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Peace: a shikatema fanfic

Chapter One: Shikamaru

Since I was a kid, I was never the type to engage that much. I wasn’t adventurous or outgoing. I kept to myself and wrote stories as I watched the clouds go by. People never interested me. I didn’t mind going to school and talking to no one or even minded being the last pick for a game of dodge ball. Honestly, I would rather sleep more than anything.

It always worried my parents so, they pushed me to play with their friends’ kid who was the same age as me. I met Choji. He was a… plump guy. Very friendly and had a big heart for butterflies. He’d always chased after them in attempt to get a hold of one, but it never worked out. When he’d get sad, I’d always treat him to his favorite BBQ chips and share a few good laughs. We were fast friends and soon enough he introduced me to his other friends.

Choji was one who would get picked on a lot because of his weight. So, that would make it hard for him to make friends, but over the years, He eventually did have the luck of meeting some that excepted him for who he was…. Not the best choice at first, but still it was something.

Naruto and Kiba were the loudest trouble-makers you could ever meet. I seriously thought they were insane and had a peanuts for a brains. The only reason you would find me late after school was because I was suffering the consequences of tagging along with them. But I can’t lie… I did have some great times with them.

As we approached middle school, we met Neji and Saskue. I was grateful for them because for the longest time I was the father of the group. Neji and Saskue knew how to keep Naruto, Kiba, and at times, Choji in line.

Neji and Saskue were both very intelligent but at times Naruto could bring them down a notch. I think his stupidity is at times contagious. Saskue had more of an anger issue more than anyone. Neji seemed almost perfect but, push his buttons right and you’ll get something out of him. For the most part he’s a bit like a stone wall.

We’re an unlikely group, but I’m really happy to do life with them at least. We’ve gone through thick and thin. School fights (guess the two who started those), many detentions, festivals, Kiba’s breakups, supporting each other in sports: Saskue and Neji in Jujitsu (hence how they met), Naruto in Baseball, Kiba plays on the soccer team, and Choji…. After weeks of pestering him- respectfully! We convinced him to try sumo. AND IT’S NOT BECAUSE OF HIS WEIGHT!

“Choji we’re not saying to go for it because you’re f-…..fluffly- I was going to say fluffy.” Naruto reassured. “We all just thought that you would be a good fit and a great talent for this sport.”

“The guy even said He’d put you on the team easy.” Kiba contributed.

“No, you guys just think I’m fat!” Choji pouted.

“No-“Neji tried to console him but Choji’s cries over powered him.

“Look Choji,” I said. “We’re in high school now. And if we want to get into K.U., sports look good our applications. We think Sumo is good for you because you got the proper build for it and out of everyone in this room, you’re the one with the greatest brute strength.”

“Really?”

“Yeah… and you’re one hell of a bulldozer.” Saskue is speaking from experience.

We all laughed and Choji finally joined the High School Sumo team. He loves it cause after every match they go to his favorite BBQ spot.

As my first year of High school progressed it was time for me to the choose something. Which was a surprise for everyone cause I barley even run. I’m the Lazy-ass of the group. You can find me in the dorm room sleeping at any given time. School is a bit of a breeze from me since knowledge is my trump card. I carry an IQ over 200+ and have been invited to get into prestigious academic programs but turned them down. It’d be too troublesome in my book. And I like where I’m at right now.

My favorite teacher and personal mentor Asuma-sensei convinced me over a game of Shoji to take on Boxing. He’s the coach for the team and throughout the years of knowing me, he clams I could make it. I looked at him as if he was mental. I mean- sure my dad showed me some stuff throughout the years to stand-up for myself but, boxing…for real. I don’t know about all that.

An incident that happened our second year of middle school is something he likes to use as backup to prove his point, always comes to mind.

We (meaning the gang and I) were on our way home, taking our usual route before we have to split up, walking and munching on some onigiri from our favorite “Go-go” mini mart. And as we were on our way some guys from school had caught up and cornered us in a back ally. We had no idea what was going on until one of the kids spoke up and said:

“Naruto you bastard, you better take back what you said!”

“ME! What did I say?” we all looked at him with a fierce look.

“Guys, I promise I didn’t do anything.” He told us.

“Look, if this only pertains to Naruto. We’ll gladly be on our way.”

“NEJI!” Naruto exclaimed.

“Nah, I think we’re good with pumbling all you assholes to the ground.”

They all began cracking their knuckles with sinister laughs as they began approaching closer to us.

Saskue and Neji assumed fighting positions. Naruto slowly grabbed a stick on the ground. Kiba pulled out Akamaru out of his book bag. Choji began to brace himself as I stood behind them simply standing. You could say I’m the eyes of the group in case something goes south.

“Thanks a lot Naruto.” Saskue whispered.

“If I miss my piano lesson, your explaining this to my dad.” Neji hissed.

“I don’t even know what that hell this kid is angry about guys! I swear!” Naruto said.

With a shout they charged. It was four kids against us five. For a moment it was fair fight because I was just standing watch. Neji dodged one kid’s punches and then swiftly gave him an uppercut. Saskue caught the others foot in mid kick and knocked him on his butt by kicking his foot out from underneath him. Kiba sent Akamaru to charge and keep his attacker at bay as he went in with a running start to RKO the kid. Choji simply belly bumped the kid who charged up against him. And Naruto was having a hard time with his opponent as they were duking it out through various punches. The leader was getting more punches in than Naruto, but Naruto still could take it as he finally got the winning shot and knocked the kid off his feet.

