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He was comfortable.

Kaito’s jacket was so warm, it was perfect to fight against the cold surface of the hydraulic press. Hearing the press start up and seeing the slow descent of the metal coming closer to his small body. 

There was a heavy feeling in his chest. Was it fear? He’s felt this before, but it's different now. With Mui he had a plan for him to live, if only for a little longer. Here he knows the plan, he’s dead no matter what. 

He felt the urge to cry but that’s not how he wanted to die. He didn’t want to die to start with! He looked over to Kaito who was giving him a bright smile but the light didn’t quite reach his eyes. His eyes seemed to be shouting ‘I’m sorry. I’m sorry it had to end like this.’ over and over and over and over. He didn’t want a sorry, he knew he didn’t deserve nor he needed it. He turned his head to see the metal so close.

Or was it always that close? Did it move, was his mind turning against him? He didn’t want to see the thing that would crush him, he didn’t need to see his time slowly end. He closed his eyes but that seemed to make things worse. Memories of Gonta, Shuichi and Mui. The guilt he had for killing Gonta and Mui, the harsh but true words of Shuichi. It hurt in a way he couldn’t wrap up. He wanted to smile and laugh them off but those words felt like knives to his heart. They would bleed but in a way that you know it’s bleeding but no matter how much you try to wrap them up the bleeding would never really stop.

His eyes shot open. He didn’t want to die but the poison had finally taken over and he was unable to move. He saw the press an inch away then white hot pain came through. It hurt, it hurt really bad. 

He felt like his own brain was starting to turn on him. Even as the king this downfall was his own people. What would DICE think… He failed them, even if they weren’t real, even if this was all some dumb tv show! He’ll die having memories of people he could laugh with… Even if he’s the reason they were caught up in this mess.

Then everything was burning, not littery, but it felt like the whole board, all the pieces, all his planning was falling in front of his eyes. He wants it to stop, and it did. It was gone as soon as it came. The cold, the warm gone, the hot pain gone, the flying pieces gone. 

He didn’t want this. Who would? He wanted out but not like this. He likes to think that he wore the mask he found comfort in till the very end but he knows it broke at some point and the true fear showed on his face. He mentally takes the king chest piece off the board, then he likes to think all the other pieces made it out, that they beat the other king. 

Maybe someone heard his wish, his pleas and cries. A god? No more likely some kinda cruel anti-hero that thought getting another change would maybe change him or make life a bit more fun to watch?

Well then all they did was give him a new stage, and after all if Kokichi may not be a hero but he was an amazing actor. 

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“I AM HERE!”

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“I AM-”

Kokichi moved his hand to turn off the noise. Was that an alarm clock? It was annoying and loud, 10/10, super effective!!! When his eyes opened he could tell right away something was wrong. His hands were small and the bed he was sleeping in was not one he had seen before.

 He also caught on that that clock was not his. The time reading 8:00am, The sheets of the bed he woke up on were yellow, blue, white and red. It was an odd color combo and not one he liked all that much. He liked white and black much more, dark blue was a good color as well, though red was another good one, ooo~ but yellow and gold!

He got out of bed and saw the room filled with merch. Posters of a man with bright yellow hair wearing a suit with the same colors posted on the walls. Posters reading ‘you can do it.’ ‘plus ultra!’ ‘don’t give up.’ motivating stuff and so on. He looked at the ground and noticed his body was shorter than normal. His head was a bit closer to the ground, then for only a moment he saw the brown loose wood board coming up to hit him hard in the face. His hand moved to cover his eyes for only a moment, though they never met his eyes as his tiny hands clasped together. Kokichi fought the urge to bite on his nails. 

As he moved the tiny hands back to the ground a piece of hair fell down into his eyes. The tiny hand reached to the lock of green hair. Now Kokichi may not like math but he’s positive purple and green were not the same colors. He also knows hair doesn't just change like this for no reason. How did his hair turn green? A crazy theory popped into his head, it’s so stupid, so out of left field, that it JUST might be true. He looked around the room one more time, but then there was this odd feeling in his head. Before he felt alone, no that's not the right wording. Maybe more incomplete, hollow? It’s hard to give a label or word to the feeling but to dumb it down, it felt something was missing. Then he felt there was that warmth. It was the same kind of warmth as Kaito’s jacket. 

Wh-what…?

How he was correct he may never know, how he came up with the theory in the first place is a question he will never answer. He is sharing a body with someone who was already alive. By the voice that was in his head, the size of his hands and all the toys. (do action figures count as toys or collectables?) Kokichi would guess he’s maybe six maybe seven. It’s neat that he can hear the boy and most likely the boy can see what Kokichi sees. 

He adds it to a mental note, soon he starts to mentally set out a new chess board. A king and a pawn. The room, his hand in front of his face, the odd posters. He wonders if there is a way they can switch back and forth. But that’s too much what it’s right now. 

“Well good morning sleepy head~!” Kokichi said, his voice playful, and a carefree smile covered the face Kokichi had been called childish now he just fits the role with him now being a child. Though he notes that that vote that came out of his mouth was not his own. Maybe because he was now sharing bodies with a child? His mind replied helpful, He looked over to the clock that now read 8:13am. “Wow! You really slept in huh? It’s all thanks to me you woke up!” Kokichi laughed out, exaggerating movements and his tone of voice so it seemed a bit of a mix of playful and scolding. He wonders how this boy will react, he prays to atua it’s not boring.

I-I- Did huh? T-thank y-you. The voice boy stuttered out. Was he shy, or maybe it was the shock of someone else having control of your body? His brain replied oh so helpful once again. W-who are y-y-you? A-Are Y-you a villain?! He cried, Kokichi could feel that if he was in control there would be tears in his eyes. He mentally adds that this boy was showing a few red flags of bullying but then again maybe he’s just over thinking things. 

“Well my name is Kokichi Oma! Nice to meetcha!” He didn’t know if he was in the same world at this point or maybe a different part of the world so revealing his ultimate might only cause more questions for the already panicking boy. On top the kid was seemingly crying, and Kokichi could hear the slight change in the kid's breathing patterns. Not a great sign. “Say what’s your name and age?”

Izuku M-Midoryia, I'm eight. Oh he was eight, he made a good guess and was almost right on the age at least. Kokichi’s king piece moved in front of the young pawn on this chess board.

“Midoriya Huh? If you're wondering how this happened I don’t know. Also not a villain.” Not right now. He could be called a villain and couldn’t blame people who did but he got a second chance at life. (But did he really get a second chance or was he just given the tools to ruin some else's life?) But in the end Kokichi knows it’s not really his life, It is still Midoriya’s body and life, all Kokichi is doing is sharing it. And who would Kokichi be if not an all so great and caring leader!

W-well wh-what d-do we do? Midoryia asked, and that was a good question. He mentally made a note they wrote, ‘not exactly like Kaito.’

“Well let's get to know each other. If we have time, like do you have school?” 

Y-yes b-but I have t-today off.

“Good to know. Let’s see…. Hmmm…” Kokichi let out a fake hum, he put a hand to his chin and looked to the ceiling. Kokichi was not quite in the right mood or mind set for a game right now, so he answered, “I hate pigs feet. I like games… ummm I also like carbonated drinks?” He was about to continue but a much more fun thought popped into his head. Though he doesn’t want to play a game, pranks are always good ways to let off even a bit of steam. “Hey…” He whined. “Why am I the only one answering huh? Unless…” He lets out a fake gasp as he places a hand over where the heart should be. “You're trying to get blackmail on me!” He could hear the sputtering of Midoriya on his head. 

N-NO! Th-that's n-not what’s h-h-happening! Kokichi began to laugh, as he walked over to the bed to sit down and try to cool off and stop laughing. Who knew a kid could be not so boring! W-what’s so fu-funny?

“S-sorry.” Kokichi wiped at his eyes like he was wiping away tears. “Who knew that you were so fun to tease,” Kokichi laughed out. “If we’re going to live like this I’m going to need you to try and get used to me teasing you.”

R-right. W-well i l-like heroes… All Might is my favorite. I have my mom, Inko. My b-best f-friend kacchan, I don’t l-like o-others getting h-hurt… Kokichi made a mental note about things he stuttered about and things he seemed to feel uncomfortable with. Hero’s, his mom, those things seemed to be topics he likes, or is the most comfortable to talk about. Although Kokichi can spot more than a handful of red flags, then again everyone reacts to things differently than others.

“Hey, can you explain a bit more about these heroes?” Kokichi asked, for two good reasons, One Midoriya seemed to like the topic. Two he had no clue what heroes were to this world. At this point he was near positive he was in another world. The pictures and the talk of heroes and not Ultimates it just kinda added up. The chess board was now made of light wood and not oak wood. 

Sure! All Might is amazing! He saves everyone with a smile and no matter what he is able to bring hope. He’s the symbol of peace for Japan! He’s also the Number one hero, he lived in America for a bit and worked with the Shield family. Hey maybe if Mom lets me I can show you my favorite video of him! Kokichi just nodded along.

“Well this All Might sounds like a good guy… What other things do you like? I like playing pranks and playing games as I said before.” 

I-i like to w-write notes a-about he-heroes. I-i also like t-t-to play heroes, um… I-i like to help m-my mom out. L-like helping her c-cook. 

“You really like your mom huh?”

O-of course! She’s the best, she’s kind and loving, caring and gentle. She also makes some of the best katsudon you’ll ever taste! Kokichi felt the odd feeling of hearing a mother like that. He doesn’t remember his family if he had one, but the thought of a caring and kind mother felt foreign to him. But now that he thinks about it DICE was always around, DICE was his family, even if they weren’t real he’ll remember as if they were.

“Katsudon.. Is that your favorite food?” He asked after he let the thought of him having a mom pass. 

Y-yeah.

“Alright then, I wonder if my taste is different because I’m living in your body.” He moved the small hand so it was not on the chin. “Speaking of which, do you think that maybe we’re able to switch back and forth on who is able to control your body?” Kokichi pointed out. He had learned a bit about Midoriya but now they really need to learn about this body swap? Share? Split? Whatever they just need to get the basics of this thing. 

“Let's lay down what we know. I woke up in your body, I can control your body and from what we know you can’t, right now at least. We know that you can see what I see but can’t see what is out of my view.” 

So kinda like a second set of eyes! Midoryia said excitedly.

“Yeah kinda.” Kokichi doesn’t quite understand this child, maybe they just don’t have the same kind of thinking? “We know I can hear you and you can hear me, but we also know you're only in my head so like another person living in my brain. Umm you got anything more to add green bean?”

G-green bean? Kokichi didn’t quite like the way Midoriya said that. Like he was surprised to have a nickname or maybe… Maybe he was surprised that the nickname didn’t seem to be mean. The king pawn moved a bit away from the small green pawn.

“Yeah, you have green hair and it’s kinda fluffy unless you want me to call you broccoli boy.”

N-no… Umm I don’t know what else I can add.

“Well, do you have a theory on how we can? Maybe I don’t know… Switch back?” Kokichi said with a bit of sass in his voice. He was already done with this game. 

I-I don’t know wh-what we could do… We can t-try thing o-out. Oh how very helpful~!

“Right so we can cross out some kinda magic word. I’m also guessing physical harm isn’t going to get us to switch.” He could feel Midoriya nodding along. It wasn’t a very welcome feeling but Kokichi can deal with it. “We could try sneezing?” he suggested. 

Y-yeah let’s try t-that. Kokichi tickled his nose and soon he sneezed but nothing changed other than him needing a handkerchief. Th-that didn’t w-work. Kokichi was about to say some kinda sarcastic remark but then again this was an eight year old boy who just found another boy controlling his body so decided against it. 

“Well it was a good guess.. Say… what about food?” There was a pause. A LONG pause. 

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The silence was louder than Kokichi wanted to admit.

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Food?

“Hear me out!” He shouted as he put his hands up then behind his head. “What if I eat your favorite food, and see how that goes. Or we could try with our favorite drinks?” 

It’s worth a shot. Izuku gave a hint of hope that Kokichi latched onto. 

“That's the spirit!” Kokichi cheered but before he left he needed to know how Midoryia acted. “Hey greenie! How do you act around your mom?” The king started to change to try to look like the green pawn.

Act? Oh! Well You can run up to her and jump up and down and ask for Katsudon? Or you could ask if you could go out for it? I-I like going out to the park.

“Got it!” With that he left his bedroom. He ran up to Inko or should he call her mom? Why would he call her Mom? She is not his mom Kur- Nope! Not going to start that card game up again! He jumped close to her legs. “Mom! Mom! Can we have katsudon?” Inko smiled and ruffled his hair. He had to suppress the urge to flinch at the touch. The smile never once falling.

“Well aren’t you in a happy mood. Did you sleep well Izu?” He nodded with a bright smile. 

“Yeah! I had a n-nice dream t-too! So can w-we please get katsudon?” Inko laughed and gave him a nod. Kokichi was very proud of the fake stutter he gave himself. Yet why didn’t it feel so fake? Why did it feel so normal? He could even feel Midoryia’s awe at the seeming accurate impression of him. Inko began to grab some ingredients from the cabinets and fridge. 

“Izuku dear can you grab the bowl?” Inko asked as she grabbed some cups.

Bottom l-left shelf. Midoryia replied, and it was very nice to know where something was. Kokichi grabbed the bowls and handed them to Inko. M-my favorite drink i-is lemonade.

“Do w-we have l-lemonade?” Inko nodded and pointed to the fridge. He ran to the fridge and grabbed one of the cups that Inko had grabbed. He took a cup and took a sip. The taste was nice, sweet but it was much more refreshing than he remembered. He still prefers his soda and carbonated drinks but lemonade had a nicer taste then he remembered. Maybe Midoriya's tease had kinda merged with his or maybe altered his?

Soon the world’s colors seemed to shift and then he felt he was no longer in control. He tried to speak but the young boy'smouth didn’t open. 

Did it work? Kokichi asked and he could hear a bit of his own echo. He felt Midoriya nod, So he could feel what Midoryia felt, see’s, could he feel his pain? Could they feel each other's physical pain? Like he feels them holding the cup but say he tripped would he feel the fall? Whatever trial and error stuff but for now he knows they mostly share all five senses. It's kinda neat. Seems we found out how to change from me to you. I’m going to bet you just need to drink a carbonated drink to swap from you to me! 

“Izuku!” Inko called and he jumped and seemed to glow at the sight of his favorite food. “Can you help me set up the table?” And he did, helping get cups of water and setting a few plates just for the two. The two ate in peace as Inko asked when he got up and what he wanted to do this weekend.

Midoriya adds what he would like and asks if he could maybe get soda. Inko raised an eyebrow at that one. “J-just want to t-try it! I-I promise I won’t d-drink a lot!” 

“Just don’t drink too much sugar.” Midoriya nods with a childish joy in his eyes.

“Would you like to go to the playground?“ Inko asked as she began to finish her food. Midoriya nodded sharply, it seems he likes the playground huh? “Oh would you like me to invite the Bakugou’s?” Kokichi felt the boy's body stiffen at the name. Huh.

Is the ‘Best Friend’ you told me about? Kokichi asked. Midoryia nodded but it was so small that Inko didn’t see the nod, and she was cleaning up the dishes. A black pawn was added to the chess board.

“N-no thanks m-mom.” Izuku stuttered out as he started to help clean up his own plate. 

“Alright, why don’t you go get changed and grab your shoes and we can go.” Midoriya ran to his room and grabbed some clothes. Soon everything for Kokichi went dark. He couldn’t see anything but he could hear the shuffling and ruffling of clothing. When he was able to see again Midoriya was in a new outfit. His outfit was a short sleeved blue t-shirt with big white words of ‘Plus Ultra!’ He had short yellow shorts and bright red sneakers on. 

Nice outfit! Kokichi complimented, but he still had a question to ask. What does plus ultra mean? I mean it’s on your shirt and a few posters in your room?

“Oh! See it’s the catchphrase of my favorite hero All Might.” He ran over to a figurine of a buff man with a dark blue, red and bright yellow suit. “I want to be like him one day. A hero that saves people with a smile.” Yellow buff hero man is an inspirational figure for the kid and he wants to be a hero. Kokichi got a bit more information then what he asked for but he’s not complaining here!

Huh? Well then maybe after your fun day at the playground you can show me who this All Might is. If you make it back alive that is. Kokichi once teases again. And man he doesn’t think this is going to get boring  anytime soon!

“H-Huh?!” Midoriya squeaks out, and Kokichi begins to laugh. “R-right need to g-get used to y-your teasing.” Midoriya breathed out, and he placed the figurine down. 

Hey! You're a fast learner! Kokichi cheered, Midoriya was certainly not boring.

“Izuku, are you ready?” Inko called from the doorway. He nodded and followed Inko to the car as they drove to the park. The park was nice, two bright yellow slides, a swing set with two swings, a seesaw, and a sandbox. “Izuku I’m going to buy some food and the soda you asked for.” Inko pointed to a store that was right across the street. “I’m going to be quick, love you Zuzu.” She ruffled his hair and kissed his head. It was soft like a soft mist. Midoriya leaned into the touch, seeming to want to get as much of it as he could. Inko walked away with a wave as she crossed the street.  

Izuku walked to the sand box, and Kokichi saw the kids that were at the playground either gave him a face, started to whisper about him or just walked away. Kokichi’s notepad of Midoriya was much more full then he would have thought but then again more red flags seemed to pop up as the day went on. 

“What is Deku doing here?” A girl with light blue hair asked.

“I don’t know!” A girl with dark ponytails shouted. Deku? Kokichi knew it meant useless, but he didn't know why people would call him that. Midoriya played alone in the sand for a bit, that was until a kid threw some sand at him. 

“Ha ha! Good shot Mako!” A girl said to a bow with a sand bucket in his hands. 

What the hell?! Kokichi shouted and he saw Midoriya flinch. Sorry but what the hell? Why would they do that, all you did was play alone, AND why in the world are they calling you Deku? Kokichi wanted answers and the playfulness was gone, he let rage take his voice. He felt Midoriya try to get all the sand out of his hair.Though Kokichi had other plans in mind as he thought about how slow the kids were at throwing the sand. 

Now not known to many but Kokichi had quite fast reflexes! I mean dodging a punch from Kaito and almost being choked to death by an assassin? He kinda had to learn. See fast things like bullets or arrow… or maki were things he couldn’t quire doge but that sand he thinks he could have. Maybe he can… ugh and he can’t believe he’s saying this, take Midoriya in as his sidekick. Nope! Nah, nope on a rope, his subornet! 

Though he also wondered if Midoriya was used to this kinda treatment. The kids laughed but didn’t throw any more sand, thankfully. He saw Inko run over with some bags in hand, a tense smile on her face. He also saw the kids scamper away. 

“Izuku are you okay?” Kokichi now only felt the tears in his eyes, but he wasn’t the one crying, it was Midoriya. 

“I-I’m fi-fine mom. J-just got s-sand in m-my h-hair.” Inko’s smile fell and she helped him get the sand out of his hair. Kokichi saw her freeze at one point. 

“Zuzu…”Inko said slowly. “Did you get something in your hair other than sand?” She asked and Midoryia shook his head. Inko grabbed her phone and took a picture of the top of his head. She showed the picture and there was not only green but a bit of dark purple in his hair. 

“W-why is t-that th-there?” Midoriya asked. Inko just shrugged but ruffed his hair again.

“Don’t know Izu but I like it.” She smiled and grabbed his hand. “Let's go home okay?” Izuku nodded shyly, they walked to the car and put the bags in. They drove home and Inko turned on the TV. “I need to go to work soon Zu, are you okay with that?” Midoriya nodded, she smiled and went into a room. Kokichi guesses it hers. 

Soo…. The purple in your hair might be my fault. Kokichi heard Midoriya laugh. It was the first time he could hear a laugh that seemed to care free in so long. 

“T-though so.” he laughed out, after a few more moments his laughing died down. “W-what did you l-look like?” He asked as he kicked his feet.

Well, well, Mr. I was quite tall with long purple hair, and- Before he could continue he saw Midoriya’s eye roll and another laugh.

“Y-you can’t lie t-to me.” Kokichi was quite impressed. He learned that Midoriya was a fast learner but this fast? Then again he exaggerated his voice when telling his fake appearance.

Alright then greenie. I was on the shorter side. BUT that's not my fault everyone else was just freakishly tall! Kokichi pouted.

“A-are you p-pouting?” Midoriya asked.

I am! Kokichi yelled like he was not a 17 almost 18 year old kid pouting over his height. I guess you can tell from my voice or maybe you just kinda feel it? Whatever. But anyway~! Not short just around taller people, I had dark purple hair, purple eyes, I also wore a lot of white. Kokichi saw that Midoriya ran to his room, when Kokichi didn’t know. He grabbed a notebook labeled ‘hero notebook for the future. 4’ The was blank other than his name written in pencil and a rough outline of a short body. Oooo~! Is that notebook you told me about?

“Y-yeah. Do- do you like it?” Midoriya asked. 

It’s neat. HEY! Why don’t you try the soda and I can try to draw myself? Kokichi felt Midoriya nod, he saw Mirdoriya run to the kitchen and open the fridge. There was a carbonated soft drink called ramune, he grabbed the bottle. It looked to be a lemon lime flavor. He opened the bottle and took a sip. 

“T-that was good. I-I like t-the taste.” kokichi let out a cheer for getting someone to like soda. Though he will always love Panta the most. Then Kokichi felt he could move his arms and that he was able to move his mouth.

“Well Mr. Green bean seems like we have found our magic.” He heard Midoriya giggle. “Well now it's time for me to try to draw.” Kokichi let out a sigh and gave a fake ‘yay. ’He got back to Midoriya's room and saw the open notebook and the pencil. He grabbed the pencil and sat down. He was very thankful that Midorirya gave a rough draft of the small body. He stared at his hair, then his clothing. His purple hair and the white outfit, the buttons, the weird little details. He had forgotten a bit of his outfit but he spent the most time on his checkered scarf.  

Woah… Kokichi paused and looked down at the drawing. The outfit and hair look a bit odd but for the most part they look like him. He knows he’s forgetting something but right now he doesn;t care. He loves the outfit. He might just take Angie’s place as the Ultimate artist. He got up from the seat and put his hand on his hips. 

“Well Mr What do ya thing?” 

Your very talented at drawing. Midoriya complement. His voice was small as if the kind words would not be heard, or would get him nothing but hate.

“Why thank you.” He gave an exaggerated bow, and even exaggerated his voice.

W-well is there a-any thing y-you want to a-add?

“Nope!” Kokichi said and even popped the P. “If there is anything you want to know about me you need to figure it out, or~ you could play some games with me! Loser loses their life!” Kokichi cheered. 

W-what!?.... Wait…. Y-your teasing me a-again.

“Maybe I am, maybe not.” Kokichi shrugged.

Alright… w-we can d-do that, I-I’m ready to l-learn about y-you! There was a new feeling in Kokichi's chest. Joy? He didn’t know but knowing someone wanted to know him, why he does what he does. He smiled.

“Well just know once you start you can’t go back. I want to warn you I’m no hero, people could say I’m a villain.” He warned the boy.

W-well what hero w-would I be I-if I didn’t t-try to g-get why a villain c-chose their p-path? I want to b-be a hero w-who saves everyone. Y-you’ll b-be the first person I s-save. Kokichi laughed.

“Alright. Do your worst, Mr hero. I’ll help you get to your dream but I can’t promise I’ll be a big help.” He felt Midoriya nod.

Kokichi got the feeling that he may like this shared life. Even if it’s hard and he may make a few wrong steps.

He can for certain that this is not going to be boring.

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Quirks are an… odd? Not something that made sense? Whatever but they were a thing to Kokichi. They're neat don’t get him wrong, He’s always wanted some kinda superpower yet… Now that he’s seeing them they look weird. Like he kinda, not really, understands being born in a world where it's normal to see a walking and talking water bottle. It’s just kinda odd to him with the world he came from but potato, tomato.

And on top of that quirks had far too much influence on this world, get a ‘bad’ one and you're deemed useless, get an ‘evil’ one you're now a ‘villain’, get a good one WoAh! LoOK aT thE YoUng HeRO~! Getting none at all is a death sentence from what Kokichi can make out. Quirks had too much power, they defined you too much, they looked over the good and the bad of each person, and on top of that these quirks made setting up his board so much harder. How much longer can this person use their quirk, Whas it a villain's quirk, what are these peoples opinions on quirks, how did quirks affect them? To many what if’s and questions!

Yet another thing is the very black and white views of this world. Okay so hate to this All Might guy but it kinda sounds like he may have set up the world for failure. I mean think about it, the world has ONE peace person and once they're gone they lose hope. They also are now very reliant on heros to save them, Kokichi did make a note about talking to Midoirya about that. This world is set up to fall at one point. Kokichi will be damned if Midoriya falls with it.

He knows he’s not a great guy but then again he doesn’t think he’s a villain. Well… he can’t say he’s not but for the most part he doesn’t see himself being a villain. Morally gray so to say. 

The views of people of the world and heroes is something he really wants to change. And Don’t get him started on the Villainess quirk thing. Yes he ranted about the quirks before but just take a deep look into it as a whole! Like sure he can see why people may be afraid of a brainwashing or manipulation quirk yet they don’t see the downs of a fire quirks?! Like Bro could burn down a city if that's what he wants?! Like take All Might, he could make so much property damage and could probably level a whole city if that's what he wants! I mean on top of that the amount of people who might just be a villain due to all the stuff they had to put up with just because of their quirk, and Kokichi knows for a fact he’s just scratching the first layer.

Whatever! Kokichi has many plans, many wants, many goals, and checkmate to make! He wants to show the world how heroes are still human and not something you can lay all the blame on just because. He wants heroes to take more blame for all the bad they do. The people they call ‘casualties’ in the line of hero work. He wants to show the world the ups and downs of lies and show the world how sometimes the best world is not black and white but a mix of gray. Yet… He still wants to help Midoriya with his dream of being a hero that saves everyone with a smile.

He wants more than one thing for both himself and his green bean he calls a …. Someone he can ….. What are they? They met just yesterday and yet Kokichi gets the feeling this is not going to be a one time thing where he just leaves and never returns. Whatever doesn’t matter! He listened as Midoriya went on and on and on and on and on…. And on about heroes. It was like a class, He bets if he wanted to he could be a teacher about heroes. He also showed Kokichi this All Might person… Kokichi, though the man set the world off for failing, was impressed and respected him but other than that he didn’t really favor the symbol of peace. (Dumb title if you ask him.) 

He watched a few of the interviews with the hero and anytime the topic of his quirk, and no he’s not saying quirks in general when he’s asked about HIS quirk, he blows off the question. Makes some kinda joke most of the time and then changes the topic.

Now he’s either really good at this kinda manipulation or and the more likely option is the world is a bit to blind with the title that they don’t question him. Kokichi might point that out to Midoriya later but for now it’s really just time for the two to try and get used to this life, and Kokichi to point out some bigger pieces to this game. They spent the first day together and it was quite nice other than the playground incident but hey good day over all.

When Kokichi woke up the next day he got right out of bed and headed straight to the kitchen and only stopped in the doorway. Right not a killing game… He really needs to break out of the habit of going to the kitchen first thing in the morning. He no longer needs to check if someone died over the night, or needs to be on guard so much. He just sighed and looked out the door way for a bit longer before he closed the door. He looked over to the bed he slept in and the All Might color themed water bottle filled with lemonade, right next to it a metal water bottle filled with soda. He then tilts his head so he can see the clock, 7:58 am. Kokichi wonders when school for him starts. He looks over to the shelf over All Might merch and cringes a bit. He may need to talk to Midoriya about looking into more heroes. He’s okay with All Might but you can only have so much. He soon felt Midoriya wake up.

“Well good morning greenie!” Kokichi greeted cheerfully. 

M-morning. 

“So I wanted to talk to you about quirks and heroes?” Kokichi felt Midoriya light up. Kokichi knew where this conversation was going and felt only a bit bad about having to dampen the small boy's mood. “You told me all about heroes and the pro’s of their quirks and a few downs you saw. I would like to add what I saw into your notebooks, but that's for later, anywho~ I want to know about Your quirk. I was quite surprised when I realized you went on and on and on about heroes and their quirks and outfits but never Once talked about your own quirk.” He could feel the way Midoriya was panicking trying to come up with some kinda lie. 

“Now don’t lie to me~!” Kokichi’s voice came out playful and sing-songy but you could also hear the venom and the warning. Like a fire warm and bright from afar but if you get too close you’ll get burned. Maybe that’s what he was, a fire that you could never get close to. “I have my own theory on why you avoided the topic.” Kokichi continued and felt the Midoriya stiffen. “Well from what i’ve seen, people don’t take kindly to you, calling you deku and throwing sand at you, Also the meaning of Deku is useless, that was a BIG hint. So here is my thought… you don’t have some kinda quirk, quirkless so to say.” He paused and took a breath in, “So tell me… Am I right?”

He may have pushed too much and he knows it, but he’s so used to having to push this hard to get the answers he’s looking for in trials. He’s used to lying to get people in the right direction. He’s so used to pushing and putting others in mental cages until they spill their truth. He’s not used to having to work with kids like this. He’s had his group, Dice, but they were around the same age and they all grew up together. He can’t remember what brought them all to be so close but does it matter? He couldn’t change it now he played his cards and now he just needs his answer. 

I-i…” Midoriya paused like he was in a deep thought. I knew y-you w-were smart…. J-just… You got m-me. There it was, he got his answer but he felt that Midoriya was crying. He sighed and went to the notebook that he had drawn himself in just the day before. He grabbed a pencil and looked at the pages before and saw his style of writing. On the left side of his head he wrote,

Quirk: none

Height: 5,1

Likes: Soda, carbonated drinks, games

Dislikes: Pigs feet, small spaces

Add more later.

He placed the pencil down and just let Midoriya cry. He didn’t know how to help… No…  He did! Pulling through his mental notes he remembers things Midoriya likes and things that he was happy to watch or talk about. Talking was not a good choice right now so instead Kokichi shot up from the seat and left the notebook open and ran to the computer. He had seen Inko put in the password and knew what video to put on. It was of All Might's debut one that Midoriya had said was his favorite video ever. He put on the video and just watched the screen, he felt Midoriya’s cries calm down and soon he felt the younger's joy. It felt nice to get him to smile, maybe that's why he was the Ultimate supreme leader? He just sighed and replayed the video. After almost an hour of just watching clips of All Might, Kokichi spoke.

“You good up there greenie?” He was a bit worried that he didn’t see Inko but he had learned that his dad was most likely out of the picture, so he can’t blame a single mom that seems to really love her son. The board had only three pieces, a king and two pawns. Kokichi made a mental promise to take care of Midoriya, kinda like an older brother, when Inko couldn’t, he was very thankful that before Kirumi died he had learned how to cook from her even if the meals were simple. Rice, miso soup, eggs, simple meals like that. He was also thankful that he had watched her cook from time to time. 

Y-yeah… I feel a b-bit b-better. T-thank you. Kokichi smiled then laughed a bit.

“Nishishi~. Don’t thank me Green bean, I push a bit too hard this is just a way to get you to stop crying.” He whined.

T-thank you… for saying sorry and trying to cheer me u-up even i-it was only t-to get crying.

“You know I've been watching this video for almost the hundredth time, i’ve been wondering why those colors, why would All might pick those colors out of everything.” He crossed his arms over his chest as he whined at the bad color choice. Having seen it so many times he felt this had to be classified as some kind of torture! He heard the giggles of Midoriya and felt a pride form in his chest. “You know you might be the sun as a person. Like a sunshine child.” He laughed at Midoriya's squeak of shock. “Well what do you want to eat?”

I-I’m not super hungry, A-a s-smiple meal would be fine.

“Alright! Hey you know when you eat I can taste it right? Neat huh?” Kokichi walked to the kitchen and grabbed some eggs, and also looked for the pans and cups so he could get some lemonade. When he fished the eggs he made the sunny side up and laughed at the small joke he made. He took a sip of lemonade and let Midoryia enjoy his eggs. 

You know you may want to branch out on heroes you like. Kokichi said as Midoiya put his now empty plate in the sink. 

“W-what do you mean?” Midoriya asked.
Well… I don’t really… Trust, this All Might. If you look at the big picture he’s great and a good hero but he’s always avoiding the topic of his quirk. It’s odd and I don’t like it. I’m not asking for you to find a new idol! But I’m just kinda… requesting if you try more than one hero. Think of it this way. You told me you want to go to UA right? Midoriya nodded. Right, so if you only like One hero then how will you be your own hero? You told me you want to be a hero like All Might but you didn’t see the downs of it. Like you don’t have a quirk like his, nor do you have the same kinda skills. You're pretty good at this analysis stuff and he’s good at lying or at least changing the topic in his favor. Hey who knows there may have been a hero who fought quirkless? You don’t know because your eyes are only on one hero. All you know is that that hero is a good example, so let's try to find bad examples so you know what to do and what not to?

Kokichi didn’t know what the hell he just said but hey it seemed to work right? “Y-yeah you're right!” Midoriya cheered. “I-I hear a l-lot about the number t-two hero. Let's look into him?”

That's the spirit! Kokichi watched as Midoriya ran into his room and grabbed all his notebooks but he saw him pause and look at the still open notebook that Kokichi had written in. He felt that learning more about the world could help and not only that but he’s also helping his green like friend become more than some weak pawn. 𝐛𝓾Ｔ 𝐆𝐎Ｎ𝔱Δ 𝐖𝒶𝕤 Ａ Ƥᗩฬภ 𝐲𝒆𝕋 нє 𝓦αˢ 𝐒Ｏ 𝓢ｔŘｏŇ𝐆 𝕒ᑎĐ Ҝ𝓲𝔫Ď, үⓞ𝔲 Ⓚι𝐋ㄥ𝐄𝐝 𝔥𝓲м ｙ𝐨Ǘ 𝕜𝓷ㄖᗯ, ｙ𝑜Ｕ Ｓн𝕠ⓤℓĐ ђ𝐀𝕍ᗴ ᗪ𝐈𝒆𝒹 ＴＨ𝓪ᵗ 𝓓αу. 𝕪Ⓞυ Ꮆσ𝓣 ฬ𝔥𝔞t Ⓦα丂 ℃Ⓞ𝔪ᶤⓃ𝐆 𝕋𝔬 𝕪Ỗｕ. т𝔥є¥ ΜυＳⓣ нα𝓋є 𝐁ⒺẸᑎ Ⓢό 𝓗คρｐⓎ Ⓣⓞ Ｆⓘℕđ σǗｔ 

“You were quirkless?” Midoriya asked.

Well how are you supposed to get to know me if you don’t have something to start with? Kokichi deflected. Now come on! We got to start! Midoriya nodded and closed the notebook and grabbed it along with a pencil. He set up all his notebooks and grabbed the one with the number four on it. 

He opened a page with a person called Endeavour, quirk is fire, he has some kinda temper, and from what someone can see he does not seem to be a hero like All Might, in a bad way. Kokichi does not like this Endeavour, and from all the videos and clips that Midoriya showed him he will never like him. 

Now that Kokichi got a good look at the notebooks he saw how detailed they were for what an eight year old? He made weaknesses that others might have overlooked and even some backdraw that others might have missed. If he could do this at eight, what about when he was a teen? Kokichi knew that’s when this ‘small’ hobby could have some real danger in the wrong hands. But for now he’ll watch these heroes.

Midoriya I want you to note that this is a hero you don’t want to be like. 

“Why?”

See how he acts with villains and how he gives permanent damage. You told me that you want to save everyone? Midoriya nods. Then you can only get a few notes from him. Like how he uses his fire in a way others might not have thought of, such as the few clips of using his fire to keep him from falling. I can also say he is most likely a toxic person to know. With the way he talks about his family and only brings up the youngest the most and avoids the topic of others. It's also an uncommon fact that people know that his wife is in some kinda mental hospital, as well as he had four kids though one died in some kinda quirk backfire. 

“All right.” Midoriya agrees. “Don’t be like him but try out some of his moves?”

Kinda.

As Kokichi watched Midoriya move to write down in his notebook he stopped him.

Hold on!

“W-what’s wrong?”

See… No office but it’s not a good idea to leave these out in the open you know?

“W-what do you m-mean?” Kokichi thought for a moment and said his mind.

Well what if some big bad villain got the notebook? Then that hero would be in danger. You should code it. 

“Code it?” Midoriya asked as he looked down at the pages, now seeming much more important than before.

Yeah, we should learn to write your cool, very important notebooks in a code only you and me understand. Then when someone like a hero asks for it we can translate it. Now Kokichi has made codes before, he’ll just reuse an old one.

“Y-yeah that’s cool! C-can we m-make one t-together?” Or maybe not.

You want to make one?

“Y-yeah that’s w-what you said r-right?” Midoriya deflated.

Well yeah… Sure let’s make one. And they spent the next two hours making one.

“R-right, I-i think we’re done!” Midoriya says proudly as he shows the code they made together. 

Seems so, you know that went much faster than I thought it would. Midoriay smiled brightly at the paper.

“R-right, I think I'll show you p-Present mic n-next” Midoriya types the name on the computer, and Kokichi likes him much more, in fact he’s kinda fond of the loud hero. “He’s k-kinda like you, w-with you both being loud.” Kokichi laughs, causing Midoriya's face to go red. 

Well tell me Mr fanboy, what should you take away from the fake me?

“Well… he’s n-not only known to fight with his quirk but is a-also really good at quirkless fighting, a-as well as him being s-smart?”

Yeah! As well had the public liking him, if you want to be a hero you want the public to like you if that's the kinda hero you want to be. See he also has a radio show he talked about in an interview and the persona he’s built seems to be one he is true to. It’s not easy to tell when he needs some kinda break from being present mic but he seems to enjoy being a hero. So try and take what you want from that.

“If I want t-to be a spotlight hero t-then build a good public image as well a-as when building a hero persona t-try not to make it super different from how I-i really act?”

If that's what you want to take from what I said, go ahead. Midoriya smiled and wrote down what he learned in a different notebook with the number two. He looked back to the page and copied it down in their code. Though it took longer than normal as he was trying to remember what equaled what.

“Thank you Kokichi!” Midoriya smiled, and when was the last time that Kokichi had been thanked? He felt his cheeks turn a bit red from embarrassment. 

Why in the world are you thanking me, heh Greenie? 

“Well… f-for this n-note stuff. I-i would have n-never thought to c-code my n-notebooks. I want to thank you for h-helping me. I don’t think my a-analysis would be good i-if I didn’t h-have you.”

Nishishishi~ Yeah thats right I’m great! You should give me your soul as a thank you. Midoriya laughed, it was light and sunny. As the laughter died all that was left was a sunny smile.

“I’m a-already getting u-used to y-your jokes.” Kokichi smiled and it was so small but one of the most genuine smiles he’s had in quite a long time. “A-all right, who's next?” Kokichi thought then a genius idea came to mind. 

Well why don’t we watch one of the old… what was it called? It was to do with the school you want to go to, it's kinda dumb to. Like what if a rival or a villain watched it they would know how you fight and what you can’t handle like a weakness! Kokichi and Midoriya thought about whatever Kokichi was talking about. 

“Wait, is it the UA sports festival?”

YEAH! That's the one! Midoriya flitched at the loud noise and Kokichi laughed awkwardly and apologized. Right, let's do that! We should watch one of the sports festivals and see if there is some kinda hero we want to look out for. Midoriya agreed and searched up Present Mic’s second year sports festival. Watching he saw a younger girl with some kinda sleeping mist, a boy with some cloud quirk, who Kokichi would also call a sunshine child, and a boy with a quirk that stopped others' quirks.

“Hey, that's Miss Midnight!” Midoriya called out, as he pointed to the girl with the pink sleeping mist quirk. He has long blue-ish black hair. Her hair wasn’t like Shuichi’s but he felt a small fondness for her and how she never gave up throughout the whole thing even when things looked bad for her. “I don’t recognize the others that Present mic talked to though.”

Well we should try and find out more about the one with the quirk that can stop others. Kokichi recommended.

“Why?” Midoriya asked as he paused the video and closed the notebooks. Kokichi watched as Midoriya looked at the notebooks and saw how they had been doing this for almost four hours. All the notebooks had been filled so much that some heroes had so much information that they had a page in more than one book. All Might had around ten to fifteen pages, all in different notebooks. Around five in notebook one, three in four and the rest were in the newest notebook, Nine pages full of him. Kokichi was not looking forward to coding all these notebooks.

Well look at it this way, he can only stop others quirk and he has to look at them, right? Midoriya nodded. Well then doesn’t mean he fights quirkless? He felt the gears in Midoriya’s brain turning.

“Oh…. Oh!” He watched as he turned the video back to find the name of the person. He found that his name was Shota Aizawa, or pro hero eraserhead. Though when they searched the name only a video or two popped up, as well very few articles on him. 

He’s an underground hero. That makes sense actually. 

“Yeah it does. Well why don’t we try another hero?” Kokichi pouted.

Whyyyy~! Kokichi whined like his favorite candy had just been taken away from him. We found a hero that is perfect for you to take some notes from now we just give up? And Midoriya sighed at Kokichi’s subbornness.

“Not giving up, just changing focus?” Kokichi didn’t stop pouting but let him change to find more about Miss Midnight. He pointed out things he liked about her and things he should try and avoid. Her costume being one, he liked it kinda. Though the big downside was how little protection it gave her due to the fabric being very thin, but due to the fabric it’s very effective for her quirk. He pointed out that he should have a costume that is functional. Midoriya took notes about her and how she used her quirk, her hero persona, the ups and downs of her outfit, and some strengths and weaknesses. As well as a new thing of a target audience.

Hey you know what I saw? Kokichi asked and caught Midoriya’s attention. I think that you should ask your mom for some kinda fight class and if they don’t take you, then find some kinda video online. 

“Why? I don’t see how that would help.” Midoriya pointed out as he closed his now finished notebook and grabbed a new one. Kokichi really did like Midoriya as he was not boring but the kid, for how smart he could be, was also more dumb then Kaito at times.

Well you saw how Aizawa fought to get into the course? Midoriya nodded, See if you want to be a hero without a quirk you can’t just hope to make it, you have to train and work for it. You're smart but you need some kinda muscle. Midoriya saw the points and agreed but said he would watch some videos. Kokichi also said he can try and teach him how to punch and dodge. 

After another two hours Kokichi felt Midoriya’s hunger grow. Well, well, well~! Seems the pro hero can’t fight hunger~. Ah the world is done for! Kokichi whined. Soon he felt he could control his arms and saw that he had a water bottle in hand. “Ah, it seems you want food huh?” He felt Midoriya nod as a shy blush made way to the small child's face face. Kokichi smiled and grabbed a lot of the completed notebooks. He placed them in Midoriya’s room and went to the kitchen where he saw Inko cooking. 

“Hi Izu.” Inko greeted warmly. “I’m making some Onigiri with tuna filling, with some rice and Miso soup. I hope you don’t mind.”

“Nope, thanks for cooking.” Kokichi thanked and smiled at Inko. After a few more minutes the food was ready and Kokihi again thanked her for the food as they ate. Inko asked what he had done all day with the computer and he answered that he was watching some hero fights and old videos. After dinner he helped clean and watched as she left for work. Before she left she kissed his head and ruffled his hair, After she left Kokichi went to Midoriya’s room.

“Your mom is sweet green bean.” Kokichi said and he felt the confusion of Midoriya.

What do you mean?

“I don’t remember a lot of my life before I got stuck with you.” Kokichi still didn’t really want to say much about his past or where he comes from. “I remember the last few weeks but nothing about my family. I get the feeling that I wasn’t close to them but that my friends were more family than them. So just treasure the people like her okay? You may not have her forever so just make the most of this life because at the end of the day we can’t freeze time. We don’t have a quirk like that.” Kokichi laughed, then he remembered Midoriya was eight, and turning nine in a month. Kokichi felt his cheeks go red. 

“You don’t need to understand what I said but just try and remember it as you grow up okay?”

Okay. Kokichi smiled and layed down in bed, he fell asleep that night with a small smile and a warm feeling. 

I AM HERE

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Midoriya woke up first this time and turned off his alarm clock. It felt a bit odd that he was in control once he woke up. He was a bit worried about how quickly he had adjusted to Kokich and his antics. He grabbed his school uniform and changed into it. He did everything as quietly as he could so he wouldn’t risk waking up his friend. Could he call Kokichi a friend? I mean he helped him see a few things he had never thought about and he really liked talking to him. Also he was the first person who teased him but kinda warned him that just how he is, friendly teasing. 

He left his room with his newest notebook in hand and saw some food on the table for him. It was some leftovers with a note from his mom to have a good day and that she loves him. He smiled and ate the leftovers happily. 

Well good morning to you as well sunshine~! Kokichi greeted warmly. Midoriya grabbed his shoes and bag as he locked the door and began his walk to school. 

“Good morning Kokichi.” Midoriya said as he skipped down the sidewalk. 

Well you're in a good mood. Kokichi commented as Midoriya kept skipping down the sidewalk. 

“Yeah I also grabbed the water bottles filled with lemonade and soda.” Midoriya sees his school and takes a shaky breath in.

Hey greenie… If they give you a hard time then just take a sip of soda and I’ll do what I do best. Alright? Midoriya smiled and nodded, with that smile he went inside. He got on his indoor shoes and placed down his bag, grabbing his pencil case, notebook, and his water bottle with soda. Room E-4 was Midoriya’s homeroom. Kokichi watched as the boy was getting odd looks, whispers started and how people commented loudly about ‘Deku’. As he entered the classroom milk fell from on top of the door. His hair got stuck on his face, pencil case covered, notebook cover wet though thankful it was a hard cover so no pages got wet, uniform soaked, shoes and socks wet making his feet uncomfortable. 

Kokichi felt red anger, he never knew he could really see red, but he bets if he had found out who the mastermind was in his killing game this would be the color he sees. He wanted to fight them, to make them hurt, but he didn’t, he couldn’t. Like he physically nor mentally could, he would be hurting Midoriya if he hurt one of them and he was not in control. What hurt Kokichi more was how Midoriya just gave a small sigh. He saw the teacher and she gave him a nod, he left the room and Kokichi saw inside his locker was another pair of his uniform. 

Are you… used to this? Kokichi asked as he watched Midoriya walk to the washroom. 

“Yeah it’s not the first time. I really should grab some kinda umbrella at this point” Midoriya laughed humorlessly.

Yeah you're sooo~ funny. Kokichi’s voice was covered with a fake kindness. After you change into a new outfit can you let me take over, just for the school day? He asked innocently, Midoriya hesitated but nodded. After Midoriya got in a stall Kokichi’s vision go black and when he got his vision back Midoriya was in the dry uniform. He put the wet clothing into a plastic bag and went back into the classroom. The teacher gave him a small smile and then continued teaching something about math. Midoriya took a sip of the soda and then Kokichi could feel himself in control. 

He would make those kids pay… in his own way of course. “Midoriya?” the teacher called. “Do you know the answer to this question?” The board read ‘4 x 9 = ?’ Now Kokichi never liked school but he knew what the answer was. He was 18 when he died so much smarter than an eight year old! 

“36?” He asked shyly, and god was he good at acting as this small green bean. The teacher nodded and gave a smile. 

“Yes, good job.” She said happily, she then went back to teaching and asking other kids questions. Kokichi was liking this teacher for the most part, she seemed fair and didn’t seem all that mean. Kokichi helped Midoriya pass all the questions and only stuttered from time to time. He likes to think he was doing well on how Midoriya would act. 10/10 he would say. As the class packed up for the next class Midoriya gave a warning.

Kacchan isn’t all th-that nice. S-so be careful. H-he c-can sweat something t-that blows up, c-causing his p-power of e-explosions. Though he c-can only m-make them f-from his hands. It-it might be odd for you to think o-of his as K-Kacchan so his name is B-bakugou Katsuki Kokichi nodded and walked to his next class. He paid attention and took notes but the real problems started during lunch. Inko had packed one for Midoriya and Kokichi ate alone, he really didn’t mind. It wasn't a new thing eating alone, but he was a bit thankful that Midoriya talked during the lunch. Though as some blonde kid walked by a bit to close he hit his shoulder really hard. Like he had planned to this is the Kacchan Midoriya talked about, Kokichi guessed. He almost dropped his food, thankfully he didn’t. 

“Hey that was mean.” Kokichi said back to the blonde boy who was walking away. The boy just shrugged.

“So what Deku? Are you going to cry about it?” he taunted. Kokichi just smiled though so little effort was put into it that even Kaito could have told it was fake. AND HE’S AS DUMB AS A ROCK!!! 

and yet he trusted Kaito to do his plan that would cost him his life? He let him see his final moments and trusted him enough to let that space cowboy kill him. Yet why does he feel like he wouldn't have it any other way?

Kokichi thought about fake crying but then a better thought popped into his mind. He started to sniffle and tears began to run down his face. A few kids began to laugh and even Bakugou looked smug. Kokichi fought the urge to smile but it’s not like that was hard. 10000/10 act he would say.

“Y-your so-sooo mean Bakugou!” Kokichi shouted and saw the way he froze. Bakugou’s mouth was open, but he never expected Midoriya to call him by his last name, or to stop calling him Kacchan. He felt Midoriya freeze in his head. Maybe he overstepped but oh well~. After that no one even paid attention to his existence. Much better than what he hoped for! In the killing game that might have annoyed him a bit but as Midoriya he felt a bit of pride in getting others to back off even if only for a few hours. When he got home he heard the sniffles of Midoriya in his head.

“You good green bean?”

W-what am I su-supposed to do? He questioned. 

“What do you mean?”

I-I can’t go back.. I-i, Y-you called h-him Bakugou! Midoriya shouted but not out of anger nor rage but confusion.

“Midoriya you may not see it but that's a toxic friendship. You can’t even call That a friendship!” Though Midoriya is still only eight, Kokichi has the idea that he grew up faster than most. “That nickname is something that you may not see it as but I see it as some kinda promise. Like he still saw you as some kinda friend? I don’t know but as long as you called him ‘Kacchan’ all you were really doing was showing him he’s still your friend in your mind. That he can get away with anything he did to you because you still saw him as ‘Kacchan’.” Kokichi knew he should have asked but he went and said his name anyway. Now Midoriya was in a tight spot. “I know that maybe you still see him as a friend but he’s not. It's toxic on your end. It needs to stop.”

A-alright…I can’t p-promise that I-I’ll stop thinking of his a-as Kacchan… but I can stop calling Kacchan. I-I know your right. He’s not my friend… but I know he’ll be a great hero. Kokichi sighed.

“You can’t say…. Never mind. Also I feel…..mmmm…. Bad? I guess about kinda forcing you to stop calling him that.”

I-I know your just t-trying to help.

“I’ll remember to warn you next time at least.” Kokichi unpacked his bag and unloaded everything. Grabbing the homework and doing it for Midoriya. Though he still tried to teach him how things were done with the small tips he had. That night the two fell asleep happily, Midoriya was thankful for Kokichi and him helping, for believing in him, Kokichi was happy because he was trying to help in a healthier way.

That day as they were walking home from school, two kids, who looked like older classmen, cornered him outside of school.

“Hey look there! There’s the quirkless kid!” One of them called out as the two kid ran to the green haired child. Kokichi, still in control of Midoriya’s body, bolted the other way. Though that led him to the back of the school into a dead end. Kokichi turned back to face the two kids, one with some kinda mutation quirk as they had cat ears and a cat tail and the other and nails that looked like claws. 

“Man you know I wonder how he’s not dead yet.” Cat ears said with a smirk. “I can’t help but wonder how much trouble we would be in for ‘practicing’ on him.” Kokichi knew that had to mean they were going to use their quirks on him. He tensed ready to run once they got close, maybe try to duck under their legs? The sharp nail kid lunches themself at Kokichi nails ready to get a good scratch on his face.

“Haaaiyaaaahhh!” a loud voice ran out as the nail kid stopped, only inches away from his face. They turned to see a girl with long blonde hair with a green strip on the right side of her head. “Hey you!” the girl screamed as the cat kid ran off. 

“What the hell do you want?” The kid yelled back as Kokichi started to sneak away.

“Are you a male?” The girl said as she raised her hands to a fighting pose. Kokichi tripped on a rock landing on the ground thus putting an end to his escape plan.

“So what if I am?”

“I knew it, you damn degenerate male!” The girl looked maybe nine or ten. She ran forward as a pink mist came out her mouth. Soon Kokichi saw she was gone. But the kid was knocked out cold on the ground as if he was hit in the neck by the air. As the pink mist faded the girl reappeared. “You!” She yelled at Kokichi. “Ar-are you alright?” She asked as she saw him.

“I could be better.”

“Right… Well be thankful I saved a male like you.” She girl said as she put her hands on her hips. 

I-I think she’s an upperclass men. People say she wants to be a hero but she doesn’t want to go to UA. She wants to go to Shiketsu High School. So there is more than one hero school. 

“R-right… I-I’m Midoriya I-Izuku.” Kokichi said as he got up from the ground.

“I’m Camie Utsushimi. You better remember that!” She huffed out as more pink mist came out her mouth.

“I-is the pink dust y-your quirk?”

WHA-! Hold on does the mist make her invisible? Or does it make her stronger? Maybe it makes her so fast we can’t see her? Or does it weaken our eye sight? Make others around her weaker? But I didn’t feel weaker… Midoriya goes off into a mutter strom and Kokichi can’t bring himself to pull him out of it.

“Yeah!” She says in a much different tone like she didn’t just save him. “It’s totally cool right? You know I don’t get why others are just so mean to you, tots not cool. Of btw’s call me Camie!” Well Camie might not be so off the board as Kokichi thought.

“W-well call me just about anything… but d-deku…” Camie’s eyes softened only a bit and she gave a toothy smile.

“Well then can I call you Mido?” Kokichi nodded. “Let’s go, Well then Midoriya you might not be such a bad guy, for a male at least.” Camie huffed as she grabbed a piece of watermelon gum.

“W-well.. Would you l-like to be-be my friend?” Camie’s eyes widened and she gave a slight nod.

“Don’t take this as me liking males, but you just seem the least annoying of them all.” Camie then popped the gum into her mouth. “See ya Mido!” She yelled as she left him be.

…I have a friend…. And… A-and she d-doesn’t mind m-me being q-quirkless… Kokichi heard the boy break into sobs as the thought of him having a friend dawned on him. This was going to be a LONG walk home.

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As Kokichi got home that night Inko wasn’t home, she left a note and food for him to heat up. He smiled as he took a sip of some soda. He would have had some lemonade but Midoriya had passed out from all the crying. Kokichi was ready to call it an early night. As he hit the pillow of Midoirya’s bed he passed out on the spot. The next day the woke up early, like 4 am early. 

“M-moring Ko-kokichi.” 

Morning green bean! Kokichi greeted.

“W-would you be-be alright I-if I go b-back to bed?” Midoriya asked as he grabbed a bottle will with soda.

Yup! I mean there are a few things I want to do so you sleep as I do said things! Midoriya nodded as he took a VERY small sip and not even a moment later passed out. Kokichu got up and moved so he could pull out some of the notebooks. Two of them were unused and the others were older notebooks that needed to be coded. He thought it would be a good time to translate some of Midoriya’s work into their code. As well as write a few suspicions in the unused ones. 

¢3q8% = {&^)+ ?

3q 8 ^+{ 3*+^& ?

Kokichi decided to leave those notes as is and started to code the other notebooks and do Midoriya’s homework as they had forgotten to do that last night.

As time slowly crept up on them Kokichi knew he had that he was good with where he left off, as he had fully coded five notebooks. He must say he should get a gold star. As he left the room she saw Inko passed out on the couch, eye bags under her eyes. Kokichi felt a pang of sadness. He moved to grab a blanket from her room, and he threw it over her. 

“Sleep well.” He moved to make some simple toast as he didn’t want to make eggs or make anything at all. As he was eating he felt Midoriya awaken from his own sleep.

M-moring kokichi.

“You said that already but, good morning sleepy head.” Kokichi took another bite of his toast as he grabbed the yellow backpack.

D-do you think C-camie will be th-there?

“Noo~ It just happened to be right after we met her, she needed to switch schools and go to some random school all the way in the UK.”

H-hey! Y-you d-don’t know t-that! S-she m-m-might have been t-tricking us!

“Maybe but she did save us yesterday.” not that Kokichi trusted Camie but she didn’t attack them and even seemed to like them.

Sh-she called us a degenerate male!

“One nice job with remembering. Two you have a point. So let's make a deal here.” Midoriya hummed, telling Kokichi he was listening. “Well let her talk to us first, we don’t go up to her. If she never talks to us again, so be it.”

