"Denki."

"Yeah?"

"What if your parents wanted you to do something you thought was really bad?"

"My parents wouldn't do that!"

"But what if?"

"What if?"

"Yes."

"Hm. What if. Well, if it was really bad, I guess I'd try to reason with my parents. I want to be a hero, after all."

"But aren't they your parents? Aren't you compelled to do everything and anything they ask of you without hesitation?"

"No. You have your own free will, right?"

"..."

"Raichan? You okay?"

"...I don't know."

"I AM..."

Everyone's head's instantly turned toward the door. Raiden, whose head was resting on the surface of her desk, only turned to face the door and didn't bother to lift it.

"COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!"

"Whoa, it's All Might!" Raiden heard Denki exclaim in excitement.

"Wow, he really is a teacher!" the boy with bright red hair exclaimed. His name was Kirishima, right? Kirishima Eijiro?

"That's a costume from the Silver Age, right?" a girl with a frog-looking appearance said. Raiden was fairly sure her name was Asui Tsuyu.

"It's style is so different it's giving me goosebumps," a boy with a tail said. Ojiro Mashirao, maybe?

Raiden watched as All Might stood in front of the classroom, his signature smile glued on his face. She sighed and cushioned her chin with her arms.

"I teach Foundational Hero Studies. Here, you shall train in different ways to learn the basics of being a hero. Let's get right into it!" All Might said, posing. "This is what we are going to be doing today!"

The legendary hero held up a card with the big, bolded words of "COMBAT" emblazoned on it.

"Combat training!"

Raiden perked up, lifting her head from the desk. She looked at Denki's direction. He cast an excited glance at her.

"And with that, you get these!" All Might said, pointing to the wall. "Costumes based on your Quirk registration and requests you sent in before school had started!"

Several sections in the wall slid out. Raiden saw cases with the student's seat numbers on them. She noticed her own number and remembered the costume design she had sent in with Denki.

"Get changed and all of you gather to Ground Beta!"

Raiden was glad that she always wore a black high-collared shirt underneath her uniform, no matter how hot it was. She had changed at record speed, uncomfortable to be in such close proximity with people she hardly knew.

All Might was waiting in Ground Beta, his smile still wide as the students began to arrive.

Raiden had been one of the earlier ones. Denki was also there by the time she arrived, along with other people with more simpler costumes.

Denki beamed at Raiden. "Wow, Raichan! Your costume's so badass!"

Raiden only shrugged.

Her hero costume wasn't really flashy like a lot of other people. The costume consisted of a dark blue trench coat with the tail being split in two with a number of hidden gadgets on the inside. Under the coat was a black, high-collared tank top and dark blue leather jeans with a black utility belt with several other gadgets. Along with that were black combat boots, her usual black leather gloves, and a blue tinted visor that covered the upper half of her face and came with a headset similar to Denki's.

The other students had all finally gathered. A boy in white armer raised his hand and spoke in a voice that Raiden recognized as Iida's.

"Sir!" he said. "This is a battle center from the entrance exam, so will we be having urban battles again?"

All Might held up two fingers. "No! Instead, we're going to move forward two steps!" he said. "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. In this society of heroes and villains, truly intelligent villains hide in the shadows!"

Raiden's fist unconsciously clenched. Denki cast a worried look at her, but she only looked away from him.

"For this class, you will be split into villains and heroes and fight two-on-two indoor battles," All Might declared.

Asui tilted her head. "Without basic training?" she asked.

"This is a real battle to understand those basics!" All Might exclaimed. "Unlike the entrance exam, you will not be fighting robots."

"What determines who wins or loses?" a girl in a skimpy red outfit asked. Raiden recognized her as Yaoyorozu Momo.

"Can we just beat them up to a pulp?" Bakugou asked.

"Will we be punished with expulsion like with Aizawa-sensei?" the girl with rosy cheeks asked. Raiden remembered that her name was Uraraka Ochako.

"How will the teams be decided?" Iida said.

All Might held up a hand, halting the stream of questions. "I'll answer all of your questions!" He held in his hands what seemed to be script. Raiden fought the urge to snicker.

"The training is placed in a situation where the villains have a weapon hidden in one of the five floors of a building. The heroes are trying to find the villains and dispose of that weapon," All Might said. "The heroes need to either defeat the villains or reclaim the weapon. The villains, on the other hand, need to protect the weapon or catch the heroes. As for how the teams will be picked, that will be determined by drawing lots!"

Raiden supposed that it made sense.

Denki didn't.

"Lots?" he asked.

Raiden reached up and poked his cheek, slight amusement crossing her face. "Heroes don't have time or the luxury to get to know each other. There are times when random heroes are thrown into a battle situation with each other. Either way, they need to fight for their lives and protect people."

"Alright! Let's do this quickly!" All Might said, pumping his fist. He began picking students at random and assigning them their role as a villain or hero.

