Sachi: Welcome everyone, to this week's first Pre-Chapter Podcast(TM), our guest for tonight(or day) is Hizashi Yamada! Aka, Present Mic!

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Sachi: So, Mic, why don't you tell us about-

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Sachi: Ah yes, very intriguing, and what about close relations?

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Sachi: Woah! I wasn't expecting that! You mean you and Aizawa really?-

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Sachi: Well you have it here folks! I'm Sachi Tsukiyama and this has be-

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The first day of class in U.A had arrived. Standing in before of the massive metal gate of the prestigious school, Izuku and Toga walked in side by side, ready for a year of school life they never expected they would experience as villains. Navigating the massive labyrinth of a building that was the school, they came across many sights that Izuku wished his old self could be there to see. Sleek hallways, massive front windows that made the place look more like a college than a high school and statues and head busts of both famous heroes that graduated from this school and it's founders. However, being the first day, they were also overwhelmed by the sheer number of people, all trying to make it to their class, some more lost than others.

On their way to their classroom, the two also bumped into some familiar faces on the way.

"Hey! Isn't that Ochaco-chan?" Asked Toga, pointing at a brown puff of hair that stood out from the crowd, "Hey! Ochaco! Over here!"

Turning around, the girl quickly recognized who was calling to her, and responded and running over.

"Hey! Toga! Midoriya! You're here too?" Asked Ochaco.

"Why wouldn't we be?" Asked Izuku, welcoming her to walk with them.

"No, I mean here. Our class is halfway across the entire building." Said Ochaco.

"Wait, then why are you here?" Asked Toga.

"I got lost." Replied Ochaco, rubbing the back of her head in an embarrassed manner as a massive sweatdrop an down the two's heads.

As the three slowly made their way to their classroom, they started to chatter, like any normal friend groups would.

"Honestly, I was sort of relieved when I found out that me and Tsu's bold actions were overlooked." Said Uraraka, "Normally, that sort of stuff would get you arrested for vigilantism."

"Eh? You're kidding right!?" Exclaimed Toga, "So me and Izuku did could have landed us in prison!?"

"Apparently so." Replied Ochaco, with an annoyed pout, "Which just doesn't seem right to me. We did what we were gonna do later on anyways, why does selfless deeds require a license nowadays!?"

"Because if people could get away with it, then there would be no need for heroes." Izuku replied glancing at a class picture that had L'Oreal present of all people, "I bet such a rule was put into place so that heroes would have more helpless damsels to save. Much easier to look heroic when a girl can't fly their way out of a building fire."

Both girls turned to Izuku who looked back at them.

"But hey, at least we got away with it didn't we?" Izuku smiled at them.

"Damn right we did!" Toga replied, playfully punching Izuku shoulder.

"I can't wait to see how our class is gonna react to us." Ochaco said, skipping giddily in anticipation, "Just think, a group of unassuming teens that jumped into imminent danger and emerged heroes! It's hard to believe how quickly our lives as heroes are kicking off!"

Izuku shrugged.

"Honestly, I'm just glad our actions got overlooked." Said Izuku, "I mean, can you imagine if the group that saved a kid's life didn't get in but this midget gremlin did?"

Pointing at a nearby student who was barely 4 feet tall, the three turned their attention to a purple haired shorty who was struggling to reach his locker while mumbling something.

"Son of a bitch, they think I'm not good enough for the hero course those blind bastards." Grumbled the purple haired kid.

"Hey! I know him! That's Minoru Mineta!" Exclaimed Ochaco, "He goes to Sennai Middle School!"

"Is he a friend of yours?" Asked Toga.

"Oh god no!" Ochaco trembled at her question, "I just know him because he became infamous in his middle school after stalking a girl."

"You serious!?" Asked Toga, shocked.

"Yeah, apparently from the rumors I've heard, he's stolen girl's student's panties, drilled peeping holes in the locker rooms and even set up traps with his quirk to get girls stuck, forcing them to take off their uniforms to escape." Said Ochaco.

"Disgusting." Toga replied, as the two staring at him with a disgusted look on their faces.

Unbeknownst to Izuku, after that encounter, they seemed to have sped up.

Shortly after, they managed to get to their class with time to spare, which they used mostly up gazing at the oversized door that could fit a truck through it.

"Jeez, overcompensating much?" Asked Izuku.

