AN: So you guys this is the chapter before we head off to the last Sport Festival and I'm SO excited! 😁 There will be two somewhat long chapters to include the event. Part one will come out Tuesday and Part two on Friday so I hope you guys are ready!

X

Once she was done changing back into her school uniform, she made her way towards the principal's office furrowing her brows when she realized she was the last to arrive. 'Well, that's a great way to make an impression.'

"Ah yes, thank you for joining us." Principal Nezu smiled at her in that warm familiar way he always did that made you feel welcomed and quickly offered her a seat.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." She nervously said scanning the room and finding the everyne there which included Deku, Todoroki, Bakugo, the principal, Mr. Aizawa, All Might, Endeavor -which he did not look the slightest bit happy and surprisingly Hawks was there too sitting in his usual spot by the window.

"Hey kid, at least this time we're not in trouble like last time." Hawks winked making her blush at the memory of being caught in Bakugos room last year and she was pretty sure she saw Bakugo awkwardly look away.

"Last time?" Endeavor asked lifting a questioning brow.

"Yeah, funny story actually-" Hawks started but was cut off by the principal clearing his throat.

"So not to keep everyone waiting. Let's start shall we." He looked towards Endeavor who eyed her for a moment before reluctantly standing up.

"Right. So, you're Ochaco Uraraka." Watching her nodding her head he continued. "I can assume you're not familiar with what I'm about to discuss as far as why three of your classmates were send overseas or any new information on the whereabout of Toga and her villain group?"

"No." Remembering what Bakugo had told her and pretty sure Deku also knew that she knew something, she tried her best at her acting skills. "Did you find anything?"

With his eyes still fixated on her, he didn't say anything before letting his eyes drag over to the three silent boys.

"We have actually." Hawks offered giving her a small grin. "But I believe it would be helpful if we filled her in before we continue with this new information don't you think?" He said looking at Endeavor and principal Nezu.

"Are we sure we want to involve any more students than we already have?"

"Hey, I don't see why not." Hawks shrugged. "They are graduating soon and will have to deal with things like this."

"As much as I hate to admit it, I agree." The principal said. "If it were for me, I wouldn't want them to face the horrific things pros have to. But as their principal…this is what we are training them for."

Turning back to the students, Endeavor reluctantly nodded. "I suppose you're right and from what Shoto and your other two friends told me, I'm sure you can handle what I'm about to tell you."

"As you know a few months ago some of your classmates along with other students from other schools joined me and some other hero agencies on a mission overseas. That mission was deemed highly classified therefore no one was to know what it was about in case word got out."

Taking a moment to study her reactions Endeavor continued. "Since we pros are highly know here in Japan it would make it more difficult for us to blend in with the crowd over there and infiltrate their facilities. That's why we had new heroes as well as students who've already had experience being out in the field do that part for us, while we stayed back and monitored the situation in case something went wrong."

Nodding she snuck a peek at her friends who were silently listening.

"The original plan was to go over there since our informant told us Himiko Toga had dealings with a specific group called the Ipponmichi, and that some of her group was scheduled to meet up with some of them. We were hoping to get more intel on her whereabouts as well as any new leads on what they were up to." Hawks said catching the small frown on her face at the mention of Togas name. "What we didn't account for was what we discovered instead."

"Which was?" she asked, seeing the disturbed look on her friends' faces and already aware of some of the details but still felt the need to know more.

"We discovered that Togas has been working with them even before the league of villain was created and that they have Shigaraki in one of their facilities hoping to find a way to bring him back."

"How?" Mr. Aizawa asked.

"That seems to be one of the reasons- that we know of why she's still in touch with them, to find out if there is a quirk that is able to awaken him." Hawks said.

"The Ipponmichi have been around for a while, so it makes it harder to bring down an organization such as theirs. They have facilities all over the word where they do experiments on kidnapped victims with powerful quirks or potential quirks which is their main operation aside from killing, trafficking people with the type of quirks that buyers are looking for." Endeavor said. "So, it's just a matter of time before they find a way especially with this Doctor who they say is involved."

"If these victims are so powerful, then why stay there? Why not fight back?" she asked.

