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A couple that will go down in legend
Chapter twenty-one: New changes, new faces, old feelings, old friends
Izuku Midoriya and his mother Inko were having dinner out with Mitsuki Bakugo and her son Katsuki. A few days ago, the city was recently struck by an attack from a large group of big, muscular monsters, like trolls and ogres and the likes. These warmongers, who made up the hordes of Hirajo, were aiming to first and foremost kill a man named Hatsuharu Shirayuki, as well as his teenage daughter, as well as cause whatever damage that they could. The attack was ultimately foiled, and Izuku even heard that a teen boy around his and Bakugo's age, by the name of Tsukune Aono, had killed Hirajo himself.
…However, not all was well for the heroes and their various allies in the fighting; four pro heroes, a good number of civilians both humans and good monsters alike, and an undisclosed number of the Special Forces that came in to help, were killed during the events of the monster attack. Furthermore, there was untold damage to a lot of buildings and whatnot. Ketsubutsu Academy High School, in particular, was wrecked to the point that its students had to resume classes elsewhere while repairs are made, although thankfully no one over there was killed, and the worst that was suffered was Ms. Joke getting her right shin broken; it will need a cast, and the Smile Hero will need a wheelchair to get around in until she healed.
What was the real topic of discussion as the Midoriyas and the Bakugos had dinner together at that restaurant was all of the changes that were bound to occur, now that something as big and out of left field as the monster attack had taken place. "I heard a rumor that class sizes in the hero course classes over at U.A. may be increased," Bakugo said after he chewed and swallowed a bite of the salmon he got for his meal.
Nodding in confirmation, Izuku said, "Yeah, Kacchan, I heard it from All Might himself. Both our class and 1-B will go up from twenty students each to twenty-five students each."
"…You and Katsuki are getting five new classmates, sweetness?" Mitsuki asked in a curious and mildly surprised tone as she regarded the green-eyed boy that was her much younger boyfriend, "Huh, neat." After taking a sip from her drink, the ashy-haired woman said to Izuku, "So babe, do you have any idea who you and Katsuki will have in your class now?"
Gently shaking his head in the negative, Izuku replied, "Sorry, Mitsuki, but even All Might had no idea who Principal Nezu was putting into 1-A with me and Kacchan. However, we will find out tomorrow, as I was told Aizawa-sensei will introduce the five new 1-A students to the rest of us at the beginning of class."
"I bet that you boys are both excited to have new classmates, huh?" Inko asked in a casual, conversational tone after taking a bite from the steak she got. Chewing and swallowing her bite, the full-bodied woman said, "I hope the both of you will get along with them."
Nodding in agreement, Bakugo said, "No need to worry, Mrs. M. I don't see any reason why the new kids will give me and Deku any trouble." Izuku was, once again, surprised to see Bakugo act as polite as he was acting, addressing Inko as a young respectful child would when they talk to their grandparent. The green-haired cinnamon roll was happy seeing that his mother becoming something of a surrogate grandmother to the explosive teen, having more of an influence in said teen's life, has really done a number to help curve Bakugo's less favorable traits.
Maybe things would be different if a kind, still firm if need be but overall gentle person like Inko had more of a role in Bakugo's life since way back in the day. Who knows how things would have turned out like if Inko was around a lot more for the ashy-blonde haired boy?
"Well either way, make sure you boys treat your new classmates with respect," Inko said to both Izuku and Bakugo, "They will be new to the class, and the last thing that they will be needing is anyone giving them trouble."
"Inko, you've got to stop sweating it," Mitsuki remarked in a casual tone, "Both my brat and that cute sexiness that you call your son are students in U.A. They'll both keep an eye on things and make sure that nothing goes awry for the new students." Inko nodded in agreement with Mitsuki, although she did roll her eyes when the ashy-haired woman made a flirtatious remark about Izuku. As for Bakugo, he scoffed in annoyance, still very much unamused by the fact that his mom was dating fucking Deku.
