A few days had passed and Uraraka's leg had mostly healed back to normal: she still felt spasms once in a while, but she could walk with it no problem.
The bigger, more importsnt thing to take notice, however, was what Aizawa said during homeroom:
"The Sports Festival is coming in a week, so I want all of you to prepare for this event. You'll be seen by pro-heroes in order to get a chance for an internship. You'll get two more chances like this through your high school years, so do your best."
Mr. Aizawa made a good exposition-spouting machine, it seemed.
"And Uraraka."
The girl's heart raced; what did the man want with her this time?
"You're prohibited from training with your classmates, and won't participate in the festival."
... What?
"I'm assuming we should assume you're saying this for a reason, Mr. Aizawa?" Tsuyu asked, raising her arm. "I mean, this does feel like something that would need an explanation."
"And if the reason's because she's too strong, then I don't think it holds," Sero stated before pointing at Todoroki. "I mean, Todoroki is just as crazy strong, and yet he's competing!"
"Honorary Titans will need to use limiting gadgets in order to participate un the sports festival, but genuine Titans have a different event to attend to," Aizawa explained, scratching his head with his characteristic lack of care. "An event known as the Titanomachy."
The students gasped collectively, though Uraraka's shock was soon replaced by confusion and curiosity. Not once during her early life-the nursery facility, being taken in by 13, interning at her agency, and so on-did she ever hear about this Titanomachy, or at least, she couldn't remember having heard of it before.
"Mr. Aizawa, what's this Titanomachy you're talking about?"
Couldn't have asked it better, Tsuyu.
Surprisingly enough, though, Aizawa didn't answer her question. Midoriya did.
"The Titanomachy is a series of sports events taking place on the floating stadium of Thessaly. It was created after a great chaos was unleashed during a Titans participation in the U.A. sports festival. Ever since then, all Titans have to go there in order to take part in a sports festival designed for Titans, in order to minimize potential damage to inhabitted areas."
"Thanks for that brief summary, Midoriya," Aizawa sighed. "Furthermore, all Titans must assist, so Yui Kodai from class 1-B is going to join you. Try to get along, alright."
With a forced smile, Uraraka laughed half-heartedly and nodded. She could easily figure out that Yui was gonna come along, she just wished she didn't get slapped in the face by that fact.
"And also," Aizawa continued. "You two will be chaperoned by an U.A. teacher in order to keep an eye on you."
Again, that was something Uraraka could easily piece together by herself; what school, prestigious or otherwise, let Titans go anywhere unattended? Of course, if the chaperone was a teacher at U.A. then that would mean the Titanomachy would come after the sports festival.
"One final thing, All Might wants to see you at his office after class. Don't be late, okay?"
"Y-Yeah..."
And so, classes went on as normal.
Once they were done-and Uraraka was woken up by Iida telling her to wake up-she headed straight for All Might's office, bumping into a familiar face along the way: Yui.
"Were you called to All Might's office too?" Uraraka asked after a long pause.
"Yeah," Yui said, playing eith her hair. "He asked me about a couple things, like if I would be available to help train one of your classmates. Izuku Midoriya was his name, right-?"
Uraraka grabbed Yui's shoulders and gripped them tightly. "Did he tell you anything about hid Quirk?!"
"All Might or Midoriya?"
"Either of them!"
"All he told me was that Midoriya needed help controlling his Quirk since hesinezperienced with it! That's all he told me before he made the offer!"
Uraraka sighed in relief and released Yui's shoulders. It was already bad enough she had found out about One For All, she didn't need Yui to be added yo the list of people who knew about it.
Then, a more important question came up, "What did you say to his offer?"
Yui's playing slowed down. "I told him I was going to think about it, but to be honest, I'm not sure I'm up for it-"
Uraraka grabbed Yui's shoulders once again. "Yui, you outstaged me several times in the past, most of them without even trying, and managed to master your Quirk much faster than I did."
"That's a very gross simplification of the truth, Uraraka-"
"But It's still the truth," Uraraka smiled. "If there's someone who can help someone like Midoriya get better, It's you."
Yui raised an eyebrow. "What about you?"
Nd Uraraka's smile turned into a frown. "What do you mean?"
"You can help train this " Midoriya" boy, right?" Yui shrugged. "I mean, you've been part of the same class for a while now, so there has to be a connection that would make him feel more comfortable with you, right?"
Uraraka rolled her eyes. "Having a connection with someone, and knowing how to teach them anything, are two different things, Yui. I guess it wouldn't hurt to think about it, though."
With that said, Uraraka released Yui once more and kept walking to All Might's office, with Yui walking to her classroom after-
"Snow White!"
-Only to be greeted by Bakugo's furious glare.
"Hi" was all Yui said as she casually walked past the guy, then sat on her desk. Her moment of peace wouldn't last, though, as Bakugo would stomp his way to her desk and fold his arms.
"So, you and Round-Face are going to head to the same city in order to take place in a sports festival for Titans, right?"
"Yes."
"Did you bump into Round-Face on the way here?"
Yui narrowed her eyes. "Yes."
"Did you get too friendly with her? 'Cause if you did-"
"I didn't, we just talked, and everything else isn't your business."
Bakugo flinched, and paused before he took a deep breath before he corrected himself:
"What I'm trying to say is that, with this Titanomachy in mind, you and I will both be representing Class 1-B; you as the Titan of the class, and me as the strongest non-Titan."
Some snickers were heard, bringing a smile to Yui's face.
"I'm planning to reach for the top in the sports festival, and I want to make sure you have the same goal in mind for this Titanomachy," Bakugo leaned forward. "Because it'll be up to us to show everyone what this class of extras can do."
Bakugo raised an eyebrow. "So, Snow White, do you understand what I'm talking about?"
"Yes, I understand," Uraraka sighed, rubbing her forehead. "I still think Yui would be a better teacher, though."
"Perhaps, or perhaps you should give yourself some credit from time to time," All Might replied. "Bottom line is, Midoriya needs a lot of help that, sadly, I alone can't provide. Even if It's just a single test, seeing if he makes any improvements with a pair of classmates helping him is something worth trying."
"Yui isn't his classmate."
"Not what I meant."
The duo shared a little laugh that soon died down as Uraraka asked:
"So, have you thought about letting Yui know about-"
"No, not at all," All Might interjected. "I did tell you about it, but that was after you tricked me into revealing my identity."
Uraraka frowned. "Sorry, again."
"I don't want to just start revealing One For All to anybody who asks: it has to be someone I can trust," All Might turned to Uraraka. "Someone we can trust."
Uraraka took a deep breath. "Can I ask one more thing beforenwe continue?"
"We're pretty much over, actually," All Might scratched his chin. "But sure, ask away."
Uraraka raised an eyebrow. "Do you know what teacher will be coming with Yui anf I to the Titanomachy?"
All Might twiddled his fingers. "Well..."
