Chapter 11: Bakugo's Start Line
The episode started with a recap, then the opening.
"Hero team…"
"Uraraka?!" Iida yelled as Uraraka started slipping off the weapon.
"...wins!"
The class stared at the cameras showing the two teams.
"What the heck? The losers are practically uninjured, and the winners are on the ground."
"They lost the battle, but won the war, huh?" the bird guy noted.
"That was poetic, Tokoyami." Shoji glanced at Tokoyami.
"It was… at the time." Tokoyami replied.
Two robots carried Midoriya away on a stretcher, since he was unconscious and injured.
"To the nurse's office." one robot announced to All Might as they passed by.
"I know." the other replied. All Might watched the robots leave before turning to Bakugo.
'My right… Deku predicted it. On top of that, he found a way to win the exercise.' Bakugo stared down at his hand.
'You're an amazing person, so that's why I want to beat you! I want to win and surpass you, you idiot!'
'Does that mean… even if we fought all-out… Deku would completely beat…?' Bakugo breathed heavily until All Might laid his hand on his shoulder.
"Come back, Young Bakugo. It's time to review the results. Whether you lose or win, looking back and learning from your experiences is a part of life." All Might explained.
Title screen 'Episode 8: Bakugo's Start Line'
"Do you think this is more of Bakugo's past?" Ojiro whispered.
"Do you think it'll show the other exercises?" Kaminari asked.
In the now lit observation room, Uraraka, Bakugo and Iida stood in front of the class to review the training.
"Well, even if I say that, the MVP for this battle was Young Iida!" All Might exclaimed, Iida taken aback.
"It's not either one of the winners, Ochaco or Midoriya?" Asui questioned.
"Hmm, well… Why is that? Does anyone know?" All Might asked them.
"Yes, All Might Sensei." the girl with the ponytail raised her hand to explain.
"That is because Iida adapted the most to the context of the training. From watching the match, it appears Bakugo acted on his own because of an obviously personal grudge. And as All Might Sensei said earlier, it is foolish to launch a large-scale attack indoors. In the same way, taking into consideration the damage he received, Midoriya's plan was also rash. As for Uraraka… She let her guard down mid-battle, and her final attack was too reckless. If she treated the papier-mâché as a real weapon, she would not have been able to do something so dangerous. Iida had prepared for his opponent's arrival and assumed it would be a fight over the weapon, which made him late in responding to the final attack."
Iida stared at the girl in shock, smiling wholesomely at what she said.
"The hero team only won because they took advantage of the fact that this was training. They were practically breaking the rules." she finished, the class staring at her.
"Now that I hear myself saying this, I sounded a bit harsh…" Yaoyorozu cringed.
"No, it's fine. You were right, anyway." Uraraka reassured her, Iida nodding in agreement while Bakugo narrowed his eyes.
'-more than I expected.' All Might thought, stuttering, "W-Well, Young Iida also has parts of him that could be more relaxed, but well. that was correct!"
"We should always start with the basics to develop depth of learning. We must strive to devote ourselves wholeheartedly." she added in.
'Momo Yaoyorozu.'
"They introduced you!" Ashido exclaimed.
"It wasn't for her quirk, though…" Jiro noted.
"Well, I have not been shown using my quirk, yet." Yaoyorozu pointed out.
"-change locations and start the second match. Tackle this match after thinking about what we just talked about." All Might explained.
"Yes, sir!"
While the teams for the next match went to their location, All Might and the rest of the class stayed in the observation room.
"Match two! Team B are the heroes, and Team I are the villains!" All Might announced.
The villain team waited inside the building with the weapon, the boy with a tail stretching his arms, and an invisible girl only wearing boots and gloves.
"Ojiro. I'm going to get serious. I'll take off my gloves and boots, too!" the invisible girl explained to the boy, taking off the gloves and boots.
"Hagakure, it's your first line!" Ashido smiled at her.
"Hmmm." Mineta moaned before getting slapped by Ojiro's tail.
'-that's the correct decision as an invisible person, but that's not great for a girl, morally speaking.' Ojiro thought while scratching his cheek.
"Aw!" some of the girls whispered while Ojiro covered his face and Hagakure blushed (but they couldn't see her blush).
The invisible girl named Hagakure jumped, her boots and gloves trying to cover herself while she asked, "Y-You can't look, okay?"
"I can't see you even if I tried." Ojiro assured Hagakure.
"Now, let's start the second indoor person-to-person combat training match!" All Might started the timer.
The boy with six arms entered the building, turning one of his hands into an ear.
'Mezo Shoji. Quirk: Dupli-Arms.'
"You haven't said your first line yet, but they introduced you anyway." Mineta remarked.
Shoji changed the ear to a mouth as his partner; the iced boy, walked in.
"One in the hall on the north side of the fourth floor. The other is somewhere on the same floor… They're barefoot…" Shoji's mouth explained before he made another, noting, "The invisible one is coming to ambush and capture us, huh?"
"Go outside. It's dangerous. I'm sure our opponents intend to fight a defensive battle…" The iced boy advised as he lifted his right arm, flurries and mist appearing. He touched the side of the wall, the whole building beginning to be covered by ice as he narrowed his eyes, "...but that does not matter to me."
Shoji went outside as instructed, watching the ice cover the outside of the building
"Ow! My feet!" Hagakure complained as the inside was covered too.
Ojiro's feet were covered in ice, making him unable to move.
"Th-This quirk is…" Ojiro stuttered before he heard footsteps crunching through the ice. The iced boy entered the room, Ojiro keeping his guard up.
"You can move if you want, but the skin on your feet will come off, so you won't be able to fight your best." the iced boy grinned.
Ojiro watched as his opponent walked past him to claim victory.
"Jeez, Todoroki, you really were brutal to Ojiro and Hagakure." Sero glanced at Todoroki.
"I did what I had to do to pass." Todoroki replied, adding to Ojiro and Hagakure, "But, sorry."
"It's fine, Todoroki!" Hagakure assured while Ojiro nodded.
"I guess you could say he gave them the cold shoulder. Huh?" Kaminari smirked, Jiro slapping the shit outta him in reply.
"How 'bout you shut your ass up, Dunce Face?!" Bakugo shouted.
The class huddled together with All Might, rubbing their arms from the cold. Bakugo stood in the back, staring at the cameras in shock.
"Hero Team wins!" All Might yelled when the iced boy touched the weapon.
Ojiro gritted his teeth while the iced boy narrowed his eyes before steam started coming from his left hand, the ice melting off.
"Heat?" Ojiro looked around.
The building that was once covered in ice steamed off.
"It's- It's- It's hot!" Hagakure stuttered, hot water dripping to the floor.
"Sorry. The difference in our ability was too great." the iced boy
'Shoto Todoroki. Quirk: Half-Cold, Half-Hot.'
"More like All-Hot." Ashido whispered to Yaoyorozu.
"Also, what was that about Todoroki being a monster?" Uraraka questioned.
"Mic Sensei!" Hagakure shouted.
"W-Wow!" the guy with the yellow jumpsuit stuttered.
"What's up with that quirk?" the blond with a black streak questioned.
"As expected of someone who got in through recommendations." Asui commented.
"All right, everyone gather round for a review of the second match. Next, we will begin the third match!" All Might told them.
"Yes, sir!" the class replied while Bakugo hung his head, gritting his teeth as he bit his lip.
Montages of the different combat matches.
"It's barely showing anything from our matches!" Ashido complained.
"I still haven't said a word." Jiro whispered, a little annoyed.
"Maybe the show's just going with your vibe." Kaminari teased.
"Good work everyone! We didn't have any major injuries other than Young Midoriya, either! You guys took this on seriously! You all did a good job for your first training!" All Might congratulated them when the matches were finished.
"To have such a proper class after Aizawa Sensei's class… It's kind of anticlimactic…" Asui sighed while the class nodded.
"We're free to have proper classes, as well! Well then, I must review the results with Young Midoriya! Change and return…" All Might started before dashing off, echoing, "...to the classroom!"
"All Might's amazing!" the blond streaked-haired exclaimed.
"Why was he in such a hurry?" Ojiro questioned.
"I know now it's because of his time limit. Right?" Ojiro stated before looking at All Might to see if he was right, seeing All Might nod.
'-there's nothing more fragile than a heart that's swelled to bursting. As his teacher, I must counsel him well.' All Might thought about Bakugo as steam started coming off him.
"I don't need any counseling, All Might." Bakugo whispered to himself.
"But you know you can also talk to us." Kirishima overheard, smiling at Bakugo, who just looked at him before turning to look back at the TV.
