All Might had seen a lot in his long career at the very top of the Hero Society. A lot of villains, a lot of Heroes, and a lot of students training to be both. But he'd never seen someone quite like the child staring back at him. An emotionless, dark gaze bore into his soul, and it was hard to keep his smile that was one of the reasons he was so famous.
He almost dropped it for a frown.
Almost.
But he was used to showing it despite how he truly felt. Right now, he was feeling a certain level of dread, or was it sadness? He didn't really know, but now he understood why'd he been warned before this interview. Not even Todoroki, the closest child to what he was seeing now, had that sort of look in his eyes. It was haunting. A look that clearly saw the worse this world had to offer consistently and thrived in it.
"YOUNG KAKASHI, IVE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT YOU! IT IS FINALLY GOOD TO MEET YOU!"
All Might was surprised to see that not even his presence gave the Gray haired teen any more pause that a raised eyebrow from his one open eye. All Might did not miss the scar across his closed eye, already seeing that there wasn't a way that eye could be functional with a scar as deep as that.
Kakashi only stared at All Might, seeing him like this made his realize just how large the man was. A true hero figure from a book or something. One that could inspire the hearts of others and put that at ease with just his presence.
Kakashi felt no such ease. It wasn't like he was hoping it would work for him though.
Nezu stood in the background alongside the rest of the faculty of UA, a heavy silence over the rather large, familiar group. Nezu was frowning, he may have had plans for Kakashi, but seeing the boy like this caused his to frown even though he had a small dislike of children. A child this young shouldn't have eyes like his, after all.
"So, this is the boy." Present Mic slowly muttered, frowning himself. Twelve years of age and he acted like that. It was like he was seeing Aizawa all those years ago. Definitely not a sight he was keen on seeing again.
Midnight didn't know if she was angry or if something else was wrong with her emotions as well. Physical and clearly emotional abuse was heavy on this child. That dreary look in his eyes never changed, even from seeing the No. 1 Hero. She gripped harder on the arm she had already been gripping. She was a masochist and all, but this was beyond a simple fetish. Actual abuse is what this was.
Snipe was angry. He thought of several parts of the human body that he would shoot if he ever came across the scum that would subject a child to something so harsh that it would change him like this. He might've not known the boy before this, but he knew all children started off innocent before something happened to them. This was no different.
Vlad King felt his blood boiling, almost to a point of overload. This was completely outrageous. He thought about his own classroom, thinking what it would be like if everyone of them were like this. He growled once more.
Power Loader, understandingly, didn't know that much about children. Or people in general for that matter. Sure, he worked with people and students alike in his lab before, conversing with them regularly, but his experiments always kept him away from an emotional experience where he could truly understand the people around him. Mei was the only exceptions. She was a simple girl, understanding her was like understanding the motivations of a hungry animal. But he was angry. Angry at just seeing the child. He'd seen third years with more childlike wonder than one 6 years their senior. It was ridiculous.
Cementoss could only glare at the screen, with crossed arms. Clearly, he didn't like what he saw. He always had a suspicion of something like this since he and Aizawa met the kid. The way he looked and acted only confirmed it.
Aizawa was frowning so heavily that part of his lips were Hiden by his capture weapon. Honestly, he knew this kid was trouble. He was on Aizawa's same path he took years ago to become a Underground Hero, except this kid was no hero, and he didn't even look to be interested in one of his reaction to All Might was anything to go by.
He expected the kid to maybe be anti social and hard to get across but to have the kid with a gaze that screamed pain and sadness filled him with anger. He'd been an underground hero for years, worked alongside villains as a cover, let some escape for his mission, and talked to various of them, and most of them had gazed just like this kid had. A gaze saying that he had killed before and had no problem killing again.
This boy was a killer, clear and cut. Nothing could change his mind of that. Quickly, he scanned the faces of his comrades, and their body language for the ones who'd have mask on. They held anger as well, but it was most likely because of how the boy looked physically and appeared emotionally than knowing he was a killer.
Then, he looked at Nezu. Nezu took lots of risk, but would he risk a killer in his school? He might, but it was no guarantee.
That didn't sit well with him. It sounded awful.
That just meant he couldn't tell the Principal. Kakashi needed help, and he would only get it if he were allowed to attend UA.
A little white lie wouldn't hurt in the long run, would it?
All Might cleared his throat, awkward that the boy had yet to speak but had to press on.
"I AM HERE, TO TELL YOU THAT YOU'VE OFFICIALLY BEEN GIVEN A CHANCE TO BE INVITED TO UA HIGH!"
Another raised eyebrow, but not the reaction any of them expected. This was a lifetime offer some would die for. Yet he reacted like he was being asked if he knew Kanji or something.
All Might continued, growing more concerned.
"UM, WELL AREN'T YOU CURIOUS, YOUNG KAKASHI?"
"Not particularly. This has been chosen by Ryukyu right? My words mean nothing."
Glances went around the room and a sweat drop rolled down the back of All Might's neck.
