Everyone was just starting to sit down when Aizawa, who was apparently asleep in the floor, wiggled out of his sleeping bag and stood at the podium. He gazes drearily at the students, looking less motivated to exist by the second. Most of the students have stopped and were waiting for him to speak, but there were still a couple who were still trying to carry on conversations (mostly Mina).
Clearing his throat, he begins," Today we're going to be working on your adaptability and teamwork skills. Don't bother getting excited to work with your friends, cuz' we're choosing teams for you this time."
Iida shoots his hand into the air. "Sensei! How are you choosing the teams? Are we drawing lots?"
"They will be based on quirk compatibility. And I'm not doing the choosing."
As if on cue, a short guy opens the door and walks over to stand by Aizawa.
"This is Touma. He's currently interning at the school. However, since his quirk 'Alignment' is interesting, we thought we might as well have him use it to train you instead of whatever else interns do."
Seeing this as his chance to speak, Touma pitches in, "Yes! I will be using my quirk to tell you what team-up best suits your abilities. Rather, who you 'align' with."
Jirou awkwardly raises her hand, "Are you picking our teams based on a horoscope?"
Scratching his head, he says, "Ahh it's a bit more complicated than that.."
Aizawa grunts and starts," Touma here has a quirk that's like a mix of Momo's Creation ability and Monoma's Cloning. He can determine what quirk would best complement someone and copy that ability. The ability manifests as an item and the person has to keep it on them to use the ability."
Kirishima slams both hands on his desk excitedly, "Woah dude! Your quirk is like all powerful! You should go into support!"
Touma smiles but humbly says, "It's not without limitations. I can only copy quirks that I've physically seen used and then the only person able to use the copied quirk is the person compatible with it. If some else takes the infused item, they wouldn't be able to use it. Then the item stops having the quirk attached to it after around 8hrs."
"Let's head over to the training area, we can discuss the specifics of the assignment when we get there." Aizawa says over his shoulder while heading towards the door.
When they arrive at the training area, Deku immediately moves to speak to Aizawa-sensei.
"Um Aizawa-sensei, can I ask out on this assignment? My quirk breaks my bones when I activate it, and I trained for a long time to make my muscles somewhat able to handle it. I don't think giving a copy to an unprepared person would be a good idea."
Aizawa stares at him, deadfish-eyes looking like they would pierce through his head.
"Fine. Instead you will analyze a team of your choice and write an essay listing the ins and outs of their performance. "
"Thank you thank you thank you!" he shouts in a flurry, bowing repeatedly (before Aizawa can change his mind).
Touma has each student (other than Midoriya) demonstrate their quirk before lining them up. As each student moves to stand before him, he places both hands on their shoulders before closing his eyes. Bringing his hands together, he opens them to reveal an iridescent ring.
After everyone had received their ring, they split off into groups of friends. Uraraka and Iida were standing off to the side talking to Midoriya before he had to leave with Aizawa-sensei.
Iida cautiously slips on the ring and feels a tingling sensation all over his body.
"Iida-kun, are you okay? Whose quirk did you get?" Uraraka nervously asks.
"It felt like spiders were crawling on my skin but it's gone now." He looks down at his arms and legs curiously, "I don't see anything blatantly different."
Deku circles him, marking off possible classmates with each observation.
"You're not invisible, you haven't grown a tail… try flexing."
Iida flexes his muscles and they begin to harden.
Uraraka and Deku's eyes light up like stars.
"You have Kirishima's hardening quirk!" they say in unison.
Deku of course starts listing off the pros and cons of this mash-up, his voice evolving into an indiscernible mumble.
Aizawa gives him a look and moves towards the students.
"Once the teams are made up, you will be separated off into different sections of the training area. There will be 5 objects to find in each area. The object is a large blue coin with a red 'X' on it. Find all 5 and return to the main area within the time limit. If you don't make it back with 3 hours, you fail."
Turning back to his friends, Midoriya says, "I guess that means it's time for me to go. Good luck you guys!" He pulls both of them into a half-hug before waving and walking towards their teacher.
Iida is self-occupied trying to come up with ways to combine both quirks while Uraraka gazes down at the ring in her palm. It filled her with anxiety and nervousness. She was about to clench her teeth and put it on when a person floated into her vision.
She looks up at him absolutely bewildered, making his is smug face morph into a cocky grin.
Bakugou dropped down from the air and strutted towards her. Grin leaving as he sees the ring still in her hand. He stops 2-feet from her and scoffs.
"Why the fuck haven't you put the ring on?"
She just stares at him, mouth gaping like a fish. He lets out an exasperated sigh before grabbing her wrist. She impulsively tries to jerk away but he holds her still. With his other hand he takes the ring from her.
"Damn, Round-face. Calm your tits."
He holds her hand and slips the ring onto her finger.
"Do you not want to team up with me that much?" He narrows his eyes at her, efficiently making her stop gaping and look at him in the eye. She tears her eyes away to look down at her hand.
"It's not that. I'm wondering why they decided we're compatible."
Quickly, he drops her hand and turns away. As he starts to move to where the students are gathering for the training sequence, she hears him quietly say, "I'm just glad it's you."