Rule #11: When the job is done, walk away

3E GROUP CHAT!

ENGLISH LASS HAS JOINED THE GROUP CHAT

ENGLISH LASS: OMG! I just heard! Are you okay, Toru?

PRESIDENT POVERTY HAS JOINED THE GROUP CHAT

PRESIDENT POVERTY: Toru? Are you okay?

FOREVER FLAT HAS JOINED THE GROUP CHAT

FOREVER FLAT: Toru? Pick up! Are you okay?!

K. MOM HAS JOINED THE GROUP CHAT

K. MOM: What's going on?

ENGLISH LASS: One of the UA facilities was attacked!

MISTRESS KANAZAKI HAS JOINED THE GROUP CHAT

MISTRESS KANAZAKI: OMG! Isn't that Toru's high school?

GENDER HAS JOINED THE GROUP CHAT

GENDER: Toru are you okay?

LOOFAH HAS JOINED THE GROUP CHAT

LOOFAH: Answer the phone woman!

SEMI-SENIORITIS HAS JOINED THE GROUP CHAT

SEMI-SENIORITIS: Pick up the damn phone Hag!

FLASHLIGHT HAS JOINED THE GROUP CHAT

FLASHLIGHT: Hey guys! I'm okay!

ENGLISH LASS: (^)o(^)

MISTRESS KANAZAKI: (^ – ^)

FOREVER FLAT: Yay!

K. MOM: Thank God!

GENDER: ( ◠ ‿ ◠ )

PRESIDENT POVERTY: What happened? Are sure you're okay?

FLASHLIGHT: Villains ambushed the USJ,

caught us off guard. But we're okay, promise!

Oh! I ran into Karasuma-Sensei too!

GENDER: Really? What's he doing there?

FLASHLIGHT: Yeah-one of the villains was

eerily similar to Koro-Sensei; so he came to investigate.

GENDER: What do you mean?

FLASHLIGHT: It's kinda hard to explain.

Doesn't even seem that real, y'know?

SEMI-SENIORITIS: Glad you're okay, Hag

FLASHLIGHT: Thanks Karma.

Thanks for all the messages guys! Gotta go now!

FLASHLIGHT HAS LEFT THE GROUP CHAT

Toru smiled at her phone as she skimmed through the other messages that 3-E had left after they had heard about the USJ attack. After the odd interrogation in the nurse's office; where she had not only [correctly] guessed All Might-Sensei's secret ID but been visited by a somewhat irate Karasuma-Sensei & written down as much as she could about the Nomu, she had returned home to a rather clingy pair of grandparents.

Grammy had cooked Toru's favourite meal and then the three of them had sat down to watch Godzilla that had been playing on the TV that night [only interrupted now and then, by the occasional update about the USJ attack].

Flopping backwards onto her bed, Toru let her gaze wander from the glow-in-the dark star studded ceiling to the large cork board to her right which she had wallpapered in photos of family and friends.

Hundreds of happy faces stared back at her; some in any dress while others were painted like toy soldiers. There were a couple of embarrassing ones but they were still up there despite this. Toru's eyes drifted from the smiling wrinkled faces of her grandparents to the cartoonish expressions of Koro-Sensei & class 3-E. Then over to the beaming faces of Shiro & Tamaki with ice cream smeared across their faces and even to over to the one of her donor family. A million memories in a hundred photos.

I'm still so far from becoming a real hero. Toru thought as her gaze drifted, During the USJ attack, all we really did was slow the Pros down. If it weren't for them, we probably wouldn't have made it outta there.

She closed her eyes as her thoughts turned a little sour. And then there was that Nomu. Was it really one of Shiro's experiments? Toru bit her lip. And why was my instinct to kill it? I'm supposed to be a hero, not an assassin! Heroes don't kill people! Stupid!

"Toru! Dinner!" Grammy called, cutting through her sour thoughts.

"Coming!"


