Chapter 8: Frozen Judgements
"What a weird way for this to end." Kaminari remarked as the class looked at Midoriya's fallen form. And Uraraka who was now on the ground trying to hold back from being sick.
"I know the losers are practically untouched and the winners are both on the ground." Kirishima added.
Tokoyami nodded, "They may have lost the battle, but they won the war."
"This class is intense." Asui commented.
Danny listened to his classmates in silence as he watched via the screens. As Midoriya got brought away on a robotic stretcher.
All Might had left shortly after the match ended to go check on Midoriya and to bring the others back, in order to have a debrief on the round. Everyone else had been told to just wait and remain in the observation room.
Which is what Danny currently found himself doing. Silently waiting as his mind ran rampant with thoughts. As he thought back to the violent training match. And to the hero's odd inaction and behavior.
It was strange the way All Might had continuously kept the fighting going and how he had reacted to Midoriya's surprising victory. Almost made Danny think that the constantly smiling man had not only been rooting for the green haired boy. But also kept the round going solely because it was Midoriya fighting.
But Danny was brought out of his silent contemplation as Kirishima spoke to him. "Hey dude you doing okay? You were kinda intense during the round."
He smiled as he turned to look at his teammate and friend. "I'm fine, thanks. I'm just worried about Midoriya. He looks really messed up." he finished while turning back to the screen.
"Ya man, I feel ya. I was pretty worried too. That Bakugo went way too far." Kirishima said, before smiling as he continued in a happier tone. "But don't worry Midoriya will be fixed up in no time thanks to Recovery Girl."
Danny couldn't help but sigh from his friend's attempt at comforting him. "That's the thing. Just because Midoriya can get his physical injuries healed. Doesn't mean he's going to be mentally fine after that."
"What do you mean 'mentally fine'?" Kirishima asked after a few seconds.
Danny couldn't help but look down as he answered in a somber tone. "A person can't just get pushed to their absolute limits and be the same after. It changes them, the way they think, the way they act."
"I didn't think of it like that," Kirishima said as he took in his classmates' words. "You sound like you've experienced that." he proceeded to tentatively add. As he hoped he wasn't crossing a boundary.
Danny's shoulders tensed for a mere moment before he forced himself to relax and looked back up at his friend with a tired smile. "It's a long story." was all he said.
Kirishima furrowed his eyebrows as he gave Danny a small smile. To silently convey his understanding and support.
Which Danny appreciated. As he silently went back to watching the screen.
After that it didn't take long for All Might, Iida, Uraraka, and a very quiet Bakugo to arrive back at the observation room.
When Danny watched Bakugo walk into the room, he couldn't help but glare at the guy. He hoped that in doing so the bully would try and attack him. So that he could then have an excuse to punch the bastard. But to his surprise the guy almost seemed docile.
If Danny didn't know better, he would've thought the guy was feeling remorseful for his ruthless actions. But the halfa still remembered how the guy looked after almost killing Midoriya. A look that Danny had seen on vengeful spirits that were Hell-bent on causing chaos and destruction.
So, he knew better than to mistake the blond's silence for regret. Rather the half ghost bet the guy was only regretting not winning.
"Well despite the results, the MVP of this exercise is Young Iida." All Might said as he stood at the front of the room.
Many students gasped in surprise at the hero's words. Including Iida who looked at the man in shocked, confusion.
"Huh?" Iida said.
"Shouldn't it be one of the heroes instead, since they're the winners?" Asui asked.
All Might hummed in response, "Mm! Valid question. Why didn't I choose one of those two? Who has a guess?"
Danny had a hunch as to the man's reasoning but chose to stay silent.
"Sir, I can tell you why." Yaoyorozu said with confidence as she raised her hand. Danny looked at the ponytailed girl as he waited for her explanation.
"Iida embraced this challenge. He was the only one who truly adapted to his assigned role. I'll explain. Bakugo's judgment was clouded by a personal grudge against Midoriya. Plus launching a large-scale attack indoors was a foolish move. It could've been disastrous."
Danny was impressed with the girl's reasoning skills and her very correct judgment of the hot-tempered blond. Who the halfa still kept glaring at.
"Similarly, Midoriya's plan was also poorly thought out, considering the amount of damage that he received. He rendered himself helpless. As for Uraraka she let her guard down mid-battle, and her final attack was far too reckless given the hypothetical stakes. If she'd treated the fake weapon as though it was real. She never would've risked using such an imprecise move. Iida on the other hand was fully prepared for his opponent's arrival. He had a strategy and never lost sight of his mission. To protect the dummy weapon. Even if he was foiled in the end."
Danny was blown away by his classmates' very thorough and lengthy explanation. And he couldn't help but smile as he watched Iida who had been sulking smile at the praise.
"Technically, the hero team won, yes. But they took advantage of the fact that this was training. They didn't respect the spirit of the trial." Yaoyorozu finally finished.
All Might was taken back by her explanation as he proceeded to stumble out his own minor addition to the explanation. "Yes, well, you overlooked a few things. Young Iida could have relaxed a little bit in the exercise. But otherwise, you nailed it!" He said as he gave a thumbs up.
"All right time to blow this joint and move to another location as this one's too damaged. But before that let's see who our next heroes and villains will be." The hero boisterously said as he grabbed the two selection boxes and put them in front of him.
He proceeded to slowly reach down into the hero box, in order to build suspense. Before pulling out a ball that had the letter 'B' on it.
"All right for round two our heroes are none other than Young Todoroki and Young Ojiro! Now let's see who the evil-doers will be!" He said while pulling out another ball from the villain's box.
Danny calmly watched as the hero showed off the next ball. But couldn't help but have his smile grow as he read the villain ball.
"...It appears our next villains are Young Fenton and Young Kirishima!" All Might said with only a slight hesitation. That only Danny noticed but didn't think much of.
All Might looked at the boy who was smiling. The hero remembered how he had acted during the first round, but quickly put those thoughts aside. As he heroically continued, "Alright let's do this thing!"
Danny, Kirishima, Todoroki, and Ojiro were quickly taken to the new location and were given the same five-minute time to prepare.
As Danny and Kirishima stood together next to the fake weapon they began to plan.
"Alright so how should we play this?" Kirishima asked as he looked around the big room they were located in. "I suppose one of us should stay with the weapon while the other person goes to do recon. With your flying you would probably be faster. But then again since it'll be a closed space you might not be able to move around so freely. And since we're up against Todoroki who seems like a powerhouse, maybe we should both stay here."
Danny closely listened to the teen's contemplation before he decided to finally speak up while smiling. "Hmm, that is an option but I have another idea."
Kirishima looked at his teammate who seemed both calm and excited. And couldn't help but smile after a moment. "Alright let's hear it, don't keep a man hanging."
Danny smirked as he decided to demonstrate something he had yet to show the red head. He walked a few feet over to the fake weapon and proceeded to reach out to touch it. But right as his hand was about to make contact, he turned his hand intangible.
Kirishima curiously watched as Fenton proceeded to seemingly put his hand through the giant weapon.
"What?" Kirishima loudly said in surprise. As he quickly walked over to examine what was happening. "Wait can you go through objects?" he asked as he tried to make sense of what he was seeing.
Danny pulled his hand out and showed his semi-translucent hand to Kirishima as he began to explain. "Uh huh I can turn myself intangible. Pretty neat huh?"
