I honestly can't believe I made it this far, given the setback from the original. But to all the readers, especially from the original, who stuck with me, I genuinely thank you all.

I recently uploaded Draco Knight Chapter II, which I do recommend reading. Again, it's not required reading, but you will learn much more and get clues about future events before I foreshadow them here. The last chapter deals with Hisashi when he is fourteen years old during his final year of middle school.

Now with that out of the way. Let's begin.

My Hero Academia Untold: The Fafnir Knight (Remastered Edition)

Saga I: Dusk

Arc II: The Incident

Chapter XV: Welcome to Heroing 101

"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first and the lesson afterward."

-Vernon Law

Eri was already fast asleep on the couch. At the same time, her caretakers sat around the kitchen table, planning out the steps to bring her to UA for the next week or so. Her evaluation would be essential if she started living out any kind of life in society. With any luck, she'll be able to start going to school soon. Inko could only homeschool Eri so much without fear of stepping on the toes of a school that would accept an early semester transfer student with no prior schooling history.

"So, have we settled on how you'll be taking care of Eri at school?" Inko asked nervously.

"I think we do, mom," Izuku answered as he mulled over the details.

"Once I see how our core classes work tomorrow and have a chance to let our homeroom class know about Eri staying with us just so there are no surprises." As Izuku spoke about informing their classmates about bringing Eri to UA, that was when Ochako realized something important, something that Izuku may have forgotten.

"Izuku!" The two Midoriyas turned to her with curiosity. Given that Ochako had primarily been silent throughout most of the conversation.

"What?" Izuku asked, concerned by Ochako's tone.

Ochako worriedly began to ask, "what are we gonna do about that one boy," she paused for a moment to ponder about his name before saying. "Tokoyami?"

"What do you mean?" Izuku asked with a puzzled expression, thinking about which classmate she was referring to. Learning seventeen new names and their faces would take a while.

"Remember what Eri said who she had been with before us about birds?"

Izuku's eyes widened when he finally matched up the face with the name she mentioned.

"Is something wrong, Izuku?" Inko asked, now concerned herself.

"There is this boy in our class who seems a bit odd, but he doesn't seem like a bad guy either," Izuku started as he placed his hand under his chin, clearly thinking carefully. "But there could be an issue with his face or, more accurately, his whole head. He literally has a bird head with a beak and feathers."

Meanwhile, unknown to them, that same boy was beginning to sneeze up a storm in his bedroom at that very minute.

"Confound to these damnable allergies, AH-CHOO!"

"He might scare her just by his appearance alone," Ochako added sadly. Worried about not just Eri but also possibly offending their new classmate.

"We could let Eri know about him before taking her to UA," Izuku suggested thinking of the best way to make this as painless as possible for everyone.

"Maybe a picture could help?" Inko added to the surprise of both teens.

"With permission, of course. Something tells me that if this boy's appearance can be seen as fearsome as you make him out to be, he may already have experience with this. I'm pretty sure if you explain the situation and ask politely, I'm sure he will be understanding." Inko thought about her previous experience with Gang Orca. The man's rather terrifying appearance got him placed on the Top Ten Pro-Heroes that look like Villains list* on more than one occasion.

"That's not a bad idea. I'll ask tomorrow, and hopefully, we shouldn't have too many issues, just like when we take Eri outside." Izuku said hopefully.

Inko smiled, but her own thoughts turned to what Mitsuki said to her earlier. She thought about addressing her newfound concerns, but upon seeing the concerned faces of the two teens worried about the snow-haired child that slept on the couch nearby. She didn't have the heart to do it now.

'No, I think it will be better if I talk about that to them that after Eri's evaluation, I don't want to stress them out more than they are now.'

"Well, I think that about covers it," Ochako said as she stretched her arms while seated. "I'm going back to my apartment tonight; there are a few things I have to take care of."

"Okay then, please be careful on your way back, okay?" Inko said, worried about the teen she had grown very fond of, and saw the time on the clock.

"Mom, I'm pretty sure she can take care of herself," Izuku interjected with a small laugh. "You should see the flip she can pull on someone."

"First-hand experience?" Inko said cocking an eyebrow with some amusement etched on her face.

"Training!" Izuku clarified with a nervous laugh.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence, Izuku. Thank you for dinner, Mrs. Midoriya." Ochako said as she got up from her seat and politely bowed to Inko before walking over to the couch and giving Eri a quick kiss on the cheek before she whispered. "See you tomorrow after school, Eri."

