Idea's from across the stars (Plot Bunnies)

Chapter 2: Green Days

"Calm down, calm down. I know you're all excited to get out of here, but there is still 5 minutes of class-time left" The female teacher said, an exasperated look on her face while holding a stack of papers and pushing her glasses up.

The class, meanwhile, were not paying attention to her at all. Boys discussing when the next hangout was gonna be, or what game they'd play, and the girls were spilling gossipy secrets between each other.

"Look, the school says that I have to pass out these forms for you all to select your career paths…"

The teacher smiles widely and throws them all up in the air.

"But what's the point of it, you all want to be heroes anyhow, right?"

The class erupts in cheers, using their quirks, a chubby kid in a poofy blue jacket holding up a bone, a small goat boy in a green robe summoning a small ember to his hand, and a woman with a fish mutation holding up a blue spear, all of them in celebration.

"Ummm, I actually don't wanna be a hero." A kid with a blue bird mutation said.

"SHUT UP BERDLY!" The whole class said in unison.

"Ok…"

The class continued to cheer and use their quirks before a loud BOOM silenced them.

"C'mon, teach, you can give some hope to these extras but we all know who the real winner is here." Bakugou said cockily, his feet on his desk while making small pops in his hand.

The class glared at Bakugou, yet nobody said anything to him. Although they all thought he was an arrogant jerk, nobody could deny the strength of his quirk nor his intelligence.

"Ah, yes, you wanted to go to UA, right Bakugou? Well with your quirk, you can do anything you set your mind to!" The teacher said, her encouraging words feeding Bakugou's entitlement.

BRRRRING

BRRRRING

"Ah, that's the bell. See you all next year, class." The teacher said her goodbyes, waving to everybody who walked out.

"Yo bro, you wanna get some KFC and go to my house?"

"You're really asking another man if they want to get food and go back to your place?"

"Bro… We're literally dating."

"Still pretty gay bro."

Trying to ignore the two boys, the teacher's eyes scouted around the room until they landed on a boy walking out, subtly trying not to limp. "Ah, Mr. Skrif, could you please stay after class with me?"

The boy quickly locked in place and slowly turned around, sitting on the opposite side of the teacher's desk with his head down. "...What would you like to discuss with me, Ms. Smith?" He asked in a quiet voice.

Ms. Smith also sat down, reaching under her desk to pull out a form, laying it out on the table. The form had AIDEN SKRIF on the top and showed multiple boxes in careers, left unchecked.

"Mr. Skrif, I'll be honest with you." Ms. Smith leaned in, folding her hands as she leveled eyes with Aiden. "You have been consistently on the cusp of failing my class, barely participating in lectures, I've even seen you frequently fall asleep."

Her frustration is evident through her words, but surprisingly she softly takes off her glasses and puts her head into her hand. "But, I've seen it in others before, that apathy, not knowing what to do and just coasting through life until you die. It sickens me, y'know? And I could never call myself a teacher again if I didn't try to break you out of it."

She puts her glasses back on while sliding the form back to Aiden. "I am worried about you, Aiden, I want you to succeed and I know you have the tools to do it, but something is holding you back." She reaches into her pocket and pulls out 20,000 yen, slamming it on the table.

"What I want you to do is take this money and the form and over your summer break, I want you to do things you never thought of doing before. Skydiving, skiing, fighting, as long as you come back into my classroom next year with a spark in your eyes I will be content."

Aiden looks shocked for a moment, not expecting her to care about him, but nods, taking the form and putting it in his backpack before thanking Ms. Smith and walking out of the classroom after a beat of silence.

-Scene Change-

He wanders the streets of Musutafu, a frown marking his face and thoughts upon thoughts swimming inside of his head. Even though he really wants to simply lie to Ms. Smith, he has one very big problem… He really sucks at not doing things for people when they ask!

He shakes his head, rubbing a hand across his face before pulling out his phone and going onto Foogle Maps. 'I think there's a gym near my area.' He thinks, scrolling on his phone until he comes across 'Slim-Jim's gym to get slim'

'It looks like it's about a 10 minute walk from my place, I'll swing by tomorrow and get a subscription for a few weeks.' Aiden thought, pocketing his phone again and beginning to walk back to his house, his head held up higher for the first time.

