The Dragon Of MHA - Chapter 54

*A few days later*

“Do you really have to go, Natsu?”

One of the kids who were a few years younger than me was looking at me with a sad face. That same face was one of many of the other kids, and plenty of the caretakers were also sad to see me go.

I nod my head with a small smile, “Yeah. This is so I can become a better hero.”

Mrs. Takahashi comes up to me and hugs me, with tears in her eyes, “Be careful.”

I grin, “Oh, I didn’t know you cared about me that much. Well, I’ll miss seeing a living fossil.”

She immediately let go and glared at me, “Tch, I was trying to be nice and just get you to leave quicker. I can’t stand being around fiery brats like you.”

I smile lightly and hug her one more time, “Thanks. Seriously.”

She nods her head and I pick up my bag and create wings of fire, “Well, it’s been nice knowing you all. I’ll come and visit sometimes.”

I fly up into the air and give a last look at the orphanage before flying over to my new home. Half an hour later, I land on the U.A. campus, in front of a multistory building with big words on the front.

“1-A Alliance, huh?”

Aizawa sighs as I walk closer, “Throw your stuff into your room, and we assemble out here in 10 minutes. We need to talk before you guys unpack.”

I nod my head and head up to my room, which was on the fifth floor. I open the door and look around. The room was filled with large boxes from my stuff as well as the furniture that I had recently bought.

The door next to me opens and Shoto steps out, “Oh, Natsu…”

We stare at each other for a bit and I scratch the back of my head, “How are your injuries?”

Todoroki nods his head, “Still a little sore, but I’m fine, thanks.”

We both stand there for another before Todoroki says, “Should we go down?”

I nod my head and we both head to the elevator and I push the button. A few seconds later, there is a ding and the door opens and we both walk inside. I push the ground floor and we both stand there, listening to the elevator music.

“…”

“…”

Todoroki clears his throat, “Ahem, Natsu? I have a question?”

I raise my eyebrow, “Shoot.”

I think back to the time when I saw Shoto at the gym, training with a sword, “You saw me and Gray fighting in close combat using swords and shit and you want to learn how as well?”

He nods his head and I sigh, “The thing is, that he’s been trained his whole life to kill and I’ve been training for a while in bukijutsu. Not only that but our physical strength and combat sense. You… aren’t at that level in either.”

Todoroki’s expression darkens as he hears this, “I know that, but… but when I see you, who can use fire better than me, and I see him, who can use Ice better than me, I can’t help but think that I’m weak.”

“You are.”

“Huh?”

I nod my head, “You are weak. I’m not gonna give you words of encouragement and say that you’re strong. That only gives you false hope.”

Shoto almost falls into depression hearing this, “But, you can use both fire and Ice. So use it smartly.”

I stay quiet for a bit before I speak again, “Also, if you want to go down the path of weaponry, start small. Learn to control and compress your ice, cause there’s no point in having a weapon if it breaks easily.”

The door opens and I walk out, leaving Shoto inside, ‘What will you do now, Shoto?’

I walk over to Momo who smiles at me, “Hey.”

I wave back, “Yo. How’s your training been going?”

She shrugs her shoulders, “It’s been going good. Later, I wanna try practicing with you.”

A grin forms on my face, as I pull her closer and kiss her on her lips, “Maybe this will encourage you.”

The class watches this in awkward silence, and Aizawa yells out in annoyance, “Get a room!”

The last of the stragglers arrive and Aizawa starts speaking, “Well, I’m glad that we were able to bring Class 1-A back together again.”

Sero looks around, “Everyone was allowed to enter the dorms, huh?”

There is an awkward moment of silence as we all think, ‘Except for Aoyama…’

Izuku sighs, “I had a hard time convincing my mom.”

I look up to the sky, “Provisional license, huh? I forgot about that.”

Many people also voice the same thoughts.

“This is important. Listen up,” Aizawa regains our attention, and all conversations stop, “Kirishima. Yaoyorozu. Todoroki. Midoriya, and Iida. These five went to save Natsu last night. The result was them getting extremely injured and put back in the hospital for another few days.”

Everyone looks down at the ground and Aizawa sighs, “Your reactions tell me that you all were at least aware of it. I’m going to set aside a number of issues and say this. If it weren’t for All Might’s retirement, I would’ve expelled everyone except Bakugo, Jiro, Hagakure, and Tokoyami.”

I yell out, “Wait! Me too!?”

Aizawa glares at me, “You should know what you did. Unlicensed use of your quirk is illegal and would get you expelled anyways. You’re lucky that not many people recognized you. Besides, you did things that were morally questionable and only added to the pile.

As for the rest of you, not only the five that went, but also the nine of you that were aware, but didn’t stop them. You lot betrayed our trust, no matter the reason. I would be grateful if you could follow proper procedures and act accordingly in order to regain that trust.”

He glares at us for another few seconds, “As for the available spot in our class. Deliberations are currently underway and we should have decided by the end of the week.”