'Nurse's Office'
"The school year has just begun, and he's already been in here three times! Why didn't you stop him, All Might?" Recovery Girl glared at All Might when he entered.
"I apologize, Recovery Girl." All Might apologized.
"Why are you apologizing to me for? On top of his total exhaustion, he was here just yesterday. I can't treat him all at once." Recovery Girl explained. Sighing to calm down, Recovery Girl stated, "Jeez, I know he's your favorite and that you passed on your powers to him."
All Might jumped at the word 'favorite'.
"I- I don't have a favorite! I just passed my quirk onto him, he's my student, that's-" All Might denied.
"It's fine, All Might. We understand." Uraraka smiled.
"You have to train him to use One for All, of course you would be more occupied with Midoriya." Yaoyorozu agreed.
"-because I wanted to consider his feelings, I hesitated to stop the training match." All Might replied, scolding, "Even so, will you please not talk about One for All so loudly?"
"Yes, yes, Mr. Natural-Born Hero." Recovery Girl sighed sarcastically.
"Who knew Recovery Girl had sass?" Kaminari exclaimed.
"Why did they show the principal in silhouette form?" Sero asked when All Might explained who knew about his quirk.
"Well, we haven't seen him yet on screen, so…" Ojiro answered.
"Who's the close friend, All Might?" Kaminari turned around to All Might.
"Sorry, I cannot say." All Might answered.
"That's fine." Jiro assured while Kaminari looked a little disappointed.
"If I no longer am, then the superhuman society will be seized by evil. This is the responsibility of those of us with this power." All Might added.
Recovery Girl sighed before she smiled. "If that's the case, then it's even more important for you to learn what it means to guide someone."
"Yes, ma'am."
Midoriya laid asleep in a bed next to Recovery Girl's desk.
'You can become a hero. Will you accept my power?'
'One for All… Smash…!'
'Come, Young Midoriya. This is your hero academia!'
'I have a lot to learn from here on out in order to get closer to what I dream of becoming! My 'Deku' isn't always going to mean 'useless'! Kacchan, my 'Deku' means 'You can do it'!'
Midoriya slightly opened his eyes, trying to focus on the surroundings around him. When his vision wasn't blurry, Midoriya looked up at the clock.
"It's late afternoon…?" Midoriya uttered.
"Are you awake?" Recovery Girl got in his face, surprising Midoriya.
Midoriya walked down a hallway, one of his arms in a cast while the other was bandaged up.
"That's all for today's treatment. Come back again tomorrow, okay?" Recovery Girl's instructions echoed in Midoriya's head.
'I ended up skipping my afternoon classes… Aizawa Sensei's gonna wrap me in those bindings again…' Midoriya's lip quivered. When he made it the classroom, Midoriya sighed before he opened the door.
"Oh, Midoriya's here! Good work!" the redhead beamed. Midoriya jumped a little as some of the class surrounded him, the redhead continuing, "Man, I don't know what you were saying during the match, but you were fired up!"
"I can't believe you fought evenly with Bakugo, who was first in the entrance exam!" the black-haired pointed out.
"You did a good job dodging!" the pink-skinned girl blushed.
"You guys did that in the first match, so the rest of us had to give it our all, too." the guy who wore the yellow jumpsuit remarked to Midoriya.
"You were far from elegant, but-" Aoyama leaned past the girl.
"You did a good job dodging!" the pink-skinned girl jumped closer to Midoriya.
"H-Huh?" Midoriya's cheeks turned slightly red.
"Midoriya must've been surprised that we were being so nice to him…" Sato sympathized.
"I'm glad he made it into U.A.!" Sero and Ashido smiled, the class nodding in agreement.
"I'm Hanta Sero." the black-haired introduced himself to Midoriya after the redhead; named Kirishima, said that they'd be going over their training from today.
"I'm Yuga Aoya-" Aoyama tried introducing himself before getting interrupted by the pink-skinned girl.
"I'm Mina Ashido! You did a good job dodging!" Ashido repeated.
"You love interrupting me, don't you?" Aoyama shook his head.
"-Tsu." Asui peeked from behind Ashido, saying to be called Tsu.
"I'm Sato!" the jumpsuits guy gave a thumbs up.
"Um… Er…" Midoriya sweated.
"I'm Mineta!" the guy with purple hair jumped.
"Where the heck did you pop out from?" Kirishima wondered.
"I am Yuga Aoyama. I am a man who never stops shining." Aoyama sparkled.
"You did terrible in the training." Sato pointed out.
"Sorry…" Sato rubbed his neck.
"-loo loud…" the guy with a bird head muttered to himself about the group.
"Tokoyami! That desk is not a chair. Get off immediately." Iida yelled at the guy.
"It's not that big a deal, is it?" a girl with earphone jacks hanging from her ears asked.
"And your first line matches your personality exactly, Jiro." Kaminari said, Jiro chuckling.
"-condone actions that disrespect the desks the great men and women who are our upperclassmen once used!" Iida shouted at the girl, Tokoyami and Ojiro.
"You're too loud." Tokoyami groaned.
"Damn Glasses, you ever stop yelling, huh?" Bakugo asked.
"Do you ever stop yelling?" Kirishima teased.
"Huh?! I'll kill you, Shitty hair!" Bakugo yelled back while a few giggled.
"-a bite to eat sometime? What do you like?" the blond with a black streak asked Uraraka while they carried books inside the classroom.
"Mochi-" Uraraka answered before noticing Midoriya. She ran over to him, the blond sighing, calling, "Wait, Deku, she didn't heal your injuries?"
"Pff!" Jiro tried to stop herself from laughing.
"What's so funny Jiro?" Kaminari asked.
"N-Nothing, sorry." Jiro replied, holding back her laughter.
"-stamina I have, and…" Midoriya answered.
"Huh?" Uraraka questioned while Midoriya gasped, seeing Bakugo'd empty seat.
"Um, Uraraka, more importantly…" Midoriya muttered.
Midoriya ran through the school to as Uraraka's answer echoed in his head.
"We all tried to stop him, but he went home just now without saying anything."
'Hey! You tricked me, didn't you?!'
'Was it fun tricking me all this time?!'
'You've got a flashy quirk there, don't you?!'
Midoriya stopped running when he made it to the entrance of the school to catch his breath until he saw Bakugo.
"Kacchan!" Midoriya yelled out, making Bakugo stop.
"What?" Bakugo glanced back at Midoriya, who stopped running.
'It's a secret I didn't even tell my mom…' Midoriya looked down.
"Wait, is this when you found out?! It's so soon!" Kaminari exclaimed at Bakugo.
"He told me about his quirk, but not who he got it from." Bakugo explained.
"Why'd you ask?!" Jiro glared at Kaminari.
"I wanted to know!" Kaminari raised his hands up.
"You would've found out if you kept watching, dumbass!" Jiro replied.
"-I feel like I have to tell you. My quirk is something I received from someone else." Midoriya started explaining to Bakugo.
"Huh?" Bakugo narrowed his eyes.
"I can't say who I got it from, though! I won't say… But it's like a story out of comic books, expect it's true. On top of that, I still can't control it properly. It's just borrowed power that I haven't made my own yet. That's why… I tried to beat you without using it. But in the end, I couldn't win and had to rely on it. I've still got a long way to go… That's why… That's why- One day, I will make this quirk my own and beat you with my own power!" Midoriya finished, his hand over his casted arm.
As Midoriya talked, Bakugo gritted his teeth and glared at Midoriya before he was shaking with anger. Though, when Midoriya finished, he just looked at him, confused, making Midoriya panic.
'I came to tell him I didn't trick him' Midoriya gaped.
"So, Midoriya just wanted to say he didn't trick you, but ended up telling you about his quirk?" Kirishima observed to Bakugo.
"We're you watching or not, Kirishima?!" Bakugo exclaimed.
"-talking nonsense. What are you trying to do, make me out to be more of a fool than you already have? Huh? What are you trying to say? Today, I lost to you… that's all it was. As I watched that ice guy, I thought, 'I can't beat him'!" Bakugo clenched his fists.
'It is foolish to launch a large-scale attack indoors.'
"Damn it! I ended up agreeing with what that ponytail girl said! Damn it! Damn it, damn it!" Bakugo yelled, a hand over his eyes until he moved it away. Midoriya watched as Bakugo met his eyes, seeing tears in them while Bakugo vowed, "And, you too, Deku! I'm just… I'm just getting started! You hear? Here, I will become number one!"
