"So, which jacket do I wear?" Subaru asks, standing in front of a mirror hanging on his bedroom door.

It's been almost nine months since Subaru had crash landed on the Earth of Quirks, which means school was about to start back up for the boy. Sure, not having to go has been fun, but if Subaru was honest with himself, he missed being able to sit in a classroom and learn new things. He's always been inquisitive, his dad having a love for the stars, science, and researching the (proven to be real) strength of bonds between people having instilled this want to figure things out in the boy.

Add classes on how to be a Hero, a concept wildly far fetched on his Earth, into the mix, and Subaru is quite excited to begin lessons.

"Kid, no matter what you wear, it's a red jacket. That's all you ever wear." War-Rock commented, his voice laced ever so much with boredom, as he speaks from the H-Touch.

Subaru rolls his eyes, looking at the fingerless gloves on his hands. "It's about the presentation and the shade. Just because I had similar looking jackets back home, didn't mean they were all the same. For instance-." Subaru raises one jacket over his torso, a light shade of red in the fabric. "This jacket says I'm nice and approachable." Subaru switches it for a darker red jacket. "This one says I'm intense and ready for action."

"What about that hoodie shirt in the closet?" War-Rock asks, trying to get out of this conversation as soon as possible.

"Hmm, yeah that might work. It's a darker red, but it also provides that approachable air I'm trying to go for." Subaru muses before tossing the jackets in his hands to the side, the pieces of apparel landing on the bed softly. "Sorry if this is boring you man, but first impressions are really important. Especially seeing as these are all potential friends and allies for the future."

"I know, I know. I just wanna get out there already! That giant robot was a good fix, but I really wanna get buck wild on some baddies!" The alien roars, Subaru shaking his head.

"And like I've told you, I don't want to be up all night hunting criminals. I have a life outside of Rockman after all." Subaru says, likely for the hundredth time. "Being a Vigilante sounds cool and all, but I really just want to get back to our normal for a time."

"Our normal is fighting world affecting crises and going to school." The alien replies.

"Well, add in we're going to be learning how to help people as a hero and living in a world where the majority of people have superpowers and I think you get what life is going to be like from now on. Speaking of, how's that frequency tracking going?" Subaru asks, War-Rock finally popping out of the device on his hands alongside a couple of small blue holographic screens.

"Well, I narrowed down this Earth's frequency a couple weeks ago, so I've established an anchor point." The alien begins to explain, Subaru nodding to continue. "The next step is trying to narrow down our original frequency, which will take a little bit longer. Remember, us changing frequency didn't just affect what Earth we're on after all. This entire universe is different from our own, it's just easier to tell the Earth's apart."

"I know, I know. I remember that explanation from when we faced off against Apollon Flame." Subaru nods again, his mind flashing back to the IF Earth he and his partner discovered after the Mu Incident.

"Well, in any case, I'm looking through a lot of waves, trying to find the matching ones to our exit point." The alien finishes, the blue screens closing. "There's a lot of alternating frequencies though, and this Earth not being as advanced as ours doesn't help."

"That's true. Maybe I could start leaving some hints to help them advance, not too quickly though. I don't want to deal with another Meteor G again in my life." Subaru chuckles, a flash of concern washing over War-Rock's face, but ultimately the alien decides to leave it alone.

A sudden ringing sound alerts Subaru to a call, a small holographic screen appearing in the palm of his hand. He swipes on it, lifting the screen to his ear. "Hello?" He asks into it.

"H-hey, Subaru! Would you mind coming over?" Izuku asks from the other side of the screen, Subaru hearing the sounds of hushed grumbles behind him. "I need some help calming J-Kyoka down."

"Why?" Subaru asks with hesitancy.

"Apparently I don't have a good enough outfit for tomorrow." Izuku replies, Subaru turning to look at War-Rock with a smug smirk crossing his face. The large beast rolls his eyes and zooms into the H-Touch, escaping the "I Told You So" to come. "Can you come convince her what I was going to wear was fine?"

"Depends on what you were going to wear." Subaru replies, exiting his room, and moving downstairs to head out.

"Well it was just going to be a shirt and some shorts. Nothing too bad." The boy says without a hint of worry in his voice.

Subaru freezes in place, his hand gripping the door handle. Hirooki looks at him from the kitchen, a purple apron with images of cartoon planets dancing across it. "What. Shirt." Subaru asks in a tone of complete seriousness.

"One) of my word shirts. Why do you-"

"I'll be right there." Subaru says, before hanging up, turning to face Hirooki. "I'll be back later. Friend needs my help with something."

The woman nods. "I could tell. Just make sure to be home by dinner, I'm trying my hand at tendon tonight, and I'd love to get some opinions."

Subaru freezes for a moment, memories of coming home to his mom's own tendon bowls rushing to the forefront of his mind. He shakes off the freeze and gives a smile and nod to the woman, before rushing out the door.

