Chapter 26: Battle simulation

A/N: Alright, I have the poll results! The winner is Option 3: Different teams with 19 votes. Option 1 with both on the same team got 13 votes. Surprisingly Option 2 got only 2 votes. I was expecting the polls to be between option 1 and 2 but 3 won. Not that it is a problem, Option 3 offers me a greater chance of expanding the plot whereas the other two would simply be fights. I will add that there will be an Izuku vs Watanabe fight in the future. And those who voted for option 1, not to worry, they can showcase their chaos at the Sports Festival!

"Listen up!" All Might's voice interrupted the students talking over their costumes, "We will be doing a battle simulation today. The Battle Trial replicates a situation where the villains are hiding a payload inside the building and the heroes must secure it or defeat the villains within a time limit. The villains are granted victory if they successfully protect the payload or capture the heroes. There will be teams of two!"

"Er Ya- All Might!" Izuku caught him, "There's 22 of us though," he pointed out.

"Right you are young Izuku!" All Might's smile widened, "Which is why there will be a 1v1 match at the end!"

"But won't the ones who take part in the final fight be at a disadvantage due to being alone?"

"Young Iida! In a real fight, heroes are often at disadvantages! You must learn to overcome them! Not to mention your opponent will be alone too!" All Might explained and waited to see if there were any other questions.

"Good," he pulled out two ballots, "Please choose your partners from these lots!"

"It's going to be random!" Iida burst again.

"In the future, as pros, we will be expected to work with people from random agencies," Izuku pointed out.

All Might nodded, "Well put! Now please, come forth and get your teammate,"

The students slowly went and selected their papers which had group numbers written on them. When Watanabe went up, he discreetly used his X-ray and chose. He had no particular choice... his only purpose was to avoid getting Denki or Izuku on his teams, for a particular reason.

All Might announced the teams:

"Group A: Midoriya Izuku and Shouji Mezou
Group B: Kaminari Denki and Uraraka Ochaco
Group C: Bakugou Katsuki and Kirishima Eijirou
Group D: Fumikage Tokoyami and Ojiro Mashirao
Group E: Shinso Hitoshi and Todoroki Shoto
Group F: Hattori Watanabe and Asui Tsuyu
Group G: Yuga Aoyama and Yaoyorozu Momo
Group H: Hagakure Toru and Tenya Iida
Group I: Sato Rikido and Koda Koji
Group J: Sero Hanta and Jiro Kyoka"

All Might finished, "That means, Ashido Mina and Mineta Minoru will face off last, in a 1v1 situation. Now then, I will pit the groups randomly by selecting random balls with the team initials written!"

"First match! Group E vs Group B!"

Shoto narrowed his eyes calculatingly at Denki who just grinned in return.

"Second Match! Group H vs Group J!"

"Third Match! Group I vs Group G!"

"Fourth Match! Group A vs Group D!"

Izuku frowned slightly as he tried to understand his opponent's quirks. Ojiro had a tail quirk but what about Tokoyami?

"Therefore, by default, Fourth Match will be Group C vs Group F! After this, Mineta and Ashido will face off!"

"Hold on a minute," All Might stopped short, "Group C is Bakugou and Group F is Watanabe! Those two will go all out against each other," All Might stared hesitantly at the two glaring at each other with a sadistic smile on their face. What were the chances of them drawing each other!?

Izuku stood with a concerned look on his face. But before he could talk to him, Denki pulled Watanabe to a side and spoke in a hushed whisper, "What the heck?"

"You're the one who told me to keep Bakugou away from Izuku!" Watanabe defended.

"I know!" Denki replied, "But I didn't want you to go and fight him either!"

"Don't worry, he can't defeat me!"

"That's not the point. Both of you will end up going too far. You could have at least gotten me on your team too,"

"I didn't want to get you pulled into this too,"

Denki snorted, "Izuku's my friend too, idiot. Just don't blow the building up or something," Denki smirked.

"Now then, follow me to the viewing room!" Yagi called.

"How did you do it?" Izuku asked to Watanabe.

"Huh?"

"I know you got Bakugo to fight your team on purpose. I don't need to be protected, you know," Izuku scowled at both Denki and Watanabe, both of whom had the decency to look ashamed.

"Sorry, won't do it again," Watanabe said solemnly and Denki nodded along.

Izuku smiled, "Thanks though. But still, how did you get Bakugou as your match-up?"

"As the number 1 hero, you would think that All Might would notice someone not replacing the group balls," Watanabe said pulling out the group C and group F balls. Grinning he passed them to Denki and Izuku who looked at him blankly.

All Might did a double-take. He'd been listening in with his super-hearing, "I'm so ashamed..." He looked up and saw several CCTV cameras. "Oh right. Nedzu has cameras placed everywhere to monitor everything. I might live if only he sees it but if Aizawa does..." The number 1 hero shuddered as Aizawa's face came into his mind. He shook his head violently.

He turned and shouted, "All right then! Now! One member from Group E and one member from Group B, come up!"

Uraraka let Denki go up with a smile while Shoto pushed Hitoshi aside, much to his anger.

