Todoroki noticed the photo, later, and remarked that Shigaraki's and Himiko's poses were reminiscent of the Sistine Chapel. In the background, Uraraka was hurling a massive wooden plank, while only Shinsou's legs were visible, poking out of the right side of the frame. He posted it in the class groupchat, and it quickly became a meme.
In more important news, the fact that all the student's quirks (they'd all been sent to disadvantaging zones) and time of the projected field trip were known by the villains meant that someone at UA had given them the information; that there was a traitor. Oh, and Katsuki was in a room with some detective and Eraserhead for...reasons.
"You knew the villains' quirks. Can you tell me why that is?" Aizawa asked Bakugou. He didn't want to suspect his student, but his behaviour had been odd.
"I have magic powers," Bakugou said.
"Bakugou. I expect you to take this seriously." Aizawa said, pinching his nose. He did not want to deal with this, and his head still hurt.
"Uh." said Tsukauchi.
"Fine, I figured it out, okay? Izuku's been teaching me to analyze people's quirks for ages." Bakugou muttered. "That's true...technically. How did you figure it out?" Tsukauchi asked.
"By looking. What do you mean, that's true? Of course it is." Bakugou said.
"Detective Tsukauchi's quirk is Lie Detector. Do you have any idea of who the UA traitor could be?" Aizawa asked. "No. Can I go?" Bakugou asked.
"Yes. Thank you for your time." Tsukauchi said. He had decided not to process the truth of Bakugou's first statement.
Tsukauchi asked the same question of every 1-A student, and found no leads.
Shinshou texted Dabi, asking what he knew about the attack.
"Sounds like the League of Villains. They're a new group, pretty powerful." Dabi had replied.
"You're a vigilante, though. You won't get involved with them...right?" Shinsou asked.
"Sure." Dabi had replied.
"With that over with, I would like you all to know something about this year's Sports Festival." Aizawa told the class the next day, and all the students held their breath.
"It will still happen. Don't worry. Also, you all have a mandatory appointment with the school counselor, Hound Dog; should he determine you have experienced trauma, they will continue. Okay, to practice!" Aizawa said.
Outside the classroom door, 1-A was verbally assaulted by Monoma, while 1-B looked on.
"I'll find a way to prove how inferior you are, record it, and post it online," he snarled. Katsuki almost exploded his face, but Camie whacked him over the head first.
Kaminari was paired up with Todoroki for the day's duels. "Heeeyy! Are you friendly or unfriendly today?" he asks. "I'm only friendly on Tuesdays." Todoroki replied, and lashed ice as though it were a whip before it solidified. Kaminari dodged, sending a bolt of electricity at his (potential) friend. A pillar of ice appeared under Todoroki's feet, and he leaped into the air, over Kaminari's head, swinging with a frozen escrima stick. Kaminari grabbed it, electrifiying the metal, and as it jolted up Todoroki's arm he kicked a blunt spike of ice up from the ground, and it knocked Kaminari back with an 'oof.' Kaminari caught himself, twisted, and threw his hand outwards, and yellow lightning burst from his fingertips. Todoroki slid away, and summoned an entire iceberg, which Kaminari just managed to roll out of the way of. Flipping to his feet, he made fingerguns, which shot forward crackling lances of sparks. Just at that moment, a few feet over, Tokoyami's Dark Shadow covered the ceiling light, casting a blue glow over the area. Kaminari's electricity flashed, and appeared blue in the shade. Todoroki, a second ago bold and sure of his success, widened his eyes in what Kaminari recognized as fear--not of him, but of the lightning, of what memories it invoked. Todoroki sunk to the ground.
"Are you okay?" Kaminari asked, pulling his lightning back so it wouldn't hit the other. This was a mistake.
Aizawa saw Todoroki fall without getting hit, then Kaminari spin in a circle a second later.
"Wheeeey!" he sang, tripping over Todoroki's escrima stick and landing in his lap. Aizawa rushed over, to find Todoroki holding his side, muttering something while breathing far too eratically.
"Todoroki?" Aizawa ran him through breathing exercises until he calmed down, then walked him and Kaminari to Recovery Girl.
"I'm sorry, I didn't--it's not Kaminari's fault. I have...bad memories connected to blue lightning." Todoroki said, still holding his side.
"I need to see it to heal it." Recovery Girl said. Todoroki lifted up his shirt, but there was no mark.
"It was a while ago." Todoroki said, but did not elaborate.
"Todobro--hehehe--are you okaaaaay?" Kaminari asked, still a little out of it.
"Stay here until you both feel better." Aizawa said, and went with Recovery Girl out of earshot.
"Do you wanna-wanta-want to talk about it? I'm sorry about bri-i-i-innng-ing up bad stuff." Kaminari said.
"It's okay. There was this girl--Azula--she's like...we're not really related, but I think of her like a sister, or at least used to. There was this...thing...that happened when I was five, and I started seeing her every week. I haven't seen her for three years, but that's because of her brother, not I. She used to be really nice, but she had a pretty hard life, and kind of got worse and worse. I tried to help her, but I just ended up really annoying her--and she had this lightning quirk. Like yours, but way deadlier, and she wrapped her hand in it and punched me. You're lucky you'll never meet her." Todoroki said. The two talked for a while, until they walked back to class. "So, are we friends?" Kaminari asked.
"I don't see why not." Todoroki replied, and opened the door to a glowering Bakugou.
When the to had left the gym, the others finished up their battles (Katsuki totally defeated Sparkle Stomach) and went to History Class. Izuku volunteered to carry HalfnHalf's bag, and Katsuki noticed the strange fire symbol again. Where had he seen the thing...oh yeah, the Quirkless world? Was it a spell, or something? No, he realized, it was the symbol for fire, in an anime that didn't exist in the real reality. It could be a coincidence, Katsuki thought, but he dismissed the idea immediately. Todoroki had connections to another reality, and Katsuki was going to call him out on it.
"HalfnHalf. Talk. After class." he said, then stomped back to his seat.
After school hours ended, Todoroki met Bakugou a few streets away from school.
"What is it?" he asked. He had not had a good day today, and hopefully this would not make it worse.
"The Fire Nation symbol. On your notebook." Bakugou said. Okay, what.
"What do you know about that?" Todoroki snarled, getting into Bakugou's face.
"I know it's from another [bleep] world, and I thought I was the only one dealing with that [bleep]. Did you touch the murder cat?" Bakugou inquired.
"The...what?" Todoroki asked.
"Ten years ago I patted a cat and it murdered me into another dimension. I get [bleep] shoved there on the regular now." Bakugou told him.
"Ten years ago? I got sent there ten years ago too, but it was in the middle of a training session. I can probably find the exact date." Todoroki said, and flipped through his notebook.
"It was a few days after Izuku was...hah, I remember when." Bakugou said, and Todoroki showed him the written date.
"It's the same." the other said.
"So, you patted a...'murder cat', and we both get shoved into another dimension? I get sent there every Tuesday...you?" Todoroki asked.
"You were acting weird as [bleep] on Tuesday. I go every night, eight minutes there, eight seconds here." Bakugou said.
"That's different than mine." Todoroki noted.
"Yeah, you're lucky enough to only get it once a week." Bakugou said.
So the two parted ways, each sure of the other's predicament, each wrong, and proceeded to ignore each other for the next month.
Todoroki, now that the option to make friends existed, began hanging out with mostly Kaminari, and also Izuku (because he was reminded of Aang). The three trained for the Sports Festival, and Todoroki never explained why he only used his fire on Tuesdays.