Izumi had been on edge for the rest of the school day, after the lunch break-in and the mysterious blur she was certain she saw. Her senses were nearly impossible to trick, so it left a queasy feeling inside her when she had no idea what was happening.
Kind of weird really to feel queasy without actually being able to get sick. Shaking her head, she turned her focus back to the front of the room.
"So what do you think we have next anyways?" A voice asked from beside her and she turned to see Sero casually inspecting his elbow. A bit of tape was sticking out and he looked like he was struggling to rip it out. 'Side effect of his quirk? Seems irritating.'
"Well, we all finished up in combat training the other day so none of us currently need to go back and have a match, so I think they will want to introduce us to the other side of heroing. So I think it's going to be Rescue training," the greenette deduced, getting an excited hum from the tape teen, and one desk over Kirishima's eyes lit up.
"Oh I hope so! That's the real stuff that we're here for," he said, punching the air in excitement making the shapeshifter chuckle.
"Just a guess, not guaranteed."
"Well I can hope." The red head shrugged, still smiling. Before they could continue their conversation, the door opened up wide.
Most expected one of their teachers, so it was a surprise when the first person to walk in was Kendou with a bright smile, waving to them all, a briefcase in hand. Behind her Aizawa followed a moment later.
"Alright everyone, let's keep this quick," the scruffy teacher began with his usual drawl, reaching for something on the desk. He showed it to them all, revealing a card with 'Rescue' written on it. "Today's class is going to be rescue training."
Izumi smirked, unable to help herself.
"You'll all be going to the USJ facility constructed on school grounds. You'll find out more about it once we actually arrive there." Aizawa said, looking more bored than anything. "As I hope you all have the basic mental capacity to remember, I told you a member of class 1-B would be joining us in place of Bakugou. I believe some of you have already met Itsuka Kendou."
'Called it!'
"1-B's teacher said something about her quirk needing extra training, so as we were missing a student anyways there was no reason not to take her along with us." Aizawa explained, turning to the door. "You all know where the changing rooms are. Meet me outside near the courtyard after so we can all get on the bus to the facility.
"Yes sir!" Everyone chorused, standing up and walking to grab their own briefcases with their hero costumes. Izumi was the only one already at the door beside her sister, what with the lack of needing to store her costume away.
"So, finally get to have a class together." The greenette's sister said with a smirk which Izumi returned.
"Yup! This is gonna be a lotta fun." Izumi said excitedly, wrapping an arm around the red head's neck while the walked to the changing room. "Also I finally get to see your hero outfit! I bet it looks awesome!"
"Heh, well I think so." The One For All bearer chuckled, before lowering her own voice with a teasing grin. "I doubt yours will be that impressive if you're old costume is anything to go by."
"Aww thanks." Izumi said sarcastically, sticking her tongue out and getting the taller girl to laugh.
The break-in quickly dissipated from the shapeshifter's mind, excitement taking over at the prospect of finally getting to share a class with Kendou.
Maybe she'd be less excited if she knew what was coming.
"So what do you think?" Kendou asked, as they stood outside waiting for the rest of the greenette's classmates to show. A few were around and just talking while the two sisters stayed close to the buses.
Her outfit was like a fusion between a short sleeveless dress and a martial arts outfit that was a dark turquoise color. It had a black corset keeping the fabric tight, to avoid it getting in the way (and Izumi was half certain the girl was also trying to compensate for something in the chest area, not that she'd say it aloud). A brown leather belt wrapped around her hips, and finally there were yellow trimmings around the arm holes that also lead across the top edges of the dress to the strap holding it onto the girl.
"Pretty, so it fits you well." Izumi winked, making her sister blush a bit in surprise and making the girl giggle. She did this from time to time, inserting small compliments into their usual banter just to see her sister's reaction. "Seriously though, it's awesome! I think mine is still more badass though."
Kendou snickered, pulling the greenette's hood over her eyes playfully. "Whatever you say, bunny ears."
"Hey!" Izumi complained, while laughing.
