NOVEL NEXT 70 – Exodus 9:23-25
Exodus 9:23-25
Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. There was hail and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy hail, such as had never been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. The hail struck down everything that was in the field in all the land of Egypt, both man and beast. And the hail struck down every plant of the field and broke every tree of the field.
"Alright, everyone gather up and get one the bus!" James ordered.
The bus was rather spacious due to them only needing to hold a class of 20 students. It only took moments for everyone to find a spot. Shota sat by the driver to keep an eye on things. Before they knew it they were on their way.
Himiko and Momo made sure to sit beside James in the middle of the bus. Mina managed to beat the other girls to the punch getting the fourth seat in that section. Across from them were Izuku, Tsuyu, Itsuka, and Eijiro. Toru looked a little dissatisfied that she could only sit across from James, the only one that could tell though was James himself.
Toru had decided to sit by herself. He couldn't blame her for not wanting to sit next to anyone considering she was practically naked. One sudden move from the bus and someone would be getting a handful of more than she wanted them to. Although her Quirk was useful, he didn't envy her with all the downsides it gave her.
Tsuyu turned towards Izuku “I say whatever comes to mind. Midoriya-chan…” she said.
“Um, yes, Asui?” Izuku responded nervously.
“Call me ‘Tsu’.” she told him.
“R-right…” he stammered.
“Your Quirk is like All Might’s,” she continued.
“Huh?” Izuku shouted out in a panic.
“Y-Y-You think so? But I’m... uh…” Izuku stumbled over his words trying to make some kind of excuse.
“Wait a sec, Tsu, All Might doesn’t get hurt when he uses his. They just kind of look the same,” Eijiro said.
Izuku sighed in relief.
Tsuyu looked like she was considering it. "Hmm. That's true. It's strange, ribbit. Not only All Might, but James-chan, Rikido-chan, and Eijiri-chan also have quirks that improve their body, but it doesn't hurt them to use it either. It's just Izuku that gets hurt by his own quirk. So strange," she said in thought.
It seemed Izuku's relief wasn't meant to last, but Eijiro came in with the save again.
“But it’s nice to have a simple augmenting-type Quirk. You can do lots of flashy stuff! My hardening is strong again others, but unfortunately, it doesn’t look like much. Even James has his wings,” he said lifting his arm and showing it turn into an almost rock-like texture as it hardened.
“Don't look at it like that. I think your Quirk is really cool! It’s a Quirk that can definitely pass as a pro’s!” Izuku said.
It seemed that that managed to cheer him up a little as a smile broke onto his lips. “A pro’s huh? But you have to think about popularity as a hero too, you know,” he said thoughtfully.
“My navel laser is a pro-level in both flashiness and strength,” Yuga said proudly.
“But it’s not great that it gives you a stomachache,” Mina retorted with a wry smile.
James chuckled which caused Mina to smile. "Not as flashy as his costume though," he said.
Yuga stood up. "Right? Isn't it amazing?" he said, trying to show off the costume.
Mina snickered watching him.
“Well, if you’re talking about flashy and strong, it’s gotta be Todoroki and Bakugo, though huh?” Eijiro said.
Katsuki simply ignored the comment and Shoto had settled in the back of the bus minding his own business.
“Bakugo’s always mad, so he doesn’t seem like he’ll be popular though,” Tsuyu said matter-of-factly.
Katsuki jumped up like he was ready to attack Tsuyu on the spot. “What the hell! You wanna fight!” he yelled at her.
“See?” Tsuyu said pointing at the raging Katsuki. She simply ignored his challenge though.
James shot him a stern look. At first Katsuki glared back, but after a few moments looked away deciding to stare out of the window instead.
“We haven’t known each other that long so it’s amazing that everyone already knows his personality is crap steeped in sewage,” Denki said.
It seemed that drew Katsuki back into the conversation. “What’s with that vocabulary, bastard?! I’ll kill you!” he yelled.
Izuku looked like he was having some kind of existential crisis due to the situation.
James sighed. It seemed even getting beat up and underperforming compared to some of the new additions to class 1A wasn't enough to fix Katsuki's personality issues just yet. 'Does he need more beatings?' he wondered.
Katsuki felt a shiver travel up his spine for some reason and quickly shut up.
Momo shook her head giving Katsuki a disgusted look like she was let down. “What a vulgar conversation, how will you become a hero like this?” she asked.
Tenya nodded in agreement.
Ochaco looked like she was having fun though. “But I like stuff like this, too,” she said excitedly.
Shota got up. “We’re here. Stop messing around.” he said.
“Yes, sir!” Everyone yelled.
The bus pulled up to some kind of big concrete dome-like structure. It was absolutely gigantic. It almost seemed like it was a requirement for things associated with U.A. to be humongous.
Waiting out front of the dome was a someone wearing a big poofy white outfit that looked like some kind of blend between a hasmat suit and an astronaut's space suit including the giant glass dome covering their head. All you could see in the dome was a deep black darkness and two large white eye-like shapes pointing where the person was looking. The only thing that looked kind of normal on them was the yellow shoes they were wearing.
It was Kurose Anan, better known as the space hero Thirteen.
“Everyone, I have been waiting for you,” she said.
“It’s the Space Hero, Thirteen! The gentlemanly hero who has rescued tons of people from disasters!” Izuku fanboyed.
Ochaco was practically jumping up and down in excitement. “Oh, I love Thirteen!” she yelled.
“Let’s go inside without delay,” Anan said.
“Looking forward to working with you!” The entire class responded.
The inside of the dome made it look even bigger than it already did from the outside. Inside were multiple different areas or biomes simulating different environments from a destroyed city, a mountain terrain a lake/water environment with a huge slide and one filled with fire and lava.
“Wow, it looks like USJ!” Eijiro exclaimed in amazement.