“Lets Go! Quick!” Naruto shouted.

And we were off. We ran out of the alley and made a break for it. Choji was a little behind so, I slowed down to his tempo. He was heaving as he then suddenly realized. “I think I dropped my inhaler back there.”

“Are you serious?” I said. We came to a halt.

“Hey guys! Choji dropped his inhaler. I’m gonna go get it!”

The guys came back towards us.

“Don’t you think they’re still there?” Kiba asked.

“Well, you want Choji to die? It’s okay Shikamaru. We’ll stay with Choji.” Neji said.

“And I don’t think they’re still there. I saw one of them leave after us in the other direction.” Saskue said.

“Alright.” So, with that I left and went to retrieve Choji’s inhaler. As I got back to the alley, I found his inhaler on the ground and picked it up. As I was about to leave, I found the Leader still there. I guess his friends left him. He looked at me as he held his chin in pain.

“What the hell do you want?” he shouted. “Come back for more?”

I lift my hands up to show peace. “I don’t mean any trouble. I just came-“

“I don’t want your apology!”

“I did-“

“And who needs those looser friends anyway! I just called for real backup! My brother’s coming to kick your ass.”

And not a second later a shadow overcame me. I slowly turned around to see a boy who looked a couple years older than me, with slicked back silver hair, red eyes, towering over me. I saw that he had the high school uniform on.

“Is this the little shrimpy kid who kicked your butt, Hido? Wow! I can’t believe it.” He laughed.

I got nervous. Maybe I should’ve got Neji or Saskue to come with me. Dammit! What the hell am I going to do?

“Look here kid, my names Hidan.” He crotched down to my level. “I don’t really appreciate anyone messing with my family. So, I want you to pay very close attention-“

My eyes shifted to where his hand was reaching for. He had a knife in his coat pocket.

The guy looked as if her was only a year or two older than me- what the hell was he doing with a knife?

At the sight of it I panicked and without a thought I went into a stance and gave a right hook to the center of his face. He was caught off guard and started falling backward so, to help him out I finished him with an uppercut with my left and ran as fast as I could.

I never found myself in that type of situation before. Only in hypotheticals with my dad and even then, I wasn’t putting out full blows. Just pretend with my dad.

I ran as fast as I could back to the guys, not giving a single glance back no matter how many voices I heard shouting after me. The guys came back to my line of vision and as they saw me approach their faces looked frightened. I was about to call out but, then a hand grabbed my arm.

“Hey, slow down there kid!”

I looked to see Asuma-Sensei. Where the heck did he come from?

“Asuma?” I said. “Wh-“

“If you’re gonna fight, don’t do it next to my store.”

That was the day I found out that after school Asuma-sensei ran/owned a convenient store. He allowed me to return Choji’s inhaler to him but, I had to go back and explain to Asuma what happened. I was the only one caught so, Naruto said to not rat them out. But Neji dragged him to his house to explain to his dad why he missed his piano lessons.

When I returned to Asuma, he explained to me that I broke the kids nose and badly bruised his jaw with my punches. He only knew the other guys side of the story so, it looked like I was the attacker.

“He was about to pull a knife on me so, I panicked.” I simply explained.

We made it back to the incident and the kid was getting treated by one of Asuma’s workers.

“Is that so?” Asuma said. “Hidan!”

The silver headed boy looked at him with an eyebrow raised.

“You got a weapon on you boy?”

His eye filled with panic for just a split second, but he kept his cool as he covered himself up.

“No sir.” He said. “Look, I told you, my little brother called me saying he and his friends were getting jumped. So, I ran over here to help him. I get here and that little shit was still on a rampage and out of nowhere attacked me!”

‘Rampage’ was not the word to describe me. Asuma knew that. So, in a single movement he got the knife out of his pocket.

“You bring weapons to school?” Asuma questioned him.

Instead of Hidan expressing an emotion of guilt, he starred at me with what felt like a murderous intent. I looked away quickly and asked Asuma if I could leave. But he was already making a call to the school’s deputy. When deputy came, he questioned us again and it all ended with Hidan and his little brother being put in the back of the cop car with handcuffs. Turns out they both had a pilling record on their heads. Soon after the deputy left another cop car pulled in. It was Saskue’s dad. He offered me a ride home but before I left Asuma said:

“And before I forget. Nice right hook.” He smiled and waved as we drove away.

He saw the whole thing.

So, my first year of high school I took on Boxing per-Asuma-sensei’s request. And… I don’t hate it. It’s a good stress reliever.

As the year went on it was just me and the guys as usual. Doing our thing. Until… Ino.

Ino was a girl I saw almost every single day since elementary school. I knew our parents knew of each other but, she had so many friends Choji and I never really mingled with her. Whenever I saw her outside of school it was a single “Hi” and “Bye”. I’d be lucky if I got one in school though.

But the point is that whenever I saw her I knew that I liked looking at her and my friends could obviously tell. For the longest time they urged me to go and really talk to her but, I never took the shot. I was okay with just looking at her.

I didn’t know much about romance and never thought about it ever but, when I saw her I tried to imagine what it would be like. She seemed nice…. That all I could get from her. The guys didn’t know much about her either- only that she was best friends with Sakura…. Who had a huge crush on Saskue. Sakura was an acquaintance of ours and was relatively nice but, she refused to let us know anything about Ino. She said something about paying respect to some stupid girl code. And Saskue refused to put anything on the line if it meant talking Sakura.

