Chapter 26 - Preparation 2

A large majority of the class walks out into the field behind me.

The only people who were missing are Bakugo and Tokoyami who said that he had something to do and couldn't come.

Kirishima and Sato stand in front of me, "So what do you need our help with?"

"I have a new ability that I need to test out. As I said before, it's better for close-range fighters."

They panic slightly thinking I want to use them as training dummies.

"Ah don't worry about getting hurt. My idea is more of a support ability rather than offensive. I just need the two of you to attack me."

Sato agrees but Kirishima looks a little confused.

"So why didn't you choose stronger close range people like Izuku and Iida?"

The rest of the class looks at me curiously.

"To be frank, it's in the early development stages so I need slower people. Midoriya has been improving a lot and with his new ability, it would be hard to keep up. As for Iida, he's naturally fast so it would be troublesome."

Kirishima looked somewhat depressed when he realized he got picked because he's slower.

"Before we start let me just put some things on to prevent me from using my senses."

I reach into my bag and pull out blindfolds, noise-canceling earphones, and nose plugs.

'Might as well tell them what it is.'

"So my ability that I'm trying out is for long-range sensing. I have hyperactive senses so during a large-scale battle I get overloaded with information and it gets annoying. So I'm developing a skill that allows me to "see" with my fire.

I release an aura of heat around me and I can sense movements and shapes within my range. It's basically echolocation with heat movement except I can tell pretty much immediately because the aura is created and controlled by me. So all I need you guys to do is to attack me. I won't directly attack back so you guys don't need to worry too much."

The class gets excited hearing about the use of my quirk and Midoriya is furiously taking notes and adding to my mostly filled page in his journal.

"Well then are you guys ready?"

Kirishima activates his quirk and Sato pulls out a can of sugar and downs it.

"Al rights let's do this."

I put my blindfolds on and activate my aura.

'Let's set the range to around 15 meters. That should be enough.'

The temperature around rises by a few degrees and I get a sense of my surroundings. In front of me, I can "see" the outlines of two people, Kirishima and Sato. Over to my right is a larger group sitting on the grass and the ground watching us.

"Ok, you guys can come now."

The two figures charge at me. The bulkier one on the right, presumably Sato, is a bit faster than his partner. He makes it to me first and I can feel him throw his punch out. I sway to the side but panic slightly as Kirishima comes from behind him and also tries to hit me.

Because I'm feeling things from my aura, the way I perceive things is more like a 360 view but I can see everything within my range. If I focus too much on one person, I won't be able to pay attention to others. The drawback is that if too much is happening at once then I can't exactly focus well because of all the information.

That's why I'll probably not use it for fighting. It also throws off my coordination a bit but I get used to it.

Kirishima and Sato both rush in again and try to get me in a pincer attack. When they are a few feet away from me, I leap into the air and land some distance away.

'I guess my standards for fighting speed are too high compared to most people. Maybe I should've asked Midoriya or Iida.'

Then Kirishima gets thrown by Sato. This catches me off guard and he hits my shoulder.

He runs up to me and I can sense his mouth moving, but I'm not entirely sure what he's saying. I take a guess and I think he's asking if I'm okay.

"Don't worry about me, I've taken harder blows."

"Ok, that's enough for now."

They sit down and rest and I take off my restraints.

"Damn even with your senses blocked we still only managed to hit once."

"Don't feel too bad. I've been fighting against stronger people since I was ten. You guys did well."

Momo passes out bottles of water that she created.

AN: Yes she can create water.

"Thanks, Yaoyorozu."

"N-no problem, Natsu."

She quickly runs over to pass out water to Kirishima and Sato.

A few of my classmates come over and ask how my "sensing" works. I can hear someone running around the corner of a building and based on the scent I'm guessing Aizawa.

'How convenient.'

Timing my words to Aizawa's appearance, "Well you see, when I activate my-"

And I get cut off as Aizawa runs out onto the field, "Oi, what are you brats doing? Someone told me that you guys were fighting."

