A/N: Hey readers. I'm back with the second chapter of this story. This chapter and the next one will show off the students of Class 1-C. Hope you all enjoy them. Chapter 3 should be up within a few days, but after that I'm probably going to switch to a monthly update for this fic to give me time for my other stories.
With that out of the way, please enjoy the chapter.
Standing by the entrance to U.A., Dan looked at the massive school. It was crazy to think about. He was finally a student at his dream school. U.A. High. It was the first step for many of the modern world's famous heroes.
Taking a deep breath, he walked forward. He still remembered how excited he had been when he finally heard he had gotten admitted to U.A. And to top it all off, All Might himself was going to be a teacher there. The top hero in all of Japan, in all of the world arguably.
Looking around, Dan noticed many other freshmen walking alongside him. There were also others that seemed well-acquainted with the school, most likely upperclassmen.
'I wonder if anyone here is in my class.' Dan thought.
With a school as big as U.A., there was obviously a large main building. Luckily, a map was provided in the student handbook that all new students got. Dan looked at the map as he manuevered his way through the halls.
'Ok, let's see here… My classroom is 1-C. It should be just down this hall.' Dan thought to himself.
"Hey Dan."
"Yikes!" At the sudden voice coming behind him, Dan's entire body froze stiff, being encased in ice.
Alicia rubbed the back of her head. "Sorry about that. Forgot you get spooked easy."
Dan's body returned to normal after a few seconds. He turned to see Alicia smiling at him. "Oh hey. You're that girl from the entrance exam. Alicia, right?"
"Yup. Alicia Tsuki, that's me." she said. "Looks like we both made it in."
"Seems that way." Dan said. "So what class are you in?"
"Class 1-C."
Dan blinked his eyes in surprise. "Wow, same as me."
"That's a pretty cool coincidence." Alicia smiled. "But at least we'll both be in a class where we know someone. Having a friend is always nice."
Dan nodded in agreement. The two of them walked down the hall to class together. "So do you think there'll be anyone else we know from the exam in our class?"
Before Alicia could even answer, a large explosion came from the door they were standing near. "GET THE HELL OUTTA MY WAY DEKU!"
Dan and Alicia checked to make sure another explosion wasn't about to follow before quickly dashing past the classroom and continuing to their destination.
"Well that was certainly an interesting class." Dan commented sarcastically.
"That's for sure. Good thing we're not in that one." Alicia agreed. The two of them soon came up to the room with the sign reading 1-C. "Hopefully our class isn't full of nutcases like that."
As the two of them were about to walk in, a large bash came as a figure flew out of the room, hitting the nearby wall hard. The person that fell groggily to the ground was a male with emerald eyes, and blonde hair combed neatly.
"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU NO, DUMBASS?!" a female shout came from the room.
"Mi amour. I cannot believe my manly charms did not work." the male said weakly.
Peeking their heads in, Dan and Alicia saw the girl that had just punched the boy out of the room. She had short blue hair that fell down to her shoulders and curved at the end. Here eyes were also blue. Fins could be seen sticking out of her ears, forearms, and towards the bottom of her legs.
"Um... hello?" Dan greeted.
Taking a deep breath, the girl composed herself. "Hey there. Hope I didn't scare you too much there. I was just teaching that pervert there some manners."
"I simply asked if milady wanted to go out with me for some tea." the boy moaned.
"Yeah. Ten times. Clearly saying "No" wasn't getting the message through." she commented with a glare before turning her gaze back to Dan and Alicia. "Anyway, my name's Fiona. Fiona Mizune. Hope we can get along."
'Well she seems normal enough.' Alicia thought to herself. 'Maybe this class will be mostly normal after all.'
"Make way, extras! Future top hero coming through!" a new voice spoke. Both Dan and Alicia watched as Hyde walked up and entered Class 1-C. "Don't worry, I'll sign autographs soon enough."
'...On second thought, maybe not.' Alicia thought with a sigh.
