AN: Sorry for the month long delay, but we'll finally end one of the major arcs!

In Japan, Mina called to her friends as she was flipping through channels. "Hey, aren't those our guys on the British news channel?"

Kirishima almost spat out his soda. "Whoa! Looks like Bakugou, Todoroki, and Deku are gonna representing UA huh?"

Kaminari's smile dropped. "Oh God! Bakugou, Todoroki and Deku are representing us on live TV." An open secret was that while those three were amongst the most powerful students to attend UA, they also had the combined charisma of a dead fish.

Uraraka and Yaoyorozu crept into the room and glared at the tv upon hearing who was on.

Uraraka gulped. "What's with Deku's face?"

Yaoyorozu sighed. "Unfortunately, it's the face of a man fought over by multiple suitors."

Meanwhile in the British studio, Bakugou and Todoroki stared at the cameras while standing at a podium for UA High students, alongside the students representing Luna Nova to their left and Appleton on the other end of the stage.

"Why are we here?" winced Bakugou.

"Just to suffer." groaned Todoroki.

"Hey, you're the one who agreed to this Bakugou!" reminded Diana.

"There's no way I'm letting that Blackwood chucklefuck say shit without someone reminding him of his place!" stated Bakugou harshly.

"It's Blackwell! And I'm not the one who needs to know his place!" yelled Louis, whose attempts at a further insult were restrained by Andrew and Frank holding down his shoulders.

Bakugou gritted his teeth. "I'm gonna tear him down."

Akko pouted and flayed her arms to grab the attention of her friends and the heroes. "Come on! This is our chance to prove to the world that magic can still exist and that we're not just some loners from a creepy old age. We have the chance to inspire millions right here and now!"

The fires in Akko's eyes were burning. She had her audience. She had her mission. She couldn't remember the last time a witch or wizard ever made the news, but she fully intended to use this debate as the catalyst for a new era in magic.

Diana groaned. "I don't know Akko, your goal isn't something I'd consider attainable as long as you and Bakugou insist on speaking."

Amanda agreed. "Yeah, maybe you should let Diana do all the talking."

Akko pouted. "Diana's too old fashioned, and my goal is to promote harmony in all parts of human life. At least Deku will back me up on this! He understands my dream!"

"That's if he wakes up you mean." corrected Todoroki.

Deku's pupils were still shrunken and his mouth was still agape. While everyone else on the train ride to Oxford caught a few extra hours of sleep, he had practically moved no face muscles except to breathe and blink.

Amanda stepped on over to the UA side and waved her hand in front of Deku who didn't budge. "He's still traumatized?"

"You went at him like fucking dogs chasing a steak!" reminded Bakugou.

Andrew's voice called out to the heroes. "Was Mr. Midoriya was an object of affection last night?"

Frank smiled. "Way to go buddy!"

Akko clasped her hands together. "You should have seen him! He got turned into the cutest little kid ever! We all fought for the chance to pinch his precious little cheeks."

Andrew frowned. "Not what I imagined, but okay."

Diana grinned at the UA side. "You know, if you all turned into little kids I'd imagine that you'd have no trouble winning over anyone's favor. You're far less threatening and can tell anyone anything when they're too busy cuddling you."

"Fuck off," blushed Bakugou, who wondered if being cuddled by Diana was that bad. A part of him still wished he was the one who got turned into a kid and got fought over by cute witches, not that he'd ever admit it to himself.

"What are we gonna do with Deku?" pointed out Todoroki.

Bakugou simply smacked the back of Deku's head, waking him up.

"Back off you jerk!" hissed Akko who was about to lunge at Bakugou only for Amanda to hold her back before Akko had the chance to be roasted alive.

Deku shook his head and looked around the area, wondering what the hell was going on until he realized it and gulped.

"Oh man, don't tell me we're about to start the debate!" yelled Deku. "I haven't gotten over my opening arguments, counter points, evidence, concluding…"

"Shut the fuck up and pay attention." interrupted Bakugou.

As if on cue, BBC host and Louis' mom Elizabeth Blackwell capped off her news segment. "And remember, if you see that maniac or anyone looking like her, try to alert all authorities immediately and stay away from her fiendish quirk."

Elizabeth, whose features were just as sharp and arrogant as her son's, turned to face the representatives from the three schools. "And now we will move onto our newest debate. Today we will discuss the prodding question of 'Why are magic and quirks outdated and a threat to modern civilization?' from the perspective of our global youth!"

Akko's eyes widened. "Hey, that's not a fair question!"

Deku whispered to his two classmates. "Yeah, seems a little iffy."

Diana turned to the side of Appleton, with Frank and Andrew glaring at Blackwell whose innocent grin wasn't convincing anyone.

Elizabeth began approaching the contestants. "Right here with me are the dashing students from Britain's own Appleton Academy: Andrew Hanbridge, son of the governor Hanbridge with a bright political future ahead of him with his oh so ever loyal accomplice Frank. Last, and certainly not least, is Louis Blackwell, child of our defense minister and your's truly."

