Powerless - A My Hero Academia/ DC Crossover

Chapter 12: Revelations

Izuku's popularity exploded overnight. His performance during battle training spread like wildfire. Nobody could understand how he had become so powerful, despite not having a quirk. More than once, he was approached by other students challenging him to a match. Izuku always declined. He had more important things to do.

The students had returned to their classes and were enjoying a much needed break before returning home. Izuku took the time to study what he learned of his classmate's quirks during the training exercise. Despite his feelings for All Might, he had good insight on hero work, even if he wasn't very good at teaching it.

There was a strong tension between All Might and Izuku. He could feel that the Pro Hero was trying to connect with him in some way and would address him directly, and would often purposefully direct most of his questions to him. However, Izuku preferred to avoid him as much as possible, and would often times feign ignorance to avoid answering his questions. There have been a couple of times that All Might had attempted to corner him in the hallway for some reason, but Izuku had always managed to evade him, either by pretending not to hear his booming voice, blending into a crowd of students, or outright disappearing entirely, something Izuku was very adept at, thanks to his training.

He had a feeling that he wouldn't be able to dodge All Might forever, and eventually would have to face him. But he would deal with that later.

The day after the battle training, his classmates had voted that he be their class president. He had politely declined. He didn't want to be a leader and had no patience for bureaucracy. Instead, Iida and Yaoyarozu were given the job of President and Vice President, respectively. Izuku was pleased with this result, as he felt he was already in the spotlight too much already. This was especially so after what happened after the battle training, when Kirishima returned from the treatment with Recovery Girl.

"Midoriya!" Kirishima said as he burst into the classroom, startling the class. He rushed towards Izuku, who instinctively tensed and reached for his utility belt. Kirishima, however, stopped at his desk, his face beaming.

"That was so cool!" He said excitedly. "You were like a total ninja in there!" He flailed his arms around, making karate gestures in the air. "Where did you learn to fight like that? Could you teach me?"

"Er," Izuku said, blushing slightly.

"Yeah!" Said Mineta. He and Kiminari both approached Izuku's desk with Kirishima. "You took down three of the strongest students here! Where did you learn that?"

"It's obvious, isn't it?"

The class turned to Tokoyami Fumikage, who simply sat at his desk, arms folded and eyes closed, as if in thought. Tokoyami was a strong, silent and brooding student. He rarely spoke and preferred to keep to himself. His crow-like appearance and dark demeanor only enhanced his already terrifyingly powerful quirk, Dark Shadow. "I noticed it when he completed the Gauntlet. Include that with your armor, your weapons, your fighting style, and the answer becomes quite clear." He looked directly into Izuku's eyes. "You were trained by the Dark Knight himself. Am I mistaken, Son of Batman?"

The class went silent, all eyes turned to Izuku. As he pondered his answer, he could almost hear his heart beating in his chest. Batman had a mixed reputation in the hero community, and he was concerned about how others would react to the knowledge of Izuku's connection to the Dark Knight. He supposed that he couldn't keep it a secret forever, and would have to face the inevitable eventually. He gave out a heavy sigh.

"You're correct," replied Izuku. The class erupted in unified amazement.

"T he Batman?!" Said Kirishima excitedly.