It was finally here, hero basic training.
We were sitting in our homeroom, waiting for our teacher to appear. Each of us was looking forward to it more than any other lesson. We had basic lessons like Maths and English, though they weren't taught by the world's number one hero.
"I am here!"
Everyone in the room turned to see All Might throwing himself into the classroom wearing his classic costume, cape flowing behind him. "Coming through the door like a hero" he announced in his usual over the top attitude.
The whole class was abuzz with gossip at the hero's entrance. Some were surprised that he actually was a teacher this year. Others were getting chills at his retro costume.
But me, I was trying to keep back my laughter at his ridiculous walk.
All Might reached the front of the classroom and stood behind the podium. "Welcome to the most important class at UA high" the pro told us "think of it as hero-ing 101".
After explaining the point of these lessons, All Might brought out a card that had one word on it that showed what kind of lesson this would be.
"Today's lesson will pull no punches!"
Battle training.
Bakugo became over excited by this and even I had a smirk at being able to show off my stronger transformations.
Izuku on the other hand...
"Real combat?"
His voice was laced with dread.
"But one of the keys of being a hero is looking good!" All Might told us with four panels opening up in the wall to reveal numbered brief cases. "These were designed for you based on your quirk registration forms and the requests you sent in before school started" we were informed. 'Must be our costumes' I thought as everyone else became excited at the prospect of suiting up.
"Get yourselves suited up and then meet me at training ground beta".
"Yes sir" we all replied.
It took about ten minutes for everyone to get suited up. Most of the group had gone ahead and were doing a slow motion hero walk to where All Might was.
Me and Izuku had taken a bit longer to get ready and were running just to catch up with everyone.
I looked down at my costume and felt pride at what I saw.
The week before school started:
I was sitting at my desk with a notebook and several crumbled up pieces of paper next to me.
"I still have to come up with a decent design" I muttered as I tapped a pencil against my temple.
It was taking forever to come up with any decent designs and I hadn't even started yet.
'I don't just want to copy dad's' was my thought process but everything I came up with just ended up being too similar.
I heard a knock at my door.
"Honey, you in there?"
"Yeah, I'm here"
Mom walked through the door with something wrapped in a dry-cleaning bag.
"What's up?" I asked as I turned to face her.
"I heard you were struggling to come up with a costume" she replied as she laid the bag on my desk.
"Yeah, Melissa's busy with a school project and Izuku's working on his own" I told her while crumpling the paper I'd been working on.
"Well, I got something that might help"
I looked over at what she was holding and my jaw dropped.
In her hands was a bright green leather jacket. Down the left side was a white stripe with the number 10 inside a black circle. One the opposite sleeve were two white stripes just under the shoulder.
"Your father wore this when he was your age, I couldn't get it off him" Mom told me "he even wore it to prom".
I stood up from my chair and examined the jacket. It was clearly high quality and something Mom treasured dearly.
"I don't know" I replied "I don't want people to think I'm just trying to copy Dad".
Mom sat down on my bed and patted the spot next to her.
"Your father was amazing" she told me as I sat down next to her "He was the most powerful hero in the world, not even your uncle could beat him on his best day". She began stroking the back of my head affectionately, "I know you don't want people to think you're trying to be him, but they don't matter".
"What matters is this-" Mom had gotten to her feet and picked up the jacket, holding it out for me to try on. "-You be the hero you want to be, don't listen to anyone else".
I looked down at the jacket.
My father's jacket...
My jacket.
And so, as I ran towards the others. My feet pounding against the ground. I could feel pride swell within me.
I came out of the tunnel mere moments before Izuku. My jacket flowing behind me. The tight body suit I was wearing felt almost natural underneath and my domino mask fit snuggly around my eyes.
"Wow Ben, you look awesome!" Ashido told me. Her own costume was a skin tight cyan and purple that unintentionally showed off showed off her breasts. A white mask covered her black and yellow eyes and she wore a small yellow waistcoat around her shoulders.
"Yeah, you look great too" I replied, my eyes trying to look anywhere but her boobs.
"Aww, thanks" she said, a blush noticeable brightening her pink cheeks.
