"All Might, is everything alright!?" Izuku Midoriya, a green-haired boy, asked over the phone. He had finally gotten a hold of his mentor after calling him for several days, since he hadn't appeared to teach at UA yet, though he knew the reason why, having watched the news about the giant lizard rampaging across the city and the red giant fighting it. It was insane, watching those two titans fight on the news, it was nothing like he's ever seen before. He had kept trying to wrap his head around the situation.

Was that giant lizard a rare animal with a gigantification Quirk? That couldn't be just it, it had the ability to fire an energy beam from its mouth and the ability to launch the spines on its back and shoulders like missiles. Quirks usually don't encompass so many seemingly unrelated abilities like that.

The same could be said about the red giant. He already blew Mt. Lady out of the water by being twice her size, but having the ability to fire beams, create barriers, and flight? Not to mention that odd regeneration ability after that giant lizard shot through him with that beam attack; just disappearing only to reappear seconds later, completely fine?

What worried him the most was the destruction that the giants' fight caused. The red giant seemed to be careful to avoid colliding with buildings and even took the giant lizard out of the city limits to defeat it, but the giant lizard's rampage left dozens of city blocks and roads destroyed. This was not the way he imagined his first day of UA to end, with what could've been easily one of the country's biggest disasters.

"It's fine, Young Midoriya," All Might's voice assured. "Trust me when I say that every pro hero, rescue worker, and police officer in the city have been handling this with the utmost care and attention needed. That red giant certainly helped limit the damage, though. So far there haven't been any casualties at all. I can't imagine what would've happened if the lizard monster was rampaging unopposed. Even I might've had a difficult time taking it down without help."

That was certainly the scariest thought that came to Izuku's mind. That something like the giant lizard could exist and gave even someone as strong as All Might a hard time. And the worst part was that it seemed extremely animalistic in its desire for destruction; what if there was something as strong, or even stronger, than the giant lizard, and actually enough intelligence to know how to use its powers to the most devastating degree?

"Are you sure? If something like that could exist, doesn't mean that the government should bring out every hero, even ones in training? Maybe-"

"No, Young Midoriya, stay put," All Might commanded, shutting Izuku down. "I understand your concern, but even if we were to deploy hero students to assist, you and your classmates wouldn't be able to participate. You haven't even had your first real hero training class yet."

Izuku bit his lip, realizing how true that was. "Don't worry though, my involvement with this is over now, anyways, so I'll be teaching your first real hero training class tomorrow."

"Really? That's great! So the situation really is under control?" Izuku said, relieved.

"Actually, it's been under control for a couple days."

"Huh? But you've been gone for several days. If that's the case, then why have you been gone?"

"It's not up to me to fully disclose, unfortunately. But I do have a feeling you'll find out soon enough," All Might answered. "I have to go to a meeting with the Principal soon. Take care, Young Midoriya."

After All Might had hung up, Izuku went and laid down on his bed. Whatever All Might couldn't tell him about, it must've been important to keep even him out of the loop, even if he was his successor for One for All. Still, what did he mean by 'finding out soon'?

"Man, this week's been kinda boring, hasn't it?" Hanta Sero, a boy with slicked-back black hair with large knobby elbows, said while leaning against his chair. "I thought for sure it'd be nonstop craziness after that Quirk Assessment test, but so far, it's been kinda average, right?"

"Yea, I know what you mean," Denki Kaminari replied, the blonde tapping his fingers away on his desk. "I thought that Hero Training class would be the most exciting thing, but all Aizawa's been doing is making us do practice spars with our Quirks. I was really hoping that All Might would've taught us, too!"

A few desks away, Katsuki Bakugo, an ash-blond boy with a permanent scowl, scoffed. It was frustrating; the Number 1 Hero is teaching at UA, yet he's had no chance to show off to the hero how much better he was than these extras, especially Deku.

"They did tell us that they got really busy 'cuz of that weird giant lizard attack," Mina Ashido said. The pink-skinned girl pulled up her phone, and opened up her news app to read about said attack. "I bet there's a lot of attention that repairing entire blocks and searching for missing people that they're asking all heroes for help, and All Might might be one of them."

"Yea, I've never seen a Quirk like that," Eijiro Kirishima, a spiky red-haired teen, added, rubbing his chin in thought. "I mean, becoming a giant lizard? Spitting out laser beams? Giant missile spikes? What type of super lottery Quirk gives you that?"

"If we're talking about crazy Quirks, that red giant's got it all," Kyoka Jiro, a girl with earphone jack-like earlobes, muttered, her hands behind her head as she looked out the window. "Lasers, barriers, super strength, flight, and apparently regeneration? It's no wonder that criminal got defeated."

"'Defeated'? More 'obliterated'!" Minoru Mineta, a small boy with grape-like hair, shivered, as he chewed on his fingernails thinking about how that giant lizard was vaporized into nothing. "What type of crazy vigilante bullshit was that!? That was no hero, that was an executioner!"

Izuku perked his head up from going over his Hero Journal notes when he heard them talk about the giant attack from earlier this week. It was certainly the current hot topic at UA; a giant lizard that fell from the sky and attacked several blocks of a city was something you can't really ignore, even if it had been a few days since then. He still had a lot of questions about it himself, but he decided that for now, it wasn't important.

"Indeed!" Tenya Iida, a tall bespectacled boy with engine-like calves interjected, standing up at the front of the classroom. "Behavior such as that is intolerable in our society! Taking a life when you could've apprehended them, how shameless!"

"I don't know how exactly you would apprehend someone like that, though," Rikido Sato, a muscular boy with pronounced lips, thought aloud. "I know it was vigilantism, but that red giant did save a lot of people by killing him. What do you think, Midoriya? You are the resident hero nerd."

"Oh! Uuuum," Izuku said, as he attempted to figure out what to say, though he was swiftly interrupted.

"Are we even sure it was even human!?" Minoru cried out again. "What if it was an alien!? What if it's the sign of an invasion, and they'll conquer us and EAT US AS-"

"Settle down, people." Mr. Aizawa slid the door open, as everyone got into their seats quickly. "A ten second delay, you all could do better than that."

