"Mid-terms!?" Gah! Again, with the simultaneous outcry! If there's one thing the show definitely didn't exaggerate it was that somehow most of the class can synchronize saying something and make it sound louder.

Aizawa cleared his throat with his unbandaged hand and the class just stayed still, saying nothing more for the moment. Which is nice, means he isn't complaining about his eyedrops. "That's right. While it might seem rather sudden, we're already into our third week of classes." Aizawa noted. "Which means that your Mid-Terms are in a couple of weeks, followed by the Sports Festival" Oof, that's right, Japan takes its testing seriously doesn't it? So of course, the Sports Festival is basically a stress reliever afterwards. "So, while you train for the Sports Festival, I expect you all to be training your minds. That's it, talk among yourselves."

And while I expected talking to start, immediately I saw a few people look over at me. I sighed. "Look, I only remember a few positions, and from what I gather it's all knowledge and no practical application – right sensei?" I asked.

"Correct," Aizawa confirmed. "It's been U.A. policy to have Hero Course tests take place at the end of the term only."

I let out a breath I hadn't realized I was holding… only to notice not only were their curious looks from the likes of Kaminari, Kirishima and Mineta but also Momo, Tsuyu, Todoroki and a slightly murderous – aka standard – look from Bakugou. "Sensei, do you mind?"

Aizawa huffed slightly. "You can tell them, but I don't want any of you getting swollen heads from this. If you find out the other versions of you did well, that's just more motivation to push harder. And to those of you who scored poorly…" He trailed off, his eyes briefly glowing before the glow died down.

With that, some of my classmates looked back at me… and I just rubbed at where my temples would be. "One at a time. Private conversation unless you want otherwise." I remarked.

"You can say mine, Andros." Mineta insisted. "Let everyone see how well I'll do-"

"10th place is not a good position for you Mineta." I cut off. "Sorry, but for someone who was rated with one of the higher intelligence ratings in the class-" At that, a good chunk of the class, including Bakugou and freaking Aoyama looked at Mineta incredulously. "You should've been with a chance to hit the top 5."

For a moment dead silence filled the room… and then Mineta looked back at me. "W-wait… I was ranked high in smarts?" He asked, shocked.

"And yet you only ranked 10th. Think about that." I grumbled… even as I saw Aoyama look over at me, before turning back. Huh, did he have a question to ask or…? I'll talk to him later about that. Mina's walked over.

"Sooo, how did I do?" Mina asked with a smile.

I started to sweat slightly at that… and considered lying for a moment before I remembered that Mina was picking up on my habits. "… 19th."

I swear you could hear glass cracking as I said that as Mina's expression froze in place... and then dropped. "Really?" She asked. "A-are you sure you're not remembering it wrong?"

I shook my head. "You, Kaminari, Mineta and Momo's were the four I made sure to note down," I whispered, not wanting to hurt the feelings of any of the others beyond Mineta who, if you asked me, needed that proverbial kick.

Mina groaned… and went back to her desk and simply… drooped onto it. Yikes, first time I've seen her in an outright funk… I need to think of a way to make it up to her later, I feel bad for putting her in that situation.

"I'm doooomed" Mina droned out into the lunch table. Fortunately, this time Mei had managed to pull herself from her research to come and have lunch without me visiting her, but that just meant we went from one problem to another. "It's all bookwoooork."

"I mean… you're not going to have to worry that much are you?" Rikido asked.

"19th plaaaaace." Mina moaned.

Kendo blinked and tilted her head. "How… can you be so sure that's the position you're going to get?" She questioned.

"Andros." Neito pointed out. "The short version is… he has knowledge of some people's future due to something that happened earlier in life."

"You could tell her the full version, I trust Itsuka." That just feels wrong to say over Kendo

"Yes, but if we did the full version, we'd waste all of lunch trying to explain it and Mina-chan seems to have bigger issues than that," Mei remarked, idly fiddling with her goggles.

Itsuka shook her head at that, but seemingly put the problem off to one side. "Well, whatever the story is… why don't you just study more Mina-chan?" Its- fuckit, KENDO asked.

"Because I've never been good at the written stuff," Mina noted, bringing her face up to pout. "Even in Middle School, I was always way better at fitness tests.

I sighed at that… but nodded. "I can understand that, but why not a study plan?"

"Too booooring."

The group as a whole let out a sigh at that… which considering Kendo, Neito and Mei were always in the upper echelons, Rikido I didn't remember, and because before I had died I had sorted out my own issues with studying, was understandable… and then Rikido snapped his fingers.