I looked over at Izuku and couldn't help but groan at his costume. It was a green PE uniform with a similar mask that had a mouth piece...
The only problem was there were two parts of his costume that clearly copied All Might's appearance.
There were two... things(?) sticking out the back of his mask that were supposed to be All Might's hair and his mouth piece had a smile built into it that...
You get the idea.
All Might and I just covered our mouths and grumbled at how obvious he was being.
"Now that you're ready, it's time for combat training!" All Might announced.
"Sir, this is the fake city from our entrance exam, does that mean we'll be conducting urban battles again?" Iida asked from under his full body armour.
'Huh, so this is where everyone else fought'
"Not quite, I'm going to move you two steps ahead" All Might replied, holding up two fingers. He explained that most of the battles we'd see happen out in the open, but the worst kinds happened indoors. "For this training exercise, you'll be split into teams of good guys and bad guys, and fight two on two indoor battles" he went on to explain.
Tsuyu Asui, a cute frog girl, then asked "isn't this a little advanced?".
"The best training is what you get on the battlefield! But remember, you can't just punch a robot this time. You're dealing with actual people now" All Might warned. He clearly meant that we couldn't go all out on each other, but that wouldn't stop everyone from going too far.
While I began coming up with a plan, the rest of the class took the opportunity to start asking question...
Lots of questions.
"Sir, will you be the one deciding who wins"
"How much can we hurt the other team"
"Do we need to worry about the losers getting expelled like earlier"
"Will you be splitting us up based on chance or comparative skill"
"Isn't this cape très chic"
"Which was better, Alien Force or Ultimate Alien?"
"I wasn't finished talking!" All Might grumbled.
From within All Might's pocket, he pulled out some small folded papers. "Listen up!" he called as he began reading from his notes.
"The situation is this. The villains have hidden a nuclear missile somewhere in their hideout. The heroes must try to foil their plans. To do that, the good guys either have to catch the evildoers or recover the weapon. Likewise, the bad guys succeed if they protect their payload or capture the heroes" Uncle Might explained before bringing out a yellow box that said 'lots' on it. "Time's limited, and we'll choose teams by drawing lots" he continued.
"Isn't there a better way?" Iida asked, though Izuku was one step ahead of him, "think about it, pros often have to team up with heroes from other agencies on the spot, so maybe that's the reason we're seeing that here". Iida thought for a second before responding "Yes, I see. Life is a random series of events. Excuse my rudeness" the armour teen said with a bow directed at our teacher.
"No sweat. Let's draw!"
Team A was Izuku and Uraraka
Team B was Todoroki and Shoji
Team C was Yaororozu and Jirou
Team D was Iida and Bakugo
Team E was me and Ashido
Team F was Sato and Koda
Team G was Kaminari and Aoyama
Team H was Asui and Tokoyami
Team I was Ojiro and Hagakure
And lastly, Team J was Kirishima and Sero
"So I guess we're on a team, huh?" I said to Mina with a smile.
"Uh... yeah, lets do our best!" Mina replied with a blush.
I looked over to the rest of the class and saw three(?) other people glaring at us.
"Uh, you guys okay?" I asked Yaoyorozu, Jirou and Hagakure.
"No, we're fine" they said with creepy smiles on their faces, though in the case of Hagakure her gloves were linked behind her back and she was leaning over.
"Oh-kay then" I said as All Might announced who would be going first
"I declare that the first teams to fight will be... THESE GUYS" he yelled, holding up one black ball with a white letter on it and one white ball with a black letter on it
The white "hero" ball had an A on it
The black "villain" ball had a D on it
That meant it was Izuku and Uraraka vs Iida and Bakugo.
"Team A will be the heroes. Team D will be the villains., Everyone else can head to the monitoring room to watch" our teacher informed us.
As everyone began to leave, I went over to Izuku and put a hand onto his shoulder. "Good luck, you've got this" I told him before joining everyone else.
The monitoring room was pitch black, save for a massive screen that had camera surveillance on it. We stood in front of it and waited for our teacher to arrive.
My foot was tapping against and my finger on the arm it was crossed over.
This was Izuku's first fight with Bakugo, and I couldn't do anything about it.
I knew he'd try to hurt him but...
"He's got this"