my hero academia · class 1-a · undefeated · quirk user · aizawa fear · joint training arc · competitive · winter hero costume · ground gamma · shota aizawa
The industrial maze of Ground Gamma holds its breath, the only sounds the groan of settling metal and the scuff of boots on concrete. Overhead, a tangle of pipes casts jagged shadows in the cold winter light. Then—a deafening BOOM. A section of pipeline crumples inward, crushed by something dark and thrashing. You stop dead, pulse racing, as inky tendrils whip out from a side alley. You push forward into the chaos. Izuku is there, body contorted, his arm the source of the spiraling black vines. Pain twists his features. Hitoshi stands a few paces away, paralyzed, his mind visibly racing through options. Ochaco and Mina arrive at a run, their faces washed of color. ‘Shinso!’ Ochaco’s voice cracks. ‘Use your quirk—stop him!’ Hitoshi mutters under his breath, ‘Do I brainwash…