The Fullheroic Alchemist

Chapter 12

Class 1-A was sitting in their waiting room, each student in their PE uniforms. While they were waiting, Izuku was thinking back to earlier in the week when he and his mother had cracked Ling's code.

Izuku & Inko: "Yes! We did it!"

He slammed the cipher down on the table next to the ancient letter. They both began to decipher the letter, each word representing one letter of the alphabet.

Izuku: "Mom, get Nezu, he might know of this."

Inko: "Right away."

She rushed out of the room, only for Aizawa to walk in after she left.

Aizawa: "Progress?"

Izuku: "More than that, we solved it!"

Aizawa walked over slightly faster.

Aizawa: "What does it say then?"

Izuku: "It's just two sentences, and incredibly vague ones at that. 'To defeat the one who takes all, the power for all but wielded by one is needed. The sins of the past are to be repeated.'"

Izuku then hid the paper he wrote the true message on and wrote a second message on another.

Aizawa: "What are you doing?"

Izuku: "Don't you find it suspiciously that Nezu wasn't even an ounce curious in Alchemy?"

Aizawa: "Now that you mention it, he wasn't all that interested once it was revealed. You don't think-"

Izuku: "He could be a threat? Yes, I do. Until he is proven innocent, he is to be kept in the dark."

Aizawa: "Agreed."

Just then, Nezu and Inko walked into the room.

Nezu: "I heard you solved it. What does it say?"

Izuku: "Just you're basic 'I'm leaving it all to you now.' letter. It says, 'Edward, Alphonse, Xing has fallen, it's up to you now.'"

Nezu: "I see. So it's gotten us no closer to a solution?"

Izuku: "That seems to be the case."

Todoroki: "And you, Midoriya."

The sound of Todoroki's voice pulled Izuku from his thoughts.

Izuku: "Yes?"

Todoroki: "You are one of the strongest in our class, but I'm stringer than you. I'll prove that by only using my ice side."

Izuku: "Fine. Do what you want, but if we fight, I'm only going to use part of my abilities."

Todoroki: "Which is?"

Izuku: "I can destroy and reshape matter. So to fight you, I'll only use destruction. Seems fair. Half of your power against half of mine."

Todoroki began to step towards Izuku, only for Kirishima to stop him.

Kirishima: "Hey! Save it for the Festival!"

Todoroki glances at him and scoffed before walking away.

Bakugo: "What crawled up his ass and died?"

Present Mic: "WOULD THE CLASSES PLEASE MAKE THEIR WAY OUT TO THE FIELD!?"

Iida: "That's our cue! Come on everyone!"

The class collectively stood up and left the room, walking out to the large field and stopping at a raised platform.

Present Mic: "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! CLASS 1-A! ONE OF TWO CLASSES TO HAVE SURVIVED THE USJ INVASION!"

1-B followed soon after.

Present Mic: "AND CLASS 1-B! THE OTHER HERO COURSE CLASS WHO WEATHERED THE STORM OF A VILLAIN ATTACK!"

He then proceeded to give the rest of the classes generic introductions, adding on to the animosity the non-hero courses felt towards the two hero classes. After all the classes were introduced, Midnight walked onto stage with a microphone.

Midnight: "Hello all! I'm going to be this year's host for the first year Sports Festival! Now before we begin, would the first year representative Katsuki Bakugo please come up for a speech?"

Bakugo walked up the steps, a smirk on his face. Izuku and Itsuka could both already tell he was up to something. He reached Midnight, took the microphone, and calmly spoke three words.

Bakugo: "I'm gonna win."

He then handed the microphone back and walked back down the his class. All of 1-A could feel the glares coming from the other classes.

Midnight: "W-well! How about wr begin after that wonderful speech!"

A wheel the appeared next to her and she spun it. After a few seconds, it landed on Obstacle Race.

Midnight: "An obstacle race! The students will have to race around the outside perimeter of this arena while avoiding several obstacles! You may slow down your opponents but any outright harm will disqualify you from the rest of the Festival! Please line up at the tunnel!"

The classes did as she told them. As they were waiting for her signal, Itsuka walked over to Izuku.

Itsuka: "You realize you owe my and Hot Head an explanation of where you've been. You hardly even trained with us."

Izuku: "Yeah I know. We'll talk after the Festival."

She nodded and they both got into running positions.

Midnight: "Go!"

A buzzer sounded and the race began.