Izumi smiled as she looked up to the massive door before her, finally about to return to her class after the chaos of the past two days.
When she and her mother and aunt had woken up that morning, they had all been eating breakfast by the time Nezu had come along to explain that the two older woman would be returning to their homes today to pick up any items they needed to move in.
While he dealt with that, Izumi had slipped into her room for just a moment to change, still preferring to do it privately even if she didn't actually have anything to show off with her method of changing.
Once she was in her uniform she had taken off to reach the school, having deliberately waited until she'd be one of the last in so she wouldn't have to sit alone in silence. On her way out she'd heard Nezu also mentioning that her aunt and mother would be making arrangements with their workplaces to deal with their payments and the like.
With her brightest smile, she pushed the door open taking tentative steps inside before managing to somehow grin even wider when she found all but Bakugou present. "Heya everyone!"
"Huh- MIDORI!" Uraraka had been caught off-guard by her sudden voice, before her eyes lit up and she launched at her, pulling her into a hug which caught the greenette by surprise but she gladly returned. "You had us all worried yesterday! You just disappeared and when we asked Kendou, she seemed so concerned…"
"Sorry about that." The greenette said with a nervous chuckle, reluctantly pulling away from the embrace and addressing her class. "I was here actually, just I was with the principal dealing with… stuff."
Most probably assumed she was referring to the Bakugou incident, and thankfully didn't press her on it as a result. She made her way to her seat, Uraraka following to her own nearby.
Asui stood up from her own as soon as she passed, and caused the shapeshifter to tilt her head in confusion when suddenly a bracelet lined with freshly picked flowers was presented to her. "Huh? What's this?"
"A flower bracelet, I picked them myself. Ribbit. I thought it would be good to give you something nice after everything… else." The shorter greenette explained, making Izumi smile brightly as she took It and slipped it on.
"Thank you so much, Tsu!" she said with a nod, getting a frankly adorable smile in return.
"No problem. Ribbit." The frog girl waved it away with an adorable tilt of the head and Izumi would remain adamant that her heart did not skip a beat in that moment even though it most definitely did.
"You're definitely ok, right?" The sudden voice of Yaoyorouzu spoke up from behind, making her jump before she whirled around to see the tall raven haired teen with an apologetic look on her face. "Sorry!"
"Ah, its fine. Just caught me by surprise." The greenette said with a small laugh at her own expense. "Enhanced senses and you still sneaked up on me, well done."
That did get a few giggles and chuckles from the people around her.
"Anyways, I'm fine. Never better now that it's all said and done." Ok, that wasn't entirely true, she was nervous as hell over Srijan but that wasn't a problem for her to talk about right now.
"Alright, she's fine so you can all get back to your seats now." Aizawa suddenly drawled out from the front, pulling all eyes to the scraggly pro who had sneaked in when no one was looking. "We have something important we need to discuss today. Something that will be important to the rest of your days at U.A. high."
Everyone shared looks at them, concerned over what it could be. 'Another quirk test? I mean what would be the point so soon though?'
"You need to pick a class president and vice president."
And thus, chaos ensued. Hands raised in the air, while others let out shouts begging to be picked all while Aizawa just looked out to his class unamused. The only one who didn't rush to be picked was Izumi who was willing to simply let it go to someone else.
While it was a honourable role, it came with a lot of responsibilities and she had enough to worry about at the moment so unless she was actively picked out-
"I think it should go to Midoriya!" Kirishima suddenly called out, the only person so far not to request it for themselves and effectively silencing everyone in the process. The greenette looked to him with shocked eyes while the others raised their brows and tilted their heads to which he just smirked at. "I mean I'd love the role myself but thinking seriously for a moment, we need someone who is competent and can handle themselves in stressful situations. Not to keep bringing that incident up but I don't think we could have put her in a more stressful situation than that and look at her! She's bounced back like it's nothing, so she can handle it."
"I uh… that's very nice of you to say…" Izumi said with a blush, looking away embarrassed at the praise and scratching her neck.
"Sir, if I may!" Iida called out to their teacher, who just nodded with his bored expression. "Kirishima's reasoning for another is sound. I think we should all hold a vote to decide it democratically. While some may vote for themselves, it means whoever does end up with the role most be the most suitable person for the job."
