Experiment 007

Chapter 16: Training

Aizawa POV

I'm waiting in the gym for the rest of the students to arrive. Todoroki just showed up, along with Yaoyorozu and Jiro. Soon after Izuku shows up. I catch his eyes and try to give him a reassuring smile. He looks upset.

I notice he has his sleeves pulled down over his hands too. I watch him as he tucks one arm to his chest and lifts the hem of his turtleneck to his lips. Realization hits me. "I'm a fucking idiot." I whisper to myself. 

Soon after the rest of the class trickles in. I notice the boys keep glancing at Izuku, who is now staring at the floor.

"You all took way too long to get out here." I glare at the class. "Because of that, you will all run 3 laps around the gym. Go now." They groan and begrudgingly start their run.

Iida, Bakugo, and Todoroki are the first to arrive. Izuku arrives close behind. The last one back... Mineta. I sigh.

"Ok, pair up. We are going to spar for the first 20 minutes." Everyone breaks off into their groups. Izuku lingers behind, not approaching anyone. As I'm about to walk up to him, Todoroki walks up to him.

"Midoriya. I would like to spar with you." Izuku gives him a small nod and they walk off.

I haven't actually seen this kid in action before, so let's see how he holds up against the top student. The two boys walk to an open mat, both taking a fighting stance.

The tension between them seems thick, I wonder if something happened in the locker room.

Suddenly Todoroki lunges at Izuku, he quickly ducks under Todoroki's punch, swiftly grabbing his wrist and flipping the two toned boy onto his back. I let out an audible laugh. Izuku looks to me and smiles. What a dork. I chuckle to myself.

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Izuku POV

With each match Todoroki seems to get more and more frustrated, he hasn't won yet. I decide to use this to my advantage. Emotional state is important in combat. We stand at opposite sides of the mat, preparing for the new match. 

"You having fun?" I ask mockingly.

"Tch. Don't get cocky." I stare at him focused on what his next move will be. Suddenly he gives me a weird look. Knocking me back to reality.

"What?" I ask. He just points next to me. I turn my head to see someone standing beside me. I flinch. They were standing in my blind spot. I didn't even notice. "Jesus! Don't sneak up on someone like that!" The brown haired girl looks at me confused.

"Haha I didn't mean to scare you. But it's not like I meant to, I mean, you could see me walking up to you couldn't you?" I look down to the floor.

"No," I say softly "I couldn't see you." She looks at me confused and before she could ask anything else, Aizawa's voice echoed through the gym.

"EVERYONE START YOUR LAST ROUNDS." The girl hands me a water bottle and smiles to me as she jogs away. I guess this is why she came over in the first place. I shift my attention back to my opponent. He is smirking at me. It sent shivers down my spine.

"Well, now I know your weakness. You're blind in your right eye, aren't you?" I froze at his question. I could see a few of the other students gathering around. They must have heard him. I try to shake it off.

Without responding, we start again.

He flies at me, now keeping to my right side. This forces me to constantly be shifting in order to keep him in my line of sight. I chuckled to myself. Like Shigiraki would let his weapon have such an obvious weakness. I stop trying to keep him in my sight, and close my eyes completely.