Vigilante Shadow

by Jessimarie12

Summary:

Midoriya Izuku has spent his entire childhood hiding his quirk. You see, he has a quirk called shadow manipulation, which allows him to manipulate shadows at will. His shadow quirk is a little different than other shadow-based quirks. His quirk isn't weak to light-based quirks; in fact, the stronger the light quirk and the stronger his shadows are against it.
Of course, that's thanks to him training in secret with his best friend Kacchan, aka Bakugou Katsuki, and well, being the vigilante Shadow at night for the past two years doesn't hurt either, right?
Unless, of course, you ask Eraserhead and Hawks as the two heroes who have spent those two years trying to catch him or at least turn himself in, but hey, where's the fun in it?
As he's getting ready to enter UA high hero course to be a hero with his quirk to prove to everyone who said that he can't be a hero with a villainous work wrong including a certain so-called number one hero.
He plans to be the best underground hero after a certain sleep-deprived teacher, and if he causes chaos along the way, well, that's just a bonus for him at least.

Notes:

I don't know My Hero Academia. Sorry for any spelling and grammar mistakes.

Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Shadow, aka Midoriya Izuku, giggles slightly to himself as he's sitting on the edge of a building overlooking an alleyway and watches as Eraserhead and the detective, he thinks his name is Tsukauchi look at the two would be muggers hanging upside down from a clothesline wire with think lines of shadows wrapped around them with exasperated tired and done looks on their faces. He smirks slightly when he sees two cops walk up to the tied-up criminals with a ladder to cut them down and waits for them to get closer before curling a finger on his right hand up as the shadow rope holding the muggers pulls them up slightly away from the cops and then uncurls his finger as the muggers fall towards the ground with muffled screams as they mouths were also covered be shadows.  Izuku waits until they're a few inches above the ground before curling his finger again and watching as they have sprung back up, knocking into the cops who were trying to get them down in the first place, laughing as the cops go falling off the ladder, landing on the ground themselves and as both Eraserhead and detective Tsukauchi watch it happen with deadpan expressions.

Shadow was too busy giggling to himself that he had almost, almost, not noticed the capture scarf come flying at him from below, but as a thin shadow whip appeared in front of smacking it away, he pushed himself into a backwards roll off the edge onto the roof of the building and smirks slightly under his hood as Eraserhead swings himself onto the edge where he was just sitting a few seconds ago.  "How's it going, Eraser?" Shadow asks as he uses his voice modifier, which he has wrapped around his neck like a choker. Aizawa Shouta, also known as the Underground hero Eraserhead, narrows his eyes at Shadow and sighs slightly as he asks, "Do you need to be such a problem child tonight, kid?"  However, Shadow knows that he's slightly amused by the way his eyebrow is raised and the small glint in his eyes as he observes Shadow as he shrugs and giggles a little. "Why not? It's fun. Not to mention entertaining how your guys' faces go from just trying to completely being done watching how they never seemed to learn." Shadow laughs as he dodges backwards as Eraserhead throws his scarf out at him, trying to capture him, and raises his hand slightly as three little black shadow shards appear and flick them lightly at Eraserhead. The shards fly towards Eraserhead, who widens his eyes slightly as they brush past him, but he can feel the slight sting against his shoulder before the shards fade back into the shadows of the night.

Eraserhead stares at Shadow, noticing that while he's wearing his normal outfit, which is a black jacket with the hood up, black skinny jeans, a pair of combat boots, and a pouch around his waist though he notices that he's wearing a watch and what looks like an earpiece in his ear. Eraserhead opens his mouth to say something when Shadow's watch seems to make a beeping noise, which makes them blink as Shadow looks at it before wincing slightly, which has Eraserhead raising an eyebrow at him.  Shadow then looks at him with a slight grimace on his face, and Eraserhead narrows his eyes as Shadow says, "Sorry, Eraser, but it seems that we're going to have to cut this a bit short tonight."

"Wh... Wait!" Eraserhead starts to say wide eyes as he watches as the shadows on the ground beneath Shadow seem to move on their own as their raise up and swirl around him, and Shadow gives a smirk and cheeky wave as the shadows around him cover him completely just as Eraserhead's scarf and feathers shoot out at the place he was just standing at, but it was too late was he had disappeared into the shadows. "Damn it." Aizawa said as Hawks landed on the roof a few feet away from him.   Aizawa glances at Hawks as he walks over to him and says, "That's too bad, huh?" Aizawa narrows his eyes as he looks at and says, "What are you ever doing here, Hawks?  This isn't your normal turf to patrol."

Hawks sighs as he says, "I know, but as I'm sure you know that, not only you but also along with me and a few other pros of been trying to catch him also.  Of course, not for as long as you and I have been after him. Not to mention that HSPC is starting to take a personal interest in him."  Aizawa frowns as he hears that the HPCS has taken an interest in Shadow, because while it's uncommon and sometimes rare, the HPCS will take a certain interest in a certain vigilante, and that's not always a good thing.  "Why?" Aizawa asked, and Hawks shrugged his shoulders. " Apparently, I'm not authorized for that information. I know that from hearing some whispers that the higher-ups have taken an interest in him. " 

'Damn it! Why is she coming back so early!?'  Izuku thinks to himself as he's jumping from rooftop to rooftop using his shadows as fast as he can, as he rushes home before his so-called mother makes it home.   Izuku reaches his apartment and gets inside through his bedroom window just as soon as he hears the apartment door open and close.  He gets into his bed and under the covers quickly and closes his eyes as he hears his bedroom door creak open slightly. "Tsk, he's here. At least he's asleep, so I won't have to deal with him." He hears his mother say before closing his bedroom door, and then he hears her walk into her room and close her bedroom door. He opens his eyes and frowns before sighing to himself as he thinks, 'I thought she was supposed to work until 6. Why is she back so soon?"  He looks at his clock and sees that it is only one o'clock in the morning and sighs again before rolling over and looking out his window. 

'I wonder why she even bothered looking in on me since she hadn't done that since I started middle school. Probably making sure that I haven't gotten myself arrested or something because of my quirk. Even though she would probably be happy if I did, wouldn't she?'  He thinks as he closes his eyes and tries to go to sleep, as he knows that tomorrow he's going to have to pretend to be quirkless and have to deal with the bullying all because his mother is a quirkest person and demands that he pretends to be qiurkless so that no one knows that he has a so-called villainous quirk.

Chapter 2: Chapter 2

Notes:

I don't own My Hero Academia.
Italics is for thoughts and flashbacks.

Izuku sighs as he walks home from school and winces as his bag rubs against a burn that he had gotten on his shoulder from one of the kids at his school. 'At least it's the last day of school before summer vacation.'  He thinks to himself as he walks into his silent, empty apartment and sighs again as he closes the door behind him, taking off his shoes and walking into the kitchen.  His eyes land on the note on the kitchen table that has been there since his mother left him alone about a week ago. 

