Chapter 16:

(Okay, time for the overarching plot to kick in. So, I hope you guys like how I wrote that dream situation for Lucas. I figured I start off with a bit of ambiguity. As for the idea of Lucas wearing an outfit like Ness', that idea should be used for another time. Enjoy the chapter!)

Sunlight awoke Lucas from his sleep, and when he awoke, he didn't expect to be somewhere like this.

Instead of his room from his bed, Lucas found himself sleeping in a field of sunflowers. He looked around, frightened. "Wh-Where is this place?" He asked himself. Sunflowers as far as he could see, he could hear bees buzzing and feel wind push against him.

The sky was bright out. As he walked to take look around, he could see mountains in the distance. He walked carefully to not step on any flowers.

"Still, I've never been here, but…it feels a little familiar." He didn't understand. Perhaps it was due to how much he loves gardening? He didn't know. "Oh, there's a clearing over there." He walked over to a clear area, a cliffside. He could use that to see where he was. Hearing roars was the last thing Lucas expected to hear, but he could hear coming from somewhere near those mountains.

Lucas awoke, and took a breath of relief, "Okay, it was just a dream." Lucas said, "Still, that roar…did I "help" from it?" He asked himself. "I…also heard 'run.'" He yawned, rubbing his eyes. "I'll try to figure out what it was after school." He got up, put on his uniform…and his hoodie, and walked out the door. "Morning, Papa." He said, seeing his father in the kitchen. "Good morning, Lucas. Did you sleep well?" He asked, making an omelette for breakfast.

"I think so." He said, still tired. Nezu looked at his boy, worried, he looked more tired than he did before the entrance exam. "Well, I hope the stress of school hasn't gotten to you any, pup. Here, have breakfast." He said, putting the two plates down on the table.

"Thank you." Lucas said, Nezu chuckled in response.

"No no, I'm not st-stressing over school. I…I think it's still socializing." Lucas said, "Ah yes. Yagi-san DID mention that you were confident enough to give criticism about the first match, but then you fell back as soon as soon as your realized the others were staring." Nezu remembered, "Wh-Why did he tell you?" Lucas was embarrassed, and blushed nervously. Yagi-san telling his father about an embarrassing fail was the worst.

"He was just trying to tell me that you did an incredible job with yesterday's training, in both match and analysis." Nezu noticed, he was proud for his son, using his skills efficiently.

"Still, I'm sorry, Papa. I thought I'd make better progress by now." Lucas apologized, crushed under embarrassment and shame.

"Lucas, you need to stop apologizing. You ARE making progress. It's not your training that I'm too worried about, my little pup. You need to make friends." He said, partially lying. Nezu is still burdened in fear by the idea of Lucas trying to be a pro hero.

"And you've been doing great on that front! So, I expect you to try to focus less on worrying, understand?" He asked.

Lucas nodded, "Y-Yes sir."

(Later)

When Lucas got to school, he spotted Izuku & Ochaco being hounded by the press. He cringed and dreaded this. He put a red & blue hat on to cover himself. Nezu didn't want him wearing the hoodie today, to try and push him out of his shell.

"Hey, you! Can you tell what it's like to work so closely with All Might?" A reporter asked the boy.

Izuku hardly made the excuse to go to the nurses office, thankfully. "Oh, you! Young man!" Another reporter tried to get Lucas' attention, "A-Ah…" Lucas was nervous, pulling the hat to his side to try and be as passive as he could manage. "N-N-No…No comment." Was what he said.

"His leadership and wisdom remind me on a daily basis that I attend the most prestigious educational institution." He heard Tenya say. "Of course, he's the personification of honor and integrity that one would expect, but he's also not afraid to show his students a more humorous side." So, he was easily boring the press.

"Huh, suddenly, my fears have been assuaged." Lucas said, bluntly, just watching Tenya bore them. He took a deep breath and walked passed Bakugo…Aizawa?

"Weird, it's unusual to see Sensei up before class." Lucas thought to himself, "Guess handling the press was a strong motivator." He watched Aizawa handle the press…by simply telling them to leave and walking away. All they wanted to hear about was All Might. "Heh, the burden of being a celebrity." He said, a mischievous giggle coming from him as he saw the barrier being set up so the press couldn't enter the school.

