Special Moves
-Class 1A-
"As I mentioned yesterday, our first objective is for you guys to earn your provisional hero licenses." Standing at the front of the classroom, Aizawa started the class by explaining what a hero license was.
Struggling to keep his eyes open, Aiden thought that the people in his class who didn't understand what a provisional hero license was were truly idiots. I mean it was literally in the name.
Shaking his head in boredom, he kept looking forward as Momo kept pouting at him.
"While it is only a provisional license, the pass rate of the exam is less than 5 percent." Aizawa continued.
'Didn't they say something similar about getting into UA?'
"And that's why from today onwards, you'll be focusing on coming up with your own special move."
'Shouldn't we focus on improving our overall abilities instead of focusing on creating something entirely new?'
To Aiden, what Aizawa was saying was completely illogical. Instead of focusing on something as useless as creating a special move, their limited time should be focused on covering their weaknesses and improving their already established foundation. But hey, he wasn't a teacher.
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Gathering inside of a training gym in their hero costumes, Aiden and the rest were forced to listen to Aizawa and the other heroes explain what they were going to do.
"How pointless." He muttered.
"In other words, between now and the start of the next term, we will be spending the next 10 days of the summer break strengthening your quirks and working on your special moves. In addition to the development of your quirks and the nature of your abilities in mind, you should also consider the ways in which your costumes can be improved. Now... Let the spirit of plus ultra take you to new heights... Are you ready?"
"HECK YEAH!!"
"BRING IT!!"
"I'M SO PUMPED!!"
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'What the hell is this?'
Standing at the side, Aiden watched the teachers guide his classmates. The only issue was that it didn't really look like anyone was improving or using their quirks in different ways.
"WHAT ARE YOU DREAMING ABOUT!!"
Taking a step forward, Aiden evaded a slap to the back of his head. Turning his head to the side he saw the assailant.
"Ectoplasm." He grumbled.
"What are you doing!? Why aren't you working on your special moves!?" He lectured.
Hearing his shout, everyone seemed to stop what they were doing and looked towards Aiden and Ectoplasm.
Feeling his eye twitch slightly, Aiden took a deep breath and decided to speak his mind.
"Because its useless."
"WHAT!!" Ectoplasm said in shock.
"I said special moves are useless. The goal should be to use all your abilities to get the job done as quickly and efficiently as possible. Not to solely rely on one move."
The entire area fell into silence as no could believe that Aiden could backtalk a teacher.
"Y-YOU LITTLE BRAT!"
"Now, now, lets all calm down." Midnight came over before Ectoplasm lost his cool.
"Whats going on over here?" Aizawa asked.
"He doesn't want to work!" Ectoplasm spat.
Frowning at his words, Aizawa turned to look at his student.
"Is this true."
Aiden shrugged. "I don't need to work on a special move."
"Oh?" Aizawa raised an eyebrow. "And why do you think that?"
"*Sigh* Lets be honest, if we compare my growth to the rest of the class, who would you say has progressed the most? Forget the USJ incident and what happened at the training lodge. Just the fact that I took out a guy with the title HeroKiller should be a testament to my abilities. A guy who didn't use any special moves managed to take down multiple pro heroes ended up losing to me. And now you're telling me that it essential to have our own special moves? I don't mean any disrespect but are you teaching us to be heroes or showoffs?"
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Silence reigned throughout the whole area as the students's jaws hit the floor.
Seeing the morale in the students start to drop, Aizawa realized that he had to settle this quickly.
"You say that but doesn't your Slash and Pierce count as special moves?"
"Yeah, but I came up with them in my own time. I didn't spend an entire 10 days of valuable lesson time coming up with them. And while it may be hard to hear, I don't spend my free time goofing off like some of the others. I mean its not like I can just pull special special moves out of my ass. No, even when I'm not here, I train to be the best I can be. In fact I've come up with 2 different techniques since the time that Bakugo was kidnapped. I mean fuck, I can bet that no one else has come up with even one."
*Silence*
Soaking in Aiden's words, the class of heroes in training realized that what he was saying was actually right. Whenever they weren't at school they didn't really focus on improving their own quirks. Even Aizawa and the other pro heroes in the room couldn't speak out against him as what he had said wasn't wrong. Even taking away Aiden's run ins with villains, it was true that no else in the class could compared to his rate of growth.
"*Sigh* Not to sound arrogant or anything but I honestly believe that most of the pros out there can't compare to me in combat or rescue efficiency."
Seeing this as an opportunity to take him down a peg, Aizawa suddenly jumped on his words.
"You believe that you're above the pros?"
Aiden shook his head. "No, I believe some people's quirks are more suitable in certain situations compared to mine. But I do believe that with my diverse range of abilities I am more efficient compared to the majority of the pros out there."
"If that's the case, why don't you take on one of the pros here?"
Turning to face the other heroes, Aiden nodded and said. "Very well."