All Might smiled once they came to him, "Now then! Play a round of rock paper scissors!"

The class stared at him, "...Heh?"

All Might rubbed his head, "Well I didn't want to make anyone feel bad for being the villain, so this is how we will decide! The winner gets to choose what they want to be!"

"Oh, but the winner will choose the hero side anyway," Kirishima commented.

All Might didn't reply, "Now then throw your bout!"

Denki threw paper and Shoto threw scissors, "Hero side," Shoto said simply.

All Might nodded. "You're really good at this Shoto," Denki smiled. Shoto didn't reply. He gave him a cold stare and turned, "Now's not the time to be friends. Now, I have to prove myself!"

Hitoshi sighed, what had he gotten into?

"He should have separated those three from Bakugo," Aizawa commented gruffly. All the teachers were crowded in Nedzu's office watching All Might's first class. It had become a tradition at UA to view a teachers' first class. And since this time it was the number 1 hero, all the heroes were here except for Vlad who was busy with his own class.

"Ah, but that would be match-fixing," Nedzu smiled.

Aizawa just blankly pointed at the balls in Watanabe's hands.

"As a pro-hero, you can sometimes choose who to go after,"

Aizawa twitched, "Stop trying to defend everything!"

"It is also a form of information gathering,"

Aizawa broke his teacup.

"Is it the best idea for both of us to defend the site?" Uraraka asked Denki.

"I'm not a planner like Izuku or Watanabe but since we don't know either of their quirks, this is the best choice. Shoto's quirk will have something to do with fire, that I'm quite sure of... but I don't really know about Hitoshi," he replied.

Uraraka nodded, "In that case, when they get here, you go for frontal combat. You can just electrocute them I'll go for support,"

"START!" All Might's voice echoed on the speakers.

"Oi, aren't you coming?" Hitoshi stopped on the steps leading to the building.

"You go on," Shoto said numbly. Hitoshi scowled but went on.

"What should I do?" Shoto thought, "I want to prove that I can take down the ones who took Endeavour down with only ice. But I want to be friends with them too. I don't want to hurt them," Shoto argued back and forth with himself in his mind.

Meanwhile, Hitoshi was struggling to find the bomb. He walked up the final flight of stairs and opened the door in hopes of finding the bomb. He almost sighed with relief when he opened a door and saw the bomb.

"So, you finally got here!" Denki said with a confident smile.

"Yeah, ready to lose?" Hitoshi said with a smirk.

"Heh, as if," Denki replied.

"1 down," Hitoshi thought, "I'll take control of him with the other one,"

"And what about you, cowering behind this guy?"

Uraraka became angry, "I'm not-" she started but stopped short. Hitoshi smirked, "That was too easy," he commented and got out his capture tape and tied both of them. Right when he was tying down Uraraka, he heard Shoto vaguely shout, "AH! I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!" His outburst followed a wave of ice encasing all three of them inside, bringing back the other two to consciousness.

"Hero team wins due to Hitoshi using capture tape to capture the villains! Todoroki Shoto, refrain from using your ice once the battle is over,"

"Huh? It already got over?" Todoroki said blankly.

Hitoshi scowled and waited as the onslaught of insults would come regarding his quirk. Still, he couldn't help but glance towards Denki who gave him a wide smile, "Dude, your quirk is brainwashing! That's so cool!"

Hitoshi blinked, "Y-you are fine with it?"

"Well yeah, why would I be angry? I mean, I'm a bit disappointed at losing but you deserved it!"

"But, my quirk is villainous..."

"Huh? Why would a quirk be villainous?" This time Uraraka interrupted, "Who told you that!?"

"People at my earlier school..." he replied lowly.

Denki and Uraraka frowned and looked at each other, "That's not fair," Denki said, "Come on, we'll go to the observation room. Izuku will probably dissect you!"

"Dissect?" Hitoshi paled.

"Metaphorically, he gets too hung up on analyzing," he said.

"He won't think I'm a villain?"

Denki snorted, "Please, he would be the last person to do so. Speaking of, where did this ice come from?"

"Todoroki. Though he only used it after I captured you two and had an outburst!"

"Aww. You two are way too OP," Uraraka pouted.

Hitoshi smiled slightly, "Maybe I can make friends here,"

A/N: Ok, I have a few IMPORTANT topics to discuss:

1) Poll results which are in the beginning notes.

2) Recently, I got a comment that asked for a pairing. I will just say this now, that the fanfic is a gen fic and there will likely be no romance; mostly friendship. Sorry if it disappoints you.

3) I have the battle simulation chapters pre-written and since they are shorter due to them being only the fights mostly, I will be updating them at an interval of 3 days.

4) The fanfic might go on a hiatus in the future. This is due to my English teacher. She has asked our class to write chapters of fanfiction in the next month and publish it for marks this semester. My teacher's awesome and reads my fics and gives useful input but I am not allowed to write 15 chapters for this fic since it is already established so I have to write a new one. Which is why I'll be working on another idea for a bnha fic, I've had. Here is the link: s/13873131/1/Hero-But-Not-A-Pro