once more, but each attempt was met with fade outs and strikes to his body.
He was backed up against a corner, at the other side of the building, his only thought was on if Buttercup is faring better than him.
Bakugou walking out of smoke and debris looked at the boy in front of him like a mad man ready to kill.
He spits onto the floor and glares. "I wasn't gonna do this," he says, steading one arm with the other and hooking a finger around the fake pin of the grenade on his arm. But Izuku's stomach turns over, and he gets the feeling that the grenade isn't so fake. "But you fucking pissed me off! This thing here is a massive storage tank. You know how my Quirk explosion works, right, Deku?" Izuku looks terrified.
"My costume's been collecting my sweat since I put the thing on." Bakugou starts to pull on the pin. "Imagine how big of a blast a half hours' worth of it will make!"
"Bakugou, stop!" the voice of All Might blares through their earpieces. "You are forbidden from using that gauntlet! You could kill somebody!"
"Oh, he'll be alright if he dodges," Bakugou snickers. The pin comes loose and hits the scorched floor. The hole on top of the gauntlet begins to glow. Izuku tries to think of something but can't as a raging fiery explosion comes at him.
The whole scene was moving so fast that no seemed to notice a being that stood in front of Izuku, practically shielding him from the explosion.
In the media room, there was much panic as the students just witnessed the explosion destroy the wall of the building.
"Oh no!"
"Dude, what happened?!"
"Are they okay?"
"Young Midoriya, Midoriya, Bakugou! Answer!" All Might wondering if any of them is alright.
Bubbles was shaking at the prospects of her friend not making it. But Blossom was having other thoughts on her mind. 'This will not end well.'
As the dust settled, they all drew their attention to the screen and what they saw shocked them.
"What!"
Bakugou grinning wanted to see how the nerd fared with his little toy. As the dust cleared, stunned would be an exaggeration to what he saw right in front of him. Izuku starts to cough as the smoke clears, rubbing his eyes and wincing. Strangely, he did not seem to feel any sort of severe damage from the explosion aside from the heat singes to his hair and clothes. Slowly, he opens them. The first thing he sees is Buttercup's back turned to him. His eyes are as wide as plates, taking in the information all coming at him.
"BUTTERCUP! Are you okay?!" But she doesn't answer.
"W-hat!? How did you survive that blast? Did you pull a stupid cheat or what? ANSWER ME!" Bakugou demanded as he glared at the girl in front of him.
Buttercup having protected her face with her arms crossed over them, lowered them down slowly. She did not have any severe injuries, just some small burn marks and singed fabrics at certain areas of her body. Smoke was coming off of her clothes but other than that, she seemed okay.
She stared at her opponent, hands burst out glowing green energy on either side, making Bakugou step back subconsciously. With a narrowed glare she had only one thing to say.
"Alright let's FUCKING go!"
Chapter 8- Of Friends and Fury: Part 2
No one could understand what just happened. Did she really shield the guy? Does she have a fire immunity quirk as well? Is she actually alright? Were the thoughts that ran through many of the student's minds.
"Okay I am just going to say it…HOW IS SHE STILL STANDING?!" Kaminari exclaimed, breaking the hanging silence in the room.
"Seems to be a fire negation element to her quirk." Tokoyami thought out loud.
"Kero. Maybe…but it is still funny how she seems to have such little to no damage." A finger was placed at Tsu's chin thoughtfully.
"Sheesh! Buttercup knows how to scare a girl" Bubbles let a breath she held in.
Rolling her eyes at sister "You know, we can each handle certain elements, right?" In a whispered tone
"I know, but it doesn't mean we can't get hurt." Bubbles said in her defence.
Blossom soon realized that although Buttercup was safe, it added another reason to put them on the radar.
Everyone's eyes turn back to the screen. Even All Might was a bit shocked at this new predicament.
There was a moment of silence in the air. All three of them were standing in place, wondering what the next move would be.
