Hitoshi Shinso fell to the ground. His face and clothes were drenched in sweat. Struggling to breath and feeling extremely dizzy. It was Tuesday in the afternoon, classes had already finished and at the moment, the Japanese boy was in the Stark residence where the duo of Van Dyne/Pym girls lived. This was the second day of his training for the upcoming Sports Festival that would be held the following week and by god, he now wasn't sure if abandoning Annie's workout routine months ago was either the right or wrong choice now. Or if wanting to change courses was the best thing for him.

Maybe being a hero was overrated.

"Is there anything you want to share with the class, meat bag?" Bill asked, hovering right next to Hitoshi.

"I… want… to die…" he said, panting as he tried to recover.

"Isn't that how meat bags your age feel all the time?"

"...What… use… is there for… a robot… with sass?"

"Well, more use than you're about now, that's for sure."

"Perhaps then, said sass robot could show himself to be useful by fetching some water, for the young lad?" Jarvis told the flying toaster (as Annie often called Bill).

"Fine, might as well look for a new pair of lungs, because clearly the pair he has does him no good… neither does his legs. Or arms for that matter. Or even his face."

"Bill."

"Then again, replacing the meat bag for a better model might not be that bad of an idea. He doesn't even need to have purple hair, we can take care of that later on."

"I mean it, Bill."

"You're right, wasting resources on that would be a useless endeavor. Searching for another meat bag with purple hair should be a trivial matter, considering the amount of colors this nation has when speaking of hair." the little toaster said, as he started to hover away. "Why on Hank Pym's name do they have so many shades of hair color is anyone's best guess."

As he did, Hitoshi groaned once more. His body was so sore that he was discovering places in his body that he didn't know had muscles. While some would claim to not feel their feet, Hitoshi felt them. He felt them and by god he wished he didn't because they hurt so bad. Same goes for his arms, his back, was it normal that it hurt to blink? Should he be concerned about it?

"J-Jarvis-san, maybe-Ow… maybe I should just stick to General Course." the boy said while still on the floor.

"Now, don't go saying that, master Shinso. You are doing wonderful for a boy of your physique."

"Is that so…? Because I'm sure none of the-Ow, Avengers complained like me."

"Oh I assure you that they did. Master Barton and Master Maximoff were no strangers to it. Have more faith in you, sir. Why, Captain America himself weighed less than half of you and now, he's one of the most regarded men to ever walk the world."

"Yeah-Ow, s-steroids would do that to you." Hitoshi joked, feeling that Annie's sense of humor might be contagious, he was spending way too much time with her apparently.

"I do believe you may be simplifying things a little too much, master Shinso." Jarvis said. Sure, the super soldier serum did help, but what made Captain America who he was today was his spirit and determination, among many other traits of his. But of course not many would take notice of that, especially a boy tha truth be told, was no doubt feeling inadequate compared to most of his friends. Which is why he opted for another approach. "Now master Shinso, have more of a drive to match your desires. If I had quit because things were hard, I would have never been part of the air force."

"I-Ow, I thought you were a butler?"

"I am, but that was before I took my current career." Jarvis replied. "But believe me , young sir, unless we put in the effort, we will never get far in life. I know self-doubt tends to crawl when we least expect it and it's easier to lash out. Still, that should not be an excuse to try and overcome our obstacles, no matter how imposing they may seem. And if all things fail, then rest assured that there will be people willing to help out if you are in need of it." the butler said, just as someone arrived.

And said someone, offered a hand to the boy on the ground. Who was it if not Anna-May Parker, who did it. She was also breathing heavily, though not as much as the boy. She was also a little drenched in sweat, her hair, which despite not being that long (just slightly past her shoulders) was tied in a pony-tail for the day, as she wore clothes appropriate for a workout. On her left hand, there was a fancy bracelet that was the one responsible for why she was even drenched in sweat. A special inhibitor bracelet that suppressed her powers, courtesy of her father, who made it to help her get a better handle of her powers growing up. And one that she didn't need to use as of now, but she did out of solidarity to the boy, who she smiled at.

"Hey." she said, still offering her help. "Need a hand?" she asked as Hitoshi chuckled (even if it did hurt… he probably should go to a doctor).

"Actually, I think that I might need more than that… but sure, that's a start… Ow." he replied, taking her hand as she pulled him to the ground.

"All right then, I will leave the two of you alone for the time being. I do believe that you've all been training for long enough to merit some well-earned rest." Jarvis told the two kids as he prepared to go inside the mansion. "I'll be preparing some snacks for you to enjoy. Be back soon." he said as left, leaving the two teens alone, who decided to go and take a seat at the benches that they had near them.

It was a mansion after all.

Once there, Hitoshi managed to breathe more calmly, while Annie herself relaxed. She also took a deep breath to take in the fresh air around her. It was pretty nice. Being the city girl that she was, she didn't get it as often as she should.

"You know, I still think that you should have just used your time to train your powers." the boy told the red-haired girl.

"Nah, I'm fine. B'sides, I didn't want you to feel left out. The Sports Festival is next week, so we ought to make sure you can keep up. It's a big deal for you, remember?"

"Yeah, yeah…" he said, noticing that there was an uneasy look on his friend's face. "Everything alright?"

"Oh, nothing, I'm just a bit nervous that's all."

"I guess it should be expected. I mean, it is a pretty big deal for the hero course the most."

"Mm? Oh no, not because of that. Honestly I still don't get it that much like you guys."

"Then… what makes you nervous?" he asked as Annie kept quiet for a bit.

"I guess… it's what comes after that makes me a bit nervous."

"Oh, so you're nervous about the internships?"

"Inter-what? Oh, that, no not really. Honestly I kind of forgot about that already."

"Of course you did." Hitoshi replied. "Then, what has you worried?"

"It's really nothing."

"You sure? You know you can talk to me, right?" the boy reassured the girl, who looked at him for a bit before she sighed in defeat.

"Fine, I guess… you know about how I don't want people to know my last name and all? Because I don't want people from here to know who my dad is so that… well, you know."

"Yeah, that reminds me, I guess I should apologize." Hitoshi said, confusing the girl.

"Why's that?"

"Well, I never referred to you by your family name. I mean, I kind of got weird looks because I was on a first-name basis with you guys, but when they said that a student named Parker got hurt, I kind of accidentally blew by worrying and… well… you know." he said, looking a bit down on himself, because by the monday of the following week of the attack, everyone his class now knew she was a Parker, though luckily they haven't put two and two together to make the connection to right Parker.

"Hey, it's cool. I mean, with what happened, I guess it should have been obvious that was going to happen. It's not your fault man. Besides that's… that's not what has me worried." Annie said, making Hitoshi feel a bit more concerned.

"Then?"

"... My class knows who my dad is."

Those words didn't do much for the boy at first. He just looked at his friend processing what she said. Then, the words started to sink in a bit more. And then more. And more. And more. Next thing he knew he probably would have fallen down by the shock if not for the fact that his body was still too sore to let him do that. And then, he finally spoke.

"What?! But how- I mean- did you tell them?!" he asked in confusion.

"Eh? No! Why would you… No! What kind of question is that…?! No!" Annie replied, making Hitoshi back up a bit while holding his hands.

"Well, sorry, but with how much you were going on about wanting to make sure that didn't happen, that's the only thing that came to mind."

"Well, it didn't!"

"Ok, ok, I'm sorry… So, how did they find out?" the boy asked once more, as Annie calmed herself and despite hesitating, told him.

"Remember Shoto? The guy with white and red hair?" she asked as the boy nodded while frowning, he really didn't like that guy, well, he didn't like most of the hero course safe for his friends, but that guy was kind of a jerk when he met him. "Well, he kinda put two and two together… kind of in a dumb way, but whatever. He also kind of confronted me to clarify things and everything became a mess from there on. So yeah, there was that. When Val and I went to class, everyone was asking about my sister because they found out about her, as if I wasn't having enough problems that day, and when Shoto came he just blurred it out."

"Just like that? Seriously, what's with that guy?" Hitoshi asked, a bit ticked off, though he tried to hide it a bit.

"In all honesty, I don't know. He's weird."

"Ok, then what?" he asked again as Annie groaned in annoyance.

"Ugh, it all became one headache after another. The good thing was that hobo teach Aizawa came by soon enough and told us to get ready for the whole U.S.J thing. And because I wasn't having enough stress as it was, I ended up in a shouting match with a decent amount of the class because they basically…! Nevermind, the less I remember of that day… the better." Annie said, having to have to calm herself after she remembered how his classmates basically insulted her and most importantly, her father. "Oh and then those wackos came in and two of them just so happened to try and put me in a coffin because they had beef with my dad and… UGH!" Annie exclaims, slamming her fist on the bench and immediately regretting it, because with her inhibitor bracelet, she just hurt herself. "Ow! Why did I do that?!" she asked herself, holding her hurt hand that she was sure was going to be swollen.

"Let me take a look." Hitoshi hurried, grabbing a hold of the girl's hand and sighing in relief. Sure, it looked a bit swollen, but for a bit he was scared that she might have broken her hand by how it sounded. "Ok, we should put some ice on that later. You know, you can have a bit of a temper. You should work on that."

"I know, you're right, I'm sorry. It's just.. it's so frustrating! Everything is so frustrating and annoying and I… I… I don't…"

"... So that's what's been eating you up?"

"Dumb, right?"

"Actually, no. I don't think it is." the boy replied, drawing a small smile on Annie. "So, you've been having it rough in class?"

"No… well, not more than normal that is. I guess things have been pretty chill and all. But I know that they won't stay like that for long."

"Why's that?"

"With the whole U.S.J incident, the whole Spider-Man's daughter was obviously the last thing they were thinking about. And with this whole Sports Festival thing coming up, everyone else will rather focus on that… but I know that when everything slows down… once this is all over and things start to sink in… and if it's anything like Friday then… god what a mess." Annie groaned once again as she dragged her good hand on her face. "Worst part is that I should have seen it coming. Now that I think about it, I didn't do a good job at hiding it. I mean, I guess that my costume was an obvious giveaway. I love that suit and it means a lot to me but… heh, some genius I am, right?" she said, berating herself as she driedly chuckled while the boy looked at her.

"Ok, I'm going to be honest here, I really don't like your class." Hitoshi said with honesty, though to Annie it sounded like his attempt at a joke to try and cheer her up... which was true technically speaking.

"I mean, they're not all bad. Like, sure some of them can be a total pain, but they're mostly ok. Plus, it's not like I think everyone's going to hate me… I hope. At least outside of Valerie, Momo and Mashirao are still cool with me, so fingers crossed that they'll stay like that. And hey, at least I know for a fact that Izuku doesn't have anything against me." Annie said with honesty before realizing that maybe Hitoshi wouldn't recognize the names. "Remember Izuku? Green bushy hair, green eyes and freckles that aren't as cool as mine?"

"I… think? Wasn't he the guy you bailed out during the exam?"

"Yeah, him. Pretty cool guy. He's actually the guy I get along with the most from class, well outside of Valerie for obvious reasons. We talk from time to time and he's pretty nice. Though, I think he sometimes needs a push here and there." Annie said, turning to Shinso. "Kind of like you actually. You two are very alike, you know? Bushy hair and all, though he obviously gets more sleep."

"Very funny, Annie." Hitoshi told his friend. "Well, even if he decides to bail on you, we're still here, so don't worry."

"Thanks." she said with a smile. "So what, are you going to be my knight in shining armor?" she said, with a bit of a theatrical flair.