(More later)

"Decent work on yesterday's combat training, you guys." Aizawa said, "I saw the video feeds and went over each of your team's results. Bakugo." He called out to him, Katsuki gave him a blank stare.

"You're talented. So don't sulk like a child about your loss, okay?" Katsuki rolled his eyes, "Yeah, whatever." He said.

Aizawa then called out to Midoriya, "I see the only way you won the match was by messing up your arm again." Izuku looked down, expecting the harsh words.

"Work harder. And don't give me that excuse that you don't have control over your Quirk." Aizawa pointed out how old the line is. "You can't keep breaking your body while training here, but your Quirk will be really useful if you can get a handle on it." Izuku gasped, smiling as soon as he got reassurance.

"So, show a little urgency, yeah?" Aizawa told him, "Right. Sakai, there's something I need to tell you about YOUR performance." Lucas was concerned, "Your form with the staff. It was sloppy. You need to either get better at wielding it or don't use it at all. You know how to fight for a reason." Aizawa said, "Y-Yes, Sensei." Lucas nodded, taking a breath. "With that out of the way, let's get down to business. Our first task will decide your future." Aizawa said.

The students dreaded it, almost immediately. Except Lucas, of course.

"Is it another Quirk test?" Everyone asked themselves. "You all need to pick a class representative." He said, to which they calmed back down.

Kirishima shouted, raising his arms out. "Pick me, guys! I wanna be class rep!" And his request only added fuel to everyone else's fire.

Denki, Kyoka, Mina, and Yuga raised their hands. Katsuki shouted, less aggressive than before. Lucas understood that Class Rep had greater perks then just extra work. "Silence, everyone, please!" Tenya shouted at the class for them to quiet down. "The class representative's duty is to lead others. That's not something just anyone can do." He explained, "You must first have the trust of every student in the classroom. Therefore, the most logical way to fill this position is democratically." The students looked at Iida and said: "It's pretty obvious you want us to vote for you."

Aizawa didn't care how they decided, he just hoped they'd get it over with before his nap's over.

"Maybe he was out on patrol earlier, then." Lucas thought. "Thank you for your trust." Iida had said, as they prepared to vote.

Election Results are in with Izuku scoring at least 4 votes, and Momo casting in 2. "H-How did I get 4 votes?!" He asked, shocked that he got. "All right, you idiots! Who voted for him?!" Katsuki asked aggressively. "I mean, did you think someone was gonna vote for you?" Hanta said.

"Sero-san, that was rude." Lucas said, Ochaco just whistled, "Changed your tune on me, Flower-Boy? You clearly voted for Deku, don't try to play the innocent." He threatened.

"Would you prefer someone be rude to you?" Lucas said.

Izuku stood at the front of the class, "All right, the class rep is Midoriya and the deputy is Yaoyorozu." Lucas was happy for the both of them, though he did worry about Izuku confidence in taking this sort of job.

"R-Really? Th-There's not a mistake?" He asked, still thinking it couldn't be true. "Ugh, how could this happen?" Yaoyorozu said, sorta annoyed she made it to deputy.

"This won't be half-bad." Tsuyu said in her "trademark pose", Lucas thought.

"Yeah, I could get behind Midoriya, I guess." Eijirou said, "Congratulations, Izuku and Yaoyorozu-san!" Lucas said, cheerfully.

(Later)

"It's always so crowded in here!" Ochaco said, as she had from her rice.

"Oh! That's because students from the Support, Management AND Hero Courses share the same cafeteria!" Lucas explained. He's may not have been a student, but he had been around this place in his younger years. That was a common question over some of the students who saw the young child on campus. "Ah, you knew as well, Sakai?" Iida asked, to which he nodded. "Yeah, I…I had a friend who told me about it once." He lied, but then he noticed Izuku looked nervous.

"It's gonna be okay, Izuku. I'm sure you'll make a great class rep." He encouraged, cheerfully. "B-But I don't think I'm qualified for this." Midoriya had said, "Sure you are." Uraraka said, "You'll be great." Iida said, a hint of jealousy in his tone.

"Your courage and quick thinking under stress will help make you a worthy leader." He explained, "Not to mention the strength you've demonstrated. It's why I voted for you, anyway." Lucas & Ochaco looked at him, "You were one of the 4 who voted?" Izuku asked.

