A/N: Well now looks like Mina made the first move and is avid about getting the girls to share Izuku, so how will her plans come out I wonder?
Neo Infinity: That is a pretty good idea honestly Melissa didn't even cross my mind, but I'll take her into consideration.
Yaoyorozu and the others all stared at Mina for a moment as if the pink skinned girl had grown another head, before Momo spoke. "What do you mean talk about us?" She asked crossing her arms under her considerable bust as Mina smiled.
"Well you see all six of us are interested in the same guy, but we're clearly not all on equal footing. For instance Uraraka here was Izuku's first kiss, and has gone on a date with him as has Toru over there." Mina said singling out the gravity user and Invisible girl. Momo, Jiro, and Asui all looked at the two girls who blushed under their scrutiny.
"Is this true Ochaco?" Asui asked feeling a little betrayed she thought she and Ochaco had a special friendship and yet she hadn't told her that she was dating Midoriya, but that also went back on Tsu after all she hadn't told Ochaco she'd started to have feelings for the green haired boy, but in her defense she'd only just realized how she felt after the USJ incident and having a front row seat to Midoriya's determination to save his classmates.
Ochaco looked at Tsu knowing that she couldn't lie to her arguable closest friend. "Yes it's true Tsu." Ochaco admitted before looking at Mina "H-how did you know that?!" She asked knowing that Izuku wouldn't say anything without telling her and they'd both been super careful about not revealing their situation by accident, so how did Mina know?
Mina shrugged. "Well if you're thinking that Midori told me, then you're wrong and shame on you for doubting him. I doubt even lengthy torture could get him to spill the beans, but as to how I know it's simple. I saw you kiss him that first day of school as thanks for saving you during the Entrance Exam. It was really touching, and well Toru was just too obvious I'm sure everybody in class could see you had a crush on the guy invisibility or not." Mina shrugged as Toru dug the toe of her shoe into the dirt embarrassed by her lack of subtlety.
"Wait you're saying he's dating the two of them and from the way they're acting you two obviously knew about eachother right?" Jiro asked looking between Ochaco and Toru who each looked the other in the eye.
"Yes we know, Izuku was up front with us that he had been on a date with the other, and said he would make a decision on who to continue dating, but Hagakure and I knew it would eat him up inside to break one of our hearts so we decided to let the Sports Festival decide who would be with him. Whichever one of us got the furthest the other one would back off from Izuku." Toru said staring down Ochaco as Momo nodded.
"I see that would be the best way taking the strain off Midoriya who would be more likely to stop dating both of you than to make a decision, very well then I will also take part in this competition." Momo said placing her hand on her chest. "I've come to care for Midoriya very much while working beside him as his Vice Representative. He just has this drive about him that brings out the best in me and I want to support him not only professionally, but personally as his, his g-girlfriend." Momo said her face bursting out into a blush.
"Guess there's no choice I'm in too," Jiro said nodding confidently.
"Ribbit I'm not going to give in either." Tsu said before laughter burst out from Mina as she clutched her sides looking at the five girls.
"I-I'm sorry girls really I am, but it's just kind of funny you think that by winning the Festival you'll win him over, or that the others will just forget their feelings for him, but the real kicker is that you're all fighting over second place." Mina said wiping an eye as she took out her phone and pulled up a video. "I recorded this for those nights when I need a little extra to get me there." She said before pressing the play button. The quintet of girls gathered around Mina's phone as the video began to play and one by one their faces erupted in red as Momo turned away from the screen.
"W-w-w-what is that!?" Jiro shouted as Mina giggled.
"Exactly what it looks like me and Izuku getting intimate. You see while you girls were all busy twiddling your thumbs I came in and made the big play and it worked out perfectly. Guess what they say is true fortune favors the bold." Mina said turning off the video and stowing her phone away. "All of you were being so selfish, making poor Izuku choose between you instead of doing what was best and thinking about how to share him." Mina said as she stared at the other girls. Ochaco walked up to Mina and glared at her face to face.
"I won't let you have him." She whispered as Mina smiled.
"It's not your choice Ochaco its none of our choices, but if that's how you want to play it feel free to fight amongst eachother for my sloppy seconds, because I gave everything I had to Izuku and if any of you think you can take him from me all for yourself I won't allow it." Mina said as she leaned back against the railing as Ochaco stared at her. She couldn't believe this. All this time she thought Toru was her biggest competition completely unaware of the other girls and that lapse had given rise for Mina to take Izuku from her, and now she had to either share him with the others or lose him completely.