"Ya it is… wait so that means…"
"Yup that means I can simply fly through the floors to find our dastardly heroes." Danny joked as he finished the guy's thought.
Kirishima looked at his friend in awe. "Wow man, that's so manly! Wait, so does that mean you'll also be resistant to attacks?"
"It does," Danny answered but then continued. "So, I think I should be the one to go greet the heroes. And stop them before they can even make it up here."
"I know your strong man, but do you really think you can stop both of them? Todoroki did get in on recommendation so he might be hard to fight alone. Plus, Ojiro, he also seems pretty dang strong." Kirishima asked.
Danny made eye contact with Kirishima as he menacingly said while making his eyes glow green. "Oh, trust me they won't even know what hit them."
Kirishima looked at his friend who once again seemed rather frightening as the guy's voice began to echo in a rather ominous way. But before Kirishima could respond a bright light suddenly came from the teen. He was forced to squint as he watched two bright rings go up and down his teammate's body.
From the observation room the class and All Might watched in surprise as Fenton changed from the white rings. The boy's black hair was now white and his eyes glowed a burning green. And the gym uniform he was once wearing had become a black suit that had white boots, gloves, belt, and neck area. Honestly the boy appeared to be ominously glowing.
"So, he can transform." Iida said as he recalled what Kirishima once said.
"Wait but how?" Kaminari loudly asked.
"Oh my gosh! He looks so cool now! No wonder he didn't have a costume, he already had one, amazing!" Ashido squealed.
"I wonder if this means he plans to go all out?" Yaoyorozu analytically wondered.
All Might also wondered that as he closely watched the screen which showed the mysterious teen.
From the back of the room Bakugo who was still angry over the previous match. And from what that damn nerd did was also locked onto the screen. As he intensely watched the other person who had helped fuel his anger.
Once transformed Danny looked at Kirishima and couldn't help but snicker as the guy had his mouth open in surprise.
"Dude, you look so cool. That suit looks so manly!" Kirishima quickly said as his surprise turned to excitement. "So does this mean you plan to go all out?"
Danny looked down at his now gloved hands as he answered. "Not exactly but I have a surprise for Todoroki, and this was the best way for me to give it to him. Plus, I felt rather underdressed."
In all honesty Danny wasn't planning to transform for this training exercise. But when he had learned that his opponent would be the ice wielder. He thought it would only be fitting to trap him in his own element.
And while he could technically use his ice while in his human form. It was one of his powers which required more energy and concentration to use safely. So, he decided to just use his ghost form which would allow him better control over the power. Because even though he wanted to play the role of a villain. He didn't want to accidently seriously hurt his opponents either.
"You have a surprise for Todoroki?" Kirishima asked in utter confusion.
Danny decided to forgo answering the guy's question as he asked his own, "So are you alright staying up here to guard the weapon? You may not get a lot of action if my plan goes accordingly."
Although the halfa had a plan for how he wanted to play this. He would feel bad for striping his teammate of an opportunity to fight and show off his abilities.
Kirishima just smiled and gave a thumbs up as he answered, "Don't worry about me dude. I'll act as the last line of defense. But if you can really make sure they don't even get up here. Then that's fine by me!"
Danny smiled as he nodded. Then turned as he was pretty sure the five minutes were about to be over.
Down below and outside the building Ojiro and Todoroki stood in silence.
Eventually though Ojiro broke the awkward quietness, "So I suppose we should both go in together and try and locate the weapon quickly?"
Todoroki only slightly looked at him before turning back to look at the building. The silence lasted for a bit too long before the boy finally spoke up. "I plan to get this over with quickly."
"You do?" Ojiro awkwardly asked his rather reserved teammate.
Todoroki lifted up his right hand and looked at it as he answered, "Yes, when the round starts I'll use my ice to freeze the whole building. Then we can just find the weapon."
Ojiro was taken back by the man who was half covered in ice with a red eye. "You plan to cover the whole building?"
After getting no response he sighed as he just continued. "Alright I guess that will work. But Fenton might be an issue. He seems like kinda a wild card."
Todoroki had similar thoughts about the current number one student. But he didn't worry much as he clenched his fist. And vowed to get victory by only using his ice.
Suddenly over the loudspeakers All Might's voice came through as the five minutes came to an end. "Alright! Look alive kids! Show us you're the embodiment of good. Let's Go!"
'Isn't that kinda biased?' Danny thought as he listened to a horn sound off to signal the start of the round.
Down below Todoroki slowly walked into the building with Ojiro behind him. Once in the doorway the boy put his right hand against the wall as he said to his teammate who was right outside the open door. "For your own safety stay outside."
With that ice shot out from where his hand and foot were touching the building and ice quickly spread, rapidly shooting through the whole building. Within moments the whole building and everything that was in it was completely frozen.
From the observation room class 1A were once again left in shock by the incredible display of power.
"Holy crap! Did they already win?" Kaminari asked.
Bakugo was also shocked as he realized just how strong the icy bastard was.
"I wouldn't count Fenton out just yet, look." Yaoyorozu said as she pointed to the screen that showed where the 'villains' were.
The class and All Might looked and saw that both Fenton and Kirishima were completely covered in ice and stuck. Even Kirishima couldn't seem to break away from his icy prison.
"What do you mean they look pretty frozen to me?" Mineta said.
But just as the little purple haired guy said that Fenton seemed to just go right through the ice that was keeping him frozen in place. Which made many of the less observant students have their mouths fall open in surprise.
From within the frozen room. Danny activated his intangibility and easily stepped out of the ice that had encased his body.
"Wow, that guy really didn't pull any punches." Danny casually said as he looked around the room which had basically been turned into one giant freezer. That's when he heard shivering and quickly turned to see Kirishima who was still stuck in layers of thick ice.
"Oh crap, sorry. Let me get you out." Danny quickly said as he walked over to the teen.
"Please, I'm freezing." Kirishima shivered out.
Danny wanted to turn his friend intangible, but he would need to touch the guy in order to do so. So, after a moment of thought he used his gloved hand and gave the ice that encased the teen's hand a flick. Which caused the ice to crack and easily break away from his hand and fall to the floor.
"Man, how strong are you?" Kirishima asked through gritted teeth as the cold was starting to sting.
Danny simply laughed a little bit as he grabbed the man's now exposed hand and turned him intangible.
It was strange one moment Kirishima felt the biting cold and another he didn't. In fact, his whole body suddenly felt tingly. Not only that he now felt free as if the ice was no longer even touching him.
"You can step out of the ice now." Danny said after a few seconds as it seemed like Kirishima hadn't fully realized that he was now intangible.
Kirishima blinked and did what he was told and easily stepped out of the ice.
Once the red head was out Danny let go of the man's hand as he happily said, "Told ya."
Kirishima nodded as he looked at his own body which no longer felt tingly. And was once again being hit by the cold temperature of the room.
Danny looked at his still shivering teammate and felt bad. As he himself was perfectly fine in the low temperature. Then he got an idea that would help his cold friend out.
He lifted up a hand and channeled ecto-energy into it. Creating a glowing green ball of burning fiery ectoplasm that levitated just above his palm.
Kirishima looked at the ominous glowing green ball that acted as a light source in the now dimly lit room. As the lights had been covered by ice. He could feel the intense heat that radiated from the fiery ball.
"Wow thanks dude." Kirishima said after a moment as he lifted his hands to the ominous green fire, as if it were a campfire.