Izuku thought about it. It’s not a bad deal and it worked out for both of them. Alright… I’ll trust you Kokichi. Kokichi held back his flinch at the word trust, he just smiled and laughed. 

Kokichi really did hate wesdays. They were the middle of a school week, too late in the week to complain about needing more sleep, too early to get ready for the weekend. Izuku walked up to school, his two different bottles in his bag, when he saw a mix of light brown and green hair waiting at the gate. The girl looked up and smiled. Brown eyes meeting green. 

“Hey, Hey Mido! Over here!” Camie called over the younger boy. Kokichi first noticed the green bow she had in her hair. The bow that looked just a bit too similar to a central male hating female had met once upon a time ago. Another he had spotted was the little bag of food in her pocket. 

Hey string bean, do you think that pocketed food is for lunch? Left pocket.

Izuku turned to look at the bag, it was holding tiny brownies and wrapped candies.

“W-what is the bag f-for?” Midoriya asked as he pointed to the bag.

“A-ah! Se-see… I have a hard time focusing sometimes… These help me focus?” Kokichi didn’t buy that boo sheet for a second but he wouldn't push it.

Lair.

Midoriya crossed his arms a bit, and Kokichi noticed that. He did feel just a bit bad that he may have broken that friendship the two could have. 

“W-where you waiting f-for me?” Midoriya questioned the green streaked girl. She looked at him and scoffed a bit.

“Well you said we're friends, And you’re not that bad for a male. You just need a leg up in the game, so I, the tot’s awesome Camie, decided to teach you my awesome fighting style.” Kokichi takes it back, he’ll buy that bs if it meant Midoriya had some form of self defense.

Mido~ You might want to take her up on that. You told me she wants to be a hero right? So she could help you become one as well and you could make a friend on top of that! After all you need more friends right?

Izuku nodded slightly. “W-would you teach m-me to fight?” Midoriya asked shyly. Camie's smile widened as she placed a hand on her hip. 

“Tots! Hey, Hey you know you're kinda small? Maybe we should get you some more food?” She looked at Midoriya and handed him one of her wrapped candies. “Trust me, they're totally tasty!” Midoriya nodded and popped it into his mouth. The flavor was a nice cherry, sweet and the middle was a bit chewy. Likely being chewing gum in the middle. 

Huh not bad. Still prefer my grape panta.

Midoriya rolled his eyes and covered his mouth using his hand. “Thank you. I-it’s really good.”

“See! Told you, girls have the best taste.” Then the bell rang, Camie sighed with an eye roll. “Well, meet me here after school and we can talk more!” Midoriya nodded, knowing they didn’t share lunch. 

The day went by like any normal day, a prank or two kids pushing him in the hall, teachers out right ignoring him or picking on him. But the day went by fast, thank goodness for that. Inko won’t be home till around 9 pm so Kokichi and Midoriya agreed to be home by 5:30 pm as school got out at 2:30 pm.

They walked to the gate where they saw Camie on her phone, seeming to be mindlessly scrolling. She looked up to see the younger boy as waved him over. “Nice to see you again!” She said happily. Kokichi couldn’t tell if she warmed up to Midoriya or still had distrust due to him being a male. “You should tell your parents where you are going.”

“Th-they already know. I told them d-during lunch.” Kokichi didn’t expect the lie but it’s not a bad one. Could be better, but for a first time lair like Midoriya, again not bad.

“Alright. I usually train with my dad and mom. Sometimes my grandparents, They aware that you’re on your way. If they give you a hard time, tell me. I’ll flip them!” Camie cheered as she hugged Midoriya. Midoriya, not being prepared for the physical touch, flinched a bit. But he melted into the hug, savoring the affection for someone that wasn’t his mothers love. “Alright away we go!” Camie let Midoriya go as she began to walk ahead. Midoriya ran a bit to catch up. “Hey wait up!” Midoriya called out running to try and catch up to his friend. 

Mido! If you don’t hurry you’re-

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You’re going to be late! Kokichi complained as Midoriya put on his black highschool uniform. His dark purple and green hair somehow untangled. As Miroiya grew up his hair gained more purple in it, you can see it in his hair, though his hair is still mostly green.

“S-sorry Kokichi!” Midoriya apologized as he grabbed his yellow backpack. So you’re probably wondering how we got from eight to about fourteen! Well life has changed and Kokichi and Midoriya grew up! Kokichi was proud to say that Midoriya had stopped calling Bakugou Kacchan even when he’s not around. 

They also made some progress on what they would like to be as a hero, Kokichi had taken another point form All Might, that was to keep their personal life secret from the public. Smart move if Kokichi would say. Though it brought up a lot of questions, if he was so popular how could he keep his personal life so undercover? He’s very big and tall and flashy so it didn’t add up Midoriya made the theory that he may have some kinda transform quirk that allowed him to change shape for a part of his that others would take note of. That’s the theory they're going with. 

Another plus was Midoriya had learned more about Kokichi like what music he likes, what heroes he favores, food and drinks he dislikes. Though Midoriya is a bit sad to say that he had only learned so little as on the other hand Kokichi was learning Midoriya so fast that he knew his as well as he knew himself. And on top of that Kokichi has been doing great playing Midoriya, so much so, it’s kinda hard to tell who’s who at times. Even more news is that Midoriya had a real childhood friend, See turns out Camie could deal with one degenerate male as long as it was this smoll green bean.

COME ON~! Kokichi whined The faster we get to school THE FASTER WE CAN LEAVE!! Then the faster we can hang out with Camie and the faster you can nerd to her about heroes and her classmates' quirks! Midoriya laughed at Kokichi's antics as he had gotten used to the teasing, he had some small pranks pulled here and there when he’s sleeping. Like sometimes moving papers and swapping pens and hero merch. Though Camie was a hard target… At times.

“All right, all right.” Midoriya grabbed his notebook, put it in the bag and left the house. As Midoirya ran down the street he saw a giant villain or as Kokichi called them criminals, on top of a bridge. The crowd around the bridge trying to spot what heroes are helping the fight. Some holding their phones.

 “Woah! That’s one huge criminal!” Midoriya exclaimed, Kokichi was also proud to say Midoriya had different labels for villains and criminals. To them at least a villain is someone who kills for fun or harms others for fun. A criminal for them is someone who hurts others without meaning to, does harmless damage or damage that does not physically harm others. Though there are villains who do what they do without even touching the other they aim for physiological harm. Like this one guy from a show they were watching… what was it called? Bungo stray dogs? It’s really good though not very popular but it really should be because it shows a lot of morally grey characters and Midroiya had to say that that show gave him a better grasp on Kokichi as a person. They both liked different characters but Dazai was someone they both had a liking to, though if you ask Kokichi he liked Ranpo the best. Kokichi was snapped out of his thoughts as someone yelled. 

“Woah hero backdraft! He’ll make sure we stay safe!” Someone called.

“This guy must be pretty desperate to go full monster in the middle of the city. Do you know what happened?” The man in front of them asked the man beside him, as Midoiya tried to get a better view. 

Maybe you should take a photo and then post it to Camie. Maybe tag it, show her how strong you are? Camie, being the oh so kind soul that she is, had been training Midoriya. Kokichi was at first quite surprised at her fighting style, it was too familiar, she was just too much like her. The green hair, the speech, body language, and then the fighting style? 

“Just some amateur. Stole someone’s bag, and then got himself cornered.” The voice snapped out of his thoughts and Midoirya finally found a way through and began to walk to the front of the crowd. 

You know if you keep doing this you may get killed before you even become a hero~! Kokichi teased.

“And you just told me to get a photo for Camie.” Midoriya added with an eye roll but continued his walk to the front as others walked on the phone or with each other.  

“AHHH! IT’S KAMUI!” Some fangirls screamed at the top of their lungs. The living piece of wood upped onto a traffic light near the bridge and hopped onto the bridge using the light at a bost. One thing Kokichi said was dumb was calling out your moves. Sure it can help others warn what move you’re going to do but it also alerts the villain what move you're going to do! But whatever! 

The villain’s giant hand moved to crush Kamui but he jumped into the air thus avoiding the hand. “Get away from me or I’ll Break You Toothpick!” The criminal shouted, As Midoriya FINALLY got to the front of the crowd.

“This is going to be good!” Midoiyra said as he grabbed a notebook from his bag with a pencil. The criminal threw a punch at Kamui again but he jumped back using some metal piles to keep him in the air. His quirk made him into a living piece of wood yes but he could shape it to and manipulate it at his will. Though it only worked on the wood he was made out of. 

“He may be new but he’s making a big name for himself!” Midoyira shouted. 

“One look at the dopey grin and I know what you are. A fanboy!” A man who seemed to be about forty called out. Kokichi laughed as Midoriya shyly moved his head away and nodded. Kokichi’s attention went back to the fight as Kamui began to monolong. And GOD if Kokichi could cring right now he would, like why the hell! Would you say he’s the ‘incarnation of evil?’ LIKE BRO’S DOING SOME MINOR CRIMES?! Like it sounds bad yeah but others out there are making kids kill each other in a killing game?! Bro looks like a SAINT compared to Monokuma! ‘¢+π3[&÷ {+ °3q’ Kokichi watched as Kumai’s wood was about to rap around the villain when

“CANYON CANNON!” A giant woman in a skin colored, purple and orange suit came crashing into the villain.Then of course came the camra’s as they took pictures of the woman. “Piece of cake for the world’s next hottest hero. Hi there, everyone, I'm Mt.Lady and you don’t have to worry about this bum anymore.” Mt.Lady said as she shrunk back down waving her arms around. The criminal was tied up as Mt.Lady talked to reporters and waved.

Kokichi watched Midoirya take notes about her quirk and the damages he causes, weakness, some strengths and how she seems to be a hero and her hero persona. Then he started to mumble. See Kokichi didn’t mind though others did honestly it was kinda cool to see what goes through the others head. Kokichi snorted over the memory of what happened when Midoirya did his little notebook thing on Camie.

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“H-hey C-camie?” Midoriya was still getting used to having Camie over. She sat comfortably on his bed. Still trying to not laugh at all the merch he kept.

“What up?”

“C-could I maybe…writeyourquirkdonwinmynotebook?!” Camie had to lean back as if the words had been some strong gust of wind.

“Alright I’ma need you to repeat that.”

“Could i-i write your quirk down in m-my noteb-book?” He held up one of the note books. A white cover with a yellow spin, Hero analysis 12.

“Well have at it!” That then led to the conversation that lasted almost four hours and Midoriya nearly passing out from lack of oxygen almost five times. 

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“What's that fanboy taking notes over there? Wanna be a hero, too, huh?” The man from early asked as he gave a thumbs up. 

Kokichi watched as Midoriya lit up and happily replied. “Yes! More than anything!”

“Well I’ll be rooting for you then!” The man said as he walked away with a happy smile. 

Hey greenie! We Gonta go! Kokichi liked making puns out of others' names and he knew that Midoriya knew it was a bittersweet thing for him. Midoriya learned that Kokichi was kinda dead and how he got here he didn’t know. Midoriya liked to ask about the people he knew and Kokichi would tell them the best he could. Gonta being raised in the woods, Keyboi’s awful singing, Himiko’s magic, Anything he could remember. Though he always loves to talk about Shuichi the most.

 Kokichi was so lost in thought he didn’t realize he had missed most of the school day. It was normal for the one that was not in control of the body to not talk a lot at school, mostly in fear of giving themself away. It was only when he felt fire he snapped back into the real world. He looked around to see some kids laughing and an angry Bakugou.

“Listen up, Deku!” Bakugou shouted. Kokichi was very happy that Midoriya had taken up training and weight lifting. He had some musicals and was not all skin and bones, in fact he could pick up a TV if he was using both hands. Thought it couldn’t be over ten feet or it would be too much for him. Kokichi snapped out of the thought again and listened to Bakugou. “You're even worse than the rest of these damn rejects, you quirkless wannabe.” Bakugo’s hands smoked as he had a thot grin on his face. “You really think they’d let someone like you in when they could have me?”

“Huh? No, wait! You’ve got it all wrong! I’m not trying to take away your spot or take your dream. I-it’s just that I’ve wanted to be a hero since I was little. I may not have a quirk, but I can still try my hardest, can’t I?” Midoriya said weakly as he bumped into the back wall of the classroom. Kokichi got the odd feeling of dave ja vu but couldn’t quite place it. Mayhaps it was from his past, whatever doesn’t matter now. 

“You’d never be able to hang with the best of the best. You’d die in the exams!” Bakugou shouted as Midoriya shook a bit. Kokichi couldn’t see what he saw them as but he did know in moments like this they didn’t seem human. He had told Kokichi they all had this red eyed look and seemed to be monsters. “Defenceless Izuku, the school’s already crappy. You really wanna embarrass it more by failing so hard?”

Others laughed as he stared at the ground. Remember what I said alright? He knows you're better than him, he knows if you make it to be a hero he’ll never be number one. He sees you as a threat okay. Don’t let them get to this head of your’s greenie! Remember your mom and Camie and myself are all on your side. You can’t let this jerk win, that would just waste everything we’ve worked for!

Kokichi had told this to him around the age of eleven when he saw the first red spider lily on his desk. That day was a hard day for them, Midoriya had to call Camie, Kokichi was thankful she spent the night as Midoriya had cried all night. 

‘It’s not fair!’ He had sobbed, ‘why do they hate me so much?!’ Camie had wrapped him in her arms.

‘I don’t know. But don’t worry if you ever need help, big sis Camie will come your way.’ Big sis. Camie’s family was like a second family to the Midoriyas and it was also the other way around. Her parents were warm and accepting, never treating him like less. And as much as Kokichi would like to go down memory lane right now it’s not the time.

Midoirya was kinda like Kokichi, he’s not the strongest physically (Though camie was a big help on self defense.) but mentally he’s just about unmatched. Kinda like Kaede, she wanted everyone safe and her kill was only meant to help. 

“All right Bakugou that’s enough to get back to your seat. Midoriya pick up your desk and go back to your seat.” The teacher said as Bakugou scoffed with a small smirk. Midoriya sighed and put his desk back into its spot. The rest of the day was alright, no one really did anything, just review for tests, homework, a few bits of gossip and a jeer at Midoriya every so often. It wasn’t till the school day was over that everything really changed. People had started to back off Midoriya once Camie and shown a liking to him and protected him but once she got accepted into her dream hero school Midoriya was left alone. Now don’t get them wrong they were very happy, over the moon thank you, that Camie made it into Shiketsu High School, they had even met some of her classmates and they were nice. Though they didn’t know that Midoriya was quirkless.

They went back to homeroom for their final class, it was math and Kokichi HATED math. He knows English and JSL (Japanese sign language) and was learning French and Spanish with Midoriya. He's also really good at social studies but he doesn’t really show it off. Midoriya as said before is good at math and likes science as well as human anatomy, such as Kokichi loves psychology. Learning about the human body really helps understand quirks more and Kokichi is proud to say Midoriya thought of the idea of him learning about anatomy all on his own. Kokichi and Midoriya had figured out that the teachers had been purposely lowering their grade so they made sure that no matter if they needed it all they would answer a few questions wrong. As school was letting out kids belgian to leave and Midoriya grabbed his yellow bag and plopped it onto the desk, grabbing his phone and already out notebook. He scrolled some app Kokichi can’t remember the name of, it recorded a bunch of hero stuff that the media saw as well as a comment section where a few others liked to make theories and point out what they saw. Sometimes the hero himself would take the suggestion and use it. 

“That fight from this morning is all over the news.” Midoiya said as Kokichi watched his scroll through his phone. Midoriya pocketed the phone and grabbed a pencil. “Best I write some more down before I forget it all.” 

Good thinking! I mean we got to SEE the hero's debut in person! That’s not something everyone gets to see in their life. Ooo~! Camie’s going to be so jelly! Kokichi had learned more about heroes and had become a bit of a fan himself. He liked underground heroes the best. He had even drawn a bit of his own merch. He drew a picture of Present Mic and hung it in Midoriya’s room, or as Midoriya would say ‘their room.’ Kokichi didn’t get it, it was Midoriya’s room and body but he’ll listen. As Midoriya went to put the notebook in his bag some loud blonde snatched it from his hands.

“I dunno what you think you’re doin’, Deku, but we’re not done.” Bakugou said as he held the book in one of his hands, head tilted up so that Midoriya would feel and look smaller. I mean he was shorter than Bakugou but he wasn’t weak! 

“Wharchu got? His dairy?” Some kid with the power to make his fingers longer said, short brown hair reached his shoulders as he was a bit hunched in. Poor back posture Kokichi must say, his poor back. Bakugou moved the notebook away from Midoriya as he tried to grab it and the two lackeyes behind saw the title of the notebook.

“Huh? Don’t tell me you’re talking notes on how to be a hero?” the one with short black hair said as he put one hand behind his head and chuckled. 

“That’s so pathetic.” The other one laughed out.

“He’s delusional,” the black haired one said.

“Yeah, real funny, guys. Just give it back.” Midiroyia said as he reached to try and grab it but nooo~ the walking bomb had to just blow it up. Midoriya lets out a yelp as he watches his work get burnt. Thankfully though it’s not very badly damaged, the cover is now extra crispy and burnt the pages as well but you could still read it. “That’s so mean.” Midoiya says as Bakugou throws it out the open window. 

WAH! What a bully MIDORIYA! KICK HIM GET THE SHINS! Kokichi protested and Midoriya bets he would be holding up a sign with Bakugou’s face crossed out. 

“Most first-string heroes show potential early on. People look at them and just know they’re destined for greatness. When I’m the only student from this garbage junior high tp get into Yuuie people’ll start talkin’ about me like that. They’lll realize I'm legit, the next big thing.” Bakugou ranted as Midiroya shook in place. “That’s not just ego talking, I just know I’m that good.”

“Ego” Ego Both kokichi and the shorted black haired lackey said at the same time. Midoriya felt Kokichi flinch even though he was in control of his body and man does he need to stop thinking like that. Yes he was born with his body but Kokichi and him share it now! He was brought out of his thoughts as he felt a burning on his shoulder. He knew Kokichi hated physical touch from those he didn’t trust. Then again he never said he trusted Midoriya but he showed he cared in different ways. 

“Here’s a little word of advice, nerd. Don’t even think of applying. Or else.” Bakugou finally, FINALLY, removed his hand and Kokichi could feel himself breathing again. 

Sorry for kinda blacking out greenie. Midoriya just nodded as he faced the ground, he walked to grab his things and try to find his notebook that was when he heard Bakugou speak, speaking the words that would never really leave him. Speak the words he never thought he would hear out loud. 

“Y’know, if you really want to be a hero that badly, there might be another way. Just pray you’ll be born with a quirk in your next life and take a swan dive off the roof of the building.”

Time froze as the reality of those words sunk in. Midoriya felt his word crumbling as the person he used to think of as his best and first friend just told him to end everything. 

Greenie don’t you dare listen to that Asshole. Kokichi seethed and when had he ever swore before? Midoriya felt numb as he just robotically put all his stuff away, never even turning around to face the bullies that had just left the class. Midoriya? You… wanna… I don’t know. talk? Midoriya shook his head. You wanna call Camie? Inko? Anyone? Midoriya once again shook his head.

“T-thanks but I-I need to find m-my notebook right n-now.” He grabbed his bag and walked out of the school building and into the back to find the notebook Bakugou had thrown out the window. 

Don’t listen to him alright? He’s just some jerk scared that you’ll be better than him because you’re better than him right now. He’s scared because he knows that if you become a hero you’ll be the best. Midoirya wiped away tears from his eyes, and nodded.

“T-thank you Kokichi” He sobbed out. “For always trying to help a-and b-be there.” 

No problem now then let's find that notebook alright? Midoriya came across a pond filled with koi fish that he had been thrown into before.

“My dreams have become fish food.”

HEY! NO NO none of that mister! Come one so what! You have fourteen others at home this might be my lucky number fifteen but we can always remake it!

“Yeah and hey wait, your lucky number is fifteen?” Midoriya asked, taken aback by the random lore drop.

Mhm! Midoirya shooed away the fish as he grabbed the wet and burnt notebook from the pond. 

“Stupid jerk.” Midoriya looked as he felt like crying again at the trashed book. He sighed and walked back home, his mom and him had planned a movie night and Kokichi was excited. They were even getting Camie’s family to join, she was just as excited. It was a movie he had loved growing up. It was none other than Antman, an old marvel movie or people called a pre qurik-era movie. As he reached the tunnel Kokichi felt a bit of a gut feeling that something was wrong, but before he could say anything Midoriya had begun laughing like Alll Might as he walked or more stomped through the tunnel. 

That's when he heard the noise and Midoriya saw this person or thing made of slide rise from the sewers. It was dark green and had yellow eyes. “You’ll make a perfect skin suit for me to hide in, kid.” What skin suit before anything could be done Midoriya began to run and then that thing jumped on him. The notebook opened to the page with Mt.Lady on it, as the slide villain forced itself into Midoriya’s mouth. It's slude choking him and monologuing as it did. Kokichi could only watch helplessly as Midoriya struggled against it. Kokichi didn’t feel like he was getting choked or hurt but he felt the tears in Midoriya’s eyes and the panic. He could feel the fog that was clouding his mind and could see the dark green and the villain tried to take over, he fought back trying to keep the villain from entering more, trying to keep Midoriya alive. He could only watch as Midoriya’s arms gave out. The noise was gone, then the slide was gone, a gust of wind pushing the slide back and letting Midoriya fall to the ground. Midoriya blacked out and Kokichi watched the world go black. 

Kokichi spent the time that Midoriya was blacked out to note what new info he had. One, Though he can’t feel the physical pain that Midoirya takes, it does not mean he won’t face the drawbacks. Two, he didn’t feel like he was trying to claw at the slide, that might be because Midoriya was panicking? He wonders if because he was in such a state of panic and fear he didn’t really know what he was doing. As he was going to think of more he felt someone slapping his cheek, it was not aggressive nor soft but it was a fast movement. He watched as the world came into view and Midoriya woke up, now Kokichi was wondering why he didn't take control? God he really needed to do more research on this whole sharing a body thing. 

“Hey! Wake up! Hey–” The person slapping his or Midoriya cheek said, soon light entered their eyes and they saw the face of a buff man in a white t-shirt in dark green cargo pants. Midoriya was lying on the ground as he looked up to the guy, the shadow of his eye brows covering his eyes. “Thought we lost you there.” All might said as he removed his hand, and he was quite loud. And what was the fist thing Midoriya did? Scream and scoot away in a panic.

Well that's one way to meet and greet your hero huh?

“Well, looks like you’re moving around all right. Sorry ‘bout that back there.” All might put a hand up like he was going to wave. “I didn’t mean to get you caught up in my justicing. Usually I pay more attention to keeping bystanders safe.” All might move his hand to his forehead. “But it turns out this city’s sewer system is pretty difficult to navigate.” He raised his head a bit and laughed, and all Midoriya did was stare in awe at the number one hero. “Anyway, you were a big help. Thank you! I’ve captured the evil-doer!” All might held up a soda bottle full of the slude and Kokichi laughed as he saw the slude villains eyes. They looked like a child drawing a dead person with X’s  for eyes on them. 

Kokichi wished he could hear Midoriya’s thoughts sometimes because Midoriya was a smart kid or well he was only like three to two years younger then Kokichi now. Kokichi wondered what goes through his head, what his thought process is like and what his morals are. “H-hey c-can I get an autograph. I’ve got a pen around here somewhere.” Kokichi felt Midoriya feel around his uniform for the pen he hand in his pocket. “Ah can you please sign my note book!” Kokichi watched as he grabbed his notebook and saw the words ‘ALL MIGHT!’ with a little face written on a blank page, it took up two whole pages. Midoriya let out a squeal and not some kind little girl, no more like a kind that just got a lollipop from a nice guy. “Thank you so much! I can’t wait to show my mom! My friend will love to see this! Thank you for saving me earlier as well!” Midoriya said in a rush as he bowed every second more like every word actually. 

All might gave a thumbs up as he let out a ‘uh-huh!’. “Welp. I’ve gotta get this guy to the police so they can take care of him.” All might said as he patted one of the pockets in his cargo pants.  

Wait, is he not going to like to get us to get checked? Like for all we know he would still have some of that slude in our lungs! Kokichi respected the guy, but liking him was a bit of a stretch. Like he said he was a lair and now he was kinda just leaving them unchecked. 

“Stay out of trouble and see you ‘round!”

Wait, why is he even here?! His hero agency is not in this city! Midoriya didn’t seem to hear Kokichi or was just not listening. All Might stretched and squatted

“Now stand back, I'm taking off.” Then like a slingshot he shot into the air, but that's not what Kokichi was really on about no it was the fact that Mirodiya grabbed onto the man's leg as he FLEW INTO THE AIR! KOKICHI TAKES BACK EVERYTHING HE SAID ABOUT MIDORIYA BEING SMART! Then All might tell him to ‘let go.’ LIKE BRO IF HE LETS GO HE’LL DIED! Kokichi has been crushed before, no way does he want to go splat on the ground again thank you~. As Kokichi is in a bit of a daze he misses the way blood falls from All Might's mouth, no he just kinda waits until he finally feels solid ground. 

“Not a very smart move.” Kokichi agrees with All Might this time. “Bang on the door for a while someone will let you in. Now, I have to go see you on the flip side.” All Might walks to the edge of the roof as he raises one hand.

“Wait, not yet. One second.” Midioriya runs with a hand out. 

“No, I don’t any have time.”

“I have to know!” Midoriya slowly retracts his hand, both his hands not resting at his side and fists. “Is it possible to become a hero, even if I don’t have a quirk?” As All might reach the edge he pauses.

Go on Midoriya, this is your chance he’s listening.

“I’m a normal kid without any powers. Could I ever hope to someday be a hero?” All might tilt his head to look back and that’s the lasting thing Kokichi sees as Midoriya closes his eyes. 

You know Midoriya? This feels like a moment that will make or break you. Like this will be your kinda butterfly effect. Well then I hope you got some popcorn for me~

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⋘ 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎... ⋙

⋘ 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎... ⋙

⋘ 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎... ⋙

⋘ 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎... ⋙

ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ!

He was floating, how he doesn’t know, it just happens when he’s close to her. The two where using roller skates in the house, she was better at it then him. He kept falling over but that’s fine, she would always catch him.

He watched from afar, keeping out of view, making sure they wouldn’t see him. If they could at all. He looked over to the side to see a green head of hair staring at him. The two didn’t look away they didn’t talk. They would later, they would have too. But for now they would have this moment, this moment of peace, and maybe gossip?

⋘ 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡... ⋙

⋘ 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡... ⋙

⋘ 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡... ⋙

⋘ 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡... ⋙

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. . .

“Without a quirk?” All Might said and then Kokichi heard him grunting and groaning in pain? Why was he in pain? Man Midoiya, why did you have to close your eyes?! As if Midoriya heard his thoughts Kokichi could now see the floor of the roof they stood on. 

“People think I don’t have a chance.”

HELLO?! WHAT AM I?! Kokichi yelled not in anger but more like a tease, though Midoriya didn’t respond to him.

“That not having any powers makes me some kinda weakling. My classmates like to make fun of me. But you know what? That makes me want to prove them wrong.” As Midoriya counted his speech Kokichi watched as some kinda fog or cloud was it mist? Formed from the edge of the roof All might was standing on. Then he could see the fog, mist, cloud stuff start to blow away and a shadow of a person on the other side.

Ummm… Green bean?

“I want people to see my fearless smile,”

Greenie? String bean? Broccoli boy?!

“and feel safe.” Midoriya finished off. 

Yeah-huh look that’s great and I’m here to help but what is that?! Kokichi asked and still no response. Now Kokichi was getting annoyed, and scared but he just wants an answer right now. Then Midoiya looked at it or him the person where the mist fog cloud thing was coming from. They wore the same white T-shirt and green cargo pants that All Might had just now. They were baggy and the person was quite short. Bright yellow hair that Kokichi see’s all around the town, the same bright yellow All Might's hair is. And Midoriya, poor, sweet Midoriya, in all his wisdom saw the man and screamed.

Well that’s one way to react I guess. Though Midoriya was too busy looking at the man that was in front of them. 

“I— wait. Who…? What happened, you deflated! Ah! Where’d All might go?” Kokichi started to get dizzy as Midoriya frantically looked around. 

H-Hey I didn’t sign up to ride some carousel or roller coaster!

“You! You’re not him. You’re a fake! An imposter!” Kokichi was about to slap himself, Did Midoyira forget the theory they had come up with? Sometimes he really did wonder what life for this small green child would be like without him. 

“I assure you that I am All M–” As Small Might tried to speak he was cut off as blood dripped from his mouth, an unhealthy amount of blood. One thing Kokichi had to get used to was red blood. He was so used to seeing bright pink blood, that the first time he cut himself he asked what was dripping from the cut. When he first saw red blood it took a bit of explaining why he was so surprised. Coming up with the lie he had a hard time telling colors apart in his past life. Midoriya screamed again and now Kokichi was starting to get annoyed. “You know how guys at the pool are always suckin’ in and flexin’ and tryin’ look buff? I’m like that.” Well then I guess Kokichi and Midoriya were right. 

“W-whoa… I-I didn’t think w-we’d be right…” Midoriya stuttered out.

“Repeat that?” Small might asked and not in a rude way but more out of surprise.

“W-well see… I’m a big fan and a close friend of mine and I had this theory going about how you could be able to keep your personal life so secret… so we came up with the idea you might have a small transform quirk… never thought we would be right.” Midoirya said as he played with his fingers.

Well if you’re not going to feel pride I will. Kokichi proudly said as he huffed. 

“Your friend is smart.” Small might comment and Kokichi would be basking in the praise some more but Midoriya was the one to think up the idea Kokichi just asked the question. Why was he giving him all the credit? 

“H-how can you be All Might? All might is very big and saves the day with a fearless smile.” Small might sighs and tilts his head to the ground.

“There’s plenty of fear behind that smile.” He sits on the ground, his back leaned up against the blue railing. “I’m counting on you to keep your mouth shut. Don’t go talking about this online or your friend, not even the one who helped make the theory.” Kokichi felt Midoriya want to speak but they both recoiled as Small might lifted up his shirt. On the right side of his body was a wound and not some kinda cut no it was like a hammer that dropped on glass. The core of the wound being a dark purple and red, taking up almost all the right side of his chest. (Author sucks at this so here is a picture.)

“Pretty gross, right?” Small might continued as both Kokichi and Midoriya looked at the wound. “I got this in a big fight five years back. My respiratory system was basically destroyed. I lost my whole stomach. All the surgeries have pretty much worn me out. And it can’t be fixed. Right now, I can only do hero work for about three hours a day. Rest of the time, this is what I look like.” Kokichi would most likely be grossed out if he had not been in killing games in a past life. 

Watching Keade being hung as her body was used to play the piano, then crushed as her body hung. Kirumi climbing hundreds of feet up using vines with thorns being then being cut over and over with circling saws as she continued to climb up the vines, watching as she made it to the top seeing the sun only for her hope to be crushed as the vine broke and she dropped hundreds of feet up. Korekiyo being cooked alive. Gonta being hung up on a pole as thousands of hornets were fired at him, and then impaled and set on fire? Yeah this wound didn’t really bother Kokichi just caught him off guard. Kokichi really did get a bit too comfortable, huh?

“No way.. Five years ago?” Midoriya asked as he listened to the tale Small might told them. “So does that mean it was the fight with Toxic Chainsaw?”

*Cough* Nerd. *Cough*

“Like you aren’t one” Midoriya whispered and THANKFULLY Small might didn’t hear him. Kokichi was quite happy; he may say that the greenete was no longer ignoring him and was reacting in a way Kokichi had learned over the years. 

“Wow, you know your stuff.” Small might praised.

Hey I could have done that too! Kokichi pouted, as Midoriya fought the laugh in his throat, though he couldn’t fight the small smile that made its way onto his face.  

“But no. The punk may’ve landed some hits, but he couldn’t bring me down. Most of the world has never heard of this fight. I did everything I could to keep it under wraps.” Kokichi didn’t know any other big fight that might have done this, so he could say All Might did a good job and kept this away from the public eye. “I’m the guy who’s always smiling, right? I’m the Symbol of Peace.” Kokichi could feel a bit of his respect growing. He had always hated labels or maybe it was being prejudged.

For him they put pressure into being called a ‘lair’, ‘evil’ and that stuff was true yes but they didn’t make him want to change or prove them wrong like Midoriya. Midoriya wanted to prove the world wrong, Kokichi thought those labels made him want to play the part. He could feel for Small might or All Might with the labels. He is the Symbol of Peace that label is as strong as it is a weakness. Kokichi never told Midoriya this, nor does he ever plan to. Maybe when he’s older…

“But honestly, I smile to hide the fear inside.” And if Kokichi felt that label stuff before now he really felt it. His smile is his mask, Kokichi gets hiding what you feel, he did that in the killing games. Sometimes he would even exaggerate his emotions just in a final hope to hide what he really felt, the fear he had, the hope he held close, the hurt, the pain. Yet sometimes it was just too much, sometimes he knew he crossed a line. He cared for his classmates, loved them really but... 

'Your alone Kokichi.'

Those words will hunt him until the day he really dies. He's not alone anymore but the thought that Midoriya was only here with him because they were stuck together was a true fear and thought he had. If Midoriya had never met Camie… Kokichi would have never met her.

“It’s just a brave face I put on when the pressure is high. This job isn’t easy.” With those four words Kokichi knew where this was going, Small might was going to say no. Kokichi could feel some of his respect dying, he still respected the guy but at the same time he would not mind never meeting him again. He could also say he could see All Might as more than some hero on the news. He seems a bit more human. “Pro heroes are always having to risk their lives. Some villains just can’t be beaten without powers.” Kokichi could fight that one sometimes they could, sometimes the best heroes are the ones that don’t fight, Midoriya had a strong mental will, he has Kokichi here to help. “So, can you be a hero?”

Midoriya know no matter what he says, I'm by your side.

“Not without a quirk.” Kokichi could feel the way Midoriya just kind of broke… The way he lost hope, lost dreams, lost motivation. Lost the sparkle in his eyes. The way this small man crushed the small green beans dream. Kokichi would be laughing at the joke he made but he just needed to try and comfort Midoriya.

“I see…”

NO! No you don’t ‘see’! Kokichi does and WILL NOT let this ~SmAlL MIgHt~ break this kid. He’s sweet and kind with a heart of gold at least to Kokichi, he has every right to be a hero even if it means just trying.

“If you wanna help people, there are plenty other ways to do it” AND THEN THE IDIOT JUST KEPT TALKING! Kept telling this already broke boy to find other jobs. To make his dreams REaliStiC, Kokichi could really see red again like with the kid and the sand all those years ago. The ‘hero’ needs to know when to shut up! Kokichi watches as Small might leaves the roof. Only a second after the door closed Kokichi took the chance to talk with Midoriya.

Midoriya?

“Y-yeah Kok-Kokichi?” Kokichi felt and saw as tears fell from his eyes. Midoriya's hands moved to his eyes to try and wipe them away.

If you need to cry you can. Hey don’t listen to Small might alright? You’ll make a great hero. We’ve worked so hard and trained so much. Come on think about it! You've worked on those notebooks like their your children and on top of that you're not all skin and bone, you've lifted some weights and taken a few small classes for self defense. Camie even trained you, even all of her classmates love you! 

“Y-yeah your ri-” As Midoriya spoke he was cut off with an explosion. “W-what was that?” They look to see some smoke coming from afar. 

Hey I know what will cheer you up, watching some hero fights! Why don’t we go and take some notes, who knows we might see another hero debut!

“A-alright…” Midoriya hesitates for a moment then walks over to the alleyway. The whole walk over no words were spoken. Kokichi didn’t know what to say and Midoriya was too hung up on everything that happened. All Might saying no, Bakugou telling him to kill himself. Nothing really was going right. Midoriya doesn’t know how long he would have survived without his mom or Kokichi. And he’s thankful for Camie, honestly it’s thanks to her he can talk to girls at all. Midoriya would love to call Kokichi a friend, his best friend maybe a brother but …Kokichi seemed to hate labels. Though he had never told Midoriya anytime he was called something or seemed to be labeled something he had a slight give away. His voice would turn a bit more high pitched, and Midoriya had noticed Kokichi had a habit of biting or picking at their thumb when thinking, stressed, or nervous.

Midoriya could think of one time he called Kokichi his friend and the way Kokichi stopped talking for a few seconds and his voice came back high pitched with his iconic ‘Nishsishi yeah, yeah I’m great.’ Midoirya trusted Kokichi and saw him as his best friend and was close to certain Kokichi felt the same yet neither of them ever said they were friends. Though Midoriya had told Kokichi he trusts him. 

Hey, you lost in thought? Well too bad, we're here~! Kokichi let out a sing-songy voice. Kokichi just looked around to see some heroes…. Standing there… Why aren’t they helping? Back draft and Kumi have a good reason, Back draft was using his water quirk to put out the fire that was all around and Kumi was made out of wood so if he went in he could get burnt. Death arms and some other less known heroes are talking about ‘how they need a hero with the right quirk.’ God Kokichi can see the corruption of quirks, for people to watch and let someone die just because you don’t have the right quirk is so pathetic. If Midoriya had not shown Kokichi so many good heroes and shown how much he wants to be a hero Kokichi would have been some kinda vigilante. 

Kokichi is too busy watching and hating on the heroes to see it’s the same villain who had attacked Midoriya, but that is the first thing Midoriya notes right away, completely ignoring the useless heroes. Midoriya felt even more thought in his head, he thought it was his fault for dropping the bottle, his fault for taking All Might's time.

“That means… it’s my fault.”

WHAT?! No, no, no, no NOPE! It’s Small might’s fault for not keeping the bottle safe or holding onto it as he flew in the air. Okay maybe you played a part but he put it in his pocket! Kokichi fought back as if he was fighting a sibling over a game controller. 

“Why aren’t the heroes doing anything?” A bystander asked. 

“Looks like they’ve met their match.” a guy in a green shirt said, “Plus the villain captured a kid.” That caught Midoriya’s attention. “Things aren’t looking good for him.”

Green bean you alright? Kokichi watched as Midoriya put a hand over his mouth and clutched the notebook close to him. 

“Wait, I'm confused. Isn’t that the villain All Might was chasing earlier today?” some guy with a light blue shirt asked.

“What? All Might? No way he lost, where is he?” A guy with black hair asked.

“Well, can someone call him or something?” a woman with her hair in a bun questioned. 

“Why hasn’t he shown up to help the heroes?” a man in a suit with a green tie wondered. 

Kokichi watched as Midoriya was mentally blaming himself. He had watched Shuichi have the same look. You need to stop that thought. String bean listen to me! Midoriya did respond but let out a small hum, it was sad and weak. The one to blame is not you but the villain. He was the one to blame, you didn't ask to be attacked, nor did the person being attacked right now. The villain is the one to blame alright? 

Kokichi finished off as Midoriya looked up only to pause as they saw the blonde hair, only for panicked and scared red eyes to meet theirs. 

Bakugou…? Kokichi couldn’t even hide his shock. Then all of a sudden he felt Midoriya running as the notebook he held close fell to the ground. WHAT THE F*CK!? Kokichi yelled, as the dumbass ran into the fight. Kokichi would have been laughing at the shocked faces of everyone but he was trying so hard not to swear the kid out. 

“No you idiot! Stop, you're going to get yourself killed!” Death arms yelled and Kokichi didn’t agree but did agree this was a dumb move. 

“Not this brat again.” The villain yelled, and Kokichi could hear Bakugou say a soft ‘Deku?’

What am I doing? Why am I running? Why can’t I stop? Kokichi didn’t know! Why the hell did Midoriya ask him!? Kokichi doesn’t even see that Midoriya never opened his mouth.

“Your toast kid!” The villain screamed as he threw and formed some sludge in the shape of an arm to hit him. Midoriya grabbed his yellow backpack that he was wearing at the eyes of the villain, hitting him and giving Bakugou time to breath. He gasped for breath as gasped and coughed. 

“KACCHAN!” Midoriya yelled and you could see the surprise and the way Bakugou's eyes lit up as the name fell from Midoriya’s mouth. Midoriya grabbed onto the sludge trying to claw it away from Bakugou. 

“What the hell? Why are you here?!” Bakugou asked and Midoriya continued to try to claw away the sludge but not succeeding. 

“I dunno. My legs… They just started moving!” Midoriya gasped as he refused to stop trying to get Bakugou out. Soon the sludge closed in on Bakugou’s mouth causing him to grunt and Midoriya to panic more. Midoriya only continued clawing as tears formed in his eyes. Midoriya clawed at the sludge more and more as he gave a sad, weak, and teary eyed smile. “Bakugou! I couldn’t just stand to watch you die.” They way his eyes lost a bit of their brightness when Midoriya called him Bakugou again was something Kokichi noted. Bakugou yelled as Midoriya refused to give up their fight.

“Get the hell off me!!!”

“Just a little bit longer, kid. And I’m done playing with you!” A hand made of sludge raised into the air as it was going to hit Midoriya. Kokichi heard yelling ‘about saving the boy.’ As the hand got close Kokichi watched as Midoriya refused to stop clawing at the sludge even if it meant his own death, then an explosion happened as the hand hit or at least it should have, because there All Might stands. Midoriya had turned around to see who or what stopped the sludge. Midoriya didn’t look at All Might and turned back to Bakugou, continuing to try and grabbing and pulling away the sludge. 

“I really am pathetic.” All Might said as smoke came off his body and sludge engulfed the arm he used to protect Midoriya. “I told you traits that make a great champion,” All might pulled his arm away for the sludge to fire a punch, “Now I see I wasn’t living up to his own ideal.” All Might yelled as he used his other free hand to grab onto both Midoriya and Bakugou’s. “Pros are always risking their lives!” Blood pouring from his mouth. “That’s the true test of a hero!”

“DAMN YOU ALL MIGHT!” The villain yelled as he raised more sludge into the air to smack All Might away. 

“DETROIT,” All Might pulled his only free arm back smoke rising from his hand, “SMASH!” Like slime the sludge was pushed back by the wind of the punch, his body losing form and soon it dispersed. Kokichi felt like he was in some kinda tornado and was going to fly away, he bet if All Might had not grabbed Midoriya's hand he would have, and as soon as he felt he was flying he hit the ground, and once again everything went black, but this time something changed because Kokichi could feel himself in control. Kokichi couldn’t open his eyes nor move Midoriya’s body. He felt rain, why was it raining? It was clear all day? Did All Might's punch cause the rain? Kokichi wants to help, to fight back but Midoriya had tried out his body. 

"Dumbass." Kokichi whispered and not one person heard him as he rain fell onto him.

Kokichi can hear the crowd cheering for All Might. It was only after the rain stopped that both Bakugou and he got up, Around twenty minutes. Kokichi watched as people checked up on Bakugou, reports talked to All Might, heroes collected the villain and he was chewed out by heroes Bakugou was praised for bravery. Though Kokichi can admit him, holding out that long was impressive. 

Eventually after all that Kokichi was checked up upon and thankfully he only had a few cuts. The sun began to set by the time Kokichi was FINALLY let go. 

“That was dumb you know.” Kokichi added as an after thought.

I know… Midoriya replied as if he was some scolded school boy. 

“I hope you know I’m not mad or anything, you just made some dumb moves. I can’t be mad at that when I’ve done the same thing. It’d be stupid right? Lets just hope your mom doesn't find out or she may just drown us all in her tears~.” Kokichi teased In a hope to lighten up the mode thought it failed.

I’m sorry Ko… Kokichi froze at the nickname but smiled nonetheless, hope forming in his chest. Though he was upset that his hope to lighten the mode failed he was much happier with this outcome. Feeling the way Midoriya was about to panic and apologize Kokichi spoke up.

“Well, well, well someone finally got the guts to give me a nickname as well huh? You don’t need to say sorry string bean, I… I like it…” Kokichi admitted quietly and god the way Kokichi suddenly felt blind by the light Midoriya gave off. Kokichi can’t remember the last time someone gave him a nickname, it feels nice for some kinda return of nicknames after Kokichi had used them since day one. 

“Deku!” a loud pomeranian yelled. 

“Bakugou?” Koichi asked and Midoirya flinched. Bakugou ran up as he gasped and panted for air. 

“Listen. I would never ask for help from you. Don’t think you can look down on me.” That last line caught Kokichi's attention but he didn’t want to look into it right now at least. “Huh? Got that? I was fine by myself.” Bakugou shouted, “I don’t owe you anything!” with that Bakugou stuffed his hands in his pockets and stomped in the other direction. 

“What was that about?” Koichi whispered. 

No clue. Kokichi laughed. 

“Right now what hero movie we watching? I vote spider man!” Kokichi cheered.

What no! We voted on deadpool!

“No, that's wrong! Wow maybe you hurt this small head of yours, I would hate for damage the big brain you have as it is the only thing you have.” Hearing the squawk from Midoriya Kokichi laughed, they both knew Midoriya was strong and with the self defense he learned he could fight. He's not great at it but they both could and Kokichi packed a good punch, and due to Midoriya studying the human body he was good at close combat. He knew a human's weak points and were to apply the right amount of pressure. As Kokichi reached the corner of the street another loud blonde popped out. 

“I am here!” Kokichi jumped back out of pure surprise. Midoriya began to fanboy and mutter about how he may have gotten here so fast or how he knew he was here. 

“WAA-! A-All Might! Where did you even come from? How did you shake off the reporters?” Kokichi asked and All Might laughed.

Sometimes I wonder if you have some kinda quirk that helps with acting… Midoriya murmured suspiciously. Kokichi fought back a laugh though the fight was not hard to lose as he was a great actor and Kokichi took pride in that. 

“I stand for justice!” All Might yelled or more like spoke loudly. “Not soundbites! Because I,” He stuck a pose ”I am All Mi-” and then he shrunk back to Small might as blood flew from his mouth and how he has any blood left is unknown. All Might cough and wipe his mouth. “Young man. I came to thank you. And also to discuss your question earlier.” Kokichi was about to cut him off but he kept talking. “If you hadn’t told me about your life… if you hadn’t run into that fight… I would’ve been a worthless bystander watching from the crowd. So thanks. ”

“Oh no wait that…see… ummm. It was kinda my fault…” Kokichi for the first time in a long time had no clue what to say.

“I’m not done. You told me you didn’t have a power. So when I saw this short,”Kokichi let out a squawk at that, “quirkless boy try to save a life. It inspired me to act, too.” Kokichi knows he should take a sip of lemonade but he doesn't. He doesn't know why though. “There are stories about every hero. How they became great. Most have one thing in common. Their bodies moved before they had a chance to think. Almost on their own.” Kokichi feels the ghost of tears in his eyes but he’s not crying no Midoriya is. He felt his legs feel weaker than normal but he refuses to fall. “And today, that’s what happened to you.” As All Might looked at Kokichi he spoke the words that Kokichi knew Midoriya needed for someone other than him. “Young man. You, too, can be a hero.”

 Kokichi moved his hands to wipe away tears that weren’t there. Kokichi now felt super awkward, yeah it’s nice to hear but these words are meant for Midoriya. “Young Midoriya you are worthy of inheriting my power.” Kokichi and Midoriya are both dumb struck and Midoriya goes on to ramble Kokichi says words that could shatter a reality in the most calm tone and manner you may ever see. He moves both his hands behind his head, smiles and says.

“Right, Just one small tiny thing, I'm not Midoriya.” And if Midoriya froze and talked to Kokichi about why he would tell All Might that, 

Kokichi didn't respond. 

Chapter Text

Hero analysis for the future notebook 1, Page three

All Might 

Age unknown 

Quirk unidentified. 

Kokichi recalls this notebook and page because it was one of the first things Midoriya showed him when they had only first met. Kokichi laughed at the way Small might coughed and blood proud from his mouth. 

“Right, best I explain huh?” Kokichi asked, with a weak nod from Small might. “Right well I can’t! Well I could but I won’t he will!” Kokichi grabbed an All Might colored water bottle from one of the bright yellow backpack pockets and soon Midoriya was the one in control. ‘Good luck, green bean!’

“Right…” Midoriya muttered as Small might coughed again. “S-sorry about him All Might. See… ummm Well I am quirkless but… when I was around the age of nine or eight see Ko kinda just appeared and lives in my head. We share a body and can switch back and forth. Kinda. See if I drink any carbonated drink Ko takes control until he drinks lemonade and whoever wakes up first has control until then drinks one of the drinks.” Midoriya explained hastily. 

“Right… Well I’m guessing this is the friend that helped you create the theory?” Midoriya nodded. “Well I guess this would apply to both of you if you share a body.” 

“You're taking this well…” Midoriya muttered, although All Might didn’t answer. ”WAIT! You said something about your power… What do you mean inherit? Inherit what?” All might laughs.

“You should see your face right now. Don’t worry I’m not gonna force this thing on you. Listen well, you man or men? This is your choice.”

‘Hear that Midoriya is your choice!’

“Do you wanna accept my awesome power or not!” All might yelled as more blood came from his mouth, using his hand to wipe some of it away he continued. “There are a couple things you should know about my abilities.” Midoriya let out a small breath as Kokichi watched with a fake intensely. “Journalists always guess my quirk is super strength or some kind of invulnerability. When people ask in interviews, I always make a joke and dodge the question.”

‘HAHA! I WAS RIGHT! GOD WHY ARE PEOPLE SO DUMB?!’ Kokichi yelled and Midoriya reacted with a whole body flinch. ‘Opps~! Sorry green bean.’ Midoriya almost rolled his eyes but instead just went back to hearing All might

“That’s because the world needs to believe that their symbol of peace is just a natural born hero, like any of them. But I'm not. There’s nothing natural about my ability.” All might put both his hands on his forehead as his head looked up an almost perfect 90 degrees he then extended both hands out to the left and right. Kinda like he had wings. Kokichi laughed at himself with the analogy. “It’s a sacred torch that was passed on to me from someone else.” Now Kokichi was paying much more attention than before. 

“Someone gave you this quirk? No way.” 

‘Bruh… I’m like in your head and I don’t think I’m a quirk and yet you don’t think people can pass down quirks?’ Kokichi deadpanned but sighed. 

“Yes way. And you’re next. I can give you my abilities.” All might said as the wind blew his shirt so some of the wound was shown. Kokichi felt bad about how hurt he was but was impressed at the dedication. 

“Wait. Hold on, this is a lot to process.”

‘And me being in your head wasn’t?’ Midoriya just gave a small shrug but continued talking.

“It’s true there’s a lot of debate as to what your quirk actually is. Nobody's ever figured it out. It’s one of the world's greatest mysteries. People are constantly talking about it online.” Kokichi knows when he’s about to mutter and ramble but he didn’t really want to stop it this time, not after Midoriya had been so rude and ignored him. “But, well the idea of passing on a quirk or inheriting it doesn’t make any sense to me. I’ve never heard of anything like that before. Powers are supposed to be unique to each individual. I mean, science the first superpowers, no one’s ever been able to just give someone else their power like a present, that’s crazy. It this is true it would cause us to rethink everything we know about quirks to begin with. All bets are off the table”

“Uhh, sounds like you're overthinking this whole ‘inheriting’ thing. Stop nerdin’ put!” All Might’s comment, finally snapping Midoriya out of his muttering section.

“Ko why didn’t you stop me?!” Midoriya whispered yelled.

‘Because don’t you want your fav hero to see the real you, Mr. Fanboy?’ Kokichi watched as All Might didn’t interrupt Midoriya as he seemingly talked to himself. He really doesn’t mind? He takes this stuff far too easily. Kokichi pouted at the boring reaction hiding the relief that washed over him.

“You’ll have to adjust your reality and accept this new truth. Do you both think you can do that? I can transfer my quirk to someone else. And that’s just one facet of my secret abilities. The true name of my power is One For All.” All Might held out a hand though nothing was inside there seemed to be some kinda light he was holding even though nothing was there.

“One For All?”’One For All?’ Kokichi and Midoriya asked. 

“Yes. One person improves the power, then hands it off to another person. It continues to grow as it’s passed along. It is this cultivated power that allows me to save those who are in need of a hero.” All might close his hand and then tighten it into a fist. “The truth behind my strength.”

“But would you choose us? What if I can’t live up to it?” Kokichi took a strong note of the words he used. Us to I. Midoirya really needs to have more confidence in himself. Maybe he should get Camie to do it? He played around with the chess board, adding another piece, this one being blue, red and yellow. The purple king, the green queen, the blonde knight and the green horse. Where did the new piece go… Man Kokichi’s going to need to reset the whole board at this point!

“I was on a long hunt for a worthy successor. And then I watched you jump into action as the rest of us stood idly by. You may just be a quirkless fanboy, and I may know much about Ko. But you tried to save that kid. You acted like a hero.” Midoriya started to tear up and maybe Kokichi should have warned him about the Midoriya family tears he and his mom had, though could you count Kokichi fake tears? Kokichi stopped the train of thought because he knew what direction and implantation it had. “You need to stop cryin’ so much if you want my quirk.” All Might playful said as he hit his forehead, Kokichi didn’t take him to be so funny or a tease. A nice surprise he would say. Midoriya wiped away the tears and nodded.

“Okay, I’ll do it! Yeah!”

‘Yippie! Yay!’ Kokichi cheered and Midoriya could basically see him holding party poppers and confetti as he cheered. Yet the mental image was not as happy as he would have thought… but All Might smiled at them and Midoriya was basically glowing. Though maybe if he had paid attention he would have heard how fake the cheers sounded, how the energy was so forced. 

“No reluctance. That’s exactly how I figured you’d respond.” Kokichi was quite excited to see where this was heading. At least that was what it seemed like to the other boy. They agreed to meet up at some beach. Odd place for training. As they walked home they didn’t speak. Midoriya was too caught up on All might and the idea of inhearting a quirk Kokichi on the other hand was to busy think about well… everything. He had worked so hard to help Midoriya to be the first qurikless hero and then Small might comes up and then gives him a quirk and Midoriya didn’t ask more questions or anything. Like how do you inherit it, who knows about it, is there someone else with a similar quirk?! Kokichi was mad because Midoriya was so smart he should have thought more about this. 

Kokichi really should say this, voice the concerns, but it’s not his choice, it’s Midoriya’s life not his and for that reason he won’t say a word.

As the door to the house opened Inko gave them a warm smile. Kokichi mentally checked out at this point just repeating the day in his head on loop. By the time he had any clue what was happening Midoriya was laying in bed with Pj’s on.

‘Well that was a day huh?’

“You told him you and me are not the same why?”

‘Why aren't we the same? There is a clear difference between you and me.’ 

“No like why did you tell him this secret we’ve kept so close. We haven’t even told mom…”

‘Well it’s only fair right an eye for an eye kinda deal? ALSO should we tell Inko…? I know you’ve been thinking about it.’ Kokichi added.

“I guess…I think I need more time.” Midoriya sighed, still a bit sad at Kokichi instance, to call his mom Inko. He just didn’t get it, she raised them… she tried and Kokichi seemed to like her so why didn’t he call her mom? Midoriya didn’t really mind after all Kokichi always hand just about everyone at an arm's length. Midoriya considered himself to be lucky to get to know Ko so well, The guy named Shuichi also seemed to be important to him like a group he called.. DICE?

‘….look… I just…. Don’t tell him my real name for all he knows my name is Ko can we keep it that way?’

“Why?”

‘I don’t really want to answer that, now go to bed or you’ll hate yourself in the morning~!’ Kokichi teased in a hope to stop talking.

“Alright but don’t think this is over. Night Kokichi.”

‘Good night Midoriya.’

Kokichi didn’t want to talk anymore about this… he really didn’t but he just breathed and let sleep take over. 

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Kokichi was right, it's an odd place to train BUT and there's a big one the beach is COVERED IN TRASH! Kokichi laughed as Midoriya tried so, so hard to move a fridge with All Might sitting on top but failing. 

“Hey hey hey, it’s pretty comfy up on thai fridge, how are you doing down there.” All Might's comment only made Kokichi laugh harder, Midoriya gave out and fell on the sand.

“I would love~ to see you try this Ko!” Midoriya yelled and All Might chucked at the comment Midoriya made, guessing that he and his friend were play fighting. All Might smiled fondly at the boy who seemed to be bickering with himself as All Might thought of the times he and Sir nighteye used to play fight all the time. Bickering for fun and making each other laugh.  

“People move these everyday, y’know. And most of them don’t even have any super strength.”

‘Yeah Mido! Everyday~!’