"Bakugo…" Kirishima glanced at him, finding him turned away from him.
'I don't want these extras thinking I'm weak… I will beat that Half n' Half Bastard…' Bakugo vowed.
"You won't beat me again, bastard!" Bakugo shouted at Midoriya as he started walking away, wiping his eyes.
Midoriya stood straight, watching Bakugo before letting out a huge sigh of relief.
"There he is!"
Midoriya was almost knocked down by the wind as All Might ran past him.
"Young…" All Might called until he caught up to him, his hands on Bakugo's shoulder as he explained, "...Bakugo! Just so you know, pride is important! You definitely have the abilities needed to become a pro. You still have a lot of-"
"Let me go, All Might. I can't walk." Bakugo whispered. All Might looked down, Bakugo glancing at All Might, repeating, "I'll become a hero that surpasses even you without you telling me!"
"Huh? Uh, right." All Might stuttered, letting Bakugo go, thinking, 'He's gotten over it. It's hard being a teacher.'
"What was that?" Ashido asked, her, Uraraka and Asui watching the scene from a window in the school.
"The fated battle between men." Uraraka whispered.
"It looked like Midoriya was just giving excuses one-sidedly, though." Asui replied.
"The fated battle between men!" Uraraka whispered again.
"Kacchan's fuse has been lit. That doesn't change what I have to do. I just have to chase after him." Midoriya narrated.
"Young Midoriya! What were you talking about with Young Bakugo?" All Might questioned him.
"Um, we were, uh…" Midoriya panicked.
"Hmm… I'm so curious. Why don't you tell me in detail?" All Might teased.
"U-Um, a-actually…" Midoriya stuttered.
Ending plays.
"Man, Bakugo, I didn't know you were a softie?" Kaminari chuckled.
"What the hell did you call me Dunce Face?! I'm going to kill you for sure!" Bakugo shouted.
"I guess now the title makes sense." Sero stated.
"And it wasn't his backstory." Kirishima confirmed.
"Will you idiots shut up, something else besides the ending is coming on." Jiro told them, making everyone, and Bakugo and Kaminari; who'd been running around, stop and watch.
At night, in a city view full of lights and passing citizens.
"A few days later, we would find out…" Midoriya narrated, an abandoned bar, Midoriya narrating, "...how terrifying the truly cunning villains All Might warned us about were."
A newspaper was placed onto a counter.
"Did you see this? It says he's a teacher… Hey. What do you think'll happen… if the Symbol of Peace…" someone with dead hands on their arms started as he placed a glass on the newspaper, a man with a warp as a body behind the counter while a bird-like creature sat in the back of the bar. The handed man narrowed his eyes, grinning, "...is killed by villains?"
"The League of Villains!" some of the students exclaimed.
"D-Do you think the USJ attack is… next…?" Mineta shivered.
"Well that was the last episode for tonight. You kids just don't worry, since it has already happened." All Might reassured them. The class started getting the snacks and sleeping bags while All Might turned off the disc player. Bakugo stayed where he was for a moment.
"Bakugo?"
Bakugo looked up, seeing Kirishima standing over him. Bakugo got out of his trance and started walking with everyone back to their dorm rooms.
Chapter 12: Yeah, Just Do Your Best, Iida!
"So, you said you already saw the last episode, right?" Kaminari asked Midoriya.
The class wasn't allowed to mention the disc outside of the dorms, so they had to wait all day to tell Midoriya about the last episode, to find to their surprise, that he'd already seen it.
"Yeah… I thought that if I saw the episode, it might have more information about your quirks, so I grabbed my notebook and rushed back down." Midoriya rubbed the back of his neck.
"But, why didn't you sit with us, Deku?" Uraraka asked.
"I don't know, I just thought it would feel awkward if I come right back." Midoriya scratched his cheek.
"I don't think anyone would've cared, nerd. They just want to watch the damn anime." Bakugo spat.
"Well, anyway, did you see the ending?" Sero asked Midoriya.
"Oh, yeah…" Midoriya replied.
Tokoyami turned the TV and player on while All Might also filed Aizawa in on what happened.
"Do you think we'll find more information about the League of Villains if we watch this?" Aizawa asked when All Might was done.
"Maybe. But we won't know until it shows." All Might replied.
Tokoyami handed Midoriya the remote as the TV started.
Opening plays.
"Wait, doesn't a recap normally happen before the intro? I mean, I'm not complaining, but still." Kaminari noted.
"If you're not complaining, then don't ask." Jiro replied.
Footsteps rushed to Midoriya, who stood at the entrance to U.A.
"Hey, you!"
Midoriya flinched as a microphone was shoved in his face.
"How are All Might's classes?" a woman reporter asked Midoriya, several photographers and cameramen surrounding her.
"Uh, excuse me, I have to go to the nurse's office!" Midoriya waved his hands to excuse himself away.
"I like how Midoriya's excuse to get away is saying he's gotta go to the nurse's office, because he's always in there." Kaminari chuckled.
"I thought it was going to be the USJ incident next…?" Todoroki questioned.
"I guess something else happened before?" Jiro shrugged.
"-very muscular!" Uraraka tried to answer the woman's question about All Might.
"You're not wrong." Asui smiled at Uraraka.
"-think of All Might as a teacher?" the woman asked Iida.
"He made me recognize anew that I attend an educational institution that is that best of the best. Oh course, his dignity and character go without saying, but we students are constantly able to see his humorous side. It is a unique opportunity to learn about being a top hero directly from one." Iida began explaining while the woman and the others stared at him, uninterested.
'Young Iida, I admire your enthusiasm.' All Might smiled.
"Excuse me! Can you tell me about All Migh- Oh? You're the one who was caught by the sludge villain…" the woman observed, following Bakugo.
"Stop it!" Bakugo glared back at her.
"Um, about All Might… Wow, you're scruffy… What's your deal?" the woman sighed to Aizawa at the entrance of U.A.
"He's not on duty today. You are disturbing the classes. Please leave." Aizawa explained, trying to shoo them away from the school before walking through the entrance.
"I would like to speak directly with All Might-"
"I feel like I've seen him before…"
"Don't you think you're too scruffy?"
Aizawa continued walking, ignoring the protests of the media.
'This is why I don't get involved with the media…' Aizawa sighed.
'I can't believe All Might was able to work as a hero like this.' Aizawa thought.
"Hey! Just a little time is fine! Just let me see All Might-" the woman reported groaned, starting to walk through the entrance.
"Ah, idiot!" a photographer warned as the U.A. secruity went off, a barrier blocking the entrance that scared the woman.
"Wh-What the…?!" the woman gaped before falling onto her knees.
"It's the U.A. Barrier. That's what we call it." the photographer explained.
"That's so lame!" the woman exclaimed.
"Keeps media like you away." Aizawa noted.
"-tries to get in without a student ID or a pass to enter, the security system kicks in. Apparently, there are sensors all over the school." the photographer explained whent eh woman asked about it.
"What the heck? They think they're so high and mighty. They could at least gove a brief comment." the woman scuffed.
"When you get one, you'll just want more." Aizawa groaned. Glancing at All Might, Aizawa questioned, "How could you stand it?"
"Just like Young Midoriya said, you have to keep a level head." All Might answered, adding, "But also get a laugh and question of your own if you don't want to answer theirs."
"-U.A. surprised the nation, and the media descended on the school and caused a commotion for days." Midoriya narrated.
A man with light blue hair and black attire on stood on the sidewalk across from U.A., watching the media.
"Everyone knew about it. Yeah… Everyone…"
"Is he…?" Asui murmured.
"Shigaraki." Midoriya whispered, eyes narrowed.
Title screen 'Episode 9: Yeah, Just Do Your Best, Iida!'
"Yeah, you got this Iida!" Uraraka exclaimed.
"Why is this about Glasses?" Bakugo asked.
"-work on yesterday's combat training. I saw the video's and results. Bakugo, you're talented, so don't act like a kid." Aizawa tols them in class.
"I know." Bakugo forced out.
"And Midoriya."
Midoriya jumped, looking down when Aizawa called his name.
"You settled it by breaking your arm again, huh? You can't keep saying you can't help it because you can't control your quirk. As long as you fix the control issue, there's a lot you'll be able to do." Aizawa explained to Midoriya.
Midoriya looked up at Aizawa, smiling at his words.
"Yes, sir!"
"Now let's get down to homeroom business. Sorry about the late notice, but today, I'll have you…" Aizawa started.
'...take another special test?!' the class gulped.
"...decide on a class representative."
'It's actually a normal school activity.' the class sighed.