Flashback

Izuku walked into his apartment after school and noticed that his mom wasn't home; he figured she was either at work, as usual, or out doing something.  He walked into his room and closed his door before sitting at his desk and doing his homework after taking care of his injuries that he had gotten from the bullies at school, who like to use their quirks on him since he can't fight back, no matter how much he wants to. Still, he has to pretend to be quirkless to the demands of his mother.   As he was doing his homework, he glanced at his clock and noticed that it was just past 6 and that his mother wasn't home yet.  He stretched as he stood up from his desk chair and walked out of his room when he noticed that his mother's room door was slightly open, and he looked in slightly to see that her bed was empty of her bedding, and the table beside her bed was also empty of any of her things.  

His eyes widen as he opens the door completely and walks into the room to see that it's empty of any of her belongings, her clothes, jewelry, bathroom necessities, or photos. All of her things are gone.  He rushes out of the room and into the kitchen, and sees a note on the table, and picks it up with shaking hands as he reads that she's telling him that she's leaving and not coming back ever, and that he has until the end of summer to move out because she only paid the rent out that far. But after that, he's on his own, and she doesn't care if he ends up homeless or in jail, as that's what he deserves for having a villainous quirk.

End Flashback

Izuku picks up the note and scans it again before throwing it away as he walks towards his room and lies down on his bed facing his ceiling as he thinks, 'How am I supposed to survive on my own? I'm 15 and about to start high school.' He sighs as he turns over and looks out his window, just as there's a knock at the door. He sits up and walks out of his room as the knocking gets louder, and he smiles slightly as he opens the door and sees his best friend, Bakugou Katsuki, standing outside of his apartment since they were little. "Yes, Kacchan? Can I help you?"  He asked with a smirk as Katsuki scowls at him before rolling his eyes and says, "You could have opened the door faster instead of being a little shit and walking slowly the first thing. The old hag wants to know if you and Auntie want to come over for dinner tonight."   

Izuku winces slightly before smiling at Katsuki and says, " Umm..I think Mom is still at work and is probably working late, so it's just me."  Katsuki narrows his eyes at him before saying, "Well, ok then. Come on, the old hag should be getting done with dinner soon." Izuku nods as he puts on his shoes and closes the door behind him, not locking it, since Katsuki lives next door to him.  Katsuki opens the door to his apartment, and as they walk in, the smell of something delicious hits their noses, and they walk into the kitchen to see Mitsuki Bakugou, Katsuki's mother, standing at the stove stirring something in a pot on the stovetop. 

"It smells delicious, Auntie Mitsuki," Izuku says as she turns around and sees them standing there in the doorway of the kitchen. "It looks like you brats are in time because it should be done soon.  Where's your mom, Izuku?" Katsuki glances at him and narrows his eyes at him as Izuku grimaces slightly before smiling widely, saying, "Oh, she has to work late tonight."   Izuku nervously smiles as both he and Katsuki help set the dinner table with Katsuki's father, Masaru Bakugou, who smiles at him warmly while saying, "Well, maybe another time she can come over." 

Izuku gulps as he smiles shakily as he says, "Haha...Yeah maybe. I'll ask her when she comes home tonight." They sit down at the table as Mitsuki finishes setting the food on the table. "Well, dig in, everyone." Mitsuki says as she also sits down beside Masura as they begin eating; however, Katsuki glances at Izuku again and thinks to himself, 'Just what are you hiding, Izu?'  Katsuki watches as Izuku eats and talks with his parents, and notices how his smile and laugh are slightly forced and how his eyes look dimmed and not as bright as they usually are. He also notices how Izuku seems to avoid eye contact and stresses slightly when his mom is brought up and says a half-assed lie before changing the subject. 

Izuku can feel Katsuki's burning glaze on him through dinner and sweat drops slightly when he looks up at him and sees him glaring at him heatedly.  Izuku gulps and looks away quickly. He glances at the clock on the wall behind Katsuki and sees that it's getting late, and decides to make a quick retreat before Katsuki can corner him and try to get him to tell him what's going on. But Izuku isn't really to tell anyone, especially them, that his mother abandoned him because of his quirk. "Um. It looks like it's getting late, and Mom will probably be home soon. So, I should be getting back before she gets home." Izuku says as he gets up from the table and walks into the kitchen, putting his dish in the sink.

"Well, it was nice to have you over for dinner, Izuku." Mitsuki said as Izuku smiles at them and walks over to the door and starts to put his shoes on, and says, "It was nice being over here.  Maybe we can do it again sometime." Izuku gets ready to open the door, and when he hears Katsuki say, "With Auntie Inko also, right, Izu?" Izuku freezes and glances over his shoulder to see him standing behind him and says, "O--of course, Kacchan. I'll ask her when she gets home tonight."  Katsuki looks at him before nodding, and Izuku smiles weakly again before saying good night to them and walking out the door, closing it behind him. 

Katsuki watches as the door closes behind Izuku and sighs as he turns back to the table and helps his parents clean up, and heads up to his room when they finish after saying goodnight to them. He walks into his room and lies on his bed facing the ceiling with his hands behind his head.  'I don't know what you're hiding, Izuku. But I will find out what it is one way or the other. And when I do, I'm going to give you one hell of a scolding for not telling me sooner.' 

Chapter 3: Chapter 3

Notes:

I don't own My Hero Academia.

Aizawa sighs as he's patrolling his route, keeping an eye out for trouble and for a certain problem child vigilante that he hadn't seen for the past week and a half.   'Where the hell are you, Shadow?' He thinks as he jumps from roof to roof, looking around him, a part of him hopes that the kid has figured out that being a vigilante is dangerous and has stopped, but he knows that the problem child is too stubborn for that, and another part of him hopes that he hasn't gotten himself hurt somehow.  As he comes to a stop on a rooftop to take a breath for a few minutes, he can't help but think back to the conversation that he had with Hawks a few nights ago.

Flashback

Aizawa stares at Hawks with a deadpanned expression as he says, "So you're telling me that not only is the Hero Commission after the kid, but now you're hearing rumors that some high-level villains are after this kid."  Hawks sighs as he says, "Yes, Eraserhead, that's what I just said. I don't know why the villains are after him, but my best bet is probably because of his quirk. I mean to be able to use the shadows anyway you want, and to mention, as far as we have seen, the way he uses his quirk, he doesn't seem to have many weaknesses." Shouta frowns slightly as he realizes that Hawks is right about the way that Shadow uses his quirk; he's able to control the shadows perfectly and not seem to have any drawbacks that come with shadow-based quirks so far that they have been able to see. 

