Izuku was listening intently to Uraraka and Iida as they told about their first class with All Might. They were in lunch again, the first half of the day going by in a blur. They sat in the same table as yesterday and Izuku was surprised when he found the 1-A students sitting in their spots, presumably waiting for them.

Iida, Izuku found, wasn't as scary as he thought from their first meeting with each other. He was just really diligent while carrying himself with strict regulation and morals. He was also very knowledgeable on the subject of hero agencies and how they worked, answering many of Izuku's questions when Iida first revealed that fact. His movements did seem robotic at times, but Izuku didn't mind. Izuku knew that he was weird enough already to comment on other people's habits.

In contrast to Iida, Uraraka was really cheerful and optimistic. From Izuku's short time with her, he noticed that she talked with a sort of bounce that always made even the most mundane of topics seem interesting. And while she wasn't talking, she still always had a smile on her face.

Even when she currently had a black eye with a bandage on her cheek.

"Battle Trials?" Kendo questioned, furrowing her brow. She had her hands folded in front of her, a perplexed expression on her face. She looked pointedly at Uraraka's injuries. "Sounds dangerous."

"No one got as badly hurt as us…" Uraraka said, rubbing the back of her neck sheepishly. "But Bakugo doesn't hold back at all! He gave me a full haymaker even though I'm a girl!"

"Real villains won't hold back, Uraraka-san!" Iida reminded her, also sporting bandages that were wrapped around his head. He made a few chopping motions with his hands. "Bakugo-san acted like a true villain, ironically when we are in a school for heroics. I only wish he didn't have to bring down the whole building with his Quirk!"

"A whole building?!" The 1-B students said in disbelief. They all looked over to where Kacchan sat. He was next to a red-haired person on a separate table, blissfully ignorant of their stares.

"Yeah, he created this huge explosion!" Uraraka reaffirmed, raising her arms for more emphasis. "He took out the whole wall of the building and it collapsed right on top of us! It was so scary!"

"Luckily, All Might rescued us before anyone got any major injuries and Recovery Girl left the minor wounds alone," Iida said to assuage their worried looks. "Bakugo-san and I got disqualified, understandably. But it is still frustrating for me to lose in this way!"

That sounds like Kacchan, alright, Izuku thought with a sweatdrop. He looked back at Kacchan with a puzzled expression. Still, I know firsthand that his explosions aren't that powerful. Uraraka said they were allowed to use their costumes and support gear for this lesson. Did his costume enhance them somehow?

"Seriously?" Monoma said. He laid back into his seat, groaning and massaging his legs and arms. He tried to sit by himself again when lunch started, but Kendo wasn't having any of that. She quickly dragged him back over with little protest since Monoma knew it was futile to argue with her. "Damn, it sounds like you all actually did something exciting. All we got was harsh training from Vlad-sensei. My arms and legs still hurt…"

"W-Well, we have All Might n-next so we'll probably have to d-do the same thing?" Izuku said though he wasn't really too sure himself. Despite asking All Might in their usual spot at Dagobah beach in the morning, he wasn't able to get anything out of the man when he asked about today's lesson. All Might had only just winked at him and said it would be a "surprise".

"I agree with Dekiru-kun. That would most likely be the case," Kendo said, making Izuku turn red. Both Uraraka and Kendo made good on their decision to call him by that nickname. Though, Kendo still addressed him formally when they were around their other classmates. She patted Monoma on the back, who gave her an unamused look in response. "So cheer up and stop acting so gloomy. "

"Riiiiggghht," Monoma drawled, straightening up and finishing his food.

~Class~1-B's~Dekiru~

Lunch passed by with nothing notable happening, unlike yesterday. Everyone was once again abuzz in excitement at what they would learn in an actual class of Foundational Hero Studies.

"Hell yeah!" Tetsutetsu shouted, putting one foot on his desk and chair to elevate himself. "Now we'll finally be like heroes! Who else is pumped!?"

The class sweatdropped at his enthusiasm, which was completely identical to yesterday. Tokage and Tsunotori scooted away from him while he was shouting.

"I'm scared, guys," Bondo said to the classmates that sat in his row. "I could barely do anything yesterday after I got back home. If today's lesson was anything like yesterday…"

"I don't...think so," Yanagi said in her bored tone. She was slumped on her desk, looking up at the ceiling aimlessly. She looked absolutely dead on the inside. "All Might is different from Vlad-sensei, I hope. I...don't think I can survive another training session like that."

"I never met All Might personally so I can't really say anything," Rin said, giving his own input into the matter. "Training is good and all, but we need actual lessons in order to learn. Like, about hostage situations and stuff. Being strong can only get us so far without the knowledge to put that strength to use."