“Well yeah sure, but… there’s an extra 600 pounds with you sitting on top of it.”

‘Yeah great comeback.’

“Nah, i’ve lost weight, so I’m down to 560 these days. In this form at least.”

‘And yet you still seem to lose at comebacks green bean.’ Kokichi let out a dramatic sigh and Midoriya would love nothing more than to give him a smack right now. 

“Who’s side are you on?!” Midoriya shouted.

‘My own side~! Thought I told you I’m my own man, I'm neither hero nor villain. But a good leader’ Kokichi teased. The last words lay heavy on his tongue.

“Great so much better. Why do you have me dragging trash across a beach, anyway?” Midoriya questioned as he raised a bit from the ground only for a flash of a phone camera to shine on his face. Midoriya looked up to see All Might holding up a phone taking pictures of the boy and laughing but not in a mean way, more of a tease.

“Take a look at yourself. You’re not ready for my power.”

“But I thought you said I was worthy!” Midoriya shouted.

‘…Midoriya… Being worthy and ready are two different things…Dummy.’ Kokichi was trying hard to hold back laughter. Man he should write this down to tell this as a story later.

“I’m talking about your body. You may have done some training so you're not all skin and bones but that still doesn’t mean you're ready. My quirk, One For All, is a whole lot to handle. The combined physical abilities of everyone who’s ever used it creates a hurricane of pure force. An unprepared body can’t fully inherit it. Your arms and legs would shoot off if you tried to.” Kokichi was satisfied with the information he just got.

“Maybe I should have asked more about this quirk…” Midoriya whispered to himself.

‘NoOoo~! REalY?! Even Gonta would have questioned it more EVEN MUI WOULD HAVE! And you know how sMArT~ she was.’ Man if Camie knew about all this, she might just beat Midoriya for not asking more questions.

“Okay. So this whole trash thing is some kind of hardcore gym workout. And.. you’re my trainer.”

‘You know if you might have liked Tsumugi, she was a big anime and manga nerd. Like you are a hero one, she would make random references no one got but she was just boring over all.’ Midoirya had never heard this Tsumugi person before and put that in his mental notes of Ko Info. THough if Kokichi thought she was boring it would make sense he didn’t talk about her. Midoriya zoned back in to see All might giving him a thumbs up.

“You got it. But there’s another reason, too. I did a little online research yesterday. Turns out this part of the beach used to be beautiful, but it’s been a total mess for the last few years.” Kokichi didn’t know this and so he chose to listen in. 

“That’s right, because of the ocean currents, anything that’s dropped in the water ends up here. People take advantage of that when they’ve illegally dumping their trash.” Izuku said as he looked around the piles of trash and Kokichi really just sighed at how some people just could care less. “Now, all the locals avoid this place.”

“Heroes these days are all about showing off and capturing flashy villains.” Kokichi played with his hair loosely as he thought All Might was a hero like that. “Things were different before quirks.” Kokichi could tell, there was less different kinds of discrimination and more true heroes so to say. He thinks back to Shuichi and Keade and smiles a bit. “Service was what mattered.” Kokichi thinks about DICE and all his friends, the people he called his family. He loved them and he hopes they are doing well, maybe Midoriya would have liked DICE, Kokichi would have and has offered for Midoriya to join. Though he always says no. “Back then, heroes were those who helped the community. Even if it was kinda boring.”

‘Hey I found a way to make it fun~! I used to rob stores with DICE and then give the money to those in need you know. I’m so nice, see!’ Kokichi teases and Midoriya starts sputtering nonsense. 

“Y-you….” Midoriya pauses and thinks hard. “You would do that…” Kokichi burst out laughing. “Hey when we get home would you like to play a game?” Kokichi calms down very fast at that. He had always been the one to set up the games they play and even then they were never games he would play with Shuichi, yeah he would still threaten his life and stuff but he had never played the knife game with Midoirya. 

‘…..Let’s…. Let’s just see if you can survive this first. After all you did promise All Might here you would give your all right?’ Midoriya nods and focuses back on the moment, only to see a soft smile from All Might. 

“You two done?” He asks if it's not rude in the way either of them are used to hearing. When asked the question they had both gotten used to the rude snappy teachers and kids. So the words being so soft was a nice change and Midoriya nodded. All might lay his hand on top of a metal cabinet and squashed it into the sand causing the power of the now crushed cabinet to blow away some of the trash. It was like when he punched the sludge monster and caused the small tornado. It gave a nice very of the rising sun, pecking over the clear blue ocean and making the sky a mix of dark blue, light purple and soft yellows. 

“You and Ko will restore the coastline for this entire section of the beach. That is the first step on your path, young man, toward being a hero.” Midoriya gasps and looks around at the piles of trash that are taller than All might. 

Good luck! Kokichi cheers as he has no part in this deal. 

“Oh no! No! You and me are in this together! You don’t have a say in that matter.” Kokichi feels his breath stop.

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He…. he doesn’t have a choice? When did he feel so small, when did the trash walls feel so big, when did he start to sweat? When did he start to panic? He needs to breathe, he needs to breathe, why can’t he breathe!? He feels panic and hurt and trapped, when did he go back, when did the presh start. When did the lies start, when did the killing game end? Did it end?! Did Kaito die, Shuichi, did they all lose?! He can hear the panicked Mirodiya. He needs to calm down or tell him he needs some space. He’ll get that right?! He has to get it… he can’t be alone… he can’t do it again…..

‘String bean I… I need some space…. Just… I’m alright okay? Nothing will ever scare the Ul- Kokichi Oma!’ He can’t believe he slipped up! God he needs space. 

“All right.” Midoriya says as he goes back to All Might to tell him Ko is no longer paying attention. 

Kokichi is vaguely aware of the world around him, he can still see the world, he shares Midoriya’s body after all, but god right now he needs some quiet, space, anything. He needs to hide, no he needs to get the mask back on, he needs to lie, no no, he needs to stop Monokuma, Monokuma? Where did…No he’s not back there ... .He takes a breath. He’s on the beach…He hears the waves… he smells the trash… he feels the sand between his fingers… he feels the knife scar on his hand from when he played the knife game with Shuichi….Wait….

No, that's not right. He shouldn’t feel that. It’s not his body… it’s Midoriya’s, Midoriya doesn’t have that scar. He lifts up his right pinky finger…wait…WAIT! HOW CAN HE CONTROL HIS HAND IF MIDORIYA IS IN CONTROL?! He jumps up from the spot he was sitting at only for his jaw to drop. He wasn’t controlling Midoriya’s hand because Midoriya was holding some paper as he monologues to All Might. Kokichi looked down to see he was a bit see through. Not complete but you could see a vague outline of the trash behind him. He looks down to his scarred hand and smiles. When was the last time he was happy to see this cut. It proved that at one point in time there was someone in that killing game that cared for him. This shouldn’t be possible… Could they… How could he? 

He looks over to see All Might give him a pat on the shoulder as he sends him home for the day. It’s odd they just got here and they're already going home? Maybe something with those papers. Kokichi looks at Midoriya and sees Midoriya look at something, though he can’t see him. It’s sad he was hoping this was a big breakthrough, but it seems it was some way to stop him from going into some kinda panic attack. He smiles sadly and hopes this is not a one time thing. He cares for Midoriya, yes, but he feels free. He felt like he has a choice now. He should talk to Midoriya about his games though, games are no fun if someone is forced to play them after all. Midoriya grabs his papers and walks home and Kokichi tries to walk but instead ends up falling to the ground. It’s odd he had walked in Midoriya body so why can’t he walk in his ghostly one? He tries to get up and he does but he can’t take a step without falling.

 He’ll work on this.

But for now it’s best he goes back with Midoriya, now the next big question is how. OKay let’s think, he panicked and got here, he’s calm and now wants back. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath in and out and thinks about Midoriya and when he opens them he’s back seeing through Midoriya’s eyes. 

‘Hiya Mido! What’s the paper for?’ Midoriya smiles.

“A training guide.” Kokichi skims through the page and it doesn’t look half bad though it’s scary to think that he would only be ready to get this quirk on the day of the entrance exam. “Hey you okay form… well earlier Ko?”

‘Yeah just… bad memories you know?’ Midoriya nods. 

“Yeah just know you can talk to me right?”

‘Maybe later… I promise you’ll know later just not know. You need to focus on this right now okay? Oh and tell me if you ever feel forced into playing one of my games okay?’

“Okay and wait, forced?”

‘Yeah games aren’t fun if someone doesn’t want to play or if forced to.’

“Alright.”

The two arrived home and the first thing they did was call Camie.

After a few rings she picked up, the face time screen now on to show she was in her room as well.

“Hiya dorks!” She waved. “What up?”

“Well we have a new training schedule so we won’t need to train us.” Midoriya said as he held up the paper for a moment.

“Huh. Well this is a total win, school sucks right now. Tot’s not fun, though their a few cute girls around, though the guys are alright. There is this one guy, I think you know him, that can turn people into like human blobs.”

“Seiji Shishikura? Remember you told us how he doesn’t like you much?”

“Right! Well today we talked and stuff and we got along. I think he might like you, you both have a goal in mind. But he fails to see his own problems…. Anywho! What’s up with you two?”

“Well where going to be cleaning the trash beach-”

“WHAT?! WAIT! Wait! Wait! When did this happen? What plot line was I left out of?”

“Oh! Well we want to train and also help out so cleaning the beach would be good right?”

Camie looks around as if her walls will give her an answer. “Yeah I guess, BUT if you need help you call us! Hear me!”

“Yes.” 

“Good now I got to go. With the entrance exam in a few months, I want to make sure I’m better than all those males.” 

“Kick their buts girl.”

“Later!” 

Camie hangs up and Midoriya sighs.

That day marked the first of the training Midoriya would call absolute hell. They would go almost every day after school and once on the weekends and move trash. Cars, microwaves, and carry All Might be on their back. Though something useful came out was that Kokichi couldn’t feel the exhaustion Midoriya had unless Midoriya and him switched only the could Kokichi feel it and for Midoriya it was like he was suddenly refreshed to full energy. They also did morning jogs due to All Might's recommendation. Though Kokichi was worried for his…well let’s say friend… Yeah friend is a good word. 

Well anyway he was doing a bit too much… He was caught in class muttering about how he wants to finish training, trying out different training techniques in school, and was doing a few to many miles in running and a few too many pushups, a couple too many late nights looking for new ways to get better. Kokichi had warned him time and time again he’s going to burn himself out and then he would be nothing but a pile of weird meat. Inko, like the angel she is, helped out with his eating plan, and warned him as well about working too much. 

As Midoriya did all this, Kokichi chose to learn more about this ghost thing. He learned that making mental images helped him split off from Midoriya’s body. He had always pictured some kinda two piece bracelet, or a friendship bracelet, just picture them breaking apart then connecting the two back together. It sucked that Midoriya couldn’t see him nor could anyone but Midoriya was a bit too focused on training to see when Kokichi would be a bit too quiet. He learned like this he could still hear Midoriya and a plus to this was he could hear his thoughts unlike when he was connected to him. Though no matter was he tried, Midoriay couldn’t hear him and Kokichi could not interact with the outside world. Though like in true ghost fashion he could walk through walls and he still couldn’t walk but hey he could float. It was neat but it did take a bit to get the hang of it. It was like air swimming now it’s like he’s walking. He still can’t understand why he can’t walk. He guesses it’s effects from being crushed but his arms and other body parts move fine, but he’ll take the win.

Though when Kokichi wasn’t working on his ghost stuff he had to watch Midoriya slowly break himself. One night when Midoriya went to bed Kokichi took control and felt the ache and hurt of all his mussels. Like everything was a slowly burning flame. Kokichi reached for Midoriya’s phone and dialed the only person he knew he could talk to.

“Hey Mido whats….” Camie looked at the screen and saw the eye bags. “He’s overworking himself.”

“No shit.” Kokichi laughed. “Come on I know we didn’t talk much in the past but you're the best at this stuff. You like the self defence mast or something, Can’t you knock some sense into him?”

Camie grabbed one of the gummy bears she had in her bag. “Well I could try but I don’t think he’ll listen. It needs to come from some else. As much as I hate to say it, but I think he needs to see the consequences of his actions” She sighed. “Well it’s late, you both need to rest and we do too. I’m going to need you to update me. Talk later.”

“Night.” He hung up. Yeah he hated that thought too, but he can’t knock anything sense into him. Only All Might could at this point.

Thankfully the next day this all came to a head. They were on their normal morning run and in one hand placed over his shoulder Midoriya was running with a safe in hand. Kokichi watched as his legs gave out and he fell to the ground, dropping the safe. All as All might rood a motor pad in front of them. 

“Hey hey kid look alive. You’ve only got three months left! What, are you gonna give up after all this work?” Midoriya laid on the ground trying to get any breath. The dirt made his light blue tracksuit dirty. “Wanna flush it all down the toilet and take it easy?” All Might asked, Kokichi wished he could go into his ghost mode and hit the dude but alas he can’t touch things when in ghost mode. 

All Might didn’t see how he over worked himself so much. He had to call Camie last night. He didn’t see how many sleepless nights Midoriya had. He didn’t see how his grades didn’t slip at all even as he was dead tired. He cringed as he watched Midoriya claw at the ground trying to get up. 

‘I tried to tell you Midoriya. You need breaks and so does your body, you burnt it out.’ Kokichi entered ghost mode and gently patted Midoriya’s head, though Midoriya didn’t react as he couldn’t feel or see Kokichi.

“I..know” Midoriya mutters weakly. Kokichi then left ghost mode so they were sharing a body once again.

“You're overworked.” All Might calls out and Kokichi hopes that hearing the person he looks up to the most will make him see. “The ‘Aim to pass: American Dream Plan’ was created with your body in mind. It was fine-tuned to ensure your progress was shift but manageable. Which means…You haven’t been sticking to it. I remember you saying early on that Ko was the one doing most of the mental work and how you wanted to be the one to clean the beach. So that means Ko must have not known much about the plan or he tried to help and you overdid it.”

“Ko… he warned me I was working too much and I didn’t listen so please… Please don’t blame him.” Midoriya pleads and All Might sighed. 

“Ko thank you for trying to help.” All Might said with a soft and warm smile. It’s not the hero one, it's small and seems so fatherly. “Midoriya you're over doing things and that’s going to have the opposite effect we want.”

“I have to work harder.” Midoriay clenches his fist, still trying to get breath, face never once getting off the ground. “Or we won’t stand a chance against the other applicants. I don’t want into UA, I want to excel.” With any strength he had he pushed himself off the ground meeting All Might with teary eyes. “I want…To be a hero, I want to make a name for myself, I want to be a hero that the people that have worked so hard to help to be proud of. I want… I want to be someone people find hope in! So I'll keep on trying until I’ve got what it takes to do that!” Small might buffs up into his All Might form and picks him off the ground, just like some kina ragdoll.

“That fighting spirit is what I like about you, Fanboy! It serves you well. I do get your concerns. That said, now's not the time to go and rush progress. Fear not! I can get you back on track. Leave it to this old man to adjust your plan!”

“You’re not an old man, All Might.” All Might laughs.

That night Kokichi updated Camie.

'HERO’S IN TRAINING! GC

ੈ✩Grape duo‧₊˚- All Might knocked some sense into him today. ∩(︶▽︶)∩

╭┈◦•Girlboss’s◦❥•◦- Go All Might! Show the dumb male who’s boss!

ੈ✩Grape duo‧₊˚- I’ll have you know I’m a male and so it All Might…( ･_･)

╭┈◦•Girlboss’s◦❥•◦- So? 

ੈ✩Grape duo‧₊˚- Fair enough.'

That day and text massage felt too long ago, time flies when you're focused. As of now it’s the morning of the entrance exam. Kokichi watched as Midoriya cheered, screaming “I did it!” and “We did it!” Midoriya climbed down from the pile he had gotten on and ran up to All might with a smile. “See All might I did it. I cleaned more than just this part of the beach. I cleared the whole thing.” He sounded like a child on christmas day hoping to open a present. “Do you think I’m ready now?” He said in much less confidence and joy but more nervous and shy. 

“Yeah you did go kid. I gotta say, I’m impressed. I knew you had it in you but this is beyond.” All might grabbed the red case phone and showed them the picture of the green and purple haired kid laying on the ground. “Look at this. It’s you ten months ago.”

‘No way I couldn't tell.’ Kokichi said with sarcasm dripping from his voice. Midoroya laughed at his friend.

“Look how far you’ve come. Such Improvement! There’s still a long road ahead of you before you can inherit my full power set. But it’s starting to look like you can do it.”

‘You better not say something like this is like a cheat code or you don’t deserve this.’

“What! How did you-?!”

‘I’ve learned from you. I’m just someone who grew up with you and so I know you have that self doubt in your head. Trust me it’s going to take a very long time to get rid of but it will be better as you grow up and learn to accept yourself. Look at me I love myself and I’m quite happy in life. Both this one and the last one.’ Half truth but he doesn’t need to know. 

“All might do you know how I ended up so lucky?” Midoriya asks, and All might laughs.

“Are you worried about that? It was hard work and support from those around you. This is work you did and work your friend did not mine.” He gives Midoriya a pat on the back. “Now it’s time for your reward, Izuku Midoriya.” All might pulls a stand of his bright yellow hair and Kokichi can tell this is going to be funny and gross. “Someone told me this once. There’s a difference between being lucky and deserving. One’s an accident and the other a reward. Never get the two confused. Take that to heart, young man. This gift. You earned it with your own valiant effort.” Kokichi gets this nice feeling of watching the rising sun and seeing the sky a mix of blues, light purples, soft yells and soft pink. It’s like the day they first came here. The clouds look so fluffy and he wonders if maybe a ghost is watching him or some angle? A dead classmate? He sighs as now is not the time. 

The sun hitting the ocean made it shine like a night star in the inky black. He watched as All might reached his hand with the golden strand of hair and gave it to Midoriya with a bright smile, and he nearly exploded from laughing at the next words All might said “Eat this.”

. . .

“Huh?” Was the only thing that came from Midoriya. 

“To inheart my power, you’ve got to swallow some of my DNA, that's how it works.” Kokichi was laughing so hard and he could tell Midoriya was going to kill him later. 

“This isn’t exactly how I imagined it.” Midoriya panicked.

“C’mon, there not time. You’ll be late for the exam. Eat. Eat. Eat.” Kokichi just laughed at Midoriya's screaming. This was going to be a fun day.

Chapter Text

Taking another sip of the soda Kokichi put the water bottle away. Midoriya had just eaten some hair and for that he needed some kinda break, at least in his mind. Kokichi and Midoriya had made a deal, Kokichi does the written part, Midoriya does the physical. Though it was going to be boring to have to work so much, Kokichi would do it. The gates of UA and the two tall glass buildings were much nicer in person than most would think. The windows were clean and tinted a blue that was somehow soft yet dark? Though he felt kinda small though he knew he was on the shorter side only being 5’2. He kinda feels bad that he may have made Midoriya so short but whatever. 

“You know I was almost late because of you.” Kokichi teases in a whisper.

Sorry Ko… But eating a hair?! It was so gross. Midoriya complains. Kokichi just snickered a bit and wondered when this supper thin was going to happen as he felt no change happening. Though that’s when he heard a not so kind voice. 

“Stuipt Deku.”

“Oh Bakugou” There walking behind him was Bakugou in his black middle school uniform with a soft yellow scarf. 

“Get out of my way now before I set you on fire.” He threatened. 

“Well good morning to you as well I guess?” Kokichi asked awkwardly but Bakugou just walked right past him. Soon the whispers started about the kid who withstood the sludge villain. 

You know ever since that day he’s been kinder to use right?

“More like taking it easier on you.” Kokichi pointed out with a soft sigh, though he did feel the way Midoriay tensed up. “Guessing you got scared out of habit?”

Y-yeah… Midoriya answered weakly and Kokichi just nodded. Kokichi smiled and looked back to the school. 

“Hey you grabbed the other water bottle right?”

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Oh….

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“You dumbass…”

I WAS IN A RUSH OKAY?! PLUS I JUST ATE A HAIR!

“Well now we can’t change back!” Kokichi whispered yelled. “Great, now I have to do both the physical and written exam.”

S-sorry…

“Don’t be. It just sucks that you trained so hard just for me to take the credit plus I don't want to bomb the physical and you miss your chance due to me.” Kokichi whined, he could feel his hands shaking in the thought that he would mess up. He can’t do that, not after Midoriya worked so hard. Not after All Might put his time into Midoriya. Not after Camie spent so long training him.

“Hey are you alright?” a girl's voice asked. Kokichi looked to see a girl around the same height, having shoulder-length brown hair with baby bangs, a soft pink tint to her cheeks, soft brown eyes that in the lighting had a soft purplish pink to them, and around her neck was a bright pink scarf with dark pink music notes on them. Her fingers also had these odd pads most likely having to do with her quirk. “Sorry but I looked like you were panicking, you know? It’s okay to be nervous. I think we all are a bit.”

“Yeah I guess just worried all my hard work is going to go to waste.” Kokichi answered as he rubbed the back off his head.

“Hey don’t think like that! I bet you’ll do great and if things get too hard then think about a calming melody. Like when things seem too much I think of one of mine called Gymnopédie No. 1 by Erik Satie.” The girl said as she hummed a soft tune. “Ah sorry I’m just a bit of a music geek.”

“No it’s fine, really I’m a bit of a theater kid.” Kokichi laughed.

“Really? Watch any musicals?”

“Well Hamilton and the Phantom of the Opera are ones I like.” 

“Really? I love Hamitlon. Ah we’re going to be late. My name is Ochako Uraraka by the way. Well, break a leg!” 

Holy whoa, I just talked to a girl! THAT WASN’T CAMIE OR T&N)+!!!

“Well I talked to a girl but sure you did.” Kokichi teased as he walked inside the UA building.

The written part was not all that bad. With Kokichi’s english skills and sign languages that part was a breeze, The moment they got to the math part Kokichi was sure to throw up, HE HATES MATH! Midoriya, being the sunshine child he is, was the one to help him through the steps and come up with what they think is the right answer. The history part was a bit harder due to well… Kokichi mixing up some events in time, like when did quirks first arise, when did All Might come to light, when was UA built. Some kinda meaningless questions like that. Though Midoriya knew that and Kokichi, being the all-powerful leader he is, knew just about the rest of the Social studies part.

Science came up and Midoriya was quite confident on most of the answers though he had the habit of trying to pick the wrong one to not get a high school and be called out for ‘cheating.’ WHICH HE IS NOT BTW! They didn’t have much psychology or human anatomy which saddened the both of them. They had gotten really good with the knowledge on those subjects and it sucked they had no use for it here. But other than the mix ups and the few unsure answers they were both proud of the work they did. They had about four hours to do the test and they did it in a matter of three hours and thirty minutes. Which they are quite proud of due to the large number of kids still working. They used their waiting time to think about what the next trial might be. As they waited they spotted a kid that seemed to be strategizing as well. 

He was on the taller side with purple hair with the ends fading to dark navy-ish blue, purple eyes and he wore his school uniform and black suit with a striped tie. Kokichi waved and the boy just looked and awkwardly waved back. With a smile he turned away from the boy. Looking around he didn’t see much that caught his eye and he didn’t spot the girl from early, what a shame…

Then the physical test started, they were all seated in the school auditorium and seated to people who had gone to the same school or a school close by. And like some twisted luck he was seated next to Bakugou. Though both Midoriya and Kokichi's mood brightened when they saw Present Mic was the one on stage. 

“What’s up UA canditents. Thanks for tunin’ into me, your school DJ. C’mon. And let me hear you.”

Kokichi Yellow, so did some others. Midoriya spotted a blonde with a green lighting bolt, the girl of early. Soon a girl with Pink skin joined and a guy with bright red hair did as well. 

“YEAH! That's the spirit!" Present Mics' loud cheered. “Now what you're all really here for yeah? The main show. Let’s talk about how this practical exam is gonna go down, okay? Are you ready? Yeah!” And yet again not one person but Present Mic answered. Poor guy Kokichi will make him some kinda gift later. If he gets in, that is. “Like your application said, Today you rockin’ boys and girls will be out there conducting ten-minute mock battles in super-hip urban settings.” The screen behind him changed from the UA logo to colored boxes labeled A-E.”Gird your loins, my friends. After I drop the mic here you’ll head to your specified battle center, sound good?” No one again responded as they lifted up some small sheet of paper that had been placed in front of them. “Okay?”

“I get it. They’re splitting us up so we can’t work with any of our friends.” Kokichi looked at his card reading his name, birth date, height, age and so on. And wait… No not his name, it's Midoriya’s name and birthdate and god he’s losing it.
“Hey I guess you're right! I’m going to section E, where are you going?” Kokichi asked and to his surprise Bakugou answered.

“B” Kokichi smiled and left the conversation there before it took a violent turn.

“Okay, okay let’s check out your targets.” Kokichi listened to Present Mic until a soft humming from a few rows down caught his attention. 

Hey it’s that girl from earlier! She has a nice voice. Midoriya sighed. Kokichi listened in and felt himself relaxing at the melody. It was familiar. Like a tune he had heard but didn’t quite know. 

“Yeah she does huh.” Kokichi nodded as he listened to the soft hum and the instructions.

“There are three types of faux villains in every battle center.” The screen changed again to show a small fake city with shadows of different shapes that seemed to be robots. Each having a different point value, 1P, 2P, 3P. “You’ll earn points based on the level of difficulty, so better choose wisely.” Kokichi doesn’t know why but those final words stuck with him. “Your goal in this trial is to use your quirk to raise your score by shredding these faux villains like a mid-song guitar solo. But, check it! Make sure you’re keep’n things heroic. Attacking other examinees is a UA no-no, ya dig?” Then some guy with dark blue hair stood up, he wore a tan suit from some kinda private school. Where did he know him from though?

“Excuse me, sir, but I have a question.”

“Hit me!” Present Mic yelled at the standing student. Then a light shined down on the kid so the whole place got a clear view of what he was calling out. He pointed to a Bot with the number A on a piece of paper that the screen had not shown. 

“On the printout, you’ve listed four types of villains. Not three. With all respect, if this is an error on official UA Materials,” god this guy likes to hear himself talk huh? Kokichi was growing a headache from the loud noise. “It is shameful. We are exemplary students.” Yapation, yappacachion, yapper bot, another yapping word. “We expect the best from Japan's most notable school. A mistake such as this won’t do. Additionally, you with the pink checks.” The guy then suddenly turned Uraraka with a pointed finger. “You've been humming a tune this whole time.” Now he’s being a jackass?! Kokichi didn’t like this guy one bit. “Stop that. If you can’t bother to take this seriously, leave. You’re distracting the rest of us.”

“I-i’m sorry.” Uraraka muttered out as her face grew red from the humiliation and shame. What pissed Kokichi off was the way some of the others laughed at her. Kokichi faced Uraraka and by some luck she spotted him. He waved with a smile and gave a thumbs up. Her face cooled down and she gave him a soft smile and mouthed a ‘thank you.’ Before turning back to Present Mic. 

“All right, all right. Examinee number 7-1-1-1. Thanks for calling in with your request.” Present Mic sent a thumbs up his way. The screen changed again to show the shadow of the missing robot. “The fourth villain type is worth zero points. That guy’s just an obstacle we’ll be throwing in your way. There’s one in every battle center. Think of it as a hurdle you should try to avoid. It’s not that it can’t be beaten, but there’s… Kinda no point. I recommend my listeners try to ignore and focus on the ones toppin’ the charts.” The jackass kid bowed in a robotic kinda way. And Kokichi could talk as he knew a robot at one point.

“Thank you very much. Please, continue.” Then the kid sat down in his seat as the light turned off. 

“Oh I think I get it!” Some girl with dark red hair said. “It’s kinda like traps you have to get by in games.”

“The whole thing is like a video game, huh?” A boy with brown hair wearing the same outfit only the male version said. 

“That’s all I got for you today. I’ll sign off with a little present. A sample of out school motto! As General Napoleon Bomaperte once laid down. ‘A true hero is one who overcomes life’s misfortunes.’ Mm-hm. Now that’s a tasty soundbite. Are you ready to go beyond? Let’s hear a Plus Ultra!” The screen turned to big bright graffiti letters reading ‘Plus Ultra’. “Good luck! Hope you practice hitting more than just books.” Present Mic said as he walked off stage with a smile and wave. Soon other teachers and UA staff handed out their tracksuits. Midoriya’s was a simple light blue with white strips on the sides of the arms. With help from the staff and getting on a bus they all drove to their sections. Though by luck Kokichi spotted someone he had wanted to talk to on the bus. 

“Uraraka!” Kokichi waved as he sat next to her. In the light he could see small lines of blonde in her brown hair. 

“Oh hi!” She waves back and made room for him. 

“That tune from earlier was nice.” Kokichi lowered his voice so as not to disturb the others on the bus. Uraraka’s face turned a bright red and she moved her hands to cover her face. 

“Ugh! I got so nervous I took my own advice a bit too much.” She laughed.

“Well it helped me calm down so thanks for that. Oh I never told you my name huh? I’m Izuku Midoriya. Nice to meet you. If you want, I think we could work together on this battle.”

“Yeah that would be nice.” Uraraka smiled and gave a hand out to him though Kokichi didn’t take it. “And we’re here!” The whole fake city was surrounded by a white wall with a blue line on top, the only way in being the big wooden doors that looked like they belonged in some castle. Some of the students gasped at the site and how big the site was.

“This is nuts,” One called out. 

“It’s like a whole city.” Another said in awe. 

“Can you imagine how much it cost to build this?”

“UA is amazing!” Someone said with joy, Kokichi stayed close to Uraraka, and soon a soft hum came from her.

“Nice tune.” 

“Thanks. It’s the one I was talking about earlier, like the one we first met today.”

“It’s nice.” Uraraka went to give him a pat on the shoulder but he flinched away a bit. “Sorry but i’m the biggest on physical touch with people I just met or i’m not super close to you know?”

“Oh I’m sorry. Well then I guess I’ll just wait until I’m better friends with you then?”

“Yeah.” Uraraka smiled and instead put her hand up for a high five, and Kokichi gave back an enthusiastic one. 

“We got this okay! We can do this as a team!”

Man you’re good at this! Midoriya said happily and Kokichi felt bad that he had to watch and was not able to help out.

“Right, let's start!” Came a happy and loud voice of Present Mic, all the kids looked up to see him yell in some kinda tower? “Get moving! There are countdowns in real battles.” Kokichi grabbed Uraraka’s arm and ran into the battle trial first.
“Whoa-hey-slow down.”

“It’s best we got first so we can get the first call on the robots!” Kokichi yelled and Uraraka got on her feet and ran with him. 

“See those kids got the memo!” Present Mic yelled and soon you could hear some much running in the back. The city looked normal, streets, buildings, odd shops here and there. Soon a robot came from around the corner. 

Ko! Over on the side of that building, there’s a loose pipe! Kokichi looked to find said pipe, With a grin he pulled it off and swung it a few times. He turned to see the robot floating in the air, with Uraraka holding all her fingertips together and her sweating just a bit. Kokichi looked at the robot and spotted a red button, clicking it the robot turned off. 

“Release.” and she pulled her fingers apart, dropping the robot to the ground, with a loud thud.

“Is that your quirk?”

“Yeah… it’s called Zero Gravity Quirk by touching objects with the pads of my fingertips. I can make just about anything weigh less. I can’t use it on myself yet but I’m getting there!” Uraraka cheered as she looked at the robot and spotted the red button.

That' s such a cool quirk Ko! I really want to ask how much she can lift before it’s to much. Doe it work longer if the object is lighter or does weight not mater? Can she not lift people at all or just herself? Kokichi hid his fond smile with his hand.

“Is that the thing you used to turn it off?” Uraraka points to the red button, Kokichi nods. “Well we can use that for later huh?” With that the two got back to running, The noise of people yelling and robots breaking is around. They run into a whole gang and thankful with a mix of Uraraka’s quirk and Kokichi’s pile and observation they turn them all off. The two pointers seem to be a struggle due to their scorpion like shape and them being taller than both Uraraka and Kokichi. Though one thing Midoirya was calling out was when someone needed help. 

As the duo ran past a building with a broken robot on the ground they saw a girl with her leg caught under the broken robot. Kokichi! Look she needs help! Kokichi spots the girl, he didn’t even see her. 

“Uraraka can you help me lift this up?” Kokichi yells as he makes his way to the girl.

“Wouldn’t it be easier just to use my quirk?”

“Well yes but you’ve been using it a lot plus we don’t want you to overuse it and be out of the exam.” Kokichi pointed out and soon the two grabbed the arms, or what was left of them, of the robot and pulled it off the brown, star eyed, girl.

“T-thank you Shroom.” The girl said as she struggled to stand.

“Hey do you need to sit?” Uraraka asked as she helped the girl to the ground. Kokichi pulled out his pipe and began to attack the robots close by. Midoriya listened into the conversation as Kokichi defeated.

“N-no I need to pass this test Shroom…” The girl said as she looked at her hurt leg. “There's no way I’m passing huh?”

“No! Don’t think so down! We can do it as a team. What do you say?” Uraraka asked as she held a hand out for the girl to take. The girl wiped her tears and took the hand and stood with a limp. 

“Kinoko Komori. That’s my name, Nice to meet you’cha all Shroom.” She said cheerfully.

“I’m Ochako Uraraka and my friend is Izuku Midoriya.” Midoriya was cheering on being called a friend though Kokichi wanted to flinch. He only just recently accepted Midoirya being a friend and he had barely known her for an hour. 

“Well how can I help?” Komori asked, Kokichi finished off the robot and gave the pile to Komori as a makeshift walking stick.

“Well if you see someone in need you can help plus we could use some help with find robots.” Kokichi said with a smile

“On it Shrum!” Komori saluted and using the pile as a support they three walked around the city. Komori helping out those hurt or in need of help in fighting a robot, Uraraka lifting them into the air then dropping them, and Kokichi confusing them with random moves and punches just to reach their turn off button. The hard part was the people. Some rub kid took Komori’s pile and used it to hit a robot on the head only for the pile to dent and turn. Another took Uraraka’s robots and others pushed Kokichi away for the robot before he could push the button. Things were taking a turn down. 

“Uraraka!” Komori yelled as a 3 pointer snuck up behind her. Uraraka turned around, her fingers out to touch it but she missed and fell back on the ground, the robot lifted its right arm to swing at her. Kokichi grabbed the dented pile and threw it at the robot, taking its attention off her and on to him. 

“Komori help Uraraka I got this!” Without any fight Komori ran over to help Uraraka up and the three pointer charged at Kokichi. Ludging at him with a right hook but Kokichi ducked to the side. And reached to push the red button but it turned to the left causing him to miss the button and for it to lay a punch to his right side. Once Komori got Uraraka up she watched as the robot laid it’s punch, in rage she screamed at it and ran to it. Her quirk activating Soon mushrooms began to sport all over the robot and then it deactivated due to the wild life now calling it a home. “T-thanks for the save.”

“Are you okay Shroom?” Komori asked as she helped him up. 

“Fine but that had a punch you know.” Kokichi laughed as he thought about the time he punched Kaito square in the gut. He giggled at the thought, it’s funny to think about but he still feels bad for it even now. As the three took the time to catch their breath the ground began to rumble.

“W-what was that?” Uraraka questioned as her face was a bit green. The question though was not answered by anyone but by the huge robot. It was taller than all the fake buildings and when it walked too close to the building you could see and hear the glass on them shatter. The three watched frozen in place as the robot grabbed two buildings, peaking over them and looked down at the three. 

“I-isn’t this a-a bit extreme?!” Uraraka yelled as she grabbed their hands and ran away from the robot. It raised its fist in the air and threw a punch to the ground, causing dust to blind them for a bit, soon buildings around them fell to the ground. “Run!” Uraraka yelled through Kokichi no longer felt her hand. Other examinees were screaming and covering their eyes from the dust and wind. Soon the panicked footsteps of the others came and then people came running towards them, not paying any mind to others. Kokichi watched as others hit and pushed eachother out the way and how some looked at those who fell on the ground without help. 

“W-where’s Uraraka Shroom?!” Komori yelled in a panic as she held onto Kokichi’s hand tight as others ran past them and they stood in place. 

“I don’t know but we have to help those people!” Komori nodded and the two ran to the injured people ground. Kokichi looked around in a hurry to help and spotted someone. “Hey, can you hear me?!” He yelled. 

“Y-yeah over here!” They yelled back. Kokichi found them on the ground, left foot twisted in an odd angle. “S-some jerk pushed me and then some kid ran over my foot. I-i can’t walk on it.” Kokichi nodded and looked to find a broken robot arm. Taking some of its arm and handing the part to him. It was a broke part of metal that due to the dust and wind what been dulled down and shaped into an odd cane. “T-thank you.”

“SHROOM!” Komori yelled as she walked over with a girl with a bleeding arm. “Her arm is bleeding.” Komori pointed out as the girl walked to them. 

“Well are you two okay to walk back together? We need to find more people.” Kokichi pointed out and the two nodded.

“Thanks again for the save.” The girl said as she helped the girl up and the two speed walked away. 

“Still no Uraraka?” Komori asked with a frown and before Kokichi could answer the giant robot hit the ground again causing the dust to start. Kokichi help onto Komori tight and soon a voice they both knew came though.

“LESS THAN TWO MINUTES REMAINING!” Present Mic yelled.

“OW!” A voice screamed and soon Kokichi spotted Uraraka. He looked to see the robot coming close to her, Her leg being caught under a big piece of a broken building wall. Why hasn’t the robot stopped? Why are we going to hurt her? Was the dust making it hard to see the ground? With no thought in mind Kokichi’s body began to move on it’s own towards the robot. 

“Komori! GET URARAKA OUT OF THE RUBBLE!” He yelled, he would have to …. Trust… Komori to help her. Running into the cloud of dust he kneeled down and jumped though he felt something change when he did. He flew into the air causing the dust to clear up a bit. Thankful he had flown high enough to land on top of the head of the robot. He got up to walk but he felt on of his legs hurt. Looking he saw the bruised skin. 

It’s not broken… but it seems sore? I don’t know but what ever it is it not want you walking on it

“Too bad, so sad. I have to help them.” Kokichi said and when he think like this? Man Midoriya was doing a number on him. He limped up from the head and wobbled at the moving robot and the pain that shot through his leg. “Might as well be broken!” He yelled. Hopping down from the head and landing on his arm hurt like hell. Now his arm was sore and would have a bruise too. He would have to say sorry for that later. Though he found the button he was looking for on its neck. With a crazed smile he ran and clicked it and with a satisfying ‘CLICK’ The robot stopped moving. “Yippie!” Kokichi said as he raised his good arm into the air. Though thats were things began to fall, literally because the robot began to tip backwards. Kokichi didn’t know what to do. 

“JUMP!” Someone yelled, he couldn’t see who though. 

“I-i can’t” Kokichi whispered as the robot began to wobble. 

Kokichi we need to take this chance okay? Please. For Midoriya, with that though he breathed and jumped off the robot
“JUST ONE MINUTE LEFT! Present Mic yelled. Though Kokichi didn’t really hear him right through the fear of him falling through the air. There was no way he could survive this one. He was to high up from the ground and there was no safe space to land. Great he was going to be a pancake again but at least it would be with a splat and not a smush, right?  As he came right about to hit the ground only feet away someone with a good arm gave him a good hit in the face, but after the hit the ground stopped getting closer and he was floating.

“A-and release.” Came the groaning and strained voice of Uraraka, then he fell onto the ground with a soft thud, though it still hurt. With a sigh from Uraraka she grabbed at her mouth to cover it, her face tinted green and soon she turned away and threw up.
“Are you both alright Shroom?” Komori asked with worry. She looked over to see Uraraka wiping at her face and Kokichi just sat in the ground, his elbow with a park purple bruise and leg looking broken. “Is it broken?”

“No but I have the feeling it should be.” Kokichi answered with a sigh. “You two alright?” Uraraka gave a weak thumbs up and Komori gave a sigh as she plopped onto the ground with a groan. “How is your leg?” Uraraka gave a small thumbs up again. 

“And that's it. TIME’S UP!” Present Mic yelled. Then an alarm sounded through the whole palace. Kokichi in a panic forgetting his hurt elbow moved to cover his ears in a hurry. He winced when he did but he doesn’t really care right now. Kokichi sighed as he leaned up against the rubble that Uraraka was laying down on. Komori came over with a proud smile. 

“We did it Shroom.” She looked down to her tracksuit and played with the edge shirt. “Thank you…for umm.. Helping me pass… And even if I didn’t thank you for trying.” She gave a bright smile to them both, Uraraka gave a small one back and Kokichi just waved her off. 

“Did you see that dudes attack?” Some kid asked as Kokichi closed his eyes to rest. 

“I didn’t think he had that kinda strength.” A girl pointed out.

“Me either.” A boy added on.

“Look like some kind of reinforcement-type Quirk, but… There was something else.” A boy theorised

“If he has such an amazing quirk, why didn’t he use it to take points? Why use piles and parts of buildings?” A girl asked

“Maybe he was trying to trick all of us?” Another girl answered

“Jokes on him then.” A boy laughed.

“There’s no way he can pass like that if he spent all his time with others using their quirks for him. Seems too much like a wildcard to let in then.” A boy mocked.

“True.” another bot added. “But you gotta admit, that move was pretty amazing. Though it was dumb to run into danger just for some people. It’s UA they wouldn't let us get hurt that bad.” Then came the clicking of a cane. 

“Very nice, good work all around.” An older woman's voice came through. “You’re heroes in my eyes, everyone one of you. Here reward yourselfs, have some gummies” Kokichi opened his eyes to see a small woman with grey hair using a large shot as a cane, handing out candy. 

WHAAAA! THAT’S RECOVERY GIRL! IF YOU GET A KISS FROM HER IT HEALS ALMOST ALL INJURIES, though it doesn't work all the time. Midoriya fanboyed and Kokichi snickered. 

“Fanboy.” He whispered and Midoriya just squawked. 

No, you can’t take Mr. Erasherhead fan. Midoriya teased and Kokichi raised his one good arm in a mock defence. 

“Yes yes, don’t eat them all at once, okay?” With that she walked away from the boy she had given the gummies to. 

“Thank…you…?” Kokichi leaned over to his group and talked,

“That is Recovery girl, if she kisses you she is able to heal most wounds like a broken bone.” She walked over to the group of three and looked at them. 

“Oh, my goddess. You got hurt like this using your own quirk, Sonny?” She said as she looked at the close to broken leg and then turned to look at his bruised elbow. 

“I fell on it wrong.” Kokichi said sheepishly and he pointed to his elbow.

“Kids these days, though your leg was from your quirk?” Kokichi nodded, she sighed with a hint of worry then leaded down to give him a kiss on the forehead. 

“Um, what’s she doing?” A kid asked as he watched the scene. Thankfully Kormiro answered for him.

“It’s her quirk.” Soon like washing off some kinda dry pain his leg glowed a soft green and his elbow did as well, and the bruises formed and started to fade in a matter of seconds. The kid raised an eyebrow and Kokichi chose to answer the rest with the help of Midoriya telling him what her quirk was.

“Her quirk is a boost of healing power. I like to think she’s the reason UA gets away with stuff like this.” He pointed to his now perfectly fine leg. “Like that, months of recovery time, gone.” Recovery girl smiled softly and turned to the others. 

“All right, he’ll be fine now. Anyone else injured.” Komori spoke up. 

“Well me and Midoriya went back to help Shrum and a girl had a bleeding arm and a boy had a really hurt foot. And my friend here might have a hurt leg as well.” 

“Ah so you two are the ones those kids were talking about. I’ve been wondering who helped those kids out, thanks for that.” Recovery girl smiled as she gave Uraraka a kiss on the forehead as well. She gave Kokichi and Uraraka gummies. “My quirk takes some of your stamina so you’ll both most likely feel more tired than normal. Remember to eat once you get home.” Kokichi watched as Uraraka flinched at the mention of eating. As Recovery girl walked away he grabbed her hand and placed his gummies in them. 

“H-huh?” 

“I’m not all that hungry right now and I don't want to get some kinda stomach ache after this so have them.” Uraraka gave a bright smile and ate them with joy. Then teachers started to help kids out and lead them to the bus they came here on. Komori stopped and bowed at Uraraka and Kokichi. 

“Thank you both for taking care of me.” Uraraka looked at Kokichi and bowed as well.

“Thank you for the offer to team up.” They both raised their heads to see a stunned Kokichi or Midoriya. 

“It’s really not a problem, you both helped me out alot out there so thank you for that.” He smiled at them both as they all got on the bus. As they finally made it to the end of the UA gate they all looked at each other. 

“Well I hum we meet again at UA.” Uraraka said and Komori agreed.

“See you both at UA.” Kokichi waved goodbye as he left the two and walked home. But by the time he got home and the exam was done it was already dark. Kokichi yawned. 

Well that seemed like fun.

“Sorry again for kinda taking your spotlight.”

NO WAY! I think you did better then I would have, you just kind of have this way with words that make people trust you.

Trust him? HAH say that to his past life. Everyone took his words form a more evil saying but then again he didn’t do much to stop them, hell, he played into the role. As he entered the house he spotted Inko making dinner. 

“Oh Izuku, dear dinner is just about ready.” Kokichi smiled, grabbed a cup and filled it with lemonade. As Inko set up the plate and sat down Midoriya went over the day in his head. 

“Izuku?” Inko called out “snap out of it. Izuku!” He didn’t even realize he was just staring at the fish he held in his chopsticks. “Why are you smiling at that fish? Should I be worried about you, honey?”

“Oh sorry, no.” Midoriya said in a small panic. “I just spaced out for a minute.” Then he began to eat hsi rice at a fast pace.

“Mh-hm… So how was it?” Inko asked and Midoriya gave a small smile.

“There were these really nice girls Uraraka and Komori we all worked together to bea the exam.” Midoriya said as he looked at his rice with a gentle smile inly to look back up and see his mom crying.

“MY BABY HAS MADE FRIENDS!” She cried with joy.

“M-mom! We are going to flood the place!” Midoriya panicked with a laugh. After they finished eating, Midoriya made his way to his room. It would take around less then a week to get the results of the exam, and if he got in it would take the whole week to get everything he needed and a nervous Midoriya and inpatient Kokichi was not a great mix. After three long days Midoriya sat on the couch with a sigh, TV remote in hand.

“I know honey waiting for the results is terrible.” Inko tried to comfort. “Know, no matter what, I’ just want you to know I’m proud of you, and I think you’re really cool, sweetie.” Inko said as she gave him a few gentle pats on the head. “I’m happy you worked so hard for this, and even if you don’t get in we can try som were else okay?” 

“Yeah. Okay, thanks mom.” Midoriya said with a smile, getting off the couch to hug her. 

“It’s a moms job, I love you Izuku, I'm so lucky to have a kid like you.” Inko hugged back tighter, Midoriya felt the guilt of not telling his mom about All might or his secret. Midoriya let go of the hug and sat back down on the couch and Inko went to the door. He picked up a dumbbell he had left there and started to begin lifting it. Only a few seconds later Inko came through the door with a letter in hand. “A letter, Izuku. They came, Izuku. Look! You got a letter! They’re here.” Inko handed the later that was a bit dusty due to her falling on the ground in a rush to give it to him. “You’re test results from UA!” Midoriya looked at the letter and thanked his mom for giving it to him. He took the letter and walked into his room.

Kokichi in his ghost mode was floating around Midoriya’s room bored out of his mind. He was jump scared but the door opened and when he saw Midoriya with a letter he decided it was time to share a body again.

“I’m so scared Ko.”

Don’t be, I'm great so I made sure to get you in! Plus think about how well we did with the written part!

“I guess.” Midoriya placed the letter on the desk like it was some treasure or a bomb. 

Staring won’t make it open greenie~ Kokichi teased and with one swift movement, he picked it up off the table and split it in two. Then out came some kinda metal disk. The disk came on and some kind of projection began to play. 

“HELLO! I AM HERE AS A PROJECTION!” All might said and Kokichi could here the ringing in his ears. 

“Wait All might?! But this is from…UA, isn’t it?” Midoriya asked.

“I know it’s been awhile but with great power come a great amount of appear work. My apologies young man. The truth is I do not only come to this city to fight crime. You’re looking at the newest U.A faculty member.” Izuku’s eyes widened at the confession and Kokichi had a guess where this was going.

I’m betting he works at UA now. “You’re looking at the newest UA faculty member.”

Called it!

“W-what how did you know Ko? He’s seriously going to work at UA?” Midoriya questioned. Soon a hand cam on screen showing sign to wrap this up soon.

“Huh? Yes, what’s the matter? Who’s showboating?” All might asked. ”Oh sorry I’ll wrap it up but I have to show him something first.” The hand made another sigh. “Wait, I have to do how many of these?” he let out a tried sigh with a shrug. “Right! So moving on. Izuku Midoriya You did quite well in the written test and passed and did fairly well on the practical test, you did great but that’s not what I wanted show you no.” 

See told you we did great.

“I-i guess we did but what does he want to show us?” Midoriya asked.

“Something not known was, there were other factors.” He looked to he screen with confused on what was going on. “But before we get to that, I have a surprise. Here look.” All Might said, pointing to a screen with the U.A logo.

“Um, do you have a sec.” Uraraka asked walking into a classroom.“Sorry to interrupt.”

“Hey it’s Uraraka” Midoriya said with a smile.

“She showed up after the exam to talk about you, young man. What did have to say stay tuned to find out!” All might pointed out Izuku let out a surprised noise.

“See there were these two kids for the exam Kokichi and Komori-”

“Umm Shroom?” Komori walked in. Great, now Kokichi felt bad for not walking in. Little did he know Miroiya sent an Email to the school asking if he was able to give the two girls points for helping him out. “What are you doing here?” 

“I was wondering. Would it be possible to give them some of the points I earned in the exam?” Komori, Kokichi and Midoriya’s eyes widened and leaned back a bit in his chair. “See Midoriya was so kind and asked me to team with him and even comforted me after that embarrassing call out. And then Komori came over to help me when I got stuck under the rumble.” Uraraka looked over to Komori who was smiling with a soft blush.

“I came to ask the same thing, shroom. It was Mdioriay’s Idea for me to help out and go back to help those people in need. And you both save me from those robots and even ask me to team up. I know my quirk isn’t great for fighting so i just don’t believe I would have passed if you didn’t ask.”

“They saved me! I have to make it up to Them! Please sir!” Uraraka asked with Komori nodding with her as Midoriya's eyes widened as he stood up from his chair making it roll back on to the ground. 

“Can’t you just… give them my points!” Komori asked. Then the video pauses. Showing All might,

“You have a quirk now, yes? How I don’t know. But it's your actions that inspire others. And that’s why I’m here! You see the practical exam was not graded on combat points alone!” The screen played Present Mic giving both of the girls pats on the head. 

“Thanks for coming up to the station but telling her that there is no reason to give him her points.The kid’s chartin’ well on his own and so are the both of you.” Present Mic said with a smile.

“How could a hero course reject someone who is committed to saving others? No matter the consequences to themself? After all, that’s what makes a hero. And that’s what my alma mater is all about. Training those who would risk their lives for the greater good. SO, We have rescue points! A panel of judges watches and they award points for heroic acts beyond just fighting villains.Izuku Midoriya, 75 Rescue points! Kinoko Komori 50 rescue points!And Ochaco Uraraka, 45 rescue points! All three of you passed the exam” Izuku was tearing up.

“Uh-hh? Is this some kinda joke?”

No it is not Midoriya you did. All might held out his hand. 

“Welcome, Izuku. You have made it. You’re now part of the hero academia..” Izuku rubbed his eyes with his sleeve. 

“Thanks…” he muttered, With that the screen turned off, “Thank you so much Kokichi!” He yelled as he hugged himself as he cried. 

No problem string bean, hey I guess I need a new nickname for you now huh? I can’t call you string bean as you are no longer skin and bones. Kokichi began to hum in though. 

“Thank you.” Midoriya said once again as his tears died down. He opened his door to find his mom on the other side. 

Well, are you going to tell Inko? Midoriya laughed and smiled at his mom. Her eyes began to tear up and soon tears began to flow. 

“Oh, my baby!” Inko hugged him tight as she cried into his shoulder. “I knew you could do it.” She smiled then left go. “This calls for a special diner. Lets go out to eat tonight.” 

“Alright mom, just got to tell Camie.”

“Alright, then get changed amd lets go.” Inko walked away to get changed and ready. Midoriya walked into his room and pulled out his phone.

'HERO’S IN TRAINING! GC

ੈ✩Grape duo‧₊˚- *Sent a photo of the letter.* Looking at this!

╭┈◦•Girlboss’s◦❥•◦- LET’S FLIPING GO!!! WHOOO!!!! This calls for an us night. Lets plan something.

ੈ✩Grape duo‧₊˚- Me and my mom are going out tonight so maybe over the weekend?

╭┈◦•Girlboss’s◦❥•◦- Yeah sounds good. Congratulations Mido! Just so you know your looking at the person who’s going to make a sign for you. Big green letters saying ‘GO MIDORIYA!’ Just wait.

ੈ✩Grape duo‧₊˚- your not talking about the sport festival right?'

╭┈◦•Girlboss’s◦❥•◦ offline

ੈ✩Grape duo‧₊˚- RIGHT?!

Chapter Text

Midoriya and Inko enjoyed dinner as Kokichi slept through it. The whole exam made Kokichi so tired, he felt kinda bad he missed the diner but dang did that nap do wonders. Though the real thing happened the next day when All Might got in touch with them again. He asked to meet up on the beach and in the early morning Izuku came running. 

“Hi All Might!” Midoirya said with joy and Kokichi giggled at the way All Might panicked.

“Too loud, kid!” All Might said as blood came out of his mouth. 

“All Might’s here?”

“No way! Where?” Two people said from afar.

Way to be cool about that greenie.

“Way to blow my cover. Say it was a mistake.” All might said and yeah like that would work.

“I was just kidding! Nothing to see here!” Midoriya said as he waved his arms around randomly.

“Lame”

“Man, I wanted an autograph.” Kokichi takes back what he said people are to dumb. Though Small might and All Might looked very different but yet again how could you just happen to mistalking see All Might? Nevermind. 

“Congrats on getting in.” All Might said with a hand up for a high five

“I couldn’t have done it without the help of you, and Ko.” And Midoriya gave the high five back with a bit too much enthusiasm at this time of day. 

Yup it was all me! 

“Oh, speaking of which. I didn’t tell anyone at UA I’ve been training you or anything.” All Might pointed out, and it made sense. If he had told them then it could have caused some problems with teachers and the way they act with Midoriya. Midoriya on the other hand just let out a confused ‘Hm?’ 

“Really. I wasn’t one of the judges,” Oh so that's where he’s going huh? “And I didn’t pull any strings for ya. You earned that spot all on your own.” Midoriya flinched as he remembered he was only watching from the sidelines and Kokichi was the one to get him such a good score. 

You're over thinking you know. So what if I was the one running around? You helped me save all those people and without those rescue points we would have been cooked. So really this was all your doing. Kokichi said with a huff. Nishishishi. You really can be so dumb at times you know?

“Thanks for telling me, both of you.” Midoriya bowed.

“Oh did Ko talk to you?”All Might asked and Midoriya nodded. 

“Yeah he knew I was overthinking again and gave me some reassurance. Again thank you both, for everything.” Midroiya looked down at the ground, eyes shining and a soft smile placed on his face.

“Already told you kid you did it all on your own.” All Might added once again, rubbing the back of his neck.

“No but with out your help I would have never-”

“You really need to learn how to just accept a compliment huh?” All Might laughed out with a small head tilt. Midoriya just bushed from the embarrassment and rubbed at his neck. 

“Oh, yeah!” Midoriya said as his blush died down and he looked back to All Might, “I was really surprised to hear you’re going to be a teacher at UA this year! I was wondering what brought you here all of a sudden. I mean, after all, your agency is in Minato, Tokyo, and everyone one knows-”

“Getting creepy.” All Might laughed a bit and turned to the water. “The school didn’t want me telling anyone about the job until they made an official announcement. It seems like fortuitous timing. An easy way to find someone new to inherit One For All.” Midoriya gasped and looked down at his hand.

Don’t. Kokichi hissed and Midoriya reeled back at the pure anger. It reminded him of his mother whenever she scolds him for doing something dumb. I know what the head of yours is thinking. So what if he planned to give it to a kid there? He found you and he saw what I saw. You have this not by luck but by your own work and heart. So don't. The unspoken ‘please’ was so loud, but Midoriya heard it as tears formed in his eyes. 