"Don't mention it. But I suppose being basically shirtless isn't that great for keeping warm?" Danny jokingly said as a way to comment on the guy's rather exposed costume.
"Haha I guess not," Kirishima laughed back in response. But as he let the warmth wash over him. He finally remembered where they were and what they were supposed to be doing. "Hold on shouldn't you be going?" the red head urgently asked.
Danny shrugged "I figured we have enough time to keep you from freezing to death. Besides, we're on the top floor and this building's layout is like a maze. Plus, after that large scale attack I'm guessing that our heroes. Probably think we're down for the count. Which's means they're probably not rushing to get here."
"Oh, that makes sense." Kirishima responded as he thought about the white-haired boy's reasoning.
Danny then smiled as his tone changed from lighthearted to intentionally scary. "And the longer I wait the more they'll be surprised to find out that their victory is far from guaranteed."
"You know man you can be quite scary," Kirishima said, as he looked at his teammate's expression. Which was ominously being illuminated in green light. Which only further emphasized the guy's intensely glowing eyes.
From the observation room All Might listened in on the two 'villains' conversation via the earpiece. And couldn't help but think the same as he looked at the boy who was casually holding what looked to be a ball of death.
"Fenton usually acts so nice but he's honestly kinda scary." The invisible Hagakure said to which many of her classmates hummed in agreement.
After a minute or so of allowing Kirishima to warm up and for the room's temperature to begin to rise. Danny spoke up, "Alright I should probably get going. It would be rude to keep all our classmates waiting for action."
Kirishima raised an eyebrow "You make it sound like you plan to put on a show."
"Of course I am. After all, if I'm going to play a villain. I'm gonna at least make it entertaining." With that said Danny absorbed the ball of ectoplasm back into his body and took a few steps backwards which seemed to confuse his teammate.
"All right see ya on the flip side!" Danny said with a smile as he jumped into the air while making it look like he was doing a cannonball into a swimming pool. He even went so far as to use his hand to plug his nose as he used his intangibility to go right through the floor.
Within a moment Kirishima was left alone. Staring down at the ground his teammate had literally jumped into. Although at this point he wasn't even surprised by his friends actions as he simply sighed.
On the other hand class 1A were left floored by what they had just witnessed.
"What was that? He just cannonballed through the floor!" Kaminari yelled.
Asui hummed as she tilted her head. "Well, he did seem to phase both himself and Kirishima out of the ice. Perhaps his quirk lets him go through objects?"
"Yes, I believe that is the case." Yaoyorozu calmly stated.
Iida, who was also shocked by the cartoonish exist. Began to rapidly look at the various screens before asking a question that many of the students were beginning to think. "But where is he now?"
All Might leaned forwards as he did his best to try and find the black and white dressed teen. But no matter where he looked it almost seemed like the boy had just vanished. After a moment though he turned his attention to the hero team.
Todoroki and Ojiro were both steadily making their way through the icy building. They had managed to make it to the second floor without any interference or trouble. So, the two assumed that the ice attack had left their opponents immobile and stuck.
But as they walked through a hallway to what looked like the entrance to the stairway to the next floor. The already cold temperature seemed to be rapidly dropping as the ice that covered the hallway seemed to even be growing.
Ojiro shivered as he wrapped his arms around his torso. He looked towards his very silent teammate who was in front of him and finally decided to speak after a few moments. "Uhm Todoroki, don't you think it's cold enough, already?"
The boy in question abruptly came to a stop as he began to look around at the hallway. Before slowly speaking. "That's not me."
Ojiro, who had also stopped walking, stared in confusion at his teammate. As his shivering grew more intense by the second. "What do you mean it's not you?"
"I mean I'm not using my quirk," Todoroki then turned to look at his teammate. "I'm not the one making it colder."
That seemed to snap the tailed man out of his confusion as he went on high alert. But at that moment the cold which had been steadily dropping. Plummeted as icicles quickly formed on the ceiling.
But that wasn't all. As Todoroki watched as within seconds ice quickly grew. To block both the way they came from and the entrance into the stairway.
From the observation room the students watched as the ice formed to block the hero's path.
"Why is Todoroki making more ice?" Ashido asked in confusion.
"He's basically encased them both in ice. Did he perhaps lose control of his quirk?" Kaminari questioned with a raised eyebrow.
Even Yaoyorozu watched in confusion as she tried to understand what was happening to her classmates.
All Might finally spoke up, "It would seem that that ice is not Young Todoroki's doing." He said as he had listened to what the teen had said just moments ago.
But that clarification only made Class 1A more confused.
"Wait, so if Todoroki's not the one making the ice than who is?" Uraraka nervously asked.
After the two teens had watched their way out and up become closed off. Todoroki had quickly walked over to the wall of ice. That now blocked him in and frowned as he tried to make sense of the situation.
Ojiro, who felt close to getting hypothermia, quickly walked over to his teammate to stand beside him.
"What's happening, who else could be making ice?" Ojiro asked again as he wrapped his tail around his body in an attempt to keep warm.
Before Todoroki could respond he tensed and looked around. As a malicious laugh could be heard from what seems to be all around the two as it echoed around the enclosed space.
The smiling hero lightly gasped as through the earpiece he too heard the rather creepy laugh. 'Just what is happening?' All Might question.
Danny was having the time of his life as he invisibly watched his two classmates look around in hopes of finding him. It was clear that they were both worried about the unknown threat. And the confusing and threatening situation that the halfa had trapped them in.
Although he made sure to not drop the temperature anymore as it seemed like Ojiro was about to faint from the low temperature. Even Todoroki, who was literally encased in ice on his right side, seemed to be feeling the effects of his ice core.
After a moment he finally decided to add on to the scare factor. As he spoke in an echoey, creepy voice "Not so fun when you're the ones trapped in ice, huh?"
No matter where Todoroki looked, he couldn't find where the disembodied voice had come from. But he did recognize who's voice it was as he spoke, "Fenton."
Danny laughed more "It seems the jigs up."
With that he finally let down his invisibility and watched in delight. As the two turned to finally face him. As he floated down the hallway from where the two 'heroes' stood.
"But I wonder, heroes? Will you really be able to stop me, now that you can see me?" Danny asked.
The students watched as Fenton suddenly appeared in the enclosed hallway. Not only was the suddenly visible boy wearing a smile that showed off his sharp teeth. But his eyes glowed an even more radioactive green.
"Wait, so he can make ice too!?" Kaminari squawked. "How is that fair?"
"Or possible?" Yaoyorozu asked as she put her hand to her chin to think.
All Might stayed silent as he too was rather surprised by the unexpected turn of events. He had researched what the boy's quirk was and had read its rather vague description. But nowhere did it indicate or mention the boy also having the ability to create ice.
Todoroki didn't hesitate to launch an attack as he slammed his foot to the ground. Which caused large deadly ice spikes to form and shoot out from the ground. All the way to where Fenton floated. But to the boy's surprise his opponent simply watched with a calm face as the ice stalagmites came right at him.
Todoroki huffed as he hadn't fully thought through his attack. As he had now lost visibility of Fenton. Who hadn't tried to dodge like the icy teen had expected. He momentarily hoped that the spikes hadn't impaled his enemy. But he didn't dwell long on that fact as he yelled to Ojiro. "Ojiro! Break the ice with your tail!"
He didn't get a chance to hear his teammates' response though as he heard a noise and saw a green light shining through the thick ice spikes. A mere moment later the icicles exploded away. Todoroki used his arms to shield himself as small pieces of ice flew at him from the explosion.