Izuku was already at the door, opening it for Ochako. "See you tomorrow then?

"Yep! Good night and take care of Eri for me!"

"Right!"

After closing the front door, Izuku made his way to the sleeping child and gently picked her up. After saying good night to his mother, he made his way to his room, placing Eri on her own little bed tucked in the corner of his room. It was an excellent colorful little addition to his ordinarily drab and empty space. As he tucked in Eri, he breathed a heavy yawn, worn out from the day's excitement. Izuku decided to turn in early for the night, hoping tomorrow would be a more exciting day at UA.

Ochako sat in her bedroom talking with her parents. She finally told them the truth about Eri. Thanks to the breakthrough in the investigation and getting the clearance to say it only to her parents with the promise that it would only be between them.

In turn, they raised a fair number of concerns about the issue. Still, since Ochako wasn't under any legal obligations and even had All Might's backing. Any concerns the two may have had about Eri or the Midoriya's seem to have eased up. However, now that their concerns had been put to rest. It did nothing to stop the sudden wave of teasing Ochako was now receiving from the two and her apparent ascension into being a mother for Eri.

"Did ya finally get ov'r yer ol' knight, hun?" Her father had said over the phone, "Do I need to be worried 'bout this new boy in yer life?"

"Daddy, please! It-it's a bit complicated!" Ochako managed to say with a red face, thankful that they weren't using a video chat. So she opted to take a drink of water from a cup nearby if only to cool off her blush.

"That wasn't a no~" he laughed before the phone was pulled away from him and her mother came on the line.

"Alright, alright, hun, ya had yer fun. Now, Ochako sweetie, just take yer time and don't be rushin' any quicker than ya hav' already! One grandchild is enough for us already! So make sure ya protect yerself if ya wind up doin' anything more serious."

In the background, both Ochako and her father did a spit-take at the woman's joke.

"Ma!" Ochako gasped, "I swear ya can be worse than daddy!"

"Hun, don't be encouragin' her!" She heard her father say.

"Hush! I'm not, just being realistic here! I mean, ya remember back when we were in school and we..."

"NOPE, MA, I AM NOT HEARING THIS TODAY!" Ochako almost screamed out, completely done with her mother's antics and thankful that Inko wasn't the same way with Izuku. She could hear her father's fluster in the background while her mother continued to laugh at the chaos she caused.

"Anyways, Ochako, I'm glad that yer not alone out there. It was one thing I was so worried about sendin' ya ova there

without us. And we're still so sorry that we couldn't come there to join ya."

"It's okay, Ma," She said with a small smile.

"I really do miss ya both, and I'd be lyin' if I said I didn't feel the same when I first came here, but thanks to the Midoriyas, I feel like family here too, ya know? I thought it would be hard fer a girl like me to make friends in the big city at the most famous hero school in the country. But they...they've made it so much easier fer me, and I'm so thankful fer it," Ochako finished with a smile and a warm feeling in her heart.

It had been a well-kept hidden fear in her heart for her to attend UA alone. While she could call her family every night. It doesn't replace the loneliness of being alone after being used to being with a loving family all of your life. She feared becoming homesick. Yet, when Izuku had offered his home with open arms before she returned home. The time she had spent with the Midoriyas and Eri seemed to have prevented that from happening.

"Glad to hear it, hun; maybe we might be swinging by fer a visit soon!"

"That would be nice, ma. Anyways, I'm off to bed. Good night ma, tell daddy good night for me too, please."

"Alrighty, hun, have a good night and stay safe. Love ya, Ochako."

"Love ya too, ma." With that, Ochako hung up the phone, plugged it in to charge, and settled into bed, all while thinking about what the future had in store for her.

The following day at UA, everyone was set for the day as Midnight walked in to begin homeroom.

"Good morning, everyone," she said with a cheerful smile, excited to continue her new role as a homeroom teacher.

"Good Morning Miss Kayama," everyone sans Katsuki called out in unison, bowing politely to begin the day.

"Excellent, now we have quite a bit to go over today, including your first real heroics lesson with All Might."

The room burst with cheers at this news. It had been what everyone had been waiting for when they started at UA. Midnight couldn't help but smile at her students' enthusiasm as it had been the same for her when she had attended UA years ago. Their enthusiasm almost made her reconsider cracking out her riding crop to silence the class.