Toru was floored had she lost already Izuku was the only man she wanted and she'd been too slow in seizing him. She didn't fight hard enough and now he was gone. "I'm fine with that." Asui said as she stood next to Mina looking at the four remaining girls.
"Oh Tsu I knew you'd see reason." Mina said hugging the frog girl tightly. On the outside Mina had been cool as a cucumber, but on the inside she'd been a nervous wreck. Oh thank god somebody came over to my side if it had just been me there was no way I could have stopped them from tearing my plan apart.
Ochaco stared agape at Tsu's decision. "Tsu w-what do you mean you're ok with this?" Ochaco asked as Tsu placed a finger to her chin.
"Well the way I see it, we have two options. Either we argue amongst ourselves tearing apart the friendships we've made and causing Midoriya more pain, or we hold onto our friendship and compromise with Ashido's plan. I like Midoriya I really do, but I also like you girls. I want us to stay friends and be with Midoriya, so I agree with Mina." She said as Jiro sighed looking at the two girls before walking over to Mina's other side.
"When you put it like that I can't disagree, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few and all that. Besides it's not the strangest thing I've heard of." She said with a shrug. The group was split evenly with Momo, Toru, and Ochaco facing off against Mina, Tsu and Jiro. Seeing this Mina knew that the three wouldn't buckle so she played her trump card.
"Alright then girls we'll do this your way. If Me, Tsu or Jiro make it furthest in the Sports Festival we get Izuku as ours, but if any of you win then whoever makes it the farthest out of the three of you gets him. Can you agree to that?" Mina said holding out her hand. The six girls exchanged looks between eachother before their hands atop Mina's.
"Deal."
Izuku walked up to the gate of UA on Saturday he was here for that training session with All Might. He shouldered his gym bag higher as he remembered the text he'd received from Mina last night. Everything is going to plan, but don't make any moves until after the sports festival we should all keep a clear head. Midoriya agreed with that completely he didn't want to interfere with everyone's training and with this new quirk of his he would need his full concentration. Still though Mina hadn't told him anything about how the meet up had gone and he was nervous. Was she hiding the fact that it had gone poorly and was trying to spare his feelings? He took a deep breath. "Focus on the task at hand." He reminded himself.
Midoriya swiped his student ID as he walked onto the campus and there was All Might standing there waiting for him. He was dressed in jeans and a blue T-shirt.
"Good morning Young Midoriya are you ready for some training?!" All Might said as Izuku nodded feeling his heart pound in anticipation.
"Yes sir All Might." Izuku said excitedly as All Might cupped a hand to his ear leaning closer.
"I can't hear you, I said are you ready for some training!?" Izuku took a deep a breath seeing what All Might was doing.
"YES SIR ALL MIGHT!" All Might stood up straight and nodded.
"That's what I like to hear now let's go." He said jogging off towards Ground Gamma with Izuku keeping pace with him before stopping in front of the large doors to the site. "This young man is Ground Gamma where we'll be seeing how that quirk of yours works." All Might spoke walking in as Izuku looked around at the industrial area.
"Wow UA really goes all out doesn't it?" If he didn't know better he'd swear he was actually in part of some large city. "I've been trying to reach out to that new power All Might, but I haven't had much luck it still feels out of reach." Izuku said afraid he'd disappointed All Might.
"Never fear Young Midoriya mental training can only get you so far, but now we can get into the physical stuff. I want you to remember what it was like to have that new power flowing through you. What were you feeling, what were you thinking about?" All Might asked as Izuku closed his eyes, thoughts of that day flowing through his mind. The pain of his broken body as Nomu pummeled him, the flashes of his friend's faces being broken by that monster, his anger at not being able to do more, but most of all the feeling that even with All Might's quirk he still wasn't good enough. He needed more power to go beyond who he was now. Izuku clenched his fist as Full Cowl activated around his body, but instead of the usual green lightning crackling around his form the energy was red and looked like steam wafting from his body as his hair rose up flickering like fire.
All Might's eyes widened at the transformation seeing Izuku's fists turn dark with a red sheen that traveled halfway up his forearm while seeing the same thing happen to his legs all the way to his knees. Izuku opened his eyes as he looked at his body clenching his teeth.
"Now how does that feel?" All Might asked.
Izuku released a breath seeing it steam from his mouth. "It's like clenching a muscle if I lose focus it'll stop." Izuku responded slowly raising his fist.