Danny used an ectoblast to get rid of the large spikes that had literally gone through his intangible body.
But he hadn't cared much about his impalement. As the ice was quickly destroyed and he once again had visibility of his two classmates.
Todoroki glared at his floating enemy who had easily destroyed his ice and was still simply floating in the same spot with a casual almost bored smile. Only now the boy's one gloved hand which was being held out was ominously smoking.
"You know it's probably not a good idea to create more ice."
Todoroki scowled, "What?"
Danny tilted his head slightly as he answered while holding up his index finger. "I'm just saying it's not very wise to make the temperature drop even more." He then used his raised finger to casually point.
"At least not when your teammate isn't looking so 'hot'." The halfa jokingly finished.
Todoroki turned to look where his opponent was pointing and lightly gasped. As he saw that his teammate looked to be on the verge of fainting from the cold. As extreme shivers racked his body. He cursed himself as he hadn't even taken his teammates safety or condition into consideration before launching his icy cold barrage.
"Not very heroic of you hero," Danny added in a mocking tone.
Todoroki's scowl grew as he listened to the enemies' taunts. But he ignored it as he turned to speak to his teammate. "Ojiro are you okay?"
Danny simply watched as the boy seemed to take his attention off of him. 'Not very smart' he thought to himself. Had this been a real fight, the guy would be leaving himself wide open.
It was clear to the halfa that the half red head was not used to working on a team. But Danny couldn't really criticize the guy as he was also not much of a team player. So he decided to just watch as the two conversed instead of attacking. Since he didn't want to stop them just yet anyways.
From the observation room All Might spoke up to the class. "Students, can anyone tell me what Young Todoroki is doing wrong?"
Yaoyorozu quickly raised her hand before speaking. "Sir, he is leaving himself vulnerable to attack as he has diverted his attention away from the threat. Additionally, his actions in launching a large-scale ice attack. While it did have merit. It both caused his teammate harm and further trapped him as the path out is now further covered in ice. In other words, Todoroki did not pay attention to his surroundings or his teammate. Which can be fatal when acting as a hero."
'Wow this girl really knows her stuff.' All Might thought as he awkwardly coughed into his hand before speaking. "Yes, good job. Excellent work analyzing." He boisterously said as he gave a thumbs up.
"Class it is important to note that hero-ing is not always a solo act. This training is meant to teach you that the best way to victory is through collaboration and teamwork." he loudly finished.
Uraraka then raised her hand. "Sir, then why isn't Fenton attacking?"
All Might hummed as he thought about the girl's question. "Well, it seems that Young Fenton intends to draw out this battle. But let's continue to watch and see what both our 'villain' and 'heroes' do next!"
As the class and hero turned to focus back on the match. All Might hummed as he thought of the white-haired teen's actions. It was clear that the boy was not taking this training seriously. In fact, throughout the whole round his actions while effective had been both lazy and overconfident.
"I'm going to be okay… it's just really cold." Ojiro shivered out as a response to his concerned teammate.
Todoroki clenched his teeth together as he looked down. He could use his fire and get both himself and his teammate out of this. But after only a moment he shook that thought away as he balled his hands into fists. 'I won't use his quirk' he bitterly thought as he looked back up.
"Ojiro, do you think you can break that ice?" he asked.
After a moment Ojiro gave a curt nod as he forced himself to stop shaking and unwrapped his tail from his body. To begin hitting the layers of ice that trapped them.
Todoroki watched his teammate hit the ice that luckily began to crack. Before quickly turning back to face Fenton who was still simply smiling. As he continued to float casually in the same spot.
'I need to keep him preoccupied but I can't attack with more ice with Ojiro around.' Todoroki quickly thought. But after a moment he came up with another strategy. As he began talking to the floating boy to hopefully distract him for long enough for the ice to break.
"So, you also use ice?" Todoroki gruffly asked.
Danny furrowed his eyebrows as he looked at the boy who was surprisingly trying to start a conversation with him. He could tell that he was just trying to buy his teammate time.
But he decided to just play along with it. As he was honestly more interested in having a conversation with his usually quiet classmate. Rather than attacking.
"Yeah, pretty coincidental that we both have ice powers, huh? Only mine is a little different I think."
"How do you figure?" Todoroki asked.
It was honestly kinda funny how the boy continuously tensed at every movement the halfa made. But once again he ignored it. As he crossed his arms and began casually explaining. "Well, it seems you have to touch the thing you want to ice. While I simply need to focus on the object or surface for ice to form. Pretty convenient, huh?"
"I see, that is pretty convenient. And you have other powers. Like that green blast you used. Or your ability to suddenly appear." Todoroki said as he did his best to appear calm. Although the tension in his shoulders and face never lessened.
"Wow, you've really been paying attention." Danny mused as he noticed that the ice wall was moments away from breaking. He couldn't help but smile as very soon he would be on to stage two of his plan which he had given the code name 'lights out'.
Todoroki quickly turned as he heard the ice shatter. "Go!" he yelled, as Ojiro took off and he followed after. But after running through the now open entryway, turned around and slammed his right foot down. Allowing a new thick layer of ice to quickly grow and cover the entryway once again.
He then turned to run after his teammate who was already halfway up the flight of stairs.
Danny watched with his arms crossed as his classmates made their daring exit. He tsked lightly before speaking to himself. "Well that just won't do." With that he smiled as he floated up through the floor.
"We should have some time. I trapped him in the hallway!" Todoroki yelled as he ran behind Ojiro. Who luckily seemed to be doing better as the temperature was slightly higher.
"I don't know, I don't think some ice is going to hold him for long. We need to hurry and get to the next floor." Ojiro said as he went down yet another hallway. The building they were in was like a maze with each staircase to the next level being in another spot.
Todoroki was frustrated as he followed closely behind. Frustrated that his plan to get this training over with failed so quickly. But he wouldn't falter, no matter what Fenton or anyone else threw at him he refused to use his father's quirk. He would rather lose, he bitterly thought.
After Danny had flown up to the next level, he had quickly caught up with his two runaway classmates. Although they were none the wiser as he remained invisible as he followed behind them.
That was until he decided to make his presence known once again. And what better way than to use a cheesy horror movie cliché of the lights suddenly going out, he thought.
So, with that thought the halfa stopped flying and put his hand against the wall. He never liked using his ecto-based electricity. Even though his own electricity couldn't hurt him. But the slight tingly feeling it gave him and the idea of it was still nerve racking. But he put his own feelings and slight queasiness to the side. As he sent his electricity coursing through the walls which quickly shorted out the lights.
As the two 'heroes' ran down yet another corridor the overhead lights suddenly went out. They both stopped as they quickly looked around. Luckily there was still a little bit of light from a singular small window that was down the hallway in front of them. But the light that came through was miniscule and the two teens could barely see anything.
"Why did the lights go out?" Ojiro asked wildly as the boys' usually steady nerves began to falter.
Before Todoroki could even begin to try and respond though. Once again, a very familiar echoing laugh could be heard from behind them.
They both turned and they couldn't help the chill that went down their spines. As Fenton with intense glowing green eyes stood staring at the two with a truly menacing smile.
He had a glowing green hand pressed up against the wall. The boy's face and body were illuminated solely from the radioactive light that surrounded his two hands. Which had become the dark hallway's primary light source.
"Did you really think I would let you just escape? You pathetic heroes." Danny said, as he did his best to truly play the part of a villain.