"On one occasion we found out that they have numerous villains working for the Ipponmichi as well as heroes, with some powerful brainwashing quirk on hand in case they want to keep some and turn them to their side." Endeavor said.

"Makes sense, why else would they willingly stay." Mr. Aizawa said.

"Well, that's where things get a little tricky." Hawks said.

"Since some had to go undercover as heroes who were interested in joining the Ipponmichi or potential buyers, we were only offered limited access to their facilities and information. So, we knew that they would only ship out a group of people during the end of the month not before."

"So, we figured that whoever was controlling them were not always there." Bakugo said crossing his arms over his chest. "Meaning there has to be another way that they are able to keep so many people locked up at once without anyone trying to break free in the meantime."

"Did you ever find out how this was possible?" Todoroki asked Endeavor.

Shaking his head, Endeavor walked over to the window. "No. But the information we were able to recover from your…little outing…" Endeavor turned to the three boys with a rather irritated look with Deku wincing and looking away while Bakugo and Todoroki glared back.

"It was necessary." Todoroki firmly stated.

"Hell, yeah it was! You didn't see what they were doing in there." Bakugo said feeling Dekus hand grabbing his arm. "Besides you said we were done there."

"That didn't mean to go out there and destroy an entire warehouse!" Endeavor said.

"Did you find anything?" Todoroki asked. "Anything useful?"

"Other than the information we already had, there wasn't much to go on. It seemed this wasn't their main location so we couldn't find much…but there was something." Endeavor paused looking a bit apprehensive before speaking. "We found a name…Hana."

"So, you think…that they might be responsible for the Ipponmichi?"

Nodding Hawks looked at them. "Lucky for us no one saw you guys torch the place and managed to free some of the victims that were still alive."

Giving his three students a 'we'll talk about this later' look, Mr. Aizawa turned back to the others. "What I can't figure out is how they managed to get a hold of Shigaraki in the first place without us knowing."

"Since they have heroes and villains alike working for them, it wouldn't surprise us if they have people working on the inside, so it wouldn't be too difficult for them to hide an incident such as this."

"What worries me too is from what young Midoriya has told me, it seems they are starting to pick up their kidnappings here." All Might said.

"Yes, I too have noticed that but I'm afraid we can't be certain that it's them." Principal Nezu said. "Regardless, we should be on guard and continue our search."

"But in the meantime, I think that's all for today." Mr. Aizawa said while the others stood up in agreement.

"But you three hang back." Endeavor said to the three boys.

"Thank you for including me in this meeting." Uraraka bowed.

Crossing his arms Endeavor looked towards Deku, Bakugo, and his son. "Don't thank me. They were very persistent that you should be informed."

Giving a small smile in appreciation she quickly excused herself before closing the door behind herself.

"Do you think she can handle this?" Endeavor asked.

"I don't see why not." Deku said.

"She did lose her father not long ago. Things like that never go away especially when fueled by revenge." Endeavor said.

"She's stronger than you know. She won't do anything." Bakugo said staring at the door.

X

Stepping outside she continued on her way to the dorms even though her legs felt like jelly, and she would fall over at any moment. How could someone do something like that? How could people like that exist that were ok with doing the things that these people did.

So engrossed in her head she failed to hear the footsteps behind her.

"Cheeks!"

"Huh?" Looking over her shoulder she continued to walk while Bakugo ran over to her.

"You alright?"

"I guess. I mean it's still a lot to take in but…in the end I want to help."

"I know and we've told them as much, but like they said we need to be prepared and find out more before jumping in blind."

Unable to help herself she gave him a sly smile. "Says the one who blew up a facility."

"The hell? Why the fuck does everyone always think it's me?!" he said scoffing.

"Was it?"

Smirking he quickly looked away. "To be fair, it wasn't just me this time."

"What wasn't you?" Deku asked as he and Todoroki walked up to them.

"What happened to the warehouse." She spoke.

"Oh yeah that…" Deku said giving both boys an unamused look with Todoroki showing a small smile.

"Anyways I should get going." Uraraka said looking around at all the students staring their way.

"You sure?" Deku asked looking over his shoulder.

"Yeah I-" Staring up towards her window she frowned thinking she saw a figure standing there watching her.

"Uraraka?" Exchanging looks and following her gaze they didn't see anything there.