He turns away and starts walking inside, “That is all. Now let’s go in. Let’s have some energy!”

Bakugo spits on the ground and grabs Kaminari by the shirt, much to his protest, “Come.”

He drags him behind a bush and a few seconds later there is a surge of lighting and Kaminari is thrown out of the bush, full idiot mode.

He then walks over to Kirishima and pulls out a wad of money, “Here.”

I chuckle, “Did you pat down Kaminari, Bakugo? How scary!”

He glares at me, “HELL NO!!! I WITHDREW THIS!!!”

He then turns to Kirishima, “You used up your allowance, right? On those.”

Kirishima looks stunned, “Oh yeah, where did you hear about me buying the night vision goggles?”

Bakugo ignores him and pushes the money into Kirishima’s c.h.e.s.t and follows Aizawa into the dorms, “If you keep on having to scrimp and save, then it’ll make me feel bad. Show your dumb side as usual.

There’s another round of laughter as Kaminari makes weird noises and Kirishima smiles lightly, “Sorry guys. I know this won’t make up for it, but let’s all go eat Yakiniku tonight with this money!”

“Yaay yaay!!”

I grin and put my arm around Kirishima, “Did you say that you’re paying?”

A chill goes down Kirishima’s spine as he remembers how much I can eat and he pushes me off and quickly backs away, “Uhm, Natsu, well… you see… Hey look, Aizawa Sensei is going inside. We should go, yeah?”

He laughs nervously and quickly follows Aizawa. We all head inside and Aizawa gives us a tour.

“Each dorm building holds one class. Girls on the right-wing and boys on the left. The first floor is the common area. Food, baths, and laundry are all on this floor.

There were tables, chairs, sofas, and many other furnishings. In the middle of the building was an open-aired courtyard.

“There are food rooms per gender on each floor, with a total of five floors. Everyone gets their own room. They’re luxurious spaces equipped with their own AC, toilets, fridges, and closets.

I go towards the window of one of the empty rooms, “Wow, there’s even a balcony.”

I sigh to myself, ‘It’s time like these that I wonder, how deep are U.A.’s pockets?

He goes outside and points to the nameplates on each room, “I’m sure you know already, but your rooms are marked by nameplates. The belongings that you’ve sent ahead are already in your room, so unpack and get settled in today.

I’ll tell you more about what will happen from now on tomorrow. That’s all. Dismissed.”

“Yes, sir!”

Aizawa leaves and I head upstairs to my room, “Now to deal with this mess.”

*Two hours later*

‘Shit, that was boring. But at least it looks nice.’

I look around my new room and nod in content, ‘I wonder if anyone else is done?’

I go downstairs and a few people are downstairs. Shoji, Ojiro, and Uraraka are all downstairs, playing cards.

Shoji waves over to me with his hand, “Wanna play?”

But I shake my head and start walking outside, “Nah, I’m gonna train.”

They look at me and Shoji puts his own cards down, “Actually, you know what. I’m gonna train as well.”

Uraraka and Ojiro look at each other and drop their cards as well and head to their rooms.

I exit the building and cover my eyes to block the sunlight, ‘I have maybe another hour and a half before the sun sets.’

I look at the forest in front of all the buildings, ‘They wouldn’t like it if I burnt everything down.’

I create a set of wings, but quickly disperse them, ‘Actually…’

Instead, I close my eyes and focus on my body, ‘I haven’t tried this in a while.’

Sharp and linear scales appear from my body and four straight wings emerge from my back. Several spikes appear on my body and shape themselves into a streamlined design.

[Dragon Force: Acceleration mode]

I open my eyes and look at the empty road in front of me, ‘Gotta go fast.’

Pushing off of the ground, I start sprinting towards one of the training rooms on the main U.A. campus. Several trees lose half of their leaves as I buy and a huge cloud of dust follows behind me.

‘Damn, this is easier than I thought. Maybe I went under an awakening at that fight.’

I stop in an empty building and a sudden gust of winds follows in after me. My scales release back into my skin and I nod my head satisfyingly, “Mhmm, this is-”

I fall to the floor and every muscle screams out in pain, ‘F.u.c.k, I should’ve thought about this. So I can use it quicker, but I still get fatigued as f.u.c.k.’

I try and move my arm, but I can’t, ‘Shit, guess I’m staying here for now.’

*Momo POV*

“I might’ve… miscalculated…”

I look around my cluttered room and sigh, ‘I didn’t expect that the rooms would be so small. That was an error on my part.’

I yawn and go outside, “At least Natsu is on this floor. I wonder if he’s done.”

Walking over to his room, I knock on his door, “Hey, Natsu.”

No answer.

‘Maybe he already finished…’

I head downstairs to the first floor to look for him, “Natsu? Are you here?”

I see Uraraka lifting a couch and several other items, “Oh, you’re looking for Natsu? He went somewhere to train.”

