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)

7. Darkness Is Coming

"Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family builds a home"

-Anthony Piccione

Mei opened her eyes slowly as she looked around to see the sun shining through a window , not knowing where she truly was due to the amount of emotional stress she released yesterday. She looked to see herself on a clean mattress, soft blankets hugging her body as heat was pumped at her body from the ventilation system as she sat up straight and looked around to see her goggles at her side desk as she got up from her bed and her golden eyes zoomed down the stairs to see that the stove downstairs was on. She rushed downstairs, making sure her house wasn't going to burn down, and when she got to the bottom of the stairs saw Izuku cooking something at her stove.

"Ah, I see you've woken up, Good Morning Mei!" He said with a calm smile as he looked to the right for a split second and then went back to cooking while he listened to music. Mei stood still as she smelt what looked like breakfast burritos and omelettes while also having the table set up and multiple pads for people.

"W...What?" She went to go wash her eyes to make sure that this wasn't a dream, that Izuku didn't give her a new apartment and lab free of charge and that she was going to be back at her old- compact apartment in a couple of seconds. She splashed the water across her face as she looked at her mirror, and reality didn't change. She looked around and still saw the same kitchen, the same stairs, the same bed. She began hyperventilating with happiness as she went back upstairs and jumped into her bed, tears brimming at the side of her eyes.

"YES!" Izuku smirked as he heard her enjoy her new home. He knew she was going to love it. Yesterday had been an emotional day, now it was time to get accustomed. He began humming the song, Distant by Lakey Inspired, as he continued to make the food while she got ready for the day. He looked up to see her bolting down the stairs as he put the pan down and waited for the inevitable crash as she sprinted into him and knocked him to the floor. He fell on his back and began laughing as she hugged him tightly, thanking him profusely for his kindness.

"Thank you, thank you so much!"

"It was no trouble, just doing what a friend should always do."

He got up with a kip-up as she had stars in her eyes as she looked at the meal he was cooking as he went and turned on the TV to see multiple reporters at UA with the tagline reading, "THE SYMBOL OF PEACE IS NOW A TEACHER! UA HIGH EXPLORATION"

Izuku snorted while Mei kept on looking around her loft, not finding anything wrong as she admired all the new space she had while looking for her belongings, and finally went to put her goggles on her head to finish the final touches of her outfit.

"Hey, so what's the plan for the babies today? How are we going to work them out…" She stopped as she looked at the TV and saw the same tagline and then grew confused as Izuku said, "Reporters are outside the school right now, so we are probably going to have a tough time getting in if we try to go through the front door." She nodded as he continued with, "and for the support gear, Mr. Power Loader sent me blueprints of each costume for Class 1A, so we can work on that today. I go to Foundational Hero Studies today with Class 1B, so I'll get a grasp of their gear and how they work and we can finish them before the field trip tomorrow." She looked at him with a confused expression as she asked, "But how are we supposed to get the materials for the babies? We shouldn't have enough."

"Well, I'll show you, come down to the lab." He said as he turned off the stove and went to the elevator with her as they went down to her lab and saw the lab tables set up with 40 costume stands, as some had specific gear around them, as well as multiple cloths with multiple colors.

"Yesterday, I did a supply run while you rested from the emotions you released. I got enough gear material for Class 1A and 1B, and we have the blueprints, so we can start as soon as we get here after school. Remember, the list is on the walls for each class, so we just need to get Class 1B's gear and then we can start working as we need to get this done before the field trip tomorrow for both classes. With my speed and both of our prowess when it comes to 'babies,' we should be able to get it done." He said with a grin as Mei had sparkles in her eyes as she looked at the lab and saw the stands and all the babies around her as she began to conjure up ways to use them.

"Now let's go back upstairs, you woke up two-and-a-half hours before the first period starts, so we have time to eat and then work on some gear and then clean up again before heading off." He said as she nodded excitedly as they both went upstairs and began to eat the breakfast meal he had set up as she noticed he had other plates set up.

"Uhm, hey, what are the other plates for?" She asked curiously as he responded with a smile, "Oh, they are for other people. My group, or at least the ones that are awake right now are coming over to say hello to our new member, as well as look at the lab we have set up."

Mei nodded as she chomped down on her burrito and moaned a little in ecstasy as she began to shred it down as he snickered slightly while cutting up the omelette so as not to get himself dirty. They both heard the elevator come up and a knock on the door as Mei got up and answered the door, swinging it open to reveal Setsuna in a green dinosaur shirt and green shorts with black shoes.

"Yo, Mei I didn't know you lived here? I thought Izuku invited me to this apartment because it was his." Setsuna asked with a raised eyebrow as she looked over to see Izuku looking at her with a smirk as her face paled and he started laughing at her.

"Hey, you with the split quirk, I can make so many babies for you." Mei said with stars in her eyes as she began to brainstorm all the different ways they could work as Setsuna looked at Izuku with a betrayed expression as she walked up and almost smacked him on the spot.

"So, you're inviting me to another girl's house huh, what was the point?" She asked with a calm tone that betrayed her face as she blushed with a furious expression.

"Trust me Setsuna, if I wanted to get you jealous, I wouldn't advertise in my message that you were coming to one of my family members' apartments." He said with a groan as she looked at him, looked at the text he sent her and embarrassment was plastered on her face as she looked away.

"Sorry, I just saw Mei and then you and I just assumed. I didn't realize you were family, even if you look nothing alike." She said with crossed arms as Izuku said, "We are not related by blood, I gave her this apartment yesterday because of what she said. She has this apartment and the lab downstairs as she is a part of the family now." He said with a smile as she said with a sharp grin, "You just always know what to do, huh cutie." Izuku chuckled, and then she sat down and ate while Mei finished her meal as they spoke to each other.

"Wait, so you know what the Foundational Studies Teacher is right Izuku?" Setsuna asked as he nodded while he gave Mei a pat on the back as she began to cough due to stuffing too much food in her mouth as she wanted to go to work on the babies.

"Yeah, not telling you though. Don't want to ruin the surprise." He shrugged as she said, "well, won't you have an advantage due to knowing the type of trial and how it works?"

"Mr. Kan probably has a solution for that, so I'm not worried." Izuku remarked as he knew without a doubt that he was going to be on a villain team, as they already got an understanding of the layout beforehand.

"Well, how do you think we will stack up in the trials, who will have the biggest advantage?" Setsuna said trying to get a better edge on her classmates as Izuku shook his head and knocked on her forehead saying, "No cheating. Play fairly or else. You will get the synopsis at the actual trial." She pouted at him as Mei said, "Is the hero course really that exciting? I swear all I do is blow everything up." She said with a laugh as the other two sweat dropped at her craziness.

"Wait so Izuku, have you ever had a girlfriend before?" Setsuna asked as she wanted to get to know him more as he teased her more than she teased other boys that wanted her for her body in the past.

"In the past, nah. There was this one girl that really liked me and she seemed really nice, but her father was a stick in the mud, so he forbade her from dating anyone until she got to high school, so I couldn't really help the situation." He said with a shrug as he didn't really mind talking about it as Setsuna laughed at him.

"What about you, have you ever had a boyfriend? They would've been a very lucky man." He said with a smirk as she smirked back at the teasing that he did with her. Their dynamic was already forming.

"Aw, so sweet. I never had a boyfriend though, mainly because every guy that wanted me was a pervert and only wanted me for my body. I hate perverts, so it was justified when I beat them up." She said with a grin as Izuku just thought about the way she would manhandle Mineta.

"I swear, you and Jirou would be the best of friends." He said with a flinch as he thought of the ways Jirou and Setsuna would destroy Kaminari and Mineta, or Jamming Whey and Grapist as Jirou liked to call them.

"Who's Jirou, another Class 1A member?" She asked as he nodded while Mei gulped down her juice and adjusted her goggles.

"Yeah, cool girl with a cool personality and cute. Likes music and hates perverts, you two would definitely get along." He said with a laugh as Setsuna said, "You're straight to the point aren't you, calling every girl cute."

"I mean, no one is truly ugly in my eyes, so I guess. Plus, if you think I am blunt, look at Tsuyu Asui. If I am blunt, then she is my superior in every way." He said as the door was knocked on again and Izuku got up to open it and saw Kirishima.

"Yo, my boy Kirishima! What's up?" He said as they both clapped their hands together as Kirishima yelled, "My guy Izuku, what's up, man? Good Morning! I just did my morning jog and decided to come."

Kirishima then looked to see both Setsuna and Mei at the table eating, Mei chomping down food and Setsuna moaning as she took her first bite.

"Wait, so you got two girls into your apartment with you alone…" Kirishima said as the girls gave him dirty looks and Izuku sheepishly laughed as Kirishima yelled, "So MANLY."

"Kirishima, this isn't my apartment. My apartment is in the next building over, this is Mei's apartment. Setsuna was just the first person to get here for breakfast, don't make assumptions." Izuku said with a chilled glare and grin as Kirishima shuddered and apologized profusely before sitting down and enjoying his meal.

"Wait, so there are reporters outside UA right now?" Kirishima asked as he and Setsuna both looked at the TV as Mei said with a sad tone, "Yeah! They are blocking the way to my babies!" Kirishima and Setsuna both had weird looks as Izuku looked up and snickered.

"Yeah, reporters are everywhere right now. By the way, make sure you fill me up on what I missed during homeroom with Aizawa Kiri, I want to know what he says." Kirishima saluted him as Izuku then heard another knock as he opened the door to see Yosetsu and Itsuka outside the door. Itsuka with sweat running down her forehead as Yosetsu fell to his knees.

"Izuku… save me… please." He said with a scared voice as Itsuka glared at him and said, "Don't be fooled by him. He tried to sleep in, saying he was tired when he was just playing video games instead of doing our morning workout, so I made him carry me all the way here after our workout." She then smiled and said, "But it is nice to see Mei's new apartment, it was nice of you to do that." Itsuka then walked up and one-arm hugged Mei and then Setsuna, then fist bumping Kirishima while Izuku helped Yosetsu up.

"Wait, so you do a morning workout too? You want to join me for a workout eventually, we can see who trains harder." Kirishima said with a grin that was returned by Itsuka as Izuku pointed out, "Kirishima, I think this will be good for you. Itsuka has martial arts training every morning, so you can focus on your quirk and your movements while training with her and Yosetsu along with everyone else that joins." Kirishima nodded as Setsuna asked Izuku, "Wait, do you train every day?" Izuku just nodded as he trained to keep his skills sharp every day in the morning at Dagobah Municipal Beach.

