"Alright you bunch of newbies! Listen up and listen up good! Today's gonna be a bigger exercise than the last, and I'll expect you all to listen and listen good! Today all of you, as your respective teams, are going to go out into the Emerald Forest for a hunt! You won't be hunting relics this time though... you'll be hunting Grimm!" Izuku heard a chatter break out as Toshinori flashed that smile of his. "Using your Scrolls as cameras, you all will be expected to snap a Team Photo of you all having taken down the largest Grimm you can find. This is the only way to make sure that you all have proof of your hunts for, as you know, the Grimm dissolve on death. The goal of this exercise is to find the largest Grimm that you can find, kill it and then snap that picture. The bigger the Grimm, the better your grade…"

"Now, to be clear, I'm not expecting you all to go out and try to find some Elder Grimm for the sake of this exercise. That's suicidal and foolish. Instead, there's a range; if you come back with no pictures snapped, you fail. Killing and snapping a picture of a young Nevermore will get you points but... well, you won't like your grade. A Beowolf is considered a C. You'll pass but it'll be considered average. From there we scale up until we get to an Ursa Major, snapping a picture of its corpse with your team in frame for comparison will net you an A. If you happen to find anything bigger than you can kill safely, consider that extra credit…"

"That being said, if you bite off more than you can chew, I or another teacher will jump in to help you and get you out of the forest. You'll fail but you'll live. The purpose of today's exercise is both to test your ability to find, identify and track pray and then take down that pray. A good tracker should be able to find out both the general species of the Grimm he's pursuing and its relative size, which means that you shouldn't stumble into anything too dangerous unless you go looking for it. This is all about understanding your limits and finding the pray to suit those limits. It will also prepare you for future Seek and Destroy missions in the future where you'll need to track down your specific targets without getting too caught up in the more general Grimm ecosystem. No point in wasting energy on small fries when your main threat is still out there somewhere, after all." Toshinori laughed slightly as everyone nodded in understanding. "Now then, get together with your teams and discuss what you'll be going after. From there, we'll drop you all off in the Emerald Forest. Teams aren't allowed to directly hinder each other or steal prey. This is a Team Exercise so you all aren't meant to help each other; know that a teacher is nearby and, if the students were in any real danger, then a member of the staff will step in. Any questions?" Upon hearing none, Toshinori gave a thumbs up to all of the students.

"Fantastic! You all have fifteen minutes to make a plan with your team! After that you'll have two hours to hunt around the Emerald Forest." With that they all broke up into small groups, Izuku getting together with Pyrrha, Nora and Weiss.

Izuku's almost encyclopedic knowledge of the more local Grimm species to Vale paid off in a big way. Not only did he manage to recall his notes on the Ursa as a species but he managed to apply that knowledge well; Izuku knew what they were looking for when it came to tracking down these beasts and he knew where the Ursa generally resided. With all that information in hand it didn't come as much of a surprise when, as they were looking around an area that seemed ripe for the presence of Ursa, Izuku managed to track down a set of tracks. The Ursa, being beasts that generally drag their claws across the ground as they roam (that is, when they're not specifically charging something), made it a bit hard to determine how large the Ursa they were tracking was. However, that was something they were clear about; that it was 'one' Ursa.

"Aw, only one? That's lame, I was hoping we'd have a whole herd of them! Then I could try breaking one and riding it and using it like Bear Cavalry to kill the others!" Nora grinned maniacally as she cackled. Izuku and Pyrrha looking absolutely lost while Weiss just sighed and shook her head.

"No, really. She did that. Twice." Weiss rubbed at her temples, as if the very memory of Initiation had given her a headache. "So long as it's a Major, I'm fine with tracking this down. We need that A after all and I shall not take anything less." Izuku and Pyrrha nodded in agreement; with it being Toshinori's class, he really did want to pass with flying colors in order to show that his mentor and predecessor hadn't made a mistake in picking him. So the four of them roamed around, following those tracks and trying to find the beast that left them...