"You're probably the last person to need that. As a matter of fact, you're more likely to be that for someone else… but sure, why not. Though I'm sure that if it came between the two of us, Valerie would probably be the first to do it." said the boy just as the aforementioned Valerie stumbled in and fell flat on her face.

"Uh… hey there 3V, you okay down there?" Annie asked the blue girl.

"My face hurts… maybe I shouldn't have fallen on top of it… Ow." Valerie said, with the ground muffling the sound of her voice.

"I take it that the esgrima robot that Hatsume and your sister made roughed you up a bit?" Hitoshi asked.

"... Yes. Can I stay down here?"

"Ok blueberry, I know resting is nice and all, but we- SWEET CHEESE WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE?!" Annie screamed as she tried to pick up her friend… only to find her with an almost glowing pinkish mark across her blue face.

Truth be told, it would probably look a bit comedical in a cartoon, albeit still painful. But to the two teens, it just looked painful.

"Um… I think I need to work on my half-swording?" Valerie replied as the two inventors came by.

"GUYS, WHAT THE HECK?!"

"Sorry, we thought that we were all done. But I guess there were a few bugs we needed to fix beforehand." Nadia said, feeling a bit guilty.

"What kind of bugs?" asked the boy, who was answered by Hatsume.

"Well, the dexterity could use some work."

"The hydraulics need an adjustment in their power output."

"It's environment sensors are way off by a large margin."

"THOSE AREN'T A FEW BUGS!"

"Well, we were already planning on getting some ice for Annie's hand. What's one more bag anyway?" the boy said as Valerie looked at Annie's hand, which was a bit swollen.

"Annie, you're hurt!"

"You got smacked right in the face and that's what's worrying you?!"

"You two are like that." the boy said, remembering that Annie is the kind of gal that could get hit by a truck and instead she would worry about a kid getting a scraped knee.

"Oh, we don't have to. I was working on this ointment as a side project that-"

"ICE! NOW!" the redhead said, deciding not to run the risk of having their skin melt if the other genius skills in chemistry were anything like her skills in robotics.

Meanwhile on another part of the mansion, Robbie Reyes, the hellfire wielder and Kamala Khan, the Inhuman newcomer themselves were also doing their own training. Though outside of them, there was one more kid with them. He was a, for a lack of a better term, recent addition to their inner group so to speak. It all started when Robbie offered him some help the week prior and after talking for a bit, invited him to have lunch with him and the others. Something a bit odd to some and especially to Kamala, who was still ticked that her friend rather helped some stranger than her with her homework… even if he did have a point about paying attention, but that was something else entirely. He was from the Management course of U.A. He looked a bit like one would the stereotypical brainiac or bookworm would look like, even if he were to claim that he was not that smart (and in a group that had someone like Annie Parker, no one was that smart). He was a bit skinny, a bit short in height compared to Robbie or even Annie to a degree by a few centimeters, had black hair with one large lock of it curled upwards in a way that kinda resembled the top of those soft ice creams, had big round glasses that just screamed poor eyesight.

The boy was named Kin Fukuda. A not that good management student (according to himself) compared to the rest of his classmates. But at least hey, it looks like the foreigner's circle of friends cared for that.

"Want some water, Reyes-san?" Kin asked, handing a bottle of water to the latino boy, who wiped some sweat from his forehead.

"Yeah, that sounds nice." he replied, taking the bottle, thanking Kin and taking a sip from it as the management kid saw the target he was practicing on, a metal dummy that had a few scorched markings where Robbie had hit them.

"While I may not be versed in these sorts of activities, it seems like you have a great handle on your quirk. Maybe your aim on the left side is slightly off? I hope that what I'm saying doesn't sound rude."

"Nah, it's cool. You're right, I think I'm off on my left side. Also it's not a quirk." Robbie said, taking another long sip of his water.

"Oh yeah, sorry. I keep forgetting that."

"By the way, aren't you going to… well I don't know? Do some workout for the Sports Festival?" asked Robbie out of curiosity.

"Oh I don't know. The management course really doesn't get that much out of the Sports Festival compared to the others. Or at least in the way most would think."

"Mm, that so?" he asked as Kamala came by, breathing heavily and sweating. "I'm going to be honest here. I genuinely thought you were going to be the one to take training less seriously compared to the others. Guess I stand corrected." he said as Kamala frowned.

"Yes. Yes you do." she told him before turning to Kin. "... Hey." she said, still a bit bitter at his presence and trying and failing at not liking him.

"Hi Khan-chan, I hope that special training of yours has been going well. Would you like some orange slices?" he said, very thoughtful and offering a plate of the fruit.

… Yeah, that was why it was hard to not like him. He was way too nice. Almost Valerie levels of nice. How was she supposed to be mean to him without looking as jerkish and roughish as Robbie?

"... Yes." she said, taking the plate and then one of the sliced oranges. "... Thank you. It was very thoughtful of you." Kamala thanked him as the boy smiled kindly at her. "Stop being so nice."

"From what I've seen, the two of you are really working hard. You two are really taking the Sports Festival very seriously, don't you?"

"Meh, I see this as a race. There's a start and there's a finish line, so I might as well do what I can to reach it first. I've always been a little competitive like that." Robbie told him.

"Of course you do." Kamala said.

"So there's nothing involving one-upping class A?" Kin asked curiously, gaining a weird look from the Pakistani girl.

"And what exactly does that supposed to mean?" she asked. "Got a problem with class 1-A?"

"Oh no, I would never! And especially not with V-chan or May-chan. The two of them have been wonderful with me!" he replied, smiling with gratitude at the two girl's caring nature.

"Dammit and here I thought- why does this guy have to be so nice?!"

"What's with the question, Kin? Please don't tell me you've been listening to some loud blonde guy from my class"

"Well, not exactly. You could say that for the most part, class B has had a tradition of having a rivalry with class A. It's especially notorious when it comes to the first grade students."

"Why's that?"

"Most of the time class A is the one that gets the most attention or is seen as the main focus of U.A while class B is just seen as the other class." Kin told the two, making them a bit curious with what he has to say. "Statistically speaking, class A has on average the better grades, are seen as more interesting, seems to have the more favoritism out of the two and the most successful pro-heroes tend to come from there. Even All Might was known to be a class A student. As one could expect, most class B students end up having a grudge over class A. And seeing how in this year in particular, class A has the eyes of everyone because of what happened, you could see why anyone would think that way."

"Huh, didn't know that. Yeah, I guess it makes sense. And at least class A does seem to have the academic smarts with Annie being from there."

"Great, as if I wasn't feeling inadequate enough…" Kamala muttered.

"But, with your level of dedication, you'll easily draw attention to yourself in a good way! I'm sure of it!" Kin said, making even Kamala smile a bit.

"Thanks." she said just as Annie came walking by. "Hey, what happened to you?" she asked, pointing at her swollen hand.

"Oh, I uh… you know… I was training and stuff. Just proof of my hard work!"

"You hurt yourself doing something stupid. Got it." Robbie said, making Annie frown at him, thus proving him right.

"Hi May-chan, how has your training been going?" Kin asked.

"... I still need to get used to that on so many levels." Annie said, still trying to not only wrap her head with the whole honorifics thing, but also the fact that someone refers to her by her second name (which she shares with her older sisters).

Funny thing, when Robbie basically adopted Kin into their circle of friends, the group decided indirectly to once more try and keep Annie's heritage a secret just in case. So when she presented herself by her names and with Hatsume always calling her 'Anna-May', Kin might have gotten the idea that May was her family… so they all just rolled with it for a while.

"Also yeah, it's been going well."

"That's good to hear."

"Yeah, anyway, Jarvis sent me to fetch you guys. He has some snacks and stuff for us to take a break."

"Ooooh, snacks! Sounds like my calling."

"Of course it does." Robbie said. If there was anyone that could match and out-stomach Annie's appetite, then that was no doubt Kamala. "Sure, why not a break sounds nice. Might as well cut it short for now. Especially considering that tomorrow we have that special training."

"Oh yeah, the one that was apparently so important that they changed our schedule." Kamala said, surprising Annie a bit.

"Wait, your class too?" she asked.

"Yeah… wait, you know about it?" asked Robbie.

Annie was about to answer, but in the short time that it would have taken her to usher a single syllable, an idea popped to her mind. One that would have had her giggling like a hyena, yet she decided to keep some restrain to herself. Instead, she just told a half-truth of sorts.

"Oh yeah, we had it yesterday at the U.S.J. It was just some rescue training. Nothing too serious."

"Huh, well that doesn't sound that special. We had them at the U.S.J last week." Kamala said.

"Perhaps your class won't be doing that kind of training. Class A probably did it to make up for the U.S.J disaster, so maybe you'll do someone similar, yet different?" Kin suggested to the group.

"I guess it makes some sense. Mm, maybe some search and rescue training? We were doing that before we evacuated the area." Robbie said out loud. "Whatever, we'll deal with it tomorrow. Let's just go before Val's sister eats all the sweets."

"Why do you think that's going to happen?" Kamala asked as both Annie and Robbie just stared at her. "Oh right, it's Nadia. Kind of obvious in hindsight now that I think about it "

"Yeah, now let's get going. Jarvis pulled out some fancy cheese that smells funny but it's pretty good and in no way am I running the risk of Nadia eating all of it." Annie said as she and the others started walking and, as they did, she couldn't help but to laugh inside. "Oh my god, the look on their faces is going to be priceless!"

"All right kids, we're here!" Vlad told his class.

Class-B, all wearing their respective hero costumes, were standing behind the entrance of one of the school's training areas that was new to them. It wasn't the U.S.J, or a faux city, nor was it the forest area that they were oh so familiar by now. Heck it wasn't even the junkyard area where Robbie and Kamala fought the class A students. This area was resembling some run of the milk suburbs. It wasn't bad in all honesty. It kind of reminded Kamala of where both Annie and her stayed at miss Aizawa's house.

"Hey, this place looks nice!" Tokage said, whistling at what she was looking at. "You know? I wouldn't mind having a house in a place like this."

"Right? It looks so authentic that you forget that it's just a training ground." said Hiryu.

"Looks out of my budget." Robbie said, thinking that the place was too nice to be affordable to him.

Besides the students of class B, were their teachers. Those being their homeroom teacher Vlad King, the Blood Hero, the Sharp-shooter Hero Snipe and the rescue Space Hero No. 13. All of them looked incredibly well-prepared and ready to fulfill their duty. That being, of course, educating the next generation of future pro-heroes.

"Hope you're all ready for what's to come. The school went out of their way to make sure this training session was extra challenging to you all. So you better not slack off, understand?" Vlad asked.

"I was actually expecting us to be at the U.S.J. Especially with how this was meant to be a special training and stuff." Kendo voiced her opinion.

"An understandable assessment, but for today we thought that this setting would be more appropriate for you all." Snipe said, followed by Thirteen nodding in agreement and continuing with the explanation.

"While the U.S.J is a versatile compound for training, we shouldn't forget to train in urban areas. After all, most of the time, pro-heroes are going to operate on those areas until they specialize in a respective area. And even then, they're still expected to respond if there is need." the rescue teacher said.

"And what exactly are we going to do here?" asked Manga, who had his question answered by Vlad.

"We'll be having simulations to what you all would be dealing with as pro-heroes in urban areas like big cities and suburbs. After we're done here, we'll be heading towards one of the faux cities that we have nearby."