Izuku, for his part, was a bit embarrassed that Mitsuki was being as flirtatious as she was being. The green-haired cinnamon roll was still not all that used to romantic attention from girls.
The following morning at U.A. High School, the students of class 1-A were sitting around in their homeroom, waiting for Aizawa to come in and get to discussing the various changes that U.A. was making in the wake of the recent monster attack. As it turned out, about half of the class already heard about the rumors of how five new students will be put into 1-A and 1-B each, giving both classes twenty-five students total.
"You guys think that Aizawa-sensei will be able to deal with the class when the size goes up to twenty-five students?" Uraraka asked as she conversed with Izuku, Tenya and Todoroki, "He gets annoyed with some of what we as a whole do, so wouldn't throwing more students into the class make things worse for him?"
"Aizawa-sensei sees the need just as much as the rest of the school staff here at U.A.," Tenya said to his classmate, "They acknowledge the fact that there is now, more so than ever, a greater need to have as many heroes on hand as possible." Crossing his arms over his chest, the class rep of 1-A remarked with a hint of mild annoyance in his tone, "It's one of the reasons why we have to accept it that Principal Nezu chose not to allow Mineta's expulsion."
"Oh come on," Mineta's voice called out, making the four friends turn to see the infamous pervert come walking up to them. Bakugo, Sero, Kirishima and Kaminari, all of them with mildly unamused looks on their faces, were standing close by, watching to see what Mineta was going to do or say. "I said that I learned my lesson," Mineta complained.
Scoffing as he crossed his arms over his chest, Bakugo remarked, "Then why did you say that you were hoping we'd get some, as you had put it, 'hot new babes' in class, Grape Head?"
Shrugging, Mineta replied, "Can you fault a guy for trying?"
"Mineta, you weren't kicked out because you were lucky enough to rescue the right people, also there is literally no room to get rid of any heroes right now," Kaminari pointed out, his scowl on his face looking very much unamused, "Even so, you are on some really thin ice, man." A lot of people in 1-A were still annoyed that, even with what all Mineta did while they were on their recent field trip to the United States, the most Mineta was getting off with was extra chores and duties around the dorms for a week.
Mineta would have mounted a response to his (very much tentative at this point) friend, but the short-statured boy was cut off when the door to the classroom opened, drawing everyone's attention and making them turn to see Aizawa walk into the classroom. "Everyone, sit your butts in your seats now," the underground hero said, making everyone scramble to get to their seats if they weren't there already. Letting out a tired sigh, Aizawa said, "As you all know, the recent monster attack has made it clear to the hero community that there is a greater need, now more so than ever, to have as many hands on deck as can be scrounged up."
Straightening up some files he had with him, Aizawa said, "As such, a number of changes are going to be made around here at U.A. The first big one being that Principal Nezu has ordered an increase to the class sizes for the hero courses. As I am certain some of you may already know, we will be getting five new brats joining us here in 1-A. Likewise, Sekijiro and his brats over in 1-B will be getting five new brats as well. Both classes will be at a count of twenty-five students, giving us a combined fifty between the two of us."
Gesturing to the door leading into the classroom, Aizawa said while still facing his students, "I'll now take the moment to introduce you all to your new classmates." Turning to look at the door, the underground hero said, "You can come in now, young man!" The door opened, making the twenty students in the room so far turn to look to see who it was that was entering the classroom to join them in 1-A. To the surprise of a lot of them, the first new student that they were getting was none other than Hitoshi Shinso.
Turning to regard his first twenty students, Aizawa said, "I'm certain that all of you know who Shinso is, so I won't bother to beat around the bush and introduce him. Now, he was originally slated to start in the hero course next semester, but due to the increased need for heroes, U.A. was able to get Shinso into the hero course ahead of schedule."
Nodding once to his new classmates, the brainwasher remarked, "Hmm. Here's to working alongside you guys here in 1-A."