"Yeah, no kidding." Replied Ochaco.

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go in already!" Said Toga, impatiently barging in.

As soon as they opened the door however, they were greeted by the squabbling of two students in the front desks, one of which Izuku recognized immediately.

"For the last time, get your feet off the table!" Exclaimed Iida, shouting at Katsuki in a frustrated yet formal tone, "Such conduct is disrespectful and tarnishes this school's name!"

"Well aren't you just the textbook example of formal!" The blond student sneered back, "What factory did they churn you out of, Wall-E?"

"How dare you speak to your co-eds this way?! Such conduct is highly unhero-like!" Replied Iida.

As the three stared in bewilderment at the theater play that was unfolding before them, some of the students noticed them entering, and immediately went up to greet them.

"Hey! It's you guys! Yeah, you, the duo that singlehandedly saved the number 2 hero's son from those villains that attacked at the entrance exam!" Exclaimed some of the students, running up to them, "I gotta say, that was such an amazing rescue you pulled off! I'm honestly kinda jealous of you two!"

"Oh, uh, thanks." Replied Izuku, "The name's..."

"Izuku Midoriya, right? Your name's all over the news." Said the student, "The name's Ojiro, Mashirao Ojiro."

"Well it's a pleasure, Ojiro." Replied Izuku, shaking his hand.

As expected, their deeds made them the main center of attention in their classroom. Looking over his shoulder, he could already see some guys hitting on Toga and Ochaco. While he knew such things were inevitable, something about how pushy some of them were getting was getting on his nerves. As one of the students leaned in, attempting a kabedon on Toga, Izuku zapped at near mach speeds, grabbing the guy by the shoulder.

"Don't." He said in a murderous tone.

His voice, sending shiver down the students spine, had him immediately back up.

"Jeez, chill man, I was just joking." He said frantically, sweating bullets, "I-I mean of course I knew she had a boyfriend and that he was right here, I was just teasing you buddy, hehe..."

"Awww, it's so rare to see you so protective towards me Izuku." Toga teased, blushing at the rare sight, "Almost makes me want to get hit on more often."

Even Iida, who was took his attention to Izuku, ran up to him with eyes of admiration.

"I don't usually say this to rule breakers, but your selfless acts back at the entrance exams has left me speechless." Said Iida, bowing at the three, "I admit my defeat, you three were far more heroic than me."

"Did we ever meet directly?" Thought the three, confused by his comment.

While this was happening, Izuku glanced over his shoulder at Katsuki. Sure enough, the kid was glaring back at him with sharp, hate-filled eyes.

"That bastard. How the hell did he get so popular." Thought Katsuki, gritting his teeth in anger, "I don't know what kind of trick he pulled, once they see how worthless of a person Deku is, it will be middle school for him all over again. Only this time..."

He snapped the pencil he was fiddling in half.

"The "swan dive" he'll take will actually finish him off!"

Just then, all the ruckus was cut short when Ochaco's leg bumped onto a random cushion lying around on the floor. However, upon looking closer, it was no cushion, but a person.

"If you came here to gawk at troublemakers, then you came to the wrong place." Said the man, cocooned up in a yellow sleeping back, "This is the hero course!"

Everyone, now having their attentions directed at the yellow caterpillar, became dead silent as the man groggily got out of his sleeping back, introducing himself.

"It took you a full 8 seconds to quiet down. Seems to me like you kids lack discipline." He said in a deadpan yet serious tone, "My name is Shota Aizawa, and I will be your homeroom teacher for the year."

As the students were trying to make sense of the fact that their teacher was some homeless looking twig, the teacher reached into his sleeping bag, taking out a mason jar filled with pitch black coffee who's smell alone could give someone a caffeine overdose and downed it in one gulp.

"Without wasting anymore time, get dressing in your provided gym uniforms and meet up at the P.E grounds." He said, as he left the very confused class.

However, while everyone was still trying to make sense of what had just unfolded, Izuku and Toga stared at each other, both realizing who they were gonna be dealing with for the rest of the year.

"Eraserheads our teacher!?" Toga whispered, "That maniac who can erase quirks with a glare and always acts like he lost both of his parents in an alleyway?"

"Courage, Himiko, once we collect all the data from here that we need, all we need is one well placed attack to completely collapse this school from within." Replied Izuku, "For now, we just have to bare it."