Aizawa sighs as he says, "I know what you mean. He makes it look like he has complete control of the way he uses the shadows. not only that, but it almost seems like they're not a part of his quirk, but a part of Shadow himself."  Hawks looks at him with a raised eyebrow for him to elaborate on that, but Aizawa doesn't as he thinks back to a fight that he has witnessed Shadow had been in, and how the way that the shadows seemed to dance around him, protecting him on their own, without Shadow controlling them. "So are you going to explain, or do I have to guess what you're talking about?" Hawks says with sarcasm dripping in his voice as he looks at Aizawa with an annoyed look. Aizawa simply raises an eyebrow at him with a smirk hiding in his capture weapon.

"All I'm going to say is watch the way he fights the next time you come across him. You'll see what I mean." Aizawa says as he gets ready to leave the roof that they were on, and when Hawks says, "You mean if I come across him. He hasn't been out for a few nights as I'm sure you've noticed." Shouta turns his head to look at him with narrow eyes. "You don't think..." He cuts himself off when Hawks shakes his head. "No, he hasn't been caught yet. I'm sure that I would have heard if the Commission had him, or that Tsukauchi would have told us if the police had him." 

Aizawa nods as he thinks to himself with worry 'Then where is he?"

End Flashback

Aizawa was lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice that he wasn't only on the rooftop that he was on, as Izuku dressed in his Shadow outfit was sitting on the bulkhead, when Eraserhead decided to stop on the rooftop that he was on. Izuku watches as Eraserhead takes out one of those jelly pouches that he likes to eat and smirks slightly as a shadow wraps around the pouch before Aizawa can open it, and watches as he spins around fast with his quirk active.  He waves his hand cheekily as Eraserhead's eyes land on him, as the shadow drops the jelly pouch in his hand and giggles slightly as his eyes widen at the sight of him before they narrow at him.

"Where have you been, Shadow? You've been gone for the past week and a half." Shouta says and watches as Shadow freezes and tenses slightly before shrugging and saying, "Oh, you know I've been busy."  'Shit. I wasn't expecting him to ask that.' Izuku thinks as he looks at Eraserhead. Aizawa narrows his eyes more at him before hearing him sigh, "Can I have that back, Problem child?" he points to the pouch still in Shadow's hand. Shadow looks at him and then at the pouch, then back to Eraserhead, saying, "Ne Eraserhead. Do you think that having what most people call a villainous quirk that someone can become a hero?"  He asks as he stands up and jumps down to here Aizawa is standing on the roof. 

Aizawa blinks at him as if he wasn't expecting him to ask, and notices that his voice isn't modified tonight, so that he can hear how young he sounds. "It's how the quirk is used that can make the person a hero or villain. Not what it is or how the quirk works." Aizawa says honesty and Izuku narrows his eyes at him from under his hood as Aizawa says a bit hesitantly, "Kid, if you want to be a hero, then apply to a hero school and stop being a vigilante. I think you have the skills to be one." 

  Izuku's eyes widen a bit when he hears Eraserhead say that to him and says quietly, "R-really? Y--you think so?"  Eraserhead nods his head as Izuku bites his lip slightly and looks down before looking back up at him and says seriously, "W--what is your take on parents abusing and abandoning their kid because they are quirkiest and believe that their child's quirk is villainous?"

Aizawa deadpans at him and sighs quietly as he thinks to himself, 'Looks like I'm going to have to get Tsukauchi to get some adoption papers ready after I talk to Hizashi and Hitoshi.'  Izuku is tensed as he waits for Eraserhead to answer him, but he notices that he seems lost in his thoughts and sighs as he says, "A... ahh nerve mind Eraserhead." Shouta blinks at him and notices how tense he seems to be, and curses at himself 'Shit. I must have been silent for too long, and he probably thinks I don't believe him or care.' 

Eraserhead opens his mouth when he's cut off by Shadow, saying, "I'm asking for a friend anyway, in case you're wondering.  The cafe around the corner tomorrow at 4 p.m. Meet him there."  Aizawa watches as Shadow jumps away without telling him to wait or going after him when he notices a small shadow wisp floating by him. He looks at it and sighs as it floats down near his hand and bumps it lightly before smiling slightly as he lets it land on his hand and watches as it touches his palm lightly before disappearing. And stares at the piece of paper left in his hand.

....

Izuku groans as he falls face down on his pillow on his bed and curses at himself silently.  'Why in hell did I have to go and ask him those two specific questions!?'  He thinks to himself as he turns over onto his back, turning his head to clock at the clock on his bedside table and sees that it is almost 3 in the morning. He sighs as he turns onto his side and says, "Well, at least I'll have to think about what I'm going to say to him tomorrow. Not to mention it's my day off tomorrow also."  Izuku closes his eyes and falls asleep as he can only hope that tomorrow's meeting with not only Eraserhead but also Kacchan goes well.

As Izuku falls asleep, he has no idea that downtown at the police station that a certain underground hero and detective is looking up everything that they can about Izuku Midoriya.   "He's fourteen years old. He's birthday was five days ago. He must be smart to have graduated from junior high at fourteen years old."  Tsukauchi says to Aizawa as he looks at Izuku's file on his computer in his office.  Aizawa hummed as he looked at the paper in his hand with the name of the person that they were currently looking into, and looked at Tsukauchi when he made a noise of disbelief. "Are you certain that this kid and Shadow are connected, Eraser?" 

Shouta raises an eyebrow at him, says tiredly, "I'm about 50% percent right now. Why?" Tsukauchi looks at him and turns back to his computer, saying, "Because according to his file, Midoriya Izuku is quirkless."  Shouta looks at him before, "He's quirkless? Well, there's only one way to find out if he and Shadow are connected for certain."  He walks over to the office door and goes to open it when he hears Tsukauchi ask him how he plans to find out. "By talking to him tomorrow," Aizawa says as he opens the door and walks out of the office, letting the door close behind, leaving the detective to look at the closed door with a tired expression. 

"Well, Midoriya-kun, I hope that you're prepared for tomorrow. Because it seems like you have just got the attention of a hero who is like a dog when he's after information. I'm not sure if that's a good thing for you or not yet."  He sees as he closes the file on his computer and gets up from his desk, walks over to his office door, turning the lights off as he walks out to head home himself, hoping to get some sleep for the night.

....

"Ooff!!" Izuku grunts out as his back hits the ground and uses his hands to flip backwards as an explosion lands where he was lying a few seconds later.  He narrows his eyes at Katsuki as Katsuki looks at him with a smirk and rushes towards him using his quirk to give him a boost to increase his speed. 'Why does he have to be so good at fighting quirkless?'  Izuku thinks as he is barely able to block the punch coming towards him.  "Come on, shadow boy. Is that all you got?" Katsuki says playfully as his smirk widens when Izuku growls slightly and narrows his eyes as a shadow rises from the ground beneath them and wraps around Katsuki, tossing him a few feet away from Izuku. 