"It'll get easier with time now that you've activated it yourself try throwing a punch at me don't hold back." All Might said raising his arms to guard as Izuku raised his fist and then punched. All Might stood still as a nearby pillar of steel was punched through behind him seeing Izuku's fist retract throwing the boy off balance as he spun and fell to the ground. "You were supposed to hit me Midoriya." All Might clarified as Izuku sat up. Even though the punch didn't connect All Might could see the power it packed looking at the pillar it had punched through a perfect hole with no warping to the metal all the force was centered on the point of impact.
"I was trying All Might, but my fist is just so fast and the farther out it gets the less control I have. It was easier when I had Luffy in my head he helped me guide it, but now it's too much." Izuku said standing up seeing his transformation had ended. All Might nodded at that. It was true that Izuku's fist had been too fast for even All Might to see and he was used to traveling at incredible speed, but Izuku had probably never come across something so fast. All Might place a hand to his chin as Izuku concentrated on bringing back his Full Cowl.
"How can I put him on the right track without giving him the answer outright?" All Might thought to himself before getting an idea. "Instead of focusing on the stretching part of the quirk why not focus on some of the other things rubber can do." All Might said as Izuku cocked his head thinking about all the things he knew rubber could do. Over the last few days he'd read a lot of books about the properties of rubber.
"Let's see rubber can stretch, but it can also bend, bounce, expand…and retract!" Izuku said summoning his new Full Cowl he'd have to think of a name for it later. Izuku clenched his fist drawing it back and watched as his fist sink into his wrist and then his wrist into his forearm. "All Might look!" Izuku shouted losing his concentration as his fist shot out slamming into the hero who blocked just in time as he was thrown back into a wall. "ALL MIGHT!" Izuku shouted as he ran over to the hero who was coughing as he waved the dust out of his face.
"All Might I'm so sorry, I lost focus it just shot out." Izuku apologized profusely as All Might stood up mostly unharmed.
"Never fear Midoriya it will take more than that to hurt me, but now you see that you can control this quirk, by withdrawing your fist into yourself it's like loading a bullet into the chamber of a gun. Instead of trying to aim the bullet yourself all you have to do is learn to keep your arm steady and let it guide your fist." All Might explained as Izuku looked down at his arm nodding. "You can't expect to grasp a quirk in its entirety at first it's like putting together a puzzle dealing with one piece at a time until the picture comes together as a whole." All Might explained.
Izuku raised his hand in front of his face before clenching it. "One step at a time."
"Exactly, now come on Young Man we have much more to learn so come at me!" All Might shouted as Izuku taking his stance ready to train.
All for One sat in his chair as he watched Tomura through his camera. The boy was still pouting about his loss at UA and had begun developing an obsession with the boy who'd defeated Nomu. All for One had to admit he shared his student's interest for the boy. He gave a yawn as he leaned back getting comfortable in his chair beginning to doze off. He didn't sleep often, and when he did it was fitful at best. His body was a mass of pain. Sure he was alive, but everything hurt all the surgeries left scars not only on his body, but his mind as well, of course he would never admit to any of it.
All for One stood on Japan's coast line he'd been planning this for a while now the submission of Japan's Navy it was time to cut off this island from the rest of the world cementing his control of the nation. As he stood there his army of Quirk users barreling towards the Shipyard a cannonball shot from the ocean landed in front of his rushing army exploding on impact and stopping his army in its track. He turned towards the ocean seeing a lone ship heading to the coast. It's flag that of a skull wearing a straw hat.
All for One had seen this flag before yet another person entrusted with his foolish brother's quirk. The Pirate King Luffy or so he called himself. Some called him a hero in truth the man was nothing more than a selfish person wanting to do as he pleased, but none the less people rallied behind him most notably his nine crew members. All for One had faced him once before with Luffy's brother. He had the King dead to rights and was going to kill him if not for his brother sacrificing himself and allowing Luffy to escape. The sound of another cannonball was heard as it soared through the air. All for One raised his arm using his air cannon quirk to blast the ball away only to hear a yell above him. He looked up to see a giant fist barreling down on him. He was riding on the cannonball?!" All for One thought as he used his power of flight to get out of the way as the massive fist impacted the ground shattering it and sending a quake through his army.
"You reckless fool!" All for One shouted as he rained lightning from his palm on the man creating a cloud of dust. "Out of my sight you-!" Suddenly two arms shot from the cloud of dust grabbing hold of All for One's shoulder as Luffy pulled himself towards him slamming his head into All for One's.
