And now… Chapter forty one…

And yes, I'm giving Tesla Coil to Hatsume. I built the quirk with her in mind.

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Hatsume grinned as she spliced wires in a pinch.

'I really do have to thank her… this is an incredible power… I'll have to thank Mr All For One too…'

Hatsume finished with the wires and closed the panel on her robot. It beeped and whirred happily.

"Day 223. The power I have been given makes these jobs a cinch. Number 389 is functioning at maximum capacity!"

The door to the private stdio opened, and Izuka walked in. "Hey. You working with Tesla Coil?"

Hatsme nodded. "It really is an impressive power… I have to make sure to wear the gauntlets when I'm using it though…"

Izuka nodded. "Well. Sensei is giving the midterms tomorrow. He wanted to see us before that happened."

"Alright… so are we gonna talk to him in his office?"

Izuka nodded. "He asked me to get you a little while ago."

Hatsume smiled and tapped her robot on its lense. The tiny companion whistled and hopped up onto her shoulder. "Let's go."

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"So what do you think we're gonna do in the midterms?"

Toga fake smiled as Mineta asked that question. It was a free period today, so they had gone to the school library. Mineta sat next to her with his arm around her waist.

'I'm gonna kill him… I'm gonna kill him! No! Bad Toga! Wait until the camp… yes, the camp…'

"I don't know. I think that's the point." Toga said.

"Well… We're probably gona do some written test on all the subjects we've learned. For a practical test… It can't be robots again… can it?" Monoma pondered.

Kendo shook her head. "I doubt it… The teachers have been giving us weird looks all day."

Toga groaned. "Oh god. I know what we've gotta do…"

"What?"

"We're fighting the teachers…"

Monoma laughed. "No way. There's absolutely no way."

Toga shrugged. "Weird looks? They look apologetic to me. That only means one thing."

"We're fighting the teachers…" Kendo whispered.

Toga nodded. "Yup… this seems like fun!"

"FUN-?"

"Shhhhhhhhh."

Monoma bowed in apology to everybody else in the library. "Fun? We're gonna have to go up against Vlad sensei!

Toga grinned. "I know. It sounds fun…"

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Izuka stepped into Power Loaders office with Hatsume. The hero looked at them. "Good! You're here! Now we can get on to what I called you here for."

Izuka nodded, as did Hatsume.

"Okay, first thing's first. Are you guys ready for the test?"

"Yes. I'm ready for whatever we have to do." Izuka said confidently. Hatsume grinned.

"This'll be a piece of cake."

Power Loader smiled. "Okay. Let me tell you what's gonna go down."

Izuka stopped the teacher. "But wouldn't that be cheating?"

Power Loader shook his head. "Here's the thing. I've already passed you for the midterms. You've gone above and beyond with all of your work. You've even taught my employees a thing or two."

"That's not fair to everybody else though-"

"I thought you might say that Hatsume." The hero grinned. "Your midterms are gonna be different. You already passed, because you're helping the teachers."

"How so?"

Power Loader pulled out a folder. "In here is the midterms description for the hero course. It will be teachers vs students, except for two cases."

"It's us vs two students."

Power Loader nodded. "You two are on this level already, maybe even further. You'd ace the test in seconds, so there's no real reason to give it to you."

"What do you mean?"

"The midterm for support is to build an EMP."

Izuka sighed. "Ah. I see."

Power Loader nodded again. "So. You're gonna be assistant teachers tomorrow."

Izuka grinned. "Oh, this'll be great."

"Okay. Last thing. Yumi, Nezu wants to see you in his office." Power Loader said.

"What? Why me?"

"He didn't say he just said that he wanted to see you."

Izuka nodded and bid goodbye to Hatsume, before heading to the principal's office.

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Bakugo sighed as he leaned back. He had spent the weekend tutoring Kaminari and the other losers. Mina actually had everything down, as did Kirishima.

"I've been doing some extra studying on my own time." Kirishima had told the class. Bakugo knew that he was getting private lessons from Nezu.

"Duuuude… I'm not good at this!" Kaminari held his head. "Why do I have to prove that the triangle is a triangle? It's right there! IT'S A TRIANGLE!"

"What's the fifth element on the periodic table again…" Sero muttered as he flipped through notes.

