Another day of being stuck with annoying extras, chatting over and over about pointless shit. Katsuki couldn't have wanted the day to end fast enough. His Mom was just barely starting to get her shit together, the last thing he wanted to happen today was for the old lady to break down in front of the extras.

Bad enough Dodger assumed he had some sort of nice side, he didn't need anyone to start assuming he was a cry baby like Dek-Midoriya. "I'm so nervous, my dad is just gonna tease me all day." Eater complained in his seat. "How the hell am I gonna live after this?"

"You're not the only one with a dark family." Bird boy spoke up. "The shadows grow black upon us this day."

"I'd say tone down the drama, but that would be hypocritical of me." Earlobes slammed her head on her desk. "Both my folks are coming. This is going to be a nightmare. Whatever you do, ignore anything my dad says. Don't give him attention."

"I'll back you up if you ignore my mom. She can be a bit … much." Picachu groaned. "What about you Mineta, how bad is your family?"

"Mom and Dad are busy, so one of my sisters is coming." Grapist shivered. "She's insufferable. Don't look in her eyes, she's a soul sucker that latches onto you the moment you glance in her direction." He didn't know why, but his combat instinct was screaming that the boy had a point. "Anyone else have siblings only?"

"My brother is coming." Four eyes told the group of extras. "He said he wanted to see how far UA had come since he joined."

"My sister is coming as well." Half and half deadpanned. "This is going to suck." Guess hate boner didn't just extend to exclusively endeavor.

"My uncle's coming instead of my parents." Tape arms shrugged. "He's always been pretty cool, if a bit lazy in the past few years. Also he constantly eats chilli dogs, so his breath is the stuff of nightmares."

"I don't know who's coming for me. My parents have been pretty quiet lately. I hardly see them around." Invislign said out loud, and he couldn't tell if she was being ironic. "What about you Iruma-kun?"

"My parents never come to Parents day because they don't care about it. So it's always a normal school day for me." … The fact he said that in his normal stupidly happy voice even made HIM a little concerned.

"So they're not even going to hear the letter you have?" Tentacle arms asked.

"Oh, it's not for them, it's-" The boy was interrupted by a buzz, multiple buzzes actually. His own phone went off too. "Huh, that's weird. I'm pretty sure I didn't call the whole class again."

"No, it's not from you, it's from Aizawa-sensei." Ponytail looked at the message the whole class received. "He's telling us to head to city omega."

"That's weird, he'd normally just tell us to dress up and get on the bus without giving us any explanation." Uraraka had a point. "In fact, he'd usually just walk in here and tell us to get ready in person. This is pretty out of character for him."

"Get a move on and stop yapping then." Katsuki groaned and got up. "Hurry before the teach decides to expel someone again."

"Come on Bakugo, that was just a … logica ruge … lo-" Dodger lost his train of thought.

"Logical Ruse."

"Thank you Iida. Besides, we have something more important to worry about." It better be important. "How are we going to drive the bus?"

The class was silent. Usually they got the robots but those were normally nabbed by the teachers. "Don't worry everyone." Dunceface cracked his knuckles. "Leave this to me."

It turns out, Kaminari's only actual experience with driving was video games! Shame on her for actually thinking the moron could do something like that without screwing up royally! Too bad it was probably for the last though she would ever have!

"Tree, tree!" Sero shouted.

"Fence to the right, fence to the right!" Ashido joined in.

"Look out for the puppy!" Iruma cried out.

"I might be capable of maneuvering better without all the BACKSEAT DRIVING!" Kaminari shouted, steering hard enough everyone was launched to the side of the bus.

"Jamming-whey, if we die today, I'm going to find a way to kill you in the afterlife!" Jiro shouted, trying to shove Uraraka's foot off her face.

"Not if I do it first, Earlobes!" Bakugo crawled on the ground, using it to center his gravity. "Even if we get out of this alive he's dead!"

Realizing she would never get to say what she meant to say before, to say sorry to the guy, she opened her mouth, but the apology never came, cut off by Shoji's next words. "I smell gasoline." OH SHIT!

