Classroom Corridors

The bell had rung as general studies classes ended, the future heroes spilled out of their classroom.

Kye had just left the class, he spotted a familiar blue wavy-haired girl to his right. "Lorie!" He yelled, as Lorie quickly turned around, seeing the other exchange student pace towards her waving and smiling warmly.

Over the last week, the two had really taken a liking to one another, talking almost everyday since they first met. "Oh! Hi Kye!" Lorie responded, "You good?"

"Yeah" Kye said, and sighed, "Ms Yellow just gave us all a surprise science quiz... she said she'd zap the person with the lowest score, and from how it went - pretty sure that's gonna be me."

Lorie giggled and gave Kye a bright smile, "I'm sure you did fine. Besides, I'm sure a little lightning won't be that bad."

Kye laughed, "let's hope so, unlike you, lightning won't travel through my body so easily."

The duos chat and laughter was cut short by a rough, scornful voice, "yo Lorie, the hell you doing, talking to 1-A trash!"

Kye instantly looked up, wanting to find the one who dared make such a comment about him and his class.

The boy was about the same height a Kye, messy and unruly black hair that almost covered his blood-red eyes that stared daggers at Kye. Though that wasn't all, on the boy's back was a pair of large bat wings that were almost demonic.

"What did you call me?!" Kye said, obviously offended by the kid's insult.

He shrugged and gave a mocking smirk, "didn't ya hear me? I was just saying what I saw - a trash-bag full of filth, in a place way too good for him. So how about you crawl back to your dump with the other 1-A losers?"

Smoke stared to rise from Kye's clenched fists as he approached the antagoniser, "say that one more time, I dare you" Kye threatened, as he grabbed the boys shirt and brought them face to face.

"Believe me - I'll say it as many times as you want" the kid replied.

But before Kye could respond, A current of water flowed between them and pushed the two away from each other. The two saw the water was coming from Lorie as the stream flowed from her jacket sleeve. "Damian, back off" Lorie said fiercely as she glared at the demon-boy.

Damian grunted, and walked away, "whatever, just remember this..." he pointed up, "this year, 1-B's gonna be the one that stands on top."

Lorie sighed, "sorry about that Kye" she said, a gloomy look on her face, "Damian's... pretty over the top."

"Yeah I can tell" Kye muttered, but returned to his chipper mood, "thanks for that though, I really might've decked him if you hadn't stopped us!"

Lorie chuckled, "yeah I can tell" she said, "well I'll talk to you later then, I've gotta go meet with some friends!"

As Lorie ran off Kye yelled, "text me!" Then he sighed. "Heh... what a girl!" He muttered as he walked off to meet his own friends.

Heights Alliance

Mira's room

Mira was sitting at his work desk, finishing off some classwork. He scribbled away quietly as his brain wondered on his task and other things.

He looked at his pen, the gift from his dad, with his 'hero name' engraved on it...

'Silver Shadow'.

8 years ago

Kagemaru Apartment

A 7 year old Mira was sitting out the couch watching his cartoons happily. The door opened and a man wearing a silver costume entered in.

He was tall, about 6'3", wearing a white armour-like jumpsuit with a bright white cape behind him, with a silver knight helmet covering his entire head. Across his chest was a large 'SS' engraved on with shining silver italics. He was Taiyou Kagemaru, the Silver Shadow, Mira's father and hero.

"You're back!!" Mira screamed as he dashed towards his father. He was picked by the waist and lifted up, Mira felt like he was flying, he laughed, "who did you save today Dad?"

The hero placed Mira back on the floor and took of his helmet, revealing a black bearded face, with spiky black hair and dark blue eyes. He grinned at Mira, "I'll tell you all about it later Squirt. Let's get dinner set up first."

The two sat at their small table, and ate their dinner, Taiyou relayed his heroics in detail to Mira, as he listened on in awe at his fathers feats, how he stopped a major car accident, how he saved people from the fire that broke out in the apartment block just down the road from him - even the little things like saving cats up on tall trees, Mira loved his fathers stories, and was always eager to hear more from him.

