A/N: Hello everybody! Aragon here to bring you another Chapter! Thank you all for your support and criticism! It really helps out and I appreciate all of it. Now, I am due for a battle with the WBM (Writers Block Monster), and I can't be late. Enjoy!

Edit (11/10/18): I left the fight essentially how it was, and got rid of the schedule since it didn't really make a whole lot of sense.

Review responses:

Natasha Rei-Kun: I know. And they will continue to appear. MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

(11/9/18): I no longer agree with this statement. Thank you very much for pointing this out, even though I didn't realize that it was a problem at the time.

Guest: I know, but A: this was really the only way I could get the team name to work, and B: Izuku and Tenya aren't really in the leader position either, and Bakugo is definitely not leader material. Shoto was the best choice out of all the people I picked to be on the team. Except for, maybe, Izuku.

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or My Hero Academia. They belong to Monty Oum, Kohei Horikoshi, and their respective publishing companies.

I do not own the cover image

Chapter 7: Combat Class, oh Joy!

"Hello students, and welcome to Combat Class. I am your instructor, Ms. Goodwitch. This class shall be a complete hands-on experience. No bookwork, no homework, just sparring. Now, there are a few rules that will be put into place before we begin.

"Rule 1: Be prepared to fight anyone and everyone. This class' battle roulette system is completely randomized, and, as such, you may even be expected to fight your own teammates. Rule 2: You may request to fight someone of your choosing, but this will only be allowed once a class. Rule 3: If someone's Aura goes into the red, both fighters will be expected to back down. If you don't, you will be disqualified. And Rule 4: Don't hold back. That is all."

Izuku and everyone else in the room were listening attentively as Goodwitch explained the rules. It may have been a combat class, but nobody there wanted to get on their teacher's bad side. The rumors did not paint the most... pleasant pictures of her detentions.

"Now, with that out of the way, we shall now commence our first official spar of the year." Goodwitch then pressed a button on her scroll, setting the two pictures of the board onto a roulette, the faces of random students flickering on for a fraction of a second before flicking to another.

And then they stopped. On the board were the pictures of Katsuki Bakugo and...

Izuku Midoriya.

Bakugo, realizing the fact that he could actually rip Izuku to shreds in front of everybody and not get in trouble for it, grinned with a full-toothed smile, baring his fangs in a way that resembled a wolf stalking its prey.

Izuku, by contrast, turned a very cartoonish shade of white, somehow managing to cover even his clothes. In his mind, he was repeating the exact same line over and over.

I'mgonnadieI'mgonnadieI'mgonnadieI'mgonnadieI'mgonnadieI'mgonnadieI'mgonnadieI'mgonna-

"Mr. Midoriya!" Goodwitch snapped at Izuku, causing him to leave his earlier thoughts in the back of his mind. "Please prepare for your spar. You have ten minutes."

Izuku promptly left his seat and went to the locker room, retrieving his weapons from his locker. He wanted to approach the fight calmly, with a preemptive strategy, but every time he tried, he would flash back to a time that Bakugo had bullied him. Once in the creek behind their old pre-school, another time when Bakugo decided to blow him up for sport, and the time that Bakugo blew up his old notebook.

He wasn't ready for this battle. It was too soon.

But he didn't have a choice.

He walked towards the arena with his head held low, only keeping his eyes open to see where he was going. Izuku already thought he was going to lose.

Thankfully, a little pep talk from a couple of friends changed that mindset.

"Heya Greenie. You alright there?"

Izuku looked up to see Yang and Shoto at the door to the arena. He gave them a small smile, responding, "Not really. I'm scared out of my mind right now. I have no idea how to fight Bakugo, let alone beat him."

"What do you mean?" Shoto asked, his voice hinted with concern.

"We... have a bit of history." Izuku hesitantly answered, not really knowing whether to tell his friends about his past with the dire wolf or not.

"So you two knew each other before Beacon?" Yang asked, her happier demeanor from just seconds earlier now all but gone.