"I did, too. I figured since you're sharper than I am, you'd be a better fit for a leader." Lucas explained his reason. "Didn't you want to be team rep, I mean you do look the part cuz of the glasses." Ochaco said.

"Wanting a job and being suited for it are quite different things. Observing the Iida family's hero agency has taught me that much." He explained.

The other three all asked "Agency?" simultaneously, "Hold on, what does your family do?" Izuku asked.

"Uh…Oh, it's nothing." Tenya brushed it off, "You know, I was wondering about you…Admit it, Iida. You're filthy rich!" Ochaco said aloud.

Tenya looked startled and then. "I was afraid people would treat me differently if they knew about my family." He admitted, "I can totally relate, Tenya." Lucas said, "You do?" He asked in return, not expecting Sakai to say something like that. Iida sighed as he was being prodded by Izuku & Ochaco.

"You see, the Iidas have been pro heroes for generations. It runs in our blood." Ochaco and Izuku shouted at once, "What?! That's awesome!"

"I was wondering why your outfit looks so close to Ingenium's." Lucas said, "You're familiar with him, as well, Sakai?" Tenya said, Izuku blushed excitedly.

"I know all about him! He's a super popular pro with 65 sidekicks working alongside him at a Tokyo agency!" He explained, Izuku and Lucas came to a realization. "Don't tell me…" Izuku said…Lucas finished the question.

"Tenya, are-are you—Is he—"

"He's my elder brother!" Tenya said, proudly. "You family's famous!" Ochaco was shocked.

"I can't believe it!" Izuku said. "Ingenium is an unmatched commander who honors the hero code! As the second oldest Iida son, I strive to be just like him." Iida explained, Lucas nodded. "And you didn't believe yourself ready for a leadership, so you gave that role to Izuku?" He asked, "Precisely." He smiled, to which Ochaco pointed out that he didn't and should smile more.

"What are you talking about? I smile all the time." The response made Lucas giggle. "And Lu, you've gotten better at talking to us, as well." Ochaco said, "Hey, so about the practical exam—" Izuku was going to explain to Iida what happened at the practical exam, but then the bell rang.

"Warning: Level 3 security breach." An announcer had said over the PA system. "Please evacuate the building in an orderly fashion." Lucas was worried, "Someone's gotten past the school's barrier?!"

The students were crowded with each other through the hallway. The four students were barely trying to get by, Iida managed to look out the window and see that it was the press from outside. Lucas looked and saw that Aizawa and Hizashi were trying to handle the situation.

"I was afraid it was some kind of attack on the school. But there's no need to worry, everyone!" Iida shouted, but they haven't taken control.

"T-Tenya!" Lucas shouted, Iida realized that his fellow classmates. "I have an idea!" Lucas heard Iida say from his mind. He reached out for Ochaco's hand. "Touch my hand! Make me float above everyone else!"Iida said, Ochaco trying her best until she touched Tenya's hand. He floated into the air, above the current of students. Iida lifted up his pants and revealed his engine legs. Lucas already knew how that plan was going to go.

"Tenya, wait!" Lucas tried to shout, but Iida flipped around in the air, until he hit the wall.

Lucas flinched, hoping he was okay.

"Listen up, everything is okay!" Iida shouted, which garnered the students attention. "It's just the media outside, there's absolutely nothing to worry about." Iida calmed down the students and one pointed out that the police were here. Izuku smiled at Tenya.

(Later)

Lucas had his focus on how the press got in. "Were they let in? If so, then who would?" He asked himself. "O-Okay, so we need to figure who the other class officer will be." Izuku said, nervously. "But first, there's something I wanna say. I've thought a lot about this and I think that Tenya Iida should be our class rep!" He said, Iida gasped, "He was able to capture everyone's attention and get us in line. So I believe that he should be the one leading our class from now on." Izuku finished his statement, with Eijirou and Denki agreeing after witnessing Tenya in action during the evacuation.

"This is a waste of time." Aizawa said, which frightened Izuku when he awoke. "I don't care who the rep is, just hurry up." He said, mildly exhausted, before laying back down. "If Midoriya is nominating me for this job…then I accept. I pledge to carry out the duties of class rep to the best of my abilities!" He said, confidently. "Sounds good, Emergency Exit!" Eijirou said, with the joking nickname.

