Let It Rip Chapter 6

Chapter 6: UA Vortex

The next week went by fast so did the relationship of All Might and Inko Midoriya. Izuku was trying not to think about it too much, because it kind of was weird. One his mom was dating again and two she was dating his childhood hero, a hero he still looked up to the number one hero, three he didn’t know how long it was going to last especially with All Might’s secret identity. Part of him wondered if he should tell his mother about it cause he didn’t want her feeling betrayed not only by him not telling her such a big secret, when they told each other no more lies, or when she finds out All Might ain’t always so buff.

Izuku was in his room doing his usual routine of cleaning Tanku and making sure he was in the best condition possible. When suddenly the door to his room was practically busted open. By the time Izuku turned around he had his launcher in hand and Tanku loaded, but didn’t fire as he saw who it was. “All Might?” as he saw the hero in his skinny form. “What are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be on a date with my mom?”

Toshinori ran up to Izuku, “YES and you told her about my true form and my quirk.” as he began shaking Izuku. “Why’d you tell her that?”

Izuku broke free of his shaking. “What are you talking about, I haven't told her anything?”

“Then how did she know?”

“The computer.” They both looked to see Inko standing in the doorway. “When I asked you to see Hisashi’s research, because I wanted to know what he did, there was a section on All Might and his fight with that big super villain, remember?”

Toshinori looked at Izuku as he blinked realizing that he gave away those secrets to his mother months ago. “Oh oops.”

“OOPS,” repeated All Might. “Kid, that my secrets you gave away.”

Izuku looked at All Might. “All Might I want you to repeat how my mom figured out your secret.”

“She learned it from the computer that had… your.. Father’s research.” All Might went wide eyed as he realized the situation. “Villains know my secret. They know I’m weak.”

“You’re just figuring this out now? Really?” Izuku sighed as he turned to his computer. “Merci, show All Might the record of the data traffic.”

“Oui” said the AI as he brought up the files. “From the data we’ve collected the information of your true self hasn’t been shared outside of a select few and the information that is given says that you were slowly recovering, so they don’t know that the damage was that severe. In fact some of the files suggest that you have made a full recovery.”

All Might looked at the files. “So my secret is safe?”

“Oui.”

All Might blew a sigh of relief before he lowered his head. “I’m sorry for overreacting like that. I’ll see myself out.”

Inko stepped in his way. “Wait, don't leave, it's my fault I assumed you knew that I knew about you, so it's not your fault. I shouldn’t have thrown such a curve ball without being more clear.”

Toshinori began to wave his hands. “No, no its my fault I overreacted and insulted Izuku, the blames on-OW” he yelped as Izuku lightly tossed one of his notebooks at All Might’s head.

“There, we’re even, now if you want to apologize to my mom go and get dessert or something.” All Might was about to object. “Go or I'll have the raccoons steal your socks now go.”

After that All Might and Inko’s relationship got even better. They started going on more dates, especially sense All Might could go out in his skinny form, and now he was coming over each night for dinner. Izuku still found it weird, but it did make his mom happy and soon Izuku would start at UA.

~o~

Izuku stood at the gates of UA holding Tanku. “The first day of my new school year, let’s go, Tanku.” It didn’t take long for Izuku to find his classroom, and it was a lot easier since he heard a familiar exploding voice. “This might be a problem.” Izuku opened the door to see Bakugo and Iida arguing because Bakugo had his feet on his desk though they both stopped as they turned to see Izuku in the doorway. “Yep this is going to be a problem.”

At that everyone turned to look at him. Everyone knew who he was and one of them wanted to see him again. “Izuku Midoriya,” said Momo as she got out of her desk and walked up to Izuku. “I don’t know if you remember me but-”

“Momo Yaoyorozu,” as Izuku remembered her. “I saved your life and ran into you about a year ago.”

“Yes, I didn’t think you would remember.”

“It was a crazy day and you’re pretty-”

“Made it,” said Ochako loudly as she made it to the classroom. “Man this place is big, I almost got lost, oh hey Izuku.” As she went to her friend. “How’s it going?”