"Shinso isn't the only one joining us here who was already a U.A. student," Aizawa said to his class, "We also have-" Aizawa was cut off when the door was forcefully thrown open by the force of an explosion, but not the kind that Bakugo was known for. It was a certain different kind of explosion, one that was all too familiar to a lot of the students in 1-A.
From outside of the 1-A classroom, a familiar female voice called into the classroom, "Heh, heh. Sorry about that, Aizawa-sensei. One of the babies that I brought with me blew up."
Sighing in a resigned tone, Aizawa replied, "Just get in here, Hatsume." As many could have predicted due to the explosion, Mei Hatsume was the second student to walk into the 1-A classroom. What was more notable was that she was wearing her workshop outfit, rather than the standard girls uniform for U.A. "According to Principal Nezu, Hatsume here has all the needed qualifications to be placed into the hero course," Aizawa explained, "As such, she ended up being placed here in 1-A with the lot of you."
"We're getting Crosshair Eyes?! Seriously?!" Bakugo nearly shouted.
"And why is she not in the proper girl's uniform?" Tenya asked as he did his signature hand-chopping gesture, "It is a requirement at all times to-"
Pointing at Tenya to get him to stop, Aizawa said, "Chill, Iida. The last uniform top she had was ruined because she used it as an oil rag, so until she gets some new tops she'll be allowed to wear whatever." Straightening himself up a bit, the underground hero continued, "Anyway, who here had heard about how Isamu Academy High School was shut down due to multiple building code violations, very gross misconduct by the staff and being discovered to have gone unaccredited for over a year and a half, among numerous other things?"
A number of the students in 1-A raised their hands, showing that the news that Aizawa spoke of was not all that hard to hear about. "I actually got something of a firsthand account of Isamu-gate from my friend Habuko, who went to Isamu Academy before it ended up getting shut down by the Commission," Tsuyu explained as she stood up from her desk, "Some of the stuff she told me over the phone that went down over at Isamu was so bad that I had to send my younger siblings Satsuki and Samidare out of the room because I didn't want either of them to hear any of what Habuko was telling me about kero."
"You…actually know Habuko, Asui?" Aizawa remarked, arching a wry eyebrow out of piqued interest. With a shrug, Aizawa said, "Well then, that will make things easier for her." Turning to face the door leading into the classroom, Aizawa said, "Mongoose, get in here so the rest of the students can meet you!" At that prompting, a girl that had a snake-like neck and snake-like head, with a mass of bushy reddish hair on her head, walked into the classroom, wearing a copy of the U.A. girl's uniform.
Tsuyu gasped in shocked surprise to see that her old friend from middle school was now not only in U.A. with her, but they both were in 1-A together as well. Gesturing to Habuko, Aizawa said to his students, "Habuko here is the only student from Isamu that was able to get into U.A. The experiences that she and her fellow students had back at her old school are still something of a hot dumpster fire that is still something of a topic in local news, so don't ask her any questions about it unless she's willing to share."
The rest of the students in 1-A, even Shinso and Hatsume, all nodded in agreement, showing that they would be respectful of their new snake-like classmate. As for the snake-like girl herself, Habuko nodded once in acknowledgement to her new classmates at her new school. "If there is time later, there are a few stories that I'm pretty sure all of you would get a kick out of," Habuko remarked, "So don't worry. I've got a lot to dish on."
After Habuko stood off to the side with Shinso and Hatsume, Aizawa turned to face his base twenty students. "…Mongoose isn't the only student joining us from another hero high school," the underground hero said, "We actually got a student who transferred here to U.A. from Vulcan High, due to being unable to put up with improper criticism from others for something beyond their control."
The 1-A students, upon hearing that they were getting a new student that was previously a student over at Vulcan High, the very school they had that tournament against, had a wide mix of reactions. The self-proclaimed greatest rival to U.A. by no means left a good impression on the U.A. community; in fact, a certain student from Vulcan was considered by many to be far from hero material, what with how he acted during the aforementioned tournament.