Everyone yelled about how they wanted to be the class rep.
"Oh course Mineta would say something like that." Jiro sighed when TV Mineta proposed girls shirts to be shorter.
"At least he didn't get the job." Hagakure said.
"-duties, and this wouldn't happen, but here in the hero course, it's a role that allows one to practice being a top hero by leading a group." Midoriya narrated while the class continued saying they wanted the role, Midoriya slightly raising his hand.
"Silence, please!"
The class turned to look at Iida, who yelled out to get everyone's attention.
"It is a job with the serious responsibility of leading others. It is not a job for just anyone who wants to do it. It is a calling that requires the trust of those around you, if we want to use democracy to decide on a true leader, then we should hold an election to choose one." Iida explained to them.
"Man, you know how to give a speech Iida." Kirishima said.
"Thank you, Kirishima!" Iida bowed in his direction.
"-did you suggest that?" the blond with the black streak asked.
"We haven't known each other for that long, so how can we have trust in anything?" Asui questioned Iida.
"If that's the case, and everyone votes for themselves…" Kirishima noted.
"Don't you think that is precisely why whoever receives multiple votes here can be truly considered the most suitable person?" Iida asked them before shouting to Aizawa, who was zipping up his sleeping bag, "What do you think, Aizawa Sensei.
"I don't care, as long as you decide before homeroom is over." Aizawa replied as he fell to the ground to sleep.
"Thank you very much!" Iida exclaimed.
After voting, the results came in with Midoriya having 3 votes and Yaoyorozu having 2.
"I got 3 votes?!" Midoriya shrieked.
Bakugo jumped out of his chair yelling, "Why Deku?! Who voted for him?!"
"Well, it's better than voting for you." Sero replied.
"What did you say?!" Bakugo yelled at him.
'It'll be scary if Bakugo finds out…' Uraraka whistled.
"You're right, it would be scary…" Bakugo teased Uraraka, who shrieked in reply.
"Oh come on, Bakugo, let it go. Midoriya's not even class rep anyway." Kirishima nudged Bakugo.
"But she still voted for him!" Bakugo argued.
"Zero votes… I knew that would happen. That is only to be expected of a person's calling." Iida whispered to himself.
"You voted for someone else, huh?" Yaoyorozu overheard.
"But you wanted to do it, too. What are you trying to do, Iida?" Sato questioned.
"Then, the class rep is Midoriya, and the deputy class rep is Yaoyorozu." Aizawa announced.
"S-S-Seriously?" Midoriya shivered.
"How vexing…" Yaoyorozu sighed.
Midoriya and Yaoyorozu both winced.
"That might not be too bad." Asui noted.
"After all said and done, Midoriya can be pretty fired up, anyway." Kirishima pointed out, adding, "And Yaoyorozu was cool when we were going over the battle results!"
After a few classes, Uraraka, Iida and Midoriya sat in lunchroom together.
"This rice is so delicious!" Uraraka beamed while she ate.
"Even though I've been chosen as class rep, I don't know if I'm qualified for it." Midoriya sighed.
"You are." Uraraka encouraged.
"It'll be fine. Your courage and judgement at critical moments make you worth following. That is why I voted for you." Iida explained.
"It was you?" Midoriya exclaimed.
"Of course it was the nerd's closest friends." Bakugo spat.
"Iida isn't wrong about Midoriya." Todoroki agreed.
"Whatever, Half n' Half!" Bakugo barked back.
"-glasses and everything." Uraraka told Iida when she thought he wanted to be the class rep as well.
"Uraraka, you making him a stereotype?" Kaminari asked, holding back his laughter.
"Ah, I'm sorry, Iida. I didn't mean to think of it like that!" Uraraka told him.
"I accept your apology, Uraraka." Iida replied.
"Well, Iida did become class rep after all, so it's kind of a stereotype I suppose." Midoriya added.
"Wanting to do it and being suitable to do it are different issues. I merely did what I judged to be correct." Iida explained.
"'Merely'?" Uraraka and Midoriya asked at the same time.
"You don't usually use that word…" Midoriya noted.
"Oh, that's…" Iida started.
"I've been thinking… Are you a rich boy, Iida?" Uraraka beamed.
"Uraraka, you can't just ask people if they're rich." Kaminari chuckled.
"I may have jumped to conclusions." Uraraka scratched her cheek that was turning red from embarrassment.
"-how I talk because I didn't want to be called that." Iida whispered while Midoriya and Uraraka stared at him. Iida sighed before explained about his family being a generation of heroes, starting from his grandfather. Midoriya (the fanboy) started gushing when Iida told them that the hero, Ingenium, was his older brother.
"No way! Ingenium is your older brother!" Kaminari exclaimed.
"That's so cool, Iida!" Kirishima told him.
"I hope this finding doesn't change your view on me." Iida pushed his glasses up.
"Why should it?" Todoroki asked.
Midoriya paused the TV as Iida started explaining.
"I want to be a hero like my brother, but I want to earn my place here, not because of my family being a generation of heroes, but because I made it in with my own hard work. Not saying getting in through recommendations is bad, but I want to work hard and not be chosen because of what my family is."
"That's just peachy, now, do you mind, some of us wanna watch." Bakugo sarcastically said, getting a few glares his way.
"Oh, yes, sorry!" Iida bowed and sat down again.
"Didn't Mic Sensei announce about Iida's family at the sports festival?" Yaoyorozu questioned to herself.
"This might be the first time I've seen you smile, Iida." Uraraka told him.
"What, really? I smile!" Iida questioned.
'Ingenium is to Iida what All Might is to me. But, I should tell him…' Midoriya thought before telling Iida, "About the entrance exam…"
An alarm rang through the school, startling the students.
"An alarm?!" Midoriya gaped.
"There is a Level 3 security breach."
"What?!" Iida gasped.
"All students please evacuate outdoors promptly. I repeat…"
"What's 'Level 3 security'...?" Iida asked a student beside him while others ran for the halls.
"It means someone is trespassing on school grounds! I've never seen anything like this in the three years I've been here! You should hurry, too!" the students replied before running after the others.
Students flooded the halls before they started pushing against each other.
"Oh, I remember that." Asui remarked.
"That was not a good time to remember, and worse was after this…" Kirishima shook his head.
"Really?! Instead of the USJ incident, we have to watch everyone panic over nothing?!" Bakugo exclaimed.
"Honestly, I'm not sure if I want to see the USJ attack." Jiro squeezed herself.
"It was already brutal experiencing it, but, if we get to see everyone else's experience, I…" Yaoyorozu couldn't finish her sentence.
Iida got pushed to the windows, looking to see that the media from this morning had been the trespassers.
"Give us All Might! He's here, isn't he?!" the woman demanded Aizawa and Present Mic, who tried to stop them from going into the school.
"We told you, he's not here!" Present Mic sighed.
"If you give us one brief comment, we'll leave!" the photographer promised.
"If you guys get one comment, you'll want another. That's just how you are." Aizawa denied.
"I'm sorry I caused this kind of trouble, Aizawa." All Might apologized.
"It's not your fault. You were the number one hero, it was inevitable." Aizawa explained.
"I wondered what it was, but it's just the media." Iida whispered to himself before shouting out, "Everyone, calm do-"
Iida was pushed against the glass, no one listening or even hearing him.
'Where are the teachers? Are they busy trying to deal with everything?' Iida questioned.
"Everyone, stop! Slow down! Slow down!" Kirishima tried to calm them down along with the blond streaked boy, but failed to do so.
'Kirishima! Kaminari!' Iida watched them get lost in the crowd of students.
"Hey, thanks for introducing me, Iida." Kaminari exclaimed to Iida, whispering to himself, "My name has finally been said!"
'-one has noticed! Everyone's panicking!' Iida observed before hearing Uraraka shriek, gaping, "Uraraka!"
"Iida!" Uraraka reached her hand out, Iida hugging the wall to get to her.
'What would Midoriya… or my brother… do in this situation?' Iida asked himself.
"Break a bone!" Sero cheered.
"Sero?!" Midoriya exclaimed.
Iida reached out his hand to Uraraka, who looked confused.
"Make me… Make me float, Uraraka!" Iida told her.
Uraraka gasped before reaching her hand out to Iida. Uraraka swiped her hand at Iida, missing before she tried again, hitting the tips of his fingers.
Iida floated up into the air, his glasses falling off his face.
'A place in everyone's line of sight…' Iida thought as he rolled his pant legs up to show his engines, shouting, "Engine boost!"
