"Well, this is a good look, I think," Hiroshi said, as he looked at himself in the mirror. He was wearing a plain yellow shirt with a blue star on the center, a white vest, and gray baggy cargo pants. His shoes were white with blue accents. On his left wrist, he wore a black sweatband. Around his neck was the backstage pass's lanyard.

"I wouldn't know, Ultras don't really have idols like you do. We have music, but nothing like idols," Hero said. "So this will be an interesting experience."

"Yea, never been to a concert myself, so it'll be something new for all of us," Hiroshi added, as he went to the commons area and waited for everyone on the couch.

"Hey, Hiroshi, Hero!" Setsuna said, as she and Fuka walked towards him. Setsuna was dressed in a big black shirt that was cut at the midriff, a green tank top underneath, blue jeans, and platform shoes. Fuka was dressed in a pink shirt, a purple vest, a black skirt, and black tennis shoes. Both of them had penlights around their wrists. "You ready to go to your first concert ever!?"

"I guess," Hiroshi shrugged. "What're the penlights for?"

"You wave them around while the idol's dancing and singing," Fuka said, turning the penlight on and waving it around. "Don't you remember the drilling that Kaminari, Tsururaba, and Mineta gave us?"

"No."

"Yes."

"Went in one ear and out the other."

"I paid complete attention to what they said. I told you that you needed to get a penlight."

Soon, everyone came downstairs, excluding Katsuki and Togaru, both of whom declined to join (in Katsuku's own words, "I'm not about to let myself get fucking indebted to Furinji for anything, especially for something stupid like an idol"). All of the girls were dressed up in varying ways.

Ochako and Tsuyu were the plainest, just wearing normal T-shirts and shorts. Mina was dressed like she was ready to party, with a shirt with torn sleeves, fishnet stockings, short shorts, and converses. Kyoka was dressed similarly, though with a black skirt, a form-fitting black long sleeved shirt underneath, and boots. Toru was wearing a blue shirt with a short gray vest, and a gray skirt with velcro-strap shoes. Momo was dressed in a dress shirt, a long red skirt, black stockings, and boots. Yui was dressed similarly, though her skirt was plaid instead. Kinoko was dressed in a big frilly dress with a headband with a couple of decorative plastic mushrooms on it. Reiko was dressed in a purple sleeveless turtleneck sweater and a tan skirt. Itsuka was dressed in a light blue dress, combat boots, and her favorite green bomber jacket. Ibara was dressed in a yellow dress with a big tan shawl over her shoulders and church shoes. And finally, Pony wore a T-shirt with the bottom tied up to show her midriff, one of her custom blue jeans, a big pair of sunglasses, and a bunch of bracelets on her wrists.

Most of the boys on the other hand were dressed in T-shirts and shorts. Yuga was one of the exceptions, being dressed in a frilly white shirt, tight black pants, and boots with high-heels. Tenya as well, who was dressed in a button-up long sleeved shirt and khaki pants with brown leather shoes. Everyone had penlights in their pockets or bags.

"Wow, I feel like the girls might be slightly overdressed while the boys are underdressed," Hiroshi said, noting the stark contrast between them all when his eyes landed squarely onto Minoru. "And I think you need to take some things off."

He was wearing a shirt that had Rin Kagamine's name written down in large characters, a vest with buttons, pins, and patches that had her image on them, a headband that had 'Rin Kagamine's Biggest Fan' across them, and presumably as much of her merch hidden in the vest's pockets. On the back of his vest was the image of a blond aqua-eyed girl with shoulder-length hair, and a big white hair bow attached to a headset.

"Yea, that's a bit too much," Denki said, who opted to go with a T-shirt that had a big image of Rin Kagamine on the back, Kosei mimicking him.

"Are you kidding!? I need to show my appreciation for her!" Minoru said, disgusted. "And you call yourselves fans!"

"Well, either way, we're all ready, no point in changing now, so let's get onto the buses," Hiroshi said, pointing to the buses waiting outside for them, with All Might (in his skinny form) and Midnight standing in front of them. "It was real nice for Principal Nezu to let us use the buses and All Might and Midnight agreeing to drive us there."

"Can't wait to meet up with Tsubasa and the others!" Setsuna said, grinning.

"Who's joining us, again?" Fuka said.

"Kamio, Tamayama, Toyoda, Hamasaki, and Marukawa," Hiroshi recalled. "Kamio and Tamayama thought it would be a nice date, Hamasaki likes idols, and Toyoda and Marukawa have also never been to an idol concert, so they wanted to experience it, too. Everyone else turned it down."

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Setsuna said, grabbing the blue-haired boy by the wrist and dragging him out the door.

"Hey you guys!" Tsubasa said, waving to the big group of Hero Course students. She was dressed like how she was in the old pictures, with big leg warmers, hair clips, a short skirt, a button-up shirt with the top two undone, and a loose tie.

"So she's the only one who kept up with your kogal days?" Ochako said.

"Yep! I just like it a lot, even if it seems a little over the top," Tsubasa said, sticking her tongue out.

"Thanks again for inviting us," Sun'Ichi said. He was dressed in an outfit similar to his hero costume, though instead of a newsboy cap, he wore a beret. "Been meaning to go on an outing like this with Makino for a while."

"Yea, super cool of you to give us those tickets!" Makino said, bouncing up and down. She was dressed in an orange shirt, short overalls, and yellow sneakers. "I always love a good concert!"

"I've never been to an idol concert, so this will be exciting!" Gumi said, bouncing up and down. She was dressed in a one-sleeved midriff-baring top, sweatbands around her wrists, and jeans that were rolled up to the knee with converses.

"I'll admit, the people I've been seeing are... odd," Machiko said, crossing her arms. She wore a midriff-baring camo top that showed her surprisingly toned abs and baggy green pants with combat boots, with her shoulder-length hair tied into a back ponytail. She stared at the men who were eyeing the big group, and then to Denki, Kosei, and Minoru, who were staring at her abs. "But it's whatever, I think it'll be fun."

"It will be, I love idols!" Saaya said, wearing a top with Rin Kagamine's symbol with the bottom hem tied into a knot like Pony's, with biker shorts and tennis shoes. "I even bought some extra penlights for anyone who needs them!"

"Can you hand one to Hiroshi? He doesn't have one," Fuka said, pointing to her brother.

"Sure!" she said happily, handing one to him.

"Thanks," Hiroshi said, pocketing the penlight. "Now let's get-"

"HEY!"

Hiroshi looked up, and saw a tall reptilian-like man stomping towards him. He would be frightening if he wasn't adorned head to toe with Rin Kagamine merch. "Why do you have a backstage pass!? I couldn't find any VIP packages online for this special concert!"

"Oh, I got a package from Rin Kagamine with a bunch of tickets, so I-"

"Bullshit! This has to be fake!" the man said, as he went to snatch the pass from Hiroshi.

"Hey hey hey, back off! I'm not lying!" Hiroshi said, as he took several steps back. "She really did send it to me, so-"

"What's going on here!?" a security guard said, spotting the trouble.

"Good thing you're here, sir," the man said, pointing at Hiroshi. "This kid's got a fake backstage pass, and I'm-"

"Oh, are you that Ultraman Hero guy?" the security guard asked, as he looked at a slip of paper. "You're the only one listed that got a backstage pass here."

"Yep," Hiroshi said, holding up his Hero Hand. "Name's Hiroshi Furinji."

"Don't lie!" the man said, grabbing Hiroshi's arm to try and pull off the Hero Hand. "This has to be a fake too!"

"Ow ow ow ow ow! This is a part of my arm, jerk! Let go!" Hiroshi said, as he started to punch the reptilian man's huge hand. The security guard, Mezo, Jurota, Machiko, Sen, Eijiro, and Tetsutetsu joined in on trying to pry the man away from Hiroshi.

"Back off, dude!" Eijiro said, clinging onto the reptilian man's buff arm. "This is the single most unmanly thing to do!"

"Yea, piss off!" Tetsutetsu added, trying to pull off his fingers around Hiroshi's Hero Hand.

"I hate to get into a scrap with a fellow reptilian, but I'll do it!" Machiko shouted.

"Backup! I need backup at the front!" the security guard shouted into a radio on his shoulder.

"Give me that backstage pass!"

"What's going on here?"

Everyone turned to face a sharply-dressed blond boy who looked eerily similar to Rin Kagamine. In his hand was a bag of drinks. "I'm Len Kagamine, Rin's twin brother and her and our parents' assistant. Mind explaining?"

"This guy's got a fake backstage pass!"

"How is it fake!? The guard literally said there's only one name on the list and that's me! Now let go of my Hero Hand! It's a part of my arm!" Hiroshi said, as he continued to punch the clawed hand. "Let GO!"

"It's true, Rin personally sent that backstage pass and tickets to Hiroshi Furinji and Ultraman Hero," Len said, approaching the man. "I know, I was the one that sent them. If you continue to make a disturbance, I'm afraid I'll have to get the proper authorities involved and escort you off the premises."

The reptilian man grumbled and glowered as he released Hiroshi's arm, and stormed off to get back in line. Hiroshi rubbed his Hero Hand. "Thanks for the save, man."

"It's no trouble. After all, the reason why I know that's real is because she only had the one backstage pass made for this particular concert. Not to mention that she's been super eager to meet you," Len said, as he eyed the Hero Hand. "So that's what allows you to transform? And you said that it's a part of your arm?"

"Yea," Hiroshi said. "A lot of Hero's race use special devices with their hosts to transform, and most of them are handheld. But he chose to use a bracer-type instead, since a few Ultras have had their devices taken or temporarily lost, and he didn't want that to happen with us. I tried making it disappear, but that's been something I've been having problems with."

"That's how it works!?" Denki said. "Your arm has to smell real nasty by now!"

"I mean, hopefully it won't," Hiroshi said, shrugging. "I think at this point, it's just a part of my arm rather than a device on its own."

"Would explain why you never seem to take it off..." Juzo said, realizing that he's never seen Hiroshi without the Hero Hand.

"Regardless, I should make it up to you all," Len said, clapping his hands together. "Since you all have front row seats to Rin's concert, I'll personally take you all there right now. No need to check your tickets, since I recognize most of you, and I assume that the ones I don't are the extra ticket holders."

"Yep, here you go," Tsubasa said, as she and the other Isamu students showed them the tickets they were given.

"Is that alright, Mr. Security Guard?" Len asked.

"Of course," the guard said, as Len led them all into the stadium.

"Hey, since you're giving us apologies, maybe you could get us all backstage-" Minoru began to say, before Fuka and Setsuna kicked his butt.

"It wasn't you that got harassed, Mineta!" Fuka said.

"Yea, and we're already super lucky that she's giving us front row seats!" Setsuna added.

"So why did she decided to give me these tickets and this backstage pass?" Hiroshi asked.

"Like the note said, she wanted to really meet you," Len answered, his gaze pointing away from Hiroshi for a quick second. "After all, you are the World's First Alien Hero like that MC at the Sports Festival said."

"I guess..." Hiroshi said. "Well, it's awfully nice of her to do this! I'll have to thank her for them when the concert's over and we talk."

"Of course," Len said, as he pointed to the sectioned off area dedicated to the UA Hero Course students and their Isamu friends. "Enjoy the show!"

"What a nice guy," Ochako said, as Len walked away. "Wonder if he performs, too."

"Can't be," Denki said, shrugging. "Rin Kagamine's been a solo act. He's probably not that great at singing or dancing."

"Sharply dressed, though," Sun'Ichi said. "Guy knows how to wear a suit."

"You never know," Hiroshi said, looking at Denki. "Can't always judge a book by a cover."

