Most of us had a nice long relaxing sleep that night. Except Midoriya and Bakugou who, for some reason, decided the night we got our provisional licenses - well, all except for two of us - would be a great time to get into a big fight at ground beta,breaking curfew, and getting put under house arrest. Such foolishness!
"You fought!?" asked Ashido the next day as they cleaned the dorm room.
"Lockdown?!" said Hagakure.
"Idiots!" said Kaminari.
"Nonsense," I agreed.
"What were you thinking?" said Sero.
"The stupidest, that's for sure." said Jirou, earning a nod from me.
"Uh, but dig make up in the end?" Uraraka asked Midoriya.
"Make up? Not exactly, but…hard to put into words…" Midoriya told her.
"A fine job you've made of it, getting punished! I suppose you two will be absent at today's opening ceremony!" (Iida chastized them.
"Bakugou, what about that special course for our licenses?" asked Todoroki.
"Shaddup, mind your own business!" Bakugou yelled back at him.
"See ya, have fun cleaning this place." Kirishima told them, as we headed out for the opening ceremony.
The second semester opening ceremony was to take place outside, with all of UA present. It was an important right of passage, a duty as students, but it was hard to be especially excited given the state of the world.
"Listen up, everyone will need to get in line quickly and not mess things up!" said Iida as we headed down the halls. "Time to head for the grounds!"
"You're the only screwy one around here," said Jirou.
"As class president, such is my burden!"
"So Mr. Aizawa's not coming to this opening ceremony either?" asked Uraraka. "Must be busy."
"Well, things are a little different compared to last April," said Ojiro.
Monoma's voice interrupted them. "Hey Class A, I heard the news! Two of you! I hear two of you failed the licensing exam!"
"Monoma from Class B! You're just as charming as ever!" said Kirishima. "Wait, don't tell me you were the only one to fail in your class again?"
Monoma burst out laughing and then turned to face the wall.
"Not gonna answer?!" cried Kirishima.
Then Monoma, as his class filed into the hallway, turned to face us with a big, smug smile. "Every single one of us passed! The tables are turning, Class A."
Todoroki looked so miserable, I felt sorry for him. "Sorry, you guys."
"Hey, he's the one making a contest outta this," said Kirishima. "Don't sweat it!"
A girl from Class B with big horns said, in broken Japanese, "Our teacher Vlad says we will have classes together this term. It will be much fun!"
"Ooh! I'm ready and raring to go!" Kirishima grinned at her.
"Hey, you notice, she's a foreigner!" said Kaminari.
Monoma whispered something in her ear and she said "We are going to - GRIND YOU INTO DUST!"
"Stop teacher her weird phrases!" came Kendo, sticking her fingers in Monoma's eye and giving me a small laugh.
"Hey, the line's backing up here!" came an oddly familiar voice, and we all looked around to see a boy with spiky purple hair.
"So very sorry!" gasped Iida. "Enough idle chatter, everyone! We're holding up the procession!
"Good to see how lame you guys really are," said the purple haired boy, who I still couldn't quite place.
"Shinzo," said Tokoyami.
"Hey's the guy who fought Midoriya at the Sports festival," said Jirou. Oh, of course! Him. That feels so long ago...
"Huh, looks like he's gotten tougher," said Sero.
It wasn't long before we had all filed out and were standing in the boiling hot courtyard of UA facing the platform where Principal Nezu was waving to us.
"Hello! IT's everyone's favorite small mammalian principal! Lately, the fur I pride myself on has been looking rather shabby, so I've made great efforts to improve myself in that regard. This can apply to you too, humans. Don't forget to eat balanced meals with plenty of zinc and other vitamins, but remember that the most important thing , above all else, is a good night's sleep. A chaotic lifestyle is the worst thing imaginable for fur quality. If any of you are concerned about your hair, then be sure to get enough sleep. And the biggest recent disruption to our lifestyles, as yo all know, was the incident that took place this past summer. The loss of our pillar. We're seeing the effects of that emerging a rate beyond expectations. Our society needs to prepare for unparalleled hardship in the near future. That applies especially to those of your in the hero course. Including you second and third years on work study. Going forward you must be more aware than e ver of the threats out there."
"Work study?" Ashido asked Tsuyu.
"I'm guessing that's the next step after the internships we did," she said, touching her face.
"Such gloomy talk makes us all heavyhearted, I know," the Principal went on. "Which is why we adults are doing our best to keep things from getting too dreary. We hope to inspire an industrious ethic in you young men and women so that you may go on to become capable members of society. The business course, the general studies course, the support course, and the hero course. Do not forget that it's all of you who will inherit this society."
At last he got off stage. Vlad King go on the mic and said, "Finally, here are a few reminders from our school life supervisor, Mr. Hound Dog."
Hound Dog Sensei got on the mic. But instead of talking he started barking really loudly into the mic. All we caught were a few words. "UNACCUSTOMED" "DORM - LIFE!"
Vlad King sensei explained, "Um, what he meant to say was 'we had a fight between students last night. We understand that some of you are still unaccustomed to dorm life, but we ask you to control yourselves and make this work for everyone.'"
"They sure are treating Midoriya and Bakugou like a couple of naughty children," I sighed. My reckless, unfortunate classmates.
At long last, the announcers said, "Everyone back to class, starting with the third years."
And that was it. Our second semester was about to commence. The summer - that longest, craziest summer of our lives - was over.