It was the day after the Quirk Apprehension Test and things were now going at a relatively normal pace. Classes were quite surreal, being taught by Pro Heroes and Izuku had to be held back from asking for their autographs at the beginning of every class.

However, the final class of the day was when things were really getting exciting...

"I AM HERE! COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!"

All-Might strutted through the door, already decked out in his Silver Age costume. Naturally, the class got excited except for Izuku, Himiko, and their friends, since they already knew the #1 Pro Hero on a personal level at this point.

"I can't believe it! All-Might's really here!"

"He really is gonna be teaching us this year!"

"Is that his Silver Age costume? Talk about retro!"

"Welcome to the most important class at UA High; Heroics 101!" All-Might announced as he took his place at the teacher's desk. "This is where you learn the basics of being a Hero, and what it means to fight in the name of good!"

"Alright, I'm pumped!" Akito cheered.

"Now while this class will be a serious one, there is one fun aspect of it that I know you're all looking forward to..."

All-Might clapped his hands and a set of suitcases with the student's desk numbers on them appeared from behind the wall beside him. Naturally, this got the class even more excited.

"OUR HERO COSTUMES!"

"That's right! While not the most important aspect of a Hero, looking good for the crowd is not something that should be underestimated." All-Might said. "Recognition is important because when you stick out in the minds of the people, you give them hope every time you appear on the scene."

"A very logical point." Kurai nodded.

"Now you all submitted your early costume designs along with your Quirk registration prior to your enrollment here, and the Support Course has worked to make those designs a reality!" All-Might said as he took it upon himself to place the suitcases on each student's desk corresponding to their desk numbers. "Get suited up, because our first lesson is Combat Training! After all, with how dangerous Villains are, more often than not the only way to stop them is to knock them out!"

Izuku winced as he could already feel the murderous glee emanating from Katsuki. What was worse was the excited and borderline sadistic glint in Chie's own eyes.

"Something tells me this is gonna be a whole lot crazier than it should be..."


The students had all suited up in their costumes. Izuku was wearing a green full-body jumpsuit with a red belt, light beige shoulder pads, elbow pads, knee pads, and light beige gloves decorated with blue stripes, along with his signature red boots. He also wore a metal, diamond-shaped respirator and a straw hat, which was a gift to him from his paternal uncle, Shanks, who was an Underground Pro Hero who had his own information network across Japan.

Haruko was wearing a simple black tank top with the kanji for "Nine' written on the back, dark grey cargo pants, armored black boots, black fingerless gloves with metal studded knuckles, and a green scarf around her neck.

"Isn't that a little plain, Arashi?" Denki asked.

"I prefer a more casual approach to things. Sometimes simple is the best, y'know?"

"She's got a point. Sometimes it's cool to simply have a casual look to you. I mean, just look at Aizawa-Sensei!" Chie giggled.

Chie wore a black suit, a red tie, black dress pants, a purple belt with bunny shaped buckle, a skirt with black vertical stripes and green and purple slanted stripes, a white mask with a scar pattern on the right eye, and little ears, a metallic detachable pointed tail that could be attached to the belt, white dress shoes, and black leather gloves.

"That's quite a formal attire you have there," Momo noted as Chie simply smiled.

"Hey, Sir Nighteye dresses formally when he's kicking ass and you don't see many people complaining about that, do you?"

Akito was dressed in her shrine maiden robes but modified to give her more practicality with movement when in battle. Her gohei was strapped to her back like a battle staff, and she had a pouch full of various tools she'd need for certain situations.

Kurai simply allowed herself to show off her entire body since, without her clothes, she was still technically wearing something. Her entire body was black and metallic with the legs connected to her torso by joints.

Finally, Himiko wore a special red jumpsuit with a special backpack that stored blood vials that could feed directly into her as well as shoot out as syringes to take blood from others. She also had a loose black mask around her neck which was decorated with pieces of pale metal in the shape of a carnivorous grin.

"They say clothes make the Hero, and you're certainly proving it today. From this point on you are all heroes in training!" All-Might proudly said as he looked over everybody's costumes with approval.

"Good thing my costume incorporates my DNA into it so it can transform with me when I use my Devil Fruits," Izuku noted as he gestured to his outfit.