Someday he'll confront how much the hero tasked with his legal guardianship and his mother are alike, someday… But for now, he'd rather enjoy ignoring it.

Arriving at Izuku's apartment complex, Subaru tried to remember which number belonged to his green haired friend with only some complications. (Note to self, write down the apartment number next time.) Finally reaching the right door, Subaru was greeted with the sight of one Inko Midoriya, the mother of his friend who he'd only met a couple of times before this. She was just as emotional as her son (perhaps even more so in some cases) but Subaru knee she meant well.

"Oh, Subaru! It's so nice to see you again! Izuku and Kyoka are in his room. I'm sure you already know what's going on." Inko says, a smile on her face. Subaru smiles back with a nod, entering the apartment and placing his shoes in the cubby next to the door. As he heads back, Inko places a hand on his shoulder, causing the brunette to look at her. "I-I know I've said it every time you've come over, but I just want to know it gets through. Thank you, genuinely, for being my son's friend. Life has been cruel to him, and I can tell it's been no cakewalk for you or Kyoka either, but… But thank you."

Subaru's smile softens a bit. "And like I'll always say, there's no need to thank me. He's been one of my best friends since I arrived in Musutafu. It's great knowing him." He replies, Inko nodding as she lets go of his shoulder. Subarh walks back to Izuku's room, knocking on the door, before entering… Only to find a war-zone of clothes.

Izuku's room had been a veritable shrine to All Might when Subaru first met him, and now? Well, there was still a lot of All Might stuff, but there were some changes. For starters, there was a small group of pictures hung on the wall with thumbtacks over by his bed, each one showing a different activity the trio did over the last few months. A few band and movie posters litter the walls as well, Christmas gifts Subaru and Kyoka got for the boy after learning of the things he likes aside from heroes (Subaru has yet to learn what a 'Star Wars' is, but he's interested to find out one day). And of course, some other small changes Subaru and Kyoka have been helping Izuku with (because while his admiration for the man is, well, admirable, Izuku could stand to learn how to be a teenager).

Though, it was a bit hard to focus on these decorations, when the majority of the room was littered with piles of clothes. From a glance alone, Subaru was able to discern that if a shirt didn't have words on it, then something related to All Might was. The brunette let out a sigh, walking further into the room, as he closed the door behind him.

"This is ridiculous! How do you not have a basic t-shirt or something?!" Subaru could hear Kyoka shout, an All Might shirt flying past his head.

"I just know what I like! Is that really so bad?" Izuku retorts, another word shirt flies. Subaru had noticed it over the phone, but in person it's much easier for him to notice how Izuku's stuttering has lowered in amount since they met. Though, there are still moments when it returns. Subaru supposes it has something to do with actually having friends who want to hear him talk… But that implies something about the people that used to surround him constantly, and Subaru isn't sure if Izuku wants to so willingly talk about why his loneliness waves spike a bit when he talks about heroes and Quirks. (Not that Izuku knows what a Wave is at this point anyways. Save that for if and when Subaru tells him and Kyoka the truth.)

"Considering how this room looks, and the cleanup we'll have to help with later, I'd say only slightly." Subaru speaks up, approaching the two in the closet. The two teens around, both smiling in their familiar and respective ways. Kyoka, with her usual coy and cocky smirk, and Izuku, with his bubbly and bright toothy grin.. "Yo." Subaru beams in his standard laid-back smile, the other two walking over to him, looking over the piles of clothes all the while.

"I uh, guess I did make a bit of a mess, huh?" Kyoka comments, tapping her jacks together with a nervous chuckle. "Uh, sorry about that."

"It's fine." Izuku replies, scratching at the back of his head. "Like Subaru said, we'll just clean it up later."

"Yep yep." Subaru replied, moving over to a pile and flopping down onto it, sitting on it like a bean bag. "In any case, it is a bit surprising that you don't have any shirts with a basic design. At least none that are so readily available. Heck, most of these shirts don't even look like they've been worn before." Subaru picks up a shirt, eyes trailing a plastic tag attached to the sleeve. "I guess for now I'll just let you borrow one of mine."

"Are you sure it'll fit?" Izuku asks, Subaru looking back at him with a glare.

"Oi, just because you're two centimeters taller than me, doesn't mean my shirt won't fit." Subaru says, tossing the shirt he was holding aside.

"I think he means that because he's absolutely ripped." Kyoka says, poking at the greenette's muscly arm, Izuku blushing a bit at the action. Kyoka chuckles a bit, before moving over to his bed, sitting down on it.

"Well, if that's the case, I'll just let him borrow one of my bigger shirts." Subaru says, the two looking at him in confusion. "Do you two not buy clothes in preparation for a growth spurt? I was always taught to do that." A vibration from his hands is probably War-Rock grumbling about the brunette's sense of style again (as if he doesn't hear that everytime the topic of clothes is brought up).