“Your power hurt our body and almost broke some of our bones, and all we did was jump and land on the head of the robot. We can’t control it. What do we do?” 

“I was surprised you didn’t. I guess the training you did before we met really paid off. Though as for the other questions, you’ll learn to manage it in time. Hoping to master it right away is like asking a baby to run a marathon. You still have to go through the process of learning to walk.” All Might said with Midoriya nodding along.

“Yeah…Wait! You knew we were going to get hurt, AND YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WORSE?!” Midoriya exclaimed. All might rubbed his face awkwardly,

“Well… we were in a time crunch. But it turned out alright. Plus, now you know what you're dealing with.” 

Midoriya… now might not be a great time to say this…. But I have a feeling I was barely using 2% Kokichi laughed and Midoriya’s jaw dropped.

“BARELY 2?!”

I mean we have been training for almost all our life so I think that we’ll be alright? I don’t think we should go right into using 100%. 

“Why not?” Midoriya asked to nobody.

Well if we got this hurt this much for only maybe 2% I think we might just die form 100%!

“Yeah, that makes sense. Do you think both of us could use the same amount?”

Well… I don’t know. See due to reason’s unknown, my body might be used to pain?

“What?” Midoriya was aware Kokichi was supposed to be dead, though he didn’t know how or why he was here.

Well you know that I’m kinda young right? Midoriya nodded, He knew Kokichi was young. Well My death wasn’t painless so to say. I think it’s kinda a mix of both your training and my body trying to protect me from expiring the same pain? Look I don’t know how the human body works!

“Learn anything?” All Might asked and Kokichi stopped speaking and Midoriya stopped speaking to himself.

“H-how did you know I was talking to Ko?”

“Well you tend to talk loudly to him around me. I guess you two don’t get to talk too much.” Midoriya sighed sadly with a nod. 

“See we learned that Ko can use around 2% and that hurt him badly and now we have a theory why. Though we’re not sure if it’s true as we’re been training for most of our life. We just don’t know if I can safely use One for All.” All Might nodded to Midoriya.

“Don’t worry, one day you’ll learn how to control your output. Then you’ll be able to adjust exactly how much power you’re using.” 

“I just need control?”

“You're flowing with energy at the moment. With training your body will hold it better. Think of a broken glass filled to the top with water. The broken glass being your body and the water being One For All. With a little too much the glass will break and the water will just come pouring out.” All Might grabbed a can, picked it up and turned into his buff form and crushed it in his hand. “Then it’s yours to command.” 

“Look it really is All Might!” The man from earlier shouted. 

“No way! Where’d he come from?” The woman asked.

“Right. Now we run!” All might yelled as he ran down the sandy beach. Midoriya followed behind him. Then came the day they had all being waiting for. UA FIRST DAY! LET’S GO!!!

“Izuku you’re all set?” Inko asked as she grabbed her stuff for her nursing job. 

“Yup!” Midoriya said as he popped the P.

“Are ya sure?” Inko asked again. “You didn't just pack action figures, right?” Kokichi bursted out laughing. 

Y-you would do that! Kokichi continued to laugh. 

“I have everything. Now I really got to go. I don’t want to be late.”

“Izuku!”

“Yeah?” Midoriya said as he turned around, though he saw the bright eyes of Inko and the tears that pricked at the corners of her eyes.

“I’m really proud of you, son.” Midoriya smiled and gave her a hug. 

“Love you mom. I’ll see you soon” With that he waved goodbye and ran off to school. The big twist was that the acceptance  rate had gone down. Having two classes like normal but each class only having ten kids. That really surprised Midoriya and somehow he still got in. 

Midoriya ran down the halls. “Class 1-A… 1-A…C’mon where is it? We didn’t pass it right?”

Nope!

“Ah! There!” They walked and came across a huge door reading ‘1-A’ with big bold red letters. The door was a good ten feet tall at least. “Man this thing is huge, are there giants here?” Midoriay asked as he looked at the door. “The most promising students in the country are waiting behind this door.” Midoriya began to shake his head and Kokichi started to get dizzy. “Maybe we’re in different classes.” 

Who, Bakugou? With our luck you’ll be seated right next to him.

“Let’s just hope everyone here is nice.” Midoriya opened the door only to spot two people he really didn’t want to have class with. 

“Take your feet off the desk now!” The blue haired guy from the exam said. Kokichi hissed at the sight like a cat. He didn’t have a good impression on him and on top of that yelling on the first day was again not great.

“Huh?” came the annoying voice of their bully. 

“It’s the first day and you're already disrespecting this academy by scuffing school property you, cretin!”

“You're kidding me, right?” Kokichi for once agrees with the oversized bomb. Bro it’s a desk and their teens what do you want. Plus school has yet to start. Homeroom starts in about three minutes. “Your old school put a stick up your ass? Or were you born with it?”

“Uh—” The boy seemed to get that this was going nowhere. “Let’s start over.” he said as he moved his hand to his chest. “I’m Tenya Iida from the Somie Private Academy.” Iida! He’s from the Iida family, that's where Kokichi knew him from!

We should really stop spying in on them and just walk to your desk and sit down. Kokichi noticed that they had been placed right BEHIND Bakugou. Man what luck huh? Midoriya sighed as Bakugou told Iida he would have fun tearing him and the new one, and Iida talked about threatening him. He gently closed the door and walked over to his desk but before he could make it. 

“Huh it’s him.” Iida said as they tried to get past him to the desk behind Bakugou. Kokichi looked to find a familiar face, Komori smiled at him and waved. ”Soon the kids in the class looked over to him.” Kokichi was a bit sad that Uraraka wasn’t there. A few began to murmur about him. Kokichi noticed that some redhead and girl with pink skin talked to each other first and made eye contact. He gets the feeling they know each other at most. 

“Oh um hi. Just trying to get t-to my desk.” Midoriya said as he tried again to get past Iida. Kormori went into a conversation with a girl that had green hair with dark purple tips. 

“Good morning!” Iida shouted and Kokichi was really starting to hate being here. “My name is Tenta Iida fro-”

“Yeah, I-i know.” Miroiay said as he waved off the robot like hand movements Iida had. “I’m Izuku Midoriya.” Miriya said as he finally got past Iida and sat down. “Nice to meet you.”

I wouldn’t say nice… Kokichi pouted.

“Midoriya. You realized that there was something more to the practical exam didn’t you?” Iida questioned. Midoriya just made a confused ‘hm?’ “You must be very perceptive.” Midoriya can feel Kokichi's ego grow as he speaks. “And I completely misjudged you and your friend, I admit.” Kokichi was quite happy he talked about Uraraka as he didn’t do it all alone though he was kinda sad he didn’t seem to talk about Komori. “As a student, you’re far superior to me.” 

“Um?” Midoriya watched and began to sweat a bit, “I find that a bit hard to believe.” 

Hey someone is at the door! Kokichi yelled and Midoriya looked to see Uraraka. Not her dummy~! Midoriya looked at the door once again, only seeing her. Look at the ground. He moved his eyes to see a yellow oversized caterpillar laying on the ground. Right now you have both water bottles right? Midoriya nods not once taking his eyes off the yellow blob on the ground. It’s rude to stare. Midoriya snapped out of it and looked to Uraraka.

“Hey Midoriya! Nice to see you again!” Uraraka said from the doorway. Mirodiya waved but then looked down to the yellow blob once again only to see a wide Cheshire cat-like grin on an older man's face. “What do you think we’re doing today besides orientation? I wonder what our teacher is like. I can’t wait to meet everybody” Uraraka said excitedly, Though Midoriya couldn’t take his eyes of the mans face as his face fell into a more neutral one. 

“If you’re just here to make friends then you can pack up your stuff now.” Uraraka and most of the class looked to the yellow, was it a sleeping bag? Whatever a man with with long black hair in what seemed to be a sleeping bag on the ground. Kokichi took note that he and two others didn’t seem to be shocked. A boy wi- wait OH! It’s the boy he waved at! The guy with the purple hair and blue tips, and a girl with a high black ponytail. “Welcome to UA’s hero course.” the man greeted tiredly. The man stood up and unzipped his sleeping bag. As he graded a juice pouch and sipped it all. “It took eight second for most of you all to shut up.” As he finished unzipping the sleeping bag Kokichi went into a fanboy mode. 

MIDORIYA!!! IT’S ERASERHEAD!!! The man wore a full black outfit with a grey capture weapon in the shape of a scarf hanging around his neck. 

“That’s not going to work. Time is precious. Rational students would understand that.”

“Who is this guy?” Uraraka asked though Midoriya didn’t answer as it would be more fun to watch them wonder…. Dang he and Kokichi were rubbing off on eachother. 

“If he’s here he must be some kinda pro.” A boy with yellow hair with a green streak in his hair asked. “But he looks kinda worn out.”

“Hello I’m Shota Aizawa, your teacher.” Then almost all the class gasped. Midoriya would be if Kokichi was not such a fanboy. Midoriya could feel the stars in his eyes and the way his mind was running a mile a minute. “Right, let’s get to it.” He reached into his sleeping bag for a UA gym uniform. “Put these on and head outside.”

MIDORIYA! Kokichi cried, I BEGGING YOU RIGHT NOW, PLEASE LET ME HELP!! Midoriya fought the urge to cover his ears at the crying Kokichi was giving him. 

“F-fine.” He muttered out with a weak sigh. With that he got his gym uniform with both his water bottles and changed.

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“What?! A quirk assessment test?!” the class called out, In unison. Kinda creepy now that Kokichi thinks about it.

 “But Orientation! We’re going to miss it!” Urakaka called out.

“If you want to make the big leagues, you can’t waste time on pointless ceremonies.” Aizawa spoke as he stood in front of the ten kids. “Here at U.A, we’re not bonded to traditions. That means I can run my class however I see fit. You have been taking standardized tests most of your lives, But you never got to use your quirks in physical exams before.” Aizawa said, showing a screen with tests on them. “The countries still trying to pretend we’re all created equal by not letting those with the most powerful quirks excel. It’s not rational. One day the ministry of education will learn. Bakugou” Aizawa said as Bakugou turned his head to face his teacher. “You managed the most points on the entrance exam. What was your farthest distance throw with a softball when you were in junior high?” 

“Sixty-seven meters, I think,” Bakugou answered with his hands stuffed in his pockets. 

“Right. Try doing it with your quirk.” Aizawa threw a softball to Bakugou, he caught it and walked to the white circle. “Anything goes, just stay inside the circle. Go on wasting our time.” Bakugou hesitated for a moment and only one and Kokichi caught it and most likely Midoriya did too, but that was only because they grew up together. 

Bakugou stretched his arms, “Alright, man, you asked for it.” Midoriya knew where this was going and covered his ears. “DIE!” With a loud BOOM and big explosion the bot went flying. 

“Oh whoa.” One kid said in awe.

“All of you need to know your maximum capabilities.” Aizawa said a small beep could be heard from the thing Aizawa was holding. “It’s the most rational way of figuring out your portetal as a pro hero.” he held up the phone to show ‘705.5 meters’.

The class let out some gasps “Whoa, 709 meters, are you kidding me?” the yellow and green haired boy said. 

“I wanna go! It looks fun!” the pink girl added on. Though a boy breathed out a sigh and Midoriya looked to see the boy with the purple hair looking disappointed. Kormori also looked worried.

 “So this looks fun huh?” Aizawa asked. The class paused and a few gasped as Bakugou walked back with the others. “You have three years here to become a hero. You think it’s all going to be games and playtime?...... Idiots……. Today you’ll compete in eight physical tests to gauge your potential. Whoever comes in last has none, and will be expelled immediately.” 

“HUH?” The kids yelled out Kokichi staging quiet for once. 

“k-Ko he’s l-lying right?” Midoriya asked.

I don’t know. He’s not lying but he’s not telling the truth. I’m guessing it's some kinda tactic to make everyone work harder in hopes to not fail and if someone doesn’t take this seriously then they will be sent home. Midoriya breathed out a sigh, he was going to try his hardest no matter what.

“Like I said, I get to decide how this class runs. Understand?” Aizawa said as he lifted his head using his hand to push his hair to his forehead giving them a good look at his eyes. “If that’s a problem, you can head home right now.” A small pause before. 

“You can’t send one of us home! I mean, we just got here! Even if it wasn’t the first day, that's not fair.” Uraraka said. Kokichi got where she was coming from… but as he thought back to the killing game was life really fair in general? 

“Oh, and you think natural disasters are? Or power hungry villains? Or a catastrophic accident that would wipe out whole cities? No, the world is full of unfairness” Aizawa said, his eyes hard and cold in a way that shows he’s seen unfairness before. “It’s a pro hero's job to try to combat this unfairness. If you want to be a pro hero, you’re gonna have to push yourself to the brink. For the next three years, U.A will throw one terrible hardship after another at you. So, go beyond. Plus ultra-style.” Aizawa said with his finger moving in a come here motion “so me it's no mistake you’re here.” the students gasp. Iida taking a sip of water. “Now then we're just wasting time by talking. Let the games begin.”

*WHISTLE NOISES*

TEST 1: 50 METER DASH

A small robot was at the end of the finish line as Iida and the girl with the high black Ponytail got ready to run. “Runners, on your marks. Ready--” a fake gun shot played and the two ran off, Iida moving faster as the girl began to pull something out of her skin.. “3.04 seconds.” Kokichi saw Aizawa talk about Iida being in his element, the robot said after Iida crossed the line. “3.58 second” the robot called again after the girl passed as she rolled an engine-powered scooter across. As Uraraka went to the line she touched her shoes and clothes with all five fingers. Komori standing next to Midoriya looked nervous.

The robot called “5.00 seconds” as the pink skin passed the line first then “7.15 seconds” as Uraraka passed the line. Next came the boy with the yellow hair.

“Hiya shroom.” Komori looked over to Midoirya.

“H-hi Komori. Are you nervous?" Midoriya asked and she nodded furiously. “W-well Uraraka said to hum a tune that you like, it might calm you down and Uraraka has a nice voice so you can always ask her to help.” 

Komori smiled. “Yeah.” She started to walk toward Uraraka but looked back. “Let’s go, Shroom!” Midoirya, smiling, followed the short brown haired girl to the other brown haired girl.

Midoriya I have a plan.

“Oh?”

You might hate it but if I know the teacher then this will work. Midoriya, trusting Kokichi, took a slip of his soda. Kokichi smiled and put the bottle back down, As the two met up with Uraraka. “Hey.”

“Oh hi Midoriya! I ran super fast!” She cheered. “Komori! Sorry I couldn’t talk with you sooner.” 

“It’s alright shroom, at least we share a class right?” Uraraka nodded with a bright smile.

“Ummm.’ Kokichi looked down to the ground and played with his fingers, trying to look nervous. 

“What’s wrong?” Komori asked, looking worried.

“I was wondering if you could help me.” Kokichi said, looking at the two girls. Uraraka tilted her head. “See my quirk doesn’t have much use here and I’m scared to go home this early.” Kokichi let some fake tears prick at his eyes. “So I was wondering if it would be okay to use your quirk on my shoes. Nothing else and the moment I pass you can let go. It would be a big help.” Kokichi bowed.

“Yeah I can totally do that!” She cheered. 

“Thank you.” He said as he raised his hand for a high five. Uraraka smiled and returned it. Kokichi held one to give Komori.

“Hey do you want me to help you as well?” Uraraka asked Komori. She shook her head.

“I-I need to know I can do this on my own.” Uraraka smiled and nodded.

“I think you can. But if you need help you can always ask, "we're a team now.” Kokichi said with a smile. The two girls nodded along with their own smiles.

By the time they had finished talking Bakugou was ready and waiting for him. Uraraka touched both his shoes and waved him goodbye. Kokichi felt the way they lifted off the ground a little bit. In his ghost mode he floated instead of walking so this was just like this ghost mode in a way. 

“Runners on your marks.” The robot said. “Ready–” Then the gunshot sounded. Kokichi covered his ears and, like using roller skates, skated across the ground. “4.31 seconds” the robot called as Bakugou passed the line. “6.02 seconds” Then Kokichi felt the weight of his shoes return and he stopped skating and walked. He ran over to Uraraka, and bowed again. 

“Thank you.” 

“Hey, what are friends for huh?” 

“Sorry i can’t be of much help shroom.” Komori said looking down.

“W-well you just being here means a lot. Moral support is very much needed.” Kokichi added.

I-i don’t know how to feel about that. Midoriya answered, Midoriya looked to see Aizawa looking at him with that same smile from earlier. I-I think he k-knows…

“No shit.” Kokichi said with a semi tense voice.

*WHISTLE NOISES*

TEST 2: GRIP STRENGTH

Kokichi walked inside. “You sure you want me doing this?

Yes. I feel safer with you doing this stuff, at least until i know I won’t hurt us. Midoriya said, Kokichi nodding. He grabbed the grip machine and pulled as tight as he could using around maybe 0.5% of the quirk ‘65.7kg’ not bad, he thought. 

“WOW! You hit 115 kilograms? You’re such a beast!” The boy with silver hair said.

“That's so cool. I would have never guessed you were so strong.” The boy with bright red hair added and with the yellow hair just blushed a bit at his strength.  

“The gods have seemed to have blessed you with this gift.” A girl with vine-like hair added.

*WHISTLE NOISES*

TEST 3: STANDING LONG JUMP

Kokichi, not wanting to do any more, switched with Midoriya. He didn’t want to ask Uraraka for help again but she walked up to him and asked if she could help. He smiled and accepted the help, with the help of a bit of power in his legs and his shoes now not having any weight he was able to make it over the sand pit with an extra 3 feet. 

*WHISTLE NOISES*

TEST 4: REPEATED SIDE STEPS

Midoriya did okay getting around 50 repeated side steps.

*WHISTLE NOISES*

TEST 5: BALL THROW

Bakugou did not have to rethrow the back so next up was Uraraka, she grabbed a ball. Touching it with all five fingers and throwing it in the air. After a good five minutes there was still no beep. Aizawa looked at the phone and held it up “Infinity?!” the students yelled out. Kokichi gave her a thumbs up with a bright smile.

“Man that’s insane, that girl is very impressive” The silver haired boy said. Kokichi saw the purple haired kid looking defeated. As others threw the ball Midoriya walked over. 

“Hi there.” The kid looked up to see him.

“Oh it’s you. You keep watching me.”

“I guess I have...” Midoriya said, looking down a bit before looking back up with a small smile.. “Why so blue huh?” The boy didn’t answer but sighed.

“There’s no way I’m passing, I haven’t got one good score. My quirk has no use here.” The boy said.

“Well what is your quirk huh?” 

“....brainwashing…. If someone answers my question as my quirk is active I can control for a bit.” He muttered out. 

“That's amazing. You could do a lot with that. I mean you could brainwash a villain to leave without needing to do much. Well I mean I don’t know how it works but you could be great for investigations.” Midoriya looked up to see the shocked boy. 

Midoruya grabbed his soda bottle and took a sip. Kokichi was taken aback by the switch but just tried to roll with it. “Hey if you need help just tell me to throw without hurting myself.” The boy looked up but Kokichi was walking away. He grabbed the ball tight and smiled at the sky. “We got this.” With a hard throw he put all his energy into his finger so when he threw the ball would go far without bruising his whole arm.  With a hard smile he looked at finger and smiled at Aizawa. He gave a thumbs up and waved him off.

“YEAH WAIT TO GO MIDORIYA!” Uraraka cheered. Komori waved at him eyes shining and a toothy smile on her face. Though he missed the jaw dropped reaction of Bakugou, though he didn’t miss the loud pops that came and his eyes snapped to Bakugou. 

“Hey! Deku, you bastard!” Bakugou yelled, hand out to send explosions his way. “Tell me how you did that, or you’re dead!” Then came flying out the grey capture weapon, wrapping around his torso and forehead holding Bakugou back. “What? Why the hell is your damn scarf so strong?” 

“Because it's a capture weapon made out of carbon fiber and special metal alloy. Stand down” Aizawa said, in a firm tone. Kokkichi watched as some of the class backed up but the purple haired kid just grinned. “It’d be wise to avoid making me use my quirk so much. It gives serious dry eye.” Aizawa said as his eyes glowed a bright red and his hair floated. Kokichi remembered his eyes being a dark black, ah~ so that’s oh it worked then! The then pulled back the weapon when Kokichi made his way close to the ring but out of the white circle. “You’re wasting my time now, whoever's next can step up.” Lastly came the purple haired kid, he looked over to Kokichi. He seemed so hesitant. 

“You sure?” He asked. 

“Positi-” Then Kokichi could no longer control his body. He had the same kind of feeling when Midoriya was in control, just a little less warm. He doesn’t trust the kid, no, but he needs to build bonds. 

“Throw the ball from inside the white circle without hurting yourself.” The boy said. Kokichi and Midoriya really need to learn his name. He watched as he walked to the white circle, grabbed the ball and threw it out of view. He knows he could have thrown it farther, but still it went pretty far. 

“Is this allowed?” Iida asked as he chopped his arms, then Kokichi felt his control back and had a small sigh of relief. “It’s very unhero-like to use another classmate like that without their permission.” Kokichi sighed that he wasn’t quirkest and just didn’t like the idea Kokichi was forced to do it.

“Yeah, I don’t see how this could work.” The pink girl said with a small pout.

“Oh don’t worry Iida I talked with him before his ball throw. I gave him my consent.” Kokichi said with a smile.

“Ah, I see. Then please forgive my words.” He said as he bowed to the purple haired boy.

“He used his quirk to throw the ball.” Aizawa said as he and guessed the girl with the short purple hair and eye jack ears to go next.

That was so cool! Do you think if we try again we could both control at the same time? Or could his quirk effect us in more of some way? Or maybe it would only work on the one he is intending to control. Think of all the uses to! Like if a villai-

“You’re nerding.” Kokichi whispered as she walked back to Urakara.

“What is his quirk?” A guy with red hair asked.

“Not my business.” Aizawa answered. “I’m getting the next test up. Do as you please, just don’t break anything.” 

“How did you do that?” The pink skinned girl asked, the boy shrugged off her question and walked straight to Kokichi.

“Thanks.” He held out a hand for him to shake but again Kokichi waved it off.

“It’s not a problem. It was a cool feeling though. I hope we can see each other more.” he said with a smile as the next test was set up, thus ending the small chit-chat of the class.

Then the rest of the test went on. 6 situps. 7 seated toe touch 8 long-distance run. Kokichi let Midoriya do the rest. Midoriya thinks he did okay on the sit ups, though he knows he could have done better on the seated toe touch. Then Uraraka came up and asked him is he wants her to lighten his shoes for the long distance run.

“I really don’t mind. You helped me so much in the exam, think of this as my way of thanking you.”

“I feel kinda bad to be using you. How about this…I-i’ll accept your offer if you don’t offer it a-again for stuff l-like this.” She smiled and nodded happily, and with that he ran faster though he didn’t know how Ko was able to skate across like that. He still got a good score, but it was a bit odd. And with the final test the ten kids grouped up to see the results of the exam.

“All right time to give your results. I’ve ranked you all from best to worst. You should probably have a good idea of where you're standing already. I’ll just pull up the whole list. It’s not worth going over each individual's score.” 

• Momo Yaoyorozu
• Shoto Todoroki
• Katsuki Bakugou
• Izuku Midoriya
• Itsuka Kendo 
• Tenya Iida
• Eijiro Kirishima
• Neito Monoma 
• Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu
• Mina Ashido
• Shihai Kuroiro 
• Kyoka Jiro
• Fumikage Tokoyami 
• Ochako Uraraka
• Denki Kaminari
• Juzo Honenuki 
• Ibara Shiozaki 
• Tsuyu Asui
• Kinoko Komori
• Shinso Hitoshi

Midoriya looked for the bot names Shinso, that's when he saw the purple haired kid sigh. “Thanks for trying to help.” Shinso said as he turned to Midoriya.

“And I was lying, no one’s going home.”

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“That was just a rational deception to make sure you gave it your all in the test.” Aizawa said with a grin on his face. 

“HUH!?” the kid screamed out. ”I’m surprised the rest of you didn’t figure it out. Sorry. I guess I should have probably told you something.” Momo said as she placed a hand over her heart. 

She’s not lying that she knew it was a lie though she seemed to have caught he has the power to change his mind. Kokichi said. Look at her hand placed over her heart. It’s a sign that she may be trying to cool down her heart beat. 

“Well that was never-wracking no?” The yellow haired kid asked.

 “Nah, I'm always down for a challenge.” Red haired kid said.

“Well I think it was a nice way to bond. It’s also a good way to get a grip of our quirks.” A girl with orange and pink hair said.

Hey~ Mido you should be friends with them so you all make a traffic light. 

“I have purple in my hair.” Midoriya pointed out in a hushed tone.

“That's all for today. Pick up the syllabus in the classroom. Read it over before tomorrow morning.” With that Aizawa walked away. “Midoriya.” Aizawa said as he handed a piece of paper to him. “Take this and have the old lady fix you up. Like we said earlier. Things are going to be tougher tomorrow. When your actual training begins. Make sure you’re prepared. Oh and smart move asking for help and offering it when you need to. A real hero knows when they need help and how to help others when they can. Uraraka, good job on using your quirk so much without throwing up.” with that Aizawa walked away. 

“Wait, you had help?” Pink girl asked.

“Well my quirk is-isn’t all that great for things that don’t use strength, like running.” He looked over to Uraraka. “So I asked if she would be okay with making my shoes weigh less.” 

“We make a great team!” Uraraka cheered.

“Yes we do shroom!” Komori added as she hugged Uraraka.

“That makes sense on why you wanted to help, and how you knew he wouldn’t get you in trouble.” Shinso said.

“Who is he anyway?” The girl with the ears asked.

“That’s pro hero Erasherhead. He’s an underground hero and they don’t get any media coverage.” Midoriya said with a smile as he walked away. “Well I'm going to the nurse.”

“Feel better Midoriya!” Uraraka said with a wave. Shinso also waved a small bye. Komir waved goodbye as she stayed close to Uraraka. As he walked down the hall looking out the windows and then he finally made it to the Nurse's room. The bruises on his finger are starting to ache and become sore. The rest of the day went by in a blur though. Then it was time to go home as they walked down Kokichi felt someone behind him

Behind. He said coldly. It was a habit they had gotten in middle school. When Kokichi was not in control he would warn Midoriya about what he couldn’t see. Midoriya, hearing the warning, turned around to see Iida reaching out to touch his shoulder. Midoriya flinched away a bit as a flash of Bakugou burning his shoulder popped into his mind.

“Oh, h-hey there Iida,” Midoirya said as he fought the urge to hit the hand away from him. 

“How’s the bruised finger doing?” He asked as he put his hand down to his side, and Midoriya could feel the danger fade away. 

“Oh! It’s doing fine all thanks to recovery girl” Midoriya held up his finger that was wrapped in a smiley face bandage.

“I was a bit concerned by Mr. Aizawa’s approach to class. But I trust the school's judgment. U.A is the top program. Even so Lying is downright immortal.” Iida said with his arms crossed across his chest. Yeah Kokichi doesn’t like this guy. Lying was so much better than the truth, So he would rather lie than live the truth. He does it all the time and Midoriya finds it fine. 

I don’t like him. Midoriya almost flinched at the pure hate coming from his voice. That's when  Midoriay caught on, Kokichi liked lying even if he had never outright told him. But Midoriya had known him for so long and almost everything he says has some kinda lie to it. 

“HEY! Wait up you two!” 

“SHROOM!” Midoriya smiles at the nickname and turns to see Komori and Uraraka running to them. “Oh hello there Shroom.” Komori said to Iida.

“Ah hello and you are?”

“Kinoko Komori I saw you at the quirk test thing.” Iida nods.

“Yes I’m Tenya Iida.”

“Are you all heading to the station?” Uraraka asked, “If so, can we join?” she continued “you're the infinity girl.” Iida said.

“Oh right I never got to really meet you, I’m Ochaco Uraraka. Hey Midoriya, I was wondering why Bakugou called you deku?.” Urakraka said. 

“Oh um…” Midoriya shuttered as the words caught in his throat. “I-i don’t w-want to talk a-about that. Maybe l-lalter.” He stuttered out and Iida gave a tilted head but nodded. Uraraka gave a small smile and nodded. 

“It’s alright Shroom you can tell us when you’re ready.”

“You don’t seem to like the name,” Iida said and Midoriya nodded. “Right then we would hate to make you uncomfortable, as such we will not call you that unless you ask”... Maybe Kokichi can grow to like him. It’s going to take A LOT of time though, and he knows it. Bad impressions. 

“Oh! I wanted to tell you about this girl in our class, Tsu. She’s so sweet and her hair is green and purple like your Midoirya!” Komori lightened the mood.

 As the four walked home they joked and talked about class, Komori started to talk about who she met, Midoriya talking about heroes and classmates, Uraraka making jokes and sharing songs she likes, and Iida talking about their class and the apprehension test. Midoriya smiled at his group of friends, Yeah he knows this is the right place for him and Ko after so long.

Chapter Text

UA’s hero course had normal classes like English, math, social studies, Though they meet in the mornings. Present Mic stood at the board as he taught English. “Now. Which of the four sentences contains a mistake.” He asked his bright yellow hair pointing up, and tinted yellow glasses looking at the ten kids. Due to Kokichi having a good grip on the English lounge he raised his hand and looked at the four sentences. 

The man whom I respect most is my father. (Not true as Kokichi has never met Midoriya’s father and Midoriya confessed he had never met him either.)
That is the house in which he lived.
I well remember the day on which we both met.
Please tell me that you know.
“The relative pronoun is wrong on the last one.” Kokichi said as the girl with the high black ponytail, put down her hand. After that class came the long awaited lunch. Kokichi was quite surprised at how good the food was for how cheap it was. He even saw the hero lunch rush had an intern, who helped with baking sweets and candies, Kokichi didn’t really feel like talking so he let Midoriya take lunch.

“Rice is the perfect comfort food right?” Lunch rush asked as he gave out a bowl of rice to Uraraka, as she nodded happily. Kokichi was kind of surprised Iida sat with them but he was a bit happy that Komori and Uraraka sat with them.

“This is super good.” Uraraka said with a bright smile though it felt strained and forced. Kokichi had this feeling that Uraraka and food didn’t mix well. He watched as she picked at her food making it look like she ate. 

“Hey Shroom, can I have some of your miso soup?” Komori asked and Uraraka nodded happily and Kokichi spotted the way her body became a bit less tense, now having less food. 

Mido, remind me tomorrow to get some food containers alright. 

“Umm okay?” Midoriya said as he ate his final piece of rice. Then finally came the long awaited afternoon, time for Hero Basic Training! 

Hey so what do you want to do?

“Let’s find out what we’re doing first.” Midoriya said and Kokichi hummed an agreement. 

“I AM HERE! Coming through the door like a normal person!” All Might yelled as he popped through the door.

Nishishishi, That was anything but normal. Kokichi snickered.

“I can’t believe it’s really, the hero All Might! The yellow said.

“So he is a teacher! This year is going to be totally awesome.” The red-haired boy said, man they really need to learn names! 

“Hey look,” the pink skin girl pointed out, “Is he wearing his silver age costume?” 

“Seems like it,” Shinso muttered.

“It’s like using an old game, the nostalgia hits hard.” the girl with the orange hair and pink tips added.

“Welcome to the most important class of U.A high. Think of it as Hero-ing 101. Here, you will learn the basics of being a pro hero. And what it means to fight in the name of good. Let’s get into it. Today's lesson will pull no punches!” All Might said holding up a card saying battle. Bakugou then muttered something that sadly Kokichi didn’t hear and form the looks neither did Midoriya.

“Real combat?” Midoriya questioned.

“But one of the keys of being a hero is… Looking good”

Not if you want to be an underground hero. Kokochi muttered with a pout. All Might continued pointing to the wall as numbered boxes came from it.Kokichi looked over and saw they had all been given numbers. Going by the math of each row having three kids plus the one extra kid due to being a three by three then Midorya should be number four or six “These were designed for you based on your quirk registration forms and requests you sent in before school started.” The class let out a mix of gasps and cheers. Once he learns the names of the kids he’ll makes some kinda seating chart. 

 “Costumes.” Midoriya muttered as he held onto his yellow backpack. 

“Get yourselves suited up and then meet me at training ground Beta!” All might shouted and Kokichi knew he was going to lose his hearing soon.

“Yes sir.” the class said, grabbing their case. Midiroya watched as the kids grabbed their costumes and as Uraraka grabbed case three and Shinso got case nine. All was left was case six, as he grabbed it and made his way to the boys locker room he smiled at the small surprise he had for Kokichi.

His mom had seen the form and hand made a costume for him though he would have hated her hard work to be ruined so instead he hung it up in his closet and got the costume the school made. He grabbed the green suit with the red belt that had two canisters one each side, one filled with soda the other with lemonade, He also had his suit a dark green with dark purple highlights and black stripes, and a hood on top that was kinda like a sweeter hood just this was much stronger, black mask that reached up to his nose, plus his normal bright red shoes. Though the thing he was most excited to show was the scarf he had asked someone to make both water and fireproof. It was a checkered pattern scarf that Kokichi had drawn oh so long ago. When Kokichi saw the scarf he swore to god he was going to cry. Midoriya had made it just for him. When was the last time he wore a scarf? He wanted to wear it and never stop, It was one of his only memories of DICE as all members wore one. Kokichi smiled that Midoriya, without knowing, was now part of DICE. 

When they had finished changing they walked all the way to a fake battle city and looked identical to where they had their entrance exams. “You all look so cool! Now. Shall we get started, you buncha newbies?” All Might asked, Kokichi looked at the others' costumes. 

He hates to say it but Bakugou had a good costume. It consists of a tight, black, sleeveless tank top featuring an orange "X" across the middle, creating a V-neck design. There are two black dots along the left side of the collar, including a metallic neck brace with rectangular ends, each having three holes on either side. black sleeves that extend from large, grenade-like gauntlets up to his biceps, finishing with thin orange tips. A green and orange belt, equipped with grenades, secures his baggy pants that have green straps and knee guards. He sports black, knee-high combat boots with orange soles, eight eyelets, and straps at the top. His mask is jagged and black, with a large, orange-rimmed flare shape protruding from each side around the eyes.

Iida's hero costume consists of a dark blue one-piece suit with a high collar, over which he wears various pieces of armor, all in a pale silver, including a chest plate, a metal collar around his neck and another around his upper arm, and metal vambraces that extend past his elbows pointed at the ends. He wears a helmet covering his entire face, its sharp bevor full of holes to allow him to speak and breathe easily, and its upper piece rounded over his head with two larger holes on either side. On his feet, he wears silver knee-high boots with gold accessories, around his torso, he has three thick metal pipes, attached with a blue band. Kokichi wants to know if they do anything or are just for show.

Kokichi looked at the high pony tail and cringed at the suit, because what the hell is that? Her hero costume consists of a high-collared, sleeveless crimson leotard with silver lines at her waist and around her arms, which is open to expose her skin from her neck to just below her navel. She sports calf-length red boots with heels, which dip sharply down in the center, two gold utility belts around her waist, with the back holding her books on composition information, and another thinner one around the top of her chest, below her shoulders. He hates it. He hates it so much.

Uraraka walked up with a cute costume. A black, full-body suit with a pale pink design down the middle of her torso, topped with two black semi-spheres on her chest, two pink stripes starting at her midsection, White music notes are to found along her thigh  reading the top of her chunky knee-high pink boots and staring at  the two-piece belt. A deep pink choker, and two-toned pink sleeves with cuffs. It also has matching pale and deep pink-colored accessories, including round gauntlets with handles. A matching headgear with a tinted visor as well, dark pink music notes painted across the sides of it.

Komori walked beside her in her own costume. Her hero costume consists of a turtleneck dress with long sleeves and furred cuffs, which is decorated with a red and white fly agaric pattern, matching the one on her mushroom cap-shaped hat. She wears pale pink knee-high boots with thick tan soles and frilled shafts, patterned with the same fly agaric as her dress, and around her waist is a dark brown belt with a large golden buckle.

“Hey Midoriya!” Uraraka called out. “It's not super flashy but it still stands out. I should be more specific about what I wanted. This body suit is skintight, Not really my style. I’m just glad. They kept the white music notes” Kokichi picked up on the way she was picking at this small piece of her costume wrapped around her neck.

“Hey, are you uncomfortable?” Kokichi was so glad Midoriya picked up on it. Komori looked to spot the same thing.

“Yeah… I… I hate this piece on my neck.” She stuttered out her eyes, seeming to go dead. Midoriya grabbed the canister with the soda and took a sip so Kokichi could use the quirk to break off the piece. He slowly moved his hand to grab the piece and with a light squeeze it snapped off. She breathed out a heavy sigh. Like she could finally breathe again. “Thank you.” She said with a watery voice. Kokichi smiled and grabbed the other canisort so Midoriya would have control again. 

“Hey like Midoriya said, we're a team now, shroom. You even need help. You can talk to us.” Komori did a twirl. “Don’t know about you two but I love my costume!”

“You look like a mushroom.” Uraraka laughed, Komori smiled.

“I would hope so! That was what I was going for!”

“Now that you’re ready, it’s time for combat training.” All Might said. Then Iida raised a hand. 

“Sir! This is the fake city from the entrance exam. Does that mean we’ll be conducting urban battles again?” 

“Not quite.” All Might said holding up two fingers. “I’m going to move you two steps ahead. Most of the villain fights you see on the news take place outside. However, statistically speaking, run-ins with the most dastardly evil doers take place indoors. Think about it. Backroom deals, home invasions, secret underground lairs. Truly intelligent criminals stay hidden in the shadows. For this training exercise, you’ll be split into teams of good guys and bad guys and fight two-on-two indoor battles.” All Might said.

“Isn this not a bit advanced?” The yellow-haired kid asked.

“The best training is what you get on the battlefield. But remember you can’t just punch a robot this time. You’re dealing with actual people now.” All Might said. 

“Sir, will you be the one deciding who wins?” High ponytail questioned. 

“How much can we hurt the other team?” Bakugou questions.

“Do we need to worry about the losers getting expelled like earlier?” Uraraka questioned playing with her fingers. 

“Will you be spilling us up based on chance or comparative skill?” Iida asked, his arm still moving like a robot. 

“I-is t-this safe?” The girl with dark green and purple hair asked.

“I wasn’t done talking” All Might said clenching his fist. “Listen up!” All Might said opening a book…… wait …. It's a script. Kokichi held back a giggle at the teacher. “The situation is this. The villains have hidden a nuclear missile somewhere in their hideout. The heroes must foil their plans. To do that, the good guys either have to catch the evildoers or recover the weapon. Likewise, the bad guys win if they protect their payload or capture the heroes.” All Might finished. 

“This sounds like a classic action movie set up.” Midoriya whispered.

Or maybe a game? He added. 

“Like a game?” The orange pink haired girl whispered out. 

Told you.

“Time’s limited, and we’ll choose teams by drawing lots.” All Might said holding a box.

“Isn’t there a better way?” Iida asked. 

“Think about it! Pros often team up with heroes from other agencies on the spot, so maybe that’s the reason here.” Midoriya said, holding one finger up. 

“Yes I see. Life is a random series of events. Excuse my rudeness” Iida said as he bowed.

“No sweat. Let’s draw!”

A Izuku Midoriya and Denki Kaminari

B Shouto Todoroki and Ochako Uraraka

C Momo Yaoyorozu and Eijirou Kirishima

DTenya Iida and Katsuki Bakugou

E Mina Ashido and Shinso Hitoshi

F  Ibara Shiozak and Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu

G Neito Monoma and Kinoko Komori

H Tsuyu Asui and Fumikage Tokoyami

I Shihai Kuroiro and Juzo Honenuki

J Kyoka Jiro and Itsuka Kendo

“Midoriya looks like we’ve been paired up!” Kaminari said, with a cheering hand.

“Looks like it.” Midoriya muttered out.

“I declare that the first team to fight will be…” He moved his hand around in a box, the black one saying villains and the white one saying heroes. He lifted his hands in one big and swift movement. “... These Guys!” The black ball said A and the white one said A.….. Shit… “Team D will be the hero’s and team A the villains. Everyone else can go head to the monitoring room to watch!” All Might said. 

“Yes sir!” the class responded. Midoriya lowered his head, Kokichi saw Bakugou who was glaring at him or well Midoriya. Izuku turned his head back with a small gasp. Midroiya clenched his fist held his head up a bit and looked Bakugou in the eyes, making the other flinch back a bit then girth his teeth and grow at him.

“Bad guys you can go on in and get set up. In five minutes, the good guys will be loose and the battle will start!” All Might said. 

“Yes sir.” Kaminari, Midoriya and Iida nodded. As Kaminari walked up with Midoriya they found the fake bomb. It was a tall black missile with red stripes at the top. All Might gave us some words about working together and being villainy for this trial. Also if this goes too far then he’ll step in to stop it. “Does Midoriya have a plan?” Kokichi flinched at his way of speaking. It was too much like someone he knew, someone he backstabbed. 

“O-oh U-ummm… well you see we're up against Bakugou. It’s best if we stay on guard. It’s mostly he’ll come after me as we grew up together. But you know that just means we’ll have to get better. I refuse to lose today!” Midoriya said, pulling his hood up. Dekni cheered as he let out a sneeze. 

“Yeah we got this! Right now I can store electricity and discharge but I don’t have a lot of control so I can’t really tell where it goes. Plus, Exceeding my wattage limit causes my brain to short-circuit making me useless…” Midoriya’s breath hitched at the word.

“Don’t” He hissed. “Don’t you dare call yourself useless, no matter what everyone has a purpose.” Kaminari looked at him in shock then smiled.

“Yeah. Thanks! People call me dumb but I just don’t like the things they ask me about. I know just about everything for bugs, I know Spanish and I know so many facts about space.”

“Then let’s put those to use. Use what you know to win.” Midoriya said and raised his hand for a high five that Kaminari returned.

“All right! Mets begin indoor combat training! Team D and Team A your time starts now!” All Might said over the speakers. 

“So it would be best if you cut the power or try to make them have a hard time moving. Think of a taser. I can’t use my quirk due to my body being hurt by it. I would also hate to have you hurt in the process.” He nodded. 

“So we should split up?”

“I plan to leave, I mean if we cut the power then you’ll be out only light source. Plus with Bakugou after me it would put you at risk of his rage. Would you be okay with deafening?” He opened his mouth but soon the loud BANG of a door a few stairs down sounded. So he nodded instead. 

“Good. Iida’s quirk is speed so all you need to do is make it hard to move in here. You're strong right? Like you have a good grip?” Kaminari nodded excitedly.

“Yup!” He popped the P and Kokichi gets the feeling he’s going to like Kaminari. 

I like this guy much more. Let’s just get rid of zoom boy and take him instead. Midoriya fought the urge to tell Kokichi to stop.  Midoriya really does get he had a VERY bad first impression of him but it still felt bad to say stuff like this. 

“Well all you have to do is make the room super messy so he can’t run across. Or try to make the bomb hide? Like I don’t really know… Just please make sure he can’t just run across the room.” Kaminari nodded as Midoriya left the room as he pulled up his mask. “The smoke from Bakugou’s explosions will be annoying but you think we can use them against him?” 

I don’t know as much as I hate to admit it, Bakugou is smart and good at combat. Kokichi said as he watched Midoriya run down the halls, trying to make his footsteps quiet. Maybe we should ask to make the shoe’s darker or make the souls have less sound? Ugh! I would love to help more but I want you to have your own fun! Kokichi whined a bit. 

“You would make a good villain.” Midoriya regretted the words the moment they came out. “I-im’s so sorry.”

It’s fine.

It was not fine, Midoriya knew that. “I don’t mean it like that. It’s just your smart and you have this way of bringing others to your side. But you also have this way of getting under people's skin.” 

Really. It’s fine, Just caught me off guard you know?

“I’m sorry Ko…” Kokichi really didn’t care, why would he? He shouldn’t, the past is the past.

Just focus on winning. Alright? Midoriya nods as he looks around. He plus his ear com in, so he and Karminari could talk. The walls were high and looked like they had been made of some dark metal. You could see each plate they used, it looked like tiles lined up. It was like a maze, having many blind spots and so many corners to turn to. 

Then around a corner Bakagou jumped out with him having the high ground of being in the air, he lifted a hand to hit Midoriya head on. As he came close he powered the hand he was going to hit with an exposition so when it did it it would set off the explosion in his hand. Midoriya, having the fireproof scarf, covered his face with it and ducked. The top of his hood was hit with small burns.

He moved a hand up to his ear fast and gave Karminari an update. “Me and Bakugou made contact, be careful.”

“Got it, Karminari is over and out!” Karminari said as he turned off his com. The smoke cleared from the explosion to show a seemingly mad Bakugou, his eyes showing not hate but rage.

“What;s the matter, Deku? Afraid to stand up and fight me?” Bakagou said as he brushed the smoke away.

“I had a feeling you would come after me. Though you may want to try and get me by surprise.” Then without another though Bakagou came running at him and arm extend with an elbow back.

“I won’t hurt you so badly they have to stop the fight. Just close!” With a toothy grin he spoke. It was not like Aizawa, it was with rage and a mix of hate. Kokichi was wondering if this counted as a threat, could Aizawa do something about this? Will he watch the match? Can he even hear the match?!

His thoughts cut off with Bakugou’s bent back arm now reaching to Midoriya as the other one went behind his body but was lifted for a punch. Midoriya grabbed the extended arm and lifted Bakugou over his body to hit him onto the ground. As he began to spin to let Bakugou fly over his body, the arm he hadn’t grabbed began to set off pops of explosion. Midoriya felt his ear burn and the ringing in it, how he was not deaf yet was the real mystery, as he lifted Bakugou over his body and gave a hard hit to the ground. Bakgou let out a groan as his back made contact. Midoriya painted just a bit before Bakugou lifted up his upper body and turned his head back to face Midoriya.

“You always use a right hook to start a fight. I know this because we grew up together. Just because you may not see me as an opponent doesn’t mean I can’t give you a fight. I was training and studying. Not just heroes but those around me meaning you.” 

Great way you give away an upperhand. But it is kinda natural to think that you would know his fighting style and quirk after being victim to it so much.

“I'm ready now, call me Deku. I don’t care but I’m not the same kid you know. I haven’t been since I was eight. Do you hear me! I’ve changed and I like the person I am!” Bakugou got up off the ground and turned to face Midoriya head on.

“Deku.” Bakugou hissed out as he bent down a bit, his hands making small explosions. “You're taking big game, but deep down you know you're scared. You want to fight me no matter what you really feel. THAT’S WHY I HATE YOU!!!” Bakugou yelled, Bakugou moved his hand to click something in his ear. “Just shut up and find the weapon!” He yelled taking anger out on Iida. “I’ve got more important things to worry about.”

He moved his arms back in a fast motion so they face the ground at an angle. He’s going to do the thing where he flies! He uses the force of the blast to move off the ground and into the air just a bit so when he comes close to Midoriya he kicks at his head. Midoriya, getting the warning, moves his arms to block the hit with a grunt.

“Ballsy move to come here alone. Think you can take me alone?” Bakugou taunts Kokichi and Midoriya both know they are not alone, they are a team even if one will not admit it. Midirya grabs the capture tape the All might give everyone at the start of the round. Tying other other teams in them is taking them out of the game so if Midoriya can tie up Bakugou in this then all they would have to do is get Iida. With Bakugou’s leg now being tied up in it Midoriya moved away from Bakugou's leg and was still in the air due to the power of the blast and Midoriya now had space to run. Midoriya moved back to see Bakugou and tried to guess his next move. Bakugou moved one of his still up in the air hands to go to Midoriya's face but Midoriya guessed it moved under the leg and let it fall out of the capture tape.

The exposition filled punch having hit the wall with a loud BANG. Bakugou and Midoriya moved their heads to make eye contact. Mdiroya was now on one knee on the ground, the other leg ready to jump into action. The smoke was now making it hard to see Bakugou though it was only around where Bakugou hit the wall. As the smoke cleared Midoriya was able to spot that now both hands were behind Bakugou and angled to the ground. Knowing he was going to blast off he chose to run down a hall that was behind him. 

With a surprised grunt Bakugou shouted. “Get back here, Deku!” Running down the halls and trying to form another plan, Midoriya heard Bakugou yell. “Damit! You’ve been tricking me for years by acting all weak. Bet you’ve been laughing behind my back, huh?! So where’s that flashy power of yours now?! Let's see how it compares to mine!” With loud explosions Midoriya could no longer hear him. Midoriya heard as doors were being exploited open and the doors were blown off their hinges. 

Midoriya sat at a corner as he tried to catch his breath. Okay so we know he’s pissed at you and seems to have forgotten about Kaminari. Midoriya moved his hand back to his ear com to talk to Kaminari.

“Hey you there?”

“Yup!”

“Have you seen Iida yet?”

“Nope but my ears have heard him yelling about ‘coming out evildoer.’ and ‘just surrender.’ But I’ve yet to see him.”

“Good Bakugou is focused on me.”

“Oh i’ve also broken a few of the beams helping to keep the building up and spread the remains across the ground. So now he can’t move so fast.”

“Good move.”

“It was Midoriya’s idea. So it was smart.”

“Stop hiding,” Bakgou yelled.

“Got to go. Stay safe.” With that the call ended.

“Come out and face me, you coward!”

“Midoriya bad news!” Kaminari called in. “Iida’s on my floor and it's not going to be long till he finds this room!” Midoriya went to grab his capture tape. He was set up on the fifth floor, right above him so if he could team up with Kaminari to get Iida out they could take Bakugou together. That's when he saw a red glow. He turned around to see Bakugou standing there.  

“I’m all loaded up.” He said as he raised one of the big green gauntlets that was on his hand, in the shape of a grenade. 

Oh shit…

“Why aren’t you using your face quirk? Don’t tell me you're underestimating me, Deku. Get over here and show me what you’re really made of.” Bakugou said as his eyes burned with rage and a bead of sweat rolled down his face. Midoriya turned to face him and tightened his grip on the capture tape. Bakugou’s mouth twisted to a scowl then morphed into a toothy grin. “Since you’re such a stalker, by now you probably know how my quirk, explosion, works.” He moved his hand so it made a straight line to aim at Midoriya.

He’s…Is All Might not going to stop this?

“Stop what?” Midoriya whispers, though Bakugou talks again so he can’t hear the answer.

“I secrete nitroglycerin-like sweat from my hands and make it blow up. Imagine what I could do if I had a lot of it.” Bakugou pulled back on the silver handle of his grande gauntlet, relieving a trigger for him to pull. Moving his body back into a more crouching like pose. “That’s right, these gauntlets aren’t just for show. They been storing up my sweat inside for one monster blast.”

Oh shit…

Bakugou’s finger wrapped around the trigger and was ready to pull.

“Young Bakugou!” All might’s voice came through the intercom. “Don’t do it, you'll kill him!” The part at the top begin to glow a bright yellow and orange ready to blow. 

Midoriya run! Midoriya really hoped that his semi-burnt hood, mask and scarf would help keep him protected. 

“He'll be fine as long as he dodges!” and with that came a pulling of the trigger and a loud BANG! A gust of fire came straight to Midoriya as he ran to try and escape the flames he was hit on the back pushing him to hit a window. The glass cut his arm and face. Noise tip now bleeding and hands now being cut. The water bottle holding lemonade popped at the high pressure and heat. 

“Come in! Come in. Midoriya!” All might yells.The wall that Midoriya had crashed into now had a hole and the rubble of the blast with the smoke was hard to breathe in. Thankfully the mask was still intact, the scarf having a few burnt edges that would need fixing but he was okay. Though he looked to his arm and showed the burn marks left. Thankfully they would not scar over like some of the others that Bakugou had left over the years but they do still hurt like hell. 

“Iida for the villain team is no longer able to fight!” All Might yelled, and Kokichi wondered if the blast Bakugou gave off had something to do with this. 

“Useless extra.” Bakugou muttered as the news came. 

“Midoriya can you hear me? What’s going on down there are you hurt?” Kaminari asked from his arm piece though it was hard to hear right now and then it came in static. 

“F-fine.” Midoriya painted out. “Is that even allowed?”

That’s child endangerment and that could be classified as giving a minor a legal weapon. So no it shouldn’t be.

Then came the semi-crazed laugh of Bakugou. “These things are awesome. The more nitro sweat that’s stored up in these gauntlets, the stronger the explosion is.” The other gauntlet some gave off the same red glow the other did before it was pulled back to show the trigger. “Go ahead, use your stupid quirk on me, Deku.” The smoke creed to show the crazed smile Bakugou had with the smoke and the shadows over him he looked like the real villain here. “Even if you give me everything you got, you’ll never beat me.” Midoriya wobbled to get up off the ground, but struggled to get his footing. 

I hate to say this but do you need my help?

Midoriya gave a weak nod as tears pooled in his eyes. He grabbed the burnt bottle of soda and took a sip. Soon with a struggle Kokichi stood up with a shake. He hated that he would have to take the credit of Midoiya's hard work and planning, but there was no way in hell he would let Bakugou hurt him anymore. “Rest Midoriya, your friends got this.” He whispered under his breath and felt the presence of Midoriya disappear as if he was sleeping, Kokichi hoped he was. 

“What’s the matter? You look scared. You dodged the attack and are still standing, so you can still fight can’t you? Come and get me.” Bakugou moved his hands in a come here movement.

“Pft…Scared?” Kokichi drew out. Lifting his face into a twisted grin. “I’m not scared but I bet you are~! I dodged your big blow, countered your moves and now you're alone…” he said with a cold voice. “You're scared of me, no? Scared because you know that deep down I'm better than you, you're lying to yourself that you can beat me, because you know that I'll always have an upperhand.” Mind games are something Kokichi was good at. He’s the kind of antagonist that doesn’t go into a hands on fight, he picks you apart and finds what hurts, finds your hopes and dreams, and lets your own brain turn against you and that's what makes him terrifying.  

“What will they do once they find out about the past? What will they do when they learn you were saved by me once, that I’m the one people like more. I mean did you see those three. Shinso likes me because I’ve helped him, Komori and I talk, me and Camie are best friends and Uraraka feels like she can talk to me. It has all these people by my side but what do you have? Nothing, you are nothing without your little minions to back you up, but now I’m the one with the string and you're just the pawn to be played.”

“W-what the hell?!” He yells with an eye twitch. “You think you can scare me? I’ll make sure you know your place!

“Bakugou! Use that stored-up power again and I’ll stop this fight. Your team will lose.” All might announced over the speaker. 

“Huh?” Bakugou looks up to the speaker.

“To employ such a strong attack indoors is inviting the destruction of the stronghold you should be protecting. That’s a poor strategy for both heroes and villains. It’s also one of the reasons your teammate was caught. The penalty would be a massive loss of points.” Bakugou faced the ground as his shoulders began to shake. Then he began to shout and raised both his arms over his face with his head tilted back. As this happened Kokichi made a plan with Kaminari 

“I see where you are!” Kaminari says over the speaker. 

“I’ll make sure to keep his eyes on me then.”

“Fine then!” With that Bakguou began to blast towards him. “We’ll fight hand to hand!” The floor Kokichi was standing on began to crumble, making him lose footing. Was he going to use a right hook? No Bakugou knows how that, Midoriya knows how he fights. Using a little of his quirk in his legs he jumped towards Bakugou getting his masked burnt but missing the explosion that was sent to his back. Kokichi was right, he used Kokichi’s extended arm to get more height over him, flying over him and trying to get a good punch to the back. It failed but now his eyes watered for the smoke and his back was warm for the heat.

“Here it comes, Nerd!” Bakguou came charging at him with his arm bent back. “The famous right hook you were whining about!” It hit him dead on his right side and angered his cut arm and hand. Kokichi let out a scream of pain. As blood from his arm and hand were on the ground. Bakugou grabbed his still angry and bleeding arm and used his exposition to now being in front of him and Kokichi turned away from him. “Deku! Don’t you ever forget what you are!” Bakugou lifted Kokichi off the ground and threw him onto it with force. Now his back was angry for the burns and the ground. “Your a weakling!”

Kokichi smiled because he and Kaminari made a plan. “Yeah I might be so what? I’m strong then you plus I was entertaining enough to make sure your eyes never left me.” Kokcihi says with a smile and Kaminari hug Bakugou from behind and Zaps him,

“Six thousand voltage tasers!” Kaminari yells and Bakugou yells from anger and the shock of Kaminari sneaking up on him and his electricity. Soon the yellow lightning stops and Bakugou falls to the ground, his body no longer responding. 