The sight was straight out of a horror movie and the people who watched from the safety of the observation room. Also, couldn't help but feel the tension through the screen.
"He really looks like a villain." Uraraka said, as her whole body tensed. To which many of the classmates nervously hummed in agreement.
Even All Might, who remained silent couldn't help but be taken back by the boy's truly threatening and villainous appearance and tone.
Todoroki and Ojiro froze as they listened. The two's fight or flight instincts began to kick in. As Fenton slowly took a step forward and began walking towards them.
"What? Not even going to fight back or attack? Come on, give me your best shot!" Danny growled out as his voice dripped with venom. That he had heard so many of his former foes use. Honestly, he thought his acting skills were quite good.
Todoroki finally broke out of his frozen state as he moved in front of Ojiro and shouted. "Go! Find the weapon! I'll stay and hold him off!"
Ojiro only hesitated for a moment as he watched Fenton finally stop walking. But he soon gathered his frayed nerves and turned around to run through the dark hallway. To where he would hopefully find the stairs up.
"Bold move, but do you really think you, can stop me?" Danny tauntingly asked, while making sure to emphasize the 'you' to further taunt the guy.
Todoroki didn't respond as he released another barrage of ice spikes that once again shot out from the ground. He was glad that Ojiro was gone so that he could now attack with less restraints.
But to Todoroki's surprise Fenton simply walked out from the spikes that had been meant to imprison him.
"So, you really can go through things." Todoroki said, as he had had a hunch that his opponent possessed yet another ability. Based on what he had previously witnessed.
Danny stopped walking as he was now only a few meters away from the 'hero'. "You really are observant. But that won't save you. Because now it's my turn."
Todoroki watched as Fenton's glowing green eyes and hands changed to a glowing intense blue. And within an instant he could feel how drastically the temperature changed. As the cold that he was accustomed to plummeted to a depth that made even his exposed skin sting and go numb. He could feel his whole body shake from the glacier temperatures.
"Stop" he eventually bit out as he sent out more ice. But once again Fenton just walked through it. Todoroki could feel frost forming on his body. As he looked down he realized that there was only one way out of this. But he wouldn't do it. He refused.
Danny curiously stared at the boy who had suddenly seemed to lose all fight in him. As he now stared down at the ground. Although the halfa supposed the sub zero temperatures could be partially to blame. But he had truly expected the guy to be more resistant to the cold. Nonetheless Danny decided to finally wrap this up. As he still needed to catch up with Ojiro and take him down.
Todoroki silently watched as Fenton lifted up his glowing blue hand and within a moment his whole lower body was encased in ice.
Danny smiled as he looked at his work. Although he sorta felt bad for playing around so much. He quickly walked over to the wall and once again put his hand on it and sent ecto-electricity through the walls.
Todoroki numbly watched as the lights came back on and Fenton casually walked over to him. His hands were no longer glowing, and his once malicious smile now seemed friendly. Although Todoroki paid it no mind as he was too focused on his own frustration and mental turmoil.
"Listen uhh sorry about this and for before. I didn't mean what I said… Oh and here" Danny grabbed the capture tape from where he had stuffed it in his belt. And did his best to just drape it over the guy's shoulders. As he couldn't really wrap it around the icy cocoon he was in.
Danny then looked up to the ceiling as he spoke up. "Hey All Might I hope this counts."
From the observation room All Might and the students watched the odd scene. As the previously scary white-haired teen now was jokingly smiling up at the ceiling.
After getting no response like the halfa had expected he gave one more apologetic smile to Todoroki. Who was just staring down at the ground before flying up through the ceiling. Luckily it didn't take halfa long before he found his tailed classmate running around the fourth floor.
Danny was glad he didn't draw out the fight with Todoroki. As the boy who was wearing a martial arts uniform was now only a flight of stairs away from the weapon and Kirishima.
And although it wouldn't be the end of the world if he let Ojiro face off against his teammate. As the halfa was sure Kirishima would come out on top. He had promised to take care of the 'heroes' before they could even get up to the top floor. And he was a man or ghost of his word.
So, with that he flew down the hallway that Ojiro was currently running down and turned himself visible once again.
Ojiro almost jumped out of his skin as suddenly at the end of the hallway Fenton once again appeared out of nowhere. He froze as he looked at his enemy and quickly realized that if he was here then that could only mean one thing.
"Did you really take down Todoroki?" he asked, as he found it hard to believe that his powerhouse of a teammate would be taken down so quickly. Although he supposed Fenton was also in a league of his own.
"I did and sadly I now need to take you down. But no hard feelings, right?" Danny casually asked. Although he didn't wait for a response as he extended his hand.
Ojiro wanted to dodge or do something, but he didn't even have a chance to move. Before his whole body was encased in a glowing green energy. He looked up and saw that Fenton's hand was also glowing.
The tailed boy recalled how his classmate had used the same move on Bakugo the day prior. And how the explosive teen was unable to get out of the strange hold. But that didn't mean he wouldn't try.
He did his best to try and break free, but it was all in vain as he couldn't even move an inch.
Danny walked over while keeping up his telekinesis and with one hand awkwardly wrapped the tape around the guy's shoulders.
After a moment he stepped back and looked up to the ceiling as he awaited the announcement of his victory.
From within the observation room the students of class 1A watched in amazement as Fenton easily finished capturing the second 'hero'.
"Wow he's really in a whole other league. He managed to capture both Todoroki and Ojiro in only a few minutes." Kaminari said as he looked at the screen.
"He truly is a formidable ally and a fearsome opponent." Iida added while closing his eyes to process what he had just watched.
"I would say 'fearsomes' kinda an understatement. I mean he was terrifying. For a moment I thought I was actually watching an actual villain." Hagakure said.
"He did play his part very well. I would say he gave a splendid performance." Yaoyorozu calmly stated.
While the various students chimed up though. At the back of the room Bakugo watched the screen in shocked silence. As a feeling of unfamiliar self-doubt flooded his mind. As he questioned if he would be able to beat the white-haired teen or even the other icy bastard. 'Just how weak am I?' he questioned in despair while tightening his fists.
A few moments after Danny had captured Ojiro a horn sounded as All Might's voice came over the loudspeakers.
"Uh the villain team wins!"
Danny furrowed his eyebrows as he sighed. As it was clear from the hero's slight hesitation that the 'villains' victory was not as welcomed as a 'heroic' one. But he paid it no mind as he turned to face his classmate while finally stopping his telekinesis.
"Hey sorry about everything I said earlier. And I hope I didn't hurt you too badly with the cold." Danny sheepishly apologizes to the boy.
Ojiro stared wide eyed at his classmate who now seemed both welcoming and genuinely sorry. And after a moment blinked as he finally spoke up as he scratched behind his head. "Oh it's cool. But honestly you were amazing. Your quirk is really strong."
Danny widely smiled at the guy who was thankfully being amiably about his loss. "Thanks dude. Your quirk's really amazing too. I mean your tail is really strong."
Suddenly the two could hear footsteps coming from down the hallway and they both turned to see Kirishima.
"There you guys are, I heard the announcement! I can't believe you actually took down both of them, Fenton." Kirishima said as he stopped a few feet away from Danny and Ojiro.
"Yeah, sorry I didn't leave you any action." Danny said as he still felt bad for just abandoning his teammate and leaving him waiting.
