Trace was walking to the new building, his suitcase, backpack, and Nintendo Switch case all on his person in some way. Trace was super excited. He was gonna be in the same building as many of his friends, in the same building as his girlfriend. He walked through the gate, seeing multiple of his classmates standing in the courtyard. The building itself was huge. It was easily 5 stories tall. A track ran around the entire building.

Trace walked up to the crowd, about to begin speaking when Mr. Aizawa stepped out of the dormitories. Everyone turned to Aizawa, waiting for him to begin speaking.

"Alright students, this is where you will be staying for the duration of your enrollment at UA, These dormitories were created with the safety of our students in mind", Mr. Aizawa took a more stern look on his face. "Though there are a couple of students that need to be addressed", Aizawa began looking toward specific students. "Kirishima, Todoroki, Yaoyorozu, and Iida, I was informed that you four had attempted to take matters into your own hands, but we instructed you all to stay put and let the pro's handle the situation, and judging by many of your faces, you were aware of their plan, I have half a mind to expel nearly everyone". Aizawa seemed angry.

But Trace was furious. He stepped forward, small sparks flying from his body. "Mr. Aizawa, you can't be serious, they risked their lives to save another, isn't that what a hero is supposed to do? I mean, they managed to get Bakugo out, so why should they be punished for saving another's life?".

Aizawa looked at Trace, his expression never changing. "They broke some pretty big rules of UA, so they should be punished accordingly, as they-".

"BULLSHIT", Trace's eyes were golden. Everyone stared at Trace with surprise, even Aizawa himself. "DON'T USE THAT "THEY BROKE THE RULES" SHIT TO CONDEMN THEM, THEY SAVED BAKUGO AND AVOIDED USING THEIR QUIRKS FOR COMBAT SO DON'T USE THAT ILLEGAL USE OF QUIRKS BULLSHIT TO JUSTIFY PUNISHMENT, IF ANYTHING, THEY DESERVE A PAT ON THE BACK, NOT THE THREAT OF EXPULSION, IF THEY BROKE THE RULES BY ATTEMPTING TO SAVE ANOTHER, THAN I SHOULD BE EXPELLED".

Everyone was silent. No one knew what to say. Even Mr. Aizawa was at a loss for words.

Trace began balling his hand into a fist. "IF THE RULES PROHIBIT US FROM BEING HEROES, THAN WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING TO BE A HERO, TO WATCH AS ANOTHER SUFFERS?! NO! I'M NOT GONNA STAND BY AND WATCH ANOTHER SUFFER, I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING. THAT'S ALL THEY DID, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO WATCH ANOTHER SUFFER, SO THEY DID SOMETHING AIZAWA, THEY TRIED".

Aizawa was getting visibly annoyed. "Why can't I erase his quirk?", Aizawa had been trying since he started yelling. "Trace you must back down NOW".

Trace was taken aback. "I'M DONE BACKING DOWN, IF I BACKED DOWN AGAINST ALL-FOR-ONE, I WOULD BE DEAD, SO NO, I WON'T BACK DOWN, I WILL STAND MY GROUND".

Aizawa was annoyed at this point. "Okay tough guy", Aizawa put on his visor for his hero costume, "If you think they shouldn't be punished, how about a little wager", Aizawa began to smile.

Trace never backed down though. "What kind of wager?".

"You versus me, first to pin the other to the ground wins, you win, I expel no one, I win, only you get expelled", Aizawa held out a hand, "so, what do you say?".

Trace shook the hand without hesitation. "Alright, let's go then".

Aizawa smiled, then attempted to throw Trace to the ground.

Trace dug into the ground, refusing to move. With one swift action, he threw Aizawa over his shoulder, his shadow arms holding onto Aizawa's arms. He slammed Aizawa into the ground, using his shadow hands to hold him down. Aizawa attempted to squirm out of the hold but failed as Trace and Djinn had grips of steel on him. He was pinned.

Trace's eyes were golden again. "That was cheap Aizawa, what happened to acting like a hero".