"Tre chic, mes amis," Yuuga said. "You certainly put a lot of thought into it. Everyone seems to have gone with a style that suits them. No clashing whatsoever."

"You certainly have a flashy style to yourself, Aoyama." Haruko chuckled, noting how Yuuga's costume made him look like a shining knight. "You sure you gonna be okay wearing a cape though?"

"Mademoiselle, you worry too much! I made sure to design it to be removable if it gets snagged." Yuuga explained. "I knew a cape would compliment my dazzling style so well, but I've read far too many horror stories of heroes who got their capes caught on the wrong thing to just throw one on without thinking."

"Poor Stratogale..." Akito said sadly, clasping her hands in prayer.

"Wow, you guys all look so cool! I wish I had been more specific with my costume though..." Ochako said as she came over. "It came out all puffy and skintight, it's embarrassing..."

"Awwww, I think it's cute~!" Himiko purred, glomping Ochako from behind, making the brunette squeak in embarrassment.

"Alright class, settle down!" All-Might said, clapping his hands to get his student's attention. "Today we'll be having 2v2 indoor Mock Battles! You've all had experience fighting machines outside during the Entrance Exam but you need experience fighting real people indoors with Quirks! This will help provide the experience!"

All-Might then took out a script and began reading through it. Izuku and Co. couldn't fault him since this was obviously his first time teaching, of course.

"Here's the scenario we're going with! The Villains have hidden a nuclear weapon somewhere in their hideout. It's the Hero's job to find the weapon, capture it, and detain the Villains! For the Heroes to win, either capture the Villains or secure the weapon and for the Villains to win, capture the Heroes or wait out the time limit!"

"This sounds like something out of a James Bond movie..." Haruko noted.

"Admittedly, it is, Young Arashi." All-Might admitted. "But this sort of scenario is also common in our current society."

"Fair enough."

All-Might then brought out a yellow lottery box and began fishing through it, deciding the teams by lots before finishing and presenting the results.

Team A: Izuku and Haruko

Team B: Shoto and Shouji

Team C: Momo and Minoru

Team D: Katsuki and Tenya

Team E: Yuuga and Mina

Team F: Rikidou and Akito

Team G: Denki and Kyouka

Team H: Fumikage and Tsuyu

Team I: Kurai and Tooru

Team J: Eijirou and Sero

Team K: Kouji and Chie

Team L: Himiko and Ochako

All-Might then put some lettered balls into two more boxes for Heroes and Villains and shook them up before randomly picking one from each box.

"And our first match will be...Team A versus Team D!"

Izuku turned to see Katsuki staring balefully at him. Nothing was said as both boys seemed to be having a mental battle with each other before looking away. This naturally made Haruko and Tenya rather worried.


"I never imagined I'd have to think about things from the other end," Tenya said, tapping on the weapon. "Fake, of course. There's no way they'd let a real nuclear weapon in this school."

"You keep watch over the weapon, Four Eyes. I'm going after Deku and that lying bitch." Katsuki snarled as he made his way out of the room.

"Bakugou...now might be a good idea to make a plan of attack," Tenya advised warningly.

"I have a plan; ATTACK!"


Down below, Izuku and Haruko had slipped inside.

"Izu, he's gonna come after me. Just go ahead and capture the weapon, I'll hold him off."

"Haru-Chan, I know you have better control of OFA but I'm just not comfortable leaving you with him!" Izuku said worriedly.

"He has a beef with me specifically. I used to be Quirkless and he's pretty pissed I have a Quirk now."

Suddenly, Haruko felt a sharp pang ring through her head. Quickly, she pushed Izuku out of the way of an incoming explosion that impacted the wall where they had previously been.

"GOT YOU NOW, BITCH!"


All-Might noticed Haruko's movements from the monitor room and hummed as he nodded his head.

"That level of premonition... Knowing where the threat came from mere seconds before the attack... There's no doubt about it... Young Arashi has unlocked the Quirk once held by the 4th user of OFA; [Danger Sense]!"


"How did you do that?! I doubt that was [Observation Haki]!" Izuku said as Haruko quickly got up and turned to see Katsuki approaching, a wild gleam in his eyes.