"ERM, WELL, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT. YOU'RE WORR MEANS JUST AS MUCH AS ANY, YOUNG KAKASHI! DON'T EVER FORGET IT!"
"Ok sure."
Kakashi looked unimpressed and boredly unamused.
"WELL, UM, ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT YOU WILL BE JOINING HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH A TEST TO JOIN UA IN THE HERO COURSE. WE HAVE A LOW ACCEPTANCE RATE, AND SO TO MAKE THIS FAIR YOU WILL BE FACING THE TOP CLASS IN THE HERO COURSE; CLASS 1-A!"
Kakashi was actually interested in that. The hero class that has already seen combat against villains. Hn.
"How many do I have to beat?"
Kakashi doubted that this was actually to see if he could keep up with his peers and more for them to see how much power he held and the control he held over that power. They wanted to see his power up close, but he had a plan for that.
Unfortunately for him, All Might shut that down rather quickly.
"DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THAT, YOUNG KAKASHI! ALL WILL BE REVEALED IN DUE TIME. TOMMORROW, WE'D BE HONORED TO WELCOME YOU TO UA HIGHSCHOOL!
Kakashi was disappointed. He'd didn't think he'd received no information from this. It wasn't too bad though. If he thought about it in a another way, this gave him access to the pinnacle of Hero School, and most importantly their information. It would probably be well protected, he hoped it wouldn't be on their technology, if so, it wouldn't be worth even accepting this offer.
Though, it really wasn't his choice as this was more of an interview from him specifically. It was almost funny how much he could predict what they were trying to do. They weren't subtle at all with their approach on dealing with him.
Kakashi simply nodded, and after a rather awkward moment of silence, the digital All Might disappeared, and the room turned back to its original color.
Kakashi picked up the envelope, staring at it, wondering what his next move should be.
Right now, he hadn't made a single move to actually finding the Stone Ninja.
That thought ran through his mind and the envelope crumbled between his hand.
XxX
All Might immediately slumped into his true form, relief coming through his entire body. With his time limit as low as it was currently, even staying in it caused him slight stress. He didn't expect the interview to be as long as it was.
But he supposed he wasn't too upset about it. The kid was like no other. The way he spoke and actually it was how little he spoke and moved is what gave the strongest hero actual paused. No kid should be acting like that, and if they were, it had to be some kind of trauma that could cause it.
"All Might, you idiot." Aizawa walked up to him, glancing at his sullen cheeks for a small bit, unused to seeing it since he had just been introduced to it not too long ago. "You revealed too much."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"You basically told the boy that we're going to be watching his performance against Class 1-A." Nezu joined in, walking up aside Aizawa while the other teachers followed up behind.
"He's now more likely to prepare for it."
All Might thought they were given him too much credit. "I can see that the boy is particularly careful, but you're treating him as some sort of threat to be wary of."
"He is a threat." Aizawa didn't much like saying that about a kid but it was just a fact. The boy was skilled enough to react to him fighting with his capture tape and when he used all that electricity and rushed at that Villain, Aizawa hadn't been able to track him until he hit Cementoss's wall of concrete.
"The boy is skilled, and he's after that man he was fighting. Me and Cementoss got in his way before he could kill him, and that was the most emotion I've ever seen on that kid. Going by that, I'm adamant that he's a problem child with a vendetta against that man he tried to kill."
His eyes hardened, hands clenching in his pockets.
"That also means he's a killer, who's killed before, and has no problem doing it more. He's a threat in every sense of the word."
His words stunned the room into silence. All Might, especially. He was right. All Might had been told that those two had been the first to meet this boy, and even if he didn't agree on Aizawa's teaching methods he knew that the man was not a liar. But it left him with a burning question.
"Well, if you have a suspicion of him being a killer, why are we allowing him to attend this school, and fight the children for that matter?"
Nezu was happy to answer, too happy in Aizawa's opinion. "A boy of his skill needs guidance. That is what hero schools such as UA are for. We make talented, unfocused youths into powerful, focused, and strong heroes. But we can also make a talented, dark, and dangerous teen into a powerful hero that can inspire others with his story for generations to come. It could also change his chances of becoming a villain, which I believe is the track he is currently on, given his reaction to you."
Aizawa joined back in. "And the reason he's fighting my students is for both our benefit and theirs. We'll be able to watch him, and gather how strong he is compared to our strongest First Years. And my students can learn from an experienced boy even younger than them. It will motivate them to be stronger if beaten by someone younger than them. Two birds, one stone."
"Wow, Aizawa!" Present Mic leaned on his shoulder. "Think of that all on your own?"
Aizawa grumbled in annoyance. "Stop being so loud in my ear."
Midnight sighed, rubbing her forehead. "I hope that this is just what's best for Hatake. It's what's most important right now, given the circumstances."
"I'm fully aware of that. Trust me, this should be beneficial for all parties."
XxX
That next morning, Kakashi found himself looking at himself in the mirror, frowning through the fabric in his mask at his appearance.