Aizawa was stunned. He didn't expect Trace to hit quite so hard. "Fine, I won't expel anyone, everyone is clear".

Satisfied, Trace let go of Aizawa and walked back to his classmates, not looking anyone in the eyes.

Aizawa dusted himself off before saying, "go ahead and explore for yourself, see everything there is to see in there". Aizawa walked into the building, saying nothing more to the students.

Everyone was silent. Most were in a pained mood. How were they supposed to enjoy their stay when they were just told they would have been expelled. Some people were on the verge of tears, some simply showed no emotion, some were broken.

Trace didn't know what to do. Nothing he could say would make things better right now. It was better he stayed silent.

Without warning, Bakugo grabbed Kaminari and led him behind a bush. Kaminari began discharging before turning the corner in his stupified state. One look at Kaminari caused everyone to begin laughing, except for Trace and Kirishima. Bakugo walked up to Kirishima and gave him money equal to the cost of something. When asked if he mugged Kaminari, Bakugo replied, "Of course not you dunce, this is my own money".

Trace smiled, seeing his friends smiling. Bakugo kinda fixed things there. Trace began approaching Bakugo, but he held a hand to Trace saying he didn't want to hear it right now.

Trace, though confused at first, shrugged it off as Bakugo trying to keep his tough guy act up.

Aizawa was hiding behind the doors smiling. "There's the positive class 1-A I love". Aizawa walked up the steps, making sure no one spotted him.

Everyone began heading into the dorms. On the 1st floor, there was a kitchen, a main area with a TV to watch the news, A rec room which had a ping pong table, a couple of bean bags and chairs, and a tv with a variety of gaming consoles.

The 2nd-5th floors were all their rooms, names were engraved on the doors to inform people of who lived inside those rooms.

On the second floor was a balcony people could walk out onto. Trace opened the balcony door and walked out onto it. He could see himself spending countless hours up here. He went back inside before he got enveloped in the view, and continued looking around until he reached his room on the 4th floor.

He opened his door to find a small bed, a desk against the wall and a Tv mounted to the wall in front of the desk. A cabinet sat across from the bed, a small closet was next to the cabinet. And of course, a small bathroom. He had a mini fridge. Trace smiled. It was exactly like he had requested.

Each dorm itself was said to be big enough to comfortably hold at least 3 people inside without issue. Trace's room could easily hold 5 people without issue. Trace set his suitcase in his closet, he would get them organized later. Trace went to the desk and began setting up the Nintendo Switch, this way he could continue practicing for smash bros tournaments, as well as watch youtube or listen to music through youtube while doing homework or something. Once the Nintendo Switch was set up, Trace went back to his suitcase. He pulled out a family size pack of MM's, a family pack of kit kats, and some chips. He threw the chocolate items into the mini fridge and set the chips on his desk.

Once this was done, Trace went back downstairs to the living room, Kirishima, Jiro, and Kaminari were sitting at the couch, Yaoyorozu was standing with todoroki and Iida, talking about the dorm's quick build time. Trace took a seat next to Jiro, partially because Kaminari and Kirishima were taking one couch. Everyone immediately turned to Trace.

Jiro stabbed him in his ribs, causing Trace to wince in pain. "What were you thinking, getting on Aizawa's bad side Trace?! He's gonna bombard you with work now or even fail you without a second thought!".

Trace was surprised, but didn't show it. "It needed to be done, Aizawa needed a reality check".

Kaminari began laughing, much to Jiro's annoyance. "That doesn't change the fact that he might still expel you Trace, don't be stupid about this!".

Trace looked Jiro in the eyes. "He won't expel me".

Jiro looked at Trace with anger and concern. "How can you be so sure of this".

Trace flashed a smile. "Aizawa is many things, but a liar isn't one of those things. He won't go back on his word".

Jiro was still worried. Tears were on the verge of falling.

Trace seeing this, wrapped Jiro in a hug, much to Jiro and everyone else's surprise. "Don't worry about it, you shouldn't have to be so scared, but I've caused everyone to worry, I'm sorry for worrying you". Trace broke the hug, going back to his original spot on the couch, turning to look around the entire room. "You guys have had to worry about me from day 1, and I'm sorry for that. None of you should have to be burdened by me".