"Y-yeah sorry, I must have blanked out there for a minute."

"Here let us walk you back." Todoroki offered standing next to her.

"Thanks." She smiled as they started their way towards the dorms once again.

"Kacchan you coming?" Deku asked watching Bakugos expressionless face shaking his head as he turned and walked the other way.

X

The next day while Uraraka was walking to school after having finished her breakfast she found herself in a better mood since she was able to rest after a rather long day yesterday. But in the back of her mind, she couldn't shake the feeling of constantly being watched.

Yesterday after she got back to her room, she had quickly looked around to see if there was anyone there or if anything was missing, but everything seemed normal as usual.

"Uraraka?"

Snapping out of her thoughts she stared up at a frowning Todoroki. "Todoroki?"

"Are you alright? You've been staring at the doors for some time now."

"Y-yeah. Everything's fine." She gave him a sheepish grin, walking inside the school along with him. "I've just been thinking about the meeting yesterday is all."

"Yeah. I know what you mean."

"I just-" Coming to a complete stop once they heard the loud yelling going on down the hall, she could already recognize who it was. "Now what?"

Exchanging worried looks they both sprinted down the hall where they saw a group of girls arguing with Jirou, Hagakure, Mina and even…

"Momo?" Uraraka gasped, staring at the growing crowd.

"What going on?" Todoroki asked Shinso who was standing nearby.

Crossing his arms with an irritated frown Shinso continued to glower at the group. "It seems that some of the girls from general studies started talking about-"

"Me." Uraraka said, listening to the exchange.

"Hey, has anyone seen Iida?" Deku said jogging up to them. "He was supposed to meet me at the-"

"BACK! I SAID STAY BACK YOU HOOLIGANS!"

"Huh?"

Turning they saw their class rep franticly waving his arms up and down towards the other group standing next to Jirou. "We've already told you that this is unacceptable behavior on your part! And I will not tolerate you talking about a dear friend like that!"

"Iida?!" They all stared open mouthed at him as the two groups continued shouting at each other.

"You guys don't even know what you're talking about!" Hagakure shouted at the other girls.

"It's pretty stupid to believe everything you hear especially if it's not true!"

"Well, I think that you guys are the ones who are stupid thinking so highly of one of your friends when she's stealing your boyfriends right from under you!" A girl shouted back.

"Just to be on top." Another laughed.

"That's uncalled for!" Yaoyorozu frowned. "She's not that type of person!"

"Oh really?" Another girl snickered, turning to look at the three standing there. "Seems that way to me."

"What the fucks going on now?" Bakugo said walking up with Kirishima. "Don't tell me it's about that bullshit. Don't you people have a damn life?!"

"You guys better shut up right now!" Mina said, trying to make another go for them but being held by Yaoyorozu.

"This has gone too far." Uraraka clenched her fists. Shaking her head, she spotted Monoma walking to his locker and talking with Tetsutetsu.

"You!" She lowly growled quickly making her way over.

"Hey look who it is!" Monoma grinned lifting his hands up. "To what do I owe the pleasure?"

Glaring at him she tried her hardest not to kill him right then and there. "You already know."

"Well as much as I would love to chat, I've got places to be."

Chuckling Tetsutetsu saw the dangerous look on her face happily stepping back. "Actually, he's all yours Uraraka."

"Thanks." Monoma sarcastically said.

"Come here!" Grabbing him by the arm, she turned a corner before pushing him against the wall, ignoring his laugh.

"Well, geez Uraraka, I didn't know you liked it rough." He smiled down at her. "If I would've known that-"

"Oh, cut the crap Monoma!" she said not removing her eyes from him. "You know as well as I do, that you're the one who started that rumor."

Scoffing he leaned towards her. "Can't say that I do. But it's nice to know that you have your little bodyguard here to watch over you."

"What?" Turning to where he was gesturing, she saw Kirishima standing behind her.

"That's because it involves him too." She said, turning to glare back at the blond. "Monoma what you saw that day, wasn't what you think."

"Hey that's none of my business what you guys do right?" he said over his shoulder.

"Well, it does when you're spreading things that aren't true!" she glowered feeling all her composer getting ready to snap.