"H-He will teach us something! I'm sure of it!" Izuku said with conviction, remembering the ten months of hell. Training wasn't the only thing that All Might went over with him. Izuku thought he knew about heroes, but training with the absolute pinnacle of heroism gave him many different perspectives about the subject matter. He took some of All Might's convictions as his own and so he was excited to see what he would learn from him next.

"You sound really sure about that," Monoma said, narrowing his eyes. Izuku started sweating under his gaze.

"H-He is the S-Symbol of Peace. H-He had to have l-learned something to become that," Izuku defended himself. He poked his fingers together and looked back down at his desk. "A-And I really admire him too…"

"I guess you have a point there," Monoma muttered, prompting Izuku to breathe out a sigh of relief.

"I don't care as long as we don't do that training from yesterday," Tsuburaba groaned, turning his chair around to face the back row. He winced when his back cracked a bit. "My whole body still aches from that. We better do something fun this time!"

Before anyone can do anything else, the door slammed open. The class immediately went quiet. The door closed to reveal…

Vlad King, walking to the front of the class. He gave them all a shit-eating grin when he saw their horrified looks. "Hello, maggots!"

Tetsutetsu fell off of his desk. The class erupted into pandemonium.

"NAAAAAANNNNNIIIIIII?!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"OH FUCK WHY!?"

"He's trolling us. He's got to be trolling us," Tsuburaba whimpered, rocking back and forth in his chair, sucking his thumb all the while.

"No, Yanagi-san!" Bondo tried to shake an unconscious Yanagi awake, who looked like her soul was coming from her mouth. "Come back to us!"

Kamakiri just sat through the chaos, gritting his teeth with a tick mark on his head.

The door slammed open once more. "I AM COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A- WHAT THE HECK?!"

All Might burst into the room only to see the sorry state Class 1-B was in. The students took one good look at All Might before bursting into tears.

"ALL MIGHT! YOU'RE HERE!"

"T-THAT'S RIGHT! EVERYTHING IS FINE NOW SINCE I AM HERE!" All Might said his signature phrase with enthusiasm, sweatdropping at the scene. He looked at Vlad King, who still wore his shit-eating grin. It's only the second day and they're like this already!? What the hell did you do to them?!"

"SHUT YOUR TRAPS!" Vlad King barked. The whole class became silent at once. Everyone scrambled to their seats in an instant and gave Vlad King their full attention. All Might looked impressed. "Now, I came here to warn you! I don't want any of you giving All Might-sensei any trouble, ya hear me?! And trust me, I'll know!"

"YES, VLAD-SENSEI!"

"Good! I'll be taking my leave now!" The class face faulted at this. He scared them half to death just to give them a warning?! "All Might, send me the video recordings for this lesson later. I'm going to need to know how well they did to grade them properly."

The class collectively flinched when Vlad King directed his burning gaze to them. He looked at Izuku in particular. "And to determine who here will be taking the Probation Sash home this time."

T-That's right! Izuku clutched the red sash and returned Vlad King's gaze with his own determined one, making Vlad King blink in response. This is my chance to prove myself again. I'll show you this time, Vlad-sensei!

"I'll make sure to do so," All Might said. Vlad King nodded and walked out without saying anything else. All Might turned back to the class. "Now that we got that out of the way, allow me to introduce you to Foundational Hero Studies! As most of you already know, I am All Might and I will be your teacher for the foreseeable future! You may address me as All Might-sensei! Got that?!"

He got a collective and enthusiastic "Yes, All Might-sensei!" at that. Most of the class gushed in their seat, including Izuku, at the Number One's words.

"So cool! He's so much more awesome in real life than on TV!"

"He's a lot bigger than I thought he would be…"

"That's his Silver Age costume!" Izuku whispered, bouncing in his seat. He didn't notice it before when Vlad King had the whole class' attention. Now that his attention was on All Might, he appreciated the outfit for what it is and represented for. "How retro!"

"Guess you weren't kidding about the fanboy part," Monoma whispered to him with a smirk, making him turn into a tomato.

"Let us begin our lesson with this! We'll be conducting trials of battle now!" All Might said. Izuku saw Kendo turn around and give him a discreet smile. It seemed they were right about how All Might would give them the same lesson as Class 1-A. "But I think you all are missing something. Can anyone guess what that is?" He got a bunch of tilted heads in response. "Why, it is the fundamental item any hero needs: your Hero Costumes!"