"Ugh. You guys are really bad at this aren't you." Bakugo said.

"That's the eighth time you've said that." Kaminari whined.

"Look. You two are working on things that the other is good at. Work together to study okay?"

Kaminari stared at Bakugo. "That's actually a good idea…"

Sero slid in next to Kaminari. "So. Math right?" Kaminari nodded. Sero mapped out all of the geometric equations and function formulas.

"What about proofs?" Kaminari asked.

"Proofs are stupid. Everybody thinks so."

Kaminari smiled. "Damn… So you're working on chemistry right? A lot of it is reactions…" Kaminari listed off every reaction between each combination of elements.

"What about memorizing the periodic table?"

"You'll have a reference table." Kaminari shrugged.

Bakugo sighed as Kirishima sat down next to him. "You got the idiots to work together?"

"Eh. Two halves of a brain make a whole."

Kirishima chuckled. "They aren't that dumb."

"They think proofs are dumb." Bakugo rolled his eyes.

"Because they are."

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Izuka stepped into Nezu's office.

"Ah. Hello Miss Shoudai." Nezu smiled. "You can close the door behind you."

Izuka did as Nezu said, then sat down in front of his desk. "You wanted to see me?"

Nezu nodded. "Yes. You are aware that next week there will be a training camp for the hero course students?"

Izuka nodded. "I am."

"The faculty would like it if you could attend as well."

"Me? Why?" Izuka raised an eyebrow.

Nezu gave Izuka a small envelope. "All I can say is that we are afraid our plans have been compromised. We would like you to join us as a second line of defense in case we are attacked. The details will be in here."

Izuka nodded. "Okay. I'll make sure to prepare then."

"Then I believe that is all Miss Shoudai. I will see you tomorrow during the midterms."

Izuka smiled and walked out of the office. When she got back to the private workshop Hatsume wasn't there. Power Loader said she was in the bathroom.

"Well… I can read this then."

Izuka opened the envelope and read the paper enclosed.

Inside was a schedule and a map detailing the events that would take place in the training camp. Izuka grinned.

"Well then… no infiltration needed when you make yourself indispensable…"

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Kirishima sat down next to Bakugo in the lunch hall. Across from them sat Mina, Jiro, Tokoyami, Shoto, Mineta, and Shinama Yuko.

"So. Anybody know what's gonna happen during the midterms?" Mina pondered.

"Yuko believes we're fighting the teachers." Mineta said.

"What?"

"No. It makes sense." Bakugo said. "What, would we just destroy more robots? That's not a great way to measure our skill. Fighting against us in person is a good idea. It'll also prepare us more for free thinking villains."

"When you put it that way, it makes sense." Tokoyami said.

Toga glared at the explosive blonde across from her. "Speaking of villains. Everybody's heard about the students caught up in something in Hosu. It was you guys, right?"

Bakugo stopped eating. "Where are you going with this?"

"I want to know about the people you fought…"

"I can tell you babe!" Mineta said smugly. "I was there too."

"You were? So what were they like?"

"They were weak. Nothin' to it when it came to taking them down-"

"Shut up grapist. We all had our asses handed to us and you know it." Bakugo wiped off his mouth. "We faced three villains with the assistance of several high ranking pro heroes. It ended in a stalemate, but if it continued for longer, we would've lost."

"Psh. Please. There's nothing that they could do to Endeavor. I mean, Izuka Midoriya would be taken out in minutes." Mineta chuckled.

'I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna rip his head off and shove it up his ass. I'll kill him!'

"As I recall, Izuka Midoriya's strength is the same as the support student that kicked my dads shit in." Shoto said. "I don't think we could've beat them."

"Really? She's quirkless though!"

"Do you remember nothing Mineta?" Tokoyami piped up. "Izuka Midoriya stood up to the entire faculty here. You think Endeavor has a chance against someone who beat All Might?"

Mina sighed. "Honestly… Izuka Midoriya is… probably one of the most terrifying villains ever."

"She wasn't always that way…" Bakugo muttered.

"What was that?" Shoto asked.

"I said she wasn't always that way."

Mineta glared at Bakugo. "You knew her? How do we know that you aren't a villain?"