"Deku can't help you now, you lying bitch! Now you're gonna tell me EVERYTHING!" Katsuki snarled as he rushed forward and threw a right hook, only for Haruko to grab the offending arm and judo-flip him to the floor.

"You really think Izuku wouldn't tell me about how you always start fights with a right hook? Predictable, Bakugou!"

Katsuki growled in fury as he delivered an explosion-powered kick at Haruko, who simply blocked before slamming her elbow into his leg just hard enough to dislocate it, causing Katsuki to scream in pain as Izuku fired a glob of mochi from his hand with the [Mochi-Mochi Fruit], gagging the explosive blonde.

"Sorry, Bakugou...but the moment you tried going at it alone like you always do...was the very moment victory was handed to us."

Izuku began walking away, using the [Glare-Glare Fruit] to find where Tenya and the bomb were as Haruko stayed to keep an eye on Katsuki, wrapping up capture tape around his waist to make sure he didn't try anything.

"DAMN YOU, DEKU! COME BACK HERE! DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE WITH THIS LOSER! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MY RIVAL! WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE ONES FIGHTING TO PROVE WHO'S #1!"

"Get a room, Bakugou..." Haruko said. "I'm not scared of you anymore. I stopped when Izuku became my friend despite my Quirkless status and I'm not scared of you now."

Despite the blonde's vicious struggle, Haruko could almost swear she saw tears pricking the corners of his eyes as he tried fruitlessly breaking free from his bindings before slowly giving up and hanging his head down, his hair shading his eyes.


"Bakugou, report! What's going on?!" Tenya called through the earpiece only to see Katsuki walking back into the room.

"I scouted out Deku and Arashi, they're coming our way so be on guard."

"Right, I'll-!"

Tenya was cut off when he was chopped in the back of the neck, knocking him unconscious as Katsuki transformed into Izuku, having used the [Clone-Clone Fruit] to turn into Katsuki before walking over and touching the bomb.

"HERO TEAM WIIIIIIIIIIIIINS!" All-Might announced.


"Man, Midoriya and Arashi are so overpowered!" Sero commented. "Bakugou and Iida didn't even stand a chance!"

Izuku and Haruko came back in with a dejected-looking Katsuki and recovering Tenya. With that out of the way, the next match was between Team B as the Heroes and Team I as the Villains.


"So your Quirk makes you transparent?" Kurai asked as Tooru nodded. Her entire body was invisible and she was wearing nothing but a pair of gloves and boots.

"I'm pretty sure you can see me since you have super robot vision or something...but please don't tell anyone."

Kurai smiled and nodded. "It's just between us ladies."

Down below, Shouji used his Quirk, [Dupli-Arms], to form extra ears and take a listen through the halls. It wasn't just extra arms, his tentacles could form different exterior body parts, especially sensory organs. It was also how he normally talked, his tentacles forming additional mouths. He relayed what he sensed to Todoroki.

"They're both currently in a room on the fourth floor. How should we approach?"

Shoto stepped forward. "I'll handle this one. Climb up the exterior and catch them by surprise in case they dodge this..."

He touched the wall and a massive spread of ice covered practically the entire building. Shouji formed extra hands and started climbing the building, his extra eyes letting him spot Tooru even while she was invisible.

However, Kurai had protected herself and Tooru by emitting waves of heat from a radiator inside her body, melting the ice in the room before it even touched either of them. As Shouji climbed in through the window, he was shocked to see Kurai aiming her fist at him.

"Apologies."

Firing her fist like a rocket, Shouji was knocked upside the jaw and fell down to the ground with a pained grunt before falling unconscious from the impact. As Shoto walked through the frozen halls, he was shocked when Kurai suddenly blasted toward him, Tooru riding on her back.

"You were poorly matched up against me, Todoroki," Kurai said before her eyes flickered. "Why only use ice when your Quirk is registered as [Half-Cold, Half-Hot]?"

Shoto snarled, refusing to give the Android Girl an answer as he prepared to send another wave of ice, only for Kurai to launch Tooru off her back, allowing the invisible girl to catch the heterochromatic boy by surprise with a knee to the face.

"Hi-Yah! Alright, we got 'em!"