Walking inside, Dan and Alicia noticed a few other students besides Fiona and Hyde. There was a girl with curly pink hair and bright yellow eyes. Another was a violet haired male with glasses over his emerald green eyes. Dan even noticed a guy with a crocodile face. Though animal-like humans had been a semi-common Quirk type for a long time.
"Oh hey. I remember you two." a familiar voice spoke from behind the duo. Dan and Alicia turned to see Marcus standing before them. "Guess we're in the same class."
"Oh hey. You're the guy with the wyvern Quirk. Marcus, right?" Alicia asked.
Marcus nodded his head. "That's right. And you two are… Dan and Alicia, correct?" Both teens nodded their heads in confirmation. "Well it's good to see you again. We worked pretty well together in the entrance exam. Though I hope that nuisance with the earth raising Quirk isn't here. His personality was crap."
"What was that?!" Hyde yelled from his seat. "You wanna go a round with me, reptile breath?!"
"Hey! I take offense to that!" the boy with the croc head spoke.
"Zip it, croc face! This doesn't concern you!"
"U-Umm… could we all please try to get along?" the pink haired girl asked nervously. "We are all going to be classmates after all."
"Agreed! Truly mi amour is a woman of beauty and intelligence." the boy that Fiona had punched out of the room said suddenly. "What is your name, fair maiden?"
"Huh? It's… Sakura. Sakura Avalon." she said, a bit off put by the boy.
"Ah, Sakura. A name befitting such a girl like yourself."
A blush came to Sakura's face. "Wh-What?"
"Do I need to throw you out of the room again?" Fiona asked with a crack of her knuckles.
The threat from Fiona cause the boy to stiffen up. He quickly moved to a seat and sat down. Dan and Alicia took their seats as well, along with Marcus. One by one, more and more students began to arrive, filling up the seats in the room. Looking over by Marcus, Alicia noticed him conversing with two other students. They seemed pretty familiar with each other. She could only assume they had gone to the same junior high school. By the time the bell rang, all 20 seats were completely filled. Despite the fact that they were all wearing the same school uniform, it was clear that everyone was different in terms of personality in one way or another.
Soon after the bell rang, a new person entered the room. It was a woman in her late-twenties. She had short black hair with a hairpin in it that looked like a serpent. Her eyes were a piercing green. Judging by her age, the students could only assume this was their teacher.
'Huh. I thought all the teachers at U.A. were big time heroes.' Dan thought. 'But I don't recognize her.'
The woman sat on top of the desk up front and let out a sigh. "Alright you brats, listen and listen good. I'm your homeroom teacher, Sienna Yamagori. You will refer to me as Ms. Yamagori when you address me. I have one rule. Behave. Don't make my life hard and I won't make your life hard. Get it? Got it? Good."
The sudden and quick introduction made the students a little off-put by the teacher. They all glanced at each other, wondering what was up with her.
"Now then, we have orientation coming up soon." she said, looking at a list she had. "Oh right. Introductions. Better get this over with." She got up off her desk and walked to the side of the room. "Alright, come up one at a time and introduce yourself to the class. Make it snappy." She pointed over to the frontmost student on the right side of the room. "You. Croc face. Your first."
"Heh. Told you it was a good nickname." Hyde snickered quietly. Suddenly, he noticed the teacher look his way with her eyes flashing. Hyde suddenly found his body go stiff. "Wh-What the hell?"
"Kid with the smart mouth. Shut it. You're not special for pointing out the obvious." she said.
"Forget about that, why can't I move?!"
"That would be my Quirk." she said. "I lock eyes with someone, and I can paralyze them. Yours should wear off by the time it's your turn to go."
[Sienna Yamagori. Quirk: Gorgon Eyes. If she makes eye contact with someone, she can paralyze them. The amount of time this paralysis lasts for decreases based on how many she has paralyzed in a set interval of time.]
"Freakin psycho teacher…" Hyde muttered under his breath. Another look from Yamagori quickly shut him up though.
