Deku? I Think He's Some Pro...

Chapter 10: The baby has aquired a knife somehow!

Izuku groaned as Mr. Brave used his hair like a whip to flip him onto his back. Again. 

“Ugh. This just isn’t working!” Izuku stared up at the ceiling piteously, “I’m pretty good at hand to hand combat if I can get in close, but your quirk allows you to keep me at a distance. The way you can use your hair as a weapon even when it’s detached means I can never get close to your actual body. The only way I could plausibly defeat you would be to completely destroy all your hair and then attack you, but I’d be exhausted long before that’d be a possibility.” He rolled over and propped himself up on his elbows, “What do you think I should do Brave?”

Mr. Brave ran his hand through his hair, “Hmm, well, I haven’t ever run into that problem because my quirk is good for both ranged and close combat, but...maybe it’s time you start learning weapons?”

Izuku’s eyes widened, “Really?”

Brave shrugged, “I don’t see any reason why not. You were gonna have to learn how to use weapons and support items eventually anyway because you don’t have a quirk, so we may as well start now. Let’s talk to the support department, see what they’ve got lying around for you to try.”

Izuku failed miserably as he tried not to be overwhelmed as he stared at the buffet of weapons on the table. There were quarterstaffs, tonfas, knives, swords, guns, grappling hooks, grenades, and some things that Izuku couldn’t tell what they were for the life of him. 

“Now you’ll probably want something for ranged combat and something for close combat,” Mr. Brave said.

Izuku nodded, “Like how Eraser has his capture weapon to keep people with mutant quirks at a distance, but also has a knife if he needs it.”

“I mean, I think he mostly uses his knife to cut his capture weapon if it gets caught,” Mr. Brave said thoughtfully, “But you’ve got the right idea. The goal is just to be safe and to make sure you have options for every situation. It’d probably also be good for you to learn how to use things like flash grenades and smoke bombs as sell so that you can run away from fights you’re not ready for, especially while you’re on your internships.” He looked at Izuku, “So Deku, are you ready to try some of these babies out?”

“No.” Izuku shook his head and sighed, “But I want to do it anyway.”

Brave laughed, “That’s the spirit! What do you want to try first?”

Izuku awkwardly picked up the quarterstaff and gave it a few experimental twirls. 

“Nice pick,” Brave yanked a few strands of hair from the back of his head and grew, twisted and hardened them until he was holding a black quarterstaff about the same size as the one Izuku had chosen. 

Izuku stared wide eyed at the process, “Do you know how to use it?”

Brave nodded, “At least a little. Back when I was in school, I realized that I could use my hair to make basically any melee weapon I wanted, within reason, so I learned the basics of as many as I could. I prefer swords, myself, but,” He shrugged, “What can you do?” Then he charged.

Izuku tried to block Mr. Brave’s attack, but ended up awkwardly fumbling his staff, tripping over it as he tried to retreat, then hitting himself on the head as he fell. Brave dropped his staff to hold his gut laughing as Izuku glared at him, rubbing his sore head, “Shut up. It’s not as easy as it looks! I think I’m too short for a quarterstaff, anyway.”