As he soon got home, he started to sniff the air, smelling the unmistakable scent of sludge and garbage as it filled his nose. It was subtle at first, only barely stinging his nose, but the further he got, the more and more he could smell it until he had to actively cover his nose in sheer disgust.

'God, what is that smell!?' He yelled in his mind, picking up the pace in order to get home faster, only to stop to throw up a little in his mouth. 

As he was walking, Aiden started to hear something weird. It sounded like something being muffled and liquid sloshing around along with some growls. He looked around, trying to pinpoint the sound but soon gave up, yet the sound was still in his ears, even getting a bit louder.

The sound persisted, beckoning his ears until he eventually got to an alley-way, a palace where the sound was the loudest. He soon looked down the alley-way and saw something that truly disturbed him.

What he saw was a being made out of green sludge and garbage, the only physical part about it being his eyes as they formed into a mocking sneer of an expression, looking down at the child in his grasp.

Speaking of the kid in his grasp, it seemed like he was only 9 years old with shaggy purple hair and All-might themed clothes. Right now he was screaming through the sludge, trying desperately to tear it off of his face and to breathe again, yet no air came.

"C'mon, kid, just gimme your body for just a little bit. All I need to do is throw off those damn heroes and I promise I'll leave your body nice and warm in some ditch, how's that sound?"

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Aiden had encountered… Sludge Villain!

[Fight] [Act] [Mercy]

[Aiden chose… Act]

[Flee]

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'This isn't my problem…'

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[Aiden chose… Act]

[Flee]

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'I should just hurry up and call a hero'

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[…Aiden chose Act]

[Flee]

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'Then why…'

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[...]

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'Why….'

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[Aiden chose FIGHT]

[Aiden feels BRAVERY]

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'Why are my feet moving on their own!?'

Against his own will, Aiden's feet beat the ground and into the alley-way, into the jaws of the sludge. 'His eyes… They're the only physical thing about him, I just gotta hit him there!' He thought, ripping his back pack off of his shoulders and quickly emptying the pockets of it to reveal pencils and pens that he quickly threw at the sludge villain.

"AAAAGGHHH" THe sludge villain beckoned, not used to the pain his eyes were experiencing and loosened his hold on the kid just enough for Aiden to quickly grab the kid and pull him out of the sludge, throwing him onto the ground behind him.

"You FUCKING BRAT!" THe sludge villain yelled, his eyes finally recovering enough for him to see Aiden trembling while in front of a kid. "Really? Some random fucking kid wants to be a hero?"

The sludge formed a wide toothy smile along with his eyes. "Fine then, I'll take your body instead! I actually prefer teens, they're much easier to hide in." The sludge villain said perversely before sending out a gallon of sludge into Aiden's stomach pinning him to the wall.

ARGH!

Aiden grit his teeth to bear with the pain, slowly looking at the kid in the alley-way who was still trembling. "W-what the fuck are you doing, dumbass? Run already!" The kid snapped out of it, falling over his feet a bit before solidly running away, leaving only the sludge and Aiden.

'I need… I need to cover my mouth and nose, that's the way he was trying to possess that kid.' Aiden thought, yet couldn't do anything at all as his arms were pinned to the wall, the sludge now creeping up his upper body and towards his face.

'I need to cover my face… I need it!'

Aiden closed his eyes, taking in a large breath and holding it while waiting for his fate. He held his breath for a few seconds, awaiting the feeling of sludge to overtake his face only to not feel anything.

He slowly cracked over his eyes and saw the sludge a full foot away from him, covering something that wasn't his face. He didn't notice it before, but there was also no sludge covering his body either, similarly repelled by the mysterious force.

For a moment, Aiden couldn't do anything but stare at the repellent from the sludge villain until he heard a sewer grate rattle near him.

"HA HA HA, I HAVE FINALLY FOUND YOU, VILLAIN!"

"Oh shit, it's All-Might–"

 SSSSMMMMAAAASSSSSHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

The last thing Aiden could hear before he passed out was the roar of wind coming from All-Might's fist tearing apart the sludge.