"Dad?" Mira asked, looking right at his father, "do you think I can be a awesome hero like you?"

Taiyou paused for a second, surprised by his son's sudden question, but he gave a gentle smile, and replied, "of course Squirt, I'm sure you'll even become an even better hero! But you know what you gotten do to get there right?"

Mira sighed, "yeah, train, train and train again."

"That's right" Taiyou said finger-gunning , and the two continued their meal.

Present day

To Mira, his father was a hero by every sense of the word. He was a man that served the public and looked out for everyones needs, always putting others before himself.

But thats not how the world saw it.

They persecuted him, branding him a 'Vigilante' and threw him into prison. The same people that Taiyou had spent his life defended had turned their backs on him, seeing him as a menace.

It was a lonely 8 years.

Mira carried on staring at his pen, wondering how his dad was doing and if he was ok. 'I'll do it' Mira thought, 'I'll become a beacon of justice, and show the world that my Dad raised a true hero!'

He got up and went to close the curtains on his veranda window. But he noticed something... strange.

He saw a rustling. A rustling in the bushes behind the backyard. A black cloak had just slipped into them, and the leaves shook in a strange path towards the U.A Barrier.

Mira's heart sank.

Living room

Mira had zoomed straight down the stairs, and was preparing to go outside to catch whoever had gotten into his school.

Hayate and Sei were already downstairs playing cards and had seen Mira run down, "Wassup Mira" Hayate asked, not looking away from the game.

"I think someone's infiltrated the school!" Mira answered. The two instantly stopped their game and dashed over to Mira.

"Are you sure that's what you saw?" Sei asked, "maybe it was some wild animal."

"Last time I checked, 'wild animals' don't dress up" Mira replied, quickly putting on his trainers.

"Well, except for Okoma" Hayate joked, though the two just stared at him blankly, "what?" He shrugged.

"Anyways, I'm coming with you" Sei replied, "there's no telling how strong they might be and you don't stand a chance if it's a group of them."

"Yeah, and I'll tag along too" Hayate added, and the three exited the dorm and into the cold night.

U.A Campus

The three had walking through the bushes where Mira had saw the rustling, their journey had lead them to an open area, just by a corner of the barrier wall, the corner furthest from campus - and security. And that's where they saw them.

There were three. Three figures cloaked in black, all wearing very creepy masks: a shogun mask, a viking helmet and a strange black and yellow visored mask. They had all had a bag in their hands, filled with high-end, stolen U.A tech. "I don't think they see us" Mira whispered to the other two, he gestured to two different directions, "Hayate, you portal me to their left and you and Sei go to their right. We'll surprise them with a pincer attack."

"Stop hiding and show yourselves" a low synthesised voice commanded coldly.

Instantly a flurry of red spikes flew at the trio. They were about to rip straight through Mira's face. Suddenly, he and the other two sank into the ground, reappearing right in front of the aggressors. Hayate was panting, breathless from that near death experience, though he knew that it still wasn't over.

The pressure was intense, as the trio of villians slowly walked over to the students. Mira, Hayate and Sei knew that this was a do-or-die situation; running wasn't an option, nor was screaming out for help, they were too far away to reach anyone - they had to fight.

"It seems we don't have a choice now" Sei suggested, taking up an offensive stance. The other two nodded, and also got ready for combat.

"How should we deal with them, Lancer?" The Viking masked cloak asked the Black mask.

The three cloaked villains walked faster towards the students, "Raida, Shogun - crush them" Lancer ordered.

The cloaks charged in, and the fight commenced. Each of the groups were split up into three 1-on-1 fights. Hayate faced off against Shogun, while Sei battled the Viking Raida, Mira was up against Lancer, the head of the three.

Mira's concentration was at its peak. Blocking Lancer's myriad of strikes, searching for the perfect opportunity to return a blow. But Lancer's technique was good, he wasn't giving Mira any openings, all he could do was block and block. Even with his Black Knight Armour wrapped around him, Mira could still feel the shock of each of Lancer's attacks reverberate around him.

"Damn child" Shogun muttered, as he continuously slashed at Hayate with his glowing hands, Hayate's mobility gave him an advantage, as slipped around Shogun and his attacks quickly, landing light punches all around the villain's body.

