Freedom Is Always With You

by BlitzJV

When faced with endless possibilities, people will always take the one that lets them do what they want to do. Izuku Akatani lived by that ideal to the beat of his heart, and his freedom never died out as he explored the whole world around him. (Izuku is a mix of his Canon Self/Sonic/Tails with Shadow's Chaos) (Cross posted with Wattpad and ArchiveOfOurOwn under the same name)

6. Connect Your Souls

"To Be Yourself in a World That Is Constantly Trying to Make You Into Something Else Is The Greatest Accomplishment."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Izuku woke up the next day to see sunlight glistening through the windows and his alarm blaring across his loft. He kip-upped out of his bed and immediately opened the window to soak in the pristine air as he just basked in the sunlight. He knew what classes he had today, homeroom with Aizawa, his first Foundational Hero Studies class with 1A, Support Course introduction, English with Present Mic, Math with Ectoplasm, and Modern Literature with Cementoss. He went down his stairs, turned on the radio and went to go cook his breakfast. He knew he had a good two hours before school so he went to brush his teeth and do his morning workout which included using a pull-up ladder and multiple speed push-ups, then he made a good meal including bacon, sausages, scrambled eggs, apple juice and a salad. After his breakfast, he had a shower.

"I hope my classmates actually talk to me this time. It'd suck if they were some assholes." He thought to himself as water poured down and dripped down his head, arms and body. He simply took it all in and slightly smiled to himself. He got out of the shower and immediately went to the TV to turn on the news. It spoke about Green Psion and how she had captured a gang that held a bank hostage and thought to himself about the similarities between her and Nozomi.

"Considering the similarities of their quirks, I feel like they are mother and daughter considering the age gap between them." He thought to himself and then looked to see what came on next and then snorted in amusement. The Headline had read,

"Teen Boys fly across the city! Are they new heroes or villains?"

Footage showed Izuku, Hitoshi and Neito soaring through the air on their Extreme Gear and then went to a News Reporter changing the narrative talking about how the three were "flying without a license." It then shows the police chief publicly stating the three did indeed have licenses, and it was blown way out of proportion.

"I swear, this is why I like to keep to myself sometimes. Every time the media sees something like this, they want to spin the narrative and end up making themselves look stupid." Izuku said with a facepalm as he turned off the TV and went outside preparing for takeoff. He put on his headphones and turned on his new song that he recorded in his studio as he hopped on his Extreme Gear and started soaring through the air to UA.

(Play 'Hook, Line, and Sinker' By the Boy and His Machine)

We'll make our way through this mess.

We wrote this story in the key of the Lives we led.

(Izuku does a spin move as he boosts through the sky)

And distance is the only Chance we have, to not turn out like them

To not turn out like them...

And I know you'll find a way to pull me into this.

\Hook, Line & sinker baby…

(Izuku does a backflip and handstands on his Extreme Gear)

And you will burn the bridge that you

Walked on to get here, and I will spend

Time finding an alibi that works.

(He goes low to the ground and passes by many people as they all are pointing at talking about him)

Until then, I'll be patiently waiting...

And you'll be sinking faster than a ship in

Shallow water, you let yourself down

Now find a way out.

(He sees Neito and Hitoshi in mid air on their Extreme Gear and boosts towards them)

And I know you'll find a way to pull me

Into this., Line & sinker baby...

And you will burn the bridge that you

Walked on to get here, and I will spend

Time finding an alibi that works.

(They each see each other and smile, then they boost at the same time)

Let's just go back to the days when we knew

Who we were, was this all for nothing?

(Izuku dive bombs towards the ground)

You'll Run away from the only thing that matters again.

And I know you'll find a way to pull me

Into this., Line & sinker baby…

(He pulls himself back up and launches himself back towards Hitoshi and Neito)

And you will burn the bridge that you

Walked on to get here

(They each boost towards the UA building, each with a color guiding their path)

And I will spend Time finding an alibi that works

People Control their Own Image

Each of the three landed in the parking lot to be greeted by each other. Then Neito said what everyone was thinking.

"You two saw the news?" He said with a snort as Hitoshi grunted and Izuku simply smiled.

"I swear, sometimes the News doesn't even believe what they say sometimes, they just say it for the sake of getting it noticed." Hitoshi said with a tired sigh as Izuku just smiled and affirmed what Hitoshi was saying with, "They even got the Police Chief on there to explain that they were just that dumb to believe it. I swear sometimes they are just robots and puppets." He said with a laugh as they all chuckled and walked towards the entrance. Multiple students had glanced towards the group of 3, and many had looked wary of even speaking to them after they were seen on the news on the morning until they saw a group of people spear-headed by an orange-haired girl walk up to them with murder in her eyes.

"YOU IDIOTS." Each of the three each stopped in terror as they looked to see Itsuka with a glare, staring at all three of them menacingly as the others either looked unapologetic or were laughing their asses off.

"Well then, I'll see you guys later!" Izuku ran inside as he left Hitoshi and Neito to fend for themselves.

"YOU GODDAMN COWARD!" Neito yelled as he looked around to see Itsuka start to enlarge her fist as he shrieked in terror.

"Well, at least I'll die knowing that I got crushed by a giant hand." Hitoshi said with a grunt as they got flicked by Itsuka as Sen, Yosetsu, Setsuna and Kaminari started laughing at their expense while Kinoko giggled and Yui just stared at Neito.

Izuku walked to Class 1A as he had just escaped Itsuka's fury. He walked inside of the Class after saying Hi to Kan to see Iida and Yaoyorozu already there. Yaoyorozu was sitting at her seat reading a novel, and Iida was looking around the class to find everyone's seat so they could get to it earlier and not get yelled at by Aizawa.

"Good Morning, you two. I thought I'd be the first one in class today if I'm being honest." Izuku plastered a smile on his face as he looked at the two.

"Good morning, Akatani. Sorry for the inconvenience yesterday with not really getting to know how you are. It was vulgar of me and I have dishonored you." Iida said as he bowed at a perfect 90-degree angle as Yaoyorozu looked at him weirdly and Izuku just chuckled.

"It's alright man, it just felt tense yesterday but I'm glad you apologized." He said with a grin as Yaoyorozu then added, "I apologize too then. Not only for yesterday in the morning, but also during the race when you were only trying to be nice to me. I hope we can actually become good friends in the future." Yaoyorozu then added as she looked away from her book.

"It's no trouble, and I see you enjoy reading books. What's your favorite?" Izuku asked with a tilt of his head.

"Ah, well I don't really have a favorite story. My parents always expected me to expand my knowledge, so I went and read other genres." Momo said as he responded, "I see, well if you ever need to read an adventure book, I can point you to one that is quite nice." Momo then nodded and returned to her book as he went to his seat. He looked at the class as he didn't really get enough time to pay attention to the seats. He looked around to find himself in Seat 17 in this class, and next to him were Bakugo's and Mineta's seats in 16 and 18, respectively. Seat 19 was Yagi, and 20 was Yaoyorozu.

He sat down and just waited for everyone to begin school while listening to his music. Everyone eventually walked in as the last people to enter were Kirishima, Kaminari and Hitoshi as Hitoshi just glared at him as he sheepishly laughed.

Aizawa then walked in with his sleeping bag on and said, "Good, no noise or anyone late today, you've learned from your mistakes." He said while threatening to use his quirk.

Aizawa then explained how the year was going to work for almost all of them since they didn't go to orientation. It was the end of the period when he finally finished with, "Now wait for your next teacher to come and get you guys for your next class." Aizawa then went to sleep as they heard a rumbling coming from outside the door.

"I AM…" Most of the Student's hearts started racing as they all concluded on who their next teacher was going to be. Most of them started cheering and hyperventilating as the door opened.

"COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A NORMAL PERSON." The door opened to reveal the Symbol Of Peace, All Might. Students started talking and praising him as soon as he came in.

"No way… It's really him." "He's really going to be our teacher?!" "And he's wearing his costume from the Silver Age, No way!"

Izuku just snorted as he saw the way All Might was acting. "That's exactly how to not come in like a normal person."

"Foundational Hero Studies! For this class, we'll be building up your foundation of heroism through differing trials." All Might had said while giving a thumbs up. "Let's jump right in with this first one, The BATTLE TRIAL!" All Might exclaimed as people started muttering.

"Battle…" said Bakugo as he had an animalistic grin on his face that grew as soon as he heard that word.

"Trial…" Izuku continued with a look of pure excitement on his face as a blue line surrounded him.

"And to go with your first trial," All Might continued as he pulled a remote out and pressed a large button. Everyone then looked to see multiple shelves go into the wall as many costumes had revealed themselves, "We've prepared your gear we made you send in that matched your quirks!" Everyone smiled and cheered after that as Izuku looked to see the gear that he worked on still there and not changed.

"Our battle gear, AWESOME!" Kirishima yelled out as many people agreed with him.

"Get changed and we will be ready to begin! Everyone make sure to gather at Ground B. And don't forget, from here on out, YOU ARE OFFICIALLY HEROES!" All Might exclaimed as he then bolted towards Ground B. Everyone in the class gathered their numbered cases and then quickly made their way to the locker rooms, excitement boiling in their veins."

"If you fight hard, know who you are, and proud of who you are, you've got a good chance of winning."

-W. Lincoln Hawkins

Izuku walked down with Hitoshi, being the last ones to put on their gear. Hitoshi had on a binding cloth similar to Aizawa's, a mask device known as the 'Artificial Vocal Cords' that Izuku had made for him, a black and blue shirt, with black army pants with white stripes, and green and white sneakers (If you read the manga, you know what I'm talking about). Underneath his shirt was body armor that he could use as to not take a lot of damage.

Izuku had on his green glasses at the top of his head with his Gravity Repulsor on his wrist. He had on a red and white open vest, blue and white pants, with red and white shoes with metal on the outside. He walked up to see all of his classmates with their gear on and saw multiple costumes that were great like Iida, Kirishima and Bakugo, but then saw Todoroki and just saw ice covering his body along with a full white outfit.

"That is one of the most un-creative costumes I've ever seen in my goddamn life." Izuku thought with a deadpan as he looked to see the other people. Aoyama's costume was sparkling as he continued to pose, Yaoyorozu's looked way too revealing as Mineta and Kaminari continued to perv at her.

"Yo Hitoshi, is Mineta really wearing a diaper?" Izuku said disbelievingly while rubbing his eyes as Hitoshi nods and grunts.

"Some people who make these costumes are some fucking perverts, just look at Uraraka's and Yaoyorozu's." Izuku then looked towards Uraraka to see her talking with Nozomi and Iida as she looked to be embarrassed by her costume, as it held way too tightly around her figure.

"I see what you mean." Izuku just said while facepalming as he walked up to Uraraka. Hitoshi simply laid against the wall while having his hands in his pockets, waiting for All Might.

"Yo, what's up you three?" Izuku said as he walked up to the group. He looked to see Nozomi with a green jumpsuit, black boots, white sleeves with black lines, gray detachable mask and red belt. (Female Costume Gamma)

"Hello Akatani, I see that you deliberately planned out how your custom would be made." Iida said while moving his hand up and down.