He basically had on a suit with this uniform and he felt very stiff, to the point that it was annoying. It felt uncomfortable to him, more uncomfortable than sleeping on the forest ground with nothing more than an old sleeping bag.
He sighed, hoping the information he could potentially gather would be worth it. This may have been no choice of his, but he was definitely going to make the most of it.
He looked at the mirror more closely, specifically at his eyes. Obito's eye. He put a hand over it. It wouldn't do to have it out, too many questions. But he had nothing but his Ninja Headband to put over it, but he wouldn't use it. He didn't deserve to call himself a Konoha Ninja until he got back to Rin and made sure she was safe and made sure to kill that Stone Ninja.
That didn't leave him with too many choices though. He looked down and scanned counter all around him. Seeing nothing, he bent down and opened the cabinet to look inside. After a second, he saw a first aid kit. He took it out and set it on the counter.
This will work. He thought, pleased, having opened the kit.
X
Minutes later, Kakashi walked last Ryukyu and out of the door, ignoring her barely muttered "see you later", and walking in the direction of a building he'd seen before. One of his eyes wrapped up in bandages that covered around his entire head to behind his left ear. He was glad for his good memory.
X
Izuku Midoriya was not one to judge an individual upon seeing them. Usually, it was the other way around. People usually judges him upon seeing him. But he'd never had a problem with that. He only judged by how a person acted, and even then he never judged them and only acknowledged that as the way they acted.
But seeing Aizawa-Sensei introduce the newest member of their class to them as he and his classmates stood nearly shoulder to shoulder in Gym Gamma had him actually judging Hatake.
It wasn't as if he were being mean, but he couldn't help but think that he looked a bit too young to be in this type of school. He looked like he was in middle school. But he had to be strong in some way! This was UA, after all! They wouldn't just let anyone join, and even if he looked young, it wasn't like Mineta looked his age. Maybe he was looking too into this and basing his appearance on age.
Even while he thought this, he still somehow knew he was right.
Kakashi glanced at the class of his elders in age, and saw immediately that most of them were incompetent. Only three caught his attention. One with blonde hair, and red eyes, one with multi colored hair, and one with the glasses on. The others looked like fools.
He glanced over at Aizawa, hoping the man would explain the rules of how this was going to go. He was almost 100% sure that this wasn't to make sure he could keep up with the others and more to see how strong he was, or what he was willing to show.
He could already tell that from meeting Aizawa that he was smart and careful enough as well as perceptive enough to tell if Kakashi would hold back. He'd almost caught Kakashi staring at him a few times, just like now, actually.
Kakashi moved his gaze back to the students just as Aizawa glanced at him. It was only for a second, and then he turned back to the class.
The boy with the glasses raised his hand and Aizawa allowed him to speak.
"Is he the reason our classroom is being remodeled?"
"Yes, we'll be adding a seat for him as well as a new compartment that will store his hero suit. For today, we'll just be in here, and besides we have something important to do here anyways, so this is perfect."
A few murmurs went through the students but Aizawa kept speaking.
"He's been a late admission on special terms. Our goal for today is to see where we will be placing him among the standings for this class."
He pulled out a clipboard and turned it for the class to see. It was the record of the Quirk Assessment Test he'd given on their first day.
"This is my personal standing on the class as a whole, for right now. To place him correctly, and to see where he needs to improve I will have him fight all of you in a ladder of sorts. He'll go from fighting 20th place, to fighting 1st, if he makes it that far. That is our goal for today, so don't take it easy on him. Go Plus Ultra."
Kakashi glanced back at Aizawa as most of the class screamed Plus Ultra back excitedly. So, this was his game. Pretty smart of him. Quirks varied a lot, that would cause Kakashi to show more about himself than he could ever plan on not having to. Perhaps he could knock them out by blitzing them and then knocking them out with one attack, but then one of them could catch on and make his fight harder by forcing him to use certain abilities. No matter how he fought, he would be showing Aizawa something about himself that he had no control to change. The most he could probably do was limit how much he could show, which would in turn mean that he would show Aizawa that he was holding back by holding away certain abilities that Aizawa had already seen.
He was in a rock in a hard place right now.
"Midoriya, you're up. The rest of you go back to the sidelines."
The green haired boy he dismissed, walked up to him with very obvious unwillingness, showing how nervous he was to do this in front of everyone. Wasn't this class famous or something? They'd fought villains before, so how could he be nervous from something that was considered as a spar?
Interesting.
Though his gaze held focus, Kakashi was sure he'd have no trouble beating this boy quickly. By now, he decided he'd keep his abilities to be shown was his lightning and his intelligence. All he would do was analyze and break down and quirk and then use his own "quirk" and defeat them with it. It was the only way he would show the smallest amount of his abilities.
Kakashi would only have to show more if his attacks were read and he weren't given a choice.
X
Kakashi and Midoriya stood opposite of one another in the middle of the gym, both ready to go at the other.