Sakura and Ino were- for the longest time- and still are part of the ”Popular”s. Top of the social ladder and they liked their place there. So, going out with a guy like me or Naruto or Kiba or Choji meant Social suicide. Saskue and Neji made the cut because apparently their good looking but, don’t care for social status or people so they gave them the middle finger.

But one day, after Biology class, Ino came to me. I was quite surprised she even knew my name when she approached me.

“I need your help, Shika- Shikamaru? Right?”

“Yea.” I said.

“I’m failing this class and if I don’t pass, the teacher is threatening me with summer school. I heard you’re the top of our class so, do you think you could help me?”

She asked me in a pretty straight forward way. No hair flip or puppy-dog eyes. She just simply asked. I could see the desperation in her eyes so, I agreed.

She had already set days that’s she had free so that we could be able to meet up and study. Afterwards I met up with the guys at lunch and they claimed it was fate…. Well, Naruto and Kiba. Choji was happy for me and gave me a pat on the back. But Neji and Saskue simply nodded and told me to be careful. To them they took my liking towards Ino as quite a surprise. They said they didn’t see me with a girl like her but, weren’t gonna put up a fight with my choice.

As time progressed and I tutored her. The time came to the mid-quarterly exam. She passed with flying colors and Thanked me. Nothing happened over our study dates. It was strictly Biology. But, at the end I got the courage to ask her to the Winter Festival but, she turned me down.

I didn’t know that it got to me until my boxing match came up. I was up against some guy from Sound High. He was pretty good and in the beginning of the match he was landing a lot of good hits on me. But when the second round came in, he gave a nice jab that woke me up real good. After that I just lost it. I didn’t give him enough time to block or recover and I won the match with a KO.

The day after, Kiba told me that I was the “Talk of the Town” saying that everyone was talking about my match last night. And a couple days later Ino and I had plans for a date.

Our relationship happened suddenly, and I quickly got blinded by her. I only saw her and nothing else. I could care less about the popularity and all the people she had around her. I just wanted to know what she was about, her likes, interests, things that made her happy, or sad. Everything.

I wasn’t one to show PDA at school and I made if very clear to her. She respected my boundaries and I respected hers. The only perk to all this (to Naruto and Kiba) was that we got into all the parties now. Choji used this opportunity to become more of a social butterfly. So, it was kind of a win-win situation because Neji and Saskue would sometimes attend those parties which made Sakura and a bunch of other girls happy.

Very quickly we were no longer losers. All in the span of our first year in high school. Choji went with the flow. Kiba loved it. Naruto was through the roof. Saskue could care less but, I do see the way he looks at Sakura at times. And Neji… I’m surprised he’s even still around.

The beginning of Ino and I’s relationship was great. I had no problem. I didn’t really know how to do all this so, I was just following after her lead while also getting tips from the guys…. Which helped… more or less. Until one day, I asked Asuma.

“What do you see in Ino, Shikamaru?” He asked. “Why did you choose her?”

I thought for a minute. “Well, I never really thought of girls until I saw her. I saw her and I thought she was beautiful. She was the first girl I ever saw that made me…pause.”

He nodded and then asked. “How did you feel when you kissed her for the first time?”

“Pretty good.” I said.

He nodded. “Honestly, Shikamaru. I’m not surprised by your answers…. But, If you want my opinion. I don’t think Ino is a nice a choice… for you.”

I stayed quiet.

“She’s a nice girl. All around personality with a face to match it. But if she’s the one you like- I can’t really tell you how to live your life. But I will I give you this advice: When you know you’re with the right person, it all just comes naturally. Without a second thought.”

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Thank you guys for being so patient! It was so hard to get this out on time with school getting in the way. I hope you like the first chapter. The second one will be out soon! Where you’ll see a little bit of Temari’s back story. And art too!

What do you think about ShikaIno? How did this chapter make you feel for the most part? I’d love feedback.

Chapter Two: Temari

-MissVGJ98

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Their Hero Academia – Chapter 63: Final Exam part 5: Final Essay

Presenting the next raw and unedited chapter of my on-going, next-gen, My Hero Academia fic, Their Hero Academia! Please note, this chapter may undergo more extensive editing before it gets posted to AO3/FF.net, as there’s a lot of fight scenes that may need clarity editing.

Earlier chapters can be found here

At the last moment, before Kamuy had launched her shockwave, some instinct had prompted Izumi to throw up an ice shield. Desperately, faster than she ever had before, she’d leached heat from the air, forming a protective wall in front of her, reinforcing it even against the shockwave that had followed. She regretted immediately that she was unable to extend her protections to Chihiro or to any of her other classmates.

When the ringing in her head cleared and she was able to see again, a moment of fear touched her heart, an icy stab into the heat she had absorbed and that suffused her body. Chihiro, Ojiro, Aoyama, and Asuka were all on the ground, alive, but very clearly knocked out. As skilled and powerful as her classmates were, against such overwhelming force, they had no defense. She had hoped that Asuka’s Frog-Shadow might have been able to protect her, armoring her as she had during the Sports Festival, but such, it seemed, was not to be.

And all Izumi had done was protect herself. Her teachers, as well as Katsumi, would say that insuring her own safety had meant she could continue to act and protect others. But it did nothing to ease the guilt she felt.