A somewhat sad expression shows on my face, “Oh, I see. Thanks, Ochaco.”

I head back to my room and lie on my bed, ‘Too bad. I wanted to train with him.’

*A few hours later*

*Natsu POV*

‘Shit, almost… there.’

I was panting hard and taking small and slow steps up the stairs of the dormitory, ‘Finally.’

I could hear Mina’s voice, “Well, the girls were all talking just now… and we had an idea.”

I lean against the door and it opens and I fall to the floor.

“Wanna do a room presentation, ahhhh!!!”

I lay there on the floor, “H-Hey.”

Momo runs over in a panic, “Natsu!? What happened? I thought you were training!? Did you get attacked?”

I push myself onto my back and look up at the ceiling, “No, no, nothing like that. I just spent all my energy and then some in one go. So, it took me a while to get back.”

The panic on Momo’s face disappears and I grin, “So, what was that I heard? A room competition contest?”

Several people panic but Mina ignores them and grins at the rest of us, “So, how about it?”

I yawn, “I’ll participate, but I’ll just see the ones on my floor. I’m too tired to go up and down.”

I march up the stairs and I sit down in front of my door, ‘Maybe I’ll recover some energy.’

I sit there for fifteen minutes when I hear Kirishima’s voice, “Alright! Let’s do this!”

I open up my door and the rest of my classmates look inside.

A bed covered in dark blue sheets was in the right corner of the room. My desk, chair, and laptop were on the opposite side and a wooden cabinet was sitting next to it. On top of the cabinet was a sword holder with Stain’s mechanical sword perched nicely across it.

All Might had delivered and managed to get the sword to me.

The floor had a dark blue rug and, and what looked like a dark-colored metal punching bag was laying on the floor

My classmates’ mutter, “It’s surprisingly normal…”

Izuku looks at Stain’s sword in awe, “Wow, this sword. It’s so hi-tech. Where did you get it?”

“It was Stain’s.”

Midoriya’s eyes widen, “S-S-Stain!!!”

Kirishima goes over to the punching bag and grins, “Wow, this is manly. But why isn’t it hanging on anything like mine.”

He attempts to pick it up, but nothing happens, “So. Heavy!”

“Oh, yeah, that’s a special punching bag that is designed to withstand my strength. I have to screw it into the ground so that it can withstand my punches. It’s made from some shock-resistant alloy. I don’t really get it, but Enji gave it to me for a birthday gift.”

My classmates’ first thoughts disappear, ‘Nevermind. Not normal at all.’

My classmates exit my room and drag me along to see the other rooms. Unsurprisingly, everyone’s room was mostly as I remembered. Todoroki had his Japanese room, Sero had a middle eastern style, and Momo had an extremely cluttered room from the sheer size of her furniture.

I yawn, “I know I didn’t win, just take my vote and Imma go sleep.”

They nod their heads and I pass them a folded piece of paper and head to my room. The moment I fall on the bed, I pass out from exhaustion.

*Next Day*

I stretch out my legs and jump up and down a few times, ‘I swear if I fall from exhaustion again…’

I open the door and then I hear footsteps behind me and then a voice, “Oh, Natsu? Are you going to run?”

I turn to see Midoriya, “Oh, Izuku.”

Izuku puts on his shoes as well, “May I join you?”

I smile at him, “Can you keep up?”

He looks slightly nervous, “Uhm, how long are you running?”

“Twenty kilometers.”

He looks at me for a minute, “Are you serious? We have forty-five minutes before breakfast.”

I nod my head, “Yeah, I know. That’s why I’m taking it easy today. Plus I don’t wanna stress too much cause of yesterday.”

Izuku almost spits out blood from my words, “Never mind then.”

I walk outside and stretch out my muscles a bit more, “I think I’ve stretched out enough.”

Tensing my muscles, I push off of the ground and start jogging, ‘At this rate, I’m going two kilometers a minute. Once I get further I’ll start pushing harder.’

At the five-kilometer mark, I start sprinting.

*fifteen minutes later*

“Whew, that was refreshing.”

I wipe the sweat off of my head and head inside. After a quick breakfast and a walk to school. We all take our seats and Aizawa comes in.

“A hero license bears with it the great responsibility of human life. Of course, the exam to receive one is very difficult. Even a provisional license only has a fifty percent passing rate each year.”

A bead of sweat drops down Kaminairi’s face, “Just the provisional license is that hard?”

Aizawa’s eyes narrow, “That’s why today, we will have each of you come up with at least two-”

The door slides open dramatically, and Midnight, Cementos, and Ectoplasm all enter, “Ultimate moves!”

AN: It’s late, but I’ve had some struggles deciding how to set this chapter up.

Season 5 of MHA dropped today, so Imma watch that right after this. Also, the trailer for the third movie of MHA dropped and it looks dope.

On that note, want me to add the events of the 2nd movie to this story?

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