“Pretty good so far, just catching up with Yaoyorozu here.” as he gestures to Momo.

Momo blushed a little before she looked Ochako up and down. ‘Who is this? Girlfriend? No, but she is close with Izuku and she is cute.’

Ochako was doing the same thing as well. ‘This girl could be a supermodel, I could see her in a commercial with a celebrity, just calm down and relax.’ Ochako took a deep breath. “Hi I’m Ochako Uraraka.”

Momo smiled. “I’m Momo Yaoyorozu, pleasure to meet you.”

“Oooooh, things are getting good.” said Mina as she saw the sparks.

“What do you mean?” asked Kirishima

“I hope things don’t get so crazy and they start a fight.” said Jiro

“What?” said Denki. “Why would they fight? They look like they're getting along just fine.”

Mina waved at them to seat down. “You boys don’t worry about it, just let us girls handle it.”

“HOLD IT!!!” Yelled Iida. “As heroes in training we should not be entertaining this at all.”

The class was silent and confused by the statement. “Entertain what?” asked Sero.

“THIS!!!” as he pointed at Izuku. Izuku saw this coming and was just bored of it. “We have a known vigilante here, someone who has broken the law for years and we’re supposed to just allow him to come to a prestigious hero school like UA. How are any of you okay to have this criminal in our school?”

Momo stepped up to Iida. “That criminal saved my life and my family when a group of real villains attacked my home. I would be dead if it wasn’t for him.”

“Yeah,” said Ochacko, “Unlike you he came and saved me before that giant robot squished me. You ran, he didn’t.”

“That was an exam robot,” stated Iida. “There’s no way a school like UA would have let anything happen to you, second of all-”

“Enough,” said a man standing at the door. “All of you quiet down and sit down. I’m your homeroom teacher, Aizawa. Now I want all of you to settle down.” The class went silent. “Good, now put on your PE uniforms and meet me on the field.” Pointing to the uniform on the teachers desk.

“Straight to the point,” said Izuku, grabbing the uniform on the desk. “I can work with that.”

~o~

Soon all of the students of class 1A were outside in their PE uniforms standing on the training grounds. “Alright time to put your quirks to the test,” said Aizawa as he tossed a ball to Izuku. “You got the highest score on the entrance exam, throw the ball as far as you can, you may also use your equipment as long as you stay in the circle.”

Izuku wordlessly stepped into the circle. “Alright Tanku, let's put on a show.” As he dropped his bey. By the time the bey hit the ground it began to spin at full speed, Izuku then tossed the ball straight upward. He then bent down before jumping high in the air and twisting in the air. His bey also hopped in the air right next to him going a little bit higher than him. Izuku then backflipped bicycle kicking Tanku launching the bey right at the ball. Tanku hit the ball with enough force to send it flying.

Everyone watched the ball hit UA’s fence. “Whoa” “Awesome.” “So that's the power of the top, huh?”

Aizawa saw this and put up his phone. “1152 meters, not bad. For years your teachers have told you not to use your quirks in the hopes you are all treated fairly but that will not help you as heroes here. Today we will be putting your quirks to the test.”

The class was getting excited about being able to use their quirks until one girl spoke. “Wow this sounds fun.”

“‘Fun’ you say, you probably all see hero work as fun, well then the person with the lowest score today will be expelled from UA.”

At this there was a massive uproar from the students, this not only got Aizawa annoyed but also Izuku. “SHUT UP!” yelled Izuku, surprising Aizawa and silencing the class. “One here at UA teachers have more flexibility than other schools. Two we are trying to become heroes and being a hero takes a lot of work and it's not all about fame and fortune, so if you're not willing to put in the work then get out and give room for someone who will.”