Bakugou was getting sick of this shit and piped up again. "Enough of this crap. DIE!" Charging at his two targets with a crazed look in his eyes, giving off a blast from his left arm that propels him to land an explosive attack.
Izuku was on guard to help but Buttercup raised up a hand, as if signalling let me.
As Bakugou changes direction mid-flight, aiming towards the nerd, Izuku wanted to tap in to One for All to at least counter. Before either one could do anything, a hand grabbed on to the ashy blonde and as swift as a trained martial artist, swung him so hard that it sent Bakugou flying in to the other side of the walls. All that was heard, was a big thud and gasps for air.
Izuku was taken aback at this and even more so when he saw his partner give off a green aura glow.
"Finally, time to teach him some manners." She says, as she walks over to him.
"Wow." Was all Izuku could say.
Bakugou stood up, now looking more pissed than ever. "You think you are so tough just because of dirty trick?!" Snarling at the girl.
"Don't talk about dirty tricks you big baby. After pulling that stunt." She spat as she narrowed her eyes.
He said nothing as he charged off, sending off crackles of explosives. He tried to land an explosive blast but was met with a block and a return punch and kick. Buttercup would give back punches to the arms and jaws. Kicks the chest and plasma infused blasts to counter his own attacks. Bakugou was riddled with bruises and scrapes that were visible on certain areas that were not covered with by his costume. Buttercup's arms had some more burn marks but was still better off than Bakugou.
"Shit!" Reeling back from the last punch.
"Ready to give up?" Looking at the guy with a scowl.
He gritted his teeth, and raised his other gauntlet straight at her. "I will not lose to that shitty bastard and some fucked up cheat!" With a glare, his finger was on the pin, "I have enough sweat to win this battle definitely!"
"Kacchan no, it's too dangerous!" Izuku exclaimed.
"SHUT UP DEKU!" he pulled the trigger "Say good-" he was cut off by the sight of Buttercup's right in front of him, a glowing hand that grabbed on to his gauntlet.
"Shut up." With that, the glow grew and crushed the gauntlet with the force of a hydraulic press.
The explosion gave off a roar so loud that Izuku quickly can only hear ringing after it first goes off, rips the building apart. The flash blinds him and Buttercup, and the heat singes more of their hair and clothes. And he's not even in the line of fire. They feel the building list to the side. But somehow it keeps upright. Mentally, Buttercup curses herself for going a bit overboard with setting off the jerks explosive and making 3x's more dangerous.
They were both coughing, trying to get the dust out of their lungs. Settling down, they saw each other, but they also a sight that would haunt a normal man's dreams for days.
Bakugou was sprawled out on the ground, unconscious and battered. The arm he used to set off the explosion was now mangled and covered in 3rd degree burns with what seemed like some bone sticking out. Blood was oozing out, settling on the ground next to him.
Dread washed over them both and in that state of shock, a booming voice rang through their ears.
"Young Midoriya!" Turning their heads to see All Might coming over. "Are you all alright, that was a dangerous situation and…Ah!"
Izuku winces as All Might kneels beside Bakugou. "I… I'm sorry" not sure to who at this point. Even though Bakugou intended to do much worse to them.
All Might shakes his head, "It was not your fault Midoriya" giving a quick disapproving scowl to his teammate that honestly makes Buttercup flinch. "This should be a good lesson for all of you. For now, I'll take him and you both to Recovery Girl. Young Tenya evacuated the building once word of the explosion was sounded."
"Yes, sir," Izuku says, slowly approaching All Might. "I, uh…"
"We will all discuss this situation at a later time Midoriya. For right now, you will both have to get moving." With that, the cape hero left the two teens behind carrying an unconscious boy.
Buttercup felt bad but knew that the situation could not be helped well. She turned to Izuku to see if he was okay, but saw him swaying and about to collapse if not for Buttercup's quick reflexes and catching him before he hit the ground.
Maybe the shock of the scene got to him or the physical exhaustion finally washed over him, but it was not a favourable situation.
"Oh shit."