"I never really thought about that." Izuku says, rubbing his index finger and thumb on his chin.

"No." Kyoka says, a bit sternly. The H-Touch vibrates again, but softer this time. Subaru slides down his visualizers, a small frown crossing his face a moment (thankfully quick enough for no one to notice) as he looks at the purplette.

It's not exactly pleasant to look at Loneliness Waves, especially considering Subaru himself knows what it's like to be covered in the stuff, but when he puts on his visualizers it's just a sight he sees more often than he should. They aren't exactly easy on the eyes either. A mishmash of dark and violent colors, jagged and curved all at once. When they spike in activity, they can get pretty bright as well and become a pain to look at. And when he and War-Rock transform… The physical effects they have on him these days are pretty nauseating.

And here's Kyoka, with a bright set of spiking waves. Subaru slides up his glasses, deciding now isn't the time to bring up why. When she wants to talk about her problems surrounding the topics of bodies and growing, she can. Same with Izuku, whenever Subaru's quirklessness is brought up, or he hears an explosion. When the time is right, Subaru will talk to them about their problems. But… Not now.

Subaru gets up from the pile of clothes he was sitting on and moves over to the closet, beginning to grab hangers for all of the shirts tossed to the side. "Well, we can't just sit here all day. We need to get ready for tomorrow. We'll head over to my place after this, and grab a shirt for Izuku." He says, turning to the other two with a smile.

They smile back, and move over to the closet, grabbing some hangars for themselves.

"Man, can you really believe tomorrow is our first day?" Izuku says, a more nervous smile appearing on his face. He sets off to a pile, already picking up shirts. "Do you think we'll be okay?"

Subaru nods, with an affirmative sound. "Of course we will." He moves back to the pile he was sitting on, dusting off shirts and putting them on hangars. "After all, if we stick together, there's nothing we can't accomplish."

"You know, I suppose you're right." Kyoka says, using her jacks to grab a few of the hangars, and moving over to her own pile close to the bed.

The three fall into a comfortable silence as they continue to put away Subaru's clothes, only small conversations popping up for the rest of the time spent together.

"I'm heading off!" Subaru cheers, Hirooki smiling at him with a wave.

"I'll see you after work!" She says, getting her hero costume on as Subaru walks out the door. Her classes are only every other day, so she patrols for the days she doesn't have work, save for Sundays, which she always takes off.

Subaru jogs out, messenger bag over his shoulders as he makes his way to his new high school. Nine months since he crash landed on this earth, nine months since he made his first new friends, two months since proving his worth, and one day since he affirmed his values. His jog comes to a bit of a halt as he approaches the stairs, the brunette looking up at them to gaze upon his school once more. He gazes at the glass building in wonder, before slapping his cheeks with his hands. "Yosh, let's do this!"

He sprints up the stairs, the cherry blossoms on the trees fluttering in the wind as he does so. He passes by other students on the way to class, a few familiar faces amongst them, as he continues onwards. He doesn't exactly know their names, so he simply nods at them as he continues up the stairs.

Finally entering the halls of the school, he slows his pace, making it a speed walk instead, as he makes it to his classroom in a few moments. Class 1-A… Holy crud, this door is huge! Subaru takes a moment to inspect the door, before looking at the glass next to it- What is that.

Right inside the glass next to the door, is a… Yellow lumpy thing. Subaru opens the door, looking in the classroom to find anyone else. In the back is Yaoyorozu (in a very poofy shirt) and Todoroki (in a very stiff looking button up), the two recommendation students from back at the exam. He waves to them, which only Yaoyorozu responds with a nod back. (Still better than nothing.) Subaru's attention turns back to the yellow lumpy thing. He reaches his hand out to it, only stopping a couple centimeters away from it. There's a slight heat to it, and upon closer inspection it… Seems to be breathing. Subaru slides his Visualizers down, and takes a second to readjust to the sight in front of him.

For starters, this thing is alive, the waves coming off of it confirm that. Secondly, it seems to have some pretty scraggly hair, almost like that off putting guy from the exam. Thirdly… God, is he covered in Loneliness Waves. Just absolutely drenched in the stuff. Subaru takes off the glasses, and gives himself a second to breathe, before heading to a seat in the class. He chooses to sit in front of Yaoyorozu, since he at least knows her, and hopefully his friends will sit next to him.

The rest of the class starts piling in soon after, a few familiar faces from the exam show up as well. The pink girl and guy with a tail he sat next to show up, bright smiles on their faces as they wave to him (the boy gladly waving back). The frog girl and multi-armed man pop in next, also exchanging waves. Soon after though, two alarming faces show up. That tall blue haired guy (in a pretty fancy polo) from the exams… And that blonde jerk who Subaru had caught bullying Izuku some months back (guy even has a skull on his shirt, that just screams tv trope bully). A low growl leaves Subaru's throat, and if one listened carefully enough, they could hear War-Rock letting out the same noise. The noise softened when Kyoka (dressed in a band shirt and black pants) entered the room and took the seat diagonally above Subaru, leaving the one in front of him (directly next to Kyoka's) empty for Izuku.