"Weren't ya gonna crush us?" Hayate mocked behind the aggressor's back. Shogun angrily slashed behind himself, as Hayate zipped through his portal and appeared right in front of the red-masked cloak, continuing his attack.

Raida's style was - crazy. The way his body moves and the directions the strike would come from were all random and unique each time. Sei had no countermeasure for this, his database only held information on globally-known martial art forms... this was entirely new to him.

Knocked back far enough, Mira was able to back up and pick up a stick from the ground, which his quickly changed into a sword. The two went at it again, the blade sliced through the air, as Lancer dodged all of Mira's quick slashes. Mira looked through countless options, as he tried to devise a way to break Lancer's guard.

With the next slash avoided, his black sword morphed into a scythe, and Lancer's head was in between the blade and Mira! As Mira pulled it towards him, Lancer ducked under the blade, but could barely defend against the kick coming at him from below, sending him backwards as his boots dug into the ground.

With the feint successful, Mira got ready to follow up the attack, only to be halted as Lancer quickly retaliated, dealing back double the damage Mira had dealt out.

"That was good, but surely you understand that your circumstances are hopeless" Lancer stated nonchalantly, as Mira continued to guard against each of his strikes, wincing with each blow. The assault halted, "if not why don't you see it for yourself" he placed an arm out and pointed to the Mira's friends.

A powerful boot slammed right into Hayate's chest. half-dazed from the pain, and almost completely knocking him out after smashing into a tree trunk, he stood up slowly, panting incessantly as the Shogun stared down upon the boy. It was absolute dominance, Hayate's initial momentum was just a ruse - a false edge bestowed by the villain. Shogun, who didn't look the slightest bit exhausted, had overwhelmed Hayate, and Mira could see he was breaking.

Sei was unable to fight against Raida's technique. His metal body had many dents, and was missing pieces! "Damn, at this rate my Ultracore will initiate my auto-shutdown protocol" Sei muttered fearfully, as he kept on getting battered and beaten.

"Do you see?" Lancer asked, "you all lack real experience, therefore your attempts to stop us are futile." Mira kissed his teeth, and prepared to continue the fight, he was determined to protect his friends. "Oh, you still think you can win?" Lancer said, and pulled out a black canister, "fine... allow us to present our gap in skill."

Lancer dropped the canister, and black smoke instantly flowed out of it, casting a fog of darkness across the entire area.

Mira could feel the black gas enter his lungs. He coughed and wheezed, he could barely see the cloaked figure in front of him! "Hayate! Sei! " Mira yelled as loud as he could, "use the smokescreen to get ou-"

2 slim spikes pierced through both of Mira's shoulders. Before he could even react to the pain, a fist made contact with his gut, and he fell to the ground, lying motionless.

He was still conscious and Lancer knew it, as the leader made his way to the boy, "so this is the best U.A can muster huh? You'd almost forget that they pumped out some of the greatest of heroes: Endeavor, Deku... All Might!!"

The black fog dissipated, Lancer brought his mask down to the defeated Mira, "you should quit while you still can kid - because I promise you, you'll lose more than just your arms if we cross again" and they escaped over the barrier and into the night.

Minutes later, security made there way over to a strange noise by the corner of the barrier. There were three students lying on the ground, all incapacitated. Sei was almost broken, and his core had powered down, leaving him a empty metal husk. Hayate bruised all over, and had multiple fractures across his body, and Mira - just laid there, silent and shocked, his shoulder joints torn apart. As he and the others were quickly picked up and raced over to the infirmary, one thought played over and over again in Mira's brain.

It was a complete and utter defeat.

The next day

U.A Infirmary

Mira opened his eyes, he was lying on a bright white bed, in a pure white room, the tables were clean and sterilised, and health posters were plastered everywhere.

Mira wanted to get up but he couldn't - he didn't have the energy too, he couldn't even move his arms! The memories of last night's brawl replayed in Mira's mind. He groaned, he couldn't stop thinking about how stupid his actions were. He knew he should of just went and got security when he saw the three, but the fear that they might escape was too good of an excuse, and the prospect of fighting actual villains was so exhilarating to him.