In the UA medical bay, where three students were currently residing in. They came in, All Might carrying a severely injured boy and a female student carrying another unconscious boy in tow. Recovery Girl just sighed and told them to place each one on a bed. Before All Might could even talk or lecture the girl, Recovery Girl shut him down and told him to leave, for which he tried to refute.
"You have already done your job as a teacher by bringing these kids in. Now it is my turn to see to it that these kids are taken care of, but I cannot do that if you are to cause a mental distress on them. Do I make myself clear?" She said sternly, not leaving room for any sort of argument to rise.
Reluctantly, All Might left in a huff, leaving Recovery Girl to shake her head in a sigh.
"Even after all these years, he is still a stubborn idiot." She said as if a matter of fact.
That caught the standing Powerpuff girl's attention but before she can say anything.
"Now then dearie. I won't ask what happened for I have a sinking suspicion that it was because of a training gone wrong, am I right?" She asked with a wrinkled smile.
Buttercup only lowered her head, not wanting to answer.
"Very well, I see that it was not a great class, especially if that bonehead of a hero is teaching it." Giving another smile.
That made the raven haired girl smile, but still kept her silence.
"Anyway, I wonder why you did not treat them yourself when it seems you are able to." Causing her to whip her head up at the statement.
"Yes I know you can heal people with that quirk you got there. Nothing like anything I have ever seen. You seem to be able to heal any physical damage to the body. Quite an impressive power to have, especially in a world like ours I'm afraid to say." Getting off her chair to walk over to the young girl. "Now, would you mind healing yours and your green haired boy's injuries while I attend the one severely hurt?" She requested as she walked past her.
Buttercup was a little confused. "Excuse me lady, but what are you doing?"
She let out a soft chuckle. "Wow, young people today, no time for respect, huh?" But before Buttercup could retort. The nurse stood on a stool next to the ashy blonde and puckered her lips before stretching it forward and kissing the blonde's cheek. The scene was weird to Buttercup but she took a closer look and saw that half of the injuries were healing up. The more severe ones were closing up and the bones were slightly realigning themselves. Before it did not go any further as Recovery girl stopped.
"Why did you stop? It seemed to be working." Buttercup asked.
"Well my dear, my power is also a healing quirk. But the catch is that I use the stamina of the patient to speed up the healing process in them. I can't continue while they are low on it, or else it will wind up causing more damage than good. That is why I prefer to help out the best I can and let the body heal naturally." Giving a heavy sigh, as if she was wishing she could do more than that.
That made Buttercup give a look of sympathy but went on to the green haired boy's bed. Once there, she place a hand on his arm and concentrated. She released a familiar green-yellow light that engrossed the boy in it.
Recovery Girl stared at the sight with intrigue. The light shimmered and healed of the bruises and cuts that were previously there. As Buttercup could feel that the job was done, she stopped the healing and sat down on a newly found chair.
Trying to mentally focus, a glass of water was offered to her on a cane. "Drink up brat, you seem to be tired."
Buttercup looked at her sceptically before taking the cup and giving a mumbled thanks. To which the nurse just huffed and turned with a small smile 'My, these girls are impressive, aren't they.'
Buttercup ran back to her class, once Recovery Girl gave her the go ahead after she did a thorough check up to see if her healing of herself was adequate and it was.
She reluctantly left, heading back to ground beta, where she was met different expressions but familiar faces dashed over to her.
"Buttercup! Are you okay?" Bubbles went out and hugged her close.
"We saw everything on the monitor. Are you okay? How is Izuku?" seconds later before. "Oh and Bakugou." Blossom said slightly distasteful.
Buttercup never like showing weakness but she never minded with those she cared about like her sister's. She returned the hug.
"Yeah he will be fine. His healed up and resting at the moment." She said with a smile and shrug. "Also boom boom baby is recovering fine, might not see him for the rest of the day." She said with a wryly smile.
Blossom and Bubbles were glad at that but not much was said about the others.
"Excuse me dude but don't you think that was uncalled for?" A voice got the girl's attention.
