It's amazing what a little embarrassment... okay, a lot of embarrassment, can do for a person. First off, it made time go by incredibly slow. Like, really, really slow. Forcing Izuku to live every moment of his torment as Yang came up with as many jokes as she could (some of which earned her a tongue slap to the back of the head from Tsuyu, which gave him some moments of reprieve as Yang's intent to embarrass was momentarily supplanted by her need to defend her puns). Despite this, he could tell that Yang at least meant well. It isn't the mean-spirited bullying he received back at Mountain Glenn that's so much laughing 'at' him. Heck, there are a few times where even Yang seems to blush when Nora talks about what happened and how he looked. No, Yang's just laughing it up over an embarrassing accident and not really meaning any harm.

It doesn't stop his face from feeling like it's been set on fire however. Not one bit.

It does distract everyone from noticing that Team RSBR hadn't shown up for breakfast. Heck, it was only a couple minutes before all of their first shared class, Grimm Studies 101, started that Tenya even brought up the fact that their other sister team hadn't shown up yet. Before anyone could even get really concerned, the door to the classroom busted open as two figures jumped in followed calmly by two others. The four members of Team RSBR all got into the room, Ruby Rose and Kacchan huffing and puffing slightly while Shoto Todoroki and Lie Ren just walked in quite casually.

"Ren! Hey Ren! Good to see you! I didn't see you at breakfast Ren! You missed pancakes Ren!" Lie Ren smiled softly as he looked to the source of Nora's voice, smiling back at the wildly waving bubbly bomber. Lie Ren seemed to look over to Kacchan, Ruby and Shoto and there was a quick exchange shared between them. Everyone else was muttering so it was a bit hard to hear at first, but then Kacchan just scoffed.

"Swear, first the beds and now seating arrangements? You all really like concerning yourselves with stupid inane crap huh? I don't care where we sit let's just get to it!" Kacchan barked out over the murmuring of the crowd, Shoto, Ren and Ruby sighing as they all walked down. They took a set of seats that were just behind his own team's, Ren's lining up so he was sitting right behind Nora. It wasn't long before Team TABY ended up also changing their seating arrangements with another team's; it took some prodding from Yang to ask Tenya if she could please sit next to her baby sis and, while he was at first against upsetting order being established in class, it didn't take long for him to fold when Tsuyu and Blake said they were fine with the idea.

So the twelve of them sat in a handful of row of seats, Team RSBR sandwiched in-between Izuku's Team and Team TABY and, for the rest of the pre-class period, they all just either caught up or, in the case of Kacchan, did their best to ignore the conversations going on all around them.

That's when the professor finally walked into the room...

'Oh. Oh jeez! I can't believe it!' Izuku suspected it when he saw the name on his schedule but he thought it could've just as easily been some other Port. After all, it wasn't an uncommon last name. Then he saw it hanging up on the wall; Blunderbuss, a gun with two axe heads in the stock of the weapon, difficult to aim but easy enough to switch between the two modes of. An old classic made before the time of Mecha-Shift capabilities in weapons and one that was still only in ready use by one Huntsman. Still, it was only when the man himself, Peter Port, walked into the classroom that he knew for certain. Peter Port! He was an old huntsman sure, from the age before Mecha-Shift weaponry became the norm and before the age when Toshinori turned Huntsmen from grim exterminators to Heroes, but still, it was a very venerable Huntsman teaching his class.

"Holy woah... Peter Port. The guy's famous for successfully capturing the only live Ursa Major to be brought into captivity by wrestling it into submission. I can't believe it." It isn't with as much joy as when he first met Toshinori, his hero and inspiration, but still, he could feel the excitement practically flowing off of him as he watched Port approach the front of the classroom.

"You... know who this guy is, Izuku?" Pyrrha asked, clearly uncertain, as she looked over at him. Before he could speak up, Kacchan scoffed.

"The guy's a relic. Some ancient piece of crap they probably scrapped up to teach this stinking class. Can't believe I'm being forced to waste my time with some remedial 101 class taught by a fossil..." Kacchan's was at least smart enough to mutter that under his breath as Port walked up to the front of the class, coughing into his fist to gather everyone's attention.

"Monsters! Deeemons~ Prowlers of the night. Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names. But I merely refer to them... as prey! Haha~"

...