A While Later...

"Hi everyone!" Rin Kagamine said, running onto the stage waving at everyone. The blond aqua-eyed girl was wearing a sleeveless sailor uniform-like outfit that showed off a bit of her stomach, with a yellow bow around her neck, white skirt-like shorts, white leg and arm warmers, and white sneakers with yellow soles. Like most of her pictures that Hiroshi saw of her, she was wearing a headset with a big white bow on top. "I'm so glad you all could make it here tonight! I know it's a smaller crowd than usual, since this is a surprise special concert!"

The stadium cheered as penlights waved around. Hiroshi and the other UA students mimicked Saaya, who was giving them pointers about how to participate in an idol concert.

"I'm so excited to be here in Mustafu! I've been wanting to come here for a long time!" Rin said, as she walked a bit around the stage. "You see, I've been wanting to meet Hiroshi Furinji and his alien Ultraman Hero! This special concert's came about for me to show him some thanks for saving Japan from all those scary aliens! He's a special guest here!"

"Oh, huh, I guess that's why I hadn't heard about this concert beforehand," Denki said, as he thought back to when he searched online to see when she announced this surprise special concert and why.

"Mr. Furinji! Mr. Ultraman Hero! Say hi to everyone!" Rin said, spotting him in the seat that he was given. A cameraman zoomed in onto Hiroshi, showing him on the big screens. He gave him an awkward smile and wave.

"Aw, you can do better!" she said. She poked the corners of her lips and pulled them up, giving a toothy smile. "After all, this is a special concert for you!"

Hiroshi laughed and gave a more genuine smile and wave as the stadium cheered. "That's it! And now with that out of the way, let's have some fun!"

Rin took a deep breath. The lights dimmed, before flashing back on with the spotlights focusing on her.

"He-he-he-hey, hey, could you wait, a minute?
I'm sorry, just one little moment of your time?
Hey, just one second! Hey, for a little while?
I only want to spend some time with you."

The cheer waved their penlights and cheered, as Hiroshi followed everyone else.

"You, my little childhood friend
Before I knew it I'm looking up toward you
When I saw the smile on your face
When the blue sky was behind you
Why was my heart thumping so loudly?"

Hiroshi smiled as she sang more songs. He was getting into this. This was nice, being in a concert. It was a different experience watching recorded concerts or music videos or just listening to CDs. Maybe he should go to more in the future.

"I just don't understand, what you want from me
I just can't comprehend, my feelings yeah
And if I don't notice a thing, it will be okay
You won't steal my heart today!"

"Hiroshi!" Hero said, slightly catching the teen off guard.

"Is something wrong?"

"I... I sense a hostile alien nearby!"

"What!?" Hiroshi said aloud, catching his friends' attention.

"Is something wrong Hiroshi?" Setsuna asked.

"Where's the alien!?" Hiroshi said, as he glanced everywhere he could.

"Whoa, an alien!? Here!?" Kosei said.

"But why?" Izuku asked.

"It's... it's in the stage's catwalk!"

Hiroshi looked up at the stage catwalk, and noticed that they were starting to become lopsided. A stage light fell down, crashing a few feet away from Rin, who stopped performing upon seeing it fall.

"What the-?" she said, when the rest of the catwalk began to fall. People began to scream, and everyone on stage began to ran off, except for Rin, who was directly underneath the metal railings. She covered her face with her arms, screaming in fear.

"Hold your hand and call out-!"

"HEROOOOO!"

Hero in Muscle Hercules appeared, and jumping from the front seat he was in, grabbed the rafters, keeping it from landing on the idol. "Go! I got this!"

Rin looked up and stared at Hero before nodding, and ran towards the front of the stage, where stagehands and security helped her off. When everyone was offstage, Hero landed onto the floor, and set aside the fallen catwalk. Hero walked towards the ends of the catwalk, and examined them. He looked up to the ceiling of the stadium's stage. The alien presence he felt was gone.

"The railings and supports... even the floor... they've been cut through," Hiroshi said, noticing how clean the cuts were on both ends. "There's no doubt about this. That alien you sensed sabotaged the-"

"Mind explaining why you decided to play hero?"

Hero looked behind him, and noticed a pro behind him, arms crossed and foot tapping. "I could've handled that. Plus, you don't have a license or permission to handle things like this, right?"

"Well, you see, I sensed an a-" Hero began to say, when Rin climbed back onto the stage.

"Don't get angry at him!" Rin said, coming to Hero's defense. "The truth is... the truth is that I also wanted his help..."

Hero looked at her, as the pro hero and the Hero Course students looked at her with confusion.

Later, Backstage

"So, care to explain why you involved one of our students?" Aizawa said, sighing. He and Principal Nezu were called to come and talk with Rin and her people, with Hiroshi, Midnight, and All Might (in his muscle form) sitting with them. The Hero Course students were all waiting outside the door (much to Denki's, Kosei's, and Minoru's jealousy and frustrations).

"Well, you see..." Rin said, pushing her fingers together.

"Rin got this letter without a sender's address several weeks ago," Len explained, pulling out a folded up piece of paper. "We tried to get the police to help, but they wrote it off as some prank. It's... a seemingly random assortment of symbols, but Rin thought it was more than that. That it might be an alien writing this. We planned this special concert in order to get your attention. We just didn't think that this would actually attract an attacker."

He handed the letter to Hiroshi, who unfolded it. True to his words, the paper was full of strange symbols that no one understood. Except for one person.

"This is Multiversal Script," Hero explained. "There's a group of planets across the multiverse that adapted a standard form of writing and speaking in order to ease communications, though not every planet or universe uses it. But there's enough that I can't tell where this came from exactly. I can tell you what it says, however."

"Hero says you're correct, this is an alien script," Hiroshi repeated. He looked over it, as Hero read it to him.

"'Dear wretched idol, I am coming to end your incessant existence. You are by far, the worst idol I have experienced. If you continue to perform, I will cut you down. I will not rest until you are dead'. Damn, talk about unconstructive and unhelpful criticism."

"So some alien wants me dead!?" Rin said, her hands covering her horrified mouth, tearing up. "I... I don't know what I did to deserve that! I just- I just wanted to sing and dance-"

"Do not fret, Young Miss Kagamine!" All Might said, patting Hiroshi's shoulder hard. "Young Mr. Furinji here will take care of this terrible assailant for you!"

"Yea, there's no way I'm gonna let an alien come to Earth and terrorize anyone. Especially for a reason like that," Hiroshi said, nodding.

"I... Thank you," Rin said, giving Hiroshi a small smile as she wiped her eyes on her arm warmers. "But... but is there a place where I could stay that's safe? After what happened today, I... I don't feel safe staying in my hotel now that I know an actual alien wants me dead."

"And I won't leave my sister's side," Len said, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder. "I can't leave her side, especially knowing that there's an alien out there that wants her dead."

"Well, there are the UA dorms," Hiroshi proposed. "It's one of the safest places from aliens, especially since Hero helped with improving the security system."

"That sounds like an excellent idea!" Principal Nezu said, nodding. "After all, Mr. Furinji and Mr. Hero have been given special permissions to fight aliens, so I think that any alien assassin might be deterred with them around!"

"Really? Thank you thank you thank you!" Rin said, getting up to shake the small creature's paw.

"You three should ride with me and Principal Nezu," Aizawa said, looking at them. "I'm sure that this alien is going to go after any vehicle that might obviously have Kagamine in it, so it'll be better if we went in one that's unmarked. Pack lightly, Kagamine, since this isn't going to be a permanent stay."

"Got it, sir," Hiroshi said, nodding. He turned to Rin, and stuck out his hand. "Let's get going, shall we?"

Rin blushed at the offered hand, and nodded as she took a grasp of it.

At the UA Dorms

"So this is what the UA dorms look like?" Rin said, as she looked around the commons area. "This is real nice!"

"Yea, it's all thanks to Uraraka's," Hiroshi said, pointing to Ochako. "His company's the one that helped build them."

"Really? That's so cool!" Rin said, as Ochako blushed from embarrassment.

"Y-Yea, my dad did a great job on this place!" Ochako laughed, as Rin kept looking around.

"So I assume we're going to have to be separated onto the different sides, huh?" Len asked, as he rolled his and Rin's luggage inside. "I can't imagine you'd allow me onto the girl's side of either class or Rin onto the boy's side."

"Yes," Aizawa said, as he pulled out two room keys. "As long as you're here, you need to abide by our rules. You'll be staying on the 1A side of the dorm. They already have beds, desks, chairs, individual A/C units, and half-baths. We'll come by to hand you bedsheets and pillows later. Baths and laundry are on the first floor."

"Thanks so much again, sir," Len said, taking the keys. "Come on, Rin, let's get to our rooms."

"This is so exciting!" Rin said, as she grabbed her luggage and headed off to the 1A girl's side. "See you later, Len!"

Len nodded, and the two went into the elevators, waving each other off.

"You know, of all things I'd expected, I didn't think we'd be hosting an idol here," Hiroshi said, turning his head to face the others, only to notice Minoru, Denki, and Kosei glaring at him. "Something wrong?"

"Why do you get all the special treatment!?" Minoru cried, veins popping off his head. "You got to ride with Rin Kagamine here!"

"How do you do it, you smooth talkin' son of a bitch!?" Denki said, lightly punching Hiroshi. "You gotta let us in on your luck!"

"It's not fair! Let us have some moments!" Kosei added, joining in. Everyone started to laugh at the scene, though Setsuna puffed her cheeks out indignantly, and Yui just sighed softly to herself.

"Hey, quit it!" Hiroshi said, blocking their hands from his face. "This isn't a fun time! I have to be on guard for an alien assassin!"

"Yea, are you going to do that, Hiroshi?" Fuka asked, coming to the realization. "That's got to be a 24 hour job! I doubt aliens have the same sleeping cycle as humans."

"That's true," Momo said, thoughtfully. "And there's the possibility that this assailant might appear when we least expect it."

"I'd suggest that we'd take shifts on protecting her, but we'd need those special alien defense licenses," Tenya said, adjusting his glasses.

"At least Principal Nezu, All Might, and Detective Tsukauchi are having that last meeting with the Hero Public Safety Commission tomorrow," Izuku pointed out. "But yea, how are you going to protect the Kagamines?"

"Well, I was thinking that Hero and I could just swap control over my body," Hiroshi answered. "Unfortunately, Hero said that while our minds would be well-rested if we do that, that my body won't. But considering that this is technically UA, and we're allowed to use our Quirks, maybe we can take shifts, Iida."

"It's a smart idea, even if UA's security's alien proof," Fuka said. "Since the Kagamines are in the 1A side, we'd need one group to guard her room and another group for Len's room. And I bet we'd need a third group to monitor the commons area. I think we'll need to take hour long shifts for this. Let's do this in groups of three-"

"I'll guard first!" Denki, Minoru, and Kosei said at the same time.

Minoru grumbled as he and Denki sat outside of Len's temporary room, with Kosei the only one pacing around, on guard. "This is terrible... why are we guarding the wrong Kagamine and Hiroshi gets the right one!? Not only that, he's with Tokage and Uraraka!"

"Because she's the target, and he's the one with the giant alien that can fight off against a real evil alien?" Denki asked, a charging cable hanging out of his mouth that was attached to a wall outlet. "Man, that's a sentence I don't think I'll ever get used to."

"I feel like we're focusing on the wrong thing here, and should be focusing on the fact that we need to defend people from an alien assassin!" Kosei pointed out.

"Hey, I am focused," Denki said, pointing to the charging cable in his mouth. "And let's not shout now, considering Bakugo's on this floor, and he'll probably yell at us for making a lot of noise."