Iida blasted himself toward the exit sign, catching Midoriya's attention.
"Iida…!" Midoriya called before getting shoved back while Iida slammed against the wall.
"Ouch…" the class winced.
'-consice, clear, and bold!' Iida told himself, gripping the pipes as he yelled out, "Everyone, everything's fine!"
The students looked up at Iida while he continued.
"It is just the media! There is nothing to panic about. Everything's fine! This is U.A. Let us act in a way befitting the best of the best."
In the crowd, Kaminari and Kirishima looked at each other before sighing, Midoriya staring up at Iida in awe.
"The police are here."
"Oh, good."
The police came to the school to take the press away.
"Goodbye, bad mass media!" Present Mic cheered.
Now that there was no panic, everyone went back to their classrooms'.
"Come on, class rep. Start." Yaoyorozu instructed Midoriya.
"N-Now, let us decide on the other class officers… But first, can I say something? I think… that Tenya Iida should be the class rep!"
Iida stiffened as Midoriya explained, "He was able to get everyone's attention in such a cool way. I think it would be best for Iida to do it."
"I'm good with that, too. Midoriya's saying it, and it's true that Iida was a big help at the cafeteria today." Kirishima agreed.
"Yeah, and he kind of looked like the person on the emergency exit signs, didn't he?" Kaminari added.
"You're wasting time." Aizawa's hazy voice made Midoriya jump as he sighed, "I don't care what you do, just hurry up and do it."
"If the class rep has nominated me, then it cannot be helped. From this day forth, I, Tenya Iida, promise to do my best to carry out the duties of class representative." Iida announced.
"We're counting on you, Emergency Exit!" Kirishima gave him a thumbs up.
"Emergency Exit Iida!" the class cheered.
"Emergency Exit Iida! Emergency Exit Iida!" some of the class joined in, surprising the others.
At the entrance to U.A., the barrier gate had been turned to dust, Recovery Girl and three others observing it.
"How were ordinary members of the press able to do something like this?" one asked, questioning, "Someone instigated this. Did someone evil slip in, or was it intended to be a declaration of war?"
"The barrier was turned to dust…?" Yaoyorozu whispered.
"Turned to dust, huh…?" Jiro whispered.
"It was probably Shigaraki's doing." Asui spoke.
"I think you're right, Asui." Midoriya nodded.
All Might jumped around town, rescuing and fighting villains. As he was doing so, he noticed how his jumps were becoming slower.
'I've gotten slower…? After I gave Young Midoriya One for All, my powers have been weakening. On top of that, after forcing myself that time, the time I can spend in that form has gotten shorter than before.' All Might thought, clenching his fist.
"You told Young Bakugo?" All Might asked, thinking back to him and Midoriya standing outside of U.A.
"I'm sorry. I didn't even tell my mom, but for some reason, I felt like I just had to tell him. I'm really sorry." Midoriya apologized.
'I judged that he was not the type to show off, so I did not admonish him strongly, but that seems to be the result of his sincerity backfiring.' All Might thought before saying, "Fortunately, Young Bakugo did not seem to take it seriously, so I'll let it go this time."
"I knew he had to have gotten his quirk from someone, but I never thought it'd be All Might." Bakugo scuffed.
"No wonder you can never teach a class. You're out there doing hero work, even though you have a time limit, Toshinori." Aizawa glanced at All Might, watching him sigh.
"If Midoriya has to be careful about who he tells, does that mean that we shouldn't know about it…?" Iida asked All Might.
"It's fine if a selected few know about it, but not a large number of people. And if villains were to know about it, they would try to take it for themselves." All Might explained.
"And the TV's explaining that too, so…" Jiro muttered.
"For today's hero basic training, it's turned into a class with three instructors: All Might, me, and one more person." Aizawa addressed the class.
''Turned into'? I wonder if it's a special class?' Midoriya thought.
"Excuse me! What'll we be doing?" Sero raised his head.
"Disasters, shipwrecks, and everything in between. It's rescue training." Aizawa told them, the class starting to get excited.
The class started to get nervous. They knew what was coming soon.
"Hey, I'm not done." Aizawa glared, getting the class's attention, adding, "You can decide if you want to wear your costume or not this time. The training will take place off-campus, so we're taking a bus."
Everyone waited outside for the bus to arrive.
"Oh, you're wearing your P.E. clothes. Where's your costume?" Uraraka asked, walking up to Midoriya.
"They got ripped up during combat training, so I'm waiting for the support company to fix it." Midoriya explained.
Iida blew into a whistle, signaling the class to get on the bus.
"Iida's going at full throttle…" Midoriya whispered.
"Shoot, I didn't think it'd be this type of bus." Iida felt disappointed as they sat on the bus.
"There was no point, huh?" Ashido smiled.
"I say whatever comes to mind." Asui announced. Looking at Midoriya, Asui blurted out, "Midoriya."
"Um, yes, Asui?" Midoriya exclaimed, nervously.
"Call me 'Tsu.'" Asui remarked.
"R-Right." Midoriya sweated.
"You're quirk is like All Might's." Asui said bluntly.
"Who knew I'd be right." Asui beamed.
"You just said it was like, Frog Face." Bakugo corrected her.
"Wait a sec, Tsu, All Might doesn't get hurt when he uses his. They just kind of look the same." Kirihsima explained, making Midoriya sigh.
"Is it just me, or is Aoyama looking straight at us again…?" Todoroki squinted.
"I just like looking at the windows, Todoroki." Aoyama shook his head.
"Maybe the way it was filmed made it seem that way, Todoroki…?" Yaoyorozu questioned to Todoroki, who shook his head in response.
"-but unfortunately, it doesn't look like much." Kirishima demonstrated his quirk, his arm hardening.
"I think it's really cool!" Midoriya gushed, catching Kirishima off guard as he continued, "It's a quirk that can definitely pass as a pro's!"
"You really think so, Midoriya?!" Kirishima beamed.
"Of course!" Midoriya smiled at him, adding, "And with your new ultimate move, it'll for sure make the pros!"
"My naval laser is pro-level in both flashiness and strength." Aoyama smiled.
"But it's not great that it gives you a stomachache." Ashido patted his shoulder, Aoyama sighed.
"Well, if we're talking about flashy and strong, it's gotta be Todoroki and Bakugo, though, huh?" Kirishima glanced at Bakugo, who sat next to the earphone jack girl and Todoroki, who had his eyes closed.
"Todoroki, were you sleeping back there?" Kaminari chuckled.
"I tried my best to." Todoroki replied.
"-he doesn't seem like he'll be popular, though." Asui stated, talking about Bakugo.
"What the hell! You wanna fight!" Bakugo yelled out.
"See?" Asui pointed at Bakugo.
"We haven't known each other that long, so it's amazing that everyone already knows his personality is crap steeped in sewage." Kaminari smirked at Bakugo.
"What's with that vocabulary, bastard?! I'll kill you!" Bakugo yelled back, the girl with the earphone jacks leaning away..
As the yelling continued, Midoriya panicked, 'Kacchan's being teased…'
"Maybe I'll start with what I said." Bakugo cracked his knuckles, making Kaminari jump.
"You must have been so confused when they were teasing Bakugo, huh, Deku?" Uraraka turned to him.
"Oh, yeah, it felt weird that he was being teased instead of me." Midoriya agreed, putting his hand behind his back.
"I feel bad for Jiro, though. She's the one that sat next to Bakugo." Hagakure pointed out.
"And Todoroki and Shoji just wanted their beauty sleep." Kaminari added.
"We're here. Stop messing around." Aizawa shushed them as the bus pulled up to a sphere-shaped building.
"Yes, sir!"
Everyone exited the bus, a space suited teacher stepping forward.
"Everyone, I have been waiting for you."
The class stared in awe at the person speaking.
"It's the Space Hero, Thirteen!" Midoriya gushed.
"Oh, I love Thirteen!" Uraraka shrieked beside him.
"I think about half of the times we've seen Midoriya, he's either gushed about a hero, or cried." Kaminari stated. Jiro shoved one of her earphone jacks into his ear while Midoriya's face turned a little red.
The class walked into the building, looking around in awe.
"Wow, it looks like USJ!" the class gaped.
A boat sat in a pool of water, Thirteen explaining, "A shipwreck…"
A landslide area. "...a landslide…"
A zone of fire. "...a fire…"
A storm inside of a zone. "...a windstorm…"
"...et cetera- It is a training ground that I made with different types of accidents and disasters. It's called the 'Unforeseen Simulation Joint' or 'USJ' for short!" Thirteen finished.