"Seriously though, it's an interesting choice." The red head shrugged, before a teasing smile came onto her face and she took her revenge for the pretty comment. "Fits for someone adorable though."
"KENDOU!" The greenette complained, face going bright red. She was much worse at taking compliments than her sister who just continued to laugh.
Somewhere in the back of her mind, Izumi remembered what her mom had said about it once.
"Only you two would turn compliments into a competitive thing."
"Alright everyone, time to get on the bus!" Aizawa called, grabbing the shapeshifter's attention as she noticed the others had gathered while she'd been distracted. She hurried beside the bus, Yaoyorozu coming up to her side.
"Alright everyone, we'll help you find seats!" The raven haired girl announced, the greenette nodding along. It took a couple of moments but soon enough, everyone was seated inside, the greenette sat straight across from her sister.
On Izumi's left was Uraraka and on her right was Asui, while on Kendou's right was Yaoyorozu and on her left was Iida.
"So what do you think we're gonna be doing at the USJ?" Uraraka pondered excitedly, making the frog girl on the other side of Izumi put a finger to her chin in thought.
"I don't know, ribbit. I mean it will involve getting people to safety from villains, I'd presume." The darker haired greenette supposed, sat in thought. The shapeshifter between the two girls followed along with their conversation but at the same time kept her attention to her sister who was currently in conversation with Yaoyorozu.
"So your power is too much to handle at one hundred percent?" The creation teen asked, getting a nod from her conversational partner.
"I can push up to twenty percent, maybe even a little higher if I use the enlarging part of my quirk, but any higher and the backlash starts to become too much. So I need to train my body as much as possible to try to get as much power as possible." The red head explained rather cheerfully, with a smile. A smile which Yaoyorozu returned, their combined looks radiating beauty. The shapeshifter immediately had to start fighting with herself at the sight.
'No Izumi. They only just met in the last week, don't start shipping your friends and-'
"Well I hope we can help, even if only a little bit." The tall black haired teen said, hands fidgeting in her lap for some reason. Kendou let out a small hum of thanks, smirking as she made her hand grow a little.
"Thanks, and in return I'll be sure to give a hand whenever I can." She said, getting groans all around her, including Izumi who actually face-palmed at her sister's joke. Yaoyorozu however started laughing quite a genuine laugh, which took a couple moments for her to calm down from.
"Jeez, Yaomomo, it wasn't that funny." Jirou said teasingly, hands in her pockets and a grin on her face, making the tall teen flush.
"W-well I thought it was." She said quietly, scratching her neck nervously. Kendou put on a smaller, more genuine smile.
"Well at least someone liked it."
'–and operation: Secret Wingwoman is a go!'
"They're cute together, ribbit." Asui said quietly, but still loud enough that Izumi could pick it up with her hearing. Judging by her growing smirk, so did Jirou.
"Yeah, it's nice to see them get along. Not that Kendou has ever had problems with talking with people like I did, but I'm allowed to be protective of my sis." The shapeshifter said quietly with a soft smile, not actively registering her own words until suddenly Asui took a tight grip on her hand.
"You had problems talking with people, ribbit?" The frog girl inquired curiously, and Izumi cursed her phrasing. She wasn't going to lie to the girl though.
"People didn't really like talking to me, either because they were scared of me or because they thought I was a freak because of my powers. The whole girl thing didn't help much either." She explained simply, looking away. "Doesn't matter, things are different now."
"That doesn't make it right, ribbit." Asui croaked sadly, squeezing the shapeshifters hand and leaning into her a little, in an attempt to make her presence felt. "I promise I'll always be happy to talk, ribbit."
"…Thanks, it means a lot." The taller greenette smiled happily, before feeling a slight squeeze on her other arm. Uraraka seemingly having heard them and not wanting to interrupt, but making her presence known all the same. "It really does."
She missed the look she got from her sister, unknowing that her own thought from earlier was now going through the red head's mind as well.
"Hello everyone! I've been excited to meet you all and welcome you to the Unforeseen Simulation Joint!" a new pro greeted the group when they all exited the bus, Izumi, Uraraka and Kendou managing to get to the front of the group. The pro wore a baggy space suit with yellow boots, and had bright white eyes on their otherwise pure black helmet. "I can't wait to show you what's inside."