Aizawa explained the rules to them now that everyone was ready. "The only rules of this bout is that attacks that can kill our strictly forbidden. If I stop the fight and declare a winner, that is it. You can fight all over the gym but keep attacks away from your classmates. Understood.
"Yes!" Midoriya said and Kakashi nodded.
"Then, begin!"
Kakashi didn't move, Midoriya didn't either. They both stared at one another, seeing who would move first. Kakashi had patience, he was a Ninja, patience was sometimes needed, just like now. He needed to see how Midoriya fought so he could end this quickly. Drawing out a fight would do him no good other than make himself seem suspicious. He could feel Aizawa's eyes staring at him.
Suddenly, Midoriya ran at him.
He was a bit fast. But much too slow for Kakashi.
He caught up to him and threw out a right jab that Kakashi dodged.
A single black eye narrowed.
He was slow.
Kakashi moved quicker, dodging a flurry of punches from Midoriya before leaping up into the air and kicking the boy across the face, sending him skidding back.
Kakashi expected him to fall. He was tougher than that.
Kakashi hit the ground as Midoriya rushed once more. His next moves were a mix of fist and feet, but it was still as predictable. He threw mostly punches that obviously didn't fit his build and the kicks he throwed in to try and catch him off guard but they were far too stiff and he obviously didn't use his feet much. Though he should use it as his main way to attack. It fit his build better and trying to use both wasn't good for him as he wasn't flexible enough to pull it off with any good amount of expertise.
Kakashi realized that these kids weren't that experienced with combat, though it seemed like they were fast learners if the lowest in the class was actually catching on and using his feet a tad bit more, seeing that they were closer to hitting him than his fist.
But it t wasn't enough. Not to defeat him.
Kakashi gripped onto a leg that would've hit him in the and spun around, throwing the older boy away like a Ragdoll. Just like he expected, the boy gained control of himself mid air and Kakashi leapt up to meet him before slamming a fist into his gut, forcibly knocking the wind out of him.
Midoriya gaped like a surprised fish and fell to the ground, holding his stomach tightly.
Kakashi landed, and stopped fighting, thinking this was it.
He was wrong. Midoriya got back up, this time, aiming his finger at him.
Kakashi thought he was stupid.
Midoriya could feel the food he'd just eaten threatening to come up. He didn't feel good, it felt like his insides had been caved in by that punch. This was a kid, how could he hit so hard. It had to be part of his quirk. He was fast too, maybe a physical boost?
Either way, he hadn't been able to hit him and at all. He forced himself off the ground, still holding his stomach but forced his right first to get ready, ready to release his finger. He could feel his quirk filling his veins.
Kakashi stopped, seeing his finger begin to turn red at certain parts and wondered if this was his quirk.
Kakashi waited for something to happen, but nothing did. He was waiting on Kakashi to move. Kakashi glanced at the other students. He had about 19 more opponents.
He didn't have much time. He ran at Midoriya.
His finger flicked and Kakashi barely covered himself before he was sent flying from immense air pressure that came from his finger.
What the hell?! Kakashi hit the other side of the gym's wall hard but caught himself before he slumped to the ground. If he had this much strength, how was he the bottom of the class?
Kakashi figured out why when he looked back at Midoriya, acknowledging the destruction around him but saw the finger he'd used to attack.
It was broken. Purple and mangled as if it had been through a grinder.
He couldn't hold his own quirk. His body couldn't take it. And every use damaged him.
Kakashi now knew why he was at the bottom. Though it did seem they shared the same problem when he thought about his Sharingan. He didn't have much control in that regard.
He rushed forward and Midoriya readied another figure on the same hand. Kakashi got close enough, he flicked again and another whirlwind filled up the gym.
Kakashi skidded to a halt, behind Midoriya. The green haired boy probably saw him jump in the air to avoid being hit, because he turned around and another pressure of air was let off, this time catching him inside.
He was able to cover himself though but the impact of the air slamming into him and hitting the wall again forced air out of his lungs. But he still caught himself and forced air back into his lungs quickly. Ninja were trained to quickly get in air in case of a hit like this. Seconds counted in battle.
Though this wasn't life and death, it was a habit hard to break.
Three fingers, Kakashi noted without thinking or saying it. He rushed again, two more, only the pinky and thumb.
This time, Kakashi placed his hands in front of him and Lightning began to dance between his palms. He slammed them into the ground before reaching Midoriya and the Lightning ran through the ground, coming at him quickly.
Midoriya noticed it's speed.
Electricity! He was surprised and yelped as a small amount of it caught his leg as he jumped away. The pain from his fingers being broken made him a tad slower.
Midoriya was a quick learner and already had his pinky aimed for attack just as Kakashi appeared before him, having ran past his own attack.
The younger boy was really fast, already having made it underneath his arm that even if he let off his attack, it wouldn't hit him.
Well, that's if he kept it aimed in front of him. Kakashi aimed a fist and Midoriya flicked his wrist down.
The class had to cover there eyes as another rush of air blew debris and smoke all around.
"Dammit, what happened?" A certain blonde demanded.