'It really is USJ…' the class awed.
"Thirteen, where's All Might? He was supposed to meet us here." Aizawa asked Thirteen.
"About that," Thirteen dropped their voice low to where the students couldn't hear, holding up three fingers, explaining, "It looks like he did too much hero work on his way to work and ran out of time, so he's resting in the lounge."
"That's the height of irrationality." Aizawa sighed.
"To this day, I'm not sure if it was a good thing or not for you to be there at the time we were." Aizawa told All Might.
"At least I arrived just in time to help you out, huh, Aizawa?" All Might gave him a thumbs up.
"Shall we begin?" Aizawa said.
Thirteen started explaining her quirk to the students and how it worked.
"Some of you also have quirks like that, right?" Thirteen asked them when explaining that their Black Hole quirk can also kill.
Thirteen explained that one wrong step, someone could end up killed, and told them how the tests they've set up was to help them grow their strengths, and learn their weaknesses.
'Thirteen's so cool!' Midoriya beamed.
"That is all. Thank you for listening." Thirteen bowed while the class cheered.
"All right, then, first-" Aizawa started before getting cut off as the lights in the building flickering before a warp gate appeared in the middle of the building.
A hand came out of the warp, revealing a man with a hand on his face.
"Gather together and don't move!" Aizawa instructed his class, telling Thirteen, "Thirteen, protect the students!"
"What's that?" Kirishima asked, squinting his eyes to get a better look while more people started coming from the warp gate, questioning, "Is this like the entrance exam where the lesson's already started?"
Midoriya began to walk forward.
"Don't move!" Aizawa exclaimed, making Midoriya flinch. Putting his goggles over his eyes, Aizawa scarcely whispered, "Those are villains."
The class gasped as a giant bird monster came from the warp.
"And coincidentally, during this time when we were supposed to be practicing saving lives, they showed up in front of us." Midoriya narrated.
Ending plays.
"Okay, these cliffhangers should be a crime." Ashido exclaimed angrily.
"We know how it goes, so do we really need to see it?" Ojiro asked her.
"I'm not sure I want to see this, knowing that we could be seeing everyone else's situations." Yaoyorozu hugged herself, shaking her head.
"Well, it seems Midoriya's the one that we're following in all this, so I'm guessing it'll mostly be his situation." Kirishima reassured her.
"That's another reason to not watch it!" Midoriya exclaimed.
"Well, you wimps can leave, but I'm staying to watch how badass I look taking down those so called villains." Bakugo smirked.
"If anyone does not wish to watch or feels nauseous, you can leave if you like." Yaoyorozu announced to them.
"Right!"
Chapter 13: Encounter with the Unknown
Opening plays.
"All right, then, first-" Eraser Head started before getting cut off by the lights in the building flickering before a warp gate appeared in the middle of the building.
A hand came out of the warp, revealing a man with a hand on his face.
"Gather together and don't move!" Eraser Head instructed his class, telling Thirteen, "Thirteen, protect the students!"
"What's that?" Kirishima asked, squinting his eyes to get a better look while more people started coming from the warp gate.
"Is this like the entrance exam where the lesson's already started?" Kirishima questioned as Midoriya began to walk forward.
"Don't move!" Eraser Head exclaimed, making Midoriya flinch. Putting his goggles over his eyes, Eraser Head scarcely whispered, "Those are villains."
The class gasped as a giant bird monster came from the warp.
"Eraser Head and Thirteen, huh? The teacher's schedule we received the other day said that All Might was supposed to be here." a voice hummed.
"They got a hold of the schedule?!" Aizawa whispered.
"How were they able to get one?" All Might questioned.
"-other day was the work of these scumbags after all, huh?" Eraser Head spat.
"Where is he? I went through the trouble of bringing this whole crowd, too. All Might, The Symbol of Peace. I can't believe he's not here. I wonder if he'll come if we kill some kids?" the man with hands chuckled.
"They were going to…" Yaoyorozu couldn't finish her sentence as she put her hand over her mouth in shock while some of the class covered her eyes.
"What the pro heroes fight against…" Midoriya narrated.
Thirteen stood in front of the students while Eraser Head got ready to fight the villains.
"...and what they face, is an extraordinary evil."
Title screen 'Episode 10: Encounter with the Unknown'
"What? Villains? No way. There's no way they could get into a hero school!" Kirishima questioned as several other villains appeared from the portal.
Yaoyorozu made her way to the front, asking, "Teacher, what about the trespasser sensors?"
"We have them, of course, but…" Thirteen replied.
"Did they only appear here, or around the whole school?" Todoroki questioned. Some of the class looked at him, Todoroki explaining, "Either way, if the sensors are not responding, that means they have someone with a quirk that can do that. An isolated area separated from the main campus during a time when a class is supposed to be here. They might be fools, but they're not dumb. This surprise attack was carefully planned with some sort of goal in mind."
"And we know what the goal is…" Mineta shivered.
"That was a good observation, Todoroki." Kaminari gave him a thumbs up.
"Yes, but it wouldn't have helped to get us a way out." Todoroki added.
"Can't this thing just skip to where we fight?" Bakugo exclaimed.
"Yeah… This exaggeration is killing me…" Sero agreed.
"Thirteen, start the evacuation. Try calling the school. These villains even had something to counteract the sensors. It's possible someone with radio-wave-type powers is interfering. Kaminari." Eraser Head called, getting his attention, "You try contacting the school with your quirk, too."
"Yessir."
"What about you, sir? Will you fight by yourself? With that many, even if you can erase their quirks. Eraser Head's fighting style is capturing after erasing the enemy's quirk. A frontal battle…" Midoriya worried to Eraser Head.
"You can't be a hero with just one trick." Eraser Head explained to Midoriya. Before he left to fight, Eraser Head told Thirteen, "I'm leaving it to you, Thirteen."
Eraser Head leaped, scaling the stairs to make his way to the villains.
"Shooting Squad, let's go." a villain with gun fingers announced.
"Didn't our intel say it would just be Thirteen and All Might? Who's that?!" another villain questioned, her hair rising up.
"I don't know. But if he thinks he can come at us from the front by himself…"
"...then he's a huge idiot!" the three villains declared, their quirks ready to fire.
Eraser Head's eyes flashed, their quirks deactivated.
"Huh? My quirk…" the gun fingered villain gaped before he and the other two were wrapped up by Eraser Head's scarf. Eraser Head threw them into the air before slamming them back down into one another.
"Yeah! You show them, Aizawa Sensei!" some of the class shouted.
"-Eraser Head! He can erase quirks just by looking at them!"
"Erase?" a villain questioned before running for Eraser Head, wondering, "Are you gonna erase the quirks of heteromorphic-type villains like us, too?"
The villain ran to Eraser Head, trying to get a swing on him before Eraser Head dodged.
"No, I can't." Eraser Head answered as he landed a blow to the villain's face, sending him flying as Eraser Head's scarf went to capture him, adding, "But the skills of guys like you…"
Eraser Head ducked as another tried getting him.
"...are statistically more likely to manifest in close combat…"
He chucked the villain into the air, the villain landing on top of a group of villains.
"...so I've taken measures against that."
"He's also strong in hand-to-hand combat, and since he's hiding his eyes with goggles, you can't tell which quirk he's erasing. When he fights against a group, that makes it harder for them to work together." the hand man whispered while Eraesr Head kicked a villain in the face, binding up another, the man sighing, "I see. I hate pro heroes. The masses don't stand a chance against them."
"Wow…" Midoriya stood where he was while the others ran.
"Midoriya, you shouldn't have just been standing there!" Iida yelled at him. Midoriya was writing in his notebook when Iida yelled, so he was caught off guard.
"Uh?! Oh, um…"
"You should've been running, not watching me." Aizawa narrowed his eyes.
"I'm sorry…" Midoriya murmured.
"-no time for analysis!" Iida yelled out to Midoriya.
"Some things never change." Asui shook her head.
Midoriya ran after the other for the entrance until a warp gate appeared in front of the class, stopping them.
"I won't let you." the warp gate vowed.
'Shoot! I just blinked once and the guy who looks like the most trouble got away…" Eraser Head realized, turning to get back to the entrance, but was blocked by the villains.
"Nice to meet you. We are the League of Villains." the warp introduced, explaining, "It may be presumptuous of us, but we have invited ourselves in to the home of the heroes, U.A. high school in order to have All Might, The Symbol of Peace, take his last breath. I believe All Might should have been here. Has there been some kind of change?"
"That warp thing talked too much. I should've blown him up once he got in front of us." Bakugo spat.