"Nah man, like I said before it's cool. Besides, I'm really excited to hear about what happened in your fight." Kirishima then paused, "Wait where's Todoroki?"
"Danny defeated him downstairs." Ojiro answered.
"Oh crap, I should probably go free him." Danny said as he had sorta forgotten about his currently iced classmate.
Before either Ojiro or Kirishima could say anything. They watched as Fenton fell through the floor.
After a moment Ojiro looked up at Kirishima as he asked, "Okay so like what is his quirk? Because I just can't wrap my head around it."
Kirishima just sighed as he responded "Honestly neither can I. But it is super manly." he finished with a smile.
Down below Danny quickly flew to where he had left his classmate cocooned in ice. But to Danny's surprise as he got to the hallway. Instead of seeing Todoroki still trapped. The boy had somehow gotten free and was standing looking down at the ground. Although that wasn't the only thing Danny noticed as the previously ice cold room now had steam in it.
"You got free," Danny said in slight surprise. As a way to finally get the guy's attention who seemed to be in his own world.
Todoroki looked up at Danny. But didn't say anything as after a moment began to walk past where Danny stood and left without a word.
Perhaps Danny should've gone after the guy to further apologize. But even he knew when not to push it. As he didn't want to further rub salt into his classmates' wound.
But as he looked back up at the steam that floated near the ceiling. He truly began to wonder about the elusive teen.
With that Danny de-transformed and also made his way out of the building. Where he was greeted by All Might who as always was smiling. Although strangely enough Danny thought that the hero's smile looked rather forced. As the man's crow's feet and sharp blue eyes fixated on the halfa. As if the hero had momentarily considered him a threat.
But Danny kept his casual, relaxed smile and demeanor perfectly in place. As he walked up to the man. "Hey All Might, are we still waiting for Kirishima and Ojiro?" he asked as he noticed Todoroki already here, standing off in the distance.
"Yes, but not to worry! For once they arrive, we will swiftly make our ways back to the observation room. So that we can discuss your performances!" All Might loudly stated. To which Danny simply nodded back.
It didn't take long for the other two to arrive and for them all to make it back to the observation room.
Which is where Danny was now. Standing beside Kirishima and the members of the hero team on one side of the room. While the rest of the class stood on the opposite side. With All Might at the forefront of the room right in front of the big screen. That now displayed the classic UA symbol.
"Alrighty let's begin!" All Might clapped.
"This was certainly an exciting round! With many lessons which can be taken away from your classmates' performances. Can anyone guess what they may be?"
Danny expected Yaoyorozu to answer. But to his surprise Iida beat the girl to the punch. As he quickly raised his hand.
"Sir, I believe a main take away from this battle. Would be that one should never underestimate one's opponent."
"Ahh a fine observation Young Iida. Please explain." All Might said while giving yet another thumbs up.
"Yes, thank you sir." Iida quickly said while smiling before continuing. "My point is that the hero team severely underestimated their opponents. And subsequently left themselves vulnerable to surprise attacks."
"That's true but who would've expected Fenton to be able to suddenly appear out of nowhere." Kaminari added.
Danny looked to the side as he felt almost all his classmates' eyes on him.
"Honestly, before we continue you should explain how you were doing all that." Mineta said to the halfa. To which many of the classmates hummed in agreement.
Danny looked over at All Might as he hoped the man would try and get the conversation back on track. But to the halfa's surprise the hero was also looking at him as if he too wanted an explanation.
So, he sighed as he began explaining. "My quirk 'Ghost' simply allows me to do everything a ghost can. Like invisibility, intangibility, flight and my ecto-blasts." Along with many other things, the halfa thought, but he decided not to go over his full list of powers.
All Might stared at the teen in astonishment. His multiple powers were truly terrifying, and it seemed the boy had more he was simply not saying. It almost reminded All Might of 'One For All' or even… No. The hero refused to let his mind go there.
The hero quickly reasoned with himself that a quirk that contains multiple different elements or factors was always possible and not uncommon. Although the hero had truly never heard of one that contained so many powerful abilities besides from the two exceptions.
"What a powerful combination of powers." Yaoyorozu finally said, which broke the silence that had washed over many of the students.
"Wait, what about the ice? Or those white rings? Or how they gave you white hair? How is any of that related to a ghost?" Kaminari wildly asked.
Danny shrugged as he replied. "I mean haven't you ever seen a ghost movie. They always show ghosts having a cold aura. And my other form that you all saw was simply my ghost form."
But as the silence stretched on Danny began to worry that both his classmates and All Might weren't buying his explanations.
That was until Asui finally spoke up "In a way it's like my quirk."
The class all turned to look at the girl who had a finger to her lip. And proceeded to stare as a way to indicate they wanted the girl to further elaborate.
"Well my quirks 'Frog', it gives me all the abilities of a frog. So in a way Fenton's quirk is the same." The green haired girl finished.
Danny stared at the girl with vaguely disguised relief and appreciation. As he was thrilled that she had basically saved him from seeming even more suspicious with his odd 'quirk'.
"I guess that makes sense then". Ashido slowly said after a moment of contemplation.
Finally though All Might clapped his hands once again. Which made the class who were all beginning to murmur about the halfa's quirk stop and turned to look at the hero. "All right class now that we got that out of the way. Let's continue our observations about round two."
Internally All Might was also still working to make sense of the boy's quirk. But he pulled himself together as he put his thoughts and speculations to the side. Inorder to get the class back on track. "So like Young Iida said heroes must never underestimate an opponent. Because as you've seen it is always possible for a villain to have some dastardly scheme up their sleeve."
All Might then turned to look at the four students of round two. "Take this match and learn from it. Grow, you four are all exceptional students who have shown incredible potential today. And while you all have areas you need to improve on and even if you didn't win. Or you feel disappointed with how you performed today. Take pride in what you did do because there is just as much a hero can learn from their failings as there is in their success."
The four students of round two all nodded at the encouraging hero. Danny was honestly surprised by the man's profound speech. And although he still had mixed feelings about the hero, he too felt rather uplifted by the man.
All Might's already blinding smile grew as he proceeded to heroically pose. As he grabbed the hero and villain boxes for the next selection.
Danny silently watched the hero proceed to move on. He had expected the man to say more about his match. But he supposed it was better for the class to move on and not focus on his performance anymore. So, with that Danny walked to the back of the class to finally relax and be out of the spotlight.
But as the halfa leaned up against the wall as he half-heartedly listened to the teacher and his energetic classmates. He looked to the side and raised his eyebrows. As he saw Bakugo glaring at him.
Although he didn't hesitate to glare back after a moment. As he was far from forgiving the bully for his actions. And he would be damned if he let the guy think for even a second that he was scared of him.
Luckily his retaliation managed to get the blond to surprisingly back off and look forward and away from the halfa. Danny silently huffed in irritation and victory as he went back to watching.
Although the bully had reminded Danny of the other thing that had been worrying him. Which was Midoriya, he truly hoped that the injured teen was getting better and receiving proper treatment.
The rest of the training and different rounds went off without a hitch. And Danny enjoyed watching his classmates' performances. As it was almost like watching a bunch of action movies.
In round three team C with Yaoyorozu and Mineta faced off against team I with Hagakure and Sero as the 'villains'. Danny thought that the round went rather smoothly as Yaoyorozu was very clearly a gifted strategist. Even with the apparent burden of her team mate who seemed to be more focused on being a pervert than actually winning. Which made Danny question how the little guy even got into UA. But the pony-tailed girl easily pulled off a victory by exploiting her opponent's weaknesses.
