The class all decided to go to the cafeteria and eat lunch together before heading home; the class ladies were interested in talking to Himiko, Cami, and Ibarra about how they had ended up in their relationships, particularly Himiko and Ibarra.
Mineta was very interested in how Izuku had managed to pull it off as well; he was very disappointed when Izuku told him he had no idea and was still trying to figure it out. All Katsuki said was that Cami was the opposite of him; in her, he saw everything he lacked. Cami heard that and blushed. They were finishing up when 1-B walked in, and Izuku introduced his class to Hitoshi, Shoto, and Reiko.
They talked momentarily as the three would sit with their class before their turn for the quirk test.
Of course, everyone assembled at the Midoriya household to relax and talk about their day, but more importantly, they could be there for Eri. The little girl was enthralled hearing them talk about the first day and the people they met.
Second Day
The second day began like the first, minus the excited shouting from Izuku this time, but there was a nervous energy in the class for the first practical heroics class after lunch and the mystery of the teacher. Of course, the group knew it was All-Might, but they had been sworn to secrecy. The day was centered on Heroics, with all the classes revolving around that subject today. For all of them, it was the peak behind the curtain of the dreaded paperwork and the importance of filling it out correctly.
The complication of the paperwork discouraged new pros from starting their agency without having the resources to hire someone to manage and handle that aspect of the business. Even the pro hero Mirko, who hated team-ups, had someone in her office to handle the paperwork. A simple mistake could mean a hero not being paid and, more importantly, a villain going free. They were excited as the teacher told them that this class was about more than paperwork, as they would be going over how to take statements, give statements, and even give testimony in court.
It was a whole morning of classes based on heroics; everyone was paying close attention as this was the backbone of the life they were all pursuing. Izuku laughed how even Cami and Himiko, who hated the thought of paperwork, were diligently paying attention. Then it was finally time!
Suddenly, the door slid open, and, in a gust of wind, All-Might was standing before the class. "Never fear hero hopefuls, it is I All-Might, and I am your practical heroics teacher!" he proudly assumed his trademark hero pose, garbed in his most famous of costumes, his silver age costume and the rest of the class erupted. "Let us not waste our day admiring how amazing I look," he stopped and took some body-building poses. "I want to see how amazing you all look in YOUR hero costumes," hesaid as he pressed a button, revealing 20 silver cases. "Now get dressed and meet me at the training ground, Theta, ALL-MIGHT AWAY!" He was gone in a gust of wind.
Izuku's group moved immediately; the rest of the class followed, and they all left for the changing rooms. The boys emerged first, eagerly awaiting the arrival of their female counterparts. Izuku was excited to see Ibarra and Himiko in their hero suits, and even though Katsuki was trying to play it off, he felt the same about Cami.
Izuku adjusted the white gauntlets that came over his knuckles, leaving his hands and fingers exposed. His hero costume consisted of a matching pair of white boots. His outfit was black at the edges that moved to a dark green as it got towards the center, where a white stripe ran up the center to a "T" at his neck; it ran down his shoulders to his gauntlets, a multi pouch white belt, and metallic white respirator mask completed the costume.
The girls soon came onto the field, and Izuku smiled when they saw Ibarra first. She came out in a pair of green boots with white armored leggings that had a matching green stripe that ran up the outside of her costume up to the white armored top that left her shoulders and uppermost of her arm; she had green gloves that came to about mid-bicep, and a cape fastened around her shoulders trimmed in white, that could act as an additional layer of shielding as it was reinforced as well, the neckline covered the top of her breasts entirely, but it left a lovely view still, the cape fastened at the tips of the costume just above them. She was blushing as she looked at Izuku and nothing else.
Next was Himiko; her ash blonde hair was pulled back and styled into a long flowing blade, and her hero costume black body suit had an almost shear quality, it seemed, leaving a rose pattern evident in those areas. That ran to just under her bust, where it was white; the upper arms were bare and ringed in gold, she had black armored wraps over her hands, and her forearms went from grew to white at her forearm, where there were several golden knives. Her hips had the same opening as her shoulder, and gold triangles were cut out. She had a white mask covering her lower face with tubes creating a sharp tooth visage; on the front of her hips sat two thick metal tubes that looked like large needles; these had collection tubes that ran either to her mask or collection units at her back. On her right thigh was another bandolier of knives; Izuku noticed two more sticking out of the top of her boots. He had to wonder how many were there he couldn't see.