"You are not a burden dude", a pair of pink arms wrapped around Trace, pulling him into an embrace.

Trace leaned back into the embrace, purring slightly. "Thanks Mina".

Toru came up behind everyone with Tsuyu and Uraraka. "Hey guys, we were talking, and we figured a fun way to break the ice a little would be to have a room contest, the best room wins".

Everyone looked kind of surprised, but no one was against it.

Trace was slightly nervous, but he chalked it up to his anxiety. "Sounds kinda fun to be honest".

(30 minutes later)

Everyone was gathered in front of Trace's room. His room was saved for last since he was clearly nervous about it. Trace opened the door and stepped aside, allowing everyone to look into his room. Many were surprised at how simple it was, but were also surprised at the wolf mask sitting next to the switch.

Everyone turned to Trace with surprise, which also surprised Trace. "Is something wrong?". Trace looked into his room to see the wolf mask next to the Switch. Trace had forgotten to hide his mask.

Kaminari was the first to speak up. "YOU'RE PAROXIDAL?!".

Trace covered his face. He didn't want people to find out yet. He was waiting for the barrage of questions, but Jiro spoke up.

"Give him space guys, we're overwhelming him". Jiro was pushing people along, trying to give Trace space.

Once everyone settled down enough, Sato was declared the winner of the dorm room contest. Trace wasn't upset though, He personally liked Sato's room the most, and it wasn't just because he shared some cake with them. Sato's room was pleasant and calming to him.

Trace had gone to the Rec Room, planning to see what kind of games were there. There was a ps4, an xbox one, and a Nintendo Switch in the Rec Room. Trace began booting up the Switch, planning to see what games were there. There was mario kart 8, monopoly, super smash bros, and risk. Trace began booting up super smash bros, planning to sharpen his skills a little bit. That's when he got the tap to his shoulder. He turned to see all of class 1-a standing behind him, Kirishima and Jiro in front of everyone.

"Hey Trace", Kirishima began rubbing the back of his head. "We were wondering if you would like to have a little contest with us".

Jiro was next to speak. "We wanted to run you through a gauntlet, some people don't believe you're that good, so we told them, face him yourself, but we should have asked you first, so… you up for it?".

Trace smiled before grabbing the pro controller he brought with him. "Bring on the non-believers".

Everyone began laughing. Eventually, it got quiet enough for Jiro to speak. She pulled a paper out of her pocket before reading it. "Your first opponent is Kaminari, he plays captain falcon".

Kaminari took a seat next to Trace, grabbing the joycons. In a few seconds, they had their characters picked. The stocks were set to 3, and a timer of 8 minutes was set.

The match began, and in 30 seconds, was over. Trace had mopped the floor with Kaminari.

Kaminari just stared at the screen, stunned he was defeated so quickly.

Jiro was hiding a snicker. "Okay, next opponent, Toru Hagakure, she plays daisy".

A t-shirt and shorts floated up beside Trace, picking up the controller. "You're going down Trace".

Trace began laughing, "haven't heard that one in a while".

The match started.

Pac-Man hit Daisy with the bell, stunning her before sending her flying. At this point, Trace was more styling than anything. He had stopped trying when he got the first two stocks down on her. After a minute, Trace ended the match, showing mercy. Everyone stared wide eyed at the display.

Jiro shook her head before looking at her paper again. "Okay, next opponent is Sero who plays as little mac".

Sero sat next to Trace, saying nothing.

The match started.

Trace smiled. "Let's make this interesting".

Pac man ran off the edge twice, putting himself to a single stock. Everyone stared at Trace wide-eyed.

Sero smiled. "A tad cocky are we?".

But Trace had every right to be. He controlled the match from the first seconds in. He easily knocked Sero's three lives off of him within a minute of the game.

Everyone was stunned. Trace simply bowed. "I'm not number one for looks".