Almost.

"Alright, then settle down," Midnight said with a quick whip and crack of said riding crop, making everyone in the class instantly sit still wary of their homeroom teacher. "Now, the first thing we need to go over quickly is the ranking system."

At these words, many students seemed confused about what their teacher meant. Several of them had never heard of a ranking system at UA except maybe for the sports festival. Nemuri could see several students with puzzled expressions and decided to fill them in.

"Ah yes. You see here at UA that since we are trying to train you all to become true Pro-Heroes. UA's environment is set to be more in line with how civilians will affect your careers! When we go over certain training exercises with All Might, we will record your actions and show them to the student body. The student body, with the help of your liaisons, will be assisting in your evaluations and placement on the general ranking per year group."

While some of the students seemed to understand better once the term liaison student was mentioned, many like Tenya, Izuku, Shouto, and Momo all nodded, familiar with the term. However, others like Denki shot his hand up while still carrying a puzzled expression shared between the rest of the students.

"Yes, Kaminari?" Midnight called out.

"What are Liaisons? I've never heard of anything like that before."

"Ah, yes. This is mostly because only UA and Shiketsu apply these mechanics to their curriculum. As you all know, you have no electives as by default your "elective" is heroics which is a core class for this course." Midnight began to answer. "However, this is not the case for the Support, General, and Business course classes, so every year each Non-heroics Course group gets a selection of two students that are assigned as liaisons students with their position serving as their 'elective.'"

A few students still carried that puzzled expression, so Midnight continued.

"This means they can join us for certain events to serve special functions. And in the case of the General Studies liaisons: they also tend to double as replacements for newly opened spots in the hero course," Midnight paused with that, allowing the response to sink in.

Almost everyone seated flinched at this; UA already had their replacements waiting in the wings if needed.

Midnight, however, continued, "Business Course students can assist you in how you can brand and market yourself in the future. In our case, the Business Liaison for 1-A, Miss Jou Mori," Rikidou's face perked up at this. "Has a rather fun feature to her quirk. Anything she cooks tends to give consumers a real boost!"

"As for the 1-A Support Course Liaison, Mei Hatsume," Tenya shuddered as a chill ran down his spine. "She will be in charge of repairing, upgrading, and or replacing costumes and gear as needed. We will all get a chance to know our liaisons better in due time."

Many in the class seemed to understand the system better now. Izuku has known about the system for a very long time. After all, it was here at UA that his father, Hisashi had not only fallen for his mother but recruited her to be his marketing manager as well. This was also where his father had also recruited one of the best support gear technicians in the business: Daigo Urashima.

Both had been the Liaisons for his father's class in Business and Support, respectively.

"Together. The Liaisons will be instrumental in how you are graded and ranked by the student bodies they represent," Midnight added, double-checking some of her notes on the podium. "Which can reflect your standing out in life once you actually go pro. Take these rankings seriously, especially if you plan to make it into the big leagues and run your own agency someday. Pro-Heroes looking to scout look at these rankings with a lot of care since you will also be competing with 1-B for the top five spots."

"Are we ranked right now?" asked Katsuki curiously.

Midnight nodded."

Indeed, you have already been ranked based on the entrance exam. You, Mr. Bakugou, are currently ranked second overall among the first years at this moment. Still, it can change very quickly if you are not careful."

Kastuki clicked his tongue because it meant Izuku was currently ranked first if that was the case. The grin grew on his face as he remembered what Izuku had said to him months ago.

He's going to need to push harder now.

"Okay, that settles that for now," Midnight turned to leave the room. "I'll be leaving you here for a few minutes to get a few things and to give you a chance all of you to know each other better as teamwork and cooperation will be key for you all."

As the class began to warm up to one another. Izuku took this as a chance to have everyone in class know about Eri and her visit to UA. Izuku stood up and got in front of Midnight before she could leave, and he quickly whispered his request. The class went silent as they watched Midnight nod at Izuku's words. After a moment, Izuku turned around, with Midnight calling out to everyone.

"Ah, yes, I'm sorry, everyone, there is one last thing we have to go over. Midoriya, you have the floor."

"Uh..." Izuku began, unsure how exactly to start, while the silence from the rest of the class, whose attention was squarely now on the greenette's shoulders."You see...uhh."