"But you wouldn't get bored if you got to socialize at the same time, right?" Rikido asked. "So why not sort out a study group? You always seem big on friends…"

I grinned at that, although I stayed silent, neither Mina nor I had talked about our apology last week, so Rikido had no idea how right he was.

"Hold on, but aren't we all in different districts?" Kendo countered.

"Doesn't stop us using video chat to do it, I'm sure I can ask to use my dad's equipment for study group." Mei counter-countered.

I nodded. "And with me doing my sparring sessions on Saturdays, we could sort out whose house we'd meet at afterwards and just… meet at the sparring. Or even just find a café to go out to and study at."

"Oooh, that sounds so College student!" Mina remarked, clasping her hands together and to the side. "And it sounds more like hanging out!"

"It basically is." The rest of us pointed out.

Mina just stuck out her tongue and lightly tapped her head.

I leapt to the side, rolling out of the way of a claw swipe from Dark Shadow, but before I could follow up, he was immediately on me again. I was forced to roll back and, more importantly, away from Tokoyami. He's trying to keep me away, to keep the threat away from him. Good. But…

I let out a chuckle as Dark Shadow lunged at me again… and I pushed off the ground and rushed towards Tokoyami. Dark Shadow clearly was pulling back in, but it wasn't going to be fast enough!

Faces down and working hard as Ectoplasm had his clones spread out to help all of us. Angles, something that from their focused work the likes of Ojiro and Izuku were taking seriously, which made sense. They'd need to do calculations on the fly, figure out what they could do on the fly. I'd help them but right now I have my own work to do.

I've forgotten more about math than I think I've ever learnt!

Tsuyu's tongue lashed out from above smacking me in the face and grabbing on for dear life. I grunted as she started to come down, clearly trying to use the force to tip me over.

"Good. If you can't hurt someone enough, use movement to your advantage!" Midnight called out.

I growled and reached out to grab that tongue.

Team rescue exercises. We had to try and work in small groups to find our way towards the target, working with each other's quirks. Smart idea from All Might all things considered, but it meant that right now I was helping Sero lift Hagakure over a barricade, Shoji's eyes and ears on full scouting mode now. After all, another team was out there to stop u-

Suddenly a wall crumbles as a laser blast fire's out towards us, forcing us ahead until Shoji, at the head of the pack, tripped and… was stuck to the floor? Damnit, those are Mineta's balls! They've got us cornered in a trapped zone!

Aoyama's laser fires out again… but as he dodges, Sero fired out a piece of tape, catching the flashy boy by the cape.

While I might be fast, Iida is on a whole other level to me, if it wasn't for my endurance or Iida clearly not wanting to use the Recipro Burst, I'd be out by this point… but that doesn't mean I don't have a plan.

I slam my feet down one after the other… and half bury them in the ground as Iida approaches. His kick lands, but I'm anchored enough now that I can take it without moving. I grab at his leg and go for a flip!

English. It always comes back to English for some people. Fortunately, Kaminari doesn't seem to need my help much anymore but aside from Mina seeming more ready to ask for help, but Ochaco and Satou too. I get wanting to use a viable resource while it's there but if it wasn't for Momo helping anyone near her, I'd be having issues right now.

Still… I know why that is. Plus Ultra and all that. I just hope we get some English history in this class at some point, I don't know so much on that.

I… am getting REALLY sick… of the smell of burning. Kaminari lashed out with blast after blast of electricity, but that seems to be his only tactic. Oh, I'm going to hate myself for this but… as he goes for another blast I charged forward.

Getting zapped by electricity is never fun. Even in a universe where everyone is tougher than usual. EVEN when you're transformed into a more armoured state. But the look on Kaminari's face when I kicked him in the stomach was SO worth it.

Less so was the increased light, heat, and electricity that came after

Saturday afternoon. I'd just finished my last bit of training with my classmates and frankly needed some time to relax. Unfortunately, as the presence of a very gloomy Mina made clear, relaxation was the last thing in mind now. She was dreading the exams more than anyone after I'd told her what happened in canon and… I think she might have had bags under her eyes. I hope she's been sleeping…

Of course, we also had Sato, Monoma, Kendo, and Mei amongst our number – with Mei idly fiddling with a piece of gear as we walked along. But then came a part I hadn't exactly planned for. Jiro had apparently overheard us planning the study group and insisted to Kaminari after the spar that he join in. I hadn't even mentioned him being dead last, how did she-

"Whey~"

On second thought never mind. Kaminari had at least asked before the match but I could still feel the occasional jolt of electrical energy running through me, and Kaminari was so out of it that Sato was occasionally having to steer him in the right way, although less and less as time passed. Still, at least I can try to help him out too. The more effective everyone is, the better we can do as heroes.