"Not necessarily, in fact I made this costume. Also Uraraka, I see the support company was weird and make your costume skin-tight." He said as he blips over the fact that he made his costume as Uraraka blushes slightly and Nozomi says, "Wait, you made your own costume?"

"Yeah, I had the materials and everything, I just needed the right colors and I think I got a good mix of colors. Besides, my costume pales compared to yours Iida." He said with a smile as Iida responds with, "I sincerely thank you. My costume was designed by someone very dear to me, and I hoped it would look good."

"Well it shows, I also like your costume Yagi, it fits considering your telekinesis has a green tint to it." Izuku gave a thumbs up as he walked back to Hitoshi.

"I want to fight him." Nozomi suddenly blurted out to her two friends as they looked a bit shocked.

"Why Akatani, he seems like a really nice guy, why do you want to fight him?" Uraraka asked as her friend's face suddenly scrunched together and she scowled at him walking away.

"I don't know if I am going to be honest with you. It's just something about him that makes me want to fight and win against him." Nozomi said to the two as they looked over to see Izuku and Kirishima laughing with each other.

"Maybe it's the fact that he challenged all of us yesterday?" "If that were the case, then he wouldn't be as nice to us as he was before, I think he is simply a competitive male." Both Uraraka and Iida had talked as Nozomi started zoning them out and looked straight towards Izuku. She saw him talking with Kirishima and Hitoshi and just grit her teeth, remembering what he said yesterday.

"Bring it on, I will take everybody down."

"No holding back, am I right Mr. Aizawa?"

Nozomi tightened her fists as she continued to look at him.

"Why… Why are you so good?!" She thought to herself furiously as she got tapped on the shoulder.

"Yagi, are you okay?" Iida asked as she was brought back to reality.

"Yeah yeah, I'm fine. I was just thinking to myself." She said while breathing in and out to calm herself down.

"I'm liking the style of everyone here, nice work!" All Might had arrived and said with a thumbs up.

He then looked at Nozomi for a split second, and unnoticed to the naked eye sent her a glance of worry as the students were too busy accepting the praise.

"All Might! Regarding the performance ground that we will be using, is it one of the fake cities from the Entrance Exam?!" Iida had yelled out as everyone looked at him weirdly.

"Yes! Now let me explain the situation!" All Might then described how the mock battles would work, how two teams of two people would fight, one group being heroes and the others being villains.

"Wait, so how do we determine who wins and loses?"

"Is it okay to explode everyone?"

"Are we going to get threatened with expulsion like with Aizawa?"

"Doesn't this cape look amazing on me?"

The last one got Izuku chuckling as All Might started to sweat as he exclaimed, "I can't hear you if you all speak at once!" Everyone quieted down with a slight blush as All Might continued with his explanation. The villains had a "nuclear bomb" that they were going to use, and the heroes needed to either touch the device or capture both villains to win. The villains needed to keep the heroes away or capture them themselves.

"For choosing your teammates, you shall use a lottery."

"IS THAT REALLY HOW WE ARE GOING TO DO IT?" Iida had asked in surprise.

"I mean, it makes sense." A voice had said as everyone turned to Hitoshi lying against the wall. "Heroes sometimes don't get to pick who they work with, as they are often forced with new people for bigger jobs. Also, there is the fact that none of us here know each other, so we have to know each other more if we are going to be in class for three years." He said as Izuku nodded right next to him and Nozomi and Todoroki agreed in their minds.

"I see, we always have to keep our focus on our futures and move towards our goals." He then looked towards All Might and bowed at a right angle, "I apologize for the inconvenience."

"It's quite already young Iida, now Let's Get Started!"

The box was placed on a table as random kids would pick a name from the box, and the 10 partners would be on that paper. First up went Nozomi, who dipped into the box, took a breath and pulled out a piece of paper.

"Tsuyu Asui." "That's me, kerro." She turned around to see the frog girl looking at her with her tongue out as they both shook hands as Nozomi said, "Nice to team up with you."

Hitoshi then went up next, calmly putting his hand in and taking it out for it to say, "Shoji Mezo." The silver-haired teen walked up and nodded as they both stepped aside to let Jirou go next. She walked up with a straight face and picked up a name from the box.

"Izuku Akatani." Everyone looked to see him walk up and stick his hand out.

"I guess we are partners, nice to meet you." He said with a smile as they shook hands and went to the side as the others went. The teams were fully decided a couple minutes later and given a letter of the alphabet.

Team A: Nozomi Yagi and Tsuyu Asui

Team B: Hitoshi Shinso and Shoji Mezo

Team C: Kyoka Jirou and Izuku Akatani

Team D: Katsuki Bakugo and Eijirou Kirishima

Team E: Tenya Iida and Momo Yaoyorozu

Team F: Shoto Todoroki and Hanta Sero

Team G: Fumikage Tokoyami and Ochaco Uraraka

Team H: Mina Ashido and Yuga Aoyama

Team I: Ojiro Mashirao and Minoru Mineta

Team J: Denki Kaminari and Toru Hagakure

Everyone looked at the teams and they seemed to be very balanced. The only ones that 'on paper' looked slightly too good were Iida/Yaoyorozu and Bakugo/Kirishima, but overall everything seemed fair.

"The first two pairs to do combat will be…" All Might said as he pulled two golf balls from the Hero and Villain boxes. "Team C will be Heroes, and Team D will be Villains!"

Izuku looked toward Team D to see Kirishima looking at him with a challenging look that was returned by him. By then he looked to see Bakugo giving him an evil grin, as he looked out for blood.

"So, those two seem to be excited." Jirou said dryly as Izuku just chuckled as All Might talked about the rules of the match. There would be 5 minutes of prep for the villains as they would be first in the building and the full battle would be 15 minutes on the dot. The class would watch through surveillance cameras littered around the building and they would learn what to do and what not to do, then both teams were given capture tape. If either the heroes or villains wrapped someone in the tape, they would be out, no questions asked. The heroes would be given the schematics of the building and were also given two-way earpieces that would help them communicate.

The two teams went outside as Izuku and Jirou talked to each other.

"Well, it's weird going first, and especially with someone I don't know." Jiro said as she wiped sweat away from her forehead.

"Eh, you'll get used to it. Think of it as setting expectations for the class to use and follow." He said as he patted her on the back to calm her down. "Nice headphones you got on as well, they help with your quirk?" He asked while tilting his head.

"Yeah, these increase the range in which my quirk works. My quirk is called Earphone Jack, and I can use the earphones hanging from my head to shock and stun people with vibrations, I can also sense vibrations when I plug them into the ground." She said while looking at the building.

"Wait, you can sense vibrations?" Izuku asked as Jirou then looked at him to see a grin on his face.

"I think I have a way to easily win this." He said as he explained to her what he needs to do.

Facing Off Against The Best

Bakugo and Kirishima had put the bomb on the top floor and then Kirishima asked, "Yo Bakugo, what's the plan…" "Can it, shitty hair!" He then looked at the door and the halls leading into it, "I'm going to go crush Blueberry, don't get in my way." Bakugo then started to walk off as Kirishima shouted, "Hey, we are supposed to be a team here! Also, my hair is not much different from yours!" Bakugo ignored him and continued to walk off.

"THE BATTLE TRIAL HAS COMMENCED!" All Might had shouted through the speakers as each group now had 15 minutes.

"It seems as if Bakugo is ignoring whatever Kirishima said and going off on his own." Yaoyorozu said while rubbing her chin as the class looked on.

"C'mon Katsuki, show me how much stronger you have gotten. Show me why you consider yourself the best." Nozomi thought as she looked at the camera showing Bakugo walk down a hall with a massive scowl on his face. The class then saw Izuku enter the building alone with no sign of Jirou.

"Wait, where's Jiro?" Ashido had yelled out as Hitoshi just sighed and said, "Look at the camera on the far right."

The class looked to see Jiro on the roof of the building, with her earphones plugged into the roof.

Hidden In Plain Sight

"Akatani, Bakugo is three floors above you, Kirishima is on the final floor right below me. When should I engage?" Jirou had asked as Izuku responded in a whisper, "Wait until I lead Bakugo away from the bomb. Then we will initiate the plan."

He looked around at the building and heard Bakugo's grunts swear he could almost visualize the scowl on his face as he roamed the halls. Izuku got to the stairs that led to the next floor and saw multiple metal doors and halls.

Izuku then tensed himself and punched the metal wall beside him. A massive rattling went across the whole building as Bakugo heard it and screamed, "YOU CAN'T HIDE FOREVER YOU DAMN INSECT." He then rushed his way to the floor that he heard the noise at and Izuku smirked to himself. "He took the bait." He then stood still as he prepared an attack as he heard Bakugo coming at him.

"He will be there in 6 seconds, get ready." Izuku smirked as his hand sparkled with blue energy.

"I can't wait."

"YOU DAMN INSECT!" Bakugo broke through a floor and prepared an explosion, but was too slow as Izuku jumped out of the way, swiped his hand and yelled, "CHAOS SPEAR."

Bakugo had been hit by a blue energy spear that singed his costume and pushed him back as he felt the effect of the attack, and was sent further and further away as blue energy spears kept on connecting with him and eventually sent him into a window. His body smashed through the window and he regained balance and landed on the floor as he witnessed Izuku appear right next to him in the blink of an eye.

"What the fuck was that attack!? He used it so simply and it did so much damage!" He then heard Kirishima yell, "Bakugo, you okay?! I heard multiple explosions and then glass shatter?" He then hissed in pain and said, "I'm fine Shitty Hair, just protect the bomb. I didn't see Sound Girl anywhere, so she is heading to you right now."

"You done, you villain?" Bakugo then glared as Izuku smiled back, "Don't worry, I'm going to inflict all the pain you put my brothers through with interest."

Izuku then bent his knees at an angle and put both of his hands out in a fighting stance as Bakugo tensed himself for a fight.

Class 1A and All Might all had wide-opened mouths as they saw what happened.

"How did monsieur Bakugo get predicted so easily?" Aoyama had asked with a shocked expression.

"It was Jirou…" Everyone looked to see Todoroki standing there watching the impending fight, "He brought Jirou to the roof at the beginning with no one noticing because he is just that fast. He then went in alone, luring Bakugo and Kirishima into a false sense of security." Nozomi added on, "Jirou then used her quirk to sense where Bakugo and Kirishima were. When Akatani punched the wall, he created a loud enough noise to where he knew Bakugo would chase after." Nozomi then stopped as Hitoshi continued, "He then used his quirk to speed himself up to launch Bakugo's surprise attack and then hit him with one of his own. Now Jirou has all the room in the world to take on Kirishima, and with his limited mobility, the villains have already lost." He said with his eyes closed.

"Divide and Conquer, he has Bakugo in a place where he can't chase and Jiro can now engage Kirishima without Bakugo's defense. It seems he has studied the Art of War." Yaoyorozu said with an interested look as she took notice of how he had planned accordingly every step of the way.

