Hero Basics

Part One

"I can't believe how good this food is!" Terra shoved bite after bite of rice into her mouth. Or maybe she was just hungry. Their morning classes consisted of normal lessons of high school. It was boring. Many times she had almost fallen asleep. She was going to have to find a snack she can slip into classes with her to keep herself awake.

"Yeah. Lunch Rush is amazing," Yaoyorozu said. "I'm so glad the school has such a good cook. We'll need all our energy for hero classes."

"Amazing! Hm?" Terra spotted Koda walking towards their table, food tray in his hands. He was glancing around the busy lunchroom. Smiling she waved to him. "Hey, want to join us? It would be great if you did. But you don't have to if you don't want to. I don't want to force you to do it."

Koda nodded with a smile then sat down across from her.

"I can't believe we're already up to training exercises," Yaoyorozu said. "I wonder what we'll be doing. And who will be teaching this class."

Terra hummed, hoping whatever they were doing it wouldn't be anything like their quirk assessment tests Aizawa put them through. Surely not all the teachers would think like him, expel a student if they didn't preform well enough.

"That's her. She's the one All Might recommended."

"Really? She's so small. Is she even five foot?"

"I think she's cute."

Terra sighed when other students started talking. Sounded like word got out that she was All Might's recommendation. She wondered who it was. Only her classmates knew about it. And a few of the staff knew. Though she didn't know if All Might would tell others about her or if they happened to come across her paperwork. She had no idea, which staff members went through the recommended students paperwork before doing the exams that showed if they were qualified for the school. For all she knew all the UA staff knew about her and All Might. Sometimes the price of knowing someone famous came with its own issues. Knowing All Might made her famous by association.

"Something wrong, Terra?" Yaoyorozu asked.
"Huh?" Terra looked up from her lunch to find Yaoyorozu and Koda watching her with worried expressions.

Koda waved his hands, showing a smiling face before wearing a look of worry.

"Oh, sorry. I got lost in thought about me knowing All Might. Now that the press know I'm wondering how much of a problem that's going to cause for everyone."

"I'm sure it'll be fine," Yaoyorozu said. "And if the press get too annoying the school will probably supply escorts for you."

"Escorts, huh? I think Sho-chan has that covered." Terra leaned over until her shoulder pressed against his. "Right? You can scare them off easily."
"Maybe," Todoroki mumbled.

The girls chuckled while Koda smiled before they refocused on lunch.

After lunch, the group returned to their class and they all waited with excited chatter for their first hero basic training lesson. Terra sat quietly in the back of the room. She watched her classmates, making mental notes of their mannerisms. Tokoyami, the only guy in the class with the head of a bird, sat on his desk to the ire of Iida. Mineta, the guy with purple balls for hair, drooled over all the girls while making lewd comments here and there. Ashido was chatting animatedly with Hagakure. Only a few classmates were sitting quietly as they waited.

Then a familiar roar boomed through the hallway broke into her thoughts."I am coming through the door like a normal person!" All Might screamed as he leaned in the open door frame with his blue cape billowing majestically behind him.

Terra smacked herself. Really, Uncle Toshi? What normal person comes into a room like that?

"It's All Might!" Kaminari gasped.

"Wow, he really is a teacher here!" Kirishima said.

"Yes!" All Might said as he strutted to the front of the room and put his hands on his hips, posing dramatically as he often did. "I will be teaching hero basic training. It is a subject where you train in different ways to learn the basic of being a hero! What you learn today you'll carry with you throughout the rest of your hero lives! Now, let's get right into it! This is what we'll do today!" He reached behind his cape and then pulled out a white card with the word 'battle' printed on it in bold red letters. "Yes! Combat Training!"

The room erupted in cheers.

Terra twirled a strand of hair. Why did they get so excited about this? About everything at this school?

"And with that comes this!" All Might roared and pointed a remote to the wall next to him. The remote beeped when he pressed a button.

The sounds of gears clicking into place followed by the whirring of small engines came through the wall as metal shelves begin to emerge. The individual shelves were labeled with numbers corresponding with their assigned seats.

"Costumes made based on your quirk registrations and requests you sent before school started," All Might said.

"Wow!" the class cheered again.

"This is going to be so great!"

"Yes. The costumes are assigned by your seat number as you can see. So get changed then meet me at Ground Beta!" All Might said. "It's easy to find. Go out the back door of the school and follow the signs. Ready? Go!"

Desks were practically flung across the room as the most eager and energetic students clamored over each other to get to their suitcases.

Terra got up from her desk at a slow pace. Retrieving her suitcase she headed for the door. Her eyebrows rose when she found Yaoyorozu, Asui, and Koda with Todoroki waiting for her. She smiled and walked with them to the locker rooms. The excited chattering continued through the halls and into the locker rooms. She opened her suitcase and started pulling out items one by one as she slipped them on.