As all the students made their way to the P.E grounds, Izuku met up with Todoroki once again, whom approached him as soon as he was within his sights.

"Izuku, wait up!" Said Todoroki, catching up to him.

"Hey, Shoto! I didn't see you earlier in class, why is that?" Asked Izuku, happy to see him in such a bright mood.

"There were too many people already talking to you." Replied Todoroki, "I was too nervous to cut in."

Hearing this, Izuku gave him a pat on the back.

"Don't worry about them. You're gonna be spending the rest of this year with them, so why not get to know them a little ahead of time?" Said Izuku in an encouraging manner.

Hearing this, Todoroki smiled, his gaze shifting to the ground.

"I guess you're right."

As this happened, Mina, witnessing the whole thing unfold before her a few feet away blushed, as she turned to Tsuyu.

"You are sure they aren't romantically involved?" Asked Mina.

"From what I've seen, no, they're just really close friends." Replied Tsuyu.

Hearing this, Mina looked back at them for a bit, analyzing their every movement down to the curvature of their mouth.

"Suuuuure." She said with a skeptical look on her face, watching the two enter the changing room, "That's what they all say."

As everyone got changed, Izuku stayed behind, telling everyone that he needed to use the bathroom. However, as the room was emptied out, Izuku took out a pearl from his pocket, slipping it into the vent before leaving.

As the class all got to the training grounds, they saw Aizawa, waiting for them.

"You all arrived 13.2 seconds later than I anticipated." Said Aizawa, "If this is what our future heroes look like, then I picked the wrong day to quit drinking."

As he said that, he took out a metal container from his pockets and drank from it, his breath reeking of alcohol.

"Sensei, what are we doing here? What about the entrance ceremony or guidance counseling meetings?" Asked Ochaco.

"A waste of time." Replied Aizawa, "You must understand, my criteria for who gets to make it into the course and who doesn't are different from the entrance exams. Unlike the judges there, who sat behind a screen their entire lives, I have actual experience in the fields, and will not hesitate to kick any of you out of this school if I find your skills insufficient."

Turning to the course, Aizawa began to list the courses that were meant to be run by the class.

"Softball pitch, long jump, 50 meter dash, endurance running, grip strength, side hops, seated toe touch. You will be evaluated in all of these activities to gauge your abilities." He explained, "And should you be ranked last, you will be judged "hopeless" for this course and immediately expelled."

The class froze at this reveal, some even falling over from shock.

"E-E-E-Expelled!?" Exclaimed one of the students who barely made the cut, "This is crazy! We took and passed the test fair and square, who gave you the rights to just kick us out like-"

"Passed fair and square?" Aizawa cut off, "Allow me to correct you, mister Kaminari, you people judged by the points you earned prior to the unexpected villain attack and you, who used up all of your power to knock out 12 robots at once passed by technicality. Had that exam dragged on, your braindead husk would have been trampled by the 0 pointer and sent to the emergency room."

The teacher then turned his attention to Tsuyu, Ochaco, Toga and Izuku.

"Which brings me to you four. Honestly, I could expel you four right here and now if I had the authority to. However, since your reckless actions were performed outside my supervision and prior to your admission, I do not possess the ability to expel any of you for no reason." Said Aizawa, "Just note that your actions were not only completely thoughtless and jeopardized the real hero's operation, but encouraged unhealthy vigilantism and irresponsible use of quirks."

While Ochaco and Tsuyu took his words to heart, shrinking down from the teacher, Izuku, who completely disagreed with Aizawa's claims stood up to him, talking back.

"And who are you to talk them down like you heroes had it all under control!? By the time you heroes showed up, they had already taken a student hostage AND had dozens of other students trapped and surrounded. We selflessly put our lives on the line to save as many people as possible because you heroes took your sweet ass time to show up!" Exclaimed Izuku, "And yet we are in the wrong for trying to save a life?"

"You are in the wrong for tackling a problem with no prior experience, endangering the lives of a very important individual and potentially making a bad situation worse." Replied Aizawa.

"Then tell me where you heroes were while over 40 students were in risk of losing their lives!?" Retorted Izuku, "Because as far as I see it, you people came far too late to save anyone!"

"Izuku, please, calm down..." Todoroki ran up, trying to hold him back.