The three resumed their silence, while Minoru grumbled about the unfairness of it all, leaning against Len's door, when he heard him talking.

"Huh? What's he talking about this late?" Minoru said, as he pressed his ear against the door.

"Hey, what are you-" Denki started to ask.

"Ssh! I'm trying to hear him!" Minoru whispered, as Denki and Kosei shrugged to each other, and pressed their ears against the door as well.

"Listen... I need this to happen..." Len's muffled voice said. "This has to happen..."

"What the heck is he talking about?" Kosei muttered. "I can't hear everything..."

"What 'has to happen'?" Denki said thoughtfully. "The concert?"

"It might make for a crazy headline... But I'll do whatever it takes..."

"'Make for a crazy headline'?" Minoru whispered, when a dreadful idea came into his mind. "Do... do you think he's plotting Rin's murder!?"

"Going for the nuclear option right away, are we?" Kosei said.

"What else would be a crazy headline!? This is all some sort of devious plot to make Rin Kagamine one of those idols who died too soon!" Minoru muttered.

"How would he contact an alien assassin for that, though?" Denki asked.

"He probably just thought of hiring a regular assassin, and it just turned out to be an alien!" Minoru theorized. "Hero said that since our Earth has Quirks, that aliens might've just been living here by passing off humans with mutant-type Quirks!"

"I... guess that makes sense," Kosei said, his hand on his chin. "Still, seems like a big stretch, don't you think?"

"Stretch or not, I guess it won't hurt to keep an eye out for strange things..." Denki said, crossing his arms. "Think we should tell Hiroshi and the others?"

"No, they'll just write us off as being nuts," Minoru muttered. "We can't afford to mess this up! This is our chance to show Rin Kagamine that we-"

"Oh, so we're just impressing her, huh?" Kosei said, realizing where Minoru was going at.

"What else!? It's our time to shine!" Minoru answered. "Hiroshi's taken the spotlight for too long!"

"I dunno, this is alien business, I think he and Hero need to-" Denki said, unsure.

"I'm not saying we're gonna fight the alien, are you nuts!?" Minoru said. "Those two can fight it, we can handle a regular human!"

"I... alright, if you're going to be insistent on this, we'll keep this to ourselves," Kosei said, leaning against the wall.

"Good! This is our personal mission!" Minoru said, rubbing his hands together. "This time, we'll be the heroes of the day!"

Elsewhere...

"I have another job for you," a figure said, phone pressed against his ear. The room was dark, with only the light of a laptop's screen illuminating the room. It was stuck on an article's headline, 'Wires Cut; Stage Catwalk Nearly Falls on idol Rin Kagamine. Ultraman Hero to the Rescue'. "Someone... someone is out there trying to kill my Rinny!"

"I saw. A pretty showy way to try killing someone," a voice said on the other side of the phone. "I hate the idea of killing another assassin, but considering what you're paying, I can live with it. He shouldn't be a match against me."

"You better! I'm paying you good money to take him out!" the figure said. "He won't be getting away with this! No one who hurts my Rinny will!"

"What I'm worried about is that Ultraman. If he's involved, that's a big problem. I've killed plenty of people since I came here, so there's no way I'm going to be spared. If you want me to fight him, it's gonna cost six times the amount you pay me normally. Including the down payment. Otherwise I'm booking it the second he appears."

"S-Six times the normal amount!?"

"Hey, Ultras are ridiculously powerful, even if they're beatable and have weaknesses. There are aliens who'd willingly risk their lives fighting them. Not me. I'm not stupid. So either six times the amount, or I'm gonna leg it."

"F-fine, any amount of money will be worth protecting my Rinny!"

"Good. It seems like they're keeping wherever your 'Rinny' is currently at under wraps. Make sense considering what happened. I'll wait until she holds another concert, since I doubt this assassin's aware of where she is, too."

"Alright. Just keep an eye peeled for her, alright!?"

"Of course."

The figure hung his phone up, and slumped against his chair. "Over 50 million yen... how am I gonna get that much in such a short time!?"

Sunday Morning

"Hey Hiroshi, you doing alright?" Pony asked, as Hiroshi walked into the commons area, yawning. He was joined by Momo and Itsuka, who were relatively more well-rested.

"Yea, just a bit tired," Hiroshi said, rubbing his eyes. "I'll be better after eating some breakfast and a shower."

Soon, everyone came pouring into the commons room, with Rin coming down chatting with Ochako and Kyoka.

"- Your parents are so cool, Jiro!" Rin said, as Kyoka blushed. "Every time we came across each other at our distributor, they were always so nice and helpful!"

"T-Thanks," Kyoka replied, fiddling with her earlobes. "It's a little embarrassing whenever I see them perform, especially whenever my dad takes off his shirt."

"Sounds like you're getting pretty situated here," Hiroshi said, smiling a bit before yawning again.

"I can't thank you enough for doing this for me, Hiroshi!" Rin said, before covering her mouth a bit. "Oh, uh, sorry, I didn't-"

"Nah, I'm cool with you calling me by my first name," Hiroshi answered, shrugging.

"Oh! If that's the case, you can call me by my first name too!" Rin said, a toothy grin spreading across her face. "Especially since Len's around here, too."

"Alright, if that's fine with you," Hiroshi said, when the elevator opened, and Len walked out, followed by Denki, Minoru, and Kosei. "Speaking of whom, how're you doing here?"

"Pretty good, I had a good night's sleep. Thanks for asking," Len said, popping his shoulder joint. "Can't say the same for those three, though.

"Damn, you guys look like crap, what happened?" Hiroshi said, turning towards the three when he saw the giant sleep-deprived bags under their slightly bloodshot eyes, mussed up hair, and red marks on their face from what looked like they were slapping each other.

"Those idiots insisted on standing guard in front of his room the entire night instead of changing shifts," Sen said, pinching his forehead. "Awase, Shoda, and I tried to get our shift, but no, they kept saying that they could handle it."

"And we did!" Minoru said, propped against the couch to avoid falling over.

"You guys, that defeats the entire purpose of having shifts," Hiroshi sighed.

"Yea, what if the alien assassin had appeared?" Fuka said, crossing her arms. "You three would've been taken out pretty bad."

"But we did it! We stayed vigilant," Denki said, yawning before falling over onto the backrest of a couch.

"Yea... yea we're good..." Kosei followed, taking a seat on the couch. "We... we..."

Kosei slumped over, and began to snore. Minoru and Denki soon followed him.

"Our heroes, ladies and gentlemen," Fuka said, shaking her head.

"Let them sleep, we'll scold them later," Hiroshi said, heading into the kitchen to get some toast and jam. "I'm just glad that no aliens came here and all. That, or they haven't realized that Rin's staying at UA for the moment. Still, it's weird to think that there's an alien that hates you enough to kill you..."

"I mean, I know I have a lot of critics," Rin said, shrugging. "I've seen their videos time to time. A fan messaged me about one of my bigger ones having deleted all of their social media, though. Kinda surprised by that, but hey, one less guy to make fun of me. Don't think anyone would resort to murder of all things, not even that guy."

"Whatever the case, it's a good sign that no one's found you yet," Setsuna said. "Just goes to show that this place was the right choice to stay at for you two!"

"Yea..." Len said, looking to the side. "Say, Rin, do you have any ideas on when you want to reschedule that concert? Our parents called me last night about it, since they know that you sleep pretty early."

"Oh yea! I'd love to try finishing that concert," Rin said, thoughtfully. "It's not a great note to end on attempted murder, and I want my fans to know that I'm fine. Gotta find a new stadium to perform at around here, and practice there."

"Is that really a good idea?" Izuku asked, biting his lip. "With that alien assassin out there-"

"It should be fine! I got an alien bodyguard with me!" Rin said, bouncing over and hugging Hiroshi by the arm. Setsuna and Yui slightly stiffened at the sight, while Kosei, Denki, and Minoru snapped to attention and glared at Hiroshi, sensing the disturbance. "He'll scare off any aliens looking to hurt me!"

"Maybe, Hero does say that a lot of alien criminals do try to stay under the radar since Ultras are pretty widespread and proactive in protecting the multiverse," Hiroshi said, scratching his head. "I don't know, though. I still have school to attend to-"

"You can perform on UA's campus grounds!" Principal Nezu said, startling everyone. "I just came in to check up on the Kagamines when I overheard!"

"Really? Here?" Sen asked, raising an eyebrow.

"It's alright, with our new alien-proof security system, we're sure to be able to catch any aliens coming in!" Principal Nezu said cheerfully.

"It's true, it was one of the buildings we made sure to get with the improved security system, even if it wasn't in full use," Hero said. "The only way any alien can attempt to get in is if they fly in from the sky somehow, or just completely disregard setting them off in any matter."

"Hosting the concert here does make it a lot safer," Hiroshi said. "But what about my classes?"

"We'll assign two or three teachers that can be trusted with protecting Miss Kagamine and her brother during the time you take classes, and when they're over, we'll send you over as soon as possible," Principal Nezu replied.

"Alright, that sounds like a plan," Hiroshi said, crossing his arms. "And the others can join in as soon as the Hero Public Safety Commission get those special provisional licenses to handle aliens, right?"

"Indeed! Hopefully by the end of the meeting, we'll have those special alien licenses for you all!" Principal Nezu said.

"That's good," Hiroshi sighed.

"So you guys are trying to get special permission to fight aliens?" Rin asked, as Principal Nezu left.

"Yea, we figured that since I'm Hero's host, that everyone here's more likely to encounter aliens with me," Hiroshi explained. "And that it would be safer if we got special licenses that allow everyone to at least defend themselves and others against aliens."

"That would be so cool!" Rin said, her eyes sparkling. "You'd be like, the first ever hero class to be officially allowed to handle aliens!"

"Yep, and hopefully with Principal Nezu and All Might speaking, it'll be true!" Setsuna said, grinning.

Later, the HPSC Building...

"I expect this meeting for the appeal to grant the UA First Year Hero Course students special alien licenses to be the last one," the president said, her hands together and resting on her desk. "I doubt that you three need to be reminded of what you need to tell us."

Principal Nezu, All Might, and Detective Tsukauchi nodded as they stood in front of the seven HPSC board members. So far, the several meetings they've had over the last couple weeks have been productive. Unfortunately, they've been unable to convince three of the HPSC board members to agree to giving the Hero Course kids special licenses, though three of them had been more receptive. Now it all depended on convincing the president to do it.

"Thank you, ma'am. As stated before, we understand that this is breaking many conventions and laws that have been in place since the beginning of the current hero system," Principal Nezu said, unflappable. "But with the mere fact that aliens exist at all, means that any conventions and laws we've had must be completely readjusted and revised in order to take account for possible alien attacks."

"After fighting the alien Virus with Ultraman Hero, I realized how vast the difference is between us and aliens like him," All Might said, his fist tightened upon recalling the 'fight'. "He was strong enough to catch me off guard and take me down, while being able to fight Ultraman Hero with almost no effort... We're lucky that he has some sort of plan that requires people alive that he hadn't killed anyone."

"And the fact that for whatever reason, be it Ultraman Hero's or All Might's presence, he has his eyes on the UA First Year Hero Course," Detective Tsukauchi pointed out. "If he were to catch the students off guard while they're off campus without Hero and his host, and they're not allowed to use their Quirks in self defense, can be catastrophic. It might take too long for a licensed pro hero to appear."

"Keep in mind that we're not asking for them to be allowed to act as heroes," Principal Nezu clarified. "This is but a placeholder until they take their Provisional Hero License Exam in September. The licenses we're suggesting will only allow for them to protect themselves and others from aliens in the situation that Ultraman Hero is not present or is fighting against a giant alien."