Louis gave the cameras a smirk while Andrew looked pissed and Frank utterly confused at his banal introduction.

Elizabeth expression turned a little sour. "From Luna Nova, Britain's old, and surprisingly standing academy of witchcraft, we have these three...ladies. Diana Cavendish, heiress to the house of Cavendish whose bravado amongst her peers is just as controversial as her aunt's illicit activities. She is accompanied by delinquent and convict Amanda O'Neil and Atsuko Kagari, or Akko, who is honored here despite her legendary banal performance."

Bakugou instantly restrained Todoroki and Deku the second they jolted to Elizabeth for her remarks at the witches, catching them awkwardly mid jerk. He hoped this wouldn't have to be a regular thing if Akko and Amanda got insulted.

Elizabeth carefully walked on over to the heroes, her face slightly turned away from them as if she was ready to shield herself from a bomb. "And right here, we have Shoto Todoroki, the son of the number 1 hero Endeavor, and whose brooding expression we believe is a result of his father's demeanor rubbing off on him."

Todoroki eyed his classmates. "She's not that wrong."

Elizabeth continued. "And next is Katsuki Bakugou who we are surprised hasn't joined us today as a villain and Izuku Midoriya, or Deku, who we have prepared buckets for the rivers of tears he may cry. Bless his soul."

"If this is what you call journalism, then I swear to God I'm gonna blow myself up here and now!" roared Bakugou.

Deku was more surprised then angry. Louis and his mother clearly weren't the ones with the most integrity, but this was ridiculous. It was the current state of the media though.

Elizabeth ignored Bakugou. "Now let's get this over with since we have to give those private military CEOs their panel at some point today."

Louis sneered. "Hah! We'll invalidate everything they stand for before they even start. Right guys!" He tried to elicit a positive response from Andrew and Frank, who both ignored him.

Elizabeth cleared her throat. "Now then, are there any opening statements from the Appleton side on why are magic and quirks outdated and a threat to modern civilization?"

Frank shot his hand up and was called on. "Why am I here again? I think both sides can get along fine in this world."

Deku spoke up too. "Yeah, and I'm not arguing for the supremacy of quirks here!"

"And I'm not doing the same for magic!" cried Akko.

Amanda buzzed in. "Look lady, I think it would be best if we divide into pro integration, cynical and status quo camps. This division makes no sense."

"Why does one who steals from her own school think she can lecture us on order?" countered Louis.

"Speak for yourself." gritted Andrew.

"I agree with Amanda." muttered Todoroki.

"Like I'm gonna be debating on the side of a witch or that ass!" yelled Bakugou. "It's bad enough you two idiots are on my team!"

Deku raised an eyebrow, he wasn't gonna let Bakugou disrupt Akko's dream. "Well I think you and Diana have more in common than either of you would like to admit."

"Shut it nerd!" hissed Bakugou.

Todoroki sighed. "We can't work together like this."

Elizabeth nodded and probbed the group for more. "So you're admitting Todoroki that the inability for people like you to work together means that the ideal of the benevolent and empathetic superhero is outdated?"

"Outdated?" blurted Bakugou. "We're the ones debating freaks from single gender schools! Who the fuck does that anymore!"

Diana face palmed. "How many times must I tell you that we are going co-ed by the end of the decade?"

"Ditto with Appleton." noted Andrew.

Louis laughed. "Well, I foresee no issues with a co-ed Appleton, but having more wizards in Blytonburry? No sir! Think of the dangers that could arise!"

Akko frowned. "What danger? Your classmates threaten us!"

Amanda bit her lip to prevent herself from speaking out about her own disguised escapades in Appleton, but she knew old fashioned prejudices ran high there.

Diana spun the accusation around. "And in case you haven't noticed, it's not us witches and wizards that are responsible for the increasingly devastating crimes that are being committed, it's all from the quirks!"

Deku tried to defend. "B-but, quirks also produce heroes that stop those villains."

"Exactly!" added Akko. "It's not like they're all maniacs."

Diana snickered. "Does it matter? Quirks are powerful weapons that are embedded in the bodies of people when they are born. You can't take them away like guns, and now we live in a world where the worst person can be born with the ability to end millions of lives in an instant."

Bakugou groaned. "Oh, and none of this applies to magic? Magic can't do the same shit quirks can in causing giant fuck ups?"

Louis laughed. "You're all guilty of this! Quirk and magical user alike. I'm sorry, but it's just straight not normal for our world to be constantly under threat from villains like this. We lived in an era where witches and warlocks plagued humanity like warlords until they were silenced. Our brief peace has instead been disturbed by the advent of supervillains who should have stayed in comic stories."

Andrew shook his head. "No, humanity has always been threatened by some form of devastation."

Frank nodded. "Yeah, if you weren't dozing off during our Cold War lecture, you would have learned all about nuclear mutual assured destruction."

Louis flinched, prompting his mother to save him.

"Mr. Frank, Louis' GPA far surpasses everyone in the room sans Andrew, I'm sure he had that considered." muttered Elizabeth.

