"It's time for our teachers meeting."

Nezu announced as he sat on his seat and sorted some documents, turning to all the teachers in UA college present. They were all seated around a huge table as they waited for him to start. "I hope that everyone is doing alright."

"It could have been better."

"Work is work."

"Alright, that's good. So let's get started. How are the students?" Nezu asked the teachers as they all provided their reviews on their classes, students and a check on their equipment.

"They're doing alright! I'm very happy with the students I have!" Kan said with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face. "They're some great soldiers!"

"I'm surprised by how proud you are. Usually you would have some students that irk you, Vlad." The principal stated in a calm manner before he turned to Shouta. "How about you, Eraser?"

"There are some...headaches." Shouta rubbed his temples while letting out a sigh. Nezu appeared from his scarf and patted the man on his head before he jumped on the table. "I guess you're speaking about Katsuki Bakugo."

"He's one of them. There are others but not as bad."

"We need to speak about the quirkless killer case." Nezu said with a serious tone which made all the teachers alert and at attention as he explained the situation. "For the past few months, there has been reports of several quirkless persons being either missing or dead. The Pro Heroes and Naomasa's group are going through a thorough investigation of this case."

"Yeah, I heard about it. They actually were asking for my help in the search." Shouta said with a sigh, scratching his head. "I was gonna tell you that I need to take some days off to help them."

"Oh! Please do. The quicker we can get this case dealt with, the better." The principal said as some of the teachers agreed with his decision.

"Yeah."

"I hope none of our students get involved in this situation."

"We need to increase surveillance in the school for the time being. Midnight, Present Mic, Vlad King and any abled heroes that are teachers, I need you all to be in your hero outfit so that we can be prepared for any attack at all costs." Nezu stated, the teachers nodded as Vlad leaned back in his seat. "It's that serious, huh?"

"Never thought I had to get back in my costume again." Nemuri said as she adjusted her glasses, Present Mic looking at her with a worried look. "You sure about this? You can sit this one out-"

"Mic! There are people in trouble. We need to save them." Nemuri gave him a smile before she gestured Nezu to continue. "Recovery Girl has given me a list of all the quirkless students that we have in school. We need to make sure that they are safe and secured and their status are not outed to the public."

He handed out the papers to the teachers who read them, Vlad's eyes widened in surprise when he saw Izuku's name on the list. 'Midoriya? How? He has a quirk. Is this a mistype?'

"We do not know of the killer's identity or if they have accomplices so we need to take any precautions necessary." Nezu said as he put his hands together and made a serious expression. "If you notice anything suspicious, please report it to the heroes and myself."

All of the teachers nodded and agreed to his terms before they continued with the meeting, reporting and discussing any other events before a hand lifted up.

"Would this stop us from doing the UA Sports Festival? This case has been very unsettling especially with how close the locations of the recent cases are." The teacher said, the others nodded with his thoughts as they awaited an answer.

"Unlikely but again, it depends on the situation with the quirkless killer. If it escalates, we may have to put it on hold." Nezu answered calmly. "But that is a final resort which is why I'm asking for our guards and hero teachers to be on standby."

They respected his decision before the meeting ended, everyone leaving before Nezu called for Shouta and Kan along with the other hero course students. "I need you guys to stay back. I have something else that I need your help with."

"What's up with it, Nezu?" Present Mic said with his arms crossed when he noticed that Nezu was not wearing his carefree smile.

"It's something I had to make sure that I have enough information on. I want you all to not share any information shared in this room with any other teachers, alright?"

"Woah! For it to have you all serious like this, it must be confidential." Nemuri said in a surprised tone.

"Is it about Izuku Midoriya?" Shouta asked, surprising Kan before he turned to Nezu. "So it was not a mistype that his name was on the list of quirkless people?"

"Quirkless?" The other hero teachers were surprised except for Snipe and Eraser Head who remained quietly. Nezu put his hands to his mouth as he looked at everyone. "Yes. It is as you hear. Midoriya has the skeletal and body structure of someone that is quirkless and even his tests show that he was quirkless but until three years ago...he suddenly manifested a quirk."

Everyone was surprised by this, especially This information surprised Snipe and Eraser who looked. "Three years ago? Didn't he manifest his quirk a few months ago?"

"Negative. Recovery Girl made a few more checks on him and the quirk factor in his body has been active, albeit slowly, for the last three years. It will activate at times without him knowing but it has not been active until you trained him. Even now, the quirk factor is not at full capacity."

"Unbelievable." A blonde skeletal man, who was dressed in an orange suit, in the back of the room said with wide eyes. "But how could that be?"