Because of that, the students of 1-A were worried that it was that specific student that they were getting, given what Aizawa said about the Vulcan High transfer getting 'improper criticism from others for something beyond their control'. So as one can imagine, when a familiar fat cat girl was told to enter the classroom by Aizawa and went on to stand off to the side next to Shinso, Hatsume and Habuko, pretty much everyone in 1-A relaxed. Gesturing over to where Sakaki Yamamaya stood, Aizawa said to his students, "Let me just make one thing clear to all of you. Sakaki's parents transferred her to U.A. due to how she was facing undue harassment and belittling over her obesity, which is a side effect of her quirk thus is not something she can do much of anything about."
Giving the 1-A students a serious look, the underground hero said, "Teasing someone over their appearance when said appearance is due to the side effect of a quirk thus cannot be helped will NOT be tolerated here at U.A. Likewise, general teasing of anyone over their appearance will not be tolerated. Do I make myself clear, everyone?" Everyone in 1-A all nodded in agreement, knowing full well that their new classmate must have had to deal with a lot; some of those already in 1-A have had to deal with similar trouble themselves, so they could very much relate to the fat cat girl.
Straightening up a bit, Aizawa said, "Finally, we have the last student who is joining us. Originally, she would have gone to Ketsubutsu, but due to the massive damage most of the buildings over on Ketsubutsu grounds suffered in the recent monster attack, she ended up being enrolled here instead." Turning to face the door, Aizawa called out, "You can come in now, young lady." Some of the students in the classroom noticed that Aizawa sounded notably gentler of tone when he called for the last new student to enter the classroom.
After no response for a few seconds, Aizawa asked Shinso to go out and check for the last new student. The brainwasher did so, and a second or so after he left the classroom, Shinso came back in leading a fair-skinned girl with light green hair in a shoulder-length bob cut. She wore the standard U.A. girl's uniform, albeit with the addition of a long-sleeved shirt worn under the top of her uniform; this long-sleeved shirt was of a shade of green similar to the girl's hair.
This new girl also wore green knee socks and white shoes with green soles and light, bright red shoelaces, and a simple charm necklace with the charm being of a similar shade of red as her shoelaces. To the piqued interest of a lot of the students in 1-A, the new girl was looking straight at the floor and not looking up at anyone.
Gesturing to the new girl, Aizawa said, "This is Eunice Sirknight. Just so you know, there will be times where Eunice will occasionally have to be called out of class to attend special sessions with Hound Dog over at his office, so don't be surprised if she suddenly has to leave if we're in the middle of doing something as a class, alright?"
"Sir, if I may ask a question," Tenya said as he stood up from his desk, both his tone and expression containing honest curiosity, "What do you mean by 'special class with Hound Dog'? If this will potentially disrupt the normal course of class, when we must be able to plan ahead so as to minimize the overall disruption."
"Chill thyself, Iida," Aizawa said as he pointed to the class rep of 1-A, "It should not be of any concern to anyone." Straightening himself up a bit, the underground hero continued, "Anyway, there are still some issues of business that the other staff members and I have to address in regards to all of the changes that had to be made in the wake of the monster attack, so for the rest of the day, your assignment is to help your new classmates here. Help them get used to being in the hero course, show them around campus mainly for the benefit of the girls that weren't already U.A. students, help them move into Heights Alliance, and whatever other issues that you brats feel have to be addressed and whatnot."
"I'm…guessing that the guys over in 1-B are going to be given a similar assignment by Sekijiro-sensei to help the five new students that they will be getting?" Yaoyorozu asked as she raised a hand, getting a confirming nod from Aizawa. The 1-A students then basically got the rest of the day off, even though they had to use a fair portion of it to help the five newest members of their class get used to how things are done.
But that still seemed like a lot of fun to a lot of the 1-A students, so no harm no foul.