"Good morning, Mr. Aizawa," the class recited, as their homeroom teacher took his place at his desk. Toru Hagakure, an excitable invisible girl, furiously waved her arm to get his attention.

"Mr. Aizawa! I have a question! Why is there a new desk here next to me?" she asked, as she stuck out an invisible finger to point. Everyone's head turned, and indeed, there was a new desk that for whatever reason, they hadn't noticed until now.

"Yea, that's the top of the agenda today," he answered plainly. "We have a new transfer student today."

"What!?" the class collectively shouted, as everyone started to chatter.

"Oh my, a new student already? I bet he won't be as dazzling as moi," Yuga Aoyama said, winking as a sparkle flew from the blonde's eye.

"It's only the first week, how can we get a new student so fast?" Ochako Uraraka, a round-faced girl with a bobcut that only accentuated said-roundness, asked, her eyes wide.

"This does seem pretty unconventional," Momo Yaoyorozu, an elegant girl with a large fanned-out ponytail and bangs, added. "Maybe it's one of the other recommended students who didn't make it."

"Tch, just another extra to take out," Katsuki muttered, his gaze outside the window.

"A new student? Could this be related to what All Might talked about?" Izuku thought, as he thought back to that conversation. "Could this new student have something to do with-"

"Calm down," Aizawa said, as the chattering died down. "I know it's hard to understand, believe me, but it's a... unique situation that'll be better explained by him. Come on in."

Aizawa motioned to someone at the door, and everyone watched as their new classmate walked in. He was a slightly tall, steel blue-haired boy with messy bangs and gray eyes, with what looked to be a modestly muscular build underneath his uniform, befitting someone that worked out regularly. Nothing particularly stood out about him, save for his right sleeve being pulled up to reveal the odd silver gauntlet on his arm. It was adorned with a large stylized H on top with an equally stylized O occupying the top space of the H, and a dial laid beneath the H. On his hand was a silver-like glove with a cross that had a circle underneath it. He had a rather pleasant smile, as if he was busy taking in the fact that he was in their class.

"Go ahead and introduce yourself to the class, and answer any questions your classmates have, I'm sure they have a lot that'll take up class," Aizawa said, pulling up an orange sleeping bag to go into. The new student nodded, turning around and grabbing a piece of chalk to write down his name on the center of the board. He wrote out the name "Hiroshi Furinji" in a neat row; Momo zeroed in on his last name in particular, as she felt like she's heard it before.

"I'm Hiroshi Furinji," the steel blue-haired boy said, as he finished writing his name. "Pleased to meet all of you. Got any questions, 'cuz there's a lot to say. And don't worry, I'm not gonna lie. I talked to the teachers and other people, and we decided it's best if I'm honest about everything."

"How'd you get in?" Tsuyu Asui, a frog-like girl, asked, her expression unreadable to Hiroshi. "It's awfully early to get a transfer student, isn't it? Especially for something like the hero course."

"It is, but it's a special case for me," he replied, but before he could elaborate, he spotted Izuku's hand and pointed to him.

"What school did you come from?" he asked, as the others muttered in agreement. "Did you come from Isamu Academy High School? Ketsubetsu Academy High School? It must be prestigious enough for a student to suddenly transfer in-"

"Seto High," Hiroshi said. Izuku frowned; he's looked into all sorts of high schools with hero curriculums besides UA, but he's never heard of Seto High before. "It doesn't have a hero course," Hiroshi added, seeing Izuku's confusion, before pointing to Denki's hand.

"So if you came from a school without a hero course, that must mean you've got a crazy cool Quirk to get transferred in, right?" he said, finger gunning Hiroshi. "I bet it's like, plasma beams! Or making duplicates! Or-"

"I don't have a Quirk," Hiroshi stated plainly, the entire class freezing when he said it. Izuku couldn't believe what he was hearing; was this guy seriously saying that he had no Quirk. In front of an entire class of students who were studying to become pro heroes?

"... Pardon?" Yuga said, breaking the silence that had quickly overcame the classroom.

"I, Hiroshi Furinji, do not have a Quirk," Hiroshi said again. Izuku turned his head to look at Katsuki, who had finally took a good look at Hiroshi for the first time since he's entered. He looked like he was about to burst several veins in his head and neck from anger.

Katsuki slammed his hands onto his desk, small explosions popping from them. "Then how the hell did you get in, you Quirkless cheat!? UA only takes in the best of the best, and someone like you can't be here!"

Hiroshi's eyes narrowed as he honed in on the ash-blond boy in the back. "Oh, you're one of those guys, huh?" he muttered to himself, though he was interrupted by more students talking.

"Forgive me if I sound belittling, but it does seem strange that someone without a Quirk is transferring into UA's hero course!" Tenya said, his hands swinging about in a robotic fashion.

"What did you do to get in? Did you... did you bribe a teacher?" Minoru asked, staring at this unbelievable guy.

"You must be pretty good at fights, then," Mashirao Ojiro, a plain boy with a giant tail, said. "I mean, my Quirk's just this tail, so it's not like I'm much different from being Quirkless in a way."

"Furinji... Furinji..." Momo muttered in thought, before finally realizing where she's heard it. "Oh! Are you Fuka Furinji's twin brother? She was one of the other recommended students with Todoroki and I. I was surprised to hear that she turned down the chance to join UA."

"Whoa whoa, one at a time, guys," Hiroshi said, putting his hands up to motion for them to slow down talking. "I'll answer everything in the order I heard it; even if you didn't mean to be belittling, it was. No, I did not bribe anyone, that's way more belittling. I'm decent and getting better, but not amazing. And yea, Fuka's my little sister. Not my twin, though, she skipped a grade. She should be introducing herself to Class 1B right now, actually, she's transferring there."

"Good for her," Momo said, though she was still confused about Hiroshi's presence, especially with his admittance of being Quirkless. Tenya's face had gotten flushed with red, and he profusely apologized for the insult.