Kamuy, it seemed, was still standing, admiring her handiwork. She’d lost a bit of mass from expelling her accumulated energy, but still remained a large and imposing foe. That she seemed to be able to hold onto the energy she absorbed until she needed it was enviable. The bands of Izumi’s regulator rig were screaming an angry red, a sign she needed expel heat and expel it quickly.

“Still standing?” Kamuy taunted. “Pretty impressive. I wouldn’t think a little twig like you would last this long.”

With some amount of satisfaction, Izumi realized that Kamuy was a very big target indeed.

“But a twig, properly propelled,” she said, bringing her hands up, “can pierce even the mighty oak.”

Izumi reached inside herself and found the heat she had been storing, like a crimson hot core inside her. But instead of changing it into fire, she put to use the training that Uncle Denki had helped her with, expelling the heat directly. The very air in front of her turned wavy and shimmery, refracting from all the heat she was putting out into it.

“Hey…” growled Kamuy, “what’re you doing…?” Already the big woman was sweating so hard it was pouring off of her and soaking through her clothes. Her breaths coming in ragged gasps, each one clearly a struggle. She swayed, unsteady on her feet, as though a stiff breeze might soon blow her over.

“Whatever you’re doing… cut it… out…” Kamuy took a few ineffective swings as thin air, as though that might stop the heat assault. But as addled as she was, they were clumsy, weak, and ineffective, with no power behind them. Izumi knew she was threading a careful line. Too much heat could kill a person easily and she had no desire to be a murderer, especially given that this was only an exam. But nor did she wish to give Kamuy a chance to recover and possibly hurt her or her friends.

Kamuy began glowing and steaming again, losing mass as she poured her energy into resisting Izumi’s attack. Step by step, she pushed her way forward, even as the concrete beneath her feet began to soften from the heat she was enduring. That was unfortunate. Processing this much heat as once, pushing her Quirk as far as it would go, Izumi could feel the strain upon herself and she did not know how long she could maintain this level of exertion. Her knees were starting to feel weak and even keeping her arms up to keep pointing at Kamuy was beginning to become a strain. Her arms traced small circles in the air as she failed to hold them straight.

And still, Kamuy came closer. The Villain took step after step after step, her face twisted in a grimace as she fought for every inch. But Izumi would make her fight for that, even if it cost her dearly, even if she collapsed. Because every second this woman spent fighting her was one that gave her classmates and friends time to overcome the other Villains.

They were counting on her. Everyone was counting on her. She could not, would not, be the reason that they failed!

And still Kamuy came onward, trailing steam like some ancient and slow moving train. “You… gotta… be… just… about… out… kid,” she hissed. “Those damn… blinky lights… are a dead… giveaway.”

Damnation, she was right! Izumi was just about out of heat to throw at her, the crimson hot core she’d been drawing on depleted, the bands of her regulator rig showing a green that would have, in any other circumstances, been reassuring.

Now, it was a little terrifying.

The wave of heat stopped abruptly, as she exhausted her last reserve. The change in the air was immediate and Kamuy instantly stood a little taller, a little stronger, though it was clear surviving the assault had cost her dearly. Her own reserves must have been nearly as depleted as Izumi’s were. Though that still left her a large and muscular foe. She could still overpower Izumi. She was a fit girl, especially for one with her chronic health issues, but there was no comparison.

So she had to end this now.

Kamuy rushed her, fist draw back to strike, and Izumi acted on instinct, her body and Quirk moving before she even had a chance to think. Thick ice shot up around Kamuy, covering her body and lifting her off the ground in an instant. On her regulator rig, the bands changed from a safe green to cautionary orange without ever even passing through the alerting yellow. The temperature around her had dropped by several degrees, enough that, for a moment, Izumi could see her breath on the air.

But when it was done, Kamuy was entombed in a pillar of ice, only her head and fingertips poking out. She hadn’t frozen her solid, so there was probably minimal risk of cell death. But she had beaten her. She had won.

And still she remained standing. Izumi had pushed her Quirk and pushed it hard. But she had not given in to her weakness, had not fallen.

But she could not celebrate her accomplishments, not now. Not when the others were still battling.

She would celebrate when they won, but the personal victory would lend her strength to continue the fight.

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Things, Katsumi thought, had pretty much gone to shit. The Villain called Jawbreaker had grown to monstrous size and mass, towering over all of them by more than a meter. More than that in her case; height was not her friend. Now made of metal, rock, and concrete, he was shrugging off everything they could throw at him. She still ached from where he had hit her, with a fist that was nearly as big as she was tall.

But she’d be damned if she was going to go down without a fight, even if she was completely out of ammo for her disk-launchers. She hadn’t backed down in the face of a damned Nomu, she wasn’t about to back down in the face of some Villain Aiazwa had gotten from somewhere to play rent-a-goon. Some part of her was afraid though. Not for herself, but for Izzy. She knew she shouldn’t be, knew that Izzy had more than proven she was capable of taking care of herself, but the thought still remained. She pushed it down, channeling it into something she could use. The sooner she clobbered this guy, the sooner she could check on her.

Jawbreaker let out a laugh, his punch connecting solidly with Toshi. Toshi had amped up his gravity enough that he was starting to sink into the ground, but the blow was still enough to push him back, gouging deep troughs in the street. A second blow hit even harder, sending Toshi smashing into the side of a building again. Above Jawbreaker, the Iida twins swooped down again and again, ineffectively striking against him. The Villain—though faster than he looked—was still not fast enough to catch them. Both broke off the attack. Sora to check on Toshi, Tensei to get space to think through his next move.

