Light-step
"What the hell!!"
"Did you guys see that!"
"Oh my god!!"
Watching him shoot through the air, the students of class 1A were left dumbfounded. Just a minute ago they had been debating on who would come first, but never in their wildest dreams did they picture Aiden doing this.
"Tch, fucking show off." Bakugo kissed his teeth.
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Releasing his bounded muscles, Aiden let them un-tighten themselves now that he was in the air. Thankfully he was wearing his mask so the wind wasn't affecting him much.
'Step one complete.'
Aiden's thoughts on this technique were quite simple. Use his tightened muscles and astral gravity manipulation to boost his speed and jumping power. Using a breathing technique he made sure that his blood was circulating to the best of its ability. Then once he was no longer touching the ground, he would release his tightened muscles and give them a minute or two to rest before redoing the jump again. He also had to control his own gravity and have it ready to use when he was descending.
Seeing a building directly below him, Aiden lightened the gravity around his body and gracefully landed on a thin looking rail. The minute his feet touched down, he re-tightened the muscles in his legs and reactivated his breathing technique.
But unlike before, Aiden didn't increased the weight on himself and instead chose to make himself as light as possible. With his leg muscles tightened and his grasp on astral gravity manipulation deepening, he no longer needed to weigh himself down to perform such an explosive leap. No, now all he needed was to make himself as light as possible then to jump with all he had.
'Step 2 complete.'
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"What was that?" Kirishima turned to Deku.
"I-I don't know..." He stuttered. He had been watching Aiden since the quirk apprehension test, but this was the first time he saw him display such an ability.
"Doesn't it almost look like he's weightless?" Uraraka said after seeing him land on the rail.
'DAMMIT!! He's improving again!' Bakugo grit his teeth,
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Soundlessly jumping from the rail, Aiden swept past Mina and the others in a heartbeat. Feeling the wind whip at his face, Aiden executed his astral shift to appear closer to a building ledge that he could leap off of.
Combining this new movement technique with the astral shift, Aiden easily maneuvered through the training area with ease. He moved so smoothly that some people suspected that this wasn't his first time here.
'Step 3 complete.'
Clenching his fists, Bakugo looked at the screen displaying the race with rage and determination filling his eyes. Deku on the other hand looked at him with appreciation and slight worship. It had taken him a bit of time to develop "Full Cowl" and he was pleased with it, but at the end of the day he was just imitating Bakugo's movements. Aiden on the other hand was moving in a way that was completely different to his usual self yet it somehow looked like he had no difficulty pulling off such maneuvers.
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"CONGRATULATION!!" All Might said in English while giving Aiden a thumbs up.
"While Aiden may have come first in the race, you all magnificently displayed a great usage of your quirks compared to when you first started at UA! Keep at it and you'll be pros in no time! HA HA HA!!" He bellowed and left to stand at a new location waiting for the next race to start.
"AIDEN!!" Mina yelled and started hopping around him. "What was that!? How come you've never done it before!? Why did it look like you were gliding when you were landing!?" Firing off a numerous amount of questions, the others in his group gathered around him as they walked back towards the starting line.
"I would also like to know." Momo looked at him curiously.
"Me to ribbet." Tsu added.
Looking at Shoto, Aiden saw him nod his head in agreement.
Taking a minute to think of an excuse. Aiden half heatedly came up with an explanation.
"Its called Light-Stepping, its a skill I've been messing with in my spare time."
In truth this wasn't a complete lie. He had in fact been thinking of using his astral energy in a similar fashion ever since he discovered that his energy didn't completely follow the same rules as its counterparts. The only reason he could pull it off now was thanks to his marionette ability, without it he wasn't confident in keeping his muscles tightened while the gravity weighed down on him. It also helped that he didn't have to focus on his tightened muscles loosening.
Not to say that his current light-stepping technique was perfect, in fact he felt that it could be improved upon if he had full use of his construction abilities. But since that wasn't a viable option at the moment, he had to think of other ways to get similar results in his current state. The most obvious way he could improve at the moment would be to increase his jumping power.
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Standing in front of his locker in the changing room, Aiden threw his school uniform in the air before shifting out of his hero costume and into his school clothes.
"Whoaaa!! Dude you're full of surprises today!" Kirishima attempted to slap him on the back but met nothing but air as Aiden shifted through his hand and appeared behind him.
"What a useful quirk." Tokoyami commented.
"Dude how'd you move like that?" Sero came over and asked.
"It was indeed impressive." Iida added and turned to him.
Shrugging his shoulders, Aiden used the same excuse that used on Mina and the others.
"I don't think you can beat the current him." Shoto said while getting changed next to Bakugo.
Hearing this, Bakugo exploded and stormed out of the locker room.
"What's his problem?" Shoji asked.
"Just Bakugo being Bakugo." Sato guessed.
"Guys!! Look what I found!" Denki suddenly caught everyone's attention. Walking next to the wall he pulled down a piece of paper that had been sellotaped down.
"Is that-
"A fucking peephole bros!!" He exclaimed joyfully. "Just think, on the other side of this wall is the figure of Yaoyarozu's hot body! Ashido-san's heavenly thighs and HAGAKURE'S FLOATTING PANTIES!!!"
'Why does he seem most excited by the invisible girl?'
[A/n: Tsk, tsk, young Aiden. Its because you don't know what she looks like that your imagination can run wild.]
"Cease this at once Kamanari-kun!" Iida chastised. "Peeping is a flagrant crime!" He said righteously.
"It'd be a crime to not take advantage of this opportunity!!" Denki argued before positioning himself in front of the peephole.
Seconds later a high pitch scream rung out as Denki collapsed on the floor gripping his eye while Jiro's earphone jack retreated back through the hole.
While everyone was busy fussing over Denki's condition, Aiden was the only one thinking about the fact that the Jiro could listen in on whatever the boys were talking about and could tell the other girls whenever she wanted.