Another revamp!
As always I don't own anything except Haru! Please enjoy!
The next day Haru found herself sitting a little straighter in her seat, her eyes locked on the door waiting on All Might to appear. Toshinori had told her that he was teaching her afternoon hero class and she couldn't wait to find out exactly what he had planned.
"I HAVE...COME THROUGH THE DOOR, LIKE NORMAL!"
Haru grinned as All Might walked in, in full uniform, her classmates chattering in excitement that All Might was really teaching them.
"HERO BASIC TRAINING! THE CLASS THAT'LL PUT YOU THROUGH ALL SORTS OF SPECIAL TRAINING TO MOLD YOU INTO HEROES!"
All Might posed and flexed.
"NO TIME TO DALLY. TODAY'S ACTIVITY IS THIS! BATTLE TRAINING!"
Haru was bouncing in her seat at the prospect of an actual battle.
"AND FOR THAT...YOU NEED THESE!"
Hearing a click the group of students almost leapt out of their seats at seeing the boxes with their numbers on them.
"In accordance with the "quirk registry" and the special requests forms you filled out before being admitted...COSTUMES! AFTER YOU CHANGE, COME OUT IN RANKING ORDER TO GROUND BETA!"
Haru jumped up and grabbed the case with a giant 5 on it, shooting All Might a massive smile she ran off to change with the rest of the girls in her class.
"Wow Haru, you look amazing!"
Haru smirked and twirled in front of the mirror in the girls locker room.
"You too Ochako, I love the pink."
Haru's costume comprised of red boots that were heat resistant, a pair of black leggings that had a flame design running up the legs, her top was a skin tight crop top that was black, she had red gloves that were also heat protected, a red mask protected her eyes, and a yellow choker hid the scar around her neck, with a satisfied nod Haru pulled her hair up in a high ponytail and the pair left the locker room to meet with the rest of their classmates. Haru walked up and stood next to Bakugou, her eyes locked on All Might as she waited for the battles to start.
"Not much of a costume extra."
Haru turned and looked at Bakugou, taking in his over the top costume for a moment.
"Unlike you, I don't rely on brute strength, all those extra additions would slow me down."
She replied simply before looking back at the front, the small exchange catching All Mights attention for a moment.
"Shall we begin? It's time for battle training!"
Ida, in his striking costume raised his hand.
"Sensei! This appears to be the same field used in the entrance exam. Will we once again be performing cityscape maneuvers?!"
All Might grinned.
"NOPE! YOU'LL BE MOVING ON TO STEP TWO! INDOOR ANTIPERSONNEL BATTLE TRAINING! Villain battles are most commonly seen outdoors, but...Statistically, the most heinous villains...are more likely to appear indoors. Between confinement, house arrest, and black market deals."
Haru's eyes darkened and she lowered her head a little in determination at the mention of the black market, something that didn't go unnoticed by Ochako and Bakugou.
"In this hero filled society of ours...The cleverest of villains out there...LURKE INDOORS!"
All Might cleared his throat.
"You'll now be split into VILLAIN teams and HERO teams...AND FACE OFF IN TWO-ON-TWO INDOOR BATTLES! One team will have three members."
Tsuyu raised her hand.
"So no basic training?"
All Might grinned.
"PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE TEACHES YOU THE BASICS! THE DISTINCTION HERE IS THAT YOU WON'T BE FIGHTING DISPOSABLE ROBOTS."
Everyone had questions at once. Haru heard Bakugou ask if he could just blow everyone away and Ochako asking if All Might was going to threaten to expel the students like Aizawa.
"ONE AT A TIME! MY QUIRK ISN'T SUPER HEARRING!"
All Might pulled out a piece of paper causing everyone to become confused for a moment.
"Listen up! Here's the deal. The villains will be hiding a nuclear weapon in the hideout. And the heroes have to go in and take care of it! The heroes have a limited amount of time to either capture the villains or secure the weapon. The villains must either capture the heroes or protect the weapon until time is up. Your battle partners will be decided by...Drawing Lots!"
Haru sighed as Ida protested.
"Is that really the best way?!"
Midoriya explained why it was a great idea and then class finally started. Haru ended up in group A with Midoriya and Ochako.
"Nice! Must be fate!"
Ochako and Haru high fived.
"Let's do this!"
Haru grinned with excitement.
"MOVING ON, FIRST UP ARE."
All Might stuck his hands in the boxes marked Villain and Hero and pulled out one ball from each box.
"THE HEROES ARE TEAM A! THE VILLAINS ARE TEAM D!"
Haru felt her eyes widen as she looked over at Bakugou and Ida.
"This is going to be difficult."
Haru mumbled while watching as Bakugou seemed to focus on Midoriya.
"The villain team goes in first! The timer starts in five minutes, when the hero team sneaks in. The rest of us will watch via CCTV! Ida. Bakugou. You boys need to adapt a villain-mind set! This is practical experience so go all out. Don't hold back! Though I will stop you if you take things too far."
Bakugou and Ida walked into the building while Haru, Ochako, and Midoriya looked over the blueprints of the building. Haru heard Midoriya explain that Bakugou was stronger and better than him but he didn't want to lose to him. Haru tried not to roll her eyes as they were finally allowed to enter the building. Entering through a window, Haru realized they were at a big disadvantage.
"It's nothing but blind corners, we need to be careful."
Haru walked in the back of the group, her eyes constantly moving, her senses on overload as she waited for something to happen. Suddenly Bakugou appeared on one of the corners hanging onto the wall, thinking fast Haru grabbed her teammates and dodged to the side as Bakugou set off an explosion.
"Damn it, you guys okay?"
Midoriya turned and glared at Bakugou.
"He grazed me but I'm okay."