The class just looked at these four, wondering how they got to be such combat experts.

"Let Your Plans Be Dark and Impenetrable as Night, and Fall Like a Thunderbolt."

-Sun Tzu

Jirou saw Bakugo fall from the roof and knew it was her time to begin. She used her earphones and plugged them into the floor and created a vibrational shock that tore a hole in the roof. She then dropped right in front of Kirishima, who instantly reacted and threw a hardened punch at Jirou who barely dodged.

"Bakugo might be having a hard time, but that doesn't mean I will let you win heroes! If you want to disable this bomb, COME AND GET IT!" He said as he charged and Jiro was forced to move out of the way. He then charged at Jirou who was forced to hit him with her Earphone Jack and stunned him, but he quickly overpowered it and swung, and he nearly clipped her cheek as she jumped away.

"Shit, his hardened skin provides some sort of defense from being stunned. I need to outmaneuver him and get him with the capture tape." She thought to herself seriously. She then ran towards him and used a feint to make Kirishima flinch, however he swung his right arm and this time was caught in the arm by her right earphone jack. He was once again stunned for a second as she ran for the bomb but was grabbed by the leg and nearly thrown into the wall, so she kicked off of it and rolled on the ground, avoiding any damage besides the pain from Kirishima's grab.

(Play Green Forest- Sonic Adventure 2)

Back on the ground, Izuku and Bakugo stood across from each other, Izuku in a fighting stance and Bakugo with his gauntlets out. Bakugo's hands started sparking as he used multiple explosions to blast his way towards Izuku as Izuku prepared to punch. Then Bakugo used an explosion to go above him in a flip, but Izuku did a Pele Kick and kicked him right in the chin and sent him flying. Bakugo while flying back produced an explosion and sent it right at Izuku, who then landed on his hands and spun around the explosion, then sprung himself forward as he then slightly sped towards Bakugo and sent a fast jab he couldn't avoid. Bakugo blocked with his arms then tried to hit him with a point-blank explosion to the face, but Izuku swiftly did a spinning sweep kick and then jumped and used a Power Stomp, which created a massive shock wave that put many cracks in the street, shot debris up into the air and made Bakugo go into the building wall and release spit and blood.

"Damn it, HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS?" Bakugo spun around and released a powerful explosion from his gauntlets as Izuku tensed himself, then he swiped both of his arms in an X-shape and yelled, "Sonic Wind!" Multiple blue cross lines then collided with the explosion and created a dust-up that blocked both of their vision along with more debris from the street.. Izuku then started to boost as he created a ton of momentum for himself, then as he ran around and around wind gathered and formed a tornado around Bakugo as he and the debris were sent spiraling out of control as a Blue Tornado appeared. Bakugo tried to release explosions, but the tornado acted as a vacuum and snuffed out his explosions immediately.

"I see, so he is keeping within the range of the match in terms of pain you can inflict, but also seems to have an issue with Bakugo and thus is trying to embarrass him while also keeping that in terms of what heroes do to villains now, drawing comparisons to some heroes including myself. He truly is sly." All Might thinks to himself as the students cheered.

"Damn, Akatani is not letting up on Bakugo!" Ashido had yelled out as she saw the fights from the camera. Everyone nodded as Hitoshi had an unnoticeable smile on his face.

"His moves are very unpredictable, he can go from friendly to dangerous in a second, and he knows many martial arts to help with his fighting style. He has Bakugo right where he wants him." Yaoyorozu said while also looking at the Jirou-Kirishima fight and seeing the girl hold an even fight against what should be a superior opponent.

"Don't be fooled by this performance though. Bakugo is a combat genius himself, he is releasing his explosions at the right time to try and catch Akatani off guard. Both of them try to counter the other's moves, it's just that Akatani is doing it better." Todoroki stated with a monotone voice as Nozomi nodded.

"Jirou is also doing quite well, considering Kirishima is far superior to her in physical strength. She is using his lack of mobility against him to catch him off guard, but Kirishima is somewhat immune to her stuns, so she is not getting anywhere near the bomb. They both are doing good and getting better as time goes on in their fight." Nozomi added.

"Well, that's what you are here to learn. How to better yourselves as heroes! HOW TO GO…" All Might Stated.

"PLUS..." "Look at Monsieur Bakugo!" Everyone stopped to look at the fight.

Bakugo grew very disoriented and then used his gauntlets to gain a footing for himself. Then the winds eventually stopped as Izuku stopped to look at Bakugo.

"You think this is funny…" Bakugo whispered as he got up, "YOU THINK THIS IS FUCKING FUNNY YOU DAMN EXTRA? I WILL KILL YOU!" He screamed out in a rage as he pointed the gauntlet at Izuku as they were both surrounded by debris.

"He's letting his rage get to him." Izuku thought to himself.

"You know what my quirk does, it creates nitroglycerin sweat from my pores, and if I sweat more, the bigger explosions I can make. My gauntlets can gather up my sweat, and with this pin," He grabs a hold of the pin as he aims the gauntlet at Izuku, "I CAN MAKE A SUPER EXPLOSION!"

"YOUNG BAKUGO, DON'T! YOU'LL KILL HIM!" All Might exclaimed as he saw the debris around Akatani and knew he couldn't get away with his speed.

"NOT IF HE DODGES." Bakugo released the pin, and an explosion the size of Izuku's tornado came upon him.

Izuku just stood still as the explosion rushed him, no emotion of his face as he stood against the incoming explosion.

"YOUNG AKATANI, GET OUT OF THE WAY!" The explosion descended upon him as it blew up the whole street and all the debris. Bakugo stood still, waiting for him as All Might prepared to rush towards the City. Jiro and Kirishima stopped their fight as they looked at the fallout of the massive blast. Everyone looked worried except for Hitoshi, who seemed unaffected. Then some smoke cleared to reveal a green half-sphere at the center, with Izuku inside and scrape marks all around his body as it went away.

Bakugo just glared with eyes full of malice as he looked to see a guy he thought was done for and received a smile in return. Bakugo blasted his way forward one last time to destroy this extra.

"You know, you have a powerful quirk man. Great at combat as well, since you seemed to predict some of my moves, even if I wasn't moving at my full speed the whole time. If you get stronger..." Izuku said with a smile and then sped past Bakugo.

"Let's be rivals someday."

Bakugo then felt a gut punch send shock waves throughout his whole body as Izuku's fist pierced his final explosion with no difficulty, then he dropped to the ground as Izuku put the capture tape around him.

"Katsuki Bakugo has been captured, 1 Villain remaining." All Might had said with haste as Izuku looked up to Jirou, who he then signaled as she ran forward and touched the bomb in Kirishima's shock.

"Trial Over, Heroes Win." All Might eventually said after a couple of seconds of silence. Izuku then looked over at Jiro and Kirishima, and then yelled, "Well, what are we waiting for?" Izuku went back down to the floor and picked up Bakugo as they made their way back to class.

"You okay man, I see all the scrapes on your body. Bakugo's big ass explosion must've hurt you." Jirou said as she looked him all over to see some clothes torn, but otherwise okay.

"Yeah, Bakugo's initial part of the explosion ended up hitting me, but I covered myself with My Chaos Shield and kept myself safe from the brunt of the attack. Honestly, I didn't think my half-assed shield would hold against that." Izuku said as he looked at his hands and kept on loosening them up. He thought to himself seriously, "Bakugo's explosion was seriously powerful. If I didn't put my shield up, I would be seriously injured. Looks like I need to get stronger if I want to avoid blows like that. Bakugo's quirk is unique and if he comes up with more ways to use it, he'll be a top hero in the future." He then looked at Kirishima who seemed to be down and said, "My boy Kirishima, I saw the way you were fighting up there man, it was very manly!" He said with a thumbs up as Kirishima said, "Thanks man, but my quirk really needs some work."

"Hey it's alright, get you some range and you will be a perfect spear and shield. The ultimate defense and attack combined into one. You should also train your speed to not get surprised by fast people, so if you want I can help you with that." Izuku said as he acknowledged how Kirishima needed some ranged attacks and more speed to be a better hero.

"Thanks man, you and Bakugo both were pretty manly." Kirishima said with a grin as Izuku gave a thumbs up.

All three of them returned as Bakugo woke up from being knocked out and looked around to see he had lost. He was about to flip out of control, but then felt a hand on his shoulder and looked to see Nozomi shaking her head. He calmed down and glared at Izuku, who only smiled in return.

"The MVP of the match was Young Jiro and Akatani."

"I understand Akatani, but why is Jirou also an MVP?" Asui had asked out as Jiro was simply stunned.

"Well, it's because she was vital to the plan. She immediately found both locations of the villains and bomb and relayed it back to Akatani. She also engaged a superior combat artist with no sign of fear and a professional attitude while doing it. Both she and Akatani were in-sync with one another when going about the trial as both held serious attitudes and weren't doing it for fun." Yaoyorozu had explained as everyone grew wide-eyes and looked at her as Izuku gave Jirou a thumbs up as she silently nodded with a smile..

"With Bakugo, he had a one-track mind as he wanted to go against Akatani and him alone. Bakugo gets props for warning Kirishima about Jirou and getting him focused, but was simply too irrational when it came to helping Kirishima and running off before they could form a plan. Bakugo also caused the major distraction that held his teammate back from defending the bomb and possibly capturing Jirou. Kirishima did really well to defend the bomb from Jirou, but just got too caught up in the explosion Bakugo sent."

Silence permeated the room as All Might shook slightly, "God-damn, She got that all down, and in one breath too?" "Well said, Young Yaoyorozu, a-all correct."

She then finally added, "We should always start our studies with what is familiar to us all. And if we don't cheer each other with all our heart, then we will never become top heroes." Everyone then clapped as Izuku quipped, "She gets my vote if we have a class president." Jirou snorted and Hitoshi tiredly chuckled while Bakugo kept quiet and tightened his fist.

"Next battle, Team E as Heroes and Team B as villains!"

Izuku looked towards Hitoshi and gave a fist bump as he and Mezo walked off along with Team E. Jirou then looked at him and asked a casual tone, "I didn't ask yesterday, but you're the guy from the music store, right Blue?" Izuku didn't mind the nickname and responded with, "Yeah, I saw the guitar you were getting and I know you see mine. I'm guessing you like music?" Izuku gave a rhetorical question.

"Nah, I just really wanted to buy a guitar for a family member." Jirou said with a smirk.

"I don't know whether that is sarcasm, and I hate the fact you can use that tone already." Jirou slightly chuckled and said, "What's the deal between you and Purple?" She asked while looking at the screen.

"We're brothers."

Hitoshi had Shoji carry the bomb to a different room. He had no use in keeping it in the same room as before, so he brought it to a completely different room just in case.

"Okay…" Hitoshi started to speak as Shoji looked at him, "Iida can use the engines in his legs to go fast and increase his speed and the power behind his kicks, while Yaoyorozu can make multiple objects from her skin."