Not even the cricket was chirping. The room was just dead silent following that. Professor Port's quip couldn't have landed any further flat if he tried...

Wait, actually, he realize it could have; it could have landed as flat as his class currently was. Izuku realized that Port... wasn't a good teacher. That was almost entirely self-evident, but for him, well, he had a special window into that. he 'knew' who Peter Port was. He knew his famous exploits, his knowledge on the Grimm thanks to years of having captured them alive to be brought in for study and testing. Heck, Izuku even knew that the story he had been telling was a real story! That should have all been exciting stuff! He was listening to someone who had seen two Eras of Huntsmen come and go; the End of the Pre-Mecha Weapon Era and the Beginning of Toshinori's Era. That should've been riveting stuff! Everyone should've been on the edge of their seats...

But even He, the Huntsman geek, found that in the little corner of his mind that Professor Port had... well, he had bored him.

Not as badly as he bored the other classmates, but bored nonetheless. Nora hadn't had any of it; she had just flat, conked out and fell asleep. Pyrrha and Weiss had seemed to be struggling just to stay awake as were Ruby, Yang and Blake. Heck, he was fairly certain that Lie Ren had been asleep, but just with his eyes open. The only people he saw actively taking notes were Tenya and Kacchan who were both readily scratching away at their papers. Tsuyu and Shoto had tried and 'barely' kept their heads off of the pages they were writing on.

Izuku turned back to his notebook and popped it open... even he might have a hard time forcing himself through Port's lecture... but still, iw was his first day at Beacon. He didn't want to risk screwing it up!

As he tried to focus his own mind, he could 'hear' the rest of the class struggling. He glanced around for but a brief moment and saw numerous students who were either falling asleep or had just barely avoided falling asleep when it came to Port's lecture. A guy with silver hair and a pretty intense pair of eyes had gripped his pen so hard that it splattered ink all over him in his attempt to stay up, while another blond guy, with a self-assured grin on his face, just wrote away. There was a girl with brown hair and some rather large rabbit ears who seemed to be breaking a nervous sweat as she jotted down notes, seeming to struggle through the course work...

Which, if he didn't get his mind on it himself, He probably would have ended up failing to get anywhere with it himself. He sighed as he turned his head back forward and did his best to focus in. He tried to recall the earlier parts of Port's story as best he could and tried to peel through that... to see if there was anything to be gained.

...

'Wait...'

'What did he say again?'

'The part after smelling like cabbages?'

'Yeah, about the Beowolf. '

Izuku listened intently and he realized that Port's lecture this entire time, while braggadocios, loud and obnoxious even to him, had been a careful description of properly hunting down a nest of Beowolves. He shook his head, and began to take notes, all the while thinking 'The way he describes his action is in these very flattering terms is a turn off, sure, but Port is describing some very basic hunting and tracking techniques for the Grimm in his story. Some of these are things I'm already aware of; the fact that the Grimm don't have any bodily functions which makes tracking them like normal animals nearly impossible, that they don't eat, drink or stop for anything so it makes catching up to a pack of them difficult...'

"... and then there's the pack mentality of the Beowolves that he's taking the time to describe, I mean, I've already been through a lot of trouble with the number of Beowolves that can be in a pack myself and three is usually a pretty small number but what Port here is suggesting about separating out small bits of the herd through carefully manipulated bursts of Aura or negative emotions to draw far-flung elements of a nest or pack toward your location to even out the numbers is actually pretty genius, not to mention the fact that the way he goes into depth about the homogeneous nature of Grimm, a slightly lesser known fact, and possible counters. He brings up the fact that cutting weapons are usually the most effective as it allows the Grimm to be dismembered but he also reminds the class that caving a Grimm's chest in is also perfectly viable, as it his own preferred technique that he spends several minutes of the lecture going into detail on but is nonetheless actually rather informative; wrestling. It sounds ridiculous to wrestle a Grimm into submission sure but the fact of the matter is that in some cases it's even more effective than shooting them if you can't get a good shot in at their head after all wrestling and pinning a Grimm to the ground gives you opportunity to snap its limbs while you're grappling with it not to mention the benefit of slamming it around while in a position where the Grimm can't fight back which is really useful against most Grimm because they have no fine manipulators which makes things like grabbing on or grappling opponents amazingly difficult because Beowolves are the most common Grimm that have hands with digits and their lack of real strength makes them easy targets for wrestling but then that leaves Grimm like Nevermore, Boarbatusks and such in the dust because they don't even have the sort of hands that Beowolves have which make them incredibly easy to subdue if you can get a good grip on them which, speaking of, Boarbatusks are probably the oddball of all Grimm in that if you can get them to expose their stomachs then by all means you should pound whatever you have into that rather than their heads, even if you have an impaling weapon or a gun which ordinarily isn't as effective against the Grimm, as they have literally no armor or resistance to damage down there, this particular subset of Grimm having developed all their armor and defensive capabilities on the top side of their body which considering the fact that they're quadrupeds really isn't all that much of a surprise but it is rather interesting and furthermore-"