Bakugou then slammed his hand on the podium. "So I don't get what the big fucking deal is. We didn't nuke ourselves to fucking oblivion huh?"

"No swearing young man." scolded Elizabeth.

Right when Bakugou was about to tell her to fuck off, Todoroki and Deku did the usual of elbowing him to prevent words coming out from his mouth.

Elizabeth smirked. "My my, is there a problem with them?"

Akko shrugged. "Nah, that's how they always are."

"They're not this tame actually." noted Amanda.

"And this my global viewers," presented Louis. "Is exactly what is wrong with the idea of quirks. Sure most of us have something banal, but how can we sleep at night knowing people like them hold such devastating powers! And our foolishness to encourage these powers has brought nothing but misery."

Deku chimed in. "But all sorts of heroes bring joy with their quirks! Rescue heroes, heroes that fight villains and a whole bunch more!"

Diana countered. "The reason why we needed such heroes in the first place is because of quirks giving the rise to villains and destruction."

"Your kind was also guilty," reminded Louis. " I for one, don't want to see the return of wicked magic folk as we have our villain problem."

Akko shot back. "That's not what's going to happen when magic returns! It'll bring back the joy it once gave to everyone and quirkless people really do have the chance of learning something special."

Andrew aided Akko. "And I should point out that it was a minority of witches and warlocks that made pacts with demons to oppress humanity."

"But did that matter? The misery was disproportionate to the joy." replied Louis.

"But what about after that!" yelled Akko. "The golden age of magic had witches and wizards living in harmony with the people who feared them."

Deku nodded wildly. "Why can't we go back to that with magic?"

Diana glared at him. "Because most people aren't ready to learn magic! If we open the floodgates, who knows what kind of people we're letting in. People who are either complete twits with magic or intend to use it for malicious purposes."

"See dumbasses!" laughed Bakugou at Deku and Akko. "They don't wanna open up!"

Amanda tapped Diana on the shoulder. "You know you're just giving into Louis' argument that magic is a dangerous force."

Louis smirked as he crossed his arms, only for Frank's and Andrew's glares to wipe off his grin.

Diana looked caught. "I mean….magic shouldn't be dangerous, but Akko's idea that it should be fun and willy nilly just runs counter to its seriousness as an art that...well...can be lethal I suppose."

Bakugou placed a finger on his chin. "I feel the same about quirks. They can screw people up, but if you're gonna whine about magic not being relevant you're gonna have to take the risk of giving those quirkless shits something before the world forgets about you."

Diana thought about it. "Well, our numbers have been on the steady decline."

Bakugou took his opening. "Hey, shits like Akko and Deku get through the system all the time, so get your asses out and teach magic unless you wanna end up in the history books no one bothers to read...or unless you want people like Akko leading your comeback!"

"HEY!" yelled Deku and Akko at Bakugou's retort. For once though, Todoroki didn't elbow Bakugou to stop, as he'd happily exploit any moment Bakugou and Diana not fighting.

Elizabeth took another shot. "Oh dear, the fractions of magical and quirk society are unravelling aren't they?"

Diana ignored her and glanced at Akko. "For all of Akko's faults, she DID prove that the quirkless have the potential to use magic. And I suppose not everyone can mess up as badly as she did."

"That's the spirit." encouraged Amanda.

"What the heck!" frowned Akko on the other hand. "We're not gonna harmony when we're at each other's throats like this!"

Andrew bit his lip. "Being at each other's throats is a natural state of mankind though. That said, I believe that some adjustments would be needed by all ends of society to ensure the cohesion of magic and quirks and their ability to benefit all."

Louis cackled. "But there won't be a comeback!"

"Why you gotta be so negative pal?" sighed Frank.

Andrew shrugged. "He's accuentating the negatives because he's convinced humans have been static for their whole lives and can't possibly ever change."

"But quirks HAVE rendered us static the same way magic almost did!" complained Louis.

Elizabeth interrupted again. "Indeed, especially in technology."

Bakugou twitched. "Could you stop interfering woman!"

Deku gasped. "Kaachan! You can't talk to the host like that!"

Louis flailed his hands. "Really though! Has anyone noticed it weird that you can look at a photo of Earth from hundreds of years ago and notice how little has changed. When that first quirk appeared in 2014, technological ingenuity has gone down the gutter I tell you!"

Todoroki begrudgingly agreed. "Yeah, I find it weird that Uraraka for instance has a flip phone which I think would have phased out hundreds of years ago."

Akko groaned. "You're agreeing with him?"

Todoroki shrugged. "I do think we may rely on quirks more than we need to at times. If my experiences with my father are anything, human progress has centered around making better heroes and that's it."

"Not in Russia!" brought up Frank. "Have you seen their giant mechs!"

Louis laughed. "Oh great, one nation on Earth resisted the temptation to invest wholly in quirks. You know, during magic's so called golden age, we were relying entirely on magic to do the impossible!"

Amanda rolled her eyes. "But you're exactly the type of person who would want the average person to be reliant on some old masters."

"And that magical golden age ended when humanity industrialized no?" added Diana.