“Is Midoriya okay?” Kaminari asks as Bakugou lies still on the ground. 

“Fine.” Kokichi wobbles up with a flinch, grabbing his tape and wrapping it around Bakugou as he shaked.

“No. I’m not done.” He muttered out as he tried to move his body, muscles twitching but not moving. 

“Game over Bakugou.” And with that the tape was finally wrapped around him.

“Both heroes capture and the villain team wins.” All might yells over the speaker. Kaminari looks at the room to see blood on the walls and a broken window and with a gasp he looks to Kokichi.

“Holly Shit! Midoriya are you alright?” He grabs his arm and tries to put some pressure on the cuts and spots some of the burns and the way he hisses at the touch and even flinches at it. 

“Fine. Thanks for the save teammate. You were way more of a hero then Mr. Hero team right here.” Kokichi looks at Bakugou who’s passed out on the ground. “What happened with Iida?”

“Well see when the building began to shake due to me breaking the sport beams the beams fell in the ground causing one of Iida’s engines to smoke and as well as being hit with a large piece of rubble to the arm with some rubble hitting my leg.” Kaminari lifted up his black pant leg to show a wound that began to bleed and was red. “Iida was too busy to try and make sure everyone was okay and that both his arms and legs weren’t broken. I was able to zap him and with his suit being part metal…. He passed out on spit and I was able to wrap him up.” Kaminari went upstairs to get Iida, as Kokichi and Bakugou stayed on their floor. Kaminaria came back with Iida’s arm draped over his shoulder and both of them limping. 

“Ah, Midoriya, I woke up in time to hear about your win. It was a very smart strategy to split up if you knew Bakugou was going for you. Though why was he?”

“Me and him grew up with some unspoken tension.” Iida took the answer thankfully and then saw his blood all over the room in small blobs. “W-what happened?” He mutters.

“A lot…” Kaminari answered with a small frown. Soon medical boots came in to pick everyone up, as everyone was hurt All might even come with them. They lifted Bakugou onto a stretcher and even gave Iida and Kaminari one as they both had their legs hurt and were limping pretty badly. Now Kokichi and All Might, waiting for another one to come and take Kokichi off the ground to get help. 

“Young Midor-”

“Ko.”

“Young Ko. You did great-”

“I didn’t do shit. You let Midoriya get heavily injured so much he’s passed out right now. Look All Might Midoriya may like you and I may respect you and everything you have done for Japan and him but that doesn’t mean I like you or forgive you on the roof or what happened here. You put a child in life threatening danger, let everyone get hurt and let their classmates watch helplessly as their classmate was tortured. I’m going to guess Aizawa didn’t plan this?”

All Might shook his head like a scolded school boy. 

“Makes sense. Look Bakugou needs some kind of help, anger management is my best guess. It did this to Midoriya and though he was not trying to kill him it’s shown he can’t keep his cool in a setting like this. I know if something like this happens again I’ll tell Aizawa or the principal personally.” Then came the fourth menial bot with a stretcher for Kokichi. He hopped on as his wounds began to dry up and dried blood stuck to his skin. Then he let his eyes close. 

“To the nurses office with these four” One of the robots said.

“I know!” The other responded and Kokichi felt a little less comfortable sleeping with talking robots that seemed to have their own personality. 

All Might watched as they carried away Ko and he knew Ko was right, Bakugou needed help. That he should have stopped the match as a teacher not let it go on as a mentor. He let everyone get hurt. He would have to do the evasion of the match after they all woke up and healed. He walked back to the view room where the six other kids flocked to him.

“Are they alright?”

“Th-those ingerused didn’t s-seem good…”

“Bakugou was not that manly”

“Yeah he doesn’t seem to be a team player.”

“Did you see the way Midriya was taunting Bakuogu at the end?”

“No, did you see the way Iida was trying to get around the messy room?”

“Or how smart it was for Kaminari to set the room up like that? Or how he got to sneak attack Bakugou!”

“Students! They are all at the nurses office and until they are all back in a good few minutes we can talk about what we thought as the robots repair the building.” All might yelled, there was no way he was going to let another one of the kids he was supported to protect and teach get hurt like that again.

Midoriya opened his eyes as he laid in the bed at the nurses office. “Hello dear. The others are already back at the viewing room.” Recovery girl handed him candy and gave him a kiss to the head as the cuts on his arms healed. “Tell All Might for me to cool it down with the training and if more kids like this come my way I’ll have a word with him.” She huffed, Kokichi liked this woman.

“T-thank you…” Midoriya ate the candy and then paused outside the door. “I thought i gave you control….”

You did, I just drank some lemonade that Recovery girl gave me when I woke up.

“Why did she do that?” 

No clue… Kokichi had never told her or asked her for lemonade. He really just guessed she knew it was on his hero costume in one of the canisters. Recovery girl helped Midroiya to the viewing room. His hood and mask off but scarf still on snuggly. Uraraka looked at him with wide eyes and stared at his scarf. 

“Were did the idea of the scarf come from?” She asked as she led him to the rest of the class.

Tell her you like games or checkers and want that to be part of your brand. Midoriya smiled at Uraraka.

“See I'm a big fan of video games and board games, so adding this kinda reminds me of being a kid you know?” Uraraka smiled with a tense nod.Komori looked over Midoriya with worry.

“Sure your alright. It looked bad.” Komori muttered out.

“I’ll be alright.”

“Oh you did great out there!” She said her bubbly self back in place. Kokichi watched as Shinso watched him. “All Might Midoriya is here!” Uraraka called out as she lined him up with Iida, Kaminari and Bakugou. Midoriya caught the way All Might eyed him with guilt.

I’ll tell you later. So Kokichi did something huh?

“Right now with all of you back, who was the MVP of this exercise?” All Might asked and high pony tail girl raised her hand.

“Sir I can tell you it would be Kaminari or Midoriya.” Both boy’s raised their eyes to look at her. “Though I think Midoriya would be the MVP.”

“Ah yes and does anyone know why?”

“Sir, Midoriya, though he may have acted more like a hero than a villain from time to time, he gave his teammate information and helped him set up a plan so when they were not together they would have some kind of trust. He also made sure to check in every once in a while and used his knowledge to give him an upper hand in fights. Aizawa also told us that knowing when you need help is a good quality to have, Midroiya knew he needed help and asked his teammate to take what he couldn’t. Kaminari didn’t really try to act as a villain, and he didn’t need to stay with Iida for so long and could have helped Midoriya faster if he had left Iida instead of making sure he was alright after he was tied up, Iida was not able to use his quirk without a clear path and he was injured very fast into battle, though he did take the role as hero seriously, and Bakugou’s judgment was clouded by a personal grudge with Midoriya. As you pointed out earlier, launching a large-scale attack indoors was a foolish move. It could have been disastrous and in the end it was the thing that hurt his team mate and ended up getting him out. In the end only half of the people partaking really respected the spirit of the trial.”

. . .

Dang… She’s smart huh? Kokichi said as Midoriya turned into a tomato at all the compliments. It felt so weird being treated so nice after he was brought down most of his life. It didn’t really feel real or right. This is going to take time to really get used to. Kokichi looked at the quiet class and they all seemed to agree she was very smart. Kokichi looked to Iida who also had a soft blush and a few tears rolling down his face due to the praise and not having many complaints just not having the time to shine. Kokichi looked at All Mights smile and seemed semi tense or maybe shocked?

“Yes, well you over locked a few things. Young Iida could have thought outside the box more with his quirk and young Midoriya did take it a bit to far with acting as the villain at times, and with the stakes of a messy room and a bomb it could have ended up in disaster so young Kaminari could have been more careful, but… otherwise, you nailed it! ” All Might gave a thumbs up to the girl and Kokichi really needs to put some names to these faces.

“One should always start with the basics and devote themselves wholeheartedly to learning. That’s the only real way to become a top hero.” Kokichi doesn't get it, why do people think he and Midoriya want to be number one or a top hero, they both agreed to be underground heroes and work in the shadows. 

Were still being underground heroes right?

“No way I’m being a spotlight hero.” Midoriya replied. “Too much media and reporters.” He whispered.

Just checking green bean.

“Now then it's time to blow this joint.” All might got the two boxes again. “Let’s move on to the next match! Think about everything we saw and discussed as you tackle this training for yourself.”

“Yes, sir!” the class replied. He pulled out team B for heroes and E as villains. “Due to there being an odd number, let's see how the match goes and if we have a willing team to go again.” Others nodded as they watched the screen. Shinso and pink skin stretching.

“Look alive kids! Show us you’re the embodiment of good. Or evil! Let’s go!” All Might said as he held a clipboard. The timer rang and Uraraka seemed to try to talk with Permerint (Like the kid's hair was half red and half white what more do you want for him?) before he waved her off making her go back outside. He placed one of his hands on the building wall and soon the whole place was covered in ice. Both Shinso and pink hair got stuck in the ice, though pink hair used her acid quirk on the ice and melted it. She had moved away from Shinso so he was still stuck.

Permerint kid came across pink skin and threw more ice at her. Uraraka, seeming to hear the fight, got close and was able to make her float and tie her up. Ending the battle of a total of four minutes. Kokichi was lost in thought while watching the battle that he didn’t even see the class had grouped up together for warmth. 

“They incapacitated them without comprising the weapon or his team mate, and his teammate came to help when she heard trouble.” All might said as he shivered. “Take close note of his technique, students.”

“Whoa, he’s super strong.” Red head kid said.

“The hero team wins and due to the hero team getting the weapon quickly team E will have the chance to fight against team C.” Permint touched the bomb and the ice began to melt.

Hot and cold… neat.

“Moving on well have a review of the second match and then we’ll move on to the last one for today.” Team C got to play the villains and Kokichi watched as high ponytail made objects for her body and sealed themselves in the room. The redhead helping block off the doors. 

“Hero team go!”

Pink skin ran in first with Shinso behind her, Kokichi gets the feeling he also want to be an underground hero due to his costume being a black loose pants with light purple stripes at the side, a top with long loose sleeves and a hood on top to a mask that covered his mouth but not the nose and dark gray combat boots. They kicked down the doors and after a good five minutes fo looking they came across the room. Pink tried to kick down the door but failed, she used he acid quirk to burn through it as pony tail fired a paintball gun at her and redhead stayed close to the bomb. Shinso's mask began to move and redhead opened his mouth, ponytail panicked as red head stopped moving and froze. 

Seems Shinso got control of him. He began to shield pink skin for the pain balls and even used his quirk to make sure he would not get hurt. Turns out redhead can make any part of his body rock solid. He wonders if he and Keyboi would be friends. 

“Hero’s win!” All Might yelled as pink hair got the bomb. Ponytail sided but gave a bow and shaked their hands. Then after they did the whole review thing that kokichi didn’t listen to as it was just yapping, All Might led them to the exit. 

Midoriya had fallen asleep at one point because the next he knew All Might was yelling. “That’s a wrap! Super work. You really stepped up to the plate. And we didn't have major injuries, minus the first round.” Kokichi glared at the hero not like he could see it though. “You should be proud. Excellent first day of training, all around!”

“Woah, nice to hear words like that after the first day.” Pink hair sighed, the whole class gave a nod. 

“Not to be mean but Aizawa is a bit rude.” Uraraka muttered. 

“I’m happy to bring such staggering positivity to my aam matter.” All Might beamed and Kokichi now not only was going to lose his earring but his sight too… “That’s all for now, folks. I should go check on recovery girl. Now watch how a pro exits. Like he's got somewhere to be!” All might ran away so fast he left a cloud of dust behind. 

“Okay, guys that was really cool. A hero!” Kaminari shouts.

“Man, I wonder if I can ever run that fast.” Redhead asked. The rest of that day was really a blur to Kokichi. Though he FINALLY got the names Ponytail was a girl who was Momo Yaoyorozu or Yamomo. Red head was Eijirou Kirishima, pink skin was Mina Ashido and peppermint was Shouto Todoroki. Though he knew he and Bakugou had a talk at the school gate. It was really then when he began to reassociate. 

Bakugou’s back was turned away from the school as he walked to the gate. Midroiya stood at the doorway, arm still burnt. “Bakugou!” Midoriya called out after him. “Wait up!”

Ooo~ bad choice of words there ... .I may or may not have pissed him off…. Bakugou turned his head so Midoriya could see his eyes that was filled with hate. 

“What?” he asked, Midoriya gasped at the look.

“I want us to be able to talk. We’re not friends but we grew up together so at most you have the right to know this. Maybe it can help you understand. I was never hiding my quirk from you. Other things I may not tell you but my quirk is not and will not be one of them. It was given to me by someone else.”

MIDORIYA SHUT UP!!! Kokichi yelled and Midoriya didn’t know why then, he thought about what he said. No going back now.

“I don’t have lots of control over thai power, but i’m going to keep working harder so that one day I can catch up to you and him.” Him? Kokichi wondered who this ‘him’ was. He bet’s it’s All might, Kokichi watched as Bakugou shook in rage at the more Midoriya kept speaking. 

“How dumb do you think I am?” Bakugou turned around to face him. “‘Given quirk’? Don’t talk to me like I'm an idiot. You have already made a fool out of me in that damn training exercise. So? Did you come here to rub it in? I lost. And to make it worse tit was to you and your dumb words!I came first in the exam but that’s not enough you were right behind me! When I was watching that ice guy, I realized I couldn't beat him in a head to head fight. CRAP! I even agreed with what the girl said. My attack was so stupid! Damn it!” Bakugou clenched his fist. “Enjoy that win, Deku. You won’t get another!” Bakugoi said with eyes filled with raging tears. “I’m just getting started, got that?!” I’m going eng up the number one hero, no matter what!” 

Bakugou turned away and walked back to the door. “You’ll never beat me again, you bastard. Don’t even try.” Midoriya let out a sigh as All Might came running in with a,

“There you are!” Running right past Midoriya, Kokichi didn’t care about what they were saying or when All might begin to talk to Midoriya about what he said to Bakugou. 

Midoriya…. I’m going to bed. See you in the morning. And for once true to his word he passed out right after he spoke those words. 

Chapter Text

When Kokichi woke up again he was in control of the body. Looking around the room he saw the light on Midoriya’s night stand still on and an open book. Getting out of bed and looking he saw the page open to hero costume improvements. Trying to make the whole suit fireproof, getting the scarf made of a strong material, making the boot souls have less sound, making the canisters that hold the soda and lemonade stronger. It was filled with good ideas but Kokichi wondered if Midoriya thought about kicking and stuff and if he wanted to do that then he would need stronger souls like iron, then again…Never mind. Looking at his now Present mic themed clock it read, 7:25. School starts at eight so Midoriya seemed to stay up late huh? He went to the closest to grab his gray uniform, putting on the red tie and dark blue pants and his normal bright red shoes. 

Walking outside the room he spotted Inko sleeping on the couch, a blanket hanging off her body as she slept comfortably. Kokichi smiled and moved the blacknet so it would cover her. He opened cupboards to make some toast and grab some containers. After eating, brushing his teeth and hair, and leaving Inko a note telling her to have a good day and that he loves her, he left the house with his bright yellow bag on and an empty food container in hand. 

The real trouble started at the walk to school. He had his water bottles filled and Midoriya had woken up. 

H-huh? Oh… Good modring ko. He said sleepily.

“Morning sleepy head~! You slept in and without me you would have been late.” Kokichi spotted the gates or at least the top of them because they were surrounded by reporters. As he got close to the gate one woman spotted him and then began to ask questions.

“Hey you! Can you tell us what it’s like to work so closely with All Might?” She asked as she shoved her microphone to his face. Then cameras were being pointed at him, people were watching him as he failed to speak. People were watching him as he fell into despair, people enjoyed this? People watched as they all died, as they had to fight for their lives. No… He’s not there… He’s away from the dumb bear, he’s safe…. Safe…. Safe… With a deep breath in and out, he could feel the ground again, hear the people talking, and see the woman's brown ponytail.

“Sorry… But I need to go. See All might is a teacher that wants all of the classes to bond, I would hate to make him sad.” With that he hurried away, he was so fast he ran right into someone. 

“Kero?” A girl crooked out. He looked to see a girl with long green hair that formed a bow shape at the end. Her tongue stuck out just a bit and her back hunched in too. “A-Are you alright? Kero.” 

“Fine…Just don’t like cameras that much.” Midoriya never knew that…. He had guessed Kokichi hated watching live action and only rarely watched the news. “What’s your name?”

“Oh I’m Tsuyu Asui but please call me Tsu, We’re in the same class. M-Midoriya right?”

“Oh! Komori talked about you! Izuku Midoriya.” He looked at the time. “Well Tsu woud you like to walk to class with me?” Tsu nodded shyly. He smiled at Tsu and for some reason she couldn’t help but smile back. She felt warm and safe, Midoriya gave off this vibe of trust but all protection. He reminded her of a father or older brother wanting to keep their kids or siblings safe. She felt safe.

“A-alright.” As the two walked down the hallway they talked about whatever. Tsu didn’t have many friends here other than Komori. 

“Well then I’ll be your friend. I bet Uraraka and Iida would like you.” Tsu looked at him with wide eyes.

“Really? Y-you w-want to be my friend?”

“Why not? We’re here to be heroes and there nothing wrong with being friends, you seem nice so yeah lets be friends.” Tsu smiled.

“Y-yeah, let’s be f-freinds.” Tsu got to the door first. Aiawa waiting outside. He made eye contact with Kokichi, Tsu catching on waved a goodbye and walked inside.

“Midoriya, after school me, you and recovered girl are going to talk.” And then he just walked right by. Seemingly going to grab something

He’s going to expel us….

“No he’s not.” Kokichi whispered as he stared at the classroom door.

He sounded so mad! He’s pissed at us Ko! He hates us!

“Look I know we’ve had a…. Bad times with teachers and school but he sounded mad at not us but something to do with us. I’m going to guess he watched the training from yesterday.” As Kokich opened the door he spotted Komori and Uraraka talking as Mina even talked with them Tsu staying close with Komori.

“Hiya Shroom!” Komori greeted.

“Hi Midobabe! Is it alright if I call you that?” Min asked.

“I don’t mind.”

“Sweet!” Mina cheered,

“Me and Mina were talking about classes.” Komori said as Tsu nodded.

“Yeah we’re also trying to remember names and stuff.” Uraraka added. Then Aizawa walked in. Kokichi rushed to his seat, as did everyone else. 

“Decent work on yesterday's combat training, you guys. I saw the video feeds and went over each of your team's results. Bakugou. You’re talented. So don’t sulk like a child about your loss, okay, we also need to work on how you manage your anger so we’ll talk after class.”

“Yeah, whatever.” Bakugou grumbled.

“And Midoriya. I spoke to you a bit in the halls you and I are going to talk after school. Let’s get down to business. The first task you must do will decide your future.” Kokichi held back a giggle at the shocked looks at both classes. Well now it seems to be only one class of twenty. Aizawa gave the class around three seconds then Vlad spoke up.

“Picking a class representative!” He shouted, getting the class into a brighter mood. Kokichi could feel the waves of relief his class gave off and the sighs that it was not some test.

“Pick me, you guys!” Kirishima said as he stood up from his chair.

“No way! I want to be a class rep!” A guy with silver hair said. 

“I’ll do it.” Tsu raised her hand.

“I think you’ll need me if you want to get some attention.” A guy with blond hair and avocado green eyes said. God what was his name again?

“Oo~! That would be fun to do Shroom!” Komori said with a smile.

“I’m, like, totally the right pick!” Mina yelled.

“Hey want the best to show you? Then I’m the only choice!” Bakugou yelled as the class grew louder. Then Iida stood up.

“Silence everyone, please!” He shouted getting the class to quiet down a bit. “The class representative's duty is to lead others. That’s not something just anyone can do. You must first have the trust of every student in the classroom. Therefore, the most logical way to fill this position is democratically. We will hold an election to choose our leader!” Iida raised is hand in the air.

“It’s pretty obvious you want us to vote for you.” The whole class, minus Iida, said.

“Is this really the best Idea?” A girl with orange hair said or as Kokichi now knew she was Kendo.

“We’ve only known each other for a few days and half of us just met. How do we know who we can trust?” Tsu pointed out.

“Besides, everyone will just vote for themselves.” Kirishima commented.

“Most will. But that means whoever does receive multiple votes must truly be the most suitable for the job. It’s the best way right sir?” Iida asked as Aizawa was now wrapped up in his yellow sleeping bag.

“Do what you want, just decide before my nap’s over.” Aizawa then flopped onto the ground behind his desk. Class 1-B looked at him confused but let it go.

“Thank you for your trust!” Iida yelled. After everyone wrote their vote on a piece of paper and they were counted the total came out to this. 

• Ochaco Uraraka-  0
• Izuku Midoriya - 5
• Shouto Todoroki - 1
• Katsuki Bakugou - 1
• Tenya Iida - 0
• Shinso Hitoshi - 0
• Mina Ashido - 1
• Eijiro Kirishima - 1
• Denki Kaminari - 0
• Momo Yaoyorozu - 4
• Neito Monoma - 1
• Itsuka Kendo - 2
• Kinoko Komori - 1
• Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu - 0
• Kyoka Jiro- 0
• Shihai Kuroiro - 1
• Fumikage Tokoyami - 0
• Juzo Honenuki - 1
• Ibara Shiozaki - 1
• Tsuyu Asui (Tsu) - 0

O-oh…. HOW THE HELL DID THEY GET FIVE VOTES?! He voted for Yamomo, Kokichi though looking at the board from his desk.

“Okay you idiots who voted for him?” Bakugou asked as he stood up from his seat.

“What makes you think anyone would vote for you with the way you yelled?” Blonde kid asked with a snobby voice. Kokichi looked at Uraraka whistling a small melody and looking away from the board. 

“What did you say?!” he yelled back.

“With anger like that you’ll be lucky to be a sidekick.” The kid responded. They two kept yelling at each other as Iida was shaking a bit at his desk in surprise. 

“Zero votes…” He muttered out. “I feared this might happen, but I can't argue with the system I chose!”

“So you voted for someone else huh?” Yamomo asked.

“You did know it would be a better shot if you vote for yourself right?” a boy said with skin pitch black and white hair.

“I don’t get what Iida was trying to prove.” Mina muttered Soon Kokichi was guided to the front of the classroom as the girl with the bright orange girl followed. 

“All right. The class rep is Midoriya, and our deputy is Momo.” Kokichi played a bit with his sleeve.

“Five votes?” He whispered. 

W-we got five… Whoa…. People… people trust us to lead. Okay Kokichi we can’t let them down! Kokichi smiled at Midoriya's confidence and was proud he was learning to love himself. “Hi.” Kokich turned to face Kendo. “I’m Izuku Midroya, I can't wait to work together.” Kendo smiled as gave her hand to shake but Kokichi pushed it away gently.

“Momo Yaoyorozu, It’s very nice to properly meet you.” She smiled. 

“This might not be so bad.” Tsu commented.

“Yeah I can get behind Midoriya,” Kirishima said.

“Yeah, I trust you Momo!” the guy with the silver hair said. OH! Tetsutetsu was his name! Then like in a flash came lunch.

“Hey you want to take lunch?” Kokichi asked Midoriya.

No.. I’m still a bit to tried from staying up last night.

“Dummy but alright.” Kokichi walked to lunch with his empty food container. Sitting down with Komori, Iida, Tsu was a new one, and Uraraka.

“Man, its always so crowded in here!” Uraraka sighs. 

“That’s because students in the support, management, and hero course all share the same cafeteria.” Iida said as Kokichi gave Uraraka the container and inside laid a note. She gave him a look but he just smiled and waved it off.

 She took a bit of her rice with a light smile. “This rice is delicious!”

“Hey do.. Do you guys know how I got five votes? I’m kinda worried about this whole class rep thing…” Kokichi was worried he could handle nine members of DICE but eighteen kids with quirks was a lot more than normal. 

“Well, kero, I voted for you.” Tsu said as she took a bite of pork. “See when we meet today you made my worries go away and made me feel safe. Someone who can do that with only a look and words is trustworthy in my book.” She said as she counted to eat. 

“Wait, you only met today?” Uraraka asked and Tsu nodded. 

“I think you’ll be great. You lead your team in the training.” Iida pointed out.

“You were also the one to set up the team with me, you and Uraraka Shroom.” Komori brought up.

“Your courage and quick thinking under stress plus the way you can so easily make friends, will help you make a worthy leader. Not to mention the strength and willingness to help others in need and yourself when needed. You showed us you know when you need help and know how to help more than once.” Kokichi blushed and looked away.

There right Ko. You’ve done so much and really can’t thank you enough. You helped me get into my dream school and even help me with learning to like myself for who I am. I’m not there yet, I’m not done healing but… I’m on my way to getting there. Kokichi smiled. He loved Midoriya's compliments the most as he was his friend and the person he trusted…. Trusted… holy shit… He trusted Midoriya. Kokichi may never say it out loud but… he trusted Midoriya and that was all he needed to know.

“Well those are the reasons I voted for you at least.” Iida finished off. WHAT Iida voted for him?! 

“You were one of the five?” Kokichi asked as he ate some of his rice and pork.

“Didn’t you want to be class rep badly?” Uraraka asked. 

“My dad’s tells me there’s a difference between wanting and being suited for a job, Shroom.” Komori said with a playful smile.

“Yes Komori is right and I learned the same thing by observing the Iida family names hero agency. It has taught me that much.”

“Agency?” Komori and Uraraka asked. 

“Hold on, what does your family do?” Komori asked as Kokichi finished up his food. 

“Uh– Oh, it’s nothing.” Iida said.

“You're not that good at lying.” Kokichi called out.

“He was lying?” Komori asked.

“Oh! Right, I'm really good at picking up lies, I'm super into psychology and human anatomy.” Kokichi rubbed the back of his neck. The table gasped. 

“That's super cool! Man it must be hard to learn all that much.” Uraraka said with a small pout.

“Ah I see.” Iida said.

“You know I’ve been wondering something about you. Admit it, Iida, you're filthy rich.” Uraraka called out with some rice still on her face, the rest of her pork and vegetables packed up. 

“Uh– I was afraid people would treat me differently if they knew about my family.” Iida sighs.

“You're part of the Tenya family right?” Kokichi asks and holds back a giggle at Midoriya’s, surprised stuttering in his head. 

“Ah! Well yes. You see, the Iida’s have been pro heroes for generations. It runs in out blood.” 

Pft! Runs… Because he runs faster. Midoriya laughs a bit. Kokichi, I blame you for this kind of humor. Kokichi just shrugs.

“What?/Really? That’s awesome!” Both Komori and Uraraka say.

“Are the three of you familiar with the Turbo Hero, Ingenium?”

“Oh so that’s why you look familiar! I know about him. He’s super popular in my town with around 65 sidekicks like the time I looked Online. They all work well, like one big friend group in his agency that's in Tokyo." To say Kokichi knew this was a lie Midoriya did and Kokichi just said what Midoriya said in his own words. 

“He’s my elder brother!” Iida exclaims proudly with his hands on his hips.

“Your family is famous!” Uraraka exclaims.

“I can’t believe it, Shroom!” Komori says.

“Neat.” Tsu added dully, she really doesn’t seem to care. Kokichi wonders why she sat here in the first place, she might be close to Komori? But to Iida and Uraraka not so much and she and him just properly met today. But she still voted for him…

“Ingenium is an unmatched commander,” Kokichi begs to differ. He was and still is the ultimate supreme leader! “Who honors the hero code.” Iida says as he pushes up his glasses. “As the second oldest Iida son, I strive to be just like him. However, I think it might be a bit soon for me to be in the leadership role. You, for example. You were able to lead your team to victory with a short planning time. A rep needs that sort of quick thinking and easy way to build trust.”

“You could make a good leader, just maybe try to let more go? Kero, like let the small stuff slide.” Tsu said as he finished her food. Iida looked at her, seeming to think over her words and nodded but did not respond. Iida smiled at both Kokichi and Tsu. Komori, Uraraka both let out a gasp.

“That's the first time I've seen you smile, Iida. you should to it more” Uraraka smiled.

“What're you talking about? I smile all the time!” Iida panics. Kokichi giggles at the two as Komori laughs, Tsu even smiles at the two.

He shouldn’t be so hard on himself, I just had a plan and went with it. I didn’t even know it would work and you were the one to get Bakugou out. Midoriya huffs with his own laughter at the scene. Kokichi sighs but does think it’s best that Iida isn’t so hard on himself about his early take down. 

“Hey you know about the traini-” Kokichi was cut off by a loud bell.

“What is that?” Komori asks as the whole cafeteria seems to ask the same question. 

“Warning! Level three security breach!” The announcement says, “All students please evacuate the building in an orderly fashion.” Yeah there’s no way a kid will listen to that. Soon kids start to jump out of their seats and spirit to the door. Iida manages to ask guy what’s going on.

“What’s a level three security breach?” he asks.

“It means that someone’s managed to get past the school’s barriers!” The guy yells ,“This hasn’t happened in my three years here. We should get going!” The guy runs to the doors as kids crowd the halls.  

Students yell in a panic as some of them are pushed and others run on top of them. Shit… They’re going to get hurt. Someone is going to get hurt… Someone is going to die and then he’ll have to hold a trial. DAMIT! He’s not there! He’s at UA and he’s going to make sure no school is ever like that! Kids yell and as Kokichi, Tsu, Uraraka, Komori and Iida are all swept away by the crowd Kokichi is pushed and shoved. CURSE HIS SHORT BUTT! He gets hit on the head with an elbow and he remembers this happening.

No… not this but being hit with a loose floorboard. He had to go through most of the damn game with a bad concussion. Kokichi hears as people yell to stop and that they need help up off the ground. 

“This is a total mod!” Uraraka yells as she is squished, Kokichi looks back only to get pushed forward away from his group of 

“Kero!”

“Shroom!” Tsu and Komori yell as they reach a hand out for him to take… yet he can’t take the hand.

Ko grab it!

“I can’t.” Kokichi reptiles as he’s pushed away from his group.

Ko they were trying to help! There are so many people, it’s so loud. Ko please make it stop. Make the pops and Booms stop. Please! Kokichi please make him stop say it! Midoriya begs and Kokichi feels so much guilt. Midoriya had always hated loud sounds because of the loud explosions but it was so loud that Midoriya was on the edge of a panic attack. Kokichu knows he has to end this fast or he’ll have to deal with Midoriya like this and the last time this happened Midoriya was not talking to him for a week!

“Midoriya breath… I got this.” Kokichi doesn’t got this, He has to plan! He looks as sees Kendo, the girl with the orange and pink hair, with her… Hand growing? Her quirk!

“KENDO!!” Kokichi yells as her runs up to her. “How big can you make your hand?” he asks as the pushing makes it hard to talk.

“Big enough to hold a person under six feet and less then 130 pounds!” She yells back.

“Grab me and lift me up! Make sure they can see me!” He yells as he walks close to her. She nods, seeming to get how bad the crowd is, She grabs Kokichi and lifts him into the air. He remembers, though he will never admit it, he loved the debates where their pedestal would float, he loved flying. Once she has him in her hand a good 4 feet above the ground he smiles. “Throw me at the door!” She gives him a look of shock but nods. Pulling him back and throwing him at the door. He watches as people watch him fly at the exit sign on top of the door. As he lands into the wall he grabs the sign so he doesn’t fall back to the ground. Balancing on top of the door and grabbing the slightly raised out sign for grip. There is even a pipe that he grabs that is a few feet above the door. (Something like this!)

“SHUT UP!!!” He yells at the top of his lungs. Now time for a lie, He thinks about the day and what could have caused the ala-… THE REPORTERS! He thinks of the lie fast. “EVERYTHING IS OKAY!” The students gasped as he caught their attention, even the yelling, the noise stopped. Kokichi just really needed the noise to stop, he hoped that Midoriya was alright but Kokichi is going to take a guess he’s going to need the day to stop the yelling. “All it’s just the media! THere is nothing to be worried about, we’re safe! Look at yourselves! We’re UA kids, we’re not supposed to run over each other! We’re all to help right?! So why didn’t you help the kids on the ground!?” Kokichi might as well make this something more fun. “Look at yourselves and help the kids on the ground! Make sure they're okay! We all need to remain calm and show the world why we’re the top school!” 

The students sigh and mumble, though Kokichi doesn’t care as he watches some of his class help others off the ground. Kaminari helps up a girl with short purple hair and some kinda earphone plugs? Kendo goes over and looks over the hurt kids that are gold there legs or arms. Tsu goes to check up on Iida, Komori and Uraraka, Yamomo creates some bandages for her arms and helps some of the kids wrap up their arms. 

“Look, the police are here!” One kid yells and oh Kokichi was right the media got on the school grounds.

“Thank goodness.” One of the kids sighs. As kids help others up Kendo walks up to a slightly shaking Kokichi who was now stuck on top of the door.

“Need some help?” she ask.

“NoOo~!” he replies, she laughs as she helps him down.

“Smart thinking. I can see why you got so many votes now.” Kendo smiles. “I have the feeling you an me are going to be friends.” With that she goes back to help some of the limping kids to a seat in the cafeteria. After the whole thing class goes back to normal and all of the class 1-A and 1-B or now are they all 1-A? Whatever! They all enter the classroom.

“Ready clas rep?” Kendo asks.

“Alright, see we need to figure out who the other class officers will be.” The class mutters about who should to what and some of the kids even talk about how cool it was that Kokichi, well Midoriya in their eyes, was able to just grab the attention of the kids. Being an ultimate leader was not something he had used in the killing game in his opinion and even if he didn’t see it, it was showing in the way he was able to gain the attention of all those kids. The day passed on normally after that and even as school ended it was normal. Though Kokichi got the feeling of dread, he didn’t feel right. 

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SHIT! AIZAWA! Kokichi runs to the teachers room to spot Aizawa and recovery girl and… is that?   Is that a bear? He’s white and small…. He’s so ... .so… much like him….

“Ah Midoriya, nice to see you’ve made it.” The demon says.

“Hello dear, please come sit.” Recovery girl says with a smile. Kokichi just looks at the bear thing then sits down next to his teacher.

“S-so… what did you need me for?” Kokichi stutters out and he wishes Midoriya was able to take his place but the kid was still trying to get the loud to stop. 

“Well…see dear…” recovery girl says slowly as she looks to his arms. 

“We’ll when I watched the footage I saw the hostel behavior of Bakugou. I’ve talked with him and we’ve made a plan.” Aizawa says.

“Well see when recovery girl was make sure the cuts on your arms heal she spotted scars.” The rat saint says.

“Oh… yeah see i had a hard time with quirk control growing up so those we back draws.” Kokichi lies and no one seems to buy it. Recovery girl sighs. 

“You don’t need to tell us dear, we just wanted to make sure everything was okay at home.” oh… the scars were in the shape of starbursts and if looked at right they could look like fire. His father had fire breathing so…

“It’s fine at home.” The whole room seems to lose some tension.
“That’s all I needed to know” With that recovery girl makes an exit and smiles at them as she leaves. Aizawa looked at him like he was a puzzle trying to solve. 

“You don’t need to tell us how you got the scars but if things get bad or you feel unsafe then you can trust us to help.” Aizawa says with a softer tone, like a worried father and with that he leaves with a nod to the bear. Kokichi and the bear just sit in an odd quiet; it's not comfortable, not at all. Kokichi doesn’t ‘trust’ and Midoriya doesn’t trust teachers. Not after what all the school before UA did to him. The bear looks at him and he tenses.

“Do you feel unsafe with me?” he asks. Kokichi doesn’t respond and that seems to be enough for the bear. “I see, well let me entice myself then. I’m principal Nezu.”.... Principal?.... No, he's headmaster…. He’s monokuma…. Shit he’s here to take him back. Kokichi’s grip tightens on his pant leg. “It seems I’ve made it worse.” Nezu says as he spots the white grip Kokichi has. “I have the feeling you and I both don’t like something. No… I think you and me are not alike,” He’s right he’s nothing like the bear, Monokuma should rot in hell, it's the only place he should go. 

“I… I don’t like you.” Kokichi manages to whisper, Nexu tilts his head and looks at his hair. Then he looks into his eyes. Spotting the fear and rage swirling in them to make a mix of hate. 

“Ah! I see you're just like them.” Nezu says as he runs over to a cabinet in the room. Them?

“Who?” Kokichi watches the thing like a hawk as he pulls out a file. 

“I knew someone like you. I still know they know. When they first met me they had this same look of fear but they only had fear.” Nezu says as he pulls out a picture of a young girl. Well not young she seems about twenty five, her hair a dirty blonde and her eyes a soft brown. Her shirt top was a dark green as she was labeled, ‘Alter ego. Underground hacker.’ “See I learned this child was murdered.” Nezu said as he handed the folder to Kokichi. He grabbed it with a quick movement. 

“I’m going to guess your not Midoriya.” The bear says like it’s a fact.

“How could you even know if it’s true or not?” Nezu just looks at him.
“You fear me because I remind you of someone called ‘monokuma’.” Kokichi flinches. “I’m not going to dig into who you are in the killing game or look for you, but I want you to know, You're safe here. I’m not going to hurt one of my students.” Nezu said with a soft smile. 

“. . . . I.. I don’t trust you or your damn words… but my name is Ko to you and All Might…” And to one more, but that was left unsaid. Nezu nods.

“I’m guessing only me, you, Midoriya, and All Might know?” Kokichi nods. “Alright, if you ever want to meet the person in the picture you can tell me. They are very nice and even have a few friends from their past.” Kokichi perks up at the thought of some of his dead class being here. But the thought dies as he thinks about what he was like during the killing game. If he ever meets them he’ll say sorry and let them choose how to go on.

“Alright…just don’t hurt my class again.” Nezu nods. 

“I don’t plan to.” Nezu watches as Ko leaves.

Kokichi leaves the school knowing that some of the teachers know about the scars, Nzue knows about him and that Midoriya has no clue. Damn him and his blanking out! He came home that night to see Inko with katsudon. “Hi mom.” 

Oh it’s my favorite… Midoriya said dryly.

“Hi izuku I don’t know what came over me but I thought it would be a good night for your favorite!” She cheers as she hands him a bowl.

“Yeah we had a kinda crazy day so sorry if I don’t talk much.”

“Oh it’s fine honey. Did you have a good day?” Kokichi nodded and felt a weight growing, why does he feel like this? Why does this feel so… so…. Short?

“Yeah, I met some more people, Tsu and Kendo, and even got voted as class rep!” Inko gave a soft smile at that.

“So your happy?” Inko asks with tears in her eyes.

“I am.”

“Oh, I’m so glad. I know you’ve never really liked school but I’m so happy you found a place you feel seen and belong.” She hugs him and Kokichi hugs back, tight. Why is he hugging back? Why so tight?

'HERO’S IN TRAINING! GC

ੈ✩Grape duo‧₊˚-Hey you up?

╭┈◦•Girlboss’s◦❥•◦ online

╭┈◦•Girlboss’s◦❥•◦- what’s up?

ੈ✩Grape duo‧₊˚- My princable is so much like him.

╭┈◦•Girlboss’s◦❥•◦- Well is he like him? Does he talk the same? Act the same?

ੈ✩Grape duo‧₊˚- no

╭┈◦•Girlboss’s◦❥•◦ yeah I’m scared two alr? But take a breath and let Midoriya handle him. You got this Kokichi. I know it’s a lot. Hosnely don’t know how a male like you could do it. 

ੈ✩Grape duo‧₊˚- You just hate guys in general Te^)o.

╭┈◦•Girlboss’s◦❥•◦ He’s not bad. You on the other hand. I only deal with you for gossip nights. 

ੈ✩Grape duo‧₊˚- I love you to!( •̀ ω •́)

╭┈◦•Girlboss’s◦❥•◦- If Murder was legal. Good night Ko.

Kokichi wakes up with a stretch and leaves his room to find Inko cooking some eggs. “Hi honey! I had time so I thought it would be a nice way to start your day.” Kokichi smiles and even Midoriya wakes up.

Oh! Mom is making eggs! Kokichi was very happy to say that Midoriya seemed back to his bright self. He drank a glass of lemonade as Inko gave out the plates and talked with Midoriya. As he grabbed his bag and shoes Kokichi got this feeling.

Today… Today was going to go wrong.

Hug her…

“Huh?” Midoriya wipers

Hug her bye duh! It’s not very common that we get to see her in the mornings! Midoriya laughs and hugs her mom.

“Bye mom! Love you and see you later.”

“Bye Izuku see you when I get home from work.” If Kokichi had known he would have thanked her, he would have told her about his existence. If Midorua had known he would have never let go. But life never really acts the way you want. At least they got to say bye and that they love each other. Not everyone gets that privilege. 

The school day goes normal, Math, ELA, social studies, science, lunch , then comes the hero training. Aizawa gets in front of class and talks. Also the class 1-B kids were even there so Kokichi makes the guess that the two classes were now just one class of twenty kids. It was the latter day that made the whole day fun. 

Maybe… maybe being in this school was like being in his own mental killing game…

Chapter Text

The day is normal when hero training starts. Midoriya was waiting for people to go away from him so he could try to talk with Ko, But being class rep seems to REALLY boost your reputation. Now don’t get Midoriya wrong, he loves his friends but he’s kinda uncomfortable with so many people watching him. People having their eyes on him had never meant anything good and now the whole class seemed to be looking at him. Thankfully Aizawa enters the room and all the kids rush to their seats. Aizawa lets out a tired sigh, “Today's training will be a little different. You’ll have three instructors. Me, All might, and another faculty member will be keeping tabs on you.”

Kokichi, who is right now floating around in ghost mode, looks at Aizawa with a small smile. The thought of people, teachers, watching them made him a bit uncomfortable but he felt a small safety with Aizawa. Midoriya on the other hand felt safe with All might. This day might not be so bad, but then again Kokichi couldn’t shake this feeling that this is going to go wrong. Though Midoriya wonders if they are going to have three pro’s watching them because of the break in. 

Kokichi told Midoriya that he missed when he panicked. He had never been so thankful that Kokichi got why he was like that, and that Kokichi was here in general. 

“Sir! What kind of training will we be doing?” Jiro, the girl with the short purple hair and ears, asked.

Aizawa held up a card and in big blue letters spelt.

“Rescue. You’ll be dealing with natural disasters. Shipwrecks, stuff like that.” Soon the class broke out into small chatter. 

“Disasters?” Kaminari asked.

“Seem like a big task.” A boy with short blonde hair and green eyes said.

Man… I have to do all the work huh? Kokichi pouted. Neito Monoma. We met him, remember? He’s the guy that yells at bakugou.

“Totally!” Mina shouted excitedly.

“Real hero stuff. This is what separates the men from the boys. I’m shakin’ with excitement.” Kirishima said with a large smile. 

“G-guess i’m able t-to show o-off some of m-my water skills… Maybe e-even some medical ones. Kero.” Tsu said with a soft smile. Kokichi got the feeling she’s not all that confident in herself….or maybe…No he’s over things. He does and didn’t know anyone like her and even if he did say he was around still would anyone from his game still like him? He’s trying to get better but that doesn’t erase what he did. He knows he could have done things better, but then again… he did things the best he knew how to.

“Guys, I’m not finished yet.” Aizawa interpreted, with a gasp the class stopped talking. “What you wear in this exercise is up to you. I know you’re excited about costumes…” Clicking a button the boxes with the costumes came out and even had the other then kids costumes. “...But keep in mind that you haven’t gotten used to them yet, and they might limit your abilities. This special training’s at an off campus facility, so we’ll be taking a bus to get there. That’s all. Start getting ready.” Aizawa walked to the door as others got up from their seats.

Midoriya’s costume had been repaired, thankfully, he grabbed his box and went to get changed into it. “So do you want to take the lead?” Midoriya whispered.

Nope! I’ve been doing a lot and you’re the one who wants to save others most here… SO you’ll be the one doing the rescue training and I’ll take notes on everything! Midoriya nodded as he finished getting changed and put on the scarf that Kokichi seemed to love. Midoriya doesn't get why it means so much but right now he doesn’t plan to ask. As he left the room to get onto the bus he spotted Iida. He had been voted class treasurer.

“Woah! Midoriya, your hero costume got fixed fast huh?” 

“Yeah thankfully I had asked to make it both fire and waterproof and that really helped it not get super damaged.” Then a whistle was sounded as Iida blew one stop all the conversations around.

“Gather around, Class 1-A!” Iida yelled.

Midoriya looked over to Kendo and she gave a small shrug. Her hero custom was cute too! Teal knee-length qipao with yellow accents, over which she has a black double-breasted corset, ending just below her breasts. Black sport short pants under the qipao, a loose brown utility belt around her hips with two long containers attached at the back, a thin black domino mask around her eyes, and white-heeled navy blue boots with wide vamps that reach down to her toes. Though he spotted a small little pink and white rabbit pin on her outfit. 

He walked up to Momo. “Did you ask him to do this?” She shook her head.

“Using your student numbers, form two neat lines so we can load the bus efficiently.” Iida continued to yell. 

He’s…. He’s talking role as class treasure a bit far… I mean Momo and you AND me had no clue about this. Kokichi doesn’t get his attitude. He takes this stuff a bit to farr plus does he even now the bus layout? 

It was clear he didn’t because the bus had an open lay out. Iida sitting next to Mina. Midoriya, Tsu, Kirishima and Kendo all sat one one long seat bench. “The bus’s open layout ruined my boarding strategy.”

“Iida you really need to chill. I mean Midoriya and Momo got this covered you know?” Mina said.

“You know shroom! If we’re pointing this out then I want to ask you about Midoriya!” Komori said as she turned to face him. 

“Oh? What’s up?”

“You are able to talk to others so easily and make me and I’m guessing others feel safe? How do you do that? I remember you saying you like psychology, is that how?” Komori said with a bright smile.

F*ck. Midoriya had no clue what to say and Kokichi had never explained to him what may have been going on. He turned to grab his canister of soda and take a sip. Don’t you da-! But it was too late as now Kokichi was in control.

Sorry! Midoriya teased and Kokichi had no clue to be proud, upset or tease him back.

“W-well… I’m going to guess it’s both just me… and maybe I’m without knowing trying to make myself likeable?” Komori tilted her head. “S-see I’ve picked on others behaviors and see… I think without knowing I’ve been trying to copy that?” Kokichi was the Ultimate supreme leader so of course when he wants to be likable he’s a god at it, but he likes to act his age and be a kid. He’s annoying but he’s still just a kid. He was just a kid… He grabs the lemonade bottle but is stopped by another question. 

“I-i’ve A-also been meaning to a-ask about w-why two b-bottles?” Tsu asks.

“Oh! Well see they're helping to regain energy and the other is to help calm me down!” Kokichi makes up a lie on the spot. “They both are tied to a different memory and really just drinking one or the other just kinda helps?” With that he takes a sip of lemonade. 

“I see.. L-like an em-emotional attachment.” Tsu said as she rubbed her chin. 

Her hero costume is also one that is super fun to look at, consisting of a bright green turtleneck bodysuit, tan-colored gloves with large green buckles on each wrist guard, and two matching belts, one above her breasts, a strap at either side going around her shoulders, and one around her waist, little holes embedded into it all the way around. Two black lines run down her suit, each framed with a yellow outline, and she wears tight black boots with yellow markings in the shape of a "V" on her thighs and green webbed flippers resembling frogs' toes on her feet. She wears a headband with a color matching that of her gloves and goggles with dark green-tinted lenses attached on either side and a thin dark green mask that goes along the middle of her face and on the side of the right goggle was a small red cross looking like a hospital symbol.

“You know I’m kinda worried my quirk might not be good enough.” kendo said with a small smile. “All I can really do is make my hand large.” She said with a slightly tired voice, as her hand grew a bit.

“Now don’t say that!” Midoriya said. “You were the one who helped me get up on top of the door that day and get down too! It’s an awesome quirk to have.” Kendo smiled at him then to her hand.

“I bet it’s a cool quirk to have. You can do lots of flashy stuff with it, you know!” Kirishima said, as he lifted his arm up. “My hardening’s super strong and can destroy  bad guys in a fight but doesn’t look all that impressive.” 

Kirishima’s quirk might not be super flashy but his hero costume looked cool. He wears two dark red gear-shaped shoulder pads. A similar colored jagged sash joins the one on his left to the right side of his belt, which has a red "R" set into its center. Below this, he wears baggy black pants and a red half cape with a ripped hem. He also sports dark red boots and thick rings around his calves. He leaves his chest bare, and wears a wired guard around his face, reaching from just above his hairline to below his jaw, an extra piece going over the bridge of his nose, and some spiked pieces around his mouth that resemble little fangs. 

Tetsutetsu then jumped in.

“Don’t say that! You and I are like the same!” He yelled with a stubborn determination. Even standing up a bit so he could see his hero costume, with a consist of a dark pale green jumpsuit, cut off just below his chest, with some small, silver-rimmed holes in the lower section of his baggy pants and black boots with metal soles, heels, and front plating. Steel straps over his shoulders and under his arms, made up of multiple pieces, which connect at a red oval in the center of his chest, with two thinner bands around his biceps and a small plate on either side of his waist, connecting to a brown sash with pouches and a big gray container on the back. Even wearing a metal jaw-guard around his face, similar to the one Eijiro wears, just thicker and not connected over his nose or around his chin, with the letters "Fe" stamped on a plate on each side of his face.

“Quirk is steel! I can turn any part of myself into steel!” He shows when he turns his arm into steel. “Not super flashy but useful!”

“Well I think it’s very useful. And does it mater if it’s flashy if it gets the job done? That’s what my mom says. ‘No quirk is useless if you know how to use it right’.” Momo said with a smile.

“Yeah and super awesome looking! You both can be great pro’s with that!” Midoriya said with a warm smile.

“Woah! Now I get why you both had so many votes!” Tetsutetsu yelled.

“Hey, thank you two.” Kirishima smiled. “Well you know if any of our classmates have pro quirks, it’s Todoroki and Bakugou.” The old class 1-B gave them a look.

“Wait Todoroki like form the number two hero?” Tetsutetsu shouted, Kirishima gave him a nod as he sat back down.

“Yeah but…” Kendo said as she remembered the way he was yelling. “But he’s always so angry he couldn’t be super popular like that.” She said still seeming kinda tired. 

“Uh– What’d you say? I’ll kick your ass!” Kendo just waved over to him.

“Point proven.”’

“Well we only just met each other. We are still friends. Well basically just meet Bakugou.” Kaminari said. “Though it is very telling, we all know your personality. It’s like a flame mixed in with garbage!”

“You're gonna regret the day you applied to this school, you loser!” Bakugou yelled at Kaminari. As kids began to yell over each other and others began to chat louder the bus continued on with Kokichi and Midoriya listening to the others in a hope to get any information about the others. 

“Hey, hey, we’re here. Stop messing around.” Aizawa said as the bus pulled into a stop. As the kids left the bus they came across Pro Hero thirteen, Her costume consists of a white space suit design using what appears to be a puffy jacket instead of an actual suit, a black helmet with white eyes, and a pair of yellow boots. Kokichi has never once seen her face but he wonders what she hides. 

“Hello, everyone, I’ve been waiting for you!” Thirteen says, Kokichi wonders if Kaito would like her as her costume looks like a space suit. The kids gasp as Midoriya informs them all on the hero.

“It’s the space hero, Thirteen! The chivalrous pro who’s rescued a ton of people from disasters across the world!” Midday says with stars in his eyes, Uraraka looks pumped up.

“Yeah! Thirteen is one of my favorite heroes!” She says as she goes next to Shinso, Kokichi wonders when they seemed to get along. 

“I can’t wait to show you what’s inside!” Thirteen says as she walks to the front gates of the large dome like building. As they enter they see the inside, the building looks split up into almost eight different sections. 

The entrance to the building, consisting of a large blue gate. Located to the north. Central Plaza area that connects to the simulation area's as well as the main entrance. Ruins Zone Located in the northeast, this zone simulates a destroyed urban environment, with buildings found in precarious conditions. Landslide Zone Located to the east, Mountain Zone Located to the south, Conflagration Zone Located to the southwest, Flood Zone Located to the west and the Downpour Zone Located to the northwest.

“This kinda looks like some kinda amusement park or maybe one of those games where you choose where you spawn?” Kendo said with a smile.

“A shipwreck, a landslide, a fire, a windstorm, Et cetera.” Thirteen said as she pointed to each zone. “I created this training facility to prepare you to deal with different types of disasters. I call it the Unforeseen simulation joint. But you can call it the USJ!” Thirteen said with a playpoint to the class. 

Like Universal Studios japan.. Kokichi said with a sigh and small pout.

“Hey, shouldn't All might be here already?” Aizawa asked as he walked to stand next to thirteen. “Let me guess, he booked an interview instead.” 

“Actually, it's something else.” Aizawa turned his head to the zones as Thirteen continued to talk. “Apparently he did too much hero work on the way to school this morning and used up all his power.” She said as she held up three fingers. And Kokichi now wonders how many people really know and how much they know because right now it’s like they want the whole school to know. “He’s resting in the teachers lounge.”

“That man is the height of irresponsibility.” Aizawa looks at the class then turns his head towards them. “The clock’s ticking, we should get started.”

“Great! Before we begin, let me just say one thing. Well maybe two things, possibly, three, four, or maybe five,” Kokichi didn’t know how to feel about her. She’s cool, yeah but he doesn’t really like her. 

“We get it.” the class said all at once.

She raised her hand a bit as she spoke. “Listen carefully. I’m sure you’re aware that I have a powerful quirk.” 

What is considered powerful? Because I think anything… almost anything could be powerful if trained and used right! Midoriya agreed that if used right then just about anything could be useful.

“My quirk is called black hole. I can use it to suck up anything and turn it into dust.” Kokichi watched as Uraraka nodded excitedly as you could practically see flowers floating around her head.

“Yeah, you’ve used your black hole to save people from all kinds of disasters. Like when buildings fall you can help clear the rubble.” Midoriya commented. 

“Yeah it’s super cool!” Uraraka exclaimed. 

“Indeed it’s quite the useful quirk for a hero.” Iida added.

“That could be true but my quirk could also very easily be useful for a villain, or even used to kill.” Kokichi held back a flinch at the word but he’s almost sure Midoriya picked up on it. The class lets out gasps at her words. “Some of you also have powers that can be dangerous.” Some of the class looked down at their outfits as if thinking about what she said. “In out superhuman society, all quirks are certified and strictly regulated, so we often overlook how unsafe they can actually be.”

Kokichi recalls the days he and Midoriya would sit at the computer and take notes on heroes and what to take away from them. He makes up his mind here that she’s a good hero and doesn’t seem to sugarcoat around things. Plus she reminds him of Katio, though he doubts they’ll meet again he hopes one day they could be friends. He would like that, to be friends with his class… he would like to have friends. But it’s past now so he looks around to see the class, the people who trusted him enough to vote him class rep. He’ll do his best to protect them, he’s going to try hard to protect this class. There is his group, and even if he never see’s DICE again he’ll just add on to it. I mean isn’t that part of growing up? Making new bonds and finding old ones?

“Please don’t forget that if you lose focus or make the wrong move, your powers can be deadly.” Midoriya can feel the weight of her words crash on him, he only has control of the quirk because of Kokichi and even then only Kokichi can use it right now. He makes a vow in the moment to learn his quirk and even if it hurts he’ll make sure that others are safe.  “Even if you’re trying to do something virtuous like rescue someone. Thanks to Aizawa’s fitness test, you have a solid idea of your quirks potential. And because of All Might’s combat training, you likely experienced how dangerous your powers can be when used against other people.” Kokichi feels the ghost of a hand on his shoulder, the burning of Bakugou’s hand. Midoriya thinks about the kids at his middle school and the starburst like scars on him, he knows that if he’s not careful he could do the same to others, or worse. He needs to learn and fast so no kid is hurt like him. “Carry those lessons over to this class. Today, you’re going to learn how to use your quirks to save people's lives. You won’t be using your powers to attack enemies or each other, only to help. After all that’s what being a hero is all about. Ensuring the safety of others.”

Kokichi is not a hero, he never will be in this world, or most likely any. But he can make a great support if he knows how to act like one. He is Midoriya’s support for the shadows of his head, and Kokichi finds that to be the right place for him right now. Thirteen takes a bow, “That’s all I have to say. Thank you so much for listening.”

And if you weren’t I’ll have to tell you the whole~ Thing again! Or maybe I wasn’t listening at all and I lied! Kokichi teases and Midoriya just smiles fondly. The students cheer at her speech, others louder than their friends. Tsu looks at Midoriya and gives a shy smile with a hesitant wave. Midoriya smiles back with a much brighter smile and wave.