Everyone let Izuku’s words sink in and most of them steeled themselves for the trials ahead, while others were questioning themselves, two on the other hand were getting angry. Bakugo for feeling Izuku was talking down to him, and “How would you know?” Iida “Don’t pretend to be some hero, you’ve done nothing but undermine the work of a hero with your vigilantism and your countless times you’ve broken the law. Honestly do you hear yourself you sound down right hypocritical, you should-”

“Enough,” said Aizawa, ending Iida’s rant. “We don’t have all day so let’s get started with the tests.”

Soon the tests were underway, everyone was giving it their best as the fear of being expelled made them work even harder, though some weren’t worried at all as they knew their skills were above the others. Izuku was one of those students as even though he didn’t use Tanku in every test his physical skills were enough to where he was confident that he would do just fine. Though as the other students were doing the ball test, class 1A had a visitor. A furry one.

Everyone was in the middle of the ball throw test when Jiro with her hearing heard a squeak close by. “Huh a raccoon?” After saying that the other students also noticed a raccoon holding a piece of paper in its paws and standing not too far away from the group. Ochako lit up at the sight of the raccoon. After hanging around Izuku he met several of the raccoons. Though when she stepped forward Jiro stopped her. “Hey what are you doing? You can’t just walk up to a wild animal.”

“But that's not.” Ochako was going to say she knew the raccoon but another student decided to step forward.

“Don’t worry, ladies,” said Mineta as he stepped forward. “I’ll protect you.” as he gave them a cocky grin. ‘With this they will all see my hero side and love me. This is the start of my harem.’

The girls just sweat dropped at the boy, even the raccoon made a face that asked if Mineta was serious, the animal raised an eyebrow and looked at Izuku while pointing at Mineta. “I have no idea, I just started here today.” said Izuku as he walked up to the furry animal. “Whatcha got there anyway?” The raccoon handed over the paper. Izuku took the paper and unfolded it. “Huh interesting.”

“What is it?” asked Ochako as she tried to look at the letter. “What characters are those?”

“Is that manderain?” asked Momo looking over Izuku’s other shoulder.

“Yep, looks like a friend of mine is in town from china.” He looked at the raccoon's outstretched hands. “Sorry I got nothing on me but I’ll get you something special later.” The raccoon then made some hand gestures. “Corn Dog, you got it.” Izuku then put the letter in his pocket. He then saw the whole class looking at him. “What?”

“Dude, you just had a conversation with a raccoon.” said Krishima, still wide eyed with the others, except for Ochako who at the moment was scratching the raccoon behind the ears and the raccoon was loving it.

“Yeah, they've helped out a lot. They're pretty awesome.” said Izuku, completely serious as he knew first hand how useful his furry friends were.

“And they're adorable.” added Ochako who was still scratching the coon.

Mineta couldn’t believe this. “You use those stupid things,” the raccoon turned to Mineta not enjoying the scratches anymore. “You use a bunch of rodents that swim around in the trash.” he then started laughing. “That's so lame, the great vigilante has to rely on a bunch of stupid squirrels.”

Izuku saw this and slowly backed away. “I was going to warn you but you went too far. Everyone back up.”

Mineta stopped laughing. “Huh?”

Ochako began to pale as she saw it, Momo followed her sight and dropped her jaw. Izuku tugged her sleeve to move her back. “One I consider them friends, not pets. Two they’ve helped me more times then I can count. Three I’m not responsible if you piss them off. You reap what you sow.”

The class just stared at Izuku in confusion, until Aizawa looked behind them. “WHAT THE HELL!!!” The class then turned around to see a horde of raccoons. “Uuh, Midoriya?”

The class began to move away from Mineta as the boy began to sweat. “You screwed up,” said Izuku, getting Mineta’s attention. “If there's one rule about these guys is never ever call them squirrels.”

Mineta turned back to the horde. “I..I...I’m not afraid of...of a bunch of...coons.” The biggest raccoon which was double the other size stepped forward. He reached behind his back and somehow pulled out a full sized baseball bat. Mineta’s eyes doubled in size before looking at Izuku.

Izuku saw this. “Okay, I’ll do something. Hey Slaigh, don’t kill him.” The raccoon known as Slaigh looked at Izuku and nodded. “Good luck.“ As he gave Mineta a thumbs up.