"It is surprising, I can say the least. Believe it or not, his dark-green hair is actually a byproduct of his quirk factor being at work, his original hair color was black." The principal stated before the blonde man stood up in pure disbelief. "But quirkless people cannot be able to conjure a quirk! I thought that the powers from the exam were from the gauntlets."

"I understand how you feel, Toshinori Yagi. However, reality is reality. Now..."

As Nezu continued, Kan was surprised by the new information he has about his new student and how he was through the Remedial Course. The man, along with the rest of the teachers, saw the reports that the teen was apart of in high school in Kyushu, all of them seeing his profile which showed a gloomy, raven-haired Izuku.

"Damn, the listener is much different then than he is now." Present Mic stated as he looked at the files. "He looks like if Aizawa if he was younger and have freckles."

"He looks like he needs a big hug." Nemuri spoke her mind, Toshinori nodded as he looked at the picture with a pensive expression. "It goes to show the painful reality to those that are quirkless."

Shouta stayed quiet before he heard the gritting of teeth, turning to see a look of pure anger on Kan's face as his hands nearly crushed the paper. Nezu noticed this as well. "Vlad, I need you to keep watch of Midoriya."

"Yes, sir." The white-haired man nodded as he looked at the new information about his student, seeing his quirkless status and the pictures of him in high school. "We need to make sure that Midoriya's identity does not get exposed. Everything said in this room stays in this room. End of meeting."

After the meeting was finished and everyone was leaving, Toshinori was surprised by the new information with his arms crossed as he made his way to the teacher's lounge. 'Young Midoriya...has a quirk. That is good news. I'm happy for him but-I need to talk to Naomasa.'

"Come on! Get to it! You have a few more laps to do!"

Mr. Kan's loud voice echoed through the gym as his students whined and groaned as they ran around the field. The teacher looked at his students before his eyes landed on Izuku who finished the laps and was doing pushups with his body glowing.

"30 pushups..." The verdette wheezed before he fell to the ground, his quirk disappearing from his body. "Finally...my body feels like it's been stabbed by a group of needles..."

"You're doing alright, Midoriya?" Itsuka said as she put a bottle of water beside his body which he took and drank, the girl standing beside him as she watches the rest of her classmates. Itsuka Kendo, the class president, has been one of the few people in his class that Izuku has been able to talk to, the others being Yosetsu and Setsuna to a point if she is not pranking him. He has a good relationship with the others but not to the point of him calling them friends but he is glad that they don't hate him.

"How are you feeling?" Itsuka's question knocked him out of his thoughts, his body erupting in pain when he twitched causing him to let out a pained groan. "Has your body ever screamed 'bloody murder' at you in the form of a barrage of messag-I mean aches?"

"Yep! Every time I train with my Dad!" Itsuka said with a smile, Izuku then plopped on the ground. "Well, that's how I feel and I wish I had a 'Do Not Disturb' feature for those aches."

"I mean...it has been a week since you came here. You'll be alright."

"O-oh, thank you." Izuku said before she rubbed his hair with a smile. "Just take your stride and do what you can. If you have any issues, don't hesitate to ask me!"

"G-got it." The verdette nodded.

"Tetsutetsu! Stop trying to fight Manga! You'll destroy this story!" Itsuka shouted at her steel-bodied classmate. Izuku let out a sigh before he watched the sky and the clouds with a pensive expression. "I wonder how it would be like to be in the sky."

"Why the sky though?"

"Ahhh!" Izuku jumped into the air, seeing Monoma beside him who was oddly not sweating or tired which surprised him. 'How the?'

"Uhhh...how did you-"

"You were in your own little world. It's not hard to sneak around you." The blonde said with a raised brow before he crouched beside the verdette. "Also, what are you talking about the sky? Does your quirk make you fly?"

"O-oh. I don't know. I always see heroes soaring through the skies and beating the villains. Like they're free in the sky, not shackled by the earth." Izuku mumbled to himself, Monoma listening quietly. "You don't have to worry about people talking bad about you, everyone will be fascinated with you. Feeling the wind hitting your body, able to touch the clouds whenever you feel like...oh, sorry, I went off in a trance there."

"Well, I think I understand how you feel." Monoma said with his arms crossed as they both watched their classmates from the side of the field. "If life was that simple and unproblematic, we would not need heroes."

"Yeah..." Izuku thought before he looked at his hands. "A world without heroes huh? I don't know if that's paradise or hell."

"Well, heroes are needed to uphold the law." Monoma put his hands in his pocket. Izuku looked at the ground with a melancholic expression. "That is true. I don't think some of us would be here if it wasn't for the influence of the heroes."