"We need to prepare for anything and everything. These two together are a monster pairing, Iida's speed and Yaoyorozu's creativity, including the fact both are intelligent makes it a nightmare matchup."

"If I may, let me handle Iida." Hitoshi looked to see Shoji staring outside. "If Yaoyorozu can create almost anything, then she probably can get a Heat Signature or Heartbeat sensor and send Iida first to take us out quick and fast. My strength should be able to keep Iida at bay." He said while looking down at Hitoshi.

"Alright then. Stay on the top floor however. I feel like Yaoyorozu might plan a pincer attack. If she tries to attack you with Iida, I will be there in a second to take her off of you, do not let up on Iida and you will be fine." Shoji nodded and walked away as Hitoshi stood by, letting him put on his 'Artificial Vocal Cords' just in case. He then waited for the first assault.

"Your move, heroes." Hitoshi said as he stood at the window.

"Alright, so Iida, what does your quirk do?" Momo had asked him as he looked at her and said, "My quirk is 'Engine,' and I use the mufflers in my legs to increase my speed and power my kicks. What does your quirk entail?" He said in a robotic voice as Yaoyorozu looked at him and said,

"Okay, my quirk is 'Creation.' I can create anything as long as I know the makeup of each item that I create and I create the items from my skin." She said as she created a tennis ball for example.

"Do you have any knowledge on any of the vile villains we have to face off?" Iida asked as she noticed how serious he was taking this and replied, "Only on Mezo. Shinso is a complete wildcard. No one besides himself, Akatani, Bakugo and maybe Kaminari and Kirishima have any knowledge of his quirk. He is an unknown factor." She replied seriously as she remembered how Kaminari and Kirishima walked in with him.

"Didn't sensei say that he had a mental quirk yesterday during the test?" Iida said as Momo thought back to the day before.

"Not bad for a mental quirk." Momo remembered as she nodded.

"In that case, we need to plan accordingly. Shinso is very attentive to detail, as he was able to keep pace with the first battle. I am assuming he is also a strategist, so he might have expected us to already know the schematics and move the bomb using Mezo's strength." Momo nodded as she created a heartbeat sensor for Iida to use and created Heat Vision goggles to look into the building.

"Both are on the top floor, and both seem to be tensed up. Iida, go in through the front and prepare for Shoji. When you get his attention, I will grapple up there and we will both take him on before Shinso can get to us."

"If Shinso does indeed get to us, try to catch him off guard with a stun gun. I can say with confidence that he will use his combat knowledge to overwhelm either of us with Shoji's strength." Iida added.

"Very well. We shall defeat these villains!"

"That's right, we will show these villains not to mess with us!"

Domino Effect

"Both teams seem to have plans going on, I wonder what Shinso has up his sleeve." Kaminari had said as they looked at the cameras.

"This is going to be a slug-fight." The entire class looked to see Izuku staring at the cameras.

"All four of them are smart in their own ways and have planned accordingly, this is bound to be a stalemate." Todoroki stated.

"Shinso has the upper-hand here, his quirk makes his team the most unpredictable." Nozomi looked towards Bakugo to see him gripping his fists and hissing in pain from his wounds from the first match as she looked back toward the cameras.

All Might had heard the plans from both teams and wondered, "Young Shinso's quirk is very versatile in this situation. The heroes truly have to be careful"

Iida walked into the building as Yaoyorozu went to the wall that she saw Shoji's signature at, then looked around to see Iida on the floor beneath Shinso.

"Just like we planned Iida, hit it." Momo said to him in his earpiece as Iida charged up his muffler and rushed the stairs in which Shoji was standing as Momo got her grappling hook and made her way up the wall. Shoji first heard the engine noise and saw Iida, then saw the window behind him break as Momo slipped inside.

"YOU VILLAINS ARE ALL CORNERED NOW." Iida had yelled in triumph as Yaoyorozu attacked Shoji as he rushed to kick him.

Before Momo could hit Shoji, she felt an arm grab onto hers as Shoji grew a second arm and threw her towards Shinso who came running as he blocked Iida's kick.

Momo then got up to see Iida in a stalemate and then looked to see Shinso coming at her with no hesitation as he kept quiet. She tried to use the stun gun she had on her, but he quickly disarmed her with no hesitation and snapped the gun apart. Momo responded to that by creating a sword as she raced towards Shinso. He dodged her first swing with ease as he kicked the sword out of her hands immediately and then tried to high-kick her. Momo blocked as she jabbed at Shinso who ducked underneath her punch. She then tried to sweep his legs as he flipped over it and did an axe-kick, to which she got out of the way and it created cracks in the floor. She went back for her sword and heard Shinso say,

"What waste that is, having to get a weapon to fight. Isn't that what a villain is supposed to do?"

"Wh…" She didn't get to finish her sentence as she suddenly went still and dropped her sword on the floor.

"Yaoyorozu, are you ok!?" He said as he dodged multiple punches from Shoji, who blocked him from getting to his teammate.

"Get out of my way, you vile villain!" Iida yelled out as he powered up his engine and kicked with massive amounts of momentum behind it, to which Shoji brought all of his arms in an X-Shape as he blocked Iida's attack with difficulty as a massive bruise appeared on his arms.

Shinso walked up and looked at Momo and simply tied her up with the Capture Tape.

"Momo Yaoyorozu has been knocked out! 1 Hero remaining."

"NO, THIS CAN'T BE." Iida then saw the bomb and made it past Shoji and made a beeline towards their last chance at victory, but Shinso appeared in front of him, his eyes glowing purple.

"Do you really think you can win?" Shinso asked quite simply as Iida yelled, "OF CO-" Iida then stopped right in front of the bomb, almost dazed in a way as his eyes went white. Shoji tied him up, and All Might said, "Trial Over! Villains Win!"

The class went into an awkward silence as they tried to wonder what just happened.

"What the…" "How did…" "What did Shinso…" were the collective responses as Izuku grinned with pride for his brother.

Each of them returned to the Class, Iida and Momo looking very confused on what happened.

"Iida, what happened to you there?" Uraraka asked him with a tilt of her head as Iida simply said, "I was filled with adrenaline, then my body just felt taken over in a way."

Everyone looked at Shinso, who was just talking with Izuku, Tokoyami, Jiro and Shoji about the match while Bakugo looked angry.

"What the fuck is his quirk?" Everyone thought to themselves as All Might got everyone's attention.

"Well, the MVP of the match was Young Shinso." All Might said as Asui asked, "Why not Mezo and Shinso, kerro?"

"Allow me to explain…" All eyes then turned to Nozomi as she began to explain, "Mezo for what part he carried throughout the fight was near perfect, but at the end lowered his guard enough when Yaoyorozu was captured to let Iida get by him. If it wasn't for Shinso and his quirk, Iida would have won the match for the heroes with the speed he was going at." Mezo nodded with a serious look on his face as he let Iida slip past him in the end, so Shinso had to pick up the slack.

"Shinso also looked around for multiple situations in which the heroes could have invaded the building from, such as multiple windows as well as the rooftop entrance. He also correctly used Yaoyorozu's quirk against her as she tried too hard to focus on the weapon she was holding and her movements then became predictable, and that caused her defeat." She finished as Momo looked down in disappointment of her first trial as she was completely outplayed by Shinso and even worse failed to decipher what his quirk truly was. She felt shame as she held back a depressed look as her classmates felt her disappointment.

"Shinso, what does your quirk even do? How did you just suddenly get them to stop?" Ojiro had asked as Shinso had a serious look on his face and wasn't planning to respond as Izuku perfectly encapsulated his thoughts.

"That's classified info right there, no need to learn about his quirk until he trusts you more." Izuku said with a peace sign, devious smile and a tone that said to "lay off" as the others just flinched at the supposed threat coming from the friendly guy.

Kirishima and Kaminari both looked at each other and were about to say something until Izuku looked at them with the same smile and said, "I'm pretty sure you two will know soon, so don't ask now." They both nervously smiled at how scary their new friend was as he had intent flooding the area.

Bakugo nearly drew blood from the way his fists were tightened and how angry he was along with the pain he was. He knew what the fucking villain's quirk was, but actually gained some semblance of respect for him and the way he just wouldn't die, even when they were children he just wouldn't give up on his fucking goal. He was just mad at what happened with his battle, and how he knew Izuku wasn't going at his full speed and how his blast was simply over-matched. He got outmatched, outplayed, and overpowered at every single facet of his fight.

"Don't worry, I'm going to inflict all the pain you put my brothers through with interest."

"The fucking bastard didn't mean physically, he tore me apart. He knew I hated being seen as weak, and he goes and fucking does that. THAT FUCKING BASTARD KNEW HE WAS GOING SLOW AND STILL BEAT ME!" He raged in his mind as he then looked at his fist and knew he had to get stronger, he couldn't feel that weak again, not since the last time with that fucking sludge and the fucking villains saving him.

He would never feel that weak again

It was the first time he had ever been embarrassed so thoroughly in battle, and he knew he couldn't let it happen again. He was Number 1, and it was going to stay that way.

No Matter What

"Next Trial, Team F as Heroes and Team A as villains."

The class looked towards the two they were most interested in fighting, two of the top 5 students in their class, Shoto Todoroki and Nozomi Yagi. Nozomi looked at Asui with a nod and confident look and Shoto stood still, his face as still as stone as Sero began pumping himself up for the upcoming fight and how he could be a contributor. Izuku looked at the two and thought about how they would compare towards one another.

"So Blue, care to explain how this match will go?" Jirou said with a singsong tone as Izuku rolled his eyes and said, "Well, this is probably going to be the most even match so far." He then looked and saw the two teams heading towards their battleground.

"They probably are going to end up drawing." Izuku said with a final nod.

"Why do you think so?" Tokoyami asked as some people listened in to what he had to say.

"Well, Todoroki is the last name of Endeavor, so he is a son of Endeavor, so he probably has something to do with fire in his quirk, he just never uses it. Adding that into the fact that his control with his ice is near perfect for our age makes me think he trained to use his ice to perfection. Yagi however seems to be related to Green Psion," Some girls of the class started thinking about one of their idols as Izuku continued, "and her quirk seems like a more refined version of Green Psion's quirk as she can lift herself and other people as opposed to just non-living things. She seems to have control over that as well, so they both probably maxed out their strengths while minimizing their weaknesses over the coming years."

He then looked at Asui and Sero as the class just continued to watch him mumble with differing levels of awe.

"Asui and Sero will be the aces, as I feel like Todoroki and Yagi will clash at one point and will have to block the other from continuing. Asui is mobile and very much able to slip through a lot of what Sero could do, as well as use her tongue to attack. Sero however can end up capturing her if he includes capture tape in his normal tape and removes her mobility and traps her in, so it's all a matter of whether Asui or Sero can capitalize on their teammates holding each other back." He mumbled to himself as others either sweat dropped or nodded in acceptance.

All Might had his usual smile on his face, but unseen to anyone was glowing with pride as the praises for his daughter made him proud to have such a gem become a hero and how he was able to nurture her talent with his beloved.