"Oh? So you guys weren't doing anything naughty?"

"Of course not!" Both her and Kirishima said.

"Nice. So that means you're still available to go on a date with me then."

"What?" She couldn't believe what she was hearing one moment she was getting ready to float him out of orbit and the next he was asking her out? -but then again this was Monoma.

"It's simple really. Go out with me and this whole thing will go away."

"Not cool man."

"Like I care what you two think." Monoma shrugged before looking at her. "So, what'll it be Ochaco?"

"No way."

"Fine. Your loss." He said turning to walk off.

"I can't believe you!"

"what's there not to believe?"

"That someone like you would resort to something this low."

Halting in his step he looked over his shoulder. "Excuse me?"

"Just because someone says no, you're willing to resort to something like this. Seriously?" she said, "and here I thought that you were a hero in training."

"Don't pretend like you know me. You and the rest of class A always think so damn highly of yourselves, don't you?"

"Well apparently, we won't stoop this low compared to you. So that says something doesn't it." she said, crossing her arms. "Proof me wrong."

"I really don't have to proof anything to you."

"Maybe not. But…I'd like to believe that you know this is wrong, after all I'd think there was a reason you were chosen to be in the hero course in the first place, right? And regardless of whether it's class A or B we are all aiming for the same thing in the end. So, it shouldn't matter what class we're in, but after all these years I was hoping that you would at least learn something about being in the Hero course."

Keeping his eyes on her for a minute he slowly let a smile show. "Fair enough. I guess I'll indulge you and take back what I said."

"Is that Monoma speech for I'm sorry?" Kirishima grinned.

"Ok fine. But this doesn't mean I like any of you." Monoma said before letting his eyes look her up in down winking. "Well maybe not all…Just let me know if you ever change your mind."

"Right." Rolling her eyes, she exhaled loudly.

"Well, that went better than I thought." Kirishima said.

"I suppose." she said walking alongside him. "And I'm sorry about all this since I know it was all my fault that you got mixed into all this."

Waving her off he shrugged his shoulders seeing Bakugo leaning against the wall already waiting for them. "Don't even sweat it, you and pink riot are friends after all." He grinned, making her giggle.

"So did he get his ass beat?"

"Nothing like that. He got a good talking to and said he'd fix things."

"You should've still kicked his ass though." Bakugo huffed. "But I guess this works too." He mumbled with a small pout.

"Anyways let's head to class before we're late.

X

Lazily stretching her tired limps while she got out of bed, she took a glimpse at her watch. Oh, how much she loved sleeping in on Saturdays. Well at least this one since she didn't have anything planned except stopping by Hawks agency with Tokoyami to do some training.

For the last few days, she was happy to know that Monoma cleared things up but knew that not everyone could be convinced that easily but tried her best to ignore the ones who still gave her odd looks. So, in the meantime she'd been working on her schoolwork and training with Bakugo and some of the others in preparation for the upcoming sports festival which was coming up this week. Just the thought of it being their last one was making her nervous.

This was it. This was their final chance to get some of the best offers before graduation and hopefully sign with a great agency.

Luckily this Saturday Bakugo and Kirishima had told her that they would be busy and not coming back until tomorrow due to helping Ichiro and her mom to train the new workers which gave her time to go over to Hawks since she hasn't been in a little while due to her schedule.

She was actually pretty excited about what they were going to work on today. So far when she's been training with Hawks, he's been helping her move around better while airborne while improving her nausea reflexes, as well as other part of the hero world which included improving on her stealthier side which she definitely appreciated given the fact that they never managed to land a single blow to the hero.

Hearing a knock on her door she could already tell who it was.

"I'll be out in a minute Tokoyami!"

"Very well. I'll be waiting downstairs."

"Ok." she smiled putting her hair up in a bun. During her time at Hawks Uraraka was able to spend more time with the quiet boy. She had already known that Tokoyami was very reserved and respectful to everyone, but you definitely didn't want to see his bad side. That's why Mina and herself took it as their responsibility to make sure he came out of his shell more seeing him as somewhat of a little brother figure even if they were the same age.

Speaking of which…

Uraraka: Hey are you ready? Tokoyami is waiting downstairs.