"Emergency Exit Iida! Don't let us down, man!" Denki said, enthusiastically. Yaoyorozu was cringing, "Hello, I got two more votes than him." She muttered. "Sorry, Yaoyorozu-san." Lucas apologized, under his breath.

(Meanwhile)

Nezu observed the wreckage by the UA Barrier. Midnight, Recovery Girl & Cementoss accompanied him. "How were ordinary members of the press able to bypass our security systems?" He asked, "Someone else must be behind this. Some villain actually managed to infiltrate our school, but what this purely a show of power or a declaration of war?" He thought of Lucas and the student's safety. He was worried and prayed that everything was just for show and only that. "My pup no doubt is questioning this, himself." He was worried about his son.

(Back with the students)

"Today's training will be different. You will 3 instructors. Me, All Might, and another faculty member will be keeping tabs on you." Aizawa explained, "Three pros? Is it because of the break-in?" Izuku thought to himself. "Sir, what kind of training will this be?" Sero asked, Aizawa pulled out a card that said "Rescue."

"You'll be dealing with natural disasters, shipwrecks, stuff like that." Aizawa explained, this excited the students. Being able to practice real hero stuff was exciting, Lucas felt like THIS is where he should truly focus his attention. Making sure the people are safe. "Guys, I'm not finished yet." On that sentence, the students returned their attention to their teacher.

"What you wear in this exercise is up to you. I know you're excited about costumes, but keep in mind that you haven't gotten used to them yet, and they might limit your abilities." Lucas looked at Izuku, as his costume was destroyed in the very first event it was used. Aizawa explained that they would be going by bus and then left them to grab their costumes.

When everyone had gathered their outfits, Izuku wore a combination of his mask, gloves and PE clothing. Iida blew his whistle, "Gather around, Class 1-A!" He said, strongly.

"Using your student numbers, form two neat lines, so we can load the bus efficiently." The other students cringed at Iida kicking it into high-gear.

"Yes sir!" Lucas said, cheerfully!

(Later, on the ride over to the training grounds)

"The bus's open layout ruined my boarding strategy." Iida said, disappointed. Mina told him to calm down. "If we're stating the obvious, then there's actually something I wanna say…about you, actually." Tsuyu said to Izuku. "About me? What is it, Asui?" He asked, blushing slightly.

"I told you to call me "Tsu." She said, hoping the nickname would catch.

"Oh…Yeah, right." Izuku said, "That power of yours, isn't it a lot like All Might's?" She said, Lucas looked at her, sorta worried about how Izuku would respond.

"What?! Really? You think so, huh?" Izuku asked, pretending. "I never really thought about that, I guess it's kinda similar…" he tried to go on, but Eijiro went on. "Wait, hold on, Tsu…You're forgetting All Might doesn't hurt himself. That makes a huge difference." He said, Izuku taking a breath of relief. "Still, I bet it's cool to have a simple augmenting-type a' Quirk, you could do lots of flashy stuff with it." The red-head continued, "My Hardening's super strong and can destroy bad guys in a fight, but it doesn't look all that impressive."

Izuku smiled, "Oh, no way, I think it's really awesome looking. You're definitely pro material with a Quirk like that." He explained.

"You really think so? Seems like it'd be easier to be popular hero if I had something flashier." Eijiro said.

"My Naval Laser's got the perfect combination of panache and strength." Yuga said, "But it's way lame if it gives you a stomach ache, sweetie." Mina said, which made Yuga cringe.

"Well, if any of out classmares have pro Quirks, it's Todoroki, Sakai and Bakugo." Lucas was shocked to hear his name among the group. Shoto looked like he was sleeping, whereas when they got Katsuki's attention, he turned away.

"Sure, but Bakugo's always angry, so he'll never be that popular." To which enraged Katsuki, "What did you say?!" He said from his seat.

"See?" Tsuyu said, "You know, we basically just met you, so it's kinda teling that we all know your personality is flaming crap mixed with garbage." Denki said.

"You're gonna regret the day applied to this school, you loser!" Katsuki shouted at him, next.

Izuku was shocked to say the least, "I can't believe Kacchan's the one in class who's getting teased! UA is so confusing!" Lucas worried about THAT response, as he heard Izuku's thought speak.

