Pinky/Ashido
It's been a few months, but I'm still getting used to living on my own for the first time.
I mean, I'm not alone, alone. All my classmates live here at Heights Alliance with me, and I've got my teachers looking out for me. Mom and Dad text me like, every day, all the time, and I have to tell them "Don't worry, I'm in class!" Or "I'm at my work study, can't talk now!" They definitely worry a lot now that I'm away, and especially since, you know. The reason I moved away and the job I've decided to do!
Ever since I was a kid everyone always knew. She'll be a hero, and a great one! Look at that flashy pink skin, those black and gold eyes, those horns and pink fluffy hair! Not to mention that awesome acid-spewing quirk. With a quirk like mine there was only one way I was gonna end up, a great famous flashy pro hero!
And even before I got into UA, the most elite hero school in the world, I had a little villain experience. When I was in middle school, I saw two of my close friends being cornered by this giant, hulking monster thing, in a cloak with a radio around its neck. It was standing over them like it was gonna smash them if they didn't tell him where the "Springer hero agency" was. I didn't even think, I ran right in there and gave him bad directions. When it was over though my knees just gave out and I hit the floor in just this great big terror, oh my god! That was so scary!
But hey, I'd faced him and walked away okay.
Later on I found out my classmate Eijirou Kirishima had been watching me, and felt really bad that he hadn't been brave enough to run into danger and face that monster too. But he's really toughened up, and now we're both at UA together in the same class. And I'm the only one who knows he used to have black hair and wasn't always so loud and confident.
Things've been pretty crazy since we enrolled at UA. Our class was attacked by this new group of creeps known as the League of Villains the first week of school. And those creeps actually attacked us again, took our classmate Katsuki Bakugou, and got All Might to use up all his energy saving him. So All Might, the world's greatest ever hero and the symbol of peace, can't fight anymore. It's such a bummer! Everyone's so sad now.
And now everyone's kinda looking at Endeavor, the new #1 hero and our classmate Todoroki's dad. He just had this big fight with a scary villain where he nearly died, and we all made Todoroki tea and cookies and tired to cheer him up.
Thinking about how Todoroki looked when Endeavor got all beat up though…
I picked up the phone and dialed "Mom & Dad".
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It was a very special day in class. We were suiting up for outdoor combat training in Gym Gamma, the great big model industrutrial complex thing with all the whacky tubes and twists. Since it was outdoors of course, everyone was getting suited up in their winter gear.
Well, except for…
"So totally pumped for this! Said Hagakure, giving us a two fingers up sign. She'd changed into more durable boots, but the rest of her outfit was the same.
"Aren't you cold, Hagakure?" Asked Jirou.
"Totally freezing!"
"Toughing it out, huh?"
"My winter style's cool as heck, don'tcha think?" I cried, spreading my arms out to show it off. My winter outfit had updated my small vest to a full on jacket, with a fancy fur collar and the P from my hero name embalmed on the sleeves, a bit of flair on the bottom. I posed to show it off for Asui and Yaomomo, who both nodded. Yaomomo had changed to a big fancy cape that made her look like a wizard, and Tsu had neck warmers on. Jirou and Uraraka's were pretty much the same.
"All of our costumes have undergone considerable transformations since the school year began," said Iida, our ever dramatic class Rep, chopping his arms in his same outfit.
"It's crazy how you made it through the summer in that getup, Iida," said Sato as he pulled on his mask.
Nearby, Midoriya had caught sight of Bakugou's new winter look and had immediately started gushing.
"You've got a new look too, Kacchan!"
"Huh? Got a problem with it? Then say it - to my face, you stupid nerd!" Bakugou yelled. Midoriya by now seemed to be totally used to his loudmouth ways. He'd swapped out his tank top for a sweater with a turtleneck, and Midoriya was immediately talking a million miles a minute about it.
"Your costume must guard against the cold and generate heat, yeah? Since your sweat glands serve as weapons, it only stands to reason. What great modification!"
"I don't want your praise either!" Bakugou snarled back.
"You've got the most drastic upgrades though, Midoriya," said Ojiro. "Those gloves are recent, right?"
"I need to keep up my new abilities, and yeah the gloves are pretty awesome. This is already my second pair, actually. Hatsume modified them to take more of a beating!"
Uraraka was wearing a funny look and suddenly punched herself in the face. Wa? Hm.
"Oh, are we slacking off?" Came that smarmy, arrogant voice we all knew way too well. "Is that your way of underestimating us?"
"Oh, they're here," said Eiji, who was apparently going to tough out this season with his shirt off as always, just going topless with his rugged muscles hanging out. Tough guy! "Nope, we're not underestimating anyone. Just excited!"
"Hey, is that so? Too and for you. The tides are rolling our way now! Hear me Class A! Today is the day we settle this rivalry!" Monoma screamed as Class 1B shot him weird looks. Monoma pulled a sheet of paper dramatically out of his pocket.
"Check out this survey I took at the culture festival! Which did people prefer - Class A's dinky concert or Class B's ultra-high-quality Theatrical production? Well take a look! Yes, our margin of victory was two entire votes!"
Eiji was staring at the paper looking stressed.
"For real? Well, can't argue since we didn't see their show."
That jerk monomer! Always being annoying and making fun of us, well, we'll show him.
"You've been hogging the spotlight like pigs in slop ever since school started, but those days are coming to an end! Because today it's A vs. B! Our first joint battle training! And we're gonna - argh!"
Kendo had been heading towards him to karate chop him silent, but Mr. Aizawa got there first.
"Quiet, you."
He and Vlad King Sensei were facing both our classes now.
"WE've got a special guest today," said Vlad sensei.
"So try not to make fools of yourselves," said Mr. Aizawa.
"A guest?" Said Yaomomo.
"Fresh meat!" Bakugou yapped.
"A girl, I hope!?" Said Kaminari, looking ready to flirt.
"We'll show em the ropes!" Said TEtsutetsu.
"He's hoping to transfer to the hero course," said Mr. Aziawa, and Midoriya and Ojiro both gasped.
It was the guy from the Sports Festival!
"Hitoshi Shinso, from Class C of General Studies!"