“How is that helping.” Before running off as the raccoons began to chase him around the school.

“Don’t worry he’ll be fine.”

“Okay I got questions for starters why did you call him Slaigh?” asked Sero

“That's his name.”

“Wait,” said Toru. “You’ve named them ALL OF THEM?”

“Oh no they named themselves. I thought it was kind of rude to work with them and not know their names and just giving them numbers didn’t feel right, so I asked if they had names. They were confused for a moment before they each brought me a scrap of paper with a name on them, some of them were foreign names. They’re a lot smarter than you think.”

Aizawa gave Izuku a tired look. “Great, a problem child with a bunch of raccoon friends. Sigh. Alright let's get back to the tests.”

~o~

They soon got done with the test with Izuku getting first place shocking everyone with his athletic ability. He didn’t care though, with all the training he had he knew he would pass, not to mention Merci had checked on the teachers beforehand and had already figured out Erasurehead’s tactics. He enjoyed watching everyone's face when he heard that the whole expulsion trick was a rouse to get everyone to work hard. It made Mineta very happy especially since he came in last place. Soon the day ended and everyone was about to head home.

Some of the girls were talking and exchanging numbers in the classroom. “Wow today was crazy and it's just the first day.” stated Mina

Tsuyu agreed. “I know it makes me wonder what else they have in store for us.”

“Well at least we’re not alone.” said Ochako “We have Izuku and I think he can handle everything.”

“Yes,” said Momo as she grabbed her things. “By the way how do you know Izuku?”

For a moment Ochako and Momo’s eyes locked. “Really you guys are starting this already.” said Jiro

Both Ochako and Momo were caught off guard. “Yeah I mean he’s not the only big shot here.” said Toru. “Take a look over there,” as she pointed her sleeve at Todoroki who was walking out. “He was one of the students who came in on recommendation, I also hear he’s the son of the number 2 hero Endeavor.”

“Wait seriously?” asked Jiro

“Yeah he is pretty cute,” said Mina. “But he does have that scar.”

“One moment,” said Toru as she took out her phone. “Just flip one half on to the other half and tada.” As she showed them a photoshopped photo of Shoto which copied his none scared side and flipped it over his scared side. It showed him with white hair and no scar on his face.

All the girls took a look at the photo and had to admit he still looked good without the scar, but this made Jiro ask a question. “Hey Toru when did you take the photo?”

Toru began to fidget a little out of embarrassment. “Oh well you see..” She didn’t finish as she felt a hand on her shoulder. “Izuku!”

He wasn’t looking at her at all. “That photo.”

Toru showed him the picture. “Oh I was just messing around with photoshop is all.” Izuku stared at the photo as if he had seen it before. “Um is everything all right?”

Izuku saw that the girls were looking at him. “Yeah, hey Ochako,” he said, getting the girls attention. “My mom just wanted me to make sure you got those recipes.”

“Oh yeah i got them this morning.” she said with a smile.

Momo looked at Ochako wide eyed. ‘She already knows his parents.’

“Cool, then..” Izuku then saw something was happening outside near the gate. “Wait what the heck is going on outside?”

~o~

“Man today was brutal.” said Denki

“You have no right to speak.” said Mineta who was dead tired. “I was the one being chased by a horde of vicious raccoons.”

“Dude chill, you were the one to piss them off.” Sero pointed out. “And they didn’t really hurt you. They mostly just scared you.”

“Hey how was I-” Mineta stopped as he saw something that made him forget all of his pain. His eyes almost burst out of his sockets as his nose began to bleed. The guys followed his eyesight and saw a goddess. “A total babe.”

The ‘babe’ in question was a chinese woman wearing a chinese dress which accentuated her features. She was currently sitting cross legged with her eyes closed meditating right outside the UA gates.

Soon she began to attract more of a crowd as several students saw her, making the boys drool and the girls envious. “Perfect long black hair, killer boobs, slim waist and legs for days.” said Mineta as he drooled some more.