"This alien is so much trouble," one of the board members muttered, crossing his arms. "We've already had to change so much of the hero system to accommodate the confirmed existence of aliens, especially giant ones..."

"There is a limit to how much we can do until others ask why they aren't allowed to do the same," another added. "Many have accepted that this is due to Ultraman Hero being an alien, but if we begin to extend similar courtesy to normal humans, people are going to question the system."

"We should've just kept him and his host in a research facility..." a third grumbled. "I still think it's not too late to do so otherwise."

All Might's smile hid the fact that he was gritting his teeth. He's heard this sentiment from some of the HPSC board members before with Principal Nezu multiple times before, and it always angered him. Hiroshi was just as heroic as his protégé and their classmates, it's just that the circumstances behind his powers were different. Alien as they might be, he still deserved to be treated with respect and guided like any other potential hero. The distant and wary way that the HPSC treated him and Hero and the casualness of suggesting experimentation was despicable. Principal Nezu patted All Might's hand, reminding him to remain calm.

"While it is true that people might question the decision, I believe that many would also be understanding considering the circumstances and involvement the First Years have with Mr. Furinji and Mr. Hero," Principal Nezu said.

"If that's the case, then I think that's all the more reason to put those two in a research facility."

"Putting those two into a research facility would be a waste of time and resources, especially since they could break out at any moment thanks to their powers," a fourth member said. "We're lucky that at they're willing to negotiate and work with us, when they have the power on their side."

"Indeed. Those two understand the precarious nature of our hero system," another added. "They're working with us within reason, and being that the people most likely to be around him are his fellow classmates when an alien is present, I believe that there should be no reason why we can't let them have these special 'alien' licenses until they get their proper provisional hero licenses."

"And it's just like what Mr. Nezu said. People have already been rather receptive to letting Ultraman Hero and his host participate in hero activities so long as it involves aliens. Only a few have been critical of the decision," the sixth said. "We're already in the middle of making changes to the laws and regulations concerning aliens, so I think allowing these heroes-in-training the ability to defend themselves against aliens is justifiable, especially if they are around Ultraman Hero."

"Alien or not, letting heroes-in-training the ability to use their Quirks without having gone through the provisional hero license exam is absurd!" the first member said. After the room went back and forth on their points, the president coughed her into her hands, catching everyone's attentions.

"I believe that we've all settled into our votes," she said, looking at her fellow board members and Principal Nezu, All Might, and Detective Tsukauchi. "Those against?"

Three members raised their hands.

"Those for?"

The three remaining members, and the president herself, raised their hands. The three members against the special licenses looked at them incredulously.

"While I am against the idea, I understand that, given the situation with aliens who'll disregard our laws anyways, that we need to take some measures we haven't had to do before," the president justified. "With the past several attacks, including the more recent proactive UA intrusion from Virus and at that concert last night, having involved the UA First Year Hero Course students in some regard, there is enough evidence to see that this alien does have an interest in them in addition to Ultraman Hero's presence at the school. We will grant your students these special licenses, but on the stipulation that when the provisional hero license exam comes that it ends, even if they don't pass. You can expect an official coming by and giving your students these special alien licenses by the end of the week."

"That sounds fair," Principal Nezu said, nodding.

"We appreciate your considerations and decision," Detective Tsukauchi followed.

"I promise you, these sprouts will do enough growing to earn those provisional hero licenses, and that they'll be responsible enough for these special alien licenses," All Might finished. The three bowed to the HPSC, and left the room.

At the Side of the UA Main Building

"Oooooh, I'm so excited!" Mina said, as she and the other girls watched the robots and teachers help set up the stage for Rin's rescheduled and relocated concert. Hiroshi and some of the other Hero Course boys were helping out with it (the only ones not helping being Katsuki and Togaru). Cementoss, meanwhile, was erecting a temporary concrete fence around the UA dorms to prevent nonstudents from entering them while the concert would be ongoing. "To think that we're going to have an idol concert here!"

"I know, right!?" Rin said, grinning. "I always wanted to go check out UA, but I never thought I'd get to perform at UA!"

"Hey, are you girls just gonna stare at us or help us out?" Sen said, as he and Yosetsu walked past with a floorboard.

"Nah, seems like you guys have it covered," Kyoka said. Sen and Yosetsu shook their heads and sighed, before resuming their walk so they could get their floorboard screwed onto the stage's frame.

"This year's gonna go down in UA history, huh?" Setsuna said, grinning. "Aliens turning out to be real, villains attacking UA, and now the school's hosting an idol concert? We're living in historical moments, girls."

"Yea, kids after us are gonna be jealous of what we've been through!" Toru said. "Well, minus the life threatening parts."

Soon, the stage was reaching completion, with Fuka, Setsuna, and Pony helping out by putting up the lights while Ochako used her Zero Gravity Quirk on them to lighten them until they were secured onto the rafters. Hiroshi (possessed by Hero), Izuku, Mezo, and Rikido helped set up the amps and microphones, while Kyoka was helping Rin test them out. Everyone else was busy making sure everything was tight and secured so that nothing could collapse unexpectedly. Principal Nezu and All Might (in his Muscle form) arrived as they finished everything.

"I see you all have gotten busy preparing for Miss Kagamine's UA concert!" Principal Nezu laughed.

"Yea, it's gonna be happening on Saturday night, so we gotta work on this as much as we can, right?" Hiroshi said, as Hero released his possession over him.

"Will it be enough time, though? That's pretty short notice," Itsuka asked.

"It shouldn't be a problem!" Rin said, hopping on over to them. "I've practiced my dance moves for a long time that it's pretty much second nature, and this stage's about as the ones I usually perform on, so adapting to it should be quick!"

"I'll be sure to inform the publicist and our parents about the plan. The news should be out by Thursday," Len said, as he walked off to the side, tapping on his smartphone to make the call. Denki, Kosei, and Minoru eyed him, but couldn't linger on it for too long.

"So how did the meeting with the Hero Public Safety Commission go?" Fuka asked, as all of the First Year Hero Course students present snapped towards Principal Nezu and All Might.

"Hahaha! Do not fret, Young Fuka. The meeting went spectacularly!" All Might said, smiling. "We did it! We've convinced four of the seven board members to give you all special alien licenses on the condition you only use them for self-defense against aliens and nothing else! We should be getting them by the end of the week!"

"Really!?" Ochako said, as she and Pony bounced up and down in excitement.

"That's amazing!" Pony shouted, as the students present started to celebrate the victory.

"We must reiterate this point again, students," Principal Nezu said, catching everyone's attention. "These are only for self-defense against aliens. You will not be using these licenses to act as heroes. In fact, when it's time for your provisional hero licenses exam, this special alien license will end, whether or not you pass. Is that clear?"

"Yes sir," the students said, nodding.

"So where is Young Bakugo and Young Kamakiri?" All Might said, noticing the two's absences.

"Bakugo's talking with Mr. Aizawa and Hound Dog," Momo said. "I think they're actually waiting on you, Principal Nezu."

"Oh yes, that is correct, I must go and meet with them. Fortunate that the meeting with the Hero Public Safety Commission ended at the expected time," Principal Nezu said, nodding. "Farewell, you all. I'll be sure to check in on how you're all doing again later!"

"Hm, think this is about Bakugo's punishment?" Eijiro asked. Hiroshi shrugged.

"Maybe. It is about the halfway point for his combat training ban," Hiroshi said, dispassionately. "They're probably gonna see if he's ready to be allowed to participate in them and stop his remedial rescue training."

"I bet he'll be happy about that," Setsuna said, sighing. "Especially since midterms are coming up in two weeks."

"Midterms!?" Denki said, the color draining from his face upon hearing the word. "I forgot those were a thing with all the stuff that's been going on!"

"D-Do you really think we'll be having midterms with everything that's been happening?" Mina said, her pink skin turning purple from fear.

"Probably. Just because several events have happened that we didn't expect, wouldn't mean that they'd be cancelled, right?" Hiroshi said. "Short of an alien attack, maybe."

"With our luck, that might happen," Kyoka pointed out.

"Whether or not an alien attacks, we must diligently study for the midterms!" Tenya said, adjusting his glasses.

"Mr. Iida is right, we must be prepared to apply all that we've learned, within and outside our classes, to assess how we've grown," Jurota said, also adjusting his glasses.

"W-We can focus on this for a bit, though, right?" Kinoko said, also dreading midterms.

"Of course. We'll study for them as much as we can during and after class, while helping out Rin with preparing for her concert," Hiroshi said. "So let's get to making sure this thing goes off without a hitch."

Hound Dog's Office

Katsuki had his arms crossed, his fingers tapping on his biceps as he waited for Principal Nezu to arrive. He had been sitting with Hound Dog and Aizawa for the last several minutes. He was anxious for the first time in a long time in his life. This was a meeting about whether or not he was ready to get back into the combat training exercises for the hero class earlier than anticipated. And from what Aizawa had told him on the day of that interschool training exercise with those Isamu guys, it wasn't looking good for him. It had been a couple weeks since then, and he's had more appointments with Hound Dog and remedial rescue training exercises, but he wasn't sure if that was going to be enough to convince them that he's progressed. It was going to be frustrating, especially with midterms coming up, and after that, finals.

The door opened, and Principal Nezu walked inside, taking a seat next to Hound Dog. "So, Mr. Bakugo. How have you been with Hound Dog's appointments and your remedial rescue training exercises?"

"... Fine, I guess," Katsuki grumbled.

"He has been more... levelheaded as of late," Hound Dog stated. "He's still got a temper and a foul mouth, but otherwise, he's been steadily improving."

"His remedial rescue training has been subpar," Aizawa stated bluntly. "He's got a quick eye for determining who needs immediate help and who doesn't, but the way he goes about it can be needlessly aggressive. But he has at least been making progress with it."

"I see..." Principal Nezu said, his paws held together. "And what of his ability to work with others?"

"We've... yet to test that out," Aizawa admitted. "Truth be told, we've been having a hard time deciding whether or not we'd get volunteers to do a teamwork exercise with him, especially after he went off on his own during the interschool training exercise with Isamu."

"Mhm... I think that will be the ultimate deciding point," Principal Nezu said. "We'll have a special teamwork exercise with you and any classmates that willingly volunteer to do it with you before midterms in the next two weeks. Failing it won't affect your grades. For them, it'll be extra credit. For you, it'll be used to determine whether or not you're ready to resume combat training exercises."

Principal Nezu glanced at Hound Dog and Aizawa. "What do you two think?"

"Hm, I suppose the only way we'll figure out if he's truly ready to participate in combat exercises again," Hound Dog said. "I'll agree to it."

"While I do think it's a bit soon, especially after his performance with the interschool training exercise, midterms are close, and that means finals are, too. And while it doesn't seem like Bakugo's combat senses have waned, it will be a good idea to lift those restrictions as well," Aizawa said. "I agree as well."

Katsuki smiled. That was some good news, maybe he wasn't going to have a shit time after all.

"However, that special teamwork exercise will be the determining factor as to end your combat ban and remedial rescue lessons a month early. And you will still need to see Hound Dog for your sessions," Aizawa stated. "Not to mention that you need to finish writing that apology letter to Furinji and his sister."

Great, he forgot about the letter. He sighed. "I understand," Katsuki said curtly. "I promise that I'll do my best on that exercise."

"Very well. You may go, Mr. Bakugo," Principal Nezu said, dismissing the explosive teen. "We'll inform your classmates about this special teamwork exercise soon."