Someone coughed. "This smoke is everywhere!"
"Hey! Watch out, your stepping on my feet!"
"Sorry Toru, you're invisible so it's hard to see!"
"Apologize with more dignity, Kiminari! Set an example as a UA Student!"
"Hey, look." Uraraka pointed and threw the smoke, Kakashi stood over Midoriya who looked like he was unconscious.
"Kakashi wins." Aizawa dragged, having saw the entire thing. The boy was skilled, too skilled for his age.
"Huh? I didn't even see what happened!" Mina yelled.
"Me neither. Smoke was everywhere." Kirishima yelled, mad himself.
"Guys, I can't see!" Mineta yelled out.
"Stop groping me you perv!" Momo yelled out.
"Cease, at once!"
While his class was conversing, Todoroki was more off to the side, staring. That boy was skilled, he'd seen through Midoriya and only got hit because a combination of luck and surprise. Midoriya fought rather unorthodox and he was learning during the fight as well. But it almost seemed like Kakashi was holding back just a little too much. Like he could've did more but simply didn't.
As robots picked Midoriya up and put him on a stretcher, Todoroki had only one thought.
I have to test my power against his to push him too his limits. His past; it might be just like mine.
If this was the class that had fought against real villains than Kakashi had two questions about it. One, how the hell did they survive, and two, just how strong were the villains they were fighting? There was no way any of them would get by on the strength they had currently. His world would rip them apart.
He hadn't seen a challenge since fighting Midoriya, who was supposed to be the dead last of the class. Mineta had hardly been a challenge and Toru couldn't keep quite enough to actually sneak up on him. She was too noisy and he caught her the instant she walked. Two easy victories after a rather tough one.
He looked over back at the group of students as a girl named Jiro was called down. She stepped down, looking at him unflinchingly, even from seeing his previous fights.
The other two were terrified of him, she showed more confidence. He'd see how far it would get her. He couldn't lie, he was interested in testing all of their fighting ability, so far, if Midoriya was the scale they would measure him by, losing to anyone below him would automatically give Aizawa a reason to call him out, or even watch him more closely.
He didn't need that.
So he had to play this smart.
"Start!"
The match was called, but Kakashi stared, his eyes scanning her for any sign of her quirk. Two long lines with something metal on the end of her ears caught his attention. He didn't know what they were but did know that it was most likely her quirk, or a feature of it.
"Show him what for, Jiro!" Someone cheered in the background. Sounded like an idiot. Kakashi felt a little annoyed.
He could already tell that she was a long range fighter, most likely anyway. She didn't have the build of a fighter. And that meant the only reason she hadn't moved was because she was waiting on him to move first.
Lightning sparked in one of his hands. She didn't move, but her eyes moved to it, and bead of sweat dropped down her face.
He hit the ground, lightning began to pass through it, and he disappeared.
She must've been watching him closely from the last few matches. She instantly leaped away to the side and covered up just as Kakashi appeared in front of her. Her next moves were completely unexpected. Both of the end of her lobes shot out, and because of his surprise, he was able to grab onto both of the ends before they could go for his ears.
He didn't know it was one of the worst things he could do.
His entire body began to vibrate violently and shook him to his core because he didn't expect that she could still attack him. The lobes slipped out of his hand as he was tackled to the ground, Jiro's hands slipping around his abdomen as her lobes aimed for his ear. He stopped the right one, but his left one got caught.
The next feeling felt like his brain was being scrambled. A loud scraping sound filled his entire being and he shook violently.
He paced underneath her and she began to pant, thinking that she had won. Kakashi finally got her technique down. She was a long range fighter that actually had intelligence and watched to see how he fought, and planned ahead accordingly. Though, it still only worked because he wasn't used to fighting with one eye. It was hard to see something as small as the weapons she used to fight.
But she didn't know of his abilities very well.
Chakra filled his being and lightning suddenly shot from his palm, shocking her.
She screamed, falling back off him and laid on the ground, jittering as volts continued to run through her.
Kakashi panted for air, slowly getting to his feet. She had been the closest to actually beating him. He'd gotten too complacent, he needed to be careful. Even if they were less trained, they had powers that could catch him off guard without his Sharingan and using only one eye.
"That's it, Kakashi wins."
As Aizawa called the match, Kakashi looked at his hand. He had to get stronger it seemed, without using the Chidori or his Sharingan. If someone he considered fodder could do this much damage than he wasn't as strong as he thought he was.
"Kaminari, you're up." Aizawa droned out.
A boy with yellow spikey hair came down to step in front of him, yellow sparks of electricity coming from his open palm as he smirked.
Kakashi stared; this guy was idiot. He should be trying to hide his power from Kakashi since he already knew what Kakashi's was.
He wouldn't do much with Kakashi's same power but he might catch him off guard. Depending on how strong his was he could definitely do a lot of damage if he hit him one.
"Go on, let me see your electricity. Let's see who's stronger."
The spark in his hand that had been small, grew, but it didn't look the least bit controlled. It looked like it just went anywhere.
