Author's Note: Yo! Ericagoldfarb here with another fanfic for you guys! This one's a My Hero Academia collab with YukiMegi, so go check him out on his page! Enjoy!
Chapter 1 - The New Hero in Town
After the USJ attacks the day before, life was back to normal for Izuku.
"Are you sure you'll be okay?" Inko asks before he leaves for school.
"Don't worry, Mom." Izuku tells his mother in a reassuring voice. "I'll be fine."
"Just be safe, honey."
"I will."
And so, Izuku's day starts like any other as he begins his walk to school.
As he nears the main UA building, he sees a familiar face.
"Hi, Deku!" Ochako says charmingly.
"Oh. Hi, Uraraka-San." Izuku waves. "What's up?"
"Did you hear? About the new student?" Uraraka asks.
"Huh?"
"Apparently, we're getting a new kid in our class. I hear she's from France or something."
"Really?"
"Yeah! I wonder what she's like!"
"Me too."
"I'm gonna stop at the restroom. I'll see you in class!" Ochako opens a door leading to the girls' room and smiles at Midoriya.
"Bye!" Izuku waves at her and keeps walking to room 1-A.
As he enters the classroom, several others are already still there. Eijiro is chatting with Mina and Denki in one corner, while a few other students are scattered around the room in their desks.
Izuku walks over to Kirishima, Ashido and Kaminari and listens in to their smalltalk.
"Oh, hi Midoriya-kun." Mina says. "Did you hear about the new student?"
"Yeah, actually." Izuku steals a glance at Shouto, where he notices an extra row of chairs have been placed. "Isn't she from France or something?"
"That's what I've heard." Kirishima shrugs. "I wonder what her Quirk is?"
"It's gotta be a good one if she got admitted into UA." Kaminari says while charging Mina's phone.
"I heard from Midnight-sensei that she was at the best hero school in France before her folks moved here for work reasons." Ashido shighs. "The wait is killing me!"
The late bell rings in Izuku's ears. He turns around to notice that the rest of the class is already getting seated.
"Well, we should probably get seated, then." Midoriya tells the three others.
As Izuku sits in his desk right behind Katsuki's spiky blond hair, he contemplates asking him about the new student, but decides against it.
"Yo, Midoriya." Izuku turns around to see Minoru facing him. "Did you hear about the new chick? I hope she's hot!"
"Right."
"Hey." A bandage-ridden Aizawa-sensei walks in through the door.
"Aizawa-sensei, should you really be here?" Several people ask. At the USJ attacks, he was pretty badly injured, so everyone assumed he wasn't going to be present.
"I'm fine. More importantly, though, I'm sure you've all heard we've received a new student from Paris." The class's hairs stand on edge in suspense.
"You can come in." Aizawa motions towards the door. "Won't you introduce yourself?"
A girl with blond hair walks through the door into the classroom. She has streaks of black hair every here and there, and her pink eyes mesmerize the room in her gaze. Izuku turns to Minoru to see that his nose is bleeding.
"Hi." The girl waves. "I'm Misaki Kujo. I'm French-Japanese, and I'm already fluent in Japanese, so don't worry about that." Misaki smiles.
"Does anyone have any questions for her?" Aizawa-sensei asks the class.
"What's your Quirk?" Kirishima asks.
"All that in good time. In Hero class we'll be doing some combat training, so we may as well wait until then. Okay, Misaki?"
"Okay!"
"I've put another row of desks in the back. Could you guys move back a row?" Aizawa points towards Todoroki's row.
After some minor adjustments, Misaki is seated just next to Bakugou.
"So, what's up with you?" Katsuki whispers to her during English class.
"What do you mean?" She turns to look at him.
"Why'd you end up here, anyways?" Bakugou grunts.
"My dad's work told him to move here to a different branch. Plus, my cousin lives nearby. That's all."
The two didn't talk after that. The day went by before the class knew it, and soon enough, it was time for their Hero class.
"All right." Aizawa said once all of the students were dressed in their gym clothes. "Today, we'll be doing combat training. I asked you to be in your gym clothes because, if need be, you might be off-shift and need to get involved out of the blue. So, we'll be working on combat without the help of your hero suits."
"And how will we be doing this, sensei?" Iida yells from the back of the gym.
"We'll be doing close combat, one-on-one cage fighting."Aizawa points to an elevated netted MMA-esque ring. "Although I'll stop you if things go too far."
Conversation ensues from the members of the class. "Who's going first?" Izuku asks his teacher.
"So, I think it's obvious that Misaki will be up first." Aizawa points to the girl.
"Huh?" Misaki looks at the cage, then back at Aizawa.
"Does anyone want to go in with her?"
A moment of silence ensues.
"I'll go."
Midoriya looks backwards at his classmate.
"Kacchan?" He asks perplexingly.
"Shut up." Katsuki gives Izuku the cold shoulder as he walks past him.
"Good. The fight'll start as soon as I give you the signal. Everyone else, you can come closer to the arena." Aizawa instructs. The 18 remaining students surround the enclosed ring.
After the two opponents enter the ring, Aizawa continues. "You two can begin when ready."
The two stand stock-still, staring at each other.
"So, what's up with this girl, anyways?" Eijiro asks Aizawa.
"Just like she said, she came from France. She attended the most prestigious hero school in Paris, after passing their entrance exam without effort. Surprisingly, her Quirk is quite powerful, although strange."
"Strange?" Kirishima crosses his arms.
"Ssh. You're about to find out." Aizawa points to the arena, where Katsuki lunging towards Misaki.
Katsuki shoots out an explosion straight into the girl's face. Instead of dodging, she firmly grips onto Bakugou's arm with her left hand.
"What the hell?" Bakugou raises his voice as he asks rhetorically.
Misaki shrugs. "I win."
"Wha-" Katsuki starts as excruciating pain rushes through his abdomen.