Sunday Evening, at the UA dorms

"I am so exhausted," Kosei said, as he slumped over the back of a couch. Fuka, Rin, and Len were in the commons area with them, while everyone else were taking baths and showers.

"Same," Denki grumbled. "Those stage floorboards and rods were heavier than I thought."

"Me too," Minoru moaned, as he popped his wrists. "Who knew there was so much work to do to get a stage and equipment ready for an idol concert?"

"Being a performer isn't as easy as people think it is," Fuka pointed out, grabbing a water bottle from the fridge to drink. "Gotta put a lot of effort into it, since it's more than just singing and dancing."

"Yea, and it's a loooooot of scheduling and networking," Rin added. "I don't know what I'd do without Len, he's a great brother!"

"Thanks Rin," Len said, as he scrolled through his phone when it started to vibrate. "Oh, I need to take this call. I'll be right back."

"Alright, I'm gonna get my stuff for a bath! I'm gonna need it," Rin said, heading to the elevator.

As Len left the commons area, Kosei, Denki, and Minoru eyed Len, which Fuka noticed.

"What's wrong, you three?" she asked, catching the three off guard. "Throughout the entire day, you've been staring at Len like he's being suspicious."

"It's nothing! Nothing at all!" Denki said, shaking his head.

"Yea, don't worry about it!" Kosei said, sweating a little nervously.

"We're just worried about the Kagamines, that's all!" Minoru added, waving his arms around.

"Okay, there's definitely something up," Fuka said, crossing her arms. The three boys kept on nervously sweating. "Seriously, tell me what's going on."

"... Promise you won't tell anyone else?" Denki said.

"Hey, don't tell her anything, we-" Minoru said, punching Denki's left arm.

"Come on, Mineta, she's noticed, we might as well come clean about them!" Denki said, pushing Minoru's arm away. He motioned for Fuka to come closer, and when she did, he said in a whisper, "We think that Rin's brother might have something to do with the alien assassin."

"... You're kidding, right?" Fuka said.

"We're serious! Last night, he was saying stuff like how he 'needs this to happen', or how 'it might make for a crazy headline'!" Minoru said. "We heard him through his door talking to someone on his phone!"

"Did you hear everything he was saying?" Fuka said.

"No, but-"

"Then you're probably jumping to conclusions," Fuka said, cutting Minoru off. "Listen, for all we know, he might be trying to get a big role or something for Rin, not that he wants an assassin to kill her. I won't tell anyone about what your suspicions, but I'm gonna tell you to not delve into it too much. So relax and don't go around accusing people based on partially heard conversations."

Fuka walked off, heading to the elevators. When she was gone, Minoru glared at Denki and Kosei.

"I told you that they'd just brush us off as crazy!" Minoru said, smacking the two of them on their heads.

"Yea, well, she's got a point," Denki said, as Minoru gasped. "We didn't hear the whole conversation to begin with."

"I know that there're bad sibling out there," Kosei said with a shrug. "But you have to admit, from what we've seen of Len, he's been a pretty supportive brother."

"W-Well maybe he's just faking it! Maybe he's just jealous of being in Rin's shadow since she's the star of the family! He-"

"Mineta, give it a rest," Denki sighed, pinching his forehead.

"It was a pretty ridiculous jump to begin with," Kosei muttered. "Let's just focus on studying for midterms and on the second concert."

"Oh no, don't remind me..." Denki muttered. "That's gonna be such a pain..."

As Denki and Kosei left for the elevators, Minoru sat on the couch, fuming.

"Fine, if neither of them are gonna help now, I guess this will be a solo mission!" he muttered to himself. "I'll find that evidence, and I'll prove that he's up to no good!"

Monday

Len walked around the commons area, his eyes glued to his phone for whatever reason. Minoru hid behind the kitchen counter, an easy task for him thanks to his short stature. Len sighed, and walked outside.

"Interesting..." Minoru said, as he scribbled notes down into a notepad. There was no way he was going to let this guy get away with anything. He wasn't going to rest until he got proof.

Tuesday

Hiroshi stood by the side of the stage while Rin practiced her dancing and singing, while Fuka, Setsuna, Izuku, Mina, Kinoko, and Kyoka watched her, with the others busy studying for the midterms.

"I'm going to get some drinks for you, Rin," Len said, as finished her second round of practice. "Do any of you want anything? Consider it a favor from me and Rin for everything that you're doing."

"Oh! Oh! Get me a pineapple tea!" Setsuna said.

"Some ramune would be nice," Fuka added.

"Chocolate milk!" Mina said.

"Pineapple tea as well," Hiroshi said.

As Len got all of their drinks and snacks down, Minoru stared from the shadows of the nearby woods, watching through his binoculars.

"Getting people food without asking for money? Suspiciously nice..." he grumbled, writing it into his notepad.

Wednesday

"Mineta!" Aizawa said, startling the dozing off boy. "Stay awake. You're in class. Take things seriously."

"S-Sorry, sir," Minoru said, yawning. "Just... been extra tired since Monday."

Everyone in the combined Hero Course class shook their heads and chuckled. Aizawa coughed into his hand. "Now that you're all paying attention, we have some news for you all."

"After class on Wednesday next week, we'll be having a special teamwork exercise. We'll be needing volunteers for it," Vlad King said.

"Why would you need volunteers?" Sen asked.

"It's a required exercise for Bakugo to determine to end his punishment a month early," Aizawa said plainly.

"Oh," nearly everyone in the class said.

"So who wants to volunteer? We'll need at least 11 for this exercise," Vlad King said. "This will be extra credit, and failing it won't affect your grades."

Seconds passed without anyone raising their hand, until Fuka put hers up.

"Wait, really Fuka?" Yosetsu said, raising an eyebrow. "Out of everyone, I'd have thought that you and Hiroshi would want to avoid doing anything with Bakugo."

"Well, we gotta learn how to work with others, even if we don't like them, right?" Fuka said. "And we have to bury the hatchet at some point, right?"

"If you're doing it, count me in!" Setsuna said, raising her hand by detaching it slightly from her wrist.

"Same!" Mina added.

"If this is extra credit, sure!" Denki said.

"I guess it won't hurt to try," Kyoka said, shrugging.

"I will join in as well," Momo replied.

"I-I will!" Izuku said, his hand shooting into the air.

"I'll join too!" Pony and Ochako said at the same time, their hands in the air.

"Me! Me! I'll come along too!" Minoru said, realizing how many of the top tier girls (and Kyoka) were going to be in this exercise.

"Alright, we need one more, then," Vlad King said, when everyone saw one more hand raise.

"I'll join in," Hiroshi said, taking in a deep breath. "Fuka said it herself, we have to learn how to work with others even if we don't like them, and we have to bury the hatchet at some point, right?"

Katsuki stared at Hiroshi. This exercise was going to be a plan, wasn't it?

"So that's 11 volunteers," Aizawa said, as he wrote down the volunteers' names, when Yui and Itsuka raised their hands.

"I know you said at least 11 volunteers, but it won't hurt if we join in too, right?" Itsuka asked.

"No harm in having more volunteers," Vlad King said, as Aizawa added the names. "Just remember to stay after hero class and in your costumes!"

Thursday

Len stood outside in the yard, making sure he was alone. Everyone else were either in their rooms studying or watching Rin practice. Unbeknownst to him, Minoru had managed to hide in the bushes. So far the week hasn't been too fruitful with his discoveries, but he had a good feeling this time.

"Yea, hey, it's me," Len said onto his phone. Minoru pulled out his own phone to record Len. "I've been busy, which is why I hadn't been calling you for a while. Yea, I'm still firm on this. This needs to happen. It'll be a crazy headline, and a big surprise for Rin-"

"AHA! GOT YOU!" Minoru shouted, startling Len.

"What the-!?" Len said, dropping his phone in shock.

"You're not getting away from me!" Minoru yelled, throwing a ball from his head at Len's feet.

"Hey! What's going on!?" Len said, pulling his shoe off, only for Minoru to throw another ball at his socked foot.

"Mintea, what the hell are you doing!?" Hiroshi shouted, as everyone at Rin's practice made it back to the dorm after she finished, only to see the commotion. Denki, Kosei, and Fuka glared at Minoru, realizing what he was doing.

"I don't know!" Len said.

"Don't lie! I know that you've been planning behind everyone's back! I've been spending every single moment keeping an eye on you!" Minoru said, his eyes bloodshot and tired. "Admit it! You hired an alien assassin to take out Rin!"

"WHAT!?" everyone present shouted. Denki and Kosei sighed.

"I thought we told you to drop it! It was a ridiculous idea to begin with!" Denki said.

"Yea, why'd you go and do this stupid shit!?" Kosei added.

"You two knew about this!?" Setsuna asked.

"Yea, but we dropped it after Fuka found out," Denki said.

"I was being courteous with not telling anyone else," Fuka answered. "I guess I should've said something if he was going to do this."

"You think I'm trying to get my own sister killed!?" Len said, incredulous. "That's absurd!"

"Yea, Len would never do that!" Rin said, crossing her arms and puffing her cheeks out.

"You better have a very, very good reason for this, Mineta," Hiroshi said, glowering at him.

"W-Well, he-" Minoru yawned, "- he's too nice! Getting everyone stuff when he doesn't need to, thanking everyone, that's suspicious!"

"Mineta that's just decent manners," Kyoka said.

"A-And he's been on his phone so often, going out of the room to talk!"

"He's the assistant to an idol, why wouldn't he be getting a lot of calls?" Ochako said.

"Then what would 'crazy headlines' and 'big surprise' mean!?"

Everyone raised an eyebrow, and turned to Len, who sighed in defeat. "Well, I was going to make this a big surprise, but I guess I'll need to say it... Rin, I... I wanna start performing with you again."

"What? You do!?" Rin said, as everyone stared at them confused.

"Wait, perform again? But she's been a solo act," Kosei said.

"Well, that's sorta true. We were a musical duo really early on, but I stopped performing because for a while, I thought it wasn't something I really wanted to do," Len said, his eyes shifting to the side. "But after a while, I started to really miss singing and dancing with Rin, especially looking at our old pictures, and I wanted to join her again. Thing is, her solo career as an idol was taking off really well at that point, and so I just stuck around as an assistant to her and our parents, who're the ones who really help handle everything. I've been calling them in secret to talk about possibly rejoining Rin at some point, and they've been kinda hesitant, but I-"

"Aw, you've just told me, Len!" Rin said, walking up to her brother and hugging him. "I would've loved you to join me earlier!"

Everyone stared at Minoru, who began to shrink under the gaze. "Oh, um... my bad?"

"Mineta, 'my bad' doesn't even cover how much you screwed up," Sen said, pinching his forehead.

"I'm so sorry we didn't tell anyone else about this earlier, we should've made sure that we stopped him before he did something stupid like this," Kosei sighed, ashamed.

"This is beyond a normal screwup," Hiroshi added, shaking his head. "I get that you were concerned about her safety, but trust me when I say this, we'll handle the alien assassin when they come, alright?"

"Yea, but-" Minoru yawned, rubbing his eyes to stay awake.

"Wait, how long have you been awake?" Fuka asked.

"I... I've been drinking... energy drinks to stay awake," Minoru said, pinching his arm, which everyone now noticed was covered in red marks. "And... pinching myself awake."

"Okay, I think an impromptu community-voted punishment is in order," Hiroshi said. "Everyone who wants to put Mineta under unofficial house arrest until Thursday, raise your hand."

Everyone present raised their hands, as Minoru sweated nervously. "Alright, Mineta, hope you're ready to stay inside your room for nearly a week."

Elsewhere

"I know where she is now," a person with a trollish mutant-type Quirk said, on the phone while their laptop had stopped on an article announcing the makeup concert for that stupid Rin Kagamine. "She's gonna be performing at UA, and I want her dead."