"Fine." Aizawa sighed, jerking his thumb towards a tray in the wall. "There's scrap paper in there. You can get some and do this vote since it's your idea, just wake me up when you're done."
"Yes sir!"
"Ok… so you guys picked me…" Izumi said with a small blush and a nervous rubbing of the neck as she stood at the front of the class, Yaoyorouzu by her side. Most of the students still sat down gave her at least a smile, which did help her feel a little more confident. 'Ok, just pretend you're in your Prototype outfit, reassuring a child or something.' "I won't lie, I've never exactly been the first pick for a role like this but I promise I will do everything I can to make sure you won't regret it! Thank you for picking me!"
She gave a bow as she said that, before then nodding her head to the creation teen beside her who took a step forward and addressed their classmates and Izumi at the same time. "I would also like to thank you all, for entrusting the vice president position to me. I will also do my best to help Midoriya in her position, as I have been in roles like this previously. I hope we can serve you well!"
With that, the greenette flashed a bright smile to Momo who returned it with a sweet one of her own.
"Alright that's good enough for now. The two of you can work out class officers over lunch." Aizawa spoke up, shooing them back to their desks and once more gaining the entire classes attention. "Also, as you have all probably guessed, Bakugou has currently been suspended due to his actions. He will be returning tomorrow but for today, there will be a student from 1-B joining us in your training later. You'll find out more when it's time."
'Huh, 1-B? I wonder if it's going to be Kendou.'
Once that had been dealt with, their scruffy homeroom teacher had continued to list out a few less important announcements before their classes began. First up was English with Present Mic, whom Jirou and Izumi had to remind multiple times about their more sensitive hearing. That was followed by math's with Ectoplasm and art class with Midnight.
What the greenette didn't fail to notice is every time in between class, a conversation would always start and it was almost always one of the girls addressing her over some random topic, usually about how much of a nightmare it had been to get into the school that day due to the media. Turns out the greenette had moved in with perfect timing to avoid them. As soon as she noticed the pattern, she couldn't help but wonder if it was intentional.
She got her answer when it finally came around to lunch time and the rest of the girls had actively waited on her before heading to the cafeteria, Ashido and Hagakure both slinging their arms around her neck as they all talked and laughed.
Definitely on purpose, she realized with a smile. She certainly wasn't complaining however, she could get used to this kind of attention…
The girls all sat at the same desk, eating their food at their own pace and laughing with one another over a joke Mina had told, when the sound of footsteps had garnered Izumi's attention and she turned to see Kendou approaching with Setsuna at her side.
"Mind if we join ya?" The newest greenette asked, while the red head just silently wrapped her Sister into a tight hug which was returned happily.
"Not at all!" Mina spoke up first, shuffling along to make room. Setsuna sat in between Asui and Momo while Kendou took her seat at her sisters side, Asui at her other side. "You're from 1-B, right?"
"Yup! Actually I'm the class president now." The shapeshifters sister laughed, making Izumi's eyes widened before her smirk grew massive.
"Ha! I was picked for our class myself." She revealed, surprising Kendou and making the remaining girls around the snicker at the coincidence.
"Yeah, well we know I'll be better at it."
"Oh? Is that a promise?"
"Yeah, you bet your butt!"
"Nah, we know I have the best butt, I wouldn't risk losing it." That line caused Mina to splutter, caught off guard before Izumi continued. "And it will be nice for you to have something you can do better than me at. We know it won't be hero work."
"Oh, you're going there huh? Two can play at that game miss 'Let's test how badly santa's chimney method would actually end up for him'."
"HEY! I ONLY LOST THE ONE LEG!"
"it was still your own fault, you know we keep it on pretty much all the time!"
"My god, you two really are just like siblings…" Setsuna said, shaking her head with an amused smirk while the other girls giggled at the two's antics. "So, aside from the call president stuff, anything interesting happen for you guy's toda-"
All to suddenly, alarms went off cutting off the 1-B girl and drawing all eyes to the nearby speaker.
"WARNING! LEVELE THREE SECURITY BREACH! WARNING! LEVEL THREE SECURITY BREACH! ALL STUDENTS EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY IN A CALM AND ORDERLY FASHION."