It dawned on Ochako what Izuku was about to do and stood up and walked up next to him, followed shortly by Katsuki, who had learned about the plan earlier this morning on the way to school. Having his two friends next to him did help ease his nerves and allowed him to regain his voice.

"So…before school started. Ochako and I got into a rather strange situation, and to make a long story short, my family took in a young girl that we found in the streets." He knew he had to keep it as vague as possible. Thankfully, no one seemed to be needlessly curious about the situation. "And basically, we've been able to take care of her, and UA has agreed to assist us by allowing her to take her quirk evaluation here."

Izuku took a breath, looking around to try and engage everyone's reaction. So far, he only saw a mixture of surprise, curiosity, and some confusion.

"It was recommended and approved by the principal due to the unknown nature of her quirk. We're going to have Mr. Aizawa on standby to stop her if anything goes wrong, but it also means she will be here attending school with me. And only just for a few days! All I ask is for your cooperation and understanding. She's very shy and easily scared since she'll be here until her evaluation is done, please."

Izuku finished before bowing instinctively. While most seemed satisfied by the answer, others still seemed confused by this, but thankfully Tenya spoke up on the matter.

"It makes sense to me; I have heard of some doctors doing this with children that have quirks that could easily be activated accidentally. I know that it would not be the first time that UA or another hero school that has a member of staff with a suppression quirk would host along with an evaluation like this. I believe this is a way to ease public concerns when children could start displaying certain quirks that could be powerful and yet easy to lose control."

It seemed to do the trick as his words were absorbed by everyone else and seemed to welcome the idea.

Tōru suddenly spoke up with her shirt sleeve raised, signaling that she had her hand up. "Is she cute?"

"She's adorable," Ochako answered with a cheerful smile. "I have a picture of her here on my phone."

Many students and Midnight proceeded to exclaim as they saw the picture of a shy-looking Eri who sat between the two teens that had Ochako pulled up on her phone.

"Awww!"

"That's a cute lil' family." The pink-skinned Mina Ashido teased seeing the picture, making the two teens blush furiously. Seeing the two unable to speak allowed Katsuki to continue now that the class was leveled out.

"Long story short, she'll be here for a few days, and then she'll be able to go to her own school when it's done."

"And what is your role in this, Bakugou?" Momo questioned, seeing how Izuku and Ochako were involved but not how Katsuki fell into the mix.

He, in turn, responded with a slightly terrifying grin.

"I'm the fun uncle."

The rest of the day went by relatively smoothly as Izuku, Ochako, and Katsuki sat together eating lunch. Now, though it was only the second day, things did seem to settle with people finding their own friend groups already. For example, a trio of boys comprised of Ryu, Denki, and Minoru had formed and been chatting up at a table in one of the corners. In contrast, another trio formed of Hanta, Mashirao, and Eijirou seemed to have set themselves up in a group.

The majority of the girls, sans Ochako, had a table to themselves. While Rikidou was eating lunch with a blonde, who had been helping out, Lunch Rush serve food to students alongside a group of Business Course students. However, others like Fumikage were nowhere to be seen. Much to the disappointment of Izuku, who was trying to catch the bird boy before the day ended.

However, to the trio's surprise, they were approached by Tenya and Shouto.

"I hope you do not mind us joining you?" said Tenya as he and Shouto sat down at their table. Katsuki simply grunted in response as he ate, while Izuku and Ochako completely welcomed the two with open arms.

"Of course, you're more than welcomed to join us," Izuku chirped while Ochako nodded, her face currently full of the tasty white rice.

"Thank you," Tenya answered gratefully before taking the first bite of his lunch.

It was always far easier to get to know someone while breaking bread and, maybe soon enough, taking down foes together. Which was the case for Denki as he regaled Ryu and Mineta about some of the latest anime of the season, with the other two adding their own input here and there.

"I'm telling you guys! The remake is actually pretty killer!" Denki exclaimed, going over a recent remake of a popular ninja anime.

"Oh, come on! The animation can be so shit compared to some of the stuff in the common era!" Ryu said exhaustively, adding a comment about lousy CGI.

"Well, depends on what you're watching, since some things never change heheheh." Minoru laughed to himself as lewd memories ran through his head.

"But they improved the story and got rid of some of the other filler crap that held the original back!"

"But that was the part of the charm of the old days!"