"UA? That's that famous hero school, right?" the voice said on the other side. "And it's got that Ultraman and his host, right?"

"I'll pay you whatever price you want, I just want to get rid of her!" he said. "She's such an amateur, yet so many people swoon over her!"

"Alright, you got a deal. That'll be 50 million yen."

"... How about I get a discount?"

"You just said you'd pay whatever price you want."

"I didn't think it's be 50 million yen! What would an alien even want with 50 million yen!"

"I have groceries and bills to pay, and what do you, being an undercover alien hitman pretending to be human doesn't have consistent paydays. This is including your existing price for your protection against the guy who's been killing your friends, not to mention that I'll potentially fight an Ultra, who might not spare me. So that is the discount. Be grateful that I'm not charging you more."

He grinded his teeth after remembering that; his close online friends, all of them Rin Kagamine haters like him, had been murdered and their hearts ripped out. He was lucky that he's escaped notice for so long. When the first two, Juma and Chougo, were killed, he was quick to delete and deactivate all of the social media accounts he had. It sucked to have to get rid of his Youtube channel, but it was for the sake of his safety. Unfortunately for Okimasa, Makio, and Risako, they were too slow to it, and paid the price. It had to be that Rin Kagamine's fault, she must have hired a hitman to kill all of her critics, no doubt about it.

"Fine! Whatever! I'll pay you that 50 million when I can!" he said.

"Perfect. You want it swift or slow?"

"I don't care if it's swift or slow! Just make it a spectacle!"

"So in front of people?"

"Yes!"

"Alright, she'll be dead before the end of her concert in front of her fans."

The trollish man hung up on the alien, and began to sweat. 50 million yen. That's insane, what kind of person would have that cash on them!? He was already running low now thanks to paying for a ticket to see her head roll on the stage. He's going to really, really dig into his savings to pay though.

Elsewhere Elsewhere

The figure breathed in and out as he looked at his ticket receipt for Rin Kagamine's second concert. He managed to snag one the second he found out she was having another one. Sure, a majority of the tickets were already given to the ones who attended the previous concert, but there were just a handful of tickets that they were selling in addition to them. He trembled as he dialed in his "friend's" number.

"Been waiting for you to call," the voice said on the other line.

"So you know about the location of the next concert?"

"Yea, UA, huh? That place probably has all sorts of anti alien security systems in place thanks to the Ultra. Luckily, I don't think they have any drones in the air, so flying in from the sky while invisible shouldn't be too difficult."

"I'm going to be there in person to watch, so you better display that sick bastard's head to me!"

"In person to see, huh? Alright, I'll make this the spectacle of all spectacles. Just remember to cough up that cash when this is all over."

"Y-Yea, of course! I'm an alien of my word!"

Friday

"Come on, guys, I said I was sorry!" Minoru said, as he was escorted to his room by Denki and Kosei. Momo had created a temporary gate that locked from the outside, turning his room into a temporary jailcell. "This isn't fair!"

"Sorry, Mineta, but you just gotta deal with your unofficial house arrest," Denki said, nudging Minoru into his room. He closed the gate, and locked it. "Just be lucky it's only until Thursday morning, and that you're allowed by everyone to go to class and to the bathrooms."

"This isn't cool! Why do you two get off scot-free!?" Minoru said.

"Hey, we're not getting off scot-free!" Kosei said, crossing his arms. "Thanks to you, we're gonna have to be everyone's gofers until Thursday instead of taking turns!"

"But I'll miss Rin's concert!"

"That is precisely the point of your punishment," Denki pointed out. "See you later, we gotta go and do gofer stuff now."

"No, come back!" Minoru shouted. "Can you at least go and buy my magazines!?"

"Sorry Mineta, we can't hear you!" Denki said, as the elevator doors closed.

Len handed Rin a towel after she finished practicing the concert's last song, as the Hero Course students present clapped.

"Thanks! This is coming all together really well!" Rin said, grabbing a water bottle to drink. "Tomorrow's going to turn out great, I can feel it!"

"And we'll be around to make sure it'll all go smoothly!" Setsuna said, smiling. "Wonder when our special alien licenses will come?"

Almost seconds after she said it, Principal Nezu came walking towards them, with a government official trailing behind him.

"Ah, I see that most of you are already together!" Principal Nezu said, as he motioned to the man behind him. "This man here will be giving you your special alien licenses!"

"I have the camera and ID card printer prepared in an empty classroom. If you just follow me, we'll be getting those done soon enough. Mr. Furinji won't be requiring one, due to his already unique circumstances as Ultraman Hero," the man said, as everyone excluding Hiroshi and the Kagamines followed him.

"You guys gotta show me them when you're done," Hiroshi called out, as Fuka and Setsuna gave him a thumbs up. He took a deep breath, and sighed with a slight smile. "Things are looking up for everyone right now, huh?"

"True, though I don't think Mr. Mineta is particularly happy."

"That's his own fault for making a bad decision."

"Also true. But as good as things are right now, we still need to stay vigilant. There's no telling what will happen tomorrow."

Saturday Evening

"Wow, this is getting pretty crowded, even with how big the courtyard is!" Setsuna said, as the concert attendees began to fill in from the front gate. Unlike before, the UA Hero Course students were all dressed in their hero costumes, just in case anything happened. The teachers were standing off to the sides as well, and there were police officers walking about. They were all standing near the front of the stage, while Hiroshi was off at the side with Len to keep an eye on everything from there.

"Hey guys!" Tsubasa said, as she and the other Isamu students that attended the concert from before walked over to them. They were all dressed in the same sort of clothes from the first concert. "It's so neat that UA gets to host a real idol concert!"

"So why're you wearing your hero costumes?" Machiko asked, chuckling a bit. "If I had known, I'd have worn mine."

"Don't you remember what Tensou said?" Sun'Ichi said. "They got special alien licenses to help out Furinji and Ultraman Hero."

"Yep!" Setsuna said, with a big grin. "We can especially do it since we're still on UA grounds, too!"

"That's so cool! I'm so jealous!" Gumi said.

"Yea, I wish we could do the same at Isamu! But our principal and faculty said no when we asked if we can have dorms too," Makino said, sadly remembering the denial from before.

"Trust us, the road to the decision to make UA a boarding school was a very rocky one," Fuka said.

"It wasn't a very fun one, very stressful, lots of life-endangering events," Denki said, remembering the USJ and Hero Killer Incidents.

"Wait, I just noticed something," Saaya said, looking at them all. "I know that Bakugo guy and that mantis guy wouldn't be here, but where's the little perv that hung onto Tamayama's butt?"

"Don't remind us," Makino and Sun'Ichi said, unhappily recalling the Fujimi Incident.

"Oh yea, he's under unofficial house arrest," Mina said.

"Unofficial house arrest?"

Minoru's Room

"This isn't fair!" Minoru said, as he bit into the bottom hem of his shirt, almost tearing it off. He had the livestream of Rin's concert on his laptop screen. "I'm so close, yet so far!"

"Oh wow, that was terrible of him," Machiko said, shaking her head after they finished telling them what happened.

"Yea, it was bad," Setsuna sighed.

"We're just lucky he didn't do the accusation during the concert, that would've been worse," Kyoka grumbled.

"To accuse one of plotting the downfall of their own kin, is truly a faux pas of unimaginable unintelligence," Fumikage said.

"His temporary banishment to the dark reaches of his room is but the lightest punishment we could have given him," Shihai added.

"Man, you two are just birds of a feather with Kuroda," Makino said. "Wait, is that offensive to say?"

"No," Fumikage said dryly.

"So do you really think that there are aliens involved in this?" Sun'Ichi asked.

"Well, Hero said he sensed an alien, and they showed us that letter written in an alien script, so-" Fuka began to say when the lights began to dim.

"Quiet! I think it's starting!" Saaya said, her eyes on the stage.

"Hey everyone!" Rin said, running onto the stage to the cheering crowd of fans. "I'm so happy you all are here tonight! Now I know what happened last time was very scary, but don't worry! UA's been doing such a great job of protecting me, and is even allowing me to do this special concert to make up to you all for it! And with Hiroshi Furinji and Ultraman Hero here on the scene, I'm sure that no one's gonna come to mess with us! So without further ado, let's get this concert started!"

Soon enough, lights and music filled the air, as the cheers of the crowd invigorated Rin. Hiroshi tapped his foot to the beat of the music as he watched her dance on stage, and the screens at the sides showed closeups of her for those farther away from the stage.

"Hm..."

"Is something wrong, Hero?" Hiroshi asked, stepping away from Len to talk to himself.

"I feel an alien presence here... But it's very weak."

"Weak?"

"Yea, it's within the crowd, but I can sense him. He's... not impressive, most likely not the one we're looking for," Hero replied. "I suppose this confirms my theory that there are aliens who're either disguising themselves as humans, or passing themselves off as humans with mutant-type Quirks."

"Well, I guess even aliens like idols-"

"Wait! I- I sense two strong alien presences!"

"What!? Where!?":

"In the sky, directly above UA! Both of them are the same level of strength as the one from the previous concert!"

"In the sky!? Damn, the one place we didn't have any sort of security! We gotta ask Principal Nezu about using drones or something!"

"Let's go around to the back, so that no one will be alarmed by what's about to happen!"

"Right," Hiroshi said, as he snuck away from the stage, going as far as he can so that no one would notice the light of his transformation.

"Hold your hand and call out-!"

"Herooooo," he whispered, as the light covered him and Hero Flash Hermes took his place. He looked up to the sky, and flew up into the air.

Above UA

"So this is UA, huh?" a alien with metallic silver skin said, as he floated above the school high in the sky. His neck was long and thin, with a golden sharp head with no visible mouth, pointed blade-like antennas, and six blue small eyes that darted around. His limbs were equally long and spindly, with gold blade-like protrusions on his forearms, shoulders, and shins, with metallic claw-like hands and feet. He wore gold armor that blended in with his body's blades. "Alright, let's make this a quick but spectacular death-"

"So you're the assassin after that Kagamine girl huh?"

The alien turned, and saw another alien identical to him appear, only his colors were inversed, with gold with silver blade-like protrusions and armor, and his eyes were yellow instead. "Figures you'd be another Alien Blades. Hate to do this, but I got 50 million yen on the line to protect this Kagamine girl and to kill you."

"Hmph, same. I suppose you're the one who's been killing my client's friends in those murders?"

"One and the same. They were saying unkind things about my client's favorite idol. So they had to pay. Not the most interesting or deepest reason to assassinate them, but whatever pays the bills, I suppose."

"I guess this will be a race to see who gets their 50 million yen first."

"As long as that Ultraman Hero doesn't arrive-"

"You're not going to kill anyone you assassins!" Hero shouted, firing a blast of green wind-like energy from his hands. The two aliens dodged it as he flew close to them. "So, it was a two-man job? Should've figured that Alien Bladess were behind this."

"Alien Bladess?"

"They're a race of swift aliens with the ability to grow blades and have limited control over light by refracting it. They can also disguise themselves as humans while still being able to use their powers, so they might've just been passing them off as transformation Quirks. The light refraction can also give them temporary invisibility, which is probably how they disappeared the first time. We picked the right form to handle them."

"Nope, just one man, I'm here to protect the girl, and perhaps kill the person who hired him," the gold Alien Blades said, as he brandished his hands. "That means we're on the same side, right? So I'd like for you to stand down."

"Oh please, like your hands are cleaner than mine," the silver Alien Blades scoffed, crossing his arms. "You just admitted to me that you were killing my client's friends. So if I die, you're dying with me."