Kurai then fired a ball from her wrist that burst open to reveal a capture net that wrapped itself around Shoto, holding him steady.

"VILLAIN TEAM WIIIIIIIIIIIINS!" All-Might announced.


Next was Team E as the Heroes and Team K as the Villains. After setting up the weapon, Chie turned to Kouji and whispered into his ear.

"Alright, here's the plan, Kouda-Kun."

Kouji listened intently and nodded in agreement with what he heard. It was smart, and he didn't exactly have a better idea himself.

The rock-headed boy used his Quirk, [Anivoice], to communicate with some rats to relay information on their opponents. Once they had returned with the info, Chie told Kouji to wait with the weapon as she made her way down to where Mina and Yuuga were, imagine her joy when they decided to split up to cover more ground.

"Rule #1 in a Horror Movie...NEVER split up. There's always safety in numbers!"

Chie went after Yuuga first, scaring the Franco-Japanese boy with a surprise attack before knocking him out with a pressure point strike to her neck. She then slunk through the shadows until she found Mina and decided to have a little fun with her.

"Butcher's Bill comes due, Ashido..."

The scary voice made Mina turn around in panic, allowing Chie to get behind her and grab her by the back of the head before pinning her to the ground and wrapping capture tape around her wrists.

"VILLAIN TEAM WIIIIIIIINS!" All-Might announced.

"Is he really gonna chew the scenery like that every time?" Denki asked.

"I don't know about you, but it's manly!" Eijirou grinned.


Next was Team L as the Heroes and Team C as the Villains. As Himiko and Ochako prepared to enter the building, the adopted Midoriya turned to her partner.

"Hey, Uraraka-Chan, do you trust me?"

"I mean, I think you're a nice girl and you're Izuku's sister, so I guess so."

One of Himiko's syringes snaked out and she pointed to Ochako's shoulder. "I need a bit of your blood. That way, we can double your Quirk by having two people use it at the same time."

"O-Okay..."

With Momo and Minoru, the former was making use of her Quirk, [Creation] to form a barricade on the door and warning her partner not to stare at her behind as she bent over.

"Come on, your costume is...well...it's so attractive!" Minoru complained. "How can I not stare?!"

"While I'm flattered you'd consider my outfit attractive, it's for practical use as well," Momo explained. "I need as much skin exposed as possible to make the most use of my Quirk."

Minoru huffed. "Yeah, well there's obviously gonna be a lot of guys not as nice as me who'll be thinking otherwise..."

"SURPRISE!"

Himiko, now in the form of Ochako, suddenly flew in through the open window, pulling the real Ochako along with her and catching their opponents off-guard...well, they caught Minoru off-guard as Momo turned around and created a Gatling Gun from her stomach.

"Considering the capacities of your Quirks, I expected you'd pull a move like this!"

"That's where you're wrong!" Ochako-Himiko grinned before suddenly transforming into Inko.

"NO WAY, IT'S POLARIS!"

Using Inko's Quirk, [Polarity], Inko pulled the weapon to Ochako, who still was under zero gravity as she jumped over and hugged the weapon.

"Safe!"

"HERO TEAM WIIIIIIIIIIIINS!" All-Might announced.


Next was Team H as the Heroes and Team F as the Villains. After setting up the weapon, Rikidou let out a fierce cry as he clapped his cheeks and got into a fighting stance.

"Ooh, good one, Sato-Kun!" Akito giggled, clapping her hands.

"Alright, I'm pumped! What do you have for a plan, Saraka?"

"Well, I'm not good at planning...so I'm just gonna go out there and wing it!"

"Fair enough. I'll guard the weapon!" Rikidou said, taking out some sugar capsules from his utility belt to prepare for using his Quirk, [Sugar Rush].

Fumikage and Tsuyu walked through the dark hallways, the darkness allowing the former full access to his Quirk, [Dark Shadow], a sentient Quirk that acted almost like a second body and could grow stronger in dark places. Tsuyu scaled the interior of the building using her Quirk, [Frog], which as the name implied gave her all the abilities of a natural frog.

Suddenly, a heavenly light shined in front of the two as Akito appeared in front of them, her arms spread out as golden light was emitting from her.