“Right now that that’s over…” Aizawa says as he stands up a bit straighter. He points his finger somewhere that Kokichi didn’t see because the lights start to flicker and then the power goes out. The fountain in the font even starts up and then stops then starts up again as the water starts and stops. 

Midoriya what's that? He looks to the purple void forming in front of the flickering fountain. Its a dark purple with black mixed into it. It's like a black hole. Aizawa turns his head sharply around to see the dark void swirling in the center. As the void grows it even starts to shoot out as if lighting is coming out of it. The void starts to take form as two yellow eyes from. They are purely yellow eyes staring at the class, a hand starts to reach out of the dark void that is the man. As the hands somehow grab the mist, one finger lifted so not all five fingers touch, a gray hand over the man's face so only his light blue hair one one red eye shows as his eye stares at the class.  

Kokichi watches as Aizawa’s eyes seem to glare at the newcomers. “Stay together and don’t move!” Aizawa yells, the class gasps as Aizawa runs to the stairs leading down to the fountain. “Thirteen. Protect the students!”

“Whoa, what is that thing?” Kirishima yelled with confusion and panic in his voice. Kokichi looked back to see the man now fully out of the void, he wore a black outfit that around his arms had gray hands holding on to his arms and even on his shoulders was two different hands holding on to them, though he has the same bright red shoes like Midoriya. Other than his hair and eyes it was hard to see most of his face. Soon though others began to walk out of the portal, Kokichi thinks it's a portal.

Midoriya this is an attack, Your teacher is too panicked for this to hav been planned. Plus with the lights just having gone out, and now them being back on? Midoiriya mentally agrees with his friend and nods. Make sure that if things don’t get better have a back up plan. Get Kaminari to call for help if he can and if not have some fast kid to get to the school.

“Everyone get back!” Midoriya shouts as Kirishima goes to talk. 

“Did the training start, Shroom?” Komori asks.

“I-i thought we were rescuing people.” Uraraka says, clearly taken back at Midoriya’s shouts to stay back.

“Stay back!” Aizawa snaps as people still try to go see. Midoriya watches as Aiawa puts on his yellow goggles. “This is real. Those are villains.” Not a great way to handle kids, Kokichi thinks. The class gaps at their teachers' words. Soon a deep voice cuts through the tense air.

“The only real heroes I see are thirteen and Eraserhead.” The voice says. Kokichi looks at the people on the ground and picks up three big threats. The void dude, the hand guy, and some kinda big bird thing. It's very tall, maybe six-eight feet? How tall is All Might? Though the creepy part is the exposed brain were its eyes and beak-like mouth with an array of sharp teeth. “Perplexing. According to the schedule we retrieved from UA, All might should be here as well.” The void says as it’s yellow eyes are seen once again.

“So you scumbags used the press as a cover and sneaked onto campus.” Aizawa deducted as he stood on top of the stairs, looking down at the villains in the plaza. Kokichi heard a small scratchy voice but with all the villains moving it was hard to hear what the guy was saying. But he did pick up what they wanted, They were targeting All Might.

Okay rabbit, there after All Might. Midoriya didn’t even question the name as he had failed to hear what they wanted.

“What do we do?” He whispered. 

Get the class safe or get zoom, zoom to run for help. Like I said, make a plan. Kokichi watched as Thirteen put a hand in front of the class, and Aizawa’s scarf and hair floated.

“What? Real villains? No way.” Kirishima said with a bead of sweat rolling down his face.

“How could so many of them get into UA?” Monoma said as green eyes looked at Midoriya.

“Yeah thirteen.” Momo said as she walked up to the hero. “Why aren’t the alarms going off?” before she could answer Kendo did.

“I’m going to guess when the power cut out and then turned back on the alarms turned off. Seems they had a power up.” Kendo said with a glare to the villains. 

Is she a gamer? Kokichi asked but Midoriya didn’t answer.

“That would make sense but how did they turn off the power?” Thirteen asked herself.

“Is the entire campus under attack? Or is this their only target?” Todoroki asked. 

“Aizawa said they used the press as a cover to break into school… I’m going to guess it’s only here.” Monoma answered with a hand on his chin. “Either way though, if the power going off caused the alarms to stop then one of those villains must have a quirk that could have done it.” He says with a seemingly calm voice, but Kokichi can pick up bits of rage.

“They carefully choose this isolated faculty as an entry point at a time when class was being taught.” Todoroki added. “They’re fools for trespassing here, but they’ve thought this out. Whatever their plan, they must have a concrete objective in mind. But what is it?” Aizawa walks past thirteen to the first step,

“Thirteen, get them out of here, and alert the main campus. Actually, if they’ve got the ability to block our sensors, then they might be jamming our regular communication, too. Kaminari, try using your quirk to contact the school.”

“Kamimari’s on it!” Kaminari said as he lifted his hand to a part of his head gear. His hero costume consists of a plain white shirt, over which he wears an open black jacket with a white lightning pattern across his back, with matching pants with two lines running down his legs and brown shoes. He has a single, square-shaped earphone over his right ear, resembling a radio antenna sticking out of the top.

“What are you going to do? You can’t fight them all on your own!” Tokage shouts as she is worried for her teacher.

“She’s right there are too many and your quirk can’t take all of that. You're skilled at fighting but that's too much.” Midoriya adds on. “Your power and skill set is not suited for a fight like this.”

“You can’t be a pro if you only have one trick. I’ll leave it to you, thirteen.” She nods and Aizawa jumps from the stop of the stairs, hair and gray scarf flying with the wind as she falls to the ground floor. 

A guy with some kind of shooting quirk aims his fingers at their teacher. Another girl with long gray hair talks about All Might as her hair starts to float. Aizawa runs at them with his hand on his capture weapon as his hair starts to float and the guy with the shooting quirk panics as his quirk is no longer working. The girl's hair even falls down on her face. The gray fabric falls at the two as they are lifted into the air with a yelp, Aizawa then tugs on his scarf so when they come crashing down their heads meet and they hit hard. The weapon lets them go as they fall to the ground. Another guy with four arms starts punching at him and as Aizawa dodges he is able to land a hard blow to the guy's face, making him fall back into the air with a bloody nose. As the guy is still in the air Aizawa’s scarf flies out to him warping around his arms and waist another guy from behind tries to land a blow to the back of Aizawa’s head but he ducks under the punch and gives him a firm kick in the stomach. He maneuvers his scarf so the guy flying in the air comes crashing down onto three other villains. Causing them all to fall.

He goes back into the fight after he stops a girl's quirk and kicks her in the face as his weapon wraps around another villain. Midoriya thinks up a plan as they run to the door.

“Iida is a villain who comes after us. You'll need to run through the door and get help. Kaminari if you can’t get any help then try to find the villain with the quirk stopping yours!” He yelled as they all ran for the door. Though before they can make it a black and purple void appears on the ground, “STOP!” He yells and he puts out his arms to try and stop the kids from running. The class stops as they see the villain with the purple eyes in front of them, He is even made of purple and black mist.
“There is no escape for you.” The deep voice says. Midoriya looks to Iida with a nod, as he lifts up his hood and mask over his head and nose. ”It’s a pleasure to meet you. We are the league of villains. I know it’s impolite, but we decided to invite ourselves into this haven of justice to say hello. And besides, isn’t this a fitting place for All Might, the symbol of peace, to take his last breath?” Almost the whole class knew what they were here for and those who knew before felt like a cold bucket of water had been poured over them. “I believe he was supposed to be here today, and yet I see no sign of him. There must’ve been some sort of change in plans we could not have foreseen. Ah, well, in the end I suppose it doesn’t matter.” The void, that was now confirmed to be his body, began to grow as if he was going to try and cover the whole class in it. “I still have a role to play.”

 Thritten stuck out her finger ready to suck him up with her quirk. But before she could do that Bakugou and Kirishima jumped at the guy, Bakuogu using his quirk to land an explosion powered punch and Kirishima activating his hardening quirk so he wouldn’t get hurt.

“Did you think we were just gonna stand around and let you tear this place to shreds?” Kirishima asked as the smoke from the explosion was starting to clear. Midoriya took the time to try and talk to Iida as thirteen, Bakugou and Kirishima were talking. But before he could, the deep voice cut through.

“You live up to your school’s reputation. But you should be careful, children. Otherwise, someone might get hurt.” Midoirya spirited over to Iida and placed a hand on his shoulder. The white metal of his suit is a cold grounder.

“Iida you need to get out of here and try to get the class with you.” Midoriya said with panic.

“It would not be hero like of me to leave y-” Iida starts but Midoriya cuts him off.

“Iida you're not leaving us, if you don’t get help well all get hurt. As class rep I’m asking you to do this. I’m asking you to get them safe.” Midoriya said firmly with a fire in his eyes. Iida nodded as he tried to get the class to leave with him.But soon the black void started to shoot out at them. Midoriya reached out to Iida and pushed him out of the void. He also saw Mina hold onto Iida’s hand as she was two safe from the void, Uraraka and Tokoyami too. As the blackness engulfed them Midoriya knew they would be okay. He would make sure of it.

☾ ⋆*･ ༘✶:⋆*･ ༘✶

"If something happens to me, take care of him please. Your already his second emergency contact." She pleaded.

"Only If you promise to take care of her if something happens to us." The other responds.

"You're like family of course we would take her in." She says.

"Then you have a deal. But I hope we never have to use it."

"Me too." 

He watched, he knows they're close. Both of them are family forged in anything but blood, he hopes so too. He hopes nothing happens.

☾ ⋆*･ ༘✶:⋆*･ ༘✶

Midoriya opened his eyes to see he was falling into a large body of water. With a hard crash into the water he struggled to stay above the sea. As he got some momentum, a villain with some kind of fish mutation swam at him fast. Though he was kicked in the face hard when Tsu came to save him, she was holding onto a classmate's hands. She smiled at him as she talked underwater.

“H-hi Midoriya!” She said as her long frog tongue shot out to wrap him around in it. She pushed off the villains head to get them above water so the two boys could breath. As she jumped onto a ship Midoriya fell to the floor very wet and the boy, who he could now see was Monoma, was trying to catch his breath too.

“T-thank for the s-save Asui” Monoma said as he coughed out water.

“I t-told you i-it’s Tsu. Kero” She said with a ribbit. “What an a-awful day of c-class. I g-got so excited t-to show off my m-medical skills and w-water skills.” She sighs. Midoriya could now see he had added a medical kid to her costume. It was on her back with the same colors as her hero outfit with a red cross.

“Yeah, but I keep thinking about what the villain said.” Monoma added with a slight smile. “He said something about All might and death, don’t you think it's weird?” 

“It’s obvious that their goal is to kill him.” Midoriya says with an exaggerated sigh and when did he start acting like that? He can practically hear the squeals Kokichi is letting out like a proud parent. 

“Yeah but they also knew are schedule.” Monoma said as he rubbed his head a bit. “But what do I have to say? I'm practically quirkless after all.” Midoriya’s eyes snapped to him. “My quirk is copy, I can copy any person's quirk I touch but only for five-ish minutes. Then again it only gets the base of the quirk so say I copy a quirk like… Yaoyorozu I won’t copy the things I need to work.” 

Midoriya was able to get a good look at his hero outfit. A black, double-breasted tuxedo with two long tails almost reaching his ankles. Three clocks hang on one of two belts around his waist, and he leaves his shirt collar upturned, a light and dark blue dotted tie done up around his neck. A left breast pocket as well could be spotted his tuxedo, a small blue handkerchief sticking out. His tailcoat and pants are plain black, except for the cuffs of his sleeves and the inner-facing sides of his tails, and his shoes are white with a simple design. Though around his neck you could see a necklace with a rectangular crystal pendulum hanging at the end of it, and on his waist was a small closed box.

“O-oh if we’re d-doing that then my q-qurik is frog, I c-can do just a-about anything a f-frog could, jumping hight, Clinging t-to pretty much a-any wall. T-then we have my t-tounge, i can stick i-it out about 20 me-metters. Oh yeah! I can spit out my stomach so I can clean it. T-though it’s not su-super useful… and finally I can secrete a t-toxic mucus. I-it stings a bit.” 

“Alright! Mine is super strength!” Midoriya cheers. “Kinda straight forward.” He rubs the back of his neck.

“How do you think they could kill All Might?” Monoma asks. “If they had known the schedule then they would have planned this.”

“W-we should w-worry about not d-dying.” Tsu cut in.

“I think that big thing with the brain poking out is their weapon.” Midoriya said with a slight head tilt.

“Then we'll play off that though class rep.” Monoma spots the villains that were hiding in the water come close to the ship till they were now surrounding it.

“We got this, no one at UA knows what's going on but I sent Iida to get them, I’m hoping he’s left by now. But until then we’ll work as a team, we’ll be heroes and protect each other.” Monoma in that moment finally got why he was class rep, his words somehow held a weight to them, he felt safe. He smiled at his class rep and nodded. Tsu on the other hand gave a meeker one but she gave one nonetheless. She left wanted and seen, and loved. She loved the oldest in her family because she got to take care of all her siblings but it felt nice to be the support. To be needed as not a leader but as someone of equal use with her classmates. 

“Alright what do we know huh?” Monoma asked.

“Well we’re surrounded by villains, but I’m going to make a guess they don’t know our quirks.” Midoriya said.

Oh? What makes you think this Mr. Bean?

“Well its also good to note they all have some water quirks and assume that’s where we’ll fight.”

“G-good point. A-also bring up t-that they must have k-know what the USJ s-set out was before they got h-here.”

“Both smart points so what’s the plan?” Monoma asked as he accidently bumped into Tsu.

“Ah! I-i’m sorry, I’m so sorry.” Monoma then began to freak out.

“Ah! What's wrong?” He asked with confusion. 

“S-sorry force of habit, Kero.” She said with a small sniffle and ribbit.

“Well… then back to topic, they would have sent Tsu to the fire zone or anything other then water if they knew are quirks soo…” Tsu nodded.

“Makes sense. I don’t think they would have been able to stop me but it makes good sense.”

“This also adds up with the fact we’re in small groups because they don’t know what we could do and planned to over power us.” Monoma added with a smile as he played with his necklace.

“We could use this. They don’t know what we can do or what are Quirks are capable of, for all they know the three of us could be super overpowered. Look, not one of them is trying to climb into the boat. This proves they’re a little unsure.”

Huh.. Seems so huh? Good job Mido! Ko cheers.

“Though it means the opposite too, they are not going to underestimate us.” Monoma said with a bit of a creepy voice.

“T-their being smart and p-playing it safe.” Tsu added.

“Well I also have something that might help.” Monoma says as he opens the box and a few things fall to the ground. “I have scissors, a really sticky tape that’s really hard to break and a compass.” He looks at them with a shy smile. “Not much but useful is used right.”

“No way the tape could be useful!” Midoriay exclaimed excitedly. Then a giant hand made of water comes crashing down on the ship. The ship now split in half begins to sink, The hand of water retracts back into the water as a villain yells. 

“I’m starting to get bored. Let’s get the show on the road!”

“T-thats not g-good! I-is an-anyone one hurt?!” Tsu panics.

“Now the ship is sinking.” Monoma adds, worry on his face and in his voice.

“Now listen, an enemy that's certain of their victory is bound to make a mistake.” Midoriya recalls his childhood, day of watching the computer with Ko as they take notes. He remembers Ko pointing out flaws and giving him advice. This being one of them. “A good friend of mine said something like that when I was young.” Kokichi on the other hand was glowing with pride.

Yeah that's right you should thank me with your life!

“This is our chance we can win!” Midoriya looks back at them with a passion in his eyes. Midoriya places his foot on the edge of the rail of the boat and looks down at the villains with a determination in his eyes. 

“Tsu get ready to jump with Monoma and grab me!” He pulls down his nose mask so his mount hand nose are now seen and jumps out of the ship “Now SINK!” He yelled as he’s ready to flick his fingers.

“Stupid move kid.” The guy with the water hand quirk says as he from another hand of water.

“Sink to the bottom and eat this dummies!” He flicks his fingers pointed to the water, the pressure of the air form his quirk causing the water to form a vortex that sucks up the villain close by. Midoriya’s fingers are aching with pain and soreness but he still calls out, “TSU, MONOMA NOW!” Tsu leaps up with Monoma copying her quirk, also now having the ability to jump high like her. He throws Midoriya the tape and Midoriay throws the loose tape onto the villains. It, much like Aizawa’s capture weapon, wraps around them and they struggle to fight against the tape and the water vortex. Tsu’s tongue wraps around Midoriya pulling him away from the water.

“FunFact… If a strong force is applied to the water surface it will be pushed away and then come rushing right back to the middle!” Midoriya gets out, pain in his voice. The water, much like Midroyia said, comes rushing back to the middle with one big splash, the water is forced up much like a volcano erupting and all the villains were pushed into the trap, and now all of them were wrapped in tape.

“W-we did that. N-not so bad, y-your both amazing. Kero.” Tsu says as they still fly in the air

“Seems we passed the shipwreck zone!” Monoma yelled to the two.

You did it Mido! 

“Not yet.” He whispers.

Right... Well then next up is the big boss!

Chapter Text

They landed in the water but it was close to the ground so they took no damage when they landed. Walking through the water was no fun task and with Midoriya’s fingers still aching it only made it worse.

“Glad my tape was able to help.” Monoma said with a small smile. 

“G-good think back t-there you two.” Tsu added with a smile of her own. Tsu then looked down at his finger and quickly went into a panic. “WAH! Are y-you okay?!” She asked as she held his bruised fingers. “L-land! W-we need to g-get t-t-to land!” She grabs Monoma’s jacket collar and Midoriya's wrist as she hurries to land to try and patch up his fingers. She takes the medical kit off and opens it to find bandages, things for stitches, painkillers, antibiotics, burn cream, gauze pads, a small light, and antiseptic. Taking the pain killer and popping the lid off for him. “I-it might not h-help much but i-it’s all I have.” She then takes his hurt fingers and wraps some bandages around them to try not hurt them more. Midoriya takes this moment to see what’s in the pockets of his belt. The scissors he took for Monoma, a small knife, some hero themed bandages, and the rest are empty.

“Thank you Tsu.” Midoriya says as he looks at the neat bandages. “You’re great at this, how long have you done this?”

“W-well I’m a big sister… A-and I’ve always be-been g-good with helping m-my own wounds.” Tsu says and that raises a red flag but Midoriya would look into that later.

I’ll remember this, don't worry green bean. Kokichi says, as he seemed to also pick up the same red flag.

“Oh? I have a few siblings as well a long time ago… I was born in a big family. I’m the only brother.” Monoma added but snapped out of it. “But this is not the time for it!” He says in more of a mocking voice. “If we follow the shore to the exit, then we can avoid the central plaza.” Monoma said as be pointed to a gate close to the wind zone.

“Good idea, we would miss thirteen and the group up there as well as not have to face the villains Aizawa is fighting.” Midoriya says but thinks his words and the situation over once again. “...Then he’s just going to overexert himself. He’ll end up defeated by those villains.”

A big red Game Over. Kokichi says but it lacks his usual playfulness.

“All because he’s trying to keep us safe.” Midoriya adds on.

“Then what do you think?” Monoma says in a much more serious tone, lacking his laid back one on the boat. 

“We need to help.” Midoriya say

“A-are you sure i-it’s safe? You’re f-finger is hurt, P-plus we don’t have a-any kind of c-capture weapon.” Tsu adds with worry.

“Now, I’m not saying we should jump into the middle of the battle but..maybe we could lead a few away or take a few out. Tsu you might be able to help Aizawa sensei with your medical knowledge and Monoma you could copy some of the villain's quirks. We could lighten his load.” The other two look at each other then give a nod.

“Alright class rep, lead the way.” Monoma says as they finally get out of the water. As they walk to the plaza they try to make their steeps lighter so as to not alert the villains. 

“W-we’ll leave the second i-it goes to da-dangerous.” Tsu stutters out as they get a view of the plaza. Villains knocked out on the ground, some having bleeding noses but none of them looking overly injured.

Man he’s so cool! Kokichi cheers as he watches his favorite hero in action. They watch as Aizawa punches another in the face and uses his capture weapon to fly over another two, making a big circle around them, the gray weapon wrapping around them as they are lifted off the ground. Aizawa makes a turn in the air so as not to be propelled to the wrapped out villains, foot out to kick them, as he lands a hard blow to their stomachs. As he lands on the ground, hair down, seeming to have to catch his breath the hand villains run to him. 

Midoriya, he has a five point quirk! Midoriya will thank Ko for the information later. As the villain runs at their teacher his hair goes up once again as his scarf shoots out to the teal haired villain, Though the villain grabs his scarf, Aizawa uses this to run at the villain, hair still up and gray scarf still wrapped around his arms. The villain's hand reached for Aizawa’s head but Aizawa grabbed the gray scarf the villain let go of, so now he had a clear view of his stomach, landing a hard elbow to it. At least that's what it looked like, the villain had been able to grab Aizawa's elbow, all five fingers touching it. In a panic Midoriya screamed out.

“FIVE POINT TOUCH!” he shouted and Aizawa didn’t look back to him, as he was trying to not let out of his quirk. Kokichi remembers what he has learned first hand about his teachers quirk, it was the ability to to nullify another person's Quirk by looking at them. Though he has also learned it’s active when his hair is up. Though as his hair falls down Kokichi and it seems Midoriya knows he’s blinked. Kokichi watches as Aiawa’s elbow, covered in his black hero outfit, turns from a dark black to a light gray. The costume flakes off, like dead skin and soon his skin starts to do the same as his elbow bleeds and his skin around the elbow starts to crack, as if it was some broken glass.

 Aizawa’s hair rises back up and he uses his other free hand to land a blow to the stomach of the villain, though it seems to have grown weaker.  He jumps back away from the villain who was sitting on the ground. Midoriya watches as the villain scans the room for the voice he heard earlier, he pushes his friends heads down so he is the only one to be seen, though the villains' graze doesn’t last long as Aizawa starts fighting other villains. One runs at him from behind but he lands a good blow to the head. Another tries to land a punch but he ducks under it and kicks another one that had tried to get a punch on him. Three villains surround him as he tries to catch his breath. The handy villain seemed to be talking to Aizawa but Kokichi nor Midoriya could pick up on what they were saying. So one of the villains runs out to hand a punch on Aizawa though he jumps away and wraps the villain in his scarf. As another villain tries to get a punch on him Aizawa moves his scarf so the one he wrapped up was a human shield for him. Then Aizaw kicks the villain and turns around to land a punch to the face in the third one. Now with all three down he turns back to the hand, one with his hair now up again, and scarf in hand, but Aizawa had failed to notice the giant monster bird thing behind him. Kokichi almost let out a scream at the sight of the beast hand crawling down one Aiawa’s face Midoriya knowing this would scar him for his life pushes his friends heads down so they wouldn’t see their teacher being hurt. Midoriya watched as his yellow goggles flew off and blood with them too. 

Midoriya knows if he has to fight he’ll only end up making this worse. Without warning he takes off a sip of soda. 

WAIT WHAT ARE Y-! Kokichi didn’t get to finish as he was now in control.

If we end up in a fight I’ll only make our body hurt more than needed. You’re the one with the quirk control right now. So please… Please save them! Midoriya cries.

“Fine but if i’m dying you’re dying with me.” Kokichi hears Midoriya laugh but for some reason he can hear the faint laugh of someone else. Kokichi looked back at the scene, their teacher on the ground face down, blood around his head, goggles close by and a capture weapon still wrapped around his neck but just loose enough to make it look like a mess. 

“He’s the bioengineered anti-symbol of peace. But you can call him Nomu.” Kokichi heard the raspy voice of the hand villain say. The thing opens its mouth and lets out a loud shriek. Kokichi covers his ears and looks at his classmates, horror and fear written on their faces. 

“Tsu.” he whispers. “If we get the chance you and Monoma need to grab him and run. I’ll help hold off villains if I can." He makes a plan right there and all he can do is nod lifelessly. They watch as Nomu hops back on top of him, grabbing the same elbow that Handley did earlier and breaking it like a twig. Aiawa letting out a pained yelp.

“You can erase peoples’ powers.” The hand villain says. “That's irritating, but it’s nothing impressive. When faced with true power, devastating power, you might as well be a quirkless child.” Midoriya tenses in Kokichi's head, he would never wish that life on anybody, not even Bakugou. Aizawa turns his head around to give a quirked power glare to the villain but Nomu stops this and breaks his other arm, pushing down on it and snapping it, Aizawa screams and Tsu has tears falling from her eyes, but the horror is not over yet as Nomu reaches down to grab Aizawa’s head. His head fitting right in his hand, lifting it up then smacking it down on the ground, causing the ground where his head landed to break and dent an almost perfect circle.

“No…No…” Tsu says as she covers her mouth, tears falling helplessly. Monoma looks like he’s having flashbacks of a war and tears of his own forming.

“You two need to go to the door, swim away.” Kokichi says in a firm tone, the two look at him as if he’s asked them to give him the moon. Before he can answer and talk to them the purple void appears next to the hand villain, yellow eyes forming to.

“Tomura Shigaraki.” Dumb move giving away the villains name but Kokichi thanks the heavens for it. 

“Kurogiri, did you manage to kill thirteen?” the hand villain or Shigaraki asks the void or now Kurogiri.

“The rescue hero is out of commission. But there were students I was unable to disperse and one of them got outside of the facility.” Kokichi hopes Iida was the one to get out. He hoped all of them could get out but Iida was fast.

“Huh?!” Shigaraki moves his hand to his neck and starts to scratch at it but it starts to become faster and faster than it looks like he’s just clawing at his neck. He even moves his other hand to his neck to scratch at it. “Kurogiri.. You fool..If you weren’t out warp gate, I’d tear apart every last atom in your body.” Kokichi noted he seemed to not like his team or at least was openly threatening to them. Though right after he was done speaking it was like time stopped and he stopped clawing at his neck. “There’s no way we can win if dozens of Pros show up to stop us. It’s game over.” More gamer talk? “Back to the title screen and I was looking forward to finishing this today. Damn it. Let's go home.” 

“L-let go home?” Tsu asked as her tears dried up.

“I have a bad feeling Midoriya.” Monoma added and Tsu nodded with him.

“It's odd they would retreat at this point, even if we have help on the way.”

All Might is most likely coming, I thought they wanted to kill him. They must know UA will beef up their security after this. So now is their best chance. What’s going on here? Why is this game over huh? Kokichi didn’t know but he didn’t try to stop Midoriya’s train of thought. He made some good points.

“Oh before we leave, let’s make sure the Symbol of peace is broken.” Shigrarka turned to face them and Kokichi knew that look. It was one Maki gave him when she shot him with a poisoned arrow.  It was one of death but this one had blood lust written in it. Kokichi’s body moved on his own and pushed his two classmates so now they were behind him. The hand of Shigaraki now in his face, only inches away from touching him, He heard Tsu scream and Monoma gasp. “Let’s make this hurt!” he yelled red eyes staring at Kokichi. But when they did touch him nothing happened. Relief poured through his body as the hand was not off his face.

“SWIM AWAY!” he yelled as Tsu grabbed Monoma as she leaped away with him. Monoma was yelling for them to get Midoriya. 

“I-I’M S-SORRY!” Tsu screamed with tears falling down her face. Kokichi looked at Shigaraki, who had confusion written on his face. Before he could do anything though Midoriya grabbed the arm that was reacted out at him and pulled him into the water. Kokichi acted fast and leaped out of the water, as he leaped he saw Aiawa’s face, eyes red, blood dripping from his head, nose, mouth and down from his chin. He was the reason Kokichi wasn’t dead, again. The Nomu let go of Aizawa’s head and it fell to the ground with a not so soft ‘Thump’. Tsu and Monoma had landed and Tsu used her tongue to wrap Aizawa in it and pull him away as Nomu leaped off of him. Shigaraki was now out of the water, him now dripping wet. The Nomu moved to the side of Shigraki as Kokichi landed.

“You’re pretty powerful, and you seem to have a high knowledge stat.” Before he could talk anymore the entrance door came bursting open. Kokichi looked to where they entered and on top of all the steps was a cloud of dust.

Our classmates! Midoriya worried. Though a guy with a white t-shirt and tan pants came walking, the Kokichi saw the bright yellow hair and dark sunken blue eyes. ALL MIGHT! Midoriya cried in relief and Kokichi might too.

“Have no fear, students. I AM HERE!” All Might yells, but there is no smile on his face, it is one of the scariest things Midoriya thinks he’s seen. All Might ripped off his blue tie also and even threw down a matching jacket for his pants.

“Ah. Looks like our game’s getting a contine.” Shigaraki says as he looks to All might. “After all this waiting… the heroic piece of trash shows up.” He says as he stands up water still in his hair. All might moves like the wind and the villains start to fall one by one as All might lands next to Tsu, Monoma and Aizawa. He rests a hand on Aizawa as Tsu has her medical kit open, in her hand she has her small light and pain killers in the other.

“I’m sorry Aizawa, I’m sorry young ones, I should have been here.” All Might says with a sad look in his eyes. Tsu only gives a meek nod and goes back to trying to get the blood to stop and making sure he’s not going to die of blood loss. Monoma only gives a look and nod before going to try and help Tsu take care of their teacher. All Might moves once again to now be in front of Midoriya and the wind blows the hand that was resting on Shigaraki’s face off. “Everybody, back to the entrance.” Tsu would like to move but she can’t risk moving Aizawa anymore then she has or she might only end up making his injuries worse. Monona walks over to one of the knocked out villains on the ground and copies their quirk.

“See we'll be safe, I’ll protect you both, we just need to trust All Might to keep Midoriya safe” Tsu nods and hopes that All Might can protect their class rep.

“Thanks for saving All Might, Ko.” Kokichi adds to alert All Might who he’s talking to. He gives a nod of understanding. Kokichi looks back to Shigaraki who has his hands covering his face. He’s going to hope Shigaraki was too busy with the hands to hear him.

“No, no, no. It wasn’t supposed to go this way.” He walks over to the fallen hand on the ground, never taking his hand off his face. “He’s still fast, Father.” Father? Is that hand his father? Or… is that is fathers hand? Shigaraki picks the hand up and puts it back on his face, Kokichi wonders if all the hands on him are of family members. Shigaraki sighs once the hand is back on his face. “Of course a government hero relies on violence. I wasn’t prepared.” Shigaraki stops talking as she seems to be thinking only for his other red eye to make eye contact and you could see the chapped lips in the corner. “All Might really is getting weaker.” 

“All Might it’s a bad idea.” Kokichi looks to All Might and thinks he’s going to fight the Nomu thing. “Aizawa erased its quirk and it still was super powerful. It’s also bioengineered to kill you.” Kokichi informs All Might.

“Young Midoriya.” All Might says without looking back and Kokichi is grateful he said Midoriya’s name and no Ko. He looks back and puts up a peace sign. “I got this!” Ko sighs but he knows All Might can’t do this, if both Nomu and Shigaraki are after All Might. Kokichi sighs and he grabs the scissor Midoriya had put in his belt. All Might ran to the Nomu and cross his arms to make an X shape so when he hit the Nomu it would make the same X shape where he hit. When the punch landed the wind picked up and blew the water once again like Midoriya did, but the punch did nothing and the Nomu let out a growl like shriek. It looks at All Might and opens its arms wide as if it was to hug him. The arms close down like again it was a hug, but All Might ducks under its arms and lifts his right arm to land a good punch to the gut. The Nomu doesn’t fly away but stays put on the ground as it opens its arms once again. But All Might lands another punch on its head this time, yet it still does nothing. 

“Guess he wasn’t wrong when he said made to kill me.” All Might throws another punch, this one aimed at the other side of his head but like the first one it had no effect. He throws another one and then another one both landing on different sides of his head but still with no effect. The beast shrieks and goes to grab All Might but he jumps away again before the Nomu can grab him. “Doesn’t even matter where I punch you, does it?” Kokichi watched the whole fight from the sides and noted that no matter where he hit, the exposed part of the beast never touched.

“Mido, I found a weak point.”

His brain? He asks for confirmation, Kokichi nods with the scissors in hand. 

“I have one shot at this…it might be a bad move but… think I can kill it?” Midoriya jumps at the thought.

K-KILL IT?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN KILL IT?! Midoriya doesn’t want anyone hurt, not even the villains. Kokichi knows how to bend a few rule, he hates killing but this thing…

“Midoriya that thing is not human, it's a possessed doll forced to do its master bidding. I would be giving it mercy.” Midoriya wants to argue but he can’t think of anything to fight Kokichi on.

Please… Don’t hurt them. Kokichi sighs.

“Push comes to shove I won’t hesitate. But I won’t kill it without it attacking me first.” Kokichi feels the wind pick up again and he walks a little away from the fight to watch. All Might throws punches at the Nomus stomach but it all does it push it back a little.

“That’s because Nomu here has shock absorption, All Might.” Shigaraki says and it’s a dumb move to give away its powers… or maybe… maybe it's smarter, He’s not human so what if he has more than one quirk? Todoroki has two quirks and he’s human so if this thing isn’t then he could have more then Shigaraki is letting on. “The only way you’re going to hurt him is to slowly gouge out his flesh.” 

“Mercy Midoriya.” Kokichi says once again. 

“Of course I don’t think he’ll sit back and let you do that. You’ve finally met your match.” The Nomu tries to grab at All Might's head but he once again ducks under the hand.

“Ha! Thanks for telling me how to beat him.” 

It’s a trap… Midoriya says, releasing why Shigaraki told All Might. He’s going to try and get All Might to run out of energy then kill him off…But how?

“Not the time. ALL MIGHT IT’S A TRAP!” Kokichi yells and All Might looks at him. “REMEMBER HE’S NOT HUMAN, HE MIGHT HAVE MORE THEN ONE QUIRK!” All Might grabs the Nomu from behind and lifts him up, he flips the Nomu over his head to try and throw him on the ground, a gust of wind blowing as the Nomu landed on the ground.

“Thanks for observing, young Midoriya!” All Might yells. Shigaraki just looks at Kokichi like he’s trying to solve him. Good luck with that, not even Shuichi got a good handle on him and they spent almost all their free time together. Kokichi looks back to Tsu and Monoma who are hiding behind a bush close to the gate stairs. Aizawa is no longer bleeding but wrapped up in many bandages, he looks like a mummy. Kokichi, getting the feeling this might not be super safe, walks even farther away from All Might and the Nomu. As the smoke clears Kokichi sees All night with his stomach up, on his feet and arms warped around the Nomu waist and blood dripping from his mouth. The Nomu’s body is sticking up one side of the portal that Kurogiri made and his head and arms out the other that is under All Might's back. Both are hands holding on to the different sides of All Might's stomach.

His injury! Kokichi looks with worry in his eyes as he didn’t even take into account his wound.

“What kind of cheap move was that?” All might asks voice strained.

“His brain is his weak point because one, brains are always something easily hurtable and two if it wasn’t a weak point why would Kurogiri make a portal to stop the Nomu from hitting the ground head first?” Kokichi asks but Midoriya doesn’t answer, is this how Ko felt when he had to watch his favorite hero get beat? Midoriya hates the feeling he can’t help All Might when he’s right there. The claws of the beast dig into All Might's sides and his white shirt becomes a bleed stained red.

“Nice. you were trying to bury him in concrete so he couldn’t move around anymore.” Shigaraki says. “And that NPC over there is much smarter than you give credit for.” Shigaraki says with a crazed smile. “Sorry but even with the help, that won’t work. Nomu’s as strong as you are. That won’t stop him. Like the NCP said he was made to kill you.” Shigaraki laughs a bit at the sight then looks over to Kurogiri. “Nice work, Kurogiri. We’ve got him just where we want him now.” Kokichi holds up the scissors.

“I’m sorry mido…” He says and then runs at the Nomu, his legs having been powered up with his quirk. The scissor makes contact with the beast brain and goes in it. Blood now dripping on them but as he goes to pull them out or try to push them further in they get stuck in the Nomu’s brain and yet it doesn’t let go of All might it lets out a shriek, grip on All might not loosening or get tighter. Shigaraki lets out a seemingly surprised noise at the action Kokichi pulled. Kokichi watches as the void that the Nomu is in gets smaller, All Might lets go of the Nomu’s legs and now the Nomu’s hand wraps around his waist, his shirt still red. Nomu’s hands meet and lock together and All Might tries to pull them apart. Kokichi takes this to run back away from All Might and the Nomu, the scissors still stuck in the beast's exposed brain.

“If this is your best, then you picked the wrong place to attack. You should give up now.” Shigaraki looks at the scene and starts to scratch his neck, it's slow and nothing like the clawing he did earlier.

“Kurogiri.” Shigaraki states as if he was giving an order. 

“Normally I wouldn’t want blood and viscera flooding the inside of my warp gates, but I’ll make an exception for a hero as great as you.” Kurogiri says. “Since you’re too fast to see with the human eye, Nomu had to restrain you. And once your body is half way through, I’ll squeeze the gate shut. I’m going to enjoy tearing you to pieces.” Kokichi needs to do something but he can’t do anything. Though thankful Bakugou comes in with his exposition to try and lose the grip of the Nomu but before he could try that he spots the grip it has on All might and instead goes after Kurogiri who is now on the ground as Bakugou has the metal brace that is around what seems to be his neck. Kokichi runs to Bakugou’s side and two is better than one. Even if he hates the boy. Bakugou only looks at him before an Ice path forms, freezing the Nomu’s left leg and it spreads all the way up his left side to his right arm and stops at his hand.

Todoroki doesn’t look at anyone other than Shigaraki and All Might as he speaks. “One of your poorly trained thugs told me you’re here because you think you can kill All Might.” All Might uses this time to grab the hands of the Nomu to try and loosen his grip. He is proven right when he is able to jump out of the hold and land right next to Todoroki. He lands with a grunt as he moves his hands to cover the bleeding side of his shirt. Kokichi thought it was both sides but it was only one, the one with All Might's wound. That raises questions of why only one side.

Why would they only go for one side… unless they knew about his wound! They would have gone for btoh but they focus to hurt him there, this also adds with the theory of trying to get him to weak to fight back! Plus ten points for Midoriya. 

“You okay?” Kokichi asks All Might as Kirishima comes running in, with a hardened hand to try and land a punch on Shigaraki. “STAY BACK! HE HAS A FIVE FINGER TOUCH QUIRK THAT IS HARMFUL TO HUMANS!” Kokichi shouts in warning to those around him. Kirishima jumps back so he is standing next to Bakugou.

“Damn! That was gonna be cool.” he says with sweat rolling down his face as he had failed to hit Shigaraki.

“Guess I found your body that time, Ya smokey bastard!” Bakugou says with a toothy grin and wide eyes.

“The symbol of peace will not be defeated by delinquents like you.” Todoroki added with a cold gaze.

“Nice to see you all.” Kokichi added.

Th-they came to help… Midoriya says and Kokichi can feel him crying. He looks around with Bakugou and Kirishima on his right and Todoroki and All Might on his left. Shigaraki turns to Kurogiri who is still on the ground as Bakugou has his hand on the metal neck brace.

“Kurogiri. How can you let this brat get the best of you? You’ve gotten us into a real jam here.” Bakugou still has a smile on his face but it’s one of power and excitement. Kokichi would hate it but he knows that smile means here he’s the one with the control, that Bakugou has got this.

“Heh. You got careless, you dumb villain.” Bakugou moves his head so now he’s not facing Shigaraki but Kurogiri. “It wasn’t hard to figure you out. Only certain parts of you turn into that smoking warp gate. You use that mist to hide your actual body as a kind of distraction. Thinking that made you safe! That’s why we missed it. But if you didn’t have a body, you wouldn't be wearing this neck armor, right?” Bakugou’s hand smokes a bit. “You're not immune to physical attacks if they’re well aimed.” Kurogiri goans and tries to move, but before he can Bakugou lets out explosions with the hand on the neck brace. “Don’t move! You try anything funny, and I’ll blow your ass so bad they’ll be cleaning you up for weeks. Got that?”

“Oh, that doesn’t sound very heroic.” Kirishima adds as he looks over to Bakugou. Shigaraki turns over to Nomu.

“Nomu.” Kokichi wonders if he always says people's names before he talks to them because he keeps doing it, it’s weird. Nomu lets out a screech, as he pulls himself out the portal. His arm covered in ice breaking off during the process and as he tries to stand the leg frozen in ice breaks off too. Todoroki looks at its shield, shocked that it’s still moving.

“How did scissors get stuck in his head?” he asks.

“More important is how it’s still moving with it so messed up like that.” Kokichi says as he tries to get off the topic of the scissors.

 All Might look at the kids and yells. “Stay back, everybody!” The ice breaks off the Nome and the exposed muscles of it start to grow and form a new arm right in front of their eyes. “What is this? I thought you said his power was shock absorption.” So did he now listen to Kokichi or? Kokichi gives a look to All Might and fails to spot that Shigaraki saw the look he gave.

“I didn’t say that was his only quirk. Like the pigeon said he might have more than one, he also has super-regeneration.” Shigaraki says and it feels weird that it was the villains who kept complimenting him. “Nomu has been modified to take you on even at 100% of your power. He’s basically a highly efficient punching bag that hits back.” The kids take fighting stances as the Nomu is now in front of Shigaraki. Kokichi gets ready to jump at the Nomu’s head to try and grab the scissors. “First we need to free our method of escape.” They all gaps as Baukugo lets out a confused ‘Huh?’ “Get him, Nomu.” Kokichi jumps with the knife in hand at it’s head but instead of lodging it in its brain he switches hands and pulls out the scissors as All might moves in front of Bakugou to take the hit. And like he planned, the wind of the landing blow, blows them all away causing the scissors to be free and Kokichi and his classmates to be pushed back. Though he didn’t plan for the Nomi to be so strong it pushed All Might back into the wind zone a good 15 feet away, causing him to crash into the wall.

So much force. Midoriya whines, as he done being pushed around by the wind. Bakugou! Is he alright?!

“Fine, All Might saved him.” Kokichi grunts out with a whisper. When the dust disappears he can see the Nomu standing in front of Kurogiri. “Nice to see you in one piece Bakugou.” Kokichi looks over to his right to see Bakugou sitting on the ground.

“Whoa bro you dodged that?” Kirishima asks.

“Shut up you damn nerd, No I didn’t shitty hair.” Bakugou looks over to Kirishima, Midoriya feels a pang of something. 

“Then how’d you get over here?” Kirishima asks.

“Isn’t it obvious?” Todoroki asks as they see All Might, his sleeves now gone.

“These are kids and you didn’t hold back?” All Might said a line of blood coming from his mouth. Kokichi and see the logic but it's dumb to think just because of their age he would hold back, plus they attacked this place seeing to know well kids would be here.

“I didn’t have a choice.” Shigaraki starts and Kokichi picks up some manipulation coming this way. “He was threatening my companion. Besides, these kids are no angels. The one holding the blood scissors? He tried to kill Nomu with them, stabbing his brain with them. What kind of hero does something like that? You think you can get away with as much as you want if you say it’s for the sake of others.” Kokichi can feel a sense of understanding but that will never justify what Shigaraki has done, or what he’s done. 

“Well you know what All Might that pisses me off. Why do people get to decide that some violent acts are heroic and others are villainous? Casting judgement as to what’s evil and good. You think you're the symbol of peace? Ha. you’re just another government-sponsored instrument of violence. And violence always breeds more violence. I’ll make sure the world understands that once you’re dead.” Shigaraki asks and Kokichi can tell there’s something more to this story but he needs to find a flaw in his argument. He thinks over his words one more time?

‘The one holding the blood scissors? He tried to kill Nomu with them, stabbing his brain with them. What kind of hero does something like that?’ Found it! 

“So what if I did huh?” Kokichi asks as he looks at the villain. All Might and his classmates were looking at him. “You're the ones who attacked this place, knowing well there were kids here. Try and pin the blame on use as much as you like but in the end you're the ones at fault. I’m the kind of guy to do anything to keep my class safe. I’ll keep them safe even if the world finds me to be evil or good because I know I'm not either. One a mix of both someone who will do whatever it takes to get others safe, even if that means playing the villain. I don’t really give a crap about what if the world sees me as evil because I know my reasons for it are to protect others.” He says with a cold look to Shigaraki gives him a look.

He was not given enough time to give it more thought before All Might speaks. “You’re not but a lunatic. Criminals like you; you always try and make your actions sound noble. But admit it; you’re only doing this because you like it. Isn’t that right?” Shigaraki narrows his eyes at All Might.

“We’ve got them outnumbered.” Todoroki adds.

“Bakugou found out Kurogiri’s weakness. Mist guy” Kokichi adds on as they might not know Kurogiri’s name.

“These duds may act really tough, but we can take’em down now with All Might's help.” Kirishima says as he hardens his hands. “Let’s do this!”

“Don’t attack.” All Might says in a firm voice. Kokichi just gives a look at him as he walks forward. “Get out of here.”

“You would’ve been in trouble earlier if it weren't for me, remember? You need our help.” Todoroki pushes.

“I thank you for your assistance, but this is different.” All Might says, still firm with each word he spoke. He pulls his elbow back a bit and clenches that fist. “It’s gonna be alright. Just sit back and watch a pro at work.” Kokichi looks at Todoroki.

“Tsu and Monoma are patching up Aizawa, make sure no villains close to them wake up and maybe use your ice to help some of his wounds.” Todoroki gives a nod as he spots the two and rushes over. Kokichi learned it’s best to give something to do.

“Nomu. Kurogiri. Kill him.” Shigaraki says as he looks at All Might. “I’ll deal with the children.” Shigaraki runs at the three kids, red sneakers hitting the ground softly. 

“Heads up we’re fighting after all.” Kirishima said. Though Shigaraki pauses at All Mights intense look at the Nomu running out to him. Their two fists hit each other head first. The blow knocking Shigaraki back but he lands on his feet. 

“Weren’t you listening?! One of his powers is shock absorption.” Shigaraki yells.

“Yeah? What about it?” All Might says back. The Nomu and All Might began to throw punches but each time their fist only clashed with each other, not one of the punches making it to the other's body. As they grow faster they start to punch at speeds Kokichi can’t see anymore due to all the wind they are causing.  Kokichi struggles to stay on the ground as his hood is blown off. 

“He’s really gonna fight that thing head on?” Kokichi asks Bakugou who is on the ground trying to not get blown away by the wind.

“Whoa, they're.. So fast.” Kirishima says as he loses his footing. Even Kurogiri’s misty body is being blown back. As the punches continue, All Might begins to speak. 

“He said your quirk is only shock absorption not nullification. That means there’s a limit to what you can take, right?” As the Nomu lands a blow the the blood stained spot on his shirt he groans then begins to hit harder. 

He-he’s pushing trying to push past his 100%! As the punches go faster and the wound that Kokichi gave the Nomu’s brain starts to grow due to all the pressure and wind, Nomu starts to lose speed and takes hits. First to his arm then his stomach then his left side then his right knee and so forth. All Might pulls back for only a second and Kokichi gets a look, his hair messy, shirt ripped at the sleeves and the collar but he goes back in with another super powered punch. This one lands and the Nomu flies back into the trees.  All Might jumps up after the Nomu as it gets back on its feet. Only for All Might to grab it by the sides and throw it in the air. Landing more punches to the stomach as it flies. He kicks its stomach back into the air so he can kick its back and land on it, the floor breaking under it. Nomu gets up but All Might kicks it back to the sky and grabs its arm. The Nomu tries to bite All Might's arm but he just swings the Nomu around by the air as he throws the Nome on the ground once more. With one final kick with the Nomu back in the air All might screams

“GO BEYOND! PLUS ULTRA!” as the Nomu flies into the ceiling with the punch that could have acted as an explosion it hits the lights causing the lights the lights it landed on to explode on impact. The ground rumbles due to the punch and air pressure. Kokichi's ears ring and he covers them in a pained groan. The Nomu breaks through the roof and as it flies far away it breaks apart two clouds it passes through. Kokichi looks back to All Might, his ears having now stopped ringing. All Might gives a proud smile to the class and gives a thumbs up as he begins to smoke. He turns back to the villains

“You’ve been bested, villains.” Shigaraki was shaking with rage and Kugoiri was just looking at him. “Surrender. We all want to get this over with quickly.”

“He beat me… he’s not any weaker at all. He cheated.” Shigaraki said with a whine as he scratched at his neck. “Dammit. Don’t tell me I was lied to.” Kokichi noted that someone told him about his weak point.

“What’s wrong?” All Might asked. “Not attacking me? Didn’t you say you were going to clear this level earlier? Well, come and get me, if you dare.” All Might glared at Shigaraki, blue eyes shining darkly. Shigaraki, not expecting the harsh glare, stumbled back in shock, arms shaking a bit. 

“Man, this is… intense.” Bakugou muttered out as she watched the two.

“See no reasons for us to fight, the heroes got this.” Kirishima said proudly. “Come Midoriya, we should regroup with the other guys.” Kirishima continued. “The last thing we wanna do is get taken hostage or get in his way.”

His body is smoking…he can’t beat them. It's a bluff to scare them off. He’s out of time. Midoriya says with worry coating his voice. Kokichi doesn’t move from his spot, not getting closer but also not moving to the class. He grips the scissors a bit tighter as he puts the knife back into his belt. That brings up the question of why they would give a first year a knife?! Whatever it came in handy so he’ll take the win. 

Kokichi watches as All Might puts on a brave face and speaks. “What are you scared?” Kokichi watches as the two villains hesitate. But as hope seems to form Shigaraki starts clawing at his neck again, head tilted up so you could see the red scratch marks and irritated skin.

“If only Nomu was here…” He moves his head down so you no longer could see his neck. “He’d rush you right now. Pound you into the ground without giving it a second thought.” He continues to scratch angrily at his neck. Kurogiri moves his head a bit to face Shigaraki.

“Tomura Shigaraki! Please, do not fret.” Maybe it’s a villain thing with the names? Kurogiri then moves a bit so he is looking at All Might. “Look at him. He has definitely weakened.” he sounds like an older brother or maybe a father trying to comfort their kid or younger sibling. It would be sweet, even nice if this was a different story. “Nomu’s attacks were successful.” Shigaraki stops scratching and looks to All Might. “He’s on his own. The children appear to be frozen in fear.” Kokichi takes that line and starts to act.

Making his hands shake a bit as if he was scared to move. He’ll play the part of a scared kid if that means he’ll help or even get an upper hand later. Though he hears the villains both Aizawa and All Might knocked out start to groan. “And, look, our underlings are recovering.” he spots Tsu and Monoma tense as Uraraka touches Aizawa to get him to float a bit. The three start to move away with the help of other classmates, like Kaminari helping to carry him up the stairs. “We likely still have a few minutes before their reinforcements arrive. If you and I work together we can do this. We haven’t missed our chance to kill All Might.”

Kokichi really hates when the villains are good with words. He really does hate it. Shigaraki lowers his hands to his sides. “Yeah. Yeah, you’re right. This is it. We have no choice. We have to do it now.” Shigaraki levels a small glare to All Might. “I mean, the big end-boss is right here.” Kokichi watches as Kirishima and Bakugou turn back to see Villains walking their way.

You can’t kill them.

“Wow, I thought you knew me. I don’t kill humans.” Kokichi replied.

“I think All Might can hold his own against those two main guys.” Kirishima says as he hardens his arms. “Let’s make sure these dudes don’t hurt anybody else.”

“You gonna help or stand there huh deku?!” Bakugou yells but there's no real anger. Kokichi clenches his fist as he watches Shigaraki make a dash at All Might.

“Consider this revenge for what you did to Nomu!” Shigaraki yells as he extends his out to touch All Might. Kurogiri joins in as he opens a portal out to All Might. Kokichi jumps, powering up his legs a bit with One For All as he tries to block the hand. Now will he use the scissors to hurt them, most likely not, is it off the table? No.

“Whao Midoriya!” Kirishima yells. Kokichi looks at the villain with not one bit of fear in his eyes.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! Midoriya yells fear in his voice. Kokichi aims to hit the metal neck brace Kurogiri is wearing. But Kurogiri opens a portal that now has Shigaraki hands reaching through it, or reaching to touch Kokichi. He moves the scissors so they are  aiming at Shigaraki’s hand. The scissors would go right through Shigaraki’s hand if Kokichi gets that close. Is it going to hurt Shigaraki? Hell yeah, does he care? Not really. Kurogiri lets out a gasp as he sees the scissors that are about to go through Shigaraki’s hand but Kokichi knows if he closes the portal he’ll just cut Shigaraki’s arm off. But before those scissors ever even make contact a loud gunshot is heard and Kokichi sees the hand that Shigaraki was aiming at him now has a bullet in it. Kokchi lands on the ground in a crouch as he runs in front of All Might, like he was a wall to block him for the villains. 

All Might and the group gasp as All Might smiles a bit. “They’re here.” He says with a strained voice. Soon about four more gunshots could be heard all aiming at another place, was it the landslide zone?

“Sorry everyone!” A voice that Kokichi finds little comfort in yells. Midoriya on the other hand was smiling from ear to ear that no one other than the principal was here. “I know we’re a bit late. But I got the teachers over here as fast as I could.”

“As ordered by the class rep I have returned!” Iida yelled. “I’ve fulfilled my duty, and I’ve brought reinforcements!” Kokichi looks to see the teachers there.

OMG! It’s nezu, miss midnight, vlad king, power loader, hounddog, present mic, cementos, ectoplasm and snipe! Thank goodness for the fanboy.

“Yeah, fill me in on most of them later.” Kokichi said with a tease. Kokichi watched as someone with gun holes for fingers fired bullets at them and other villains ran up the steps to get them. Though mic walks up to the edge of the stairs and yells a super powered ‘YEAH!!!’ Kokichi covers his ears as he feels like they burst and he won’t be surprised if they are bleeding. Ectoplasm opens his mouth to let out a cloud of mist  that turns into clones of him. He can make a total of 50? Kokichi needs to check the notebooks again after this. Nezu points a finger to the zones and moves his mouth but he’s too far for Kokichi to hear. Shigaraki backs up to Kurogiri who had a portal open behind him.

“Aw, man. The pros are here. It’s game over, for real. Let’s go home and try this when we can-” Shigaraki is cut off by the shots of bullets, Snipe has such a good aim, Kokichi might take lessons on gun use and safety after this. If he can get Inko to agree at least. He smiles a bit at the thought of her confused tears, and smiles when they tell her they made for friends. The bullets go through his legs one in his foot another right at the elbow. The portal void thing wraps around Shigaraki in a circle to protect him from the shots. Then he watches as Thirteen's black hole starts trying to suck in Kurogiri. Kurogiri yells as he’s pulled into the black hole slowly.

“I may have failed to kill you this time, but your days are numbered.” Shigaraki says with wide red eyes. Kokichi wants to make a snarky come back but just bites his lip and looks away. “All Might, symbol of peace, I am going to kill you!” Shigaraki yells as he disappears through the portal and then Kurogiri gets away with him. Kokichu steps away from all might and towards Kirishima and Bakugou.

His leg was bruised and each step hurting but he smiled through the pain. He had to play most of the killing game with a concussion, this is nothing compared to that. Though that's what he tells himself at least.

“Level cleared All might. Mission succeed” Kokichi smiled at him for the first time. For some reason All Might smiled back, like he felt like he had finally gotten some bond with Ko. He doesn’t know much about the boy and Midoriya tends to be tight lipped about him. Maybe one day he’ll ask but for now this is good enough for the both of them. Kokichi moves his hands behind his head and walks. 

“Midoriya hey!” Kirishima comes running over to him and Kokichi picks up his speed a bit so Kirishima can’t see All Might.

“Hiya Kirishima!” He yells back.

“Are you okay?” 

“Fine come on lets leave All Might alone, bet he needs a breather after that fight. We need to make sure the class is alright and check on Aizawa.” 

“Yeah… you sure we should leave him alone?” Kokichi nods, and soon the cement used for the ground builds up to form a wall behind them. Separating them from All Might. Kokichi looks to see a humanoid block of cement with black, seemingly shut eyes and gray hair tied into a short ponytail. His body shape is evenly blocky all around his body. His eyes are tiny when opened and his lips are pulled upwards. The hero costume consists of a sleeveless brown suit that includes yellow stripes, shorts, and an elongated collar. He also sports gray shoes with yellow soles.

“Oh hi Cementoss.” Kokichi waves with his hand not holding the still bloody scissors. He puts them in one of his empty belt pockets.

“For your safety, please stay back, young men.” Cementoss says in a deep voice but it's caring. “Join your classmates at the front gate. Leave the injured to us, we can take care of them.” Kokichi almost laughs because it was Tsu and Monoma keeping Aizawa alive all this time. 