"But why haven't we advanced since?" pointed Louis. "Because most of us have quirks and and we've devolved into catering to the top heroes. Ordinary humans be damned."

"I think that's just a human problem," laughed Amanda. "God knows I've held myself down when the easier option was available."

Diana sneered. "That's not something to be proud of."

"But Amanda's right," chided Todoroki. "Despite my claims, about stagnation, I think we just need to push ourselves and this requires effort from all sides."

"Yeah! It shouldn't be a zero sum game between technology, quirks and magic." added Deku.

"We're stronger together!" cried Akko.

"Well, I'm just a realist who foresees the monopolies of powerful heroes being a detriment to humanity." bragged Louis.

Bakugou groaned. "For the love of fucking God, YOU are a dumbass with with a lot of power from daddy, so speak for yourself."

"Calm yourself young man." warned Elizabeth.

"Thank you mother," said Louis. "Even if I was a total fool, at least I don't possess the power to end countless lives with the snap of my fingers."

Diana hated herself for taking his side in anything. "I mean, that is an issue with quirks."

Akko resisted the urge to slap her. "What are you on about? I've almost ended the world a ton of times with magic."

"I rest my case." gloated Louis.

Diana ignored him. "Destructive magic takes a long time to learn and requires certain procedures and artifacts. Powerful quirks can be activated at a moments noticed and many of them don't need to be trained to take so many lives."

"I disagree to an extent," muttered Deku, himself capitulating. "But yeah, it's easier to stop you from casting a spell than it is to stop Endeavor setting half the city on fire."

Todoroki spoke up. "But that's the issue. Powerful quirks are being stockpiled by certain families and this is leading to major stratification in society. "

Amanda nodded "Just like how witches and wizards shot themselves in the foot by trying to keep around a few powerful magic families and their boring traditions instead of teaching the art."

Akko slammed her hands on the podium. "Great, we all agree that power corrupts, so how about we solve the issue by letting the quirkless learn magic and give them a chance?"

"And maybe give those with weaker quirks some sort of chance too?" added Deku, although the moment prevented him from naming examples.

Louis sighed. "As if. The return of magic won't be taken seriously by anyone if the pro heroes have an interest in keeping power."

Frank almost elbowed him. "Weren't you listening, there's tons of heroes that would help magic make a return."

"They're not all self centered miscreants you know." reminded Andrew.

Akko smirked. "Yeah, I have the future top hero on my side, what do you think about that?"

Louis laughed. "Bakugou doesn't like you and Todoroki doesn't seem invested in any social movement."

"I'm talking about Deku!" yelled Akko, prompting the heroes to glare at each other.

"That green haired miscreant is supposed to be the one that convinces hero society to look favourably on your people?" snickered Louis. "Why would anyone listen to a boy who is clearly a wreck. I've noticed that he can't even look at you three girls without getting all red."

"DEKU WOULD BE DROWNING IN GIRLFRIENDS IN JAPAN. DROWNING!" screeched Akko.

Deku shakily raised his fingers. "Wh-what?"

"I mean you have a lot of admirers." reminded Todoroki.

Andrew bumped his shoulder on Louis'. "Okay, now you're not even debating magic and quirks, you're just straight up insulting."

"But he has been unfairly treated in this debate," argued Elizabeth. "He's had his honor insulted and has been unfairly ganged up on by every party here."

Akko realized it. "This isn't a debate, this is just an excuse for you and your spawn Louis to make us look bad!"

"For once, I agree with Akko," nodded Diana. "Your questions, your remarks, your demeanor...none of it comes as subtle."

Frank scratched his hair. "Uh, you and Bakugou were taking quite a bit of her bait."

Deku slammed his hands on the podium. "That's because they were so blinded in their hatred of each other that they easily let themselves get manipulated by a divide and conquer strategy of old timey elites!"

"I don't fall for shit like that!" replied Bakugou, who was about to practically murder Deku until Todoroki chimed in.

"Really? Because I think Ms. Elizabeth has never intended to be fair and balanced." he remarked.

"How dare you all accuse my mother!" whined Louis.

Elizabeth scoffed. "I'm operating under BBC regulations thank you."

A voice from the crew called out that caused Elizabeth's skin to jump. "I don't think so Ms. Blackwell."

Elizabeth turned around, facing one of her staffers. "Connolly? What are you interrupting this session for?"

Connolly didn't even glance at her as he looked at a tablet. "Ma'am, you've violated quite a few of our procedures if your emails with your son are anything to go by. It seems you two intended the spectacle of the program to mask your blatant motives."

Elizabeth frowned. "And how would you know that?"

Connolly smirked. "This is your tablet ma'am. My quirk lets me mimic fingerprints, so I decided to tap into your device once it was clear this debate was nothing of the sort."

"Busted asshole!" smirked Bakugou.

Andrew raised an eyebrow. "Well, I think this isn't gonna look well on your future in the BBC once my dad and his fellow governors witness this."

"You're screwed." bluntly remarked Amanda.