“Who is that woman,” asked Kosei, a student from class 1B when he saw one of his classmates do a quiet facepalm. It was the chinese exchange student. “Hey do you know her?”

“Really?” Those who heard this turned to see Izuku walking up; he sighed before reaching down for a rock. Everyone was confused for a moment. Izuku then threw the rock and his target was the women's head.

For a moment every thought the rock would hit her hard, but her hand moved like lightning catching the rock inches from her head. The woman opened one eye and smiled. “Nice throw.” In one fluid movement she stood up, put one hand over her fist and bowed. “It's good to see you again, Izuku.”

Izuku bowed back. “It's good to see you to Mei-Mei.”

‘HE KNOWS HER!!!’ thought everyone in the crowd.

While Mineta began to cry blood. ‘He knows too many hotties, it's not fair.’

“MEI-MEI!” shouted a voice everyone turned to see Kendo with her mouth wide open. “Your Mei-Mei, the women’s chinese martial art tournament winner, five years in a row. That Mei-Mei.”

Mei-Mei blushed a little. “Oh wow I didn’t think anyone here would recognize me. Is that why there's a crowd?”

“No.” said Izuku simply as he knew the kind of attention Mei-Mei would attract.

“I’ve heard of you.” said Ojiro as he remembered. “You're from that temple the one that refused for years to participate in any competitions until twenty years ago and ever since then you guys have been sweeping the competition.”

“Oh so some of you do know about my temple.” said Mei-Mei, happy for her and her friends to be recognized. “That’s good to hear.”

“Wait, Izuku. Are you a student of Mei-Mei’s temple?” asked Kendo

“Hhmm some what.” Izuku was never a proper student of the beylin temple but he did learn from the masters there.

Kendo looked at Izuku in awe. “I had no idea we had someone here like that.”

“Actually you have two here.” said Mei-Mei

This caught Izuku by surprise. “Wait who else-” Izuku instincts flared. He tossed his bag to Kendo as he turned around and put up his hands in time to block a powerful axe kick. “RIN!”

The chinese boy grinned. “Sup Izuku.” as he kicked off of Izuku’s arm jumping back.

“Since when have you been here?” asked Izuku, surprised that he was here.

Mei-Mei raised an eyebrow. “Wait did you not know he was here?”

“Sorry, something came up and I didn’t have time to track ya down.” explained Hiryu Rin. “I’m a transfer student here at UA.”

“Your one of the transfer students!” Izuku was still a little surprised.

“He is,” said Mei-Mei as she stepped forward. “And I came here to speak with the both of you.” she then looked around to see there was still a bit of a crowd. “Somewhere a little less crowded.”

“Of course” said Izuku as he held out his hand for Kendo to hand him his bag back, but she didn’t move. “Uh Kendo can I have my bag back.”

Kendo didn’t move for a moment as she was lost in thought. “Can I please have a fight with you.” yelled Kendo to Mei-Mei. Surprising the woman. “I would love to test my skill against a master such as yourself, so will you please do me the honor of having a sparring match with me?”

Mei-Mei stared at Kendo, looking into her eyes. Mei-Mei thought for a moment. “Hey Izuku is there a space around here we can use?”

Izuku thought for a moment. “Yeah I think the beach should be clear today, will that work?”

“Perfect, come on.”

~o~

“Alright are you two ready,” said Mei-Mei as she stood in between Kendo and Izuku. When they made it to the beach Mei-Mei said she came here to make sure Izuku was still in top shape, so she decided the best way would be to make him spar Kendo. Izuku and Kendo both nodded. “Begin!”

Both Izuku and Kendo charged at each other. Kendo threw the first punch but it didn’t land as Izuku dodged and went for a low kick. Kendo backed away from the kick but Izuku kept up the pressure as he aimed a few punches at Kendo’s stomach, Kendo used her big fist to block the blows. ‘His fighting style is strange. He’s sticking low to the ground.’ Though Kendo was surprised when Izuku jumped for a high kick which hit Kendo in the shoulder before twisting for another kick. ‘Now high movements.’