"Some of the exercises I know some of you will think that they're a waste of time, but believe me. They'll be crucial to your upbringing as future heroes, no matter how basic they may seem. By the end of the day, you'll hopefully be able to see all the areas that you are lacking in and thus, the areas you'll need to improve." Snipe followed after. "We'll be splitting you all into different groups that will be having different activities. It's up to you how to approach them while solving the problem as efficiently as possible. Afterwards, you will report with Thirteen, who will be stationed near the plaza of this area until all of you have done all the exercises"

"Once that's done, we'll all head for the fauz city for the training to continue. Are there any questions?" Thirteen asked as there were none at the moment. "Very well then, now the first group is going to compose of… Reyes, Khan, Tokage, Kendo, Monoma and Kaibara."

"Ugh, do I have to be in the same group as this guy?" Kamala complained, pointing at Robbie, who frowned a little.

"You know, you've been moody since last week and it's already starting to get annoying." Robbie said as Tokage chuckled.

"Look at that, the dynamic duo isn't being that dynamic right now. What? Troubles in p-"

"Finish that sentence, see what happens." the two told her, making the green-haired girl gulp.

"... I mean… in your platonic relationship that's just two friends and nothing else…?"

"Whatever issues you have with one another, knock it off. You'll have to work with people that you may not like in the future and will have to tough it up to get the job done. If you can't do that, then you may as well just leave now. Understood?" Vlad said, as the two teens grumped at one another, yet did not complain any further. "That's better."

"What will they be doing?" Kendo asked.

"You'll be rescuing a cat out of a tree ."

"... I'm sorry, I think my japanese suddenly flunked for a bit, did you say a cat out of a tree?

"That is what I said, mister Reyes." Snipe told them.

"... Ok, please tell me I'm not the only one that thinks that's just a waste of… well, of everything."

"As we stated beforehand, while the exercises may seem irrelevant they will aid in your progress in ways that you didn't foresaw before. Either way, if you can't even do the most basics of this exercise, then how are you expected to function as a hero?"

"I mean, it sounds super lame but I kind of get where they're coming from." said Honenuki with Kendo agreeing.

"What's the matter, is the enforcer scared?" Kamakiri taunted as a couple of students chuckled.

Robbie grunted and managed to catch a glimpse of Kamala. Who was looking incredibly smug and cocky

"And what are you on about?"

"Oh nothing, this is something I was already used to doing. I could give you a few pointers if you'd like. But let's be honest. You're probably too you to do it."

"You know, I liked you better when you're your bubble head self."

"Whatever, does that mean you're bringing cats here? Because I wouldn't mind at all.?"

"Oh, I love kittens!" Pony exclaimed after Kosei spoke.

"No, we ran out of budget for cats. So three of you will have to play the role." Snipe said, pulling out a coin out of his pocket. "Ok, I want two of you each to come here, so we can decide which one of you will be the cat." the teacher told them, baffling the students and especially one in particular.

"You ran out of budget? How?! You mean to tell me that you guys have enough money to make giant robots and over the top training facilities,but you don't have enough for cats?!" Kamala said.

"Where do you think the budget went?" Snipe said once more as Vlad spoke.

"Alright, enough questions for the day. Let's get this over while we still have sunlight with us." he said as his class started to get ready.

The six students started to go in pairs to decide who the cat would be. The first two times, the girl of their respective duo ended up being the cat and had to put on cat ears. Truth be told, this just felt like something out of a show, having the girls just having cat ears. That is of course, until Robbie's and Kamala's turn came by where the cat ended up being…

"Either you get those things away from me, or god help me, I'll go to your house, grab that stupid washing machine statue and feed it to the first dog I see! You hear me!"

"Just put the stupid cat ears on, Robbie! Kendo and Tokage are both wearing them and you didn't hear them complain, did you!"

"I kind of did, actually…" Kendo said awkwardly looking at the events happening before her.

"If you want someone to put them on, then why don't you wear them!"

"You would like that, wouldn't you!"

"... I kind of would…" said Kosei, who got a nudge to the sides by Kaibara's elbow hitting him.

Yeah… Robbie ended up being the cat. And he was clearly not a fan of the idea. That is, if him doing whatever he could to avoid Kamala putting them on him are any indication.

And while the two boys kept on arguing and avoiding or trying to catch one another. And while the other students were starting to fight the urge to start betting money on who would win while in front of their teachers, said teachers were currently watching from the sidelines at their students making fools of themselves. All as Snipe sighed.

"And here I thought this week would be less problematic." the marksman said as Vlad approached Thirteen.

"Do you think you can handle this? We got to make preparations for the next exercise."

"Don't worry, senpai! I can handle this!"

"Put them on, Reyes!"

"Make me, Khan!"

"... I think I can handle this!"

"Kendo, help Thirteen in any way you can. She will tell the other groups the instructions to follow. Once you're all done, meet us at the entrance of the faux city nearby."

"Aye aye, sir."

"Good… also, please try and make sure Khan and Reyes don't kill each other." Snipe said.

"Ok sir, you can only ask me to do something plausible." the class' big sister said, as both of her teachers left… while also both of his classmates kept on arguing.

"He's just so… ugh! I get it, you're a thuggish-looking guy that's smarter and more serious than me! We all get it! Lay off my back for five minutes! As if I didn't have enough of that to deal with back home!" Kamala complained as she and Kaibara were walking through the fake street of the faux suburbs in search of a 'cat' to rescue themselves.

"Uh-huh." Kaibara said, listening to what the inhuman of the class had to say. "And how does that make you feel?"

"... What? Are you planning on being a psychiatrist on the side of being a hero?" Kamala asked.

"First off, you literally asked me, I was just being polite. Second off, I would probably go for a photographer gig if I were to take a second job." Sen said, as Kamala sighed.

"Yeah, sorry I guess I'm in a bad mood today."

"That's a bit of an understatement. You two have been pretty much at each other's throat since last week. More specifically since Robbie started hanging with that Management kid. What's that about? Don't tell me you're jealous" Sen said.

"What? No…! Or at least… it's not just that…" Kamala replied to Sen's questions. "Look, it's more than that. It's just that… I'm serious about all of this. The hero gig has been my dream since I was little and now that I'm here, I want to do everything I can to prove it. So it's a bit annoying and infuriating when people think I just see everything like a game. Especially when… ugh, Robbie can be so insensitive every once in a while… it would be nice if instead of being told what I do wrong, someone mentions what I do right."

"Well, if you want my unprofessional opinion on the matter, I can see where he's going." Sen said, much to Kamala's dislike. "I mean, you do tend to get easily distracted in class, are kind of forgetful of your homework… and then there's the time you came to school with two left shoes. And I mean that literally. How did you not notice that you changed the shape of your right foot to fit a left shoe?"

"Great, you too, huh?"

"But…" he suddenly said, getting Kamala's attention. "You're not exactly as lost as he says you are."

"... Eh?"

"I mean when you do want to pay attention, boy do you really pay attention. You also have an eye for details, especially when talking about the powers and usage of them, you're also pretty charismatic and can get people to get behind you fairly easily, all while being super supportive. But I'm no psychologist, nor am I a counselor. Look, why don't you two just talk things out? If not to stop fighting, then at least to make things less awkward for everyone else." he said as the girl sighed once more.

"Yeah, I guess that's fair." the inhuman replied, only to hear something very loudly.

"Mew, mew! Oh would someone come rescue this poor kitten…?! I said mew!"

"I'm not doing it!"

"... Well, the good news is that we found Reyes and Tokage. The bad news, we found Reyes and Tokage."

"Why are they bad news?"

"Didn't we just have a talk about how you and Reyes want to rip each other to pieces?"

"Ok, now that's an exaggeration… wait, then why Tokage?"

"I have no idea. I just have this feeling that she has something in mind. And for some reason, I think it involves Kodai and-"

"And who?"

"... Hey, does that blue girl you hang out with likes pictures…? Asking for a friend."

"Would someone please get this wittle kitten from this mean tree?!"

"While you're at it, bring a gun so I can shoot myself! Or at least a pair of headphones!"

"Let's get them off the trees. You go there, I go the other way."

"Are you sure? I'm pretty sure that Reyes' voice came from there."

"I mean, I could probably try the whole talking thing. Plus, considering the fact that he's obviously annoyed at Tokage's jokes, do you really want to deal with a ticked off Robbie?"

"... Khan, you're a life-saver, I want you to remember that." Sen said, as the two parted ways.

From the sounds of it, neither of the 'cats' were that far away. It makes sense seeing how they were close enough to hear each other yell at one another, much to the annoyance of one of them. It didn't take Sen long enough to get to where Tokage was. She was sitting on a branch of one of the trees, which thankfully weren't that tall. And truth be told, she definitely looked like she was enjoying herself way too much with the whole cat thing.

"Oh, my savior! At last, I'm free!"

"... On second thought, maybe dealing with Reyes would be better." Kaibara said, making Tokage chuckle.

"Your funeral."

"Whatever, I'm here already. So why don't you just get down and we call it a day?"

"No can do. You have to get me down."

"You kidding?! How exactly do you want me to do that?! It's not like I brought a ladder with me!"

"Sorry. But I'm unable to get down on my own."

"That's false and you know it! You can split into pieces and they all float!"

"If I could, then you wouldn't be needed here. Plus, I'm a regular cat, remember? You'll have to carry me~!" Tokage playfully joked.

"But I… Ugh!" Sen said, giving up as he then started to climb the tree (which once again, he was thankful it wasn't that tall). "I'm climbing a tree to get a girl wearing cat ears down, like some dumb self insert story. Could this get any more humiliating?"

"Oh don't be like that. This is like, every guy's fetish or something." Tokage said as Sen murmured something about that being stupid or dumb. "Or would it help if I were a blue girl with white hair?" she asked, instantly making Sen blush bright for a second and losing focus as he climbed, snapping a branch he was hanging on and almost falling."

"Ow! Splinter on my finger! There's a splinter on my finger!" Sen cried out as Tokage laughed.

After a moment or two, Sen finally reached the top, where he had to find a way to get the girl in cat ears down, as stupid as he thought… Though for a second he was tempted to imagine if Tokage was a certain girl from class A, but he shook his head at that. Chances were that he would get distracted and get the two of them to fall to the ground. And with him doing all the work, chances were that he would have fallen flat on his face. And the splinter was already bad enough, so he just carried her piggy-back style and got the two of them to ground level.

"You wouldn't happen to have some tweezers, would you?"

"And why would a cat have a pair of twee-"

"WOULD YOU KNOCK THAT OFF!" they suddenly heard Kamala shout.

"... Wow… and here I thought she would appreciate my humor."

"So much for trying to talk things out." Sen said as the two headed for where her voice was coming from.

When they got there, they were greeted by the presence of Robbie, who was wearing a pair of cat ears, throwing something at Kamala. It looked like some fruit, ot… a fake fruit? It looked round and red, so it was probably there to simulate fruit on the tree. Whatever it was the case, he was just taking them and yanking them towards Kamala, who was still dodging.

"Look, Miss Thirteen said that we were cats, so I'm acting like a cat." he said, throwing another fake fruit at Kamala who dodged again.

"In what world does a cat know how to throw fruit?!"

"You're a girl that writes stories about ponies that throw up rainbows, you got your powers after inhaling weird gas and our school principal is a talking bear-dog thing, but a cat throwing stuff is where you draw the line?"

"Look, you're already a ruffian-looking guy. No need for you to worsen your image by thinking wild dumb things, ok?" Kamala said, making Robbie's eye twitch as a vein grew on his forehead. "I mean seriously, you could at least-Hey! Watch it, you jerk! That almost took my eye out!" she yelled, having dodged a fake fruit that passed very close near her face.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I was aiming for your nose." he said, as he threw another fruit that Kamala once again barely dodged.