"Look, I know that this is all insane and that in any normal case, I'd be in General Studies at best," Hiroshi said, shrugging. "So I think I'll let your second new classmate introduce himself now."

Before anyone could question that, Hiroshi's eyes rolled back and closed, and he slumped over slightly, worrying some of the front row students, when he shot upright and slicked back his hair in one swift motion. He opened his eyes, and to everyone's surprise, his eyes had changed from gray to a brilliant, unearthly green.

"Hi," he said again. His voice had gained a strange reverberance, as if two people had started speaking in sync. "My name is Hero. Ultraman Hero!"

Hiroshi turned around and picked up a piece of chalk again, only this time he started to draw a strange script before Aizawa stopped him. "You're doing it again, you're writing in... 'Ultra Language'."

"Oh, right, sorry. Force of habit," Hero/Hiroshi said, before writing again underneath the strange script. He wrote "Hero" in large sprawling English letters, which, compared to the exceptional neatness of the strange script, looked like he was still practicing writing. "So, I bet you're all wondering what this is all about. Well, for starters, I'm an alien, and Hiroshi's my host."

"I KNEW IT!" Minoru screamed, startling his seatmates. "ALIENS EXIST! WE'RE BEING INVADED!"

"Calm down, Grapelad," Hero/Hiroshi said, as Minoru balked at this nickname while his classmates snickered. "Sorry if that was a little insulting. I don't know any of your names, so I'm gonna be using nicknames for a bit until we get to know each other. So any questions?"

Mina raised her hand faster than anyone else, practically leaping out of her seat. "Pink Horns?" Hero/Hiroshi said, pointing to her.

"Mina Ashido," she introduced herself, grinning wide. "So aliens do exist!? Was that giant lizard an alien!? Are you the giant red guy!? How did you shrink down and possess Furinji!?"

"Wow, excitable, I like you," Hero/Hiroshi laughed. Mina slightly blushed at getting complimented by an honest-to-god real alien, even if it was in the body of another teenager. "Yea, aliens exist. That giant lizard was an alien called Tyrannion, who's been on a rampage destroying civilizations on different planets. I am indeed the 'giant red guy', and it's one of my kind's special abilities that we can fuse with hosts we deem worthy, since the atmospheres on certain planets affect our ability to absorb sunlight for power. The physical size doesn't matter, it's the spirit that does. And this gauntlet, the Hero Hand, is proof of our new bond."

Hero/Hiroshi looked and pointed to Kyoka. "Yes, you, um... Earphone Jacks? Is that right, Hiroshi?" he said, muttering the last part.

"Kyoka Jiro. So if you really are an alien, why are you here in the first place?" she asked, propping up her head with her hand and her elbow on the desk.

"Chasing and destroying Tyrannion was my first solo mission as a rookie member of the Inter Galactic Defense Force. I hadn't expected him to land on an Earth, nor that he would be able to disrupt my physical form, which is why I had to fuse with Hiroshi," Hero/Hiroshi explained. "Yes, Mask?"

"Mezo Shoji," the tall masked multi-armed boy said. "What is this Inter Galactic Defense Force you mentioned? And what do you mean by 'on an Earth'?"

"The Inter Galactic Defense Force is a group my kind formed millions of years ago to protect all universes from all types of threats like Tyrannion. As for the 'on an Earth' comment, there are multiple dimensions, each one with their own version of Earth. But so far, this Earth's unlike anything I've learned about during my training."

Izuku's jaw dropped. This definitely must've been the secret that All Might was unable to tell him about. An alien classmate? An Inter Galactic Defense Force? Alternate Earths? It was so absurd to think, yet it all makes so much sense, since that giant lizard, Tyrannion, attacked Mustafu and it was unlike anything anyone has encountered before.

"Wait wait waitwaitwaitwait," Denki said, as he attempted to process the word babble that Hero/Hiroshi made. "How's this Earth different from other Earths?"

"Well, there aren't Quirks on a majority of them for one, Lightning Fringe," Hero/Hiroshi replied. "During my training on the Inter Galactic Defense Force, I was mostly taught that the unique powers humans had were like, boundless spirit, virtues, stuff like that. Never was it ever discussed that there would be an Earth where the majority of the population has unique abilities."

If Izuku's jaw dropped any lower it'd break through the floor. There were Earths where Quirks didn't exist? Earths that where he could be considered... normal? Hiroshi was just dropping all of these world shattering truths like nothing, how could he stay so calm saying this?

"BULLSHIT!"

Katsuki slammed his desk again, charring it once more with his explosions, as his desk neighbors jumped slightly from their chairs. His brow was furrowed, eyes bloodshot, and more veins were popping out of his head than humanly possible. "You're expecting me to believe this!? Giant aliens!? Alternate Earths!? Interstellar Protection Squad!? A Quirkless nobody getting into UA!? BULLSHIT!"

"Inter Galactic Defense Force, and no, not exactly," Hero/Hiroshi admitted. "I understand that all of this is hard to believe, but it's the truth. This was something the government, police, and the UA faculty talked over and over with me, and Hiroshi and I decided that it would be best if we were honest about everything. Besides, there is a chance that there were already aliens among you all, passing off as humans with mutation-type Quirks. This will be an open secret for both Hero Course classes. I won't be going out of my way to tell everyone about this, but I'll be willing to tell people if need be."

"STOP. LYING!" Katsuki cried out, looking ready to leap out of his chair to attack Hero/Hiroshi, though Aizawa shot upright to stare at him.

"Bakugo, calm down," he scowled, as Katsuki reluctantly sat back down. "While this is one of the strangest things to happen in recent times, we have to at least try to keep a rational mind. So hold back the attitude."

Katsuki growled in annoyance, simply turning his head to the side and grinding his teeth. "Alright, there's room for one more question, whoever gets it, make it count," Aizawa said, laying back down. All of Class 1A looked at each other, as they tried to figure out what they could possibly ask, when Izuku raised his hand.

"Yea, Green?"