"That is true but there are others that have ulterior motives." Monoma said, his eyes observing Izuku's body language as the verdette got up. "If that's the case, we all have ulterior motives. We all want to save people for different reasons."

"Hmm." Monoma was surprised by this. "So what's your reason?"

"I was always looked down upon. I was in a depressed state but a hero came in and encouraged me. They may not think it's anything but it did a lot for me." Izuku reminisced at the memories of what All Might did for him and his family. He could never forget how he felt at that moment and the happiness he felt. "The happiness and hope I felt that day...I want to share it to others. Plus, I want to rub it in the face of the people who looked down on me. I guess you could say I'm petty."

Monoma let out a smirk as he crossed his arms. "I guess the feeling are mutual."

"Hmm?" Izuku looked at him in confusion as Monoma sat beside him. "I'm also being looked down and ostracized because of my quirk."

"Your quirk?"

"Yeah. My quirk is called Copy. Anyone I touch, I get their quirk." Monoma explained while showing his hands. "I know it's not the best quirk but-"

"How the hell is that quirk looked down upon? You can literally copy any quirk by touching someone. Edgeshot, Endeavor, you could even copy All Might's quirk. I wish I had a quirk like that." Izuku sighed before giving Monoma a jealous look. "You're extremely lucky."

The blonde was surprised by this before he raised a brow. "You know my quirk's usefulness depends on the quirk of the person I touch, right?"

"And? I make notes on people's quirks and how they can be improved. Do you know how clutch you would be if a hero is down but you can come there and pick up from where they left off?" Izuku started mumbling, surprising Monoma along with some of his classmates before they noticed him taking out a notebook and writing in it, some of them wondering where the notebook came from. 'Where did that notebook come from? Was that his actual quirk?'

"You could combine the quirks? You could get a better effect out of it. Oh you-"

"Ok, I get it, Midoriya. My quirk is cool. I wasn't expecting...that." Monoma said as he raised his hands in defeat, Izuku giving him a straight face. "Dude. You're literally like a mirror. Better than my quirk..."

Izuku picked up a rock, channeling his quirk through his right arm before he unleashed a wave of telekinesis that managed to crack the rock, making him crush the stone with ease. "That's the best my quirk can do."

"Hmm. What if I try using it-"

"I wouldn't encourage you to copy my quirk." Izuku lifted his hand that was letting out smoke before it fell limp which surprised Monoma as the verdette put his left hand on his knee. "It's very taxing and very hard to activate. You'll end up feeling drained. Also, this is much more painful than it looks. Either way, your quirk's much better than mine."

"You're a weird guy, Midoriya." The blonde said before he let out a sigh. "The name's Neito Monoma. Nice to meet you."

"Likewise." Izuku nodded before his classmates surrounded him which surprised the verdette.

"Hey! You said that you have notes on our quirks, right? Can you tell us more on this?" Itsuka asked as the rest of them try to find out more about their quirks and take the advice of their timid, green-haired classmate. This put a smile on their teacher's face as he crossed his arms. 'I'll let them get away with this once. At least they're training.'

His eyes then centered on Izuku who was telling Tetsutetsu to use his quirks on his arms and test Togaru's blades. 'Who knows? Sometimes, the best students are the ones that you least expect."

It was lunch time.

Izuku and Mei were seated in the cafeteria and enjoying their lunch, the latter playing with a new invention she made in the workshop which caught her green-haired companion's attention. "What new invention do you have, Hatsume?"

"Oh, this! You remember the compressive wristbands. Apparently, Mr. Power Loader likes them and wants me to invent more. Something about them being able to help with tests in the future or whatever."

"Hmm. Neat." Izuku said before feeling an intense pain from his arm as he slowly relaxed the limb. 'Easy does it.'

Izuku could not say that his muscles did not feel like they were on fire. Between Mr. Kan's Spartan training and his job, the verdette was honestly surprised that he had the ability to move, especially with the ridiculous toll his quirk had on his body. He tried to ignore the ache coursing through his body as he ate his bento lunchbox, courtesy of Aunt Nao. After a while, he saw a few trays put in front of him, looking to see his friends who were covered in bandages.

"Holy smokes!" Mei's eyes widened as she winced.

"Woah! What happened to you guys?" Izuku asked in pure concern. "You look like you went through a wall."

"Oh yeah. You left early for work yesterday. An exploding pitbull happened, that's what happened." Hitoshi groaned in pain as he patted his nose. Ochaco looked to the ground, her face slumped onto the table. "It was an exercise from yesterday but still...he was rough."

"Woah! This sounded very bad." Izuku said while Mei patted Ochaco and Kyoka on their backs, the latter completely annoyed by the situation as she rubbed her bandaged face. "I hate that I have to keep on these bandages for a while."