As the table with most of the girls chatted about their lives before coming to UA, Tsuyu showed off a few photos of her friends and family.

"Ooooh...Who's that hunk of a blond in that picture, Tsu?" Mina asked, seeing the picture of Tsuyu with a large blond foreign boy with blue eyes and a large shit-eating grin plastered on his face as he stood next to the Frog girl.

"Ribbit? Renchan**?" Tsuyu questioned, checking the screen to see which picture was displayed.

"Is that his name? He looks foreign to me." Mina retorted, wondering now if the boy was mixed race.

"Oh no, ribbit, that's just my nickname for him. Ribbit, his actual name is Martin Allen** he's an American who used to live on a U.S. base not too far from me. We were classmates in middle school, and we're still friends today, ribbit. He's a bit silly and kind of dumb, but he meant pretty well. His family was something else though, ribbit." She giggled, remembering Martin's parents.

"I used to have a bit of a crush on him, ribbit, but he moved back to the U.S. before I could ever really say anything."

"Aww..." Mina breathed out, now a bit disappointed she had always been a massive sucker for a good romance. "Maybe it just wasn't meant to be..."

"Maybe it was for the best, though?" Kashiko suggested before taking another bite of her meal.

"Ribbit...what do you mean?"

"I mean, we're still in school, so wouldn't a relationship interfere with our studies?"

"It is possible," Momo injected while calmly eating her food.

"Aww, come on, guys! It couldn't be that bad." Tōru piped up.

"I am not saying it's bad or good...I guess it would really just depend on the couple. I mean, I guess a good couple could possibly work out," Kashiko said while eyeing Rikidou and Jou.

"While others..." she paused to look over at the immature-looking trio at the opposite corner roaring with laughter, "should definitely wait…."

"Nah, you just wait until you fall for someone. I mean, look at those two." Mina said, pointing at the other table, making every girl turn to where Ochako and Izuku sat. "That's just a ship waiting to sail. And they basically already have a daughter; come on! Place your bets now because it's only a matter of time before they're official, I promise you."

When lunch ended, Izuku felt a hand fall on his shoulder, causing him to turn and see Shouto Todoroki looking at him intently despite his earlier silence. When Tenya had done most of the talking for both of them.

"Can I help you, Todoroki?" Izuku asked, puzzled by the quiet boy's sudden action.

"Come with me for a moment; it will be quick," Shouto whispered, motioning with his head to a nearby corner. Izuku stood there unsure but decided to follow him. Tenya, Ochako, and Katsuki had already gone ahead as their next class was heroics with All Might.

"Okay, what do you need?" Izuku asked calmly as they made it to the secluded spot.

Shouto turned around before looking at him right in the eyes and said the words that made Izuku's heart feel like it had frozen over with fear.

"I know who you are, Midoriya," The heterochromatic boy said in a monotone voice. "And I know who your father was."

"Wha-w-w-what do you mean?" Izuku stammered, his body instantly tensing up.

"You're Draco Knight's son, right?"

Izuku was doing everything he could to remain calm, yet he could already feel like he was about to faint on the spot. His breathing was beginning to feel fast and heavy. His memories swirled with how his life had changed after his father's funeral. Many people often whispered about him and his inherited bloodlust as they looked at him like a leper.

Then some weren't afraid to let him know what they thought.

MONSTER!

FREAK!

DRAGON? MORE LIKE DEVIL!

ARE YOU SURE YOU SHOULD BE A HERO? LOOK WHAT HAPPENED WITH YOUR DAD!

The laughs, the bullying, the accusations, everything was coming back to him all at once.

'No…please...NO!'

"Midoriya!" Shouto's voice called to him, snapping him out of his dark thoughts. Izuku yelped, causing him to intake a sharp breath.

"I am sorry, I should have worded this better." Shouto coughed as he realized his mistake after seeing the color drain from Izuku's face. "I know who you are, and so does Tenya...and I want you to know that you have nothing to fear from the both of us."

Izuku tried to respond but ended up choking on his own spit, proceeding to cough instead.

"I still need to work on how I speak to people..." Shouto murmured to himself with a slight frown as Izuku was trying to get himself put back together. "By the looks of it, I understand why you are hiding your linage and quirk, and I do not blame you for doing so. I just want you to know that...you have friends in us. Friends who understand your situation, we were fans of your father as well."