Katsuki grunts slightly as he lands, skidding slightly on his feet before coming to a stop, and looks at Izuku, panting slightly as they have been training since this morning at the beach.  Izuku smirks as it's his turn to rush towards Katsuki and sends a spinning kick at him, making Katsuki grunt as the kick hits him in the side. His eyes then widens as Izuku grabs his arm and tosses him from his shoulder, making him land on his back.   As he lies on his back on the sand, trying to catch his breath, Izuku quickly pins him down by sitting on top of him and pinning his arms down as Katsuki tries to buck him off. 

"Ne Kacchan, let's take a break for now." Izuku says with a grin as he holds on tight to Katsuki's arms on the ground and puts all of his weight on Katsuki so that he can't buck him off or push him off by turning over. His grin widens as Kacchan growls before nodding, and Izuku stands up off of him and gives him a hand to help him up from the sand. "You're getting better at fighting quirkless Kacchan." Izuku says as they walk over to where they left their things before they started their training.  Katsuki smirks as he drinks from his water bottle before saying, "Of course I am. I have, too, if what you said is true that UA is changing up their entrance exam this year."

Izuku nods, remembering how he found out that information by hacking into the UA system to find out what they had planned for this year's entrance exam.  He then pulls out his phone and grimaces slightly at the time as Katsuki raises an eyebrow at him, saying, "About time for you to get ready to meet Aizawa, huh." It comes out more as a statement than a question, as Izuku nods again, wincing as he remembers having told Kacchan about telling Aizawa, as Shadow, to meet him at the cafe today and about his mom abandoning him because of his quirk.  

Katsuki frowns slightly, and Izuku grimaces again as that had been a very uncomfortable conversation, but that's a story for another time as they both grab their things and start to walk off the beach.  "You don't want me to tell my parents about any of this yet, huh?" Kacchan said as they walked in the direction of the apartment complex, and Izuku sighed as he said, "Yes, Kacchan. You know that Auntie Mitsuki will blow her fuse if she finds out. Though she still might, hopefully not as bad, at least when she finds that it's heroes that adopted him if this conversation goes the way I think it will." 

Katsuki looks at with a deadpanned expression and raised eyebrow before saying, "Well, good luck, Izu. I guess, though you know that the old hag and pops would have loved to adopt you, then we really would be brothers." Katsuki was kind of disappointed that Izuku didn't want his parents to adopt, and Izuku looked at him as they stopped in front of his door before sighing slightly as he said, "Kacchan, it's not that I don't want Auntie and Uncle to not adopt me because I know that they would jump at the chance. But it's I don't think that they're the best people for me, unfortunately. You know that Auntie will try to smother me, and that's just not what I need right now." 

Katsuki thinks about what he heard for a few minutes and nods his head as he says, "Yeah, I guess you're right. But are you sure that they are, though?" Izuku had told him about his plan to hopefully get Aizawa to adopt him, as he knows that he and his husband have already adopted a child with a so-called villainous quirk.  So, he knows that if anyone can help him believe and train him with his quirk, it's Aizawa aka the underground hero Eraserhead. 

Izuku smiles slightly as he answers him, "Yes, I'm sure that they are the right ones. I just have to convince Aizawa that he wants me to be a part of his family. The research and information that I have collected so far, hopefully, won't be too difficult to convince, and I just have to do it before the end of summer or before someone, for example, Auntie, gets suspicious and tries to get Child Services involved."  Katsuki nods, looking not very convinced, but he believes in Izuku as Izuku always, well, almost always, gets things to go the way he wants them to go.  

"Good luck, Izu. You're going to need it." Katsuki says as they fist bump each other, and Izuku smirks slightly as he starts to open his apartment door, saying, "Thanks, Kacchan. But I really don't need luck." He walks into his apartment, closing the door behind him to get ready to meet Aizawa at the cafe in about two hours.  Katsuki stands outside looking at the closed door with a raised eyebrow before shaking his head a little with an amused smirk on his face as he turns and walks towards his apartment.

'He is a little shit. But he's not wrong the other way.'  Katsuki thinks as he closes the door to his apartment and walks up to his room to clothes to change into clothes after he showers.  'Maybe I shouldn't wish him luck but wishing luck to his new family since they're going to be the ones who're going to have to deal with the chaotic causing little gremlin from now on.'

Chapter 4: Chapter 4

Summary:

I don't own My Hero Academia.

Izuku sighs as he walks into the cat cafe where he works part-time at a few minutes before when he's supposed to meet Aizawa, looking around tensing slightly when he sees Aizawa sitting at a booth near the window.  Izuku walks up to the counter and smiles shakily at the barista behind the counter when the person says, "Hey, Izuku-kun. What are you doing here? It's your day off, isn't it?" Izuku nods as he glances at Aizawa, who's looking at him with narrow eyes, before looking back at the barista, saying, "Umm, I'm here meeting someone, actually, Ami-san." Ami is an older teenager who works with Izuku sometimes at the cafe, and she nods as she looks between Izuku and Aizawa before humming as she makes Izuku his drink that he usually gets when he comes in on his days off.  

"Well, here you go, Izuku. One ice caramel coffee." She says as she hands over to him, and he smiles as he walks slowly over to her. Aizawa is sitting and sits down across from him. "It's nice to meet you, Aizawa-san. I believe that this is the first time that we are meeting officially, the first time meeting anyhow."  Izuku says with a smile that can be called mischievous as Aizawa looks at him with a shocked look before narrowing his eyes as he says a bit roughly, "What do you mean by that...? Wait, are you saying..." He stops talking as Izuku's smile turns into a smirk as he responds in a tone that reminds the underground hero of a certain vigilante that's been a pain in his ass for the past two years. 

"Oh, come on now, Eraser. Surely, you're smart enough to figure it out by now. I mean, there's only one vigilante who has manga to not only escape capture from you, the number one underground hero, but also from the number three hero, Hawks. Not to mention the entirety of the Musutafu police department for the past two years." Izuku says cheekily as Aizawa continues to stare at him with wide eyes and Izuku smirks slightly but is still tense has he's well aware of what can happen to confessing to be Shadow to Aizawa right now but he's willing to take the chance as this is his more likely option to be able to make it into UA in the chance that he doesn't make it pass the entrance exam. Aizawa narrows his eyes as he looks at Izuku and notices how tense he is, and asks him, "You do know that I can arrest you for admitting to me that you're a Shadow right kid?" 