"What your sister did was not cool. She could have done much worse in this situation, if that is even possible." Iida spoke in a condescending tone.
"Excuse me four eyes!" Buttercup said with a glare.
"He's right you know." Kaminari stepped forward. "You literally put him in hospital now" crossing his arms with a disapproving expression.
Buttercup was getting ticked off while Bubbles and Blossom were a taken aback at what was said. Did they not see that the guy they were defending was doing something dangerous or that Buttercup was defending themselves against him. What is wrong with them?
"Well buddy, if you did pay attention, you would see the jackass was about to blast both me and Izuku off that building." She said angrily.
"It still doesn't give you the right to badly hurt a classmate and besides, you would have survived it." Sero piped up.
That made the girls go like WTH at that.
Blossom having had enough spoke. "Are you seriously not understanding the fact that my sister was trying to help her teammate, from the guy who was looking unhinged?" In a calm voice but had an icy tone.
"Yeah, back off. She was just trying to protect Izuku!" Bubbles exclaimed, while giving a defensive stance , as if to shield Buttercup.
No-one said anything else, but the atmosphere gave of a hostile vibe. Only when All Might came in, did it seem to be better, well almost.
"I AM BACK!" All Might declared as he opened the door. "Now I know that this battle was a bit chaotic but in the world of heroics, sometimes heroes make mistakes, silly if you can say." That got many eyes to land on Buttercup but her and her sisters didn't pay any mind.
"Now everybody let's go over the results!" All Might declared as he looked over the class. "Who can tell me the MVP of this Trial?" People were shuffling through their thoughts.
"Sir, although I can't say the heroes won this battle, they took too many risks overall. Midoriya's brush decision to face off an opponent by himself was brave but the results show it was not well thought out in time. Buttercup showed heart by rescuing her teammate from a possible danger but she caused a fatal mistake in abandoning her post to stop the true threat even though she could have easily managed it. Now to Bakugo, he abandoned his teammate to go off on his own, and his attack destroyed the base he was protecting. The one who stood out the most was lida, for he took the responsible approach and kept to his position the whole time."
"Eh… v-ves, precisely!" All Might stuttered in surprise to the girls in depth analysis.
Blossom was also impressed by that analysis and although she got to hand to Buttercup for saving someone, she couldn't deny that if it were a real deal, it would have been disastrous.
Buttercup begrudgingly accepted the analysis and made no complaint on it. At least she knew the girl was not so biased towards her.
"Well seeing as the unforeseen consequence disrupted the battle. I will just give the hero team a win on this. Seeing as they were the only ones standing. But they will need to do better next time" All Might said as he gave a once over to the Powerpuff girls.
"NOW! The next teams to battle will be…These two!"
-Shoto Todoroki & Mezo Shoji (Team B) vs. Kayama Blossom & Eijiro Kirishima (Team I)-
The teams were walking out of the room, headed to their positions.
"Honestly, why do I have to play the villain in this scenario." Blossom annoyed at the results even though it was just a test.
"Hey, no sweat. It's only a test and you can always pretend we are protecting civilians instead of a bomb." The Red-head boy said with toothy grin with his hands behind his head as they walked.
Blossom was not too informed with the people as her classmates, but she did know their names and knew who was Kirishima. She noticed that his hero getup was going practically shirtless other than black sleeves and red shoulder pads along with his face wire guard. She quickly chastised herself for staring at him and whipped her head to the side.
Kirishima noticed this and thought it was making her uncomfortable, so he tried to lighten the mood.
"Oh don't be like that. A real man isn't afraid to show himself to the world." He grinned and clenched his fist.
Blossom, keeping the blush at bay redirected her raised eyebrow at him. "As long as you are not showing too much, then you're all good." She remarked sassily. But this just made the boy laugh "Don't worry, I am a gentlemen first and foremost.
At which, Blossom just rolled her eyes.
"I can't wait to see how Blossom does." Bubbles said excitedly.