Everyone's faces lit up at that. They heard a whirring noise and looked to the side to see hidden compartments coming out of the wall, containing briefcases with bolded numbers on them. Izuku recognized his number as 16.

"Grab your suitcases, change in the locker rooms, and meet me at Ground Beta!" All Might ordered and gave them a thumbs up. "It's time for you all to become heroes!"

~Class~1-B's~Dekiru~

They all arrived at Ground Beta and went into the changing room there. Like the rest of the boys, Izuku stripped down to his boxers and opened his costume case. He picked up his green tracksuit and frowned. It was wrinkled as if someone had touched it. He clearly remembered that his mom ironed it out before gifting it to him. He shrugged his shoulders. I'm probably overthinking it…

He put on the tracksuit and strapped his elbow and knee pads to their respective places. He also put on his enhanced red shoes, feeling the metallic lining to make sure it wasn't peeling off already. He pulled over his mask and inspected himself in the large mirror at the front of the room. There seemed to be more emphasis on the white design on his tracksuit and his mask had the two long stalks standing tall on his head in a homage to All Might. He looked around and noticed that everyone had already left. Everything looks in place. I should get going now.

Izuku walked out of the building to see the same ruined structure back on that fated day, all cleaned up and ready for their use. This time, he was in his hero costume and ready to learn. He saw the entirety of class 1-B gathered in a large group in front of All Might. They were all in their hero costumes as well. There was a myriad of different styles and gear that Izuku wanted to analyze, but he got interrupted when Kendo walked up to him. He took one good look at Kendo's costume before his eyes bugged out and his head went up in flames.

Kendo was in a sort of blue sleeveless robe that hugged her figure nicely and emphasized her *ahem* assets. It had gold highlights running along the arm openings and collar. On top of that, she wore a black domino mask that was tied to the back of her head with the remaining strands lying on her neck. She wore a loosely tied belt on her waist with a satchel attached to the back. Following the belt, Izuku could also see that she wore some black spats through the leg splits of the robe- I-Ishouldprobablynotlookthere!- with a pair of white-heeled navy boots. In conclusion, her costume gave off a very martial arts sort of vibe.

"Like what you see?" Kendo asked with a teasing smile, looking him up and down, which made Izuku even more embarrassed. "I'm just messing with you. Your costume looks really practical! Those mask extensions though…" She looked up at Izuku's mask stalks and back at All Might's hair. "Are they supposed to look like All Might's hair?"

"Yeah," Izuku admitted, looking down at the ground sheepishly. "I w-wanted to pay homage to him in s-some way." Not to mention I've got his Quirk too…

"By imitating All Might's hair?" Monoma asked, walking over to them. He was dressed in a baggy black long-sleeved shirt with matching pants. He wore a white belt with two yellow watches hooked on the side. He had on a pair of simple white tennis shoes. "I'm pretty sure there are better aspects to copy, like his color scheme or something. And believe me, I know all about copying stuff."

"Yeah, but at least Midoriya-san has some design on his. What is your costume supposed to do?" Monoma looked down at his costume and sighed.

"It's not like I had a choice, let me tell you. I asked the Support Course to make a costume that can accommodate all sorts of Quirks, but they couldn't do it." Monoma clenched his hands tightly. "Honestly, it's like I roll the lottery every time I go into battle. I don't know what Quirk I'll work with or if it will be even effective against my opponent since most people are resistant to their own Quirk. And the Quirk usually tears through my costume since it can't accommodate for all the effects of whatever Quirk I get. The only thing I could think of to help me is the stopwatches since I have a time limit for each Quirk I copy."

"B-But your Quirk is still amazing!" Izuku blurted out. There seemed to be much more to it than what Monoma told them, but Izuku still wasn't having any of that Quirk hating nonsense. "Your Quirk can be used for many situations! You can be useful in every rescue by copying a rescue hero's Quirk! And when you copy a person's Quirk, you'll gain resistance to their Quirk as well, which can turn the tide in some battles if you can stall for time or backup! And…" he faltered when he saw Monoma looking at him weirdly. "Um…"

"I...wasn't really trying to self-deprecate myself. I was just stating obvious flaws about my Quirk, like all Quirks have," Monoma stated, making Izuku feel even more awkward. Monoma turned around, his back to Izuku and his hands in his pockets, and walked towards the crowd. "Still though, thanks for the vote of confidence."

Izuku frowned as he saw Monoma walk towards the crowd. "I-I guess I read too much into it…"

"I don't think so," Kendo said, also looking towards Monoma with a pensive expression. She turned to Izuku with a smile. "I think he really appreciated what you said."

