Chapter 34: Apology

A/N: Terribly sorry for updating the wrong chapter. Here's the proper one.

The next morning, Watanabe and Izuku had gotten early to class, "Yo" Watanabe grinned.

Denki snorted, "Don't you 'Yo' me! I watched you get covered up in the blood of your victim yesterday!"

"And it was glorious!" Hitoshi laughed.

"You really have a dark sense of humor, don't your Hitoshi?" Watanabe asked. Shinsou looked sheepish, "Perfect! We'll get along well," Watanabe laughed evilly. Hitoshi blinked a few times but then joined in too.

"What are they doing?" Shouto asked walking into class.

"I assume they're planning ways to drive us all into insanity," Uraraka yawned.

"That's mean. You've only known us for a day," Izuku wailed.

"Am I wrong?"

"Probably not," Izuku grinned back.

"Shouji, say something," Denki said.

"You are all too insane,"

"Ouch,"

They started joking around with each other. Iida entered at some point and told Watanabe and Hitoshi to stop with their jokes, but that didn't stop them. Especially since Jiro got involved in it at some point too. Meanwhile, Bakugou was looking from afar. He bit his lips. He knew what he wanted to do but was too nervous. Sighing, he went up to Izuku.

Everyone stopped talking. All of them knew that Bakugou was a bully, courtesy of Watanabe but only Kaminari and Watanabe knew the full extent of what he had done to Izuku.

"Izuku," Katsuki started.

"Yes, Bakugou?" Izuku replied courteously.

Bakugou winced. He knew that he didn't deserve to have Izuku still cal him Kacchan but the way he had called him out still stung. He knew he hadn't considered Izuku a friend, but instead a pebble, yet it still hurt. He took a deep breath, "I'm sorry Izuku. I'm sorry for calling you 'Deku.' For making you feel useless. For making fun of you because of your quirklessness. For hurting you and beating you up, I'm really sorry," he bowed down, tears streaming down his face.

Izuku took a step back, "Wow, Bakugou that's,"

"And I know you got a quirk later on and I was angry you didn't tell me about it. But I don't deserve an answer, I don't deserve anything from you, but please accept my apology,"

Izuku smiled, "I do. It does look like you have changed, so I'm going to forgive you,"

The others stood in surprise at the fact that Izuku didn't hold a grudge but didn't say anything.

Bakugou bit his lips but continued, "And Watanabe, I'm sorr-"

"You don't need to be sorry to me," Watanabe interrupted, "I settled my score already. I was just waiting for you to apologize. Now, we're even,"

Bakugou nodded. "Well, I hope you two can be friends," Izuku said causing the other students to look at him like he was an idiot.

"Hmph, we'll see. I will admit that he's strong though," Watanabe replied.

"And I admit Watanabe is stronger than me too. One day I will defeat you!" Bakugou vowed.

"Heh, we'll see," Watanabe replied.

"Alright, so those two are weird. Izuku and Bakugou are acquaintances, I guess. What about the rest of us?" Hitoshi smirked.

Uraraka laughed, "Way to break the awkwardness," The others laughed but Shouji said seriously, "Well since Izuku gave you a chance, I'm willing to give you one. You didn't bully me but I hate bullies," A few of the others nodded.

"Well, Bakugou is good now right, so it will be ok!" Kirishima said, ever the optimist. And just like that, the class returned to its old atmosphere, "You want to join us, Bakugou?" Izuku offered.

Bakugou shook his head, "I don't deserve it. Maybe some other time," he turned. Watanabe didn't say anything but Kaminari went after him and stopped him once he was out of Izuku's earshot, "This goes without saying, but Izuku has friends now. And if you do anything, I know that at least Watanabe and I will hunt you down and kill you, got it!?"

Bakugou gulped and hesitantly nodded. Some other time, he would have shot back at how he wouldn't be able to but Kaminari's tone was not one to trifle with, "Good. And while Izuku has forgiven you and Watanabe has settled his score, I have not. But for Izuku's sake, I will be civil to you. But one toe out of line..." he let the silence fill the rest, "Are we clear!?"

Bakugou nodded, "Good! Maybe you can hang out with us later and we will see how things go," he said cheerfully and turned away. Watanabe gave Kaminari a knowing smirk. Personally, he didn't want to give Bakugou a second chance either, but Izuku was rather adamant about it.

Bakugou shuddered. He was serious when he said he was sorry but Kaminari's threat made him realize just how much of a shitty friend he was to not have cared. Now, he needed to know what he and Izuku were. Were they friends or just acquaintances or classmates? Maybe he needed to go have a talk with his stupid therapist again.