"Let's see what red can do." Buttercup also showing her own version of excitement.
"Now will have to come up with a plan of attack if we are to win this battle." She said thoughtfully.
"How about we just rush them and take them down." He said cheerfully.
Blossom only groaned at that. "We can't just attack them. We are dealing with classmates who have amazing abilities and can catch us off guard." She explained.
"No sweat, I have seen your abilities in action and without me; you could probably handle it yourself." He said directing a thumbs up her way.
Blossom was a bit taken aback at the compliment back nevertheless decided not pay much mind to it. And she came up with one.
Outside the building, the hero team was getting ready to enter.
"They are both in the hall of the North side of the fourth floor. I think they plan to take us on in the same room." Came Shoji's voice from his Tentacles.
"For your own safety go outside go outside." Todoroki cockily ordered his teammate as she walked in.
"I'm sure our opponents intend to fight a defensive battle." Raising his right hand to release cold air. He then places the said hand on the wall activating his quirk, causing the walls and under his feet to freeze. "But we already won." With a cocky demeanour, he encases the whole room in ice. But it goes beyond that. The whole building slowly becomes glacier. Widows shatter and are replaced by ice. Staircases become ramps. The roof practically turns into an igloo.
"Oh crap! The guy has one crazy quirk." Buttercup seeing the scene.
"It's just like Blossom's only her's is through breath." Bubbles analysed. "But Blossom cannot be taken down that easily."
"Yup. Red is too stubborn." Agreeing with her sister.
Before he knew it, Kirishima was pretty frozen from head to toe and so was Blossom but her head was strangely unfrozen. Behind them was a block of ice.
Footsteps were heard and Blossom was keeping her eyes open on the door in front.
Entering the room Todoroki looked around. "I see my ice abilities can even immobilize someone like you, huh?" He cockily remarked.
Blossom didn't react to that remark but simply kept silent as he walked past her.
"It's not your fault. We are just playing on different levels." Saying that he was about to touch the bomb until.
At that, Blossom smirked before it was time.
Before Todoroki could even touch the bomb, it was covered in a pink glow and lifted up and away from him.
"What the hell?" He was confused until. "Your right Todoroki." He turned to see the braid on the girl he froze waving in the air.
"We are playing on different levels. That is why, one should not be too cocky, just yet." Opening her eyes, she had a pink glow.
Todoroki was pissed and not leaving for more errors, shot out a blast of ice spikes at her. But just then, Blossom's eyes turned red and fired heat vision that melted the ice before it came, much to the shock of Todoroki. Taking the opportunity, she aimed her eyes on her teammate and set him free.
"Yeah, that's what I am talking about." He cheered as he charged at the boy. Todoroki wanted to send another blast of ice but was subdued by a string of capture tape that caught his attention. A big mistake on his part. And he was effectively knocked out by a hardened punch to the jaw.
Seeing that Todoroki was effectively out cold. Blossom stopped her concentration and left the bomb down. She felt a little light headed but managed to stay on her feet, Kirishima saw that.
"Hey are you o-" The sound of footsteps brought their attention to the door. Shoji saw what had happened and charged at them. Blossom came too enough to click her heels and out pops ice blades on her boots. She dodged the 6 armed boy while Kirishima did his best to subdue him. Taking a deep breath, unleashed a gust of cold winds that entrapped the boy. They quickly tied up Todoroki and were .declared the winners.
-Yuga Aoyama and Mina Ashido(Team E) vs.Kayama Bubble & Koji KODA (Team F)-
Team F was not faring so well. It was Bubbles and Koda vs the likes of Mina and Aoyama. Bubbles understood that Koda's shyness was going to be a problem, so she made the decision to face both parties by herself. Although Koda felt bad, he could not bring himself to fight. "It's okay. I get scared at times too but you just have to try."
With that she left, leaving Koda to guard the bomb. 'I want to help you.'
Bubbles having a bit of trouble with this than she thought. When she located Aoyama, she took the chance to fire a sonic scream but-
"Not so fast sweetie." With that, white substance was flung at Bubbles from the back. She saw it in time to flip back out of the way.
