(a quick disclaimer: Laal Hona and James are the same person)
James sat in the back, trying to avoid attention, but unfortunately, that didn't work. Another boy sat next to him, he was thin, and wore glasses. He seemed to play with his pencil alot more than pay attention. "You should really pay attention, I can tell things are going to get rough soon.", the boy with glasses said. James wasn't sure what he meant, until he was handed the test.
It was all advanced equations and algorithms! "Alright class, you may begin your tests in 3...2….1...GO!", Irish yelled. James tried to make sense of the questions, but couldn't get anywhere until he didn't think of them as questions, but as hunting methods.
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Laal was with his sister, she was teaching him how to hunt deer. Sundarta didn't really like guns, so she stuck to using bows and arrows. She taught Laal to use the wind to his advantage and to always aim more upward if the target is farther away. When Laal shot his first arrow, it was an exact hit. His sister got the biggest hug of her life.
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When James got back to reality, his test was filled out, he couldn't tell if they were correct, but he was just proud he finished. As the test were being collected, James couldn't help but feel proud. Lunch time came and James still didn't know where to sit, until he saw a waving hand, "Over here!", someone called.
It was a girl who wore an odd type of hat, it was like a cowboy hat, but one side was pointed up. Nevertheless, he walked over and sat next to the three people at the table. "G'day mate, whaddya doin' tryin' to sit by yourself? Sit with us!", she yells. James sat with them. "I'm Jessie, call me Jess!", she says happily. "I am Laal Hona, although, everyone prefers to call me James.", Laal says as he starts to eat.
The boy who sat next to him in class was there as well, "My name is Ivan,", he said before going back to look at the small rice that he had on his chopsticks, ", you know, it's best to stop and enjoy the little things.". The last one there was the Japanese girl from the other day. "I'm Mei, I'm native to Japan.", she said in an assertive tone.
"Yeah, we're a rag tag bunch, we do need a fourth member though.", Jess said looking at James coaxily. "Well, I'm flattered, but are you willing to accept the risk of having me on your team?", James asked seriously. "Whaddya mean risk?", Jess asked. "Just wait until training today.", James said finishing his meal.
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"Alright students, we're goin' ta' be doin' some one on one spar matches, first up, we'll have Mei vs Hector.", Irish said in a loud voice. Mei steps onto the training grounds, she looks a tad bit nervous, while Hector looks like he may pass out at any moment. "Start in 3….2….1….GO!", the match was underway. Hector used his quirk which allowed him to manipulate the earth to a certain degree. He covered Mei up to her neck, he smirked because he couldn't wait to get back to his nap.
Suddenly the earth surrounding her gave weigh, Hector raised an eyebrow to this. Mei used her quirk, hack, which allows her to hack everything to her will. She then used the same trick on Hector. A collective awe filled the air. "Very good lassie, next up are….James and Pytior.", Irish called out.
James stepped onto the training ground, while Pytior eyed him from where he was standing. "Alright….begin!", Irish shouted, and they both took their positions. Pytior didn't seem to move, so james made the first move by rushing at him with his baseball bat arms. When he smack Pytior at full speed and force, he didn't move at all!
James backed off and tried it again, to no effect. Pytior grabbed him by his track uniform and landed a flurry of right hooks on James jaw. "Its no use you know, my quirk is turret, meaning if I plant my feet down, I am immovable.", Pytior said in a cocky tone. This gave James an idea.
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It was time to train, so Shoto was heading to the training grounds. An explosion rang through the air, so he presumed it to be Bakugo, but he was in front of Shoto. So he decided to investigate, it was a separate training ground where it looked like there students he didn't recognize. One student was clenching his hand as another student got up off of the ground. The one clenching his hand turned around and looked at Shoto, it was Laal Hona!
Laal Hona looked at him for a second before turning back around, Shoto went back to join his class.
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Shoto just gave James a great Idea! Although, that would have to wait, because Pytior got back up and was now charging at him. James had to think fast, there wasn't much that he could at the moment, unless he could move exceptionally quick. Pytior tried to land a three hit punch on his stomach, when suddenly….James wasn't there!
Pytior just barely looked around to see James standing behind him, when he felt sharp pains in his shoulders and fell to the ground with James on top of him. James had pushed stubs into Pytior's shoulder blades (because he couldn't use the blades from under his wrists, against the rules), causing temporary loss of his arms.
"Great show lad's!", Irish said cheerfully. James got off of Pytior, helping him up. "You put up a good fight, it was an honor to fight you.", James said with the utmost respect. Pytior nodded and scoffed, he went back to his seat. When James got back to his seat, he was greeted by cheers, compliment's, and a soft punch in the shoulder. He looked over and saw it was Jess who punched him, "Great job mate! I think you were right, we're ready to take the risk!", she said happily. James smiled and sat back down.
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James was stiff, he couldn't remember why, but he just laid down on the floor. Shoto looked at him and poked him, "Are you hungry?". James laughed a bit, "No, but thank you for asking, I'm just going to lie here until tomorrow.". Shoto shrugged his shoulders and left him there. James soon fell asleep.