"Oh! You woke up!" A voice said. Mira looked to his right, seeing a lady dressed in a blue jumper, black trousers and a white lab coat, making her way over to his bed. She had short, white curly hair and bright lilac eyes, with glasses that rested on a soft, caring face. She was Nurse Kenkou, the school nurse that managed her own hospital, and gave medical aid and teaching to U.A students.

She walked over to a table opposite the bed, and pour some water into a small glass, "you were hurt pretty badly last night" she stated, dipping a slim finger in the glass, as the clear liquid changed to a vibrant light green, "I'm glad that those thieves didn't try and kill you three" she tilted the glass over Mira's mouth, and he drank the healing tonic.

As she walked away to check up on the other two Mira sighed, crestfallen, "yeah, what I did was stupid wasn't it?"

She turned and faced Mira, placing a finger and thumb on her chin and looking up, thinking of what to say, "well, it was reckless, and somewhat foolish, but..." she looked directly at him, "you wanted to do the right thing, and those two wanted to help you right? So it wasn't completely stupid, you just need to improve - get stronger! So that next time, you'll win and not be all battered up."

Those words struck Mira the exact same way Lt Kebou's had when they first met. What was he thinking! He didn't have time to mope around in defeat, if anything, this loss gave Mira more fuel that kept his fiery determination burning! 'I'm on a straight path to becoming a 'Beacon of Justice!' He thought, 'there's no way, this'll stop me now. After all, I made a promise to Lt Kebou...' he looked up to the clean white ceiling, 'becoming a kick-ass hero!'

"I have to go now, it seems your friend has just woken up too!" Kenkou said, just as she left she added, "now make sure you rest well, otherwise my tonic won't be as effective." Mira heeded her advice, and returned to his rest.

A couple hours later

"Agh... ow!.. ow!" A faint noise sounded in Mira's head.

"OW!! Could you please not twist that so hard!" The voice exclaimed.

Mira jolted up. Though he didn't appreciate the sudden wake-up call, he did feel much less groggy than last time. He stretched his shoulders around, relieved that the Doctor's tonic had healed him.

He looked to his left, wondering what all the noise was coming from to see Hayate and...

Sei!

He was lying flat on the bed, while a small, elderly man sat next to him - with an assortment of strange tools in hands and around Sei's body.

The mechanic tinkered and tested Sei's arm, using a wrench-like tool to tighten a bolt-like metal piece within Sei's intricate machinery. "Ack... Doctor Sakusei!" Sei yelled, his body flinched and spasmed slightly as Doctor Sakusei drilled in a new piece of tech.

"I am sorry my dear boy, but you lost your impulse receiver in the battle. I must replace it or you won't even be able to move that arm" he explained, "maybe if you didn't fight those villains..."

"I wouldn't have lost it in the first place, I know I know!" Sei mumbled.

"Woah..." Mira muttered, as he walked up and sat on Hayate's bed. Both were stunned by the skill and finesse the Doctor had while tuning up Sei.

"Oh, Hi Mira!" Sei said, turning his attention away from all the 'adjustments' and towards his friends, "ow, let me introduce you two to Dr Sakusei! Agh! He's my creator.. gah! And Father."

"Stay still Sei, I am inputting the biofuel converter now" Dr Sakusei said. After the part was installed (and Sei's whining stopped) he looked up to the two boys, "I heard about what happened, I am glad that all three of you haven't received damage beyond repair - but this could have been avoided if you had just reported it in the first place."

"Yes sir" Mira agreed, guilt and sorrow filling his heart.

Hayate looked down in shame, 'if only I was stronger' was all he could think.

"That being said, you did not back down, and stood up for the school. Though you did not win, it takes courage to face off against villains. But be prepared next time, without preparation, everything falls apart" Sakusei advised.

"Thanks for the advice sir" Mira and Hayate answered.