"Let me go Todoroki!" Exclaimed Izuku, before glaring back at Aizawa, "Say what you want about me, but all I tried doing was the right thing. If you have a problem with that like everyone else does and want to talk me down, then shove it up your ass!"

Memories of Katsuki and his old middle school class laughing at him for wanting to be a hero briefly came up to mind.

"Because I've heard enough of that shit for one lifetime. One more of you isn't gonna change a thing!" He said, firing a glare that looked even more terrifying that Aizawa's.

The teacher however didn't seem to take kindly to his words, as his hair, along with the bands around his neck rose like they had a mind of their own.

"I hope you're not getting too full of yourself kid, because in my class, that's grounds for expulsion." Said Aizawa.

Not wanting to risk getting expelled so early, Izuku gave up trying to argue with him and, despite him wanting to punch the guy square in the jaws, restrained himself and backed down.

"My apologies, Sensei." Said Izuku in a low voice, "I don't know what came over me."

Seeing how he apologized, Aizawa let out a tired sigh.

"I hope you won't continue to be this difficult with me for the rest of the year, mister Midoriya." Said Aizawa, "Alright, now, everyone, step up to the plate, we'll be starting with the long jump."

As Izuku backed off, Tsuyu and Ochaco approached him.

"Thanks for defending us there." Thanked Ochaco, "Though you really didn't have to."

"Yeah, Aizawa sensei's a pro hero. You seem like a nice guy, but I think it's best if we listened to him." Added Tsuyu.

Toga and Todoroki however interjected.

"What? No way! Izuku, I thought you were very brave out there." Said Toga.

"Yeah, you definitely had a point, I just wished that the teacher saw it." Added Todoroki.

Izuku looked back at them, giving a sheepish smile.

"Well that's all in the past now isn't it?" Said Izuku, "Let's just forget about it and move on, after all..."

"It's not like there's a villain around every corner or something."

The pearl Izuku dropped earlier expanded, revealing Toga, dressed in a skin tight chameleon fabric stealth suit(TM), courtesy of Bluejay inc. The plan was simple, let your twice clone attend your classes while you infiltrate the school security system and acquire info. There came the advantage of also being admitted, as getting seen would raise less suspicion if you were allegedly attending U.A.

As almost everyone were at the entrance greeting ceremony, besides Class 1-A, the hallways were completely empty, save for some stray janitors. Thanks to her Chameleon Fabric, she remains completely invisible to school security cameras, meaning there really isn't much elaborate parkour she has to do to not be seen. To her, this mission was like taking candy from a baby.

Reaching the record room, Toga quickly began collecting information that could help damage the hero's reputation. Cover-ups, scandals, fraud, exploiting government funds, the list goes on. Just then, while digging through the records of old U.A classrooms, something interesting caught her eye.

"Support Department of XXXX (Leaving the years ambiguous), thank you for attending U.A..." Toga read out loud, examining the picture.

On it, while she couldn't recognize most of the students, one specific one caught her eye. A young boy, aged around 18 from the looks of it. Fluffy black hair and a freckled face.

"Why does he look so much like Izuku?" Asked Toga, examining the mystery student.

Upon closer inspection, she noticed a lot of matching details between him and Izuku, the hairstyle, the freckles, the sweet, innocent looking smile, the shape of the eyes. The only detail that kept him from looking like an Izuku repaint was the short, brown, slightly crooked horn growing out the right side of his forehead.

"Who... is that?" Asked Toga.

Just then, she heard the door open behind her, as she quickly leapt onto the ceiling almost on instinct. Holding her breath, she used the technique she always uses to elude police: erasing her presence. For a while, it seemed to work, as the janitor who entered the record room didn't seem to notice at all that there was a young girl hanging above him.

However, instead of leaving, the man shuts the door behind him, pulling out a pack of cigars under his shirt, lighting in up right below Toga. As the smoke started to rise, Toga breathed all of it in, as holding still because more and more difficult. Knowing that the man isn't going any time soon, Toga slowly tried to crawl down the ceiling, hoping to sneak out the room before he notices.

As she slowly made her way down, momentarily stopping at very little movement the janitor made, She made her way towards the door. However at that moment, the Janitor tossed his finished cigar, as it's still burnt end, still burning, landed in Toga's hair. Panicked, she let out a sudden gasp, causing the Janitor to let out of startled scream.