Mei-Mei was pleased with what she was seeing. ‘He has kept up with his training and that girl isn’t too bad, she might be able to keep up with our training.’ Mei-Mei didn’t take her eyes off of the fight. “If you want to you can come down and watch.”

Rin looked at Mei-Mei. “Mei-mei sensei what are you…” He then heard footsteps from behind them. “Huh?”

“Sorry I was curious.” said Ojiro as he walked towards them.

“It’s alright, this is a good fight.” said Mei-Mei who was still watching the fight.

Ojiro was now watching the fight as Kendo used standard karate and similar martial arts. While Izuku used a strange fighting style that he was unfamiliar with. “Is that your temple’s fighting style?”

“No that’s his own fighting style he developed.” clarified Mei-Mei. “His style is based on speed and mobility, maily striking from above or below. He developed it so that he could fight while keeping up with his bey, though when he needs to he will switch fighting styles if he needs to hold his ground. Which is a lot easier than you might think since his style is based off of the crouching dragon, so switching to the basic dragon style is pretty natural, though we like to call his style the tanuki form. I wouldn’t recommend learning it though as it requires very odd movements not typically found in normal kung fu.”

Ojiro agreed with her words as he saw Izuku fight. Izuku jumped and kicked and when Kendo would block he would land in a handstand and spin for another kick. Kendo would try attacking again only for Izuku to redirect the attack and intrude into her space. “It’s like capoeira and silat mixed together with a hint of karate and kung fu.”

Mei-Mei side eyed Ojiro. “Impressive, you know your stuff.”

“You study martial arts as well, right?” asked Rin

“Yeah but I don’t think I hold a candle to either of them. Kendo is amazing but Izuku has been toying with her this entire time.” said Ojiro as it was clear that Izuku was controlling this match.

Mei-Mei hummed for a moment. “I wouldn’t call it toying but yes Izuku is the superior fighter between the two.”

Kendo didn’t hear any of this as she was more focused on the fight she was having but she could tell she was on the losing end and he wasn’t even going all out. ‘He isn’t going all out and yet it doesn’t feel like he’s underestimating me or toying with me and he is focusing on the fight. He actually might be enjoying the fight. Okay then time to go all out.’ she thought as she enlarged her fists. “Grand slam” As she slammed both of her fists down at Izuku. With the timing it should have hit Izuku, but he smirked before charging, planting his right elbow into her gut before she could bring her fists down. The hit sent Kendo to the ground. “Dammit.”

“Your good,” said Izuku as he extended a hand for her. She took it. “You got some real talent, though you should work on stance changes and for opponents that move a lot. Clearly you’ve fought a lot of people in a dojo but haven’t faced many outside where there aren’t any rules.”

Kendo blushed at the complement and took the advice to heart. She made sure to write it all down when she could. “Thanks but you're even more amazing then I thought. When you saved me all those years ago I thought that you were a distance fighter but clearly you can hold your own in a fight. I still have a long ways to go until I’m able to give you a good challenge.”

“You shouldn’t sell yourself short.” said Mei-Mei “You did well and I can see great potential. You will make a fantastic hero and a great martial artist.”

Izuku nodded in agreement. “Yeah and you gave me one hell of a work out.”

Kendo glowed at the compliments. “So then will you be able to teach me? I’ve heard nothing but great things from your temple and I would love to learn it.”

Mei-Mei thought for a moment. “Well I don’t think I’ll be staying in Japan that long but while I’m here I am more than happy to teach you a little.”

Kendo smiled from ear to ear and Ojiro was hoping he could get some lessons as well. “Can I join you as well? I may not be as skilled as Kendo but I still would like to learn.”

Rin cracked his knuckles. “Oh don’t worry your test starts now.”

Mei-Mei stopped him. “As much as I would love to see another fight we are running low on time. So I’ll give you another test,” Mei-Mei took a few steps back. “It's simple, block.”