Momo came out in a tight black reinforced suit with a light crisscross pattern running up her leg and across her thighs, exposing a thin patch of pale skin; there were strange red patterns over her hips. The suit hugged her upper body where the skin had been exposed. There were now gold lines that ran up the sides, the suit cut in just above her hips, a stylized gold star just under her rather well-endowed chest, where there was a very suggestive cut out before it came back into a black choker around her neck, the material continued covering her arms, but it flared out more getting loose around her forearms on her right there was data system that would display the information she needed for her quirk to a golden translucent visor that covered her eyes.
Cami's hero costume consists of a simple black catsuit with blended patterned lines and a zipper running down the middle, left slightly open to reveal her cleavage. She wears white cuffs around her wrists, white heeled knee-high boots with gray lines, and a loose black collar lined with metallic plates. She had a white pouched belt at a jaunty angle around her hips with what looked to be a collapsible baton; like Himiko, two daggers could be seen sticking out the top of her boots.
Toru was gushing at a body suit that no one could see; they only saw a pair of floating boots and gloves.
(Rest of the costumes cannon)
"You all look amazing," All-Might said. "Ready to begin your journey as heroes," the hero class smiled. "Today, we will start that journey with a team exercise." The students all looked at each other. "Even number students on the left, odd numbers on the right. Yaoyorozu and Midoriya, as the recommended students, will be in charge of your respective teams.
Left Side: Izuku Midoriya, Pony Tsunotori, Setsuna Tokage, Ibara Shiozaki, Mina Ashido, Denki Kaminair, Ochaco Uraraka, Fumikage Tokoyami, Toru Hagakure, Himiko Toga
Right Side: Momo Yaoyorozu, Cami Utsushimi, Katsuki Bakugo, Tsuyu Asui, Eijiro Kirishima, Kyoka Jiro, Tenya Ida, Koji Koda, Mezo Shoji, Minoru Mineta
All-Might handed each group a box, and inside were communicators; each member took one and passed it down.
"The object of this exercise is simple: at the center of the city, you will see a flag," All-Might said as he hit a button, and they all saw a flag rise out of the ground; the camera shifted to the street and raced to show what looked like a base. "The object is to grab the flag from the center of the field and return it to your base and place it here," a pole was shown at the center of the base. "Doing so will earn your team 25 points. Now, you can also earn points by capturing members of the opposing team by securing their arms with this capture tape or incapacitating them; once a team member has been captured, they will have to sit in the "holding cell" for 5 minutes before rejoining their teammates. Each captured team member is worth 10 points." All-Might paused. "Acting as civilians are robots, each robot that is destroyed will incur a penalty of 20 points, excessive damage to the city will also occur a penalty of 1 point per million yen."
"The most important thing in any battle is the safety of the civilians in the area," All-Might said. "You must learn to engage in a city battle and remember that. I want you all to conduct yourselves like heroes out there."
"Can we move the robots to a safe location," Momo said, raising her hand.
"Very good, Yaoyorozu," All-Might beamed. A map came up, and it showed the flag in the center of the street, then the bases were marked in a straight line to the east and west, to the north and south, and "safe zones" were marked. "Getting a robot to the safe zone will earn you 20 points. You will have 30 minutes to get to your bases before we begin. The contest will last one hour, and your scores will be shown on that display," he pointed as a giant floating scoreboard came into view. "I will also show who is in the penalty boxes and how much time remains."
The teams nodded, "Get to your bases; your thirty-minute prep time starts now!"
Right Side
Momo waited until they were a bit apart from their opponents, "Quirks?" she said. Soon, everyone was rattling off their quirks, and Mom made mental notes as they walked. "Do we have any intel on our opponents?"
"Izuku knows all of your quirks," Katsuki said; the team looked at him.
"Oh, for sure he does," Cami said. "He saw them all yesterday, and I bet he has already thought of different things your quirk can do, ways to make them better, or how to fight against them," Cami smirked, "he is a total quirk nerd."
"He may not know all the details of your quirks, but he will have a good theory about them," Katsuki added.
"That is kind of creepy," Kyoka said.
"Great, when you are going into a fight with very little information, he can identify a villain's quirk and figure out some type of response," Cami said.
"Sounds like you know him very well," Mezo pressed.
"We have been friends forever," Katsuki said. "That is my brother."
"What can you tell us about him?" Momo asked.
"He has a super strong healing quirk, but it is also reversible so that he can inflict damage with it," Cami said.
"They are restricted to what he has healed, and I warn you now, he has healed some pretty horrible shit," Katsuki added. "What can be healed has always been limited to what he could endure, but all the healing he has done has made him super tough and increased his strength."
