Tara's Note: Originally, this was going to be a six chapter story when I outlined it to start. I'm not sure where this is going because I think I can do what I want in just one more chapter, but I legitimately don't even know anymore. And I write these notes before I start the chapter, so how this is going to end up is a mystery to me as of when I wrote this. Did I fulfill my goals? Is this actually the last chapter? Are there going to be seven chapters of this six chapter fic? Read on and find out!
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Planting her hands on the ravenette's desk, Ashido Mina leaned over Momo with a wide and excited grin. "Yaomomo! I just saw what you posted in our group chat! You decided to be a real life harem protagonist and you didn't invite me?!"

From her spot standing next to the pink-skinned girl, Asui Tsuyu nudged her companion playfully with her elbow. "Maybe she's just not into you, kero."

An outraged gasp escaped Mina as she turned her head to look at the verdette. "Excuse you? I put the ass in acid! Who wouldn't want to date me?"

Momo made a faintly concerned noise at Mina's words even as Izumi did her best not to laugh at the unfolding chaos. Sighing, Tsuyu shook her head despondently. "We really need to spend less time making out and more time studying." The frog-quirked girl looked up at Momo and shrugged faintly. "Although I wouldn't have put it quite the same way, I'll admit to being vaguely curious what the criteria to join your harem are. I'm definitely interested, kero. If I'd known you were open to that sort of thing, I would have hit on you days ago."

"Well, let me start by saying that I'm quite flattered by the interest. With that said, I was mostly being facetious when I referred to myself as a harem protagonist. As of last night, I do in fact have three separate girlfriends, but I am strongly encouraging them to date each other so that we form a polycule rather than a harem." Momo cocked her head to the side curiously, her dark eyes darting back and forth between Mina and Tsuyu. "Making out? Are the two of you-"

Mina nodded, wrapping one arm around Tsuyu's waist and grabbing a great big handful of the verdette's ass. "We've been dating since the first day of class. Remember when I tried to get all of us girls to go out to a café together and pretty much everyone had somewhere else to be? Basically Tsuyu and I ended up going out on a date, and things went from there. That being said, we're both open to being in a larger relationship so..." Bringing her free hand up, Mina pantomimed grabbing something and leaned back dramatically. "Let me in!"

Deciding to help her girlfriend out, Izumi reached forward and poked Mina's side to get the rosette's attention. "Sorry, we sort of have a theme going on." At Mina's curious look, she elaborated. "Drug polycule. I'm the cocaine girl. Momo is the cocaine-making girl. Kinoko does shrooms. And Maribara is the weed girl. No sober people allowed."

Much to her surprise, a wide grin crossed Mina's face as she turned to face Izumi. "Are you kidding me? My quirk is making all different forms of acid. Including lysergic acid diethylamide." At Izumi's confused expression, she let out an exasperated noise. "Those are the biggest words I know. It's the scientific name for… LSD! I can make LSD with my quirk!" Liquid began to pool in her palm as she shoved it toward Izumi's face. "Go ahead, lick me."

"First of all, this is not the context in which I ever expected a girl to say those words to me. Secondly... don't acid trips last for hours? Even if I was interested in getting high on acid, doing it before homeroom would be literally the stupidest possible thing I could do. Aizawa would expel me in a heartbeat." Reaching up, Izumi gently pushed Mina's hand away from her face before turning to Tsuyu. "Let me guess, you're also a walking drug factory?"

Tsuyu shrugged negligently. "I can secrete bufotenine from my skin when I want to, kero. Mina licks my cheek, I lick her hand, and then we just sort of vibe for a few hours." Izumi shook her head in disbelief; was there anyone in her class who wasn't getting high? At this rate, Momo was going to end up with eight girlfriends, more if the girls of 1-B were cut from the same cloth as Kinoko and Ibara. Like sure, Mina was cute and Tsuyu was cute - and Ibara and Kinoko were also cute - but what the heck would one even do with five girlfriends? She barely knew what to do with one girlfriend! Before Izumi could respond, Tsuyu turned back to Momo. "Do you have any strong feelings on the subject of frog meat?"

Cocking her head to the side, Momo considered the question. "I rather enjoy it. It has a pleasant texture and mouth feel, and a better taste than several other more common white meats. Why do you ask?"

Mina and Tsuyu exchanged grins before the verdette smoothed her expression back out into the placid countenance she often wore. "No reason, kero."

Before the conversation could continue - because Izumi was truly curious about where Tsuyu was going with that line of questioning, attempted demurral not withstanding - Aizawa slunk into the classroom. "Everybody in your seats. We have a lot to do this morning and not much time to do it in."

