Chapter 129: Chapter 129: UA School Festival Arc (2)
Chapter 129: UA School Festival Arc (2)
~Third POV~
[Weeks Later, Hospital, Musutafu, Japan]
Kai Chisaki and the Hassai Group had plotted to use the Quirk-killing drug produced by Eri to rise to power. Still, their scheme failed when the hero team successfully stormed the yakuza compound and destroyed their operation.
However, no one would've known that even before the hero team could go and defeat them, the League of Villains managed to get to them first. This had come at a high price; however, Tomura Shigaraki defeated Chisaki, and the League of Villains managed to steal the samples of the drug in question and fresh corpses to create more Nomu.
These losses contributed to heavy criticism of law enforcement and growing dissatisfaction with the hero establishment from the public at large. Though emotions ran high in the immediate aftermath, time marched quietly onward, and the chill winds of the coming winter did much to soothe the wounds of all those involved.
Eri's Quirk could [Rewind] living things to previous states, but as she couldn't yet control this powerful ability, she was quarantined in a hospital for the time being. That said, there was little worry of another rampage since the horn on her forehead that emitted the rewinding energy seemed to have shrunk since she had time to practice her Quirk under supervision.
She couldn't stay at the hospital forever, of course, so those in charge were in the process of deciding where she would end up. One proposal was U.A. High itself because of the presence of none other than Shota Aizawa, whose [Erasure] Quirk was, for now, the only known check against potential outbursts of Eri's ability.
Today, Aizawa was at the hospital for a visit, entering through the door and seeing the standard hospital bed dwarfed the small girl, who looked at Aizawa questioningly while sipping juice through a straw as she uttered, "Umm …"
Aizawa then asked softly to Eri, "What is it?"
A glint of anticipation shone in her eyes. Enthusiasm, even as she asked curiously, "What kinda dance is Ren gonna do …?"
Ever since Eri's variant Quirk had manifested, her daily life had been nothing but pain. Though the six-year-olds dark, brutal past still weighed on her and would not soon be forgotten, Ren Yuki had suggested that she attend U.A.'s upcoming School Festival.
Aizawa thought that introducing her to the school on the day of the bombastic festival might be a bit much, so he'd brought Eri for a visit just a few days earlier and had witnessed her adjusting to life in the outside world, little by little.
The sights and sounds of the older children working hard to prepare for the big event had already planted a seed of excitement in Eri's wounded heart, and their events, performances, and exhibits might be just the things to help that seed sprout.
Aizawa smiled kindly as he commented, answering Eri's question cooly, "You can look forward to finding out on the day of the School Festival."
Eri made a face far too serious for someone her age and, with a rapid series of small nods, said excitedly, "Okay… I'll look forward to it…"
It was half in agreement, half in wonderment about the very concept of having anything at all to look forward to. Though Aizawa had been taking a number of days off recently, he'd gotten word about how hard his kids were working.
He was still a bit concerned about how the other classes would respond to class A's bold plan, but he wasn't worried about the quality of the event itself. Whether working for others' sake or their own, the effort his students were putting in would be sure to reach hearts and minds.
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~Ren Y. POV~
[Weeks Later, Nighttime, UA Highschool, Gym Gamma, Japan]
After some hard weeks, I've been overseeing our concert to ensure everything goes according to plan. I see that Mina is drilling at Izuku for his dance moves, "Midoriya!! Still looks sloppy. Go! Go! Feel it!"
I chuckled lightly, seeing the group's practice as Sero, near me, spoke up, looking up at the dance team in amazement, "In the beginning, we were nervous since we're all amateurs… the band and the dance squad are looking like real pros up there. Coach Ashido sure knows how to whip 'em into shape!"
Nodding my head, agreeing, I couldn't help but comment on her hard work in dancing, "Yeah. She'd give it her all for something she loves."