Elizabeth looked around at the students sans her son glaring at her, realizing that she ticked off quite a few powerful folks. The media's strategy of letting high emotions and sensationalism for once had failed, and all because the stupidest of the witches had called her out.

Rather than cowering, Elizabeth took a deep breath to save face. "Well, if I'm going to be accused of such foul play, from quirk and magical hooligans no less, then I have no reason to entertain you all further."

Elizabeth mustered her dignity and stormed out of the broadcast room, much to Louis' horror.

Louis face palmed. "Now look what you idiots did!"

"Call out your deception?" stated Andrew.

"More like pave the way to a dystopian nightmare." said Louis as left and chased his mother.

Akko smirked. "Now that he's gone, I think our two blond friends should be able to see how dense they're being!"

Diana laughed. "Dense? Look who's talking."

Bakugou laughed. "I've seen you in class runt! Your dumbass can't call anyone dense like how Deku can't call anyone a wuss."

Deku gulped. He did not like where this was going.

Todoroki and Amanda on the other hand, glanced at each other and knew they found the answer.

Amanda cleared her throat. "Wow, both of you hate certain people at school huh?"

For a moment, Bakugou fell for her trick. "You don't know the crap I have to deal with in UA with all these fucking extras who have no idea on what it means to be a fucking hero!"

"And you don't think I don't with witches?" replied Diana. "I'm dealing with people who call me out just for pointing out flaws in their spells and demeanor even though...oh I don't know...magic is serious and you can get your foolish self killed if you mess things up!"

Bakugou chuckled. "Really? Cause I get chewed the fuck out if I tell people straight why they're being a bunch of dumbasses or if I go all out against them in a fight."

"Huh," smirked Diana. "Well, what do they think is going to happen in the battlefield? Those brute villains playing nice?"

"Exactly!" agreed Bakugou. "They don't get that being a hero makes you a target with people out for your fucking ass!"

"And our magical world is full of perils and horrors that have claimed so many lives and yet half my class thinks it's nothing but childish whimsical adventures," added Diana. "They think having magic alone renders them immune to reality, but even Luna Nova's finest alumni had their tragic wake up calls."

"Yeah, your profs' war flashbacks made that clear as hell," laughed Bakugou. "No offense to them, but their comrades were acting like dumbasses if their rants were anything to go by."

"None taken, because although tragic, I'm disgusted at how lightly people take being a witch or wizard because it leads to such needless losses," replied Diana. "So if my classmates want to complain about me trying to be a little too perfect, well, they can go look at some obituaries."

"And you shouldn't apologize for that!" encouraged Bakugou. "Always trying to be number one? That's the fucking spirit and it's nice to know SOMEBODY gets that weakness has to be crushed and never tolerated!"

Diana giggled. Quite girlishly in fact. Bakugou almost blushed in response.

Diana took a deep breath and her look turned sour. "Still, I wish the magical world thought that way because they've been so forgiving of ineptitude!"

Bakugou rolled his eyes. "Tell me about it, because superheroes in this post All Might world are all flashy jackasses with no substance! I didn't think it was that bad until fucking Deku got into UA and we're supposed to be the top hero school!"

Deku slowly raised a finger. "Wh-what?"

Todoroki instinctively placed a hand on Deku's mouth and hand. "Quiet, we're finally getting through to them."

Diana eyes widened meanwhile as she continued with Bakugou. "Really? Because I feel we did a disservice when we admitted Akko into our top magical academy!"

Akko blinked slowly, her mouth trembling.

Amanda tapped Akko's shoulder. "Hey, suck it up. This journey's almost through."

Bakugou all the while was cackling. "See, I still think it was smart for Luna Nova to admit non magic quirkless students, but why the fuck did they choose a dumbass?"

"I have no clue honestly," shrugged Diana. "But I do feel my skepticism about non magical family students would have diminished if Akko wasn't such a blight at Luna Nova."

"Maybe it's rigged because Deku was supposedly quirkless, he shows up a quirk like All Might's and get's fucking in even though he almost killed himself!" complained Bakugou.

Diana gave it a thought. "That's absurd. I don't know what Akko did, but I find it strange that she of all non magic folk was the first into our academy."

"And I'm guessing they still pander to her?" checked Bakugou.

"Do they ever! She should have been expelled multiple times, but for some God forsaken reason they insist on keeping her in." complained Diana.

"Ugh, academia is in deep shit," shook Bakugou. "Deku's a squirt, but for some reason our class thinks he's gonna be one of the best. I swear, they rigged the entrance exams just for him and now all he does is cry and break his bones."

"And all Akko does is a make a mockery of our fine art with her crazy ideas," sighed Diana. "I mean, I guess magic should make itself more presentable after all, but that doesn't mean we need to degrade it like she does!"

Tears in his eyes, Deku tried to lash out at Bakugou, only for Todoroki to quickly hold him back. The enraged Akko tried to do the same with Diana, but Amanda managed to keep her restrained. Not taking any risks, Frank and Andrew also darted over to Todoroki help him tie down Deku in case he used his quirk.