Mina: Yeah, I'll be there in a minute. Just hooked on one of your books and girl let me tell you! WOAH! I'm going to need a cigarette!"

Uraraka: Mina stop! And you don't smoke!

Mina: I know. But after this I might hahaha jk.

Uraraka: I read it for the romance.

Mina: Please I read it for the dirty stuff.

Mina: By the way look what Kiri send me!

Receiving another message, she quickly opened the attachment while walking out of her room.

Smiling, she saw a picture of a toothy grinning Kirishima holding his thumb up while some construction workers where in the back smiling at the camera with a scowling Bakugo shouting something at the red head.

'Yup. Seems about right.' She giggled, shaking her head and feeling her chest warm. Everytime they were together she desperately wanted to bring up the question about whether or not he still liked her the same way but at the same time was reluctant to do so since the thought of rejection still burned in her chest.

"Yeah, he just send that." Mina grinned still staring at her phone while walking out of her own room. "And right when I was in the middle of reading. So, you can just imagine-"

"Ok!" Covering her face out of embarrassment for her friend Uraraka quickly cut her off. "I don't need details."

Grabbing her stomach laughing Mina playfully nudged her. "Oh, come on its ok to let loose every once in a while, Ochaco. It's our last year."

"I thought that's what we did when we went dancing." Uraraka gave her a sly smile.

"Yeah." Nodding Mina let a giant smile plaster her face. "We should really go back to the Red Beryl again. The dance floor is calling my name I just know it!"

"Yeah, but we should focus on the sports festival first."

"Fine.!" Slumping her shoulders Mina gave her a small pout.

X

"Again." Hawks grinned down at the pink girl from above while the girl was panting on the ground.

"Seriously! How is this fair?!"

"Instead of complaining, maybe you should think about what you could do to improve."

Sitting up Mina looked towards the other two who were watching from the sidelines.

"And how do you expect me to do that when you're flying around like a predator?"

Letting out an incredulous laughter Hawks slowly descended until he was in front of her. "Do you think your enemy will care? There will be times when you're going to be fighting someone who might have a bigger advantage over you, so the best think is for you to find another way around that and use what you can around you to shift the fight in your favor."

"Huh?" Thinking it over Mina slowly nodded while Hawks motioned for Uraraka to come over.

"Alright I'll give you something simple. Pretend I've got a hostage here." He said grabbing Uraraka by her wrist from behind.

"Hey!" Uraraka slightly winced while he pulled out one of his feathers and pressed it against her neck.

"So, what are you going to do?" he asked Mina while flying into the air still holding onto Uraraka. "If I have the advantage here. You need to be careful because at any given time I could easily dispose of her and make my getaway. And it is rather tricky because if you were to use your acid quirk you could also run the risk of injuring the victim if not careful. So, you need to use anything you have at your disposal."

"Alright I get it." Mina said with a mischievous grin.

"Alright so let's go." Hawks gave her a lazy grin.

"Ok team dark acid rain!" She shouted.

"Huh?" Hawks tilted his head just as Mina aimed some of her acid to his right side making the pro lean left and allowing Uraraka to quickly place her fingers on his stomach instantly making him float while dark shadow wrapped around him holding him in place.

"You said to use anything at my disposal, right?" Mina grinned. "That about wraps things up! and in record time!"

"Please don't do that." Hawks rolled his eyes. "That was horrible. Now…"

Suddenly being lifted up Both her and Tokoyami started getting overrun by feathers and wrapped around a pole. "Now what was that?" Hawks laughed as dark shadow made his way to help them out.

Realizing he was still floating Hawks gave Uraraka a smirk. "Wrong move there, baby bird!"

"Wha-" Startled Uraraka saw Hawks using her quirk to his advantage and letting himself fly around her into what she could make out as a small tornado making her slightly dizzy, flinging her in every direction before she took a deep breath releasing her quirk on both of them.

Catching himself right when she let him go, he quickly scooped her up before she hit the ground.

Peeking her eye open she saw him grinning down at her.

"Don't worry. I'm used to catching damsels in distress."

Puffing her cheeks out, she quickly stood on her own two feet pushing him back.

"Oh man! We were so close!" Mina whined after Dark shadow released them.