Since we don't have Yuga anymore, we had Toru act as our disco ball. It was when Jiro began to give instructions in a determined tone, "That leaves Midoriya to leave the stage and scampers up to the ceiling to get Hagakure in position. She'll rise on those ropes – "
*BAM*
Before we could finish, we all turned our heads towards Hound Dog entering, alerting us of our time up, "It's already grrr… 9 PM!! Students gotta leave by nine… Grrr!"
"Yikes! We're leaving!"
*Swf*
Opening up a portal back to UA Heights, we all nodded in understanding after we cleaned up. Before the festival begins at 9 AM tomorrow is the time to go to bed and wake up.
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[Nighttime – 11:35 PM, UA Highschool, Heights Alliance, Japan]
Having enough time to rest on the first floor to chill while others are already asleep. Denki exclaimed excitedly, "I can't sleep!!"
But Mina yelled at him to be quiet as I was busy making some hot milk for us to drink, "Keep it down! People're sleeping upstairs!"
Looking over, passing everyone awake with their hot milk to help them sleep, I couldn't help but comment, "Everyone's sure in high spirits."
Passing a cup over to Ida and Jiro on the couch she replied with a heavy sigh looking a bit nervous as she replied, "It's best not to think about it for now. If we start feeling nervous or shy it'll hurt the performance. Once we're onstage, we just gotta roll with it and have fun! Thanks for the drink."
I smiled kindly I couldn't help but tease lightly, handing a cup to Mina, enjoying the drink, "Shy? I seem to recall someone getting all red in the face?"
She waved me off and replied defensively, "That's completely different!"
I snickered lightly, passing everyone their cup of hot milk as they all took a sip, enjoying the drink soothing their minds. It was when Denki spoke up curiously with a calm tone and asked, "Ahh… dude, you seriously make the greatest food. Even better than Lunch Rush… Actually, why didn't you say you would hold a cooking stall?"
Hearing that, everyone's attention was on me as Ida in the room followed curiously, "You know when Kaminari said that we could've done a food stall with you? You'll surely wow the students."
Listening to their questions, I simply shook my head as I explained bluntly, sipping from my cup of hot milk in a chill tone, "Nah. I didn't feel like it, honestly. I do like cooking, I won't lie, but it wouldn't be fun for everyone. Besides that, I already promised Eri I would be with her for the School Festival."
They nodded in understanding what I meant. I won't be able to hang out with my friends after the concert personally as I promised to help Eri enjoy the school festival to the fullest with my presence, but my clones will have to do my part hanging out with my friends.
Not only that, though, one of my clones will be busy helping Kendo in the beauty pageant happening with one of my clones. Much to the class's shock, it was my suggestion since Momo or Toru would've been the best choice.
Unfortunately, I need them to manage the concert. That left only Kendo to be picked out for the beauty pageant representing Class 1-A.
Other than that, though, I also must deal with another issue that would be happening as I used [Create] to make a new rope with the old one being used up and frayed. Gentle Criminal and La Brava.
But not only them but to be on the lookout for the League of Villains. They certainly got bold… too bold for my liking.
However, I return my attention to Kirishima, hyping the class in an excited tone, "We're gonna pull this off!!"
"YEAH!!"
Joining along, though, I agreed as everyone was already getting sleepy from the drink, enjoying their hard-earned rest. All that practice is surely gonna be used for this as I have other plans to do.
Joining the guys, I began to head to my room as I checked my phone. Ever since I left my clone in Europe trying to locate those two quirks, he contacted Rody Soul, having good intel on the locations in Ortheon.
And my clones have certainly been busy dealing with the crime rate in Shady Town. There is light news of a 'vigilante' dealing with the criminal and the Humarise Cult as I slyly grinned, gaining valuable info.
Not only that, news of this 'vigilante' has been busy dealing with the Gollini Family. Not the main members but their minions subtly taking everything worth value from them before safely disposing of them.