Before Izuku could ask what she meant by that, they all heard a loud TWEEET! and redirected their attention to All Might, who had a whistle in his mouth.

"All right, come over here, everyone! Let me take you to where we will be conducting the exercise!" The group of students crowded around All Might. All Might led them through the cityscape. Izuku saw a completely collapsed building with debris that partially covered the road, which the students navigated around. That must be where Kacchan had his battle trial. I guess Uraraka and Iida weren't exaggerating after all...

They stopped when they were in front of an intact building. All Might's tall frame towered over them and he looked down towards all of the students. "Before we begin, I must say that you're all looking good! You all definitely have the look of heroes! Now then, onto our lesson for today: the Indoor Battle Trials!"

Tsuburaba and Tetsutetsu practically squealed, stars in their eyes. Most of Class 1-B cheered while some others looked confused. Honenuki raised his hand. "Yes, Young Honenuki?"

"Why indoor battles specifically, All Might-Sensei?" All Might nodded his head, his fingers on his chin.

"Excellent question! The majority of you may have seen many villains fighting out in the open with heroes. Most likely from your TV's, am I right?" He got a bunch of nods at that. "Well, while fighting fodder villains in public like that is common, the masterminds have lairs built specifically to defeat heroes! Or the truly villainous would use the people in public buildings as hostages! This lesson is designed to teach you to restrain yourself inside of a building while still completing your objective!"

Honenuki nodded at that, satisfied. All Might turned to the rest of the students. "All right, here is the scenario! There is a bomb inside of an empty civilian building that the heroes must secure. The chosen villains will be tasked to stop the heroes either with exceeding the time limit given to you or capturing the heroes with this capture tape!" All Might pulled out a few rolls of tape to show them. "The heroes will also have the ability to capture the villains with this tape as well. You must completely encircle the villain or hero with the tape in order for it to count as a capture. Afterward, the captured target must leave the building immediately. Understand?" He got another round of nods. He pulled out a box from...somewhere. "Now you will divide up into pairs by drawing lots! After all, you might be randomly matched up with a completely unknown hero when on the field and will have to accommodate that. Once everyone gets their letter, find your partner who also has the matching letter!"

That makes sense, making it a random assortment. Izuku thought, lining up to get his letter. He reached his hand into the box, sifting through the paper slips for a moment, and grabbed a slip. It was an E. I wonder who my partner is. I hope I can work with them…

As if the gods themselves wanted to solve his predicament, he felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around to see Kendo waving an E also. Any anxiety that started to build up within him disappeared immediately. "Looks like we're partners, Midoriya-san."

"Y-Yeah! P-Please take care of me," Izuku said, bowing down to her.

"Same here." Kendo bowed down back to him. Izuku looked up and chuckled a bit. He was immensely grateful and happy that he would work with someone he was somewhat comfortable with. And her Quirk was something he could work with too. He looked around and saw that everyone else was pairing up as well.

"Now that we got that out of the way, now is the time to see which one of you will be heroes and villains!" All Might ruffled through his loot box and picked out the slips, reading out each matchup.

"Hero Team C: Shihai Kuroiro and Tsuburaba Kosei vs Villain Team A: Shiozaki Ibara and Kinoko Komori!"

"Hero Team J: Tsunotori Pony and Shishida Jurota vs Villain Team B: Awase Yosetsu and Shoda Nirengeki!"

"Hero Team G: Yanagi Reiko and Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu vs Villain Team F: Monoma Neito and Tokage Setsuna!"

Hero Team I: Honenuki Juzo and Kaibara Sen vs Villain Team H: Kodai Yui and Bondo Kojiro!"

Hero Team E: Midoriya Izuku and Kendo Itsuka vs Villain Team D: Kamakiri Togaru and Hiryu Rin!"

"Those will be the matchups in their respective order," All Might said. "You'll each have five minutes to plan or lay traps in the villain's case before having 15 minutes to complete your goals. Don't worry about holding back since I will stop the exercise if anyone takes it too far! Getting bruised or shedding a little blood is all part of the risk of being a hero, after all." He gave the class a thumbs up. "Now then, the first group should get ready right now! The rest of us will be overseeing your process in the observation room. Good luck and may the better team win!"

~Class~1-B's~Dekiru~

All right, boys. Things are about to be epic!

Kosei inspected the fake bomb all the while he was grinning like a loon. He was in his hero costume, which consisted of a light colored jacket with baggy pants. He had a gas mask hanging limply over his chest which had a tube that was connected to a compact oxygen tank connected to his belt. His Quirk relied on the air that was in his lungs, after all. He might need a quick pick-me-up in order to get going or to filter out whatever foreign gases the enemy might throw at him.