It was a massive mix of emotions for Izuku, from reliving all his fears to knowing that despite everything he said about his father...he still had fans which made him want to cry out with joy. Yet, Izuku couldn't help but still be on edge. Now he didn't want to seem suspicious of Shouto's intentions, hoping to see the good in him, but he wanted to play it safe until he could be sure.

"I'm sorry about my reaction." That was all Izuku could say in the end. Shouto simply nodded and motioned to begin their return to class. Izuku stood there for one more moment; as his nerves finally returned to normal, the boy realized something else. How did Shouto and Tenya know? It would have to be something to ask later as he needed to get to class.

"I AM HERE! COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A HERO!" All Might exclaimed as the door slid open with him appearing in his sliver age costume to the roaring joy and applause of almost everyone in the room. "I hope you are all ready for your first round of basic hero training, or what I like to call it," he gave a broad smile and a thumbs up. "Heroing 101! But first I got something for all of you! Something I think you've all been waiting for!" All Might said, pulling a small remote out and pushing a button that made a wall in the back of the classroom open up with several suitcases marked from one to twenty.

The class instantly cheered as they realized what they were.

"NO WAY!"

"IS THAT OUR SUITS?!"

All Might laughed. "Correct, boys and girls! Now get suited up and meet me at the control room station Alpha of training ground Gamma! It's a gray building with a big "A" on its front. "

Almost everyone scrambled to get their hero costumes. As more than a few of them had been waiting for this moment for years.

When Izuku collected his suitcase and headed over to the locker room. His thoughts turned to around a week ago when he got the paperwork for the clothing allowance; when Ryūko decided to take him alone on a memorable little trip.

"Kyū, where are we going?" Izuku asked as he sat in his cousin's car.

"To my agency," She answered while keeping her eyes on the road, "Now that you're about to start at UA, there is something important you need to see."

Ryūko's agency belonged to Sir Nighteye before he left the Hero scene to join the National Diet. Considering her position when Hisashi was still alive, Ryūko had a big leg up compared to many of her peers and former fellow sidekicks of The Drake's Den.

Many of Hisashi's former staff joined her at The Dragon's Nest, named in honor of The Drake's Den.

When they arrived, Ryūko was quick to move Izuku inside. Hoping to avoid any media or paparazzi that would occasionally hide at critical points in the public spaces in the hopes of snapshots or hounding for questions. Thankfully nothing like that happened, and they entered without issue.

Izuku had visited before, but Ryūko today guided him to the basement, where he hadn't ever been before.

"Your father was more like an Uncle to me than a cousin, Izuku," She said as they walked down the staircase. "He helped me out in my career, and I have always wanted to pay him back," she gave Izuku a meaningful sideways glance. "Which is why I'm here to finally give you this."

In the basement was an extensive collection of Draco Knight merchandise that floored Izuku, who thought for a moment that Ryūko was about to give him this whole collection. However, Ryūko instead pointed toward a large wardrobe at the end of the room.

Izuku looked at his cousin first, receiving a nod from her before walking toward the wardrobe while still amazed at the collection Ryuko had. As he stood before the large wooden piece, he slowly opened it, and what was inside left Izuku completely speechless.

It was a costume.

"It was supposed to be the costume of a squire," Ryūko said quietly.

"When you are ready for UA, I'll deem you worthy of being named my squire."

His father's words echoed in his head as he struggled to keep the tears coming from his eyes while he gingerly opened his suitcase and pulled out its contents. All those years of training had been leading up to this moment.

The design had surprised him; it wasn't the classic armor costume of his father. Instead, it appeared upon closer inspection to be more like a dark green full-body suit with high-density plastic bracers for his hands, arms, and shins. It also had a small breastplate made from the same material. The plastics all had holes in places where his spikes came out before taking in One For All.

"You can submit it to the school, and it will be modified to fit you. It was your father who designed that prototype," Ryūko said with a sad smile. "But I personally added the next piece." She then tapped on the said piece.

Izuku saw it is wasn't like his father's mask. Instead, it was a cowl with his father's emblem displayed on the back. "I made a version without the emblem since I was always hoping maybe one day...you would want to make one of your own."

That was the moment Izuku lost it as he suddenly turned around and ran up to his cousin. Wrapping her up in the biggest hug he could give as the tears flowed out of his eyes as no words could ever match what he wanted to say, just how grateful he was to her at that moment.