Shame sending them to the sun with [Wormhole] doesn't let me gain some EXP, but it makes for a perfect way to get rid of evidence. Slowly but surely, their criminal empire will fall I just gotta take this carefully to not have my cover blown.
As for getting the other two Quirks, it would be for some time till I get them. The Scervino Family certainly makes it a challenge to find them in Europe with their influence and mass of wealth hiding them and criminal guards.
Sighing out loud, reaching the end of my stairs, and heading to my room, I lightly smiled that some of my classmates had done the [Gene Refinement], improving their Quirks. Other than Toru, the few that came were the obvious 4 Mina, Kinoko, Denki, and Kendo.
With them, they gained the following improvement of their Quirks:
[Acid Control]: The ability to manipulate the user's acid to how the user sees fit. An example is creating or molding acid into golems or controlling the pH level with the intent in mind.
[Electric Control]: The ability to manipulate the user's electricity to how the user sees fit. An example would be allowing electricity to take the form of a bird or a net while changing the way electricity is fired with intent in mind.
[Big Body]: Extending her Quirk Factor to all over her body, Kendo can now grow any part of her body by a multiplier of x5 instead of 3. The best part about this is she doesn't seem to be affected by the increased weight of her gigantified state and can be instantaneous grow or decrease based on her intent. The user has complete [Body Manipulation] of the parts they grow.
[Shemage]: Allowing Kinoko to produce and control spores and fungi, including yeasts and molds, as well as mushrooms. That also included poison spores in the mix, granting her [Poison Immunity], much to my shock.
Honestly, when I refined their Quirks, they were surprised and thankful for the improvements I handed them. Especially with the girls, as I granted them more usage over their quirks.
Kendo was thankful because I made her Quirk [Big Fist] into [Big Body] as she can transform any part of her body x5 her size. And I mean EVERY part of her body as she got creative, for example, using her hair to transform big or a portion of it with the innate ability of [Body Manipulation] as a nice bonus.
Mina and Denki were both grateful that they had a way to control their respective quirks without worrying about friendly fire. Although Mina was especially thankful for intently controlling her acid pH levels not to melt someone off, oddly enough?
Then came Kinoko as she got into experimenting with her [Shemage] Quirk. Yes, I know she named her hero name over her Quirk since it matched like a magician if I'm being honest once I taught her some ideas.
When we found out she was immune to her poison spores, as I notified her of her [Poison Immunity], she got inventive in using her Quirk. And when I suggested ideas of using [Spore Clones] or using a potent mold that rots and destroys the flesh of those it infects, she considered the idea.
To be honest, that one was kind of out of left field for the shy girl that I knew would agree to my idea of mine following the Stand ability of Green Day from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. But when she explained to me why, I understood.
She merely wanted to feel safe and have an Ultimate Move that would be her last resort against impossibly stronger people. Or a kill move in case she fought against the Nomu or a villain too powerful.
Even asked me for some advice on how I should use her Quirk at times, which made me understand why she wanted to improve her own Quirk. It was for her own safety because her original Quirk by itself wouldn't stop a Nomu with just Mushrooms since it was already dead and choking it wasn't gonna help.
But thanks to me, though, she genuinely has a fighting chance with the improvements of her Quirk. Not only that, though, but she seemed to be falling for me hard as I helped her improve.
Steadily, though, they are convincing some of my classmates of the idea of refining their Quirks to help them in the future. The best I can do now is help them to the best of my ability.
Although concerning the fashion show, I'm afraid I lack any info or experience to handle that issue. Perhaps I should contact my fellow Gamers through the mail if they have any ideas on fashion or clothing designs...
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A/N: Hey guys, the author is here to give you an early chapter! Also, I wanted to ask if you guys would like the idea of PA (Pokemon Adventures) - GAMER PATH idea.
The MC won't have health or levels in this one but will have his skills grow by being able to use [Aura] and psychic abilities starting at the age of 11 at the start of the series in Kanto. Wanted to hear your guy's opinions on the idea. Otherwise, have a good day.