Dr Sakusei smiled, "Ohoho, you're still both little hatchings in the hero world, there's no need to rush it." He looked back to his living creation, "Well now child, you are almost fixed" the Doctor stated, a cheeky smile showed as he followed a wire to a box "time for the last part, Ultracore installation" he held up a light blue glowing orb, the wire attached to it running right into a chamber in the centre of Sei's alloyed chest.

Mira and Hayate stared awestruck at the shining core. Sei shuddered, "just... just get it over and done with, please Doctor."

"It's the most painful part of repairs" Sakusei informed the two, as they nodded, wanting to understand everything they could about Sei.

An hour later

After the repairs were complete Doctor Sakusei left the three to stay in the infirmary. "Damn, this is why I hate getting fixed up" Sei mumbled, testing out his newly fixed arms, "Doctor Sakusei is an innovator, so he's always inventing new things and usually, I'm the one he tested them out on."

"Well at least you can get fixed immediately" Hayate added, "me and Mira have to wait at least a couple of days before all these sores and bruises go away."

"I'd take robot arms in a heartbeat" Mira replied, an image of him pounding villains with a mechanised fist sounded awesome his his mind. Hayate and Sei broke out laughing at the comments, and Mira joined them not much sooner.

Amidst the three's laughter, the door slide open. Ms Red walked into the room, "well you three seem as lively as ever" she said.

"Good afternoon Ms Red, how is the class?" Sei asked.

"Well, they're worried..." Ms Red answered. She paused, and Ms Blue took over, "Nurse Kenkou prevented any of them from going to see you." She sat down and continued, as Ms Yellow began, "so you fought villains?!" The three boys nodded gloomily. "Sure ya lost and all, but... what have you learnt from this experience? That's what is really important."

The room was silent. 'What did I learn?' Mira asked himself, the experience was hellish and it all happened so fast - his mind drew up blank.

"Well?" A slightly disappointed Ms Yellow asked, "surely you must've learned something from this... otherwise this entire ordeal would have been pointless!"

"It wasn't!" Mira stated. Ms Yellow looked at him surprised, but interested in what he had to say. Mira paused, "I... I got arrogant" he said, "after what happened at the mall, I thought I stood a chance against any villain. It was stupid - being a hero doesn't just mean beating up bad guys, but making the right choices. If I did, all of this could have been avoided." He looked up to Ms Yellow, "but that's a mistake I never ever plan on making again."

"I think I finally understand where I stand in the hero system." Hayate responded, he chuckled quietly, "I'm still a rookie right at the bottom, I've still got a ways to go."

"We were ill-prepared" Sei added, the Doctor's words still fresh in his mind, "I didn't attempt to dial back and analyse the situation properly. If I did, we could have made the correct choice in our actions."

Ms Yellow was dead silent. She closed her eyes and thought over the boys replies, they looked right at her and eagerly awaited her answer. Ms Red awoke.

"We... like your answers" she said, "you have clearly matured after this and understand the problems with what you did." The three sighed, relieved, but jolted as she continued, "but, that doesn't mean your off the hook."

She looked directly at Mira, a fiery fury in her crimson eyes, "Mira, we've already been over this - I hate repeating my scolding lectures, so lets make this quick. You're on your last life, your final chance! If you carry out unauthorised, unlicensed heroics ever again, I will have no choice but to expel you, permanently! Got it?!"

"Yes Ma'am!!" Mira replied obediently.

"Even though you two are first time offenders, don't think this doesn't apply to you either!" She snapped at the other boys, "Sei. Hayate. This will never happen again right?" She asked, with a monstrous glare directed at them.

Fear shook the two to their cores, "Y-yes Ma'am!!" They answered in unison.

Ms Yellow appeared again, "even though all of this has probably been enough punishment for you three, we've found 'something else' for you to make sure you get it straight!" She cackled as she left the room to let the boys rest.

In the evening

"Alrighty! You've all healed up, and I think it's okay to let you go back to the dorms now!" Nurse Kenkou stated as she finished up checking Mira and Hayate's injuries.

"Thank you for taking care of us, Nurse Kenkou!!" The two said bowing.

"You're welcome, now get back to your dorm! Your classmates are still worried about you" She replied. And the three students left the infirmary, ready to face the world yet again.

