Looking around in the massive gym was boring. I had worked in this place for a year already, nothing in UA can really impress me anymore.
Waiting for people is never fun. I guess that was what got me to hate Rumi a bit when we first met. That and her being unapologetic about the whole thing. At least in the beginning.
She did show up early our next patrol to make up for it. Something that I would describe as a welcomed surprise. It's how we got together.
I guess a first impression isn't always the most important... At least it wasn't for us.
After standing around for a few minutes I could see some of them reaching the gym already.
The first to arrive was the girls. I guess they have a better sense of direction than the guys. It's already been 7 minutes. If they don't show up on time I will have to punish them.
"Teacher! We have a few questions for you..." Momo said, looking a bit nervous. Why would they feel that way about asking questions?
"Sure! We seem to have some time until the boys get here..." I said in the same lazy tone.
The girls looked around each other as if deciding who should go first.
Momo ended up with the first question. "Is it true that you are only 16-years-old?" I guess I don't really look it. The only channel where my ID was shown was the one that reported on the fight.
The police intervened quickly and stopped my ID from being shared by the rest of the news stations. But a lot of people already had seen it. So they started posting photos online.
Some people found it hard to believe, saying it must've been a fabrication. That was a controversy I never knew happened. I only found out recently, when I was searching up news about myself.
"It's true. Not much of a secret either. But I can understand some of the confusion surrounding the subject..."
The next question came from Jiro.
"What's your quirk? I mean, there are some articles on it. But hearing it from you would be more interesting..."
I guess I never recorded the full extent of my quirk. The police also didn't make many adjustments to my quirk description. Mainly because I kept it really vague while still described it properly.
"I can create and control light endlessly, I can also reach great speeds. My stamina is the only limit I have. I can also control the light around me."
Some of them seemed a bit impressed by this description. I obviously didn't say anything about being untouchable. But the most impressed was Toru, she also seemed a bit excited for some reason.
"Teacher! Can you stop my invisibility?"
Hmm, her quirk was never fully explained in the anime. But from what I can feel. Her body has a layer of energy around it. It seemed to refract light perfectly, just like I did when practising invisibility.
I could definitely bypass this small barrier. But... Not now.
After a bit of silence, I looked straight in her eyes, an action which seemed to startle her.
"Well, I could. But we should do that later. You aren't exactly wearing much, and the boys should be here right about...now." As soon as I said that they entered the Gym.
Toru seemed a bit embarrassed. "Teacher... Can you see me?"
"I can't see you, but I can feel you," Wait that sounds wrong. Mina also perked up, wearing a teasing smile on her face. I think the timely presence of the boys was a deterrent for her hesitating to speak up.
"I mean I can feel the light refracting around your body..." I said hurriedly, not letting Mina speak what was brewing up in her mind.
Toru also seemed happy with that answer. They talked between themselves for a minute, I let them look around a bit and admire the size of this facility.
After a while, I attracted their attention.
"Since you're all here we can start the exercise." I was too lazy to come up with a proper punishment for the guys. They were only 2 minutes late, and their appearance also spared me some embarrassment.
Now, it's time for my improvised exercise. Just like all things I procrastinated before, I now hate my past self for not thinking something up.
Looking at the gathered up students an idea came to mind.
"Ok, from what I know yesterday you all practised in small teams," I said confidently.
"Today, we will be doing a sparring session. Every one of you will spar with a clone of mine." While saying that light started gathering up around me, forming 20 perfect clones.
This was a good way to give them some experience in a 1v1. Honing their instincts a bit. Yes! I'm a good teacher!
"Teacher... What happens if we defeat your clone?"Shoto was the one to ask this question. I guess it's still possible? I mean I'll make the clones match the speed of the students.
"Well, you don't need to worry about damaging them." As I said that I quickly kicked one of my clones in the head.
My kick broke its head apart, I could hear a few gasps from the students. The head dissolved it into smaller yellow lights and reformed in a second.
"See? You can damage them as much as you want. I'll also make them match your speeds, so the exercise is a bit fairer." The students looked excited, Kirishima smashing his hardened fists together and smiling widely.
Bakugo seemed the most excited. He was likely happy that he got to beat up my clone. Izuku seemed a bit anxious. I guess he still doesn't know how to use his quirk properly.
I clapped my hand, made every clone carry their respective students further away so that they don't need to worry about hurting each other. I just made the clones grab the guys and fly away.
Carrying the girls was a bit harder. I didn't want to catch a case. So I just encased them each in a sphere of light and flew them away.
The fighting started soon after they each reached a certain distance.
I decided to give some of them a bit of a surprise. With a smile on my face, I quickly started morphing my clones according to the quirks of their opponents.
The one fighting Bakugo started creating explosions out of its palms. Matching the intensity of its opponent. You can guess how calmly Bakugo responded to that...
The one fighting Tsuyu started looking more frog-like, it's tongue extending and replicating her fighting style.
Jiro's opponent elongated its earlobes and released light in wave patterns, similar to her own vibrations. Toru's opponent turned invisible, Kirishima's opponent was encased in solidified light, giving him an armour similar to his own.
Ochako's raised the objects it touched into the air using the light around them, making it look like it was erasing their gravity.
Shoji's opponent grew more limbs and used them just as naturally as he could.
Fumikage's released an imitation of Dark Shadow that didn't glow brightly at all, making things a bit fairer for the raven-headed student. And so on. Their quirks weren't hard to imitate.
There was a quirk I couldn't replicate properly, that being Shoto's quirk. I didn't have any way of using ice and fire. Although my lasers burned through everything, they were too deadly to use in a spar.
I could only make him copy his ice attacks using constructs out of solidified light. The fire part of his quirk wouldn't have been easy to copy, not that he was using it.
Regardless, my clones started using the imitation abilities of the students. I was getting more and more creative with them. I also started copying some of the moves they would create later in the story.
It gave the students some perspective on ways they could use their quirks. Not all of them were as versatile so I couldn't help all of them equally, but I think they will start respecting me more after this exercise.
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Bonus chapter coming out today.(later tho)
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