AN: finally, we are moving on to the actual story! I'm pretty excited, because I have some future plans during this part. Man, watching through season one of MHA brings back a bit of nostalgia, especially the opening.

Also, Season 3 has been pretty amazing. Finally the bird-man has made his debut along with the big three.

Here's a pretty interesting topic. While I was writing the scene where Ruby wakes up on Earth for the first time, I was planning for her to talk to the bird-man in a alleyway, before parting ways. I decided to scrap it since it wasn't really necessary.

Also, can anyone decide a hero name for Ruby? I can't come up with anything creative or cool that'll match her character besides Red Riding Hood or Red Hood. Though, it's simple so.. yeah.

Chapter 3: Lurking In The Shadows

"Did you see this..? It says he's a teacher." A man with light blue hair spoke as he put down a newspaper; gaining the attention of another man from behind a bar.

He sat on a barstool, while he rested his arm on the counter and held a drink with his other hand.

"Hey." He muttered, putting his drink down on the newspaper. "What do you think'll happen.. If the symbol of peace.."

"..Is killed by villains?" He chuckled.

The door to the bar fell off the hinges as he turned in shock. "What the hell..?!"

Present

"Ugh.. I just realize there's no shower here.." Ruby muttered as she got ready for the next day. Maybe there was?.. she didn't know.

Ignoring it for now, and putting on her stockings, she looked out the window to see the same crowd of reporters, still asking students for All Might. She spotted some of her new friends out there.

Midoriya was out there scurrying away with his cast gone, Uraraka was 'trying' to tell them how All Might was as a teacher, and Iida who gave them a very long speech..

Once everyone was in school grounds, Aizawa told them to get lost, saying All Might was late and won't be there today. He also told them; they were annoying the students. One reporter had enough and tried entering the school.

Only for the gate to shut instantly, ringing an alarm and frighting a few other reporters.

Aizawa just sighed in relief, glad they were out of the way. 'How do you deal with this All Might?..'

"Great.. you activated the gates! We've been here for two days, and we still didn't get anything from them!" A reporter shouted as he sighed in annoyance. Behind the crowd stood a blue haired man, staring at the gates with a creepy grin.

News about All Might becoming a teacher at U.A quickly spreaded across the nation. Everyone knew he was working there.

Later

"Nice job on the combat training the other day. I finally got to see the video and results." Aizawa told the class, as he directed his attention to a student; specifically the blonde in front of Midoriya.

"Bakugo, (Oh.. so that's his name.) you're talented. So quit acting like a child." Aizawa told him bluntly as he flinched a bit, looking off to the side.

"Yeah, I know."

"And Midoriya,"

"Y-Yes..!" Ruby couldn't help but grin at his awkwardness, looking off to the side she could also see Uraraka smiling a bit too.

"You settled it by breaking your arm again, huh?" Midoriya said nothing as Ruby understood why he had all those bandages the other day. The training must've been pretty tough..

"You can't keep using the same excuse about not being able to control your quirk. As long as you fix the control issue, there'll be a lot more you can do." Midoriya looked up with a glint of hope as Aizawa said that.

"Feel a sense of urgency, Midoriya."

"Yes Sir!" He spoke confidently this time.

"Now. Let's get started. Today I'll have you.."

"Please not another test.."

"Decide on a class representative." Almost the entire class sighed in relief as Ruby replayed what he said in her head.

"I WANNA BE CLASS REP!" Ruby shouted aloud, as she stood up in her seat with her hand raised as high as it could. Soon the attention was directed to her.

A few seconds of silence passed before she instantly sank back in her seat in embarrassment. What Aizawa said, replayed in their minds, before it clicked..

"Guys pick me! I wanna be the rep!" Kirishima stood up, as more of the class began arguing over who it would be.

"I want to do it too!"

"This job is for me—"

"I want to be the leader!"

"YOU IDIOTS! PICK ME, IM THE BEST FOR THE JOB!"

"SILENCE EVERYONE!" Iida snapped, as the class grew silent. Ruby looked on as Iida quieted the entire class, while he waved his arms around.

"The job for a class representative is having the responsibility to lead others. It's not something 'anyone' can do. You first have to be trusted by everyone in the classroom. Therefore we should vote on who should have the position, democratically." He told everyone as he put his hand up, higher than anyone else. Everyone groaned as it was obvious who he wanted them to vote for.