"But anyway, Mei, I can see you want to go to the lab downstairs, so you can go. Yosetsu and Kirishima, since you have your school outfits with you, you can go into my apartment and go take a shower to get ready for school. I have extra towels in there so you will be good." Both nodded in acceptance as Mei said the same to Itsuka and Setsuna as they all enjoyed their breakfast, and then Izuku and Mei went down to the lab while the others were freshening up.

"Alright so Mei, we start off with Hagakure's 'babies,' and then we work our way down from there." Mei looked confused on who it was he was talking about until he said, "Girl with invisible quirk." Mei then nodded and looked to see that Power Loader had sent the material and Izuku had found it, so they began to get to work on the outfit. Eventually, when they finished, it had been only 25 minutes with no explosions as Izuku did most of the proofing of the costume after Mei had fit in everything. The costume had reflexive boots that masked the steps of when you walk, goggles, reflexive vest that could be stretched into and masked scent, and a reflexive gas mask that provided her with masked breathing. They then moved onto Yaoyorozu's costume and used the same red cloth to cover up some parts, but also added in velcro to make sure that some parts can be used, so it is not as revealing to the public but it is more practical in terms of usage along with her quirk.

Yosetsu, Kirishima, Setsuna and Itsuka all walked into the lab and looked at the massive room and Izuku and Mei worked on the next costume, which was Kirishima's.

"Yo, if you guys can do us a favor, record us real quick." Izuku said while getting up and giving a camera to Yosetsu who looked confused.

"Uhm, why do we need to record you?" He asked as the rest of them nodded while Izuku pointed to the two costumes that were done, being Hagakure's and Yaoyorozu's.

"We need to send those designs to Power Loader, along with the usages, so he can show them. Take a video of Hagakure's gear on the stand and watch it go invisible, then Yaoyorozu's gear."

Yosetsu nodded as he and Kirishima went to Hagakure's gear while Itsuka and Setsuna went to Yaoyorozu's gear. They each recorded them as Izuku took the footage and sent them to Maijima as he wiped sweat from his face as he said, "Alright, well its time to go soon. I'll go freshen up and meet you guys outside, make sure you drag Mei to her apartment so she can go take a shower." He said with a nervous laugh as they each looked to see Mei not even paying attention to them as she was busy on the gear.

"Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom."

-Oprah Winfrey

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Hitoshi walked by himself today, as he wanted to enjoy a good stroll instead of the fast-paced Extreme Gear. Plus, with Izuku in 1B today, he needed a break. He breathed in the lucid air as he adjusted his uniform and walked toward the school, unnoticeably being followed by someone.

"Hey, Blank-Eye." Hitoshi grunted as he turned around to see Katsuki Bakugo standing there, looking at him with a glare as Hitoshi returned it in kind. Hitoshi prepared to tell him off as Bakugo walked up to him, tightening his fists in preparation before Bakugo stopped moving and gave Hitoshi a stink-eye.

"So, why aren't you calling me a villain like you usually do?" Hitoshi asked with gritted teeth as his anger nearly boiled over as Bakugo continued to glare at him with malice.

"Because, you've earned my respect you goddamn fucker." Bakugo said with a massive glare as Hitoshi looked angry, but also confused as some people never earned Bakugo's respect.

"You would never die…" Bakugo began to raise his hand as sparks filled his palm, "You would never stop preaching that you would become a hero, that shit always pissed me off…" Bakugo raised his other hand as sparks filled it up and he crouched, "But out of everyone of our old Backwater Swamp of a school, you and your fucking brother Slick-Hair, you were the only ones who even came within a speck of my glory, the only ones who were strong enough…" Bakugo then lowered his hands and grinned dangerously, noticing the look of astonishment on Hitoshi's face as he thought to himself about how the Number 1 Hero needed to have rivals compete with him. "So, you earned my respect extra, just because you wouldn't die. Even when we were fucking children, you would not die, no matter how hard I tried to snap you back to reality. You kept on defeating me, you even saved me, you fucking bastard…" Bakugo tightened his fists as he thought back to the slime villain incident. "I am not going to pretend, we both hate each other. But just know…" Bakugo finished his statement by walking up to Hitoshi and standing right in front of him, both tuning out the world as all they could see was their hate for each other and their drive to succeed.

"I won't ever lose to you again. You may have the class fooled with your quirk, but we both know the ins-and-outs of our quirks, so when we fight again, expect to lose. I refuse to be a laughing-stock when I know I can win, so make sure you keep on winning, just so I can drag your shitty success into the ground."

Bakugo walked away as Hitoshi looked at him, his eyes slightly glazing over as they glowed purple, before he shut them and walked towards school, ignoring everything else around him as he mulled over what Bakugo said.

"After you get your freedom, the enemy will respect you."

-Malcolm X

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Neito walked with Yui to school, staying quiet as Yui enjoyed the peace, but glanced at him as they both looked at each other. Yui then looked away with a blush as he caught her glancing while Neito just looked down with a smirk and gave her a nudge on the shoulder. She looked back up at him as he said, "It's alright if you want to look at me, Yui. I don't mind if you glance." Yui just looked down, but then grabbed his arms and stood still, holding his arms close to her as she continued to look down. She smiled slightly and started speed-walking, dragging him across the pavement as he never saw her be this aggressive before.

"Maybe I shouldn't have teased her." Neito thought with a panicked look on his face as Yui held no emotion on her face as she dragged him towards the school with a strong grip. She looked forward and saw the group, so she stopped and dropped Neito's arms as she pushed him into an alleyway right before the turn to the street.

"Uhm, Yui care to explain?" Neito asked, but he received no response as Yui shook her head and walked up to him and pointed behind him. Neito turned around to see graffiti on the wall, all signed by multiple street artists as Neito recognized the design from the series Ultraman.

"You wanted to show me this?" He asked with a surprised tone as he admired the graffiti as Yui nodded with a minute smile as she loved the series Ultraman.

"You told me about your love for the Ultraman series before, but I didn't think you would find graffiti for it, especially this close to UA." He said as he rubbed his chin and looked down at his phone to see notifications on his phone. He opened the notifications to see that his tickets finally arrived and grew excited. Yui looked and saw the massive grin on his face and had a curious expression, but Neito fist pumped and said, "YES, MY MOM PULLED THROUGH FOR ME!"

He then showed her what the tickets were for, and they were for a movie, an Ultraman movie.

"They decided to remake the series into a movie with modern animation, and I got tickets for us two." He said with a grin as she looked at him and just wondered. She was happy, but…

"Why me…" She asked with a downtrodden tone, as she knew he could just bring Izuku or Hitoshi.

"Yui, I got these for you. These were for me and you, us alone, not for anyone else. You told me about your love for the series, so as soon as I heard this movie was coming out, I decided to get tickets so we can go see it on premiere next Saturday."

"For...me" Yui was stunned. She had followed the series religiously and had never heard of a new movie coming out, and Neito had done this all for her. She grew a smile, larger than any of the small smiles she normally gave out or the blank faces as her face buzzed with happiness, Neito sporting a blush at the joy that was radiating off of her face as he couldn't look away from her. She caught him staring and looked away with a blush as well, before gathering enough courage and letting the alley lights luminate the two as she jumped towards and hugged him tightly, their silhouettes locking arms and bodies.

Neito and Yui both looked at the position they were in, blushes exploding onto their faces as they looked down to see Yui had wrapped her legs around Neito's waist and Neito held her up by linking his arms around her thighs as they couldn't take their eyes off one another. Yui had never been this bold and forward before with anybody, so this was a situation she was unprepared for as Neito just stared at her with wide eyes.

Yui had jumped off of him and apologized before feeling something wet mark her cheek as Neito took the first step, leaving a wet mark as he walked away and turned back saying with a massive smirk, "Come on, we need to go make sure we get stronger than Class 1A!" He walked away leaving Yui to follow him, as they both knew that he said that as to keep the atmosphere around them clear. But both had massive blushes and wide smiles on their faces, as they recognized they were getting closer and closer together. Their fingers laid at their sides, touching tips as they both walked towards their group.

"A relationship where you can be weird together is your best choice."

-Paulo Coelho

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"So, how do you think we are going to get past the reporters?" Izuku asked the group as he didn't want to get harassed by questions.

"As long as we make it past, I don't care. Hate reporters sometimes." Hitoshi said with a yawn as Itsuka smacked him on the back of his head.

"Come on, Hitoshi, you need to stop being so tired all the time. Plus, we are going to deal with reporters for the rest of our lives, so deal with it." She said with a glare as Kirishima agreed as they both fist bumped.

"It's like they are the male and female versions of each other." Sen remarked with a laugh as Yosetsu, Setsuna and Izuku chuckled as Itsuka enlarged her hand and they all squeaked.

"I think I know a way!" Mei walked towards the large amalgamation of reporters as they began to surround her. They started asking many questions about All Might as the group heard Mei yell out, "I'M A PART OF THE SUPPORT COURSE. NOW LET ME GET TO MY BABIES!" The group immediately went back as they let Mei through as the rest of their group dropped their jaws at Mei's plan.

"She's a genius." Yosetsu, Kaminari and Sen both exclaimed as Izuku nodded sagely.

"Wait, so what if we try to do that, shroom?" Kinoko said as Izuku replied with,

"It will work, but it isn't going to work for all of us though, especially us three Hitoshi and Neito, we've been on the news before with our Extreme Gear and the Slime Incident for you two, so we'll be harassed even more than Bakugo was." Izuku said with a snicker as the group watched Bakugo lose his mind over being asked about the Slime Incident.

"That was pretty funny, but we will see you guys on the other side." Setsuna said with a middle finger as she walked towards the reporters and said she was a part of the business department, to which they spread apart and let her though as she wasn't being taught by All Might. Yosetsu, Sen, Kaminari, Itsuka, Kinoko all did this, saying they were a part of different departments as Yui let her silence be her controller as she walked through due to her quiet nature quite easily. Neito boiled with anger as he glared at the group as they all laughed at the three poor fools as Hitoshi grunted.

"Well, let's just try to weather the storm." Izuku said with a short frown as he walked straight towards the reporters, not backing down as they began to ask him multiple questions.

"Hey! How does All Might teach at UA?"

"What subject does All Might teach?"

"What type of costume does All Might wear?"

"How is All Might grading assignments?"

Izuku grew more and more annoyed with the constant questions as Hitoshi and Neito also were getting harassed as one reporter then recognized the three of them.