U.A campus

"Aaaah!! It feels good to finally be able to walk again!" Hayate exclaimed stretching he arms as the trio walked along the illuminated pathway.

"It feels good to finally have a body again" Sei replied.

"Let's hope we didn't miss much while we were off" Mira added, "we're gonna have to work even harder now that we know how tough it's gonna be out there."

Heights Alliance

"OHMYGOD GUYS THEY'RE BACK!!!!!" Yokina yelled as the three entered the dorm.

Instantly 1-A flooded near the door, everyone was asking if they were alright, what had happened and if they were in trouble.

"Everyone calm down!!!" Sei exclaimed, silencing the commotion, "we fought villains, and... it didn't go so well, but everything is okay now, Nurse Kenkou and Doctor Sakusei fixed us up! So please don't worry anymore!"

"Villains, really?" Daigo asked, Hayate and Mira nodded in reply.

"You must've had a hard time" said Fukuro, "There's no way any of us could easily go toe-to-toe with real villains."

"Yeah... we kinda got our butts kicked" Hayate responded.

"Well, if you say everything is alright, then we'll believe you" Taro stated. And most of 1-A went up to their rooms.

"I'm also gonna go and charge up too" Sei said to Mira, and headed up with his classmates.

Eventually, only three people who stayed downstairs: Mira, Hayate...

And Angel.

She slowly and silently walked up to the two - and gave them a big hug as she wrapped them between her soft, white wings. "Guys... you had me worried sick!" She sobbed, "I was so scared, I wanted to see you but Nurse Kenkou wouldn't let me."

"Angel..." the two muttered. A truth had dawned upon Mira, there were many people that cared about him, he was surrounded by them! Had he, Hayate or Sei been gravely injured, they could have lost all of them. He gritted his teeth, mentally beating himself up amongst Angel's tears.

"I'm sorry Angel" Mira replied.

"Yeah... me too" Hayate said sadly.

She said wiping the tears from her face, "it's ok, I was just... afraid and worried that I might have lost three friends, you have no idea how relieved I am to see you both" her usual pure and happy smile was spread on her face.

She opened up her wings and pulled away from the boys, walking towards the stairs. She looked back to the two, "but please don't do this again, I don't know would've done if something awful happened to either of you." And quietly made her way to her room.

Later, Mira and Hayate laid on the large L-shaped couch, looking up at the bright lights on the ceiling, wondering over everything that happened the past 2 days.

"Hey Mira" Hayate started, "am I... too weak to become a hero?"

"What?! What do you mean Hayate?" Mira responded, shocked by his best friend's question.

"Well, too me, you're pretty strong. You handle your quirk amazingly and you're confident in the way you fight, even back at the MJCF, I saw how you dealt with Jack!" said Hayate, "when I got selected for the JRP, I already knew you were also a candidate, I knew you were strong enough to become a great hero... but, I'm not so sure about myself anymore."

"Hayate..." Mira muttered, "let me tell you something that my Dad had always told me, when I still trained with him..."

8 years ago

The father and son duo were out on a run as part of their training regiment. Soon, Mira fell over and laid on the ground, groaning and near tears. Taiyou rushed up to him, "woah woah woah woah! What's up Squirt?"

"I can't..." Mira replied, as he got up, "I can't do it! Training is too hard, I hate it!" He cried, "I'm not strong like you Dad, I can't be a hero."

Taiyou looked at his son, placed a had on his head and ruffled up he hair and brought his head to Mira's. "Listen up Squirt, you're not weak. No one's weak, you just need to spend a bit more time getting even stronger!"

"Really?" A sniffling Mira asked.

"Of course! And eventually you become a better hero than me!" Taiyou replied, beaming with a big grin, "but you know what you gotta do."

Mira sighed, "train, train and train again."

Taiyou pointed to the pouting Mira, "that's right!"

Present

"Man, your dad sounds like he was the best!" said Hayate.

"Yeah..." Mira sighed, 'I'm sure he still is...' he thought to himself.