Well, unseen to anyone except one person.

"I see the glow of pride on his face that he didn't give to anyone else. All Might huh, I wonder what your relationship with Yagi is?" Izuku thought as his eyes narrowed slightly at All Might's prideful face before getting asked a question that he would have never thought he would hear.

"Bastard, How well would I do against him, the ice freak?" The class then turned around to see Bakugo finally stand up with a grit in his teeth as he knew he could win. He just wanted to know how easy it would be.

Izuku's eyes leveled in seriousness as Hitoshi glared at Bakugo with a look that could send someone to hell as Izuku's eyes slightly softened and put a hand on his brother's shoulders, telling him to calm down.

"Honestly Bakugo, if Todoroki fought you, if you could sweat enough before Todoroki could somewhat neutralize it with the cold air of his ice, you would be in a prime position to easily defeat him if I am being honest." Bakugo then looked at him, waiting for him to go on as he knew there was a 'but' coming, "But we haven't seen what his fire can do, so I really don't know who is stronger." Izuku finally said as Bakugo scoffed and sat back down, hissing in pain once again as he looked toward the screen of the battle, not wanting to miss a second of what Nozomi and Ice Freak could do.

Clash of Titans

Nozomi looked at Asui as she held the bomb up above her head with a green color bubble, holding it up horizontally as she began making a plan with Asui.

"So Asui, what do you think we should do?" She asked Asui because she knew she needed to get her teammate involved to not end up like Katsuki and be on the receiving end of a beat-down.

"Why are you asking me, kerro?" Asui got straight to the point as she normally said what was on her mind and thought that Yagi was simply going to take control.

"Well, we both have to get a good grade on this, plus we both need a sense of familiarity when it comes to hero work, so I thought you would want to work together unlike what happened to Katsuki." She said with a sigh as Asui raised an eyebrow at the use of Bakugo's first name, but decided to save that conversation for later.

"Well, we should leave the bomb on the roof, that way we can easily get to it and they will come here first so we can fight them, kerro." Asui said as Nozomi nodded and went to the rooftop entrance and then came back down as she nodded and it was time to make a battle plan.

"First, I'm taking Todoroki." She said bluntly as Asui nodded, willing to accept that.

"I agree, since frogs are cold-blooded it doesn't take a lot to freeze me, as well as the fact that if he freezes the floor, I won't be able to move around as well as I normally would. Plus, he seems to be very strong, so I don't think I could win against him/"

"So you shall take Sero and hang out on the roof if he swings up there with his tape." She said as Asui nodded and they shook hands as All Might said, "Battle Trial, Start!"

Asui began to make her way to the stairs when she suddenly felt her heart stop as she saw a flood of ice heading towards the floor and walls as she jumped backwards as it raced towards her and Nozomi. Nozomi saw this and used her telekinesis to lift both of them off of the ground as ice surrounded the area they were in and nearly froze them to the floor.

"Holy shit, that was close, kerro."

(With the Hero Team)

"Damn, so Yagi and Asui are on a team huh, what should I do? Maybe I can block them with my tape? Maybe I should include capture tape in my normal tape and confuse them?" Sero continued to ramble nonsensically as Todoroki looked at the building and only had one thought on his mind, and that was what his family would do.

A year ago, he wouldn't have even thought about using his fire in any way, but now he went to the same school as Toya, his own brother. He hadn't seen Toya at all ever since their old house nearly killed him when it burned down, but he escaped with Endeavor's help.

Endeavor, that name used to and still pisses him off, so great in fact that he almost refused to use his fire at all, instead only focusing on his ice forever. He then saw Toya take part in the Sports Festival, using his fire to fight off a blonde-haired teen in a fight that made the Sports Festival break its previous record when it came to people watching around the world. His brother became one of the most-promising up-and-coming heroes of this generation and only had fire.

Only His Fire

His brother didn't see it as Endeavor's fire like he used to, he looked at it as his own, like the fire was now a part of him and he could bring it to new heights. His name was in the news all around, "A New Top Flame. The Phoenix Hero: Cobalt Blue." His brother was talked about as the next heir to fire, a person who would show the world what it means to wield a flame. Shoto didn't want to be dragged down by his father, he would show the world what it means to be new, just like Toya. He still somewhat hated his father, even if he was trying to repent for his former actions. Their relationship will never be what a true father and son would be like, so he didn't use his fire, but someday, maybe he will learn to use it correctly. He looked around and saw Sero still rambling on, so he touched his scar, and reminded himself why he must stick to his ice.

"Mom"

"Yo Todoroki, you okay man? You were muttering about something there." Sero said and acted like he wasn't just talking to himself.

"Whatever, let's just get this over with." He then heard All Might begin the trial as he said, "Sero, you might want to stay back." He then released his crystal blue ice as it flooded the building and encased it, making sure no one could move.

"Don't go in, I will be right back to collect our prize." He said as he walked inside, knowing that they could not have gotten out of the flood.

"It was kind of a hot and cold day."

-Tom Watson

"Well, that was completely unexpected." Momo said as the class simply looked at the skill Todoroki had shown with his quirk.

"Damn, he froze the whole building in one go. If Nozomi didn't react fast enough, he would have won the whole fight there. So many!" Kirishima said as he sat next to Bakugo.

"Ice Freak really just fucking flooded the building. How many people are going to not remain in their fucking place as extras!?" Bakugo thought to himself as Izuku and Shinso had a separate conversation.

"You see it too, huh?" Izuku said to Hitoshi as he simply nodded as he wasn't impressed by the show of strength Shoto just put out.

"Yeah, there's frost gathering on his face, he might've just revealed his weakness, and to the whole class as well, but it seems no one is noticing that fact." Hitoshi responded as they just looked while Jirou sat next to them and looked on while hearing what they were talking about.

"So, that frost might be his weakness huh, I wonder what it does." She thought to herself as All Might looked around the class and back towards the screen.

"Nozomi, I will not have a favorite in the class, so even if you are my daughter, I will judge you accordingly." All Might thought to himself as he kept his trademark smile on while watching the fight.

(Back At the Building Site)

Nozomi lowered herself and Tsuyu to the ground as they looked and saw the doors were frozen shut and the windows were frozen as well.

"It seems Todoroki intended to finish us with that one attack and find the bomb here. He should have to come to us then, and then we shall catch him off guard." She thought to herself as she looked over at Tsuyu.

"Asui," Tsuyu looked at Nozomi and saw the look on her face, the look of a battler. "Todoroki's attack was aiming to freeze us in place and get an easy defeat. He won't be expecting us to be free, so I want you to make your way out of the building and confront Sero outside, as Todoroki will be coming here soon."

Tsuyu nodded as Nozomi's hands glowed green as she held them up, and a window that was frozen was suddenly launched as it went outside into the street. She then picked Tsuyu up with Telekinesis and then put her on a telephone pole that was outside the building.

She waited patiently for her adversary to show up, and it was soon as she heard steps coming towards her as she took multiple deep breaths and gained a look of malice on her face from when Katsuki taught her.

Hollow steps made their ways towards her location as she then looked up to see a glowing red eye looking at her as Todoroki stared at her with no emotion.

"How? How did you even escape?" He asked with the same look as she smirked.

"Never underestimate me, hero. I'm one of the strongest people you will ever meet." She replied as he stood still.

He then unleashed his ice as she floated up and above the ice with a green tint around her as she then looked at him as he was sent into a wall. Shoto immediately got back up and sent his ice again, seemingly never stopping his ice flow as she stopped its momentum with a telekinetic barrier, then sent it right back at him as he created an ice barrier that blocked her attack. Shoto then created ice spikes that pierced her barrier as Nozomi then held it back as she started bleeding from her nose.

"I see, so you can defend from my ice well enough. However, I'm not looking to fight you right now, so just stay down." He said with a smirk as he smothered her in an ice sheet as he tried to walk away, to which he was sent across the hall into an ice wall as she broke out of the ice with frost on her arms.

"You see, I'm not that easy to keep down, so try again another time." She said with a cocky smirk as she floated towards him and sent a punch towards his face as he then grabbed her and then tried to freeze her arm. She widened her eyes at the counter as she swung with a left hook that connected as her arm was somewhat frozen. Her nose continued to bleed as she tried to warm up her arm as Shoto looked at her with a small scowl as he had frost around him as well as tears on his outfits with bruises from crashing into the walls multiple times.

(With Tsuyu)

Tsuyu had looked up at the damage that Todoroki had caused to the building and wondered how powerful he was and if Nozomi could handle her. She then shook her head as she hung from the telephone pole that she was on as she looked around for Sero.

"If Todoroki froze the entire building, then Sero either must be at the entrance or on the roof. I'll check the roof first just in case, then look from the roof to see the entrance." She thought to herself as she croaked and jumped on the building. She then stuck to the wall as she climbed up as she heard All Might yell out that there were 5 minutes remaining and she then saw the battle of Nozomi and Shoto.

"It seems they are in a stalemate, I have to find Sero, and quickly." She thought as she let out a croak and made her way to the roof as she saw the bomb and no one near it. She then looked down to see Sero on the ground, still at the entrance, waiting for Todoroki. She lowered herself down as she made a jump over to the nearest telephone pole and stood right over Sero as he then looked up to see her shadow looming over him as he shot his tape up at her as she slid down the telephone pole. She then sent her tongue at him as he sent tape to the pole and swung around, not giving her any chance to capture him.

"Hmm, you have snuck up on me villain, but it doesn't matter as I will defeat you!" He said with a boisterous laugh as Tsuyu just stared and then jumped at him. He sent his normal tape to throw her off his tail and then sent some capture tape at her to try to gain an upper hand in the challenge. She then spun around the tape, trying not to let them touch her as she will more than likely end up losing due to not being able to use her camouflage and acid due to the cold air.

"2 Minutes Remaining." All Might exclaimed as both Asui and Sero visibly looked distressed.

(With Shoto and Nozomi)

They both heard that sentence and immediately began to pour effort into overpowering the other. Shoto sent ice pillars at Nozomi, trying desperately to keep her down while losing more and more of his movement as frost had gathered across his torn clothes, dislocated shoulder and skin as some seemed frozen over. He breathed out cold air as he glared in the ice's direction held by the green tint, as Nozomi glared at him with the same amount of intensity with torn and frozen skin, torn custom and many bruises due to Shoto's ice. She immediately sent it back and destroyed the wall of the building behind him as he almost failed to dodge.

"1 MINUTE REMAINING!" A voice that they failed to understand as they simply focused on each other as Shoto sent an ice pillar through the roof and shot himself up, to which Nozomi followed by floating through the same hole. Then they each saw Tsuyu and Sero, who both got onto the roof, panting and salivating while looking at the two others who looked banged up.

Sero swung towards the bomb as Todoroki tried to protect him by sending ice towards Nozomi, who then floated over and then stopped Sero and sent him back into the roof. Asui jumped on top of the fallen Sero and used him as a platform to get to Todoroki and launch her tongue at him. He tried to use his ice, but was simply too slow as the use of his ice caught up to him enough to where he couldn't release it in time and took a direct blow to the face from Tsuyu's tongue. Nozomi then floated up and prepared to put the finishing blow, but then felt her hand get wrapped up by Sero's tape, who was bleeding from the side of his head.

