And the first thing Uraraka heard when she went back to the waiting room was...
"That was so manly!" Kirishima explained, with his usual enthusiasm "Destroying the floor like that was awesome! But not just that, all of you who participated were so manly as well! That was an amazing battle!"
Uraraka was slightly overwhelmed by the pink-skinned teenager, however, she knew a lot of constructions workers because of her family, so that only lasted for a moment.
"Thanks." She replied.
While Kirishima was praising the other returning students, Uraraka slowly walked over to a seat and pretty much flopped down into it. All Might looked at her, clearly concerned, but she gave him a small thumbs up and he returned to his previous duties.
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Uraraka removed her right glove to see her fingers. They looked pretty bad, but all things considered she hadn't really gotten too hurt on that fight. She grabbed the first aid kit hidden within the side of her suit and started nursing them while she watched the subsequent fights.
The first was actually Izuku and Katsuki as the villains versus Hagakure and Ojiro as the heroes. The setup was pretty similar to Uraraka's fight, with the heroes trying to break through traps set by the villains. Izuku's ability was very handy for setting all kinds of traps.
Still, Hagakure and Ojiro were no slouches. The former's navel laser was powerful, precise and fast, capable of breaking through most of what was thrown at them, while the latter's tapes were fairly versatile, serving both for defense and for movement.
However, things changed when Bakugou suddenly charged at them, jumping out of a concealed divot in a wall. His two opponents barely had enough time to react and blast him away with a combination of their quirks, but his role had been served. Bakugou's true goal had been scattering a handful of special fuel produced by Izuku and distracting the two.
From another room, Izuku threw a lit match at the fuel, resulting in the entire room catching on fire. It was not a very strong fire, but it was strong enough to impair both of the hero duo, but not Bakugou, who was already in his hardened state. He quickly recovered from the previous blow and advanced on the two, knocking them both unconscious with quick strikes.
The villain team was declared to be the winner, and Bakugou cheered for his victory is a slightly excessive way until Izuku appeared and dragged him out of the battleground.
After that, it was Shouji and Kaminari against Aoyama and Kirishima. Kaminari's superior froglike agility gave the victory to his team, with the support of Shouji's Dark Shadow's defense capabilities. Todoroki and Satou versus Iida and Tokoyami was somewhat of a surprise. Despite having less flashy powers, the former duo managed to sneak out a victory due to Todoroki's mind games giving Satou a chance to get the drop on them.
And since they were the only ones left, Mina and Jirou fought each other in singles, rather than doubles. It was a pulse-pounding match, but despite Mina's speed, Jirou was able to block her continually with a combination of fire and ice attacks and last the entire match.
After that was done, Momo suggested for the class to discuss each of the battles, in order to figure out what each student was doing well on, and where they could do better. All Might agreed with the suggestion, and the rest of the class time was spent as such.
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The following week was fairly normal. There was one other instance of combat training, and there was also a day dedicated to figuring out the limitations of the student's quirks, but mostly it was just studying, physical training and other basic stuff.
The most interesting thing to happen was the class holding a vote for class president. A few things happened, but in the end Iida was the one chosen for that. The next week started with more of the same, but when Wednesday arrived, Aizawa said that they would go somewhere for Rescue Training.
Uraraka was immediately interested, but he did not give a lot of details, only saying that he, All Might and one other person would be supervising, and that they would get there via bus. The trip wasn't that long, but everyone seemed to be having fun. Uraraka had gotten to know her classmates better during the past week, so she smiled at seeing their byplay:
Bakugou arguing with Satou about something, Mina dragging the others into discussing silly subjects. Aoyama talking with Kirishima, who didn't seem to understand what the other guy was going on about but enjoyed it anyway...
Truly, just looking was already pretty fun, so Uraraka felt like barely any time at all had passed when the bus stopped and dropped them off.
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The place they had stopped at was a large underground facility. Going inside, they were impressed to see the area divided into several different sections, which were labeled landslide zone, conflagration zone, flood zone and etc, and seemed to have been set up in order to imitate the conditions of such natural disasters.
And then they were greeted by another hero, one that Uraraka knew very well.
"Hello, U.A. Students, and welcome to the Unforeseen Simulation Joint!" Said the figure in a space suit.
"That's the Space Hero, Thirteen!" Izuku recognized.
"They are a hero specialized in rescues!" Uraraka spoke with the enthusiasm of a long time fan.
She could barely believe that she was actually meeting her idol in person. Uraraka wanted to walk up to them and ask for an autograph, but she was there on a class, so that really wouldn't be appropriate.
Aizawa went to talk with Thirteen, apparently asking where All Might was, but Uraraka couldn't hear the response. Soon after, their homeroom teacher passed the word to Thirteen, who had a few things to say.
"I'm sure you all know." They started "My Quirk is Black Hole, as it can suck in and tear apart anything."
Uraraka nodded inwardly, paying complete attention to what he was saying.
"I have used it to save people's lives during disasters. However, my power could also easily be used to kill." He stopped for a moment, and the students were completely silent "Many of your Quirks could be similar, being capable of killing people if they are used for the wrong means, or if they are not properly controlled."
They stopped again, before continuing with a louder voice.
"However, that just means that you need to be more aware of themselves. You are the ones who decide what your powers are for, and as heroes, those powers are meant to help people, not hurt them. That is my ideal." They finished.
Uraraka had to clap at that. Soon the other students joined in, and Thirteen bowed politely. Uraraka was looking forward to how the class would go.
That was when it happened. There was a small buzzing sound coming from further inside in the facility. Aizawa turned to look, and so did Uraraka, seeing something that looked like a circle of black fog.
There were people coming out of that circle. The surrounding students had noticed them as well, and started to ask if they were robots to be used for the simulation. Uraraka activated the far sight on her helmet to take a closer look.
"Everyone, retreat!" Aizawa ordered "Those are villains!"
But Uraraka was barely paying attention to his words, because she recognized one of those people. It was a young man with shaggy hair and a detached hand grabbing his face. She had only seem him once, but it was impossible to forget.
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It was in one of the days Sensei had been "experimenting" with the captives. By that point, Uraraka had already become used to the routine, so she quickly noticed that something was different. Sensei's current possessed guard was being accompanied by a young man. And that man was apparently someone important, because as the villain started messing around with the desperate prisoners, he was calmly explaining what he was doing to the other man.
He spoke with clinical words, without minding the screams of pain and terror of his victims. He called the other man "Shigaraki". And said man also didn't seem to be the least bit bothered about that scene of horror he was witnessing.
Eventually, it was Uraraka's turn, and even as she screamed and cried at the inflicted torture, Shigaraki was close enough that she could see his eyes, even half-covered by the hand. And what she saw in them was only... a vague interest. As if her life and her suffering were nothing more than a simple curiosity.
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From the corners of her eyes, Uraraka could see that the nearby students were trying to talk to her. However, she couldn't hear them. The only thing she was hearing were the screams of that day, all mixed together in a cacophony. Uraraka's hard was beating like a jackhammer on her chest, and she felt like she was being crushed. She had to relieve that pressure.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed.
And then, without thinking even once, jumped towards Shigaraki with all her strength.