Describing Kosei's feelings as excitement was a complete understatement. He was absolutely ecstatic. He was in the hero course and now he was going to duke it out with his classmates using his Quirk. It's a literal dream come true. What kind of self-respecting teenage male didn't want to beat each other up with superpowers anyway? He knew Tetsutetsu would agree with him. The guy was an absolute bro.

"Is this made out of paper mache?" Kosei asked, poking the fake bomb. His finger made a dent within the bomb. "Oh shit!"

"Stop messing around and let's concentrate. We have five minutes to scheme our way into victory," Kuroiro said, looking out the window in an angle and watching the two heroes collaborate with each other. Kuroiro was wearing a simple black jumpsuit. It didn't seem like there was anything else worth noting about his costume. Tsuburaba looked at him weirdly. Had he misheard that?

"Scheme?"

"Plan," Kuroiro corrected absentmindedly, waving Kosei off.

"No, I'm pretty sure I heard you say-" Kosei stopped and shook his head. Now was not the time to focus on that. "Never mind. You got any ideas on how to take them down? I'm...sort of a dumbass when it comes to these sort of things…"

Yeah, coming with plans was not Kosei's forte. Luckily for him, it seemed that was just right up Kuroiro's alley.

"Hmm…" Kuroiro paced around, his hand on his chin. "I don't know much about Shiozaki-san...but I do know that Kinoko would rather find the bomb and face us directly, despite her Quirk being long range. We'll have to be careful of her. Once her spores land on us, we're basically screwed at that point."

"How do you know that? You know her from before or something?" Kuroiro looked to the side.

"You could...say that." Kosei tilted his head at that. Kuroiro glared over at him. "Oi, stop staring at me like that. A lackey like you doesn't get to ask the questions around here."

"L-Lackey?! Why am I the lackey?!"

"Cuz I'm the one with the sche- plan here," Kuroiro said with a smirk. "Now then, you're the best counter for Komori. Your air can stop the spores from advancing further or disperse them altogether. Meanwhile, I'll be the one to surprise them with my Quirk."

"Your Quirk is merging with black things, right? How is that going to help us?"

"I thought I said you aren't allowed to ask questions, lackey," Kuroiro said. It seemed that he was truly embracing the villainous mindset. He then grinned eerily, making Kosei's spine shiver. "But I'll humor you this time. Listen closely. Here's what we're going to do."

Tsuburaba frowned at first at Kuroiro's plan, but then he started grinning when he thought about it a bit more. "Alright then, Big Boss. That's something I can do!" If Tsuburaba was going to be a villain, then he might as well act along as well.

"I also have something for you. Maybe you would like it. It'll help with acting more like a villain, I guess," Kuroiro rummaged through his pockets and presented the item. Tsuburaba grinned even more.

"The five minutes are over. Prepare to start the exercise!" All Might's voice rang over from the speakers.

"Let's go," Kuroiro said simply before he melted with the darkness.

~Class~1-B's~Dekiru~

The rest of the class was in the dark and dank observation room. The only light that was provided for them came off from the many monitors that littered on the front wall of the room, each detailing a separate room or hallway. Unfortunately, there was no audio for them to hear with so they couldn't tell what both teams would do to win. But that wasn't stopping Setsuna from trying to figure it out herself. She wouldn't just stand there like the rest of their classmates and watch as it played out.

Let's see here… Setsuna thought to herself. I don't know much about their personalities to gauge how they would react. Still, the hero team has a better chance because of their powerful Quirks by default. Admittedly, I don't know how Kinoko's Quirk works but I still think it is pretty viable when used in tandem with Shiozaki. I think Tsuburaba's Quirk would break under the pressure of Shiozaki's vines and I can't see how Kuroiro's Quirk would be of any use here and...hm?

Her thoughts were interrupted by some frantic mumbling. She looked towards her side and saw Midoriya deep in thought, mumbling like there was no tomorrow and scribbling rapidly in that burnt notebook of his. There has to be some story behind that…and what's he muttering about this time?

She decided to be direct. "Yo, Midoriya! What are you talking to yourself for? I can't even hear myself think!"

Midoriya practically jumped and turned towards her, quivering. "I-I'm sorry, T-Tokage-san! I-I was just-"

"Dude, chill out. I'm not mad," Setsuna said, waving her arms in a placating manner. "I just wanted to know what's got you in such a fuss?"

"I-I w-was just trying to figure out how each team would use their Quirks to win is all…" Midoriya said, poking his fingers together.

Oh? Now wasn't that just interesting? "You too? Who do you think will win?"