Izuku nods shakily, and Aizawa sighs tiredly as he says, "Give me one reason why I shouldn't then, kid." Izuku looks at him with wide eyes and says, "Huh...?" Aizawa snorts and says, "I know you have a reason for meeting me besides confessing that you're the vigilante that's been a pain in the ass for us for the past two years. So, what is your reason for setting up this meeting, Midoriya?" Aizawa looks at him dead in the eyes with a serious expression on his face as Izuku looks startled at being called out so soon, but what else did he expect from the underground hero who's known for his intelligence?  Izuku smiles slightly, letting out a sigh as he looks at Aizawa before saying, "As expected from you, Eraser, that you figured it out so fast. You're right, I do have a reason for meeting you as Izuku Midoriya and not as Shadow the vigilante." 

Aizawa just looks at him, and Izuku says, "You never did answer when I asked you what you thought of parents abandoning their kids because of their quirk that can be called villainous?"  Aizawa stares at him for a few seconds before saying, "My honest opinion is that they shouldn't even be parents. Kid, are you telling me that your parents abandoned you because of your quirk?" Izuku nods his head slightly as he says, "Well, my mother, if you can call her one, did. My dad supposedly left before I was born."

Aizawa gives a tired sigh before standing up from the booth, and Izuku looks at him, startled, and opens his mouth when Aizawa says, "Come on, problem child." He starts to walk toward the door of the cafe as Izuku gets up from the booth and follows him out of the door. "W-where are we going?" Izuku asks him as they walk down the street, and Aizawa glances at him before saying, "To the police station to fill out adoption paperwork and then to my place to introduce you to my partner and son. Not to mention getting your quirk registered."

Izuku blinks at him before saying, "HUH!? Shouldn't you talk to your family first before making a big decision such as adopting me?!" Aizawa ignores the question as he asks him instead, "What school are you applying to for high school?" Izuku deadpans at him before saying, "Don't try to change the subject, Eraser." Aizawa just gives him a smirk as they approach the police department, and Izuku sighs and says "UA," as they enter, looking like he's walking towards his death. Tsukauchi looks at them with a tired expression, while Aizawa has a smug look on his face.

....

"Let me down, you damn feral shadow gremlin!" Hitoshi yells as Shouta sighs exasperatedly, while Hitoshi hangs upside down by a shadow, and Izuku just smirks at him. Izuku smiles cheekily at his dad, yes, he calls Eraserhead dad now, when he says tiredly, "Problem child, let him down gently."   Izuku's smile gets cheekier when he hears the emphasis on the word gently as he has his shadow drop Hitoshi down softly onto the gym floor, and they are training in giggling slightly when he hears Hitoshi yelp when he hits the ground and the tired sigh from Shouta.

Hitoshi groans as he sits up and glares slightly at Izuku, who gives him an innocent smile when he says, "Dad said gently, but nothing about dropping you." Shouta gives him a look as he says, "By me saying put him down, I meant putting him down, not dropping him, Izuku." Izuku gives him a wide, innocent look that neither Shouta nor Hitoshi believes when he says, "Oh, you did? I thought you meant just to let him down. My bad." 

"You're a little shit. You know that, right?" Hitoshi says this as he looks at Izuku, giving him a smirk, and their dad shakes his head, saying, "Alright, let's take a break for now."  The two boys nod as they walk over to a bench and sit down beside each other, drinking from their water bottles.  Hitoshi glances away from his phone when he feels Izuku lean against his shoulder slightly as he says, "I... you weren't hurt when you fell, right?" hesitantly, and Hitoshi gives him a small smile as he says, "No, Izu. I'm fine, but next time maybe don't drop me from two feet in the air, ok?" 

Hitoshi smiles fondly as he ruffles Izuku's hair, and Izuku giggles slightly, leaning into the touch as Shouta looks at them fondly.  "Alright, problem children, it's time to get back to it.  It's time for Quirkless sparing now." Izuku groans a little as Hitoshi is almost always able to get the upper hand on him in quirkless fighting. Hitoshi smirks a bit as he says, "Come on, Izu, you're getting better at fighting quirkless. Maybe you'll be able to pin me down today." Izuku growls slightly as they both get into their fighting stances, and Aizawa gives them the signal to start. Hitoshi starts with a spinning kick towards his side, and Izuku dodges it by jumping backwards and tries to punch him while he's regaining his balance, managing to hit him and send him backwards. 

'He's getting better at fighting without his quirk. Although he's holding back a lot, too.' Shouta thinks as he watches them fight, as Hitoshi grabs a hold of Izuku's leg using his capture weapon when Izuku tries to kick him in the stomach and spins using the momentum to try to slam Izuku down onto the ground. Aizawa's eyes widen slightly, as does Hitoshi's, when the capture weapon goes slack around Izuku as he disappears before hitting the ground.

"Wha...Where did he go?"  Hitoshi thinks as he looks around for him, while Aizawa's eyes go wider when Izuku appears from the shadows behind Hitoshi and pins him to the ground, sitting on him, looking smug but a bit shocked himself.  "Wh...Where did you come from?!" Hitoshi says as he tries to get out from under Izuku, who looks down at him with a smirk. "Izuku." Shouta says, and Izuku looks at him as he says, "Has that happened before?" Izuku looks at him, confused, as does Hitoshi, who goes still under Izuku when he realizes that he can't get Izuku off of him.

"Have your shadows ever moved on their own to protect you?" Shouta says, and Izuku's eyes go wide as he nods, thinking back to all the times his quirk seemed to move without him controlling it.  "Y..yeah, they have. I...is that a bad thing?" Izuku says nervously as he gets off of Hitoshi, who gets up as Izuku backs away slightly, looking between Aizawa and Hitoshi, scared, and jumps slightly when he feels arms wrap around him from behind and turns his head to see his papa, Hizashi Yamada, aka Present Mic, hugging him from behind. 

"It's not necessarily a bad thing, kiddo." Hizashi says as he feels Izuku relax a bit in his arms as he continues saying, "It's not common for shadow-based quirks to be able to move on their own without their users having some kind of control over them." Izuku tenses in his arms again before sighing as he says, "I don't know how or why, but they have always seemed to be able to move like that, but only when I'm in danger or when I'm feeling down."

Shouta and Hizashi look at each other and look back at Izuku, who's looking down at the floor as his dad says, "Ok. I think it's time to head home now." Izuku's head shoots up and looks at him with wide eyes as his dad ruffles his hair, walking past him, and his papa hugs him again before letting him go and walks after his dad towards the gym door. Izuku turns around and watches as they walk away, while Hitoshi comes up beside him and puts an arm around his shoulders and starts walking, making Izuku walk with him towards their parents, who are waiting for them at the door. 