"Is that your suit, Terra?" Asui asked.

"Yes. It's kind of plain, isn't it? I couldn't think of what I really wanted." Terra looked down at her body. She kept her design simple. Shorts, a buckle to carry her water bottles and gloves, boots, and a sleeveless crop top. She then eyed Asui's outfit. It was simple as well but covered her entire body but for her face. "My mom helped me figure it out."

"I think it works well," Yaoyorozu said. "Since your quirk comes out of your skin it's good to have a lot of it exposed."

Terra examined Yaoyorozu's outfit. It was way more revealing than her own. The front of Yaoyorozu's outfit was split into a V, her arms and most of her shoulders were bare, and her legs were almost fully exposed. She had seen Yaoyorozu use her quirk the day before but still she thought the outfit was too revealing. But since the outfit was here she figured it didn't go against any school rules.

"We should get going," Asui said. "Don't want to be late."

The girls exited the locker room to find the boys had already finished getting dressed. Terra's eyes went right to Midoriya. She slapped a hand over her mouth and nose to hold in a snort and laughter. His costume was painfully obviously modeled after All Might, complete with a toothy smile in front of his face. Though the part that was suppose to be mimic All Might's hair looked more like bunny ears. Uncle Toshi was right. Midoriya really is a fan boy. Does anyone else notice the connection from his outfit to All Might? She was going to have to talk to him at some point.

"Dude, must you girls always take so much time?" Kaminari asked. His outfit was one of the more simple ones. A simple black shirt, matching pants, gloves, and with some hearing or communication device on his right ear.

Terra continued to scan the boys' outfits, noting that Kirishima's was the most exposed. Only straps crossed his chest, revealing his muscles.

"We didn't take that much time," Jiro said placing a hand on her hip and pointed at them. "From the looks of it you all just got here too."

"Whatever. Let's get going." Kirishima jerked his thumb towards the door then took the lead.

The class followed him out. Terra finished examining the boys' costumes with one covered in head to toe body armor, colored in white and a little dark yellow on the legs and black under clothing. She assumed it was Iida since he was the only one not in sight.

"Look, there's a map." Sato pointed.

Terra looked up to find a large wooden sign showing the layout of the campus. A red arrow pointed to the place they were at. There were several other buildings on the UA campus; some could be walked to while others were far enough to need a bus.

"Looks like we go that way." Shoji, the muscle man with multiple arms, pointed down the sidewalk. The class followed his lead as they made their way to their destination. Clumping footsteps mingled with their words until they came to a massive stonewall. Over a door were the words Ground Beta in red letters trimmed in yellow.

"Well, this is it," Midoriya said as he took the lead and stepped into a tunnel.

Terra looked up at the shadowed ceiling above her. Her mind wandered over the possibility of how this place was constructed until light beamed down on her eyes. Blinking the afterimage of light from her eyes, she found they had entered into a residential area void of everyone but their class and All Might. Beside the pro hero were two boxes and a blackboard.

"They say the clothes make the man, young men and ladies!" All Might shouted with his ever gleaming smile as the students gathered at the designated spot and stepped forth, ready for their teacher to explain what they were going to be doing here. "Be fully aware, my students. From now on you are heroes! Now, shall we begin, you zygotes?!"

"Ribbit. Zygotes?" Asui pressed a finger to her chin.

"So cute!" Terra hugged the frog in-training-hero.

"Ribbit." Asui blinked multiple times and did nothing in trying to get away.

All Might laughed. "Okay, Terra, let her go."

"Sorry." Terra pouted but did as she was told.

"She's so weird," Hagakure said.

Bakugo scoffed.

"Settle down. It's time for combat training!" All Might said.

A black-gloved hand shot up into the air. "All Might!" Iida called out from under his white costume. "This is a battle center from the entrance exam, so will we be conducting urban battles again?"

"No, we're going to move ahead two steps." All Might shook his finger. "Most of the time, fighting villains takes place outside, but if you look at the total numbers, atrocious villains appear indoors at a higher rate. Imprisonment, house arrest, backroom deals and so on. In this society filled with heroes, truly intelligent villains hide in the shadows. Now here's how this is going to work. You all will be split into two groups. One group will be the heroes while the others will be the villains. It will be a two on two indoor battles where the villains will be protecting a nuclear weapon hiding somewhere inside." He pointed to the multiple story building beside them. "The heroes mission is to try to dispose of the weapon. The heroes need to either catch the villains or get the nuclear weapon back in the allotted time to win. You will be using this capture tape to subdue the villains. Teams and opponents will be determined by drawing lots."

"You're not going to pair us up yourself?" Midoriya asked.

