vigilante

Five

Ojiro and I spent a while figuring out what we would do in either situation. If we were the good guys, I would go into my shadow, stealthily go to each floor, find which one they were on--which also gave me a breather so I wouldn't suffocate--and report back.

If we were the villains, I would go down to the entrance and wait inside my shadow, and as soon as the heroes were inside, I would use their shadows against them. That should keep them occupied.

After we discussed this, we headed back into the screening room. What we saw on the screen made my jaw drop. Bakugo had just shot off a huge explosion. "Come in! Come in Midoriya!" All Might yelled, trying to see if he was okay.

My jaw was on the floor at that point. Holy shit, Bakugo really does hate Midoriya, I thought to myself as I watched in horror. In that moment, I had never been scareder of someone in my life.

"Sir isn't this getting out of hand?" Kirishima commented. "That Bakugo is acting real crazy, he's gonna kill em!"

"Not so." All Might replied, catching my attention. From that huge blast, Bakugo looked like he wanted to kill him. "Bakugo, use that stored up power again and I'll stop this fight." All Might said into the mic. "Your team will lose."

This comment seemed to make Bakugo extremely agrivated. "To apply such a strong attack indoors is inviting the destruction of the stronghold you should be protecting!" All Might pointed out. "That's a poor strategy, whether you're a hero or a villain. The penalty would be a massive loss of points."

This made Bakugo start shaking in what I assumed to be anger, and I bit my lip and turned away. I couldn't watch this anymore, so I tapped Ojiro on the shoulder. "Let me know when it's over, yeah?"

"Oh, yeah sure." He nodded with a smile, so I walked out of the room. At first I thought Bakugo was kind of cool, but now I see that he's driven by rage, and that's one thing a hero should never be influenced by.

Making my way down the hall, I saw Aizawa walking towards me. "Hey, what are you doing here? Why aren't you in class?" He demanded.

"I was just going to the bathroom," I lied smoothly. "As you probably know, there aren't any bathrooms on the training grounds."

Aizawa frowned for a moment, looking me up and down with narrowed eyes. Then his gaze returned to mine, and what he said next made me gulp. "So it is true, you are the Vigilante."

"W-what are you talking about?" I stammered, and immediately cursed myself. Smooth move, man, basically confessed! Fuck!

"Don't play dumb." Aizawa rolled his eyes. "Your quirk is exactly the same as his. Not to mention your weapons." He stepped forward so we were face to face.

"Okay, you caught me." I stopped pretending, crossing my arms. "What exactly does that mean for me? You gonna turn me in? Expel me?" I challenged him. He smirked at me.

"Oh no, you're going to wish I had done those. Because now I know you're already practically a pro, so instead of always being with Class 1A during hero training, I'm going to send you to the upper classes." Aizawa told me. "I saw you on the news yesterday. You took down a villain twice your size without lifting a finger."

"Flattery isn't my thing, so please stop," I muttered in annoyance. "I don't do the things I do for praise. I do it because it's the right thing to do."

"Fine, I'll stop," Aizawa consented. "I also want you to help teach some hero classes to both 1A and 1B."

"Oh," My eyes widened. "Dude, that's a bit much. What is everybody gonna think--"

"I don't care," Aizawa deadpanned, then he looked at his watch. "You should get back to class before All Might realizes you're missing."

"Okay, later Aizawa!" I nodded to him before jogging off. That was kind of weird, I honestly thought that he was going to turn me in or something, I thought to myself as I jogged. Then I remembered one of the times I had to team up with a pro in a hostage situation.

"Listen Vigilante, you may be an illegal hero, but you're one of the best we got." He told me with a smile and a pat on the shoulder. "No pro would ever turn you in, because they know how valuable you are to this society."

"Hey thanks man, that's really nice to know." I nodded to him with a grin, even though it was covered by my mask.

"Stay clear of police though, they won't think twice about arresting you."

"Got it. I already do that anyways."

I smiled at the memory as I found my way back to the screening room. "Match Two! Team B will be our heroes, and team I will be the villains!"

"Hey, great timing." Ojiro grinned at me as I walked back in. "We're up, and we're the villains against Todoroki and Shoji."

At the mention of their names, I immediately glanced over at the two. One with Dupliarms, and the other with freezing abilities. I smirked, Todoroki probably thinks he has this in the bag. He won't be prepared for what I have for him.

We got set up with the dummy weapon, and I went down to the entrance. "We good up there, Ojiro?" I questioned into the earpiece.

"Yeah." He responded just as the starting horn blared. I smirked, my shadow against the wall as I watched Shoji enter first. He extended his arms, making ears at the end. Well that's creepy.

Todoroki came in behind him, looking bored. He won't be for long. One of theears on Shoji turned into a mouth that started talking. The hell?

"Ones in the hall on the north side of the fourth floor. I can't hear where the other one is. The one on the fourth floor is barefoot." He explained. "I'm sure the shadow one is already watching us and plans to surprise us."

"For your own safety, go outside," Todoroki ordered, making Shoji frown. I felt my lips twitch as I raised their shadows before Todoroki could do anything. Immediately they started fighting them. "What are these things?!"

I took a deep breath before going back into my shadow and heading up to Ojiro. Hopping out of my shadow, I grinned at him with a thumbs up. "They're a bit occupied at the moment. I doubt they'll get passed the shadowlings."

"Nicely done, now we just sit back and wait until time is up." Ojiro grinned back at me with a nod.

We ended up winning after both Todoroki and Shoji got passed out from hurting themselves through their shadows. It was funny because I found scorch marks on Todoroki.

Apparently he can do both ice and fire, what a cool quirk. I'll have to apologize to him for beating him so badly, I snickered to myself.

After everyone else finished up their matches, we all headed back outside. "That's a wrap!" All Might called. "Super work, you really stepped up to the plate! And we didn't have any major injuries except for Midoriya. You should be proud! Excellent first day of training all around." He gave us a big thumbs up.

"It's nice to hear some encouraging words after our homeroom class." Asui butted in, "Mister Aizawa was kinda a buzz kill."

"I'm happy to bring such staggering positivity to my home amoter!" He exclaimed. "That's all for now folks. I should go and check on young Midoriya's progress," All Might told us with one hand raised. "Now watch how a pro exits, like he's got SOMEWHERE TO BEEEEE!"

With that statement, All Might rushed out of the training ground with a burst of wind in his wake. Now that's how you exit, I thought to myself with a snicker. "Okay you guys, that is a hero!" Kaminari declared.

"Awww I'll never be able to run that fast." Ojiro complained.

"Super awesome!" Mineta squeaked. I noticed in the back of the group, Bakugo was looking down at the ground in silence. Just then, I was reminded of how crazy he was, so I quickly looked away. I can't be friends with someone like him. My dad would kill me, revive me to give me a lecture, and then kill me again.

~•~

We were all back in class as Aizawa went over the training results, when suddenly Bakugo started to leave. "Bakugo, where are you going, man?" Kirishima asked.

"Get out of my way, shitty hair." He said darkly. It wasn't even one of his usual growls.

"You can't leave, we're in the middle of class!" Iida did his arm thing again. Bakugo just rolled his eyes as he went over to the door. However, before he opened it, he glanced back. Our eyes locked for a split second before I glanced away.

"Tch." And then I heard the door slam.