"I-I-Izuku Midoriya. If you're a part of a Inter Galactic Defense Force, why are you here?" he asked, hoping this simple question was good enough.

"Oh right, I guess I never mentioned it. Well, the short answer is that my membership as an Inter Galactic Defense Force isn't recognized by any government on Earth to be a 'legal hero license'," Hero/Hiroshi said, putting up air quotes on the last few words. "But considering how Earths in all dimensions attract all sorts of alien activity, and I don't have a single doubt that there'll be more alien attacks in the future, it was decided that we would go to UA to earn an official hero license while being allowed to handle alien threats, so long as it's only aliens. We can't go after human ones without permission, which I doubt will happen often."

"There is one more reason, however. The reason why Hiroshi is here, to show the world that he's got what it takes to be a hero," Hero/Hiroshi said, as the others stared at him. "For all his life, he was told he couldn't be a hero without a Quirk. But out of all the people I saw during Tyrannion's attack, he was one of the most heroic people there. When his friend was left behind, he ran back without a second thought! When Tyrannion's beam was about to hit them both, he made sure that she was out of its path so she could survive! How can I not help him achieve his impossible dream? So here we are, and we'll prove to you all, that someone like him belongs amongst you all!"

Hero/Hiroshi grinned widely as he closed his eyes. His bangs fell forward, and he started laughing. He opened his eyes, and his eyes had turned gray. "Wow, that was a great speech, Hero. But yea, he's right on the money. My enrollment to UA might be unusual, or even unfair in some regards. But I'll prove that I deserve to be here, and I'll work ten, no, twenty times as hard to catch up to you all. And that's a promise I'm gonna keep."

"If you two are done monologuing, go to your seat so we can officially start class," Aizawa said, as Hiroshi strode over to his desk. Everyone's eyes followed the strangely confident newcomer though they eventually shifted to the front of the class. Only three remained looking at him.

Izuku couldn't stop staring at Hiroshi. He wished he had the confidence that Hiroshi seemed to have; he could've lied and said that Hero's powers were his Quirk, but instead he just straight up admitted that he didn't have one. And yet here he was, unwavering in what could've been daunting odds. How could someone like that exist?

Katsuki couldn't stop glaring at Hiroshi. What type of bullshit was this, letting a Quirkless cheater into UA? All he's doing is borrowing powers from someone else; he didn't earn his right to be there. Just the mere sight of his arrogant ass pissed him off. It was bad enough that Deku lied to him all these years about being Quirkless, but now here he is, a bonafide cheater who openly admitted his helplessness, acting as if he was an equal- no, better than him! His grip on his pencil tightened, threatening to break it into two.

Shoto Todoroki, a red and white haired boy with a large burn scar on his left eye, kept his good eye on Hiroshi. He had remained relatively quiet throughout the entire exchange, but it did peak his interest. A Quirkless person gaining great power from an outside alien source? He'll be a difficult obstacle, but one that he'll climb over, nevertheless.

"- And I look forward to getting to know you all better!" Fuka said, giving her new classmates a small, polite smile. Everyone clapped, but none clapped harder than Setsuna, who was just short of cheering loudly. Being that it was her first day there, Vlad King allowed Fuka to mingle with her fellow classmates for a bit, but not to expect this sort of courtesy in the future.

"Welcome to the Hero Course, Fuka!" Setsuna said as she walked to her desk. "Glad you could finally make it!"

"I'm just glad to be here," Fuka replied, giving a larger, more excited grin. The circumstances that got her there was still unbelievable; she pinched herself again, reminding herself it's all real. It took a while with the paperwork and getting her hero costume and gear (not to mention the preemptive training Hiroshi and Hero had to go through to make sure that they were properly prepared and how much to hold back), but now that she was here, she was going to make the most of her time.

"Hehehehe," a blond boy chuckled, catching Fuka's attention. "Not only do we have another recommended student in our class, it's a student that's skipped a grade! We have the leg up on that arrogant Class 1A, and soon we will dethrone them as number 1-"

"Um, my brother's in Class 1A," Fuka said, staring at the boy. Setsuna had warned her about him, Nato Manomo or something like that. "I don't think it's really all that important to talk about them as if they're arrogant."

"Yea, Monoma," Setsuna added, narrowing her eyes. "I'm fine with seeing them as our rivals, but I'm drawing the line at name calling like that."

"Oh, so Class 1A has their own transfer student? And it's your brother?" Neito said, as he began to scheme. "That means we have an inside man! Excellent! We'll take them down from the inside, and then we'll-"

"Is... is he really always like that?" Fuka whispered to Setsuna and some other classmates, as Neito went off on a long tangent against Class 1A and the possibility of using her brother like some sort of spy.

"After a few days you get use to it," Itsuka Kendo, an orange haired girl with a ponytail, answered, giving Neito a swift chop to the neck, knocking him out instantly. "You just gotta find the right way to stop him."

"So your brother transferred in with you?" a boy with spiky hair and a headband, Yosetsu Awase, asked. "Gotta say that's pretty lucky that both of you got in."

"Honestly, I'd say it's because of him I'm here now," Fuka said, shrugging. "A lot of things happened, and well, because of what he's asked the Principal, he got us both in."

"If your brother's here 'cuz of the Principal, he must've a really great Quirk," Kinoko Komori, a girl whose hair can generously be described as mushroom-like, said.

"Actually, he doesn't have one."

"Yep, can confirm. Hiroshi's Quirkless."

The entire class stared at the two friends as if they had grown extra limbs. Neito snapped straight up, the words having awoken him.

"... Pardon?" he said, as he leaned in, cupping his ear with his left hand, like he didn't hear them quite correctly.

"It's a little hard to explain without him here," Fuka admitted. "It's a long, slightly stressful story, involving alien possession."

"You'll find out when we have Hero Training later today," Setsuna added.

"Why-" Neito began to demand, when Vlad King yelled, "Alright, mingling time is over! It's time to officially start class, so GET IN YOUR SEATS!"