Hayate got up, and psyched himself up with a slap to his face, shocking Mira, "damn, what am I doing! I've gotta work harder... even harder than you Mira!" He sent a fist out to his buddy.

Mira smirked, and fist-bumped him, "then I guess I'll have to work even harder than that!"

Night Hood Base

Lancer walked along the metal floor of the base, into a small, dark box of a room.

Where Hazer laid waiting.

"Lancer..." Hazer asked, anger tinged in his voice, "where were you last night?"

"I went out to get equipment for the heist" Lancer replied blankly, his black and yellow visored mask stared directly at Hazer.

"And where did you 'get' the equipment Lancer?" Hazer responded, getting more and more annoyed.

"The usual. Me, Shogun and Raida met up with our source, we needed to pay off the gear for the last raid anyway" Lancer answered, unresponsive to Hazer's interrogative attitude.

Hazer grabbed Lancer and slammed him into the wall, "cut the bullshit!! I know you three were the ones who attacked U.A the other day!"

"Alright, and what is it too you?" Lancer asked, "The equipment we stole was all required for the heist next month. U.A just happened to have some of the things we needed. What do you want me to do now, return it?" Hazer hesitated, and Lancer placed a hand on Hazer's arm, gripping tight, "that's what I thought, so hands off Hazer."

Hazer kissed his teeth, and backed off from Lancer. Storming out the room enraged, he exclaimed, "U.A's not one of our targets!! We could've gotten the gear another way!!"

Lancer adjusted his cloak, and closed the door, "that's why business never gets done, fool" he muttered.

The next day

U.A campus

The bell rung for lunch and the class was getting ready to leave. "Mira, Hayate and Sei! Can you three please stay in the classroom, I need to talk to you" Ms Red stated.

Once the room was empty, Ms Red began, "I'm sure you three remember that we found 'something else' as punishment for you - follow me."

After changing into their P.E uniform, the students and teachers made their way to the training gyms.

"What do you think its gonna be Mira?" Hayate whispered.

"Probably something gross, like cleaning the locker rooms" Mira suggested.

"Or humiliating like having to give a speech about our failure to the school!" Said Sei.

"Nope, and nope!" Ms Red answered, as the four reached Gym Beta. As she opened the large yellow door, Ms Yellow arose, "hahaha!! Here's your punishment boys!! Enjoy!"

Gym Beta

Standing in the centre of the gymnasium's polished oak floor was a heavily muscled man. He seemed traditional, with his greying black hair styled in a chonmage ponytail, he was wearing a traditional karate uniform. He glared at the trio with his slim brown eyes, a devilish smile spread across his wide face, "Hoho.. the troublemakers have finally arrived!" He yelled.

Mira noticed that Hayate was trembling, he could barely walk! "B-bu-bu-BUSHIDO?!!" He sputtered pointing a shaky finger at the man.

"That's him alright" Sei added, "the Martial Hero: Bushido, he's well known for practicing and mastering all forms of martial arts."

"A couple years back he brought down a entire villain organisation singlehandedly, everyone of them was hospitalised" Ms Yellow stated.

"Haha, well you know I show no mercy to criminals Ms Hydra" Bushido replied, "I also show no mercy to unruly children who think they can mess around!" He muttered as changed his posture into a battle-ready stance. Chills were sent down the three's spines, as they realised what their punishment was.

"You wanted experience fighting, so here's your experience!" Ms Red fumed, "you three will be here every lunch for the next month, I'm sure you'll find it - educational" she added, just as she left the boys with Bushido.

"Well... hurry up and get ready!!" Bushido ordered, "I need to know what exactly I need to beat into each of you for the next month."

"Oh god.. are we really gonna have to do this?" Hayate gulped.

Mira stepped forward, immediately putting his Black Knight Armour on, and moving into a low stance, "it's time to 'work harder' Hayate!!" Mira exclaimed.

"Dammit... I guess you're right" Hayate whined pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Alright! If you two are good to go, so am I! Let's take as much as we can from this!!" Said Sei as he too got ready to battle.

Bushido darted across the gym, "SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT!!!"

Mira, Hayate and Sei charged in, ready to fight...

And to learn.