Izuku saw it before it saw them... though... that... really wasn't all that surprising.

"... Izuku... how big is that Ursa Major?" Pyrrha asked quietly as she looked at Izuku, and he just swallowed a small lump in his throat.

"... If I had to guess? Thirty feet tall when standing on its hind legs."

"... Did we just stumble across an Elder Ursa Major?!" Nora asked, sounding super excited.

He shook his head. "Nope... judging by the size of it... that's just an Adult Ursa Major."

"They get bigger!?" Weiss had to restrain herself from shouting as she looked at the lumbering mass of muscle and bone in front of them all, the Ursa Major walking along as it did so. He hadn't quite expected to find that as he walked along... but well, here it was.

"On the bright side... we would get an A for killing it." Pyrrha said and Nora nodded enthusiastically. Weiss seemed a little more hesitant, though there was still that determined gleam in her eye. Meanwhile he brought his hand up to his chin as he began thinking through his plan.

The rest of his team expected him to either activate the safeties on Emerald Gust or to give the order to move away in that moment. The former would suggest that he was planning to attack while the latter would suggest that he knew they were in for too much...

"Alright... here's the plan for how we're going to take this thing down."

When Izuku didn't do either and, in fact, flexed his fingers in preparation for what his makeshift plan was calling for him to do, the worry on their face became evident.

"This Ursa's armor is going to be tough to get through. We'll need a blast from a Flash Freeze in order to ensure that we do the most to it that we can... but after that, we really need to be careful. He's a little slow, but he's big and strong and if he gets on top of you... well, it's going to hurt." Everyone nodded slightly in agreement as he bit his lip. "So Weiss, Nora, I want you both to prep a Flash Freeze. Pyrrha, have your rifle at the ready to take shots from back here. Weiss, once Nora's done firing off her Flash Freeze... super charge her. I think we'll need it here... and it's as good a time as any to really test it." Weiss and Pyrrha nodded in agreement as Nora kept her gaze locked over at Izuku. "Nora, once you're done firing off your shot, you and I are going to go in and deal with the beast head on. It's going to be at its most vulnerable after you hit it with Flash Freeze... the harm you and I will be able to inflict on it will be pretty immense." Izuku clenched his fist again.

"You start swinging... and I'll smash it with my right hand. If worse comes to worse... I'll go for broke with my left arm."

"Izuku, this really isn't worth you breaking your arm and fingers for..." Pyrrha muttered quietly, it being clear enough that she didn't want to see a repeat of what happened with the Giant Nevermore. Izuku shook his head as he grinned back at his team in an attempt to reassure them.

"We need something this big in order to get the best that we can right? Besides... I heal up after a little while. It won't be so bad. Even if things go really downhill and a full smash wouldn't be enough, there's a teacher nearby. This will be some good experience for us... and more importantly, it'll be our first big exercise as a team against an opponent who would... well, who would try to do us in. Wouldn't do to not go in with everything we have, right?" Pyrrha and Weiss, while somewhat placated, clearly didn't like the idea. Nora, on the other hand-

"Sounds like a plan to me Fearless Leader! Let's smash this thing right into the ground!" Nora grinned as she shifted Magnhild to its grenade launcher form, Pyrrha following suit by bringing out her rifle. They all nodded as Izuku turned to Weiss who, after a moment, just sighed as she brought out Myrtenaster.

"What I won't do for an A..." There was a slightly crooked smile on Weiss' face as she spoke, though it quickly disappeared as the girl focused and focused hard on the task at hand. Soon enough two grenades in Magnhild's barrels were shimmering with a layer of Dust-created frost, the very sight of which caused Nora to grin nice and wide as she took careful aim at the creature.

"Open wide you waffle-loving-" Before Nora could continue her taunt she fired, her grenade soaring through the air as it flew right on course with the unsuspecting Ursa...