"Huh, even the cooks here are pro heroes, neat," Hiroshi said, as he walked away from the lunch line with his food tray. He scanned the lunch room for a place to sit, when he spotted Izuku, Ochako, and Tenya sitting at a table. Ochako waved at him, motioning him to join their group.

"So how's your first day at UA?" Ochako asked, as he took a seat next to her and across Izuku, who had been writing in a blue Campus notebook. From what he could see, it didn't seem like it was related to their classes, though Hiroshi waved it off as something that wasn't his business.

"It's been alright," Hiroshi said before eating some of his rice. "Pretty normal so far. I'm more curious about everyone's feelings about me, since I haven't really had a chance to talk to you guys personally."

"Still pretty unbelievable," Ochako said truthfully. "If it weren't for what happened earlier this week, and that possession thing this morning, I would've thought you were lying."

"I concur," Tenya replied, though he lowered his head to slightly glower at Hiroshi. "However, my concern is that you resorted to lethal force with Tyrannion. Was it not possible to apprehend him? And will you deal with all threats like that?"

"Hm..." Hiroshi closed his eyes as he entered deep into thought - or at rather, talking inside his head with Hero. "The answer is sort of. If the alien can be pacified or convinced to leave Earth, we'll take it. Thing is, there are a lot of aliens that are just too much of a threat to be left alive. Especially if they're gigantic like Tyrannion. Not to mention that many operate on different sets of morality than some civilizations like ours. If you're worried about us using our full powers on humans, don't. He and I have been working on that."

"Heeeeeey, there's our favorite blue-haired guy!"

Hiroshi looked over Izuku and saw Setsuna and Fuka approaching his table. There was a blond guy farther behind them, freaking out over something that Hiroshi couldn't hear, though he was immediately silenced by an orange-haired girl with a ponytail via swift chop to the neck. He waved at them, and the table made room for the two newcomers.

"This is my sister Fuka and our friend Setsuna Tokage, she's also in Class 1B," Hiroshi said, introducing them.

"Ochako Uraraka!" Ochako said, giving a big grin.

"Tenya Iida!" Tenya joined in, as he gave them an exaggerated salute.

"Um, uh, er, I-Izuku Mi-midoriya," Izuku stuttered, as he closed his notebook and looked at the two new girls. Setsuna picked up on his nervousness, and smiled mischievously.

"Oh? Do I sense some awkwardness around pretty girls?" she said, as Izuku's face turned bright red. "Well, I don't blame you, since this table has three cute girls, right?"

"Um, I-I-I-I-"

"Don't pick on him too much, Setsuna," Hiroshi said, rolling his eyes while Fuka stifled a chuckle. Ochako had turned lightly beet red, too, though no one seemed to caught that besides Setsuna, who smirked to herself. "Besides, I'd say it's more that it's talking to strangers that's got him nervous, right?"

"Y-yea," Izuku answered, relieved that Hiroshi came in to save him and his failing brain.

"So how's your second first day, Hiroshi?" Fuka asked, smiling. "Bet it was way better than Seto High."

"Definitely," Hiroshi said, nodding. "So far the morning classes had been pretty average, and only person seems to have a bone with-"

"Hey. New guy."

"Never mind." Hiroshi glanced over, and saw three people standing near their table now. One was a large guy with a big square jaw that jutted away from his face and rock-like skin. The second was a boy whose dog head and long fur-like hair was out of place on his head. The last was a girl who looked like she was made entirely out of sharp 3D polygons. "Can I help you three?"

"Daichi Ishimoto!" the square-jawed guy shouted, pointing at himself with his thumb. "Number 37!"

"Kosuke Inugami!" the dog-faced one followed, bearing his teeth. "Number 38!"

"Kirika Tahenkei!" the polygonal girl introduced herself, her circular eyes turning into triangles. "Number 39!"

"... Nice to meet you?" Hiroshi said. "What's with the numbers? Is that a sort of club you got?"

"That's our placement on the practical into UA!" Daichi yelled, slamming his stone-like fists onto the table. "We're the ones that got cut out of the Hero Course 'cuz of those dumb recommended students!"

Setsuna and Fuka narrowed their eyes at the insult, though Hiroshi took the confrontational students in stride. "Oh okay. I don't know what that has to do with me, so-"

"We want to know why a nobody like you got into the Hero Course when we didn't!" Kosuke growled, grabbing Hiroshi by the collar. Setsuna and Fuka instinctively stood up to protect him, their tablemates doing the same, Tenya ready to run to get a teacher, though Hiroshi put his hand up to stop them from interfering. "We overheard that you were Quirkless, so how'd you do it!?"

"Yea, what's the deal with that?" Kirika hissed, as her blocky polygonal fingers turned into sharp pyramids. The cafeteria turned tense as eyes from everyone settled onto the newest hero student and three General Study students. "What makes a Quirkless idiot like you so special that you're in with no strings attached?"

"Would you believe me if I said that an alien gave me powers?" Hiroshi joked, pointing to his Hero Hand. "And trust me, there are a lot more strings attached than you think there are."

"You expect us to believe that load of crap?" Daichi ground his teeth. "An alien gave you powers? What's the real answer!?"

"I already told you the truth," Hiroshi shrugged. "It's really just up to you to believe it."

"You-! I hate guys like you," Kosuke snarled, his grip tightening around Hiroshi's collar. "You think everything's a big joke! That our hard work is something to laugh at! Well, it ain't funny, asshole!"

"We worked day and night to get into UA, and here you are, getting in on some handout!" Kirika glared, as her sharp fingers went closer and closer to his face.

"Nah, that's not the big joke." Hiroshi's face went from out-of-place joviality to a frosty stare. The three were taken aback by the sudden shift in expression, though Kosuke kept his grip around Hiroshi's uniform.

