Heroes of Today

Part 5~Going to the USJ

The class was just being it’s usual, loud self. So far they learnt that they would be heading out on a school trip with Aizawa, Thirteen and All Might meaning they were talking excessively. Iida was standing at the front of the class, taking his new responsibility way too seriously as he tried to organise the class.

Most of the class was dressed in their hero outfits while the occasional person was just dressed in their P.E outfits. Naturally, Akiko, Naka and Uzu were all in their hero costumes.

Naka and Kirishima were talking while Uzu was attempting to get food from the other students- why he thought they would have food is something we do not question. Akiko was on her phone reading through something or another, being the anti-social child she was.

It didn't take long for the bus to arrive but when the bus did arrive it was of a different seating plan to what Iida predicted meaning his attempt at organising the class was all for not.

“Midoriya, I generally say what is on my mind,” Tsu stated, causing the attention to shift to her.

“Oh, what is it, Asui?” Midoriya titled his head to look at the frog girl.

“Call me Tsu. Well, it’s just your quirk and All Might’s quirk are very similar, don’t you think?”

“W-what? I-I guess, I-I never really thought about it.” What a stutter, not lying at all.

“Well, at least your quirk is really strong,” Kirishima stated, “Mine is boring.”

“No, your Quirk is useful,” Naka interrupted sweetly. “Uzu’s is boring.”

“Wha- my Quirk is interesting,” Uzu defended himself.

“The way you use it is but the Quirk itself is pretty boring, don’t you think, Akiko?” Naka leant back to peer over the chair where Akiko was sitting staring out of the window.

At the mention of her name, Akiko jolted up and looked around in confusion.

“You weren’t listening were you?”

“...No? What’s going on?”

“Aki, that’s rude,” Uzu scolded. “You should listen to us!”

“Why? My brain is more interesting.”

“Akiki! We’re interesting!”

“I didn’t say you weren’t, just that my brain is more interesting than you.”

“Anyway,” Naka stepped in, “we wanted to know if you thought Uzu’s Quirk was interesting.”

“The way he uses it is,” Akiko stated without much thought, causing Naka to laugh and Uzu to put an offended hand over his hurt heart. “Weird humans.” Akiko shook her head before returning to the daydream she had been forced out of, a small smile on her face.

Eventually, Aizawa announced the end of their journey and pulled the bus up at USJ and led the students inside.

“Woah, this place is like an amusement park,” Naka gasped, spinning around slightly to take in all the details.

“Yeah! Just like Universal Studio Japan,” Uzu praised in awe.

“Yes, just like it, the only difference is that if you misbehave here you’ll have heroes chasing after you rather than the police,” Akiko stated threateningly, making both Uzu and Naka straighten up and gulp.

“What happened at Universal Studio?” Jiro leaned in a bit to look at Uzu’s face.

“Nothing,” Uzu and Naka shouted together while Akiko chuckled to herself.

“Yes, nothing at all.” She walked away slightly but stopped with the class.

Thirteen walked forward to meet Aizawa. They were talking in hushed tones as if they were hiding something from the main characters… I smell a plot device, how disgusting.

Thirteen turned back to the class starting a very, very long speech… “I have one or two points. Or three... four... As I'm sure many of you are aware of... My quirk is called blackhole. It can suck in and tear apart anything. However, my power could easily kill. I've no doubt there are some among you with similar abilities. In our superpowered society, the use of quirks is heavily restricted and monitored. It may seem that this is a stable one. But we must never forget that it only takes one wrong move with an uncontrollable quirk for people to die. During Aizawa's physical fitness test... you came to learn of your hidden potential. Through All Might's battle training... you experienced the danger that your respective quirks can pose to others. This class... will show you a new perspective! You will learn how to utilize your quirks to save lives. your powers are not meant to inflict harm. I hope you leave here today with the understanding that you're meant to help people. That is all! I thank you for listening." Thirteen bowed before the class as everyone clapped.

They were about to start the day of unforeseen events when an unforeseen event occurred.

“Woah, you have fake villains too,” Kaminari gasped, causing both Thirteen and Aizawa to silently curse.

Villains pooled out of a purply mist, taking over the USJ. One with blue hair approached with his arms out to his sides, saying something but everyone was too far away to hear it.

Aizawa leapt down the stairs and punched the first villain he saw.

“Somehow I don’t think they do,” Akiko stated as Thirteen ran in front of them.

“Get out,” they ordered, making the class leg towards the door.

They were stopped by a mist-like villain with glowing yellow eyes- not creepy at all.

Before the class could respond properly, the villain covered them in the mist and teleported them across the USJ.

Uzu opened up his wings to attempt to stop him crashing into the mountain. Naturally, he failed but was mainly unharmed.

Naka attempted to get out of the icy prison he found himself in. “Todoroki! Help! Please…”

Akiko reached out to grab the screaming and stoic tens before neatly landing on the ship. “You two alright?”

“Y-yeah.”

A new challenge has arrived. Will our heroes be able to get out alive? Will the villains be captured? Will All Might show up like he is meant to? Find out next week- or right now depending on when you’re reading this.