"Ahhh! The light! It burns!" Dark Shadow screeched as he retreated into Fumikage.

"May the heavens bless you and swerve you away from your ignoble path!"

"Why are you saying that when you're supposed to be the Villain-Kero?" Tsuyu asked as Akito flustered.

"Hey! It's instinctual, okay?!"

Needless to say, Akito managed to take down both Fumikage and Tsuyu by forming a stone cage around them, followed by wrapping up ethereal chains of light for further constriction just to be extra safe.

"VILLAIN TEAM WIIIIIIIIIIIIINS!"


"Great job today, class!" All-Might praised his students proudly after everyone had completed their mock battles. "You all showed great potential in your battles! Now I want you to remember what you learned and saw today and keep moving forward!

"It's nice to hear encouraging words after Aizawa-Sensei," Akito noted. "He was kind of a buzzkill."

"Preaching to the choir on that one," All-Might muttered to himself before smiling wider. "I'm happy to bring such staggering positivity to my alma mater! Well, that's all for now. But remember, this is only the beginning. The trials will only be getting harder from here on out, and even I can't pull any punches when it comes to your training as heroes. Just keep a positive attitude, and remember to smile in the face of danger!"


Izuku, Haruko, Chie, Akito, Kurai, and Himiko were heading on home for the day. Some of their classmates had actually given them their phone numbers to keep in touch when not at school and they had happily accepted...though Kurai didn't really need a phone since she was already connected to the internet.

"DEKU!"

Turning around, the six saw Katsuki glaring at them from afar. What surprised them was that he actually seemed to be on the verge of tears.

"Don't think this means anything, you got it?! Today was just a fluke!" Katsuki was especially aiming his sights on Haruko and Izuku. "I won't be holding back anymore going forward!"

"Sure, Bakugou, sure..." Haruko sighed, though she still couldn't help but feel troubled when she saw the tears more clearly in the explosive blonde's eyes.

Izuku just looked at his former friend with sadness in his emerald eyes before turning and leaving without another word, everyone else quickly following him as Katsuki just watched them leave, a pained look in his burgundy eyes.

"Dammit...why the fuck did you have to leave me behind, Deku?"


Meanwhile, Aizawa met with Atomic Samurai at the teacher's lounge. Kamikaze just so happened to be the gym teacher at UA High on top of being a high-ranking member of the S-Rankers.

"So I hear All-Might went all out with the initial Hero Training," Aizawa said.

"You and he may have different ideas on how to coach the students, but he does realize that they need to be pushed to their limits. It was the same with his teacher, The Floatation Hero: Nimbu." Atomic Samurai said.

Aizawa nodded. "Yeah, Nana Shimura. No one knows what happened to her. One day they just found her dead from fighting an unknown Villain."

Kamikaze looked solemn. "I know what happened to her. She lost to the same Villain All-Might would eventually triumph over. A Villain so dangerous, so evil, that the world would rather forget all about him. Only his parents and siblings have ever come close to his level of evil."


Meanwhile, in a dimly lit bar, a young man with dry skin and preserved hands all over his body set down a newspaper.

"Can you believe this joke? It says he's a teacher now."

He looked up to a figure that seemed to be made of purple smoke, though still with a humanoid shape.

"Hey, here's a question. What do you think would happen when the mighty Symbol of Peace... Is taken off the server?"

"Do not think it will be the end, my boy." Chuckled a raspy voice as a man with a bat-like helmet, a spiked brace covering his eyes, ghoulish grey skin, sharp yellow blood-stained teeth, and a black outfit with spiked shoulders and covered in belts and chains took a sip of bourbon beside the younger man. "When the Symbol of Peace is killed... Another rises to take his place."

"Good must continue to exist if we of Evil intent are to remain in this world." Spoke another voice belonging to a tall man with dark blue Greek God-esque armor, glowing red eyes, a helmet with bat wing-like horns, and a curved sword and bat-shaped Axe strapped to his back. "But this will be your test...the battle to come will prove if you have what it takes to stand with us...TOMURA SHIGARAKI."


Next Time: Class Presidents are elected, Chie helps some friends out, and a few other things go on as dark clouds loom over the horizon...