One loud explosion later and the Ursa's body was not only rocked by the force of the explosion but also the large layer of frost and ice that spread over its body, freezing its very fur and, clearly, chilling it right to the bone. Immediately Izuku and Nora moved in to take advantage, his hand at the ready and Nora already shifting Magnhild back to its hammer. Meanwhile Pyrrha raised her rifle, taking what aim she could and fired, missing the Ursa by a wide margin. It was not that much longer before the great, bear-like creature turned its head to face them all and narrowed its gaze, roaring in great anger as it began to charge his way.

The movements from there were precise on his team's part, flowing through each movement. Nora waited behind, eager but still patient as Weiss prepared the second part of Izuku's plan. Pyrrha moved to a better position, intending to take another shot at the Ursa... and again, it didn't meet its mark. The Invincible Girl grunted behind him but, from the sounds of it, kept her cool even as she took a step forward. He took a deep breath as he brought his right hand up, feeling One For All travel down his arm and into his finger. That... that would be Izuku's second time using a Smash against an opponent. His use of Glenn Smash against Kacchan didn't count; it was an indirect counter to his attack. The first was the Giant Nevermore... but that was done more out of instinct and desperation than any sort of hard plan.

Now, Izuku was consciously moving forward and bringing One For All into him, not out of some desperate gamble but as part of a solid plan. He hoped he'd do well here...

"GLEEEENN... SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!" With a loud cry he felt his finger bones break as he flicked in the direction of the Adult Ursa Major and, soon, a very large shock wave rode straight at the giant Grimm. The Ursa stopped its charge for a moment as it met head on with his Smash, the creature bristling under the weight of his attack as he heard the ice that had frozen it over slightly crack and break under the intense pressure, bits of the Ursa following the ice as it flies. The creature roared in pain and, though it didn't skitter back from the force, he could tell he had hurt it. Clenching his fist in hand, wincing from the pain of his broken finger, he couldn't help but smile. It worked, it really worked.

"Alright Nora, have some of this!" He turned his head just in time to see Weiss complete a small swish and flick of Myrtenaster and, employing a solid piece of her own Aura, Weiss made the Dust dance for her. A small cloud of it sprung forth from its container and into the air in front of his teammates and, with little more than a strike of her sword, caused the Dust to crackle, spark and then, finally, blast its way towards Nora in a bolt of Dust-made lightning. Nora just grinned nice and wide, a manic energy overtaking her as her anticipation built...

And then Nora laughed. It almost chilled Izuku how loudly Nora laughed as the lightning struck her, as her Semblance immediately diminished the blow and brought it into her. It... it was a level of energy he hadn't heard in Nora's voice before. As her eyes sparked and shined with this new energy and as her smile stretched the length of her face... he suspected that Nora hadn't felt a jolt of energy like that before either.

"I'm... gonna... SMASH!" With little time to pause Nora dashed forward, kicking up a cloud of dirt and dust as she charged the Ursa Major. Bringing Magnhild back, Nora took a swing with her mighty hammer and, though he had no sympathy for the Ursa, he couldn't help but cringe at the sound of flesh being absolutely pulverized and the cracking of ice that came with Nora's blow. The Ursa visibly recoiled from the force of the hit and, with a great deal of rage, attempted to swipe at Nora... who just deftly ducked out of the way of the mighty creature's great swings.

"I'M GONNA SMASH YA! I'M GONNA SMASH YA GOOD! I'MMA SMASH AND SMASH AND SMASH AND SMASHANDSMASHANDSMASHANDSMASHANDSMASHANDSMASHANDSMASHANDSMASHANDSMASHANDSMASHANDSMASHANDSMASHANDSMASHANDSMASHAND-!"