Kakashi narrowed his eyes and rushed forward. The boy smirked and lightning flew toward him, well, in all directions really.
He definitely didn't have much control.
Kakashi leaped high in the air and swerved down to right in front of him. Kaminari aimed his hand like a gun, and a small line of lightning shot from his finger.
Kakashi suddenly disappeared and reappeared behind Kiminari who was non the wiser. A swift but non lethal kick to the head later and the yellow head was buried into the wall across the gym.
Kakashi landed on the ground afterwards, disappointed that someone with powers similar to his was an idiot with no battle sense. He hadn't sense Kakashi one time unless Kakashi was within eye sight and he had barely any control of where his electricity went.
And easy battle, and he hadn't even use his power.
A lot of his next matches were like that.
He danced around Sero's tape and slammed a fist in his gut, knocking him out.
He dodged Aoyama's impressively fast laser but after that the boy was queasy and a punch to his gut knocked him unconscious.
Asui had actually been somewhat of a challenge because of the fact that she could hop around pretty quickly and the way she used her tongue, but once he got used to her speed and her fighting style, he outpaced her and simply slammed a fist into her gut.
Sato had been more of a challenge since Jiro but that was more because of his strength and durability. He was so slow though that he couldn't land any attack on Kakashi and once his time limit was up for his quirk, he got sleepy and Kakashi put him to sleep with a well placed punch to the gut.
His next opponent; Koda was even less impressive. He had a good quirk but his animals were much to slow and Koda couldn't react to him after he'd baited his animals and away and went for the controller. Another well placed punch to the gut, another knock out.
"G-guess it's my turn." Uraraka said with a nervous grin, body shaking a bit but fist up by her face.
"You can do it, Uraraka! Show him what for!" Mina cheered.
Internally, she hoped the other girl would win. Her stomach already hurt just thinking about how Kakashi would hit her.
The gravity girl stepped in front of the one eyed boy, leveling her gaze at him.
Kakashi narrowed his eyes when she bent down a bit more into a combat ready stance. Was she planning on fighting him close up? She didn't look that strong. If she did, he would break through her offense and knock her down.
Though first he would observe her. If she saw how he fought and still wanted to fight him in hand to hand, then her quirk was either perfect for it or she had no other choice.
Suddenly, she smiled at him.
"You're a lot less intimidating up close."
She walked around the room, and began to tap on the debris the other fights caused.
Behind them, Bakugo acknowledged her. She already had a plan. Most of her classmates seemed to remember the move and smirked.
Kakashi watched in surprise as the large and small pieces of the debris began to float up into the air. He looked back at her as she turned back to him. She slapped her cheeks and let out a breath.
She was ready to fight him, her plan would work.
She ran at Kakashi, and while she was faster than he'd expected she was still too slow to cause him any trouble.
She let out a yell as she aimed a jab at him. Kakashi slipped underneath it and aimed at fist at her gut but she wanted him to do that, she blocked his fist with the wrist of her other hand and grabbed onto his arm with her other hand.
Kakashi felt her tug on him and was carried away as she leaped back with all her strength. Kakashi looked up, seeing the largest boulder floating right above them.
He realized that she was planning to either corner him or hit him, or both. He was about to wretch his arm away from her grip when he suddenly lost control of his body.
His eyes widened and he waved his limbs around to catch onto something, but there was nothing to grab. She had caught him, he should've realized it but his focus got distracted on the floating rock above him. Her quirk needed physical contact to activate.
She leapt away, putting her fingers together as she did.
Kakashi felt weight coming back to him and gravity made his descent instant. He was going to land on his feet but soon found out that the rock was going to land on him if he didn't do something. Lightning sparked in his hand, he didn't think that the first time he would be using this technique would be for the 10th place of the class.
"Chidori!"
His foot tapped the ground, then he shot up.
Uraraka covered her face as the rock exploded from the attack and the other debris she had touched shook the ground as the landed heavily.
Her eyes widened when she felt someone grab her wrist. She couldn't do anything as her head was grabbed and she was sent right into the ground face first.
She gritted her teeth as a weight climbed itself on her back, and when she forced herself to look back, it was Kakashi, staring down at her.
"Kakashi wins."
"Did you see that?"
Midoriya turned to Todoroki who was gazing icily at Kakashi.
"He moved so fast in an instant, he barely touched the floor."
Midoriya remembered that. He raised his speed so high, so quickly. Midoriya was sure he saw a spark of electricity. Could he boost his speed with his quirk? How was it different from Kiminari's quirk? What other things could he do with it?
So many questions!
"Motor mouth Midoriya." Mina snickered off to the side.
Midoriya blushed, having not realized that he had been muttering all of that.
"I'm surprised." Bakugo finally said with narrow eyes. "He moved so fast in an instant. Her attack should've hit him, but he blew through it like it was nothing and got behind her."
"He also moved through the smoke and other distractions." Momo pointed out. "He's don't that twice now. Once against Midoriya, and once again just now. For any of the next fights, please assume that distracting him at any level will not work."