"EVERYBODY JUMP OUT!" Iruma shouted, lighting up his body with his quirk, bouncing off the left side, and kicking the right. "Rabbit-spin kick!" The boy created a massive hole within the vehicle, and everyone followed him out seconds later.

The bus skidded and crashed into the side of a building, thankfully not exploding as everyone caught their breath. "Kaminari …" Kirishima got out, panting. "Fuck … you."

"That's fair." The boy responded, laying on the ground.

"Guys … it wasn't from the bus." Everyone turned to Shoji confused. "It came from … the pit?" They turned and found a massive pit, above it dangled a chain leading to a tarp. What the fuck was going on with today?

"It's pretty dark, isn't it?" Aoyama looked down into the pit. "Even my sparkles can not reach the bottom."

"No, it's just a lot of gas." Suzuki, his rival and companion, spoke up. "If this thing gets ignited the fire will be big. Like, 'Shoto sports festival' big." The fact he knew so little about the world but understood the consequences of something as deadly as this was remarkable and deeply troubling.

"Alright, so first things first, have Bakugo stay as far away from the pit as possible." Uraraka pointed out. A fair assessment. He would be the most inclined to blow it up on accident, and on purpose the more he thought about it.

"Dunce face too, you're a living spark plug for this shitshow." The boy complied. Also a fair assessment. Kamianri couldn't quite … aim.

"Why is there so much gasoline here in the first place? It is clearly a violation of safety laws." Iida stated, asking the obvious question.

"UA must have sprung a hole, and now they're selling it, like in mining movies." Everyone stared at Suzuki.

"We worry about you so much, Iruma." Tsu blurted out, turning to the boy, and then back at the hole. "Someone intentionally dug a hole here that was precise enough to avoid causing an explosion mid-dig. The question now is who and where they are."

"WHOEVER PUT THIS HOLE HERE, CAN YOU COME OUT!" Suzuki shouted out.

Aoyama spoke up. "Suzuki, just because you ask something doesn't mean they'll-"

"It's about time my curtain call had arrived." Right on cue, a masked man in dark clothing appeared on some sort of platform hanging from the sky, right next to him was a large box shaped object covered in a sheet. Aoyama could've sworn he heard muffled cries of help coming from it.

"... Was he just waiting there the whole time?" Kaminari had the gall to ask.

"It seems kind of weird to just show up instead of being there waiting, right?" Ashido added in. Yes, dramatic timing was everything, but it did not work here.

"I was simply waiting for you fools to actually use your brains, so I could have your full attention as I laugh at your expense."

"Shouldn't we be laughing at you?" Hagakure asked. "You've got an opera mask and cape, that's super cliche."

"And all black too, completely garrish." Aoyama added in. If they were criticizing he wanted it done right.

"Oh, I wouldn't be laughing just yet, not when I can take away everything you care about with a simple shove." The goadish villain mocked them, before uncovering the sheet. "Pardon me, but these people would've happen to look familiar to you now, do they?" It … it couldn't be.

"Katsuki!" There was no way.

"Tenya!" There was just no way it could be.

"Tsuyu!" Please let this be a nightmare.

"Mom!" Pretty Please let this be a nightmare.

"Dad!" For the love of god let this be a nightmare.

"Yuga!" His…his parents….at the hands of villains….at…their..mercy…no….not them!

Aoyama would do anything to protect his family, anything.

"Yes, your precious families are dangling over a pit of gasoline. With just a match and a rusty blade, this whole thing could go very deadly, wouldn't you say?"

"Wouldn't you die too?" Suzuki asked in his normally confused tone. "It's a lot of gas, and the moment you light it, it's going to all blow up. You couldn't get far away enough to escape."

"If it means completing my goal then so be it." The bastard of a villain stated. "You see, I was once a UA student, but got dropped out, so I'm going to ruin the futures and hopes of other students!"

"So you're going to finish your goal by dying? That's stupid. What's the point of having a goal if you're not alive to enjoy it?"

"I have plans you couldn't dream of, kid, I won't die from something as messily as fire!"

"Now you're just being confusing. Are you going to die or are you not?"

"Stop over analyzing this would you, I have your family hostage!" The man shouted.

"You have my friend's family. My parents aren't here because they don't care."

"Then who the fuck is the blond zombie looking man who came here under your name?"