Raiden ended up being paired with Yaoyorozu, with the two being a team of villains. Yaoyorozu gave Raiden a polite bow. "I hope we can work well together," she said. Raiden nodded back at her silently.

Denki came up to Raiden. "So you're a villain?" he asked. Raiden could tell that he was wording his sentence carefully.

She reached up and poked his cheek. "Don't worry about me. Just a stroke of unfortunate coincidence. Good luck," she said. "You're on a hero team, right?" Denki nodded. Raiden smiled softly. "Try not to lose."

Denki beamed. "Yeah. Back at you!"

The first battle was Midoriya and Uraraka, the heroes, going against Bakugou and Iida, the villains. The rest of the class left to watch the battle in the surveillance room.

Raiden had to admit. The battle was brutal.

Bakuogu was certainly cruel. He didn't hold back and was relentless in his attacks.

Midoriya, on the other hand, was tenacious. He had a strategic mind and had a solid plan in mind. On top of that, there was his Quirk.

It seemed that Midoriya was making an effort to not badly injure himself. During the first part of the match, a strange green electricity flashed around him while he moved quickly around the building and was able to dodge some of Bakugou's attacks.

But in the end, when it came to, Midoriya had no choice but to badly injure his arm again. Raiden frowned when she saw this, making a mental note to talk to him later.

"That was pretty intense, wasn't it?" Denki asked. He stood next to Raiden, who nodded in agreement.

"Midoriya-san can't really control his Quirk," Raiden murmured. "It's as if he just got it and has no idea how it works." She could have sworn All Might flinched when she said this.

Raiden watched somberly as both Midoriya and Uraraka were carted off to be tended to by Recovery Girl. She frowned when she saw Bakugou.

His pride, she thought. She shook her head. Maybe she could talk to him later as well.

The next battle was Ojiro and Hagakure as the heroes going against Todoroki and Shoji as the villains. Raiden had to admit, Shoji looked quite formidable.

Still, the battle was hardly called a battle. Todoroki's Quirk dealt with villains quickly and smoothly.

"Hero Team wins!" All Might declares.

Raiden crossed her arms. "That's a very strong Quirk." Denki nodded in agreement. "It sure is."

And the next battle...

"Kaminari and Yaoyorozu versus Kaminari and Jirou!"

Raiden and Denki exchanged a look. "Which one," Raiden said with a poker face.

All Might faltered, and Denki let out a laugh. "Don't take her seriously. She knows which team she's on." Then reality finally hit him, and he snapped his head toward Raiden. "Wait, but that means-"

"We're fighting each other," Raiden finished. A smirk was rising on her face. "Perfect."

Denki let out a squeak of fear.

"You don't understand, Jirou! She's going to kill me, and then she'll kill me again!"

Jirou Kyoka sighed as she idly fingered one of her long earlobes. "You're just exaggerating," she said.

Denki pulled at his hair. "No, I'm not! I'm not suited for fighting her! In fact, I'm the worst person to fight her out of everyone in this class! In all the times I've fought her in the past, I've never won!"

Jirou stared at her teammate. "Than what's her Quirk? You know, right? We can have an upper hand if we figure out a way to work around her Quirk."

Denki blinked. "Raichan's work is heavily offensive. It's an electric type. She can't conduct her own electricity, so she relies on other sources, like the static from a phone or something. If I go up against her, she'll just activate her Quirk through mine and then I'll be toast. Figuratively and literally."

The five minutes of preparation time were over. Jirou used her earphone jacks to find where the weapon was, and if any of their opponent was near.

"The weapon is on the top floor," she said. "But Yaoyorozu's the only one guarding it."

Denki took a deep breath. "Then where's Raichan?"

Jirou frowned. "Third floor. She's stationary. I think she's waiting for us."

"We should split up," Denki said. "You go stall Raichan. I'll for the weapon."

Jirou frowned. "Why do I go alone?"

"I just said! My Quirk against Raichan's is suicide!"

Jirou rolled her eyes, but she began walking in the direction of the stairwell. Denki went in a different direction.

Ten seconds later, all the lights in the building went out.

"Shit!" Denki whispered. "This is bad. This is bad. This place is way too suited for Raichan."

As for Jirou, she was navigating her way through the building by relying on sound. However, a crackle got her attention.

"What's that sound?" she muttered. Her earphone jacks waved through the air. "It sounds like-" Her eyes widened. "Electricity."

And while Jirou's vision was already dark, she could still "see" with the sound. And then she couldn't see with sound because someone had already knocked her out.

"Fuck," Denki said when he sensed a presence that was all to familiar. "You got me, Raichan."

"Villain Team wins!"

A/N: It may be a bit too vague. Or just really vague. I'm really sorry, but don't worry. Practically everything will be explained in the next chapter.