Spacetime Anomaly: MHA Fanfic

Chapter 12.3: Advising The Newcomers

Understandably frightened, as Izuku used an unconventional method of teleportation to instantly position himself to her left as he continued to keep pace with the exercises, Uraraka yelped before saying, "Midoriya-san! Wh- how'd you do that?!"

"I got some inspiration on how to improve my teleportation abilities by watching that Kurogiri fellow from the League of Villains. But forget about that for now, I'm more concerned about you at the moment, since you've been spacing out a lot lately."

"Oh, um… I guess I'm just nervous seen so many of our classmates training like this outside of school. Makes it seem like this is for a grade, ya know?"

"Well," Izuku said as he transitioned from a jumping jack into a push-up, "Even if it was, you shouldn't feel worried about not being able to measure up. It's not like Aizawa-sensei or All Might would expect you to complete the whole routine. Just doing your best would be good enough."

"Yeah..." she said, while looking distant again.

"Mhmm… it seems something else is bugging you," Izuku said whilst gauging her expression, though before she could respond he added, "Still, if you're not comfortable sharing it with me, it's fine."

"Wh- No, it's not like that," she pouted. "I'm just finding it hard to adapt to this. I mean, we've been out here for almost an hour focusing on training and barely anyone is talking. I find it hard to believe you guys can do this for hours without getting bored as the silence is practically killing me."

"Oh!" Izuku felt like an idiot for just now realizing, "It slipped my mind since the silence no longer gets to me like that, but I know not everyone is like me." Gesturing towards Kaminari, Izuku said, "See, some of us have found a solution to that problem by bringing earphones to pass the time exercising with music."

Sighing, Uraraka said, "Guess I'll just have to b.a.r.e through the boredom today and come prepared tomorrow..."

"I could just ask Yaoyorozu-san to make a speaker..."

Eyes brightening, Uraraka hurriedly agreed to his proposal, saying, "Yes! And we could get everyone not listening in to their personal music to make a class playlist~"

Interested in the idea if only to better know what his peers were into — music-wise — Izuku gave Uraraka a nod and teleported over to Yaoyorozu. As someone who already knew of Izuku's improved teleportation abilities, the tall Creation-Quirked girl didn't freak out like Uraraka did. After learning of the idea to get the training camp pumped with music, Yaoyorozu happily went above and beyond to create an entire state-of-the-art sound system with subwoofers and all.

A couple of minutes later, after he teleported to each and everyone one of those in the training camp, Izuku returned to Uraraka to get her song requests and since the idea came from her, one of her songs was the first to be played. With music blasting, everyone not already listening to their own music grew that much more zealous and Uraraka's severe concentration problem was mostly corrected.

For the rest of the basic training, nothing out of the ordinary happened. But as this was the highly anticipated day wherein Izuku and Uraraka would focus on learning from each other, the Quirk-enhancement section of the training camp diverged from the usual routine. However, before Izuku could concentrate on Uraraka, he went over to the other newcomers to advise them on augmenting their Quirks as he had with everyone else.

Shoji, being someone Izuku heavily theorized about, was received first. His Quirk, Dupli-arms, was described by the mysterious boy as the ability to transform and or generate new limbs, appendages, or organs from the tentacles attached to the holder's body. So, with that in mind, one of Izuku's first questions was brought up as he confronted Shoji as and asked, "Now, about your Quirk… are you limited to generating human organs?"

"Pardon?" Shoji asked, bemused.

"Like, could you hypothetically create a bloodhound's nose on the tip of one of your tentacles? That alone would boost your tracking capabilities. Other suggestions would be bat ears for echolocation, bird talons for extra offensive power, thermal or infrared vision from snakes, and so on..."

"I've never really tried that..." Shoji admitted.

"Well, that's just a suggestion. But if you really can, I'd imagine you'd first need to study the animal organs you want to manifest."

"Will do," he said with a bow.

Moving on to Sato, Izuku also had a bunch of questions and suggestions that could change the overall foundation of who his Quirk was used. So after he exchanged pleasantries with the teen, Izuku asked, "Say Sato-san, have you ever tried to activate your Quirk with less than ten grams of sugar ingested? Have you ever activated your Quirk but tested what would happen if you didn't exert yourself physically?"

"No, not really. Why?"

"Not to sound mean or anything, it's just that I don't see how your Quirk could be that simple. I just think you could be a lot more effective in improving your Quirk if you had more detailed information."

"But when I went to the Quirk doctor after my Quirk manifested, he confirmed all that my Quirk could do..." Sato said, a bit depressed.

"Yeah, but you were a child, probably three or four-years-old back then, right?" Seeing his peer nod, Izuku added, "Quirks are just like the rest of our body Sato-san; they grow with time. Maybe as a child your Quirk had a hard limit without leeway, but now, the same might not be true."

"Alright then. I guess I'd try out your suggestions and test for any changes to the nature of my Quirk."

"Oh, before you do, here, take this," Izuku said as he handed the boy the notebook he had on his peers' Quirks, opened to his entry. On Sato's page aside from a ill.u.s.tration of the boy in his hero costume and a general description of his Quirk, Sugar Rush, Izuku already had some charts and questions templated with practically all the information he would want the boy to test for.

Last on his plate before he could finally work with the anti-gravity heroine herself, Izuku walked over to Tokoyami. As the holder of an extremely rare sentient Quirk, Izuku didn't have as much advice he could give his bird-headed peer. Though that didn't stop him from asking questions that could point the boy in a positive direction.

"Tokoyami-san, exactly how much control do you hold over Dark Shadow?" Izuku asked.

Not waiting for its master to answer, Dark Shadow manifested from Tokoyami's navel and answered, "That depends on what exactly he wants me to do and how dark it is outside."

Izuku, initially surprised to see Dark Shadow answer his question, quickly settled on another question after Tokoyami nodded to confirm his Quirk's explanation. "So light, or the lack thereof, effects Dark Shadow? You're saying it's one of your weaknesses?"

"Dark Shadow is an entity of the abyss," Tokayami started, "it revels in the darkness, despising all manner of light."

"Yeah, I get wicked strong the darker the environment is," Dark Shadow added, before Tokoyami said, "Arrogant and megalomaniacal as well..."

"Che! You just don't know how to live it up!" The sentient Quirk scoffed.

"Mhmm… Ok, I'll ask about the details about that later, but for now that weakness to light should be what you focus on. After all, the Sports Festival will be held during the evening and going by the last couple Sports Festivals, the sun is at its brightest and hottest during the climax of the events. Though what's most dangerous to you probably won't be the sun, but our peers like Bakugo or Todoroki who could easily subdue Dark Shadow with the light from their explosions or fire respectively."

"I see, so you propose a grand exchange between us for my companion to adapt to its natural counter?"

"I mean, sure, if that's how you want to go about it. Though, they do seem to be quite invested in sparring together during these Quirk-enhancement training sessions. So, if they turn you down, I'd suggest asking Yaoyorozu to make high-powered lights. Maybe lights with intensity settings, so you can slowly work up Dark Shadow's resistance?"

With a short bow and a quick word of thanks, Tokoyami left to talk to Bakugo and Todoroki. Though, it was as Izuku expected and neither of the two d.e.s.i.r.ed to work with Tokoyami as they had nothing to gain. Momo was another story entirely, as she was happy to have a reason to make something new. She had been following Izuku's advice on learning to make the same object over and over again until it was second nature and though her progress was remarkable, it was tiresome and boring to say the least.