"Young man?"

"-the best strategy for a rolling Boarbatusk isn't actually to meet it head on as that introduces a risk of you taking a nasty hit if you aren't strong enough to take its full damage but if you dodge out of the way and force it to hit some terrain behind you then the Boarbatusk is more than likely going to just beat the crap out of itself going at its full speed into another, more solid object though you don't always want to do this if you're trying to protect-"

"Young man."

"-civilians or structures because the Boarbatusk's force against the object it hits is still pretty powerful all things considered and you really need to stop and consider your options in all cases like he did when instead of trying to kill the Beowolf in his story he instead decided to wrestle it to the ground which he was able to accomplish because the gangly limbs of a Beowolf-"

"Mr. Midoriya!"

He looked up from his notes finally when he heard someone yelling in his ear... and he met the squinted eyed visage of one Peter Port. Izuku blinked a few times as he looked at Port, before his eyes glanced around at his fellow students. He saw them all staring at him with really weirded out expressions... well, except Kacchan. The guy looked like he was about to bust a blood vessel from pure rage and annoyance. 'Huh, that's funny... usually people and Kacchan only looked at me like this whenever I... I...'

'Oh crap.'

He slapped his hands over his mouth in realization as he looked wide eyed forward.

"I'm sorry! Was I mumbling to myself?! I'M SORRY!" Izuku apologized profusely from between his fingers as he looked at Peter Port when, finally, Kacchan seemed to blow up a bit.

"You're damn right you were mumbling you nerd!" There were a few chuckles in the class at his expense, mostly coming from folks who were suitably far away to not be caught in ground-zero of his loud and relentless mumbling. Izuku buried himself a bit in his seats as his friends and teammates just continued to look at him with those spooked expressions, full well expecting Professor Port to-

"Ha-ha! Have no fear young man, I have not taken offense to your excited ramblings." Peter Port said in that boisterous, booming voice of his as he reached over the desk, wrapped an arm around Izuku's shoulders and bodily dragged him up out of his seat, a smile hidden underneath the man's mustache as he pulled the young man into a manly half-embrace. "I have known many a young man who, upon hearing my tales, was overcome with excitement and manly vigor! Inspired by my great example, they threw themselves into their work with as much gusto as they could, even at the expense of personal appearance. You young man remind me of a certain other young man brimming with youthful energy and potential!"

"... Was that young man you, Professor Port?" Weiss asked, almost sarcastically, as Izuku and everyone else had figured out Port's shtick at this point.

"Why, yes indeed! Very insightful of you Ms. Schnee!"

Of course.

"And I must say, in reminding me of a young me, you remind of me the very basic foundations of what makes a True Huntsman! Your attentiveness shows that you have the honorable character of a True Huntsman! The fact that you are taking such prodigious notes for your teammates shows that you have the dependability of a True Huntsman!" Weiss and Pyrrha blushed a bit as they looked off to the side, Nora still sleeping through all of that. "Your mind for the material and your willingness to listen to an old pro shows that, like a True Huntsman, you are strategic, well-educated and wise!" Port violently shook Izuku with each declaration, his eyes spinning in his head slightly as a mess of words spilled out.

"Uhhh, Professor Port, I'm not sure I'm exactly all like that..." Izuku muttered slightly as he tried to regain his bearings, Professor Port just laughing aloud.