One of Thirteen's finger lids popped off as they got ready to suck in the warp guy. Before it happened, Bakugo and Kirishima jumped at the warp. Bakugo set an explosion, leaving smoke around them.
"Did you consider that you'd get beaten by us before you did it?" Kirishima confidently asked.
"Oh dear, that's dangerous." the warp said, making them stiff, narrowing his eyes, "That's right. Even if you are students, you are excellent golden eggs."
"You damn kids…" Aizawa rubbed his head.
"So, at the time, I was terrified, but now I can say that we made a good pun." Kaminari smiled nervously.
"At least you took it seriously back then." Jiro sighed.
"-scatter you all and torture you to death!" the warp shouted, creating a giant sphere around the class.
"What the-?!" Kirishima covered his face with his arm.
Iida grabbed Uraraka and Sato while Shoji covered Ashido and Sero.
"Ribbit…" Asui uttered.
Iida made it out of the gate with Uraraka and Sato.
"Everyone…!" Iida called out.
A warp appeared with Midoriya falling out and splashing into the water.
"Ouch…" some of the class winced.
'A warp? Is that his quirk?' Midoriya thought, looking around in the water before swimming towards the surface, wondering, 'They want to kill All Might? What in the world is going on? What the heck?'
Midoriya continued to swim until another villain in the water started swimming towards him. Midoriya gaped, bubbles escaping his mouth.
"Here he comes! I don't have anything against you, but see ya!" the shark villain laughed, opening his mouth wide while Midoriya covered his face until Asui kicked his mouth shut, carrying Mineta.
"Midoriya! Ribbit!" Asui called, wrapping her tongue around Midoriya.
"See ya…" the shark villain echoed as Asui kicked him further down.
"See ya." Asui replied, swimming to the surface with Midoriya and Mineta.
"Was that shark villain going to… eat Deku?" Uraraka widened her eyes.
"Well, he didn't, thanks to Asui." Midoriya reassured her.
"I told you to call me Tsu." Asui stuck her head out from behind Uraraka.
"...your boobs… are pretty big." Mineta sighed, placing his head against Asui's breasts.
"Ribbit." Asui blushed before slamming Mineta onto the boat.
"Let's go!" Jiro smirked, her earphone jack heading for Asui for a high fived jack.
"Ribbit." Asui returned it with her tongue.
Asui climbed the boat's edge.
"Call me 'Tsu'." Asui told Midoriya.
'Tsuyu Asui. Quirk: Frog'
"T-T-T-T-T-Tsu, thanks!" Midoriya spazzed.
"This has turned into a bad situation, though." Asui remarked to Midoriya and Mineta.
"Yeah. What the villain said earlier…" Midoriya agreed.
'All Might should have been here. Has there been some kind of change?'
"They knew U.A.'s schedule! Looking at the big picture, those guys must've set up the media intrusion the other day to get information. They were waiting to pounce, just as Todoroki said." Midoriya noted.
"But, it's not like they can kill All Might! Once All Might comes, he'll pound those guys!" Mineta protested, punching the air.
"Mineta." Asui called, getting his attention as she asked him, "Don't you think they are trying so hard because they have a way to kill him? Guys that strong just told us they would torture us to death, you know."
"They obviously had many plans, seeing as they have attempted this scheme many times over." Tokoyami remarked.
"-hold out until All Might arrives. Even if All Might comes, I wonder if we will all make it out in one piece." Asui told Midoriya.
"M-M-Midoriya!" Mineta stuttered to him, pointing at Asui, asking, "What the heck is that?"
"Ribbit!" Asui turned to look at the water, seeing villains swimming up to the surface.
"Bastard! I'll kill you!" the shark villain yelled at them.
"There's a ton of them!" Mineta screamed.
'These guys have a way to defeat All Might. She's probably right about it. I can't think of any other possibility. Why do they want to kill him? Because he's become a person who deters villains and evil? Because he's the one and only Symbol of Peace? No, I mean…' Midoriya wondered to himself, his eyes widening at each thought.
'You can become a hero. I like that!'
'Right now, I don't…' Midoriya stared at his hand.
'Come, Young Midoriya. Congrats on getting accepted.'
'I don't…' Midoriya clenched his fist.
'It's fine now. Why? Because I am here.'
'I don't care about why!' Midoriya gritted his teeth, muttering, "If those guys…"
Asui and Mineta looked at him while Midoriya continued.
"...have a way to defeat All Might, then right now, we should be stopping whatever they're planning. By fighting and winning!"
Ice appeared, covering the ground while capturing villains.
'Landslide Zone'
"It's pathetic to lose against a single child. Get a hold of yourself. You're an adult, aren't you?" Todoroki glared at the villains.
"You tell them." Kaminari whispered.
Montages of Class 1-A protecting themselves against the villains. Eraser Head was still fighting when the man with hands stopped scratching his neck and started walking towards him.
All Might sat in the teachers' lounge at U.A.
"Why is it showing U.A.?" Kaminari asked.
"Yeah, I wanna see how badass I look!" Bakugo agreed.
"-temporarily disconnected."
All Might placed down his phone.
'I can't reach Thirteen or Aizawa. Whatever the reason, I am neglecting my teaching duties because of what happened outside of work hours. I did something very foolish.' All Might rubbed his forehead.
"Yes you did, Mr. Symbol of Peace." Aizawa whispered.
"I should've been there with you all. If I hadn't been so foolish, I could've stopped them sooner. Maybe some injuries would've been spared." All Might squeezed his pants leg in regret.
'-will last for another ten or so.' All Might thought about his limit as he broke out his muscular form, announcing, "I will g-"
All Might's sentence was cut short as he spat out blood.
"Hold your horses." someone opened the door where All Might was waiting.
"Principal Nezu!" All Might observed.
"Yes! Am I a mouse? A bear? A dog? My real identity is…" Nezu announced, answering, "...the principal!"
"Why isn't it showing us fighting those damn villains?!" Bakugo shouted.
"-secret is keratin. Humans can't get this kind of color and luster. But let's talk about that later." Nezu explained when All Might commented about his fur. Pulling out his tablet with All Might's incidents that he did this morning, Nezu scolded, "Look at this! 'All Might Resolves Three Incidents in Only One Hour!'."
All Might winced while Nezu sighed.
"Looks like I don't need to scold you…" Aizaw smirked at All Might.
"Yeah…" All Might sighed.
"-who still cause trouble in this town even with you here, but you also shouldn't react every time you hear of an incident! You really haven't changed at all, have you? Your hero activities are limited because of your injury and its aftereffects. Along with that, you need to train your One for All successor. Since you insist on remaining the Symbol of Peace, the only way you can keep the world from finding out about both of those is for you to come here. That's why I suggested you became a teacher." Nezu explained to All Might, who started steaming before turning back to his true form. Nezu walked over to the couch to sit down, continuing, "I think you can stay here and relax for a little longer. In actuality, you can only teach this next class for a little bit, right? I'm the one who suggested it, but since you've accepted the position, I wish you'd prioritize your teaching duties."
All Might hopped over to crouch on the floor across from the couch.
"I mean, there are a lot of hero agencies in this town." Nezu pointed out.
"It is as you say. But that is why I was preparing to go to USJ." All Might explained.
"Even if you went now, you would be forced to return right away, right? If that's the case, then you might as well listen to my theories on teaching and use that to help you in the future." Nezu poured himself and All Might some tea.
'He's pouring tea…' All Might groaned.
"That's never a good sign, though, you might need those theories of his." Aizawa glanced at All Might.
"He did have some good points, but not the best time to talk about it…" All Might sighed.
'-a voicemail and couldn't connect at all…' All Might glanced at his phone.
"First of all, regarding the vulnerability and responsibility of being both a hero and teacher…" Nezu started.
"You haven't changed at all either, sir." All Might sighed.
"Well, Principal Nezu was wrong." Kaminari stated.
"Again, why the conversation?!" Bakugo yelled.
Shoji turned two of his hands into an ear and an eye.
"Shoji, is everyone here?" Iida asked.
"Everyone's scattered, but they're all in this building." Shoji answered, Sato, Sero, Uraraka and Ashido letting out a sigh of relief before paying back their attention to the warp gate.
"Damn it, physical attacks can't hit him, and he can warp things… His quirk's the worst!" Sero cursed.
"Class rep!" Thirteen called.
"Yes?" Iida turned to his teacher.