"GAAAHHH!"

"KKYAAAA!" Toga scream on instinct, as the two fell over, knocking over several cabinets.

"What the hell are you doing here little girl!?" Exclaimed the janitor, "Shouldn't you be in the meetings!? And what's with that weird suit you're wearing!?"

"W-Well, uh... I..." Toga stuttered, wondering what was the quickest way to kill him and hide the body.

However, whether it was by luck or sheer coincidence, Toga fell right next to the confiscated items cabinet, as the janitor's head filled in an alibi for her.

"Ah, I see, you must've stolen that from the support gear department to try to sneak out your confiscated phone or manga you were reading in class weren't you?" Asked the janitor.

"W-Well, uh, yeah! They did a bag check at the front gate and took my "Heated Heartbeat Highschool with my Hot Husbando" despite the fact that I wasn't gonna read it until lunch!" She exclaimed, blurting out the shojo manga responsible for her sexual awakening, hoping it would convince the janitor.

Hearing this, the janitor's brows furrowed, as he stood up.

"You know that what you just did is punishable by suspension right? I'm gonna have to report this to your teacher immediately." Said the janitor in a scolding tone.

"No no no please! You must understand I can't get suspended on my first day! Please!" Toga cried out, slowly reaching for her knife.

The janitor's head lowered, as the top half of his head was covered by the shadow of his cap.

"Well, there is one thing you could do for me." Said the janitor.

With the dirty she possesses, Toga's face shifted to absolute disgust when she heard what the janitor said. There were moments in her life that seemed like the beginnings of a million doujins, but this one was so blatant, she could practically see the rated 18+ tag on the bottom of left of her peripheral vision, as well as the head of All Might saying "Unfortunately this is a hentai doujin."

"A-And what would that be?" Toga played along.

"Well, why don't you just lie down on this suspiciously placed sofa we keep in our record room for no particular reason as I give you the rundown?" He said with a perverted smile.

"Alright then..." Toga replied, a vein bulging out of her forehead as she played along.

However, as soon as she sat down, the creepy atmosphere of the room was suddenly broken by a long and drawn out fart noise that came as soon as Toga sat down. Suddenly, the janitor burst out into laughter, as his cap feel off, revealing the face of a jolly old man that looked about as old as Tom.

"Bwahahaha! The ol' Whoopy cushion under the couch trick, gets the students every time!" Laughed the janitor.

Confused, Toga got back up, as a red balloon like cushion fell out from underneath her.

"Wait, so you were gonna... you know..."

"I just asked you to sit down and that's what your mind directly went to?" Laughed the janitor, "Man, you really do read a lot of Shojo don't you?"

"Well... more or less." Pouted Toga, embarrassed at herself for having her mind in the gutter.

"Ah man, you should have seen your face!" The janitor chuckled, "Oh man that was golden!"

"Wait, so are you still gonna report me?" Asked Toga, confused as to why he was so laid back.

"And have you report on me for smoking in school grounds?" Asked the Janitor, "Of course not! In fact, I appreciate that we still have troublemakers around here. It's the best way for someone like me to get to know more people."

Opening the lights, the sofa Toga sat on was revealed to be but a small piece of what looked like a former lounge.

"This room is the only room in the entire school without a security camera barring the shower rooms and bathrooms." Explained the janitor, "Back in the days, kids would sneak here to have a smoke, drink or even get intimate with one another if you catch my drift."

Hearing this, Toga started to get a lot less comfortable with the sofa she was sitting on.

"And while all other staff members were clueless to it all, I was the only one who knew about this hiding spot." Said the Janitor, "Time after time again, I would barge in to scare them, as they drop to their knees pleading I don't report them. And every single time I pull another joke as a response."

"But why would you do such a thing?" Asked Toga, surprised at how many troublemakers this school used to have.

"Because nobody likes a snitch." Replied the janitor, "And besides, it was the only way I could get appreciated."

"Excuse me?" Asked Toga.

"You think only heroes work at this school? I'll have you know that pro heroes comprise a measly 10% of the staff back in the days. Well, now most of us have been replaced by machines, but not old man Yamida! Those rust buckets will never beat the mighty Yamida!" The Janitor boasted, pointing at himself, "anyhow, back then, over 15 years ago, our school had janitors, cooks, engineers, construction workers to help repair training grounds. Yet, despite our hard work, the students often times forget we ever even exist."