"Hey you guys! Did you watch the news last night?" Toru asked, turning to Ojiro and Shoji.

"Yeah" Ojiro nodded.

"It was so cool that we got a few seconds of screen time, though I bet no one noticed me hanging about in the background"

"Probably not" Shoji agreed.

"Eh, it is difficult to stand out when you're just gloves, shoes and goggles" Ojiro amended.

"We're totally big deals. Those news channels love us, we're basically celebrities!" Crowed Kaminari as he leant back in his chair.

"Yeah, it's kinda crazy, right?" Kirishima replied.

"Get over yourselves. The Hero course that pumps out Pros was attacked, that's all they care about" Jirou twirled her carjack around her fingers.

"Who knows what would of happened to us if the teachers hadn't shown up" Sero added.

"AH! WHY'D YOU SAY THAT?! I'M GONNA PEE MYSELF JUST THINKING ABOUT IT!" Mineta panicked.

"UGH! SHUT UP! JUST GROW A PAIR LOSER!" Bakugou retorted.

"Did you guys see All Might fighting the brain guy? That guy was super strong and he still destroyed him!" Sato mimicked throwing a few punches.

"Yes, his strength is truly a thing of wonder" Tokoyami agreed.

The clock hand ticked over to 8.25am and Iida came barging into the room at top speed, "ATTENTION! HOME ROOM CLASS IS ABOUT TO BEGIN! EVERYONE STOP TALKING AND TAKE YOUR SEATS!"

"Uh…We're already sitting" Kirishima replied.

"Yeah, you're the only one still standing" Agreed Sero much to Iida's embarrassment as he sank lower in his chair.

"Hey Tama, who d'ya think we've got as a teacher today?" Shiro asked the blonde.

"I dunno, isn't Aizawa-Sensei still in hospital?" Tamaki replied just as the door opened to reveal a mummified Aizawa.

"Or maybe not"

"Morning class" Came the muffled greeting.

"Aizawa-Sensei?!" Chorused the class. "What are you doing here?!"

"Whoa! What a Pro!" Kaminari muttered in surprise.

"Aizawa-Sensei! I'm glad you're okay!" Iida declared.

"You call…that okay?" Ochako questioned as Aizawa-Sensei shuffled over to the podium at the front of the class, his usual yellow sleeping bag nowhere to be seen.

"My wellbeing is irrelevant, what's more important is that your fight isn't over yet"

Mutters rang throughout the class at that.

"Our fight?"

"Don't tell me…"

"Not more bad guys!"

"The UA sports festival is about to start" Aizawa-Sensei stated.

"Ugh! Why would you scare is like that?!"

"Yes! Let's go kick some ass!" Kirishima cried.

"Wait a second…" Kaminari cut in.

"Is it really such a good idea to hold the sports festival so soon after the villains snuck in?" Jirou continued.

"They could attack with us all in the same place" Added Ojiro.

"Apparently the administration thinks this is a good way to show that the threat has been handled and that the school is safer than ever. Plus they're beefing up security in comparison to past years. This event is a huge opportunity for all students at UA; it's not something we can cancel because of a few villains"

"Uh…I'm sorry but why not? It's just a sports festival" Mineta asked.

Yeah…Actually I was wondering the same thing. Toru mused.

"Huh? Mineta? Don't you know how important this competition is?" Midoriya asked.

"Of course I do! I just don't want to get murdered!"

"Our sports festival is one of the most watched events worldwide. In the past, everyone obsessed over the Olympic games, but then Quirks started appearing. Now the Olympics have been drastically reduced in terms of scale and viewership; for anyone who cares about competition, there is only one tournament that matters: the UA sports festival" Drawled Aizawa-Sensei.

"That's right!" Yaoyorozu agreed, "And top heroes everywhere will be watching. This is where you get scouted!"

"Sure, unless you're dead" Mineta groused.