"The villain team," Midoriya said. Setsuna was taken aback. That wasn't what she was expecting. She was really curious now.

"You don't think the hero team will win?"

"W-Well, its t-true that Shiozaki-san and K-Kinoko-san have Quirks that are good for long-range. In addition, they have excellent Quirk synergy with each other since they both have nature-based Quirks, so they can maybe do dual attacks with mushrooms on Shiozaki-san's vines or something like that." Midoriya said. Setsuna nodded at that. That was what she thought too. "But the real reason why I think they won't do well is because of the environment they are in."

Setsuna blinked at that. She looked at the monitors. "You mean the fact that this is taking place within a building?"

Midoriya was apparently getting more confident now. His stutter was practically gone at this point and he was slowly gathering an audience, whether he realized it or not. "That's right. They have good long-range Quirks, but the hallways are too narrow for them to do anything significant or they will risk structural damage. Kinoko-san's Quirk comes from the spores she emits so Tsuburaba-san can stop them with his air wall, and I think his gas mask can filter air so that his lungs wouldn't carry any foreign substances so her spores can't get through there. And Shiozaki-san tends to spread out her vines so the narrow hallways will-"

"Wait! Hold on!" Setsuna's head was practically spinning. She did not expect that information dump from Midoriya, especially on the specific details on their Quirks. How does he even know that anyway? It's only the second day and none of them even explained in depth how their Quirk works. "How do you know that Kinoko produces mushrooms through spores? And about Tsuburaba using his Quirk with his lungs? And how Shiozaki's uses of her vines?!"

"Back on the obstacle course, Kinoko-san was in the lane next to me and I noticed some sort of powdery substance in the air before her mushrooms grew, so I thought that spores might be the only answer since that is how mushrooms reproduce." Midoriya was on a roll now and everyone was paying close attention to him, including All Might. "As for Tsuburaba-san, I noticed how he took a deep breath whenever he blew out another air platform, meaning he might use his lungs to form solid shapes. For Shiozaki-san, I noticed how she usually spreads out her vines and uses them one at a time rather than simultaneously, presumably so that her vines don't get tangled or in the way of each other."

He got all of that from the obstacle course alone?! Setsuna looked at Midoriya in shock.

"Then there's taking Kuroiro-san's Quirk into account," Midoriya continued. Setsuna's brain nearly short-circuited. He still wasn't done? "The lighting inside the buildings are mostly faulty, making certain corridors completely dark. Kuroiro-san's Quirk is to merge with all things black so…"

"A dark corridor would be completely perfect for him," Setsuna murmured, finishing Midoriya's sentence.

"Excellent analysis, Young Midoriya!" All Might boomed, making him jump. He seemed to realize that everyone was crowding around him and curled in on himself. "You made many valid points with this situation! Is there anything else you wanted to say?"

"W-Well, all of what I said c-can be circumvented if they fight in an open room," Midoriya said, turning away from Setsuna, who was currently spazzing at the moment. "T-Then it would be an advantage for the heroes, I-I think…"

"Damn, dude. Did you think of that just now?" Tetsutetsu asked.

"N-No. Just s-since the matchups were made."

"Seriously?! In that short time!?" Shoda said.

"I know, it's kinda weird..." Midoriya answered modestly, ducking his head.

"No, it's not. That kind of quick thinking can actually save lives in this profession, you know," Kendo said. "You said that this was sort of your hobby before, right? You should take pride in that."

"A hobby?" Awase shook his head. "Nah man, that was some enthusiast level shit right there. It's awesome is what it is!"

"Still though, anything can happen in these matches. We'll see how accurate your predictions are since something different can happen," Honenuki said and they all turned towards the monitor again.

~Class~1-B's~Dekiru~

If Komori was being honest right now, she was incredibly nervous. This was her first exercise in U.A. and not only was it being graded, but everyone was watching her as well. And three other people but she concentrated on the "her" part. She felt lucky that she was playing as a hero. She didn't think she would make a good villain.

Komori's hero costume consisted of a turtleneck dress with a red and white polka dot pattern. She had a mushroom-shaped hat and pink boots with frills that had the same pattern. She was thinking of the fly agaric mushroom when designing the costume since that was her favorite mushroom.

Shiozaki looked all around her sides cautiously. Her hero costume consisted of a white robe with black knee-high boots. Her vines moved around the two heroes, almost encircling them in a protective cocoon.

"W-Watch out for t-the corners," Kinoko stuttered behind her. "Kuroiro-kun could be hiding in them."