Picking up an old photo, Yamida was seen along with several other people his age.

"Even when one of us retires, we had only each other to celebrate with. No one would acknowledge us and some students even mocked us behind our backs, saying things like "Man imagine being the guy who got excited at his job at U.A, only to find out he was the janitor!" and such." Explained Yamida, "And as the school became more and more automated, the non hero staff became smaller and smaller, as I watched my co-workers and colleagues leave or depart one after another."

Looking around the old lounge, he could almost hear the laughter of students sneaking in here after school to have a massive video game tournament as he stood by the door to make sure no teachers would notice.

"However, here, this old man managed to finally find some people that appreciated him." Yamida continued, "Some even started to come to him in between classes, asking him if they could help them with some homework they didn't quite get."

Sitting down, Toga felt an air of loneliness emanating from the old man.

"Well, that was a long time ago." Said Yamida, "Now that almost the entire staff have been replaced with robots, security became too strict for students to be able to sneak into this place consistently. One by one, the students that I made a bond with graduated, leaving me behind. I haven't had another student come in here for 15 years, until now." Said Yamida, "So pardon me if I scared earlier, I was feeling... nostalgic."

The air of loneliness suddenly became too familiar to him. She could recognize such a feeling from a mile away. The feeling of alienation, of inadequacy, this old man was a lot like Izuku. Doing his best, but ultimately, ignored.

"Pardon me if I sound rude but... why don't you quit?" Asked Toga, "If this place has nothing left for you, then why even stay?"

Yamida let out a light laugh, lighting another cigar.

"Because there's nothing out there for me." He answered, "Even here, I had to undergo several years of parole and get a signed paper from the government for this school to employ a former villain."

"You were a former villain!?" Exclaimed Toga, standing up.

"And a damn good one at that!" Yamida boasted, "They used to call me The Magician, or Mister Vanish!"

Suddenly, the cigar packet he was holding disappeared.

"See? Vanished!" Yamida showed off, "Don't bother trying to peek, a magician keeps his tricks well hidden."

"What is a villain like you doing here?!" Asked Toga.

"I grew up." Replied Yamida, "And boy oh boy do I regret my past life. that's the thing about heroes these days, they get to your head. They make you think they have it easy, so you try to impress one of them with your magic tricks so that they could pick you up as a sidekick. Next thing you know, you make the wrong think vanish and land a hero into the hospital. Your parents get sued, disown you and you live your entire teenage years resenting them for ruining your life."

"How horrible..." Said Toga.

"But that's all in the past now." Said Yamida, "You can't fix the past, but what you can do is make what time you have left enjoyable. In a way, I'm grateful they let me keep this job, it let's me meet other people like you. And nowadays, it feels nice to be finally able to talk to someone for so long."

Looking at the picture Toga dropped, Yamida dusted off, as a wave of nostalgia hit him.

"Ah yes, the support department of XXXX, I remember them. There was this one especially brilliant student of the bunch, Hisashi Midoriya I believe." Said Yamida, "He wasn't really popular so he hung out here whenever he could. We had some great conversations together and I was even the one who peep talked him into making new friends. Next thing you know he's besties with the future number one hero of Japan. I still give myself occasional pat on the backs for that."

"Wait... Midoriya?" Asked Toga.

"Oh boy, look at the time, you better hurry back to class while you still can! Don't worry, what happened here is between us." Said Yamida.

"Shit, you're right!" Toga exclaimed, as she immediately dashed out the door.

As Yamida walked out, seeing her run off, he felt an air of nostalgia wash over him once more. Letting out a satisfied smile, the janitor, for the first time in nearly 15 years, had a buddy to buddy chat with someone else.

"Maybe I should visit my son at some point." Said Yamida.

Meanwhile, back with Midoriya, Aizawa's expulsion test was revealed to be nothing more than a ruse. Luckily for Midoriya, even if it weren't the case, he was safe, as he managed to have a mostly average score in comparison to the other students, shocking pretty much everyone in class.

"Man, Midoriya only in 9th? For someone who saved Todoroki, who's 2nd, you'd expect him to rank higher." Said Kirishima.

"Well, there only so much a quirkless can do." Replied Izuku.

"Eh!? You're quirkless!?" Shocking pretty much the entire class.