"Yeah. Your father went ballistic when he saw his little rockstar injured!" Denki said before Kyoka covered his mouth, a slight blush on her face. "Shut up, bolt boy! Why did you have to say that?"

"The couple is at it again." Hitoshi teased the two, getting a glare from the goth girl. "Humph!"

"Hasn't he gotten punished for this?" Izuku asked while he was reading his notebook.

"Yeah. Mr. Aizawa was on his neck about it. He has to do community service and has guidance counselling. He had to even apologize to us before lunch started. You should've seen his face." Hitoshi smirked before he lifted his phone. "Mina got a recording of it, by the way."

"Seriously! Send that to me. That guy had major bad vibes so I need some serotonin!" Denki said as he drank his soda. Izuku continued to eat his lunch as he decided to speak. "Was it that bad?"

"Yeah. Bakugo was pissed." Denki laughed which Kyoka joined in. Hearing the name, Izuku's eyes immediately widened in fear before he broke in a cold sweat as he tried to push back his fear before he felt the urge to vomit.

"Yo! You ok, man?" Denki said as everyone turned to see Izuku's shaken state. Pushing the fear behind him, he started to calm himself down before he nodded. "I-I-I'm o-ok. Just a lot more t-tired than I-I thought."

"You sure?" Ochaco said in a worried tone as she took a peppermint from her pocket. "You need a mint?"

"Dude, you sure you don't need to call it a day?" Kyoka raised a brow worriedly, Izuku responded with a shake of his head before he made a thumbs up. Hitoshi was not convinced when he saw his green-haired friend put his hand on his chest and taking steady breaths.

"You were like this when you first bumped into Bakugo the first time?" He asked Izuku who remembered that encounter along with what happened last week which made him panic a bit more as some unwanted memories came to his head. 'Please...no...I don't want to remember...'

His body started glowing as he held his head, his heart beating quickly as a few tears bubbled in his eyes. "I-I'm sorry...I...I'm ok...I'm sorry for worrying you..."

"Izu, you good?" Mei said which snapped Izuku out of his trance before he was able to calm himself. As he did, Hitoshi folded his arms and looked at Izuku. "What is he to you?"

"Huh?" Izuku was surprised by this but the purple haired teen pressed on. "You two look like you have some history. And judging by your behavior, it doesn't seem like good chemistry."

Izuku was quiet for a while, it was not a past that he wanted to remember but if he has to take interviews in the future, he has to remember that tragic history. The verdette took a deep breath before he decided to speak.

"Well, he used to be my childhood friend..." He opened his mouth, his eyes glued to his table while he rubbed his wristbands.

"Poor choice in friends by the way." Kyoka commented, getting a glare from Denki. "I'm just saying..."

"Continue." Hitoshi said, Izuku nodded before he continued.

"Our mothers were good friends in middle school...so we've known each other since we were babies...he wasn't like that...I think..."

"You think...?" Everyone repeated in confusion.

"It's a bit fuzzy but...he was a bit rowdy back then...but it's nothing like today..." Izuku said with a depressed expression before he noticed the goosebumps on his skin. "...he was very talented and good at everything he does...he never struggled...he doesn't even have to study most of the times..."

"Huh? But you're too! You have one of the highest grades in the exam!" Denki said, surprised to know that there is someone as smart if not smarter than Izuku. The verdette nodded before he continued. "Yeah but I had to study very hard to be this smart...you should have seen me in middle school...B-Bakugo is naturally smart...he never had any problems with anything..."

Everyone listened silently as Izuku started to scratch his chest.

"Back then, it wasn't bad...he was confident and always the leader of the group but despite that, he was...kind to a point...but everything changed when he got a quirk..."

"What happened exactly?" Ochaco was very curious, she wondered what made the explosive blonde the pain in the ass that he is today.

"Everything..." Izuku paused, mustering the strength to speak again. "...everyone started to cheer him on no matter what he did...but I guess because his mother was usually strict on him, he started to rebel...enjoying those praises..."

'So it got to his head then?' Everyone had the same thought. Izuku looked to the ground and clenched his fists before he took a deep breath, his heart beating quickly as he continued. "I thought he would change since he wants to be a hero...but..."

Everyone noticed the myriad of emotions that the verdette is going through before he took a drink.

"To be honest, I don't really care what he does. I want nothing to do with him." Izuku said with a gleam of confidence on his face. "Whatever he does is his life...and whatever I do is mine. I want to be a hero whether he likes it or not."

Everyone was unaware of the blonde teen who was standing with his lunch tray in his hands, shaking in anger as small crackles went off in his palms before walking away. 'But that's the issue...you shouldn't be here, you damn loser.'