"So he's faster than most of us, quicker, a strategic thinker, more experienced, and has a good handle on how to use his quirk." Kirishima listed off, looking at Momo. "Anything else I'm missing?"
He asked, deadpanning.
"Well, he's adaptable and has a good amount of stamina."
She added more nervously. Was she talking too much or something?
"Your making me nervous Momo!"
Mina whined, pouting at her.
"I-I apologize."
"Come on, Mina." Aizawa drawled. "We have a couple of more people to get through."
Tenya raised his hand.
"Sensei, I was wondering on how exactly you're grading us if we weren't ranked on how best we fought."
"Yea." Tsu added. "The rankings would probably be a lot different if it came down to that."
Aizawa looked like he wanted to say something with the way his mouth opened a little bit then closed up, but it looked like he changed his mind. "I can pretty much guess what level he's at just by basing his fights on your earlier results. If I were to guess, he'd probably be right under Iida for the 50 meter dash. He'd be right under first place or first place for any of the other challenges with the exception of the ball throw and grip strength. As of now, I don't have a conclusive answer for it, and I'd rather not go off of too many assumptions." He turned his attention to his pink skinned student. "Now, Mina, don't think I forgot. You're up."
"Aw man!" She whined.
It wasn't long. One blink, one hit, one second, and one winner.
With that, Kakashi firmly cemented himself as 9th of a class of 21. It wasn't bad for anyone at all really, but he knew Aizawa would accept nothing but his best. He was already openly suspicious about Kakashi, and giving him more of a reason would only cause problems for future goals.
He glanced at the man out of the corner of his eye. But said nothing. He would only watch.
"Yea, finally my turn." A red haired boy grinned wide as he began to walk over to where they would fight at.
Kakashi immediately tried looking over his body for any type of quirk he would be able to pick out, but he looked normal. He hoped his one eye was a good enough check. He was still getting used to using it primarily.
The boy stepped in front of him, still grinning and cracked his knuckles. "Honestly, you didn't seem all that strong when I first say you but now that I see how manly you are, it's time for you to face a true hero! Red Riot! Make the best man win!"
Kakashi ignored his rambling and got into a fighting stance. Fast, lightning fast was his motto. This would end with a single hit.
Aizawa took a glance at them both. "Begin!" He yelled waving his arm down.
Kakashi sprinted forward, resting his fist back and watching him carefully for counterattacks. The boy either couldn't react to him or was baiting him in. Kakashi didn't think the boy could move fast enough though.
He was right, but he didn't hit flesh.
He clutched his hand as he stumbled, it felt like something had snapped. He should've known that this was going to be his quirk. A defensive type quirk like this could spell trouble. He was sure nothing but lethal intent would get him past this one.
He was given barely any time to rest, dodging a fist that would've sent him into the ground. The ground blew apart violently, and Kakashi watched it carefully as he landed. That would've been him if the boy hit him. Immense defense, great power, and ok speed. A good combo. For someone like Kakashi, who couldn't use his strongest attacks, he was at a disadvantage.
Still, he obviously lacked in skill.
That was Kakashi's specialty.
But first, a quick test.
Kakashi runs at the boy, and he smirks leaving himself wide open. Kirishima's eyes widen when Kakashi disappears mere seconds before hitting him and has no idea Kakashi is behind him.
Kakashi goes low and tries to sweep him off his feet. He felt something snap, he should've known he could harden his entire body at once. Kakashi grunts in pain, but as a Shinobi is more than used to it and rolls away on the ground before it is crushed by Kirishima's fist.
He's already using chakra to swept that pain away for a small while as he flips off the ground and lands on his feet.
Kakashi's got a clear idea of what this boy was about. He had natural fighting instincts and a quirk that was useful for fighting recklessly. Wait, fighting recklessly.
That was how he was going to win.
He narrowed his eyes and widened his stance. He walks slowly up to Kirishima not taking his eyes off him.
To the side, Aizawa narrows his eyes.
Kakashi is too focused to notice it.
Kirishima smirks again, slamming his fist together. "I'm as hard as they come. Your fighting won't be able to get past my defenses."
Kakashi would see if he could hold that statement up. He finally reaches him, and Kirishima lashes out with a predictable punch. A dodge, a turn, and a grab later and Kakashi flips the hardened boy over his head and slams him into the ground.
Class 1A stumbled a small bit from the ground shaking as a boom went off.
Kakashi uses that to his advantage and uses his arm to put him in a hold, bringing it back as far as he can without breaking it.
Kirishima grunts, trying to hold the sound in as he glances behind him to see Kakashi. He tried to grab at him with his other hand, but stops when the pain on his right grows and he feels his arm about to snap.
Kakashi was surprised at the boys durability, even utilizing his weakness made him realize that the boy wasn't going to give up instantly. Kakashi was rather impressed, though he knew the boy wouldn't last much longer. A twitch backwards would snap his shoulder out of place for sure. Kakashi would rather avoid that.