“Oh, gotcha.” Kirishima gives the hero a thumbs up. “Let's go!” He yells as he tries to grab his hand but Kokichi pulls back like Kirishima’s hand was a burning fire.

“Sorry but my hand hurts, best not to touch it.” He gives a sigh and rubs at his hand, like it was hurt. Kishima looks to see the bandages that Tsu wrapped on Midoriya fingers and gives an apologetic smile. 

“Let’s tell the other then!” he turns and runs to Bakugou. “Hey! He said for all of us to head to the entrance.” Kirishima yells as he runs to Bakugou, Kokichi smiles and gives the hero a nod before he walks to catch up. Not risking running with a hurt leg. 

As they all gathered outside the USJ Kokichi saw some of his classmates. Some had scratches, other hand bruises but no one looked super hurt, Though he was struggling to stand. “Midoriya, a-are you a-all right? Kero” Tsu said with a ribbet. She looked at his fingers then looked at his leg, his leg slightly bending the wrong way. “WHA! H-Help! He-eh’s hurt!” Tsu panicked and Monoma looked at his leg. 

“Whoa there! You really need to sit, let’s get you to the doctors.” He helped guide Kokichi to the doctor as things start to burl as his adrenaline slows down and as he’s put in the stretcher he passes out.

When Kokichi wakes up it’s to the sound of recovery girls voice. “---scold you for him being back here sense it wasn't your fault.”

“I can’t be sour yet. I think I shortened my time limit again with that fight. I hope I can still hold the form for an hour.” All Might sighs.

“Well… I can't add much here. Sorry for being back?” Kokichi sits up with a shrug.

“Well, no use worrying.” All Might sits up with bandages around his body, but not over his arms, hands or neck. His face was also clear. “These things happen.” Kokichi looks to the door that opens with a man in a tan trench coat, with a matching hat, a white undershirt and blue tie. His hair a short black on the setting sun and eyes a dark brown..

“Excuse me. Hi, All Might. Been a while.” Kokichi looks at the two.

“Friends?” He asks. Though All Might doesn’t answer, instead exclaims.

“What the hell!? I didn’t know that you were investigating.” The man closes the door.

“So you are friends? That means he’s okay to be here?” Kokichi asks again with a deadpan. The man seems to be a cop or maybe a detective? If that's the case he could give the blood scissor to the guy to try and help. He looks over to the night stand that has his belt and scarf on it. He wraps the scarf around nicely and grabs the belt as he bigs through it.

“Oh yeah, it’s fine. This guy’s all right.” Kokichi gives a nod. “Naomasa Tsukauchi, my best friend on the police force. He’s legit. I trust him” Kokichi smiled happily as he pulled out the scissor with the now dry blood, like he found the clue to solving world hunger. He looks over to see Tsukauchi standing by All Might's bed.

“That’s quite an introduction.” he looks over to Kokichi. “What do you have there?” Kokichi smiles.

“See I may have stabbed that beast they call a Nomu in the brain.” He hands the scissors over. “I think the blood on that Might help with DNA and stuff and if not then at least I can make a request to the hero costume people to add some scissors to my costume.”

Tsukauchi nods with a small bow. “Thank you, this may prove useful in the long run. Sorry to cut to the chase, but we could really use any more information you might have.”

All Might holds up his hands in a mock defense. “Hold on. Before all that. Tell me all the students are okay. And Aizawa–er, Eraserhead, and Thirteen.”

Tsukauchi looks at him with a smile. “Not continuing this boy, the only student injuries were some scratches and a bruise at most. And both of the teachers are in stable conditions right now. Relax.” Kokichi and All might let out a sigh hearing they were all safe.

“That’s good to hear.” All Might adds.

“If you heroes hadn’t risked your lives, the students would have never made it.” Kokichi nods at Tsukauchi words. They might be strong but they can only take so much. “You three saved that entire class of kids today.”

“You’re not seein’ the whole picture, Tsukauchi. Those students also risked their lives. They fought as hard as us.” Kokichi smiles and goes to talk but someone walks for him

“Thank you all Might.” The words came out his mouth but he didn’t speak them. Kokichi’s eyes widened and looked away from the two. 

W-what… What was that?!

“Oh now you can’t talk huh?” He pouts and Tsukauchi and All Might share a look. Tsukauchi being confused and All Might being fond.

“I don’t think there’s ever been a group of first years who experienced a real fight like this so early in their training. They not only survived, they learned what it means to be a pro. Those villains made a mistake attacking them.” All Might says with a look Kokichi doesn’t quite understand. “This class is strong. They’re filled with drive and courage.” Recover girl smiles and Tsukauchi nods. “Mark my words. They’ll be great heroes.” He smiles at Kokichi with a thumbs up. Kokichi walks home that night with a smile. Kokichi runs out of the nurses office and outside only to see a group of people waiting for him

“Hello Midoriya.” Monoma waves. Uraraka, Iida, Tsu, Monoma, Komori and Kaminari all waited for him. The sun was down and the stars were peaking out.

“Hello shroom! We have so much to say!” Komori yells and Tsu gives a shy smile

“Yes how are you, Midoriya?” Iida asks as they walk to the train station. As they all split off one by one Kokichi and Midoriya make it home.

As he enters the house wearing his scarf, the lights are off and he’s alone with just Midoriya…but for some reason this kinda of alone feels like it’s just him and his friend

“Hey, what do you think we should have?”

No clue… Ugh! I’m so hungary. Midoirya whines.

“Man, maybe I should shut up more. Hey you know I need to check our hero notes!” Kokichi runs to grab their notebooks and looks through Midorya adding his thoughts as they read. After a good hour of nothing but looking over notebooks Kokichi looks at the time. “It’s about 10:30…. When is Inko coming home?”

I don’t know she should be home by now. Kokichi is brought out of his thoughts by a knock on the door.

“Coming!” He yells as he runs to the door, opening it to find. “Tsukauchi? Something you need?” Kokichi asks with a smile? “What did you need to give the scissors back?” he teases but the look on Tsukauchi’s face makes him falter.

“Izuku Midoriya?” He ask voice cracking a bit. "Your mom… she ... .I'm sorry for your loss.” Kokichi hears the world break.

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Inko is not dumb but she has her own set of beliefs. Like the thought of reincarnation, it's a thought she loves most as it’s sweet. She likes the thought because it’s the universe's way of clearing up any unfinished business or bonds, maybe it's also a way for families to live life together once again. She wonders if her family will be reincarnated one day, she would like that very much. She also thinks about your life flashing before your eyes when you’re about to die, it would let her see all her happy memories again. Then again she also likes the thought that her son trusts her and tells her everything.

Though she knows it’s not true, her son loves her but there has always been this wall…. Like he’s trying to keep her at a distance. From the moment she saw some hints of purple in his hair she knew things were off. Then after that he would talk to himself at moments but then just stop? She had thought it was maybe an imaginary friend, but she’s a mother. She knew something was off, call it mother intuition.

From the moment she held Izuku in her hands the first time she knew she would love this kid till the day she died. Her husband had left after she told him she was pregnant. Never said a word, only left a note that had goodbye in it. She cried a lot that night but her best friend Mitsuki Bakugo pulled her out of the dumps. Inko sometimes wonders how she is now. They talk from time to time but not as much as she would like, They have their girl time and their sons become good friends fast. She and Mitsuki would talk about their sons and about life and catch up, but nothing much more. She would love to talk to her more and Inko makes it her goal to start after her son comes back from the USJ.

Then one day things changed. Her son was quirkless and stopped smiling. He asked her if he could be a hero and all she said was sorry, But the thing was her kid was smiling again for seemingly no reason and burst out into small giggles, he was happy in a way she hadn’t seen him since the day he was diagnosed quirkless. Her son was a beaming little sun, and she hadn’t seen him shine from the day the cloud came in. She loves her son so much, and after so long he’s happy. She doesn't really care why he's smiling so much, she just missed the smile he had almost all the time. She did see small changes in him though, tending to lie or sugar coat things more, making pranks and jokes more than he used to, and watching heroes more often. She doesn't really mind that though.

She’ll never push Izuku to tell her why he’s smiling like that. She hopes one day he’ll tell her and if that day never comes then she’ll at least know her son was happy. One day he asked her to try out self defense, she agreed on the spot. Though no place would take a quirkless kid and the only one close was almost an hour away and charred double, She can’t afford that with her job right now. She hates to think her son might never be safe but she would find him watching her videos of heroes and try to copy the punches and kicks they throw. She even looked at his hero notes books and she smiled. He was smart and very quirk when it came to analysis.

Though she came across a page called ‘Kokichi Oma’, it showed a boy with purple hair and eyes. His outfit being almost all white and seemed to be based on an old pre-quirk straight jacket, the buttons being different dull-ish colors, and a scarf around his neck having a black and white checkered pattern. She likes to think this is the imagery friend he has but she knows deep down this boy means a lot to her son. She places the notebook back softly and she kisses her son’s forehead and tucks him in for the night.

He was her little hero, as he grew She had to watch as he came home with a limp or saw wet and stitched middle school uniforms. She hates that her son knows how to hide, and keep things a secret so well. She hates that he thinks he needs to hide from her. And yet no matter what every day he would walk through the door with a bright smile. He was always smiling because he had someone, and even if that someone was not her and might never be her she’ll be happy. Because her son is happy and reaching to the moon. She knows that his trust in her lessened the day he asked if he could be a hero.

She knows she said the wrong thing. She hurt him and crushed his dream but her son doesn’t give up. When he tells her about his food diet for training she jumps at the chance to help. She’s happy he’s been working so hard to help but she can’t help but worry at times. He would still talk to himself and there was nothing wrong with that; it just always confused her how he could have a conversation with himself. It was like he was talking to someone she couldn’t see. She had even put in the thought that maybe he could see a ghost or something but she just let him be, it wasn’t hurting him or anyone.

She had to thank Camie and her family for everything. Camie for training him, her family for being a second family. Camie’s mother was extremely kind. 

They had known each other for almost two years. At this point, they were each other's best friends. Camie’s mom or Ako were having tea. 

"If something happens to me, take care of him please. Your already his second emergency contact." Inko pleaded. Ako looked at her with an odd look.

"Only If you promise to take care of her if something happens to us." The Ako responds. Her voice soft. 

"You're like family, of course we would take her in." Inko says.

"Then you have a deal. But I hope we never have to use it." Ako sighs into her cup.

"Me too." Inko watched as Camie and Midoriya used roller skates inside. Camie leading Midoriya through the house. Inko smiled at the two. A growing bond.

“You know she started to act odd one day. She hated guys one morning. At first we thought some guys were bullying her but then Midoirya came along and her hate from them faded a bit. She was never like that with her dad. She was always kind with him, never acting differently but anyone but him. Well she wasn’t mean or anything she just wouldn’t call them anything but, males, guys or degrantes.”

“I’m glad they get along.”

“Me too.” Ako took a sip from her cup and smiled.

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“Hi Midoriya.” One of her coworkers said, She was a mother of two three year old boys with her wife. Having long red hair and wearing a nurse outfit and blue gloves. Inko was sitting at the break room table as the other girl pulled up a chair to sit with him.

“Oh hello Asuka.” Inko greet with a smile as Asuka’s brown eyes sparkled with joy. Inko and Asuka were close work friends. She had joined almost three years ago and has been one of the more air headed people you could ever meet.

“Ugh work is so hard sometimes!” She whined, She's a bit of a child but she's also very sweet and kind hearted. “Hey how’s your son doing?” She asked. 

“Oh Izuku is doing alright. He’s doing the UA entrance exams today.” Inko said happily. She had written a note as she loved writing her son notes on days she couldn't see him wake up.

“You know, your really strong Mrs. Midoriya.” Asuka said, catching Inko off guard.

“Hm? What do you mean dear?” Inko asked with a head tilt. Her quirk was quite weak, it was useful for household chores and cooking.

“I mean you're a mother to just about everyone here. Almost all the patients like you because of your motherly love. And on top of that you raise a boy all on his own, a quirkless one at that. I’m not saying it’s bad to be a mother of Izuku but I know the statistics of the quirkless and their families. So… know your strength and you’ve raised that boy right.” Asuka said with a warm look and small smile. She has only been a mother for a year as she had adopted the boys not so long ago. She was like a little sister to Inko and the two had been friends since the day she joined, Inko felt tears coming out of her eyes at the words her friend said.

“T-thank you Asuka…!” She cried. “T-this means the w-world… I-i thought I-i failed him!” Inko cried as Asuka patted her back, a bit taken aback. 

“There you two are.” A male voice chimed in. “Oh… Am I ummm…”

“Yes you are Riku.” Asuka said as she patted Inko on the back as she cried. "It's the Midoriya tears...." She sighed.

“W-well… want to talk?” Riku said as walked over to the two who sat at the break room table. 

“M-my son is t-trying out for UA… I-I’m scared he-he’s going to fail.. That I failed him…” Inko said as her co-worker continued to pat her back.

“Well he’s made it this far right?” Riku said with a shrug. “He’s going to do great and even if he doesn’t then at least he knows he tried right?” Riku was not a nurse or a doctor but an intern for one of the doctors as he plans to work here one day. 

“Thanks for trying Riku,” Asuka sighed. “Hey maybe after work once he’s settled at school, because I know he’ll get in, we can all go out!” Asuka cheered. “You could meet my wife and kids!”

“Yeah and maybe we could met your son!” Riku added on and Inko was happy to have such great co-works. Though she was the oldest of the others, Riku being 23, and Asuka just turned 26 a week ago. 

“Y-yeah. I would like that very much.” Inko said with a smile as she wiped her tears away. That day she went home to her son smiling and talking about these two girls he made.

She smiled at the talk about Komori and Uraraka as he talked about Komori’s mushroom quirk and her calling people Shroom. He also talked so highly of Uraraka and how she helped calm his nerves, she hopes to one day meet them. Maybe thank them for helping her son, or maybe play a few of the songs Izuku said Uraraka liked.

“CHEERS!” Asuka yells as they clink their glasses. Ruki, Sumi, and all their co-works were having a party for their company's ten year anniversary.  

“Hey Mrs. Midoriya, you’ve been working here from day one right?” a co-worker, Isamu asks. 

“Ah yes.” Their boss, Aya says with a smile. “I really should be thanking you for working here so long.”  She says as she shakes Inko's hands and then makes her soft dark brown hair still tucked in its neat bun.

“Yeah, you’re like a mom to all of us, even us older than you.” Himari says with a fond smile.

“Hey your kid got accepted into UA right?” Ruki asks and then the crowd cheers more.

“Really that’s awesome!” Isamu says with a wide smile.

“Hey it’s Izuku Midoriya right?” Minato asks as she moves her short blue hair out her face. “I hope you’re both doing well.”

“Well he told me he has some more hero training tomorrow. I had to sign a waiver for them to be allowed at the USJ.” Inko says with a smile.

“Universal Studio Japan?” Fumiko asks as he tilts his head. 

“No, I heard it’s like a rescue place. My boy always wants to help.” Inko said with a soft smile as she remembers the times they played heroes when he was young.

“Well tell him I say good luck.” Minato says with a smile.

“Yes, I’ll give you some time to wish him a good day tomorrow.” Aya adds with her own smile. Seems everyone had a soft spot for the mother of the group. Aya was a kind woman having been a mother of a young girl who is now working as a lawyer in the U.S.

“Thank you. I think I’ll head home early to make him something.” Inko says as she waves her friends good bye. She loves her job, she loves her son, she loves the place she’s at now. And on top of that she had learned her son was a late bloomer meaning he had a quirk. She had made homemade a hero costume for him, and she smiles every time she sees it hanging in his closet. Like a treasured gift.

She went home and made his favorite food that night, and even cooked breakfast for them in the morning. Inko always walks to work and back, it lets her greet people good morning and night and see the town around her. It’s part of her routine and everyone would greet her with a hi. She loves her neighborhood. Even with her son being quirkless they never changed their look on her. Only the younger kids make the mean comments. The parents seemed to all like her. Maybe it’s because she’s a nurse that has helped save people’s lives? She works with heroes at times, some younger ones coming in more than she likes. And every time she loves the smiles they give when they are able to hug their family once again.

Izuku had even hugged her that day. 

She loves hugs, and she knows Izuku isn’t a big fan of physical touch. As night falls and she walks home she wonders about her son, his training. She wonders if he’s made any more friends, if he’s doing alright. He’s been voted class rep but those around him so he must be happy and liked. As she continues to walk home with a smile she hears something, it’s fast, and it’s loud, like a car? But what would a car be doing over hear. As looks back to see headlights on as the car swerves. 

Maybe it was true, why would these memories only come back now then? As the headlights blind her she feels a flash of white hot pain. It felt like a car hit her head on, as she struggled to breath she opened her eyes to see she was on top of the front of the car. Her body laid over the windshield. Her breath comes out in short gasps as she knows she’s losing too much blood, there's blood on the car and underher, there's a man inside his cheeks tinted a drunken pink as he had blood dripping from his head. 

She can’t give up, there’s someone in there that needs help, hearing the familiar beep’s and horn of the ambulance. She needs to help him, she needs to go home, she wants to see her son grow up, she wants to see the hero he’ll be. As her body gives out and she feels her breath go soft, tears slowly falling for her eyes. She has one final moment.

“Mom…” Izuku says as he grabs her hands. “Can we dance? Can you teach me how to do it?” He was nine when he asked. She grabbed his hands and played a song, ‘shut up and dance with me.’

“Alright!” She said with a proud smile. His orange hoodie and red pants swing as they twirl around to the song. She wanted to teach him to dance for real one day. Maybe one of his friends can do it? Her dark blue skirt twirled around with her small son. 

As she breaths for a final time she smiles softly. If given the chance she wouldn’t change one thing in her life. She loves her family, her job, and her friends. She has few regrets, she feels at peace, and like there are only some loose ends that she might want to clear up one day.

‘If in another life we meet again, would you like to be my son once more?’ And like that the light that shined in Inko’s eyes died before she ever stepped foot in the hospital she had worked for the past ten years. 

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        1. Crushed dreams, Scene one

He was comfortable.

Kaito’s jacket was so warm, it was perfect to fight against the cold surface of the hydraulic press. Hearing the press start up and seeing the slow descent of the metal coming closer to his small body. 

“Hey, space man, what do you call a crushed grape?” Kokichi didn’t give him time to answer “Grape juice.” Kaito laughed and started to wheeze. 

“CUT!” A girl with long purple hair called out. “Kokichi…”

“What? I joke and smile and laugh when I’m panicking!” Kokichi yelled out. 

“That wasn’t a line!” The girl yelled back. 

“Meh, I call that improv.” Kokichi said with a bright smile as Midoriya began to laugh in the back. 

“Uso, I still can’t believe that you got them to agree to film this.” Aizawa said as he walked out with a cup of coffee. Uso sighed. 

“How am I going to get a show out of this?! How am I supposed to work with them for a whole show, IF I CAN’T GET ONE SCENE DONE?!” Komori sighed and gave a sympathetic pat on Uso’s shoulder. 

“Good luck!” Denki cheered in the back as she talked to Shinso.

“TAKE TWO!” Uraraka yelled.

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        Crushed dreams,Scene two

“Well my name is Kokichi Oma! Nice to meetcha!” He didn’t know if he was in the same world at this point or maybe a different part of the world so revealing his ultimate might only cause more questions for the already panicking boy. “Say what’s your name and age?”

Izuku M-Midoryia, I'm eight.

“EIGHT?! I thought he was six!” Kaito yelled off set.

“CUT!” Uso screamed as she shot a glare to Kaito, who looked sheepish. Dekni, Mina and Kirishima just laughed off set at the failed scene. Aizawa, All might and Present mic just gave sympathetic looks at the writer and director of the show. 

“You got this!” Present mic said as he gave a thumbs up. Uso just gave a smile and nod.

“TAKE 15!” Iida said with an arm chop. 

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“You really like your mom huh?”

O-of course! She’s the best, she’s kind and loving, caring and gentle. She also makes some of the best katsudon you’ll ever taste!

Soon the set started to get wet as it began to flood. 

Uso looked at Inko to see her crying. 

“Take 35” Shinso said as the chair he was sitting on started to float on the water.

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        Crushed dreams, Scene three

“Izuku dear can you grab the bowl?” Inko asked as she grabbed some cups.

Bottom l-left shelf. Midoryia helpful replied. Kokichi grabbed the bowls and handed them to Inko. M-my favorite drink i-is soda.

“Cut!” Uso yelled. “Sorry but it’s lemonade, Kokichi’s favorite drink is soda.” Uso said with a smile, though it seemed tense due to all the retakes they had to do.

“Oh!” young Midoriya said. “Alright!”

“You know why lemonade?” Midoriya asked.

“Oh it was either lemonade or water and lemonade is my favorite drink so…” Uso said as he looked at the script.

“Take 38.” Shinso said as he played some games on his phone.

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        Crushed dreams, Scene five

“What is Deku doing here?” A girl with light blue hair asked.

“I don’t know!” A girl with dark ponytails shouted. Deku? Kokichi knew it meant useless, but he didn't know why people would call him that. He played alone in the sand for a bit, that was until a kid threw some sand at him. 

Young Midoriya started to sniffle and then let out a sneeze causing all the sand on him to fly away and cover the other kids and cast. Uso even got some sand on her.

“Nishsishishi!” Kokichi laughed in the background at the scene. 

“This is going to go in some kinda blooper.” Kaminari laughed out as Mina took a picture. Uso just sighed and stood up. 

“I’m going to show and let's take another break alright?” She then walked to the bathroom to clean up. 

“How are we not fired?” Shinso as his own laughter died down.

“I don’t know…” Midoriya muttered as Bakugou and Kirishima talked in the background about how they wanted to act in a USJ arc scene. 

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         Crushed dreams, Scene seven

“I need to go to work soon Zu, are you okay with that?” Midoriya nodded, she smiled and went into a room. Kokichi guesses it hers. 

Soo…. The purple in your hair might be my fault. 

“No Sh^t sherlock.” Shinso said louder than he meant it to be, it was loud enough that the mics that the cast was wearing picked up on it. Aizawa gave a look to Shinso.

“Cut!”

“Miss. Uso?” Young Mido asked as he looked at the purple haired girl.

“What up?” She answered with tiredness laced in her voice.

“What does Sh^t mean?”

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“Shinso~!” Uso said in a sing-songy voice and high pitched tone. “Mido has a question for you.” And with that Uso skipped off into the breakroom to talk with some of the people helping with the set and actors. 

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When the first episode aired it was a hit, a crossover of two fandoms? Yeah it drew a good amount of people in. To say it was a lot wasn’t true but it didn’t matter how many people looked at her show, what mattered to Uso was that she made it, that she was able to show the world her dream. She looked at the first episode and saw many flaws but that didn't matter because to her it showed that even though it’s not perfect people can still love it.  

“Sooo~!” Kokichi or Oma yelled to Uso. “What’s next to film boss?” Oma asked with a head tilt. Midoriya nodding along

“Well we still need to form the bond of you and Midoriya but after that we can start on the path to UA arc.”

“Then we get to help out!” Kaminari said with a bright smile as he started to wash out the bright yellow hair dye.

“Tch, did you have to make me say all this shitty stuff?” Bakugou grumbled out.

“Apologizes Bakugou, but this is how the original writer wanted you to be and I plan to give you some development.” Uso said with a smile and Bakugou just huffed.

“So… I’m in 1-A?” Shinso asked but then Tsu cut him out.

“Seems like both classes come together as one.” Tsu said not needing to act her stutter.

“Yup! Alright! You all ready for the second episode?”

The cass nodded as young Midoriya and Kokichi got into place.

“Ready… Set… ACTION!”

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Kokichi just stared at Tsukauchi’s face in a desperate hope that he was lying. But to his despair there was no sign of a lie.

“What?” Was all he could quietly muster out. Tsukauchi gave him a look like he himself was trying not to cry. 

“Inko Midoriya… she was hit by a drunk driver just an hour ago… She died before she made it to the hospital.” 

He’s lying! Midoriya shouts. Ko please say it’s a lie! Midoriya cries desperately.

“I-I…” Was all Kokichi could say as he covered his mouth with both his hands. “Please… please… tell me this is all one bad dream.” Kokichi asks begs as silent tears fall from his eyes. This was the first time he had cried for real this whole time. He had cried not of sadness but of panic but, these tears were ones of pain and despair. Midoriya on the other had let out loud wails at the thought his mother, the one that raised him was gone.

“I’m so sorry…” Tsukauchi mutters out. “W-would you like to talk?” He asks as if he was trying to comfort the boy. Kokichi nods and opens the door more so Tsukauchi can enter. Tsukauchi enters with a bow as he takes off his hat, Kokichi makes his way to a table seat as his tears fail to stop. Tsukauchi looks over to the boy and slowly moves his hand to his back, making sure he could see his every move. 

Kokichi takes the comfort for what it is and lets Tsukauchi rub his back. “Your mom was a good woman. I’m in a debt with her I can never repay.” Tsukauchi says and Kokichi looks over to him with red shot eyes. “She saved my younger sister's life. She was a victim in a hero fight and your mother helped save her life.” Kokichi smiles a bit at Inko’s memory. 

“E-even in death she’s still caring…” he laughs out. “W-what will I do?”

“Well… I’ll have to check with UA. As well as her will and other connections she might have had.” Tsukauchi says. “There are three paths I know of.. But right now you need some food and rest.” He says and raises one of his hands. It was hovering over Kokichi’s shoulder, and as much as Kokichi would hate to say it, the contact would feel so grounding. He needs it right now, so he gives a nod and the detective places the hand gently on his shoulder. “It’s going to hurt, kid… and it might never stop hurting… But know she was someone amazing and loved you so much.” Kokichi just numbly nods, and soon the world goes dark as he passes out from exhaustion and tears. 

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When he wakes up to the smell of fish and fresh rice. He lifts himself up to see Ako and… Bear rat thing cooking in the kitchen. 

“Good morning Midoriya.” Nezu says with a grim tone. “Would you like to eat?” Kokichi nods as Midoriya is still asleep. He moves to the table and just stares at the food with little emotion, no one speaks and Kokichi doesn't want to try and wake up Midoriya. Nezu gives him a look of not pity but more one of understanding. It makes Kokichi think he’s a bit more human. He doesn’t trust him and most likely never will but his presence doesn’t bring any uncomfortable feelings, at least right now. 

Ako silently plates the food and gives it out to the others. Her normally made starryberry blonde hair messy, Her brown eyes now redrimed and having slight eyebags under them. 

“UA will plan the funeral if that’s what you would like.” Nezu says. “Your mother was a good woman and will never be forgotten by the heroes and people around her. Some heroes have gotten in contact with me to ask to help fund it so she can have a proper goodbye. You don’t need to talk about it but when you're ready know this is not something you’ll have to do all alone.” Nezu says as he brings his eyes to his hair. 

Kokichi sighs. “He’s not awake right now.” He looks to Ako who nods in understanding. Nezu, although wanting to ask more about the relationship with Ako and the two, moves on.

“What will happen to us? We’re legal minors and we have no living family other than a father that hasn’t been around.” Kokichi says as he eats but he doesn’t really feel hungry or full. “I’m not trying to forget her or anything like that… I just never saw her as my mom but as an older sister? Midoriya on the other hand is still passed out.” Kokichi looked at the two with dull green eyes.

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Ako speaks up. “If you’d like I’m able to take you in. Both me and Inko made an agreement. If something were to happen to the other, they would have the option to take the other child into their care. I know this is happening fast. I know I’m not her, I’ll never be her. But I don’t want you or him to end up in some place worse.” Kokichi just nods. He doesn’t want to end up anywhere else. It sucks, it hurts, but somehow it doesn't burn.

It doesn’t feel like a crushing pain, like his world had lost all meaning, all color, that the bright color faded. Maybe he’s broken, like a piece of glass that is cracked, never able to be fixed, only replaced and brand new. Maybe he’s a tinted piece of glass? Something to keep hidden within, make the world seem like something it’s not, showing a different view. 

As sad as it is, death hasn’t been quite as impactful for him as it should have been. He’s not going to force Midoriya to move on, he’d never do that. But Kokichi knows he’ll move on. He’ll smile back on time with Inko, like he does with all his old classmates. He’ll wait for Midoriya, give him all the time he needs, then they’ll make a plan. 

“I’d like to stay with the Utsushimi’s.” Nezu nods in understanding. 

“We shall get this set up and inform all UA staff about the change, and if you like we can inform them about…” Nezu doesn’t finish. Kokichi can’t tell if he’s grateful or not. Ako takes his hand in hers and rubs his knuckles. Kokichi is grateful for the comfort.

“Camie… She knows what’s going on, so if you want to talk with her… It might help with a change of scenery." Kokichi nods. 

“I don’t know what to say about telling UA about her yet. They’ll probably learn anyway. But for now, I-I think we should go over to Camie.” Ako helps Kokichi stand and walks him to the door.
“I’ll stay in touch if that’s alright with you?” Nezu looks over to Kokichi.

“It would be helpful.” Kokichi cuts in. Nezu nods, putting an end to the conversation. Ako walks Kokichi out to the car, They don’t speak the whole time, the quiet is comforting. The car comes to a stop, Kokichi looks out to see Camie’s house. 

It’s big, having two floors, three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The outside being a simple white with dark windows, and a black room. The curtains being a soft cream color and the wood flooring being a light wood. Kokichi spots a familiar figure. 

“Hi.” Kokichi greets quickly. Camie looks at him, tears in her eyes. She opens her arms and Kokichi takes the hug. This much physical affection wasn’t unwanted for the first time in forever. Though a warning would have been nice, he didn’t flinch but he didn’t melt into the hug, he just wrapped his arms around her.

“Mido, Ko…” Camie nuzzles her head into his hair and holds him close. Kokichi just stands there, it’s comfort for them both, Inko was Camie’s second mom, an aunt. He wonders if the Bakuogu’s know, if they will pity him. He knows that Inko and Mitsuki talked every once in a while. 

“He’s asleep… I think. The news took us all by surprise.” Kokichi mumbles into her shirt. It’s soft, a light green with dark green strips, Camie has black baggy pants and is wearing pink socks. Kokichi is still in All Might colored Pj’s. 

“Tenko is… Angry. Pissed even. I am too but let’s get you inside.” Camie moves out the way, letting go of the hug. Kokichi walks in, and looks around the room. He’s been here before, the soft light wood still having paint stains. The light gray walls, the living room to the right and kitchen to the left. Ako and Inosuka, Camie’s dad, room down stairs and Camie’s upstairs with one of the two bathrooms. The guest room is also upstairs as well as a study. The other bathroom is found down stairs right next to Camie’s parents room. 

Kokichi takes off the bright red shoe’s Midoriya loves so much. Placing them gently close to the door, Camie doing the same. “Mom, we're going to head to my room, K?” Ako looks from the car and gives a weak thumbs up. Camie takes Kokichi’s hand and guides them to her room.

Her walls are a dark pink, with light blue currents. The floor a soft light colored wood, with a red strawberry carpet in the middle. Her bed in the corner with plushes, a dream catcher hung on the wall, posters and pictures painted the walls. A desk with open books and a closed chromebook is spotted in the left corner.  

“I’m going to go get the drinks. I’ll even get some sweets. You can see if there’s a plushy you like. Don’t worry I made sure they were super soft.” Camie tries to smile but fails. Kokichi just hops onto her bed once she’s out of sight. The pluses are in fact so, most of them being of heroes. Mirko, the water hose duo, Thirteen, Lady Nagant are some of the first ones Kokichi can make out. But on the corner is an All Might plush Tenko had gotten just from Midoriya. 

“You want to talk? I might make you feel less alone.” It wouldn’t make him feel better, it was too fresh, Kokichi knew that. 

Was I that bad at faking? Midoriya asked, having been caught that he was no longer asleep. 

“Nope. But I’m just aware, we’ve been together in this body for so long. I know. I also know how it feels with the death of someone close. I don’t know how you grieve though. So I’m kinda in the dark. So I’ll offer you some support. If you want to talk then we can talk. I’ll give you space if that helps process your thoughts.-” Kokichi was cut off but a wet laugh. As if Midoriya was crying but that wasn’t possible. Kokichi wasn’t crying, Kokichi reached his hand to touch his cheek. Yup no tears. So then how…?

Thanks Kokichi. But I don’t want to be alone. The words were fogged with sadness, Midoriya kept getting choked up on his words. But I don’t want to talk. Does that make be weird? 

“No weirder than me. No weirder than any of Class 1-A or Camie. If you want I can just talk? I’m good at that.” Midoriya didn’t answer but Camie entered the room. A bottle of soda in one hand, lemonade in the other. 

“Hiya Kokichi. Is he awake?” Kokichi nodded. “Hiya Mido, Tenko is… Here but taking the news not so great.” Camie placed the two bottles on her desk and sat next to Kokichi. “So what can I do?”

Kokichi looked at Camie. Her smile not reaching her eyes, her hands shaking, body tense, and eyes looking a bit wet from unshed tears. And then Kokichi remembered Midoriya’s not the only one grieving, Camie, Tenko, Ako, maybe even the Bakugou’s are all feeling the loss. People she cared for, saved, talked with all felt that. They all feel it differently, yes, but she’s still gone. She still was cared for. 

Kokichi laid back, legs hanging off the bed. Camie following the motion. Kokichi looked over to Camie, the bright green eyes of Midoriya were looking a bit dull and the dark brown eyes, looking like melted chocolate, of Camie met. Kokichi didn’t smile and didn't speak but it was a silent moment. One where they could just think in the presents with a friend. Even if Tenko nor Kokichi would admit it, they were friends. People could see it, from the way they first interacted to their movie nights. They would be called friends. 

C-could i have control? Midoriya’s voice was shy, small and quiet. Kokichi looked at the bottles then back to Camie who was drifting off. Kokichi got up slowly and moved to take a sip of lemonade. That’s when he saw she didn’t bring cups. Kokichi sighed and walked out the room, quickly down the stairs where he saw two cups. Grabbing them both before hurting up the stairs and back into the comfort of Camie’s room. He poured the lemonade into the white cup and took a not so quick sip. Then he lost all the feeling of his hands.

“Thank you Kokichi.” Midoriya whispered out. He placed the cups down and hugged himself. Before silent tears then began to fall down his face, Midoriya, seeming to notice his crying, brought one of hands to his face to try and wipe them away. 

“stop it. please stop it.” He mutters out furious at his own body of such a reaction. “I’m supposed to be a hero… why can’t they stop it.” Kokichi feels their knees go weak, then he hears someone moving. 

“Mido?” the soft voice of Caimie rings out. Midoriya looks over to she her worried eyes looking over him. “Need some help?” She reaches out her hand, and Midoriya takes it. It is so easy, just a small gesture. “Can I give you a hug?” Before she can open her arms he wraps his arms around her neck, he shorter by like two inches but whatever. Camie takes it quickly and wraps her arms around him. Whispering words into his hair. 

“I got you.” “Take all the time you need." “I won’t let go unless you want me to.” But Kokichi sees she’s so tired, Midoriya is too. 

Best you both move to the bed to sleep. It sucks that they have school on Tuesday. They can’t skip as much as Kokichi would like it. Midoriya nods and Camie and Midoriya get onto the bed. 

Midoriya wrapping his arms around her and Camie resting her head on his soft and somehow still fluffy green curls. They laid there, Camie rubbing his back and just talking in the comfort of her closest friend. Midoriya accepts the comfort and drifts off into a dreamless sleep. Kokichi watched as they both fell asleep. Still cuddling, holding each other close for comfort. 

He smiles the best he can at the sense as he watches in his ghost form. That when he spots a not so unfamiliar face.  

“How?” She asks as she turns to him. Dark olive gray hair looking ruff, her head band missing. “How can you not cry?” She sobbed. 

“I’m used to it. Nine. I saw nine of them die and basically sentenced three of them to death.” Kokichi had told Tenko about Gonta, Mui and Kaito. She was pissed but understood why. It took a whole year to get back to a semi-normal state with her. “Losing Inko hurts but it’s not like the world is going to stop moving. Going to stop fighting and throwing punches. I’ll still keep my head up, keep walking and moving but I won’t let her die. If that makes anysense?” Kokichi himself had no clue what he said. 

“For a male I think it was kinda understandable? Well some parts. It’s okay to grieve even if you don’t feel like you can. It's okay to miss her even when you don’t feel the right to. But my grieving is different from yours or Midoirya’s. I’m still getting my head around the fact she’s gone but I get the feeling of the world not breaking? Ugh look at me agreeing with a male. You of all people too!” Tenko huffed with her hands on her hips. 

“I’m very agreeable when I want to be, thank you.” Kokichi took a piece of his dark purple hair and played with it. Twirling it in his fingers. And made as much as he loves the soft and fluffy hair Mido has, his purple hair is much more fun to play with. 

Tenko looked at him and laughed, wet, broken, but somehow still bright. “Whatever. I still won’t forgive you but I don’t hate you.” Tenko looked over to her gossip buddy. 

“That wasn’t what I was asking for. And honestly. I don’t want you to. But this isn’t about me or the past.” Kokichi looked at his sleeping friend. “This is about Midoriya and Inko.” He looked back to Tenko, eyes filled with something bright and burning. 

“I’m going to take care of him. I’m going to make sure his dreams come true. Wherever Inko is can look at her son and be proud.“

In another universe this is the day they told her. She engulfed them in a hug, telling her sons she loves them. She welcomes him with warm arms and fresh food. But this isn’t here. This time death welcomed her with a cold embrace. This world Camie gave him comfort and a warm hug. And Kokichi is the one to have to accept the loss, Midoriya having to one day, even if that day is years away, accept it. But for now Tenko and Kokichi watch their friends sleep, in each other's warmth. 

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Camie and Midoriya woke up for dinner, which turned out to be katsudon. They were both still so tired. Ako didn’t talk much that night, and for the first time with the last of the Midoriya household and the Utsushimi’s household dinner was silent. 

Kokichi spent some of his time putting a timeline together. The USJ happened on a friday, her death must have happened during it or as she was walking home? Then the detective showed up at their door later that night, they woke up the next day with Nezu and Ako, and came to just hang out with Camie. And now they're eating breakfast the next day. School starting Tuesday, that wasn’t a lot of time to get life in order. And honestly they might never really get it in order.

On top of that, the sportest festival tends to happen early in the year, and if time lines added up it should be soon-ish. Would fighting and focusing on something else help? Would pushing it aside, working at something else endlessly help even a little? 

But maybe that train of thought was dangerous. Kokichi had worked so hard for his goal, he didn’t trust anyone, trust could only get you so far. At the end of the day it was human to hurt, to hurt others, themself, with or without meaning to. In total Kokichi had kept track of how long he had lived inside that damn school. Almost two months. 

Why the hell would he trust people he had known less than two months to keep him safe? When they were all going to kill each other? Why would they help him when they had made it clear they didn’t see him in a good light? They hadn't trusted him from the start, they never would. Why would he tell them Mui was going to kill him?

He kept himself safe. He fought back the best way he could without ruining his plan. He had stains on his hands, blood he could never wash off. He wasn’t going to beg for forgiveness. He didn’t deserve it, he didn’t want it. He killed someone. That was unforgivable, now he has made very few exceptions to killing people. People who hurt kids should be punished, the mastermind should be too, Monokuma could rot in hell. 

Yet here he is. Looking and watching as they all ate breakfast after a dreamless sleep. Tenko floating beside him in her ghost form. Turns out Camie was aware of Tenko ghostly form unlike Kokichi and Midoriya. Kokichi had never found the time to tell him. But Tenko had gotten it only recently, about four weeks ago. 

Camie stuck to Midoriya like glue, but she had to go to school on Monday, and although the school told her she could take the week off after the death she won’t take it. She wanted to go to school, to let Tenko take her anger out on training, to just chill in her dorm room for the week, but would that make her selfish? To want to have space when her best friend, the person she sees as a little brother, is grieving and relying on her for comfort? 

Camie knew Midoriya knew she would go back to school. And yet he never brought it up. She felt guilty. How could he just give up his main line of physical support like that? How could she just take it away? Would she be just as bad as all those killers Tenko talked about? 

Wrapped in her own head she didn’t feel the weight of Midoriya’s head on her shoulder as they sat on her carpet. “What’s on your mind?” Midoriya asked, his voice monotone and lifeless, but still worried. 

“You… You do know I’m going back to school Monday right?” Camie whispered as she looked over to Midoirya. He looked back, their eyes meeting, and he shrugged.

“Well you can’t stay forever, and I'm not the only one feeling this loss. I’ll be fine. You, my friend, seem to forget I'm not alone.” Midoriya gestures to his head and Camie smiles. 

“Kokichi can only do so much and you and I both know he’s not great with feelings.”

“But he’s smart. He knows me better than I do myself at times.” He moves his hands so he can play with his fingers. “I’m not alone, I’ll never truly be alone. You don’t have to worry about it. Take time to get better, and we can always call.” Camie grabs and wraps Midoriya in a hug. 

“How the hell do you do that? Say that, like you haven’t just lost your mom? How can you tell me to get better when you're hurting?” She buries her head into his shoulder. 

“We’re all hurting, I’m not telling you to get better. I’m telling you to take some time to collect your feelings and thoughts. I’m going to do the same but at the end of the day things will look up.” Camie just sobs into his shirt. He hugs back and tears fall from his glassy green eyes. Both of them are crying as two ghosts hug them both from behind. The four of them are all grieving in different ways. 

The day flew by, blurs of food, Kokichi floating around with Tenko, Camie and Midoriya doing whatever in silence. They fell asleep in each other's arms again. Camie woke up that morning to her alarm. Midoriya grumbled but Camie just played gently with his arm and whispered for him to go back to sleep. She grabbed her uniform and bag of sweets. 

Midoriya woke up two hours later to see Camie had messaged him she had gone to school. Midoriya just stared at it and replied with a thumbs up. Kokichi, seeing Midoriya was awake, merged back into the green beans head. No longer in his ghost mode. 

Morning green bean. How’d you sleep? Kokichi asked, his voice soft with hints of worry.

“Fine.” Midoriya yawned as he stretched. Kokichi didn’t push more, if Mido wanted to talk then he’ll talk, if he wanted space then he’ll give him that. They had school tomorrow, Ako had set up the guest room into their room yesterday. 

You want to get some food? Ako might have made some breakfast, and if not then I can make it for us.

“No. I… I’m just gonna lay here.” Midoriya just laid on the bed and stared at the ceiling. Kokichi didn’t stop him, but he still needed food. He knew Midoriya wasn’t going to listen to him so he floated into his ghost mode. About and hour or so in silence someone knocked on the door.

“Midoriya. It’s me. I made you breakfast.” Ako opened the door and walked over to the desk. “You don’t have to eat it but just in case.” She smiled at him, her blonde hair in a messy bun. “I’ll make you food if you want more.” She walked out the room and closed the door. Midoriya didn’t move, he just stared at the ceiling like it was some constellation. 

Kokichi floated over looking over Midoriya, it was just like how he woke up Shuichi leading over his head, but this time he was worried, not playful or excited. He didn’t have a plan, he didn’t know what to do. 

He watched as Midoriya blinked, then again, then his brows furrowed. He tilted his head to the right slightly, as if trying to see something. Kokichi watched as his hands slowly reached out to touch something. 

But that’s not possible, the ceiling is too high for him to touch and he can’t see Kokichi. That’s what he thought at least, because he felt two hands touch his face, on his left and right check. Holding his head. 

Kokichi stared down at Midoriya, then he felt his body, felt Midoriya’s warm hands. Felt his legs in the air, felt the bed under him. Then he fell to the ground, he didn’t even see he stopped floating. Kokichi watched as his head fell out of Midoriya’s hands, as his body, or well his legs hit the ground before he was back into nothing. 

He was a ghost once again, Kokichi floated off the ground and just stared at Midoriya as his eyes followed him. “C-can… you see me?” Kokichi waved his hand back and forth. Green eyes followed his hand. 

“Like you see my fingers? My outfit? My hair?” kokichi pointed to each part, his scarred finger, his mismatched colored buttons, and his dark purple hair. Midoirya nodded, his eyes still slightly glazed over.

Kokichi could cry, he’s not going to but he could. He floated over to Midoriya once again, Midoriya’s hand reached out to touch Kokichi’s face. Kokichi, hoping it would work, moved his feet down to the floor just so he wouldn’t fall again. 

Midoriya’s hand gently touched his face, Kokichi could feel the warmth of his hand. Midoriya’s eyes watered, and Kokichi could feel his eyes forming tears. Midoriya, in lightning speed, wrapped his arms around Kokichi’s body, holding him close.

“H-how…” Midoriya’s tears ran down his face, his throat becoming clogged with emotions. Kokichi just held on to Midoriya like a life line, Midoriya’s own grip matching. There in Camie’s room Kokichi and Midoriya held each other for the first time, two souls able to meet and touch. 

Kokichi being cold for the first time in his life, and Midoriya being warm. They had so many things to test, some many questions unanswered. But for now they would spend the day finding ways to hug and hold hands. 

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Midoriya changed into his UA uniform as Kokichi floated beside him. Now to be truthful Midoriya had no clue how long Kokichi was able to do this and right now he just doesn’t care enough to ask. Just the fact he can see and touch his friend is amazing. But they still plan to share his body as of now. 

It would be weird if he could just appear and they learned that sometimes he would faze right through Kokichi, as well as the fact he would kinda… Glitch? Kokichi would begin to glitch like a TV screen when it broke after too long. On top of that Midoirya got really cold so for now they're just enjoying being able to see out of different sets of eyes. 

Midoiya always kinda knew what Kokichi looked like but the ghost-like form of his best friend took him off guard. He was young, he had told him he had died at 17. But he looked so small, he looked no younger than 15. On top of this his finger had a scar that Midoriya hadn’t known about. Kokichi was also tinted a light purple and kinda see through. 

When they had made it to school Kokichi watched in horror as Midoriya put on a small smile. Fake it till you make it as one would say. He opened the door and greeted his friends like normal, and the worst part is no one saw something was wrong. 

“Did you guys see the news?” Honenuki asked.

“Yes, I saw it.” Shiozaki nodded as Mina talked with Komori in the back. The conversion grabbed both girls' attention.

“It kinda caught me by surprise. We got a few seconds of screen time.” Mina said as she sat on her desk. “I think we really popped out, with my killer costume and everything.”

“As if.” Monoma scoffed. “I think my costume looked much better, with it being a suit and all.” 

“Well yes it looked cool shroom, but mine fits my powers. Plus it’s really cute.” Komori said with a smile. 

Kaminari leaned back in his chair. “I think we’re all big deals now. The news challenge seemed to love us. That makes us celebrities.”

“Yeah it’s kinda crazy, right?” Kirishima added in.

Jiro, who was peacefully playing with her earphone jack, looked over to the boys. “Get over yourselves. The hero course that pumps out pros was attacked, and that’s what they care about.”

“Honetly who knows what could have happened to all of us if the heroes didn’t show up” Kendo added on.

“I-it was h-hard to see everything. But A-All Might fought that B-bird thing.” Tsu added on from her seat.

“Yeah with everything going on at the time it was hard to get a good look at the fight.” Monoma sighed. 

“Yeah that dude was super strong and All Might still beat him.” Kirishima added as he made ghost punches.

“Yes.” Tokoyami nodded, “His strength is truly a thing of wonder.” That's when the clock ticked and Iida came running in. 

“Attetion! Homeroom class is about to begin! Everyone take your seats.” Iida shouted. Kokichi watched as Midoriya managed a small smile.

“Iida…” He said, trying to hold a small laugh, “You're the only one standing.” Iida blushed in embarrassment as he sat down in his seat. Kokichi watched as Uraraka and Iida talked about something. 

“Hey Mido?” Midoriya made a small nod to show he was listening. “I think Aizawa might still show up. I mean he’s kinda dumb when it comes to his own health… Don’t take after him.” He warned lightly, Midoriya didn’t make a comeback other than a small nod. Kokichi was really hoping spending time with friends would help.  

The door opened to reveal Aizawa covered in white bandages. “Morning class.” Kokichi gestured to the doorway where their sensei was standing. 

“Told you so~.” Kokichi floated down on the ground right by Midoriya’s desk. Kokichi began to play with his hair as he looked over the class. 

“Mr. Aizawa, what are you doing here?!” the class called out.

“Aizawa really is a pro.” Kaminari said, looking at their teacher in shock. Lida raised his arm straight into the air.

“Mr. Aizawa. I’m glad you’re okay.” Kokichi looked at Iida with disbelief. Did he really think Aizwa was okay with that many bandages? Uraraka voiced his thoughts by asking ‘you call that okay?’

“My well being is irrelevant.” Kokichi gave their teacher a look at that. “What’s more important is your fight isn’t over yet.”

“Our fight?” Bakugou muttered with a raised eyebrow.

“Don’t tell me.” Midoriya muttered, looking concerned and stressed. Kokichi wouldn’t be surprised if he had gray hairs. 

“The UA sports festival is about to start.” Aizawa looked at the class dead on, eyes serious. The air lighted in moments. 

“Ugh! Why would you scare us like that?!” The class  yelled out in unison. Kokichi laughed as he floated into the air, holding his stomach. And man did it feel good to laugh. With that started the start of class, by surprise Aizawa gave them the day off for heroic’s. Thank goodness for that. 

Kirishima was the first one to speak up. "Let's go kick some ass!”

Kaminari cut in with “One second. Is it a good idea to hold a sports festival with the villains?” 

“Yeah I mean they could attack, we’re all in the same place.” Tetsutetsu added with a nod from Kendo.

“Apperently, the administration thinks this is a good way to show that the threat has been handled and school is safer than ever." Aizawa said through the bandages, not moving from his original spot. “Plus they’ve beefed up security compared to past years. This event is a huge opportunity for all students at UA. It’s not something we can cancel because of a few villains. Our sports festival is one of the most watched events in the entire world. In the past, everyone obsessed over the Olympic games. But then quirks started appearing, now the Olympic have been drastically reduced in terms of scale and viewership. For anyone who cares about competition, there’s only one tournament that matters. The UA sports festival.” 

Momo adds her own two cents, “That’s right! And top heroes everywhere will be watching. This is where you get scouted.” 

“She’s right!” Tetsutetsu says with a raised fist. “After graduating, lots of people join big time pro hero agencies as a sidekick.”

“Well yeah but sometimes that’s just as far as they go. I mean that is probably where you and him,” she points to Kaminari “aren’t the smartest.” Kaminari and Tetsutetsu looked at each other and smiled, something of a friendship forming. 

“It’s true that joining a famous hero agency can garner greater experience and popularity. That’s why the festival matters. If you wanna go pro one day, then this event could open that path for you. One chance a year. Three chances in a lifetime. No aspiring hero can afford to miss this festival.” 

Aizawa looks over the whole class, “that means you better not slack off, on your training.”

“Yes sir!” The class yells out. 

“Class is dismissed.” With that the rest of the day went on like normal. And soon lunch time came. 

“That villain stuff sucked, sure, but I’m pumped for these games!” Kirishima yelled out with excitement. 

“So we just put on a good show and then we start to train to be pro’s” kendo walked up to the small group of Kirishima, Tokoyami, Kaminari, and Tetsutetsu.

“I mean that’s why I’m here. To help people and look cool!” Tetsutetsu said with a toothy grin.

“We get so few chances. We have to make the most of this." Tokoyami muttered looking down to the ground.

“Oh man, Kuroiro, I’m working up some nerves over here.” Komori muttered to Kuroiro. Kokichi saw her blushing a bit as she talked to him. “I mean my quirk isn’t super useful for fights so I need to make sure I get noticed!”

Kuroiro looks around a bit and lets a small smile, “well if it means anything I’ll cheer you on.” he mutters shyly to the floor and Kokichi for only a moment sees someone else. Someone from another life, someone who tended to get shy when hanging out with him, someone with dark clothing. Some one he loved more than anyone else in that good forsaken game. 

Kokichi looks to Midoriya, who is looking at him with a questioning look. “Thinking about something?” Midoriya murmured.

“More like someone.” Kokichi got off the ground and dusted his clothing. “So what are we going to do?” Midoirya looked to the sky.

“Work hard and make them proud.” Kokichi smiled, Midoriya didn’t return him but his eyes smiled for him.

“Don’t push your feelings away, remember you come first okay?” Don’t push me away, don’t close off, don’t fake it. You’ll break, a mask can only work for so long after all.

“I just… I want to not think about it. About her. I have people I want to make proud and right now I’m going to keep moving forward. I’m not looking back.” Kokichi can’t tell if he likes the way Midoriya’s thinking but he’s cut off by Uraraka’s shouting. 

“Midoriya! Iida! Komori!” Midoriya walks over to his small group of friends. Only to be greeted by the face of their fired up friend. “Let’s do our best in the sports festival.” Uraraka says, a tense smile on her face. 

“Um… Shroom, what’s up with your face?” Tsu looks over, letting out a small ‘eep’ at the sight. Monoma looks and lets out a small snort. 

"Seriously what's up? You’re like normally, like, the most laid back girl ever.” Mina pops out from behind Iida with her question. Uraraka only responds by pumping her fist into the air. 

“Everyone! I’m gonna do my best!” She shouts with a determined look in her eye and confidence in her voice. The group that formed around her joined in with cheers. She then turns to the other group with Kendo. “I said, I’m gonna do my best!” 

Kirishima looks lost, as Kendo just smiles, Tokoyami just tilting his head to the side. And Testutestu joined in on the fun. As the class left the room groups formed, Tsu, Monoma, Iida, Uraraka, Shinso, Kormori and Midoriya, with Kokichi floating beside him, all walking to the cafeteria together. 

“Hey Uraraka?” Midoriya looked over to his friend.

“Yeah?”

“I’ve been meaning to ask why, did you come to UA?” That group stops in the hallway to look at her. “It’s alright if you don’t want to answer.”

“Oh no it’s just umm…well see… I kinda.. Well I want the money.” She blushes as she hides her face.

“F-for the money?” Monoma asks in shock. 

“So you want to be a hero to get rich?” Komori summaries. Uraraka rubs her head awkwardly.

“Well if we’re cutting to the chase then yeah.” She then jumps up and waves her hands. “I’m sorry if it sounds greedy! You guys have such admirable motivations…” She looks to the ground as she holds her face. 

“W-welll… no…” Tsu stutters out. “I-I’m also h-here for m-money… kinda.” Uraraka looks up in surprise. “W-well I want to u-use my skills to help, yes… B-but O h-have a really big f-faimly… I-I want to support them.. L-like they did me." Tsu looks at them with an embarrassed blush on her face.  

“Well I think both your goals are perfectly fine!” Iida cuts in. 

“Yeah it’s not bad to want to support your well being or family. I know I’m going to give them money. I want them to be happy after all.” Shinso adds.

“I think it’s more so surprising.” Monoma adds with a small laugh. 

“Well you see, my family owns a construction company, but we haven’t gotten any work lately, so we’re flat broke.” She looks to the side nervously. “Anyway, this isn’t really something I usually tell other people but…” She trials off looking to the ground. 

The whole group, minus Uraraka, put a hand to their chin.

“Constution… huh.” Shinso muttered  

Midoriya gasps. “If she got licensed I bet she could use her quirk to bring down costs a lot." 

Iida then adds in, ”And they could sell their heavy-lifting equipment.”

Komori finishes “She could float everything!” Uraraka then jumps up, pointing finger guns at them.

“I know right! I’ve been telling dad that since I was a kid! But…” She looks over to the side, her voice trailing off, as if she was reliving a memory.

Kokichi watches as she grips her skirt tightly. “I’m gonna become a pro.” She looks up with a determined look in her eye. “I’ll sign with a good agency and make plenty of money. Then I’ll be able to let my parents have an easy life.” 

Then Kokichi hears it. The laugh of a hero that Midoriya loves and Kokichi has a love-hate relationship with. And man, was he looking forward to hanging out with friends… What a drag.

Chapter Text

Kokichi watches as the number one hero spirts over to the group. “Young Midoriya is here!” He points to the green haired boy with his iconic smile.

“Ah! A-All Might?!” Tsu shouts.

“What are you doing here?” Shinso questions with eyes narrowed. 

“Lunch!” All Might in his fingers holds a light blue wrapped up bento box with rabbit patterns on it. “Ya wanna eat with me?” He hunches down a bit and points to himself. 

Uraraka and Komori let out ‘Aw!’ “That’s adorable.” Uraraka and Komori start jumping up and down together, their hands intertwined. 