Unfortunately the seat in front of that was taken by the walking blonde bomb, so maybe Subaru should swap seats while he still could… In fact yeah, he's gonna do just that. Leaving his bag in the previous seat, he moves up and sits next to Kyoka, leaning over to whisper to her. Quiet enough no one else could hear, but just loud enough for her hearing to pick up on. "Blondie here in front of me is a complete jerk. Keep him away from Izuku, full stop." She nods, keeping a glare on the other teen. "Also, heads up, I think that yellow thing in the corner is our teacher." He whispers at the same level, Kyoka turning her head to look at it, only to jump a little when she sees it.

"What the shit, that's creepy as hell." She whispers back, louder than Subaru's own words, but still pretty quiet… But apparently not quiet enough, seeing as the yellow lump moves a bit when she finishes speaking. Subaru leans away from her, motioning to keep her lips sealed, which she nods to.

"Oh, it's you!" A voice declares, Subaru turning to see the blue haired teen approaching him and Kyoka. Subaru groans mentally, but keeps a neutral expression on his face. The teen stops and bows to Subaru, surprising both the brunette and Kyoka. "Though you are not the one I wronged, let me apologize for needing to be corrected in my actions! It was unbecoming of me to have done such things in a crowd like that!"

"I-it's fine. Just be a bit more aware of your surroundings next time." The yellow lump moves a bit as Subaru says that. Oh, he wants to be noticed. And so far, Subaru's the only one who has taken note. Great. Oh wait, he should text Izuku, since that guy's so jumpy. "And maybe lower your volume a bit, we are in a classroom after all." Subaru looks at Kyoka, the girl thanking him with a nod.

"Of course." The teen finishes the bow, before sticking a hand out. "I am Tenya Iida, from Somei Private Academy. It's very good to meet you."

"Subaru Hoshikawa, uh, homeschooled." Subaru takes the hand and shakes it lightly. "And, feel free to just call me Subaru, it establishes a friendship quicker."

"Understood." Tenya turns to go back to his seat… Before seeing the blonde student in front of Subaru putting his feet up on the desk. "How… Dare you put your feet up on the desk of an establishment such as UA!" He begins to rant, chopping his arms kind of like a robot. "Do you have no respect for the hallowed heroes who have come before us?!"

"Hah?! Who the hell are you to talk to me like that?!" The blonde yells, and Subaru is this close to standing up and smacking both of them for not talking softer next to Kyoka.

"I am Tenya Iida of Somei Private Academy!" The blue haired teen says, adjusting his glasses.

"Some, huh? I guess it'll be pretty fun to squash an elite bug like you!"

"Squash?! Are you sure you're supposed to be here?" Tenya complains, and Subaru silently agrees with that. Suddenly, the door opens, and there stands Izuku (in the blank forest green t-shirt that Subaru had lent him) alongside that brunette girl who helped him back before the exams (she's in some cutesy, but pretty worn looking clothes).

Subaru and Kyoka both wave to Izuku, the boy smiling as he adjusts his yellow backpack. However, before the two teens could get up to meet their friend, Tenya storms over to him and engages in a conversation of some kind. Subaru looks at Kyoka to get an answer as to what it is, but she just shakes her head.

"That's enough. If you're only here to make friends, then you can go ahead and leave. Now quiet down." A stern voice rings through the room, and in a few seconds the class quiets itself. The yellow lump in the corner begins to turn slowly, revealing the scraggly man from before (Subaru congratulates himself mentally for being right). "Good grief, it took almost ten whole seconds for you all to get quiet, and then another eight to notice me here. In fact only one of you seemed to notice my existence before that and tried to warn others." He looks at Subaru, the boy lowering in his seat a bit to try and avoid the onlook of eyes upon him (yeah, nice try there buddy). "I'm your homeroom teacher, Shota Aizawa. Your gym uniforms are on the stand. Put your stuff down, grab your uniforms, get changed, and meet me out on the field in five minutes." The man unzips the yellow lump as he speaks, revealing the item to be a sleeping bag, now showing his same dark outfit, before leaving the room.

Subaru glares at his back as he leaves. He really does not like that guy. He turns attention to Izuku and points at the seat behind him, taking his bag out of it. Izuku nods and hurries over, just as Subaru gets up to grab his uniform and leave.

Just as he passes by the angry blonde, the two meet eyes, and for a moment, Subaru swears the other teen tries to lunge at him, but holds back only barely.