"I'll make him regret it." He said as he threw away the tray. A girl accidentally bumped into him, the blonde glaring at her and her friends which frightened as he lifted his smoking hand and about to attack them until someone grabbed his arm.

"I'll encourage you not to." Katsuki heard a voice, turning to see Monoma who was holding his arm. Katsuki pulled away his arm before he left with his hands in his pockets. "Fuck off, you bastard!"

"You're not the main character, Katsuki Bakugo. You should work on that ego of yours because if you're not careful." Monoma let out a smirk as he shook his head. "You'll fall and fall hard."

Hearing that, Katsuki gritted his teeth in anger as he made a vow to himself. 'I'll let you all know that you're stepping stones to my victory.'

It was finally the end of the day, Izuku and his friends going home as they listened to the misadventures of Toru, Mina and Ochaco.

"You should have seen him? He's always so serious but he nonchalantly played with the cat from the vet department."

"Seriously, Mina? I know Mr. Aizawa a bit of a softie but that's shocking." Denki said, Kyoka raised a brow.

"He's still scary despite that!" Ochaco shivered in fear when she remembered her teacher's intimidating glare when she messed up her exercises. While everyone was surprised by the gentle side of their serious teacher, Izuku, however, was jotting down more about the man's quirk and how it works.

"Speaking of class, I need some tools for my job. I need to go to the shopping mall on the weekend." Mina said as she checked through her items. "I might need some makeup too."

"Hmm. Is someone trying to look good for the boys?" Toru teased Mina who blushed as she twirled her hair with her fingers. "Not at all..."

"Hmm. I might need a new fit." Hitoshi said as he put his hands in his pocket. "How about you, Zuku? How's money for you?"

"I saved enough from my job...and I need some weights." Izuku thought which made Mei's eyes twinkled before she took out her wristbands and put them on Izuku's wrists. "You can use these babies!"

"Aren't these your compressive wristbands?" Hitoshi said as Izuku. Mei pressed a button which made Izuku felt a huge weight from the wristbands as he steadied himself. 'What the hell?'

"You can use those as weights! They can adjust to any weight up to 10 pounds." Mei said enthusiastically as she went into Izuku's face, the boy slowly moving away and gently pushing her from his face. "Thanks, Mei."

"I'm going to need some wrenches and screws for my babies!" The pink-haired mechanic shouted as she looked in her bag.

"Oh! I got an idea. Why don't we go to the Tokyo Shopping Mall together then?" Toru said energetically as she checked her phone.

"Hmm. I do need some new clothes as well." Mina said with a huge smile. All of the girls were celebrating, unaware of the sad expression on Ochaco's face.

"Sorry but we're going to have to pass." Kyoka answered, Denki rubbing his head with a smile. "We have work on that day so we're going to have to pass."

"Oh! Ok, I really wanted to shop with Jiro!" Mina whined as Kyoka rolled her eyes and patted her head. "We can shop next time."

"Alright, that minuses Denki and Kyoka. We can invite anyone from our classes who wants to come on the weekend! It's going to be so much fun!" Toru shouted as she and Mina were getting excited for their get-together, Hitoshi shrugged his shoulders as he accepted their invitation as they called their friends. Izuku was in deep thought as he looked around the place, going into the train station as he had a finger on his chin.

'This should be interesting. I haven't gone that far in Tokyo apart from UA. It doesn't sound like it's gonna be too eventful.'

'Oh my lord!' The verdette said as he stood in front of the Tokyo Shopping Center, a surprised look on his face. 'This is several times larger than our mall in Musutafu.'

"So this is the Tokyo Shopping Mall. It's a lot bigger than I thought." Izuku thought aloud as he watched the huge mall. Hitoshi whistled to show his surprise while Ochaco was completely dizzy by the sight of the mall. "It's so huge!"

"Welcome everybody!" Setsuna and Mina immediately went in front of them before they broke the silence. "Alright, it's time to go crazy today, everybody!"

"We don't need to go that far." Itsuka said as she calmed down the two wavy-haired girls. "Also, we should buy our things first and then have fun afterwards. Let's go into groups to make things easier."

"Yes!" Everyone said as they went into their respective groups. Izuku was about to walk over to Hitoshi and Mei before he was suddenly grabbed by Setsuna.

"Team Green! Assemble!" Setsuna loudly declared as she dragged Ibara, Togaru and Tsuyu with her as she dragged them through the mall.

"Team Green? Isn't Itsuka in our group-" Izuku was stopped when Ibara wrapped her hair around him and dragged him with her as they went with Setsuna's group, a confused look on his face as he turned to Mei and Hitoshi who shrugged in confusion.

