20 chapters in and 26,000 more words before I reach the 100,000-word benchmark. I'm impressing myself more and more, let's see where the ship takes us with the start of a new arc, The Hero Killer arc. Also once again many thanks to DrZenkai for some of the hero names, once again Zenkai you saved me from a ton of work with class B.

Chapter cover- Class 1-B on a train coming from school.

Ch.20- Hurry up and choose something

April 23

A new week is starting and since the start of school I've been taking the train with Dekuy and Pony and it's packed like usual. I have not been able to get a look at Dekuy since our fight, I take a look at his hands and see them bandaged up. I want to know how bad it was but I just can't ask him, I'm lucky I didn't break mine somehow, my hands acted as their own brace so I could keep going but my hands were hurting for the entire weekend. I start to lose myself in thought, however, someone recognizes us and soon we're the talk of the train.

At school

"It's crazy to think people see you as a celebrity now Cort." Pony mentions as nobody really said much about Pony but that is fair from since I won and in Class B, very different from how it originally went down. The farthest they got was the second round but I made it all the way for them.

As we walk into class, Mom isn't here yet and I don't know how she gets here, she doesn't take the train with us and we don't have a car. So how she gets here is beyond me.

"Hey guys, how are things going for you?" I ask if things were as crazy for them as it was for me.

"No, not really, a few people said some things about me giving up my spot but other than that nothing," Axel replies I'm surprised anyone could recognize him since he's always wearing a jacket.

"A few boys asked for my number and I told them to fuck off." Peace says as Mom comes in with a stack of white-out boards and markers. We all take our seats and welcome Mom.

"Good morning." We say to her.

"Good morning everyone. Today we're getting straight into it, today is a special Hero Informatics class as you'll be coming with your hero names, they will be temporary but try to pick something that fits. Midnight is in Class A and will have final approval so you have some time to think. But while we wait I'll be passing back the requests you got, I had to pull a few strings to make sure everyone got at least two offers." Everyone gets a request folder beside me and I wonder what I did to not get any requests myself, I should have gotten at least a thousand and Mom beats me to the punch before I ask.

"Cortney I already decided who you'll be with, so don't worry." Geeze, I must have gotten the jackpot for Mom to decide it for me. I look over to see what Axel and Peace got.

"What you get Peace?" I don't know many fire users that were shown in the show but who else could she get?

"Endeavor." Once that name comes out I'm instantly mad, I told that bastard to leave Peace alone but I'm not showing my anger because Endeavor still a great hero and has a damn powerful fire quirk so he will make Peace stronger and Shoto can back her up.

"That's great I hope you do well." I say and now I'm too angry to ask what Axel got.

Some time later

Midnight comes into the room and asks who wants to go first, I walk up first.

"After everything that happened, I feel this name represents me the best. From this day forward you're looking at the Queen of Attrition: Berserkia!" A name that tells people and villains that I'm always going to win no matter how hard or fast they hit me.

"That's awesome Cortney!" Tetsu praises my hero name idea along with everybody else.

"Wait! I'm not done yet." I say as Chibi jumps off my head and onto the desk, using his tail he flips my board down, "Because, from this day forward Chibi is now the Son of the Goddess: Okamiden." A name to the reference of the game where I got Chibi's name from and Chibi howls at the sun.

"That's unique I've never seen an animal with a hero name before. Great job Cortney." As I make my way back to my seat, Itsuka rushes up to reveal her name.

"Combat Hero: Battle Fist!" Itsuka must have been thinking about her hero name ever since she little.

Neito up next, "Copying Hero: Phantom Thief!" Great, now all I'm thinking is Persona 5 and Phantom thief Joker but that game is not released yet.

"Creative and slick. Approved!" If that's the starting point then I can't wait to see what everybody else chooses and Pony goes up next.

"The Riding Hero: Bronco!" Pony states her name, simple but effective, that's got some praise from me as Pony trots back to her desk, Shihai steps up.