"Come on, shadow boy. Let's go home so that I can kick your ass in video games." Hitoshi says with a smirk, and Izuku gives him a small smile as he bumps his shoulder against his and says, "You wish, Hito."

....

"Really, problem child?" Aizawa says as he sits down beside Izuku, who's dressed up as Shadow that night on the edge of a building.  Izuku glances at him before looking away at the city, pulling a leg up, and resting his chin on it.  "You know that you're violating the agreement between us and Tsukauchi, right?  You can get into a lot of trouble if you get caught by the cops or another hero, Izuku."  Shouta tells him, and Izuku sighs as he nods and says, "I... I wasn't going to do anything. But I couldn't sleep, and sometimes sitting out here dressed as Shadow it's...comforting, I guess." 

Aizawa looks at him before sighing and says, "I guess I can understand that." He does as he knows what it's like to take on a persona that's not your own and to find comfort in it, as he and Hizashi have done it.  Hell, he knows that a lot of heroes have found comfort in their hero personas rather than being themselves sometimes. "Come on, kid." He says as he stands up, and Izuku looks at him with a confused look before standing up and following after him when he jumps onto the roof of the next building.  They continued to go from building to building, and Izuku was confused as they would stop every few roofs as Aizawa would look around for a while before moving on with Izuku still following him.

'What's he doing?'  Izuku thinks as they come to a stop on another roof and watch as his dad walks over to the edge of the roof and looks around in the alley beneath them.  Izuku looks at him before his eyes widen as Aizawa jumps down into the alley, and Izuku runs over to the edge of the building to see him knock out a criminal who was trying to mug a young woman. He stays on the roof when the police, along with Tsukauchi, arrive to take the criminal into custody.  

He's surprised when he's waved down by his dad, but jumps down anyway, trusting that his dad knows what he's doing, walking up to him to stand beside him, while Tsukauchi looks at him with a raised eyebrow before sighing and looks at Aizawa with an expectant expression on his face. "He's with me for the night and is just observing Tsukauchi. Surely that's not going against the agreement, does it?" Tsukauchi sighs as he nods and says, "No, it's not. But make sure that's all he does, Eraser until he gets into UA and does his hero internships."

Izuku blinks at him and says, "That's if I get into UA detective." Tsukauchi and Aizawa just deadpan at him before both of them smirk and chuckle slightly, making Izuku blink at them, confused why they are laughing at him. "Kid, if you don't make into past the UA entrance exam, is the day that Eraser and I stop drinking coffee." Tsukauchi says as he walks away, waving a hand over his shoulder, and Izuku looks at his dad as he ruffles his hair with a smirk and says, "Let's get home, problem child."

Izuku nods and is silent as he follows his dad back home and as they walk through the front door of their apartment Izuku hugs him and says, "Thanks dad." before letting go and walks into his bedroom leaving Shouta standing at the door looking in the direction of Izuku's room blinking when he hears Izuku's bedroom door close softly before smiling slightly and closes the front door behind him.   Shouta takes his shoes off and leaves them beside Izuku's as he walks into his and Hizashi's bedroom, changes into his pajamas, and gets into bed beside Hizashi. 

"So do you think that it helped him tonight?" Shouta hears Hizashi ask softly, and he smiles as he turns to him and wraps an arm around him as he says, "Yeah, I think it did."  Hizashi smiles softly as he says, "Good, we should get some sleep now. We're going to have a long day tomorrow with the entrance exam happening."

Shouta just grunts, and Hizashi laughs softly as they both close their eyes and go to sleep for the night so that they can be well rested for what Shouta likes to call 'Hell on Earth day one.'

Chapter 5: Chapter 5

Summary:

I don't own My Hero Academia.

Izuku looks up at the building that is UA before turning and trying to walk away, but Hitoshi grabs a hold of him with a smirk and drags him through the gate as Izuku pouts slightly at him. "H---Hito, I don't think I can do this," Izuku says quietly, looking down at the ground, and Hitoshi stops walking, turning to him with a blank look before saying. "Izuku, if there is anyone here who can pass this exam is you. We've trained for this moment, you more than anyone." Izuku looks at him before taking a deep breath and nodding as Hitoshi smiles at him, and they both walk into the school, heading for the auditorium where the students were supposed to be given information about the exam.

Izuku notices Katsuki sitting beside two boys as he and Hitoshi walk into the auditorium. One of the boys has red hair and sharp teeth, and the other has blonde hair that has a black strip in the shape of a lightning bolt. 'Probably has a lightning quirk. The other one probably has some kind of quirk that involves sharpening his teeth.' Izuku thinks as he gives Katsuki a small wave and smile when he looks at him as he sits with Hitoshi towards the back of the students, and gets a nod back from Katsuki.  "Alright, Listeners, quiet down as I'm going to explain how the exam is going to work this year." Izuku hears his papa, or Present Mic, as he's supposed to call his parents by their hero names when they start saying to them. 

"This year, UA and the school board have decided to do something different for the students who are trying to get into the hero course here."  Present Mic says as he looks out at the sea of students from the stage that he's standing on, and he can see Izuku and Hitoshi sitting in the back. He notices that Izuku has a slight smirk on his lips and shares a look with Hitoshi, who also looks slightly knowing. Still, Hizashi just raises his eyebrow under his sunglasses before continuing, saying, "Instead of battling robots this year like the past years, this year you will be battling each other, and the hero course teachers, along with the other judges, will decide if you pass or not."  That announcement was met with both good and bad comments, especially from one student who moved his hands in a chopping motion and had engines in his legs.

"But, sir! How is it fair for UA to suddenly change its exam without telling anyone?" The boy said, and Izuku sighs slightly as he goes on to criticize the school and the school board for doing something that he considers 'unethical for a school's standards,' and when he sees Present Mic's eyebrows twitch slightly does he decides to speak up by saying, "Oi. How about you let Mic-sensei finish explaining before you act like you're entitled to an explanation before he was even done, hmm?"  Hitoshi has a slight smirk on his lips as the boy and everyone else in the auditorium turn to look back at Izuku, who was sitting back in the chair with his legs crossed and had one arm propped up on the armrest with his cheek resting on his palm as he raised an eyebrow at them.

Katsuki looks back at him with a smirk before looking back to the front where Present Mic is standing on stage looking back where Izuku is with a raised eyebrow when the boy who question him open his mouth most likely to respond to Izuku who was still looking at the blue haired boy with an expression that Hizashi has seen on Shouta's face before when he has had enough of someone's complaining.  Hizashi sighs quietly to himself as Izuku then says, "Besides, it's not UA's fault if you didn't train for the exam enough, as you probably should have. Let me give you guys a little advice before the exam even starts: life's not fair." Izuku looks at them with a bored expression as he goes on, "So let's cut out the complaining and get onto the exam, shall we?"