"Humble too! Another way in which you remind me of myself in how great we both are young man."

Okay, that was just ridiculous.

"Now... tell me Young Midoriya... how would you like to put those traits to good use in an example for the class?" With that, Port gestured his arm to... 'woah wait where the Heck did that cage come from? I didn't see it at the beginning of class...'

He really was out of it to not notice that... cage with a Young Boarbatusk sitting inside.

"Uh, uh... M-M-Professor Port... Emerald Gust, my weapon, the fingers on the right gauntlet are pretty much ruined. I can't even put the thing on right now and the only reason I got it off, well-" His fingers had been broken at the time so it was real easy to slip them through the jagged metal. Not exactly the memory he'd 'prefer' to be recalling right now but at the moment it seemed a bit better than STARING A BOARBATUSK in the face.

"Ah, but Young Midoriya, where's the adventure in that? Besides, you're going to be a Huntsman one day my lad, and that means that you won't always have everything you need available to you. Sometimes you'll have to just make do, sometimes with your own two hands! Come now boy, show your Hunter's Spirit to the rest of the class."

He glanced over at some of the other students and his teammates. He was not surprised to have seen most of them wildly shaking their heads no... what kind of surprised him was that Weiss was doing the same. There was no look of judgement in her eyes, no scanning or hawkish visage. Still, he felt several other eyes looking down at him... including Kacchan, who himself was just watching Deku like a hawk, a keen interest in his eyes that he honestly didn't think he had ever seen directed his way before.

Izuku swallowed a lump in his throat and looked back to Port.

Inside he was wildly panicking. 'There's no way! There's absolutely no way!'

'This is a Boarbatusk, young as it may be, and no one should ever go up against Grimm unless they're prepared. Especially in situations where they don't have all their resources!'

'I can't just run right in! There's planning to do, considerations to make! Besides, this is literally my first day and just yesterday I was just killing Beowolves! A Boarbatusk is a different beast all-together. It's…'

'...'

'Yeah.'

'Yeah it is a different beast all together. While Beowolves do have nasty attitudes themselves, its more because they're bestial in nature, that natural affliction that drives Grimm to their horrid work. They lash out of animalistic instinct, not because they themselves possess any kind of keen intelligence or higher capacity for emotional thinking.'

'But Port's lecture, he had just said something... something about the Boarbatusk having a really bad temper. That's what causes it to charge so recklessly, even in confined spaces. It is something a lot of Huntsmen take advantage of, using a Boarbatusk's own charge against itself so that it can inflict a lot of bodily harm on itself before going for that soft underbelly.'

'That soft underbelly that made it so different from other Grimm. Most of the creatures of Grimm were tough all around and 'all' of them had their entire bodies focused on that Homogeneous nature of theirs that made it nearly impossible for normal bullets to do much harm to them outside of their heads. No one was quite sure what makes the Boarbatusk so vulnerable in its gut, but it's a weakness that's there... if I can get it to slam into the wall and then follow up with a hit to its gut, then... yeah, yeah that might work. I won't even need Emerald Gust's other gauntlet to make that work if the plan worked out.'

He didn't even notice how much he calmed down while he was thinking that all over, how he'd placed his hand to his lips and tapped against it while softly talking to himself, eyes focused on the Boarbatusk. For a moment, he'd imagine everyone else thought he was about to devolve into one of his mutterings again. Still, eventually he broke himself from his thoughts and, with a determined nod, looked to Port.

"I'll do it."

"That's what I like to hear!"

"Huh-wazzat?"

Much of the student body, his classmates definitely included, openly gawked at Izuku as he accepted Port's offer. The only person who didn't was Nora who was finally awakened from her nap by Port's tremendous, booming shout. The bubbly bomber rubbed at her eyes as she looked around, Izuku noticing that she watched him leave for the lockers before turning back to Pyrrha.

"Pyrrha... why's Izuku leavin' the class?"

"... Nora, did you- no wait of course you did. Anyway, Izuku's going off to change into his gear so that he can fight a Boarbatusk! It's one thing to do it while he's fully prepared, but without everything he has-"

"WOOOO, GO FEARLESS LEADER!" Pyrrha's well reasoned and logical counterargument got blown right out of his ears as Nora Valkyrie, only moments ago asleep on her desk, was standing up in her seat and cheering him on. "YOU CAN TOTALLY DO THIS, GO GET YOUR SHOTGUN STUFF AND KICK THIS THING'S BUTT!"