"HEY! IT'S THE KIDS FROM THE NEWS WITH THE SLIME AND HOVERBOARDS!"

That was when hell broke loose

"HOW DID YOU MAKE THOSE HOVERBOARDS?"

"WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO CONFRONT THE SLIME VILLAIN?"

"WHY DID YOU JUMP IN THE WAY WHEN THE HEROES HAD THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL?"

"WHY DO YOU RIDE THOSE HOVERBOARDS ACROSS TOWN?"

"WHAT IS YOUR QUIRK? HOW DOES IT WORK?"

Hitoshi and Neito had massive frowns on their faces as they heard the third question, but

Izuku then felt something rough on his arms as he was pulled into the UA gate by Aizawa as he also pulled in Neito and Hitoshi.

"These goddamn pests, I swear they are just like pigeons." Aizawa said with a massive frown on his face as Izuku said, "I feel you there. I was about to just jump over them at that rate. I got a headache." He rubbed his hair as Aizawa nodded with a serious look on his face as he looked at the three.

"Get to class, I'll deal with these fucking vultures." The trio nodded in acceptance as they walked inside and Aizawa confronted the reporters, along with Kan who just walked out of the building. The reporters easily recognized Kan, but had a hard time recognizing Aizawa due to his underground hero status.

"Hey, hobo-man, can you please get All Might out here?" A female reporter asked very rudely as the other reporters started confronting Kan.

"In fact, who even are you? You don't look like a hero that I've seen before." She says as she looks him up and down to try to recognize him.

"You realize you are causing students to miss school and that will mess with their lateness, as well as the fact that faculty won't be able to get in. You lot are staying here, when in reality you are blocking the entrance." Aizawa said with a glare as the reporter flinched.

"Yeah, well, just give us an interview with All Might and we will be on our merry way. Come on, what do you say?" The reporter tried to entice him as Aizawa grabbed Kan, and they both walked to the gate as the reporters tried to follow them as the gate slammed down.

"What… WHAT IS THIS?" The reporter asked as Aizawa chuckled evilly before activating his quirk.

"This is the UA Entrance Gate, you won't be able to get in anytime soon." He said while walking away, chuckling as the reporter glared at his back.

"But… but we just…"

In the background, a hooded figure with light blue hair and scarred hands grinned with malicious intent as he peered at the gate.

"They don't know how beautiful darkness is."

-The Joker

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Hitoshi sat in his seat in class as he put his head down and tried to calm his breathing from what happened. First with the situation with Bakugo and now the reporters. It was like he wasn't going to get any breaks that day. He raised his eyes as the class quieted, and Aizawa walked through the door eyeing the class harshly.

"Good, you've become more practical. Stay like this and we will have no issues." He activated his quirk on impulse and every classmate grew scared of Aizawa as he grinned to himself and sat down at his desk.

"Now, I looked through the footage of your trials from yesterday, and I have something to say for all of you."

"Bakugo" He looked toward Aizawa with a scowl as Aizawa glared at him, "Next time, learn to actually help your teammate correctly instead of going off on your own. You left yourself completely open with that type of plan and it only sped up your defeat. The same goes to you Kirishima, and you have to stay focused as well, never take your eyes off your opponent."

Bakugo grit his teeth as Kirishima nodded seriously at Aizawa, who then looked at Momo and Iida.

"Yaoyorozu, you should've been able to keep pace with Shinso if you didn't focus on getting your weapon so much, as it cost you the victory. Iida, next time try not to force yourself to attack a person who can hold your attacks back and try to outmaneuver them. Mezo, don't get complacent simply because you are on the edge of victory, just like Kirishima you need to stay focused at all times." Momo nodded with a slight frown as Iida bowed and thanked him for the advice while Shoji nodded with his eyes closed.

"Todoroki and Yagi, never do that again." The class flinched at his frosty tone as Nozomi sat still while looking at the floor, and Todoroki had a blank look on his face.

"I can only name so much, but I'll go with my biggest criticism. Don't turn a trial into a strength test, save that for sparring. If you even try to do that again, I will make sure you are suspended for more than a week. Your fight landed both of you, and Asui and Sero in the Nurse's office simply because you got too arrogant with your quirks. Make no mistakes, there will be consequences if you ever pull a stunt like that again." They both nodded seriously as they recognized the mistakes they made.

"Shinso" Hitoshi looked up to see Aizawa looking at him with a blank look, and then slightly frowned as he said, "You did extremely well, you will get bonus points. Same with you Jirou, you both did extremely well in your trials."

Hitoshi nodded in acceptance as Jirou looked a little confused, but ultimately accepted the praise as Aizawa continued.

"Ojiro, tone down the carelessness of the situation. If you are a hero, act like one, don't be a fool. Mina and Aoyama, don't fool around in a trial, it's why you lost. Mineta, don't focus on girls throughout the whole trial. The school already has you on its watch list for kids that can get demoted to General Studies if you don't clean up your act." Everyone took their criticism seriously as Mineta began to cry out how it wasn't fair before Aizawa then coughed and said, "Now let's get on with homeroom, I hate to spring this on you out of nowhere, but…" The class prepared for the worst, at most a pop quiz as Aizawa finished with, "You need to pick a Class President."

"FINALLY SOMETHING SCHOOL-LIKE." Almost the whole class shouted as they began to say their cases for why they should be the president. Mineta talking about women's magazines, Aoyama talking about how he will make the whole class sparkle, Iida explaining to Uraraka why he would be the most valuable person to have as a president. Bakugo and Mina yelling at each other about who would be better. Hitoshi couldn't care less, he had no interest in being any sort of authority figure for the class to look up to.

"Everyone, we need to take a democratic vote, as it is the most fair way to decide between all of us who should be the President and Vice-President." Momo said as Iida added on with, "Everyone that wants to be president, put their hands up and count. Then we will decide based on what we know of each other so far."

Multiple people raised their hands, as Iida, Momo, and Nozomi all seemed to be the prime votes as Ochaco asked, "Wait, are we allowed to vote for Akatani? He is in our class."

Aizawa immediately shut that down with, "Akatani is not in the running for president. He is automatically disqualified because he is also in Class 1B and the support and First aid courses, plus he said himself he doesn't want to be in the running." He said with a grunt as the class got to figuring out who would be their new president.

Jirou walked up to Hitoshi and asked him, "You're not going to run? I thought everyone was down."

Hitoshi sighed and explained, "Todoroki and Tokoyami both aren't running, plus I don't see the point. I like not losing sleep over the fact I have to make rules for the class. As long as Iida doesn't get the vote, I'll be good, since he will probably make me wake up and make it a rule." He grunted as Jirou chuckled while watching Iida move his hands like a robot, and Momo and Nozomi explained to the class what they should do.

"You think if Blue was allowed that he would've won?" Jirou asked with a curious expression as Hitoshi nodded.

"He wouldn't have wanted to be voted, but with his all-around friendly and protective nature, he would've gotten voted by some of us, most notably Kirishima, Kaminari, you, me, and Tokoyami." Hitoshi spoke with no amount of lies as Jirou nodded, as she definitely would've voted for Izuku. Instead, she chose Momo.

Hitoshi looked at Aizawa and saw the man in his sleeping bag, wondering how comfortable it was when he saw one eye of Aizawa's open and look it him, and then give him a small nod of praise as Hitoshi subtly nodded back, not alerting anyone who was watching him.

"Very well, we have gathered the votes of everyone in the class, now let's tally them up." Iida counted up the votes and gave the final results.

5 Votes- Momo Yaoyorozu

4 Votes- Nozomi Yagi

3 Votes- Tenya Iida

Momo nodded with a wide smile on her face as Nozomi started bragging to Iida, who was disappointed at being one vote away from Vice-President.

"Wait, is Akatani's vote in there?" Iida said as he wanted to count up and see if there were 20, to which there was and it was revealed that Izuku voted for Momo.

"Yeah, I just texted him and he said to put in a vote for Yaoyorozu, so I did." Hitoshi said simply with a shrug as Momo nodded and then gave a speech to the class about how she wasn't going to let the class down. Nozomi also gave a speech about how she and Momo were going to make sure everything goes smoothly.

"Alright, so we have our first announcement. We are going to have a secretary role, and that role will be Tenya Iida!" Momo said with a smile as Iida promised to not let them down as Hitoshi nearly banged his head against the desk as he knew Iida was going to chastise him for sleeping as Kaminari and Uraraka laughed at his dismay.

While all of that was going on, Class 1B was in the locker rooms preparing for their Battle Trial, after getting the spiel from All Might as the rest of the class almost lost their minds as Izuku paid Neito 50 bucks and then proceeded to get yelled at for not revealing it sooner.

"How was I supposed to know you guys wanted to know? You specifically told me not to tell you yesterday." Neito yelled from the roof as he was glued there due to Bondo's quirk.

"Because you decided to troll us saying it wasn't anyone important, of course All Might is fucking important, it's All Might after all." Togaru said with a shit-eating grin as they 'trolled the troll.' Izuku, Yosetsu, Sen and Rin laughed their asses off while Kosei grinned and fist-bumped Tetsutetsu and Bondo while Juzo, Jurota, Kuroiro and Shoda chuckled somewhat at their friend.

"I swear, if any of you are against me in the trial, I'm making sure to gun for you specifically." He said with a massive tick mark on his head.

"For now, enjoy your position. Anyone got a camera." Kosei said with a devilish grin as Neito cursed at them from the roof.

The girls were making much better use of their time. Yui was having a conversation with Reiko, as both held a certain vibe that attracted the other, and they became good friends. Kinoko and Ibara were conversing about plants and their quirks as they started talking about mushrooms and fungi. Itsuka, Pony and Setsuna had a nice conversation, and Itsuka and Setsuna learned more about Pony and what she likes.

"What do you think the boys are doing right now?" Setsuna asked with a grin as Itsuka replied with, "Probably crucifying Neito, cause he lied to us about our teacher being nobody important."

"I swear, when I get my hands on that little shit." Setsuna had remarked with an angry voice as she too had been fooled.

"Please stop with the uncouth language, it does not suit me very well." Ibara said with a frown as she did not enjoy people swearing around her.

"What does that mean, shroom?" Kinoko asked as Reiko responded with, "It means she does not have a high opinion of the foul language that most of us indulge in on a daily basis."

Kinoko again looked confused as Itsuka just said, "She doesn't enjoy swearing." Kinoko nodded as Ibara said, "I wonder though, how did you all get past those foul reporters this morning. They were suffocating my area without hesitation."