"Yeah, not really. But remember…" Hawks pointed behind them making them all groan in irritation at being caught off guard again as they saw feathers hovering near their backs. "Always watch your surroundings."

"UGH!"

"But yeah, you guys are improving." He grinned gesturing some of his sidekicks over. "Now how about you guys start working on your special moves. Uraraka a word…"

"What's up?" she curiously asked when they were out of ear shot.

"I'm just curious why you didn't use yours."

"Oh…well I'm not entirely sure…" she nervously looked at her hands. "It's not something I'm still comfortable with."

"No, I get it. You've been working on smaller things and don't trust yourself with it 100%. But it can come in handy."

"Got it."

X

"Thanks guys I really appreciate you coming down here for this." Ichiro said looking down at his papers.

"Nah man it's really no problem. We are happy to." Kirishima grinned taking a moment to look around. "And I'm actually impressed by what you guys have done around here.

Rubbing his neck Ichiro shrugged. "Yeah, I mean it's not completely done yet but one step at a time, right? Besides we couldn't have done a lot of this stuff without you guys."

"It's fine. Let's just hurry and get back to work." Bakugo grumbled.

Chuckling both Kirishima and Ichiro nodded.

"By the way where is Mrs. Uraraka?"

"Oh, she's over by the office handling some of the paperwork." He pointed over his shoulder.

"Ok, I'll be back you guys, I'm going to go say hi." Kirishima quickly made his way up the stairs.

"Hey man, I've actually been meaning to thank you for what you've done around here and also for helping out Urarakas mom."

Grunting Bakugo kept an eye on the new workers as they made their way in for the day.

"You're not so much with words huh?" Ichiro chuckled receiving a scowl from him.

"I am when there's need to."

"Right. Well anyways thanks I know it wasn't easy to try and help out especially when you were gone."

"That's what the old hag and the old man were there for since I couldn't do it myself at the time."

"Yeah, about that. You do know that Mrs. Uraraka wants to pay you back for everything and she won't take no for an answer." Ichiro smiled fondly. "I guess one of the things Ochaco has from her."

"Yeah."

"Have you talked to her? We haven't seen her since school started and I know she must be busy with the sports festival coming up and everything." Ichiro said as they made their way up the stairs.

"Yeah, she's been working hard along with everyone else."

"Are you nervous?"

"Tch, fat chance. This shit never scares me." Bakugo smirked.

"Alright well when you see her let her know both Hotaru and I will both be watching and cheering you guys on and your other friend too."

"Friend?" Bakugo lifted a curious brow.

"Yeah, pink girl with curly hair. Very talkative."

"Ah Raccoon eyes. Yeah, that's Kirishima's girlfriend."

"Don't tell me that's her actual name?" Ichiro gawked at him. "I thought it was something else."

Laughing Bakugo just shrugged his shoulders. "Why was she here?"

"Oh, I'm not sure, they said something about needing to finish some special project or something." Ichiro said before opening the door to the office and greeting Urarakas mom who was seated at the desk. "We're here."

"Bakugo!" Mrs. Uraraka smiled, getting up to give him a fond hug, startling him. "It's good to see you guys, and I hope you had a safe trip back."

"It was fine." Bakugo mumbled still uncomfortable when someone decided to invade his personal space, but he still found it odd that whenever he was still around a certain gravity girl then that's when he found himself wanting the opposite.

Feeling his cheeks warm just at the thought of her he quickly shook his head hoping to shake those thoughts out and stared at the people in front of him. "What?"

Grinning Kirishima leaned back against the window. "We asked when tomorrow we were leaving so that way we can try and get as much done now before we're busy training."

"Tch." Looking around the office Bakugo let his eyes wander remembering the last time he was here. "Just let us know what you need us to do, and we'll do it."

"I can't even begin to tell you three how much I appreciate the help you've given. And that program that you mentioned before has actually been a big help too Bakugo."

"So, Pikachu did come by and install it?" Bakugo asked walking over to the computer to check it out.

Nodding her head Mrs. Uraraka kindly smiled. "Yes, Kaminari did an excellent job. Thank you."

"Well alright!" Kirishima clapped his hands standing behind Bakugo while the two went through the computer. "Let's get to it!"