"Ok that's it! I've about had it with you! Get down here you colossal walking pain, I have a piece of my mind and you're going to hear it!" she yelled, as she started to increase the length of her legs to reach Robbie as the two started to argue. All the while, Tokage and Sen watched from the sidelines.

"They seriously need to work things out." Sen said.

"They need couples counseling, more like it."

"We heard you, Tokage!" the two American shouted, making the girl flinch and gulp once again.

The two could be really scary every once in a while.

"Everything taken care of on your end?" Vlad asked the fellow teacher, Snipe.

"Yes, now the only thing that's left is to wait." he replied as the blood hero nodded.

"Hopefully they'll get to finish the first part of the exercise soon… by the way, was that seriously the best excuse you could have come up with?"

"What excuse?"

"We ran out of budget for cats? Seriously?"

"Well, it's a credible story. "

"Khan is right, we have enough money for fake cities and multiple training facilities, yet we don't have enough money to get them real cats?"

"Ok, not only would the school be called unethical… more than it already is, by doing that, but did you really want me to tell them that the real reason was because last time we tried that, Aizawa kept pampering the cats and wanted to take them home?"

"That man seriously has issues for such a monotone guy." Vlad said as Snipe nodded. "... Why do you think All Might and Nezu went out of their way for this exercise? Not saying that it's bad just… the timing and their attitude seemed odd in my eyes."

"I understand. It feels like there's something that they're not telling us."

"Or that they have yet to tell us."

"Whatever the case is, it's obvious that the reason was rather unnerving, if their expressions were anything to go by." the sharpshooter said, as the other hero nodded.

Suddenly though, the two felt a presence. One that was confirmed to be around when they heard something nearby. Turning around, they found the source of the noise, which was …

"You…"

"Oh, but suddenly I'm the one that thinks dumb wild things? That girl can be such a hazle every now and then!" Robbie complained while walking with Kendo, who if her expression was anything to go by, was not amused.

"Yeah… a hazel…" she replied with a monotone voice.

"Wow, thanks for the support, Kendo."

"I'm sorry, but it's really hard to be invested after hearing you complain for like the twelfth time this week."

"It's wednesday."

"I know. Why do you think I said what I said?" Kendo argued, which made Robbie grumble something. "Look, I get it. I would also prefer if everyone could take training and classes a bit more seriously, I do. Especially if it means Khan would stop showing me funny pictures and drawings with notes mid-lecture."

"You're saying that because Midnight caught you the time you laughed at them."

"It was a quokka taking a selfie with a funny hat! How could I not laugh? Just because you all refer to me as being too 'masculine', whatever that means, doesn't mean I don't enjoy cute animals." the martial arts enthusiast said. "But in her defense, it's not like you're making things easy for her."

"And what is that supposed to mean?"

"I mean that you can be a little… what's the word I'm looking for? Overbearing? No, that's not it. Mm, bossy? Insensitive? Harsh? Incredibly strict?"

"Careful, Kendo. You're going to run out of adjectives soon enough."

"The point that I'm trying to make is that you can be a bit too much."

"Please. Tell me one time that-"

"You threaten to pummel Rin for coming with that nickname of yours."

"Ok, I may have gone a bit overboard that one time. But that's-"

"You made Komori and Fukidashi almost write their entire english essay all over."

"Look, there were a lot of misspellings and errors there. You can't blame me for trying to help-"

"You also use a lot of physical violence against Monoma."

"Bulshit, you punch him as much as I do."

"Not with a chair!"

"For the last time! I didn't try to hit him with a chair, my jacket got stucked! And at the very least I don't use my powers to knock him down like you, miss I slapped him across the room with a hand the size of a desk!"

"I didn't mean to hit him! I only wanted to get the wasp to- look, we're not talking about me at the moment."

"Sounds to me like you're evading it." Robbie said, making Kendo frown.

"The point is, that maybe it wouldn't hurt to show a bit more support every once in a while. You know, have a bit more faith in her."

"... And who says I don't…" Robbie murmured, while looking to the side.

"We know you do. But… I don't know, maybe instead of reminding her of what she does wrong, you could tell her what she does right?" Kendo said as the two arrived to where Thirteen was, alongside Kamala, Sen, Monoma, Tokage… who for some reason had tape on her mouth, alongside a handful of the other classmates.

"Hello, children. I take it you two are finished with your exercises?" their teacher asked as they nodded.

"Yep! All taken care of!" Kendo said, while Robbie and Kamala looked at each other, frowned a bit before turning their heads around… and yet they still took glances at one another. "You two need professional help at this point… also, why is there tape on her mouth?" Kendo asked while pointing at Tokage.

"It's for her own safety." Kaibara replied as Tokage tried to say something that was completely muffled by the tape.

"We can still understand you, Tokage." the duo of Americans said, genuinely baffling the girl.

"You're the mistress of subtlety, aren't you?"

"Could we hurry up and be done here? These two make everything awkward." Shishida asked the group.

"Sadly, there are still a handful of us that are still missing. I don't think it would be right to leave now without them." Monoma said as the beast-like kid suddenly looked odd for a moment.

"Something wrong?" Kamala asked.

"I… yeah, I thought I heard something but maybe it was just the wind." he replied, though the inhuman didn't seem convinced.

"Yes, that is correct. Be a bit more patient, I'm sure that everyone will soon be do-" Thirteen was saying, however, she suddenly stopped mid-sentence and after a few seconds, she turned around. "... Eh?" was all she could say before suddenly being hit with such force that she was sent crashing into the lawn of one of the houses nearby, much to the horror of her students.

"Sensei!" near everyone shouted.

They tried to rush to her side, but before they could so much as take a step, a sudden blur went past in front of them, cutting them off. Then the same blur appeared behind them. Then next to their side and then it started to circle the area around them before stopping. Once it did, it revealed a man, or at least they hoped for that to be a man. He wore dark robes, though they sort of reassembled Gis of some form. They were colored black, had some bits of silver armor such as on his shoulder, as well as his knees and on the back of his gloves. Lastly, he had what they hoped was a skull mask that concealed his identity with glowing red eyes and what looked a bit like a pair of devil-like horns on the front.

"So… this is the oh so famous class 1-B of U.A high?" the assailant asked with a deep voice. "You don't seem to be much in my eyes."

"What the… who's that?"

"Is he a… guys, please don't tell me that's an actual villain."

"Komori, Tsurbara both of you calm-" Kendo tried to warn, both was caught off guard when out of nowhere, Kamala jumped in and smashed the ground where the villain stood, for he had jumped away.

"Dammit Khan! Don't go-" Robbie was about to say, but the villain spoke first.

"So we have a sharp one here. You ought to be thankful for that, don't you?" the villain said, seemingly acknowledging Kamala while also directing the last bit to Komori.

"Uh?"

"Look at his hands." Kamala told Robbie, who did as she said and saw that there was something in one of them. Too small for him to try and get an idea of what it was. "The moment his hand moved a bit, it looked like he was moving slightly towards Komori."

"She's right." Kendo said, backing the inhuman's claim as she herself also adopted a battle stand of her own. "It was subtle, but even someone with basic combat knowledge could tell that he suddenly shifted a bit of his weight on his right side."

"... Huh… you don't say." Robbie said, transforming into his more hellish look. "Listen buddy, you have about one minute before we make you leave in a stretcher."

"How valiant, you three are so willing to fight me…will you be willing to fight him too?" the villain asked, as suddenly, there was a shadow casting above some of the students.

And when some of those students took notice, they grew quite worried.

"Guys, move!" Sen told everyone, who were able to catch wind of what he was referring to and quickly jumped out of the way.

Whatever it was that casted the big shadow above, was apparently built like a truck, because it hit the ground like one. The force of the attack pushed so them away while disorienting some others. And out of the few that were still standing, some ended up getting hit in the blink of an eye by the other villain, among them being Robbie and Kamala, though thankful for the two of them, the two were made of sturdier stuff, so they remained standing.

The first villain had now arrived by the side of whom they all assumed to be, his partner in crime and by god was he huge. He was easily bigger and meaner-looking than even Shishida, the walking big foot temnager. He also was wearing black clothing, and what looked like almost samurai armor, or at least the chest piece, alongside the mask of an angry demon-like monster of red color. And to make matters worse, he had Thirteen on his grasp.

"Ugh, that guy's as fast as Annie." Kamala said, with Robbie giving his own take.

"Not as fast. This guy's faster than her."

"Allow us to present ourselves…" the first villain said to the students. "My name is Vakume and this is Dark Oni. We are the lords and conquerors of the 7 heavenly crossroads of weirdworld."

"I would consider for you to flee now!" the big one said, his voice sounding as rough as a man that smokes entire packs of cigars every day. "This one will serve as a sacrifice to the great Goliath. Soon, your world will burn by his flame!" he shouted, worrying the other students safe for Kamala, who only had one thing to say about it.

"... eh?"

"Farewell young heroes." said the first villain, smashing what he had on hand and creating a smoke screen that once it dissipated, showed that they managed to get away.

Naturally, near everyone panicked and had their guard on high alert. The two class reps did their best to get them to calm themselves despite their own worry. They tried to come up with a proper way to act in their current scenario. Realizing that there were still some of their classmates that had yet to reach them, Kendo told Tokage, who by now had removed the tape from her mouth, to help in finding them as fast as possible, alongside some of the best equipped with search abilities. Once they did, they told them to inform the others to meet the group at the main entrance. But as they were talking strategy, there was one student that did not exactly listen to anything.

Yeah, there was a reason only near everyone was in a panic mode. And that was because the inhuman Kamala Khan had her mind retelling her what the villains said over and over again. And the more she repeated it, the less sense it made.

"Fuck sake, Khan! Stop daydreaming and get a move already!" a kind of angry Robbie told her since by now, the only ones that had yet to start their little evacuation, or were not part of the search, were the duo of hima and Kamala, as well as Kendo, Monoma and Kaibara.

"None of that made sense." she simply said, seemingly ignoring what Robbie said.

"I mean, yeah it all sounded like nonsense, but-"

"No, I mean even ignoring that, it doesn't make sense. As a matter of fact, a bunch of nonsense would actually make more sense." Kamala said, interrupting Sen and making Robbie drag his hands across his face.

"Great, now she's rambling." he said as Kendo decided to ask what Kamala meant.

"What gives you that idea, Khan?"

"Well, for starters, he looks nothing like Vakume."

"You know how he looks?" Monoma asked.

"Yeah and that's definitely not the guy." she replied. "For starters, Vakume is, if I remember correctly, a grandkid of Agatha and he and some others were apparently bad guys, but that was ages ago. Now they're just heroes or something, so why would he be in Japan attacking a bunch of kids?"

"Maybe this is a different Vakume? It's not like having more than one person with the same name is uncommon." Sen said.

"I remembered having three Joshuas in my Social Studies class."

"That doesn't explain the other stuff. I mean, what even are the 7 heavenly crossroads of weirwold? It's the 7 Heavenly Cities, not crossroads! And they are definitely not on Weirdworld. Weirdworld is basically Alice in Wonderland on LSD. And as if that wasn't enough, the way they said Crossroads, it reminds me more of that place that's apparently a place where realities connect, if what I heard was right. So why would they say they were on Weirdworld? And since when was Goliath ever connected with fire? The one in the story was just a big dude and the ones with connection to that name now have all been superheroes. Something's not right."