“Okay, you two,” she told Shinso and Haimawari. “I’ll knock him off his feet, you know him down. You’ll know it when you see it. Jetset! Give me a distraction!”

Haimawari nodded. “Got it. Bring the boom.”

Shinso nodded rapidly, head bobbing like it was on a spring. “Got it!” he said. “Going to have to hit him *really* hard though! He’s tough!”

A grin spread across Katsumi’s face. “Ain’t nothing tougher than me.” She cracked her knuckles. “And Newb? Only I get to bring the boom.”

“Arms! Rocky!” she shouted. “Clear the way! Big boom coming through!”

At her shout, Shoji and Koda backed off from their assaults on Jawbreaker. Koda had fast grown a thick redwood tree and Shoji had used his incredible strength to turn it into an improvised club. It hadn’t done any good. Jawbreaker had ever taken a big bite out of it, added hard wood to his make-up as well.

Tensei Iida swooped down from the sky, smashing both fists into Jawbreaker’s skull. There was a metal on metal clang, but Jawbreaker wasn’t hurt in the slightest. He swung wildly at Iida again, and this time he Iida was just a little too slow. Jawbreaker’s fingers closed around his legs and he slammed Iida into the ground again and again. With a grunt, he tossed the boy over his shoulder. There. She hadn’t meant for that to happen… but that was her opening.

Katsumi slapped a palm on the ground, extending her explosive power through it, triggering a series of increasingly large explosions in a rapid-fire, firecracker line that lead straight to Jawbreaker. She concentrated, putting as much power as she could into the last one.

KABOOM!

For just a moment, the explosion caught Jawbreaker off-balance, sending him teetering on his feet. “What the hell…?!” the Villain cried out, arms swinging wildly.

“Now!” Katsumi bellowed.

For all the times they’ve bugged the hell out of her, Shinso and Haimawari are good at following orders. And more importantly, they can hit hard. Shinso sucked in a breath and unleashed another blast of sonic force, her own proximity to it making Katsumi wince from the noise, while Haimawari braced himself and unleashed another blue-white blast. Both attacks struck Jawbreaker dead on, with enough force to land him smack on his back. It made a sound somewhere between a building collapsing, an avalanche, and a trash can rolling down the stairs.

“Rocky!” Katsumi shouted again. “Tie him up!”

“I am on it, Bombshell,” Koda said, tossing more seeds. They began growing instantly, ensnaring Jawbreaker with thick, thorny vines, weaving all around his body and limbs.

Jawbreaker was already struggling against them, even as Koda tried to keep the pace, growing them as vast as they were destroyed. Dammit. Koda’s vines alone weren’t going to be enough. Time for what was usually her Plan A: Overwhelming Force. “We hit him,” she said. “Hard. Now. Everything we’ve got.”

It was already too late. Jawbreaker let out a laugh. “It takes more than that to keep me down,” he said. He was already getting back on his feet. Vines snapped like twine. “We’re in the home stretch too. That means the kid gloves come off!”

He lashed out and despite having seen it several times over, she still couldn’t believe how someone that big could move that fast. Koda and Shoji, the closest, paid the price for her few seconds of hesitation. Shoji threw himself in front of Koda, using all six of his arms to block Jawbreaker’s strike, but jawbreaker brought his other arm around and slammed it into Shoji from the side. He went flying and when he landed, he did not get up.

Koda lasted only a moment longer, trying reaching into her pouches for more seeds. She fast-grew a circle of trees around Jawbreaker, briefly trapping him, until he simply punched his way through and took her down with another swipe of his massive, multi-element fists.

It had all happened so fast, she hadn’t even had time to move. But now, she was spurred into action. “Get that fucker!” she shouted, rushing forward.

Behind her, she could hear the sounds of Shinso and Haimawari firing again, their blasts sailing past her to strike Jawbreaker. She had to trust that they were going to do their jobs, because the bad guy in front of her was all that she could see.

Fortunately, Koda’s failed attempts at containment had provided her with plenty of ammunition. She quickly grabbed shards of the felled trees and tossed them at Jawbreaker, peppering him with small explosions. Even putting everything she had into them… it wasn’t enough. Nothing left to make a big enough boom with.

“Hey, ugly!” she shouted, grabbing a handful of splintery pieces of wood in each hand. When he turned to look at her she tossed them all at his face, letting them explode like little firecrackers.

Here, he actually screamed, one hand going to cover his face, the other swinging wildly and easy to dodge. As his hand swung by, she slapped it with her own. The material of her gloves now let her channel her explosive power through them directly, and the explosion she created charred his transformed flesh.

“Yeah!” Shinso cried out. “We’ve got him now!” He hit Jawbreaker with another sonic scream.

“”Blast now, brag later, Shinso!” Haimawari called out. He was zipping around Jawbreaker’s other side, his feet and one hand on the ground, his other hand in the air and unleashing a barrage of low-powered blasts. They weren’t strong enough to do much—if any—damage, but they served as yet another distraction.

“Katsumi!” a voice—Toshi’s—cried out. “Give me an opening!”

She grinned again, slapping both hands on the ground again and setting off a powerful explosion. This close to it, the explosion left even her ears ringing, but it did the job, further throwing Jawbreaker off balance from already having been temporarily blinded.