Ryūko, in turn, returned his hug, tears flowing down her face, knowing how much this would have meant for Hisashi if he had been able to be here for his son. Now while she was no proper replacement for Hisashi and couldn't always be there to guide her cousin through his darkest times, her little cousin still made it. She was so proud of him for doing so and would continue to support her cousin when possible.

As Izuku proudly donned his costume, he saw that the support team had added a few extra features. The bracers now had a metal lining to make form-fitting metal frame knuckles. The breastplate included a neck guard. The sandals he submitted also contained a metal lining to protect his toes outside of his shifted state. The cloth belt was remade with a sturdy faux leather belt with pouches for storage, and finally, a metal respirator that tried to replicate All Might's smile.

Izuku also took the time to check out how amazing everyone else appeared in their costumes.

"Hey, Izuku, love your costume." Izuku heard Ochako say.

"Oh than-" Izuku began saying as he turned around to face her and was instantly grateful for his hood and mask hiding the massive blush that formed in his face. He was not prepared to see Ochako in that skin-tight black and pink costume that, like Yū's costume, left very little to the imagination.

Yet, there was a tiny part of his mind that wasn't complaining about the view.

"T-thanks," Izuku managed to say, "Uh, you look great too! And your gear looks pretty solid too!"

Ochako's support gear equipment was definitely something else. She carried what appeared to be a small rounded riot shield on her back, along with what appeared to be two collapsible combat batons that were holstered on her hips. Given that Izuku had already been on the receiving blows of her martial arts, he would hate to see what she could do with those.

As Izuku looked around discovered that everyone who didn't have some sort of natural offensive ability seemed to have some form of non-lethal weaponry.***

All Might stood in front of a large console in the control room.

"Excellent, you all look so cool!" He exclaimed, giving everyone a big thumbs up as everyone entered inside. "Now we got a lot to go through today for the special operation! Heroes versus Villains!" Behind All Might, one of the screens suddenly went static before a new feed displaying a nervous-looking female student with long red hair made into large pigtails. She wore the regular UA uniform, save for a black and brass eye patch over her right eye and an armband with Year One Business Liaison written in Kanji.

"Hello, viewers! This Kiyoko Mikami from the UA Business Course Journalism Division, reporting live from UA Site Gamma!" She started with her clearly reading from a script off-screen. There was a collective gasp from the students.

All Mighty grinned; this was their briefing on the task at hand. "There has been a report of two students from the General Studies department being held hostage by a group of notorious villains!"

The screen cut, displaying the two "missing" students from General Studies Course. The first was a male with indigo hair that reminded them of Eraserhead; the name displayed under his picture read: Hitoshi Shinsou. The second was a female with gray hair and noticeably full lips named Reiko Yanagi.

Kiyoko reappeared with a dramatic flair continuing her report, clearly feeling more confident.

"The villains are the notorious Big five! But fear not! A group of heroes from the "A" Agency has been dispatched to deal with the villains. How will these heroes fair? Take tuned to find out!" She finished with a wink before the broadcast cut off.

"Your mission, my young heroes-in-training, is to save the hostages from these dastardly villains! However, there are some rules in place! As you know, Mr. Aizawa has assessed you on your first day here but what you didn't know is that the assessment served another function! You have been assigned into four teams of five!" He said with the display of the biggest screen behind revealing their teams.

Team One

Izuku Midoriya

Minoru Mineta

Tsuyu Asui

Fumikage Tokoyami

Tenya Iida

Team Two

Katsuki Bakugou

Eijirou Kirishima

Mina Ashido

Hanta Sero

Denki Kaminari

Team Three

Ochako Uraraka

Ryu Kasei

Kashiko Sekigai

Yūga Aoyama

Rikidou Satou

Team Four

Momo Yaoyorozu

Kyouka Jirou

Tōru Hagakure

Mashirao Ojiro

Shouto Todoroki

"These teams will be in place until next semester, where things may get mixed around depending on the results produced this semester. Now while the public objective is clear. There is a hidden objective you must also be wary of: The Villains have a nuclear bomb hidden somewhere in the city."

"Why wasn't that announced in the broadcast?" Denki asked, his voice trembling.

"If it was trying to replicate real news, it could be one or two things; One: They don't want to cause a panic; or Two: They don't know that the villains have the bomb," Momo answered promptly.