Izuku winced and recoiled and, from the periphery of his vision he could see that Pyrrha and Weiss were as well, as Nora just started... Gods, there was no other word for it, 'liquefying' the torso of the Ursa Major. Her mantra, her war cry, echoed across the forest as she repeatedly brought Magnhild into the chest of the great beast, the Ursa soon enough recoiling, crumbling and then, finally, dying under the force of Nora's several swings... and yet the girl didn't relent. She just kept on going until she had practically slammed a hole straight through the Ursa's chest straight through to solid ground. After a moment's hesitation where the Grimm corpse, finally, began to disperse, Weiss finally spoke.

"Nora! Stop! It's already dead! Just... just calm down!" Nora twitched slightly, jolting to an immediately halt mid-swing almost unnaturally. Her body continued to spark and twitch before she turned to face them all, that manic grin still on her face.

"STOP, WHATDYAMEAN STOP PARTNER?! I FEEL LIKE I NEVER HAVE TO STOP AGAIN! I BET I COULD RUN THROUGH THIS ENTIRE FOREST AND KILL EVERYSINGLEGRIMMTHATCOULDPOSSIBLYLIVEHEREWITHJUSTMYLITTLEHAMMER! I DON'T NEED TO STOP! I CAN'T BE STOPPED! I'LL GO EVERYWHERE AND KILL EVERY GRIMM EVER EVEN THE MOST TERRIFYING ONES BECAUSEIJUSTCAN'TBESTOPPEDNOTBYANYONEORANYTHING!" Nora's words every now and then sped up in time with a sudden surge of lightning that coursed across her body, Nora's manic energy slowly building and building more and more as she seemed to practically 'glow' with power.

"ALL SHALL LOVE ME AND... AND... AND... and... aaaaaandddduuuuuuh..."

Almost as soon as it had entered her, the vast store of energy and power that Nora had swung around seemed to immediately depart, Nora's mad and manic expression slowly but surely drooping along with that loss of power as a vacant, wide-eyed and open mouthed look soon replaced it. Every now and then the odd twitch would send Nora's head tilting but... well, at least she wasn't yelling anymore. Before any of them could break the silence Nora just raised both of her hands up, both giving a thumbs up, as a dumb grin crossed her face.

"I'm okay!"

The rest of them looked at each other and then looked back at Nora... yeah, none of them were exactly convinced.

"You... you sure about that, Nora?" Izuku asked, cautiously, as he approached her slowly.

"I'm okay!"

"... I mean, not for nothing Nora, but you weren't acting okay." Pyrrha answered, awkwardly rubbing her arm as Nora just jabbed her thumbs up toward the sky.

"I'm okay!"

"... Well... if that's the case then let's go ahead, get our picture with what's left of the Ursa and get out of here." Weiss said with a slight sigh, Izuku and Pyrrha both nodded in slightly stunned agreement. Nora, on the other hand...

"I'm okay!"

"..."

"I'm okay!"

"Uh oh."

"Alright... let's snap this picture and get out of here. We've got what we came here for, let's get Nora out of the forest and to a professor. She's never been like this before..." Pyrrha and Weiss nodded in ready agreement as Izuku pulled out his Scroll, while Nora continued to give a pair of thumbs up... though if she heard or in any way recognized what he had said, the dumb grin on her face certainly didn't show it. As they all stood before the deteriorating corpse of the Ursa Major and snapped a picture... it really was pretty huge compared to them all. Grade assured and their need to stay in the forest over and done with they quickly departed, Weiss dragging Nora along as the girl seemed barely aware of the happenings around her.

Izuku heard the intermittent sound of gunfire, battle cries and clanging of bone against metal across the forest as the four of them made their way back toward the starting point of the assignment but, as far as the four of them could tell, everyone seemed to have things well in hand... or if they didn't, they could always depend on a professor to bail them out. As they all walked along Nora stayed in her state, continually jabbing her thumbs up and declaring that 'she's okay'. They all grew more and more worried about Nora, fearful of what had happened to her, as they slowly but surely made it to the edge of the forest.