The twenty-five students of 1-A were walking as a group through one of the hallways of U.A. as the first twenty gave their new fellows something of a tour. "Shinso and Hatsume already know a lot of this, so this is for Habuko, Sakaki and Eunice," Mina said as she gently clapped her hands together, "We'll be going on something of a general tour around the grounds here at U.A. We've got a lot to go over, so if there are any questions, let's hear them now."
"Can we stop off at some vending machines to grab some snacks," Sakaki asked as she raised a hand, "Or if you guys have something here at U.A. like the student store that they had over at Vulcan? Because I'm getting a bit peckish."
With a bit of a chuckle, Shinso said, "No need to worry." Taking off his backpack and unzipping it, the brainwasher revealed a number of snacks inside; it was mostly individually wrapped snack cakes, but there were some small snack-sized bags of chips, a few bags of candy, and even a couple of bottles of soda. "Just so you know, this selection is based mostly off of my taste, so I may not have some of the specific favorites of a lot of people here," Shinso said to the group as a whole as he handed a bag of cheddar and sour cream potato chips to Sakaki, "I had a feeling that there would be some manner of big tour ahead of time, so I brought these in case anyone wanted a snack or soda and we can't stop the tour to eat or whatever."
"…Wow, he's good," Bakugo remarked to Sero, Kaminari and Kirishima as they watched Shinso hand some snacks out, such as Izuki getting a bag of sour watermelon slices, and Uraraka getting a can of Moonberry Cola.
After Shinso zipped his backpack back up, Mina said, "Well then, since we seem to have food and drink covered, we can shoot along with the tour now." Gesturing for everyone to follow her, the pink-skinned girl said, "Follow me!"
Standing outside of the nurse's office, Mina said, "Alright new kids, this here is the nurse's office. If you get hurt or whatever, then come on down here and Recovery Girl will take a look at you to see what needs to be fixed."
Holding up his right index finger, Bakugo said to the new students with a self-amused smirk on his face, "Fun fact: Three out of every four times Recovery Girl has to see to taking care of a student here, it's Deku."
"Fun fact," Izuku remarked, his tone sounding somewhat defeated, "Recovery Girl now has a hospital bed set aside for me on permanent reserve."
…
"This, everyone," Mina said as the group stopped outside of some doors over which the sign for Lunch Rush Cafeteria was located, "Is the cafeteria. We come here for breakfast and lunch, and oftentimes dinner as well. Lunch Rush-sensei cooks everything, and it's all phenomenal food. Take my word for it when I say that you wouldn't have had better food before."
"Tamaki-sempai and I have actually studied a bit under Lunch Rush-sensei to learn some new recipes," Sato said to the new 1-A students, drawing impressed looks out of them, especially the three that weren't already U.A. students.
Clapping her hands together, Sakaki said as she looked up at the sign over the doors leading into the cafeteria, "I was planning to ask where the cafeteria was located at some point. Glad it was made into part of the tour."
…
Stopping the group of twenty-five outside of a very sturdy-looking metal door with a sign that said 'Development Studio' hanging along the upper part of the one side of the doorframe, Mina said to the new 1-A students, "This right here-"
"Is essentially my home away from home," Hatsume said, cutting the pink-skinned girl off midsentence, "Yes, I know the Development Studio very well, Mina."
Giving the eccentric pink-haired inventor a mildly amused look, Mina said, "Yes, yes, we all know how seven out of ten accidents and explosions caused here are all your doing, Mei. There is no need to brag about it."
Mei, with a mildly surprised look on her face, replied, "Only seven out of ten?" Crossing her arms over her chest, Mei remarked, "Humph. Sounds like I've been issued a challenge."
"Mei, please no," Izuku remarked, the very worried look on his face suggesting that he had an idea what the inventor had in mind.