"Oh, we lied and said we are from General Studies, worked like a charm." Setsuna said with a smirk as Itsuka, Yui, and Kinoko nodded with smirks of their own as the rest of the girls thought about why they didn't think of that.

"Izuku and Neito had to go through the trenches just to get to class. It was an amazing experience." Itsuka laughed as Yui thought back to this morning and unnoticeably blushed while keeping her normal blank expression on so no one would suspect anything while she thought to herself about how she and Neito got so close.

"I heard Class 1A's teacher was pulling students out of the way, is this true?" Pony asked as she heard from conversations in the hallways.

"Yeah, he dragged people from the reporter's clutches. It was funny watching it because he had this glare that froze the people in place." Setsuna laughed as she thought about Aizawa's unstoppable glare.

"Yes, and he even saved me from those vile humans after they were insulting me for not indulging their behavior, very disrespectful." Reiko said with closed eyes as she shook her head.

"Well, we have to get to class soon. Let's get ready." Itsuka said with an older-sibling tone as they all nodded and put on their hero costumes.

The class met up outside the locker room and admired their costumes. Ibara had a white robe with black knee-high boots. Setsuna had a blue, scaly mask over her eyes with a blue bodysuit with a scale design and black knee-high boots. She also had on fingerless gloves with orange wrist guards and a belt around her waist. Itsuka had a body-hugging qipao, with black sports pants and a double-breasted corset underneath. She also had a brown utility belt and a black mask around her eyes. Kinoko had an outfit similar to a mushroom on with a wide dress, Yui had a red bodysuit with white lines forming a "V" shape with a white skirt with red patterns to match, as well as a red hat with white design. She also had on a utility belt for things that she could use for her quirk. Reiko had on a violet kimono, black mask similar to Shoji's, and a white-fur collar to match. Pony had on an outfit similar to a jockey uniform with an orange color scheme and many belts around as well as lead rope.

The boys meanwhile had finished up after they let Neito take his punishment and began to look around. Izuku had on the same red and blue vest, green glasses, red and white pants and metal shoes, but this time his shoes had an unnoticeable button on the side. Monoma looked to have a formal black suit with yellow buttons, cyan tie and white utility belt along with two long tails that reached down. Juzo had armor similar to Iida, but the color scheme was black, orange and white instead of the white and blue color scheme Iida had.

Tetsutetsu had metal bars around his body with dark green overalls and metal boots. Togaru had on a green cloak with black pants and boots with a mask around his eyes and zigzag pattern on his shirt. Yosetsu had on his iconic bandana with a brown jacket and trousers with white and brown boots and black armor over his chest. Sen had on a white open sweater with white and gray pants in a spiral design with a spiral undershirt and gloves.

Kosei had on a light-blue jacket with black undershirt, pale pants, and black boots with holes on the bottom for his quirk. Hiryu had on a black bodysuit with yellow clouds across his torso, red belt around his waist, visor on his head, and yellow collar across his chin. He also had on the Chinese symbol for Strength on his back (力量). Kuroiro had a black jumpsuit with light shoes and a large wristband with a rectangular design. Jurota had jeans and glasses with no shirt. Shoda also had a suit with white lines across his collar and similar lines along his shoulders and torso, with a blue device over his left eye and radar on his left hand. Bondo had on a yellow suit with orange accessories across his neck, wrists, waist and ankles.

"Damn, Juzo brought the whole armor set." Izuku said while whistling as he admired Juzo's armor.

"It looks good, and it helps with my quirk. I can see you made your costume light to help with your speed." Juzo said with a nod as Izuku grinned back. "Yup, plus I designed it so it'd look more stylish, gotta keep the threads up-to-date." He said with a thumbs up as he looked to see for anyone that needed upgrades.

"Yo, Jurota." Jurota looked at him and said, "Akatani, what is it that you need?"

"Yo man, you can call me Izuku. No need to be formal. Anyway, I can see your costume is kind of basic, and since you told me you wanted an upgrade, I can whip a suit up that increases in size along with your quirk, that way you'll look a fair grade better."

"I see, well I realize this costume is indeed basic compared to the likes of Juzo and Setsuna, so I will take you up on your humble offer." Jurota said with a final nod as he didn't really like his costume design.

"Ah, I see we both went formal with our costumes. You look good, Shoda." Neito said with a nod as he looked at the chubby teen.

"Thank you, Monoma. You look a lot better than me though." He said with a humble tone as Neito said, "Don't bring yourself down, plus the devices you have on look good."

Neito then looked at Yui and saw the way her hero costume hugged her body, and blushed but turned away as Yui admired Neito's tuxedo and kept on her blank face while her thoughts betrayed her as she talked to Reiko.

"Hey cutie, what do you think of my costume?" Setsuna said as she and Itsuka both admired each other and she saw Izuku's costume and the way it showed his muscles and lithe frame.

"Well, it hugs your body well, that much is for sure. Plus, I like the reptilian design of it, which works very well for you because of your green hair and sharp teeth." He said with a smile as he praised her costume with a side of teasing about her body.

"Don't sell your physique short. I can see the six-pack through your vest." She purred as Ibara frowned and Itsuka chopped her on the head.

"Get your mind out of the gutter, we have trials to perform. Izuku, you better not try to tease her in the trials." Itsuka said with a glare added on as Izuku just smirked and said, "No promises, sis."

"Come on Itsuka, let me have my fun." Setsuna said with a pout as Izuku then looked at Ibara.

"I like your costume, Ibara. It might be simple, but it really fits your aesthetic and personality."

Ibara looked at him and nodded silently. She wasn't appreciative in terms of his teasing with Setsuna, but she respected him for his thoughts on relationships and how they were sacred.

"By the way, if my teasing gets you in a bad mood, I apologize. I mostly just go with the flow for Setsuna, so if I say anything that offends you, I apologize. It's just banter between us." He said with a smile as Ibara nodded with a slight smile at how he took her thoughts into account.

"Aye Kinoko, you look good shroom." Izuku exclaimed with a thumbs up as she returned it.

"You too shroom, you're looking ripe."

Izuku then looked and saw Kuroiro looking at Kinoko with a side glance and small blush as he smirked evilly and planned something in his mind as he nearly cackled out loud, much like Nezu. He then went to Togaru, Rin and Tetsutetsu.

"Togaru, I respect the threads. Looking clean, since you also wanted an upgrade, when I go through the footage, I'll be sure to think up some."

"Thanks man, for now me and Tetsutetsu were thinking of training together since he can't be affected by my quirk and then Rin came over and talked about wanting to join us." Togaru said with a grin as he grew small blades from his hands.

"Yeah man, with training, all three of us will get noticeably more durable and strong, it's a win-win situation." Tetsutetsu said while hitting his fists together as Rin said, "100%. Tetsutetsu's quirk can block most attacks, but he needs more mobility and we both have that in spades, so it'll be a nice challenge to try to get through his defenses."

"If you guys want, I can send my friend Kirishima to train with you guys." Izuku said as Tetsutetsu replied with, "The guy with the same quirk as me, right?"

Itsuka then stepped up and said, "Yeah, both of your quirks are way too similar. Pretty sure you two can be related. You have the same hot-blooded male fighting love, same love for the world 'manly,' it's almost uncanny how you two are similar."

Setsuna laughed and said, "Kirishima is less bold though, Tetsutetsu goes straight to the point at almost all times." Izuku chuckled while Tetsutetsu had a tick mark on his head.

"Aye Yosetsu, what's the armor for?" Setsuna asked him as he was in the middle of a conversation with Pony, Sen, Bondo and Kosei.

"For my quirk, it helps weld stuff together." She oh'd and nodded while feeling like facepalming before All Might came in and said, "Liking the costumes everyone, you look like fine heroes already."

He then saw Izuku and nodded with his trademark smile, "Akatani, do you have any issue that your role is already confirmed for today?"

Izuku shook his head and said, "Nah, besides it wouldn't be fair if I was a hero and already knew the schematics of the building because of yesterday. So I'll be a villain."

The class looked confused as All Might then explained the trial of heroes vs villains with the bomb and every team will have 15 minutes to win before the trial is over. All Might was about to make people pick out of the box for teams when he suddenly heard, "WAITTTT!"

The class looked around to see Mei rushing in through the door and bouncing into Yosetsu and toppling him over as Sen, Setsuna, Togaru and Kosei laughed at his misery while Izuku snorted and Itsuka helped them both up.

"Yo Mei, did Power Loader give you the green light?" Izuku asked as Mei nodded furiously and gave a note to All Might from Power Loader.

"Power Loader said I can watch and take notes on how the babies work, so me and Izuku can upgrade them and deliver them to school tomorrow morning." Mei said with a grin as All Might nodded and accepted it, as David Shield had given him support gear before so he had no issue with it.

"Anyway, we shall choose our partners. Izuku, you can go first since you already know your role."

Izuku went up and put his hand into the box, and when he pulled out the name, he smiled and said, "Ibara Shiozaki."

Ibara walked up and Izuku nodded to her and said, "Let's have a good partnership."

Ibara nodded back and began praying, "May the lord bless us with victory on this fateful day."

"Alright, Juzo Honenuki, you can go next."

Juzo walked up and pulled out a name and read it aloud.

"Kojiro Bondo."

Bondo nodded in acceptance and they shook hands, as both of their quirks matched up well with each other. Eventually, all teams were made and on screen.

Team A: Izuku Akatani and Ibara Shiozaki

Team B: Juzo Honenuki and Kojiro Bondo

Team C: Setsuna Tokage and Togaru Kamakiri

Team D: Neito Monoma and Yosetsu Awase

Team E: Sen Kaibara and Kinoko Komori

Team F: Shihai Kuroiro and Itsuka Kendo

Team G: Hiryu Rin and Pony Tsunotori

Team H: Nirengeki Shoda and Jurota Shishida

Team I: Yui Kodai and Reiko Yanagi

Team J: Kosei Tsuburaba and Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu

"Alright, the first match of the day will be…" All Might created an added suspense factor as he made Mei pull two team names from a box as he exclaimed, "Team A as villains and Team B as heroes!"

The two teams both looked at one another, but there were two people the class focused on the most. Izuku and Juzo both looked at one another as challenging intent erupted off the two as their eyes glazed over. They both stared at each other as they both walked up to each other and stared the other down, not backing down as they both sent fists behind the other's head, air being pushed at the side of their ears.