Next in round four, team E with Ashido and Aoyama were cast as the 'villains'. While team G with Kaminari and Jiro were the 'heroes'. Once again the heroes managed to squeak out a victory. As Danny was surprised to learn that the guy he had previously saved in the entrance exam actually had a pretty powerful quirk. As the guy's ability to create electricity quickly put down the two 'villains', who didn't seem to have a lot of teamwork.
Although once again the yellow haired guy ended up in a weird drooling state after using his quirk. It was almost like the guy was frying his own brain, Danny jokingly thought. But the prospect that his classmate could potentially zap him made Danny's skin crawl. But he doubted the airhead of a guy would ever be able to get the drop on him.
The fifth and final round between team F with Shoji and Sato as the 'villains'. Against team H with Asui the frog based student and Tokoyami the man with a literally bird head, as the 'hero' team. Peeked Danny's interest the most as it turned out that the rather edgy Tokoyami had a quirk that reminded Danny of one of his past enemies, Johnny 13. As the man's quirk was also a sentient shadow.
Although during the match Danny's ghost sense didn't go off which meant that the bird like shadow monster was in fact not a ghost. But Danny was still curious about his classmate and wondered if Johnny's shadows' weakness to light. Also applied to Tokoyami's shadow. But he quickly put his speculations to the side as the round wrapped up as the two 'villains' were no match for the shadow and Asui who was both quick and smart when it came to fighting.
Within no time the whole class and All Might left the observation room and went to the exit of Training Ground Beta. As after the final debrief the training came to an end.
"Alright class! That's a wrap, super work! You all really stepped up to the plate. And, we didn't have any major injuries, except for Midoriya. You should be proud. Excellent first day of training, all around!" All Might loudly said to the class.
"It's nice to hear some encouraging words after yesterday. Mr. Aizawa was kind of a buzzkill." Asui said while raising her hand slightly.
Danny couldn't help but find his classmates' opinions about Aizawa hilarious. As he watched, almost everyone nod in agreement to Asui's statement.
All Might heroically stretched out his arms as he shouted, "I'm happy to bring such staggering positivity to my alma mater!" The smiling man then turned and waved "That's all for now folks. I should go and check on Young Midoriya's progress. Now, watch how a pro exits. Like he's got somewhere to be!"
Danny squirted his eyes as a blast of wind from the hero's incredibly swift exit hit him. He had to admit that the guy was truly a force to be reckoned with. But that wasn't all the halfa thought of the pro hero. But he kept those thoughts to himself as he smiled and turned to his classmates. Who were almost all smiling in excitement from what they had just seen.
Although their excitement didn't last long as they remembered they still had more normal classes to sit through. Even Danny, who wasn't physically exhausted sighed as he walked alongside his classmates to go back to class.
Throughout the remainder of the day Danny barely paid attention as he sat mindlessly staring at the board. As his thoughts were elsewhere. He couldn't stop thinking about the injured Midoriya and the events of the first round.
The halfa had attempted to go to the nurse's office to check on Midoriya after the training when the rest of the class was changing. But he was turned away by the old lady who said that Midoriya was sleeping and shouldn't be disturbed.
Danny had reluctantly left after being told by the old nurse that Midoriya would be released after he woke up. But now as the final bell had rung and many of his classmates left to go home. Danny frowned as the green haired teen was still absent.
"Hey man you okay?" Kirishima asked his friend who seemed to be in his own world.
Danny didn't even realize he was being talked to until a hand was lightly placed on his shoulder. He jolted out of his frozen state as he quickly turned to see Kirishima. Who had pulled his hand back and was now holding up his hands as if he were surrendering.
"Sorry man I didn't mean to scare you." Kirishima reassuringly said as he hadn't expected Fenton's surprised reaction.
After a second Danny smiled as he finally stood up. "Don't worry about it, I was just lost in thought. But I guess I should get going."
"Are you sure you're okay?"
Danny nodded, "Ya, I'm just worried about Midoriya. I thought he would be back by now, but I guess his injuries were really bad."
Right as Kirishima was about to respond though Danny watched as behind the redhead the classroom door slid open.
The two looked and were both surprised to see the very person they were talking about. Danny blinked as he looked at the boy who was still wearing his damaged hero costume. Only now his broken arm was in a sling and his other arm which had been burned was wrapped up in bandages.
"Hey, Midoriya, good to see ya back!" Kirishima said after a moment.
Midoriya looked up in surprise as he watched some of his classmates walk up to him. Including Fenton who was looking at him with concern.
"I'm glad to see you're still in the land of the living, Midoriya. Although you don't look completely healed, I thought the old lady had a healing quirk?" Danny asked after he stopped in front of the boy.
"Oh well she couldn't heal me completely because of my stamina." Midoriya mumbled out as he was taken back by suddenly being the center of attention. As even more of his classmates came up to him
"You know Midoriya I don't know what you were saying during your match. But you were all fired up, huh?" Kirishima said.
Sero then spoke up. "I can't believe you held your own against Bakugo. He's super strong!"
"You did a great job dodging!" Ashido happily added.
Danny was slightly annoyed at not being able to get a word in. In order to further ask Midoriya questions in regard to his recovery. But he was at least glad to see that everyone was being super nice and encouraging to the green haired boy. Although it was clear that Midoriya was having a hard time being the center of attention. But Danny just smiled as he watched.
"It's sad that you couldn't see the rest of the matches, Midoriya. Because after yours we all were super fired up." Sato said while holding up his fist.
"Oh, ya you should've seen Fenton! He was against Todoroki and Ojiro, and he completely won. It was super epic and scary to watch!" Ashido added as she seemed to be bubbling over with excitement.
"In fact, Fenton and Kirishima were the only villain team who won." Asui suddenly added from where she had been quietly standing.
Danny gave a light awkward laugh as the conversation suddenly turned to him.
Midoriya began to smile as he listened to his classmates recite what must've been an epic round. He was honestly sad that he missed getting to finally see his top classmate and mysterious friend in action. As well as Todoroki who Midoriya had also been excited to watch.
But just as Midoriya was about to ask more questions about the matchup. Something finally dawned on the green haired boy.
Danny watched as Midoriyia's expression of nervous excitement fell as he watched the boy look around the classroom. The green haired teen then turned to him, "Um, Fenton, where's Kacchan?"
The halfa was surprised by Midoriya's question as he thought the injured teen would not want to see his attacker so soon. But as Midoriya looked at him expectantly, Danny didn't answer as he hadn't really paid much attention to where or when the bully had left.
Luckily though, Kirishima answered for him. "Bakugo already left a little bit ago. We tried to stop him. But that guy doesn't really listen."
At that moment the other door at the back of the classroom slid open and Uraraka and Kaminari came in while holding some papers. Danny watched as the girl instantly ran over smiling to Midoriya who seemed lost in thought.
"Hey Deku! I'm glad to see your back!"
Danny had thought that the green haired boy would be thrilled by the girl's joyful greeting. But to the halfa's surprise, instead of Midoriya becoming a blushing mess. He looked down and began to turn as he quickly said.
"Sorry Uraraka and everyone but I have to go find Kacchan!"
Danny and the rest of the students watched as the boy ran off with a sudden bout of determination that was rather unexpected.
"I wonder why he wants to see Bakugo?" Uraraka questioned.