"It's you three. Let me guess, you all were constantly told that your Quirks are amazing! A+ material for being heroes unlike any other! That with a Quirk like yours, that UA just has to make you into heroes! So you work and work, trying to get yourselves pumped to do well. But oh no, it turns out that your best wasn't quite up to the plate! That's something you're not used to, not being the best! So you get bitter about it, and decide that anyone else that gets in before you has to have done something scummy to do so. Well, let me tell you that yes, I got in through an unusual way, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to work hard to earn my place. I'm going to put in twenty times the effort to catch up, and I'm not about to let three bitter jerks take out their frustrations on me laying down." Hiroshi grabbed Kosuke's forearm with his left hand, squeezing it to make him let go. "Though I'd got to say, shaking down a fellow student and accusing them of cheating is one of the least heroic things a prospective hero student would want to do."

Sweat dripped from all three General Study students' faces, as others stared at them. Even teachers had started to gather to see what was going on. Daichi scoffed, and attempted to save face. "Whatever. Just know that the moment you slip up, that we're gonna take our rightful place from you. Let's go, guys."

Kosuke gave one last snarl before swiveling on his feet and walking off, with Kirika following after them, though she rotated her entire head around to give the blue-haired boy one last defiant glare before leaving the cafeteria. Hiroshi sighed, and sat back down, while everyone at the table stared at him. "Sorry, I guess I still have some bitterness myself. You deal with a lot of shit from people for being Quirkless, so you learn how to throw it back, you know?"

"You have been talking to Hound Dog, right?" Setsuna asked, as Hiroshi went back to eating as if nothing happened. "That was one of the conditions the principal gave you, you know."

"Of course I've been," Hiroshi said, swallowing his food. "It's just... you know, takes a while to get through."

"It seems like you had it tough, Furinji. I can't imagine what it's like to go through that," Ochako said. Izuku slightly froze when he heard the words. He could imagine; after all, he only got his Quirk just a few weeks ago.

"It's fine, after all, things are different now," Hiroshi replied, as he looked down at the Hero Hand. "Much more different now. And hey, when Fuka's around, call me Hiroshi."

"Well, either way, I'm impressed that you kept your composure like that," Tenya said, adjusting his glasses. "Staying levelheaded is important to being a hero. Though I would've preferred if you had let me call a teacher over to handle the situation."

"Sorry about that," Hiroshi apologized. "I just kinda wanted to actually handle a situation myself for once."

"What do you mean by that?" Izuku asked.

"Oh, it's not really important." Hiroshi waved it off, though for some reason, Fuka and Setsuna looked slightly ashamed. "That's all in the past now."

"Yea, you're right," Setsuna said, perking up a bit before grinning. "Let's get to know each other better, after all, we still got time before Hero Training, right?"

As the table moved on from the confrontation, Izuku looked at his Hero Journal, and prepared a section dedicated to Hiroshi and Hero. If aliens are real, then he was going to need to know as much as he could about them. And with their Hero Training class coming up, that was going to be the best time to see what they were capable of.

"I AM HERE!" All Might announced, dressed in spandex that was split red on his upper body and blue on his lower body, with yellow bracers, boots and belt, and a flowing blue cape. "ENTERING INTO THE ROOM LIKE A HERO!"

"Finally, All Might's here!" Hanta said, as the room filled with cheers at the sight of the Number 1 Hero, "I was thinking that you'd never get the chance to teach us!"

"Hahaha, my apologies! But I was called to help out with clean up and rescue, and that took quite a bit of time!" All Might admitted. "But enough about that! You've all been waiting too long for a proper Hero Training class! So let's start off with a Battle Training exercise! This'll take what Aizawa's taught you about sparring, and kicking it up a notch!"

All Might pulled out a remote from his belt, and pressed a button, as lockers opened from the wall on his right. "I bet you all have been waiting for this, for what's a Hero class, without costumes!?"

"Yea!" the class cheered. Finally, a chance to wear the costumes that they got to design personally to their requests and Quirks. Izuku grinned as he picked up his backpack at the same time that Hiroshi did.

"Did you get a homemade costume too, Furinji?" Izuku asked, as everyone got up to grab their costume packs and headed to the locker rooms.

"Oh no, I didn't. Most of my time was spent training with Hero than designing anything," Hiroshi admitted, though he pulled out a bracer that matched his Hero Hand. "The only thing I got done was this matching bracer. Otherwise, gonna wear an old gym outfit."

"That makes sense. So does that mean your sister doesn't-"

"She does. She's had a lot of designs and ideas, so it didn't take long, especially with the connections our parents and older siblings have."

"Connections? Does that mean that they're-"

"Who the hell are you extras?"

Izuku and Hiroshi walked into the locker room, and saw Katsuki confronting a blond boy, who they immediately recognized as the guy who was knocked out by the ponytailed orange-haired girl. "Funny, I'd ask you the same thing! What are you Class 1A students doing, intruding on our Hero Training class?" the blond boy said, accusingly.

"Oh, that's 'cuz the Hero Training classes are gonna be taught together," Hiroshi said bluntly. Every boy in the locker room turned their head towards him, Izuku stepping slightly to the side to avoid their gaze.

"What!? Why!?" the two arguing boys shouted, their ire directed towards him.

"I asked Principal Nezu to. He agreed that it was a good idea to foster comradery amongst the Hero Course students, especially in light of what happened earlier this week. Gotta work together against threats like that, you know?"

Hiroshi paid no mind to the two fuming students, walking past them to get dressed in his gym outfit. "Better get dressed, don't wanna be late to our first Hero Training class with All Might, right?"

"Wow, you all look so cool!" All Might said, complimenting on all of the Hero Course students' costumes as they walked out to Grounds B, a training area designed to simulate a normal urban area where heroes would most likely find themselves in. The Class 1A and 1B students stared at each other, though, unsure of what to make of their classes interacting so early into the semester. Izuku rushed to join them, having taken a bit too long to stare at the mirror at the costume his mother got for him. It was a green bodysuit with a hood that covered his eyes, and a mask made to look like a wide smile. He wore a utility belt around his waist, elbow and knee pads, large white gloves, and his favorite red sneakers. "Are you all ready for Battle Training!?"