"That's for my brother!" Shouted the Pirate King before punching All for One in the stomach sending the older man to the ground only for him to stop inches above it before dodging to the side to avoid Luffy's foot. "Rubber Stamp Smash!" Luffy shouted as he fell to the ground in front of All for One taking a fighting stance.
"It's over All for One!" Luffy said as he threw his fist back only to sling it forward towards All for One who countered with a punch of his own.
"Kinetic Booster!" The two fists clashed together throwing both men back.
"Not done! Second Gear!" Luffy's body began to issue forth steam as his body became red only for the pirate to disappear appearing at All for One's side. "Jet Pistol Smash!" All for One's body crumpled around Luffy's fist as he grabbed hold of the boy's chest.
"Immolation!" Luffy's chest caught fire as he was thrown back sliding across the ground before getting to his feet displaying the X shaped burn across his chest.
"Your brother's quirk is quite something." All for One said his hand catching fire as Luffy glared at him.
"I'll crush you!" Luffy shouted as more steam issued forth before Luffy took off racing towards All for One who crossed his arms.
"Let me show you what I can really do with your brother's quirk. Fire Form, Stone Skin." All for one's body erupted in flame as his skin became jagged and cracked like a mountain face only for the stone to start to melt and fall like lava. "You can't touch m-!" All for one was cut off as Luffy's fist slammed into his face. He felt the blow and smelled burning flesh only for another fist to slam into his chest and then his stomach, shoulder, face, ribs.
"Jet Gatling Smash!" Luffy shouted ignoring his burning fists as he pummeled All for One.
"Impossible he's willing to go this far! You won't defeat me!" All for One thought as he slammed his hands into the ground injecting it full of flame before causing it burst out around Luffy bathing him in molten stone. "I'll take my brother's quirk back thank you." All for One spoke rushing towards Luffy only to be shot in the shoulder from one of Luffy's crew before a monster with antlers rose up behind Luffy grabbing hold of him and slamming it's hand onto All for One driving him deep into the ground.
All for One jolted awake breathing hard as the remnants of his dream ebbed away. "Just a memory." He stated as he grabbed a glass of water gulping it down as he shook off the dream. He clutched his abdomen feeling the pain of those blows all over again.
Izuku walked with the rest of his class entering the large stadium present on UA grounds the structure was packed to capacity as the crowd cheered at the class' entrance. "You know them the class that recently fended off a villain attack; Hero Course 1-A!" Present Mic shouted as the crowd went wild.
"Wow I never thought we'd get this kind of adulation leaves me kind of embarrassed." Izuku said as Katsuki stood next to him.
"Shut your ass Izuku soon enough they'll be cheering for me when I win this thing." The blonde growled his red eyes locking onto Izuku's green ones. "This time I'm going to crush you and prove my view of heroes is the right one! So you better give it your all you nerd!" Katsuki shouted as Izuku eyed him
"Sure thing Katsuki, I won't lose." Izuku said as Kirishima moved between the two slinging an arm over both their shoulders.
"That's some manly words guys, but don't forget about us you two aren't the only ones with something to prove." The redhead said as Bakugou turned from both boys leaving Kirishima hanging solely on Midoriya's shoulder. "Well guess we'll see who's on top in the end, right?" Kirishima said shaking Izuku who smiled at him.
"I'm looking forward to taking you on as well Kirishima." Izuku said slugging the red head in the side as both smiled with Kirishima walking away rubbing his ribs a little.
"I'm looking forward to overcoming the fruits of your new training Izuku." Ojiro said smiling at the green haired boy.
"Don't worry Ojiro I'm hoping to go against you as well." Izuku turned from the boy to look at the girls in the class they were separated dispersed throughout the crowd except for Mina, Jiro, and Tsu who were grouped together. The three girls looked over noticing Izuku looking at them. Jiro blushed twirling her earlobe while Tsu looked down blushing. Mina smiled at the two shaking her head before waving at Izuku.
Izuku gave a shy smile and wave back as well. He wanted to go over and talk to them, but Mina had asked him to keep focused on the sports festival saying she didn't want either of their feelings to cause them to lose focus and Izuku had to agree so he kept to himself for now. Mina had promised to tell him how the rendezvous had gone after the festival was over. He looked towards the main stage as Midnight walked onto it to numerous cheers, catcalls, and wolf whistles.
"Hello everyone I'm the R-18 Pro Hero Midnight and I will be your announcer today. I hope you're excited because I sure am in fact some might say I'm sopping wet with enthusiasm." More cheers could be heard at this little innuendo. "But enough about me this is about our glorious students putting their all on the line chasing their dreams, for this UA's Sports Festival!"