Izuku sighed somewhat comically before he walked out of the classroom. Honestly, he didn't begrudge anyone for cautioning him against it. Even he knew that it was a real risk trying to go after that Boarbatusk without his full arsenal. That'd be risky for any Huntsman, especially if that missing gear involved his main way of attacking. Still... he was here because he took a risk. And now he had a plan of attack against the Boarbatusk.

'I need to be ready. I need to take risks if it means growing as a Hunter,' he thought, closing the door to the room, 'I'm going to be a hero one day. I'm going to be Toshinori's Successor,' he felt his spine steel itself, 'I'm going to be the Symbol of Peace and if I'm going to do that, I'm going to have to be ready to take on a bunch of risks. And I'm going to have to be strong, strong enough that I can stand side by side with my classmates and strong enough to make One For All my own.'.

So it was with only a slight amount of nerves that he returned to the classroom, decked out in his workout clothes, or at least another change of them, with one gauntlet of Emerald Gust on his left hand and the two boots on. Everyone was staring at him, some in interest to see their fellow classmate get bodied by a Boarbatusk and others still tried to say that there was still time for him to not take a risk...

And all the while Nora was hooping and hollering.

"Come on fearless leader! I never got a chance to see you strut your stuff in the Emerald Forest! Show everyone what you've got!" He gave a nervous smile as he stepped out into the middle of the large space at the front of the classroom, Port's podium and desk having been thankfully removed to give him and the Boarbatusk more space to move with.

To give the Boarbatusk a clean path toward him.

"Very good then young man." Port said from the side of the cage, Blunderbuss held in hand as he looked toward Midoriya. "Now, is there any pre-battle preparation you'd like to make?" He tapped his chin slightly as he thought and nodded.

"There is professor." With that he quickly jogged away from the cage, placing his back to the wall on the opposite side of the cage as he did so. Everyone looked at him with some confusion as he nodded, turning back to Peter Port with a determined look. "Alright Professor Port, I'm ready!"

"... You certainly are young man. Now, one last thing Young Midoriya." Izuku turned his head toward Port as the professor furrowed his brow a bit. "While your Semblance is indeed a powerful and manly tool, well, it would be rather dangerous to use in a classroom setting." He blanched a bit and nodded in agreement. "So I'd like to ask that you not attempt to break your arm, or my classroom, to defeat the Boarbatusk. If you do... well, I'll step in to keep that from happening. If that's clear then LET'S BEGIN!" And with that, Peter Port slammed Blunderbuss into the lock holding the cage closed.

It wasn't even a second before the Boarbatusk rushesd the door to its cage down, snarling, hissing and snorting as it bucked around, looking for something to direct its ire at. Izuku swallowed a nervous lump in his throat as he reached around, triggering Emerald Gust's safeties before he pulled himself into a defensive stance. He had put his left hand in front of his right, just in case something happened, but otherwise he prepared himself to just throw himself out of the way of the Boarbatusk's first attack. Knowing how this creature liked to attack...

Yeah, it was no surprise when, after it noticed him, the Boarbatusk rolled itself into a wheel-like shape and began spinning rapidly. It readied its charge to try to slam him into the wall. Izuku swallowed again as he wiped a hand across his brow where sweat had begun to accumulate. He was nervous, but he knew if he timed it just right-

"GO GET IT FEARLESS LEADER, BREAK ITS STUBBY LITTLE PIG LEGS!"

Nora's cheer temporarily knocked him out of his focus and, unfortunately, it was just long enough for the Boarbatusk to unleash itself from its spin to come charging at him, practically bouncing off the floor with each bump of its bony hide as it charged right for him. There was a moments panic that nearly overtook him, pinning his feet to the ground for a moment too long. He cursed at himself before throwing himself out of the way of the Boarbatusk, though he feared he did so too late! That he might have poorly timed his dodge and that the Boarbatusk...

Would be off-course anyway and just slam into the wall behind him. Izuku's expression went a bit flat, as did most other people's, as they watched him bodily throw himself out of the way of an attack that would've missed anyway...