"You're taking this too seriously Iida.." Ruby smirked.

"Is this really a good idea?" Kaminari muttered.

"We've only known each other for a few days, and Ruby barely knows any of us. How do we know who to trust?" Tsuyu noted as she put her finger on her chin.

"Besides, everyone's going to vote for themselves.." Kirishima added as Iida jumped in.

"That's true, but the person who does receive Mutiple votes will be the most suitable person for the job. Is that right sir?!" He asked Aizawa as he was tucked away in his sleeping bag.

"Yeah, whatever. Do what you want, just finish before my nap's over." He mumbled as he tumbled to the ground.

Ruby couldn't decide who to vote for, beside herself. She was the leader of her own team after all. Honestly, Midoriya would be a good choice, but all she knew about him was his liking of heroes. Uraraka was next, but she wasn't sure about her leadership. They were only friends since she asked for her to sit next to them at lunch.. Next was Iida, he was pretty good about getting the attention of the entire class, she noticed. But he seemed way too serious about the job. Maybe that was a good thing.

"No one's going to vote for me anyways since I'm new.." she grumbled. "oh well, might as well choose now."

Later

The votes were revealed, showing Midoriya on top with 3 votes and Yaoyorozu with 2, which she figured out was the spiky pony-tailed girl.

"WHA?! HOW DID I GET 3 VOTES?!" Midoriya exclaimed with his mouth opened in shock, while Bakugo jumped out of his seat in anger.

"ALRIGHT! WHO THE HELL VOTED FOR HIM?!"

'I'll just keep my vote to myself..' Uraraka looked to the side, whistling.

"Dangit! Only one Vote! If I voted for my self it would've been tied!" Iida thoughtout loud angrily, as he shook in his seat.

"So you voted for someone else huh?" Yaoyorozu started.

"Seriously Iida, you could've really won that position there." Sato added.

A few minutes later and both Midoriya and Yaoyorozu stood in front of the class while Aizawa told the class their roles. Of course, Midoriya was shaking like a mad man and Yaoyorozu was sighing in annoyance.

"So Midoriya is the class rep, and the deputy class rep is Yaoyorozu.."

"Y-you're serious..?!" Midoriya managed.

"This doesn't seem that bad." Tsu smiled as she looked at the two students.

"Yeah, I can see this work out!" Kirishima nodded in agreement.

"Nice job Midoriya!" Ruby smiled. The outcome of the election to her was unexpected, she didn't know a lot about Yaoyorozu; but she seemed pretty smart. Midoriya could very well be a great leader too, He just needed to be confident.

She smiled remembering the time her team first formed.

Lunch

Ruby, Iida, Midoriya, and Uraraka all sat at the same table, enjoying their meals. Ruby of course, had a huge bowl of ramen.

"Wow.. there's a lot of people here now." Ruby exclaimed as Iida told her why.

"That's because everyone in the hero course, support course, and management course meet at the same place; the cafeteria." He explained as Uraraka stuffed her face with rice.

"Mm.. the rice is delicious!"

"The ramen is too!" Ruby added with a huge grin.

Midoriya looked down at his food, pushing it around with his utensils, without a bite taken.

"Hmm.. anything wrong Midoriya? You seem.. off." Ruby asked as Midoriya continued to stare down at his food.

"Uh.. Midoriya..?"

"O-oh, Sorry about that..!" His face turned a few shades of red before he responded. "It's just that I'm not sure I'm qualified for being class rep.."

"You are."

"You'll be fine."

Both Uraraka and Iida responded surprising Midoriya.

"Wha? Seriously?"

"Yes, Your courage and quick thinking during battle will help shape you out into a great leader." Said Iida "Those and the strength you demonstrated during initiation is the reason I picked you."

"Didn't you want to be rep Iida? I did choose you since you were able to gain the class' attention easily after all." Ruby wondered, surprising Iida.

"Yeah, you even look the part with your glasses." Uraraka added.

"Thank you Ruby, for the vote. But wanting a job and also being suitable for it are different things. Observing the Iida family hero agency taught me that much."

"Agency..?"