"His Quirk can allow him to hide in the shadows?" Shiozaki asked. She glared at the dark spots in the hallway. "What an unholy power…"

"I-It isn't unholy!" Kinoko protested, glaring at Ibara. "Kuroiro-kun isn't a bad person…"

"My apologies," Shiozaki said, though it didn't sound like she really meant it. "You sound like you know him."

Kinoko knew of him, but she didn't know him. Though she would really like to, considering he...

She shook her head. Now was not the time to be thinking about that. "He's from my middle school, though I wouldn't really call us friends," Kinoko answered, poking her fingers together. "It's...kind of compli-"

"Shh," Shiozaki whispered. Kinoko froze and strained her ears. Footsteps. "Ready your Quirk. You remember the plan, right?"

Kinoko nodded and flexed her arms, the spores just barely emerging from her skin. The footsteps grew louder and a shadow loomed out from a corner.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't the heroes, coming to save the day!" A nasal voice said in what Kinoko could only describe as a lame gangster accent. Tsuburaba stood in front of the both of them, hands crossed, smirking, and wearing what was probably the douchebaggiest fake mustache Kinoko had ever seen in her life. Where did he even get that?

Shiozaki lowered her vines in disbelief. "Are you serious?"

"The Big Boss is guarding the bomb right now and he sent me to deal with ya," Tsuburaba said in his accent, ignoring her. He took a deep breath. "So I can't let you leave here alive, heroes!

Shiozaki wasted no time and sent a vine flying towards him. "Cut off his escape, Kinoko-san!"

"Right!" Kinoko sent her spores alongside Shiozaki's vine. The vine banged against an invisible wall and Kinoko's spores were stopped.

Tsuburaba backpedaled near the stairs. "Don't think you'll beat me that easily!"

Shiozaki sent the same vine with more force and shattered the air wall. "Go search for the bomb and confront Kuroiro-san, Kinoko-san! I'll stop Tsuburaba-san here."

Tsuburaba took another deep breath and created another air wall on the entrance of the stairs, stopping Kinoko from advancing further. "You shall not pass!"

That second was all Shiozaki needed. Her vine raced towards Tsuburaba. Tsuburaba tried to make a second air wall, but her vine veered around it before it can finish forming. She wrapped Tsuburaba around and squeezed, making him breath out forcefully. She slammed him into the ground. "Agh! Watch it!"

Kinoko quickly fumbled around with the capture tape before getting a piece. She knelt down and just as she was about to wrap it around Tsuburaba's wrist, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around until she was face-to-face with Kuroiro, who had his signature eerie grin on his face. "Yo."

"Gah!" Kinoko fell backward while Shiozaki suddenly jumped. "W-Where did you-?!"

"Both of the heroes have been captured! Victory goes to the villain team!"

"What?! How?!" Shiozaki said in disbelief, looking around herself. Still grinning, Kuroiro pointed at their ankles. There, in the thinnest piece possible, was the capture tape, wrapped snugly around their ankles. "But...that's impossible…"

Kinoko looked down at her own ankle, wondering the same as Shiozaki. She looked towards the dark underside of the stairs. Oh...that's why...

Tsuburaba groaned, his face going purple from the lack of air. Shiozaki gathered her vines back on her head and Tsuburaba sat up, taking deep breaths of air. Kuroiro walked over to him and held his hand out. "Kept you waiting, huh?"

"D-Dammit." Tsuburaba took his hand and stood up with a pained grunt. "Why did I have to be the distraction?"

"Cuz you're the lackey," Kuroiro answered with his grin.

"Enough wasting time here, students! Get back to the observation room so that we can discuss how you did!"

~Class~1-B's~Dekiru~

The class was currently discussing how the match went. It was mostly about how Kuroiro got the drop on the hero team. Setsuna looked at the monitor in disbelief. It was exactly how Midoriya said it would be...

"I couldn't even see where he came from! He just appeared like that!"

"How sneaky…it was just like what Midoriya said."

"Is no one going to talk about the fact that Tsuburaba just appeared with a mustache? No? Okay then..."

The door to the observation room opened and the subjects of the discussion walked through. They looked no worse for wear save for Tsuburaba, who was bruised and beat up.

"Do you need to go to Recovery Girl, Young Tsuburaba?" All Might asked, inspecting Tsuburaba's injuries. Tsuburaba just grinned.

"I'm fine! It's just a scratch is all!"

"As expected from my bro!" Tetsutetsu grabbed Tsuburaba in a headlock and gave him a noogie, prompting Tsuburaba to cry out in pain and his fake mustache to fall off.