The kid with the crocodile features walked to the front of the class. "Ok then. Well my name's Shiro Cryki. As you can probably guess, my Quirk gives me these cool crocodile looks. But don't let it spook you. I like to consider myself a pretty friendly guy. Hope we can get-"
"Next." Yamagori interrupted.
Shiro was a bit stunned by suddenly being cut off, but went back to his seat, not wanting to get on the teacher's bad side like Hyde had. As he sat down, the person behind him came up. This one was a girl with silver hair styled in two curly ponytails.
"Hey, what's up? My name's Jill Suzuki." the girl said, introducing herself with a smile. "I'm a fun loving girl, so I hope we all have a good time together."
Jill left it at that and went back to her seat. It was clear after Shiro's turn that their teacher was not a patient one, so they decided to keep it short for now. The next student was a male student with black hair. Along his arms were a pair of wings.
"I'm Satoshi Shinito." he said. "I'm a bit of a fan when it comes to history. Hope we get along."
As Satoshi was walking back to his seat, Hyde finally felt the paralysis wear off. He went over and stood in front of the class. "My name's Hyde Gekido. Make sure to remember it, cause I'm gonna become the number one hero someday and surpass even All Might."
Yamagori rolled her eyes. 'Yeah, keep dreaming kid.' she thought silently.
As Hyde went back to his seat, a girl with red hair styled in a ponytail came up. Dan and the others recognized her as the one from the entrance exam that had weakened the zero point villain. "Name's Lilina Yoake. Just to let you all know, I'm a pretty good saleswoman. You want something? I can get it."
After Lilina, a blonde girl walked up. It was easy to guess what her quirk was from the cat ears she had, as well as the tail coming out from behind her. "I'm Hikari Akabane. "I know I may look cute and innocent, but make sure not to try anything funny with me. Cats have claws after all."
The next one up was the boy Fiona had knocked out earlier. He brought out a rose and looked at the class in an overdramatic way, as if he was prince charming from a kids movie. "I am Merci Boqu. My home country is France, but I came to Japan to enroll in U.A due to it's elite reputation." he said. "And please madmosels, try to control yourselves in front of me."
Nearly everyone in the class rolled their eyes at Merci. It was clear this guy wasn't going to realize what the girls were thinking of him anytime soon. After Merci, a boy with teal blue hair and green eyes walked up. "My name is Daiki Izumi. If you ever need help with planning, leave it to me. I consider myself a calculating person."
Up next was a girl that seemed rather short compared to the others, reaching only about four feet tall. She had black hair that fell down most of her body. Her bangs covered her eyes, but it didn't cover the creepy smile she had on her face. "I'm Rekka Majo. I hope we can be friends and have lots of fun playing together." she said before going back to her seat. Nearly everyone in the class could see she was an oddball. And a creepy one at that.
When Rekka went to sit down, a blonde girl got up and went to the front of the class. She had purple eyes. "My name is Sarah Radcliffe. And I'm not a big fan of people who go boasting that they're amazing. Unless they have the skill to back up their claim." She eyed Hyde as she said this, only receiving a smug grin from the teen in response.
One by one, the rest of the class went up and introduced themselves. Dan, Alicia, and Marcus each got their turn, as did everyone else. Once they were done, it was time for orientation. Ms. Yamagori led her class along as they went to the auditorium.
"Students, I welcome you all to U.A." Nezu said. For those that had not seen the principal of U.A. in person, it was an odd sight. He was barely three feet tall, probably shorter upon closer inspection. His appearance resembled that of a small animal, though what kind was anyone's guess. He had white fur and a scar over one eye.
"He's so cute!" Jill said in a hushed squeal.
"Many of you have come here with different goals in mind." Nezu spoke to the freshmen. "Right now, each of you are fledglings, wanting to make your mark on the world. And while here at U.A., you will grow. Some of you will train to be heroes. Others will be in the support courses, working to help heroes in the best way they can. And of course, we have those in our General Studies too. But no matter where you are, by the end you will all be fully grown and ready to take flight into the world."