“Whaddaya say?” All Might asks, Midoriya looks over to his friends. 

“I’m not stopping you.” Monoma says with Shinso and Iida nodding along. Midoirya then takes a glance at Kokichi, who is doing the shoo motion. 

“Go on, I want to test something and if it works then I won’t join you. Shoo, Shoo.” Midoriya nods and looks to All Might. 

“Sure thing!” As Midoriya walks over to All Might Kokichi as floating in the opposite direction to test, just about as they were twenty feet from each other  Kokichi’s whole body ached. 

Then only moments later it stung. 

Then.

it.

Hurt.

It felt like his bones were being crushed, his nerves on fire, his head pounding and breathing coming short. 

His panicked mind’s only thought was ‘Izuku.’

He needed to be close to Midoriya. Oh holy shit he needed to move fast. With lightning speed he tried to walk to Midoirya but he kept failing to find the ground, why was the pain only getting worse. Helplessness tunring into tears, screw it, he floated up and tried to find Midoirya. When the pain started to lightly seep away he moved fast to find the green haired boy. 

“-for anything!” It was the first thing he heard clearly. All Might. All Might was with Midoirya, he stopped at a big blue door and fazed through it. Midoriya’s eyes looked to Kokichi and widened. 

Midoriya, looking at Kokichi’s teary eyes, shot up from his seat and ran over to Kokichi. All Might watched in confusion as Midoriya was walking toward nothing. Kokichi on the other hand felt a pit in his stomach. His kid had just lost his mom, was putting on a happy face as best he could, and now was worried for him. 

“W-What happened?” Midoriya asked as he reached out to touch him, but stopped as he looked to All Might. “A-Ah… Ummm” He looked back to Kokichi.

“I don’t care if he knows. It’s best to not keep secrets from him after all.” If this could lessen, when a tiny bit of guilt, hurt, pressure then it was worth it. And Kokichi couldn’t help but smile as Midoirya’s eyes shined, only a bit, at the thought of not having to keep this hidden. 

The soft hand reached up to wipe away Kokchi’s falling tears. And that’s when All Might gasped, and thank Atua that Midoriya’s hands didn’t just faze through him. Kokichi felt his feet hit the ground and Midoriya’s panicked gasp made him open his eyes. 

Kokichi looked down at Midoriya's hand as… as red, dark red, coated them gently. That’s when Kokichi felt it, the warm liquid dripping down his face, the shake of his body, the pain in his feet. 

All Might shot up from the couch he was sitting on to rush over. He looked between the two as his mouth opened and closed without a sound. All Might didn’t reach out to touch Kokichi, which he was thankful for, just looked at him, worried in his eyes. 

“Ko…?” All Might’s voice was quiet and gentle. Midoriya nodded, not looking away from the red liquid that was dripping from Kokichi. 

“K-ko.. W-what happened?" Midoriya tried to wipe it away but more just slowly flowed down his head. 

“M-mido…? Ah, I’m bleeding .” Then his vision went black, the last thing he saw was Midoirya and All Might’s panicked faces. 

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Kokichi’s eyes slowly opened as someone put pressure on his head. His face met the tired look of Midoirya and All Might. “Morining Ko.” Midoriya said as he laid his head Kokichi's side. 

Kokichi didn’t even notice he was laying down on the couch, Midoriya's hand held his own tightly, as if Kokichi was a lifeline. Maybe he was. Kokichi’s eyes moved up to look at All Might. 

“Nice to meet you, Small Might.” Kokichi laughed. “Ugh, how long have I been out?” He groaned as he moved to sit up. His body didn’t sting or ache at the movements, he felt fine. 

“Not long, maybe 10 minutes.” All Might said with a sigh as Kokichi sat up with ease. “So how long has this been a thing?” All Might gestured between the two. 

“Well…” Kokichi glanced at Midoriya. “I’ve been able to ghost around since Mido was training for the quirk.” Kokichi muttered out as Midoriya gave him a shocked look. “But Midoriya wasn’t able to see me since yesterday and we learned I could turn solid yesterday top, so yesterday?” 

All Might nodded. “Well it’s very nice to meet you Ko.” All Might nodded with a smile. “We’re almost out of time.” Kokichi glanced at the clock and winced at the time. 

“Oof! Sorry about the panic just… learned the hard way when it meant to stay away from Midoriya…” Midoriya looked at Kokichi then to his lap then he shot up. 

“W-was that what you w-want to test?” Kokichi nodded. 

“I didn’t know what would happen… Now I do!” Kokichi cheered, putting his hands in the air, letting go of Midoriya’s hands and turning invisible. All Might jumped back, and Kokichi just burst out laughing. 

“Well, I wanted to wish you both luck in the sport’s festival, and I hope you both remember your goal. I’ll cheer you both on.” All Might smiled as he gave thumbs up. “Even if you don’t want to be the next symbol of peace I’ll be by your side.” Kokichi’s eyes widened at the statement. He was worried he was trying to make Midoriya something he didn’t want to be. 

Midoriya burst into tears and ran to hug All Might. He was sobbing into All Might’s chest. Something, maybe the loss of his mom and the support of his hero, pushed Midoriya over the edge. All Might hugged back, his small form letting Midoriya hug him tight. 

“Thank you, thank you, thank you.” Midoriya sobbed into his chest. All Might, not getting why Midoriya was crying, just patted his head gently. All Might let him cry as he gently patted Midoriya’s head. Not long later his sobs stopped.

“Young Midoirya. I wouldn’t ever force you to be something you don't want to be.” Midoriya’s eyes bubbled up with tears again. “I’ll stay by your side no matter what path you choose, even if you want to be something like Aizawa.” All Might laughed, and Kokichi just shook his head as it did sound kinda rude. 

“Thank you, All Might.” 

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Midoriya walked back to class with his eyes only a bit red from crying but when asked we would lie and tell them, ‘I thought about the USJ. freaks me out, you know?’ And people believe it. Maybe that’s the scariest part of lying, when people believe it with out a question. 

As the day ended Uraraka opened the door and all of Class 1-A was shocked to see kids surrounding the door outside. 

“U-um, why the heck are you all here?” Uraraka questioned as Komori looked over her shoulder from behind. 

“Do you students have some sort of business with outclass?” Iida question, adding an arm chop. 

“Why do you block our doorway?” Kaminira asked with an ahead tilt.

“They’re scouting out the competition.” Bakugou says as he walks to the doorway. “We’re the class that survived a real villain attack.

”Hope he doesn’t explode." Komori muttered to Kurorio 

“At least now you know what a future pro hero looks like.” Bakugou scoffs and looks at the crowd dead on. “Now move it, extras."

“Baugou you can’t go calling people extras.” Kendo calls from the back.

“Ah! So this is class 1-A!” A girl from the back pushes forward and looks at them with excitement. Her hair is pink and red stripes in her eyes. Her eyes are yellow with hints of light blue. “I heard you were all impressive.” She looks them over with a small crazed glint in her eyes. “I can’t wait to see you in action.” With that she goes back into the crowd with excitement radiating from her.  

“I would call him an ass, not impressive." Some one from the crowd states.

“Maybe he’s not the only one?” Someone else adds.

“Oh I would hate it if everyone was like that.”

People murmur about trying to take a spot, if they're all jerks, if they're weak. Tsu flinches and others look tense. The murmur grows as the plan to make themselves shine, to make class 1-A look bad. Bakugou rolls his eyes as he powers through the crowd. People call out for him to stop from in the crowd, but he doesn’t look back.

Kirishima clenches his fist as he proudly grits out, “I hate that, that was such a manly exit.” Kaminari looks over to the red head in shock.

“I wouldn’t call it manly but he did take it well? I think?” Honenuki added. 

Kokichi’s attention turns to Midoriya, who was quiet this whole time. Midoriya was mouthing a silent ‘two weeks’. As the crowd continued to talk with each other the rest of the class pushed through.

Midoirya left with Shinso and Tsu, and once they left the school they waved each other goodbye. Midoriya was walking alone, other than Kokichi walking beside him.

“Mido!” Camie called out as she ran, beside her was a male.

“Hey… Isn’t that Seiji?” Oh that’s right! Although they hadn’t met in person Camie tended to call a lot so they had met over call. Seiji was a bit taller than Camie so he was also taller than Kokichi and Midoriya. Thin slanted eyes with tiny black pupils, looked at met his eye. His straight purple hair parted on his right so it covered his left eye. 

And although his name was Seiji Shishikura, he had asked to be called Seiji as it was just easier.

“I brought Seiji with me! I wanted to also bring Yoarashi but he had to go home.” Camie sighed, her voice was still tired but she seemed only slightly happier.

“This wasn’t a willing thing. But I wanted to finally meet you.” Seiji states. He holds out his hand to shake, which Midoriya takes. “As I’ve said over call I’m Seiji Shishikura, but call me Seiji.”

“I-i’m Izuku Midoirya. Nice to finally meet you Seiji.” They let go of each other's hands. 

“Well we came here to tell you, we're going to the sports festival!” Camie says with joy, then Seiji quickly adds,

“Not together. We’re bringing Yoarashi with us, we wanted to cheer you on. Don’t be surprised if this foul singles you out mid festival. But we wanted to offer to help you train.” Seiji says with a slight smile.  

“Ah!” Midoriya turns bright red at the offer, Kokichi doesn’t get why. Maybe he’s surprised at the offer? “A-as much as I appreciate it, I have a plan in mind.” He fiddles with his yellow backpack straps. “But… Would you be okay if I call when I do need help?”

“Yes, as long as I’m free, and I’m sure Camie is alright with helping as well.” Seiji says with a head nod. “Well it was very nice meeting you in person.” With that Seiji walks off, heading back the direction they came from.

Camie looks over Midoriya.“How are you?” 

“I’ve… been better. I… It hurts but i-i want to forget… Is that selfish? Wanting to forget her? Only if just for the festival?” Camie hugs Midoriya. 

“I wouldn’t recommend forgetting but using those feelings to fuel your drive. Don’t try to forget her. I say try to live on, remember, work for her.” Midoriya doesn’t really get it, but he nods.

“I need to go with him but I’m free to take your call, and help out whenever you need.” Camie pauses for a moment and lets out a small laugh. “Tenko is too.” With that Camie lets go of the hug and runs to catch up with Seiji. 

“Nice to see them.” Kokichi looks to Midoriya. “She’s not wrong. Don’t try to push her to the back of your mind, it’s only going to blow up in your face. But if you want to try and not focus on it, to put your anger and sadness to something else I won’t stop you.” That would make him a hypocrite.

“Thanks.” It’s not mean or sarcastic, Midoriya is thanking him for not trying to think about it. For trying to move on so fast. He is not telling him he's grieving wrong, or moving on too fast. For that, Midoriya is thankful. 

Over the next two weeks Midoriya trained, focusing his anger and sorrow on his training. Kokichi stayed by his side the whole time, making sure he didn't overdo it. Ako and Ino made food and gently talked to him, helping him sleep and helped him move into their house. Camie and Midoirya called and talked about their school, tiptoeing over Inko and her memory. 

But really Midoriya was thankful for his friends, for this second family. Kokichi watched as Midoriya gained a real smile, it wasn’t big but it was real and that's what matters. He wasn’t laughing again, not smiling as bright as before, his eyes still dull in a way Kokichi can’t fix on his own. But Kokichi and Midoriya aren’t on their own. They have each other. They have their family and friends. Kokichi wasn’t alone.

And for moments he really did believe it. 

Three days, three days before the festival and Midoriya was asleep, Kokichi wasn’t. Ako and Ino had set up the computer they owned before in their room. Kokichi looks over to the computer, his brows furrowed in thought. 

Subconsciously he starts to chew on his thumb. Mentally apologizing to Midoriya he gets up and sits down in front of the computer. He opens the search bar. His blood was red, it shouldn’t be, It was pink, he saw everyone have pink blood. He had pink blood when Maki shot him. Why didn’t he now? 

He rubbed his forehead and typed in ‘Kokichi Oma.’ Then clicked enter. 

Kokichi Oma (also spelled Ouma) is a major character in Tv show Danganronpa: season 53: Killing Harmony. Known as the Ultimate Supreme Leader, he is a cunning, manipulative, and unpredictable trickster whose lies and motives drive much of the game's plot.

'DANGANRONPA 53! THE FULL STORY OF DANGARONPA AND IT’S DARK PAST.' 

Written by Oshigo Kamdo.

Published 100 years ago.

ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ 50 ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴀɢᴏ, ᴅᴀɴɢʀᴏɴᴘᴀ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ꜱʜᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ Qᴜɪʀᴋꜱ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴀꜱ Qᴜɪʀᴋꜱ ʀᴏꜱᴇ ɪɴ ᴠɪᴇᴡᴇʀꜱʜɪᴘ. ʏᴇᴛ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪɴᴀʟ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ɪɴ ꜰᴀᴄᴛ ꜰᴀᴋᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ᴛᴡᴏ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇɴ’ᴛ ꜰᴀᴋᴇᴅ ʙᴜᴛ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀᴅᴅᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ꜱᴇᴇᴍ ꜱᴏ. ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ‘ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪɢɢᴇꜱᴛ, ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴀᴡꜰᴜʟ, ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴛʀᴀɢɪᴄ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀʏ’ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴍɴᴀɴᴛꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴅᴇꜱᴘᴀɪʀ. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ᴜɴᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ɪꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜰᴀᴋᴇᴅ ᴏʀ ɪꜰ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪᴅꜱ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴇᴅᴜᴄᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴏʀ ᴋɪʟʟᴇᴅ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴅɪᴅ ᴅɪᴇ.

ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ 53 ꜱʜᴏᴡᴇᴅ ɪɴᴄᴏɴꜱɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴄɪᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴅ ʀᴀɪꜱᴇᴅ ꜱᴜꜱᴘᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛʀɪᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴏꜰꜰ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴛᴡɪꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ɪᴛ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ꜰᴀᴋᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛᴏᴏ ʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ꜱᴀᴠᴇᴅ. ʜᴇʀᴏᴇꜱ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɪᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ’ꜱ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅɪᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀꜱᴛ. ɪɴ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ ɪɴᴠᴇꜱᴛɪɢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ʀᴇʟᴇᴀꜱᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪᴅꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴍɪꜱꜱɪɴɢ, ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ɴᴀᴍᴇꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇɴ’ᴛ ꜰᴀᴋᴇᴅ.

ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴋɪʟʟᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪɴᴀʟ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ, ꜱʜᴜɪᴄʜɪ, ᴍᴀᴋɪ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪᴍɪᴋᴏ, ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ꜱᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ꜱᴛᴀʏ ꜱɪʟᴇɴᴛ. ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴡɪᴘᴇᴅ ᴄʟᴇᴀɴᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴄᴏɴꜰɪʀᴍᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴋɪᴅɴᴀᴘᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱʜᴜɪᴄʜɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ Qᴜɪʀᴋʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴏɴᴇ. ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴛɪʟʟ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴅᴀʏ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀ ᴡʜʏ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴋɪᴅɴᴀᴘ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴋɪᴅꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɪꜰ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴀ Qᴜɪʀᴋ.

ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴄᴏɴꜰɪʀᴍᴇᴅ ᴀ Qᴜɪʀᴋ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴘɪɴᴋ ᴀꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴀᴄᴛ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜰᴀᴋᴇᴅ. ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ʜᴇʟᴅ ᴀ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀɪᴀʟ ɪɴ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀʏ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪᴅꜱ. ᴘʜᴏᴛᴏꜱ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʙᴇᴇɴ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪᴅꜱ ᴏᴜᴛꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴠ ꜱʜᴏᴡ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴛᴠ ꜱʜᴏᴡ ɪꜱ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ᴀᴠᴀɪʟᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ.'

Oh… Well… Shit.

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Kokichi was quiet. That was the first thing Izuku noticed. Kokichi had been quiet for the past three days. And today was the sports festival, the entrance was filled with people getting good and chatting, merch being sold, heroes walking around with name tags, reports waiting outside.   

Midoriya was going to do this. He was going to use his quirk and Kokichi was going to watch and help with things. But Kokichi wasn’t going to fight or take over Midoriya’s body, that was the deal. And Kokichi was fine with it, he didn’t want it to take place on this day either.

Kokichi did the entrance exam and Midoriya wanted to do the festival, but Kokichi didn’t want to take the spotlight again. Though they planned to try to not use their quirk at all. That was the hope, to not use it.

In the waiting room Kokichi was silently floating above Midoriya. “Aw man.” Mina whined as she looked at the gym uniform they all wore. “I was totally hoping I could wear my costume.” Midoriya blushed slightly and hid his face in the checkered scarf he had requested to wear. 

If asked beforehand you are able to wear things, if A you make them yourself, or B don’t do anything at all. Midoriya had the fire proof scarf on for comfort. People questioned it at first but when he told them it was a comfort thing no one questioned it. 

Plus it doesn’t give him an unfair advantage. Shinso looked at the gym outfit, “I mean at least just about everyone will have the same outfit.” He made a side glance to Midoriya. “Keeping things fair.”

“Man, I wonder what they have planned for us.” Kirishima said as he stretched. 

“No matter what they’ve prepared, we must persevere.” Toyokama announced with a nod. Iida then walked through the door. 

“Everyone, get your game faces on! We’re entering the arena soon!” Iida shouted, catching the whole room's attention. 

“Midoriya” Kokichi looked lazily at Todoroki. 

“Oh, um-hi Todoroki what’s up?” The small voice of Midoriya spoke up. 

“I don’t like the look on his face.” It looked too much like Kaito, like Shuichi’s when… After the trial… After that trial.

“From an objective standpoint, I think it’s fairly clear that I’m stronger than you.” Midoriya just looked at him with confusion. “However, you’ve got All Might in your corner, helping you out.” Kokichi’s gaze hardened at that, He looked over Todoroki with a cold gaze. 

“I’m not here to pry about what’s going on between you two.” Kokichi’s gaze shifted at that, things weren’t adding up but at the same time it was. The thing that didn’t add up was the burn on his face, it wasn’t from fire but ice… hmm. 

“But know I will beat you.” Todoroki looked at Midoriya head on, his gaze a bit cold. 

“Oh… was that a declaration of war?” Shinso asked to Tsu with a look, Tsu nodded with stunned eyes. 

Kirishima stood up and rested a hand on Todoroki's shoulder. “Yeah, what’s the big deal? Why are you pickin’ a fight all of a sudden? And right before we started…”

“We’re not here to be each other’s friends.” Todoroki stated, Kokichi raised an eyebrow. And sure it was true for some but sometimes people wanted to work together. Todoriki brushed off Kirishima’s hand from his shoulder. “Don’t forget. This isn’t a team effort.”

Midoriya’s eyes followed Todoroki, dull and slightly lifeless. “Wait a sec, Todoroki. I don’t know what’s going through your head or why you think you’d need to tell me that you’ll beat me.” Midoriya states as his green eyes meet blue and black eyes head on. “And yes you're stronger than me. You might even have more potential than me.” Kokichi’s head snapped to Midoriya at that line. “But we’re all going to try to stand out. We’re all going to do our best. So if you think declaring war on me is going to really change anything then you're wrong. All you're doing is putting focus on me. And I’m not here to take the spotlight, so fight me if that’s what you want but all you're doing is giving attention to the wrong person.”

Todoroki didn’t respond and that’s when they were called out to the stadium. Midoriya was the first to leave the room, his group of friends following him with smiles and determined looks. He heard Present Mic’s voice and saw the green grass as his bright red shoes stepped on in. As the scarf he had grown to caught the light and as Kokichi floated above him. 

“Welcome back to the UA Sports Festival!” Present Mic announced over the speakers. Kokichi looked up to see Aizawa up there with him. “Where up-and-coming heroes leave everything on the field as they fight for a chance to achieve worldwide fame and celebrity!” Mic’s voice was happy and upbeat, and Kokichi couldn’t help a small smile at the true joy Mic had about his job.

“This first group are no strangers to the spotlight! You know them for withstanding a villain attack-- the dazzling students lighting up your TVs with solid-gold skills.' The fireworks flew into the bright blue sky, bright colors lighting up the clear blue. “The Hero students of Class 1-A.”

The cheers picked up people cheering for them. Kokichi looked over the crowd, and there he saw it. “No way…” Midoriya, hearing Kokichi’s disbelief, looked over to where he was looking.

There it was, a big green poster, reading ‘🅶🅾 🅼🅸🅳🅾🆁🅸🆈🅰!’ in big dark green and purple bubble letters. Camie was holding it up, using her quirk to add small sparkles around it. Seiji looked at the kids with a gaze Midoriya couldn't quite place. Yoarashi was looking at the crowd with excitement, cheering and holding thumbs up.
Yoarashi was very tall with buzzed, dark brown hair and black eyes. His shirt was a bright green with a hand sew ‘M’ in the middle. Midoriya blushed as Kokichi just smiled with a laugh.

“I hope we’re able to give our best performances, even though all these eyes are watching us.” Iida muttered as he looked at the full stadium. “I suppose it’s just another aspect of being a hero we all have to learn to get used to.”

Kirishima added, “Present Mic sure did talk us up a lot. Kinda makes me nervous.” Kirishima then asks Bakugou something that Kokichi can’t make out over the cheers.

Mic’s voice returns with just as much excitement, “They haven’t been getting nearly as much screentime, but this next group is still chock full of talent. Welcome hero course class 1-B” Kokichi looks over to see the other class pour out of their assigned entrance, other courses entered as well, support, business, etc. Kokichi looks for that pink haired girl, she was fun.

“Next up, general studies classes, C, D, and E! Support classes F, G, and H! And finally business class I, J, and K! Give it up for all UA’S first-year contestants.” The crowd grew louder, and Kokichi felt like his ears might burst. He worriedly looks over to Midoriya who is covering his ears. As they met in the middle there stood Pro hero Midnight. 

She raises her red and black whip into the air and whips it to the ground. “Now, the introductory speech!” Midnight is subjectively pretty. Kokichi can admit that.

Nemur had sky blue eyes. She had long, spiky, dark purple-ish blue hair, which was made up of layers of varying lengths, the longest ones reaching down below her waist. She also had a small beauty mark below her left eye, as well as red-painted nails.

Her costume was something- She wore a breastless, black leather leotard—similar in style to a corset—over a thin, skin-tight, white bodysuit which accentuated her voluptuous figure. The center strip of her leotard was embellished with red gemstone-like accessories in a vertical pattern, extending from her collar to her midriff. She also wore translucent, black, thigh-high garter stockings, which were attached to a burgundy utility belt decorated with gold studs around her hips, a matching pentagonal buckle in its center, and black knee-boots.

 “Um, someone should talk to Midnight about what she's wearing.” Kirishima muttered with a shy blush. 

“Yes, I think the costume should have a warning.” Kaminari agreed with his own blush. 

“Is that really appropriate apparel for a high school game?” Tokoyami questions. 

“Silence, everyone!” Midnight called out, putting the crowd quiet. “And for the student pledge, we have katsuki Bakugou!” Kokichi looks to Bakugo. 

“He’s about to piss some people off.” Kokichi states as he lazily plays with his hair, Bakugo walks up the stairs to the mic, where Midnight is standing. His hands in his pocket, he looks at the mic and then to the full crowd. Kokichi looks to see Camie’s tense look.

“I just wanna say… I’m gonna win.”

“Called it!" I knew he’d say something like that!” Kokichi and the rest of class 1-A called out. Boos came from the students and shocked looks from the crowd. 

“Ckass 1-A is so full of themselves."

“Get him off the stage!”

Iida runs up to Bakugo, his arm chopping slightly faster than normal. “Why must you be so disrespectful? You’re representing us all!” Bakugo looked back to Iida with a slight glare. 

“Not my fault the rest of you are just stepping stones to my victory.” Bakugo gives the kids a thumbs down with a bored look. 

“I hate to say it but I don’t think it’s coverconfidence.” Midoriya muttered to Kokichi. 

“Yeah the old Bakugo would have laughed or something. And as much as I physically hurt to say it, he's good at fighting. He’s smarter than people give him credit for.” 

“This is him pushing himself.” 

“Todoroki made the declaration to the wrong person. We’re not fighting for the top spot, Bakugo is a bigger threat than people see.”

As Bakugo merges back into the hoard of students, Midnight’s voice picks up. “Without further ado, it’s time for us to get started!” Uraraka and Tsu, without Kokichi or Midoriya noticing, had gotten behind them. 

“UA really doesn’t believe in letting us catch a breath, huh?” Uraraka muttered to the two. Tsu nodded slightly and Midoriya just gave a small smile. 

“This is where you begin feeling the pain!” Midnight continued on, “The first fateful game of the festival!” Then behind Midnight there was a projection of a slot machine. Kokichi was nervous but usually the set up is something like, a solo game then team game then final fights. “What could it be?” Midnight drew out for suspense. 

Then finally it stopped abruptly. 

“Ta-dah!” 

‘Obstacle Race.’ Was what it landed on. “So it’s gonna be an obstacle course." Midoriya murmured to himself. 

“All 11 classes will participate in this treacherous contest. The track is four kilometers around the outside of the stadium. I don’t wanna restrain anyone, at least in this game.” Midnight licked her lip slightly. “As long as you don’t leave the course, you’re free to do whatever your heart desires.” Midnight announced with a smile, bright and slightly crazy. “Now then, take your place, contestants.”

An opening to the outside with a red arch light up to draw attention. The kids didn’t walk though, it was the starting line. The whole crowd of kids stayed outside the arch, ready to run through at any given moment.

“Be ready Mido, it’s going to be the false lunch alarm again. Crowded and loud.” Midoriya tensed. 

Kids took in deep breaths. 

‘3’

Midoriya looked over to his friends. 

‘2’

Todoroki had amazing ice powers that worked well in large crowds. 

‘1’

Midoriya was ready for the cold air.

“BEGIN!”

Todoroki made the wrong call calling them out, here's the truth. Kokichi is a great actor, Midoriya was good at it and getting better everyday, together they would put on a show. They would make the crowd cheer as they seep into the dark. Kokichi and Midoriya would do there best to make the people around them shine, as well as making it far enough to get something going.

They didn't want the top spot, or the spotlight. They would get others to shine as they stay in the dark, after all heroes are like actors. Putting on an act to help others or make people smile. What made them so different? 

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Pushing, running, that was what people were doing. Midoriya did his best to stay in the running. He spotted Uraraka and pushed people to try and stand next to her.

“Hey, hey! You're trampling me!”

“This is too narrow.” 

Midoriya grabbed onto Uraraka's shoulder, she jumped and grab on to his hand, making sure to not use five fingers. 

“Sorry to ask but would you float me?” She tilted her head, her look shocked. “Todoroki is smart, he's going to freeze everyone in place.” Her eyes widened as she saw Todoroki towards the front, She looked at him, determination in her eyes. 

“Alright!” She placed the final finger on his hand, he started to float up, he grabbed onto her so she would float with him. She looked shocked as they both lifted into the air. “Alright! To the front we go!” She started to move to the front, Midoriya holding onto her as they floated above the others. 

Not long after Todoroki froze everyone in place, ice floating the walls and out the exit. Uraraka gasped and looked at Midoirya with a smile. Momo, Bakugo, Kirishima, Uraraka and Midoriya getting away from the ice.

 As they landed on the ground Uraraka released her quirk. “Thanks for the warning but-”

“See you at the finish line.” Midoriya didn’t stop running, leaving Uraraka behind. Kokichi saw her smile and laugh as she raced to catch up. The ground was frozen with ice, that others were tripping on, Uraraka struggled to run due to this.

Midoriya on the other hand, looked like he was gliding on the ice, he had learned how to skate with Camie and Kokichi helped him out. “Kinda like walking but you don’t run, just glide. Y’Know?” 

As Todoroki continued in first place, Todoroki didn’t try to freeze the ground, so people could start running. Tododorki, too focused on the people behind him, was almost hit by a large metal robot.

“Oh you have got to be kidding me right now.” Kokichi gaped at the multiple zero point robots. They were so much bigger, not as big as the first ones but they were still really tall! 

“Targets acquired.” The robotic voice of one of the robots rang out through the silent crowd. “Terminate them!” The robot leaned down so its red camera-like eye would have a red glare. 

Midoriya gasped, “It’s those robots from the entrance exam.” Not one person tried to keep on going, people that were stuck in the ice were now able to catch up. Kokichi heard the echo of Mic’s voice ring out through the clear day. 

“I bet we’re in for a treat here! A test of strength and cunning!” Those were the words Kokichi picked up on. As kids complained and asked where they got money for this stuff one of the robots launched out to attack. 

Aiming for Todoroki. His large metal fingers, that were just about the size of Kokichi, reached out to grab the white and red haired boy. Todoroki’s right side was starting to coat in a small layer of ice. The air grew cold as Todoroki froze the ground the Zero pointers stood on, putting his frozen hand to the ground to freeze it. 

The robots coated in a not so thin layer of ice, Todoroki acted quickly and ran though the open, clear area that the robots left. But something was wrong. The robots were still moving, and although the ice wasn’t thin it wasn’t going to freeze or make the robots shut down. They were also frozen at a weird angle. 

“Careful. This doesn’t look right.” Not long after the robot, the one that was aiming for Todoroki, arm broke off, the Ice broke off all the robots as kids that tried to follow Todoroki, ran back in panic. 

Kokichi watched as Kirishima broke through one of the robot’s hands that he didn’t notice had crushed him. On the other side Tesutesu broke out of a different robot’s hand. Kokichi looked to the ground, trying to spot things that could help out. 

Kokichi and Midoriya saw Bakugo use his explosion to propel himself on the head of one of the robots. Soon others used their quirk to try and fly over the robots. Smaller robots guarded the ground, Jiro used her earphone jacks to deactivate them. Kaminari used his electricity to do the same thing.

Others kept using their quirks to break them as Kokichi and Midoriya rushed to fight one of the smaller robots. It launched to attack with its metal arm, Midoriya ducked under it, jumping slightly in the air to make sure his back wasn’t to the robot.

Kokichi saw a broken on-off piece of metal that was about the size of Midoriya. It was burnt and had black burn marks on it but it was intact. Midoriya saw the broken piece of metal Kokichi was looking at and rushed to grab it. It was a bit heavy but Midoriya could lift it. 

The robot didn’t waste too much time jumping and attacking Midoriya. Midoriya used the metal to slice off the robot’s head. It fell to the ground, as Midoriya didn’t stop running to try and catch up. He didn’t drop the metal piece as he kept running, in Kokichi’s slight shock it didn’t slow him down all that much.

Midoriya watched in shock as right under the neck of one of the zero pointers set off an explosion. Soon others followed, parts of their neck exploding as they fell to the ground, gusts of wind and dust browning through the air. 

“YO!! MOMO GOT A CANNON!” Kokichi yelled as he pointed to Momo. Right beside her was a cannon in fact. With the path clear people ran through the clear way, past the broken robots and each other. 

The path to the next section was long, and with the heavy metal it felt like his legs might fall off. He was able to run past others but others could also fly past him. Kokichi moved ahead a bit to try to give heads up to Midoriya. 

Kokichi then saw it. The path stopped as small pillars were connected by thin wires.   The distances were large by about 70-100 until you met another pillar. And in total there were so many wires to balance on and so many gaps to go over it was hard to see the next section of the race. 

Kokichi saw people already walking on the wires and others, specifically the pink and red haired girl from before, were using their inventions to get past it. Kokichi saw Tsu in the somewhat front of the lead as she gratefully balanced on the wires. 

But Mic announced that Todoroki had already gotten over this obstacle. Kokichi looked up and saw Bakugo flying after Todoroki the whole obstacle and was gaining on Todoroki. Kokichi watched as Midoriya used the broken wire from inside the metal so it was wrapped around his back. 

“Ko, could you help me?” Kokichi watched as Midoriya tried to balance on the line, the metal making it hard to balance. That’s when Kokichi caught on, He, still in his ghost form, grabbed onto the metal and tried to help balance it. 

Kokichi fought to try to hold the metal, his hands kept gazing through the metal and through Midoriya. Midoriya fought shivers every time Kokichi fazed through him, waves of coldness going through his bones. 

Midoriya felt like it took forever to get across, but really they were quite fast. He felt his knees buckle the moment he was done with the course. Kokichi was breathing heavily beside Midoriya as well. Only after a moment or two Midoriya forced his legs to move, Kokichi nodded as he followed the running boy. 

“We are now approaching the last obstacle. Everyone had better tread carefully." Pic announced over the intercom. Kokichi heard the mic change so only the people in the audience could hear whatever Mic said next. 

“Todoroki made it to the final obstacle. You know it might be something like a mine field. He said "be careful where you tread.” Midoriya nodded, taking the information as it was. Midoriya saw as pink dust bursted from the ground. They were basically harmless.

Kokichi saw and Todoroki and Todoroki were fighting in the front. Bakugo fired explosions as Todoroki froze the ground under him. Iida was using his quirk to run the explosion, he was faster then the explosions could go off. 

Shiozaki was using her vines to dig up the bones so he could walk safely, Honenuki was softening the ground so the explosion wouldn't go off. Case in point,

They were screwed. There was no way they could get into the top at this point, and yes they don’t want the spotlight, but they also would like to have good heroes wanting to train them. Midoriya wanted his mom to be proud. 

“Okay so green bean you go a-” Kokichi looked to see Midoriya digging up the mines with the metal arm. They didn’t go off, but he wasn’t going forward, he was just making a pile. Kokichi looked in confusion as he piled up five mines. 

“I don’t want you getting hurt.” Midoriya muttered as he aimed the metal so it was in front of him, like a shield. Kokichi shrugged and merged into his head.

Okay so I’m not a ghost anymore what are we-? Kokichi gasped as Midoriya ran to the pile of mines, he aimed the metal the the mines so when he landed on them he flew into the air. The cloud of pink dust was large and loud and Kokichi could feel the ringing in his ears. Midoriya flew above the others, like a bird, and Kokichi didn’t hate it.

Not known to many but Kokichi loved flying, and he hated to admit it but the part in the class trail where they started to fly was always his favorite. He loved to feel so free, so high up. Like a rocket he flew to the front but… How was he going to land?

If he just stops he’s lose first, if he tries to use his quirk then he risks breaking something. Midoriya seemed to have the same thought running through his head. The normal sound of Bakugo’s explosions caught Kokichi's attention.

 “Deku, what the hell do you think you’re doing, huh?!” He yelled as he flew towards them, his face angry with small hints of shock. Kokichi watched as Todoroki made an ice path in front of him so he wouldn’t risk setting off the mines. 

Kokichi felt as they were losing speed, and soon they were facing the wrong way. In a split second diction Midoriya roasted his body and slammed the metal onto the ground, missing the ice and going right in between the two. 

The pressure caused the mines he had hit to go off. The explosion pushed the two the the side, and helped Midoriya propel forward. He landed on the ground, and out of the field of mines. He didn’t stop running, he got up in moments and dashed to the finish line. The sounds of ice and explosions behind him, they were gaining on him but as he saw the tunnel back to the stadium as the darkness consumed him in the tunnel he didn’t stop running, didn’t slow down. 

As the light of the exit lit up, it motivated him to move faster. He spirted to it, the light hitting the checkered scarf first.

“IZUKU MIDORIYA IS OUR CHAMPOIN!” Mic yelled through the intercoms as Midoriya went through the finish line. Kokichi broke out into a smile, Midoriya looked around in shock as people cheered for him. He was panting for air, as people cheered, the sound becoming nothing but white noise. 

Kokichi went back into his ghost mode. “MIDO! You did that!” Kokichi would hug him but… He can’t. He was still just a bit too cold from… something. Kokichi was warm, well he was when he was alive. But now he’s cold, a ghost, something that shouldn’t be here. 

“Midoriya!” The tired voice of Uraraka called out as he hugged him. “That was amazing." She let go of the hug as she tried to catch her breath. “Oh my goodness, I can't believe you got first! I’m so jealous." 

Midoriya flushed an embarrassed blush, hiding his face in his scarf. Soon more of his friends came through. Shinso, and Komori coming in in the 30’s. Tsu, Monamo, and Iida coming in the top ten and 20. 

After everyone made it through the entrance, Midnight’s voice cut through the air. “The first game for the first year-years is finally over, and what a game it was! Now, let’s take a quick look at the standing, shall we?” On the screens showed the top forty two, but Kokichi and Midoriya didn’t really pay any attention to them. 

“Only the top 42 will advance to the next round. But don’t be too let down if you didn’t make the cut!” Midnight quickly added on, “We’ve prepared other opportunities for you to shine.” She licked her lips. “Now the real fun is about to begin. The chance to fully move yourselves into the limelight! Give it your best!”

The slot machine popped up again as it started to move so fast Kokichi couldn’t make out the names of the challenges they could be doing. “Let’s see what we have in store for you next. Will your wildest fantasies come to life? What will it be the waiting is torture.” Midnight moved her red mask a bit. 

“Prepare yourselves…for this!” Midnight announced as the slot machine stopped. ‘CAVALRY BATTLE.’ Midnight, seeing the confusion on some of the kids' faces went to explain. 

“Well allow me to explain.The participants will form teams of two-to-four people as they see fit. In theory, it’s basically the same as a regular playground game. But there’s one difference.” Her eyes shined with a dark gleam.

“Each player has been assigned a point value based on the results from the obstacle course.”

“So kinda like the entrance exams? That seems too simple…” Kokichi trailed off trying to find the twist. Uraraka, Mina and other kids began to speak up, making Midnight need to say.

“Maybe you should shut up and let me explain this to you.” She shouted, extremely annoyed. “Now, then.” She quickly regained her composure. “The point assignments go up by increments of five, starting from the bottom. For example, 42nd place is worth five points, and 41st is worth ten. And the point value assigned to the first place contestant is…”

Oh… See that’s what made things so hard. “She’s going to make it something like one million or something.” 

“TEN MILLION!” Oh shit.

Kokichi and Midoriya looked at each other. Both staring at each other with wide eyes and open mouths. Midoriya was the first to see all the contestants' eyes on him. 

Suddenly he wasn’t at UA, he felt the burning on his shoulder from the heat of Bakugo’s hands. The laughing of their middle school classmates, the eyes and taunts of their teachers. The punishments, the pranks, the crying Inko that she was hiding.  

They lost all their features, they were demons, they were looking at him with eyes hungry of blood, nothing but pity or hate. They’re eyes were red, smiles toothy, body distorted and Midoriya feels like he’s going to puke. 

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Colors around him fade. Why is he lost in his own mind? He’s not the one who should be panicking like this. He’s not quirkless, from recent discovery. He really should tell Mido about that. He really should. But then he would have lied to him again. Again he would have broken trust. He swears he didn’t mean to! How the hell would he have known he had a quirk?

For gods sake, he thought he was quirkless, he thought his blood was bright pink, he thought he was a villain, a villain who didn’t want blood on his hands. But he stabbed that nomu in the head. He wanted to kill it, does that make him bad? For wanting to take that life? For finally hitting the lowest of all sins? 

But the truth is, everything wasn’t his. Never was, never will be. He was in someone else’s room, Midoriya, someone else’s body, Midoriya, someone else’s mind, Midoriya, someone else's life, Midoriya. He didn’t deserve any of this, not after what he did to Gonta, to Mui. It doesn’t matter she planned to kill him, he brought Gonta into it. Gonta didn’t need to be in it. If he had told someone- but he doesn’t work like that. He doesn’t work like that.

He didn’t deserve this life or this body or any of the poor people he deceived into being his ‘friends’. The person who trusts him with his own life. He was a fraud. Manipulative. Abusive. Evil. Pure fucking evil. He took her spot. He took Inko, he didn’t mean it. He didn’t want him to lose his mom, He didn’t mean to take her place.

The chess board is long forgotten, too many pieces to keep check on. Too many changes to get the right layout. 

He was some sort of parasite, something inhuman. He was always inhuman, from the moment he came into this damn world. He was arrogant to believe he could walk alongside heroes, to even be one himself. Narcissistic, to tell Midoirya he was the best, when the truth was he was alone. He was always alone. Stupid, for believing he could help Midoriya become a hero when he had no clue how to be one himself. But most of all? 

Worthless. Every word out of his mouth was another waste of time that someone else could need, a waste of air that others could breathe. He was disgusted with himself. What kind of monster was he? What monster did he become? Or was he always a monster?

They had tricked almost the whole world, at UA, into believing he wasn’t there. He wasn’t there. He isn’t there. He tricked them. He tricked them. And he dragged Midoriya along with him. What monster does that? Takes an incorrect child, manipulated them into doing this? 

It would have been better if he stayed dead. If he felt every moment he was crushed. Why didn’t he? Was he really too selfish to do the one thing that would make everyone happy?

Yeah, he was. He was selfish enough to take a spot at a hero school. The top one in the country at that.

Oh… He would be listening to the rules. Right now the sports festival is still going on. Damn he’s too lost in his head. 

His shame and hatred of himself only grew- He was so fucking selfish. Only ever thinking about himself, how to become an underground hero, how to code the notebooks, how to switch places, minds in a body that isn’t his. 

Oh hold on, Who was he again? He's not Midoriya. He's not Midoriya Izuku.

He had a name, he knows that, he’s not dum- he’s dumb. He’s just living a lie again. Trying to glasslight himself to making him feel like he’s smart. But he knows he has a name.

But he’s so tired. So, so tired. But he’ll push on, push through the smiles and bright eyes. Through the tears he can’t shed, the thoughts he won’t ever speak out loud.

For a moment he sees golden eyes, eyes he loved with all his heart, looking at him with worry. Those same eyes look at his bleeding finger, gently wrapping it up with a bandage. 

How selfish is he? He has no right to want to be the only one to see those eyes. To want to be the one where those eyes look at him love. But they're not looking at him. They stopped looking at him a long time ago. Those eyes aren’t there, gone. They're just a wound that will never stop bleeding. Something that won’t stop hurting, because he can’t bandage up a wound that isn’t there.

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Kokichi knows Midoriya isn’t listening, too far into his head to hear the world around him. 

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So he makes sure he’s paying attention to Miss Midnight as she talks about point value stuff. 

“These are the rules you’ll abide by: The game itself will last 15 minutes, individual point values will be added together to reach your team total, everyone will know what your worths thanks to your headbands. Swipe as many head bands as you can to raise your team's score. Stolen headbands must be worn from the neck up. So the more you steal, the harder it’ll be to manage them.” Right plus they’re wearing their scarf so that’s just more to add.

“And another thing, Even if your headband gets stolen or your team falls down, you can keep playing till times up!” Small murmurs rang through the crowd but Midnight pushed on. “You can use your quirks as much as you’d like, but there are still rules. Make a tell fall on purpose and I’ll slap you with a red card. You’ll be disqualified.” The screen shows a 15 minute timer. “Now, you’ve got 15 minutes to build your teams. I recommended you get started”

Kokichi sighs, he has no clue who they would team up with. Uraraka, Tsu and Komori all seem to want to team up, but Kokichi doesn’t know how to make their quirks mix right. He looks to Midoriya who is quietly muttering under his breath. 

‘Yo Mido?’ Midoriya looks up to see Kokichi floating in front of him. ‘Got any plans in that big old brain of yours?’ Midoriya hesitantly nods. 

“I just don’t know if they would want to team with me…” 

‘I think you're forgetting your class prez, and people like you. If you really want to team up with people you don’t know all that well. Like that support girl or something, she seemed smart. Maybe even Uraraka or Tsu. How about Kendo, she seemed to like working with you. Or maybe Kamin?’ Midoriya smiles at Kokichi’s attempts to help.

“Yeah. You brought up some good points. I’ve worked with people before. I can do it again!” With a new confidence he looks around, only to find people are avoiding him like the plague. He turns white with horror to find out not one person would want to team up with him. 

Was he really that unlikable? Were the kids he knew before right? Was he really so useless, dumb, average, weak that not one person would want to team with him? Why did people want him as class president? He’s not smart or charming like Kokichi, he’s just leaching off his talents, trying to make them his own. Midoriya was really so useless that he can’t even find a way to pay Kokichi back for all he’s done for him. Midoriya was so selfish he almost-

His thoughts were cut off by a cough. It wasn’t Kokichi, he was too busy looking around, trying to find ways to help out to notice that Midoriya was lost in his own head. He looks over to see Shinso standing there awkwardly. 

“Ummm….” He starts before he starts to fiddle with hair, his hair not very long, and it’s sticking up for the most part but he seems to want to pull something over his eyes. “I saw no one was talking to you, which is odd considering who you are, but I was wondering… If you’d like to team up?” Shinso says it quietly, like he’s scared of his own words or maybe Midoriya’s reaction. 

Midoriya looks at Shinso, eyes bright and he feels like he might cry. Was this how he felt when Midoriya approached on the first day? Midoriya smiles, it’s bright, not very big, but it’s real and safe and warm. “If you’d really be willing to team up with me, Shinso, I would love to have you on my team.”

Shinso lights up slightly, and tension Midoriya didn’t know he had, loosened. “I would love to be on your team Midoriya.” 

Shinso held out a hand, one for Midoriya to take or shake. Midoriya looked at it and smiled. He extended his hand and shook it gently. “Well come to the team.” Shinso’s eyes widened a bit at Midoriya shaking his hand but he returned the soft smile. 

Would Inko be proud of him? Would Inko like Shinso? Any of his friends? Would she have liked Kokichi? Would she have still wanted him? Still wanted him even with Kokichi being part of him? They’ll never get to know now. 

“So then Mr. Class prez got a plan?” Shinso questioned.

“Ah-umm not really… I kinda expected for me to go around and ask people to join. You wanting to join was a very nice surprise!” Midoriya heard an awkward laugh from Shinso but before he could answer a new voice pops in. 

As Midoriya and Shinso talk Kokichi sees teams forming, Komori, Uraraka, Tsu and Kendo was one, Honenuki was teamed with Denki, Iida and Todoroki. Kokichi was most shocked to see one person not having a group. And he thinks maybe luck might be on Midoriya’s side for once. 

“Oh, this is good, it seems my magic has worked and you're still alone.” A female voice rings out. Kokichi looks to see the girl with the pink and red hair, it’s the support girl! “And right now you're the star.” She moved to stand beside Midoirya. “Team up with me, person in first place!” Her voice is energetic and happy. 

“Oh and who might you be?” Shinso asks the newcomer. 

The girl chuckles, "Nyeh, I’m a student in the support course. The best at making magic happen, I’m Mei Hatsume but just call me Mei!"

“Wait, I think I saw you before. That girl that jumped into the pit only for something to pull her up. What that one of your inventions?” Shinso asks. 

“Yup you we’re witnessing one of my spells playing out. Right now your current fame is something I would like to use to my personal advantage." Mei says and wow she’s straight forward. 

Before anyone could get another word in she continued talking. “If I team up with you, then I'll be in the spotlight! I’ll be part of the team everyone is keeping their eyes on. That means my super useful and helpful spells will inevitably be seen by the big company CEO’s who are watching the sports festival! And if we follow that line of reasoning, this is the best way for me and my marvelous magic to get recruited.”

“H-hey take a breath.” Shinso says as he tries to hide his eyes. But Mei doesn’t even give him the time of day as she continues to yap to Midoriya. Kokichi is floating beside Shinso as he watches the scene play out. 

“H-hey!” Midoriya takes a step back and Mei pauses. “Would you be willing to show us some of the… Spells? You brought?” Mei lights up and a smile takes over her face.

“Well of course!” She runs over to grab a big box and plops in on the ground. Inside are bunches of different gadgets and inventions. One of them looked like a grappling hook and another looked like a jetpack. “See we in the support course make things that will help heroes with helping out the world! Some even help with their quirks and enhance their skills! I made so many spells to bring with me and I know there has to be something you'll like!”

Midoriya and Shino peek into the box and Midoriya’s eyes land on her shoes and the jetpack looking thing. She perks up as she sees what he’s looking at. She grabs the jetpack. “Seems this one caught your eye. I based it off a certain hero's backpack. But added my own little twist to keep it orgainal.” 

“Hold on, is it based off Air Jet? You know the buster hero, I remember him having something like that.” Mei laughs. 

“Yeah glad you noticed!” That's the story of how the two then go into another yapping spree. Kokichi floats down to Midoriya.

“Hey Mido~! I know you're a nerd and all but there's someone I think would be really good to have on your team, and of anything keep off other teams.” Midoriya snaps back to reality. 

“Okay one more person. Mei welcome to the team.” Mei lets out a yay as she stands beside Shino, as if she only just now noticed him. Kokichi points to the person and Midoriya’s eyes widen that they haven’t been picked for a team yet. 

“Best you run before someone like Bakugou gets them first.” Midoriya runs over to them and waves. 

“Hey over here!” They look up to see Midoriya smiling at them. “Would you want to join my team?”

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Turns out the shoes Mei was wearing was like a jet shoe thing. Basically Uraraka’s zero gravity quirk, but they just float you up not make you weightless. Kinda like a harmless rocket?

This is also the day Kokichi learned he sucks at explaining things.

The 15 minute timer went off. “All right! It’s time to get this party started!” Midnight stretched her arms as she spoke. If you looked at the announcing booth you could see Mic shaking Aizawa awake.

“After 15 minutes of picking teammates and talking strategy is over. 12 cavalry teams are preparing to go head-to-head.” Mic announced his voice filled with excitement. 

“I see some unexpected student combinations.” Aizawa said, and Kokichi did agree.  Iida and Kaminari on Todoroki’s team weren't on his bingo card. Bakugou had Kirishima, Mina and Shiozaki.

“Come on, everyone get our hands in the air!” Camie raised her sign up high and cheered, Kokichi couldn’t help the smile that made way to his face at the sight. “It’s time for arena-thumping UA battle royale!"

Midoriya had a team of four. Three were holding up Midoriya, those three were playing the role of horses. Mei on the back right, Shinso in front and on the back left was Momo. 

“Okay you all ready?” Midoirya asked, his point headband wrapped nicely around his head, Shinso was wearing the checkered scarf so that Midoriya’s neck could hold any other point headbands they might get without hindering Midoriya. Midoriya was also wearing the jetpack on his back, the jet shoes replacing his normal red ones.

“I’m ready.” Shinso said with a confident smile. Mei laughs with a smile.

“We got this, my magic has given us the perfect win.”

“Yeah we can do this!” Momo adds with a smile, but her eyes don’t quite say the same. She’s not doubting them, but she’s not confident in something. Kokichi nor Midoriya could tell what she was doubting but they didn’t have the time to figure it out.

“Okay then. I believe you guys. Let’s do this!” 

The crowd cheers people all rooting for different people, names being called out, some louder than others. Camie is raising her sign up high as Yoarashi is cheering loudly for him. But Kokichi sees his eyes gaze to Todoroki, his gaze turns dark and is filled with a hate Kokichi hasn't seen before. 

But now's not the time to focus on that.

“Is everybody ready!” Mic asks and the crow yells out 'yes' and cheers. “Then begin!" And that’s the start of one of the hardest fights Midoriya has to win, but he’s not alone. He’s never been alone. He has Kokichi and some friends to fight this with him. He has people trusting him.

And here is the start of the cavalry battle.

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Kokichi wasn’t a stalker. Truly he wasn’t, okay maybe he liked watching over everyone from a distance, BUT in a killing game that isn’t stalking it’s… Looking out for yourself! 

Kokichi ate alone most of the time than he ate with the others. Not like he didn’t like Gonta just… look he can only take so much. He was recharging his social battery, and he just dislikes Miu. She makes him VERY uncomfortable. No matter how he may act like it, he dislikes her jokes. He’ll talk to her yes, but that's due to the fact that she is very much needed for his plan to work.

He never ate with people, and after Rantaro was killed by Keade he doesn’t plan to open up to anyone. He’ll talk openly with Gonta but he’ll never truly trust Gonta. (Like he ever trusted anyone. He trusted D.I.C.E, look where that got them.) 

It was a full six days after Kaede's death that someone talked to him, well other than Gonta or Miu. “H-hey… Is someone… umm- Sitting here?” Kokichi looked up to see Shuichi talking to him.

“Oh hello, Shuichi-chan!” Kokichi chirped out, a smile very much present on his face. “Nope! It’s all free!” Shuichi nodded, as he sat down next to Kokichi. Kokichi was eating eggs and rice, Kirumi was a great teacher and was helping him learn to cook. 

Shuichi ate steamed rice, miso soup and some kinda fish. It looked good, but then again Kirumi’s cooking was just good in general. “S-so… how are you?” Shuichi asked hesitantly. 

Kokichi hated to say it but Shuichi was an interesting person. He was REALLY shy before the whole, getting rid of the hat thing. Kokichi wonders if Keade’s death pushed him to be like this? Or maybe Keade in general made him feel more confident. On top of this Shuichi seemed to be the only one to see through his lies. Normally he wouldn’t be so open to the thought but sue him! The guy was good looking. 

Even worse? Shuichi’s eyes were gorgeous. Kokichi doesn’t get why he hid them behind some dumb hat. But back to the present! 

“Yup! I’m doing great, got in contact with my group and I’m getting out of here tonight!” Kokichi cheered, like he believed it was true. Shuichi looked at him and smiled softly. Maybe Shuichi saw something in his eyes, or maybe the guy was just crazy, but Kokichi wanted to smile back. 

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Shuichi gave him a gift that day. It was a Hammock, and Kokichi loved it. Shuichi even stuck around to play a game with him. Kokichi noticed Shuichi tried to talk with everyone. Kaito, Maki, Gonta, even Miu and Keeboy! And Keeboy wasn’t even human! 

Shuichi came up to him, waving a hello. They were outside, well not outside but outside the school.  “So you wanna talk to me, eh? You must be pretty reckless, Shuichi! I'm the Ultimate Supreme Leader after all, y'know? Nee-heehee...” 

Shuichi seemed to think going over thoughts and words in his head. Kokichi found it fun to watch him think. He even noticed in the trial that Shuichi tended to do small things when lost in thought. “So you say. But does that really mean anything? And what is this organization you run?”

"Huuuuh, didn't I tell you? I'm the supreme leader of a secret evil organization!” Kokichi placed his hands behind his head.

Shuichi looked even more puzzled. “Yes, you've said that, but...”

“Yeah and It's pretty impressive, too. It has over 10,000 members!” Kokichi exclaimed with a childlike joy.

“You've said that as well. But I can't think of any organization that fits that description...”

“Huuuuh, didn't I tell you? I'm also a liar too, y'know.” 

Shuichi sighed out, tension leaving his body. “...Yes. You've mentioned it.”

“But I'm telling the truth when I say I'm the supreme leader of a secret evil organization!” Half-truth. But all the best lies are based and covered in the truth you know?

Shuichi looked dizzy and Kokichi pushed back the dumb feeling of guilt. So to help with that, he played out his lie. “My organization controls the entire world. But of course, it's behind the scenes. All the world's mafia syndicates are under my command. They'll get into turf wars if I don't control them. And that's just trouble for everyone. It's a pain, especially since peace is the best thing for the world.”

Shuichi didn’t buy it one bit. Kokichi could see the look of doubt in his eyes, and it sent a small chill down his spine. The story was over the top but Kokichi could also see the small hint of belief. Belief that some of the BS he’s saying is true. 

“Oh, yeah! Which is why I do the same thing with the government too! I control politicians with blackmail... I manipulate the stock market on a whim… I have subordinates all over the world. The White House, Kremlin, Beijing… Wall Street, London... And even the Tokyo stock Exchange! I make one phone call and the world changes! Let me know if you get bored with the world.”

Kokichi watched as Shuichi tapped his foot three times, then tapped it two more times before speaking again. “How did you rise to the top?” Shuichi asked, playing into the lie. 

Kokichi couldn’t help his laugh. “Nee-heehee, well... I killed my parents and inherited the organization.” He would trade the world to see his dad rot in jail but he’d never kill a person. Shuichi jumped back, the weird piece of hair sticking straight up like a lighting rod. 

“What!? Y-You killed…!”

“Don't worry, I'm lying.”

“Ah, I-I see...”

“I only killed my older brother!” He didn’t have an older brother. Thank goodness for that. 

“What!?”

“Ah-haha! I'm lying about that too! How I rose in power is top secret! I'd have competition if you copied me.” Kokichi took a small breath and raised his head up high, trying to look taller than he was. “So...now that you know about us, Shuichi... You must die!”

Maybe if he knew what path that would lead him down he wouldn’t have said it. Or maybe he still would have. Because ⱠØVł₦₲ that man was the best thing that could have happened. The thing that painted the world in a tint of gold and pink. He wouldn’t trade that for the world… At least not yet.