"Aww, I missed." Mina said with a pout. Just then, a beam of light shot at Bubbles, good thing it was slightly off.
"The sparkle tres beautiful, oui mademoiselle?" He spoke in a French accent while giving an exaggerated pose.
Normally Bubbles would be in the sparkles now but she really did not like the current situation.
Bubbles did her best to push back the 2 heroes from getting closer to the bomb. She knew she just needed time to run out but that easier said than done.
She had to dodge close range attacks and long range attacks while barely able to land her own. Just then when Mina flung another one of her acid splats, it caught on her arm and singed her. She winced in pain but could not afford to slow down.
She let out controlled sonic screams not too big to topple the building.
Aoyama and Mina were taking cover behind an individual pillar, getting out ear shot of the quirk.
"That girl has some good lungs." Mina said as she held her hands over her ears. She did not notice that Aoyama was gone, leaving behind his red glasses.
Bubbles decides to take a break, enough time for Mina to acid skate over to her. She places both hands on the ground, releasing a tremor that shakes Mina off balance.
Before she can get back up, the time goes off and the Villains win the match, making Bubbles jump for joy.
"Yay, we did it-Ah!" He gasped to see a tied Aoyama on the ground with a shy Koda there.
"Koda, did you do this? I thought you were afraid?" Bubbles asked, confused but happy.
He twiddled his fingers, "I wanted to help." Sounding almost like a whisper but Bubbles could hear it well.
She gave a bright smile and hugged the shy lug. "Aww, thank you Koda", much to the panic of the big guy.
As the class concludes, All Might addresses his students
"That's a wrap! Super work everyone. You really stepped up to the plate. And, we didn't have any major injuries, except for Midoriya and Bakugou. You should be proud. Excellent first day of training, all around!" giving them praise.
Tsu raises up her hand, "It's nice to hear some encouraging words after our homeroom class. Mr. Aizawa was kind of a buzzkill" for which they all could agree upon.
With a dramatic pose, "I'M HAPPY TO BRING SUCH STAGGERING POSITIVITY TO MY STUDENTS!"
"Now I must go and check on the two students. I am off." Saying that, he sped of with super speed.
"Wow, he is so cool." Kaminari said.
"Aw, I'll never be able to run that fast." Sero whined.
After a few minutes, the students start walking back to change and attend their classes.
Buttercup was about to leave also when. "Hey Buttercup, aren't you going to go check up on Izuku as well?" Catching the attention of her sister.
"Yeah, we could all swing by there to have a quick visit." Blossom added.
Buttercup thought about it and refrained. "I don't think it is a good idea to visit while teach is also there. Besides, we might see him after school probably."
Bubbles and Blossom thought about and agreed, after the day they had, maybe not crossing paths with the teacher again in not advisable.
-UA Infirmary-
At that moment, Yagi Toshinori burst through the door, much to the annoyance of the doctor. "How are they Recovery Girl?! Are Midoriya and Bakugou awake?!" His voice raised.
"Will you keep your voice down, this is a medical room not a concert." She chastises the man, he gives a low apology. She continued "Anyway, Bakugou already left long time, much to my protest. I could not heal much with my quirk so I did some first aid but he will need to heal naturally for a week. As for Midoriya, he is fully healed, but at the moment, he is just exhausted and will still miss his classes."
It was at that moment that Izuku woke up, though he doesn't know why, but he decided to keep silent and listen in while he had the strength.
All Might sighs in relief that Midoriya is fine, but he can't help but still feel confused.
"Honestly, I thought the injuries would have taken much longer." He said thoughtfully.
"Oh they were going to take longer, if it wasn't for that here female classmate of his that came in as well." She said.
All Might could not help his shock. "B-but how? She's the one to cause this!" Yagi said, his voice seemingly louder, causing Izuku to flinch at that remark.