"She's right" Kaminari agreed, "After graduating a lot of people join Pro agencies as a sidekick!"

"Yeah but that's as far as some people go. They miss their chance to go Pro and stay eternal sidekicks" Jirou commented, "Actually, that's probably where you're headed. Kinda dumb"

"It's true that joining a famous Hero agency could garner you a experience and popularity. That's why the festival matters, if you wanna go Pro one day then this event could open a path for you. One chance a year, three chances in a lifetime, no aspiring hero can afford to miss this festival. That means you better not slack off on your training" Aizawa-Sensei continued.

"Yessir!"

"Class dismissed"


The rest of the day was filled with students barely able to contain their excitement about the upcoming festival as they went about their lessons. Not-so-quiet mutters at the back of the classroom or small bursts of excitement in the hallways as they mused over what might happen during the festival.

The only really noticeable thing that had happened during that time was when All Might had appeared around the corner and had invited Midoriya to have lunch with him and Todoroki's heated gaze as he followed the pair out of the room.

But that was about it really; at least until the end of the day anyway. With the last of the classes finally over, Class 1-A eventually found themselves trapped inside their homeroom; cornered by class 1-B.

"Um…why the heck are you all here?" Ochako demanded from the wall of students outside their classroom door.

"Do you students have some sort of business with our class?" Iida asked.

"Why are you blocking our doorway?" Added Mineta. "I won't let you hold us hostage!"

"They're scouting out the competition, idiots" Bakugou drawled as he shouldered his bag and stalked over towards the door. "We're the class that survived a real villain attack; they wanna see us with their own eyes"

Bakugou stopped in front of the wall of people. "At least now you know what a future Pro looks like, now move it extras!"

"You can't just walk around calling people extras just because you don't know who they are!" Iida protested.

"So this is class 1-A? I heard you guys were impressive, but you just sound like an ass. Is everyone in the Hero course delusional or just you?" Shinso moved forward to the front of the pack. "How sad to come here and find a bunch of ego maniacs"

"HUH?!" Bakugou twitched.

"I wanted to be in the Hero course, but like many others here I was forced to choose a different track, such is life"

"Tch"

"I didn't cut it the first time around, but I have another chance. If any of us do well in the sports festival, the teachers can decide to transfer us to the Hero course and they'll have to transfer people out to make room. Scouting the competition? Maybe some of my peers are but I'm here to let you know: if you don't bring your very best, I'll steal your spot from right under you. Consider this a declaration of war"

Heaving a sigh, Toru shouldered her own bag and despite the front gestures of some of her classmates, moved forward to intercept the two quarrelling boys. "Alright ladies, you're both pretty. Can you move please? Some of us have places to be" Toru sassed.

"Piss off Hagakure!" Bakugo snapped at the albino.

"I will when there's room to move, Bakugo" Toru sassed back, "Hey Hitoshi" She greeted the purple-haired boy.

"Toru" Shinso nodded.

"You know this freak?" Bakugo demanded.

"I know you, but you don't seeing shouting that from the rooftops"

"HEY! HEY! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!" Interjected Tetsutetsu from the back of the pack.

Toru lazily turned to face the silver-haired boy, "I think that you should be very careful about what you say, seeing as your classmate has just declared war" You could practically feel the smirk in her tone, "After all, all's fair in love and war"

"You didn't tell me you were in this class" Shinso muttered, redirecting the albino's gaze back to him.

"Now where's the fun in that?" Toru smirked cheekily.

"Tch"

"So…if you'll excuse me…?"

With Toru's [teasing] words still in their minds,1-B parted like the red sea allowing the 1-A students inside to trickle out; with all the students setting their sights on the upcoming sports festival.

3E GROUP CHAT!

FLASHLIGHT HAS JOINED THE GROUP CHAT

FLASHLIGHT: Hey guys! Just found out we're gonna

be in this year's UA sports festival! Is anyone gonna come

cheer?