"This is the P.E. grounds," Mina said to the group as she lead everyone outside and over to the area where they all did the softball throw with their quirks at the beginning of their careers as U.A. students, "Chances are that Aizawa-sensei will want to have you guys do the same stuff we all had to do on the first day, as we will want to-"
"Oi, 1-A, what are you charlatans doing here?" a familiar annoying male voice called out, prompting everyone in 1-A to turn around and see Monoma of class 1-B walking up to them. The hysteric holler monkey would have continued, but he was cut off with a karate chop to the back of his head, courtesy of an oversized hand that shrank back down to normal size soon after as Istuka proceeded to collect the knocked-out Monoma.
Looking over at 1-A, the 1-B class rep said, "Sorry about that, you guys, but I'm still trying to get Monoma to behave himself and help with getting our respective classes to get along. This is even more important now that we have bigger class sizes, and with all that had happened a few days previous during the monster attack."
Shrugging indifferently, Bakugo remarked, "Whatever, Kendo. It's like there's not enough room our here on the P.E. grounds for both of our classes to show our new OH WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING HERE?!" The others in 1-A were curious as to why Bakugo deviated midsentence and shouted angrily as the top of his lungs. The others in 1-A looked over and, just as they were showing the five new classmates in their class around, the students of 1-B was showing their five new classmates. And what a selection of new students it was. Unlike with class 1-A getting one boy and four girls, class 1-B got five boys, all of which were all already currently in the male U.A. student uniform.
The first new boy had two pastel azure blue jutting sections going up from his head before ending in a slight curve back, sort of resembling sections on a humanoid bug, and the first new boy had somewhat stark white skin aside from yellow sections covering his chin, jawline and both ears, sort of resembling a kind of face-framing mask. His biceps, elbows and forearms were covered in an exoskeleton-like material in the same color as the jutting sections that were coming out from his head.
The second new boy in 1-B had a clever and cunning look to him, and he had somewhat large but notably slender, pointed and furry foxlike ears as opposed to regular human ears, and he had a total of nine bushy foxlike tails, as opposed to having a single tail such as what Ojiro and Sakaki both got. This second new boy in 1-B also had a foxlike nose as opposed to a regular human nose, but other than all of that he looked fully human. It was clear that the second new boy in 1-B had a mutation quirk that gave him foxlike features, but why he had nine tails as opposed to one struck many as odd.
The third new boy was notably tall; he had to be a minimum of six feet. He was fair-skinned, had long and wild dark brown hair, long pointed ears that were reminiscent of a primate, a single long primate-like tail, and when he opened his mouth two sturdy-looking fangs could be seen; these fangs were clearly primate like in nature. The third new boy also had a lean yet fairly muscular body, which many would say was idea for being an athlete or a fighter. Some of the 1-A boys felt that he would be a good opponent to face, and Kirishima was even itching to have a go at him; same for Ojiro surprisingly enough, as he felt that the third new boy in 1-B had to be a serious martial artist.
The fourth new boy was the most normal looking of the lot so far; he had fair skin, scruffy chin-length black hair, and a single scar running over his right eye. Izuku could not help but wonder what kind of quirk the fourth new boy in 1-B had, but all wonder fled the green-eyed boy when he saw why Bakugo had exclaimed so angrily just now.
The fifth new student in class 1-B was Akuma Giratina.
Itsuka, with some uncertainty in her tone and expression, gestured to the first, second, third, fourth and fifth new students in 1-B in that order as she introduced them to 1-A. "Well, these guys here are the new members of 1-B," the class rep began, "Their names are Artemis Norio, Kurama Kitsune, Goukazaru Tsukasa, Omono Tanaka, and of course you all already know who Akuma here is."
"Damn fucking straight we know who the fuck he is!" Bakugo snapped, "What the fuck is he doing here at U.A.?! Do the teachers not remember the shit he pulled back when he took part in that tournament from a while ago?"
Giving Bakugo a neutral glare, Akuma said in an indifferent tone, "It's great to see you again too, Explosion Boy."
"Umm, excuse me," Sakaki said nervously, getting Bakugo to turn to face her, "But there's actually a lot more behind what all Akuma did while he and I were still students over at Vulcan. He's not as bad as you and some of the others might think." Most everyone else in the 1-A group looked at Sakaki with skeptical looks.
