Midoriya Collection 18: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions (Patreon)

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-VB-

2 months before U.A. Entrance Exam…

“RRAAAAHHH- DIE!” 

The explosion he’d “cast” ripped the metal plating in half, blackening the surface and unleashing an ear-cracking gong to ripple his personal training ground. 

Huffing in exhaustion after using up the last of his reserves to do that particular trick, Katsuki inspected the broken metal plate from where he stood fifteen meters away. The two broken pieces of the once whole ten-centimeter thick steel plate smoked from the heat he’d just unleashed upon them, and Katsuki knew that he wouldn’t be found wanting.

Soon, he would go to U.A., just a step towards what he would accomplish. 

He was going to be a great hero…

… and he would have been greater if it wasn’t for Deku.

Deku wasn’t useless extra, not after everything he’s doing right now. All Might’s side kick even before graduating middle school?! It pissed him off! Who the fuck was Deku to ruin his chance at greatness?! He was not going to be one of those whimps constantly fighting for little pieces of glory under some big motherfucker’s shadow!

“RAAHH!” Unable to contain his anger, Katsuki punched forward and detonated the sweats on his hand. They didn’t hurt him beyond making him feel a little bit pressured, but he felt better seeing that explosion. 

He was going to pummel Izuku. He’d show the Deku that he wasn’t someone who he could leave behind.

No one will leave him behind without his say so.

-VB-

Midoriya Collection
Chapter 18: Decisions, decisions, decisions...

-VB-

Izuku blinked once while his mind tried to grasp the enormity of what he’d just been offered. 

“T-Thank you!” he quickly bowed to Nezu. “I’ll be sure ta-” And then he bit his time-locked tongue with his time-locked teeth. A sound not unlike industrial hammering boomed inside the principal’s office, and left everyone inside stunned. 

Nezu cackled with laughter.

Izuku, having flubbed rather spectacularly, blushed, and wanted badly to crawl into a hole to hide. Still, he began speaking; he should finish it. 

“Thank you, Nezu-kocho,” Izuku tried again with a tinge of his blush still heating his cheeks. “I’ll be sure to h-help in the event as much as I can.”

“I am sure that you will do just fine, Shukeiken-san,” the principal replied, calling him by his hero name. Shukeiken, or Collected (Aggregated?) Strength in English, was the name Izuku chose for himself not too long after he became All Might’s sidekick. It sounded cool, but it also paid homage to the powers he’d inherited. 

“Then let’s discuss what your exact role in the upcoming entrance exam for my school will be,” Nezu stated as he sat down on the leather couch across from Izuku. When he gestured, Izuku hurriedly sat down alongside All Might, currently in his civilian identity. 

“I’m surprised that you would let Izuku participate in the entrance exam as an examiner,” Yagi said. “I know that it’s part of his pro-hero license prerequisite…” 

Izuku nodded. He and Toshinori-sensei had initially come to U.A. for its classes, which he needed in order to earn himself a proper professional hero license; he already had a provisional license but there was only so much he could do with it. Provisional license was meant to be just that: provisional. As such, there were a lot of limitations on it. For example, he couldn’t leave All Might’s area of operation, set up his own agency, or receive full compensation for his heroic work. 

U.A. had classes for heroes who’d earned their provisional license outside of the normal heroic curriculum in hero schools like theirs, because one of the prerequisite for professional hero license was formal education in “law, heroes, and appropriate behavior.” 

In U.A.’s curriculum, that would be Heroics Class Year 2 and Year 3. 

“It would be a serious shame if Shukeiken-san had to sit through normal classes inbetween his sidekick work. His help, especially in the cold cases, is too good to not just use it.”

Essentially, Izuku was too good to be stuck in class so Nezu was willing to offer a fast-track. 

But how?

“Essentially, I would like Shukeiken-san to proctor one of the five sites for combat portions of the entrance exams.”

Izuku blinked. “Wait, don’t I need license or work experience to do something like that…?” he asked, because he wasn’t sure if he could do something like that. It wasn’t like he inherited Alexandria’s memories apart from the very few she’d shown him; he received powers, not memories.

“And then I would like for you to join U.A.’s faculty as an Assistant Professor just like All Might would join us.”

Izuku snapped his head towards All Might in shock. His wide eyes widened even further with excitement when Yagi chuckled nervously in response to his enthusiasm. 

“Y-You’re going to be a teacher here at U.A.?!” 

“Sshh! Don’t let anyone else know,” Yagi quickly shushed, and Izuku snapped his mouth shut. “It’s not an information that’s supposed to be released until the next year starts. Besides, you don’t know what stalker or journalist might be listening in.”

“Ah, right. Okay,” he replied stiffly, because he was all too aware of the hungry hyenas of the media. There were some funny and nice journalists, but there were so many of them who were too aggressive, asking private questions without hesitation. He’d run into more than a few because he was All Might’s sidekick, and his experience so far told him that anything that could be done to keep the media at bay was worth exploiting. Keeping quiet to do just that? He’ll do it for years to come if it’s necessary. 

And then Izuku finally registered the first portion of Nezu’s statement. His head snapped to the mouse-bear-principal and gawked.

“Y-You want me to teach at U.A?! But I’m not even a teacher! I don’t even know how to teach!”

“But you can spar, yes?”

“... Yes?” he replied confusedly. “What does that-” He cut himself off and frowned. 

Nezu-kocho just said that he would be an assistant professor for combat. Combat was something Izuku was familiar with, because he’d encountered his share of villains challenging All Might and because he sparred with many heroes, many times as a result of showing examples of his Quirk Analysis suggestions and recommendations like the one he did for Chiba Hero Harihari, one of the heroes who’d been there for the end of the All for One.

“You want me to analyze the Quirks, combat styles, and combat potentials for your students and help them improve themselves,” Izuku concluded quickly. 

“Yes!” Nezu replied cheerfully. “I knew you’d understand easily.”

“But I’ve only fought villains and sparred p-pros,” he replied uneasily. “I’m not sure I can hold back against students.”

After all, Alexandria could easily kill people with a finger flick. Tattletale could only help him with his analysis. Bonesaw… Less said about using that, the better. None of his familiar powers…

… Familiar powers, yes. 

Unfamiliar power, he had one that might be of use here.

Izuku gulped, thinking about the fourth power he’d inherited not too long ago. There hadn’t been a need or circumstance for him to use that particular power. 

“W-Would I be allowed to design the test?”

Nezu nodded. “You would have to get my approval before implementation and a week in advance at the latest, but yes.”

Izuku grinned. 

-VB-

Japanese Hero Billboard Chart

Name:
Midoriya Izuku
Occupation:
Provisional Hero/Sidekick
Area of Operation:
Tokyo

Agency:
All Might Hero Agency

Accomplishments:
Defeat of All for One, 90 cold cases solved, 37 Grade-A Quirk analysis

Quirk: 

Divided into two known parts so far
“Alexandria” makes him a flying All Might.
“Tattletale” makes him the greatest detective.