Kirishima nodded in agreement to the brown-haired girl's question. "Ya, that is strange. But hopefully Midoriya can catch up to him."
Danny who quietly listened to the two quickly made up his mind. As he turned and grabbed his bag from his desk. Before also taking off after giving his own quick and half hearted explanation about his sudden departure.
He quickly followed after Midoriya to the entrance of the school. He knew that he shouldn't snoop or eavesdrop on his friends' conversation. But after seeing how brutal Bakugo could be. He didn't want to chance the blond attacking the already injured Midoriya. So, he made sure to stay out of sight as he watched from around a corner as Midoriya finally caught up to Bakugo.
"Kacchan! Wait up!" Midoriya yelled in order to get the blond boy's attention.
Bakugo stopped in his tracks and only slightly turned his head as he gave a gruff response. "What?"
Danny was honestly surprised that the guy stopped at all. But it was clear by Bakugo's tone and by the fact that he didn't even have the courtesy to fully turn to face the green haired boy. That he wasn't exactly happy that Midoryia was approaching him. Although then again when was the guy ever happy, Danny questioned.
After a few drawn out seconds the clearly nervous Midoriya finally spoke up. "I haven't told anyone this secret. Not even my mom. But I have to tell you something."
As the halfa listened he was starting to feel even more conflicted about listening in on what was clearly a private conversation. But before he could leave or get out of earshot Midoriya continued.
"Maybe then, you'll understand what's been going on." Midoriya hesitated for a split second before rapidly continuing.
"I wasn't hiding my quirk from you. It was given to me by someone else recently. But I can't tell you who I got it from, so don't ask. I know it sounds crazy. It's like something out of a comic book. Only it's real. And I don't really have any control over this power yet. I haven't figured out how to make it my own. That's why… I didn't want to use it against you in the exercise. But in the end, it was the only way that I had a chance of winning. I've still got a lot to learn. I know that."
Midoriya's voice finally evened out, "That's why I'm here. You'll see. I'll work until I have full control of this borrowed quirk. And I'll finally beat you with my own power!"
After Midoriya's long winded explanation Danny didn't even know what to think. Although he didn't have much time to process what he had just overheard. As he watched Bakugo who appeared to be shaking in what the halfa guessed was anger finally fully turn to face the boy.
"How dumb do you think I am? 'Borrowed power'? Don't talk to me like I'm an idiot. You already made a fool out of me in that damn training exercise. So, did you come to rub it in? I lost. And to make matters worse, it was to you. Hell! I didn't even come in first in the entrance exam due to that damn extra!"
Danny furrowed his eyebrows at suddenly being mentioned. Although he didn't take his eyes off the blond whose yelling was only getting louder by the second.
"I'm supposed to be the best! But even that icy bastard was better! Damn it! I couldn't beat either of those extras in a head to head fight!"
Midoriya took a step back as Bakugo frustration was clearly reaching its breaking point. Although the guy's anger surprisingly seemed to be more directed at himself than at the green haired boy.
"Crap! My attacks were so stupid! Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it!" Bakugo who had been staring down at the ground as he yelled. Looked back up as he scrunched up his fists even tighter. "You better enjoy that win, Deku. You won't get another one! Because I'm just getting started! Got that?!"
Danny was stunned as he realized that the angry bully was actually crying as he finished his declaration of war.
"I'm gonna end up the number one hero, no matter what! You, or that ice bastard, and especially that damn freak will never beat me again!" Bakugo finally finished and after a few moments of very intense eye contact with Midoriya. Who surprisingly didn't shrink back from the gaze. Bakugo turned back around without another word and continued walking away.
Danny also turned to no longer watch as he stared down at the ground, silently letting out a sigh. He put a light hand over where his core hummed within his chest as he started to try and think over everything that he probably shouldn't have heard.
But just as he was about to silently leave. He suddenly heard a familiar loud voice shout. And he once again looked around the corner to where Midoriya still stood and at Bakugo who was still walking away. And saw as All Might quickly whizzed past the green haired boy and too Bakugo while shouting. "Bakugo! I found you!"
Danny watched as the large, costumed man stopped the blond in his tracks.
"Young Bakugo just so you know, pride is an important attribute to have. But while you certainly have the abilities to become a pro hero. There's still plenty you have to learn!" All Might said as he stood behind the boy and placed both his hands on the blond's shoulders in a comforting way.
"Let go of me, All Might. Right now." Bakugo hissed.
All Might hummed in confusion. Which made Bakugo turn his head to finally look at the pro with a fierce glare. "Save your speeches. I'll be more famous than you, and I'll do it without your help."
Danny watched as All Might awkwardly lifted his hands away from Bakugo. Who very clearly didn't appreciate the hero's words or encouragement.
"Uh… right." All Might said as Bakugo continued to stomp away and leave the school grounds.
Danny felt even more awkward and intrusive as his spying seemed to escalate. From listening to a private conversation between his classmates. To what seemed to be an even more private conversation between All Might and Midoriya. As once the blond fully left the hero turned to the green haired teen.
"Young Midoriya, what were you saying to Bakugo before I arrived so heroically?" All Might asked in a no longer booming voice.
Midoriya looked down as he suddenly realized what he just did. "Well I… I'm sorry All Might but I sorta told him about my borrowed quirk. But I didn't tell him any details but I'm… I'm really sorry." Midoriya guiltily said as he squeezed his eyes shut. As he waited for the hero to get mad at him.
All Might's smile almost felt as he listened to the boy's confession. But after a moment he sighed as he placed a light hand on the clearly nervous boy's shoulder. "I see, well I'm sure you had your reasons. But let's take this conversation elsewhere alright."
Midoriya felt the tension in his shoulders slightly lessened at the hero's calm, understanding voice. He looked up and gave his best smile as he nodded.
Danny momentarily freaked out as he watched the two start walking back to the school and to where he was hiding. But he quickly pulled himself together as he turned himself both invisible and intangible. And after a very tense moment of being completely still and silent the two walked past him and further into the school.
He finally allowed himself to relax a little bit but decided to not chance anything. As he remained invisible and took to the skies once he walked a few steps outside the building.
Once high above the school and the city below he didn't dottle as he quickly flew to the town house and directly into his room. Where he finally let down his invisibility and fell onto his mattress as he once again allowed himself to breathe and let out a very long sigh.
'What the hell did I just hear?' Danny thought as he placed an arm over his eyes. As he began trying to unravel all the information he had just unintentionally learned.
'So Midoriya was given his quirk?' Danny thought in contemplation. From what the halfa understood about quirks they were purely hereditary and not something that could be given.
But then again, his knowledge about quirks was fairly limited. And he supposed that in a world full of physics defying superpowers. A quirk that could be passed from one person to another wasn't exactly that strange sounding.
He had certainly heard of stranger things. After all he was in another dimension and was a literal walking corpse, he joked as he sat back up and pulled himself together.
"Alright so Midoriya's quirk was given to him, but from who… wait did All Might give him a quirk?" Danny quickly reasoned to himself. As he thought back to how All Might clearly already knew the boy's secret. Plus, that would sort of explain why the hero had a weird favoritism with the boy.
After a few long minutes of Danny trying his best to piece together the puzzle that was his new classmate and teacher. He eventually relented as he once again laid back down on top of his mattress. As he tiredly came to the conclusion that his already complicated situation was somehow getting even more confusing.
With that thought Danny turned to his side and pulled out his phone as he began searching for more information about the number one hero.