"... How do you know that…? Why do you know that…? How come you can pay more attention to internet forums than to math and history?!"

"Seriously?! You want to do that now?!"

"Oh, I don't know! Maybe I-"

"Oh my god, will the two of you just quit it?! No one cares about your marital problems anymore!" Kendo shouted at the two Americans.

"Hey!" the two shouted at her back.

"I don't know, what if they're just villains with some similar names or something? Is it really hard to believe?" asked Kaibara, though surprisingly, Monoma did not see it that way.

"Well, maybe Khan is right."

"I am? I mean… Of course I'm right?"

"What makes you think that, Monoma." Robbie asked.

"Well, speaking for names, the other one wasn't that better, was it? What kind of name is that?" he asked as both Americans agreed, it was dumb.

"Sounds like a name a little kid would use for his video game tag or something."

"I can confirm. There's at least seven Dread Lords in my clan. And three of them are spelled wrong."

"And some of their actions and mannerisms were odd." Kendo followed. "Like, I know Thirteen-sensei may not be known for being speedy, but how come she was the one that got caught off guard when we're all okay?"

"Was she even caught off guard? I mean, the way she acted before getting hit seems fishy, right?" Monoma said. "It all felt like it was just flair and nothing else. Like a show or…"

"A test?" Sen wondered out loud.

"You think this is a test?" Kendo asked.

"Well… I guess when you look at things from a certain point of view, it kind of looks that way, right?" Monoma said.

"Yeah… that and the fact that there's an obvious trail that's headed to where the faux city is." Sen replied, pointing at the obvious trail of footprints and wreckage that lead to where their other teachers were waiting for them and then they started to put the pieces together a bit more.

"Wait… so this crap is the exercise they were talking about?!" Robbie asked.

"I… I don't know? I mean, yeah maybe, but I don't think I've ever heard of U.A doing anything like this. There are a few upper classmates that I talk to from time to time and none have ever even so much as hinted at anything like this. And an exercise of this nature surely should have some sort of precedence." Kendo said as Kamala suddenly remembered something.

"You don't think that…" she told Robbie, who looked confused for a bit before realizing what Kamala was saying.

"No… did she… do you think that…"

"So they go from wanting to rip each other's throat to finishing their sentences just like that… or whatever this is?" Sen asked as the two kept doing just that.

"Well, she did say that…"

"And knowing her…"

Lastly, the two started to remember their workout a day prior. And they remembered talking with a certain redhead friend of their group. And when they were informed by her about the special training class 1-A had, they realized something. For one second, for one fraction of time… Annie smirked.

"... Goddammit web for brains! People like you are the reason everyone says gingers have no soul…! No offense." Robbie shouted, directing the last bit to Kendo, who looked very offended.

"All taken!"

"You see? This is what I have to put up with, all week long." said Kamala.

"Heh, that's rich coming from you." Robbie replied.

"Ok, so… this is an exercise. Now what? Do we just leave or…?" Sen wondered, as his question was answered by Monoma.

"No, it's far too obvious that running away it's not the goal of the exercise. So the end goal is most likely to see how we react to this scenario."

"Well, seeing how class A got attacked on the first week, it makes sense that they would want us to prepare and Monoma I swear if you try to use this as an excuse to pick on class A, I'll deck you in the face." he threatened the blonde boy, who sheepishly raised his hands in a defensive manner as he chuckled awkwardly.

"Please Reyes, I would never do that… while being within punching distance from you, that is." he said, while murmuring the last bit to himself.

"That's a lie no one's believing, Monoma." Sen said.

"Ok, look. If this is an exercise, then we have to get it over with. We'll get the others, you two go ahead just in case. Ok?" the class rep told the two Americans, who did not look pleased with what she said.

"Why do I have to-/Do I seriously need to-"

"Do as I say!" she shouted at the two who were a bit silent for one full… second.

"Why the attitude all of the sudden?/Bossy much?"

"JUST GO!"

"Fine, we're moving/Geez, what's with the shouting?" the two said as they started to head for the faux city, leaving a trio of Japanese kids, which involved two boys and one very much no nonsense girl that was pretty much done with Khan's and Reyes' attitude.

"Man, what bug bit Kendo all of a sudden? Did she get out of bed on the wrong foot?" Kamala asked as she and Robbie were walking around the faux city.

"I know, right? Some tact would do wonders for her." Robbie replied as he started to look around.

As the two were walking through the streets of the fake city, Robbie could have sworn to have seen something. He stopped and looked at where he thought he spotted whatever that had his interest. However, since Kamala was still looking around when he suddenly stopped and since he was ahead of him, she ended up bumping into him and so, their train of thought was suddenly changed from focusing on the exercise to, what else? Fighting between the two, of course.

"Watch where you're going!" Robbie snapped at Kamala, who snapped back.

"Me?! You're the one stopping all of the sudden! How about you start putting in some effort instead of daydreaming!"

"Oh, so now I'm the one daydreaming?! Is that how things are now!"

"I don't have time for this. I don't know about you, but I'm too busy right about now." Kamala said, starting to try and walk away, but being stopped by Robbie yelling at her.

"Ok, you know what?! I've had it! What's your problem?!"

"So suddenly I'm the one with a problem?!"

"Yes! You've been nothing but an insufferable pain since last week!"

"And you've been nothing but an insensitive jerk all time long!"

"Ever heard of the word hypocrisy?! Maybe you should look at it in your free time! Oh, who am I kidding, you're probably too busy playing your dumb games and writing your senseless crap to even do as much!"

"I know what hypocrisy means, I'm looking at the meaning right now! And just so you know it, I do more than 'playing dumb games and writting my senseless crap'! But I don't expect you to care about it! You're too busy being a bossy control freak to even notice! But hey, it's all good, I don't blame you! You're probably just having a blast with your good pal Kin to bat an eye!"

"Is this what all this shit's about?! I was just being- where did all that 'saving the world by saving one person' or whatever went?! Did you just decide to throw it out a window?!"

"Did you decide to throw it out a window? Whoo, look at me! I'm Robbie Reyes and my favorite pastimes include being the meanest, most tactless and insensitive person you can ever meet! Did I insult you now, or should I do it later to make you feel extra bad?!"

"Don't mock me Khan!"

"Or what? You're sending me to my room with no dinner?! Is that what you're going to do?! Gonna tell me to do my homework while you're at it too?!"

"Well, maybe I wouldn't have to do it if only you-!"

"Ok, you know what?! Fine! Want me to give you the reason? Ok, I will! You're right! Does that make you feel better? You are right! Maybe I should be focusing on classes more! Maybe I should try and keep up with your unrealistic standars and forget the fact that I probably have a hard time as it is focusing even without this stupid event coming in! Maybe I should forget the part where I start to realize just what that festival means all together just so I can get one dumb paper on time! And yes, maybe I'm not being reasonable with Kin, ok?! Sorry that maybe, just maybe, it stung to see my friend start to distance himself from me and instead try to be my mom! I'm sorry that it hurt seeing him ignore me when I asked for help because he rather spend time with a total stranger!"

The two remained silent after that. Looking at one another without uttering another word. However, their peace did not last long, because without warning the ground beneath erupted and the two were knocked to the side. They quickly tried to pick themselves up and saw some sort of root-like object that was the cause for the ground to break the way it did.

"What was that?" Kamala asked, before seeing something and quickly grabbing a hold of Robbie. "Look out!" she shouted as she pushed him out of the way of another one of those things coming for them.

Afterwhich, Robbie transformed and took a defensive position, all while the two looked up at where the root-like things came. They heard something from that direction and saw what they believed to be the cause of it. A 'villain' dressed in, what else, but stereotypical black evil-esque clothes with a monster-like mask. Next to him, were the first villain they saw, the second big one and their teachers gagged and tied up while inside of a cage.

"Did the two of you really think that you could best us?! How arrogant of your part!" the one called Oni something said as he turned to the other one that just attacked. "Dark Root! You and Gigante deal with the lesser children! We have a ritual to fulfill!"

"Verily!" he replied, jumping in and placing his hand on the ground upon landing and having more small roots aiming at them, forcing the duo to escape.

"Oh my god, I know those guys are fake and all, but those names suck! They're worse that the crap web for brains comes up with!" Robbie said, blasting the evil roots as they approached him.

"I woke up today hoping to have some fun in class! Fighting the forest of Evil Dead is not my definition of fun!" Kamala commented, evading them as they approached her.

"Since when do you watch horror movies?!"

"And what does that-WHOA!" Kamala was saying, before evading the giant fist that suddenly popped above her. Looking up, she saw some sort of giant thing that looked like a humanoid bug-monster that was responsible for the attack. "Oh… guess the name Gigante should have been an obvious giveaway."

"Foolish humans! Your recklessness will be the end of you!" the bug-like giant claimed, its voice sounding raspy and high pitched at the same time.

"Urgh, really?! Our wreckless- don't lump me with he-Hey! Careful you dolt!" Robbie said, preparing a chain attack, but stumbling a bit when the ground shook.

The reason for that to happen, was Kamala, who tried to attack the Root guy and because of that, she slammed her embiggen fist at where he was. Unfortunately for her, he dodged it and caused a small tremor that took Robbbie by surprise.

"Oh, I'm sorry, maybe instead of talking you could pay more attention to-UGH!" Kamala complained, having been hit in the back by a speedy opponent. "Great… this guy again." she complained, knowing that the one responsable was the fake Vakume.

"If you're done fighting your teammate, then perhaps you would do well to fight us instead?" he said as he saw Robbie hurling one of his chains towards the giant… for some reason.

"Hey big guy! Think fast!" he shouted, throwing his chain… which was immediately caught by the giant. "...Ok, I should have put more thought to this." was all he could say before being pulled up and hurled towards a place near Kamala… which unfortunately for her, was where she ended up being after attempting a failed strike at the speedy villain.

Which in turn, made it so that the boy of magic abilities crashed into the inhuman. And that was on top of the two skitting towards a wall thanks to the momentum.

"Oh, sorr- I mean… yeah… take that puny heroes… please be ok." the big villain said as Kamala tried to wrestle Robbie's butt off her back.

"Ugh! Get off!"

"Oh, I'm sorry. It's not like I was planning on being tossed like that!"

"Well, could have fooled me! What was that all about?"

"Maybe it's a sign that I've been spending way too much time with you!"

"Oh, you really want to-"

"Are the two of you joking?" was what the fake Vakume asked the two who at least now were on their own and not piled on each other. "You two are supposed to fight us! Not each other!"

"Ugh… guess we're getting a failed grade today, aren't we?"

"And on top of that, you two even knew that this was a test, great. Is this what passes for hero course students now?"

"Hey pal, lay off. We were just-"

"What you were just doing was falling, that's what you were doing." the fake villain said, as even the others were starting to feel a bit awkward… and for some reason the big one seemed to grow a bit moody.

"Hey Vakume… maybe-"

"Do you know what would have happened if this were a real villain attack?" he asked the two who this time around looked at each other and… could just keep quiet. "So at least you know as much, huh? You know? Maybe you should get a failing grade. Because chances are, that if you two go out there at best you'll get yourself killed and at worse, you'll get someone else killed." he said, making the two teens look down.

But before anything else could be said, a sticky substance suddenly was shot at the opponents of the class. And while they all spreaded out, Kamala and Robbie suddenly felt a hand on their shoulders that made them jolt for a moment. When they turned around, they saw one of their classmates. That one being one of the recommendation students of their class, Juzo Honenuki.

"Eh?!"

"Hi guys! Question, how good are you two holding your breath?" he asked.