"We are going to have a problem with Himiko. She can use her quirk to imitate the appearance of anyone she gets a blood sample from, and she always has a sample from Izuku," Cami said. "So even if we see Izuku, we have to be careful not to rush him as it might be Himiko in disguise. She is swift and good at close range. We will be in trouble if she gets any of our team's blood."
"That is some bullshit," Mineta said. "Not only does he have a super amazing quirk, he has two girlfriends! He must be taken down; this just isn't fair!"
"So if we engage in combat with any group he is with, then he will heal them and use the damage we have inflicted against us," Momo said, stroking her chin. "He feels pain, but he can heal with it so we can inflict damage and hold him back. Tenya, we should have you get Cami to the center to use our speed advantage. Cami, once there, use your quirk to obscure the flag with your illusions. Tenya, you get the flag; Bakugo, you and Tsu cover him. Kyoka and Koda will find the robots and start getting them to safety, and the rest of us will get to the center and engage the enemy. Mineta, you trip them up so we can capture them."
"That is a damn good plan," Katsuki said. Momo blushed as her team nodded.
Left Side
Izuku and his team were walking through the city when he heard his teammates tell him about their quirks, "So what is the plan, you dastardly tyrant," Setsuna said.
"While it loathes me to align with you this day," he began before Himiko punched his shoulder. He turned, and both his girlfriends gave him that look. "Okay, sorry," he said quickly. "These are the quirks we are up against," he said, rattling off what he had observed during the assessment test; Himiko and Ibarra smiled at his finger tapping against his leg.
"They have a speed advantage; they will probably deploy Tenya and Cami to the front so Tenya can grab the flag, and Cami can use her quirk to trap us in an illusion when we get there," he paused. "I bet they will send Kyoka and probably Koda to start collecting robots. Toru, I want you to play counter-spy and attack them; Ibarra, use your vines to find Cami in the cloud and take her down; Setsuna, you and Denki, try to find the robots on our side; Denki, when you see them get them outside and Set can use her multiple body parts to guide them so we can have a train of them moving. Ochaco, let's grab some of the cars on our side and place them on the other side to build a blockade and cut down Tenya's straight lines. Fumi, you get Pony to the roof near the square so she can use her horns to take potshots from their attack force. Mina, you, and Fumi will join me in the attack force; Himiko, copy me and see if you can lure Bakugo or any of them away or get them to cause property damage. Set, I only want you and Denki to focus on the robots for 15 minutes, then join the fight; we will form a wall on their side of the square. Mina, you will be our flag runner."
His team smiled, "If you get hurt, don't panic. I will heal you."
The Benefit of Having a Healer in Combat
At the beginning sound, Tenya, holding Cami, raced to the center of the square. As soon as they arrived, Cami expelled her quirk as Tenya grabbed the flag. Everyone heard the announcement ring out that Tenya had taken the flag. He didn't stop. Instead, he ran back to the base to secure the contest's first points. They took off towards the front lines once he raced past Katsuki and Tsu. Katsuki noted that Izuku had not even tried to have his team contest the first flag capture.
Cami knew the enemy team was close, so she used her illusions to shift the square forward 10 feet to anyone who entered, trying to get the flag; it wasn't long after the flag was captured that it was announced that the flag had returned to the center. Cami was hidden in her cloud, hoping it would provide cover, but when she headed, Tsu and Bakugo called out that Pony was on the roof and that Tsu had been hit. Suddenly, Cami felt vines touch her feet. She tried to jump back, but they snaked out quickly and bound her tight; her arms were yanked back, and she felt the capture tape slip around her wrists.
Momo frowned at Cami's capture as the call of Pony's location rang out, followed by Katsuki calling out that he had eyes on Izuku and was approaching from the east. Denki ran through the buildings as quickly as possible, trying to locate the civilians; Kyoka and Koji could track them down quickly and had already started moving the first ones to the safe south zone. Momo, Mezo, and Eijiro reached the front lines as Dark Shadow roared out of the dissipating Pink mist of Cami's quirk like a horror villain. Eijiro stepped forward to block the shot, but he was driven back.
Momo's arm glowed as a giant spotlight emerged. She didn't know if it would work, but she had to try to see if she could drive the sentient quirk back. The alert that the flag had been taken rang out, and they saw that Ibarra was marked as having it, but it quickly changed to Mina. Tenya burst past them as Tsu bounced off a wall with a double leg kick, landing and driving Dark Shadow back. Momo aimed the spotlight, only for the glass to shatter as a horn flew out of nowhere.
Mezo rushed to aid Tsu in her fight with Dark Shadow; the pink fog had just faded completely when a torrent of vines burst forth, forcing them to dive away. As Tsu was airborne, Izuku came out of nowhere and speared her out of the air.