All Might saw the tension in the room and almost made them put a stop to it when he saw them both grinning at the other. Izuku's body had a blue line around him as the floor beneath Juzo began to soften up. They then turned away from each other as Izuku and Ibara walked off, Juzo and Bondo right behind them.

"Damn, those two were not playing around. Makes me want to join the fight at any time. So manly!" Tetsutetsu exclaimed as Togaru nodded and said, "Those two are so fucking competitive, makes me think what will happen in their fight."

"Their fight hasn't even started yet, and I can feel the shock waves." Setsuna said as she wanted to join in on the fight as Neito thought to himself, "Juzo and Bondo on their own could cause problems for anyone that is fast, but both of them together is a nightmare matchup for anyone, especially Izuku. Bondo can choose how fast his glue dries up and Juzo can soften the ground at different speeds to catch someone off guard. Izuku needs to rely on his chaos attacks, as his speed won't help in this situation. Ibara also plays a huge part, as she will be the X-Factor."

"Great Rivalries don't have to be built on hatred. They're built on respect, on a respect for excellence."

-Mike Krzyzewski

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Juzo looked at the outside of the building and glanced at Bondo, who appeared to be doing the same thing as he was. They both looked at the windows and the main door as they saw the main hall and how tightly compact it was.

"Alright Bondo, we need a plan. We have the tools to neutralize Izuku's speed, as with your Glue and my Softening as well as the linear hallways, we can easily stop him in his tracks." Juzo said as he looked at Bondo, who mumbled quietly as he was quite timid, "We need to make sure that they don't force us outside so they have the upper-hand, we need to keep our focus intact." Juzo nodded and thought up a plan.

"Alright, so when we start, I will soften the ground and you will spread your glue on the walls. That way, Izuku won't be able to use any room for his speed as he can most likely run on walls due to his speed and velocity. He can run at the speed of sound at the bare minimum, and we both have perfect counters to his quirk. It's his energy that worries me, as he will fire off energy attacks that can and will hit and affect as shown by his Chaos Blast. Ibara also can be a problem, as she can control the way her vines move and the direction of their movement. They are enigmas." Juzo said as he tried to prepare for every possible contingency.

"What if Izuku tries to rush us immediately, from the roof or when on the top floors?" Bondo asked as Juzo responded with, "Well, we still go for the glue and softening of the first hallway. After that, you distract him and I make my way up, softening the ground so they can't follow me as I navigate to the weapon." Juzo finished with a final nod.

"We must do our best, even if it comes out as a loss." Juzo said with a serious face as Bondo nodded and they prepared for their trial to start.

"You don't get results by focusing on results. You get results by focusing on the actions that produce those results."

-Mike Hawkins

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Ibara had the bomb in her vines as she delivered it to the roof of the building and let it down nicely as she and Izuku began to think of a plan.

"Alright, nice job Ibara. That will keep Juzo looking as I'm sure he and Bondo are focusing on my speed for now and trying to find ways to neutralize it." He said with a nod as Ibara thought about it and said, "Will they end up tainting the ground with their gifts?"

Izuku took that as saying, 'will they use their quirk as an environmental hazard,' and nodded. "Most likely, they will end up softening the floor and walls of the hallways to reduce mobility and capture us as they progress further and further into the building. I also expect Juzo to seriously consider us rushing them off the bat and letting Bondo distract us while he rushes back in and takes the bomb for himself. With the bomb on the roof, we'll have extra time if he goes that route as neither can scale buildings with the quirk like we can, as you can swing and move with your vines and I can run on walls. You are the perfect counter to Juzo's quirk, so if he goes in on his own, follow him, using your vines to swing and make sure you don't touch the ground." He said as she questioned him, "What about yourself? What if I cannot defeat these sinners with my gift, what if I am incapacitated and left for defeat?"

Izuku shook his head and smiled, "I have a plan for that. I just can't show it yet. It's more of a surprise than anything else. Right now, we are luring them into the building. We both go down to the main floor, and after Juzo inevitably rushes in and leaves Bondo to try to capture me with his glue, you will swing back up as he wouldn't know you went back up, and I will stop Bondo from broadcasting that information. Hopefully, I can finish Bondo in time to help you if Juzo proves to be too much of a hassle for you. Besides, I won't leave you to get caught, I'll be there in a sonic boom." Izuku says as he put his hand out and spread it out as Ibara looks at him a bit bewildered, before slowly raising her own hand and pressing it against his hand, white energy wrapping around both hands as Ibara felt the warm, soothing energy of his hand pressing against hers and smiled while Izuku smiled as well as they both prepared for the upcoming fight.

"Before anything else, preparation is the key to success."

-Alexander Graham Bell

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"Ready…" Both teams tensed themselves and prepared for action. Izuku was in a running position, Ibara was praying, Juzo had his hands on the floor, and Bondo seeped glue out of his pours.

"START!" Glass shattered as Izuku rushed out of the building at high speed and got a glimpse of Juzo softening the floor of the hallway while Bondo shot glue onto the walls, both inside and outside of the building as Ibara brought her vines out and helped Izuku swing down so to not get caught by a softening trap by Juzo. Juzo heard the glass shatter and looked up to see Izuku's silhouette stalk them as his eyes glowed blue, illuminating his dark figure. Juzo immediately ran through the building, navigating through the softened ground with ease as Bondo shot glue at Izuku's landing spot, to which he ultimately dodged.

"Ibara, Juzo is heading inside and converging on your location at running speed. Bondo is outside with me, trying to lock me in place." Izuku immediately notified her of the situation at hand while Bondo tried to talk to Juzo, but Izuku sped towards him and threw a right hook that Bondo tried to block, but turned out to be a feint as Izuku faked him out and sent an underhook punch directly into his stomach. Bondo pushed through the massive pain he felt in that area and sprayed glue all around the area, keeping Izuku's range of mobility low to see his movements better as they could become more linear with the limited amount of area he has. Izuku jumped back immediately as Bondo made a circle of glue around him so he could recuperate. Izuku saw this and jumped into the air, then boosted forward in mid-air with blue aura surrounding him as Bondo looked up to see Izuku stomp the area and he got sent back due to the shock waves of wind that carried him far.

"Jump Dash and Power Stomp, always a great combo." He thought as he looked at Bondo and avoided a shot of glue as Bondo continued his onslaught while also feeling the pain of the attacks Izuku landed on him. Bondo eventually kneed and Izuku saw that the whole area was filled with glue, and everywhere he stepped, he would've been caught and stuck. Bondo slid on his glue as he sent a punch at Izuku, wanting to take down the powerhouse.

Proving Strong

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Ibara heard the shots of glue from Izuku's mic as she turned it off and knew he was going to be taking care of Bondo for quite some time. She looked around and saw that her vines had encompassed the whole room as she barricaded the door, creating a trap for Juzo when he eventually walked on so she could easily trap him. She felt her shoes start to sink in the floor and brought herself up using her vines, holding herself in the air as she saw spirals on the floor and Juzo rise through, looking around and finally seeing her right above him. She sent her vines right at him, but he sunk back down the floor and evaded. Ibara frowned and said to Izuku, "Juzo has begun his assault on our sacred grounds. If you can, please make it in time to defend our land." She heard Izuku grunt and assumed it was a yes as the walls began to dissolve as she knew Juzo was on her floor.

Juzo bursted into the room through some vines as he jumped and tried to capture Ibara with the capture tape, but she moved to the side and sent vines after him, to which he just went back into the ground and once again avoided her.

"Bondo, the weapon is not in the room, how is the defense going?" He asked quietly so he wouldn't alert Ibara as he heard Bondo grunt from an attack as he said, "I've spread my glue around the entire area, so he won't be able to escape. I'll try to capture him now." Juzo nodded and then saw the vines of Ibara that went through the floor and pulled on them. Ibara felt the pull and dragged her vines up, bringing Juzo along with them. He jumped and brought out the capture tape as she immediately tried to catch him off guard and wrap him, but he let go and went into a wall.

"You will not invade my land without a valid reason." Ibara said as she tried to get in character for a villain as Juzo jumped through some vines and almost got a grip of her arm with the tape., but just missed as she was nearly caught off guard. He went back into the ground and tried more and more to get her caught.

Holding Down the Fortress

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The class watched with varying faces as they all witnessed the two separate matches going on. Bondo was trying to put Izuku into a corner with his glue as Izuku continued to get out, and Juzo was getting closer and closer to capturing Ibara as she tried to hold down the room as well as keep the bomb on the roof as Juzo had softened it. Neito watched as Izuku continued to escape Bondo's clutches as the space in which he could move was getting reduced as Bondo sprayed his glue over the walls of other buildings, telephone poles, and the street.

"Bondo has to attack now, he's in a prime position to defeat Izuku and capture him. Ibara is holding off Juzo well, but there's only so much she can do with some vines holding up the bomb and her trying to keep Juzo at bay." He then looked to see the class having a discussion about it and Togaru ask him, "Yo Neito, what the fuck can the villains do in this situation?"

Neito thought about it and replied with, "Izuku needs to get free, but Bondo is focusing solely on him. Bondo chose to stop him and him alone. Izuku needs to find a way up to the building and get Bondo off of his back." He said with a nod as Setsuna then replied with, "But surely Bondo knows he can capture him with little space right."

"It won't work, as Bondo knows Izuku beats him in close combat. You saw how Bondo reacted to the feint by Izuku. He is trying to keep his distance while going at the point where if Izuku moves one step, Bondo can get him with glue and get him stuck." Itsuka pointed out with a serious look as Hiryu continued with, "Izuku knows this however, and he doesn't seem to be fazed by Bondo's plan. I feel as if he has a plan to get past Bondo and make him drop his guard."

The class nodded, and All Might thought crestfallen to himself, "They are even more focused on the battle than 1A was. I can't teach anything!" He then shouted that 5 minutes were remaining and watched as the battle ramped up even more.

"Wow, the baby for the glue guy will be so good!" Mei said as the class raised an eyebrow at her carelessness to the battle going on as she just focused inventions.

Time For A Change of Pace

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Bondo heard 5 minutes remaining, and started sliding on his glue even more as Izuku jumped from free space to free space, trying hard not to get caught by Bondo.

"Well, there's only so many places left, and hopefully he realizes so I can surprise him in the end." Izuku suppressed a smirk as Bondo shot glue towards the empty spaces as Izuku stood in a circle, the only free space left.

"Now, let's go villain." He whispered as he prepared to encase Izuku and get him stuck, when he couldn't get glue out of his body.