"What in the-"

They were unable to finish their sentence because before they knew it, the trio was suddenly swallowed by the ground. And before the fake villains could process what happened, most had to jump out of the way of multiple objects coming their way. All from what looked to be scales, a pair of horn-like projectiles, small objects and even multiple vines.

"Hold it right there, evil doers!" they heard a voice from where the attack came and when they all looked up they saw a girl with orange hair and a turquoise knee-length qipao. "If you thought those two gave you problems! Then there's 20 more where they came from!" said Itsuka Kendo, alongside the rest of class 1-B and with Honenuki coming from the ground alongside the two Americans coughing and taking deep breaths.

"Let's never do that again!" Robbie said as he and Kamala kept coughing.

"You could have given us a heads up." Kamala told Honenuki.

"I did."

"That's not a heads up!"

"Sorry… also was that seriously the best you could come up with?" the boy asked his class rep.

"Look, I'm a martial artist, not a one-line maker." she replied as the fake villains all looked at the students.

"Well, the others came already. Let's-" the one named Oni tried to say, before both Tetsutetsu and Jurota jumped in and with their increased strength, they smashed the ground where he was standing as he jumped away to doge.

The others also had to go on the defensive, for a lot of the students got close in to attack. Mainly for instance, Kamakiri, who went head on with the fake Vakume. Generating blades from his forearm and trying to slash at him.

"Hey you idiot, you're supposed to defeat them, not kill them!" Sen shouted as Kosei placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Calm down man. Remember what Recovery Girl said about your blood pressure."

"Blame those idiots for that!"

"How about we all go for the teachers first?" Tokage said, pointing at the group of her, Yui, Kosei and Sen.

"Ok, you four do that. Yanagi, Kurioiro and I will take care of the fast guy. The rest you know what to do. And you two…" Kendo said, looking at all her classmates before turning to the two Americans. "... talk." she said before they all headed for the four villains.

Soon enough, they all were either in direct or indirect combat with their opponents. From Ibara trying to keep up with the Dark Root guy with her quirk and the help of some of her classmates, to Shishida trying to fight the big Oni guy with Komori, Bondo and Kuroiro. They could even see Pony, Rin and others trying to fight the big one of the group. And while they all did that, Kamala and Robbie just stood there. They just looked at their classmates, actually trying to fight as a team and remembering not only how bad they did against them, but what they were told. Heck, they used to be the two with the best teamwork of the bunch not that long ago, so what happened?

Robbie and Kamala looked at each other for a bit before looking back at their classmates actually being great compared to the mess that they were. And after a couple of seconds… Kamala sighed and got up.

"You know, Robbie… I'm moody today."

"You don't say…"

"And I think that to feel better, I have to punch something." she said as Robbie looked at her.

"Since when are you one for opting violence? Aren't you the goody two-shoes of the two of us?" he asked as Kamala smirked at him.

"Maybe it's a sign that I've been spending way too much time with you." she said as Robbie just stared at her and chuckled, just as Kamala continued to play along with her way to get the hellfire boy to get up. "But Kendo told us to just talk. Mm, now, what should the two of us do now?"

"Fuck talking. I'm the bad influence here and I say, let's beat those guys up!" Robbie said as Kamala made her fists bigger.

"Now that's the spirit!" she said as the two charged at the biggest one.

Speaking of which, the students that were busy fighting the big one were suddenly being pushed back. While some were starting to grow a bit exhausted, the giant didn't seem to be out of breath just yet. And just when the massive adversary was about to do another attack, a fireball and some debris forced it to block and protect its face. And when they all saw the duo of Americans that just five minutes ago were at each other's throat, now standing shoulder to shoulder with one another.

"Hey you! Why don't you take on someone your own size!"

"Yeah, maybe that way, you could have a chance of winning!"

And after making their grand entrance, Robbie and Kamala tried to use their powers to restrain the giant. From Robbie summoning his chains and hurling them at its legs, to Kamala climbing it and then stretching in a manner that would hinder the fake villain from using its arms.

"Guys! Any minute now!" Kamala shouted as she and Robbie were struggling with restraining Gigante.

As for the others, they kept on their own fights. Meanwhile, the group of Tokage and company had managed to get to where their teachers were being held.

"Great, now how do we get inside?" asked Kosei.

"I have an idea." Kodai suddenly said, taking the others by surprise since she rarely talks.

She then placed her hands on the cage and closed her eyes. Soon enough, there was a small magenta glow coming from the cage and as if that wasn't enough, it then started to grow. It kept on growing larger and larger until the space between the bars was large enough for the students to walk past. Safe to say, they were impressed.

"Girl, I'm buying you a bag of tomatoes when this is over!" Tokage told her classmate.

"MM!" was all she replied as she nodded.

Yui Kodai - Quirk: Size!

This quirk allows her to change the size of anything she touches. Whether making things big or small it's up to her. Though, it doesn't work on living things.

Afterwards, they all reached their teachers and just when they all thought things were easy. They noticed that they were actually chained together. And chances were, one of the villains had the key.

"Ok, Kodai did her part, I guess I'll do mine." Sen said, lifting one finger and afterwards, it started to spin in a manner that resembled a drill, which he then used to try and break the chains very carefully.

Sen Kaibara - Quirk: Gyrate!

This quirk allows him to spin any part of his body as if it were a super powered drill.

"Hey man, you might want to hurry up." Kosei said.

"I'm working as fast as I can, ok? It's not as easy as it looks." he replied as Tokage noted something.

"Hey, wasn't that the finger that you had a splinter on?"

"... Great… hearing all that melodrama between Reyes and Khan killed my brain cells."

Meanwhile the two melodrama duo were still trying to restrain the giant enemy. They at first were succeeding, but unfortunately for them, the giant was really going on town with them. And unfortunately for Kamala, in one of the giant's struggles to free itself, it managed to not only free itself from Kamala, but also accidentally hurl her far away and making Robbie look at it and just completely let go of his chains.

"WHOA THIS IS GOING TO HURT!" Kamala shouted, trying to brace for impact before she felt something wrapping around her leg.

She looked at it and saw a chain which Robbie was holding and as carefully and as best as he could, tried to change the trajectory of her path while seeing if he could slow her down. He kind of did, but not as much as he would like to. So he just rushed in and tried to cushin her crash with himself and suffice to say that it hurt… a lot actually.

Maybe he should have asked Manga for help in that one.

"Oof!" Kamala let out as she picked herself off Robbie. "Thanks."

"Meh, you cushioned my crash before. Let's say we're even."

"I mean yeah, but I'm sure I was the better pillow of the two of us."

"Not my fault that I'm not made out of rubber like you."

"Nice joke, but that's not how my powers work." she said while the two of them looked at the giant. "Hey, is it just me or are those things that come out of its face look a bit too big?" she pointed out.

Robbie looked at it and did notice something. Those horn-like things (or maybe weird antennas) were very big. And while he didn't know why they looked so familiar, he did notice that maybe if they played their cards right, they could use it to their advantage.

"Huh, how did we not notice that one before?"

"I don't know, but I think I have a plan."

"And that would be…?" he asked as Kamala smiled at him.

And as for the others, Kendo and Yanagi tried to stop the fast guy. Their plan was to have Yanagi use her powers to throw as many small objects in his direction. Sure he would just dodge them but it's not like they were planning on actually beating him with those. They were all just all part of Kendo's plan, who for some reason did not had her domino mask on her face and instead, she had it wrapped around her wrist like some sort of bandage. Another thing that was also odd was that all the small objects were all black for some reason.

"You know, you should give up by now. We have you practically beat!" Kendo said, trying to land a solid hit on the guy who kept on dodging.

"I'll admit, you do take this more seriously than the other two, but that won't be-" he was saying before having to dodge another object passing past him. And as he looked around, he saw that there were dozens of them surrounding the two of them as if they were in a cage.

"Ok Yanagi, our plan is going great!" she said.

"You're a smart one, I'lll give you that. But this won't help you beat me in any way." he said, rushing at her, knowing that if he took her out, then the class would lose one of their leaders.

And yet, she just smirked.

"Oh I'm not trying to beat you…" she said before snapping her fingers and something emerged from her mask and towards the speedy villain who barely dodged it. "I was just preparing the stage for the ones that will." she said as whatever came off her makeshift bracelet jumped from black object to black object at a speed that even the fake Vakume found impressive.

Out of nowhere and faster than most could even react, that object crashed into the back of the fake Vakume and made him fall on his back. The fake villain tried to pick himself up, but suddenly, a pair of arms wrapped around him and when he turned his head around, he saw a boy of literal balck skin and white hair with gray eyes.

"From the darkness comes the schemers. And the schemers will win today." the boy said with a smile.

Shihai Kuroiro - Quirk: Black!

Using this quirk, he can blend into darkness, as well as most dark-colored objects. Becoming one with the shadows!

"Huh… well I'l give you props, but-" he was saying before two large pairs of hands were clamped on top of him as well, those being from not only Kendo, but Monoma as well, who copied her quirk. "Alright, I'll admit. You are impressive." he told the girl.

"Well of course. When it comes to intellect in combat, Kendo is second to none." Monom said, complementing his classmate.

"Thanks Monoma… still doesn't mean I would have voted for you."

As for Kamala and Robbie's side of the fight, the two had split for a moment. With Robbie going around him while Kamala headed for the other students. More specifically, with those with long-range abilities.

"Hey guys, I have a plan. I need you all to aim for the head."

"Why-"

"Just trust me on this one, okay?" she said and since they had nothing to lose, they just did, concentrating their attacks there and staggering the giant for a moment.

"Ow, ow, ow, carefull!" the giant said, covering its face and taking one step behind, which was unable to be completed since Kamala quickly stretched her arms and wrapped its legs together. "Whoa, wait- wait, wait!" the giant tried to say, grabbing a hold of the side of a building as best as it could to try and not fall, only for a pair of chains to wrap around the horn-like things coming from its head and taking the giant by surprise.

"You know, I'm not one to judge…" Robbie said, as he started to pull as hard as he could. "But you might want to think about keeping the horns!"

"Hey, wait! No, no, no-!" the villain said as it fell to the ground… and lost its head?!

… Well, seeing a colossal bug-like head coming out of its body sure makes for an interesting Wednesday.

"Holy shit… Khan and Reyes just killed a guy!" Kosei shouted while their teachers sighed.

"EH?!" the two replied.

"Wow, I knew you two could be intense, but I never thought you would go that far." Honenuki said while he, Kinoko, Tetsutetsu and Shisida were all on top of Oni's shoulders in a failed attempt to topple him.

"EH?!"

"No we just- I mean this was just- Robbie was the one to chop its head off, not me!"

"The hell?! This was your idea! Don't pin the blame on me!"

"Uh… Uh…, you guys, help us out!" Kamala tried to talk to her terrified classmates.

"What?! No way, this is a you mess!"

"You all helped out! You're all accomplices!"

"Oh no, I don't want to go to prison!"

"It's ok Khan! You can pledge insanity, you'll just have to pull it off!"

"And what if I don't?!"

"I don't know! Don't drop the soap, I guess?!"

And while the two were trying to come up with something that would hold on court, Bondo noticed something. So he left the group and walked to where the head had landed and noticed that the skin of the had… was just rubber.

"Wait a second, this isn't a head, it's just a mask."

"Please don't play with us!/Don't give us false hope!" the two cried to him.

"N-No, I'm serious, this is j-just a mask, I swear!" he reassured them.

"How can you know?" asked Pony.