"10…" All Might's voice rang out as each team grew more and more desperate, both trying their hardest to win as the class grew more and more focused towards the fight as All Might's countdown slowed down to where the class couldn't even make out what he was saying as the timing loomed closer.

"9…" Nozomi picked up the bomb with her telekinesis as blood continued to pour down from her nose as she was shaking from the severe cold and the added stress of her body in pain due to using her quirk for too long, as nearly every cell was aching.

"8…" Todoroki tried to look as he started to burn up, his eyes blurry as he could barely make out who was who.

"7…" Sero stood up and swung towards the bomb, as was going towards it in the air when Tsuyu suddenly got in his way.

"6…" Tsuyu tackled him in mid-air and then slammed him back in the ground, then jumped towards Todoroki as she tried to handle the cold from Todoroki.

"5…" Todoroki immediately stopped burning as he felt the heat try to escape his body, refusing to use his fire as he then tried to send ice again, succeeding this time as ice hit her stomach and sent her back to Nozomi, who was struggling to stand on her feet as she started swaying.

"4…" Sero got up one last time and wrapped Nozomi in tape as she finally collapsed from the pain she was experiencing, falling down as Tsuyu felt her eyes widen.

"3…" Todoroki tried to get to the falling bomb, but Tsuyu jumped and kicked him back, him releasing saliva forcefully and being sent back, nearly falling off of the roof.

"2…" Sero saw his chance and ran towards the bomb, putting his whole hand out as Tsuyu ran towards him with panic on her face.

"1…" The bomb nearly hit the floor as Sero and Tsuyu jumped towards it, one trying to touch it and the other trying to stop them.

"0…" The class looked at the final image from that hellacious battle on the screens as some gasped and others simply shook their heads at what they had laid their eyes on.

The bomb hit the floor as Sero's wrists were being held by Tsuyu while on her knees, holding him back as his hand was agonizingly close from touching the bomb millimeters away.

The silence was palpitating, as Tsuyu whimpered in pain as Sero fell to his knees and went to the floor, reality settling in as All Might finally said, "Villain Team… WINS!"

Recovery Girl was called in to escort the four and Bakugo from the class as All Might stared at the class and said, "Well… that just happened. Anyway, who was the MVP of the match?" He said as he put Nozomi's injuries at the back of his mind for now as he had a class to take care of and couldn't afford to look after his daughter right now, as he couldn't be seen as distressed.

"It was Tsuyu and Sero." Izuku said as everyone nodded as they had seen how clearly Shoto and Nozomi were focused on each other, each silently trying to prove a point that they were the stronger person and they failed to follow every rule. Tsuyu and Sero both took the match seriously enough the whole time, but Shoto and Nozomi didn't care about the amount of damage they did until the end.

"Let's get on with the next match…"

The class continued on as the last four teams faced off against each other. Tokoyami and Ochaco beat Ojiro and Mineta, while Kaminari and Toru beat Mina and Aoyama. The class eventually finished as All Might rushed out of there to go check on his daughter and the other injured students while the rest of the class went back to the locker rooms to change into uniform. Izuku by this time had been all healed up and was having a conversation with Jirou about the music they listened to before they each went into their respective locker rooms.

"Hey, you know there's a hole in both sides of the locker rooms, right!" Mineta exclaimed to Kaminari while the other boys snorted as Mineta began to creep towards the hole.

"Telling you now Mineta, Jirou said that she despised perverts, so just a warning from one man to another." Izuku said with a chuckle as Mineta ignored his warning and then was stabbed in the eye by Jirou and her earphone. Then Momo plugged the hole. Each of the boys either rolled their eyes or chuckled at the fool who was now on the floor knocked out.

"Monsieur Akatani, how did you get your energy to be so flashy and powerful?" Aoyama asked him as he admired the way Izuku used his energy.

"First, call me Izuku, and you know you can speak French with me, right? Anyway, my energy is divided into colors, so for whatever uses I have for it, it switches color." Izuku said as he looked at Aoyama.

"Wait, you can speak French?!" Aoyama said with a sparkle in his eye as Izuku sweat-dropped and said, "Yeah, I've known for quite some time now."

"Quelle est alors la faiblesse de ma bizarrerie? (What is my quirk's weakness then?)" Aoyama asked with a smirk.

"La faiblesse de votre bizarrerie est le fait que vous avez mal au ventre chaque fois que vous utilisez votre bizarrerie pendant trop longtemps. (Your quirk's weakness is the fact that you get a stomachache anytime you use your quirk for too long.)" Izuku responded with a roll of his eyes as the whole crowd of boys dropped their jaws at the boy.

"THAT'S SO GODDAMN MANLY!" Kirishima yelled at the top of his lungs while Shoji, Ojiro, Iida and Tokoyami nodded approvingly while Kaminari, Mineta, and Aoyama had their jaws dropped.

"HOW DO YOU KNOW FRENCH SO WELL?" Kaminari and Mineta had yelled out at the same time while Aoyama started cheering as Izuku rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and just said, "I guess it just came to me naturally."

The two then started sobbing at all the girls he might woo with his bilingual skills as Hitoshi sighed and shook his head at the two perverts, Mineta more so than Kaminari.

He then walked up and knocked the two of them on the head. "Get your mind out of the gutter you fucking perverts." He then walked back and then went back to sleeping on the bench as the rest of the boys nodded at Hitoshi with respect.

"If only they knew I know multiple languages." Izuku whispered while the other teens chuckled, and Iida told off Hitoshi for sleeping on the unsanitary bench.

On the other side of the locker room, the girls had Jirou listen in on the conversation that the boys had.

"Jirou, what did you hear?! We got to get all the gossip!" Mina said while Toru and she cheered and Jirou and Momo sighed while Ochaco giggled. Jirou then listened in as Aoyama and Izuku had their conversation and then her eyes widened a little at what she heard. The other girls saw this and then exclaimed, "What did you hear?!"

Jirou then shook her head, got up and said, "So Blue just spoke in perfect French, Shinso knocked out both Kaminari and Mineta for being perverts, and then Blue revealed he knows multiple languages." She said while the other girls grew silent and then Ochaco once again began to giggle at the image of Shinso knocking those two out while Toru and Mina started talking to themselves about Izuku while Momo and Jirou had a conversation and were hitting it off quite well, even with Momo in a down mood due to her match not going well.

"I'll be honest with you Jirou, I am disappointed that I did so poorly in my match. You set the perfect example for what we needed to accomplish and I just didn't measure up to you." Momo said while looking down and then Jirou shook her head and said, "Shinso is a total wildcard, anyone that didn't know him would have been surprised by whatever his quirk is, as Blue didn't even tell me, so that match was not your fault."

Momo then looked up and asked, "By the way, what is with the name Blue? Did Akatani do something to you?"

"Nah, I just call him Blue because that's what his hair is. He doesn't even mind as he laughed at the name as he didn't really care." Jirou said with a shrug of her shoulders as Momo giggled slightly as her mood was getting better while Ochaco joined Mina and Toru talking about the boys.

"So, who has made the best first impression of the boys so far?" Mina asked the two while they both thought about their answer.

"Easily Akatani, his friendliness and confidence is contagious as he almost never loses his smile, and the fact he can speak other languages as well, he's a prime candidate." Toru said while pumping her gloved fist while Ochaco thought about her answer and said, "I would say Shinso, he's the most mysterious of everyone here, as he won't let anyone know what his quirk is and doesn't talk much, so he's very interesting to know more about."

The girls continued to talk to each other until they eventually got out of the locker rooms and started conversations with the boys.

"Yo Izuku, what other languages do you know?" Kirishima said while the others tried to listen in.

"English, Japanese, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Mandarin, Italian, Greek, and German." He said with a nonchalant smile as the class gawked at him.

"WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?" Mineta had yelled out while crying about all the girls he was going to lose out on until he was stabbed by Jirou's earphone jack again.

"It's amazing that you took all that effort and used it for that Akatani, you are truly inspiring." Iida said while moving his hand up and down while they reached the door of the class.

"Well, I had to have learned them. It was a fun experience and helped when I visited a lot of countries." Izuku said with a smile as they then turned to him and said, "Which countries?"

He just simply shook his head and mumbled with a smile, "Another time." He then looked towards Toru and said, "Why didn't you have a costume, I'm sure a support company would have whipped something up for you."

Toru then sighed and said, "Because of my quirk, they can't find any material that matches my quirk, so I decided to just go full naked." She said with an embarrassed tone to which he responded with, "Well, why don't I make your gear?"

She then looked to see him staring at her general direction with the class listening in as he said, "I could make your costume, and I could do it so it matches with your quirk and improves some things about your fighting style, like how when you are about to attack, you slightly breathe in, or how you make a slight stepping noise when you run. I can make it so then your costume goes invisible with you, but also contains a mask that contains your breathing as well as boots that can mask your steps." She had stars in her eyes as she hugged him and said, "If you can do that I would be so appreciative." He then rubbed her back with one arm and a smile as he said, "Consider it done then."

He then looked towards the class as he said, "If anyone else needs a refurbished costume, you can ask me right now. I customized Shinso's and my own so I could finish with your new one by Friday at max with my speed."

Everyone began speaking at once as Izuku had to grab a pencil and paper and wrote the names of everyone that wanted an upgrade to their gear and then decided that he was going to ask Aizawa if he could ask the people at the nurse's office. Aizawa said yes on the condition that he would send his classmates in the office back to class, so he accepted and moved on while Present Mic was busy setting up for English.

He then walked to Recovery Girl's office and then saw the door open and a black-haired, slender teen walk out with his head held low, and then following him was the same periwinkle-haired girl from a day before that he saw with that red-haired teen. He walked past them and saw how the slender teen was uncomfortable as the questions from the periwinkle-haired girl continued to roll in as Izuku thought to himself with a silent chuckle, "That's how I used to be with my muttering habit before I got it under control."

He then walked into the office as he saw Recovery Girl heal up Tsuyu, as she then thanked her for her cooperation.

"Hey Ms. Shuzenji!" Izuku said to her as he walked up with a pencil and paper as both her and Tsuyu looked at him.

"Ah, hello young Izuku. I have finished healing all four and they can go back to class now. You can ask them your question as I see you have the pencil and paper for a reason." She said with a nod as he nodded back and then went up to Tsuyu.

"So Asui…" "Call me Tsu, especially since you liked to be called your first name." She interrupted him as he nodded with a smile.

"Well Tsu, first I would like to say you and Sero were both nominated MVP of your match." She nodded with a smile as he continued, "Second, Aizawa wants you back for class immediately." She grunted as she got up and then he finally said, "Third, I wanted to ask if you need any support gear added onto what you already have for your costume. I have a list of the class and their quirk descriptions, so I wanted to know if you needed anything."