Jiro looked back down at her paper. "Next opponent is Tetsutetsu who plays Ganondorf".

Tetsutetsu sat next to Trace and extended a hand to him. "May the best man win".

Trace took Tetsutetsu's hand in his own before saying, "good luck".

They both turned to the screen. Admittingly, Tetsutetsu was pretty good, he thought. But Trace was in a much different league. He defeated Tetsutetsu within a minute of the game starting.

Tetsutetsu stayed silent for a second before smiling. "Guess you really are paroxidal, sorry I doubted you", he held a hand to Trace once more, which Trace took in his own hand.

"You're pretty good to be honest, I could see you in tournaments with enough practice".

Jiro smiled before looking at the paper. "Your last opponent is Monoma, he plays-".

Monoma cut her off. "I play a crazy lucina", Monoma sat next to Trace. "You won't last 30 seconds against me".

Trace changed from Pac-Man to luigi, much to everyone's surprise except for Monoma.

"Scared I'm better than your Pac-Man".

Trace chuckled. "You're not worthy of my Pac-Man, only good players get hit with Pac-Man, the fact you play lucina, tells me you're just hoping you get lucky".

Monoma stared at him angered.

"DDDDDDAAAAAAMMMMMMMNNNNNNNN", Kaminari had his hands cupped together.

"Whatever, I'll just prove you suck", Monoma turned to the screen.

"3"

"2"

"1"

"GO"

Within 3 seconds of the match, Monoma lost a life to Luigi's spike.

Monoma was flabbergasted.

Lucina respawned. Monoma wanted to get a quick kill so he used his up special near the edge, hoping to get a quick KO, but all he did was kill himself. They were 6 seconds in and Monoma had lost 2 stocks. Monoma was pissed. Lucina ran straight at Luigi. Luigi used his grab to throw Lucina off the edge before spiking her for the win. It was a ten second game, but it spoke volumes of their difference in leagues.

Trace turned to Monoma, "I don't want to hear no shit talking when you did worse than Kaminari, no offense".

Kaminari put a thumbs up, "No problem dude, you beat me so you can say whatever".

"THAT DIDN'T COUNT, REMATCH", Monoma picked up the controller and picked Lucina again.

Everyone groaned. "You lost dude, no one likes a sore loser".

Monoma didn't listen, he sat there waiting for Trace to repick.

Trace sighed. He would decimate Monoma, once more. He went to his best character. Pac-Man.

The match started. And within 10 seconds, it was over once more. Monoma kept saying rematch. Match after match after match, Trace kicked Monoma's ass in the game. They had played 99 matches in a row, all with flawless victories from Trace. In match 100, Monoma only lasted 5 seconds somehow. Everyone was laughing at Monoma, some people were recording his performance, planning to hold it against him.

Monoma was fuming. He just got walked all over by Trace. He turned to Trace and threw the joycons, which Trace caught with ease. "You must be cheating, there's no way you beat me so easily".

Trace began laughing. Once he calmed down enough, he looked Monoma dead in the eyes. "I'm not cheating, bud, you just suck".

Trace turned to Kirishima, "Hey Kirishima, you want to play a round or two".

Monoma seemed livid. "What, why can't I spar against you".

Trace turned to Monoma. "I need a challenge, otherwise i'm gonna get worse at the game".

"DDDDDDAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNN", Kaminari was having a field day with Monoma today.

Monoma stormed off, seething with anger.

Once he was gone, Kirishima sat down next to Trace, and began looking for Joker. Luckily, UA had given them the DLC characters so all of them were there.

"3"

"2"

"1"

"GO"

Pac-Man immediately ran toward Joker who set up a counter. Pac-man grabbed him out of it, anticipating the counter, and threw him behind him. Pac-man threw a fire hydrant down and began charging for the bell.

Joker seeing this began rushing Pac-Man, who was only able to get the charge to a melon before being bombarded with attacks. Pac-Man was sent flying off of the edge. Pac-Man attempted to recover, but joker hit him atop the head, sending him plummeting to the abyss.

Trace 2 lives, Kirishima 3.

