Chapter 2: Apprehension

Toschi opened the door to Class 1-B, his homeroom. We walked into a room full of talking and spotted Omakase and Netsuke. He greeted his friends, and spotted the two students from the exam, who waved at him. As he waved back, the door opened behind him and he heard the class gasp. "Hello, boys and girls," a sultry voice said, and he turned around to see Midnight strutting into the room. "As I'm sure many of you are aware, I am Midnight. I will be your home room teacher here at U.A, and I will also teach Modern Hero Art History. Please take your seats at this time." As the students settled down, she gazed out over them. "Now, I'd like for you all to stand up and tell the class your name and Quirk, going by seating order. Not only will this allow you all to get to know your classmates, but by learning your classmates' Quirks, you can begin strategizing for some of our more 'practical' training."

The girl he met at the entrance exam stood up. She was relatively tall for a girl; around 5'6", and had dark brown hair wrapped up in a ponytail. "My name is Yanako Kushiro, and my Quirk is called 'Jackhammer'. It allows me to punch and kick things extremely fast, like a jackhammer." She sat down, and the boy from the entrance exam stood up. He was slightly taller than Kushiro, and had neatly combed blond hair.

"My name is Tomasa Mutsuhito. My Quirk is called 'Shock Reflection', and with it I can reflect any force in the direction it came from." Next, a short blue-haired girl stood up and gave a bored wave to the class.

"I'm Mizu Ayatsuru. My Quirk is called 'Fluidity' and it allows me to control any liquid." The blond girl behind her stood up, but was interrupted by someone on the other side of the room.

"What kind of weak Quirk is that?" Toschi recognized him as the person that tried to cheat at the entrance exam. "How'd you get in here, did you make it rain on the robots?" His callous attitude brought glares from his classmates, and Ayatsuru snarled and clenched her fist. The teen's face turned purple, and he gasped, panicking. Ayatsuru released her fist, and he wheezed, face slowly turning back to normal.

"I can control any liquid," Ayatsuru said, glaring at him, "from the hydraulic fluid in those robots, to the blood in your body. Understand?" He nodded, grimacing. Midnight looked between the two, amused. She motioned to the girl behind Ayatsuru, who rolled her eyes.

"My name is Yu Takeyama, and my Quirk is 'Gigantification'. I can grow to be over 60 feet tall." she said, sitting down before she had even finished talking. Omakase stood up.

"My name is Ketaki Omakase, and my Quirk is called 'Spider'. I can do anything a spider can, like climbing walls, seeing in the dark, and producing webs."

A short girl in the next row raised her hand. "Do your webs come out of your butt, like on a spider?" The class burst out laughing, and Omakase snickered.

"Actually, I can produce my webs from anywhere on my body," he said. "I usually produce them from my fingers, though." The next student stood up. He was very tall; Toschi estimated him to be over six feet. He appeared to be normal, and had black hair, but when he turned to the class, they saw his eyes were completely white.

"I am Shiro Watanabe, and my Quirk is called 'Ash'. I can turn things I touch into a fine powder that I can control; however, it does not work on organic substances." He bowed and sat down as the student behind him stood up, a twitchy, messy-haired boy.

"My name is Shindo Hake, and my Quirk is called 'Stimulant'. My reaction time is nearly 100 times faster than normal and I can think and move much faster than a typical human." He sat back down, fidgeting with his pencil. The girl from earlier stood up, beaming. She had black hair with bright purple streaks in it and had several piercings.

"Hi! I'm Urisu Kaiza! My Quirk is called 'Glitch' and it lets me teleport short distances and I can control electronics!" She waved to the class, then sat down. Toschi stood up.

"My name is Toschi Hatsume. My Quirk is called 'Stasis', and it allows me to lock any movable object in a set position. Once I release it, any kinetic energy that was applied to the object is released and transferred to the object." Netsuke, who was behind him, stood up.

"Hello! I'm Jataka Netsuke. My Quirk is called 'Silent Night'. I can block out the hearing of anyone within fifty feet of me." She sat down, smiling, as the girl behind her stood up. She had large, round glasses and wore her white hair in a bun, held in place with a pair of chopsticks. She was wearing bright purple eyeliner and lipstick, and her eyes were striking pink.

"I am Kami Shikora. My Quirk is 'Origami', and I can control paper. I can change the strength of paper to the point where a single sheet is bulletproof, and I can also fold it into weapons." She held her hand up, and a piece of paper floated up from Midnight's desk. As the class watched in awe, it rapidly folded itself into a knife, which fell to the ground. It stuck in the floor, then unfolded and became a paper crane, which flew around the room as she sat down.

The student at the front of the third row stood up. He was dark-skinned and had deep black hair and dark eyes. "I am Shirokko Kalantari. My Quirk is called 'Sandstorm', and I can control sand and dirt; I can make it into a cloud to obscure my opponents' vison or compress it into a weapon." The next student rose. He was a tall, bulky person, and his body was yellow with orange dots all over it. His body was somewhat lumpy, and seemed to jiggle as he moved.

"My name is Nagano Shinsi. My Quirk is called 'Sponge', and I can absorb and use any attack that hits me." He sat down as the next student got up. She was a very short girl with the appearance of a falcon; she was covered in brown and tan feathers and had sharp yellow eyes, her arms were wings and seemed to have finger-like feathers on the ends, and instead of feet, she had brown bird-like legs with large talons that clicked on the floor.

