And those goddamn fucking pesky brats had stolen my fucking gauntlets.

"GIVE EM BACK! THOSE AIN'T TOYS FOR YOU BRATS!" I screamed at them.

"NO WAY! WE AIN'T GONNA DO WHAT YOU TELL US TO!"

"Sheesh,"Icyhot snapped at me. "Think you can make it any easier for them to steal from you!?"

"I TOOK EM OFF AND PUT EM ASIDE CUZ THEY'RE DANGEROUS!"

"So," said Bodysuit girl, "This whole 'connect with their hearts assignment is kinda fuzzy. Totes dunno what we're supposed to do."

"FROM THE LOOKS ON THEIR FACES, TEAM FISH POOP IS AT A TOTAL LOSS!" shouted Present Mic.

"This is a training course. Have some respect for the process," said Lazy face

"TOTES! GOT ANY SPECIAL REQUESTS FOR WHAT THEY SHOULD DO AND HOW THEY SHOULD GO ABOUT IT, SENSEI?" he asked the teacher.

"Yes. The early elementary school years are critical and formative…A child's unique quirk can have a great effect on development, so we try to provide sound emotional support via counseling. However, counseling isn't always enough. The children of this class in particular have chosen their hearts to us. I know that this should be my responsibility, but I - I thought that if they had a chance to meet you fine young men and women who are pursuing your dreams…if you could show the children how earnest you are…"

Sheesh, you people seeing this? No wonder the brats have taken over.

"Better not say anything thoughtless and make more trouble," said IcyHot

"ALL WE GOTTA DO IS MAKE FRIENDS WITH THEM! GOTCHA!" Shouted Windface. .

"LET'S FINISH THIS BABYSITTING JOB QUICK AND GET TO THE REAL TRAINING," I snapped at them, feeliing a bit of longing looking over at the real training lesson.

"BAKUGOU IS ALWAYS SO THOUGHTFUL! WHAT'S UA'S RESIDENT POWDER KEG PLANNING TO DO NEXT?!" came Mic's commentary.

I turned to the others. "Of course they're gonna walk all over a teacher who doesn't know how to lead them. The rugrats have decided they're in charge! You can't just say 'they'll come around eventually!' One of those pipsqueaks has gotta be the boss. We just gotta find out who. THEN WE KICK THEIR BUTT, STRING EM UP, AND HAVE THE OTHERS CHUCK ROCKS AT EM AS A WARNING! THERE'S NO BETTER WAY THAN SHOWING THEM HOW WEAK AND PATHETIC THEY ARE!"

All of them were staring at me like I was out of my mind or something.

"Or we could just make friends with them?" said Windface.

"THERE YOU HAVE IT! BAKUUGOU'S, ER - UNIQUE POINT OF VIEW!" said Mic.

I turned to the kids and took an offensive stance.

"WHO'S THE STRONGEST, HUH? STEP UP AND FIGHT ME!"

"Whoa!? Let's just take a step back!"

"Such an antiquated and violent way of thinking," said the kids' annoying leader. "It says a lot about how you were raised. You bet it does!"

"Um, pardon me for doubting," said the teacher. "But is this gonna be ok?"

"Relax, he's all bark," said Mic.

What the hell?

"The tough guy act is so last year," said BodySuit.

"I'M BRINGING IT BACK!" I snapped at her

"GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER IS THE BEST SHORTCUT TO FRIENDSHIP!" said Windhole. "WHO HERE WANTS TO BE A HERO SOME DAY?" He raised his hand.

"OUR NEXT CHALLENGER IS THE BOY FROM SHIKETSU!"

"Me me!" chorused the kids.

"Hero's are cool!"

"I'm really strong!"

"Is that so?" said Windface, scooping a couple up in his arms. "Well same here! FEELS LIKE MY BLOOD'S ABOUT TO BURST I'M SO EXCITED!"

"Not sure what he's talking about but it sounds good!"

"HEROES ARE THE ONES WHO KEEP EVERYONE SMILING, RIGHT? NOW, BOYS AND GIRLS WHO CAUSE TROUBLE FOR THEIR TEACHERS CAN'T EVER BE GREAT HEROES!"

"They can't?"

"NOPE! WHICH MEANS -"

"But - you big kids and your special training course made all this trouble for the council people, so you can't be great heroes either, can you?"

And Windface gasped - and blew away crying "FAIR POINT!"

The kids laughed.

"I WAS IN NO POSITION TO TALK DOWN TO YOU! APOLOGIES!" he cried as he returned, bowing into the pavement again.

"HE'S SO DRAMATICALLY SENSITIVE AND PURE!" called mic.

"These kids'er tougher cookies than we thought," said Bodysuit.

"LIKE I SAID, SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA GET ROUGH!" I snapped at her

"Bakugou, that's not true," said IcyHot.

"HUH? THAT'S HOW I WAS RAISED!"

"I think there's a better way."

Crap.

"My father..."

The Sports Festival. Todoroki's family drama. Right. That's what he'll be thinking.

"Oh yeah? Then let's see this better way."

"Sure. I'll do this my way."

"YOU'RE UP NEXT! IT'S THE MAN WHO BRINGS A COOL HEAD AND HOT BLOOD TO THE TABLE! SHOTO TODOROKI!"

"GO SHOTO!" Endeavor shouted from the stands.

He headed towards the kids, who were watching him with odd expressions.

"HOW'S HE GONNA BRIDGE THIS DIVIDE? STAY TUNED FOLKS!"

"Whatever. Five wienies is boring."

"Let's go mess with the giant gorilla."

He took a deep breath, and then said

"I'm not 'five wienies.' My name is Shoto, and I'm a student at UA High school with aspirations of being a hero. I've always hated my father, the current #1 hero Endeavor, so becoming a hero is my way of beating him. My classmates and I have shared good times and bad, and -"

"HE'S STARTING WITH HIS VERY OWN CHARACTER PROFILE BLURB!"

Mic's interruption shut him up while hte kids mocked him, rightly so.

"BORING!"

"Survey says, no thanks!"

"Sorry," he sighed, returning to us.

"NICE TRY, TODOROKI!"

"Coulda predicted that," I huffed. So you think you know better?

"So you three all took kinda typical approaches," said Bodysuit, raising her hand, "but maybe showing off our quirks is the best way to finish this."

"THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY!" I shouted.

"No way. Really? Imagine that. Cuz the gap between us is huge, and they're having too much fun messing with us."

"Instead of trying to fill that gap, let's just dive in headfirst with a live demonstration."

We talked together and came up with a plan. Suddenly we heard a sound again, and turned to see the kids had activated their own quirks. "We know we're better than them!"

"HAH!" I grinned. "This I like!" Bring it on.