May the Three Sages of Planet AM give him strength, or Subaru is going to beat this boy. (If Gonta were here, he'd probably have started wailing on the guy the second he laid eyes on him.)

Subaru was changed and out the door before anyone else (getting changed quickly was standard practice back during the later days of the Dealer Incident) so, he found himself just sitting down on the grass of the field, his legs outstretched in front of him. If they were putting on their gym uniforms, then it's likely that they were going to be doing some sort of physical exercise, so stretching beforehand was probably a good idea.

So, as the boy stretched his arms out to reach his feet, he would glance up at Aizawa to find the man staring at him quite intensely. Subaru tried to pay it no mind, and continued on to his other leg, but still he could feel the man trying to burn a hole in the back of his head. Finally, as he finished his stretch on the ground, he got up as quick as he could, and turned around to face the man. "Can I help you, sir?" Subaru asked, in a tone that was as polite as possible, while still being as form as he could be.

Aizawa pulled out a tablet, and let his eyes fall upon it. "You were one of two students who were able to destroy and thereby stop the zero pointer robots. The other being Izuku Midoriya. However, you both have serious problems that could affect the rest of your class." He looks back at Subaru with the same dead eyes. "He lacks any form of control over his quirk… And you don't have one to begin with."

Subaru rolls his eyes, before crossing his arms. "Izuku got his quirk on the day of the exams, so it's quite clear he won't have as much control. Meanwhile, I could report you to Principal Nezu for attempting Quirkist ideology on a student."

Aizawa stares at Subaru for a moment, before looking away. "I guess you won't be having a problem then, seeing as you've got enough will to actually take action. If what you said about Midoriya is true, then I'll have to see about setting him up with a Quirk Counsellor at some point." The man continues, scratching at his stubble. "Still, I'd be wary of some of your classmates. From the files I've read, it seems that some of them have grown up in certain areas that are unkind to the Quirkless."

"With all due respect sir…" Subaru throws a fist into the palm of his hand, the knuckles popping in a moment. "I'm quite confident that I know more about how to fight than they do."

Aizawa looks at the boy before nodding and looking back at the exit to the school. "You certainly know more about being punctual than they do. It's already been six minutes." He says, before looking back at the tablet in his hands.

Subaru resumes stretching, but looks back at Aizawa every once in a while. The guy is… Off putting, to say the least. Does he really care about Subaru's emotions in relation to quirkism, or is it something else? Subaru really doesn't think he and this guy are going to get along.

It's another few minutes before everyone else joins up with the two, Aizawa letting out a sigh. "It took almost all of you ten whole minutes to get here. Next time, pick up the pace." He says, before pulling out a weird softball from out of nowhere. "I'm sure all of you remember doing Athletic Apprehension Tests back in middle school, correct?" A small round of hushed agreements. "Well, the fact that the modern school system never allowed you to use your Quirks during that was quite troublesome, in thinking about it. Quirks are extensions of your bodies, correct? Well, in refusing to let you use yours, you lot were forced to hold back during those tests." He tosses the ball at the angry blonde. "Katsuki Bakugou, you got first place in the Entrance exams, right? Go stand in that circle, and throw the ball. You can do whatever you like, just make sure you stay in the circle."

Kats-No, he doesn't deserve first name treatment in Subaru's head. Bakugou smirks and steps into the circle. He winds up his pitch, his smirk turning into a sadistic smile. "DIE!" He shouts, throwing the ball as an explosion rockets it forwards.

'Die?!' Subaru thinks to himself, thinking back to Tenya asking if Bakugou really deserves to be here.

Aizawa turns the tablet around in his hands, showing it to the class. 705.2 Meters. "This is to track the progress of your Quirks and how advanced they are."

The class begins to talk amongst themselves, excited chatter being the most prominent. And then the pink girl says: "This is going to be so much fun."

The air suddenly shifts around Aizawa, and Subaru applies his palm directly to the forehead. 'Oh, she really shouldn't have said that.'

"Fun? Sorry, but if you came here for fun, then you can grab your stuff and leave now. You have no place in the hero course if all you're looking for is kicks and thrills." Aizawa says, the class starting to get quiet. "Once you graduate, the lives of others are going to be in your hands. Welcome to the real world kids."

Subaru narrows his eyes at the man. In a manner, he's right. Being a hero is a lot more serious than media and fiction makes it out to be. But, he's also sort of wrong. Being a hero is also about helping others in ways of the heart if they can, and joy plays a huge part in that. This guy just can't decide whether or not he wants to be a real teacher to this class.

"In fact, I'll propose a challenge. Whoever places last in this test, will be expelled." Aizawa says, and the class pales.

The other brunette that Izuku was with goes to speak. "That's not fa-!" But is interrupted when Subaru covers her mouth.

