"Did you hear about the kid who got attacked by the slime monster last night?"

"Such a cool Quirk! I wish I could do that!"

"Man, I feel sorry for the kid who tried to save him. Imagine being so useless you don't even have a Quirk to use to defend yourself."

"Hey, being Quirkless isn't as bad as you think. I thought I was until I figured out my Quirk."

"Well, thank goodness All Might was there, anyway. Otherwise things really could have gone wrong."

"Oh yeah, they could both have been killed, or worse."

"Yeah, the green-haired kid really wasn't any help at all, huh?"

"That's an understatement. Speaking of All Might, though, Hima-kun –"

"All right class, that's enough." Aizawa-sensei rolled up to the front desk and started unzipping his sleeping bag. "Now that we've got everyone else in class, there's a small matter that we need to take care of. Sorry to spring this on you so suddenly, but you need to pick a class president."

The class let out a relieved sigh. Such a normal thing…

"Take out a piece of paper and write down your vote for the best candidate, in your opinion, and I'll collect them when you're done."

"Sensei," Abe-san raised his hand, "won't everyone vote for themselves since we don't know each other?"

"Just write something down, I don't care. If you're not sure of their name just describe them."

He picked up the last vote. "And this one is also for 'Bunny Girl'. That makes three for Nakahara Miku, two for Naito Alice, and one for Sasaki Himawari. That wasn't so hard, was it?" The two girls looked at each other and smiled. "Right, so Nakahara Miku will be the president while Naito Alice will be the vice president. Any objections? No? Good, let's start our day."

For a couple of days, there were no major incidents; their rescue exercises at the USJ went off without a hitch, and they continued to learn more and more both in normal subjects and about hero work. Neither Hayate nor Miku could find a tactful way to talk to Hima-kun, and what could they have said anyway?

"It's not even as if we have any evidence…" Miku admitted in private. "It could all just be a big coincidence." So they dropped it for the time being, and focused on their studies: soon enough, they more or less forgot the issue completely as Aizawa-sensei made the announcement that the whole class had been waiting for with baited breath.

"As you all may know, UA holds a sports festival every year at about this time. I will be expecting all of you to do UA proud, so practice as much as you can without breaking any rules."

"Sir, what will the challenges be this year?"

"You think I could tell you, even if I knew? I have no idea. But you know, the class might change based on certain people's performance."

So he was threatening them again… They nodded glumly. "Yes, sensei."

"So, Ali-chan, how do you think you'll prepare for the festival?"

"Oh, I…" Ali-chan blushed. "I've been doing my best to extend my range for Point of View, but I really need volunteers for possession practice. It's just… well, no one really wants to try it, and I don't blame them." She sighed. "I bet Ragdoll never had this problem. Or Mandalay. But then, their quirks are pretty harmless…"

"I'll help you, Ali-chan! It… it could be a way for me to build up resistance to possession and mind-reading Quirks, y'know?" Miku smiled at her, but a nervous ear-flick made it clear she hadn't convinced herself.

"R-really? You'd do that?"

"I'll join you too." Hayate gave a helpful smile to his sister. It would be more interesting than regular training, at any rate.

"Oh, are we having a possession demonstration?" Spike grinned. "I'll bring the buckets."

"I keep saying, that was an accident! I'm really sorry!"

"May… may I also volunteer?" Hima-kun lowered his hand sheepishly. "You could maybe try to take control of – of my Quirk."

"Oh, perhaps you could try using my Quirk as well!" Abe-san turned around, his glasses flashing suddenly. "That would be an excellent experiment! I'll get my costume ready!"

"Costumes? Oh yeah, the new guys have their costumes now, too! Let's see them!"

"Really? You guys all want to help?"

Miku smiled genuinely at the girl, who was almost crying with relief and happiness. "Of course we will. We're classmates, we all help each other out."

"Then – then let's meet in our free period tomorrow on the sports field!"

"Yeah! That's the spirit!"