"Now, settle down everyone! I would like to say congratulations to the villain team! You very much got into the mindset of a villain and fulfilled your goal of capturing the heroes!" All Might turned to the two teams. "Self-reflection is the best way to learn! Is there anything you two would've done differently so that the outcome may change?"

Shiozaki spoke up first. "It was mainly my fault because I didn't believe Kinoko-san when she told me that Kuroiro-san had the ability to merge with the shadows. I had thought such an ability was too unholy and therefore impossible, even though Kinoko knew Kuroiro-san for a longer time than I did. I disregarded that vital piece of information when I was chasing after Tsuburaba-san, where Kuroiro-san placed his trap, which I still disapprove of." She glared at Kuroiro and he shrugged. "For that, I would like to apologize to you, Kinoko-san."

"I-It was partially my fault too," Kinoko said, flustered and waving her arms around frantically. "I-I couldn't really contribute much and I failed to get my spores on Tsuburaba-san in time. And I was tricked by Tsuburaba-san into thinking that Kuroiro-kun was with the bomb when he was under our noses the entire time."

Kuroiro looked surprised at the affectionate way Kinoko addressed him. Tsuburaba went next.

"I don't really have anything other than that I could've maybe placed my air wall in a better position maybe? I don't know…" Tsuburaba said. Kuroiro nodded at that and said nothing for himself.

"Good! This will ensure that you will learn that lesson next time! Is there any questions anyone wanted to ask before we move on?"

"I just wanted to ask how you guys even got captured with the tape," Honenuki said. "I didn't notice he tied it your ankles. All I saw was that he popped out and scared Kinoko-san."

"I partially submerged myself in the darkness," Kuroiro said, pleased with himself. "I didn't want to bring attention to myself while Tsuburaba was distracting them, so I only had my hands pop out and tie them while they were trying to capture Tsuburaba."

"I see! Any other questions?"

"Let me ask the real question here," Tetsutetsu said, looking at Tsuburaba seriously. "Where did you get such a swanky mustache from!? It was hilarious!"

"That's mine, actually," Kuroiro said.

"Why did you have it?"

"No reason. Or do I have a reason? You'll never know..." The class face-faulted at that. Awase turned to Midoriya.

"You were right, Midoriya!" Awase said, slapping Midoriya's back in a friendly manner. "Everything you just said literally came true in that fight! Hey, why don't you tell me what might happen in my match, huh?"

"Wait, do me also!"

"Stop crowding around him guys! I need to ask too!"

Midoriya turned red when his classmates surrounded him again. Setsuna stared at him, thoroughly impressed. She honestly thought that she would be the tactician queen around here based on first impressions. But she was already dethroned on the second day no less! She wasn't mad though. If anything, this sparked her interest even more now. She was actually getting excited at the fact that she can now have intellectual conversations with a person who was on her level or potentially even above her. That meant she can be surprised or learn new things. Her grin became cheshire-like. Midoriya, huh? How interesting. Maybe I should challenge him to a shogi or chess match sometime...


I want to start off with apologizing for such a late update. The end of the grading period was approaching so I found myself busier than ever before. And whenever I did have free time, I will admit I just got lazy and played video games instead. And I had to create an outline because I am going to detail what happens in each battle trial, so be excited for that! I'm back baby!

As you can see in this chapter, I listed out all the matchups that are happening with the best happening last obviously. Some matchups were what I put together at random but others I delibaretly had match up for plot purposes. Either way, each will reveal new things about the characters and I hope you will be excited for them.

There is a review that I would like to address. For you beenjamin0421, you expressed concern that Midoriya will have his same old fighting style and have his same development. I thought I had made it clear before with a hint in a previous AN but I'll guess I'll just outright say it now. Izuku will be getting a revamped or remixed fighting style. Not just him, the others as well. I even got a development plan for Monoma regarding his Quirk, believe it or not. How these changes happen, well you'll just have to wait to find out.

Which brings me to another point. Hero Names. Some of them are absolutely atrocious. Mud-man. Lizardy?! Fuck no I'm not gonna use these names. Some of them are admittedly clever like Vantablack, which is Kuroiro's name. Currently, since I'm bad at naming as you can already tell from the fucking chapter titles itself (Seriously it took me two whole days to come up with a good name for this fic) I'm leaving it you guys. Any name suggestion for any character, I'm open to suggestions. I'm saying this now so that I hope that I'll get some suggestions by the time the naming thing comes to this story.

Other than that, I have nothing else to say. Support for this story is crazy as usual and I will say this again as many times as I need to, thank you so much for the support. If you see any mistakes or grammar errors, PM me or review, I'm fine with either. I'll see you next chapter.