As ten minutes of that passed though, Nora suddenly dug in her heels and stopped, nearly causing Weiss to careen over from the girl's sudden show of force. Before Weiss could scream or yell though they all watched in surprise as Nora brought her hands up to her head, shaking it out as her eyes rolled around in her skull for a moment.

"Ugggh... did... anyone get the number on the train that hit me? I feel like my head's been split open..."

"NORA!" The three of them practically jumped and yelled all at once as they realized that Nora's back, only for Nora to wince at the sound.

"Ooooh... not so loud. The ringing hurts..." Ordinarily Izuku'd be gawking at the sight; Nora, the usual bundle of energy who never depleted up until she was ready to sleep, and even then usually managed to keep somewhat active up until the very moment she conked out, actually seemed exhausted and depleted, almost as if she were sleep deprived. It'd have been amusing if it weren't for the past ten minutes of worrying about whether Nora would ever be okay again... and from that if Ren wouldn't murder him for putting his best friend at risk.

"I'm sorry." Pyrrha said, much more quietly, as the rest of the team nodded.

"Nora, what was that? Why were you acting so... so... sooo..." Izuku tried to put kind words to it, though he really couldn't, so it was left to Weiss to finish for him.

"So dumb?" Nora quirked an eyebrow at that as she looked at them all, rubbing at her head in an attempt to relieve her headache.

"What are you guys talking about?" Question asked, the three of them got to answering it as best they could. Nora blinked as they all described the situation and, eventually, smiled. "Wow... it sounds like I looked ridiculous! Can I see the picture?" After a moment Izuku dug out his Scroll and showed Nora the photo... which immediately caused her cheeks to puff out from laughter as she gave a small 'pfft'. "Oh wow, I look like an idiot! This would've been hilarious to see!"

"Well it wasn't exactly funny in the moment. We were really worried that you were hurt somehow Nora." Izuku say as Nora's smile dropped a bit, an apologetic expression on her face.

"I'm sorry guys... well, I don't know if I can apologize because I didn't mean for that to happen... and I didn't even know it could." The rest of them blinked at Nora's explanation, as the orange haired bomber just shrugged her shoulders. "Honestly, that's the first time something like that's happened to me... or maybe it isn't and Ren's just never brought it up, but I don't think that could be it, Ren wouldn't keep stuff from me especially with how long we've been together, but not, you know-"

"We get it." The three of them said in unison as Nora just chuckled nervously.

"Right... anyway, I really didn't know that could happen to me... I wonder what caused it..." Nora frowned slightly as she thought it over, though Weiss just placed her hands on her hips.

"If you ask me that's pretty straightforward; your Semblance must've been overcharged with how much power I put in you and your mind and body couldn't take it. You're probably burnt out." Nora frowned as Weiss said that, but nodded in agreement.

"I do feel pretty burnt out... guess that'd also explain why I haven't had this happen before. I never got shocked so good in my life before... I felt 'really' strong... guess I when the juice was gone my brain left with it."

"We'll have to keep that in mind in the future. As much of an asset as your Semblance is Nora, we don't want to use it in a situation where we'll be expected to fight for a significant amount of time after you use it... losing a member to that kind of overcharge isn't worth it if we don't finish the fight with it." Nora nodded at Izuku's decision, a wide grin on her face.

"Sounds like a plan to me Fearless Leader! Now... can we get out of here... I feel like taking a nap..." They all nodded in agreement as they all turned and walk along, ready to earn his grade and a bit of a rest.

Tutoring with Pyrrha was, honestly, a pretty easy-going experience from Izuku's time with her. As much as he was eager to learn from her as it concerned things Aura, it seemed like Pyrrha tried her hardest to show as much dedication to learning about Hunters from him. Part of it, no doubt in his mind, was a way for her to show her gratitude. After all, while Izuku was attentive as he was because he 'needed' to learn, he also didn't want to waste Pyrrha's time by being a bad student and he guessed that Pyrrha felt much the same way. However, she also seemed to be genuinely interested in learning more about her profession and the people who'd come before her. Izuku supposed it was pretty natural; having seen what his intimate knowledge had gotten for him, she likely wanted to see a bit of that drawn into her own experience as well.

