Chương 128: Chapter 128: UA School Festival Arc (1)
Chapter 128: UA School Festival Arc (1)
~Third POV~
[Days Later, UA Highschool, Class 1-A, Japan]
Days later, after everything began to cool down, Mina cracked her knuckles, wanting everyone to see before class started, "Check, check! Check it out!"
*Tmp*
*Tmp*
*DRRM*
What happened next was Mina break dancing in front of her classmates as she yelled out loud, impressing her classmates, "Break it down, break it down!"
Placing a hand over her chin, Yui muttered, a bit surprised, "Her hobby is dancing, is it?"
However, Denki, on the other hand, thought to himself, seeing Mina wearing shorts, 'What's the point of a skirt if you're gonna wear shorts underneath?'
Meanwhile, Izuku was writing down her movements curiously, talking to himself, flipping through his notebook, "So Ashido's impressive command over her body comes from dancing… she throws her whole body into every action. I wonder if I can do it…"
Listening to Izuku's comment, Denki asked bluntly, "Get her to teach you!"
Hearing that, Mina did a pose, getting Izuku to dance with her in a cheerful tone, "Yeah, boy! Let's dance!"
Observing the reaction to their dancing, Ren soon spoke up with Momo and Jiro, asking the resident rockstar curiously, "Speaking of hobbies, what about yours Jiro? I recall your room was like a musical store I might even think it's more of a hobby for you?"
Gaining attention on her, she quickly replied defensively, reflecting his words in an embarrassed tone matching her expression, "Sheesh! Let's forget about that whole 'King of the Room' thing, okay?!!"
Hitting a sensitive topic, Ren sighed, nodding his head and letting go of the subject in a chill tone, "Very well then. Sorry for bringing it up."
Jiro accepted his words as she proceeded to her seat with the class bells ringing causing everyone to take their seats. Everyone quickly sat perfectly waiting for Aizawa to enter the room.
*Ding*
*Dong*
After the bells rang, Aizawa came wearing a hoodie as he bluntly said, "It's school festival time."
Surprised by the news of another S.L.E. (Short for the school-like event), the class exclaimed, "YEAH!! ANOTHER S.L.E.!!"
"School Festival!!"
"The best S.L.E. ever!!"
"Gotta pick what we're gonna do!!"
Everyone began discussing amongst themselves the news as Tsuyu asked bluntly at Aizawa, "What about visiting Eri Today, Sensei?"
Listening to her question, Aizawa replied as he explained to the class about the School Festival, "Ah… we'll talk about that later. But the sports festival is where the hero course has its chance to shine. So, the School Festival highlights everyone else. This doesn't get the same level of attention, but it's meant to be a fun event for the rest of the school. Not to mention the new dorm system that started with the hero course is a source of stress for many."
Hearing his explanation, Izuku understood what he meant, muttering out loud, "When you put it like that… yeah, it wouldn't be fair to them…"
Zipping into his sleeping bag and shifting into his corner, Aizawa finished up by saying stoically at his students, "Right. Which is why we can't just simply cancel the event. This won't be like in the past in that the festival will be open only to students, staff, and a small group of outsiders. We aren't competing for the spotlight this time around, but each class will still have an exhibition of some kind. Today, you'll be deciding what that is."
Ren sighed as he and Momo took the front stage he spoke while doing his Class Rep duties in a neutral tone, "Okay then, let's start this scrum debate. First suggestions those with ideas please – oh…"
*ENTHUSIAM*
Hearing a bunch of 'ME's' from the students, both Ren and Momo braced themselves as she exclaimed in a stunned tone, "Guh… what explosive enthusiasm… this is really too much!"
That was when the students of class A began to voice their ideas. Ren began to write down the names of the clubs that their class should do:
Maid Café (Denki)
Arm-Wrestling Competition (Kirishima)
Haunted House (Shinso)
Mochi Stand (Ochaco)
Banquet of Darkness (Tokoyami)
Dance (Mina)
All Might Pop Quiz (Izuku)
Open Mic Comedy (Jiro)
Presentation on Hometown History (Ida)
Deathmatch (Bakugo)
Fashion Show (Kinoko)
Asian Café (Sero)
Martial Arts Demo (Kendo)
Study Party (Momo)
Hero Quiz Show (Toru)
Handmade Soba Noodle Stall (Shoto)
Frog Choir (Asui)
Crepe Stall (Toga)
Having presented the options available, Ren spoke up, turning to see his classmate's suggestion, and said calmly with a smile, "I believe everyone's given a suggestion, right? In that case, Momo, please eliminate the unreasonable, unfeasible, and nonspecific ones out of the way first if you would please. Yes, even the Study Party and Ida's option."
Momo flinched but slumped her head, agreeing as Ida's idea was immediately shot down, looking conflicted. The other choices were obviously Deathmatch, Martial Arts Demo, and a few others.
While Ren gave them time to argue amongst themselves, he decided it was time for his suggestion as he proposed out loud, "How about a concert?"
The students paused as they stared at him, taking the chance to explain himself in a confident tone, "The reason I say a concert is because, as everyone knows, the other classes are stressed out. So, let's do a concert to help defuse that stress in some way."
Voicing his opinion, he got some mixed responses as Sero spoke up in a confused tone, "Again, we're basically asking amateurs to perform, won't that be stressful?!"