"No, I ran out of my fluid." He thought to himself panicked for a moment, but Izuku could see the distress on his face and smirked, knowing that his plan worked. He pressed the button on his shoe as Bondo tried to slide in with the capture tape as time slowed down between the two as Bondo tried to wrap Izuku, but Izuku grabbed the tape and unwinded it, wrapping Bondo in his own tape as he twisted around in a fluid motion and flipped over Bondo as he tried to jump him, swinging him into the ground with his capture tape as All Might's voice finally brought them back to reality.

"Kojiro Bondo has been captured! Hero Team, One remaining. 3 minutes left in the trial!"

Bondo looked crazed for a moment before figuring out he lost, but he was able to entrap Izuku in his glue either way, so all Juzo needed to do was win. He turned around to see Izuku standing still, hovering off the ground with his shoes glowing with yellow lights on the bottom.

"Shit, I was nearly captured there for a second. Bondo, you really surprised me there, almost had me beat." Izuku said with a relieved sigh as his shoes had barely transformed before he got into the glue zone. Izuku then hovered into the building as he boosted in, sliding like ice skates as Bondo held a sigh at how he was so close to victory, but gave it away at the last second by getting too carried away with his glue.

Carelessness Spells Defeat

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"Shit, Bondo was captured. I have to hope that Bondo got Izuku in his glue, since he can't communicate with me right now." Juzo then looked to see Ibara talking, but he couldn't make out what she was saying.

"Ibara, I'm coming to the top floor right now. Do you still have the bomb secure?" Izuku asked over the communicator as Ibara replied hastily with, "Yes, but I have little time before my strength fades away from me. The land shark continues to attack without a moment's notice, and I can't defend our land for much longer."

Ibara looked to see Juzo making a jump for her wall vines and sent more vines to capture him, but he grabbed onto those vines and shot himself into the roof as she tried desperately to keep him in the room. Juzo got free as he saw the bomb being held up by vines coming through the roof. He grabbed onto those vines and climbed up as Ibara tried to get her vines through the roof, but Juzo softened it even more as they were stopped in their tracks by the quicksand-like roof as she grew more and more tired.

"With this, you villains are defeated." Juzo jumped and tried to press his hand against the bomb, but was tackled in mid air back towards the roof as both him and the person who tackled him fell through the roof and back into Ibara's room.

"Don't think you are going to win that easily, you almost had us there." Juzo looked at the person with a pained look on his face from the strong tackle as he saw Izuku, hovering above ground with his shoes glowing a yellow light.

"Damn it, you escaped from Bondo. I'm guessing those shoes allowed you to get off the ground?" Juzo asked a rhetorical question as he saw the stress Ibara was under.

"Ibara, you can let go of the bomb, I'll finish this fight, you've done great." Izuku said as he ignored Juzo's question for now and Ibara let the bomb down as she hung herself up in mid-air. Izuku skating towards Juzo as they both jumped towards one another, the bomb falling through the roof slowly.

Juzo tried to use Izuku to jump towards the bomb, but Izuku caught his attempt and threw him towards the wall, encasing him in Ibara's vines as Izuku then used the capture tape to lock him up.

"Juzo Honenuki has been captured. Villain Team, WINS!"

Juzo looked down in discomfort as he lost, but then looked up and saw Izuku holding his hand out in respect.

"You did way better than what the team I faced against in Class 1A did. Plus, it was an awesome plan softening the ground behind you and covering the walls with Bondo's glue so I wouldn't be able to get up here. You deserve your recommended ranking. I would have lost if it wasn't for Ibara, so learn from this loss and next time when we fight again, use that to drive you."

Juzo nodded in respect. He knew how to take a loss and respected his opponent too much to act like a sore loser. He grabbed Izuku's hand as he propped him up, both staring at the other with the respect plain as day on their faces as they kept their challenging looks, knowing that their rivalry was only just getting started.

Izuku then looked at Ibara and saw the way she was falling as her vines went back, so he caught her in mid-air and held her up by her shoulders.

"You did amazing, Ibara. You deserve MVP way more than I do, you put in the most work." He said with words of encouragement as Ibara caught her breath and said, "The lord has blessed us with victory today, may we continue to experience success as we move forward." Izuku nodded as they both smiled at each other and Izuku helped Ibara walk outside as they all saw Bondo clean up his glue and apologize to Juzo, which he ultimately accepted as their loss was on the team, not on one person. Bondo was helped back to the room by Juzo, and Ibara by Izuku as they made it back to the room and sat down as All might asked, "Well class, who was the MVP of that trial?"

"Everyone was the MVP. They all did their tasks extremely well. Bondo held Izuku back until the very end, Izuku captured both Bondo and saved the game when he tackled and then captured Juzo, who also deserves praise for how close he was to winning as well as Ibara, who defended herself and the bomb from Juzo until the very end. Each did their part in the trial, and in the end it was a tossup to who would win." Itsuka said as everyone nodded as they all agreed with her sentiment.

Izuku gave a thumbs up as he sat down with Ibara, making sure she had a window seat to get a bit of sunlight for her as Mei handed her a bottle of water.

"You with the vines, you can have an amazing bay added onto you." Ibara looked understandably disgusted as Izuku then said, "Don't worry Ibara, baby is what she calls an invention. She's not talking about actual babies." He said with a chuckle as Ibara then nodded and Mei apologized for her obliviousness.

"Thank you for your guidance during that fight. It was a true test of my abilities and I know what I now need to strive for." Ibara said as she looked at her vines on her hair after drinking the water and basking in the sunlight.

"It's fine Ibara, just doing my job as your partner and making sure we win. Isn't that the main goal of ours, victory?" He said with a smile as she then looked at him and asked, "May I feel that blessed energy from before?"

"You mean my healing energy, sure. It doesn't heal anyone besides myself yet, but I'm going to get lessons and improve it from just bruises." Izuku put his hand out in an open palm as white energy seeped out of his hand as Ibara put her hand on his with innocence on her face, not noticing the looks they were getting from the class as they did this.

"Your energy is warm, just like the sunlight we have pressing against us." She looked at his face as he then explained to her how his healing worked as they continued to sit down as the class looked at them.

"So Manly!" Tetsutetsu said as some boys nodded sagely and Itsuka karate-chopped them.

"What were those shoes you used against us? When did you make them?" Juzo asked as Izuku looked at his shoes and saw the return to their original state.

"Those were my Rocket Skates. They're an upgraded version of my normal shoes as they allow me to stay off the ground and keep all of my speed. I made sure that Bondo wasted all of his glue before using these, as if I used them before. He would've followed me up the building and made sure that you knew I was coming. I had to defeat him on the ground first to not raise suspicion from you." Izuku glanced at Bondo and said, "I made the Rocket Skates on my own some time ago, since I would always travel using my quirk instead of planes, so I would use them to go over the ocean." Juzo nodded and said, "How did you get up to the roof in order to tackle me?"

"It was crazy shroom! He ran up the side of the building like it was no trouble." Kinoko said as Jurota added, "It was a very devious plan, to waste Bondo's supply for blindsiding you at the last possible second and making sure you are unfocused enough at the end to capture you."

Tetsutetsu then exclaimed, "Both of you were so intense. It felt like you two were going to fight straight up!"

Juzo and Izuku both looked at each other and knew what the other was thinking. Then Izuku explained, "If we were to go against each other now, our grade would be diminished. This was a team effort, not a singular battle. Two people in Class 1A decided they were going to hold a fight between each other to see who was stronger, and both suffered in their grades because of it."

"Plus, we have another way of meeting in battle, so I'm not going to lose sleep over it." Juzo said as Izuku knew what he was referring to.

The Sports Festival

Both looked at each other and the intent rolled off of them again, knowing it wouldn't be the last time they clashed.

"They are truly passionate about this. It reminds me a lot of Young Mirio and his friend Toya." All Might thought as he then pulled two more teams from the box and said, "Next Trial, Team D as heroes and Team C as villains!"

Togaru looked straight at Yosetsu with an evil grin as Setsuna winked at Neito, who shook his head and looked to see Izuku giving him a thumbs up, and then looked at Yui who gave him a slight nod.

"Well Neito, let's win this thing." Yosetsu fist-bumped with Neito as Setsuna looked at Togaru and said, "Let's go take down these villains."

"Good luck you four, may the best team win." Izuku said as all four reapplied with, "Don't worry, we intend to."

The class snorted as both teams guaranteed certain victory and they walked off.

"Well class, any thoughts before their match?" All Might asked the class as Itsuka responded with, "Both teams have their significant strengths and weaknesses. Yosetsu holds an advantage over Togaru, because he can weld anything at an atomic level and Togaru's blades can be used against him. Setsuna can dispatch Yosetsu due to the fact his welding can't work against living beings, and Neito can be useful against anyone as long as he gets a hold of somebody and copies their quirk."

"That's my future class president!" Izuku shouted at the rest of the class all nodded and Itsuka began to blush and stammer.

"Is he wrong though?" Kosei said with a smirk as Itsuka chopped him in embarrassment.

Becoming a Leader

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"Alright Neito, how should we defend the bomb?" Yosetsu asked him as he looked around the large room.

"Weld the walls around the bomb, that way they'd have to bust the walls open in order to touch it." Yosetsu complied, and Neito lifted the bomb up and Yosetsu welded the walls around it as it was hung up.

"I think I should take care of Togaru. His blades would be nullified if I were to get a hold of them, and I can trap him by welding him to the ground with my armor plates." Yosetsu said as Neito nodded and said, "Togaru most likely will head towards you as well, considering the grin he sent you. I think Setsuna might back him up though, so I'll back you up. Setsuna will know to attack you and catch you off guard, so I'll be there to help in case things go sour and she attacks you. Plus, with my copied quirk, I think we will be good." Neito then told Yosetsu about the quirk and he nodded, finishing the final plan as they both looked at the door, grins on both of their faces.

"The Best Defense is a Good Offense."

-Jack Dempsey

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Setsuna's head floated in mid-air, watching the two talk and seeing that the bomb was still in the room, before joining back together with her body and flipping back down to the floor where Togaru was waiting for her.

"Alright, so Yosetsu welded the bomb into the wall and now they are guarding it, not planning to split up from each other." Setsuna said with a grin as Togaru also grinned dangerously as blades came out of his hands.

"Alright, we are going to confront them together then. If they are not splitting up, we respond with the same fucking hospitality." He said as both of them grinned.