He quickly takes it back, the girl (and a few others) looking at him in confusion. "Sorry about that. But it sounds like you were about to say 'that's not fair' and I just know that our teacher was waiting for someone to say those exact words just so he could go on about how 'Life's not fair, and expelling you would be a taste of getting you to see the reality of the situation'." Subaru says, making his voice as gruff as possible to match the man's at the end.

"Well that's just the truth." Aizawa continues, glaring at Subaru all the while. "I won't hesitate to expel any of you if I feel you have zero potential." He presses on the tablet, a small holographic screen popping up, a table with two columns and ten rows, leading for a total of twenty slots. "You'll all be judged on overall scores. And, Hoshikawa?" Subaru looks at the man. "I want you to use that support tech of yours at least once, got it?"

Subaru merely nods, before the man drags them all across the field.

Subaru readied his legs as he stood next to Todoroki, the brunette smirking as they stood next to each other, a small running track before them. Being honest with himself, Subaru was excited to learn what everyone's quirk was (something he shared with Izuku). Between Tenya having engines in his legs, the pink girl's acid, and some flashy guy having a laser in his stomach, this was turning out to be quite interesting!

The gun fired out a blank, and Subaru took off running. Ice formed on the track path next to him, and Todoroki slid along it, but Subaru wasn't too worried. Pushing himself a little, Subaru quickly outpaced Todoroki, ending the sprint first at 4.8 seconds, Todoroki coming in a close second at 4.92 seconds.

The boy with peppermint hair stared at Subaru for a moment, before walking back to the class. 'I just can't get a read on that guy.' Subaru thought to himself, before doing the same.

When it came to grip strength, Subaru knew he wasn't exactly going to end up on top. He clocked out at a measly 48.5 kilograms, before his hand gave out, the boy waving it to ease the muscles.

"You okay there Star Cluster?" Kyoka asks.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Subaru replies as he steps back into place next to her. "I'm not exactly the best at this strength stuff. My advantage has always been more in my speed and stuff."

"I get that, I'm not exactly doing the best either. At least Izuku's doing alright." Kyoka says, Subaru nodding. At the rate Izuku's going, he should rank in the top fifteen at least, the brunette figures.

At the standing long jump, Subaru fared a bit better, landing just at the edge of the sandbox, with only relative difficulty. Still, it was getting more and more clear that he'd be the one in last place, since the others were all doing so much better than him, thanks to the advantages of quirks.

Even if the repeated side steps were pretty much even.

"Back at this huh?" Subaru says, as he watches the softball from earlier in the day be thrown once again. "Guess it makes sense he'd save this for later on." He muses, as the spiky red head who punched the ball with hardened skin steps out of the circle, making it Subaru's turn. As the brunette approaches, he's stopped when Aizawa places the tablet on his chest.

"This one. I want you to use your tech on this test. I need to mark all of my students' capabilities, and that arm cannon of yours will work best in this test." The teacher explains, and Subaru simply nods. Aizawa lifts the tablet, and hands Subaru a softball, before letting him off to the circle.

He slides down his visualizers, before placing the ball between his knees. "Alright War-Rock, ready to do our one task for the day?"

"You bet! Even if it's just the one, I'm ready to go!" The alien shouts, as Subaru starts up the H-Touch.

"Alright! Denpa Henkan!" Subaru shouts, before slamming his fist into his palm once more. Green flames overtake his body, as Rockman once more forms. However, as War-Rock fully merges with the form, he catches one last glimpse of the class, and his jaw drops before merging into Subaru.

"KID, BRACE YOURSELF!" The AM-ian yells, Subaru looking at his Rock Buster in confusion, before…

Pain, Suffering, Sadness, Isolation, Loneliness Loneliness LonelinesLonelinessLonelinessLonelinessLoneliness.

Time slows to a crawl, and then a full stop as Subaru lets the ball fall, before he staggers in place for a moment, his head spinning. He looks over to the class, and his eyes widen underneath the visor as he looks upon them all. Izuku and Kyoka's loneliness waves had lowered during the time he knew them, but the rest of the class… So many of them were covered in the stuff. He knew about Todoroki and Yaoyorozu from the entrance exam, and Aizawa from this morning, but the rest? He wasn't ready for this.

He shook his head, before leaning down and picking up the ball, as his vision started to return to normal. This isn't good for him, it's not healthy. FM-ians might thrive on these waves (or at least learned how to) but Subaru and War-Rock's enhanced abilities coming from the bonds he creates between people is not at all helped by these satellites of loneliness. Subaru wants to be sick, but he'll get over it in time… Hopefully.

He lets his left hand change into the Rock Buster fully, as he gently places the softball along the edges of the barrel. "Battle Card… Impact Cannon… Predation." He lets out, watching as the buster changes into the weapon desired. He takes aim at a medium angle… And fires. Time picks back up,, as the ball goes flying, and Subaru stands as tall as he can amongst the swirling of what he assumes is his stomach (or what it will be when he exits Rockman, seeing as technically he doesn't really have any organs right now).