As Mina and Tsuyu hurried across the room to take their seats, Izumi slid off of Mineta's desk and moved up one desk to her own, smirking faintly as the diminutive boy scrambled into his seat and mashed his face against where she'd been sitting on the desk. Ah, he was going to be a loyal tipper some day. Taking out her school supplies, she got her desk arranged to her liking before folding her hands and staring up at Aizawa attentively.

"We have a big class today on hero informatics." Aizawa stared out over the class dispassionately as several of them shifted uncomfortably in their seats before clarifying. "You need codenames. Time to pick your hero identities." As the class began to chatter excitedly, his eyes flashed red, and silence returned to the room. "This is related to the pro hero draft picks that I mentioned last time we were in class together. Normally students don't have to worry about the draft yet, not until their second or third year actually. But your class is different. In fact, by extending offers to first years like you, pros are essentially investing in your potential. Any offers can be rescinded if their interest in you dies down before graduation, though."

From behind Izumi, the verdette heard Mineta mumble to himself. "Stupid selfish adults."

Before Aizawa could continue, Hagakure Tooru interrupted him. "So what you're saying is that we'll still have to prove ourselves after we've gotten recruited."

"Correct. Now, here are the totals for those of you who got offers." Clicking on a remote, Aizawa turned on the projector and a series of bars appeared on the wall beside him. Unsurprisingly, Momo was far and away in the lead with over four thousand individual offers, which made Izumi blink because even with her knowledge of heroes, she wasn't aware of there being over four thousand separate hero agencies in Japan. Kacchan was next, despite his third place finish, and then Todoroki, Mina, and Iida. A few more names appeared and then down at the bottom with exactly one offer was Izumi's own name.

Wow, rude.

"In past years, it's been more spread out but there's a pretty big gap this time. Yaoyorozu's placement is understandable. Midoriya, I'm sure you're wondering why you ranked so poorly despite coming in second." Aizawa's gaze swept across the room to land on the verdette. "Perhaps consider behaving slightly less lasciviously next year? Lucky for you, Midnight has taken a shine to you and extended an internship offer to you. As for the rest of you... despite these results, you'll all be interning with pros, got it? Even those of you who didn't get any offers. You already got to experience combat with real villains during the attack on the USJ facility. But it'll still be helpful to see pros at work, up close and personal in the field first hand."

Sato Rikido clenched his fist excitedly. "And for that we need hero names!"

Uraraka Ochako nodded eagerly. "Things are suddenly getting a lot more fun!"

Rather than use his quirk on the class again, Aizawa waited for them to calm down before continuing. "These hero names will likely be temporary, but take them seriously or-"

The door slid open, interrupting Aizawa. "You'll have hell to pay later!" Strutting into the room, Kayama Nemuri took her place next to Aizawa at the podium. "What you pick today could be your codename for life. You'd better be careful, or you'll be stuck with something utterly indecent."

Aizawa glanced over at his coworker before nodding slowly. "Yeah, she's got a good point. Midnight is going to have final approval over your names. It's not my forte." Bending down, he retrieved his yellow sleeping bag from behind the podium. "The name you give yourself is important. It helps reinforce your image and shows what kind of hero you want to be in the future. A codename tells people exactly what you represent. Take All Might for example."

With that, Aizawa slunk off to do whatever he was going to be doing during their special class - probably napping - as whiteboards and markers were quickly and efficiently distributed to the class. Izumi took a matter of seconds to scribble her choice down before thrusting her hand into the air. "Miss Midnight? I'm ready to present my name."

"I would have been disappointed if you weren't, considering you announced yours to the entire world at the Sports Festival." Midnight took a step to the side, gesturing to the podium. "Come on up, Midoriya."

Hurrying up to the front of the room, Izumi plunked her whiteboard down on top of the podium. "As you all know, I'm going to be... Snowflame: the White Hot Ecstasy Hero." Her gaze darted over to where Midnight was standing and then toward the back of the room. "I would have picked 'the Creati's Simp Hero' as my epithet, but I didn't think that Midnight would sign off on that."

Midnight let out a peal of laughter at that. "I might have. I guess we'll never know." As Izumi stared down at her whiteboard contemplatively, the heroine shooed her away. "Back to your seat, Snowflame. Who else is ready to come up?"

Now that she was done, Izumi had... a lot of thoughts to share. Because she'd actually thought of some really great names for her classmates while high the other day and contemplating this very subject. Hurrying over to Sato, she grabbed his whiteboard and scrawled a word across it. "Okay, so... feel free to tell me to mind my own business, but what about Kuchisabishii?"

"When you're not hungry but you eat because your mouth is lonely?" Sato's thick lips turned upward in a smile. "That's kind of funny. I was just going to go with Sugar Man, but maybe that's a bit too... on the nose? Thanks, Midoriya."