"No doubt about that, but make sure you don't get caught by Yosetsu. His quirk can counter your blades. Neito also might touch you and take your quirk, so prepare for that and try to shake him off your tail." Togaru nodded excitedly as he nearly ran in on impulse due to the excitement he was feeling as Setsuna just chuckled.

"Well then, LET'S GO TAKE THESE FUCKING VILLAINS DOWN!" Togaru yelled out as Setsuna smirked and they both prepared to run inside.

"The Trial Has Commenced!" Togaru bolted inside the building, dragging his blades across the wall as Setsuna followed him in, running faster as she took the lead and split her arms as they floated in front of her. Slash marks were created on the walls as Yosetsu and Neito heard the blades going against the walls as they tensed themselves for a fight.

"Here they come, get ready for a fight." Neito said as Yosetsu nodded and tightened his fists.

Neito started sprinting down the hallway, Yosetsu right behind him as Setsuna and Togaru came up another flight of stairs. Both teams saw each other at the end of the hallway, Neito and Setsuna sprinting first as both rushed the other with no fear in their eyes, Neito with a serious look on his face as Setsuna grinned and sent her fists at him as Neito saw this and created an air wall that blocked the arms from getting any closer.

"Thanks Kosei, you really did me a favor when you granted my request." Neito grinned at Setsuna, who had a shocked look on her face as Togaru sped past her and cut through the air as Yosetsu blocked it with his armor plates and welded the blade and armor together, removing Togaru's blade from his hands.

Catching the Opponent Off-Guard

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"Kosei, that's your quirk, right? Why is Neito using it?" Sen asked as the class witnessed Neito blocking Setsuna's first attack.

Kosei looked at the screen and saw Neito with a smirk on his face, and smirked to himself. "He owes me one."

The class knew they weren't going to get any answers out of Kosei and watched as Togaru cut through the air and then was overwhelmed by Yosetsu.

"The solid steel being welded by Awase is instrumental to the Villain Team's true victory. They are starting off well in the trial." Reiko said with a small nod as Yui nodded and looked at Neito, who had a wide smirk on his face as he jumped and made an air platform in mid-air, dodging more punches sent by Setsuna as her body split into more pieces.

The class then heard writing as they turned to see Mei drawing many new designs in her notepad as Izuku looked on and gave her some tips.

"No no, you don't make a suit with holes in it, that'd just look dumb. You have to create a suit that the blades can pass through, a semipermeable baby." Izuku said to her as she jotted down notes as All Might coughed and got their attention as Mei said, "Don't worry All Might, sir. We are just jotting down ideas for the new babies!" Izuku laughed as Itsuka yelled at him for not paying attention as he said, "Don't worry. I was paying attention the whole time, Mei just wanted my help on what to do for Togaru's quirk because he was a person who asked for an upgrade. Trust me, I wouldn't miss Neito's trial." He said with a grin as Juzo and Ibara confirmed it for All Might as he nodded and they looked back to see Togaru cut across Yosetsu's armor plate, doing a spin in mid-air as blades appeared around his joints as he tried to get Yosetsu before Neito created a dense air-wall between the two to create space as he avoided Setsuna's combo as she sent multiple body parts to attack him.

"Neito has a time limit though, Kosei's quirk won't last him for the whole trial. He'll have to copy one of theirs in the middle of their match, and they all know this." Itsuka said as Juzo said, "He has the combat skills to not get caught. He came 2nd in the quirk tests after all."

Neito punched Setsuna's leg back as he dodged multiple body parts aiming for his face as he rolled out of the way and did a backflip after a handstand. He had his hand pressed on the floor as Setsuna's body parts were kept out of range as they couldn't break through. He took deep breaths as his lung capacity was being put to the test as Yosetsu took a knee beside him. Slash marks all over his outfit as Setsuna joined back together and Togaru appeared next to her, slash marks over his costume as well.

"Yosetsu, my time limit is now. Get Togaru in position." Neito said as Kosei's quirk ran out of time due to him copying it during Izuku's match and not right before the start of his. Yosetsu nodded and Togaru made a beeline towards them as Setsuna tried to get him to stop, feeling that a trap was coming as she sent her arms to defend her partner.

"Take this you fucking villains" Togaru slashed downward as Yosetsu used his final armor plate to weld Togaru's blade to it, and then Neito touched the bladed hand and then grew a blade out of his shoulder as Setsuna retracted her arms after grabbing Togaru,

"Damnit, he has your quirk now. He no longer has Kosei's quirk, so his defense has diminished. But his offense has now increased dramatically, Togaru, watch out." Togaru nodded as he focused and made sure this was a team effort. Setsuna sent her legs as Togaru carried her and then Neito cut the legs, but they quickly regenerated and were sent back to her without a moment's notice.

"Neito, defend me while I weld them down." Yosetsu said seriously as they both ran towards the two heroes as Setsuna and Togaru stood their ground. Togaru and Neito both rushed each other as blades collided and sparks flew across the hall as they got into a deadlock. Neito jumped all around with his bladed hands as he spun in mid-air, as Togaru created multiple blades to counter Neito's ferocity in terms of spinning with the blades, using them as small daggers. Blue sparks emanated from the two as they got into a dangerous dance, not letting up on their attacks and making sure they weren't hit as Togaru got more and more caught up by Neito's creative ways to use the blades and he eventually got welded to the ground by Yosetsu, who then got gut punched and then kicked in the face by Setsuna's body parts as Neito hastily tied up Togaru before Setsuna was able to tie up Yosetsu.

"Both Togaru Kamakiri and Yosetsu Awase have been eliminated. 1 minute remaining." All Might's voice rang out as Setsuna got past Neito and ran towards the bomb as Neito sprinted after her, blades marking the halls with scars as he sped towards her. She jumped at the bomb, but was thrown back down as Neito's shadow loomed over her and pinned her down with two blades against her neck. She split up her body and sent parts to destroy Yosetsu's welded wall as she tried desperately to break the wall as Neito spun and slashed, making sure she wasn't able to get through. Cracks began to form in the wall as Neito kept up his guard, not letting her past as he stood right below the bomb, a freezing glare on his face along with a wicked smile.

"You will not get past me."

"10 seconds remaining!" Setsuna got up and jumped towards Neito, sending a right hook as he retracted the blades and grabbed her arm and pulled her into the ground.

"5" Setsuna smirked as she sent a finger towards the bomb, Neito unaware as he kept her eyes on her.

"Villain Team, WINS!" Setsuna widened her eyes as she thought they had won the fight, before she looked and saw her finger was being held in the palm of a hand, and Neito was missing one.

"You took my quirk at the last second, didn't you?" Setsuna asked with a tired frown as he smirked and said, "Should've looked closer when I retracted the blades. I cut a part of your suit and quickly touched the cut spot and copied your quirk for a split second. It was too close for comfort." He said with a tired sigh as he helped her up and she smirked tiredly at him, "I should be mad that I lost. But you outplayed me today, man, so you and Yosetsu both deserve it."

"Just because you lost doesn't mean you didn't deserve it. You're one of the most skilled in this class and you would've won if I didn't copy your quirk in the end, plus Togaru and his aggressiveness with your mind made it really hard to defend. I was lucky that Kosei was nice enough to let me copy his quirk."

"You're damn right my aggressiveness helped, we pushed you two to the fucking limit." Setsuna and Neito both looked to see Togaru and Yosetsu at the door.

"Nice job Neito, you pulled through in the end man. Reminds me of the Entrance Exam." Yosetsu said with a laugh as Neito laughed and said, "Trust me man, without you I would've lost this fight, no doubt. You got Togaru in the end and gave me enough time to defend the bomb."

"Setsuna, my bad on not listening to you for some of that. I just get amped up during a fight." Togaru remarked as Setsuna had a sharp grin and shrugged, "Water under the bridge. Besides, it's not like I wasn't excited either, so you're good." They both fist bumped as they all made their way back to the control room.

"Alright Class, Young Monoma and Awase were both the MVP's, who wants to explain why." All Might asked the class as Shoda said, "They were both the MVP because they came with a plan to defend the bomb the whole time without letting up. Yosetsu gets props for taking down Togaru with a sacrifice attack and Neito defended the bomb for a whole minute with his different quirks as Setsuna had one flaw, not noticing Neito copied her quirk in the end. Togaru made the mistake of getting too caught up in the battle and not focusing on capturing." Togaru nodded with a sigh as he realized that fact, Setsuna facepalmed while thinking about how she couldn't see Neito's last second copy as Yosetsu and Neito fist-bumped each other.

"Yes, great work Young Shoda!" Shoda felt smothered under the praise of the Symbol of Peace as All Might then continued, "Now for the next team…"

The trials went on and on as more and more teams went. Itsuka and Kuroiro as heroes defeated Tetsutetsu and Kosei as villains, Jurota and Shoda as villains defeated Sen and Kinoko as heroes, and Yui and Reiko as heroes tied with Rin and Pony as villains as Yui touched the bomb as she was captured by Rin.

The class walked back to the locker room as some were feeling the effects of their matches.

"Damn, Itsuka hits hard." Kosei whined as he had his head rattled by a punch from Itsuka's big fist. "You're not kidding, plus Kuroiro really took over with his darkness, can't believe I lost like that." Tetsutetsu said from the showers.

"If yours was bad, you should've felt Jurota's punches when in his beast form and Shoda's Twin Impact. Both were brutal." Sen said while rubbing his arms as Shoda apologized and Jurota smirked.

"I apologize for how rough I was during the trial, it's just that I get more beast-like as time goes on." Jurota said as he bowed.

"It's cool, man, you just hit hard." Sen said with a laugh as Izuku said, "I could tell that he could grow even larger. You're lucky he had limited space to grow into his beast-state." Sen paled as he imagined himself getting slammed into the ground by King Kong.

"Izuku bro, you were a badass with those hover shoes of yours. You pulled a fast one on Juzo and Bondo at the end there." Yosetsu said with a thumbs up as Izuku returned it, "Thanks man, but don't sleep on Juzo and Bondo either. They were a perfect trapping team and I would've lost easily had it not been for the shoes." Juzo and Bondo both appreciated the praise as Juzo said, "It was a good match, just be prepared for the result to change."

Izuku then looked at some of the boys and said, "By the way, Mei has some upgrades in mind for you. Togaru, we are going to keep your design the same, but make the costume able to let your blades pass through without ripping, so they protrude through your clothes." Togaru grinned and nodded as Izuku then looked towards Jurota, "We also have a design for you, making stretchable armor that increases in size along with your beast state." Jurota's glasses gleamed as he nodded. "Sen, we're going to give you some type of rotation device that speeds your gyrating up and reduces the limit, and many more." Sen nodded as the rest of the boys grew excited.