Aizawa watches the tablet, before turning it around to show the infinity symbol for the second time that day. "Great, so we've got two insanely powerful brunettes in my classroom, and only one of them is able to be stopped under the effects of my Quirk." He says to himself, before returning to the tablet. "Midoriya, you're up next!"

Subaru and Izuku pass by each other, but before the greenette can move forward, Subaru stops him on the shoulder.

The three teens, Izuku, Subaru, and Kyoka, all shared stories of what happened during their respective entrance exams, and they all remember Izuku talking about his broken bones. Subaru doesn't exactly want his friend writhing in pain, so he needs to help the boy find a way to continue.

"Izuku…" He goes to speak, before losing his eyes. What does he say here? Seriously, what can you say to this. "Just… Just be careful."

Izuku nods, before the two move on, Subaru back to the class, Rockman pixelating off of him, and Izuku walking into the circle.

"Tch, I don't know why you're wasting your time on a worthless shit like Deku." Bakugou speaks, crossing his arms. It seems that he doesn't remember Subaru, or at least never saw his face during the incident a few months back. "You actually have a strong quirk, unlike him."

Subaru tilts his head in confusion, unaware of the conversation happening between his green haired friend and the teacher, completely missing the first throw. "What are you talking about? Izuku's quirk is super strong."

"The hell are you talking about? Deku doesn't have a-" A large gust of wind, the sound of something breaking (Subaru is pretty sure it's the sound barrier mixed with bones) and the yelling of the word 'SMASH' interrupts Bakugou before he can continue speaking, the softball landing far away in the grass.

"I told you he had a strong quirk." Subaru smirks, before the blonde starts growling, before explosions burst from his hand, propelling him forwards with a shout of the word 'Deku'. "Hey, wait!" Subaru runs after the blonde, only to be stopped when the blonde is caught in the wrappings of Aizawa's scarf. (Subaru really can't decide if he likes this guy or not.)

"Can you punks stop making me use my Quirk? I've got dry-eye, damnit." The man says, as he puts tear drops in his eyes.

"Wait… You're the underground hero, Eraserhead!" Izuku shouts, and that let's Subaru put together what that means. Underground hero… Doesn't do spotlight, so he's far less known, and explains why he has a harsher methodology. Eraserhead and dry-eye… It's likely that he erases Quirks based on the name and the fact Bakugou isn't popping off explosions right now, so it's probably based on eye contact… But what's that got to do with his hair floating for a moment there?

"Look, if you're going to attack a fellow classmate, then you'll find yourself kicked out of here quicker than you can say 'Just try and expel me'." Aizawa says, releasing the blonde from the scarf.

'Personally, I think you should get it over with and kick him out already.' Subaru thinks to himself, before walking over to Izuku. He glances at the boy's broken finger, glad it wasn't a whole arm… But it's a broken bone nonetheless. The fact the greenette isn't screaming out in pain is both astonishing… And worrying. "Let's get you all patched up, okay buddy?"

"I c-can still keep going." Izuku says, the pain probably being the cause for his stutter. (Subaru would prefer for that to be the case, than the alternative of the bully causing it.)

"If you say so." Aizawa says, and Subaru looks at the man with a deadpan. Once more, does Subaru like this guy or not? He's making it way too hard to decide.

The rest of the physical examination were easy to get through, seeing as it was sit-ups, toe touches, and a long distance run. Subaru had plenty of stamina after recovering from his ball throw, so he actually lasted quite a while. Only reason he placed second was because Yaoyorozu seemed to just… Create a bike. (That felt a little bit like cheating, but he'll just have to outlast her next time.) In the end though, the whole class was left panting and trying to catch their breath.

Subaru watched as Aizawa walked up in front of them, before he pressed on his tablet, the holographic screen popping up once again. "Well done everyone, here are your results."

Subaru put his eyes on last place right away, and… Yep, there was his name right next to the twenty, with Izuku placing… Only right above him?

"S-Subaru! Your spot!" Izuku cried, Kyoka rushing over to the two.

"But you got an infinite on the ball throw! Why wouldn't you have placed higher?!" She shouts, astounded at their rankings being so low. "For that matter, Izuku you should be near or above me with all of your strength! What gives?!"

Subaru stays silent through it all, before turning to his two friends. "You're right, it doesn't make any sense." He says, before looking at Aizawa. "Is the reason he didn't place higher because he could only use his Quirk once?" He asks, his two friends' jaws dropping when he took their rankings to higher concern than his own. Aizawa nods, before closing the screen. "Ah okay, makes sense why I'm in last place then."

"Subaru, how are you taking this so casually?!" Kyoka yells, grabbing at the brunette's cheeks.

