Before school started the next day, Izuku and Momo had agreed to meet at the support department for the requested costume changes. Himiko had also dragged along Hagakure and Ochako had decided that she needed some alterations as well.

They'd run into what seemed to be the start of a crowd of reporters, but they were still setting up a lot of the equipment, so they weren't harassed while trying to enter U.A.

He'd knocked on the support department's door, and an explosion sounded from within. The door wasn't blasted off its hinges, but he could smell some smoke from inside.

"Hatsume, it isn't even 7:00 yet, and you've already caused an explosion. I don't know why I even let you in here this early," said someone. That must be Power Loader, the support course's teacher.

"My genius simply shattered the record on that test! I've been deprived of a decent workspace for so long, and then I get access to a world-class support department? You bet your construction suit that I'll take advantage of that!"

Izuku looked between the two. One was obviously Power Loader, and the other was a girl with pink dreadlocks and goggles. She was also covered in soot from the earlier explosion.

Izuku cleared his throat. "Is the support department where we go to request costume changes?"

Power Loader looked at them like they'd saved his life. "Yes, yes it is! How can I help?"

Momo stepped up and said, "My costume sacrifices a lot of protection for ease-of-use. The support company which designed it presumably didn't use DNA integrated fabrics, and I would like to see if I could have a costume made from that."

Hagakure's case was similar, "My costume was just…gloves and boots. No other parts at all."

Ochako silently decided to wait until the other two had their hero suits before asking for alterations to hers.

Here, Hatsume(?) stepped in. "Power Loader, you gotta let me work on this stuff! It's been ages since I got my hands on a DNA sequencer!"

Power Loader sighed. "Against my better judgement, Hatsume, I'm going to let you work on these. Go nuts, but these costumes cannot explode. Got it?"

"I'm not that bad."

"One day. Twenty explosions. I know exactly how bad you are."

Hatsume grinned. "Oh no, I know I'm worse! You haven't seen anything yet!"

Power Loader left with his head between his hands.

"Anyway, you all are looking for DNA-integrated costumes, right? I can deliver!"

She went into what looked like a supply room, before coming out with four vials of clear liquid, and some cotton-tipped sticks. She opened the plastic packets and handed one stick to each of them.

"Just swab these in your mouths, preferably on one of your cheeks for about 30 seconds, and then place it into the vial! We'll sequence your DNA and then integrate it into your costume."

Ochako looked confused, and asked, "But would that even be enough to make a costume? And, also, I didn't ask for the DNA costume changes. Is there a reason you're making me do this?"

Hatsume grinned. "Oh not to worry. Once we sequence your DNA, we can just synthesize more through PCR! What's your Quirk, anyway?"

"I can alter the gravity of something if I touch it, but what does that have to do with anything?"

Hatsume looked at her costume. "So, if I was a villain, to completely disable your Quirk I would attack your hands. Now, we can avoid that if your hand was completely armored, but then you wouldn't be able to use your Quirk through that. If it's DNA-integrated, then you probably could use your quirk through the gloves that you have! In my opinion, every hero should have a DNA-integrated costume. It just works better! I'd have to test it out, of course, but any other costume alterations can be done beforehand."

Toru asked, "But then why are you asking us to swab our cheeks? Can't you just cut a sample of our hair?"

"Silly, I can't see your hair, so I wouldn't know how much to cut! Also, your hair wouldn't actually have any useful DNA without some of your skin cells being attached to the root, so that's not very good, either. Also that's been exposed to the sun, so there might be mutations in the skin cells. You wouldn't want a DNA suit that doesn't match your DNA, right?"

That made sense, actually. Hair was solely composed of keratin, no DNA to be found anywhere. Maybe there was mitochondrial DNA?

He probably needed armored gloves similar to Ochako's, so he might as well do the swabbing.

"Now, once you all are done with the swabbing, let's talk design. What do you want changed?"

Momo started off by saying, "I'd like something more protective than what my current costume has."

Mei pulled up her costume file, and instantly frowned. "What's your name again? Is it Yaoyorozu?"

"Er, yes. Is there a problem?"

"Yeah, the book. You need to lose it. I can easily make you a wrist computer that has satellite connectivity. You're just asking for spinal damage at some point lugging that thing around."

"Well…if it won't be any trouble to you, then, yes, those alterations sound fantastic."

"I'm not done yet, Creation Girl! Your new costume will be made of graphene hyperweave in addition to the DNA-infusion, offering unmatched strength and flexibility! I hope we'll be working together a lot in the future, so just call me Mei."

Toru decided to go with the same option. She wasn't terrible at science, but what Hatsume was doing was well out of her area of expertise. She'd also told Izuku, "Since you're my friend's brother, just call me Toru instead of Hagakure."

Ochako asked, "You're going to be testing my DNA-infused gloves, right?"

Mei nodded, "Since they're just gloves, you can come in here after classes to test them out. Do you have any other alterations you want done?"

"Yeah…My costume right now is super skin-tight, and I don't really want to uh…expose so much. Can I get something a little less-form fitting?"

Mei thought for a little bit, and said, "I could…unless…"

"Unless what?"