"Ouch, no honor amongst fellow assassins," the gold Alien Blades said, shaking his head. "Oh well, I'm getting paid extra if I fight the Ultra, so no issue there."

The two Alien Bladess flew downwards towards UA, but Hero kept up with them, managing to grab them by their ankles and swinging them back above him in the air. The two assassins responded by launching slashes of light towards the Ultraman, who managed to create a barrier that stopped the slashes from hitting him. The collision between the slashes and barrier create a colorful green explosion. The gold Alien Blades swung its arm at the silver Alien Blades, who had fired another slash of light at Hero, who shot it with a green wind-like beam.

"Wow, fireworks!? I didn't know she had those prepared!" Saaya said, as the crowd cheered at the sight. Lights and explosions filled the air above them as Rin sang and danced.

"Fireworks? There was never any mention of fireworks..." Juzo said, when everyone came to the same realization.

"Is Hero fighting the alien!?" Toru said softly to avoid alerting the fans around them.

"Hold on, I'm going to contact Hiroshi!" Fuka whispered, pressing her earmuff's communication button. "Hiroshi, what's happening-"

"There are two aliens here! One's here to kill Rin, the other is here to protect her, but he's an assassin too!" Hiroshi answered. "There's a third one here, but according to Hero it's weak, but still, it'd be good to check it out! Ow! Fuck that hurt! Got to go!"

"Two aliens!?" Fuka said, shocking her fellow heroes.

"This is going to be tough..." Mashirao said, gritting his teeth.

"We just need to make sure that Mr. and Miss Kagamine are safe," Jurota stated.

"Yea, of course," Izuku said, his hand on his chin in thought. "Let's split up for now. Some of us will go to the side of the stage, while we spread out more around the crowd to make sure that they're all safe and to lead them all to safety if necessary. A big chunk should stay here, though, so that no one would notice that we're spreading out to avoid panic."

"Sounds good!" Ochako said, as the group began to disperse stealthily.

"Can we help?" Tsubasa asked, looking at Fuka and Setsuna.

"No, this is UA business right now, I'm sorry," Fuka said. "We appreciate the offer, though."

"Yea, just stay here and enjoy the show, we'll make sure nothing goes wrong," Setsuna assured her. The three girls nodded, and Fuka and Setsuna left the crowd, along with Shihai, Fumikage, Tenya, Ochako, Itsuka, Juzo, and Kyoka to patrol the sides, while Izuku, Mashirao, Eijiro, Tetsutetsu, Sen, and Yosetsu went towards the stage in secret.

"Mr. Aizawa!" Tenya said, approaching the teachers off at the side. "There's-"

"We see it," Aizawa said, as the teachers began to disperse. "Who wouldn't?"

"What's the situation?" Vlad King said, his gaze on the group of students.

"Hero and Hiroshi are fighting two aliens," Fuka said, much to the shock of the teachers still present. "Hiroshi said that one's the assassin after Rin, but that the other one's there to protect her, but is also an assassin!"

"And that there's a third alien somewhere here, but that it's weak in comparison," Setsuna added. "Still, we should look for them, they might have something to do with this!"

"So there's a fight between Hero and two other aliens, while a third one is hiding here?" All Might said, watching the colorful bursts of light in the air. "This got more complicated than I thought..."

"Let's be keep ourselves discreet as we move around," Principal Nezu said calmly. "We mustn't make them all worry."

The students nodded, and further dispersed with the teachers.

"Are Hiroshi and Hero fighting the assassin guy!?" Rin thought, as explosions of light illuminated the night sky. "I-I can't panic right now! Everyone thinks those are just fireworks! I'll keep performing until the end of this song so I can take a 'break'! I just wish I hadn't picked my longest song!"

"F-Fireworks!? There weren't supposed to be any fireworks!" Minoru said, as he got out to his veranda and looked up at the sky. He watched the colorful explosions and lights fill the sky, and noticed that amidst the smoke that there were three distant figures darting about. "Is Hero fighting aliens!? I- I have to go and help out! Rin's in danger!"

Minoru looked around, and enacted Special Escape Plan Alpha. He pulled off the balls on his head, and began using them to climb down from his veranda. "I'm such a genius... they never expected me to do THIS!"

As Minoru snuck out by climbing Cementoss's temporary concrete wall, he walked the long way around towards the back of the crowd, when he noticed something strange. There were two people in the far back, quite a distance away from each other. One was a man with a mutant-type Quirk that made him look like a troll, while the other looked like a strange cross between a human, porcupine, and rock. They both had binoculars in their hands, and were using them to look up at the sky, rather than at Rin, for several minutes.

"That's... suspicious... for real, this time," Minoru said to himself. He began to sneak towards the trollish one, when he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"What the hell are you doing out of your room!?" Fuka said, as she turned him around to face her, Setsuna, and Kyoka.

"I saw what was happening outside! You think I'd be an idiot not to check out what's going on!?" Minoru hissed. "Besides, I think I found two really suspicious guys!"

"Oh no, not this again," Kyoka said, rubbing her temple.

"Are we really going to have a repeat of Thursday, Mineta?" Setsuna asked, crossing her arms.

"I'm serious this time! Look at those two!" Minoru whispered, pointing to the two suspicious characters. "They have binoculars and are all the way at the back, but they haven't been using them to look at Rin! They've been using them to look up at the sky!"

"That... is odd," Fuka said, biting her lip. "There aren't other people with binoculars, and most of the people at the back are watching the big screens..."

"I guess it won't hurt to try checking up on them," Setsuna said. "Call the teachers on your headset so that they can handle the other guy."

"Alright, but let's be subtle about this," Fuka said, pressing her headset and relaying the information to the others. They approached the trollish member, who was the closest. "Hey sir-"

"Buzz off!" he said, grinding his teeth. He didn't bother to look at them, keeping his binoculars focused on the sky. "I'm busy watching the show!"

"Yea... so you've been looking forward to the fireworks, huh?"

"Yea yea, the fireworks were the thing I wanted to see at my favorite idol's concert," he said offhandedly. "Super into fireworks..."

"That's funny, because I know for a fact that fireworks were not planned for this concert."

"What are you talking about, of course they're-" the man said, finally looking down. To his surprise, he saw the three hero student girls and Minoru (who was still dressed in his pajamas). "Uuuuuh, I mean, they weren't!? Wow, that's a surprise!"

"But you said you were looking forward to the fireworks, as if you knew that there were going to happen," Setsuna said, hands on her hips.

"S-So? You can never tell what might happen at these things! Like what happened last time!" the trollish man said, his eyes darting around.

"Yea, it was scary to see," Kyoka said. "It's great that she bounced back from that though."

"Y-Yea, it s-sure was surprising to hear that she'd do another concert so soon," the trollish man said. "Especially after that letter she got-"

"Wait, how did you know that she got a letter?" Fuka said, picking up on what he said. The trollish man recoiled slightly, realizing the slipup. "That was never made public."

"I-I mean, I just assumed that they'd leave a letter!"

"Still kinda weird to assume, though-"

"Lay off me!" the trollish man said. The people around him began to turn around, and watched the scene unfold. "So I made some weird guesses about this dumb show! What about it!? I paid good money for this, so I can enjoy this however I want, alright!?"

"Dumb show? That's kinda weird to say about your favorite idol's concert..." Setsuna said.

The trollish man looked around, sweat dripping from his gray skin.

"Hey, wait... isn't that that the guy who'd make all those videos criticizing Rin?" one of the audience members muttered.

"Yea, you're right... why's he here?"

"I thought he deleted all of his social media..."

"You're a Rin Kagamine critic?" Minoru said, squinting at the man before realizing something. "Yea! Yea you're that Gouki guy who'd always overcriticize her performances and appearance! You'd make like, a video every time you saw something she do! Morning shows, photo shoots, ads, everything! Why are you of all people here!?"

"S-Shut up! So what if I'm here!? Doesn't mean that I have something to do with that attempted murder!" he shouted, backing away from them all.

"We... didn't even suggest that," Kyoka pointed out.

"Yea, just the fact that you kinda jumped there is suspicious-" Fuka began to say.

"SHUT UP!" Gouki screamed, losing all control of his temper. He began to swing his fist onto the four hero students. "I DID NOTHING WRONG!"

"Actually I'm pretty sure you just did something wrong right now," All Might said, catching the trollish man's arm before it could land on the four students. Minoru had shut his eyes and was too busy screaming to notice that he was safe. Gouki's gray skin paled at the sight of the Number One Hero. "Why don't you come with me and explain to me everything?"

"Y-Yes sir," Gouki said, defeated as he was led away from the crowd. Everyone that witnessed what happened began to murmur, wondering what was going on.

Sekijun gulped as he watched All Might pull that Gouki guy away. He couldn't believe it, the last critic he needed to get rid of, and he was here of all places. Why? Is he responsible for the other Alien Blades assassin that he was seeing through his binoculars? He bit his stony nails. This wasn't good, everything was spiraling out of control. All he wanted to do was get rid of those assholes who said all those terrible things about his Rinny! How was he supposed to know that there was going to be another Alien Blades-

"Hi there," a man dressed in black with a big gray scarf and googles around his neck said, approaching Sekijun. He stiffened at the sight. He didn't recognize this guy, but there's no doubt that he worked at UA. "I have a few questions to ask you, since we've gotten some people worried about your behavior."

"M-My behavior?" Sekijun stuttered, as he slowly backed away. "I-I'm not doing anything wrong, I was just watching the show!"

"Really? Then can you tell me what song that she just sang was?"

Oh no, of all times to not pay attention to his Rinny's songs!

"Um, er, I..." Sekijun said, before breaking into a run. He made a mistake. Several, to be honest. He shouldn't have gone to this concert at all, being here just exposed him.

"Hm, I wonder..." Aizawa thought. He activated his Quirk as he stared at the retreating Sekijun. The man cried in pain as he tripped and rolled over, clutching his head in pain.

"Hey! Why are you using your pain Quirk on me!?" Sekijun shouted. "I-I was just going to the bathroom!"

"My Quirk doesn't inflict pain," Aizawa said, as the other teachers went and grabbed Sekijun immediately. "It's a nullifying Quirk based on my sight."

"N-Nullifying Quirk!?"

"Yes. I just so happened to know that sight-based Quirks like mine work differently on aliens thanks to one of my students," Aizawa stated. "When I and others used our Quirks on him, he recoiled in pain much like you right now."

Sekijun paled. He was definitely in trouble now.

"I can see that you've figured out that we have some questions for you now," Aizawa said, as Sekijun let the teachers who grabbed his arms drag him away.

"Damn, this fight's a lot tougher than I thought it'd be!" Hiroshi said, as Hero shot at the gold Alien Blades, only to be forced to dodge the silver Alien Blades' claw swipe. "Two aliens to fight at once!?"

"We're lucky that they're fighting each other too!" Hero said, as the gold Alien Blades went in to tackle the silver one. He avoided him by launching himself above them all, launching several slashes of light that the gold Alien Blades and Hero, both firing off attacks that collided with his, causing another explosion of light and smoke.

"Seriously! I'm here to stop him! So stop fighting me!" the gold Alien Blades shouted, flying after the silver Alien Blades. The two had gotten closer to the main building and the stage nearby as Hero gave chase.

"Both of you are going to pay for your crimes!" Hero said, as he crossed his arms. "Herorum Bolas Binding!"

Hero pulled his hands apart, sending a green wave of energy that wrapped itself around the gold Alien Blades. Before the alien could respond, Hero fired another beam, which attached itself to the energy wrapped around him, and swung the captive alien into the silver Alien Blades, knocking them away from the stage, making the two land in the front courtyard instead. Everyone, including Rin, stopped when they heard and saw the impact and dust cloud. Fuka, Setsuna, and the others who were walking along the side began to jog towards the fight, with teachers following them.