She heard the roar of Sora Iida’s engines before she saw the two of them, zooming towards Jawbreaker and Sora carrying Toshi by the wrists. At the last second, she released him and judging by how big of a clang the impact of Toshi’s body made with Jawbreaker’s, he must have gone about as far up on his gravity as he could. He pushed off the Villain’s body and landed next to her. The blow managed to stagger the giant for a moment, at least.

“About time you stopped loafing around,” Katsumi said.

“Give me a break,” Toshi replied. “I’ve been hit a lot today.”

Jawbreaker reared up and was ready to strike again. Some guys just took a lot of hitting, it seemed.

***

Before Jawbreaker could strike again, a blast of fire hit him square on, setting fire to parts of his body that were made of wood. He let out a cry of alarm and smarted smacking at the burns, trying to smother them. Thick ice walls followed, briefly blocking him off. Toshi risked turning his head to find the source of the blast and was greeted with the sight of Izumi propelling herself along an ice slide to meet them.

“Glad you could join us, Iz,” Katsumi said.

“Well, someone clearly has to keep you out of trouble,” Izumi replied. “As always.”

“Was that a joke? You pick now to start telling jokes?”

Izumi’s arrival meant good news and bad news. It meant they were down to one just one Villain to deal with. But it also meant…

The sound of fists on the ice wall told him they didn’t have much time.

“The others?” he asked.

Izumu shook her head. “All defeated.”

They were it then. Six of them against a Villain who just kept taking whatever they had and kept coming back for more. It was only then that Toshi realized there was a question he’d been reluctant to ask. He shouldn’t have. One of Dad’s often told stories was how Grandpa Might and he had first met, when Grandpa Might had smashed the Sludge Villain to pieces…

It was an extreme solution. One he hadn’t wanted to suggest they try.

“Shota,” he said quickly, as cracks were appearing in the ice wall. Maybe just a couple more blows. “Has Jawbreaker ever been smashed or broken by a Hero?”

Shota’s purple eyes went wide. “Oh, a bunch of times! Sometimes, he just eats more and it grows back, and sometimes he gets so smashed up it makes him change back, but all his people parts are still there!”

“Saying we should go all out, Midoriya?” Haimawari asked. Between his goggles and bandanna, his expression was almost unreadable, but Toshi could hear the doubt in his voice. “That’s a lot to throw at a guy who’s just testing us.”

Toshi nodded. “The real world’s not a test. You hold back too much there… Villains like him will kill you.”

“Okay then,” Haimawari said. “I… might have something.”

“Make it quick, Newb,” Katsumi said.

Haimawari told them his idea. Toshi had to admit, it was a pretty good one. “Then we’ll do it like that then,” he said. And then there was no more time.

The ice wall shattered, Jawbreaker breaking free. “That really hurt, kid,” he growled. Patches of wood on his body showed deep burn marks, but he seemed just as large and stroke as eve. “My turn!”

“Hit him!” Toshi yelled. “Everything you’ve got! Izumi—containment! Everyone else… hit him!”

Izumi was first, unleashing a powerful wave of ice that entrapped Jawbreaker from the waist down, trapping his lower body in a block of ice. It was already cracking against his great strength. But Izumi was hardly alone in her attacks and it only needed to give them an opening.

Shota hit him with another sonic blast. It shattered the rest of the ice, but it hit him hard, kept him off balance. He must have taken in a pretty big breath beforehand, because the beam was strong and sustained. Haimawari quickly zipped behind him, then powered up for a focused, intense blast. He couldn’t sustain a single beam like Shota and required a moment to charge up a stronger shot, but he was bringing everything he had.

Sora hammered him with a series of rocket propelled blows, raising a small series of cracks on Jawbreaker’s body, never standing still for a moment. With what had happened to her brother, she wasn’t letting up at all. Bombarded already by Shota and Haimawari, he stood little chance of catching her.

Katsumi, freed from any need to hold back, went all out, tossing whatever she could at him, hitting him with explosions big and small. She kept herself light on her feet, never staying in one place for long, but steadily getting closer. Dodging under one of Jawbreaker’s strikes, she reached up and slapped her hand against his arm.

KABOOM!

Jawbreaker let out a scream as his left arm exploded. The sight and sound of it was more than enough to give everyone pause. Even knowing he had asked his friends to go all out, Toshi felt guilty for it. It looked like it had to hurt.

It was also the opening he needed. Toshi forced himself not to think about the harm that he had done and took a couple steps back, canceled his gravity, and jumped, launching himself at Jawbreaker like a missile.

But even in pain, Jawbreaker was ready and swung a massive arm. He hit Toshi full on, just as Toshi had shifted to full gravity. There was a satisfying sound of cracking, but so powerful was the blow that Toshi went flying anyway, smashing into and through the building across the street.

As he landed, Toshi heard a rumble and struggled to stand, but couldn’t get his feet under him. The building creaked…

And came down on him.

***

“Toshi!” Sora Iida screamed, dropping to the ground with far less grace than usual. She tapped the side of her helmet. “Toshi, come in! Speak to me!”

No response over the comms wasn’t good. It meant Midoriya was unconscious or hurt or… No. Isamu instantly pushed that thought aside. The teachers wouldn’t have allowed that to happen. They were monitoring them, of course. Watching them. If Midoriya were really hurt, they’d have stopped the test, gotten Doctor Izumi out. Hell, his grandfather would probably have already been out here, digging through the rubble.