"Excellent reasoning, Ms. Yaoyorozu!" All Might praised, "now while this is a collaborative effort among the teams. You can see there are three objectives, and yet we have four teams."

"Meaning one of the teams is set to fail," Tenya observed.

"I don't think so, Iida," Izuku spoke up. "All Might what about these, villains? Can one of the objectives be their capture?"

All Might gave a hearty laugh.

"Indeed, young Midoriya! Capturing a villain can give the team whose member captured them a victory credit toward their own team. However, these credits will only count if the main objective is accomplished. Which is done by saving all the hostages and securing the bomb, or capturing all five villains before the bomb is armed, which will collectively complete both objectives at once."

Everyone seemed relieved that there was a chance for all teams to pass. All Might, however, wasn't finished.

"However, from the teams, only eight people total can be deployed in the field at once. In addition, you must have at least two people among you to be assigned as a "Medic" and an "Operator" respectively at all times," All Might continued to explain. At the same time, the display changed to demonstrate the two positions.

"The Medic," All Might began as a minor figure looking like a White Mage from Final Fantasy appeared on the screen. "Can pick up fallen teammates who have been eliminated and do not count as a deployed hero. However, they cannot engage villains until they are relieved from that task, or if they are attacked while moving a fallen ally."

"The Operator, however," All Might continued with a new figure appearing replacing the White Mage, this one of someone behind a screen with a sneaky smile on their face. "Is the team taskmaster who sends out orders and surveys the battlefield, deploying reinforcements when needed. You will be given fifteen minutes to decide and ten minutes to prepare once the initial roles have been decided."

"Any additional rules can be found in these handy PDAs you can grab here. Now, are there any questions before we begin?" All Might finished up as he patted a small black box with a couple of PDAs inside. Everyone who had their full attention on All Might, some of them prepped several questions for the man.

Especially the one question shared by everyone; This exercise seemed way too advanced for a starting class. In an instant, All Might began receiving questions left and right from his students, ranging from how much damage they could cause and many more that left the old pro sweating.

Within a five-story yellow building in the heart of Site Gamma, the team of "villains" received the signal that their task in this game was about to begin. They were gathered in front of a display as their leader sat with a slight grin on his face, his beady blue eyes twinkling with enthusiasm.

His team each commented on what was on their minds.

"Oho! I can't wait to see how these first years handle this operation!" A bubbly voice wondered aloud to his right.

"Ugh...It still seemed way too much for the first years to go through if you ask me…." A bored voice said to his left.

"Tōgata, what are your orders?" Said the tallest of the five with a mouth that appeared from one of his arms.

"I call playing decoy!" Said the only foreigner among their team as a broad smile grew on his face, and his bright blue eyes began glowing with excitement. However, the blond boy with beady eyes moved his hand up to quiet down his team before he began giving his orders for their initial plan.

"Tentacole, I want you to head to the rooftops nearby their base and keep an eye on the heroes." The tall boy with the mouth pod nodded as he left to get into position.

"Blink, you'll get your wish and get to play decoy. Assess the battle strength of the first team they send out. If the Operator they choose is smart, they'll know how and why the teams are divided in their set specialties and send out the strike force and maybe a few scouts to start off."

"Yes!" The brown hair boy cheered and headed down to the streets as he slid on his bone-white mask of comedy.

"Suneater, you guard hostage one. Take him to one of the buildings on the right side of the street." There was a quiet affirmative grunt. "Nejire-Chan, you take hostage two and do the same from the opposite side."

Finally, he stood up and finished with, "as for me, I'll be here with the bomb." A wide smile proudly displayed itself on his face as he put on his visor.

"Let the games begin."

Author's Commentary

*Heroes that look like Villains list: According to the manga, this is actually a thing, and yes: Gang Orca is on that list.

**Martin Allen: The Main Character (and OC) of Abovetail's Fanfic: Semper Fast. (One of the stories that inspired me and given permission to use him for this little cameo.) A solid character and the primary reason I was comfortable using OCs for this story. Abovetail's ability to characterize OCs and make them gel well without becoming insufferable Mary Sue/Gary Stus.

Alexander Springfield (and several other OCs) would not exist without Martin Allen helping to pave the way and show how a good OC could be done.

Non-lethal weaponry***: This seriously should have been a standard for everyone who does not have an offensive-based quirk. It doesn't go far to include batons or metal knuckles to give even those with less physical strength a better chance at combat.