"Scheming Hero: Vantablack." Scheming Hero? I gonna be honest here and say I don't know as much as I need to know about my classmates but that's an awesome name.

"What's vantablack?" Peace is a bit confused about that name.

"It's a special Black that absorbs all light, just like my quirk." Shihai clarifies for her.

"Well, I guess I'm going next since I'm talking." Peace high-fives Shihai as they trade spots, "As a show of strength my name will be Igneel's Daughter: Ever Burn!" It does make sense since you would think Peace mother had some type of dragon quirk and that she can't let her self burn out or she goes dumb.

"Bravo, terrific name Peace." Midnight is ecstatic by Peace hero name. Peace goes to sit down and Juzo takes the plate.

"Softening Hero: Mudman." Just his name must want to keep it simple then Axel steps up.

"I never gave a lot of time on thinking of a hero name so I this works. Locked-sight Hero: Lookout." Axel says his hero name without any build-up.

"Locked-sight...why that Axel?" Midnight wants Axel to explain his name.

"Once I'm set about getting someone's quirk, I'm not letting them escape me," Axel informs Midnight. Everyone tells us what their hero names will be.

"The Bestial Hero. My hero name shall be Beastman."

"Fitting and catchy, Shishida."

"The Razor Hero: Mandiblade."

"Excellent portmanteau."

"Huh?"

"Combination of words, Kamakiri. I'm saying it's approved."

"The Reptile Hero: Indominus!"

"A name meaning 'fierce and untamable.' How fitting, Tokage."

"The Draconic Hero: Shenlong."

"Oh, the god of dragons," Midnight moaned sensually. "Perfect."

"Why did she moan like that?" Rin wondered nervously.

"The Peaceful Hero: Maria."

"How nice, Shiozaki. I take it you'd like to display your pacifism first and foremost. A great name choice."

"Thank you, ma'am," Ibara said with a bow.

"GOT ONE!" Tetsutetsu suddenly yelled before hastily scribbling down a name. Once Ibara leaves the podium, Tetsu runs up and slams his board down to show us his name. "Metal Hero: Real Steel!"

"Very catchy, Tetsutetsu. Approved," Midnight said. "Now, who's next?"

"The Ghost Hero: Onryo."

"How clever, Yanagi."

The Shifting Hero: Minmax."

"It's adorable!" Midnight cooed. "Lovely work, Kodai!"

"Glue Gun Hero: Trapper."

"Very nice, Bondo. Approved," Midnight says. I try my hardest not to laugh as Bondo talks but he talks like a puppet so cut me some slack.

"The Welding Hero: Fuse."

"Short, sweet, and to the point. Excellent, Awase."

"Th-The Mushroom Hero: Shemage."

"Very nice work, Komori. It's definitely difficult to make mushrooms sound cool, but you've pulled it off. Approved."

"Um, I'll be the Kinetic Hero: Impact."

"Approved! Well done, Shoda"

"The Protection Hero! My name is Barricade."

"It's perfect, Tsuburaba!"

"Drilling Hero: Spiral."

"Nice work, Kaibara. Approved!" Midnight said. "With that, you've all picked out a hero name. I'd say that went very smoothly, wouldn't you?"

Lunchtime

During lunch, we're looking over our request and who we're going with but Mom drags me out of class to talk about my internship.

"So Mom who did you pick for me? They have to be strong huh?" I ask, the best possible choice being Gunhead, who's a brawler like me.

"Me and your father will be training you." Only to face-fault at Mom's answer before she continues, "I know that sounds boring but you need help with awakening your quirk, you can't get any stronger until you unlock the true power of your quirk." I get the feeling that this is going to be painful just for me but this will give me the chance to learn more about Dad because I don't even know what his quirk is. I think it has something to with pain but that's it.

"Alright, I promise to go beyond."