Nodding his head in understanding, Ren agreed with Sero's words but countered them in a cheeky tone, saying, "True. But we have our resident Alien Queen Mina to teach us how to dance, Bakugo, our resident drummer, and finally, Jiro, who can play almost any instrument. Not only that, but it would be fun for everyone involved."
Hearing that, some nodded as Jiro, caught in the spotlight, tried to deny it and said in a flustered tone, "Uh… what?! Hang on a sec."
However, Toru didn't want to hear it, so she encouraged Jiro to try in an upbeat tone with her words of encouragement, "Why not?! You're amazing at teaching people how to play, Jiro. And you've always got a smile on your face when it comes to making music!"
Yet Jiro tried to deny it, looking even more embarrassed as she picked her ear jacks, touching the tip, replying, "But like Ashido… and the rest of you… all your hobbies are somehow rooted in your hero abilities. But mine's seriously just a hobby it's not really something I can be proud of…"
Listening to that, Ren merely replied in a confident tone, getting her attention and genuinely being honest with her, "You may think that, but honestly, I think it's cool how musical you are, Jiro-chan. Besides, your talent can make people smile, that's definitely tied to being a hero in my book."
Jiro looked a bit stunned as Momo chimed in trying to save Jiro she explained calmly, "I understand what you two are saying but we have to let Jiro decide for herself."
*Fret*
Rubbing her own head touching her heir, Jiro innocently replies with a bashful expression, caving in an embarrassed tone, "Argh… turning down all these requests… wouldn't make me much of a rock star! Damn it…"
Having everyone agreed, it was when Aizawa finally spoke up stoically, getting Ren's attention and answering Asui's question, "Seems like you kids finally got your answer. Now, as for Asui's question, she requested to meet with Ren Yuki."
All eyes were on Aizawa as Tsuyu placed her finger on her chin and bluntly replied, "She wants to see Yuki? Ribbit."
Aizawa nodded his head as he explained, getting Ren's attention as he answered, "Yes. Both Yuki, Nighteye, and Togata. It's the very first request she's made since being admitted. So, you better have plans for her problem child."
Ren, hearing that, nodded his head, agreeing to Aizawa's request, "No problem. Just tell me when, and I'll be there in a flash."
Accepting Ren's answer, Ren and Momo returned to their seats as Aizawa began class like normal for the day. Although Ren made sure to get some apples for Eri when he had the chance…
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~Ren Y. POV~
[After School, Hospital, Musutafu, Japan]
After classes ended in the afternoon, I was accompanied by Aizawa, heading to the hospital, being guarded by a chosen few heroes. Mirio and Nighteye were supposed to come, but because I asked for a pit stop to get a basket of apples, Mirio and Nighteye were already in the hospital room with her.
Arriving at the door, I sucked in a deep breath, following my mentor's example for once. I barged into the room as the door opened, entering the room while doing a hero pose, "I am here like a normal person! Hello there, Eri!! I am Ren Yuki, also known as the Power Ranger!"
Everyone looked at me with a serious face as I buckled down under pressure, falling to my knees with a depressing aura, muttering, "That… was so cringe…!!"
"Heh."
However, my cringed doing this worked as I looked up to see Eri smiling for the first time in her life. Mission fucking accomplished.
Returning by standing up I got to see Eri smiling made me smile too. It just makes me feel sad for a kid to experience something like her.
The little girl didn't even know how to smile until now, so I had to make sure that my introduction, as stupid as it was, would make her smile. The only way I knew how would be following All Might's dumb approach.
Yeah. Even used [High Spec] to get that answer making sure.
Twice. Three times, I questioned my intelligence.
But moving on, I brought some apples for her, which cheered her right up as I said in a happy tone, "Hey Eri, sorry if I was a bit late and didn't come over sooner, but I had to make sure to get you a present. So, I got you a basket of apples."
Eri grabbed hold of the basket as she yelled happily, "Apples!"
Taking hold of the basket of apples, Nighteye looks at me, and a barely visible smirk forms on his face. Mirio gives me a thumbs-up.
Heading closer to Eri, patting her head safely thanks to the negation necklace I made for her, I calmly announced, "Okay now, Eri-chan, how would you like to go to the UA School Festival? This way, it will get rid of the quarantine feeling that you have been feeling lately. Right, Aizawa-sensei?"
Overhearing our conversation, having his phone at the ready, Eri could only sigh as he said stoically, "It should be possible while they're working on finding her a home, I can call the principal."
Thanking him with a nod, Eri was curious about the School Festival as he enticed her of the events in an excited tone, "Eri! This is a great idea! We have this thing called a school festival! It's a big event we have at school! It's a super fun time for students, by students. There are exhibits, performances, food… ah! Apples! I bet they'll have candied applies!"
That caught her attention as she mutters, "Candied…?"
Following up on Mirio joining in on the fun hyping up the School Festival, I encouraged in an excited tone, "You think you like apples now? Well, they're even sweeter once they get the candy treatment!"
Eri was practically drooling a bit, muttering innocently, "Even sweeter…?"
But that was when Nighteye intervened with a sly grin, adding more to our words, hyping Eri up in a nonchalant tone, "Yuki! Togata! Stop mentioning to her only sweets… don't forget to mention the different sweets drinks."
We both smirked as we smacked our heads, acting around, exclaiming, "Oh no! How could we have forgotten!!"
Eri reacted so nicely to our interaction and jokes that she even laughed and smiled. Worth it making myself look like a fool.
Chương 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.
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