As the boy set his mind to coming up with his epithet, Izumi doubled back and headed for... "Tsuyu!" Figuring the smaller girl wouldn't mind given that she was trying to date her and Momo, Izumi bumped her over with her hip and slid halfway into her desk. "Okay, so, Froppy is super cute and friendly and all, but you kicked the shit out of some villains at the USJ. So what about..." Grabbing the marker from the smaller girl's hand, Izumi scribbled four hiragana on the board. "Hoplite? It's a frog pun, but it's also a fearsome warrior from ancient history!"

Tsuyu brought her finger up to her chin as she contemplated that. "I grew up wanting to be a rescue hero... but it is a slightly more niche role in society than a spotlight hero. The USJ showed me that I could do more good for society than just performing water rescues. Let me think about it for a few minutes."

"Just a thought I had while high. Your mileage may vary; I just wanted to share it because, you know, we're workshopping ideas and another perspective might be valuable." Izumi slid out of the seat and made her way forward one seat to straight up plop herself in Mina's lap. "Whatcha got, Mina?"

Reaching around Izumi, the pink-skinned girl raised her board up off the desk a bit. "I was thinking of going with Alien Queen. Like the character from the movie who had acidic blood." Mina's finger tapped at the board slowly as she explained. "It's probably a bit scary for a hero name, but scaring villains isn't a bad thing. Like, that's going to be Bakugou's entire gimmick."

From across the room, Kacchan raised the head before lifting his own board into the air. "Fuck yeah it is! That's why I'm going to be King Explosion Murder!"

Midnight let out an exasperated sigh at that announcement. "First of all, no swearing in class. Detention, Bakugou." As the blond snarled angrily at the rebuke, Midnight raised a second finger. "Also, you can't have a name with 'murder' in it. Don't even bother bringing that up here, I'll send you straight back to come up with something else."

Before the situation could devolve any further, Momo calmly rose to her feet and made her way to the front of the room. "Since Izumi went ahead and announced my name already, I might as well make it official." Placing her whiteboard on the podium, the ravenette smiled brightly. "I am going to be Creati: the Everything Hero."

"A wonderful name, Creati. Two down, eighteen to go." Midnight waited for Momo to depart the podium before gesturing grandly to the rest of the class. "Would anyone else like to come up to present their name?"

Aoyama Yuga rose to his feet and strode grandly up to the podium. He plunked his whiteboard on the podium with the back to the class, preparing for a grand reveal, when Izumi shouted up at him. "Magnifique: the Twinkling Hero!"

Blinking a few times, Aoyama sagged in place and lowered his whiteboard. "That is... better than what I came up with. Let me just... go change what I have written down."

"Don't thank me, thank the cocaine!" Turning back to Mina's whiteboard, Izumi considered the name for a few seconds before looking back over her shoulder at the rosette. "What if we try to put a slightly more friendly spin on it? The Heartmelting Hero: Alien Queen. You'll know what it really refers to and maybe like, five sci-fi otaku will probably put it together, but it's still friendly enough to pass muster with Midnight."

Reaching up, Mina grabbed Izumi's head between her hands and pressed a kiss to her lips. Before Izumi could even process what was happening, it was over and Mina was erasing part of her whiteboard so that she could scribble 'The Heartmelting Hero' into the empty space. "It's perfect! Thanks, Midori!"

Distractedly rising to her feet, Izumi nodded and then hurried across the back of the room to lean down against Momo's shoulder. "So, uh, we should probably talk to Mina and Tsuyu after class? Maybe add them to the 'trying to figure shit out' chat?"

"Some of your lipstick rubbed off on her. I'm debating going over there and getting it back." Momo's dark eyes twinkled up at Izumi as she grabbed Izumi's hand and gave it a squeeze. "But yes, we definitely need to figure out a number of things in the near future. For now, though... I can see his whiteboard from here and Todoroki is seriously considering just calling himself 'Shouto' in the field."

Gasping, Izumi hurried over to peer down at Todoroki's whiteboard. "Todoroki! You can't just call yourself by your first name! First of all, that's way too informal for our society. Secondly, it's just boring! What about… you know, you would have made a good Snowflame too because of your quirk." As Todoroki stared up at her impassively, she shook her finger at him warningly. "No stealing my name. Japan is only big enough for one Snowflame. Synonyms, thought… Frostfire could work. Or…"

Peering down at his whiteboard, Todoroki reluctantly erased his name before writing 'Frostburn: the Elemental Hero'. Not quite what she'd suggested, but still a good name and leagues better than what he'd started with. "Your input is… appreciated. Thank you, Midoriya. Unlike Ashido, though, I will not be kissing you."

"Considering how complicated my love life already is? You have no idea how happy I am to hear that."