Black Whip

Standing on the chests of the two heroes in training, Aiden stopped shocking them with his burst and got of them. Looking at the unconscious bodies of the two boys, Grim turned away and prepared to leave them behind.

But just as he was about to take his leave, a weird sensation manifested itself in the air as a mass of black energy flowed out of Midoriya's arm transforming itself into pure black tendrils.

"Hmm?"

Slowing his steps, Aiden looked to the side and caught the sight of the black energy in the corner of his eye.

"I-can't afford to lose here." Dragging his body up from the ground, a heavy breathing Deku crawled to his feet as that weird black energy started going out of control whipping everything around it at a speed that made the sound of the air splitting audible.

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-Platform-

Looking at the black tendrils spilling out of Deku's arm, the heroes and the students were both intrigued and confused at the same time.

"What's that?"

"Did Midoriya create a new move?"

"Cool!!"

"ITS A COMEBACK!!"

'What the hell is that?!'

Unlike the others, All Might who was the previous holder of "One for All" had never seen that ability before causing the scene before his eyes worry him.

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"Is that it?"

Watching the black energy tendrils whip around the area, Aiden couldn't help but yawn as he started walking towards Deku. While he hadn't seen that ability before, he could see that the power wasn't obeying its user.

"I don't what that power of yours is and I don't particularly care either." *Steps echo out* "But if you think that you can beat me with some half assed ability like that, you have another thing coming."

"ARGHHH!!!" Losing what little control he had over the tendrils, this unknown power ran rampant as tens of other tendrils formed and as if they were focused, they skewed towards the distant Aiden.

'I see... they're reacting to his emotions.'

Seeing the tendrils suddenly start to act in union, Aiden's face remained unchanged.

"Humph!" Unfazed by the tendrils approaching him, Aiden put both hands in his pockets and continued walking forward despite the tendrils being within range of him.

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-Platform-

"What's he doing!"

"He's gonna get hit!"

"Guys look!!"

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Covering his body in pure astral energy, Aiden waited until the tendrils were mere centimetres away from touching him to say "Full body Burst."

Compressing the astral energy around his body to the limit and combusting it in one fell swoop, a flash of purple light burst out as the tendrils were flung back.

"Wha-

Not slowed down in the slightest by the attack, Aiden kept walking until he was standing right in front of the green haired boy. Standing tall and proud, an emotionless Aiden looked down on him and raised his hand up high into the air.

*SWOOSH!!*

*SLAP!!*

[A/n: Was listening to One Punch Man opening when writing this for some reason.]

Not bothering to talk to him, covered in purple light, Aiden's right hand cut through the air at a breakneck speed that caused the air whistle sharply as a crisp sounding slap of his hand meeting with Deku's face echoed out. Followed by his use of a low powered burst that surrounded his right hand, Deku's body was lifted off the ground and sent spiraling to the west until he eventually collided with a bunch of scaffolding that his tendrils had brought down.

*CRASH!!*

Watching Deku's figure get buried under all that scaffolding, dead silence rung through air. At first, everyone thought that Deku's new move was the start of his comeback, but after seeing what just happened they were unable to utter a word in response.

Looking at Aiden who stood amongst all that destruction without as much as a single scratch on him, the students and teachers realized for the first time just how much of a monster Aiden truly was. While they knew he was a monster before all of this had started, knowing that he was capable of wiping out half of the students within the top class and some of class 1B despite giving himself a handicap by limiting his own abilities, they finally understood the difference between them.

"Ha... ha... If this guy ever became a villain we'd be screwed wouldn't we?" A random student on the platform asked nervously.

"...."

"...."

"...."

"...."

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"Then what do you suggest Aizawa-san?"

"I don't know, if we're talking in terms of pure ability then he's been at the pro level for quite a while now."

"And that worries you?"

Standing in principal Nezo's office, Aizawa waited until school was over to bring up his concerns the person with the most authority in the school.

"Worries me? If you saw what I saw you wouldn't be worried, you'd be terrified. We can't wait until this becomes a problem, we need counter measures now!"

Taking a sip of his tea, Nezo looked at the other teachers who had watched the battle.

"What do you think All Might? Is he a threat to society?"

Sitting on the sofa with his head lowered, the scene of Midoriya's black tendrils kept replaying over and over again in his head.

"I... I think the boy has a good heart."

"All Might!!" Aizawa shouted.

"I agree with that thought!" Midnight suddenly said entering the conversation.

"Oh?" Nezo raised an eyebrow and waited for her to continue.

"Rather than being worried about him, shouldn't we be focused on his achievements as both a student and hero? He's a straight A student across all subjects, he's never had an issue during school hours unless it was during an exercise and even then no one was fatally injured or had their lives put in danger, not to mention that he was voted to represent his class by his own peers showing how much they trust and respect him. And from the reports from his mentors during his work experience and internship, he's received nothing but praise. I honestly don't even know why we're having this conversation, if we look at his track record alone then its obvious that his focus is on becoming the best hero he can be."

"Best hero he can be? Did you forget what he did to you and Ectoplasm during training!" Aizawa argued.

"What he did to us? If I remember it correctly. it was me and Ectoplasm that challenged him to a duel. A duel in which resulted in no long term injuries or trauma. If anything he humbled us. Just because we're pro heroes it doesn't give us the right to be as arrogant as we were, you should know that first hand after the USJ incident."

"..."

Seeing Aizawa fall silent, Nezo finally made his way back to his seat and sighed.

"I understand your concerns Aizawa-san, but the facts are against you this time. While his rate of growth may be concerning, isn't it exactly what we wanted?"

"Huh?"

"Don't you remember the reason we've chosen to focus on more practical exams this year? Its because the quality of today's heroes are decaying in a society where villains are starting to rise again. This is even more evident with All Might's retirement, what this world needs right now more than anything else, is a symbol. And its our jobs to guide these youngsters towards this goal."

"Aiden is not All Might."

"No." Nezo agreed, "But he doesn't have to be."

"Principal ple-

"Wasn't it you that wrote about how that Eri girl looked up to him in one of your reports?"

"What?!"

"Do you know that he visits her everyday?"

"I don't under-

"Makes sure that she's provided for? Ensure that she has enough clothes, food and necessities to feel comfortable in an environment that is completely new to her? Do you know how many heroes do that nowadays? To give up their time, money and resources all for a someone that has no relation to them in the slightest? Do you know?"

"...I don't."

"Me neither, but I can assure you that, that number is dropping fast. Now tell me Aizawa-san, does the person I just described sound like someone we should be concerned about?"

"...No."

"I'm glad we see eye to eye on that. Now onto the next subject at hand." Opening a file draw, the mole faced principal placed a document with the words "Draft Recommendation of Heroes Office Project" written in bold on his desk for all to see.