"Considering she wants to kill me, I don't think I am a villain."

"You don't think-"

"SHUT UP!" Kirishima stood up. "Mineta. You know absolutely nothing. You flaunt your position in the hero course as if it makes you invincible. You lie to gain the respect of others. You believe that you are a god!"

'You are not a god Toshinori Yagi.'

Kirishima blinked. "What was that…"

"Hey. You alright Kiri?" Jiro asked.

"Yeah… I'm fine… Just- nevermind. It's nothing." Kirishima sat back down. "Like I was saying Mineta… You aren't above everybody else…"

"And what would you two know about that? You two have had everything handed to you! You two are strong. You tell everybody off. What do you know?" Mineta growled.

Mina glared at Mineta. She saw that Yuko was shaking a bit.

'I'll check up on her later.'

"Mineta. Lay off okay?"

"Why? I'm right aren't I?" Mineta smirked.

"You wanna know why Mineta?" Bakugo said quietly. "It's because I turned Izuka Midoriya into a villain, and now I'm paying the price…"

Mineta stared at Bakugo. "What is that supposed to mean?"

"Izuka Midoriya was my best friend until the age of four. She was declared quirkless, and I became her bully…" Bakugo said. His face shadowed by guilt.

"Hey hey… It's alright…" Kirishima said. "Bakugo. It's okay."

"I-I told her… I told her to kill herself…" Bakugo choked, before starting to sob. "And now… Now I-I'm being t-told that… I m-might h-have t-to kill h-her."

"Well then…" Mineta sat back. "I say that it's the price you have to pay…"

"MINETA!"

"What. I'm just saying that-"

"Babe… You need to be quiet now…" Toga said. Mineta looked at her and saw that she was shaking.

"Sorry… I forgot…" Mineta said. "Do you need some time?"

Toga nodded and stood up, before walking out of the cafeteria.

"Should somebody go check on her?" Jiro wondered.

"She'll be fine." Mineta said.

"I'll go." Mina stood up and followed Toga out of the cafeteria.

"You okay?" Kirishima asked Bakugo.

"I-I don't know… if I can kill her… again..." Bakugo mumbled.

Jiro patted the blonde on the back. "It won't come down to that man. We won't let it."

Bakugo nodded. "Thanks guys…"

Kirishima kissed Bakugo's cheek. Mineta gasped.

"You two are-"

"Shut it grapist." Jiro rolled her eyes.

"-Gay…" Mineta finished. Bakugo huffed.

"So what if we are?"

"Nothing… It's just-"

"If you say weird I'll shove my foot up your ass." Kirishima said.

"And I'll have Dark Shadow rip you apart."

Mineta squeaked and went back to eating his food. Bakugo wiped the tears from his eyes and smiled.

"Thanks guys…"

Kirishima smiled back. "We're here for you, okay?"

'My power… is born of feeling…'

Kirishima felt his arm tingle. The same feeling he had whenever he activated his quirk. He looked down and saw that it was fine.

'What is going on?'

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The door to the private studio flew open, Toga rushed in. Izuka saw the girl running to her and disengaged her gauntlets, before catching her and wrapping her in a hug.

"Hey. Everything okay?"

Toga nodded. "I just need to cool off. Mineta was bad mouthing you and I almost killed him…"

Izuka smiled and kissed the girl passionately as the door opened yet again.

"Did Yuko come in here-" Mina started, before seeing Izuka and Toga linked together. "Oh…"

"Oh… hey."

"I forgot that you're a part of the group…" Mina blushed. "But wait… then why lead Mineta on like that?"

"To make sure he never acts like that again."

Mina nodded. "Okay… so then. How are you gonna do it?"

"You'll see…"

Mina nodded. "Then don't let me interrupt. You've still got time… I'll just go…"

"Mina." Izuka said.

"Hm?"

"Get your perky ass over here."

Mina smiled and closed the door, before walking over and kissing Toga.

"You two are so bad." The pink girl purred as Toga pulled her in close.

"Yeah." Izuka smirked.

'You've got no idea…'

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And that's the chapter. Bonk!

So now we have everything set up. Izuka is informed. The teachers and heroes are ready. Izuka's about to kick hero course ass.

So until next time!

Sushui Out!

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