Meanwhile

Peace is heading to class 1-A to give something to Bakugo. Knocking on the door Bakugo opens it.

"Hey Kacchan, I brought you lunch. I hope it's not too bad." Peace found out that spicy food has no effect on her but that also means she can't tell how much spice is in something.

"Don't worry I'll be able to handle it, nothing too spicy for me," Bakugo says before giving Peace a quick kiss. As this is happening, Mina takes notice and calls everyone to come to see what's going on.

"Who Bakugo talking to? Shoji, can you tell us what they're saying?" Everybody is whispering who it could be, Shoji forms an ear on one of his hands to eavesdrop on their conservation.

"Something about food, but that's-wait! Now they're talking about going on a date later." Shoji relays.

"Where!? We need to find out who that is." This is piquing the interest of everyone Mina, especially since she's shaking Shoji furiously.

End of the day

I noticed that me and Tetsu have been walking home together a lot more, it's not bad but arrgg, I can't describe it. Thankfully Dekuy and Ochaco are walking home as well, so it's not just us.

"Dekuy, Ochaco!" Calling them over to us.

"Hey, Cortney, nice to see again." Ochaco greets us and turns her attention over to Tetsu, "You're Tetsutetsu right, what are you doing with Cortney?" Tetsu goes to say something but I butt in.

"Um." I wrap an arm around Tetsu, Dekuy and Ochaco start to understand and I hammer it home, "Me and Tetsu are going out, we were walking home and wanted to know if you wanted to come us." I'm still embarrassed about telling people even though all the girls in my class know.

"Uh, congratulation I hope you two are happy." Dekuy and Ochaco look like they want to run away from the situation as fast as possible. I see why they are embarrassed since they think that we see them as a couple as well.

"We don't want to bother you guys so we'll just go." Dekuy tries to excuse himself and Ochaco but I stop them.

"Wait! I just to talk, that's it. By the way where's Tenya?" I ask seeing as Tenya is always with them.

"Oh, he left already," Dekuy says meaning Ingenium is gone now, I can't do anything to change but I can do something to stop Tenya from killing himself.

"That's too bad I wanted to talk to him, hey Dekuy can you Tenya something the next time you see him?" I ask Dekuy to pass a message.

"Sure, what is it?" I know this will sound cryptic but Tenya needs help.

"Don't be a dumbass, don't go after him. Exactly that, nothing more nothing less." Dekuy and Ochaco look nervous after hearing my message but it will make sense in the future.

"Ok…" Dekuy and Ochaco try to figure out what means but it will make sense in time.

"Come on Tetsu let's go." Forcing Tetsu to follow me, he sees more of the picture but I don't reveal everything.

"What's up with that message Cortney?" I might as well explain to Tetsu what's going on.

"Tenya's older brother is the hero Ingenium and he was recently taking down by the Hero Killer, and Tenya is going to try to get revenge but he can't do it. Tenya was going to die until Dekuy stepped in, saving him. I want him to at least think it over but I don't he will." I explain the context of what's going on and why I gave Dekuy that message.

"Why didn't you just tell them that. One of their friends are in danger-" I have to stop Tetsu because there's a lot going on.

"I wish I could but it could make things worse, someone could actually die if I tell them, who knows what will happen so it's better they don't know!" I tell Tetsu.

"One of their friends is about to die! They need to know!" Tetsu retorts now yelling.

"We're heroes, you know what they'll do!" This continues on for a few more minutes until Dekuy and Ochaco come by to see the tail end of our first argument. It ends with me stomping away not responding to any of them.

They try to see what happened but it's not happening, I pass them by with a scratchy throat, and on the brink of crying and wanting to forget this all happened. How did things go, so downhill in only a few minutes

The next day

Everybody is off at their internships but I didn't even see them off because I didn't even want to see Tetsu. I don't want to train today, I just want to sit in my own sadness but Mom is forcing me up.