"How about, instead of a single layer, we can have two? One is an underlayer, which is going to be skin tight, and I can design something that'll help you with nausea in that underlayer - it's in your file. There will be a looser overlayer that's going to be hyperweave like the other two's costumes, but your underlayer will provide additional protection to your body! We'll only have one layer on your hands, though. You need to be able to use your Quirk, after all."

Ochako agreed. It was similar in design to what some astronauts wore, which played into her theme as well.

"And lastly, you, with the green hair. Your costume design is reasonable, but I'm also going to make you some DNA gloves and make it out of the hyperweave. This is non-negotiable."

Izuku was a little intimidated, he wasn't going to lie.

With their visit to the support department complete, the group of 5 headed to their homeroom.

Like the previous day, Aizawa entered the homeroom by caterpillaring in with his sleeping bag.

He'd started off the class by telling them, "Good job on the battle trials. All Might sent each of you some feedback to your student inboxes. Make sure to read them carefully."

He'd also said, "Today, you will all be selecting your class representative, and vice representative. I don't care how you do it, but just finish before the period's over."

"We are hero course students!" Iida chopped the air, "Let's hold an election to figure out who gets the role!"

Ashido Mina (He'd figured out her name earlier, thanks to Himiko telling him) asked, "Won't we all just vote for ourselves?"

"That's why whoever gets the role deserves to be the class representative! They inspired other people to vote for them! Isn't that right, Mr Aizawa?"

"Do whatever you want, I don't care."

Who should he vote for? Probably Momo. He didn't think Ochako would like the position, and Himiko certainly wouldn't. He definitely wasn't voting for Bakugō.

He wrote down Momo's name on the slip of paper he was given, and waited as Iida collected them.

Huh, he got 5 votes - more than he expected. Momo had gotten three, so she would be the vice-rep.

"Who voted for the shitty nerd?" Ah, of course.

Himiko just whistled innocently. Toru…was she trying to emote exasperation at Bakugō? Iida said that he did, while Ochako and Momo just smiled.

Aizawa woke up once that happened, "Alright, now that you've decided, tomorrow, you're going to have rescue training. If anyone has any costume updates, now is the time to make them. Class dismissed."

Izuku went to get lunch with…what seemed to be a budding group of friends. Himself, Himiko, Toru, Ashido, Iida ("Midoriya, I think we are well past the point of last names! As such, I would be honored if you would call me Tenya!"), Ochako, and Momo all had one table to themselves.

"Actually, Iida, Momo, I was wondering…with the way you talk, are you rich kids?" questioned Ochako.

"I didn't want to say this, but I am, yes. I tried to change how I talk so I wouldn't be called that, but it seems to have been useless. My family has been heroes for generations. Do you know Ingenium?"

"The Turbo Hero? In Tokyo?"

"Yes, his agency is in Tokyo. He's my elder brother, as a matter of fact. I strive to live up to his example!"

"And you, Momo?"

"Well…My family is what some would call 'old money', although my parents do hold jobs. Father is the CEO of the Yaoyorozu Conglomerate, which is the leading brand of support gear on the market, while Mother is a chemistry professor at the University of Tokyo. I'd rather not talk too much about myself, though, so what about you two?"

Ochako decided to go first. "My parents own a small construction company out in Mie, and I didn't have the richest upbringing…it's a bit of an adjustment, coming here to U.A."

Momo nodded. He wasn't sure if Ochako noticed the thoughtful expression on her face.

"My mom works at the Karīda Medical Center as an oncologist," Izuku followed. "We've had…a comfortable life. My father isn't at home right now, because he's working abroad in the U.S.A. He hasn't met Himiko yet, but he's seen her on video calls."

"What does he do? Is it-"

"ATTENTION, ALL STUDENTS. A LEVEL THREE SECURITY BREACH HAS OCCURRED. PLEASE EVACUATE CALMLY."

"A level three? This fast?! W-we weren't expecting this!"

"Make way!"

So much for calm. The students resembled a stampede of…those tiny ratlike creatures. Lemmings? Those.

Either way, somebody was going to get trampled at this rate.

Iida managed to get to the window, and he shouted to them, "It's only the press! There's nothing to be scared of!"

Nobody else paid attention to him, too focused on just getting out.

"Momo, can you make a megaphone? Ochako, can you float me to the ceiling?"

Momo quickly created a megaphone from just above her knee, which Izuku grabbed. Ochako then floated him to the ceiling, where he yelled, "Everybody! Stay calm, it's just the press! There's no reason to be this chaotic!"

"He's right, you know! The press got through the gate!"

"Everyone, just slow down!"

That was taken care of nicely. Luckily nobody was trampled.

After classes, Izuku and Ochako headed to the support department to try on their new gloves.

"Good, you're here! Try them on, and see how they fit!" And that was Mei, being her usual self.

Izuku's gloves were black, and they had a silvery-looking armor plate molded to fit the back of his hand.

He spotted a bent hammer on Mei's desk. "Mei…can I try and change the hammer?"

"Oh yeah, sure, I've got a better one anyway."

Izuku promptly unbent the hammer using Renovate. It didn't feel like there was any resistance when using his Quirk.

Ochako was nearby, and she was altering the gravity of some nuts and bolts. Her gloves seemed to be working fine.