"Mr. All Might, why are we sharing our Hero Training class with 1B so soon?" Mina asked, raising her hand. Her outfit was a turquoise and purple bodysuit that went up to her chest, a brown furred vest, brown boots, and a white mask over her eyes. "I didn't think we'd be training together until mid-semester, right?"

"I agree," Jurota Shishida said, adjusting his goggles. He was a tall boy with shaggy brown fur all over his body and an underbite that revealed his lower fangs, and his hero costume, for the lack of better terms, was simply brown pants, boots, and a collar around his neck. "It seems rather early for us to practice against one another, right?"

"Indeed, those are fair questions! Simply put, it was decided by the Principal and the rest of the staff that, in light of the rampage downtown earlier this week, that we need to teach you young heroes-in-training the benefits of working together! While it is true that heroes can work solo, more often then not, you'll have to work with others to save lives!" All Might explained.

"I guess that makes sense," Itsuka said, her hand on her chin. Her hero costume was a turquoise qipao with a black corset around her midsection, black shorts, and a thin black domino mask. "A giant lizard destroying several city blocks would force a lot of heroes who haven't worked together before to do so."

Katsuki scoffed to himself, crossing his arms as much as his large grenade-shaped gauntlets would let him. Like he really needed anyone's help fighting. He glared at Hiroshi, who barely returned it before looking for someone.

"Hey, Setsuna, Fuka!" he said, walking over to his friend and sister. "Your costumes turned out great, huh?"

Setsuna grinned as she turned to face him. Her costume was a blue, scaly, skintight bodysuit, with a simple belt, fingerless gloves and wrist guards, and black boots. On her face was a domino mask that matched her bodysuit. "Hey, Hiroshi! I see we're going with the simple look," she joked, poking him on the shoulder.

"Well, when you turn into a alien, it's kinda hard to decide a look for when you're human," he replied, smirking.

"You'll figure out your look soon, Hiroshi," Fuka said. Her outfit was a forest green bodysuit with a gray opened vest. Her goggles were above her eyes, and a respirator-like mask hung low around her neck, which was attached to a central backpack that had flexible metal tubes coming out of it and running down her arms and legs, and she put her shoulder-length hair into a tight bun on the back of her head, with a pointed propeller-shaped bow tying it together. The tubes were attached to gauntlets and boots with exhaust port-like barrels.

"Anyways, onwards to the exercise! Ahem," All Might said, clearing his throat. He pulled out a tiny slip of paper from his belt, and began reading off of it. "This is a training exercise called Heroes Vs. Villains with a time limit of 15 minutes! The villains will have a hidden nuclear warhead inside their hideout, and it's up to the heroes to find the warhead and take care of it! The villains will have a 5 minute head start before the 15 minutes start, so the heroes must decide between capturing the villains or securing the warhead! The heroes win if all villains are captured or the warhead is secured, while the villains win if the timer ends and they've protected the warhead or if they capture the heroes! Each person in the exercise will be given a roll of capture tape! If it's wrapped around any part of your body, you're out! Each team will be comprised of four members, two from Class 1A, two from Class 1B! But since we have two new students, we'll have two teams of five! Now, the way we'll decide that is-"

"Rock Paper Scissors Shoot!"

Everyone turned to look at Hiroshi and Fuka, who had played a quick game of Rock-Paper-Scissors, with Setsuna as the judge. Setsuna held Hiroshi's triumphant fist in the air like a boxing referee, as Fuka silently glowered at the scissors she had picked. "I wanna be on the team with Setsuna," Hiroshi said, pointing at his friend. "We're a two-for-one deal."

"Damn you scissors, you've betrayed me," Fuka muttered, crossing her arms. "I guess I'll be on a team with Uraraka- is that alright?" Ochako nodded yes, "So there's going to be a team of five with three 1B students, two 1A students, and Hiroshi's team will be a team of three 1A students and two 1B students."

"Well, I guess that matter is settled," All Might said, as robots set up four boxes. "The rest of you will be drawing lots! Form two lines of ten for each class and pick a box! Get to know your teammates, because you'll be relying on each other for this exercise!"

Each student pulled their lot, everyone searching for the teammates and gathering up, with all ten teams eventually forming.

Team A: Katsuki Bakugo, Eijiro Kirishima, Togaru Kamakiri, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu

Team B: Ochako Uraraka, Izuku Midoriya, Itsuka Kendo, Pony Tsunotori, Fuka Furinji

Team C: Minoru Mineta, Denki Kaminari, Kosei Tsuburaba, Sen Kaibara

Team D: Rikido Sato, Koji Koda, Kinoko Komori, Reiko Yanagi

Team E: Momo Yaoyorozu, Kyoka Jiro, Hiroshi Furinji, Setsuna Tokage, Yui Kodai

Team F: Tenya Iida, Hanta Sero, Juzo Honenuki, Neito Monoma

Team G: Shoto Todoroki, Yuga Aoyama, Yosetsu Awase, Nirengeki Shoda

Team H: Toru Hagakure, Fumikage Tokoyami, Shihai Kuroiro, Manga Fukidashi

Team I: Mina Ashido, Tsuyu Asui, Ibara Shiozaki, Kojiro Bondo

Team J: Mashirao Ojiro, Mezo Shoji, Jurota Shishida, Hiryu Rin

"What the hell!?" Minoru cried, tears of fury streaming down his face as he clawed at it. "Why am I on a team of all dudes!?"

"Hey, you think I like this!?" Denki said, gritting his teeth. "I was at least hoping to team up with one girl!"

"Hey, Furinji," Kosei Tsururaba, a brown-haired boy with odd elliptical eyes and pupils, said, putting his right hand on Hiroshi's shoulder. "Can you do a guy a favor and swap places with me?" he asked, a single tear rolling down his cheek.

"Oh god, I'm on a team of idiots," Sen Kaibara, a handsome sharp-eyed boy whose hero costume had drill-like patterns on it, groaned, pinching his forehead.

"What!? No far! He's in our class!" Denki said, pulling him away from Hiroshi. "He should be trading places with me!"