"I l-like to do crafts in my free time. I mean, i-it's mostly figurines and plastic models, b-but this just looked l-like a mask. And besides, t-there's no blood in it."

"Owwie…" a voice said… a female at that and when Robbie looked in front of him where the voice came from he noticed…

"Huh?!"

"That's going to hurt in the morning."

"Yu?!" he asked when he saw the face of his legal guardian.

"Oh… h-hi Robbie… um… how was school today?" she awkwardly asked.

"Eh?!" was the only thing Kamala said as the others were a bit shocked.

"Well, I guess this is a good time to finish the exercise?" Snipe said as Vlad sighed.

"So this really was an exercise… Does that mean we get a good grade?" Kosei asked his homeroom teacher.

"It's higher than Reyes and Khan's, that one's for sure."

"I'll take it." the student replied as Robbie was still processing what was going on.

"What are you doing here?!"

"Oh, your school wanted help with this exercise and we reached out when we heard."

"Wait, if you're here who's looking after Gabe?!" he asked as Yu returned to her normal size and got up.

"Oh don't worry, Jarvis-san and Watson-san agreed to babysit him. I just couldn't miss the chance of seeing you in action, oh you look adorable in your hero look!"

"Don't say that in public!" Robbie said, returning to his human form and with a blush on his face that had most of his classmates snickering at. "What are you all laughing at?!" he shouted at them, berating himself for turning back.

"Wait, wait, wait! Who's 'we'?" Kamala asked as she got together with Robbie, who then looked at 'Dark Root' and 'Dark Oni'.

"Uh?! Kamui, Death Arms?! Are you guys…?"

"Hi Robbie, good to see you again." the now revealed Death Arms said, taking off his mask while Kamui just waved without taking his off.

"Wait so that means that you're…! You're…? Um-"

"We don't know each other."

"Oh thank god." he said as Kendo, Monoma and Kuroiro noticed that they no longer had the guy trapped.

"Huh?! When did he-"

"You're impressive, but not that much." he replied, as the other teachers came by.

"Since you are all familiar with the others, we would like you to meet our other aid for today. He's the Honor Code Hero: Bushido!" Thirteen presented to the class.

"He's an underground hero that agreed to help us in our exercise today." Thirteen introduced him." Snipe said.

"What is he, a ninja?" asked Kamala, who was surprised to see him suddenly free of her classmates' grips.

"Well, he's named Shinobi." Kamui muttered.

"So, he's a ninja pro-hero called Bushido and whose name's Shinobi? Seriously?"

"Is there a problem with that?" asked the pro to Awase, who himself asked the question of his names.

"What? No! I was just asking out of curiosity, I swear!" he tried to defend himself.

"Come on, man. Don't go around shaming people for their name. Heck, most of our names may as well be wordplays to what we do." Sen told him.

"Yeah, if anything, Reyes and Khan might be the only ones to have normal names here." Rin followed.

"I didn't mean to be rude! I was just curious!"

"In any case, principal Nezu wanted this exercise to be as close to a success as possible. And to make sure that you all had the most out of it, we called for a bit of outside help." Vlad said.

"And how did we do?" Kamakiri asked his teachers.

"Well there was a handful of good work on your part…" Vlad started. "But truth is it's obvious that there's a lot of improvement needed."

"Some of you desperately at that." he said while looking at Robbie and Kamala who just felt a bit awkward. "While I applaud the fact that your class was able to see past our obvious scheme and realized this 'villain' attack was just a ruse, the fact that a good portion of you started to take this lightly because of it being an exercise should not be excused. You kids should remember that in our kind of life, mistakes have consequences." he said, reaching for his mask.

"What are you wearing?" Snipe asked Shinobi, looking at his particular costume.

"You all said that we would play the role of villains. Was this not what you had in mind?"

"Well, seeing how you're an underground hero, we were actually almost expecting you to bring your regular costume."

"Even Eraser Head is not recognised by the media most of the time. And his students always take sometimes even days before they realize who he is and he's one of the most famous underground heroes. So chances that they'll recognise you are slim." Vlad said.

"Better not risk it. The idea is for them to believe that they're in the middle of a villain attack. Even if the principal wanted it to look too obvious to be it." Shinobi replied. "Though the notes he gave us makes me feel like they won't. Some of what he specified feels like it would only be known by season pros and even then, I still find my doubts. Are you all sure these students will be up to it? I mean, if it were class A I could see a case for it, since they already had to go through one."

"Truth be told, we're still not sure why the principal and All Might pushed for this exercise. We'll get answers later, I'm sure they'll give them." Snipe said.

"Then why-?"

"Class A already had its moment. I believe my class should not be doubt of their skills just because they didn't get attacked by villains."

"We're not expecting to be perfect now. They'll make mistakes, that one is obvious. So even if we're not sure why we're doing this exercise specifically to begin with, we can at least make our students realize their flaws and what they should work on improving now. Better than wait for them to be on the field when mistakes are more dire than just a failing grade, right?" Snipe said after Vlad gave his statement, all while taking his hand to the right side of his face.

"Yeah, I guess you're right…" Shinobi said, before pulling some cards from his pocket. "A friend of mine suggested some stuff for me when he heard that I was helping U.A. Would you like to hear it and give me your opinion?" he asked the duo of teachers that saw no issue in it, so they told him to go on.

"Teaching isn't exactly my forte, but I can tell you from experience that by now, you should be at least more aware of your strengths and flaws." Shinobi said, having taken his mask and revealed his stoic face, short brown hair and what drew their attention the most, a small yet still visible scar on top of his right eye. "We only get a few wake up calls apart. And that's if we can even get more than one and in a lot of cases, they're not pretty. Use this exercise as your first one. And with the Sports Festival right around the corner, we'll see if you managed to take anything of value." he finished, putting his mask on once more and returning to the other teachers.

As for the students, they just did their best to understand their words. They thought of the exercise and what their flaws were. Whether they be in general, or just for the day. And in that regard, two foreigner students looked at one another and instantly knew what their flaws were. And so, they decided that now it would be a good time to do as their class rep said.

So, they talked.

"So/I…" the two said at the same time, and stopped when they thought the other one was going to say something. "There were/ Listen I-" they said, stopping again.

"... Some of the stuff I said I meant… not the ones that I said about you, that was rude and I'm sorry for that. I mean about you being right. I really should focus more on school, been hearing that my whole life. The thing is, being a hero has always been my dream. I've wanted to be one since the moment I knew what a hero should be. So the fact that I'm suddenly in a school where I can become just that and then suddenly feeling like I'm not good enough and that… Well… I guess things just rubbed me the wrong way. And the fact that all of it was true just made me feel worse." Kamala said, being the one to break the silence between the two of them.

"Yeah… I can see why that would stink…" Robbie replied.

"And I guess that the Sports Festival coming up didn't help my nerves either. Yeah it was fun when I heard about it first, but the more I thought about it and just how much of a big deal it is here didn't help uh?"

"Well, I'll be honest, I didn't help either now that I think about it…" Robbie admitted to her. "So… Kin, uh? Got to be honest, I never took you for the jealous type."

"Yeah, I guess I have some issues, don't I? I don't even hate the guy, seriously how can you hate him?! He's so nice that people get diabetes from being near him. He's lemon scented, how can you hate someone that's lemon scented?" she said, actually making Robbie chuckle a bit. "I don't know, I guess it all just went to my head and I was a bit afraid that one of my friends would rather ditch me for someone that takes things serious instead of a bubble head goof."

"Is that so… well, considering that you've been a bubble head goof helped out more now than taking things seriously, maybe it's not a bad thing…" he said and when he looked at Kamala, he felt as if she had still yet to tell him everything. "Hey, you never told me why the Sports Festival was so important to you. I mean, considering that you were basically killing yourself when we were training, I was a bit curious."

"You know… reasons. I um… I guess it's a big deal, you know?" she said in a vague manner.

"Well, I still plan on winning that thing… but why don't we make sure they all see the kind of badass you are, ok?" he said, making Kamala look at him and after a moment of silence, he just sighed. "Look Kamala, I'm sorry too. I said some crap that was uncalled for and in all honesty, not true. I guess you weren't the only one getting affected by the Sports Festival and wanting to be ready for it. Huh, now that I look back, I sure did have a massive stick up my ass, didn't I?"

"Well… yeah, you did." Kamala replied, making Robbie smirk a bit.

"Yeah, I was only trying to help. It's not that I think you're some knucklehead that is a good for nothing, I can tell you're definitely better at this than me. I just wanted give you a little push… which looking back seems more like a shove than anything else."

"Yeah, I think shove is still putting it lightly."

"Ok, I was very pushy. Look, this whole business, I'm still getting used to. Back in the day it was always just business with no short breaks to actually relax. So I… you know what? How about this? Let's put all this soap opera drama and baggage behind us and go back to how we used to be? Here, we can make little introductions for that. My name is Robbie Reyes and I can at times be the meanest, most tactless and insensitive person around. Sorry in advance if I say something that makes you feel bad, I don't actually mean it. Please bear with my crap." Robbie presented himself to the Jersey girl, who couldn't help but to smile.

"I'm Kamala Khan, I can be an easily distracted goof that can think of wild dumb things, can be very clumsy and may occasionally throw a tantrum for dumb reasons. Please, have some patients with me. I promise I'll get better."

"Anything else I should know?"

"I'm actually not allowed to watch horror movies. I just read the memes and try to use my imagination to know what's the deal and all."

"Well then…" Robbie said, extending a handshake to Kamala. "Pleasure making acquaintance with you, Kamala." he told her, only for the girl to smile and instead of taking the handshake, she just hugged him.

"Likewise, Robbie." Kamala told him, as he just hugged her back.

"Get a room you two." Tokage murmured, half expecting for them to say something, but, nope, they apparently didn't even hear her that one time.

"You're ruining the moment, Tokage." Sen told her.

"Come on, just look at them." Tokage tried to defend herself.

"Um, aren't they just hugging?" Pony asked.

"Exactly! Come on, don't tell me I'm the only one that's thinking it!"

"I don't follow. Is this a Japan thing?" the blond American asked once more.

"Don't bother, Pony. This nutjob has some weird fetishes apparently." Sen said once more.

"I'm telling you, there's stuff going on!"

"Isn't that just being outdated?" Shishida asked only to be followed by Rin.

"You people are weird." he said while the two friends seamingly made peace with one another.

Afterwhich, Robbie decided that maybe it was enough with all the sweet and cutesy stuff. He had a bad boy reputation to uphold after all. So he tried to break the hug, but Kamala didn't let go. Ok, he would just wait a couple more seconds and… she was really not letting go, huh? Boy, does Kamala sure have a grip. And now, Robbie was starting to feel dizzy, that can't be good.

"Ok Kamala, this was nice and all, but I think we should call it quits now… Kamala, I'm serious… Seriously, everyone is looking at us weird and- yep, that was definitely a rib that cracked. Kamala, let go!"

"Never! You're my squishy muffin!"

"I'm not squishy, you walking playdough doll! Now get off me!" Robbie said, trying to get Kamala off, only to fail as she laughed at him.

"Looks like they're back to normal." Komori said as they all saw Robbie trying to free himself from Kamala's bear hug.

"Since when is normal something that can describe anything involving those two?" Yanagi asked.

"Let's take what we can get." Honenuki told them.

"Ok, seriously how are you this strong?!" Robbie asked, trying to force Kamala off and failing miserably at that. "Come on guys, a little help?! Please?! Kendo?!" he begged his other classmates, the class rep in particular, only for her to frown and turn her head around.