As the students listened attentively to the principal's speech, the teachers all stood at the side. Sienna let out a yawn, covering her mouth with her hand. "Does he have to make his speeches so boring and cliche?"
"You should keep quiet and pay attention, Yamarogi." Vlad King, the homeroom teacher of Class 1-B told her. "Right now, you're lucky to even be here."
"Yeah, yeah." she said. "Look, I didn't ask Nezu to do me this favor. He just came out of the blue and asked me."
"And where would you be right now if he hadn't?" Vlad asked her. Yamagori fell silent, having no answer, or at least none she felt like saying aloud. "I don't know what Principal Nezu was thinking when he hired you. But since you're a teacher here now, you'd best make sure to do your job."
"Whatever. You're not my boss." she said. "I'll do my job, so just don't go annoying me. If you're gonna nag someone, go nag Aizawa. His class isn't even here."
"Aizawa's never been one for traditions like this." Vlad told her. "He may not be perfect, but at least he does his job."
Yamagori groaned as she rolled her eyes. These heroes had an answer for everything.
After orientation, the day went on as normal. Before long, it was finally lunchtime. Class 1-C gathered in the cafeteria, enjoying the food served for the school.
"Man, the food Lunch Rush serves is delicious!" Shiro said as he scoffed down his food.
Sakura slid to the side a bit, not enjoying being so close to the fast, and rather sloppy, eater. "Shiro… could you please try and slow down a little? And chew with your mouth closed?"
Over at one end of the table, Dan and Alicia were busy chatting with Marcus, Sarah and Daiki. Dan and Alicia were surprised to find out an interesting fact about the trio. "You all went to junior high together?"
"That's right." Sarah nodded. "We've been good friends since junior high. We all applied to U.A. together. And out of everyone in our school, we're the only ones that got in."
"That's impressive." Alicia said. "I'm the only one in my school that got accepted."
"So what kind of Quirks do you have?" Dan asked. "I know Marcus has that wyvern transformation one."
"Yeah. He told me he took down that zero point villain from the practical exam with your help." Sarah said. "As for me, my Quirk allows me to teleport. I have to be able to see where it is I'm teleporting to though, so it doesn't work for super long distances."
"That's cool." Alicia said. She turned to Daiki. "And you?"
"I can turn my body into electricity." Daiki said. "Increases my speed and maneuverability. I can also go into electric currents and move with them."
"What about the two of you?" Sarah asked.
Dan held up his hand and had water surround it, showing off his Quirk. "I use the water in my body, reshaping or freezing it. I can also manipulate any outside water or ice I'm touching."
Alicia went next. "I can store sunlight in my body, and fire it off like energy blasts."
"That's a pretty cool Quirk." Sarah noted. "I'm guessing both of you must be skilled to have taken down the giant zero point villain. Even if you needed help."
"Well if we're being honest, Hyde was the first to spring into action." Dan admitted. "We just went along with the moment."
Sarah glanced down at Hyde at the other end of the table. "Interesting. Maybe he is worth watching after all."
"Come again?"
"Sarah's not the type to go out of her way and make friends." Marcus explained. "She really only cares about people who impress her."
"This is the top hero institution in Japan. We are not here to make friends with every person we meet." Sarah told him. "That said, having people you can trust is important."
"I see…" Dan said. "And where exactly do me and Alicia fit in on your scale?"
"Considering Marcus spoke well of you, I believe you are both worthy of my respect." Sarah said. "Though I will have to see you in action before I can make a final judgement."
"Both your Quirks are rather interesting." Daiki said. "I'm interested to see how they can best be used." He looked at Dan. "Though I don't see the two of use being very compatible."
Dan couldn't deny that. Electricity and water did not mix well. Daiki would have to focus too much on restraining himself if the two of them fought side by side.
The continued sound of Shiro stuffing his face caught the attention of them as they glanced over at the crocodile faced student. "He sure is a glutton, isn't he?" Marcus commented.