Of course, help wasn't always academic, as Mina let out an excited giggle at the sight of the café… a very, very colourful café. I'd assumed her choice would be more girly, but it actually looked like a living picture of abstract art, vibrant colours seeming as if they'd been splattered across the walls and floors, with black outlines of people listening to music decorating the pattern. Funky music played out of the speakers as we moved inside to sit in one of the stalls – there were too many of us to simply try sitting at a standard table sadly. Mina quickly guided us in and slid in after I did, ensuring she was at least at the end of her section. "A friend of a friend back in middle school told me about this place when we were discussing schools, and I've always wanted to go to somewhere that just feels so… so…"

"Funky?" I asked with a slight tilt of the helmet.

"Exactly!" Mina insisted.

Sato looked around. "It's definitely more colourful than anywhere I've been too before." He admitted while rubbing the back of his neck. "I dunno, it feels like we're out of place here."

"Nah, you don't need to worry about that." I nearly jumped out of my seat as my head whips around to look at a suddenly more aware and clearly over that last burst of electrical power Kaminari. "Place like this? It ain't about fitting in, it's about how you take it in. Nice choice Mina!"

Neito cleared his throat at that. "I wouldn't get too excited. We're here to study and if you use your electricity like that you might need all that help." He reached behind his head and grabbed Mei's hand mid-chop. "You know I'm right Mei. Besides, if Class 1-A is dragging behind, it'll make class 1-B look worse as a result. And we can't-" and this time the chop came from Kendo

"Knock it off Neito, we're not at school." Kendo chastised.

"Ah-ah-ah Kendo, I don't do this to simply put them down… but to raise them up!" Eh? What's he talking about? I look at the others but there are blank looks all around aside from Mei… who's more focused on her Baby. Neito shook his head and dug around in his backpack… before pulling out-

"That's one of my spare notebooks!" I exclaimed.

"It was one of your spare notebooks," Mei remarked. "You always keep the ones you write in hidden, but Neito noticed some issues with how you and the others are using your Quirks and decided to compare notes with the only other person who seemed to be taking any."

"So, in other words, he talked to Midoriya?" Sato questioned. "That's cool and all but how does that help us studying?"

Kendo cupped her chin with one hand. "No, I think I get it. While these exams are going to be academic, the finals will probably have us doing hero work. We need to be ready to do some study there too."

"See, that I can get more behind!" Kaminari exclaimed. "But uh… couldn't we just…" He looked over at me briefly.

And at that, I shook my head. "My knowledge isn't perfect. Going past the fact that it's been five years, very few of the class ever got explicit explanations as to how their Quirks work or how they could get better… and of everyone here, I already told Mina a clue for hers-"

"I haaaate chemistry… but it's not that bad." Mina whined.

"And the other one was for Kaminari."

Suddenly the dynamo of dumb perked up and looked between me and Neito. I simply rolled my hand towards Neito tor him to lead ln. "I want to see what he has first… because I assume, you're only doing this for now so you can focus on 1-B."

"Well…" Neito started with a sly grin, flipping open his book before turning to look at Kaminari. "You can't go ranged without going all or nothing. It might be a smart idea to see how far you can send it out without going over your limit."

I hummed and nodded at that even while Kaminari shrugged. "I mean, it's a good idea but I already have issues taking down bad guys, it might be harder with less." Kaminari pointed out.

"Maybe more accuracy then?" I asked… and Mei stilled and started to grin. "Your Quirk can't be aimed by itself, but with a piece of gear…"

"I could just zap'em without needing to worry!" Kaminari concluded… before being assaulted by a measuring tape as it slid across his face. "Agh! What the…. " What the indeed, we had a category 5 Hatsume Meinado on our hands, blank blueprint paper, measuring tapes, and an assortment of other tools were out.

"Ooh, I think I can help with that!" Mei declared. "What current does your electricity use when you release it? What's the highest wattage you can reach and for how long? What..."

As Mei went into full Hatsume mode Mina leaned over towards me. "Hey uh… don't you guys usually do that neck chop thing right now?" She asked.