"Hi!" she said, beak curled in a smile. "I'm Moki Tsubasa, but you can just call me 'Moki'. My Quirk is 'Peregrine', and it allows me to fly really fast and see over four miles! I can also tear through a steel door with my talons." She beamed and sat down, fiddling with one of her feathers. The student behind her stood up. He was very tall, and appeared to be rather fat. He had white hair and his skin was orange and appeared to have brown rock-like protrusions on his elbows.

"I'm Yakuna Sasaki," he said in a gravelly voice. "And I'm not as fat as I look, I swear!" He laughed a big hearty laugh, and the others couldn't help but chuckle along. "My Quirk is called 'Eruption', and I produce magma out of my stomach, which I can shoot up to 50 feet." As he sat down, the red-headed boy behind him stood.

"I guess we're pretty similar, huh? My name's Moretsuna Kimura, and my Quirk is 'Heat Vision'. I can increase the temperature of any object I look at for as long as I can keep my eyes open." He sat down, and Sasaki leaned back, fist bumping him

At the front of the fourth row, a skinny, black-haired boy stood up. "I'm Jikato Umakire, and my Quirk is 'Overcharge'. When I move, I build up energy that I can use for both offense and defense." The girl behind him stood up. She had green hair and light blue eyes, and was rather curvy.

"Hello, I'm Michiko Shizuka. My Quirk is 'Ricochet' and it makes any object I throw bounce off of whatever it hits and speed up." She sat down as the next girl stood up. The next girl was a short, skinny, pale girl with white hair and grey, tired eyes. She looked at her classmates with a bored, exasperated expression.

"Yokai Seishin. I have a Quirk called 'Possession', and I can possess anyone's body for up to a minute." She sat down, looking at the desk top as the rude student from earlier stood. He was tall, and had brown hair and a thin body.

"I'm Takamatsu Kurami, and my Quirk is called 'Cricket'. When I rub my hands together, it creates an ultrasonic sound that can disrupt electronics and cause nausea and vertigo in humans." He made eye contact with Toschi and glared as he sat down. Behind him, the last student stood. He was a muscular, well-built man with yellow eyes, but was surprisingly verbose when he spoke.

"Greetings. I am Jokan Reikokuna, and my Quirk is called 'Transform'. My Quirk gives me the ability to transform into any animal I can think of." He bowed and sat down, hands clasped together. Midnight clapped her hands together.

"Excellent! Now that we're all introduced, I'd like for you all to get changed." She held up a gym uniform. "Each of you has a locker in the locker rooms with your name on it. Inside your locker is a custom-tailored uniform for you to wear. Meet me outside in twenty minutes!" As the students filed out of the room, Omakase caught up to Toschi and Netsuke.

"What do you guys think we're doing?" he asked. Toschi shrugged while Netsuke thought.

"Maybe we're being tested?" she asked. "Remember how we had those physical fitness tests each year in middle school? I think it's like that."

Omakase rolled his eyes. "50 yen says you're wrong."

Twenty minutes later, everyone was outside. Midnight stood before them, whip in her hand. "Now that we are all here, you all are going to take a Quirk Apprehension test. It is a physical fitness test where you are allowed to use your Quirks to your advantage." Omakase groaned and slapped a 50 yen note into Netsuke's hand as she smirked. "You cannot interfere with the other students, but any Quirks that give you a physical advantage over your classmates are welcome." She held up a softball, and pointed her whip at Toschi. "Hatsume! Come over here." As he approached, Midnight addressed the students. "The first event we are going to do is the ball throw. In each event, you will receive a score." A sadistic look came over her face, and the students shivered. "The loser gets a punishment," she said, cracking her whip. She turned to Toschi, an innocent smile on her face. "No pressure!"

Toschi gulped and closed his eyes. He held the ball out in front of him, and it flashed yellow. He quickly began punching it, the glow growing brighter as he struck the ball. Finally, the glow disappeared, and the ball rocketed off into the sky. Toschi followed it with his eyes until he couldn't see it anymore, and the tracker in Midnight's hand went off. "Well done Hatsume!" she said, turning the tracker to him. "826 meters!" A short round of applause came from the students, and Midnight turned to call the next contender.

The events went smoothly. In the ball throw, Toschi came in first, then again in the sit-ups. In the repeated side steps, Umakire came in first. Moki won the 50-meter dash in 2.41 seconds, and Reikokuna won the grip strength as a gorilla, with over 600 kg, the long jump as a kangaroo, and the seated toe-touch as a snake, although his classmates claimed that was cheating. The final event was the distance run, and although it was close, Moki came in first, narrowly beating Reikokuna. After the test was over, the loser was revealed.

"Come on," Seishin groaned. "I don't even need to be strong like those guys to be a hero, I can just possess the villains and make them arrest themselves."

Sasaki looked over. "Seishin, you came in last in literally every event."

She blushed and turned away, pouting. "Whatever. What's my 'punishment' going to be?" Midnight thought for a moment.

"Honestly, I'm not sure. I was hoping that one of the boys would lose~" she said in a sultry tone that sent blood rushing to the faces of every boy in the class. "Alright, your punishment will be that until you can beat one of your classmates in at least one event, you will have to retake this test every day." Seishin sighed and hung her head. "As for the rest of you," Midnight called, "get changed! We've got a long lesson planned for today, and then tomorrow is combat training!" The class gulped, and Toschi looked at her, shocked.Combat training?