"Mmph."

"Not this crap again!" he thought.

"Ok, that actually looks fun now."

"It's less awkward, that's for sure."

"Not gonna lie… I wouldn't mind joining in."

"Me neither."

"Hey, Khan, got room for one more?"

"You assholes don't encourage her?!" Robbie told them, noticing how they were enjoying seeing him like that.

"Sure, the more the merrier!" she just said.

"Well, you heard her. Let's all join in!"

"No, don't join in!"

"Group hugh!"

"I said no, dammit!"

"Make way, hairy boy coming through!"

"Manly hughes, hell yeah!"

"I'm only doing this to mess with Reyes."

"Hey, should we have a picture?"

"No, we're not going to-"

"Yeah, let's do it!"

"Hey, Reyes~! I have your kitty ears!"

"I WILL FLAIL YOU ALL ALIVE!"

One thing's for sure, class 1-B was certainly unique in its own way compared to class A.

And while the entire class was busy messing with the guy that would no doubt be willing to set someone on fire, the rest of the adults just looked at them all. More specifically Yu Takeyama, who couldn't help but to feel joy at what she was seeing.

"You know, I saw you hesitate a lot back there. Not only that, but you got easily distracted. Is there a reason why?" Shinobi asked her.

"Sorry it's just… I was a bit worried for Robbie." she replied, confusing the underground hero a bit.

"He's her warden." Kamui filled him in.

"Oh, yeah that makes sense then."

"That boy didn't have it easy, you know." Yu suddenly spoke. "He's a hardworking and caring boy, but he forgets that he's just that, a boy. Always taking responsibilities that he shouldn't, but that he was forced into having and taking them far too serious because that's how he was forced to live. And truth is, the thought of all of it getting to his head and stressing him to the point that he has to solve everything scares me. So whenever I see him just loosen up and act his age… I just feel like everything's right in the world. And I want them to stay like that as long as possible." she told them all, just smiling and looking with pride and happiness at her warden alongside the many classmates and friends that he has.

"Huh, well good for the boy I guess. Honestly I'm not exactly one for socializing that much at his age, but that's for other reasons."

"The Sports Festival is a big deal, but they're still kids. Let them enjoy their time as kids while they still can." Thirteen spoke as pretty much everyone agreed to her words.

"Yeah, I guess that's true." Shinobi said as Kamala asked Mount Lady something.

"Hey, Yu! Quick, take a pic!"

"No, please no! I'll do your chores for two months, but please don't!"

"Sorry Robbie, but this one's for our scrapbook!" she said, pulling her phone and getting ready to take the picture.

"¡Maldita suerte de mier-!"

"No talking, only smiling!" Kamala said as Robbie groaned.

"WHY?!" he screamed as everyone laughed.

Afterwards, a flash came from Yu's phone, capturing the image of all of class 1-B together. Near everyone was smiling or laughing all while Robbie complained… all while having cat ears placed on him by Tokage. And after classes were over, everyone seemed hyped and filled with positive energy.

…Well… most of them, that is.

"For the last time, I'm sorry. Seriously, it just slipped by!" Robbie tried to tell Kendo, who was still pretty upset at his ginger comment and kept walking by.

"Mmph." was all she replied.

"Oh come on, I already had to deal with this for one week, please don't make me do it all over again." Robbie pleaded as he suddenly felt what he considered an evil presence behind him.

"Hey, California! What's telling? How was your special training?" a certain arachnid redhead asked, as Robbie frowned and turned to face her.

"You!"

"Me…! What about me? Do I have spinach on my teeth?" she asked with an innocent smile that was nothing but a facade.

"You goddamn… scheming little… you soulless devil, you knew all along, didn't you?!"

"Oh, so she's a soulless devil just because of her hair, isn't she?" Kendo asked, without turning to meet Robbie and while Annie was doing her best just to chuckle because apparently, whatever was happening was better than what she originally planned.

"No, she's a soulless devil regardless of her- why do you even care that much?! Your hair is a shade of orange and there's not a single freckle in your face!"

"Tsk, whatever." she replied as she started to walk away once more, all as Robbie groaned and dragged his hands across his face.

"Ugh, out of one frying pan and into another one." he murmured as his other less stressful to deal friends finally caught up.

"What was all that about?" Hitoshi asked as Annie just leaned over Robbie's shoulder.

"Oh it's nothing, apparently our lovable dual-eyed boy seems to have some girl issues. It's quite the pain, believe me, I-"

"Don't butt in! This is all your fault, web for brains!" he told her, as Annie just kept her act.

"My oh my Sunny-Boy, you sure are cranky today. Could it be, it's not just girl issues? Perhaps there's trouble in-"

"Don't you dare finish that-"

"-paradise?" Annie asked, with the smuggest smug to ever smug, which caused Robbie's special colored right eye to twitch.

"... SHUT IT, YOU DAMNED MENACE!" he shouted at her, who just burst out laughing while Robbie went to look for Kendo.

"Somehow every day that I keep hanging with you makes me either want to be in the hero course, while simultaneously thinking that maybe it's not worth the effort. You lot can be a mix-bag." Shinso told the others while Annie was still laughing.

"You knew too, didn't you?" Kamala asked Valerie, who just blushed.

"I-I didn't thought t-that she would not mention that part. I-I'm sorry."

"It's ok, Valerie. Not blaming you, this is just how we tend to be." Kamala said, gently patting Valerie in the back. "Now as fun as it is to see Robbie being chewed up, I'm going to do my part in having the two make up."

"So you two don't want to kill each other again?" Shinso asked as Kamala awkwardly chuckled.

"It was that obvious, wasn't it?"

"We had to take turns reassuring Valerie that she could still see one of you in the weekends."

"Well yeah, we I guess we were having a little bit of a falling out. But hey, isn't that what being friends is all about? You have fun, you fight, you make up, you laugh it all and forget about it while being there for them? And at the moment, I see that a certain two definitely need me to be there." Kamala said, as she started to walk to where Robbie and Kendo went. "See you tomorrow guys!" she said as she speeded off.

Sometime afterwards, once the students were all at their homes and after peeling Hatsume off school grounds, a certain person knocked at the apartment of the Reyes and Takeyama.

"Hello- oh hi! How are you?" Yu asked the person in front of her, who looked rather nervous.

"Oh, hi. I'm glad I got the right address. I was a bit nervous that I made a wrong turn for a bit." the voice replied, a voice that was… female?

"Yeah, it's only natural. But hey, you made it! Oh I'm so glad to finally meet you in person!"

"Thanks… out of curiosity, is he…?"

"Oh yeah, let me call him quick." Yu said, as she turned to the inside of the apartment.

"Robbie! You have a visitor!" she said with a bit of excitement as Robbie soon came.

"Seriously, Yu? Why would someone would- HUH?!" Robbie suddenly froze when he saw who the person in front of their door was.

"H-Hi Robbie! It's been a while!" the voice replied as Robbie's brother, Gabe suddenly came by.

"Hey Robbie, who are you talking to- uh?" Gabe said, looking at who the voice was and instantly getting excited. "Yay! You're here!" he said with joy as the voice gasped.

"Gabe! Oh my, look at how much you've grown! Oh I missed you!" she said, kneeling and hugging the boy who hugged her back.

"I missed you too!" Gabe said as after his brian finally was done rebooting, Robbie finally spoke.

"You… but we're in… Lisa?!" Robbie asked as his redhead and blue-eyed classmate and friend from Hillrock Heights greeted him with a smile.

"Hi Robbie, it's so good to see you again!" she said with a happy tone… and a small blush that she hoped went undetected by the boy.

Time until U.A Sports Festival: 5 days.

My Hero Academia: Legacy Bits! - School Surprise Visit!

"Man, I'm beat. That dummy sure was harder to find than I first thought." Annie said, as she was walking with Izuku and Valerie.

"We didn't beat Vector-san's and Uraraka-san's time, but at least we did well, right?" Izuku asked as Valerie nodded.

"I-I'm sure you'll do better next time." she encouraged her friend.

"I guess. Welp, I guess it's time to call it a day for now, right? See you later Izuku. Me and Valerie have to get going."

"Yeah, see you tomorrow." Izuku said, as the two girls waved at him and walked away just as Hanta Sero came to the scene.

"Hey, Midoriya, glad I managed to catch up." he told the boy with green hair as something was happening behind his back as he turned to greet his other classmate.

"Oh, hi Sero-kun. Are you ready to go home?"

"Yeah, but first I wanted to give you your pen back. Thanks for the save, I promise it won't happen again." he said, giving said pen back.

"Oh, thanks and don't worry. I was just glad I could help."

"So hey, was that Parker you were talking to?" he asked with a bit of curiosity.

"Oh, yeah. I was walking with Vector-san and Parker-san for a bit. Why?" he asked as a certain someone met with the redhead girl and white-haired girl of class 1-A.

"Oh you know… reasons?" he said, trying to ask something about the girl… and that idea went through the window as Robbie Reyes arrived to their side and truth be told… somewhat intimidated Sero after remembering the match he had with Annie. "Ah, it's the scary guy from class B!"

"Hey, Midoriya. How's it going?" Reyes asked the boy.

"Oh, hi Reyes-san. I'm fine, thanks for asking. How about you?"

"Oh trust me pal, I'm fantastic." he replied with a smirk on his face.

"Are you ready to go home? I don't usually see you exiting the school through the main entrance, outside of the first days."

"Oh yeah, I came here because I didn't want to miss it." Robbie replied, confusing Midoriya and even Sero who somewhat snapped off his confusion.

"Uh? I don't understand. Miss wha-?" he was about to ask as something happened behind his back.

"I came here wanting to give you a surprise and this is how you act?!" asked none other than Mayday Parker, eldest Parker child and elder sister of Anna-May Parker, who was currently having her ears being pulled by her sister, which if the looks of everyone from the terrified Valerie to the confused students was anything to go by, was no doubt causing a scene.

"Mercy! I beg mercy!" Annie cried to no avail, because Mayday just pressed harder.

"Oh, you're going to do more than that once I'm done with you! Now what's that about you picking fights with your teachers?!" Mayday asked as she started to drag her sister home… while still pulling at her ears.

Safe to say, that was quite the confusing scene to watch.

"Um… what was that?" Izuku asked, not sure of what happened.

"That Midoriya, was pure joy. And I enjoyed every second of it." Robbie replied, chuckling while patting Izuku on the back as he walked to the other way. "Anyway, I'm off. See you tomorrow and stuff." he said, waving at the green-haired boy who, alongside the tape-powered teen, was still not sure what happened.

It wouldn't be until after her ears felt like they were falling apart that Annie discovered that Reyes knew her sister was at school all along. Which promptly made the girl vow that when the moment arrived, there would be a reckoning.

So yeah, I'll keep this one brief… after more than 15k words. So yeah, this was class 1-B's turn to have something like their own take on the first OVA. As for the pro-hero Shinobi, he's actually an OC made by Petor, who I'm sure you all saw in the comments as one of the ones interested in my proposition. After reading his idea and remembering that I was making this chapter, I thought that this would be a good opportunity to showcase the fact that I'm actually willing to take your propositions and if possible have them in the main story. Take this as a tease for later down the line if I ever get more and a tease for whenever Shinobi gets his dedicated chapter in the other series (Which will happen eventually). Hope that you liked how this turned out Petor and if you didn't, well that means I still have a lot to learn.

Anyway, I'll upload some more notes later. For now, enjoy this chapter, which I hope you will. Stay safe, bye.