I open my costume case and see nothing changed about my pants but a complete overhaul to my vest, the leather has been swapped out with thicker material and the fur was dropped. The openings on the side are still but now there's actually chainmail covering it. Mom improved everything and kept the aesthetic.

"Ok, Mom I'm in my costume," I say still depressed about my fight with Tetsu. Mom drags me back to the forest where Dad and Sis trained me.

"Now that we're here, we're going train here until you awaken." Mom states our point for being here and after that she disappears into the canopy, throwing her chain at me. I dodge out the way the first few times but soon the attacks get faster and less predictable, making it harder to dodge. Catching me off guard, the chain wraps around my arm and I try to pull Mom out the tree but she's fighting back and winning, forcing myself out of my slump and focus on the fight, I start tugging the chain to either force Mom out the trees or force her to lose her weapon. I start to feel something, it feels like fifth gear is activating on its own but unlike when I normally activate it, I'm starting to feel pain from my left eye.

"AHHH!" It feels like the skin is peeling off around my eye, and suddenly I'm brought back to the field where Kim lives and I see her standing in front me, holding out her hand. The pain is too much for me to reach out for it.

"Come on, I know you can do it. Grab my hand if you want to save your friends." Hearing Kim say that, I stay down and willo in my own sadness I need to help my friends. Gritting my teeth, I push myself to feet and stand up. Staring Kim in the eyes, I only have one thing to say.

"You ready?" I ask Kim as I hold out my hand.

"Hell yeah!" I grab Kim's hand and she disappears but my body starts moving on its own, crossing my thumbs over my left eye and them down.

Coming back to, I see Mom standing in front of me still holding her chain. I snap the chain the force surprises Mom making her lose the grip she had on the chain and I pull it away from her.

"You've finally awakened. Take a look at yourself." Following her advice, I open my bag and pull out a pocket mirror. I see my hair is Red but that's it, my body is normal, except for my left eye, I now have X scar over it. So that my scar, it makes me look so badass. Mom knows what I was going through so she used that to empower me.

"I may not to able to change some things but I can make things better Tetsu." I think to myself but tossing Mom her chain back.

"Let's test what you can do," Mom says before jumping back into the tree line but this time I see where she jumps. When she throws her chain, I catch it and take aim with my right hand.

"Straight Flush!" When I launch my attack, I don't feel my hand get numb. I knock Mom out the tree where she's hanging on, not wanting to get her stolen again, she pulls out her revolver and fires it. Hitting me square in the chest, I let go of the chain causing Mom to fall. Getting hit I feel Berserker activate meaning I can hit even harder now. Wait I'm using both my quirks? I guess me and Kim are truly one now.

Seeing Mom take aim at me again, I run at her as I get close I drop into a slide, sliding between her legs, I try to punch her in the back but she blocks with her weapon case. She then hits me with it knocking me back, and little giving her enough space to pull out a shotgun from her case and fire. It's a beanbag round but it still knocks the wind out of me, she then wraps her chain around me and I see a bunch of steam shoot from her body before flinging me into the air and slamming me into a tree.

"I'm finished." I return to normal, after I recover I feel a lot better, also I learned that Mom is going to be a massive challenge during the final exams.

Writer interview 2

Since I want the Halloween special to be out by Halloween, I'm just going to the writer interview now and this one is specifically for Axel.

Standing 180 cm, Axel is the tallest member of the team and class. He hasn't had a lot of time to show himself and his quirk is semi-hard to keep balanced, once the third season starts this will Axel's time to shine but for now, he's just a background character. I don't know how to write for him but I will try to show what he can truly do.

His eyes are silver and his pupils take up a little more space than the average person, so it's you'll notice it when you first see Axel. His quirk has been rewritten a few times to make less broken since it wasn't with an actual limit speaking of his quirk. Axel can keep most transformations up for an hour max but the more complex and complicated a quirk is the less time he gets down to ten minutes without straining himself.