"It's best to just go with it. This isn't going to take long anyways." Ibara said as she let go of Izuku who scratched his head. "Ooooook..."

"Hey, Midoriya." Tsuyu asked in a blunt tone. "I always seen you in those red shoes. Don't you think you need more shoes? Are those the only shoes you own, ribbit~?"

"O-oh no! I have other shoes. It's just that...these high tops are a gift from my father. Also, it's...a very bad habit." Izuku said as he tapped his red shoes with a melancholic smile on his face. "So what are you guys getting?"

"Seeds." Ibara answered with her hands clasped.

"Jelly." Tsuyu answered bluntly.

"Whetstones." Togaru put his hands in his pockets.

"C'mon, guys! We got things to buy!" Setsuna grinned as she dragged her group into the mall.

Everyone enjoyed themselves as they went into groups, Hitoshi, Mei and Ochaco going with Mina's group. Izuku cannot lie as he enjoyed himself with his group, finding himself conversing with Tsuyu, Togaru and Ibara but he cannot say the same for Setsuna as the girl likes to tease him with every chance she got. Despite him having a bit of a difficulty talking to her, he still enjoyed his time with them as he noticed that they are kind and fun-loving people.

After an hour of shopping, they all gathered together as the group decided to take some time to have some fun as Setsuna led them into an arcade. They went to play their respective games, Izuku's classmates realizing that he is good at the punching game as he beat Togaru and Hitoshi and also at driving games but he lost at the fighting games. After some time, Setsuna gathered them to one of her favorite games.

"It's Dance Dance Revolution! Standby guys, I'm the queen of the dance floor." Setsuna said as she stood proudly on one of the platforms with her arms folded which made Hitoshi and Izuku think she looks like the final boss of a video game. "Who wants to dance battle me? Don't be shy!"

"Should I take that as a challenge?" Mina grinned as she stepped up and put on shades on her face, the girls of 1A cheering her on as she started stretching.

"Go Mina!"

"Class 1A Alien Queen for the win!"

"Hell yeah! Time for a showdown!"

The two then started their dance battle at the platforms, their friends cheering them on as they continued to rack up points. After a while, a crowd surrounded the students as Mina and Setsuna started to go up the high scores list.

"You guys are on fire!" Toru cheered on as she saw that Mina was starting to win. "Go for it, Mina!"

They all watched the two girls, Izuku noticed the pink-skinned girl's flexible movements compared to Setsuna. "Her moves are oddly...umm. What's the word?"

"Musical? Rhythmical?" Ochaco said, surprising the verdette before he nodded. "...yeah."

After a while, Setsuna made a misstep which resulted in her loss as Mina. After she won, Mina celebrated loudly while the green-haired girl was on her knees sulking on the ground. Itsuka and Ibara patted Setsuna on her back, Izuku letting out a nervous chuckle. "It's almost like she has a spotlight shining on her."

"Alright, who wants to battle the Dance Queen?" Mina patted her chest with a huge grin on her face. Everyone took turns in facing her but they all ended up losing to the girl who shook her hips triumphantly. "Hahaha! Come one, come all! Try and face me! Anyone who can beat me, I'll give you free food! I'm unbeatable!"

"Pokemon~" Toru sang loudly before she shrunk down and hid behind Hitoshi. "Sorry...I couldn't get that opening song from Pokemon out of my head."

"Hmm. Song." Hitoshi thought aloud before he snapped his fingers and turned to Mei. "Mei, time for our secret weapon!"

"Yes! Gotcha, Eyeshadow!" Mei said with a smile as she took out a pair of headphones and her phone, confusing everyone. 'Headphones?'

The pink-haired girl put it around Izuku's ears before they put him on the platform, the verdette raised a brow at them. "Why do I need the headphones?"

"We need 100% of your power for this." Hitoshi said with a supportive smile before he whispered to himself. "Plus, I want some free food."

"Did you say something?" Izuku said with a raised brow, his friend waving it off. "Nothing. Break a leg."

"I said I wanted a worthy opponent but you'll do, Midori." Mina shrugged before they both started their round. "The first round will be a warmup, got it?"

"Oh, got it." Izuku nodded before he put on his headphones, hearing no sounds around him. 'Noise cancelling headphones? Why?'

They both started their first round, Mina winning but despite that, she realized that Izuku is no slouch either. 'Woah! He's light on his feet.'

"You found it, Mei?" Hitoshi said, Mei smiling as she found a playlist on her phone as the first match was finished with Mina winning.