She thought about it before nodding and then explaining what her quirk was, and then he gave suggestions and what she could improve, so he wrote all of it down. He then went to Sero, who also said Nozomi, Todoroki, and Bakugo all said no as they felt no need to improve on their costumes so far. They all eventually left the nurse's office, as Izuku reported to the Support Lab with his list ready. He walked in to see everyone gone as it was around lunchtime, and then he saw Hatsume and Power Loader there. Power Loader looking at notes and Hatsume working with multiple snacks around her lab area.

"Hello, Mr. Power Loader." Izuku said simply while Power Loader looked at him and nodded.

"Hello to you too, Akatani. Sorry about yesterday, it was a bad meetup time and I'm glad you insisted on coming during lunch today so we can get through with our meeting. First, I've noticed your inventions so far, and I will just say some of them are truly groundbreaking. Your Reality Simulator and Dimensional Expander are both truly marvelous, and even I wouldn't have been able to make that sort of invention. Your Extreme Gear and Gravity Repulsor are also amazing, especially your Extreme Gear as an infinite battery as something I would use for so many things if I had one. Your mind is truly a great thing and I am looking forward to helping you with inventions and blazing a trail through the world." Izuku nodded with a gigawatt smile as Power Loader then talks about the schedule.

"Every Tuesday and Thursday, you will meet here after your English Class, and return after lunch. Then after that you will go back to your classes with either Class 1A or 1B, as it switches each day. In this course, you will make inventions for future heroes to use as well as trying to compete with each other for a top spot in a support company, so welcome to the Support Course. I will give you your syllabus and you can stay here or go to lunch. Just make sure to bring Hatsume with you, she's been cooped up in this lab and hasn't left her desk." Power Loader walked towards the Teacher's Lounge as Izuku walked towards Mei.

"Yo Mei, what's happening?" He said with a wave ash she didn't look up from her invention.

"I'm sorry, who are you again?" He just laughed it off and said, "the on with the amazing babies from yesterday." She then immediately perked up and took off her steampunk goggles, and then her eyes glowed with inquisitiveness.

"IT'S YOU!" She said simply as she got up and hugged him again while asking question after question about his 'babies.' He then calmed her down and then went into detail with every invention he had made so far, and Mei grew more and more excited at the prospect of making a 'baby' with him.

"Your babies are so cool You can change reality, bend gravity, and change the dimensions of a place!" She said after he nodded and then had a great idea.

"Wait, so you want to make a 'baby' with me, right?" She then nodded furiously as he then had a grin on his face as he then showed her the paper of Class 1A's quirks.

"Help me make babies for these people, they all gave me their quirk descriptions and wanted babies to use, so do you want to help. I'll even let them meet you and we can go meet Class 1B so we can make babies for them too." Mei was silent until she screamed with excitement. "OH MY GOD, SO MANY MORE BABIES. WE CAN TRADEMARK THEM, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE A CORPORATION. WE WILL BE FAMOUS!" She said while Izuku simply smiled at the excitement on her face as she hugged him once again.

"THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME HELP YOU WITH THESE BABIES! NOW LET'S GO!" She then grabbed all of her snacks, grabbed a notepad and grabbed Izuku's wrist as she dragged him fiercely into the cafeteria as Mei nearly ran into a wall before Izuku regained balance.

"Woah there Mei, calm down. We will get there eventually, no need to rush through things quite yet." He then set his hand on her shoulder and patted it softly while she then looked at him and started rubbing his muscles.

"Why are you rubbing my muscles again?" He said not bothered by it as he felt this was going to be a regular thing with her.

"You can have so many babies with this muscly body of yours, so many things could fit you. I can whip you up a perfect new suit." She said with stars in her eyes as he chuckled and then looked at their position and thanked god that no one could see them right now.

Nezu cackled at the image on the school camera as he saw the two first-years feeling each other up. He then took a picture of it and knew he was going to use it for blackmail in the future.

"My suit is already good, but no doubt if you want to upgrade it, we can work on it together. Now you need to learn how to clean up after yourself, Mei, as you left the lab in shambles with food and drinks." He mildly scolded her while she somewhat looked down and pouted. "I just wanted to work on my babies."

He snorted with amusement and said, "I have free space next to my apartment building. I can set you up with a massive lab for you as well as materials and equipment if you want to come with me." He said with a thumbs up as she then stopped and then looked at him with hope in her eyes.

"You'd really do that for me!?" She said with a hopeful tone as he said, "Yeah, I'll set you up and everything. It will be the grounds work for Hatsume Incorporated." He pumped his fist in the air as she stood still and then he said, "Do you not have a lab at home?"

Her face immediately saddened and Izuku knew immediately when he saw that face that he said something wrong, as the seemingly always happy girl now had a frown on her face as she said quietly, "I don't have any parents." She then covered her mouth immediately as she knew she wasn't supposed to say that and waited for Izuku to look at her with eyes of pity.

She hated that look, it's always what she received from people. Her babies were a safe zone away from people, away from society. She lived in an orphanage most of her life and never learned proper mannerisms or modesty as the caretakers there were shitty and mentally abusive. Mei took solace in her babies, as they were the only things that made her happy. She never cried, she only ignored everything around her as she just looked at her babies, nothing else. Every day at her school, she'd receive looks of disgust, lust, or pity. Disgust because of what she wore and what she did, lust because of her body and how boys would always try to hit on her and take advantage of her, and pity for everything. She hated pity, as it seemed like there was no end to it. She almost began to walk back to the lab as she then felt a hand on her wrist, as she looked to see eyes of not pity, but understanding.

"I never had parents either, been alone since birth, and had an abusive foster father before I broke his jaw and got the hell out of there, so I know the feeling. If you want to continue our talk, let's do it later at your future lab. Right now I can see that you didn't mean to say that to me as you had a mask that hid your emotions, and I won't press you any further. But just know, I know the feeling." He then smiled and then put a smile on her face, dragging his fingers to create a smile. She looked at him and hugged him once again, but this time out of understanding. She then smiled with her confidence back, as she now had someone who could actually understand her thought process.

He would be one of the few names she would ever truly remember

Mei and Izuku both walked into the cafeteria, Mei with excitement back on her face as she walked with Izuku to the Class 1B tables and saw them waiting for him there.

"Yo, what's up everyone?" They all said hi to him as they then looked at Mei to see her grinning and ready to bounce off the walls.

"Everyone, this is Mei Hatsume. She's a part of the Support Course and soon-to-be my future partner when it comes to inventions."

Mei immediately sprinted to Bondo and started asking many types of questions about his quirk and how his body works as the rest of the boys look at Izuku with a raised eyebrow.

"So, where'd you find the crazy chick?" Tsuburaba said as Kamakiri and Tetsutetsu chuckled and Izuku rolled his eyes.

"She's not crazy, she just loves making inventions. You see, we are working on support gear for both hero courses for first-years and we need to get them done by Friday, so she asks the questions for you guys about your quirks and weaknesses and then gives you support gear to help minimize your weaknesses. If you don't want support gear, tell her and she won't put your name on the list." Izuku explained to them as they all nodded as it seemed easy enough.

"Yo Izuku, who was the Foundational Hero Studies teacher? I don't care about surprises so you can tell me." Neito said with a shrug as Izuku responded with, "Does anyone else want to know or just Neito?" Everyone else shook their head no as they wanted it to be a surprise. Izuku then went up to Neito and whispered, "All Might," as Neito just nodded and said, "yup, exactly who I expected it to be." The others in the class sweat dropped at the anticlimactic response as Izuku snorted at how Neito was trolling his classmates. They then looked to see Mei writing before nearly jumping Kamakiri who then started yelling as each of them sighed.

"Mei, if you need me I'm going to go get my food and sit somewhere. I'll be back at the lab when lunch ends, so make sure you get good notes." Mei saluted him as Izuku walked towards the lunch line and eventually got his meal from Lunch Rush, a fruit salad with a bottle of water as he then saw Mirio waving at him to come to his table. Izuku fast-walked over to the table and when he approached, it saw the same people he had seen for a while in the halls, the red-haired teen, the black-haired teen, and the periwinkle-haired girl.

"Yo Izuku, nice to see you finally joining us man." Mirio said with a thumbs up as Izuku saw they were the only people at their table.

"Yeah man, it's nice to fully have a conversation with you after that day at the beach. You missed a lot of shit." He said as they both laughed and the three other teens looked at Mirio.

"Um, Mirio, who is this?" The red-haired teen said with a raspy voice as Izuku felt like his throat was singed a little.

"This, my fellow Big 4 members is my friend Izuku, a first-year student who is one of, if not the most promising first years."

Each of the members then looked at Izuku and seemed to study him, and each looked at him with serious looks before he eventually returned their looks with a smile added on, not backing down from their challenge.

The black-haired teen then stood up and stared at Izuku, who simply stared back until the black-haired teen sat down and covered his head, not looking at Izuku for a second.

"Don't mind him, this is Tamaki Amajiki, he's super shy." Mirio said with a laugh as Tamaki then said, "Mirio, don't say those things." Mirio laughed again as Tamaki felt even more embarrassed.

"Well, it's nice to meet you Tamaki, I hope you feel better around me." Izuku sheepishly said as he then looked to see the periwinkle-haired girl in his face floating in the air.

"Hi Izuku, I'm Nejire Hado. What's your last name? What's your Quirk? Why do you call people by their first name? Why do you have those glasses on your head?" She then paused as he responded with, "My last name is Akatani, my quirk name is Chaos, I call people by their first name as I want to be friends with many people, and I wear these glasses because they are special to me." Nejire then smiled a full grin with her teeth showing as she fired off numerous questions to which Izuku answered back at the same speed, never missing a beat.

"Damn, he's fast enough to keep up with Nejire's questions, even I can't do that." Mirio said with a chuckle as Tamaki nodded on the table and the red-haired teen looked at Izuku and still felt that same type of aura.

"The confidence he has in himself is insane. The way this guy carries himself, his posture, his smiles, it's full of confidence and power. He is someone not to be messed with."

"I recognize you." He then turned to see Izuku gain a look of recognition on his faces as he then looked at everyone and then suddenly slammed his head against the table, each of the third-years looking confused.

"Suneater," Izuku looks at Tamaki, who then gains an even more nervous look on his face. "Nejire-Chan," he then looks at Nejire, who then smiles her beaming smile at being recognized by Izuku.

"All Million," Izuku then looks at Mirio, who gives a thumbs up and pumped his fist.

"And Cobalt Blue." Izuku finally turns to the red-haired teen, who stared at him as he said, "Well, it's nice to meet you. The entire world knows your hero names, but I'm glad I can learn your true identities. It's nice to meet you, Tamaki, Nejire and…" Izuku then looks as the red-haired teen finally says, "Toya, my name's Toya Todoroki."

The Heir of Fire

"I'm guessing Shoto is your brother then?" Izuku said as Toya then stopped and sat still as Izuku tilted his head. Mirio then rubbed Toya's back as Nejire whispered to Izuku, "His family is kind of a sore sport for him, but you can mention them. Make sure you apologize though." Izuku then nodded and then stood up and bowed.