Sighing in a resigned tone, Itsuka said, "Yamamaya has a point, 1-A." When everyone in 1-A turned to face her, the class rep of 1-B explained, "Sekijiro-sensei told us the story. Basically, a lot of what Akuma did prior to leaving Vulcan was because the principal over there had put him up to it because she wanted him to show off as much of his power as possible. He was forbidden from ringing opponents out during the tournament against U.A., and again in a later tournament against Ketsubutsu."
A lot of the 1-A students were surprised to hear Itsuka's story, but a lot of the students in 1-B backed it up. "Yeah, Akuma would have aimed for ringing people out as quickly and efficiently as possible otherwise," Reiko said, "Like that one time he had Pony up by her neck, he actually wanted to set her down outside of the ring while still standing in the ring himself."
"Scary guy even apologized for what he did to me," Pony supplied, "As well as apologize to everyone in class that was upset with him over what he did to me and Ibara."
Crossing his arms over her chest, Ibara added with a bemused look on her face, "He's refusing to apologize to me personally, however, unlike with how he apologized to Pony personally." Looking over at 1-A, the devout Christian said, "In fact, he even went out of his way to clarify that none of the apology he gave to the class over how they felt about him treating me during the tournament was at all directed at me."
Bakugo's expression remained unchanged, but his tone seemed to lighten at least a little. "…My guess is that you being a devout Christian still ticks him off, because he's under the impression that you're going to try to save him or whatever."
"I am, as it's my pious duty to save anyone and everyone that I can," Ibara replied. Shooting Akuma a quick glance, Ibara continued when she turned her attention back to 1-A, "Even if some of them aren't all that receptive to me trying to save them."
"Tell you what, Nun Girl," Akuma snarked, "If you try to save me, then I'll try to corrupt you in return." Turning to look directly at the pious vine-haired girl, Akuma gave a self-amused smirk as he said, "First one to succeed wins."
Itsuka gave a somewhat amused smile as she said, "At least there's enough room for everyone to joke around with each other in."
END, CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Author's notes;
So yeah, big changes to a lot of things, especially the roster of students in 1-A and 1-B. What I'm sure is particularly stand out is that both classes got a prior Vulcan High student, with 1-B getting the satanic hero-in-training that, even with the explanation given, still has a lot of people in both classes apprehensive at best. Even so, I got the ball rolling with this part of the arc. The next chapter will see the new students in both classes help out their respective classes with stuff around the place, mostly to characterize the newer characters and show off some of what they can all do.
But the presence of the ten (total) new hero course students between 1-A and 1-B will play a notable role in the next couple of chapters of this arc. Bakugo, who is still rather pissed off at Akuma for what he did to Pony during the first arc, will have to put those feelings aside when there is some trouble brewing during the last few chapters of the arc, which will feature some sort of festival covering all of U.A., a festival where students from other high schools (never said that they would be hero high schools) will visit U.A. grounds.
A few side notes before I go. First, to those of you who are upset that Mineta wasn't axed, I'm sorry that I had made you upset. Originally, I was actually fully intending to axe Mineta, but after thinking about how I had the next few arcs structured, I realized that I actually kind of have to keep Mineta around, mostly to help keep the numbers up. Don't worry, I won't be needing him around forever; I'll drop some hints when the time is approaching. Second, another mini-arc is set to start up soon, and part of said mini-arc heavily references 'We must protect the Runestone!', one of my smaller BNHA stories that crosses with Loud House. Although not explicitly required, brushing up on 'Runestone' will help fill in some gaps that won't be explained in this story itself, although said gaps mostly revolve around some of the villains that are going to be showing up. The third and final note is that I'm considering changing this story's rating (I did say the rating was subject to change) down to 'T', but I'm not sure if some of the material in the story so far could fly as T-rated. What do you guys think?