It didn’t mean Midoriya was going to be rejoining the fight any time soon though. Which was… not good. Deprived of one of the strongest Quirks in the class, it left them were a lot fewer options for fighting Jawbreaker.

“Word of advice, kid?” Jawbreaker said. “Don’t take your eye off the Villain!” He lashed out with his remaining arm and struck Iida hard, seeming not to notice the spider-web of cracks that spread up his arm from the blow. The red and silver armored girl went flying and did not get up when she landed.

Jawbreaker dug his fingers into the ground, breaking up the street to shovel more pavement into his mouth. As he did, his left arm started growing back, now being made entirely out of pavement. Isamu wasn’t sure how much time they had left in the exam… but he was certain having a Villain like this still rampaging about wasn’t going to do their scores any good.

“And you shouldn’t take your eyes off me!” Kirishima-Bakugo, now behind the Villain, shouted. She once again placed both hands on the ground and channeled a powerful explosion through it. The ground around him exploded in a series of bangs that were more flash than flare, momentarily stunning him.

“I think I have done just about all I can,” Izumi announced. “Katsumi, gentlemen, if you would?”

“What the hell are you talking about, kid?” Jawbreaker snarled. “Haven’t you seen yet that none of you are beating me?”

“Yeah, well,” Isamu said. “That’s where you’re wrong.”

“We tricked you!” Shinso shouted. “We tricked you good!”

“What are you…?” Jawbreaker began, and only then did he notice all the spider-web cracks that had appeared all over his body, all the places he had hit and been hit. At the layer of shining frost that had formed all over his body.

When Shinso had mentioned that Jawbreaker could be shattered and reform without killing him, Isamu’s mind had kicked into overdrive. Short of Shinso’s disintegrating scream thing or Kirishima-Bakugo pumping out way more explosive power than he’d ever seen her do before, none of them could have possibly done enough damage to him to completely slow him down. They could blow off limbs, as Kirishima-Bakugo had managed to do, but that was riskier and required more precision targeting. And as they had seen, he could just consume more to regrow them.

Instead, while the rest of them kept him distracted, Izumi had slowly been leeching heat from the material of his body directly, slowly freezing him up little by little. Midoriya should have been the one to deliver the final blow, but…

As realization dawned on Jawbreaker’s face, they let him have it. Kirishima-Bakugo unleashed another wave of explosions across the ground, Shinso screamed and unleashed a powerful wave of sonic force, and Isamu put everything he had into his blast, firing his repulsion force outward in one massive shot.

The attacks hit Jawbreaker all at once, exploding the majority of his body into a shower of frozen shards. His head and shoulders hit the ground with a groan, still very conscious.

“You kids haven’t won yet…” he growled, trying to tilt so he could begin eating the street again.

But then Izumi acted again, shooting a pillar of ice up beneath him that then wrapped around the head, completely encasing it in ice.

There was a long, quiet moment before any of them could even breathe.

“Did we… did we do it?” Shinso asked.

“I, ah, I think we did,” Isamu said, scarcely believing the words out of his own mouth.

“Damn right we did,” Kirhsima-Bakugo said. “Thanks to Izzy here.”

Izumi bowed her head, then held up a hand. The bands of her uniform were glowing orange and perspiration covered her face, but she was still standing strong. He’d been worried that she might have to push herself too far with his plan, but she’d offered herself up for it anyway. “A group effort. I am owed no more praise than any other.”

Another quiet moment followed, as the rush of battle began to wear off. Isamu was already thinking they needed to check on Midoriya and the others who’d been knocked around over the course of the exam. Which he would do. Just as soon as his heartrate returned to normal.

“But,” Shinso said, “then why isn’t anyone telling us it’s over. Shouldn’t there be a bell or alarm or something.”

Damn. He was right.

“Looking for this, Heroes?” a voice called out. Across the street, in the shadow of a building, was Shadow-Thief. And she was holding Recovery Girl. Or rather… Doctor McGuffin! “Guess you’re too late!”

She disappeared again, reappearing in the shadows further up. Isamu had a good eye for distance. They’d been told they couldn’t allow Doctor McGuffin to get more than 100 meters from the shelter, or they’d lose. He estimated she’d already made it 50 meters…

“Put me down, you hooligan!” Recovery Girl snapped, smacking her fists against Shadow-Thief’s head and shoulders. “Kids these days, no respect for their elders!”

“Ow! Ow! Stop hitting me, old woman! You’re supposed to be playing along!” Shadow-Thief vanished again, disappearing and reappearing even further away.

Too far for anyone to blast her, too far for Izumi to trap her with ice, all of which were too risky to begin with. Too far for anything.

Anything but him.

Isamu threw himself forward and called upon his Quirk. He thought he’d put everything he had into that last blast again Jawbreaker. He turned out to be wrong, blasting himself forward with reserves he hadn’t thought he’d had.

It hurt, like a burning sensation in his hands and feet, and he could feel exhaustion threatening to claim him the longer he did it, buildings speeding by as he pushed and pushed and pushed every ounce of repulsive force he had left in his body.

Shadow-Thief was still getting away. Twenty-five meters until the boundary. Twenty meters. Fifteen. Ten. He was getting closer… so close…. Five meters… He just needed one last push!

There were no shadows big enough left, forcing Shadow-Thief to try and run the last five meters. Isamu unleashed every last ounce of energy within him and shot forward like a paperclip from a rubber band. He smacked into her legs just before she made it the final meter.