"Wait a second Iida, you never told us about this." Ruby said, looking at him with wonder and interest. She read about agencies during her first night.

"Yeah Iida, what does your family even do?" Midoriya asked, also intrigued.

"O-oh it's nothing.." Iida tried dismissing the subject, which only seemed to pique their curiosity even more.

"You know I've been wondering something about you.." Said Uraraka. "Admit Iida! You're rich!"

Uraraka grinned while Ruby tried holding in a small laugh. Iida only responded with a face full of bewilderment, before looking off to the side.

"I was afraid people would start treating me differently if they knew of my family.." closing his eyes, he felt the stares of all three of his friends before sighing and telling them.

"You see, the Iidas' have been pro heroes for generations. It runs in our blood." He explained, surprising the three.

"Are all three of you familiar with the turbo hero: Ingenium?"

"Yeah! I know all about him!" Midoriya smiled with a small blush. "He's a super popular pro with 65 sidekicks working with him in his Tokyo agency!.. wait.. don't tell me.."

"He's my elder brother!" Iida stood up from his seat smiling with pride; he too had a small blush on his face which was probably the only time any of them have seen him like that.

"Woah, that's so cool!"

"Your family's famous!"

"I can't believe it!"

"Ingenium is a unmatched commander who honors the hero code. As the second oldest son of the Iida family, I strive to be as great as him."

"However.. I think it's a bit too soon for me to be in a real leadership role. Ruby, I know you weren't there, but I think Midoriya should be rep because he figured out what the judges were looking for during the pratical exams." He smiled, not noticing his friends were staring at him again.

"That's the first time I've seen you smile Iida, you should do it more often." Uraraka blurted, confusing him.

"Huh, what are you talking about? I smile all the time."

'He wants to be like Ingenium like how I want to be like All-Might.. he shouldn't be so hard on himself.. I didn't even know what was going on in the test..' Midoriya thought, smiling.

"Hey Iida, about the test—

BEEP BEEP BEEP

An alarm set off which startled everyone in the room.

"What is that?!"

WARNING LEVEL 3 SECURITY BREACH PLEASE EVACUATE IN A ORDERLY MANNER

"What's a level 3 security breach?!" Iida asked someone.

"It means someone managed to get past the school barrier! This never happened in my three years here, we should get going!" The boy hurriedly scurried away toward the exit. Ruby was just as nervous as that boy was. She remembered that alarm from the other day, and she definitely didn't want to hear it again.

Later, the hallways were crowded with students, shoving and pushing their way toward the exit; all the while panicked screams could be heard.

"Hey! Watch it!" Ruby groaned as she was shoved into another student, causing a sort of domino effect, as the student shoved another. All three of her friends were right behind her, also getting trampled by the crowd. Surely she could've just sped on by, but the exit was too tightly packed to actually run through.

"Everyone was quick to react..! Of course they would! They are U.A's students!" Iida pointed out, while trying to make his way through.

"Right, but I wish it wasn't this crazy!" Ruby shouted as she was pushed again.

"Yeah, they're causing a huge panick!" Midoriya added as he was pushed away, hearing the cries of his friends.

Pushing his way to the window, Iida peeked out; looking for the intruder, seeing.. reporters?!

The teachers were too overwhelmed by the reporters, they didn't realize the situation about the students.

"What the?! I was worried about an intruder; but it was actually the press? Where's all the teachers?! Everyone cal—" his face was pushed toward the glass as he tried to speak.

"Iida, help!" Uraraka cried out, while helping Ruby. Ruby only watched as Iida shifted against the wall then held out his hand toward Uraraka.

"Touch my hand! Make me float above everyone else!" He shouted. Missing once, Uraraka tapped his finger, while his whole body floated upwards. Ruby's eyes lightened up as he pulled his leg sleeve, revealing engines which extended outward and thrusted him toward the exit door.

'Woah.. I guess those are their quirks..!' Ruby smiled a bit. 'That's so cool..! Wait, now's not the time!'

Suddenly, a huge thud was heard as he slammed into the wall. Positioning his foot onto the doorframe, he turned his head toward the crowd.

