Me again. This chapter is going to be a recap from the second half of episode 6 to the end of episode 8. Expect more mom tears, just saying.

Izuku had many mixed emotions; closure from finally standing up to Katsuki, sadness from not being able to get through to him and for getting the hero costume his mom made for him wrecked during class, happiness that his new classmates recognized his talent, pride from taking another big step toward his ambition, and pain from 'letting the egg explode' when he used One for All. As he slunk toward the door, he noticed some lights were on. He started to feel bad about arriving home late.

"Mom?" he said as he slowly walked in.

"Izuku, I was..." Inko stopped when she saw how injured he was. She started tearing immensely she nearly fainted as she rushed over. "Izuku, are you all right? What happened?"

"Today just turned out to be crazier than yesterday. I'll tell you about, but I need to relax for a bit."

"Please, sit. Now, are you sure you're not hurt too bad?" Inko tried to remain calm.

"It could have been worse, but thankfully it wasn't. Today was All Might's first day teaching, and it was the day we first used our hero costumes." Izuku gleamed.

"The All Might, a teacher at your school? You must be thrilled!" she knew Izuku was his biggest fan.

"I was really shocked when he told me before school started. I forgot to mention he even gave me some advice on how to maintain my Quirk. First, he asked what it felt like."

"What does it feel like?"

"Basically, I told him it's like an egg about to explode in a microwave. He told me I can lower the wattage or shorten the cooking time. In the past three weeks, I thought I was ready, but I guess not." he felt a bit down.

"Now, about today. You said everyone got to use their new costumes."

"Right. Everyone's costumes looked great. I'd say Iida's looks the coolest, and I was amazed by Uraraka's." Izuku suddenly felt nervous and shy. (She really did look great. I was captivated.)

"Oh, you mean the nice girl? How is she? Did you get to talk to her?" she perked up again.

"Yeah, she's doing all right. She liked the jumpsuit you put together, even though it wasn't very flashy like the other costumes. We were both surprised since we were paired up for today's lesson. After all 20 of us became 10 separate pairs, two pairs were randomly chosen to go at a time. Me and Uraraka were the first pair announced along with Kacchan and Iida."

"What kind of lesson was it?"

"All Might planned sort of a indoor trial for us. Since he realizes mostly villain activity takes place on the inside, he wanted to prepare us by playing heroes and villains. All Might allowed the chosen villains five minutes to prepare while the heroes wait outside the building. Then, the two pairs had 15 minutes to try and outmatch one another. While getting ready, I did get to talk to her a bit."

"That's good. It must have been nerve racking."

"At first, but when we got there and were greeted by Kacchan's ambush, everything I had in my notebooks about closed space combats and the floor plan for the building just took over. I finally told him off by saying I'm not the same useless kid I used to be in front of Uraraka. Kacchan got insanely angry just for my standing up to him. By using the notes I've taken over the years, I was able to give Uraraka a chance to find Iida while I stayed on the lower levels of the building."

"You did always like taking notes on different heroes." Inko didn't seem surprised.

"Not just heroes and their Quirks, but also classmates over the years, fight scenarios and my original costume designs. Everything I learned since then is pushing me even further." Izuku brimmed.

"Did Uraraka reach Iida?"

"She did, but from what I heard, he was skillfully using his speed Quirk to keep her at bay from our target. I assumed right that Kacchan went rouge without so much as acknowledging anyone else. He was really mad at me and the fact I wasn't using my Quirk right out of the gate or didn't even tell him I had one. He even blew a hole in the building with his costume launching from explosive fireball, but half of one of the sleeves and other half of the mask from my jumpsuit got blown off from the explosion. Half of the other sleeve was blown off near the end. Sorry, Mom."

"I don't care about that. What matters is that you're all right."

"I was taking so many hits after the explosion, I had no choice. I came up with a last ditch effort to win by utilizing mine and Uraraka's Quirks. See, her Quirk allows anything she touches with her fingertips to float. Kinda similar to yours."

"That is very similar. Mine only lets me pull small objects toward me. How did you manage to win after being severely hurt?"

"I told her to wait by the pillar near the windows, and grab hold of it when I gave the word. Good thing I could still move in the end."

"What about Katsuki?"

"He was still angry thinking I was belittling him like he does to me. It was because of of how impressive he is that I just wanted to win and show him I belong here. As we both headed for the center, All Might tried to put an end to it, but I signaled Uraraka and blew a hole in the ceiling with enough force that the wind kept going upwards and tore the roof off the building. And since I saw Kacchan's right hook coming in, I blocked with the other arm and that's how I lost the other sleeve. I planned that the force from my Quirk would make the pillar come undone and Uraraka could use it and the debris to immobilize Iida. After claiming our target, we barely won while the others didn't get hurt once."

Inko tried to get the words out without sounding too stern or too sad. "Let me just say that sounds very reckless of you, Izuku. I hope All Might wasn't too upset."

"No, he was much more concerned about me than the building. Now, I feel like Kacchan hates me now more than ever. In the end, I completely ignored him just to win the exercise. After telling him why, I just collapsed and woke up hours later in Recovery Girl's office."

"Wasn't she the one who bandaged your finger yesterday?"

"Yep. Turns out she was not too happy with All Might about what happened. It was only the second day and the third time being treated by her. But she did tell me yesterday healing with her Quirk takes a lot of energy out of someone. The day of the entry test, I was completely out of it so I don't remember what happened. She said I was too wiped out from yesterday and today which explains the bandages and the sling. I'll have to see her before class tomorrow."

"Oh, dear. Thankfully you're not hurt too much." Izuku's mom felt completely sad about what he went through.

"The bad thing is I was completely out for the rest of the day. After being sent off, I slunk back to class 1-A only to be greeted by almost everyone seeing as how some had already left. Turns out they all saw each other matches as well as ours. Everyone who was left was surprised I even survived. At that moment, I noticed Kacchan was gone and ran after him. I had to tell him there were no hard feelings for what happened, but seeing the pain he endured, I seriously hurt his pride."

"I'm sure you didn't mean to make him feel bad, but it seems like you're fitting in quite well." her sadness slowly left, but the tears stayed.

"The sooner I get the hang of this Quirk, the better it'll be for everyone else."

"Seems to me that powerful Quirk is quite destructive..."

"The more I learn to properly use it, the pain I'm taking from it should subside. Just have to take a few more steps in the right direction."

"You must be exhausted, Izuku. At least eat something before turning in." she sounded chipper.

"Okay, I am hungry after what happened. Guess I have a big day tomorrow." Izuku was feeling better after revealing what happened.

That's another chapter down. There's still plenty of time for you to tell me what other classmates you'd like to have Izuku do facetime with in future chapters aside from Uraraka and Iida. And I'll see you all later.