"Give it a bit, Mei might be just what Kaminari needs to become a better hero," I admitted… "And what about you? How are you feeling about that?"

A slight frown was on Mina's face at that. "I… think I might have something. But…" She trailed off, noticing the looks not just from me, but Sato and Kendo as well – Neito it seemed was still caught up in the Meinado. "Ah, I think it'll work but I can't really test it out except by myself… if it works, I want to save it for the Sports Festival."

At that, we all sighed, given it was clear that Mina was being surprisingly secretive… and upon hearing that Mei was still in full inventor mode I brought up my hand for a chop.

Why does Mei have a taser field and WHY was she experimenting with it at the damned café? Needless to say, that lead to a bumpy start to the study session… but the rest of it seemed to go alright. It was only when it all finished that things started to get weird again. Mei had insisted on paying for my section of the snacks as an apology and then the gates at the station acted up. It was only once we got outside the doors to the building, we call home that she stopped me… with a guilty look on her face. A look that is never good when coming from Mei Hatsume.

"This has something to do with why all the electronics I've been near have been messing up hasn't it?" I asked.

Mei grinned at that. "Yes, it does! I was trying to consider a system for Kaminari to use his Quirk with and made up a little something on the fly. Seeing as you'd already been zapped by him, I figured that a little more couldn't hurt!" Mei exclaimed.

"… hasn't Power Loader told you only to experiment in the workshop?" I questioned nervously.

"Necessity is the mother of invention! And the faster I could test it, the faster I can get results for Kaminari!" Mei insisted.

"And the fact that it gives you a new Baby to put on the list has nothing to do with it." I deadpanned.

"Oh, of course, it has everything to do with it… but this is the first time I'm making one for a student specifically!" Mei noted with a sparkle in her eyes.

Ok then… "And… what went wrong with me?" I cut to the point.

"…" Mei steepled her index fingers together slowly… "I… may have miscalculated by not considering any residual energy in your body and… briefly turned you into an electrical anomaly. So, you going inside right now could… fry the elevator."

I looked at Mei in complete and utter amazement… and then brought my hand up… and just rubbed the bridge of my nose through the suit. A coping mechanism frankly, and one I didn't use much anymore, but it was better than blowing up at Mei. It'd just been a while since a… mistake like this. "So… damage report?" I questioned.

"It's only when you make contact with things… and the energy should need another half an hour to die down to negligible… unless you want to transform." Mei noted. "I've long since made sure your phone would require far stronger pulses than that to short it out-"

"When I get in, you're getting the boundary talk again from your parents, but go on."

Mei grinned at that. "Well, I like to think I acted fast enough to make sure that no-one else's phones will be damaged. Mostly because you didn't touch them. Just… uh… go for a walk, maybe to that mini-market you like?" She asked.

I simply sighed… and nodded before turning around. The worst part? This is only new in the WAY it manifested. Mei never let little things like being unsupervised decide if she should be conducting experiments or not, and always leaped into a passion project. The fire at the middle school hadn't been an isolated incident, but they hadn't been… quite this bad for a while. Or long-lasting. Does that mean she's getting better or worse?

Frankly, it just annoys me because I'm such a computer person. Oh sure, I'm far more active now than I ever was in my old life, and about as sociable, but the computer is always my safe space. I know that while she can protect a phone, Mei isn't at the point that she could stop a computer from being wiped by this. No videos., no chatting with other fans of heroes – I'd even made some friends from other places in this crazy world that remind me of my old life, and I have to wait on THAT too. But at the same time… This is Mei's thing. It's her passion and telling her to stop would be like telling the tide to change. It's just… frustrating.

Still, as I make my way to the store there… seems to be a couple of people in already. Huh, busier than usual but I suppose getting a snack while it's late isn't a bad idea. They seem to be talking with Taro and… they're wearing hoodies. In this weather. I get that it gets cold in the evening's guys, but really? I walked in through the doors-

"-but we're old buddies, c'mon!" One of the hooded figures insisted.

"I've left that part of me behind long ago and you know it. Now, unless you actually plan to buy anything, I'm going to have an actual paying customer." Taro insisted dryly.

The second hooded figure turned around and looked at me… and the only visible part of them was a surprisingly metallic face… it looked more like a sentai helmet than anything. "Well… maybe we can use them to change your mind." The helmeted one said as… he reached out to grab me!

I ducked behind one of the shelves and swore. Mei is going to pay for getting me into this.