Chapter 103. First Day

After a few days, it was finally time for the trip. We were being talked down to by Monoma when we got to the buss department. He was then hit from behind by Kendo, and I just shook my head at his display. I looked over to see the other Class-B students. I gave a nod to Tokage and she smiled back at me. It was time for us to get on our busses. I had my duffel bag with all of the stuff I might need. Gas mask, food, water, some medical supplies, tarp. I also had everything that the school asked me to bring, whatever I couldn’t comfortably fit inside my duffle bag, went inside my suitcase. All suitcases were on the storage part of the bus, but I had managed to keep my bag with me.

Getting into my seat, I sat in the very back. I wanted a window seat, but was overruled by the girls. They apparently already hashed out who was sitting next to me the day before. ‘Do they have a group chat or something?’ I sat between Mina and Momo. Kyoka and Hagakure both sat in seats in front of us. We all talked about the trip, and how we might fill the time. I liked the idea but I knew that this trip would end early.

After we got to the drop off point I made sure to grab my bag before heading outside. I made it to the edge of the cliff while the ‘Pussy Cats’ were making their introduction. I happened to lean against the fence by Kota. He looked at me with a scowl. I looked back at him and sighed. That angered him more, he kicked me in my shin and ran off. I sighed again while thinking. ‘This poor kid, and the fact I’m thinking of helping Deku so he might not get over his trauma. This whole situation is so messed up.’

My thoughts were broken out by an avalanche coming my way. I had no way to escape it so I just closed my eyes, and my mouth to stop dirt from getting in both. After I fell to the ground with everyone else I grabbed my bag, and looked around for anyone buried. It looked like the cat controlling this ground was able to keep everyone’s head above the ground. I helped Momo, Kyoka, and Hagakure up. Mina was already up by the time I got to her.

I looked around and saw Mineta running off to try and pee. He then froze while looking up. I followed his gaze and saw a massive beast slowly walk towards us. I already knew what would happen so I let it play out. Deku, Todoroki, Ida, and Bakugo all ran towards the beast and destroyed it back into the soil it was made from. The only problem was the amount of beasts littering the forest. Deku yelled out to me. “Kaminari! Can’t you help with these!?” I yelled back while running from the ones chasing us. “No! It’s rock! I can’t electro-”

I then stopped, and I had an idea. “Momo! I need a sword! Sharpest you got!” She abided and tossed me a katana. I slid it out of its sheath a bit to see some of the handiwork. I smiled and undid my bandages. “No point in hiding it anymore.” I put the sword in my left hand. “2nd Gear ‘Red Arc’!!” Yelling that I went into second gear and put extra power into my arm, causing it to heat up and glow. Holding the sword, I was starting to heat up the blade as well. It started to glow like my arm causing the area around me to heat up, and glow a deep red.

This made everyone stare at me, but they didn’t have time to stare for long. We were still being attacked by other ground monsters. In my second gear I was able to rush around and destroy multiple monsters in seconds. I could feel my power draining quickly though. “I can’t keep this up! I can only do this to clear a bunch out at once!” I yelled to explain my situation to the rest of the class. We all kept running, and I would help out from time to time when the monsters would get too close.

Eventually after a few hours of running we made it to the campsite. I was almost at my 30% limit, so this was appreciated. I was out of breath, but not as bad as some of the students who didn’t practice running every day. Uraraka was one of the worst off. I felt bad, but this was necessary for them to get stronger. I sat down and got myself another drink of water from my bag. Momo, Kyoka, Mina, and Hagakure were all sitting around me as well. Momo actually made a small blanket to sit on. I chuckled at her properness.

We ate lunch soon after and I must say the rice cooked in pottery really did make a difference. ‘Maybe I should get one for myself.’ I was off in my own world about the food that I almost didn’t even notice my 6th sense go off, but not as bad. I quickly grabbed the arm of whoever was trying to attack me. I looked back to check, but I already had an idea of who it was. I saw Kota trying to grab his arm that I caught, with his other.

He was trying seriously, with a scowl on his face. I sighed and that seemed to anger him more. He was about to bite my hand before I let go, causing him to lose balance and fall to the ground. “Kid, I know you don’t like me, but that does not allow you to try and assault me. You can’t just punch everything you don’t like.” He then tried to kick me, but I stopped that too. I sighed again. “Or kick either kid.” I really didn’t want to be around Kota. He reminded me of myself in the worst way possible.

I had lost my parents too, and so had Denki. Seeing this kid reminded us of the pain that was always around. I got to say goodbye to my parents, but I still missed never being able to see them again. Seeing this kid brought up the pain in me and aggravated it. I sighed again just thinking about both our pain, Kota got mad at me sighing and stormed off. I shook my head and tried to get back to eating, but I wasn’t hungry anymore.

I decided to go to the open air Onsen early. I was still American on the inside, and I don’t think I will ever understand Japanese culture on the bathing together front. I was much more comfortable bathing on my own. I went to the men's side and got a towel. I undressed, took a short shower, and sat at the water's edge. I liked the heat of the water, I could feel my tired muscles relax. It felt weird after a while though. It was hot, but compared to the heat I was generating on my own moves, not having the heat constantly increase felt almost wrong. I was here to relax though so I just went with it. I took a hot towel and threw it over my face.

I heard someone else entering, but I was too engrossed at my idea of magnetism moves to care. My plan was to leave once everyone got here so I wouldn’t have to change in front of the others. I heard them clean themselves off and get into the water close by me. I lifted the towel on my face to see who it was. I looked and saw Todoroki sitting next to me looking ahead. “Yo Todoroki.” He just nodded and then looked at my arm. ‘I guess I would be intrigued if one of my friends just had a mutation.’ I lifted my arm up and started to talk.

“It happened a little more than a week ago.” He nodded as he touched the lines on my arm. “How did it happen?” I chuckled weakly at his question. “Promise me you won't freak out?” He looked at me for a second then smirked a bit and nodded. “I overloaded my nerves in my arm with too much electricity, and forced them to change.” He then looked at me, his eyes wide with shock. He then took a deep breath in and scowled at me. I turned my gaze away to avoid his. He sighed and shook his head.

“Are you really supposed to be the older brother of this class? You do things like this, what kind of example are you setting?” I laughed weakly at the truth of that. “Well… The older brother has to be strong enough to protect the others. I can’t be the older brother if I have to hide behind you, or Deku.” He shook his head and brought his attention back to my arm. “I think it gets as hot as I do, using my left. Can your body handle that? I remember our fight, and you almost got a heat stroke from my heat added to your own.”

I nodded in reassurance. “Yea my arm can deal with the heat better than the rest of my body. I almost want to do the same thing to the rest of me, but Momo and Kyoka got me out of that mindset.” I sighed and looked up into the starry night. Todoroki stared at me for a bit before talking again. “Why do you call them by their first names?” I was startled by the question, but had to keep my poker face on. “Oh… I think it’s just how close we are. Um… It just kinda started and now it just feels normal.” Todoroki looked at me, squinting his eyes in distrust. “How close are you both?”

I just thought about it for a second. “It’s complicated…” I ended with a sigh. He looked at me and my expression, full of confusion, and exhaustion. Seeing this he decided to drop it. We were both quiet for a while just staring at the sky. He finally spoke up with a question that hit me out of the blue. “Would you mind calling me by my first name?” I looked back at him as he was still staring at the stars. His face was red, but I couldn’t tell if that was from the heat of the water, or embarrassment. I grinned and chuckled. “Sure, but only if you use my first name as well.” He nodded with a small smile. “Sure, Denki” I smiled largely and spoke back. “Then we have a deal, Shoto.”