The Thin Grey Line (Boku no Hero Academia Fanfic)

Chapter 11

 Todoroki Shouto was not someone who paid attention to what others said, it was a necessary skill considering his father's position. Yet as he walked down the halls of Yuuei, his ears couldn't help but tune in to some of what the students were saying.

"Oh man, Midoriya made me this training regimen, it's been two days and I'm already sore as hell."

"Yeah, same. My quirk already feels stronger with what his regimen told me to do."

That was only some of the talk he heard while making his way to class 1-A, everyone seemed to be talking about someone named Midoriya and the regimen he designed for people. The person himself was inconsequential, but the talk of the training plans he made for students to both strengthen their body and their quirk might be worth looking into. Sitting at his desk, Todoroki firmly decides to find this 'Midoriya' and see if his training lived up to the rumors.

It didn't take very long, simple detective work helping him narrow down the possibilities of where this Midoriya would be. All of the people with regimens were in class 1-C, which meant that there was a strong probability that the person in question was in 1-C as well. When his class was let out for lunch, Todoroki took a more roundabout way to the cafeteria, one that coincidentally does down the hallway with class 1-C in it. Sure enough, a crowd of students filed out of the room, a group with a green haired student in the middle catching his attention.

"You see, your quirk is a prehensile tail, that makes it an extra limb of sorts." The owner of the green hair said to a girl walking next to him, a reptilian tail swishing back and forth. "Usually when someone is trying to get used to a limb, like in muscle therapy, they start slow; basic movements to build up muscle memory. Going on that line of reasoning, the best kind of training for precision and accuracy would be to try and do ordinary tasks with it instead of your arms, get to learn the muscles in the tail and what they do. After you do that you can work on the actual strength part of your training."

Todoroki was struck with surprise at the extensive explanation, barely registering that the girl had walked away and four students taking her place. Two of them he recognized, Iida and Ochako if he wasn't mistaken, while the other two were unknown. The four of them were all talking animatedly.

"These regimens are insane Midoriya!" The unknown female, cocoa skinned and bright eyed, exclaimed as she threw her arms into the air for emphasis. "You really know your stuff about Quirks."

The green haired boy, Midoriya apparently, seemed to become a bit flustered at the praise. "Y-yeah, I used to write down everything about Quirks other people had and my speculations. It's a lot easier now that I have you guys to personally explain how your Quirk works."

"Midoriya." Todoroki stated, watching disinterestedly as the four turned their heads to look at him

"Oh, Todoroki!" Ochako greeted, raising a hand in hello. "May I ask why you're here?"

"I heard the gossip about Midoriya's training plans." He explained simply, turning his head to look at said teen. "I would like you to make one for me as well."

Midoriya blinked in surprise, "Make one for you?"

Taking it as a refusal, Todoroki began to compromise. "I'd be willing to pay, of cour-"

"Of course I'd make one for you," Midoriya interrupted, "you don't have to pay me, no one does."

"You're not being paid?" He couldn't help but ask, the notion of it being too outrageous to comprehend. The fellow student was designing training regimens, extensive ones if what he heard was correct, and not gaining a thing from it? The notion was outlandish.