"Sorry for that man, it was uncalled of me to bring up something that was obviously a sore issue for you." Toya looked at him and nodded saying, "It's alright, you can mention him. Yes, Shoto is my younger brother, but I will see what he has become for myself."

"Well, I can see that you all are very strong. The Top 4 students of UA, some even consider you to be the Top 4 heroes of the world in very little time. You all know what you are doing." Izuku said with a smile as Mirio puffed his chest, Tamaki somewhat smiled, Nejire grinned and floated around as Toya smirked.

"How would you rank the first-years now from what you've seen?" Mirio asked with a curious look as the others also listened in.

"1-10 or just a general discussion?" Izuku asked as the others sweat-dropped at their antics.

"Make it 1-10, I want to hear how the newbies are holding up." Toya said with a monotone voice as Nejire looked at him and said, "Toya, you almost never care about my questions. Why do you answer him?" She said with a pout and scoff as he grunted and said, "Because I can actually understand him instead of the gibberish you always spout." He said with a freezing glare as Izuku snorted at the glare Nejire was receiving.

"Well, tomorrow I have to go do Foundational Hero Studies with Class 1B as I still need to do it with them, so tomorrow I will probably tell you. But from Class 1A I can tell you that Nozomi Yagi, Katsuki Bakugo, Hitoshi Shinso, your brother Shoto and myself hold the top 5 in a random order."

"You are including yourself, are you that confident in yourself?" Toya asked as he received what he was looking for this whole time.

Izuku grinned, and by the second it grew and grew until it was a full-blown grin with glinted teeth, they then saw a blue line surround him as he said, "Self-Confidence is the First Requisite to Great Undertaking, Samuel Jackson taught me that. If you don't have confidence in yourself, you will never make it far in heroism. Be confident in yourself and your own power, be courageous enough to go against the biggest villains and natural disasters without a shred of fear in your heart, and save everyone you can, so yeah, I am confident in myself, never mistake that for arrogance." He said as his eyes glowed blue as Toya and Mirio both grinned and Nejire wowed while Tamaki sat with his head down and a little smile.

"HEY IZUKU, I FINISHED GETTING ALL THE QUIRKS!" Mei said as she went up to him and handed him the notepad.

"Aye, thanks Mei, now when school lets out I will take you to your future lab, for now we can go back to the support lab and show Power Loader, so he can help with design."

He then looked at the four and said, "Thanks for letting me sit here guys, I'll probably be back here tomorrow. It was nice meeting you three and talking to you again Mirio, remember if you want to spar just tell me and I will be there. Did you show them your dorm room yet?" Izuku asked as Mei guided him out of the cafe back to the Support Lab as Mirio turned around to see three confused faces.

"What's up with your dorm room?" Nejire asked with confusion written on her face as Mirio nervously laughed and said, "Have I ever told you guys how much I value our friendship?"

Later that day, he had to survive training from his three that were aiming to get the amount of space he had in his dorm room.

Izuku and Mei both walked back to the lab talking about the quirks of each class and how they could be improved using support gear and then ran into Aizawa and Vlad King next to the teacher's lounge.

"Hey Mr. Aizawa and Mr. Kan, I got the list that I wanted." They both nodded as Aizawa had filled Kan in on what Izuku was planning to do.

"I see that kid, just make sure they are ready by Friday. They can practice with their support gear at the USJ, so you gotta make them fast." Aizawa drawled out with Kan chuckled and said, "I thank you for making some with both classes young man, as it creates a more unified environment."

Izuku and Mei continued on as Mei asked who the two were and Izuku responded with, "Those two are Eraserhead and Vlad King, both the homeroom teachers of Class 1A and 1B, respectively." Mei nodded and asked, "What was that baby on the homeless guy's neck?" Izuku started laughing as Mei tilted her head to the side as he wiped a stray tear from his eye. "Sorry, the way you said it so nonchalantly made that so funny for me. Anyway, that is his capture scarf, and it comprises a steel alloy that can't be cut and it is used to wrap around villains and entrap them so they can't escape. My friend Hitoshi has something similar to that." She nodded with a grin as she began to lay out everything that Aizawa could do with it as they eventually reached the Lab and saw Power Loader there writing something down.

"Ah, I see you finally got Hatsume out of her seat." Power Loader said while cheering in the back of his mind as the girl was already causing damages to the lab as she right then and there dove back to her seat and began working again.

"Yeah, she is wild." Izuku snickered as Power Loader was not amused. "Anyway, Class 1A and 1B have given me a list of their quirks and weaknesses and have asked me specifically to create costumes and gear for them. Aizawa said to come ask you for some designs, such as Toru Hagakure's design as well as Momo Yaoyorozu's, as he has seen the footage from the battle training and recognizes how Toru is pushing the line with her being naked all the time and Yaoyorozu's costume is very, very revealing, almost pushing the line." Power Loader nods and then looks at his email and reviews some costumes and then nods profusely.

"I see what you mean, especially with Hagakure. I will work on the design for her and then we will properly work out what some of these costumes need. Unfortunately, I need footage from Class 1B to work on their costume designs, but for now I can so 1A. I will give you the designs and then come back to me with the finished products and I will review." Power Loader said seriously as he always took support items seriously as Izuku walked back to Mei.

"Yo Mei, make sure you meet up with me after school. I'll direct you to your future paradise." He said with a smirk as she looked up from her invention this time.

"Okay, goodbye baby maker!" She said as Power Loader choked on his spit and glared at the two with eyes that could burn through the wall.

"Don't make innuendos in the class!" He screamed as Izuku left the class as he chewed out Mei.

Izuku finally walked back to Class 1A and walked in to find everyone at their seats doing math with Ectoplasm sitting at the main desk grading Iida's and Yaoyorozu's papers as they already turned in their assignments.

"Welcome Akatani, we are simply doing a review of your math skills and then beginning the unit. Take a review sheet and turn it into me when you complete it."

Izuku walked up and took a review sheet, noticing the very clear 95's on Iida's and Momo's papers as he brushed it off.

He sat down at his normal seat and then looked down to see only 10 questions on Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Statistics/Probability.

"Too Easy." Izuku said with a smirk as he began to fill out every question with ease as he looked around and saw Mina and Kaminari struggling while Nozomi and Hitoshi went through with almost the same amount of ease.

He then got up and finished, then turned it in at the same time as Bakugo, Hitoshi and Nozomi as they all looked at him with varying looks. He then went back to his seat and listened to some music while waiting for the sweet sound of the bell to bless his ears. The bell eventually rang, and he walked out of class with Hitoshi as they walked towards their group while Jirou walked with Momo, Nozomi walked with Iida and Ochaco and Bakugo walked alone. Izuku got outside to his main group and before they all left, he said he needed to wait for somebody. They all said for him to catch up as the school entrance had little people waiting as he looked around for Mei to show up.

"You fucking blueberry." Izuku turned around to see Bakugo glaring at him.

Bakugo then walked up and said angrily, "I fucking hate you. You didn't even try in our fucking match." Izuku had a raised eyebrow as he said condescendingly, "How would you know that blondie?"

"BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU FUCKING SAID, HOW YOU WEREN'T GOING AT FULL SPEED!" Bakugo angrily yelled out as Izuku saw this and said, "Yeah, but you know what else I said, right? I complimented your strength and even said you will be a top hero."

"You think I don't know that…" Bakugo strained his voice as he tightened his fists, "You tried to save face, but I know what you were doing back there. Let this be known, to you and those fucking brothers you have…" Bakugo then scowled as Izuku was internally shocked due to the fact that it was the first time he didn't call Hitoshi and Neito villains, "I will never lose to you again. You wanted a damn rival, you got one, but I refuse to accept you not going full strength. Next time we fight, go full strength, and I will accept the goddamn challenge, you fucking insect." Izuku then nodded and said, "You wanted a fight, you got one. You and Hitoshi and Neito may never be friends, but at least you recognize the strength they have. If you wanted a rival Bakugo, challenge accepted, just don't make a habit of losing." He said with a wicked grin which Bakugo returned with malice as he tried to shoulder barge Izuku and then walked off.

"It seems Bakugo has realized for now that he is not a top dog anymore, so he needs to better himself, and it seems he has found his drive. Wanting to be my rival huh, sounds like you are looking for a fight." Izuku thought to himself as Mei walked up behind him and nearly tackled him with great force.

"Hey Mei, ready to head to your new lab?" He asked calmly as she grabbed her bag full of her inventions and then walked toward the train to reach his loft. They eventually got to the place and Mei saw the many buildings around this area.

"Here's the place, Mei, your new lab." She looked to see a garage door and felt cheated as she then sighed and opened the garage door that revealed a gigantic robotics lab.

Multiple lab desks were lined up perfectly as multiple glass doors led into rooms, one room had a functioning laptop and another fit for testing.

"You can put all of your babies here for storage and always have room to work on more and more. There's an office here where you can record your creations and how they work as well, a testing room to see which of your babies function correctly or not, multiple refrigerators to keep snacks and food stored up and robotics equipment all lined up waiting for you to take charge. So, do you like it?" He said with a grin as she looked around in glee and started cheering as she toured the room around and saw how clean it was and how the office and testing rooms were set up. He then got up from his seat as he watched her look around her new lab and then brought her to the next floor using the elevator.

"Mei, do you still live at your orphanage?" He asked seriously, and she shook her head no. "I moved out last year and hat to get a dirty apartment with minimal space, and was clammed up with my babies, so I couldn't really do anything."

"Well…" He then got out of the elevator with her as he approached a wooden door, "You don't have to be there anymore." He then nuzzled her towards the doorknob as she looked at it with confusion and then turned it to reveal a beautiful loft with a flat screen TV, multiple chairs, freshly stocked fridge, functioning light system and space all around.

She looked around and nearly burst into tears at the amount of euphoria she was feeling at the moment. Finally, her babies and she could actually be somewhere accepted instead of isolated. Finally, the looks of pity will stop, and she will learn how to control herself better. Finally, she could rest easy knowing that she was on the way to becoming one of the greatest Support Gear creators of all time. Her pink dreads continued to sway around as she turned around and had a glimpse at the sheer amount of happiness she was showing, as she looked down and saw her own tears fall from her golden pupils onto her hands as she grasped them together and fell to the floor on her knees, crying in tears of joy. Izuku crouched down and put a hand around her, holding her close while making sure she doesn't have a heart attack from the raw emotion she is displaying. She grabs Izuku and pulls him into a tight hug, not willing to let go as she feels when she does she will be back at her shitty apartment. She had barely known him for two days, two goddamn days! And he goes and does this for her simply because he felt she was a new friend who needed help. He heard her slip up once, truly understood how she felt, and then gave her the gift of a lifetime, something she had always wanted but never asked for because she was alone for such a long time. Mei started bawling in tears of joy as she continued to hug Izuku and thanked him so many times. He just smiled and simply said,

"Welcome to the family, Mei."