'Well, that's not embarrassing at all.'

"WOOO! WAY TO MINDGAME IT FEARLESS LEADER, NOW BUST IT OPEN!"

At least Nora thought he meant to do that.

He hit the ground around the same time as the Boarbatusk, his fall being a lot more graceful as at least he 'meant' to land like that. The Boarbatusk, meanwhile, was shaking out its head, one of its forelegs raised up to brush at its snout as it shook off what pain it had inflicted on itself. Well, it didin't look like it stunned itself unfortunately... 'but still, I've come too far to back out now! I have to go ahead with my plan!' He was a little ways away from it, a bit too far to punch it but, as he quickly forced himself back to his feet, he realized that if he really reached out, he could hit the Boarbatusk's gut with a good kick, hopefully blowing it wide open. Hopefully being the key-word. He swallowed nervously as he quickly positioned himself, the Boarbatusk seeing the movement coming. The Grimm boar tried its best dodge out of the way of the incoming assault...

But it's collision with the wall left it just the slightest bit off its footing, it stumbled instead of leaping which left it wide open for his attack. He launched out his leg and the aim was true as he hit the Boarbatusk right in the side of its exposed gut. The kick itself was 'harsh', perhaps the hardest he'd ever landed in a long time, and he could feel the beast's mass get displaced just under the force of his kick alone...

When his shotgun triggered from the force of the kick, he watched as the Boarbatusk literally lost its gut, the black mass that made up its torso blown off of it and leaving just the hide of the creature as far as its torso went. Izuku's emerald eyes went a bit wide when he saw that and he very nearly stumbled without the counter-balance of the Boarbatusk to keep footing on. However, he managed to use the kick of his shotgun to force him all the way back onto his own two feet, leaving him and the rest of the class to watch the Boarbatusk. The Grimm boar hollered, whined and screeched as it kicked around on the ground, writhing in pain for just a brief moment before, eventually, it's form could no longer be maintained. In a matter of moments the Grimm stopped moving and started to dissolve, leaving little more than a few bullet tracks on the floor where his shotgun's pellets hit.

It' was oddly quiet at first, as if everyone was in the process of wondering 'Wait, that's it? I thought we were going to see blood.' he looked over to Professor Port and he saw from underneath his mustache a rather wide and satisfied smile peeking out.

"Oh my...oh my...GOODNESS"

He began to slam his palms together, filling the entire room with his own applause.

"Bravo, bravo! I do believe we are in the presence of a true Huntsman-in-Training!"

It was with that declaration that the classroom finally exploded...

Or more accurately, Nora exploded.

"OH YEAH! THAT'S RIGHT! OUR LEADER'S THE BEST, BETTER THAN THE REST! YOU ALL CAN JUST GO HOME NOW, TEAM MNVW'S GOT THIS ALL UNDER CONTROL... except for you Ren, you and your team can stay, BUT THE REST OF YOU JUST PACK YOUR BAGS!"

Nora's boisterous hooping and hollering snapped his own team and the rest of his peer group out of the stupors. he saw that Pyrrha grinning, a combination of excited pride and disbelief, as she applauded his performance. Ruby, Yang and Tenya offered similarly excited claps, although each at their own volume and amount of shouting. 'Way to do the shotgun proud there slugger' was something he heard Yang scream even over Nora. Blake, Tsuyu, Ren and Shoto each offered more reserved applause but still, applause nonetheless. Kacchan was just staring at him intently before looking off in some other random direction, the thrumming of his fingers on the desk producing minor explosions. Weiss just seemed to be staring in disbelief, her hands almost moving of their own accord rather than a conscious effort on her part. The rest of the class offered polite applause though he could tell that many more of them were annoyed by Nora's prideful shouting.

"N-Nora, please, don't go so overboa-"

"Well done young man. You see class, Young Midoriya here shows just what this class can teach you. By listening to my wisdom Young Midoriya clued into several important facts about the Boarbatusk. The first is that they're infamously ill-tempered beasts, ready to charge first and think of the consequences of that action later. He lured the Boarbatusk into softening itself up by having it charge into the hard, sturdy walls of Beacon Academy. Second, he heard from my brilliant teaching that the Boarbatusk, unique among all the Grimm, have a soft underbelly that is vulnerable to attacks that most other Grimm could shrug off with 'some' ease. By combining knowledge with bravery and bravery with just a little bit of luck, this young man was capable of using my brilliant teaching in order finish off his opponent. This is what you too can learn in Grimm Studies 101... if you all actually start PAYING ATTENTION." It was the one time Port's tone dipped below his boisterous, happy tone and it caught the class on notice, many students nodding in ready agreement before that friendly look graced Port's face again.