Suzuki paused, gears turning in his head. "Trash-zombie! Hang on!" Now he looked as panicked as the rest of them.

"Drop dead, motherfucker! I'll kill you before you even blink!" For once, Aoyama could get on board with Bakugo's crass nature.

"Not so fast! One step closer and here will be the first to go." The villain pulled out a woman that looked virtually identical to Bakugo in every way.

"Katsuki, you moron! Stop antagonizing the villain!"

"I'll do what I want, he's clearly in the wrong here!"

"Haven't your teachers taught you any self control!?"

"THIS IS MY SELF-CONTROL! THE EXTRAS HAVEN'T DIED YET, HAVEN'T THEY!?"

"WELL THEN, YOUR SELF-CONTROL IS SHIT!"

" OLD HAG!"

" LITTLE BRAT!"

"... I see the family resemblance." Kirishima looked back and forth at the shouting match.

"So Katsuki's mother screams because she loves him?" Suzuki, don't read into this at all, please.

"Either BOTH of you shut up, or I slit this woman's neck!" Bakugo quieted down, simply content on growling for now. "That's what I thought." What the HELL could they do without letting anyone die!?

"Distract him." Hagakure's voice snuck up behind him. He turned, and he didn't see the gloves or boots she wore floating in the air. "I'm going to get up there and disarm him when he's off his guard. Just keep him busy."

He nodded, turning to the villain. "Sir, would you be fine if I offered some beauty tips?" Distraction, he needed distraction. That would save his parents.

Iruma had to focus, Trash Sensei's life was on the line. He needed to be distracting so Toru and Ochako could sneak in and disarm him. But how could he be distracting … Maybe he could learn from some of the other guys.

"Have you considered background music?" Jiro asked him with a raised eyebrow. "I have a selection if you want to hear."

"Oh, I still haven't listened to much music since that one time at Karaoke, so that actually sounds like fun!" He added in.

"Even if I was interested in background music, I am NOT doing Karaoke!" The villain shouted angrily. Hey, he was distracted, it was working!

"Why not? Is it because you don't have any friends to hang out with?" He kept asking. "I didn't go until the first day at UA, so if you need someone to join you, I'm sure everyone here would be more than happy to come." Maybe if the villain was happy enough, he'd stop being so confused.

"Friends are not the issue here." The man growled.

"Of course not, because he'd have to have friends to begin with." Sero added in. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Ochako float higher, soon she'd be able to get the drop on him. "Probably gave up on life in general after he flunked out of UA. Then again, who'd want to hang out with a guy that dresses up like that?"

"I will have you know this is hand designed after phantom of the opera!"

"You mean the shitty romance story about a bad looking nobody who was super lonely and horny?" Bakugo asked the villain. "Yeah, I can see why an extra like you would like it."

"At least the Phantom had a good voice going for him, this cretin is like listening to sandpaper on a chalkboard." Momo rolled her eyes.

"You know what, maybe I should drop a parent, see how it goes!" Oh no, they took the mean distraction too far, they needed another distraction … something positive this time.

"So why did you flunk out!" Iruma shouted. "Was it grades?"

"Wha..NO! It wasn't grades! I was the top of my class! It was the fools here that failed to notice my greatness!"

"... Wait … so you willingly left one of the best schools in Japan … because nobody looked at you?" Ashido asked with a tilted head.

"Even Bakugo isn't that self centered." Kirishima added on.

"Why do you think I called him a shitty extra, at least you all have class." Aw, Bakugo really was getting nicer.

"I understand, but you do know you would have gotten noticed as a pro hero right?" Mineta asked. "It's why I joined the hero course as well. Ladies do love a hero."

"I..uh…YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND THE DEPTHS OF MY MENTAL CAPABILITIES!"

"Then explain it to us, we have all the time, you're holding our parents hostage!" Kaminari shouted out. "You haven't even told us your quirk."

"I assumed it was some gadget based material, or maybe he just produced all the gasoline." Shoji spoke. "Or maybe it's just tacky taste in clothes."

"My quirk is something far beyond simple gadgets … It's absolute memorization! I remember everything from every atom I've ever experienced, even my own birth!"