"I entrust this duty to you. Run to the school and tell them about what is happening here. The alarms are not sounding, and our phones don't have signal. The alarm system is based on infrared rays. Even though Eraser Head is erasing quirks left and right, they are still not working, which means they must have someone with an interference quirk who hid right when they arrived. It would be faster for you to run than for us to find that person." Thirteen instructed.
"But it would be a disgrace as class rep to leave everyone behind-" Iida protested.
"Go, Emergency Exit!"
Iida glanced behind him, Sato walking up to him.
"If you can go outside, there are alarms. That's why these guys are only doing this inside, right?" Sato told him, raising his fists up to fight.
"As long as you go outside, they won't follow you! Blow away that fog with your legs!" Sero added, raising his elbows up.
"Use your quirk in order to save others!" Thirteen encouraged, Shoji walking up to stand with Sato and Sero.
"I can totally support you like I did in the cafeteria! I will!" Uraraka said, pleading, "Please, class rep!"
"Go, Iida!" Uraraka and Midoriya cheered.
Iida prepared his engines to run for the door.
"Even if you have no other choice, are they really idiots who talk about their plans in front of the enemy?!" the warp wondered as he sent his mist for Iida.
"We did it because it doesn't matter if we're found out!" Thirteen objected, pointing their unlocked finger lid and started sucking in the fog, shouting, "Black Hole!"
"Looks like we got sucked in too." Mineta whispered when the screen moved with the fog. He was immediately taped over the mouth by Sero.
"What do you mean, fight? Are you stupid?!" Mineta shrieked.
"Are you honestly surprised?" Sero chuckled.
"Well, I didn't know him that well at the time." Mineta exclaimed as he ripped the tape from his mouth.
"How'd you know I was talking about Midoriya? Hm?" Sero hummed.
"You're contradicting yourself, Midoriya!" Mineta continued. Midoriya and Asui looked down into the water at the villains.
"Mineta, those guys down there are clearly assuming we'll fight in the water, right?" Midoriya asked him.
"Are you ignoring me?!" Mineta cried.
"Does that mean they knew what was in these facilities before they gathered people?" Asui asked Midoriya.
"Yeah. For people who gathered that much intel so meticulously, there's something strange. They sent you, Asu-" Midoriya started, before jumping.
"Ribbit?" Asui glanced at him.
"I mean, Tsu- to the shipwreck zone." Midoriya corrected himself.
"Midoriya calling Tsu 'Asui' is just a running gag, isn't it?" Hagakure giggled, Midoriya covering his face in embarrassment.
"Your own pace is fine." Asui assured.
"Oh, is that right?" Midoriya sighed.
"Well, what about it?!" Mineta shouted at Midoriya.
"This means, in other words, the villains probably don't know what our quirks are." Midoriya stated.
"That's true. If they knew I was a frog, then they probably would have thrown me into that fire zone over there." Asui agreed, looking at the zone.
"They probably separated us because they didn't know our quirks so they planned to overpower us with numbers." Midoriya continued.
"Well, those guys seriously underestimated us. Right, Bakugo?" Kirishima nidged Bakugo's arm.
"Tch. Yeah they did." Bakugo agreed.
"-lies in the fact that our opponents don't know what our quirks are!" Midoriya repeated, adding, "The enemy isn't trying to climb the boat. That supports my hypothesis! But that probably means they aren't underestimating us, either."
"Why didn't you three attack already? This is getting boring." Bakugo complained.
"We needed to observe to see why they weren't attacking and make a plan, Kacchan." Midoriya replied.
"Still boring that you guys just sat there and waited." Bakugo groaned.
Asui began explaining her quirk in detail when Midorya asked about it.
The class looked disgusted when Asui said she could spit out her stomach while Midoriya took notes.
'Secrete…?!' Mineta blushed when Asui talked about a toxic mucus she could make.
"I already kind of knew, but you're really strong." Midoriya told her when she was done, adding about his quirk; how he was super strong, but at a limit.
Mineta also started explaining his quirk, finishing with, "That's why I said we should just wait quietly! My quirk is totally unfit for battle!"
"Why'd you even apply to U.A., if you said your quirk was unfit for battle, huh?" Bakugo asked.
"I panicked at the time, okay?! I'm fine now!" Mineta yelled back.
"That doesn't answer the damn question." Bakugo whispered to himself.
"-we should think of a way to use it-" Midoriya tried quieting him down before a huge hand of water cut the boat in half.
"Finally, some action!" Bakugo grinned.
"Let's end this quickly." a villain exclaimed.
"What power… The ship's broken." Asui uttered as the boat started sinking into the water. Mineta ran to the edge of the boat and started throwing sticky balls out into the water.
"You can't give up!" Midoriya encouraged Mineta, who pointed at the villain while crying as he stopped using his quirk, Midoriya gasping, "What are you doing? The enemy will figure out your quirk-"
Midoriya looked over the edge to find the villains keeping their distance from Mineta's balls.
"What the heck are these?" the shark villain questioned, splashing the balls away.
'They're being cautious and not touching them?' Midoriya observed, gasping.
"The boat will sink in less than a minute. Once they get into the water, we're sure to win." the shark villain announced.
Mineta screamed, backing onto the wall while crying, "That's true…"
"Mineta, did you really enter U.A. to become a hero?" Asui asked him.
"Shut up! It's weirder to not be scared right now! We were only in junior high until a little while ago! Who would've thought that we would be almost killed right after starting school?! I wish I could've at least touched Yaoyorozu's boobs first!" Mineta cried.
"You have major problems man." Kirishima narrowed his eyes at Mineta while Yaoyorozu felt personally offended.
'Mineta…' Aizawa glared at him.
"When the enemy becomes certain of their victory, that will be our chance. All Might said so before on TV." Midoriya explained.
"What?" Mineta peeped.
"This is the only way to win!" Midoriya told him.
"You really must be kids, with all the chirping and screaming."
"Hey, Shigaraki said just don't let down your guard, remember? Don't judge them by their ages. Look at their quirks. It's common sense, isn't it? Because our quirks will definitely have an advantage in the water." one villain told the other.
Midoriya put his foot onto the edge of the boat as he started yelling, thinking, 'Act like Kacchan.'
The class started bursting out laughing while Bakugo had the straightest face.
"You really think I act that reckless, Deku?" Bakugo narrowed his eyes at him.
"At the time, yes." Midoriya replied before adding, "But now, it's debatable."
"I'll show you debatable, you damn nerd!" Bakugo huffed.
"I can't believe he even said 'die'!" Kirishima wiped a tear.
"This is just too good to be true." Kaminari laughed.
'-a smash, I can't get them all at once if they form a circle. Anyway, even if we get through this shipwreck zone, there are still other enemies. I can't sacrifice my arm! Imagine… the egg not exploding!' Midoriya told himself while falling through the air towards the water.
"Mineta." Asui assured him, carrying Mineta with one arm.
'Even though he's shaking, even though he's the same as me, even though he's scared. Why? Why?!' Mineta stared at Midoriya.
"Delaware Smash!" Midoriya yelled, flicking his fingers that made a whirlpool in the water that the villains collected in.
"Tsu! Mineta!" Midoriya shouted.
"Ribbit!" Asui jumped from the boat, carrying Mineta in her arm. Using her tongue, she grabbed onto Midoriya, who winced, his thumb and middle finger broken.
Some of the class winced along with Midoriya.
"You just love breaking all your bones, don't you?" Sero commented.
"It was necessary!" Midoriya argued.
'-heck, Midoriya?! WHy are you acting so cool?' Mineta clenched his fists until grabbing a ball and started screaming, throwing out sticky balls into the water, declaring, "Even I… Even I can…!"
"Hey!"
"I'm getting dragged in…"
The balls Mineta threw stuck to the villains, who tried pulling them off.
'If a strong force is applied to the surface of the water, it'll spread… and then converge back in the middle!" Midoriya gritted his teeth.
The villains all stuck together from Mineta's balls as the water exploded into the air, along with the broken boat and the villains.
"Rounded everyone up at once. I guess it's like we've cleared the first hurdle." Asui muttered to herself, approving, 'You're both amazing!'
Ending plays.
"That was so cool!" Ashido squeaked.
"But why did it end like that?!" Kirishima protested.
"We can always watch more!" Hagakure said.
"It barely showed any badass scenes of me! It was almost all about Deku." Bakugo spat.
"And there's nothing wrong with that!" Uraraka defended him.
"You kids either settle down, or I'm turning it off." Aizawa told them.
"Aizawa, you don't have to be so negative about it. They're just having fun." All Might nervously smiled.
"Well, the song is ending, so silence!" Aoyama announced.