Recovery Girl went sailing into the air and he desperately disentangled himself from Shadow Thief, getting under the elderly woman just in time to catch her, sinking to his knees.

Somewhere, an alarm sounded, signaling the end of the three hours of their exam.

It was the last thing Isamu heard before he passed out.

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My Hero Academia Traitor Theories

There has probably been a TON of theories on this, but as I was going down the class lists, I had a few ideas of my own that I wanted to put out there too. Buckle up, because this is going to be a long one.

For this particular theory, I am looking only at the students of Classes 1-A and 1-B as they were both present during the attack at the training camp. I also don’t really want to go into possible teachers since, in my opinion, we really haven't seen how many of them act on a regular basis, minus All Might and Aizawa (who, let’s be honest, have shown that they really care about their kids and wouldn’t want to hurt them intentionally).

I am also trying to make cases as to why some students are not the traitor, so if you only want to know who I think it is, just scroll to the bottom.

Finally, these are all just my personal opinions. Feel free to prove me wrong or add your own thoughts.

And with that, let us begin...

Characters That Can be Safely Excluded

- Izuku Midorya

- Bakugo

- Iida

- Momo

- Kirishima

-Koda

Each of these characters has displayed a strong desire to become a hero/attend the hero course and frankly would not benefit from siding with villains. Momo is an interesting case though. If we had not seen the resolution to her low self-confidence and indecision, I could see the argument that the villains could be providing here with that confidence. However, due to her involvement in the rescue of Bakugo and her overall actions in the Training Arc, it is safe to rule this out.

-Uraraka

While her desires to be a hero are not driven by a need to “save the day”, aiding in villainy wouldn’t really help her accomplish her dreams of creating a comfortable life for herself and her family, since any money she would get from the LOV would be “blood money” essentially. Additionally, her secondary goals established in the Sports Festival and Internship Arcs of becoming stronger does not fit in with the LOV as well.

The “Maybe” Category

- Jiro

- Sato

- Aoyama

- Ojiro

- Mina

- Sero

- Hagakure

To be honest, this group hasn’t really shown any traits that would land them in the Suspicious or Safe Category. In short, if any of these characters were the traitor, I could see it being used to develop their character further. Do I think that any of these characters are likely the traitor? Not really, no. For many, being so would go against their overall nature and characterization.

As for Aoyama, I am aware that there is some suspicious evidence in the manga chapters after the Training Camp attack. To be honest, I have yet to read this part, so I really can’t weigh in my opinion. For me, the strongest evidence for why he could be the traitor lies in his indecisiveness during the training camp attack, where he would have a character arc similar to the one discussed for Momo. However, it is because he is so nervous during the attack when no one is watching, I feel it is safe to assume he wasn't the one who set it up.

- Tokoyami

- Shoji

- Tsuyu

These characters probably belong in the Safe Category since they all have performed selfless and heroic acts. However, since I could not recall them ever explicitly stating what their reasons were for joining the hero course, there could potentially be room to speculate.

Class 1-B Honorable Mentions

- Tetsutesu

- Kendo

These two are honestly pretty much safe due to their heroic actions during the Training Camp Arc.

- Most of the Rest of Class 1-B

I honestly believe that the traitor is most likey someone from Class 1-A (as it would provide to be a more dramatic turn of events) but it is not unreasonable to think that maybe one of these characters could be used for the traitor.

Now to the good part...

The Main Suspects

- Mineta

To be frank, this is my favorite “crack but somewhat possible” contender to be the traitor and maybe it’s because of his nature and he’d be kicked out but oh well. Since Mineta’s goals are simply to gain popularity so that girls will like him, I think he could easily be swayed to work with the LOV. After Stain’s death, we see how even the general population, not just the villains, are interested in him through seeing Stain merchandise being sold at a store at the mall. I believe that the LOV could approach Mineta and convince him that he doesn’t have to be a hero to be popular and that girls could go for a “man with mystery” or a “misunderstood villain”. Mineta is also a good choice for the LOV since he generally goes unnoticed in the class (besides his thirst).

However, since the author has stated that Mineta is one of his favorite characters and he generally only serves as comic relief, there is a good chance it is not him.

- Monoma

For me, the reason that Monoma stands out as a suspect is due to his behavior during the training arc. Sometime during the camp, he mentions how maybe class 1-A is stronger because of all the villain attacks they’ve had (at the moment, I cannot find that particular panel so if anyone has it, please add it). He doesn’t really hide his hatred towards class 1-A and if he really thought his own class could potentially “become stronger” with a villain attack, then why not bring them to camp (he could have also hoped that this may have “broken the spirits” of 1-A but I have no solid evidence for that)? Additionally, we know he was the only one from class 1-B to fail his finals. Was this because he was too busy planning the attack? Did he do it intentionally so that he would be in his extra classes when all hell broke loose?

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- Kaminari

Honestly, this kid is probably safe unless the author wants to pull a big twist and betrayal from Class 1-A. Since Kaminari has been heavily speculated already, I’m just touching on the two biggest points that could be evidence to his betrayal.

He outwardly voices admiration for Stain. Was this to try and sway some of his class mates to join him? Was it simply a slip up?

He also could actually benefit from joining the LOV. Generally, Kaminari’s biggest set back is the limit of his quirk. If the LOV somehow promised him that he wouldn’t have to “look like an idiot” and could still be powerful, it may sway him.

And that’s it! If you actually made it this far, thank you very much for bearing with me!

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