"That's it, Kakashi wins." Aizawa announces dryly, pretty much saving his student from a broken arm. "Let him go."
Kakashi drops the arm immediately and gets off him. Another match won, but looking into Aizawa's eyes showed that he showed something he hadn't previously.
A different style of fighting.
While it was something new, it honestly wasn't that bad. Plus, his only other options were revealing more of his bigger more powerful techniques. A necessary action has to be taken to prevent that.
"Aw, what!" Despite being in a lock prior, the red head shot to his feet. "Sensei, why'd you call the match?! I didn't quit!"
"Don't be a fool, Kirishima. He had you pinned and you had no way of escaping without breaking your arm. You let your overconfidence in the fact that you had a quirk well suited to take down his abilities cloud your judgment. He used that against you and won. Learn from it and know when you've lost. I much would've rather seen you quit than fight a losing battle." Aizawa explained critically.
He gestured back at his other students. "Go back to them, we have to finish before class ends. Understand?"
Kirishima sighed dejectedly, his skin going back to normal and he walked away with his head lowered. "Yes, Sensei."
Kakashi watches him walk away. He had potential.
His next three fights were all interesting in their own ways but he quickly subdued them all.
Ojiro was a close range fighter, and even with his extra appendage he wasn't much more than a good fight with a extra appendage to watch out for. In close quarters, he dominated.
Shoji was actually a challenge a bit. He was pretty smart and came up with a sound strategy against him, using his extra appendages to both look for him, listen for him, and defend if he got close. Only problem was that he wasn't fast enough to actually react to Kakashi. It wasn't long before he got put to sleep with a quick punch.
Tokoyami had a rather good quirk for keeping him at bay but when he used a little bit of his lightning, the thing shriveled up and Tokoyami was quickly put to sleep, having no skill besides using his sentient quirk.
The fights allowed him to rest, for he didn't realize that a rather big one was coming to him. Tenya Iida, their class representative, and 4th in the class.
He walks over and then bows at Kakashi who only stares, not bothering to do the same.
"It is an honor to be fighting you Hatake-San! I hope you do well!"
Kakashi could tell the boy was completely serious. He kinda acted like Ebisu when he thought back to it. Too serious for his own good really.
Honestly, top 5 was a good place for him to lose, but it wouldn't make sense if he couldn't just lose. I mean he got this far, he could say he was tired. He had a mask on, it wasn't like Aizawa could see he wasn't even a little bit tired.
But if he was going to fake losing he'd have to use his opponents quirk to his own advantage.
"Begin." Aizawa called.
The exhaust pipes on Tenya's calves light up and he bursts forward speeding through the air with amazing speed.
He was fast, but he could still be tracked. Kakashi leaped up into the air and landed behind Tenya and dashed at him. He could only turn around before his head shot up from a nasty uppercut.
He stumbled back but Kakashi never let up, letting off half a dozen strikes that landed on the much taller boy. Suddenly, his engines roared to life and his leg shot up. Kakashi leaned back, barely avoiding being hit in the jaw before flipping backwards and landing on his feet.
His power rested in his leg. He obviously had no type of hand to hand combat and relied solely on his quirk to get him by. Just like the rest of his class.
He dashed forward once more and ducked underneath a kick and leaped forward, grabbing the boy by his face and sending him into the ground, knocking him unconscious. Kakashi blinked. Once more the dead last had given him the most challenge so far.
"Tenya lost?! How? He's so fast!" Mina shrieked.
"It's precisely because he's fast that he lost. His opponent is someone that is trained in actual combat. Easily predictable kicks, no matter how fast will he dodge able for someone with skill. Even seeing him fight our classmates, clearly you won't be able to fully not underestimate him until you're over there fighting him." Todoroki narrowed eyes as Tenya was hauled away by robots.
"Watch out, extras! I'll show you how to get it done like an actual pro!" Bakugo shouted, bumping past Todoroki.
He only glanced at the blonde. He wanted to see how someone like Bakugo stacked up against an actual fighter. Because he was next when Bakugo lost.
Kakashi noticed how the blonde stalked up to him with an intense glare.
He grinned widely when he stepped in front of the ninja.
"So, it's finally my turn to show you up, bastard. You may have beat those extras but I'm nothing like them. This is the day where you die. There's a pecking order and I reign on the very top."
Kakashi only stared at him. He was the most talkative of all his opponents so far.
"I wonder how this is going to go." Midoriya muttered. "Kacchan is very talented and strong but Hatake seems almost untouchable. Even Iida didn't land a blow and he's the fastest of all of us."
"Bakugo'a got a sense of combat nearly unrivaled in this class."
Midoriya turned to Todoroki who had been the one to speak.
"He's tenacious. He'll give us more insight on Hatake's abilities and the way he fights."
"It kinda sounds like you don't think he'll win." Tsu pointed out, as blunt as ever.
"He won't. That honor belongs to me."
"Fight." Aizawa called out.
"It's time to die!" Bakugo yelled as he rushed forw
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