"That's right! Why does the new guy get to be on a team with four girls!?" Minoru fumed, pointing accusingly at the confused boy. "We have seniority over you, we should be getting the harem!"

"Okay, that last part just makes me very concerned, and not want to swap with any of you," Hiroshi said flatly. "Also, don't call my team a harem. Ever."

"What? Don't you like having four beautiful girls all to yourself, Hiroshi?" Setsuna said, a mischievous smile spreading across her face. Momo and Kyoka blushed at the comment, though Yui, a stoic black-haired girl, simply went "Mm."

"Please do not encourage those three," Hiroshi sighed, though he did chuckle a little as Minoru, Denki, and Kosei all broke down into furious rambling amongst one another. They refocused onto Izuku, who also had a "harem team", as he only stammered and backed away as much as he could from them. Fuka just laughed at the scene, though she quickly stopped when All Might spoke again.

"Now that the teams are all set, let's get down to the first match!" He shoved his hands into two boxes, one labeled as "Villains" and the other labeled as "Heroes". He pulled out one ball from each box.

"Heroes! Team E! Villains! Team E- oops, hold on," he said, realizing he had pulled out a second ball marked E. He tossed it aside, as the students struggled to hold back snickers. "Villains! Team A!"

"Villains! Head into the building! Because the heroes have one more member, you'll be given an extra minute of prep time, meaning you'll have six minutes instead! It might not seem like much, but you'll be impress with how much you can do with it! Heroes! When the six minutes are up, you go inside! The rest of us, follow me! We will be watching them through CCTV!"

As All Might handed each of the students earpieces and diagrams of the building, Katsuki frowned; he wanted to remind Deku of his place, and his chance had vanished. The upside to this though was that he was fighting the cheater's team, so he'll just take to beating him senseless to show that he doesn't deserve to be at UA. He turned to glare at the boy before entering the building, when he saw that he had his back turned on him, talking to his teammates, only glancing behind him once to throw Katsuki a defiant stare. The cheater didn't even have the courage to look him straight in the face! This will be much easier than he thought, but that didn't mean he wasn't going to enjoy taking his time.

Original AO3 Notes:

- Yea, I decided to take the plunge and go ahead with making this a concurrent series with "Building Up A Hero!". - I figure that Class 1A would have a lot of questions about Hero and everything, and I wanted to show how the students that were the closest to getting into the hero course would feel about Hiroshi getting it (not to mention my own curiosity about how they feel not getting in, if they hadn't applied to other schools), so that's why this is a pretty dialogue heavy chapter. Unfortunately, this ended up making it really long, so I'm splitting it into two. We'll be getting some action soon enough.
- I wanted to get to Hiroshi's introduction to the UA Hero students, so a lot of what happened between the first day of UA and Hiroshi's transfer into UA are in flashbacks. So some of it might come off as pulling things out of nowhere, but rest assured, it's not. That, and I COULD NOT resist titling the second chapter of this as "Second First Day" 'cuz while it may be the second chapter, it IS the first chapter after the "pilot" chapter, so I thought it was fitting. We'll be building his relationship with them soon enough.
- Since we're meeting the class after a few days after the Tyrannion incident, I chose to make it so that they all pretty much know each other, even with the delay of All Might's Villains Vs. Heroes exercise, and since we already know them, I didn't want to linger on establishing their relationships to each other. The delay does affects Izuku's current standing, as while his classmates like him enough, he hasn't gotten the respect he gets from the exercise yet. Why weren't Ochako and Tenya talking to him directly before class? I'll admit, I didn't think of a conversation they could have.
- Initially the chapter started off at the classroom already and from Izuku as the intended viewpoint character, but reading it over, I realized how very little he actually did in the beginning and that it was more the class overall that was the focus, so I decided that I needed to add that section of Izuku's call with All Might. I did reference it in the original opening, so I thought it'd be good if I expanded on that instead of living it vague.
- If you're wondering if it's the French pronunciation I'm using for "pardon", it is. You think I'm going to use the English one for the character who's entire schtick is that he's part French? As for Neito saying it, yes, it is too. Gotta stay consistent right?
- I didn't really intend on putting Hiroshi on a team of mostly girls. I knew I wanted him on Setsuna's team, and I thought Yui would be fun 'cuz she's an Ultraman shoutout (initially it was Pony but then I remember Yui's costume). I picked Kyoka 'cuz I thought she'd be interesting as Hiroshi's teammate, while the last one I kept swapping around. At first it was Izuku, but then I thought that it would've been focused on Hiroshi, so I ended up deciding that Izuku would get his time to shine on a different team. But as I was coming up with teams, I realized that I could put the three perverts on the same team, and that it'd be an extra blow to them if it were Momo, so that's what I did. I personally find it funny, but I get it if others don't. Though Momo being his teammate actually really works out in a way.
- Fuka's bun is based on Skyla's from Pokemon, but on the back of her head rather than the side, if you need help visualizing it more.
- So I was looking up stuff about Class 1B characters, and I found out that Bondo's voice actor's name is Hiroshi Kamiya, who I forgot was a real person. I chose "Kamiya" to continue the "Quirkless people have wood/land-related surnames" like Midoriya (Kamiya being 'god valley' over Midoriya's 'green valley', and it was a reference to Taichi and Hikari Kamiya from Digimon Adventure, which I love), and Hiroshi 'cuz of how it sounds similar to "hero". I'm going to go back and change the name to "Furinji", 'cuz while I initially wanted to keep Kamiya, the more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable I got about it. In this case, Furinji's gonna be a reference to Miu Furinji from Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple, one of my favorite mangas of all time. And it still works, 'cuz "rin" can mean "forest", and "fu" actually refers to the fact that his family's Quirks are all wind-based. And hey, it's still pretty early on, so a change like this shouldn't be too difficult.

NEW NOTES:
- So since I'm still new to using , I thought I had to delete the chapter to replace it with the new edited version. Turns out I don't. Oops. Well, either way I uploaded the chapter. My bad.