All the while, Bakugou and Diana went on like their targets weren't even around.

"And you know what worst part is about Deku, and what I think applies to all those other runts?" remarked Bakugou.

"What?" checked Diana.

"That you get this feeling that they're the dumbasses who are fated to save the world." told Bakugou.

Diana gasped. "Yes! I feel the same about Akko. For some reason she's the one who has been going through all the adventures with her two blasted friends and pulling off all sorts of heroic actions even though she's the reason why the world needs saving!"

"Hah, well Deku's isn't a total dumbass, but all he does is get himself broken physically and mentally after each fight. And he has the favor of fucking All Might even though the two can't compare."

"Unfortunate," muttered Diana, still having guessed the truth about Deku's quirk. "And the funny part about Akko is that while I don't think she's been around Shiny Chariot, she has the ability to use the Shiny Rod just like her! The most powerful wand that exists and it chose her of all people to wield it!"

Bakugou, Deku and Todoroki thankfully restrained themselves from blurting out the truth in their heated moment.

Bakugou continued on. "It's ridiculous. Academia is letting mediocre freaks be in charge of shit's that's supposed to life threatening and dangerous to the world, while looking down on the people like you and me that actually put some effort into being the best!"

"They can live in their naive world," shrugged Diana while laughing. "But you seem to know how dangerous it really is and what it takes to be top hero."

"And from what I hear from ya, I know you'll be top witch! Fools be damned!" chuckled Bakugou.

And in that moment, the two stopped laughing and looked into each other eyes, an awkward pause between them once they realized the extent of their conversation.

Andrew broke the silence. "Well, I think we've finally come to a compromise with you two!"

Diana and Bakugou's eyes widened, glanced at each other and darted away.

Amanda laughed. "Yeah! You two are great together when talking about how much better you think you are than everyone else."

Akko shook her head. "This is not how I wanted harmony between magic and quirks, but if this is the price I have to price pay for my dream...well…fine."

Deku's eyes twitched. "Right, if global public humiliation is what will get you two to be nicer to each other then I guess

Amanda stomped her foot down. "And can we just end this silly feud already! It's getting on my nerves and there's no reason for us to hate each other unless you wanna keep acting like children!"

Bakugou and Diana each took a deep breath. Inadvertently, they had finally seen how much they had in common with each other. Even if they came from seperate worlds, they saw their own the same way. Their arrogance had driven a wedge between each them, but now it was the glue that would make them one.

Diana stood prim and tall. "I'm ready to move on if you are."

Bakugou nodded. "I was ready already."

"I guess there's only one thing left to do," smirked Andrew, who faced Frank. "So buddy, will you do the honors?"

"Of course man!" smiled Frank. "Bakugou and Diana, I think it's time to seal the deal with a shake."

Bakugou and Diana slowly, but firmly, extended their arms and shook each other's hand. Their eyes were locked in a gaze like two adversaries making sure the other wouldn't strike, but there was also the newfound feeling of underlying respect.

"Now hug!" exclaimed Frank.

Their eyes shot open and their shake went limp. The two of them blushed heavily and now struggled to look each other in the eye, rendered speechless by the suggestion.

"Come on guys!" teased Amanda. "It's not official until you two hug."

Bakugou and Diana let each other's hand go and darted their faces to the other side, breathing heavily.

"Oh don't be like that!" reprimanded Akko.

"Yeah, you guys are this close!" added Deku.

Andrew's grin wider and he began clapping his hands. "Come on! Hug! Hug! Hug!"

Everyone began chanting and clapping "Hug! Hug! Hug!", even Todoroki who was trying his best not to laugh.

Finally, Bakugou and Diana looked at each other once more and quickly wrapped their arms around each other, prompting their friends to start cheering and applauding.

"Yay!" cheered Akko, happy she got the two biggest sceptics to reconcile.

The two held each other close, finding their hug to be more enjoyable than they'd thought. Bakugou felt that Diana's grip was stronger than it should have, wondering if she took his advice to work a little more. Regardless, there was something captivating about holding her that warmed him on the inside. Diana likewise suddenly found herself appreciating Bakugou's physique a little more, embracing his tight grip as well.

Still hugging her, Bakugou finally spoke up. "Alright, if I've been a total dumbass, then I'm sorry you and everyone else had to see that."

Deku was freaking out. "Bakugou never apologizes like that!"

Todoroki took a sigh of relief. "Embrace it, because this might be a once in a lifetime event."

Diana ignored their remarks. "I too admit that I've been a little brazen and uncouth."

"That's a fancy way of putting it, but thanks." replied Bakugou.

"You two really like hugging each other don't you?" piped up Amanda.

Bakugou and Diana realized that they were still embracing each other and quickly let go. Their faces were sheepish and shy, uncharacteristic for both of them, but their newfound appreciation for each other was something both would need getting used to, even if they were clearly eager to go on with good terms.

"I'm so happy for you two!" cheered Frank, as he and the rest of the group broke into applause, prompting Diana to tug on her skirt and give an elegant bow while Bakugou did so smugly.