Meanwhile, Aizawa smiled from his spot in the ceiling. It was good that Bakugou was making progress. He was surprised that Nedzu had allowed Bakugou into UA even after all the Aldera stuff but Nedzu did believe in second chances. Plus, Nedzu had told him that if Bakugou did anything villainous in the entrance exam, he would be kicked out with his record for show so maybe Nedzu wasn't that forgiving. Still, Bakugou was on top of Aizawa's 'Do something and get expelled,' list. But then again, it seemed like Orca had succeeded in destroying Bakugou's ego problem so maybe he wouldn't be too bad.

"Alright settle down, the bell rang 2 minutes ago," Aizawa entered the room. The students quickly scrambled to their seats. Aizawa sighed and took out his sleeping back. He zipped himself up and said, "Ok, today we are going to choose class reps. I don't care how you do it, just don't make noise," he said and promptly went to sleep.

"Okay," Kaminari said slowly, "How are we doing this?"

"What about paper ballots?" Yaoyorozu asked.

"That would be perfect," Iida said, "By the way, does anyone know where Mineta is?"

"He was pulled out of school by his parents," Aizawa said with his eyes closed. Iida didn't press any further and quietly wrote down his choice, "Everyone done?" he asked.

The class nodded, "Let's just put our papers at the front desk, and one of us can count," Tsuyu suggested. The class did just that. Iida decided to count the votes, "Well, Midoriya got 14 votes, I got 3 votes, Yaoyorozu also got 3 votes and Aoyama has 1,"

"Aoyama has 1?" Jiro asked.

"I voted for myself," he twinkled.

"How do I have 14!?"

"Well, you offered really good analyses and your plans in the battle simulation were good, so everyone probably voted for you," Sato explained.

Iida nodded, "As did I, who voted for me?"

Izuku, Kaminari, and Bakugou raised their hands, "I assumed it would be best if neither of you was class rep. For the betterment of our class," Kaminari told Izuku and Watanabe

Bakugou nodded, "Congrats Izuku,"

"I know you want to make it up but when you get all nice, it's actually creepy," Izuku replied.

"Tch,"

"Why did you vote for Iida," Kirishima asked Bakugou, "He always goes on and on about the rules, so, I voted for him," Katsuki replied.

"Ok, but Iida and Yaoyorozu are tied, so what do we do?" Watanabe asked.

"Well, no reason to not have 2 deputy class reps," Izuku said not wanting to choose and make the other hurt.

"Yes, good choice. That is why you are class rep!" Watanabe giggled.

Izuku looked at him suspiciously, "Are you trying to make me establish dominance or something?"

"Let's face it Izu. We know that you have the skills but are too nervous to do it," Kaminari pointed out. Izuku grumbled. "You are now the Alpha. Everyone shall listen to you," Hitoshi said.

"Shut up,"

"Yes, class rep!" The entire class said jokingly. Izuku grumbled. "I thought I told you to stay quiet!" Aizawa stared at all of them. "Sorry sensei,"

At lunch

Tsuyu came up to Watanabe, "Watanabe, you're kind of like me kero,"

Watanabe stared at her, food halfway to his mouth, "Say what now?"

"You say whatever is on your mind like me. People usually get annoyed at that. You're the first person I met who also says what's on their mind," Tsuyu explained.

"Well, I suppose so. Want to have a seat?" Watanabe asked drawing a chair next to Uraraka.

"Sure, kero," She sat down, "Midoriya, your quirk seems like All Might's quirk just a bid underpowered," Izuku spat out his water, "I-it does?"

Tsuyu nodded.

"It's nice to be compared to All Might, Asui," Izuku regained his composure.

"Call me Tsu-chan," Tsuyu replied. Izuku nodded.

Watanabe took the reins of the conversation, "Your quirk is really versatile, Tsuyu,"

"Yes, but I am very susceptible to the cold,"

"Oh, do you hibernate since you're basically a frog because of your quirk?" Izuku asked excitedly.

"Kero," Tsuyu nodded.

Shouji smiled, "It's nice to see someone else with a mutant quirk. My name's Shouji by the way,"

Tsuyu smiled, "I heard Midoriya and Watanabe analyze your quirk. It seems very strong!"

"Yeah, but I can't do much of what they said. Never occurred to me,"

Meanwhile, Yaoyorozu watched Izuku from afar. She had always been the best in whatever she did. Even in the recommendation exam, she had scored near the top. Yet Izuku was steadily outperforming her in every detail. She wasn't the type to feel jealous but she had to admit, it hurt her a bit. She sighed, UA would obviously have the best of the best. Her thoughts made absolutely no sense. The only way to fix this would be to talk with him and make it up. It would be nice to have a friend as smart as him. She got up to walk over when the alarm rang and the entire cafeteria descended into chaos.

"This is suffocating," Izuku made out in between all the elbows.

"Amateurs," Watanabe said. He had strategically placed himself on Shouji's back and due to his height, he was clear of the crowd. Shouji also didn't mind carrying Watanabe.

"You know, you have a quirk that lets you see through things and you're above everyone. Ever had the thought you should check what's going on?" Denki mocked.