'Why did both of them have to pick up on how Shouta says things sometimes?' Present Mic thinks before clearing his throat loudly to get everyone's attention back on him as the blue hair boy looks at Izuku with wide eyes and stutters a bit, and everyone else is looking at with awe or distained looks, and gives Izuku a look, which Izuku returns with a shrug and slight smirk on his lips as he lets the bored expression be replaced by one of slight nervousness and excitement.  "Alright, Listeners. I know that some of you might think that UA has been unfair in changing the entrance exam this year, but it was decided that this is the best chance for some students who don't have a flashy quirk or a quirk that can necessarily help them against the robots.  We're doing it this way so that those students and others can show off their quirks and other skills that they may have to give them the chance to pass the exam and make it into the hero course."  Hizashi says as he looks out at all of the kids who have shown up to prove that they have what it takes to make it into the hero course. 

....

Izuku and Hitoshi share looks when Hizashi said that the students can also show their other skills to try to make it into the hero course before looking back to the stage when Present Mic says that they are going to take a short break before the exam begins and that the students can go to the cafeteria for refreshments but to make that they are back to the auditorium before the exam starts.  They both stand up and decide to stretch their legs for a while before the exam starts and they walk out of the doors to the auditorium when they hear, "I knew that you were going to be a problem child today. But do you have to be one before the exam even begins?" said in an already tired tone and look to see Aizawa leaning against the wall across from the door and Izuku notices that the hallway is mostly empty as most of the students must have gone to the cafeteria or walked outside to stretch their legs and to get some fresh air before the exam begins.

Izuku gives him a smirk that is identical to his own, which makes his eyebrow twitch slightly as Izuku says, "He was getting on my nerves going on about unfair and underhanded by a school that should have a 'higher standard, such as UA'. Not to mention that he kept interrupting Pa-I mean Present Mic." Aizawa raises an eyebrow, glancing at Hitoshi, who's standing by Izuku with a deadpan look on his face, and just shrugs when he notices Aizawa looking at him, making Eraserhead deadpan himself before sighing with an amused smile hidden beneath his scarf.

"Go get some refreshments or something before the exam starts," Aizawa said as he walked past them into the auditorium, and both Izuku and Hitoshi looked at each other before walking towards the cafeteria. And as they walk into the cafeteria, Izuku notices Katsuki is standing with the two boys that he was sitting with in the auditorium. When Izuku and Hitoshi walk closer, Izuku is slightly amused when he notices Katsuki's eyebrow twitching slightly as he's surrounded by two 'extras' that Izuku is sure Katsuki is calling them in his mind. "Oi. Angry Pomeranian, what are you doing?" Hitoshi says with a smirk that makes Izuku sigh as Katsuki whips his head towards them fast with his eyes narrowed and eyebrow twitching more as he bears his teeth and says to Hitoshi, "Don't fucking call me that, Eyebags." 

Hitoshi just smirks at him, making Katsuki growl more as his hands start sparking from his quirk, and Izuku glances at Hitoshi from the corner of his eye as he says, "Kacchan you know that you're not supposed to use you quirk before the exam. As for you.." he says as he glares slightly at Hitoshi who gives him a unapologetic look making him sigh again as he continues saying, "stop provoking him."  Izuku then looks at the two boys who are still standing there with them and gives them a shy smile before glancing at Katsuki with a questioning look, and he glances at the two boys before grunting as he says, "Oi, you two can introduce yourselves." 

"Hi I'm Eijiro Kirishima." The boy with red hair, spiked up and sharp teeth, says, holding out a hand to Izuku, who shakes it with a small smile. Then, Hitoshi shakes his hand with a bored look as the blonde-haired boy smiles at them with his hand out, saying, "And I'm Denki Kaminari, nice to meet you." He says with a wide smile as he looks at Izuku and Hitoshi before looking back at Izuku with a smile as Izuku says with a smile, "I'm Izuku Mi-Aizawa." he stutters a little over his last name and then points at Hitoshi, saying, "He's Hitoshi Aizawa."  Hitoshi raises an eyebrow at him, pushing his finger down, making Izuku give him an apologetic smile as Izuku then says, "Uh...so how do you guys feel about the change in the entrance exam this year?" 

"It's something different than what I expected and what I heard from my older sister when she went here." Denki says as he looks at Izuku with a smile, while Kirishima nods along. "Yeah, but you never know, different might not exactly be a bad thing, especially if it's giving others a chance to show off some other skills that they have to hopefully make it into the hero course here."  Kirishima says, and Denki says, "You know what you said to the blue hair guy was kind of cool and true, by the way. Sort of cold sounding but cool." Izuku looks at him with wide eyes and blushes slightly as he looks away, stuttering out, " Uh... I didn't mean to sound cold..."

....

"Ha... you knew exactly how you sounded because you wanted to sound like that Izu. Don't even try to play innocent." Katsuki says as he looks at Izuku with narrow eyes, as Izuku glances at him before smirking slightly and saying, "I don't know what you're talking about, Kacchan." Hitoshi then scoffs and says, "Yeah, right you don't." He gives Izuku a smirk when Izuku shoots him an annoyed look when Denki says, "Uh...." Hitoshi looks at him and says, "He might look and act innocent, which he is most of the time, but he can also be a little chaos-causing gremlin, not to mention a little shit." 

"Hitoshi! Why are you saying that!?" Izuku whines out at him before looking at Denki and Kirishima and says, "Don't believe him. I'm not that bad, really." Katsuki lets out a loud laugh and says, "Oh? What about the time when back in middle high you caused an..." he's cut off by something yanking him to the ground, making him yelp slightly as he falls to the ground. He looks to see what had pulled him, he catches a hint of a shadow disappearing into the ground beside him, and looks at Izuku as he says, "Kacchan? Are you ok?" Katsuki sees that he was a concerned look on his face, but he also notices the glint in his eyes as he says, "Did you slip on something?"  Katsuki narrows his eyes as he says, "I'm fine. There must have been something wet split where I was standing and fell." 

'Not that bad, my ass. You little shit.' Katsuki thinks as he gets up from the floor, glaring slightly at Izuku, who looks at him with a worried look with the glint still in his eyes, and when Hitoshi clears his throat slightly, and when Izuku looks at him, he raises an eyebrow, saying, "Something you both want to share with us?" Izuku shakes his head as he says, "It's nothing. Just something that both of us said that we are never going to talk about again. Isn't that right, Kacchan?" Izuku looks at him with narrow eyes, and Katsuki sighs before nodding his head as a voice of the loudspeaker says that they can return to the auditorium since the exam is going to start soon.  Katsuki gently bumps his shoulder against Izuku's as an apology when he goes by him walking out of the cafeteria, and Izuku nods slightly to say that he accepted the apology.