"Very well then! I'm afraid this is all the time we have for class for today. Run along now you lot, you have another class or so to go before lunch and then more after than. Remember to keep up with the assigned readings for class in two days!" The class slowly but surely gathered up their supplies and left. All except for his team and peer group who all ran up to him. Quite literally in Nora's case before, wrapping him up in those surprisingly and definitely strong arms of hers as she bodily tossed him around like a rag doll.

"That was awesome! I totally knew you had it in you fearless leader! It still stinks that I didn't get to see your Semblance yet but that was still totally awesome! I would've probably just hit it with my hammer and crushed it to death, which Magnhild is definitely good at, but that was like, a fight scene out of a book or something!" Izuku got a bit dizzy as Nora swung him around, his eyes practically spinning in place as she finally put him down.

"Still, that was rather risky Izuku. I understand now that you likely had this plan in mind from the very beginning by listening to Port's lecture intently, but what possessed you to go on ahead and make the attempt?" Tenya asked, his hands flourishing around as Izuku just inwardly sighed. He did have a plan after he stopped panicking, but he wouldn't say he had one from the beginning... plus he did screw up with that dive.

"Yes Izuku... why did you take such a risk... I... we wouldn't have thought less of you if you declined Port's offer." He glanced over and saw Weiss, arms held slightly at her side, as she looked at him. She still seemed rather stunned by the entire display, but he could see a bit more of that analytical nature back. The rest of his peers were just listening in, more on Tenya's side of the interest curve than Weiss's.

It... it was a serious question he knew. One that shouldn't be answered lightly. It was a risk to fight a Grimm when he wasn't prepared fully. Even with a professor around, well, accidents can always happen. It's why they had nursing staff on school grounds. You never knew what might happen even when you're fully prepared. Still, he brought his bare fist up a bit and looked at it, long and hard. Eventually he clenched it shut, feeling his resolve grow for just a moment, as he turned to his... his friends and teammates and looked them all in the eye.

"I'm weaker than everyone else here... I was when I entered Beacon Academy and I still am. And I know it too... heck, I'm sure a lot of people know it. Still... I was given the opportunity of a lifetime to be here. To show that I deserved my chance to fulfill my dreams of being a Huntsman. It was a risk with how weak I was... but I was willing to take it. Because to become a Huntsman, to be a hero, it's my dream! So I have to give it my all and then some, just to catch up. I have to work three times harder and take every chance I can if I'm going to prove that I belong here. Every opportunity that I have to learn, even if it's dangerous, I need to grasp it. I mean... I took such a big risk just getting here, just being accepted so I thought... what's one more?"

...

'Holy woah those are some weird looks they're giving me.' He blushed a bit as he sheepishly scratched at the back of his head. 'Okay, I didn't mean to come off as 'that' intense.' Looking at them all, he could feel his resolve kind of start to dip. 'Maybe I just need to tone it down a bit... I know how weird people think of it when I start going off on a ramble.' Still, they didn't seem put off with those weird looks. In a way, it looked like they were all almost as caught up in what he had said as he was...

Kind of hard to believe though.

"A-Anyway... it's not like it was that big of a risk either. Sure, accidents happen, but Professor Port was right there. He'd save me if I screwed up so it was about the best environment I could ask for to put what I learned in today's class to use, to see if it could help with my own fighting and skills as a Huntsman. If my plan worked then great, Professor Port's been a big help and I can put my plan to use in the future against other single Boarbatusks I might come across... and if it didn't work well then, it didn't work and I could know that now when it'd be safest for me to try. Better that I royally screw up now when it won't cost anything than when we eventually go out on missions right? So... y-yeah, that's why I did it..."