“Block?” said Ojiro as he raised an eyebrow. Izuku and Rin knew exactly what was going and ducked for cover while Izuku grabbed a confused Kendo. Ojiro then realized they were getting out of the way and got into a fighting stance as he got ready for whatever Mei-Mei was going to throw at him. Mei-Mei didn’t get into a fighting stance, she stayed standing relaxed not doing anything until her right leg disappeared. Ojiro’s instincts kicked and he moved his tail in front of him as he felt a massive wall of force hit him. He tried to hold his ground but the wall forced him back several feet and for a moment he thought he was going to be knocked to the ground but luckily for him the force dissipated. Ojiro then slowly lowered his tail and saw Mei-Mei with her right leg raised. ‘She did that with a kick! She’s strong.’

“Whoa” was all Kendo could say at the sight of the kick.

“He actually withstood the kick,” said Rin as someone who had been training with Mei-Mei for years knew that was a feat in itself. “He may have some potential after all.”

Izuku nodded in agreement. “Indeed.”

“Well done,” said Mei-Mei as she lowered her leg and took out her phone. “Alright then if you and Kendo want to take some extra lessons I won’t mind teaching you guys a thing or two.”

“Really?!!” yelped Kendo. “Yes please.” they quickly exchanged contact information. That's when Mei-Mei said that she needed to be somewhere with Izuku and Rin. “Hey wait a moment.” said Kendo. “Um Izuku can we fight again someday?”

Izuku gave her a grin. “Of course just give me time and if I can I’ll be up for a spar.”

Kendo’s face turned slightly red. “You bet and I’ll give a good fight next time.”

Ojiro saw this and turned to Rin. “Hey how does he do it?”

“I have no idea, trust me a lot of us have tried to figure it out but we’ve come up with nothing.” said Rin soon afterwards both Ojiro and Kendo left leaving Izuku, Rin and Mei-Mei.

~o~

Tyson was currently sitting in his family's dojo cleaning his family's blades. Even Tyson would admit he is not a master of the sword like other people but he would make sure that his families heirlooms were kept in good condition. He then heard the doors open, “Oh why welcome back little miss, oh Izuku two I see and I don’t believe I’ve met you young man.”

“My name is Hiryu Rin, I’m from the Beylin Temple sir and it's an honor to meet you.” as he shook Tyson’s hand. “I’ve heard so much about you Mr. Granger.”

Tyson laughed. “Well it's nice to meet you young man and please call me Tyson.”

Mei-Mei raised an eyebrow at this. “Rin is this the first time you’ve met Tyson?” Rin visible stiffened at this. “Rin you said when you would get to Japan you would contact Mr. Tyson first. He is one of the few people who knows the temple and the closest one to the school.”

Rin looked down at the ground like a child trying to avoid their parents gaze. “I just got busy moving to a new country, sorry.”

Mei-Mei saw the way Rin was acting and knew what this was about. “Rin” as she said the boy's name quietly.

Izuku didn’t like being in the dark. “Okay can someone please tell me what is going on here? Why is Mei-Mei here and what does that have to do with me and old man Tyson?”

“Mei-Mei will be staying here in one of the guest rooms.” said Tyson. “She’s here to help with Rin’s Beyblade training.”

“Beyblade training!” Said Izuku shocked. “Rin has a beyblade now!”

Mei-Mei shook her head slightly. “He’s been chosen to inherit -”

“NO!!!” yelled Rin. Rin was now shaking where he was standing, he looked on the verge of crying. “He can still use it.”

Everyone was silent for a moment. Mei-Mei stepped towards Rin. “He’s arm is almost useless now.”

“He can still launch his bey, they’ve made single handed launchers before.” argued Rin. He stopped waiting for someone to say something else but Mei-Mei knew it would be better to let this out of his system. “Look I’m not trying to brush off my responsibilities, I’m still going to be a great hero even if I don’t have a bey. He needs it more than I do.”