That had brought up the subjects of his notebooks, however. As much as Beacon's textbooks were good sources of information... well, Izuku didn't want to say that his work was, at that point, more exhaustive than theirs but... well, he'd written thirteen volumes of work on Hunters alone, scattered across thirteen little notebooks. One textbook wasn't going to be able to stack up as well by comparison. Plus his notes had been thorough and the textbook had to limit itself to more general information. So, after a while, he had dropped using the textbook as a means of tutoring her and had just gone to drawing information from his own Hunter Analysis For The Future books to tutor Pyrrha.

Things had gone really well. When Izuku'd first considered things, however, he wasn't too sure about handing the books over directly. It wasn't that he thought Pyrrha wasn't smart enough to parse what was in them, Gods knew, Pyrrha was sharp herself. But... well there was a whole bunch of embarrassing stuff in these books too. Like his Hunter's Outfit design, or the fact that, in his notes on Yu Takeyama... he'd kinda described her as 'sexy' in one of the side notes. Pyrrha wouldn't look down on him for it... but he really didn't want to let that little sliver of information get out.

On the other hand, if he handed the books over to Pyrrha directly then he could put his focus on other things while tutoring Pyrrha rather than just having his nose shoved into his notebook while he prattled on to her. He could look up more information or look over her own notes while she studied. It would be a lot simpler.

Izuku shrugged his shoulders as he went back to looking through his own materials with which to supplement Pyrrha's reading of his notebooks. Honestly, it hadn't felt like all that hard of a decision to make. Sure there was some embarrassing stuff in his notebooks, or at least stuff he thought was embarrassing, but there was nothing in there, or any of his notebooks, that was gravely serious for anyone to find out. He wasn't the type to be so careless, after all. Izuku realized that if he mentioned One For All in specific in any of his notebooks it would be all too easy for someone to just pick one of them up, read it and learn about his secrets. Even in his Aura and Semblance texts he kept it vague. It was always just 'my semblance', never named or its source indicated as anyone or anything but himself.

No, no one would ever find out about One For All from his notes.

So really, what harm was there in letting Pyrrha read from them? After all, while she might find some of it funny, he knew Pyrrha well enough by that point to know that she wouldn't relentlessly tease and poke at him, like Yang, and most 'definitely' wouldn't go to any malicious extremes like someone like Cardin might. It was Pyrrha; maybe she'd laugh, maybe she wouldn't. Either way, it'd be fine.

As they both went on studying, he heard Pyrrha flip a page in Hunter Analysis For The Future Vol. 13 and, mere moments after that, he heard her chuckle slightly. Izuku sighed a bit as he realized that she'd found something amusing. "What's up Pyrrha?" He asked, keeping his eyes on the book in front of him as he could practically feel Pyrrha wave him off.

"Oh it's nothing, just... just a little something in this notebook of yours. It's just nice is all." Izuku nodded as... wait, nice? Not 'cute' or 'funny' or 'embarrassing', but nice? He blinked curiously as he turned his head, his emerald eyes laying a peek on the page that Pyrrha has open...

His skin immediately paled and went mouth goes dry.

Two words, followed by an exclamation point. For the 'Y' in his last name, he added a little doodle, turning the two prongs of the Y into the most signature part of his hairstyle, a set of those odd black eyes just underneath them.

'Toshinori Yagi!'

"It's really nice that he actually gave you an autograph! You've talked about how much you idolize him and how much of a hero he is to you so I have to imagine you were so nervous! He really must be a very kind man to give it to you... did you have to pay for it? He doesn't come off as the sort of person who'd force someone who looks up to him to pay for a little autograph but... well, sometimes you don't have that choice." Pyrrha said, presumably from experience. His mouth stayed dry as Pyrrha continued to look at the autograph, a slight quirk coming to her lips. "It's weird though, it's really early in your Beacon notes... very really."

Oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap-

Okay, okay, okay. Just... just calm down. He could work his way around this. Just... just think carefully, speak carefully and... and speak with confidence. That's it.

"Well you see, it's a funny story actually. I actually got it from him this one time he was visiting Mountain Glenn." He saw Pyrrha's eyes light up as she leaned forward, a small smile on her face.

"Really? How lucky." She said with a nod as you smile a bit.

"Yeah, it really was. A once in a lifetime meeting with my all time favorite hero... and I got his autograph." Honestly, he was still mystified thinking back on those events. It really was so lucky that he met Toshinori when you did. If he hadn't... if Izuku hadn't become his Successor, then Izuku's dream probably would have died that day. If he had never met Toshinori, he'd have been forced to confront the reality that he couldn't be the Huntsman he wanted to be thanks to his birth. If he hadn't met Toshinori, his goals and life's ambitions would've eventually come to a screeching halt.

"He didn't even charge me for it!" The smile on his face widened. He really didn't; he'd nearly passed out from a confrontation with one of the Grimm that had gotten through that day, attacked in broad daylight, and not only had Toshinori Yagi saved he... not only had Toshinori Yagi waited for him to wake up to ensure you'd be alright... but he put his autograph in his notebook. For nothing. At that moment it was probably the most hyped he'd ever been in his life. So much happening all at once and... well, all of it just seemed to verify how amazing, how awe-inspiring Toshinori was in his eyes. "It really was the coolest thing. I'd already been using that notebook for Hunter notes so I thought that I'd keep it in there and keep writing as well... you know... so I'd have a chance to look back on it every now and then..." Izuku blushed slightly as he scratched his arm. Honestly, with the way those past several months had been going, he'd almost forgotten about the autograph. After all, he'd spent so much time around Toshinori as his Successor that being around him has just become... normal. Amazing, but normal.

To remember how excited he was about that autograph... it had felt nice to reflect on it.

"I wanted to use it to inspire me. After all, I was dead set on coming to Beacon... because even Toshinori got his start here. It reminded me of where I was going... and that I had a long way to go before I was ready to accomplish my dream."

"... It really does mean a lot to you, huh? An autograph from your hero." Pyrrha asked, a gentle smile on her face as Izuku looked back up to her. He just grinned and nodded, his panic having faded away as his smile formed. His partner looked back down at the signature... and there was a moment where her own smile dropped. "You know... it's funny. There are people out there who'd probably be as excited as you are about getting my own autograph. People who'd wait countless hours or pay whatever price my managers might set to get it." Izuku blinked slightly as Pyrrha's smile quirked a bit, the girl looking over the blob of text in front of her. "I've had children walk up to me after a tournament and describe me as their hero while I signed this or that... and my sponsors and managers tried to pitch the idea that I, as a tournament fighter, was someone to look up to and admire. Someone who's example could bring meaning. Little old me, a Mistrali girl who didn't grow up with terribly much... rising up to fight people in pitched combat. A hero." Izuku smiled a bit as she spoke, quirking his head to the side.

"It really does sound like something. You've got to be a little proud of something like that, right?" Izuku asked, a genuine grin on his face. He flinched slightly as his own smile was met with one that seemed a little strained as Pyrrha just nodded.

"Oh, yes, most assuredly so." The tenor of her words was stilted but before he could move to question his partner she just took a deep breath and beamed at him. "Well, as nice as it is to talk about all this, I should probably actually get back to studying from your notebook rather than gawking at your autograph." Izuku chuckled slightly, his nerves ebbing away entirely as he just felt grateful that he'd managed to avoid this potential pitfall. Thankfully that was probably the worst thing in his notebooks, so it was all just smooth sailing from here as far as he was concerned.