"Thanks Kosei, for your quirk there." Neito said with a gloved handshake as Kosei shook it and said, "it's no problem man, just helping someone out, it's what a hero has to do." They both laughed as Rin then asked, "I have a question though. Izuku, what was up with you and Ibara? She kept pressing her hand on yours and it looked really confusing from our perspective." Izuku shrugged and said, "She wanted to feel my healing energy, the white one that was released from my hand. It wasn't like there was any intent. Plus I just let her do her own thing. I could've done a fist bump, she just preferred that way."

"So you're telling me you didn't have any thoughts?" Kosei said with a raised eyebrow as Izuku snorted and said, "Any perverted thoughts, no. I want to get to know girls before I go out with them and I just started to learn more about her, plus there's the fact that she might not react to any relationship right now as she is very religious, so if anything goes forward it relies on her. Get your mind out of the gutter." He added on a dangerous grin as Kosei flinched and Neito smirked.

"Besides, I saw another person in our group staring at one of the girls, so don't think I don't know who you are." He said with a maniacal cackle as the rest of the boys looked at each other, each looking worried for their fellow brethren. Kuroiro avoided eye contact while Neito didn't care, as Izuku already knew about him and Yui.

The girls and the boys all met up with each other as they all got out of the locker rooms and walked back to class, and as they went in saw Kan at his desk reading a book.

"I see you all are back from All Might's classes. I saw all the footage, so I know how all of you did, and I want to say I'm proud of everyone for how they did, as no one did poorly." The class cheered as Kan then said, "Now today is the day you pick a Class President. We were supposed to do it for tomorrow, but we have a field trip tomorrow, so we shall choose now." Izuku and Neito both looked at each other and grinned while the class talked to each other about the field trip.

"Now I want you to choose three people for a Class President, Vice President, and Secretary. You will have three votes to choose, and you pick three people out of this class, and a disclaimer, you can't vote for Akatani. He was already disqualified from the voting as he is in two hero course classes. You also can't vote for yourself, because it's too obvious." Izuku nodded as the class began to vote on who the three positions should be filled by.

The results came up later, with Kan counting the votes and saying with a smirk, "Wow, this is one of the first times we have ever had a unanimous vote for Class President not including themselves." The class was on the same wavelength as they all looked towards Itsuka as the results were revealed.

Class President: Itsuka Kendo, 19 votes. Neito Monoma, 1 vote.

Vice President: Nirengeki Shoda, 8 votes. Jurota Shishida, 7 votes. Neito Monoma, 5 Votes.

Secretary: Jurota Shishida, 8 Votes. Neito Monoma, 4 Votes. Setsuna Tokage, 3 votes. Hiryu Rin, 3 votes. Yosetsu Awase, 2 votes.

"Class President is Itsuka Kendo, Vice President is Nirengeki Shoda, and Secretary is Jurota Shishida. Congrats, you three."

"Speech, Speech Speech!" Izuku, Setsuna and Pony all yelled out together as some of the class followed them until a chant was conceived.

"Well, I promise I will help make decisions for this class, both training and work wise, as well as help the teacher with any type of seating and work issues, and any problems that students have will be dealt with by me. Thank you for choosing me, I won't let any of you down!" Itsuka fist pumped as the Class did the same, each giving their support for their new big sister.

Lunch then started, and the class flooded into the cafeteria as Izuku went to go meet up with Hitoshi.

"Yo you guys, how was voting for Class President?" Izuku exclaimed after sitting next to Ojiro and Kaminari.

"It was hectic considering Mr. Aizawa left us to the wolves. But we picked Yaoyorozu as our president, Yagi as our Vice-President, and Iida as the secretary." Ojiro said with a shrug.

"Damn, Hitoshi isn't going to get any sleep anymore with Iida on his case." Izuku snickered as Kaminari laughed and said, "Trust me, Iida was on his ass every single time he put his head down. It was glorious." They both laughed as Hitoshi nearly slammed his head on the lunch table.

"Who were picked for 1B, I swear if Neito was chosen." Hitoshi said with a grunt as Izuku said, "Itsuka was picked for Class President by everyone else. Nirengeki Shoda was picked for Vice-President, and Jurota Shishida was picked for Secretary. Mr. Kan gave us directions on how to vote, so it was probably much easier for us to vote in 1B." Izuku said with a laugh as Kirishima and Kaminari both said, "Of course Itsuka was president."

Mineta then grabbed Kaminari and asked him, "Is Itsuka this voluptuous female, with great curves and an amazing pair of melons?!" Ojiro's tail then hit him on the head again as Kirishima chopped him.

"Don't mind him, he's been trying to keep his perverted thoughts in check as he was warned by Aizawa that if he doesn't clean up his act, he'll be demoted to General Studies." Ojiro said as Shoji nodded.

"By the way Tokoyami, Mei has finished the design for an improved costume for you, so we will get that done today." Tokoyami crossed his arms and nodded, "Revelry in the Dark,."

Izuku then got up and went to get his lunch again, this time settling for Chilli Dogs as he walked to Mirio's table, walking into a skinny man with blond hair.

"Oh shoot, hello Mr. Yagi, I didn't know you worked at UA."

Toshinori looked and saw Izuku standing there with his tray and lightly smiled.

"Hello Young Izuku, sorry for bumping into you like that. I was just coming to get my daughter, and I didn't know where she was."

Izuku pointed to a table at Class 1A's section and said, "Over there, Nozomi will be sitting with both Iida and Uraraka. I thought you two were related when you had the same last name, so you bagged Green Psion, nice." Izuku said with a thumbs up as Toshinori coughed up blood at the joke.

"I beg you don't mention that to anyone." He said with a cough as Izuku laughed and said, "I have no one to tell, anyway. So your secret is safe with…"

WRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

An alarm sound pounded against their ears as the first years all looked confused, but then the second and third years all began to panic and run, unintentionally causing the first years to panic as well as the cafeteria turned into a war zone. People falling and tripping as Izuku created a Chaos Shield and protected both him and Toshinori from the oncoming stampede of students.

"Thank you for that Young Izuku. This alarm is for the school to alert that people not authorized to come in have gotten past the gate. I need to go help my fellow teachers!" Toshinori stated as Izuku nodded and grabbed Toshinori's arm, and sped towards the front gate as time stopped and a blue blur ran to the outside gate as both he and Toshinori stopped to see reporters running into the courtyard.

"Reporters got into the school. How can this be, the gate is supposed to be impenetrable." Toshinori stated while debating on whether or not to turn into All Might before Izuku tugged at his arm and pointed to the gate.

"Well, a gate can't be impenetrable, if there is no gate to be closed." Toshinori's eyes widened as he saw the gate, or what was left of it as the sides were all rusted and destroyed as reporters continued to rush in.

"I have to go help my classes in the cafe Mr. Yagi, I'll be right back." Izuku boosted back into the school as he ran on the side of the walls, dodging the sea of students as he made it back to the cafe and saw both 1A and 1B and Mei in the sea of students. They saw him in the air as he then yelled, "Momo, give me a megaphone!"

Momo immediately threw him a megaphone as his voice rang out to the whole cafe.

"YO, ALL OF YOU, CALM DOWN." The students all saw Izuku on the roof, hanging onto the lights as he yelled out, "REPORTERS GOT INTO THE SCHOOL! THERE ARE NO VILLAINS, STAY CIVILIZED AND CALM YOURSELVES DOWN!"

The students looked at the windows and saw the reporters and how they were being handled by Aizawa, Present Mic and Midnight as they proceeded to the exits, much more calmly as Izuku dropped in a crouched position in front of his classes and said, "I hate reporters sometimes. Yagi, your dad was looking for you before the alarm happened, he's outside with the other teachers. All of us need to leave though." The two classes both nodded as Itsuka and Momo both got them into lines as they filed out of the cafe, Izuku talking with his group about what happened.

"Wait, so the gate was destroyed?" Setsuna asked as Izuku nodded and said, "It didn't get blown up or anything of the sorts. It looked like it was decayed, as the sides were all rusted and falling apart."

"How did reporters do this? Aren't they aware that this is a crime?" Iida cried out as Hitoshi said, "It probably either was someone in the reporters looking to stir trouble, or…" The rest of them figured it out as Izuku nodded with a serious look on his face, "Yeah, a villain broke down the walls. They could've used the reporters as a distraction and got into the school."

Nezu and all the UA teachers stood in front of the destroyed gate, Aizawa with a massive glare as Nezu stood on his head and cackled with a grin on his face.

"Well, if that isn't a declaration of war, I don't know what is."

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Notes:

My question for the day is what is your favorite Sonic OST? Mine is easily Windmill Isle from Unleashed and Rooftop Run/Crisis City from Generations and Frog Forest from Heroes.

Izuku's relationship: It won't be a harem, just a male and female. I want it to not be a complete foregone conclusion though. I have a pretty good idea of who its going to be, but I won't shy away from one of two alternatives if the story goes with a certain flow. I think you can figure out who the girls are.

Izuku's Rivalries: I want to be a good mix of respectfulness, but also challenging. Juzo is a person I feel can seriously rival Izuku, as their quirks both counter each other. Bakugo wants to bring him down, proving that he is the strongest. Nozomi wants to be the best, and she can prove that by beating him, and I will eventually bring Todoroki in as a rival as well. Mirio is someone that I feel can truly challenge him, same with Toya. Neito and Hitoshi are brothers to him, so of course there is going to be sibling rivalry between them.

Shinso and Bakugo's talk: I feel that this is still within Bakugo's character, as he told Todoroki that he shouldn't have declared war on the wrong person in the race. I feel as if Bakugo would have more respect for Shinso than Canon-Izuku, as there is one factor that separates the two, their quirks, or rather Izuku's lack of one. Bakugo in canon hated Izuku for trying to be a hero without a quirk as well as saving him from the river, but here Shinso has a quirk, but it's not well-liked due to it having the villainous label by some of his classmates. There is also the fact that Bakugo never thought that Shinso "lied" about not having a quirk, so Bakugo respects him for not taking that label and falling beneath the pressure, but still hates him for trying to be better than him and wants to smash his pride. Bakugo and Monoma will be having their talk in an upcoming chapter.

Next chapter has the USJ attack, and Izuku finding out about All Might. I can't wait to write a cool-uncle/nephew relationship between the two instead of the father/son one they have.