39 Costumes!
The next day, as I took my seat after lunch, Iida came up to me.
"Haru-san, I just want to say I'm sorry for yesterday. I didn't mean to imply...no, I was wrong to imply that quirkless people couldn't be heroes. And I'll make sure to be better myself from now on." He said with full sincerity.
"Thanks but I'm not the one you should be apologizing to." I said, pointing at Deku.
Iida looked conflicted as he walked up to Deku and apologized.
Deku looked at me and the back at Iida.
"No need to apologize Iida, I'm used to it by now. Besides, Haru-chan has a bad habit of going on ridiculous rants anyways." Deku said.
"They're not ridiculous rants!" I interjected.
"Really? Last week you went on a rant about why giraffes are better than hippos and that lasted for a whole two hours! And somehow you ended up on why dogs should be fed from the dining table. If that's not ridiculous, I don't know what is!" Deku replied.
"Now that's a rant I want to hear! Sounds fun!" Mina said.
"Oh it was fun alright. But for two hours! He talks more like a broken stream than a meandering river. And he always veers off topic halfway through to somethings completely weird and out of place." Deku complained.
"Fine then. You don't have to listen to me anymore." I said, pouting.
"I didn't say I didn't like it Haru-chan!" Deku backpedalled, "I like it because I'm used to it. But most people won't."
"Yeah. I know. I was just joking." I said, smiling mischievously, poking his cheeks.
Suddenly a whoosh sound was heard outside the door, as windows and doors rattled violently.
The classroom door swung open as a man dressed in red, white and blue leaned in. All Might!
"I Am coming through the door like a normal person!"
"Woah! It's All Might!" Kaminari said.
"He really is a teacher!" Kirishima said.
"That's the silver age costume isn't it?" Tsuyu commented.
"It's style is so different it's giving me goosebumps." Ojiro said.
"I teach hero basic training." All Might said as the class quieted down.
"It is a subject where you train in the different ways to learn the basics of being a hero."
Heh! No shit sherlock. It's called hero basic training for a reason. I'm pretty sure he just memorized that description off of the course brochure.
Can't fault the man for trying though. Being a teacher isn't always the easiest job.
"You'll take the most units of this subject! Let's get right into it then. This is what we'll be doing today - Combat Training!" He said holding up a card that read 'Battle!'.
Bakugo, who had been in a bad mood all day from being reamed by the faculty yesterday about his bullying of Deku, suddenly piped up with excitement.
"Combat Training!" He muttered excitedly.
"And to go with that are these!" He said pointing at the wall, while pressing a button in his other hand secretly, as vertical crates slid out of it, each containing 5 suitcases.
Costumes made based on your quirk registrations and requests you sent in before school started.
Deku nodded happily looking at his case on the wall, as he pulled out his customized add-on tech from his gym bag and placed them on his desk.
"After you change, gather in Ground Beta." All Might said before leaving the room.
I pulled out my costume from the wall and removed it.
It was a sleek black body suit in two parts, with built in armor plating on all major sites and the special ordered restraining cloth strips that Aizawa-sensei used, just with attached buckles on mine for ease of access at grabbing stuff.
The boots were good sturdy ones with steel caps.
The whole suit was also lined with special soft aerogel inertial dampeners to prevent impact injuries.
The gloves reached up to my arms and had soft lining with knuckle reinforcements and a great grip.
On my belt loops was a thin chain made of titanium alloy, one that I had bought with my own money. To it was attached a key. The enchanted key.
The belt had small compartments for items, one of them being a small taser, a torch, and a glass breaker for emergencies and some medicines and first aid.
I put on my sleek gas mask and bulletproof goggles, before looking at Deku.
He got the hint and handed me a specially made helmet, courtesy of his own designs and a small local support company.
The final addition to my costume was a badass longcoat, white with blue seams, and an attached hood. Bulletproof, fireproof and warm lined.
After all, no costume is complete without a badass longcoat.
Deku on the other hand looked like a mini batman, what with his bat helmets, pitch black costume with armor plating and array of gadgets.
"I think you should stick to something simpler. That looks cumbersome." I said.
"No. You told me I should be prepared for all scenarios right? This is me being prepared!" He replied.
"You look like an action figure with all the add-ons. Come on." I pushed.
"And you look like a knockoff manga supervillain, but I'm not saying anything about that now am I?" Deku countered.
Ugh. That hurt.
Some people really wake up in the morning and choose violence, don't they?