He was not sure when, but Kacchan seemed to disappear sometime in the middle of that and everyone else... well, he had started to get uncomfortable. Which, to be fair, wasn't all that uncommon. He coughed a bit into his hand as he pulled out his Scroll, a nervous expression on his face.

"A-Anyway, I should actually probably text the School Forge and see if I can arrange to drop off Emerald Gust now... who knows when I'll need it again, especially at random times like these. Combat Class might be tomorrow, but we do have the Live Exercises today so... yeahI'mgonnagohandlethatseeyouallnextclass!" He quickly ran off and was somewhat relieved when the most he got was a somewhat dazed 'Yeah, see you next class Izuku'.

He breathed a deep sigh as he brought his Scroll up to his face and begin to plug in the number for The Forge. Not all students at Beacon were engineering marvels or capable of maintaining their weapons. Some needed help in that regard. When it came to getting that help, there was The Forge. As he punched in the number and the request to drop off Emerald Gust went though, he was met with a surprised sounding response.

"Holy crap? Someone's already busted up their weapons? It's the first day. Well, get down here so we can have a look and you can drop it off."

He was a bit surprised by how informal it was but, nonetheless, he was glad he had an opportunity to get his weapon dropped off so it could be fixed. With a bit of a hustle he started running, wanting to get it done with so he could get to his next class on time.

There was silence in the air after Izuku had left. Everyone there was caught off guard by what was said earlier. Sure, they had known that Izuku was much more capable than he had looked, after all, he had been accepted into Beacon and his actions during Initiation proved that he had earned it. And there wasn't a single student at Beacon who didn't want to be a huntsmen. But none of them could say that their desire and passion to becoming a huntsmen could rival Izuku's.

Tenya stood still in silence and contemplation.

'That… was… astounding. While it was no surprise when Mr. Midoriya became a team leader, I didn't expect that he would be this passionate…'

Tenya shook his head, 'No, in hindsight his passion and determination should've been obvious when I learned that he had created 13 volumes of notes regarding various Huntsmen.

'Still, Mr. Midoriya continues to surprise me at every turn. First, his excellent analysis abilities and knowing that teams not only rely on their abilities but also their compatibility working together.'

'Then, he had come up with a plan that was nearly successful at crippling the Elder Nevermore and when it failed, he took responsibility and sacrificed his own arm in order to defeat the Grimm.'

'Finally, he was able to see Professor Port's hidden test and use the knowledge that he had gain to easily defeat the Borbatusk despite one of his gauntlets rendered unusable.'

'While I'm certain that any of us could replicate those feats, I doubt that we would've had such a smooth victory under the circumstances that he had to face.'

'I am aware, that I wouldn't have remembered the knowledge that I had just received from the professor, and formulate a brilliant plan like Mr. Midoriya did.'

'Brother… this is why you were so insistent on me coming to Beacon right? Seeing my fellow peers and their various accomplishments and learning that I have much more to learn in order to become an excellent Huntsmen like you.'

...

'VERY WELL, I ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE!'

'Mr. Midoriya- no Izuku, thank you for showing me that I have much to learn in order to become a true huntsmen. As a fellow team leader, you have my respect. That is why I will strive to meet- no, exceed your standards!'

'I have yet to bond with any of my teammates because my main focus last night was to learn of their abilities. I will rectify this mistake as soon as I can. After classes are over I-… no, team TABY will start to be worthy of being called "Team". As the team leader, I swear that I will lead them to success and as a person, I will be the best huntsmen that I can be… and maybe perhaps I could- no, maybe later.'

Tenya looked around but before he could talk, he saw an ominous sight, one that made him pale in horror. "Everyone, we must go to class now! We only have 5 minutes left before our next class begins!"

With that little announcement, the group ran as if their life was on the line in order to not be late for their next class. Tenya could even hear Ruby scream "NOT AGAIN!"

E/N: Ending this chapter is "Tenya's Determination" by Supa.

-Shovern

A/N: It actually became a meme after a while about the proliferation of 'Shonen Speeches' the Questers would give early on in the Quest as part of their dialogue write-ins. While this would eventually drop off as they got more comfortable with the way I ran things (offering to let them write-in entire responses rather than just giving them only pre-fab option and, in some cases, even making it mandatory for them to come up with a write-in) it was fun nonetheless. I always did try my best to touch things up though.