"You can say that. We didn't really get along, and he was usually the stronger out of the two of us." Izuku said, only giving the slightest of hints as to the nature of Bakugo's bullying.

"You two used to fight?"

"'Fight' is... relative. He was barely even challenged when we did."

"But how the hell did he manage to beat you? You decapitated an Orochi Youth with a single punch! And even then, those things are stronger than a full-grown Nevermore! It took my whole team to take one of those things down!"

"Well... remember when I said that I went through hell for ten months to use my semblance properly?"

Yang nodded her head, while Shoto, new to this information, listened attentively.

"The first time I tried to used my semblance, my left arm shot out of its socket." Causing Yang's eyes to widen and Shoto's gaze to harden. Yang began to ask about it when Goodwitch called for him to get into the arena.

"I'll ask you about it later. Kick his ass, Greenie!" Yang said, punching Izuku lightly on the shoulder as she ran past him towards the stairs leading up to the stands.

"Yeah right. How am I supposed to beat him if I can't even look him in the eye?" He muttered to himself as Yang ran up the stairs.

"Just fight."

Izuku looked over at Shoto, confusion clear in his widened eyes. "If you're afraid of something, face it head on. Only by facing a fear can you ever hope to overcome it." Shoto calmly walked after Yang, leaving Izuku to take in the words he left behind. But before he could properly process them, Goodwitch called for him again, prompting him to mindlessly rush out the entrance and onto the arena floor.

Bakugo stood across from him, a confident smirk that showed his teeth spread from cheek to cheek, though his eyes and brow seemed to give off a look of pure rage. And yet...

Why don't I feel afraid?

"Are both combatants ready?" Goodwitch asked the two of them. They answered by preparing their combat stances, Bakugo's arms hanging loosely at his sides while Izuku extended his arm blade and expanded his shield, his stance compact and purely reactive.

"BEGIN!"

(A/N: "Run Boy Run" by Woodkid)

Bakugo shot at Izuku with a burst of smoking speed, his right fist about to knock him across the arena. At least, that's what Izuku thought would happen.

Instead, Izuku managed to deflect the blow and just barely grazed Bakugo as he passed, putting them at equal Aura once more. They circled each other slowly, as of the slightest change in pace would become an opening to decide the battle. Bakugo then stopped for a fraction of a second before rushing Izuku again, this time propelling himself off of the shield to get behind Izuku in an attempt to blast him in the back. Izuku, having activated Full Cowl at that point, ducked under the blast, and roundhouse kicked at Bakugo.

Bakugo backed off as Izuku regained his balance and took the offensive. He swung at the dire wolf with a wide arc, his shield hardly any use as he abandoned defense for offense. Seeing an opportunity in this, Bakugo dodged Izuku's wide arc and kicked him in the gut, effectively sending him skidding across the arena.

Izuku got up from the small crater his impact had made a few seconds after, only to hear Bakugo yell, "IS THAT ALL YOU GOT, DEKU?! COME ON, YA DAMN WEAKILING! GIVE ME A FUCKING CHALLENGE!"

Izuku, now realizing that he couldn't afford to hold back in this fight, in spite of what Toshinori taught him to do, compacted his shield and arm blade, switching to full offensive mode, his arms held in a combination of Yang's and Bakugo's stances.

Izuku shot forward and gave a quick jab, which Bakugo swiftly dodged. What he failed to notice was Izuku's foot behind his own, causing him to trip and open him up for Izuku's follow up, a downward piledriver punch. The blow only stopped him for a second, as he scrunched up his legs, pointed them at Izuku, and launched off of his hands, kicking Izuku in the chin, putting him on his back.

Izuku rolled to his left as Bakugo's fist embedded the space that once held his head, deciding to play it safe and backpedaled away from his opponent. Bakugo wrenched his hand out of the concrete, a sadistic smirk emerging from his fangs.

How am I supposed to even survive this?!

"Just fight. If you're afraid of something, face it head on. Only by facing a fear can you ever hope to overcome it."