"What was that!?" an audience member shouted, when the silver Alien Blades got up. "Is that an alien!?"

The silver Alien Blades attempted to rush towards the stage, when the gold one successfully tackled it, knocking it into a nearby tree. He regained composure, and threw a slash of light at the other alien, only for both to be struck by two balls of green energy from Hero.

"Wait, was that fireworks show just those three fighting!?"

"Guess that cat's out of the bag," Setsuna said, as the crowd began to panic.

"Have no fear! For we are here!" All Might said, as he and Aizawa went to assist Hero, having handed off both Gouki and Sekijun to the police. "Everyone! Remain calm and the heroes, students, and officers lead you all out!"

The crowd, while pushing and shoving each other, obliged, as they were lead out of the courtyard.

"So how did you two villains manage to sneak past our new security!?" All Might demanded, as the two aliens stared at the pros, not sure how to feel about the presence of the Number One Hero along with the Ultra.

"We flew far above your school," the silver one said simply. "You don't have any airborne security."

"I guess that we'll need to start having drones do occasional patrols," Aizawa grumbled.

"Dammit, I should've asked for another 1 million, this's more complicated than I thought it was going to be..." the gold one grumbled. "Hey, I'm here to kill this guy to stop him from killing the girl, so I get a pass, right!?"

"Sorry, but you're not getting away," Hero said, his fists glowing with energy. "You've admitted to having killed people already in the sky, so no use hiding it!"

"Geh, that money is looking less and less appealing..." the silver one said. His eyes shifted around, trying to find an out. He looked to the stage's pillars, and noticed that Rin was being led away by Mashirao, Sen, and Len. He swung his arm, sending a wave of light that sliced through the top, throwing it off balance and sending them tumbling down towards the four.

"Everyone!" Hero shouted, as he flew to grab the falling debris. Izuku, Tenya, Mezo, and Jurota came and grabbed the four, allowing Hero to drop the debris he grabbed away from them.

"Dammit!" the silver alien shouted. He tried leaping up into the air, only for All Might to appear above him. Caught off guard by the speed of the Number One Hero, the gargantuan man swung his fists down onto the alien's head, sending him crashing into the ground, unconscious from the blow. Hero took this chance to use his Herorum Bolas Binding on the alien to prevent him from possibly escaping.

The gold Alien Blades looked around, trying to figure out how to escape. His job was technically finished now, since the other Alien Blades was captured and the idol was safe. All he had to do was leave to go and meet with his client at the agreed upon time and place. He flew up into the air, and fired off several slashes of light towards the UA building and the surrounding area.

Green wind-like energy covered Hero's hands before he clapped them together. "Hermes HAIL!" he shouted, the energy around his hands exploding and branching out into wind-like bullets that collided with each of the light slashes, making them explode before they could hit anything. Once the dust cleared, dozens and dozens of small H-shaped marks of light were in the air.

"He got away!" Hero muttered, noticing that there was no sign of the gold Alien Blades was around there anymore. Soon the other hero students came to join them, having directed all of the audience members out, letting the police and teachers protect them.

"At least we got one of them, right?" Setsuna said, as Power Loader and the police came with special cuffs to hold the captive Alien Blades in, to avoid him slicing his way out of normal cuffs. "So... you gonna kill this guy, too?"

"... No," Hero stated, crossing his arms. "I avoided using a destructive attack this time around to avoid injuring any civilians, since there were too many around. But he can tell us more about what he was doing, and to get a better idea of how aliens are living on this Earth compared to other ones."

"Good idea," Fuka said, as the Alien Blades slowly regained consciousness and was directed into a police truck. Light covered Hero, and Hiroshi returned in his place. "Hopefully this whole thing doesn't-"

"That was incredible!" someone shouted from the other side of the gate, as hundreds of others agreed and cheered.

"I didn't think I'd get to see Ultraman Hero fight in person like that!"

"The lightshow was really something else! I couldn't even tell that it was a fight with how colorful it all was!"

"This night was so wild!"

"Wow, maybe I should hire you to bodyguard for me permanently if people loved your improv fireworks like that," Rin joked, rubbing the back of her head. "Thanks though, for saving me."

"It was a pleasure," Hiroshi said, smiling. "I'm sorry that it got a little close near the end, though. Hopefully now with the alien captured, you won't be needing my protection anymore."

"Yea, well, I think after this I'll be going on a hiatus," Rin said, shrugging. Denki's, Kosei's, and Minoru's jaws all dropped at the words. "Need to rest after all that excitement! And besides, I gotta reteach Len how to sing and dance!"

"That's right, we'll be a duo act soon enough," Len said, smiling.

"Hope you enjoy that break!" Ochako said, as lively chatter filled the air. Hiroshi smiled a bit, before sighing and turning to look at the police truck with the silver Alien Blades.

"We'll find that god Alien Blades, don't worry," Hero assured him. "For now, let's celebrate the fact that no one got hurt."

"You're right," Hiroshi said, when Setsuna pulled his arm with her detached right hand.

"Come on, Hiroshi, we gotta take a group picture with Rin and Len!" she said, grinning as the two got into position with the others, All Might having been given the camera to take the picture. HIroshi smiled, and held up a peace sign as the flash went off.

At an empty abandoned building...

"That went a little more sideways than I anticipated, but I did it. Sort of," the gold Alien Blades said, as he waited for his client to arrive. The building was dark, with the only source of light being the moonlight reflecting off his metallic skin. "I told him that she'd be protected, and she was, so I fulfilled my end of the deal... If he skips out on my payment after all that I went through, well, I can always come by his place and force him to-"

"Oh, I don't think he'll be coming here. Or even back to his place."

The gold Alien Blades stiffened, and looked around for the voice. This place should be empty, so how did-

"Spectacular show out there, by the way, so much that I just had to meet you."

He turned to his left, and saw a shadow forming on the wall that his armor was shining onto. The shadow stepped off, revealing the alien that he's seen in those video clips and heard about in the alien underground network. "My name is Virus. No need to introduce yourself, Golkin. Your shadow already told me everything I need to know about you."

"So you're that alien that's been the talk of the underground," Golkin grumbled, as he scanned Virus from head to toe. The rumors were right; he had a very unassuming appearance, yet the aura he gave off was far more impressive than he'd let on. "What do you mean by that? That you doubt that my client's coming here?"

"I mean that your Alien Geom friend got himself arrested at the concert you were at while you fought Ultraman Hero and that other Alien Blades, Silgin."

"What!? That dumb idiot! How am I going to get that 50 million yen now!?"

"Oh, he never had that much to begin with, either. 50 million yen isn't something anyone just throw out of their wallets."

"What!? You mean to tell me that I was never getting my 50 million!? So I endangered my life for nothing!?" Golkin spat out. "I'm going to murder him!"

"Yes, yes, a travesty for all involved," Virus said, with an 'apologetic' shrug. "However, I have a proposition!"

"What is it!? It better be good," Golkin growled, crossing his arms.

"Why don't you work for me and my friends?" Virus said, putting a 'friendly' arm around the Alien Blades's shoulder. "Our Unearthly League's been making plans, getting ideas, and we need some help. And I think that you'd be perfect to join us!"

"What's the pay?"

"Definitely not 50 million yen at the starting line, if that's what you're thinking."

"Then not interested," Golkin said, knocking Virus's arm away. "I need to find a way to recuperate that 50 million that I'm never getting, and getting a job that pays less isn't on my plate."

"Oh, I should also tell you about what might happen if you didn't accept my offer," Virus said, snapping his fingers. From the ground, another shadow formed, thistime a giant muscular alien in a toga. He grabbed Golkin by the head and slammed him against the wall, continually applying painful pressure to the Alien Blades's face. "My friends and I might just make sure that no one else can hire your services."

"Duly noted," Golkin grunted. "I guess it won't hurt seeing what you have planned for. As long as I do get some decision money out of this."

"Trust me, you will. Disze, let him go," Virus said, as he motioned his ally to release Golkin. He obliged, and Golkin rubbed his sore head. Virus pulled out a remote, and pressed a button on it. "I sent a signal to our friend to come pick you up, since our way of travel isn't ideal for those unlike us."

As soon as he finished, a misty dark purple portal appeared, and yellow eyes peeked out from it.

"Come now, we best get going," Virus said, as he placed his hand on Golkin's back and nudged him towards the portal, while Disze grumbled and walked towards the wall next to him, turning into shadows and disappearing. "We have so much to discuss."

ORIGINAL AO3 NOTES:

- The songs I picked at "I Like You, I Love You" (Eng. lyrics from the rockleetist cover (youtu(.be) /OJ38_olHZvw)), "RinRin High Mind" (youtu(.be) /WdrAFnneXZA), and Melancholic (Eng. lyrics from Froggie cover (youtu(.be) /l7MkXmbJ6CU)).
- I have a 'fanfic' dedicated to just being 'data files' for the OCs of UHA! Go check it out if you want to know more about the characters!
- The reason why I haven't updated in a while is 'cuz I've been reeeeal busy these past few days with real life preparations/celebrations, and there were lots of rewrites and ideas that I've went through here. If it seems rushed at points, it's mostly because I wanted to just kinda get to it since this was taking so long to write and a lot of ideas didn't stick me well. I'm not particularly proud of this chapter in the end, but I felt like I had to see it through, even if I'm not totally satisfied. Will I rewrite it someday? Probably not, but if someone's willing to help out rewriting this or something, I'm up for that (not that this would be a regular thing though). This is easily my least favorite chapter I've written so far.
- I personally imagine the three nays against the special alien licenses are involved with the whole 'secret assassinations' thing that Lady Nagant was a part of, while the rest are mostly unaware of that side. The president's aware, but that she's still able to be reasoned with, which is why she's the deciding vote.
- I personally find it hard that Minoru's one of the smartest people in the class when we rarely see anything really proving it. He's clever, yea, and he has moments of ingenuity, but being one of the smartest? Admittedly, I'm justifying this moment of making completely off-based accusations as him being sleep-deprived and constantly suspicious of Len that he tried finding things to accuse him of in order to impress an idol.
- I hope I got the idol stuff done well; I'm not really into idols all that much. My siblings are, though, so I vaguely know enough I think? Did watch a couple of recorded idol concerts to get an idea.
- I know I said that people who are familiar with the ULTRAMAN manga/anime would know where this was going, but after a lot of rewrites and stuff, it kinda veered away from the same sort of idea. Still roughly similar in some ways, but I don't think it's really the same sort of plot anymore.
- After this chapter, I think I'm going to go on a 'semi-hiatus' on UHA so I can work on a couple more Data Files and on "Building Up A Hero!", since it's been far too long since I've focused writing for it (I might've released it recently, sure, but I started working on that chapter for months while I've pumped out multiple UHA chapters). I might also make some short sidestories that could explain or show some scenes that I've skipped over. I'm down for suggestions from readers, but just know that I'm not necessarily going to do all of them.
- Will I make data files for Gouki and Sekijun? Maybe. All you really need to know is that Gouki's short-tempered about everything (which is the reason he exposed himself), and that Sekijun is pretty pathetic and lonely. Not gonna give them last names, though, since we're not going to see them again, unlike what I did retroactively with Kenji's friends and Tsubasa when they became more prominent. And I genuinely do not intend on them coming back. Definitely going to be putting the Alien Bladess into the one I'm making for all the OC aliens I've introduced so far (excluding Virus and his allies, they're getting their own).