"Uh… That count?" Midoriya asked sarcastically, hopping to her feet as the entire cafeteria began to run around, people launching from there seat in a panic. "What's a level three breach?!"
"I believe it means someone has gotten past the school barriers." Yaoyorouzu explained with an uneasy look upon her face before she began to walk towards the exit. The vigilante among them felt her eyes go wide. 'Srijan, I swear to god if that is you…' "Come on, we should-AHH!"
A stampede of students barraged past, throwing the creation girl to the ground and probably causing her to bruise as Uraraka dropped to her side, helping her up. "Hey watch it!"
"People are panicking." Iida's voice said quietly from nearby, barely audible to the greenette through the chaos with her hearing. "Do they not understand the meaning of calm and orderly?!"
The truest indicator of the insanity that this sudden mob of panicking students was quickly became apparent when in the brief few seconds the greenette had turned her head to search for the blue haired teen, she'd turned back to see the rest of the girls already spread apart and being washed away by the stampede. 'Ok, that is not good…'
Making sure no one was looking towards her, she turned and ran for a nearby bathroom at full speed, shifting into her Prototype costume and leaping out one of the windows to get a look down below.
"Wait… You have got to be kidding me…"
She expected to come out and find some villain pushing his luck, instead she saw hundreds of reporters barrelling towards the school with intent. 'Is… IS THIS ABOUT ALL MIGHT?!'
She shook her head, quickly jumping back into the bathroom and changing again. The absolute last thing she should do in this situation is get caught on camera in her costume at the school.
"Of all the damn things!" She hissed, bursting out into the cafeteria and bolting for the nearby corridor. She ducked and weaved around the students, before her eyes noticed long green hair on the ground. Trailing it she saw Asui laying there, a look of worry in her eyes as the stampede was seconds away from trampling over her. "TSU!"
Izumi bolted instantly, grabbing her in less than a second and sticking upside down to the roof where it was safe. The frog girl looked shocked but otherwise fine. "You ok?"
"Y…yeah. Just… shocked. Ribbit." The smaller of the two greenette's got out. "I'm glad you caught me, that would have been painful."
"No kidding. All this and it's just some reporters."
"Wait, what?!"
"MIDORIYA!" Iida's voice called out and the shapeshifter looked down to see the engine teen pressed against a window trying to point outside. "It's not villains!"
"I know! Just hold on a moment!" The greenette called, before taking a deep breathe to prepare herself. "Asui, stay sticking to the wall."
"Done, ribbit."
"PRESERVER! TENDRIL CONFINEMENT!" Izumi cries out, millions of tendrils shooting off her body not dissimilar to a certain devastator she kept in reserve for dire situations. The difference was those would pierce through anything that got too close where as these ones were snaking around every last person before pulling them all into place and keeping them from running.
"HEY WHAT THE-"
"LET GO!"
"THEY GOT IN!"
"EVERYONE, BE QUIET!" Izumi bellowed, voice echoing far as she amplified it and causing everyone to stop. "THIS PANICKING IS DOING NOTHING FOR NO ONE, EXCEPT RISKING PEOPLE GETTING HURT! THERE ARE NO VILLAINS OUTSIDE, ONLY REPORTERS WITH NO SENSE OF WHAT IS GOING TO FAR. YOU ARE ALL BETTER THAN THIS, SO ACT LIKE IT!"
With that, the tendrils let go and everyone began to calm down, all piling up to the windows to check if she was telling the truth while she dropped down onto the floor with Asui, landing near Kaminari.
"Oh thank god it's over…" The blonde muttered, having clearly taken something of a beating throughout the whole thing. In fact, he was actually bleeding. Just barely but she noticed, making her sigh.
"Come on, let's get you to Recovery Girl. Have a feeling she's about to get an influx of patience so better to go now." The greenette sighed, helping him up and moving along.
"Uh, thanks Midoriya."
They walked in silence for the most part, until they neared the hall with the infirmary room. She looked up for just a moment, and for the briefest of seconds she could have sworn she saw a white blur.
She immediately sprinted after to check, leaving a confused Kaminari behind but no matter where she checked, she found nothing…
'That doesn't bode well…'