Shoto's word rang through his mind as Bakugo charged him once more, a smoke trail left in his wake. He cocked back his fist, ready to send Izuku to the infirmary. But what he hit...

Was empty air.

Izuku had activated One for All, a bright green light emerging from his veins. The whites of his eyes were blacker than night, but his pupils were vibrant, shining emeralds. He'd moved behind Bakugo so quickly that it almost seemed as if he'd teleported.

"Bakugo... you've always been the strongest out of the two of us. You won every fight, every argument, every meaningless little game. Everything. I don't hate you. I looked up to you. And that's why I want to beat you! Because you are amazing!"

Izuku cocked back his right arm for a brief moment before slamming it downwards, causing a gigantic dust cloud to form as debris from the impact was flung about the place, the students protected thanks to the shield surrounding the arena. No one could see inside of it as the cloud billowed about, not even Goodwitch. When the cloud finally lifted, the arena was destroyed, a gigantic crater left in its wake. Bakugo was on the ground, knocked out cold by a piece of debris. And Izuku...

Izuku's right arm had been broken once more, large bruising and several breaks clearly visible, running all the way up to his shoulder. Izuku stepped forward, only to fall flat on his face, passing out from the pain.

Goodwitch, now over her initial shock, calmly stated the outcome of the battle. "The first match of this year...

"Is a draw."

(A/N: End Song)

(Beacon Academy Classroom A-1, 1:16 pm, four hours later)

Luckily for Izuku, there were only two classes on the day he and Bakugo sparred, including combat class. Speaking of, Bakugo was out cold for the entire day, due to the fact that he was knocked out due to blunt force trauma instead of pain like Izuku was. He awoke once more in the infirmary, all members from Team RWBY and JNPR, along with the other two members of his own, standing by his bedside, though Yang, Shoto, Jaune, and Ruby were the closest.

He'd managed to just barely snag lunch before rushing into the classroom about five minutes before the bell, taking a seat in between Yang and Shoto, though he minorly blushed when he saw the former.

Now for some specifics. Teams RWBY, JNPR, and STIK all had the exact same classes, with the exception of Team STIK having a different homeroom. The class they were currently in was their fifth and final class for the week, taught by the man who almost singlehandedly carved the era of peace that they were currently living under; none other than-

"I am here!" All Might said as he opened the door in a rather dramatic fashion. His hunters attire was like something out of a superhero comic, and it showed. It consisted of a blue, white , and red body suit with golden gloves and boots, and a yellow belt with a silver buckle hung on his waist.

"Welcome to Hunter Regulation and Law! In this class, you will learn what laws you need to abide by when fulfilling your duties as a hunter, and those which you must enforce. This class will last for the entirety of your time at Beacon. Now then...

"Let's Begin!"

A/N: ASK MANY QUESTIONS!

But seriously though, feel free to ask me about what's going on with the story.

Sorry for the late chapter. I've been at my summer job a lot, so I haven't had a lot of time to write.

Also, just because I feel like it:

CHARACTER PROFILES! These will now be at the end of every chapter whenever a new character from HeroAca gets introduced. But for now, let's start with our main protagonist.

1-Izuku Midoriya

Age-17

Race: Human

BDay: 07/15

Handedness: Right

Hair: Green and Messy

Eyes: Dark Green

Blood Type: O

Height: 5ft 8.5in / 174.27cm

Gender: M

Semblance: One for All, a power passed down willingly from person to person. This was given to Izuku by All Might, the most powerful huntsman to ever live. He cannot use it to its full potential however, as even trying will force him to break his own limbs. He has a way to bypass this, a technique called Full Cowl, which, ironically enough, is the name he uses as a cover. Full Cowl can allow Izuku to safely tap into 5% of One for All's full power.

Weapons: Law and Order. A pair of gloves and vambraces designed to deliver severe blunt force trauma. Hidden in the vambraces are grappling hooks, which makes up for Izuku's lack of mobility, and an arm blade and shield, which will give him more options other than punching Grimm.

Range: Close Combat

Fighting Style: Instinctual/Basic Kickboxing