Upon Pac-Man respawning. He rushed joker and performed an aerial combo, pushing joker off the side and sending him into the blast radius, removing a life from Joker.

Trace and Kirishima were on 2 lives.

Pac-Man attempted to charge his fruits, this time only going to the melon. He threw it at Joker who began to counter it. Once the melon hit, Pac-Man ran up and grabbed it while hitting Joker with a dash attack. Joker went flying but Pac-Man followed him off stage. He had saved the melon for a reason. He threw it straight up, blocking Joker completely. Joker, having no other option, aimed for Pac-Man, planning to take both of them down if necessary, but he never got the chance. Pac-Man, threw down a fire hydrant, pushing Joker out of the blast radius, knocking off a second life.

Kirishima 1 life, Trace 2 lives.

Joker respawned, planning to even things quickly. He jumped off the side and spiked Pac-Man, knocking off Trace's second life.

Kirishima 1, Trace 1.

Pac-Man respawned. And began going back and forward for the lead. Both players were over 100% in damage, any smash attack could kill either one of them.

Both players began charging toward the center. Both planning to end it in one it. They both dodge rolled across the center, and performed a smash attack. Hitting each other simultaneously. Both players went flying out of the blast radius, exploding practically simultaneously. The game went to the win screen to reveal Pac-Man as the winner.

Everyone sat there stunned. They were practically even the entire game. Heck, the final stocks were a photo finish. But Trace prevailed, though barely.

Kirishima turned to Trace, holding a hand out. "Looks like a repeat of our last game huh?".

Trace took the hand, smiling at Kirishima. "I barely had you though, you could have easily taken that if things went slightly different".

They shook hands. They respected each other highly. They each had a clear passion for this game and were shown to be the two best Smash bros players internationally.

Trace was the first to speak. "Hey Kirishima, there's going to be a 2 vs 2 tournament internationally for smash bros next week and I was wondering if you would like to be my partner".

Kirishima smiled, "if the two of us are on a team, we could kick some serious ass dude, I'm in". They shook hands, silently agreeing to be a team.

They both turned to the TV, setting the match up to 2 vs 2. They had plenty of training to do, but so little time. After a few hours of amazing plays, Kirishima and Trace decided to break for today, so they don't numb their brains.

Trace walked out into the main area, many people were gathered around the Tv, watching the news.

"BREAKING NEWS, A YOUNG KID AT UA DEFEATED ALL-FOR-ONE SINGLE HANDEDLY".

Trace cringed immediately before saying, "No I didn't, All Might did most of the work".

Everyone began laughing.

Kaminari turned to Trace, "With the power you were outputting, you may as well have".

Trace began to blush. He never saw himself as powerful or smart. He always saw himself as the awkward one, who couldn't do very much.

A pair of hands wrapped around Trace's chest, pulling him backwards. Trace didn't panic though. He turned around in Mina's grip and returned her hug. He loved her so much.

Mina pulled Trace into a kiss, surprising Trace at first. The kiss lasted for a minute before they broke off, the need for oxygen winning out. Mina looked at Trace with a sly grin. "Wanna go watch a movie or something".

Trace pulled her closer to him. "I'm down". Mina began leading Trace to his room. Trace didn't mind however, he was happy as could be. At least he was until he got to the 4th floor. He was reading the names on the doors as he passed them. And much to his dismay, Mineta was roomed next to him.

Trace brushed it off, trying not to think about it. Mina opened his door and led him to his bed. they snuggled up and began watching "Rise of the Guardians".

Once the movie ended, Mina and Trace turned to each other. They were told they could stay in other people's dorms overnight, so long as they didn't cause too much noise or don't disrupt others around them. They cuddled up against each other and fell asleep in one another's arms. Trace had a big smile the entire time.

He was so glad he got into UA, if he hadn't he probably would be in a gutter somewhere dead. But now look at him. He had defeated the number one villain and got the girl of his dreams. He snuggled further into her sleeping figure, inciting a small purr from Mina, before falling asleep, his forehead against her own.

He was so thankful for everything.