Hitoshi looks at Izuku and Izuku sighs quietly as he says, "Something happened back in middle school that I'm not and may never be ready to talk about and we both agreed to never mention it again." Hitoshi hums before nodding as they enter the auditorium and they sit in the back again as Present Mic is getting ready to start the exam by calling the first two contestants down onto the stage.  Izuku notices that there is a long table down them in front of the stage and there's about five to six people sitting at the table who he assumes is the judges for the exam. He sees Aizawa sitting at the table along with the other hero course teacher Vald King, he's kind of surprise to Hawks sitting down there with them but he guessed that he's one of the other judges that Present Mic mentioned earlier. 

He glances upwards to a box that's sitting above the auditorium where he knows that Nezu and the other teachers are sitting and wonders how they are going to grade the students doing the exam as he knows that the people at the table are more than likely going to by how well the students use their quirks not to mention how strong their quirks are. He sighs slightly to himself as thinks that he's glad that the school changed up their exam to make it easier for some students, but it also makes it harder especially if you don't have any other skills to use to get by in the exam.  He now sort of understands how some of these students must be feeling but he stands by what he said before they should have trained for whatever the school could and will through at them besides what better way for them to be prepared for what lays ahead of them should they make it into the school. 

....

"That's not fair! I have a stronger quirk than this loser does! Why does he get to make it into the hero course I don't?!" Izuku suddenly hears from the stage and sees a boy with black spiking hair and red eyes wearing a scowl on his face standing on the stage with blonde hair boy staring at the boy with a deadpan expression on his face as the other kid keeps yelling how unfair the judges are being.  Izuku glances at Hitoshi questioningly and he said that he'll tell him what happened later.  Izuku nods as he looks back down to the stage and hears Aizawa sigh loudly before saying, "We judged both of you on not only how to use your quirks but also on the skills that you showed us. Monoma showed us just how he can use his quirk along with the other skills that he has plus he managed to pin you before time was up for the battle." The black hair boy scowled more as he opens his mouth saying, "That's not fair though! He copied my quirk and used it against me. How is that heroic!?" 

Izuku had heard enough from this boy and stands up from his seat as Hitoshi sighs but smirks as Izuku walks down the steps towards the stage and says, "Oi. Didn't you hear the judges they said that you lost and that he won.  Take your lost with some dignity." He steps down from the last step and walks up to the table where the judges are sitting and hears Aizawa sigh tiredly, and Present Mic looks at him with a raised eyebrow. "Don't bring how someone uses their quirk to downplay your own incapability to beat them before they beat you." Izuku says looking at the black hair boy with a bored look as he looks back at him with wide eyes and mouth open as Monoma is looking at him shocked that someone is standing up for him.

Aizawa has his head in his hands and Present Mic has a hand of his mouth to try to keep his laughter in while the other judges are looking at Izuku with shocked looks or with approval. Izuku watches the black hair kid grinds his teeth and says, "Oh so you think that someone with a villainous quirk should be in a school should as UA?" Izuku raises an eyebrow and shrugs as he says, "I think that everyone should be offered the choice to choose how they use their quirk and not have it decided for them. If you think that he shouldn't then you and probably a lot of other people in this room definitely wouldn't want me in this school." He notices how Aizawa picks up his head and how Present Mic drops his hand as they both look at him with frowns as he says, "Tell you want. Why don't you be my opponent and I'll show you how a 'so-called' villainous quirk can be used in a real fight? That is if it's ok with the judges and everyone us? No time limit."

"Go ahead Izuku-kun." Nezu says over the speaker in the auditorium and Aizawa groans loudly as Present Mic lets out a small laugh and Izuku smirks slightly as he walks up the stairs onto the stage and passes Monoma with a smile as he stands in front of the black hair boy. Hitoshi smirks as Aizawa turns his head gives him a glare for not stopping Izuku and shrugs as saying what could he do and Aizawa roll his eyes slightly as he turns back to the stage to see both Izuku and the other boy in fighting stances and can't help but think to himself 'This is going to either a good thing or a very bad thing. I hope you know what you're doing kid."

....

Izuku takes a breath and dodges the wave of lava that the boy he was going against sent towards him before rushing towards him and sends a kick to his side sending him back to edge of the stage almost knocking him off, but he managed to keep his balance and sends another wave of lava towards Izuku making him jump into the air and he does a backflip as he points his hand outward causing shadows to appear out of thin air and rush towards the boy whose eyes widen before he moves to the side to dodge the shadows. Izuku lands on the stage and straightens up with a smirk as he holds his hand out in front of as lave comes towards him it hits a black wall of shadows instead protecting him. "Wh--wait that's not possible!" The boy says with wide eyes as the shadows hold against the lava and as the shadow wall starts to fall everyone is surprised to see Izuku standing there with a smirk still before he lifts a hand, and shadows rise up from the stage surrounding him as he then rushes towards the boy again and everyone's eyes widen as the shadows seemed to disappear from around him as he sends a punch at the boy that he his barely able to block with his arms.

'Izuku...you've been holding back against me.' Hitoshi and Katsuki thinks as they watch the fight below them on the stage and watches as Izuku then kicks the boy in the side sending him over the edge of the stage. The boy groans as he lays on the floor before struggling to get to his feet and glares at Izuku with narrow eyes as he says, "You cheated somehow there's no way that your shadow quirk should've been able to stand against my lava quirk. Shadow based quirks are always weak against light-based quirks!"  Izuku sighs as he looks at the boy and says, "Yes shadow quirks are weaker but if you train hard enough than they can by strong enough to withstand light base quirks like your quirk. It's not cheating or unfair for someone to train their quirk to be able go head-to-head with a someone that has a stronger quirk.  It's leveling the grounds for the person with the weaker quirk to have a fighting chance to win." 

The auditorium is silent as Izuku finishes speaking and he stands on the stage trying to not fidget nervously until the sound of clapping is heard around the room and Izuku looks to see that it was Katsuki who started clapping followed by Hitoshi and everyone else clapping along with them. He then looks over at the judges table to see them clapping also though both Aizawa and Present Mic are looking at him with proud looks and Izuku beams widely as he cheekily waves at everyone and bows before leaving the stage with Nezu saying over the loudspeaker "So I think that the judges down there and everyone up can agree that Izuku-kun has pass the exam."  The judges all nod and Aizawa sighs to himself with a smirk hiding as he watches Izuku walk back up the stairs to seat with Hitoshi again and thinks to himself 'This is going to be a long chaotic year with them here. But interesting to say the least.'  

Series this work belongs to:

• Part 1 of Vigilante Izuku