As Class Representative, Iida begins to explain how I had to test out a new ability and that I needed Kirishima and Sato and the rest of the class wanted to watch.

"Ho, show me then."

"What?"

"Show me, I'm your teacher who's here to help you along your long path to becoming a hero. I can help you improve so show me it."

'This bastard just wants to know more about my abilities.'

Apparently, he can read minds, because his expression changed to, a smug, 'That's right bitch.'

"Alright, here it is."

Once again, I extend my aura, and the temperature rises. I close my eyes and take note of my surroundings.

"So what this is-"

But I get cut off again, as Aizawa charges at me. His speed is much higher than Sato or Kirishima, he may be on par with some of the more talented practitioners at my gym.

He aims a roundhouse kick at my face, and I easily duck before he gets my arm with his scarf.

Landing back on the ground, he pulls at his scarf and yanks me over him to slam me in the ground.

Before he does, I pull my arm out of his scarf, open my eyes, and take a deep breath in.

[Fire Dragon's Roar]

But nothing comes out. I look at Aizawa and his eyes are red and his hair is flaring up.

"I thought this was a test for my ability, not a teacher disciplining his student."

"Let's say both."

He deactivated his quirk and starts curling his scarf back up.

"So your new ability allows you to sense your surroundings using the heat that you release. Not bad, but your eyes, and ears are probably better options."

'Not bad, he can tell what it does from a few seconds' encounter. As expected of Aizawa.'

"It's a backup. I'm not gonna rely on it too much."

"Well, keep up the good work." he finishes fixing his scarf and walks away.

He turns, "Oh yeah, Hig-, Power Loader said that your support gear would be here by tomorrow."

"Ok thanks."

'Well, that fight was very informational.' I look down at my hand and flex my fingers a little.

��I had my assumptions but turns out, he can't erase my Dragon Soul quirk.'

During the brief period that he erased my quirk, I didn't feel my strength or senses go away and it was normal other than I couldn't use my fire.

More importantly, my new gear is ready.

"Well thanks again for helping me out, I gotta go study."

The rest of my class was just standing there after watching the quick fight between me and Aizawa.

Pulling out my wings, I take off. I head back to the orphanage where the younger kids who aren't in school meet me.

"Big Brother Natsu!"

"Natsu's back!"

"Welcome back Natsu"

I mess around with them for a while before I head to my room and lie on my bed.

Staring at my ceiling, I think about how I can deal with Gray.

'I haven't been able to access the dragon force or the fire dragon king mode or whatever that was. I know that the original Natsu had some special one from Igneel, but he also had a king mode but it was weaker than the one Igneel gave him.

I suspect that I'll be able to get the fire dragon king mode eventually when I master my fire even more, but dragon force is more powerful and significantly harder to tap into.

Natsu had to eat magical steroid crystals to access, the light and dark dragon slayers could forcefully do it, and Gajeel and Wendy took a while to do it.

Maybe I need some kind of trigger or something to activate it.'

AN: Just to clarify something, If I were to categorize this Nastu into a dragon slayer generation, he would be closer to a second-generation dragon slayer.

1st generation is taught from an actual dragon.

2nd is from a lacrima, which doesn't exist in this world. But his quirk is an artificial means of attaining his power compared to OG dragon slayers. Compared to the rest of the gens, this is the gen that he is closest to.

3rd gen is learning from a dragon and having lacrima.

4th gens are like artificially created people made from dragon lacrimas or pure magic power

5th gen is where you eat the dragon meat or a dragon slayer to gain the powers.

His "Dragon Soul" would be the closest to a lacrima in this sense, I think.

Unlocking the dragon force for each gen is different so for future reference, he is different from the first gens who need an external "key" to unlock the dragon force.

How he's gonna unlock it I can't tell you but... its gonna be interesting.