In complete synchronization, both Izumi and Uraraka hunched forward as their eyes lit up.
"It's Thirteen!" They both cried out happily in recognition.
"They've got more rescues under their belt than almost any other pro!" Uraraka started supplying automatically, getting an odd look from everyone, even Izumi as she continued. "Which is so cool considering their quirk isn't a rescue quirk and they're one of the most chivalrous pro's around!"
The entire class looked at her surprised for a moment before Kendou snickered. "Jeez, I almost mistook you for Izumi for a moment there with that nerding out."
"W-well she's one of my favorite pro's!" The brunette defended herself quickly, everyone else smiling and laughing as they began making their way inside. On the way past however, the greenette noticed Aizawa approaching the space themed hero.
"Where's All Might? Shouldn't he be here?" The scruffy pro asked in a quiet voice that Izumi's sensitive ears only just managed to pick up. The other teacher shook their head while holding up three fingers.
"Apparently All Might got caught up in something on the way here. He won't be joining us any time soon." The rescue hero explained in a louder voice, and Izumi traded a worried glance with her sister.
Three fingers, three hours.
He'd gone over his limit.
"That man is the height of irresponsibility." Aizawa groaned, walking to the entrance. "Well, should still be fine with just us…"
With a sigh, they walked inside the facility together and the disappointment quickly disappeared as they took in the scenes before them. The place was massive, with all kinds of different disaster areas around them.
Thirteen passed by them from one side, walking towards the top of the stairs while they began talking. "A fire storm, a blizzard, a shipwreck, a landslide and even more, I had this facility constructed so you could all learn to deal with all kinds of different scenarios and situations. Combat may be important, but rescuing civilians will always be the number one priority."
They turned, fixing them all with a serious gaze. "I know some of you may have destructive powers or one's with more disastrous consequences if used in the wrong situations but I hope you will understand by the time we are done today how to use these powers for the noble act of saving others. I also hope you will understand exactly how dangerous your powers can be."
They held up a hand, pointing at it with their other one, while Aizawa leaned against a nearby pillar with a look of boredom. "My quirk, Blackhole, is a perfect example of a destructive quirk. It sucks anything and everything in without hesitation and could very easily be used to kill. It's my training, restraint and understanding of this power that allows me to still protect and save people, as a true hero should. Thank you for listening!"
With that, the hero bowed and the class gave her polite applause. Kendou leaned over with a quiet whisper. "Destructive powers, and a heart of gold? Who does that remind me of?"
The girl smiled at the compliment, while Aizawa finally stood back up and took center stage.
"Right now that that's-" he didn't get a chance to finish as Izumi suddenly fell forward, causing her entire class to shout in worry as she gripped her head tightly. "Midoriya?!"
In a split second, everything went to shit as the entire world flashed blue, again and again. "Danger sense is going crazy- AGGH! IT HURTS!"
"IZUMI!" Kendou was at her side in an instant, as the lights around them all began to flicker. Aizawa and the shapeshifter's gazes both turned to the center of the facility as suddenly a purple mist started to fill the air.
"EVERYONE! STAY BACK! WHATEVER THIS IS, IT'S NOT A DRILL!"
Then the villains appeared. Izumi's eyes widened as she took them in. There was a light blue haired man who seemed to be the epitome of unhygienic from the few parts of his body she could see, which wasn't much as he was covered head to toe in disembodied hands.
Beside him stood a giant black muscular creature with only beige pants that didn't fit. It's brain was exposed for all to see, and it had a beak with sharp teeth inside, it's tongue falling out one side. It looked dead despite the fact it was moving around.
A man walked out beside him, wearing a suit of some kind and his entire form being comprised of the same type of mist they had all arrived in. 'A teleportation quirk?!'
Finally, no doubt the reason for the biological sirens blaring in her head, stood with far to amused a grin and in the mocking white and blue costume that parodied her own...
Srijan was back once more.