"It is Himiko," Katsuki called out.
Momo created a shield as more horns flew at her, forcing her to take cover. Eijiro tried to avoid the vines that came to him, but he couldn't do anything; his hardened form was good for stopping damage but not for dodging; they didn't hurt when they wrapped him up, but they were able to immobilize them, he was about to be captured when Katsuki came rocketing in and blasted the vines freeing him.
Tenya broke to the other side and saw Mina skating away with the flag; he was about to chase when suddenly a car was set down in his path. Dark Shadow then grabbed him and hurled him back towards the fountain. Ochaco lifted the car again and ran straight, ready to use it like a battering ram.
Tsu topped to the ground. She rolled and punched Izuku in the face; she pushed him off of her, jumped to his feet, and landed a thrust kick that sent him tumbling back. She took the air, twisting and coming down with a thunderous ax kick. She saw him shift his head to the side as it collided with his collarbone, and a sickening crack soon followed. She hesitated for a moment, but then white fire erupted from him, and saw everything heal. She saw him smile as the fire turned green, and he moved faster than she could track.
Kyoka and Koji were moving the bots to the safety zone when suddenly she was tackled from the side and driven to the ground; the lack of seeing anyone told her it was Toru, so she yelled at Koji to get the bots to the safe zone. She tried to sents her jacks towards where she guessed Toru was, only for a fist to crash into her face, followed by a head butt; Kyoka saw stars. She wasn't down yet, so she grabbed Toru's head to guide her jacks. Toru turned her head and bit Kyoka's hand at the last moment, making her yank it back. Toru dropped an elbow, turning Kyoka's lights out. She quickly secured the capture tape only for her big hand to wrap around her and throw her into the side of a building.
Koji came right at him; Toru tried to stumble out of the way, only for him to wrap her in his massive wing span and drive her into the wall. She made the terrible mistake of firing off a hard right, only for her fist to collide with his head; it made her yell in pain. Koji slammed her into the wall, pulled back, and did it again with his entire force. Toru couldn't break free of his grip; the only thing she could be thankful for was the new suit that kept her from being nude, as her breasts would have been in his face during the assault.
Eijiro freed himself in time to jump and catch the flying Ida; Momo changed tactics, created flashbangs, more flash than a bang, and hurled them at Dark Shadow; when they exploded, the quirk yelled and fell back.
Calls of Kyoka and Mina being captured rang out, and two civilians were moved to the safe zone for Right Side, followed quickly by Mina recording the flag being captured.
Tsu couldn't track him. He was moving so quickly that she caught a glimpse and fired a brutal sidekick. She felt hit home and heard the grunt of pain, but then his arms collapsed around her leg. He hoisted her into the air. She saw the white fire again as he slammed her to the ground; he drove his knee into her back and secured her arms with capture tape. He had barely gotten to his feet when Katsuki came in and blasted him through the air, sending him flying.
Momo created more flashbangs as she was about to throw them; Himiko came bursting from cover and talked her to the ground, sending her weapons rolling towards Eijiro to dive for cover. Momo let out a cry of pain as one of the syringe devices at Himiko's side stabbed into her leg. Tenya raced forward and speared Himiko away, sending them tumbling in a heap.
Mineta saw Izuku flying and sprang into action; he tore some orbs free and threw them, hitting Izuku as he flew into the air; when he hit the ground, he came to a sudden and violent stop.
"Got you," Katsuki grinned as he landed; Izuku's grin made him freeze.
"Tsu kicks like a champ," Izuku replied. Katsuki saw a fiery black tendril lash out and grab his leg. Suddenly, all the blows Tsu landed on Izuku were delivered to Katsuki, who screamed and was knocked out. The calls of Izuku and Katsuki's defeats rang out.
Himiko did her best to roll with Tenya; she didn't let him go, and she managed to stab him with another collection device. He tried scrambling to his feet to gain distance, but she tripped him and swarmed him again. Himiko wouldn't let him get away so that he could bring his kicks into the fight; when he finally got his legs under her, he rolled, firing his thrusters and launching her through the air. He felt a slap on his back as Ochaco grabbed him, spun quickly, and threw him into the corner of the building. He felt gravity reassert itself as he crashed into the wall; he stumbled to his feet as two horns crashed into his helmet; his head was ringing as a chunk of the wall hit him, and he turned his lights out.
Ejiro had managed to close the distance and talked Fumi to the ground, even landing some solid blows before Dark Shadow could reengage. Ibarra tried to grab him, but her vines were suddenly enveloped in a green cloud and began to wither and die. She quickly yanked them back from Momo's attack.