"Do you really think Nezu would let his requested student be expelled on the first day?" The boy asked through his pushed and pulled cheeks, Kyoka and Izuku stopping in their freaking out instantly. Kyoka let's go of Subaru's cheeks with a snap, the boy rubbing at them with his hands. "Besides, it's pretty clear the threat of expulsion like that was just a trick to get us to work harder. He made it pretty obvious."

"Indeed." Yaoyorozu spoke up, the class turning to her. "I'm surprised the rest of you didn't figure it out. Hoshikawa, you must be quite astute."

"Please just call me Subaru." The boy replied dryly, turning his attention back to Aizawa. "Still, you could have boosted Izuku up to eighteen at least. His averages were better than mine."

"They were more or less equal, actually. You had higher speed based stats than him, and he had higher strength, but you two were evened out in every other area." The teacher spoke, shoving his hands in his pockets. "Truly were it not for him using his quirk, you would be above him." Subaru nods, before the class turns to him in confusion.

"But wait, was that armor you displayed not your quirk?" Tenya asked, Subaru shaking his head.

"No, just really good tech." And the fusion between myself and an alien made of special electromagnetic waves, but that part was best left unsaid. "I'm actually Quirkless."

The class falls silent, looking at the boy in amazement. Well, most of them are. A certain blonde is looking at him like he just destroyed his telescope with a lawnmower (no War-Rock, he won't ever let you live that down). "You took on the Entrance Exam… Quirkless?" One of the students asked, a black haired guy with tape dispensers for elbows.

Subaru nods, the class remaining silent. "So, is class over, or…?"

Aizawa nods, before walking off. "Classes are over for the day. Your syllabus will be on your desks when you get back to class. After that, go on home." And just like that, he was gone.

Subaru clapped his hands together before looking at Izuku and Kyoka with a smile, well I don't know about you two, but I'm starving. I'm gonna get changed and go find something to eat. Izuku, go get your finger healed. I'll treat you to some katsudon after." The teen says, before walking off, the class still looking at him as he walks off.

"Him being quirkless is a joke… Right?" A blonde with a black mark in his hair asked, looking back at his classmates.

"No, he realized doesn't have one." Kyoka says, before her jacks raise up, pointing at the blonde's eyes. "You got a problem with that?" She hisses, the teen shaking his head rapidly.

"N-no way! I think it's pretty cool honestly! You don't see a whole lot of Quirkless people these days, so it's pretty kick-ass we've got one in our class." The blonde explains, before looking back in the direction Subaru left. "I'm just worried about any bullies he might have. I got tons of shit back in middle school cause my electricity can short circuit my brain if I use too much. He's probably got a big brain if he can use tech like that, but if it gets out that he's quirkless…"

"Then he'll have a whole ton of bullies." The pink haired girl finished for him.

Bakugou scoffs and stomps away, unwilling to hear the people dribble on about a Quirkless shit like he meant something. First Deku keeps a quirk secret from him, and now there's a new Quirkless trying to be more than he is. Whatever, Katsuki will just have to show him his place, just like he did with Deku.

Subaru waits outside the nurse's office, a set of three plastic bowls in his hands and arms, each covered by a plastic lid, chopsticks laying on top of them. The door suddenly opens, and out steps Izuku and Kyoka, the girl having stayed with the boy during his rest in the nurse's. "Subaru?" The two ask at the same time, Subaru looking at them with smiles.

"Here, here. I got us all Katsudon from a nearby restaurant and came back. It's still warm too!" He exclaims, placing a bowl in each of his friend's hands. He pops open the lid on his, grabbing his chopsticks, and going to town on his food. "Mm, even despite the stomachache earlier, nothing beats some good food!"

"Wait, you had a stomach ache? When? What happened?" Kyoka asks, Subaru turning away as he continued on his bowl.

"You two better hurry up before it gets cold!" He says, starting to walk off. The other two look at each other, confused, before chasing after the boy. Their attempts to get him to talk continue all the way through leaving the school, where they encounter Tenya and the brunette Izuku had entered the class with. "Oh hey you two, guess you two stayed after too! Might wanna start moving those legs if you wanna get to knowing each other!" He spins a little as he continues on past them, still eating his bowl of katsudon.

Izuku and Kyoka run past them, each holding their still closed bowls in their hands. The two shrug at each other, before chasing after them.

"Be careful! We don't want anyone tripping on the stairs!" Iida says, before watching the brunette seemingly float down the steps. "Uraraka, what did I just say?!"

"Oh lighten up Iida, these three have the right idea!" The girl responds, as the five continue onwards.

Nezu watches on from the laptop on his desk, Toshinori holding a folded up costume in the seat across from him. "Well, it certainly seems like life is going to be a bit hectic from here on, wouldn't you agree?" The blonde nods, before clutching the costume a bit tighter.

Tomorrow… Tomorrow will be the true test of their abilities. Be prepared, Future Heroes.