Now turning back to face the skinny man, "I have a pretty good idea that you were the cause of this, with your teachings. Nevertheless, that girl was able to assist in the healing of the boy here. And even though she seemed stubborn, she had a heart of gold and her powers impressed me." Turning away with a small smile.
All Might was not in the mood to argue, but was glad that his protégé is healed faster. He will deal with that topic later.
Izuku was beginning to fall back asleep, but realized at the revelation of this whole.
Opening his eyes to wake up, he realized that it was late afternoon-
"Rise and shine sonny."
"Gah!" He gasps at the face to face wakeup call by the doctor hero.
Izuku was walking back to the class with many things on his mind. He remembers that he missed all his afternoon classes, worried that Aizawa was going to choke him with his scarf. He sighs, taking a moment to truly assess himself. 'I seriously don't feel pain? My body feels as good as new. This is quite amazing.'
Standing in front of his class, reluctantly entered. To his surprise, was met with greetings.
"Hey, it's Midoriya!" Kirishima announced, getting everyone's attention. "Good to see ya back, super!"
The three girls and additionally a Koda were brought out of their conversation (well, the 3 were talking and Koda was silently petting a tiny bird) to see the whole commotion. They pondered if they should go over to that area, but was not needed when he strode over to them, to face Buttercup.
The two were staring at each other for what seemed like hours, but only 10 seconds when Izuku gave big bow to Buttercup and said. "Thank you for coming to my rescue and healing my injuries. I really appreciate it very much."
Buttercup was taken aback by it, much to the confusion and shock of some of their classmates. She regained her composure and-
Bump
She gave him a knock on the head, "That is for not covering your ass when I told you to. Besides, it's no problem green bean. We were a team, so yeah." She shrugged.
Koda was looking a bit scared and confused.
Bubbles was hiding a giggle from the cute scene.
Blossom was giving a long sigh.
Izuku just gave a nervous smile as he rubbed his head. Then he gasped.
"Guys, where's Kacchan?" That was enough to bring a scowl to the girl's faces.
"We tried to stop him from leaving. But he wouldn't listen. You just missed him." Uraraka explained. Izuku ran out of the classroom, no doubt to look for the ashy blonde.
"Honestly, I hope he realizes that he is not a friend." Bubbles said, with the other girls and Koda nodding in agreement.
Izuku ran along the stairs leading down when certain thoughts of Bakugou came up.
'Dammit! You were tricking me for years by acting weak. Bet you've been laughing behind my back, huh? So where's that flashy power a' yours now?'
He saw the blonde boy in front of him and called out, "Kacchan! Wait up!"
The boy begrudgingly turned around to show his arm in a cast, promptly held up by a sling.
Izuku was going dry mouth, trying to find the words to come out. He so wanted to explain his powers and try to get his old friend to understand. But before he can talk.
"Here to gloat about the fucked win you bitch friend got you?" He spat.
Izuku was stunned "Huh?"
"Oh don't act coy! If it wasn't for that wannabe hero saving your ass, I would have won that battle and you know it!"
"Wait Kacchan I just want to explain about my quirk-" He was stopped short by a familiar voice.
'Besides, the guy is acting like a great A jerk with an ego to boot. You don't owe anyone who does not seem to treat you with descent respect an explanation of your quirk or of yourself.'
"What about it nerd?" His voice snapping him back.
"I-I, ah…" Looking at the, he loses his nerve.
"YOU KNOW WHAT, JUST CAN IT DEKU!" Bakugou shouted. Making the boy flinch.
"I don't care about you're worthless quirk. I will beat you no matter what! And those 3 freaks you call friends of yours! I am going to be the number one hero and I won't allow some fucking extras to get in my way! So enjoy your win, because it won't last." With that, he walked away in a huff, leaving Izuku stunned and confused.
Unbeknownst to anyone, a watchful individual has picked up on their conversation and watching the angry blonde kid with an evil smile.
"Oh he will do quite nicely in the future. Just you wait girls." Giving a maniacal laugh as the image is lost.