Sakura tried to enjoy her meal, but Shiro's antics were beginning to annoy her. "Shiro could you please-" The pink haired girl was cut off as some of the sauce from Shiro's meal splashed into her, leaving a small amount on her cheek and covering her salad.
"Oh man, I could get used to this kinda grub." Shiro said. "What should I get tomor-"
"HEY! LISTEN TO ME YOU IMBECILE!" the sudden shout from Sakura silenced not only Shiro, but every member of Class 1-C at the table. Even a few students from other classes were watching the scene unfold. Everyone felt nervous sweats go down their back when they saw the enraged look in Sakura's eyes. She glared daggers at Shiro. "SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO EAT, AND YOUR SLOBBERING IS RUINING OUR MEALS! CHEW WITH YOUR MOUTH CLOSED! AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU SHOULD BE EATING A HEALTHIER MEAL! IS MEAT THE ONLY THING YOU EVER SHOVE INTO THAT MOUTH OF YOURS?!"
It was hard to tell, but it almost seemed like Shiro was shrinking in size as Sakura scolded him. It was hard to believe the shy girl they had seen earlier was now laying into Shiro so harshly.
Once lunch was finished, classes continued on. The class's opinion of Ms. Yamagori was not improving in the slightest, but there was little they could do about it. When the final bell rang, everyone left the room and began making their way home.
Dan and Alicia had decided to walk to the train station together. They had hit it off pretty well as friends. But they couldn't help but notice the rather large crocodile trying futilely to hide behind them.
"What are you doing?" Dan asked, turning and looking at Shiro.
"Shh! Not so loud!" Shiro said. "I'm trying to avoid that Sakura girl. I don't want to get another lecture from her."
"She did lay into you pretty hard at lunch." Alicia said.
"Hey!"
The shout caused the trio to turn and see a bunch of the girls from Class 1-C coming their way. Shiro took notice of the fact that Sakura was with them.
"Aiiiyyyeeeeee!" Shiro screamed as he took off running out of the school gate, leaving a dust cloud in his wake.
As the girls came up to Dan and Alicia, Jill looked over at the running Shiro in the distance. "What's with him?"
"Who knows." Dan shrugged.
"Well anyway, we were hoping to talk to Alicia." Jill said.
"Huh? Me?" Alicia asked.
"Yeah. We were thinking of all us girls hanging out together to get to know each other better." another one of the girls from class said. This one had bright pink hair that went down to about shoulder length. A pair of shimmering yellow wings, about as thick as those on a fly, could be seen coming out of her back. If they recalled correctly, her name was Vivi Pixi.
"A hang out?"
"Yeah." Jill nodded. "We can go get something to eat, do some shopping, hang out until night-"
The sudden mention of night cause Alicia to stiffen. "Ummm… sorry, but I can't. Maybe another time."
"Huh? Ok, I guess that's ok." Jill said.
"Sorry, I gotta go." Alicia said as she took off running out of the school gate.
"That was certainly odd." Jill said, rubbing the back of her head. She and the girls all glanced at Dan.
Dan felt himself shrink at the collective stares of the girls. "Wh-What?"
"We just want to know what the story is between you and Alicia." Jill said with a grin.
"Story?" Dan asked. His cheeks blushed when he realized what they were implying. "O-Oh, no no no, you've got it wrong. We just met at the entrance exam. We're friends, that's it."
"Mhm. Suuuuurrre." Jill said.
"Look, there's nothing going on. I'm serious." Dan told her.
"Well alright. We'll let it go." Jill said. "For now."
"I'm actually rather interested in this." Lilina said. "Oh and I know the best place we can go later girls. The prices there are the best."
"There she is!" a sudden shout came. The group from Class 1-C saw several students pointing their way. "There's the red head that scammed us!"
A sudden nervous sweat went down the back of Lilina's neck. "Oh would you look at the time. See you later, gotta go, bye!" With that, Lilina took of running out the school gate.
"After her!" the group of students yelled as they chased after Lilina.