"Much like heroes often get paired up with each other on the fly, more often than not, a hero must decide whether to wait for reinforcements or to go in on their own. That is also a type of combat training," All Might said. "You will also be equipped with communication radios so you can communicate with your teammate. And since your class has twenty-one people, a couple of you will be going twice. But don't worry. You won't go back to back. You'll have a chance to rest up. So step up and draw your lot!"

One by one the students stepped up to the boxed All Might has set out.

Villains, huh? Terra thought to herself. How would I play such a person? Could I play one? Then came her turn. With a swallow and a lick of her lips, Terra reached in and pulled out a ball. She wished it told her if she would play the hero or villain. But that would have to wait for a while.

All Might nodded when she showed her ball to him. "Okay, now that everyone has made their draw, I will pair up the teams by another drawing." He reached into the two boxes at the same time. "First ones up are Team A versus Team D! Team A will be the heroes and Team D will be the villains. Both teams get ready while the rest of you head to the monitor room."

The group split: those fighting stayed while the others headed for the monitor room with All Might. Terra also followed but paused to look back at Midoriya. The boy was talking to Uraraka, probably coming up with a plan of attack while Bakugo stood off to the side with a glare heavy on his masked face.

"Terra?" All Might called.

"Coming." Terra rushed up to him. She checked the distance between them and her classmates. They were several feet ahead. Still she kept her voice low as she said, "Uncle Toshi, are you sure it's a good idea for Bakugo and Midoriya to go against each other?"

"Why shouldn't they?"
"Well, you were watching Aizawa's quirk assessment tests. Bakugo accused Midoriya of not having a quirk, but he does. Then when Midoriya threw the ball Bakugo basically attacked him. He would have it is wasn't for Aizawa." Terra glanced over her shoulder. Midoriya and Uraraka were still talking to each other. Bakugo and Iida had already gone inside the building.

"Young Bakugo is full of energy." All Might laughed. "Don't worry about it. If things get out of hand I will stop the fight."

His words didn't comfort her.

Joining the rest of class 1-A, Terra took her spot beside Todoroki as All Might headed up to the control panel in the room. A timer for fifteen minutes appeared on one of the screens. With a go ahead from All Might the first match began. They watched as Midoriya and Uraraka worked their way through the building, which was set up as a maze. And the villains could be hidden around any corner. This would be a disadvantage to anyone who didn't have a quirk that could be used for surveillance. It was an amazing set up. Right out of the gate the teachers were already pushing students to the max.

Then it all broke loose. Bakugo left guarding the weapon to attack Midoriya head on. And Bakugo was angry. Even more so than he was during their quirk assessment tests as he shot out multiple explosions at Midoriya.

Terra pinched her chin between her fingers. Bakugo's quirk was definitely amazing. Not only could he attack with such strength, he could also use the blasts to propel himself into the air. And he had it enhanced with the grenade shaped gauntlets on his wrists.

Then she saw it. It wasn't just anger in his eyes, but also a very strong pride. She wondered if his parents spoiled him because of his quirk.

The battle between the two got worse as it proceeded. Bakugo released such a large explosion that All Might threatened to stop the fight if he did it again.

Terra glanced at her uncle. She thought he should stop the fight. It was clear that Bakugo was out to hurt Midoriya as he continued to blast away at the green haired boy without mercy or signs of stopping. The blasts damaged the walls, causing them to crumble to the floor.

Midoriya and Bakugo ran up to one another. As Midoriya was about to block a punch from Bakugo head on, Bakugo launched himself up and over Midoriya's head, using his blasts to change his trajectory in midair. He fired a blast to Midoriya's back and sent the boy flying forward. Smoke covered the cameras, blocking out the screens for a few seconds. When it cleared Midoriya looked as if he would collapse to the ground.

"He doesn't look like the type to think but clearly I was wrong. He's putting a lot of thought into this," Todoroki said.

"He's crazy," Terra said.

"Getting in a clean hit requires fine lateral adjustments to the power of the explosions," Yaoyorozu said.

"He's talented. Maybe a bit too talented," Kaminari said.

Bakugo remained on the offense. Not only was he hitting hard but he was also hitting fast.

"He's not giving Midoriya time to think," Terra mumbled. "If this keeps up the hero team is going to lose. Possibly in more ways than one." Her eyes fell to All Might. His face was tense. His eyes locked onto the battle playing out on the screen before them. A silent battle was going on inside of his head.

Her eyebrows drew together. It was clear in his eyes. All Might knew he should stop the fight.

So why didn't he? Why was he letting this go on? Was it for Midoriya's sake? Bakugo's? Did it have something to do with the sludge villain the two boys faced off against months before school started? No, that couldn't be it. Her Uncle Toshi wouldn't let anyone fight like that over something that happened months ago. So what was it? What kept him from stopping the fight?

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Thanks for the reads and comments. Never done a socially awkward character before. So not sure how it'll go.