"EVERYONE, EVERYTHING IS OKAY! IT'S JUST THE MEDIA! THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT! We're U.A students! We need to remain calm and prove that we're the best of the best!" He yelled, gaining everyone's attention. After his speech, the room was filled with sighs of relief and began calming down.

"Heh, finally.. some breathing space.." Ruby sighed, wiping her brow. Both Midoriya and Uraraka came up to her later on, all looking up at Iida with small smiles.

Later on, the police arrived and the media was taken care of. Class began again and both Midoriya and Yaoyorozu was standing in front of the class, Midoriya still shaking nervously.

"Well rep?" Yaoyorozu asked, making him jump.

"..right! We have to figure out who the class officers will be..!" He said nervously before taking a deep breath. "But before that.. I want to say something.."

"I think Tenya Iida should be class rep instead of me..!" He smiled and looked toward Iida who had a surprised look on his face. "He managed to get everyone's attention and kept us in line. That's why I think he would be a better choice than me."

Ruby smiled as she knew she made the right choice. Even if she didn't know everyone here yet, she already knew the best person to lead just from their personality alone.

"Yeah, if Midoriya is fine with this than I am too. He was pretty helpful and manly back there." Kirishima notes as Kaminari nodded.

"Yup, heh, did you see how he looked like the exit sign back there?"

"This is a waste of time. Hurry up already." Aizawa muttered before laying back onto the floor.

Iida stood up. "If Midoriya wants me to become class rep, then I accept! I'll carry on this duty with the best of my abilities!"

"Nice Job Iida, good luck too!" Ruby grinned along with Uraraka.

"Yeah, sounds good 'emergency exit!'" Kirishima gave a thumbs up while Ruby held in a small laugh.

"Really? Pff.. Emergency Exit.."

"I still have more votes then him..." Yaoyorozu muttered sourly.

Later

The teachers who were off duty checked out the destroyed gate infront of them. The gate was completely obliterated, and looked like it was taken apart piece by piece.

"How are people of the press able to pass our security system?" Principle Nezu thought as he rubbed his paw on his chin. "Someone else is behind this. Some villain. They managed to break in and release havoc for the students. Was it for a show of power? Or maybe to declare war..?"

AN: Alright, so next chapter will be a lot of action, with a bit of a twist to the canon. Hopefully I can get it up soon. I know I say that a lot and miss like two months; but I'm so sorry! I can't keep up with this story. Besides that, here are reviews. Also, Guest, please make an account to I can answer directly, I can't tell if I'm talking to the same person or not.

Althea Sirius: Yes, her skills will be shown next chapter. Not Grimm, but a whole bunch of baddies.

Guest1: Actually, I do know that Ruby's semblance isn't just speed. But we'll get to that later. It'll be pretty interesting. Trust me. Also, I will be deviating from the actual canon. I just need some time and a bit of planning. I already planned what's ahead later on, but thank you for the tip.

Guest2: Wow.. a bunch of questions. Okay, first, I do have an explanation for Ruby and unlocking aura. Pyrrha was an expert; yes, but she was exhausted from just unlocking Jaune's Aura which is a shit-ton. And still managed to walk it off, While Ruby completely fainted for a few hours just trying to unlock a average amount for Aizawa. (sorry I didn't say what his aura amount was.)

Second, I won't go into much detail on how she got transferred, but she's 15 during this time. Also, sadly no, I don't have a end goal in mind. But I do plan on doing a few things that'll keep this story interesting.

Guest3: okay, I know Aizawa with multiple powers makes him pretty op, but he barely knows how Aura works, so he'll mostly just try to attack with erasure and defend with Aura instead of using both at the same time. Heck, he doesn't even know that aura can actually break yet. ;)

Also, Aizawa's Quirk still nullifies Quirks, but also nullifies semblances. It doesn't affect aura. That's why Ruby was able to tank that punch during their fight, also it was mentioned in the story. I see it as Aizawa nullifying a part of the soul (Aka Semblance.) instead of the entire soul. (Aura.) Sorry if I didn't make that clear. And Yes, Semblance and Quirks are two different things along with Aura.

Oh right, about the synthetic dust. Remember Nezu taking that dust crystal? :)

Okay, those were all the reviews I can answer. Hopefully it cleared some plot holes or sadly made more.. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter; sorry if it seemed lackluster, but I hope to see you guys next time.

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