"That's horrifying!" Ashido shouted. "Who wants to remember something like that!?"

"After ten years the shock value just kinda declines into emptiness, besides, I've seen MUCH worse than that." The man shivered.

"Oh, so have you also climbed into a camel's corpse to survive the cold desert night? Believe me, the smell is awful." Iruma grimaced.

"I-what-i'm not even going to dignify that with a response." Rude. "My point is I would have been the best of the best heroes, but they just found me as a paperweight!"

"What's wrong with paperweights? They keep all the papers neat and organized!" Iruma called out.

"Is, is he high or something? Has school policy changed since I flunked?"

"No, this is how he is all the time." Tsu commented. "Trust me, you're getting the tame version of it."

"So if you memorised everything, why not just create traps to torture everyone who ignored you before violently making them suffer." Everyone turned to Shoto. "What, that's what pranks are, right?" Ah, he had a point.

"I think I've lost twenty brain cells from listening to this conversation alone. I don't even know if I want to-ACK!" The villain fell over face forward.

"That's for messing with my dad you creep!" Ochako shouted, holding his arm tight.

"Oh you think you've won don't you? I still have buttons … somewhere …" The villain's free hand patted his pants. "I had twenty! Where did they all go?"

"Oh, looking for these?" Toru's voice came up as a couple little devices were being carried in the air.

"So last I checked, you wanted to violently murder our parents, right?" Bakugo began to spark, sharp teeth.

"How about we teach you what it means to put our family at risk." Momo made a very sharp stick.

"Hey now, you're heroes, you can't just kill me!" The villain pleaded.

"He's right, killing a villain for revenge is wrong." They all turned to Iida, clearly remembering his time in Hosu. "... That said, a few kicks while he's down won't hurt."

"That's what Rabbit-sama would do." Iruma agreed with a nod.

Mitsuki walked down the stairs of ice, watching the single villain get the crap kicked out of him by students. "Alright guys, that's enough."

"What the-he was going to KILL YOU!" Her brat shouted in rage. It warmed her heart to know just how much her brat cared about her.

"True, but it's a bit overkill." The frog man followed behind, shivering from the cold. Right, hibernation. "It's just a test after all." Every student abruptly stopped, eyes wide.

"Wha-test? But no one told me to study for a test." The Suzuki kid was tilting his head in confusion. It was actually pretty damn adorable.

"The test was meant to see how prepared you are for a hostage situation." Aizawa-sensei appeared from the shadows in one of the alleyways. "Particularly when a loved one or someone you know is in danger."

"You made us think our parents were gonna die just because of a test!?" Kirishima asked, horrified. "That's pretty messed up."

"Considering you all passed, and you crashed a bus, lets call it even." Oh yeah, they did crash a bus didn't they? "The man you're currently manhandling is an actor we hired to fill the role of a villain."

"I request … insurance …" The voice filter began to spark. "Pretty … please?"

"We'll get you something." Aizawa spoke, Mitsuki now standing by her son with the other parents meeting up with their own children.

"Trash-Zombie-sensei!" She snorted upon hearing Suzuki's nickname for his apparent guardian, who indeed looked like a withering corpse. "For a second, I thought you were actually in danger! It didn't make sense the more I thought about it though. You're so strong and tough, they couldn't have caught you!" This guy was tough?

"Don't worry about it, I had to act the part just like everyone, a sense of realism after all." The man was coughing blood as he said that. Either this guy was a good liar or the boy wasn't that bright…from the sounds of it, it could be both.

"You all did well, easy distraction while the sneak attack commenced, but you didn't have a backup if it failed, and two people alone with an unknown quirk isn't a wise decision. One page report on my desk by tomorrow." The students groaned.

"Then what was the point of the letters?" The Iida kid asked.

"To make you all think about those close to you more than usual." Huh, that sounded pretty sweet coming from a hardass if Katsuki's word was anything to go by.

"That's our kind Aizawa-sensei." The pink girl teased.

"Heck yeah, the fluffy center of a hard shell!" The tape kid yelled.

"He's the best teacher ever!" She swore actual stars were beaming from Suzuki.

"..." The man turned around and slowly backed away into the alleyway. Ha, the man was a total softie.