As the angry mob ran out the school gate in pursuit of Lilina, Dan and the other girls watched with mild interest. "I guess U.A. really does attract all kinds." Dan said.
Sienna Yamagori walked through the halls of the school. Finally she came up to the principal's office. She knocked on the door. "Yo, Nezu. It's me."
"Come in." Nezu's voice said from the other side.
Yamagori opened the door and walked inside. She came up to Nezu's desk and took a seat.
"So how are you enjoying your first day as a teacher?" Nezu asked.
"Oh it's just so lovely! My students are all such little darlings!" she said with an overly dramatic smile. Her expression quickly turned into a scowl. "That was what you were hoping for me to say, right?"
"Honesty I would be quite shocked if your demeanor changed in just one day." Nezu said. "That said, you haven't quit yet either."
"Well this may be stupid, but it beats jail." Yamagori said.
Nezu sighed and shook his head. "What happened to you Sienna? You had such a bright future ahead of you when you graduated U.A."
"Being a hero wasn't working out. I didn't get much money, worked my ass off, and nobody paid attention to me." she said with a huff.
"Nobody becomes famous overnight." Nezu said. "I know you struggled. But to participate in a robbery?"
"It was a one time thing. I needed the cash." Yamagori told him. "And I never asked you to bail me out."
"Yes, but I did give you the choice." Nezu said. "I took a big risk offering you a teaching position here for the year, and making it part of your rehabilitation. But I did it because I believed it would teach you something."
"And what is that?" she asked with a roll of her eyes.
"That's something you'll have to find out yourself." Nezu said. "I believe the best lessons are learned that way."
"Ugh, you're such a pain." Yamagori groaned. "Look Nezu, I agreed to take this job. But you never said I had to act like I cared about my class. Just help them get through the year."
"And what do you think of your class so far?" Nezu asked.
"They're a bunch of overly optimistic idiots."
"Much like how you were when you were a student?"
She let out a huff. "Yeah. And when they go out into the real world, they'll understand how harsh it is too." She got out of her seat and turned to walk out of the room. "Anyway, I've got other things I need to do. Later."
Nezu watched as Yamagori left the room and closed the door. He sighed to himself. "I sincerely hope you learn what I'm trying to teach you Sienna. For both our sakes."
-The next day-
U.A.'s structure was pretty routine. Morning classes consisted of the customary classes for any high school. English. Math. History. For those in the hero course, it was frankly pretty boring. But once the afternoon rolled around, it was time for the far more important classes to the students. Hero Basic Training.
Ms. Yamagori sat at her desk, looking as interested as always. "Alright so today we'll be doing battle training. The teacher assisting you with this will be-"
"I AM HERE!"
As the sudden shout was heard, the door opened and All Might burst into the room. A majority of Class 1-C looked on in awe at the number one hero being right before their eyes.
"Holy cow, it really is All Might!"
"I can't believe it's him!"
"He looks so much cooler in person!"
All Might let out a hearty laugh. "It's good to see so many bright young faces. Now then, as I'm sure Ms. Yamagori explained to you, today you'll be performing in mock battles."
"I was about to explain. But a certain loud mouth interrupted me." Yamagori scowled. She got up from her seat. "Anyway, they're all yours All Might. Later."
"Hang on, Miss Yamagori. Aren't you interested in watching your class in action?" All Might asked.
"Not really." she said, walking out of the room and closing the door behind her.
An awkward silence filled the room from Yamagori's abrupt exit. All Might coughed into his hand to try and cut the tension. "Alright then. Students! As I'm sure you know, one of the keys to being a hero is… looking good!" As if on cue, several containers emerged from the side wall. "These are your costumes! They were designed based on your Quirk Registration Forms, and the request you sent in before school started!"
It was easy to see how excited each of the students were. Each of them had put a lot of thought into their costume design. Anyone who dreamed of being a hero would also want their own cool-looking costume.
"Now then, get yourselves suited up, and then meet me at Training Ground Beta." All Might said. "I look forward to seeing what you can do, future heroes."