"I'm very disappointed, Midoriya. I expected more from you." The pink-skinned girl said while posing with her hand over her face which made Toru raise a brow. "Is that a Jo-"

"Shh!" Hitoshi said before he connected Izuku's headphones to the phone, a huge smile on his face. "Let's have a rematch, Mina."

"Fine. I'll allow it. He's gonna get squashed again." Mina said, Hitoshi then played the playlist and pushed Izuku to the dance platform. Ochaco noticed the smile on his face as he waited for the round to start. "Why are you smiling?"

"I'm going to get free food."

"How?"

"My ultimate weapon: Zuku and his favorite playlist, Macross 82-99." Mei chimed in with a toothy grin. "You'll realize how much of a deadly combo it is."

The second round started and to everyone's surprise, Izuku managed to hold his own against Mina, much to the shock and excitement of the pink-skinned girl as she saw that their points are almost the same. "Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be revolutionary! Let's go, Midori!"

"I recognized this during our training exercises but Midoriya has nice footwork." Itsuka commented as she watched Izuku's movements, Ibara nodded with her hands clasped while Setsuna cheered him on. "Yeah! Lettuce really surprised me. Go! Avenge your fallen brethren from your class!"

"It's like his feet were blessed." Ibara said with an angelic sigh, getting a confused expression from Togaru. "I beg your pardon."

While the two went at it on the dance game, Hitoshi and Mei did a high-five as they watched their green-haired friend rack up points and give Mina some difficulty. After a while, the game was finished, Mina falling on her knees out of shock as Izuku was declared the winner by the game. 'Nani?! Masaka?! I lost?!'

Taking off his headphones, everyone congratulated Izuku who wrapped his arms around his blushing face as Setsuna gave him a hug as the girls chanted his name. 'It's gonna take a lot to get used to this.'

After they are finished with their time at the arcade, they decided to go to a fast-food place, Mina being a little bummed about her loss against Izuku. "I'll get you back for this, Midoriya. So promise me, you will fall."

"Oh...uhhh. Ok?" Izuku shrugged nervously.

Suddenly, gunshots were heard outside, everyone surprised by this but they heard screeching sounds down the street. They all saw several cars coming down the street until they saw a black car that was chasing them. As the two cars travelled through the street, one of the villains shooting rocks from his fingertips at the black car with an annoyed expression. "Can't you leave us alone, motherfucker?"

Present Mic, who was driving the car, dodged the rocks before another car tried to crash into him which man barely avoided by unleashing a soundwave that stopped the car. "Bro, take it easy! This isn't even my car."

"You break my car, you buy it, Mic!" Eraser Head said while putting on his gloves, Snipe loading his guns as they made a turn. "Get us close. I'll get their tires."

"Alright!"

As soon as they got close, Snipe quickly pulled out his gun and shot at the vehicles, poking holes into the cars and causing them to slow down. The villains started to panic as their vehicles started to spiral out of control. "Damn it! The car's losing control!"

"Don't worry, my quirk produces rubber, I can-" The villain tried to use his quirk but it's not working which made him panic. "What the hell is gong on? My quirk isn't working!"

As the cars stopped, the villains came out of their cars and tried to make a run for it before one of them was hit by a bullet that knocked him to the floor, the rest of them turning to see the black car reaching their location, Present Mic, Eraser Head and Snipe coming out of the car.

"You know the drill but I don't think you're going to comply so let's get this over with." The underground hero said in an annoyed tone. One of the villains who was a tall, muscular man immediately dashed towards them, the raven-haired hero is about to intercept before Present Mic unleashed a powerful soundwave that hurt the man and sent him straight into one of their vehicles, knocking him out.

"Get them!" They all rushed at the heroes with their quirks ready but their powers all disappeared, Eraser walking towards them with a scowl.

One of them tried to punch the man but he dodged their strikes until he grabbed their arm and twist it behind their back, another running to him which made him turn to the first villain to him before he kicked them into each other. He quickly wrapped his scarf around the other's neck before he spun them around and slammed them all into each other, causing a pile of unconscious bodies. Snipe did not waste time when he hit the rest with sleep inducing bullets that knocked them out while Preent Mic took care of his share with his sound-based attacks.

After a while, the villain group was defeated, the trio of heroes were putting them in cuffs before they heard the police approaching the scene.

"Alright, the cavalry's here. They ready to take these guys to the Blues." Present Mic joked, getting a facepalm from Shouta who walked to his car and inspected it. "At least there is no damage."

"It's time to go. C'mon, Hizashi! I almost have classes." Touma said as he put his guns in their holsters and went into Shouta's car. Shouta let out a groan when he saw the time, going into the car with Hizashi and Touma as they left the scene to the police who thanked them.

Watching the scene from far away, Izuku and his friends were shaking with excitement as they talked about the scene. The girls were talking enthusiastically about the heroes as they went to a restaurant.