Watanabe laughed but complied. He sighed, "It's the media. They broke in somehow,"

"Well, tell that to them!" Hitoshi gasped.

"Right! OI EVERYONE IT'S JUST THE MEDIA. THERE'S NO ACTUAL EMERGENCY!" Watanabe yelled. His announcement fell on deaf ears, "Yeah that didn't work," he replied.

"We need to get their attention, everyone's panicking," Izuku replied as Watanabe pulled him up on Shouji.

"What if we electr-"

"Kaminari, NO!"

"Fine..."

"Uraraka, float yourself up and tell them," Shouto said.

"I'm not sure they will listen to me,"

"You can do it, kero!"

Uraraka groaned but nodded. She activated her quirk and yelped as she rose and hit several elbows. Once she had risen up, Shouji threw her forward gently, but in zero gravity, she hit the wall above, hard. Everyone stopped to look, "Guys, it's just the media. Look through the windows!" Uraraka yelled.

Everyone stopped and looked and saw that Uraraka was right. The panic died down and the hall slowly became organized.

"I couldn't do anything as class rep," Izuku said gloomily, "Maybe I should-"

"This wasn't part of your job so it doesn't matter," Uraraka comforted flying down, "And Shouji, what the hell?"

"It was an accident," Shouji apologized.

"Why are you so serious?" Hitoshi asked Shouto.

"UA's supposed to be extremely secure, even more secure than some prisons. There's no way the media could have gotten in. My old man explained the security to me," Shouto explained.

"So, it was an actual villain attack, kero?"

"Probably,"

"But what did they want?" Izuku asked.

"Maybe they wanted to show off, especially since All Might is here too," Watanabe said, "If word got around that they can break into UA, I guess more gangs would like to take them or something,"

Izuku nodded grimly, "Yeah, but doing so at UA where there are other pro-heroes would be suicide,"

Watanabe shrugged, "Who knows?"

Meanwhile, Nedzu and the teachers stared at the crumbled gates, "The media couldn't have done this," Kayama said.

"No, but why would someone want the media to bypass the gates for a simple interview?" Snipe asked.

"Diversion," Nedzu explained, "I want all of you to check if anything is missing at all or if there's any sabotage," Nedzu ordered, "I'll check the cams. Get Tsukauchi to conduct a patrol to check for any villains too,"

The teachers nodded and left to perform their orders.

My first Omake!

"Nee-san, I have a question,"

"Hmm?" Fuyumi looked up from her rice, "What is it? Something happened at school?"

"Well sort of. I was explaining a fight to my friend,"

"Oh, you made a friend!?" Fuyumi squealed in happiness.

"Yes, but after I explained the fight, everyone seemed to feel uncomfortable,"

Fuyumi sighed. She knew that Shouto didn't have the best conversational skills and might have accidentally offended someone, "Well can you tell me what you said?"

Shouto nodded, "Well there's this boy named Mineta and a girl called Ashido. Mineta glued Ashido to his balls and then had this weird look on his face but then Ashido used her acid to dissolve his balls and captured him,"

Fuyumi instantly turned red, "Shouto!"

"What?" he asked innocently.

Fuyumi gulped and sat back down. She ignored her blush. Shouto probably meant something else, "Can you elaborate?"

"Well, Mineta's quirk is that he has these purple balls on his head that glue things and-"

"Ah, I got it," Fuyumi interrupted, gulping down a glass of water. Now that Shouto explained the quirk, she could understand why his classmates were uncomfortable.

"Well, what did I say?"

Fuyumi choked, "Well, err, uhm," she struggled. She really didn't want to be the one to explain it to her little brother.

"Nee-san, you're acting like my friends," Shouto pouted.

Fuyumi laughed shakily, still pondering on what to do. This was the first time she had seen Shouto pout like that. She was about to suck it up when Enji entered and a Fuyumi got an idea.

"Shouto, I hope you impressed your teachers on your first day?"

"Actually," Fuyumi interrupted, "His peers were quite shocked at his absence of knowledge,"

Endeavour grunted, "Hmph, I taught Shouto everything. There's no way I missed anything,"

"Not quite. You never gave him, 'The talk,'"

Enji turned pale, "That is not required for him to know,"

Fuyumi hummed, "You are right. It will only show the number 2 hero's incompetence at teaching," Fuyumi smirked as she saw that she had caught her father into the trap, "If only you hadn't wanted to homeschool Shouto, it would have been covered in the syllabus," she mocked and left the room.

Enji sighed and sat down uncomfortably. Shouto wondered whether this would be a good time to mention that he had made friends with the people who insulted, electrocuted, and puked on him.

A/N: And so, Endeavour had to give Shouto the talk. USJ starts next chapter and thank you all. The fanfic recently went over 300 follows, so a huge thanks and I hope you keep enjoyong the story.