"And I suppose we can end this chapter once and for all?" added Andrew.

The heroes and witches glanced at each other, and gave their nods and statements of agreement. They were glad to have gotten over the topic on their first week together, because now they could spend the rest of the month getting to know each other as friends without any hostile tensions between them. A certain awkwardness still lingered however but they could deal with that later.

Just as everyone was trying to take in the whole situation. Connolly walked on over to the group, staring at a computer tablet and checking things off. "Well, I guess that's one way to end the show."

Deku and Akko looked at each other and the former sighed. "With total embarrassment in front of a global audience?"

Akko tried to look on the bright side. "Hey, at least we got the world to see that even the angriest witch and hero can still get along right? They'll be talking about this for years. This is the moment I needed to bring magic back into the world!"

"Oh yeah, no one actually saw this," informed Connolly before Akko could go further. "Our viewers tuned out before Elizabeth could give introductions to see some breaking news."

Everyone' mouths dropped. Deku and Akko took a deep breath, at least relieved that no one saw Bakugou's and Diana's rants against them, saving the two from global embarrassment. At least until some bloke found a recording and uploaded it online.

Andrew goraned. "Are you being facetious? There's no way this went unnoticed."

Frank placed an arm on Andrew's shoulder. "Relax, he probably just means it was a couple thousand households."

Connolly shook his head. "Yeah not even that.""

Bakugou slammed his foot. "Not even one fucking person saw this?"

"Actually...one household did seem to have remained tuned in. From Japan of all places." muttered Connolly.

Connolly glanced at the three hero students. "Your friends from home?"

"Certainly." agreed Todoroki.

Deku tried to encourage Akko, knowing how much she looked forward to this day. "Well, that's something right?"

Akko smiled. "Yeah, I guess it is."

Before anyone else could comment, Louis burst through the doors of the studio room.

He pointed to one of the perched tv monitors as he approached the group. "I saw the ending on those wall screen things! Wow, now magical and quirk people are the basis for the future and heaven knows how much this is gonna ruin humanity! I bet my father is calling up those merc companies for his deluded dream of a combined arms hero and witch or wizard fighting force. And he was THIS close from going back to being his hateful self and dismissing his cursed dream!"

"No one saw it." interrupted Todoroki.

"What?" spat Louis.

Amanda snickered. "Yeah, we got interrupted by some 'breaking news', so don't worry, daddy isn't gonna start his private army."

Louis calmed down. "Well...okay. What I said about heroes and witches or whatever back then was still my word, but I could care less if you fools get along. Just keep it out of the public."

Akko laughed haughtily. "Ha! Well now that I've reached through these three for real, there's nothing stopping magic from making a comeback!"

Diana piped up before Louis had a chance to respond. "What was that breaking news about anyway?"

Connolly bit his lip. "Had to do with that All Might fella funny enough."

The heroes and Frank gasped loudly. Given the state he was in, breaking news about All Might couldn't have been good.

Deku tried to get ahold of himself. "What happened to him!"

Connolly was nonchalant. "Yeah, it turns out he's not part American like the world thought he was, but part Canadian so the United States is revoking his citizenship. So much for Japanese-American fusion eh?"

Everyone was frozen in shock, not from the severity of the news, but rather from the lack of it. It was relieving to know nothing truly bad had happened to him, however.

Deku meanwhile shot up in tears once more. "NOOOOOOOOOO! His identity was tied to the American Empire! What are we gonna make of smashes named after states! And the United States of Smash was…"

POW!

Bakugou slapped Deku shutting him up.

"I'm sure he'll be okay." inferred Todoroki.

Akko took Deku's hand as she comforted him from the revelation, all the while glaring at Bakugou. "Could you stop being mean to him! Jeez."

Diana groaned. "Akko, do you really want to hear him whine and rant for an hour? Bakugou did us a favor."

As the two sides faced each other, Amanda whispered to Todoroki. "Talk about tables turning."

Todoroki took a deep breath and shook his head. "It's a marginal improvement."

Louis stood tall and prepared to leave. "You folks can do what you want. I on the other hand have been invited to Glasgow for some very important business."

Andrew and Frank smirked at each other and grabbed Louis' shoulders.

"Whatever it is pal, we're coming with you!" fake smiled Frank.

"Yeah, if it's important then I'm sure the son of a governor should attend right?" teased Andrew.

Louis began stammering. "What the heck? Let go of me!"

Andrew shook his head. "It pains me to say this, but we can't trust you to represent our academy without supervision."

Andrew faced Akko. "We'll, I guess I'll be on my way."

Akko nodded and hugged him. "Right, we'll just be in Oxford for the rest of the day. We'll see you back at town soon right"

"Of course." assured Andrew. He then glanced at Deku, who he could tell was having his heart strings twisted in two by the sight of him hugging Akko. It didn't take a genius to figure out he largely felt the same way about Akko as he did. Perhaps even more.

Still, Andrew didn't see him as a threat. Akko's happiness came first.

Instead, Andrew extended a hand, which Deku quickly shook. "Thanks for putting up with everything. You take good care of her now since we both know what kind of trouble she gets into."