"Mr. Aizawa is cool. He's mysterious." Itsuka said as they all ordered their food. Mina was excited as she and Toru tried to mimic their teachers' movements. "I wish I could be as good as that."

Ochaco was different, seeing the heroes' craft and their expertise in taking care of the situation without anyone getting hurt, it made the brunette look at her hands with newfound determination as she thought aloud. "I need to work better on my new moves and get better with my quirk."

"Why does Mr. Aizawa this remind of some white-haired guy with a mask?" Mina whispered to Toru. "Which one?"

"Umm...I dunno."

While everyone were talking about the event, Izuku was enjoying his Katsudon while talking to Mei and Hitoshi about Aizawa's scarf. After a while, the verdette could not shake the feeling of uneasiness when he looked around.

"Hmm?" Izuku felt an ominous presence before he turned around, seeing nothing which made him confused. The group was unaware of a person in a black hoodie, the person fading into the darkness with a huge smile on his face as he took out his phone which had a picture of Izuku on it.

"Izuku Midoriya..."

"Another murder..."

Naomasa said in his office room, his hands clasped together as he rested his head on them. Looking to his wall full of pictures, markings and drawings, he inspected the people that were murdered, checking their background. After a while, he heard to his office door open, seeing Toshinori who entered silently into the room made the man skeptical when he noticed the usually jovial blonde having a serious expression.

"Toshinori! I'm surprised you're here tonight. I thought you would be at school teaching the young folk!"

"Yes...I'm hope that you're doing alright, old friend."

"Hmm. I am getting by. This case is giving me a problem though. I have never went through a case as headache-inducing since the Moonfish fiasco. You want coffee?"

"Yes please. Thanks."

The detective made a smile as he went to get a cup of coffee. As he turned around, Naomasa waited as the blonde was deep in thought. "What's wrong, Toshinori? The new students giving you a rough time."

"There is a student in UA that used to be quirkless but he now has a quirk." The skeletal man said as he took the cup of coffee. Hearing this, Naomasa was shocked before he calmed himself and sat down in his seat. "A quirkless person...getting a quirk?"

"Yes, I was surprised myself. " Toshinori said as he sipped his coffee, letting out a sigh.

"That's quite the oddity."

"Izuku Midoriya..." Naomasa stated as he booted on his computer. "He's the boy you came across years ago."

"You think it could be related to...him?" Naomasa spoke in a serious tone, Toshinori started to dread the situation as he looked at his reflection in his tea. "I..."

"Think about it. This can't be a coincidence. The moment he comes across you, he gets a quirk afterwards." Naomasa said before he paused for a while. "Does anyone else know about this?"

"No. Nezu has things under wraps and judging by Midoriya's attitude, the kid does not want the info to be out in the open either."

"Man, this changes things." The detective let out a sigh as he leaned back in his seat. "A quirkless person suddenly getting a quirk. Could be another case of a late bloomer? Something is not adding up."

"You're right. That's why I'm asking you if there was any...odd cases." Toshinori asked the man who rubbed his short black hair.

"Can't say. All of them are bizarre but nothing within his alley if that's what you're asking."

"Hmm." Toshinori hummed as he took another sip of his coffee, his quiet behavior was not unnoticed by Naomasa. "You worried about the kid?"

"Yeah. I'm happy for the kid that he got a quirk but...I just hope that he is not being used or targeted because of me." Toshinori said as he rubbed his thumb against his mug. "I guess...I just have my suspicions."

"We need more information on him." Naomasa stated as he looked into some information on him on the computer. Toshinori nodded as he looked out of the window. "I will be working on a hero exercise with his class in a few months from now. I'm very busy with work thanks to Nezu."

"Alright." The detective nodded. "I will try to look into him. So-"

An explosion shook the area which made the two run by the window, seeing a bunch of people with fire powers coming out of the alleyway with bags of money.

"Another attack!" Toshinori said as he started to run out of the door, his body starting to get bigger and more muscular before he leaped out of the window. Naomasa put his hands in his pocket as he went back to work.

"We'll talk about this later."

Finished. Would you believe me that some of the quirks that I came up with on the fly were from Zatch Bell? Trust me, my brain was on shuffle when I was thinking of the villain car chase scene.

Also, for like Hero scenes, I'm going to use their hero names. It honestly works better for me when I do this. Let me know if you have any thoughts on this or are you alright with me using their regular names. I dunno why but I enjoy writing some of the scenes outside of UA. Wanted for Izuku to know what friendship is like. Hope you like the Bakugo vs Izuku fight. Take care of yourselves please.

Enigma out!