Cami entered the battlefield, but it was too late to stop Mina from capturing another flag; she flooded the area with her gas, forcing the Left Side to fall back out of the way. Mineta took advantage of the confusion in their ranks to trip Ochaco and bind her to the ground, capturing her. He smirked at her and was about to say something when Momo came around the corner shouting orders; he turned to her only for Momo to suddenly land a running knee to his face before she grabbed him and slammed him face-first into the wall, knocking him out. Koji came around the corner at that point, his eyes wide.
Koji didn't say anything but instead charged at Momo and grabbed her in a bear hug; Momo smirked as her face melted along with her body, allowing Himiko to slip from his grasp and land a kick to his knee before she sprinted off. Himiko turned the corner only to be tackled by Mezo. Mezo at a few punches, but he powered through using his multiple arms and superior strength. He roughly yanked her arms into place and bound them with the capture tape.
The Right side began to build a sizable lead, but they were in bad shape; the ones coming out of the penalty box were injured, and they tried their best to treat their wounded. Then they saw their lead vanish as ten civilians crossed the safe zone one after another.
They were attempting a rally; Cami was up, Tenya had grabbed the flag as Eijiro and Mezo were tangled with Izuku; they heard a yell come out of the cloud of "1.5 Million Indiscriminate shock" as Denki unleashed his quirk. Set swooped in and grabbed the flag. Before carrying it back to their base, Mina was also free to start attacking; the left side was turning it into a war of attrition. They would try to inflict damage and push the right side back before retreating.
The left side would suffer injuries, but they were fresh and ready to fight when they returned. At the 45-minute mark, Momo's team could barely stand. She called out their surrender. Izuku came walking towards them, "It won't hurt you at all," he said. They watched as black fire came from his hands and wrapped around Cami and Bakugo; then, it turned white, and they were completely healed. Izuku closed his eyes and grunted as he healed himself. He went to each of his classmates and did the same thing; when it was all over, they felt great, but they saw Katsuki slip an arm under Izuku's shoulders as Izuku slumped. He smiled at the class as Katsuki helped him to the observation room.
"You all fought well, and Ms. Yaoyorozu, you made the right decision to signal your team surrender rather than push on," All-Might said. "I want to commend you all on an excellent performance; you were all able to adapt and change strategies on the fly, and you all fought your best. I am sure all of you recognize what the difference was."
"They had a healer," Mineta grumbled.
"He is not just a healer," Tsu said, looking over at him. "He is so strong."
"Healing Quirks are so extremely rare," All-Might said. "Let alone those on his scale, but you did see that even he went down if you hit him hard enough and with enough damage or when Mr. Minoru used his quirk very smartly to subdue him. You all did wonderful today. Go shower and change. Tomorrow is another day."
Izuku could walk under his power, "Izuku, how does your healing work exactly?" Momo said.
"I absorb the injuries I am healing, then heal the target, and have to heal myself," he replied.
"So, you absorbed all the damage that was done to us and can still walk," Momo said.
Izuku nodded, "That is why I did it two at a time instead of all at once; I wouldn't be able to keep standing; otherwise, it would just be very tiring. I will sleep like a baby tonight."
"That is very impressive," Tenya said as the groups broke apart to shower and change.
"Have you ever come across something you couldn't heal?" Ejiro asked as they changed.
"No not yet," Izuku said. "I can heal quite a bit, but it might kill me. So I could heal a bunch of people at once; the pain would kill me before I could heal myself. "
"Bro, that is insane," Eijiro said. "Has that ever come close to happening?"
"Once," Izuku responded. "But I was alright; I mean, if it had killed me, would I be here talking to you."
"Fair point," Denki said, laughing. "I noticed that my head cleared up quicker with your healing."
Izuku saw Katsuki shoot him a look, "Weird," Izuku said quickly, heading to the shower.
"One has to be careful not to get too reckless when Izuku is with us," Tenya said after a moment.
"You're right," Denki said as he flopped down on the bench. "I was just running in, not being as careful as I should have. He would heal us, and we could get right back in."
"I found myself doing the same," Fumi said, rubbing his chin. "As did my brother once we realized Izuku could heal him as well." Dark Shadow peaked out and nodded.
"That is the danger of having a healer," Mineta said, wrapping a towel around his waist. "I hadn't thought of that."
In the girl's locker room, Himiko and Ibarra conversed similarly with their classmates.
Izuku didn't even make it past the train station as he fell asleep, his head resting on Ibarra's shoulder.