"Well that's a whole other ballpark!" Exclaimed Kirishima.

"Yeah, I'm honestly amazed you even made it in the top 15!" Said Sero.

"I got beat by a quirkless? How frustrating!" Grunted Kaminari.

Upon hearing that he was quirkless, people's view on Midoriya shifted completely. Even Ochaco and Tsuyu were shocked.

"You never told us you were quirkless." Said Ochaco.

"You never asked." Replied Izuku.

"Well, that just makes the rescue you pulled off all the more impressive." Said Tsuyu.

While Izuku was drinking up everyone's compliments, the fact that they were this impressed revealed to Izuku the low regards most of them viewed quirkless people. This made him slightly mad. However, Todoroki suddenly spoke up.

"Don't put him on such a pedestal for just being quirkless." Said Todoroki, "Izuku is Izuku, with or without a quirk, it shouldn't make you view him differently."

As he lit a fire in his hand, he recalled what Izuku told him.

"Because in the end, our quirks shouldn't define what we are." He said.

Awe by Todoroki's speech, the class stopped their pampering immediately, some even apologizing to Izuku for acting indirectly negative towards the quirkless.

"Well said, Shoto-kun." Izuku smiled, grateful for Izuku stepping in.

"I had a feeling they were bothering you." Replied Todoroki, "I just said what you told me."

Once again, Mina watched the whole thing unfold, as her suspicions became more and more aroused.

"Just friends they say..." She muttered.

Meanwhile, back with Toga, she saw that the halls were getting more and more crowded. Not wanting to be seen wearing basically a color changing unitard, she quickly hid in the closest room she could find as soon a as group of students came around the corner.

However, much to her dismay, she found herself in the boy's locker room. Panicked, she wanted to dive into the vents and hide. However, just then, out the corner of her eyes, something caught her attentions.

"Izuku's uniform..." She thought, approaching it.

Looking around, she made sure no one else was around, before picking it up.

"This is a once in a lifetime chance..." Thought Toga, "You have time Toga, just... one... whiff"

Taking a huge whiff, the smell of detergent mixed with Izuku's scent filled her nose, as her body started to heat up.

"The smell of Izu-kun~... Oh, Izuku..." She moaned.

Suddenly the door opened, startling her, as Todoroki entered the locker room, noticing her immediately.

"Toga? What are you doing here?" Asked Todoroki, "Shouldn't you be outside listening to Aizawa as he give everyone the course schedules for the year?"

"W-What are you doing here then?" Asked Toga, using Izuku's clothes to hide her outfit.

"Us special recommendation students get the schedule ahead of time." Said Todoroki, "And what are you doing? Are you... smelling Izuku's uniform?"

"W-Well yeah... but..." Toga blushed.

"Why? Does it smell weird? Did he get something on it?" Asked Todoroki, too pure to understand the implications of Toga's actions.

Before Toga could answer, Todoroki picked up Izuku's uniform, giving it a whiff himself, trying to figure what it was that made Toga smell it.

"Shoto, please put that down!" Said Toga.

However, Instead of putting it down, Todoroki gave it a second whiff.

"This detergent... I recognize it." Said Todoroki, wrapped up in his thoughts, "Why? Where do I recognize the smell from?"

Too puzzled and wrapped up in his own thoughts, Toga took this opportunity to sneak out. However, as soon as she left, the doors opened once again.

"Mina, for the last time, there's nothing happening between me and Todoroki!" Said Izuku, moments prior.

"You sure? He could have a secret crush on you." Said Mina, "Why do you think he went in to change early?"

"What are you implying that he ran in ahead of time to sniff my clothes or something?"

However, as soon as he opened the door, the two came face to face with Todoroki, holding up Izuku's uniform.

"Sh-Sh-Sh-Shoto!? What the hell are you doing!?" Exclaimed Izuku, his face bright red.

Todoroki looked at the two, briefly.

"Sniffing your uniform." He said in a clueless tone.

Izuku was left jaws agape, as blood gushed out of Mina's nose, causing her to collapse.

"What? Did I do something wrong?" He asked, as more girls and guys flocked in to see what happened.

Izuku simply stood there in response, pure silent.

"Oh right!" Todoroki exclaimed, snapping his finger, "Lavender Love! The detergent mom used to use! That's what it was!"

To Be Continued...