Akko gave a cute pout, while Deku's fears melted away as he returned Andrew's friendliness. The next the heroes and witches knew, Andrew and Frank escorted Louis out of the studio, clearly not willing to let him out of sight.

A deep voice suddenly called out. "Glad he's out of here eh?"

The cohorts turned to face three individuals in business suits. The man who just spoke sported facial hair and a build that made him look gruffer than he should have. The taller woman had slicked back blond hair that matched her more inquisitive look, while the shorter one scratched her short silver hair while sipping on her coffee with a bored expression.

"And you three chucklefucks are?" asked Bakugou.

The man tried to extend his hand that no one shook. "Oh, name's Oswald, I'm the CEO of White Wolves enterprises. I specialize in putting together teams of powerful quirk users and even some magic folk alongside some other gimmicks."

"Cynthia, CEO of Global Heaven and we would just like to focus on putting powerful people together rather than branch out into more questionable ventures." she explained while glaring at Oswald for reasons unknown to the students.

"Norah, I'm in charge of Warriors without Borders and you can guess what we are." Norah muttered.

"So you're the guys Louis' dad was looking to hire." checked Amanda.

"And have a panel due soon?" added Diana.

The CEOs nodded. In the midst of everything, everyone had forgotten that the leaders of the private quirk military firms were due for their own panel right after them.

"Basically hero agencies, but not centered around heroes?" checked Todoroki.

"Generally." nodded Norah.

"Basically if superheroes decided to act like soldiers and same with the few wizards and witches we've gotten on board." added Cynthia.

Deku squinted. "Don't think that would be allowed in Japan with the quirk regulations."

Oswald smiled. "It ain't kid, but Mr. Blackwell seems fond of the idea and we're the test run."

"Because he wants his private army right?" snarked Amanda.

Cynthia crossed her arms and glared at Amanda. "Trust us, we want to see magic and quirks live in harmony too and we've seen GREAT progress in the synergy in our units. Instead of outdated military doctrine and the traditions set by hero and magical society. Our more practical method has seen good results in our operations abroad."

Akko's face was disgusted. "Like I'm sorry but such a….corporate method is not how I wanted this unity to happen."

Deku bit finger. "I know right. I mean, is this really it? Is this how we're gonna push the union between the worlds of magic and quirks in the modern world? Via profit and private militarism? I mean I know the history of civil rights has involved cynical reasons for progress where diversity and tolerance become popular because it's profitable or it means more manpower for the global empires. Is the bigotry and exploitation of our neoliberal world any less real just because the forces controlling it are diverse or are we.."

SMACK!

"Shut up Marx." muttered Bakugou.

Akko hugged Deku close while yelling at Bakugou. "Come see the violence inherent in the system everyone!"

Amanda took Todoroki's hand, causing him to turn as red as Deku was, and put her and himself in between their friends. "New rule, when you guys feel like arguing, me and him are gonna do all we can to keep you apart so we don't go back on our little progress."

Oswald shrugged. "Well, we have a little show to run and we'll try to...salvage your situation."

Cynthia and her compatriots handed out business cards. "Yeah and if you guys ever need some backup in Japan or wherever, give our companies a call. We'll change some minds."

Norah nodded. "That would be a great boost."

Todoroki snatched the cards. "No promises."

"You'll change your mind." laughed Oswald.

Soon, all that was left were the three young heroes and three witches. No more outside parties.

Todoroki took a deep breath, noting it was still early in the day. "So, what now?"

Amanda smiled. "Our train back isn't due till late at night so we can spend all day in Oxford! I think there's even a fair or festival we can catch!"

Todoroki noticed Amanda's smile when she mentioned the fair and compiled. "Sounds like a good idea. I'm in."

Akko gasped. "Oh my gosh! The university's fair is still happening this weekend! Maybe I'll have the chance to perform something or watch some witches and wizards do something cool."

Akko then grabbed Deku's hands. "And there's so many things I wanna show you Deku! I know you'll love every bit of it!"

Deku gulped as his fingers trembled. "Heh...can't wait!"

"Yay!" beamed Akko.

Now all that was left were for the two former rivals to make their decision.

Her face neutral, but voice still friendly, Diana voiced her opinion. "I think it would be a crime not to show my friends around Oxford."

Bakugou chuckled. "Friends eh? Yeah...I'm down."

Bakugou and Diana shared their moment, their friends giving some silent mental applause at the bout of great progress, and signs of something more developing between them.

"But seriously!" blurted Deku, thinking about the CEOs. "This can't be how it all ends. Another civil rights movement hijacked by aspiring corporate oligarchs for their own profitable ends to…"

"ENOUGH!" interrupted Bakugou, getting Deku to zip it.

Todoroki piped up. "He's right you know."

"Fuck off icy hot." sneered Bakugou, who almost flinched once he noticed the witches laughing at him, but decided to grin at the absurdity instead.

Bakugou swore Todoroki and Deku were grinning with him. He also wondered if he was sharing their feelings for the witches too.