"Okay, so I may need to ask someone to look into his time back at middle school…" Lucas thought to himself. Trying to understand what Izuku had been through, that he thinks Katsuki shouldn't be the one getting teased.

"This is such a disgusting conversation…" Momo said, under her breath to Ochaco, who thought it was kinda fun to see them fight.

"Hey, hey, we're here. Stop messing around." Aizawa said, the bus stopped. All the students except Katsuki said "Yes sir!"

"Hello, everyone! I've been waiting for you!" This certainly got the attention of Ochaco and Izuku, this was the Space Hero Thirteen.

Izuku, started fanboying as he always did whenever he sees or hears about a pro hero. Lucas chuckled, "Woohoo! Thirteen is one of my favorite heroes!" Ochaco said, excitedly.

"I can't wait to show you what's inside." Thirteen said, walking off.

The students thought this would be more awesome than they did before.

The building was called the USJ(Unforseen Simulation Joint)

Holding many natural disasters, a burning building, shipwreck, landslide.

The students looked at Thirteen, they all thought of Universal Studios Japan.

"Hey, shouldn't All Might be here already. Lemme guess, he booked an interview instead." Aizawa said, slightly annoyed that he's late.

"Actually, it's something else. Apparently, he did too much hero work on the way to school this morning and used up all his power. He's resting in the teacher's lounge." Thirteen explained.

(Let's check up on him)

"I'm sorry. I should be able to catch the tail end of the rescue exercises. I'll be there as soon as I can." Toshinori explained over the phone.

(Back with us)

"That man is the height of irresponsibility." Aizawa said, bluntly. He looked back at his class, hoping the exercises would go well with just two instructors.

"Clock's ticking. We should get started." Aizawa said, "Excellent! Before we begin, let me just say one thing, well maybe two things. Possibly three, four or five." Thirteen said, extra excitedly, with the students barely managing to say "We get it."

"Listen carefully, I'm sure you're aware that I have a powerful Quirk. It's called Black Hole. I can use it to suck up anything and turn it into dust." Thirteen explained.

Izuku spoke up, "Yeah, you've used Black Hole to save people from all kinds of disasters before, haven't you?" He asked, Ochaco started nodding, getting every word she could.

"That's true, but my Quirk could also be very easily used to kill." That made a few students gasp, "Some of you also have powers that can be dangerous." Thirteen explained.

"In our superhuman society, all Quirks are certified and stringently regulated, so we often overlook how unsafe they can actually be. Please don't forget that if you lose focus or make the wrong move, your powers can be deadly." Lucas understood that too well, with his more prepowers.

"Even if you're trying to do something virtuously, like rescue somebody. Thanks to Aizawa's fitness test, you have a solid idea of your Quirk's potential. And because of All Might's combat training, you likely experienced how dangerous your powers can be." Thirteen told them to carry those lessons over to this class, "Today, you're going to learn how to use your Quirks to save peoples lives."

Izuku, Ochaco & Lucas smiled, excited for training, not to mention, they thought Thirteen was so cool. Thirteen took a bow, "That's all I have to say. Thank you so much for listening." The students cheered, "Right. Now that that's over." Aizawa pointed to the simulation, Lucas…started getting a headache.

"Rgh!" Lucas shrieked, "Wh-What's going on…?!" He thought to himself, "Sakai!" Tenya checked on him. Some of the students noticed that the lights flashed out.

Lucas then sensed…something bad. "Sensei, we're not alone!" Lucas shouted at his teacher, to which Aizawa looked at what he was talking about. By the fountain was a strange black portal. And from it came someone with light-blue hair. "Stand there and don't move! Thirteen, protect the students!" Aizawa ordered everyone.

Class 1-A looked at what was going on, "Is this part of the training?" Eijiro said, before looking at Lucas.

"Stay back!" Aizawa said, putting on his goggles. "This is real, those are villains!"

(The untimely clash between good & evil begins! Come on tho, we know who comes out on top. Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. I know it's been a while since I made Lucas a more center focus, but I don't want to take away from the og plot too much. Once this part settles as well, I want to return to Claus' perspective as well. Anyways, stay strong and awesome! I pray God is comforting you guys and keeping you on better paths in life)