“I’m not saying you’re trying to get rid of your responsibilities. You're afraid,” This caught Rin off guard. “You're afraid that you won’t be able to fill the massive shoes he’s left you, but none of us are asking you to take his place. That would be impossible. All we're asking you to do is take care of his bey. You're the only other person that can use it.”

“But it's not mine.” said Rin as he looked down at his feet. “I can’t.”

“Yes you can. He and everyone back at the temple know you can and the bey has chosen you to be its new user, there's no one else in the temple who can do it, only you.” Rin was still silent. “You're not alone, me, Izuku and Tyson are here to help.” Still Rin didn’t respond as he was too lost in thought. Mei-Mei sighed as she reached to the back of her belt. “When I leave back to China I won’t be taking this with me.”

She then held up a beyblade in her hand. Izuku recognizes  the Bey. “That’s Rock Zurafa. Dashan’s bey.” Izuku then remembered the martial artist blader, the now head of the Beylin temple. Izuku remembered the monster of a fighter he was but that just bought a big question. “What happened to Dashan?”

“Nothing,” said Rin who was quick to reply. “He still is the grandmaster and still has many years left in him.”

“RIN,” shouted Mei-Mei. “Dashan will be the grandmaster of the Beylin temple for years to come but that has nothing to do with Rock Zurafa. Rock Zurafa has only reacted to you and Dashan, and right now it can do more in your hands than it can in Dashan’s, right now. Please Rin, you're the only person who can use it.”

Rin looked down at Zurafa and was quiet. “I’m not worthy.” For a moment no one said anything. Izuku felt too out of it to say anything proper and Mei-Mei was getting to her wits end, Tyson had another idea. WHACK “OWE.” yelled Rin after Tyson hit him with a bamboo sword. “What was that for?”

Tyson decided to keep whacking him, though each whack was weaker. “Will you quit your downing. Honestly what are trying to be, the unworthy hero. Come on kid, I know you ain’t down with the guy you look up to retiring or becoming broken.” Tyson saw Mei-Mei’s look. “Not saying he is but you're doing him more of a diserves denying him his wish and his wish is that you man up and take the bey for a spin. Look I get you don’t feel like you're ready then get ready for it. You might not be able to spin it like your homeboy Dashan today but with some help and a lot of training you can make it there.”

Rin thought over Tyson’s words. “Okay I’ll take Rock Zurafa.”

Mei-Mei smiled as she saw progress.

“Nope.” said Tyson

Mei-Mei looked at Tyson like he was crazy. “WHAT?!”

Tyson started laughing. “You ain’t there yet kid. When you spin Rock Zurafa I want you to spin as well as you know how to fight. So you ain’t taking it out of this dojo until then or unless I say otherwise. You and Izuku will be fighting.”

“So that’s why I’m here,” said Izuku Tyson nodded. “Okay so we do this like everyday

after school or something right.”

“Okay,” said Rin. “I’ll come here right after school tomorrow.”

Tyson slapped his training sword on the ground. “What are you talking about? We

starting now.”

“Huh?” said the three others.

“You heard me, in agreement with your temple I get to help with training and we are starting now. Welcome my dudes to bootcamp.” said Tyson as a blue aura surrounded him. “You’re going to be begging for UA’s training when I’m done with you.”

Rin was now sweating bullets.He’s heard legends of Tyson Granger but he also heard that he was laid back and not some sort of drill sergeant. Rin looked over to see Izuku was slightly sweating as well. “Um should I be worried?”

“Very,” said Izuku as he grew a nervous grin. “He’s trained me before and it was a bit more intense then what Max had for me but he’s a lot more intense now.”

Tyson grinned as the dragoon let his power expand. “That’s because you're older now and it's time to take the kids gloves off.”

Rin turned to Izuku again. Izuku gulped. “Just to remind you Rin, this is one of the very few people that have beaten Ryuga.”

Rin almost shit himself at that piece of news. “He beat…..the dragon emperor.”

Mei-Mei saw the two and chuckled. ‘They maybe a cut above the rest but they still have a long way to go.’ She then cracked her knuckles. “Well let’s get started.”