"I'm fine."
Ochako mumbled while Haru watched Bakugou with caution.
"Nice dodge extra."
Haru glared but realized Bakugou was focused on Midoriya.
"Midoriya, he's focused on you, can you hold him off while we go for the weapon?"
Midoriya nodded and Haru stood up and grabbed Ochako.
"What are we doing?"
Haru ran with Ochako following.
"The quicker we secure the weapon the better chance Midoriya has that Blondie won't kill him."
Ochako stared at Haru in shock as the pair eventually found Ida and the weapon.
"Stay here, I'm going to sneak around."
Haru whispered to Ochako before carefully moving behind a different pillar, her eyes locked on Ida, who seemed to be getting into character.
"I am...the ultimate evil."
Ida said to himself in a confident tone causing Ochako to laugh, giving away her position causing Ida to turn towards her and start rambling in a typical villain style.
'If she can keep him talking, maybe I can get to the weapon.' Haru thought to herself before she heard Midoriya over the transmitter in her ear come up with a plan that made her smirk and nod in agreement as she stepped out from behind her pillar and grinned at Ida.
"You know the difference between villains and heroes?"
Ida turned and looked at Haru as flames appeared in both hands.
"Villains talk too damn much."
Haru rushed at Ida while Ochako rushed around the pair as the building shook, throwing Ida off for a second as he tried to figure out what was going on in the lower floors.
"Pay attention Ida."
Haru taunted as she moved to punch Ida, barely missing as Ochako rushed to jump on the weapon. Unfortunately, Ida saw Ochako and used his quirk to get the weapon out of her reach. Haru growled, knowing she couldn't use her quirk if this was a real situation because she could set the weapon off. Rushing forward again she grabbed Ida and managed to shove him away from the weapon when she heard Midoriya screaming at them from the transmitter. Cursing, Haru grabbed onto a pillar just before the building shook again and the floor beneath Ochako gave way, smiling she apologized to Ida before hitting him with the pillar as Haru rushed over and grabbed the weapon. Yelling "Secured!" as she grabbed onto it. A few seconds later all five students heard All Might screaming that the Hero team won.
Haru sat down and smiled as Ida walked over and offered her a hand up, smiling she took it and thanked him.
"That was amazing, Ida. You really took to the villain role."
Haru praised before walking over and checking on Ochako that was throwing up.
Haru stood between Ochako and Bakugou, her head down in defeat, her team may have won but it could have gone smoother.
"Well, I'd say.."
Haru flinched a little at All Might's booming voice, expecting to get in trouble for leaving Midoriya.
"THE V.I.P. IN THIS BATTLE WAS IDA!"
Haru sighed and nodded in agreement, Ida had outperformed all of them. Tsuyu looked confused.
"Not Haru, Ochako, or Midoriya? Even though they won?"
All Might grinned.
"I wonder why? ANYONE KNOW?!"
"I do, All Might sensei."
Haru glanced at Momo and prepared for a harsh critique. She hadn't had many conversations with her classmate but she knew that Momo was intelligent and highly observant.
"It's because Ida was the one who adapted the most to the situation. Having watched the fight, Bakugouu's behavior was clearly driven by some personal grudge, and thus totally arbitrary. Furthermore, just as you told you earlier, sensei, a large range attack in an indoor arena is just idiotic. The same reasoning goes for Midoriya. Haru, while aware that her fire quirk would spell disaster, she should have stayed with Midoriya where she wouldn't have been at risk to set off the nuclear weapon. Uraraka's game got loose half way through and her final attack was too reckless. We were treating that papier mache thing as an actual nuclear weapon, so that kind of attack wouldn't have flown. Ida devised a counter strategy against an opponent because he correctly supposed the match would revolve around the core. While he was too slow in reacting to that last attack. I believe the hero team's "victory" is being too nice in calling this "just training" and that gets dangerously close to skirting the spirit of the rules. "
All Might looked at her in shock for a second before grinning at Momo.
"I'd also add that Ida was a bit too stiff, but...Yes...You're correct!"
"We've got to start at the bottom and work up! And if we don't earnestly cheer each other on...We'll never be top heroes!"
Momo added. All Might nodded and called the next two groups. Haru stood with her classmates and watched as the hero team, consisting of Todoroki and Mezo, won with the strategy of Todoroki freezing the building.
"He's really powerful."
Haru mumbled looking at the screens, Bakugou silently agreed with her.
"WELL DONE EVERYONE! NO SERIOUS INJURIES, APART FROM MIDORIYA'S! GREAT TEAMWORK, THOUGH! YOU ALL DID SPLENDIDLY, CONSIDERING THIS WAS YOUR FIRST TRAINING EXERCISE! Change out of those costumes and head back to the classroom!"
Hearing a bang, Haru turned to see Bakugou was gone. The class went back to the classroom.
"Are you ok Haru?"
Haru forced a smile at Ochako.
"I'm fine, just a little tired is all."
Her friend nodded and went back to talking to her classmates.
"Haru, good work today."
Haru looked up from her homework and smiled at Toshinori.
"Thanks Papa!"
Toshinori stood in the doorway of Haru's room and watched her for a second.
"How is your relationship with your classmates?"
Toshinori asked cautiously. Haru looked up for a moment, her pencil pressed to her lip for a moment before she smiled.
"Very good, for the most part. Ochako has decided I'm her friend. Everyone else is relatively friendly."
Toshinori felt himself smile.
"What about Bakugou?"
He watched as Haru's demeanor changed.
"He's a bully, and he's pretty mean."
Toshinori felt himself smile before leaving Haru alone. He suspected that those two didn't hate each other as much as they thought they did.
I hope everyone enjoyed the chapter and I'll see you in the next one!
