With the villain having retreated and the danger passed, class 1-B wasted little time on dealing with the aftermath the best they knew how. Kendo had gone into the main building in order to contact the teachers. While she was gone, Izuku stayed with the rest of the class within the training area. The Divine Divider had them rope off the area with whatever material they had, which was mostly Shiozaki's hair, making sure that the bodies of the Nomu remained untouched. As for Mei, the Support Student just began to tinker with this and that. Almost like she was off in her own little world. Much to their relief, Vlad King wasted little time in returning back to the school. His face was almost as white as his hair when he had arrived only to grow paler when he saw the Nomu.

"There was one of those things at the USJ along with a large number of villains," he said, eyes fixed on the open-skulled corpse before him. "Before we even got there, that thing nearly killed Aizawa and gave All Might the hardest fight he's had in a while. All that while your classmates were terrorized by the small fries. To think they would have more of those things."

"Truly, God was watching over not only us but the rest of the school. We should give thanks," said Ibara as she clasped her hands together in porAs she said this, a light seemed to shine down on Ibara from above. Seeing how they were still out in the open with no spotlights above them, this naturally caught everyone's attention.

"Ok, please tell me you're all seeing what I'm seeing!" yelled Awase as he began to search the sky. "First Midoriya pulls out notebooks from out of nowhere and now this? What the God dam-"

The teen wisely cut himself off from finishing that sentence as the vine-haired girl gave him a death glare, tendrils of her hair rising up like snakes ready to strike. At the same time, Albion began to chuckle to himself.

'Hmm, I wonder what would happen if she were to learn the truth?' thought an amused Albion within Izuku's head.

Thankfully, before anything could escalate any further, Vlad King coughed into his fist to grab everyone's attention.

"I just want to let all of you know how proud I am of all of you," said the blood-themed hero, color slowly returning to his face. "Like Shiozaki said, you not only protected yourselves against a true threat but also saved the lives of many of the students here at U.A. All without anyone getting seriously hurt. Why, you even managed to protect a civilian while you were at it! I'll make sure to bring this up with Nezu to make sure you all receive some extra credit. Now, we were going to be picking class reps after today's lesson but with everything that has happened I think-"

"Sir Vlad," interrupted Shishida as he raised a furry hand. "Please forgive my interruption, yet I feel I must express the feelings of not only myself but the entire class when I say that we are ready to pick out class reps."

With that, Shishida as well as the rest of the class turned to look at Itsuka and Izuku as one. At first, Midoriya just looked behind him to see if there was someone standing behind him. But no, there was nobody there. Then it dawned on him that they were, indeed, suggesting that he and Itsuka become the class reps. As for Kendo, her face was scarlet as she waved her hands around.

"Wait, wait!" she said. "Hold on a second! Why us?"

Pony bounced a little as she moved towards the pair with wide eyes and an even wider smile.

"Because both of you were so cool!" exclaimed Pony as she bounced towards the pair with wide eyes that seemed to sparkle. While most of the class nodded in agreement, the horned girl continued. "Itsuka, you managed to come up with that plan to get us away from the villains that first time. Plus, you punched that guy while telling him to stay away from us! It was like having a cool big sis! And Izuku, he was the first to leap out to help Tetsutetsu! Not to mention his own plan. Big protective brother right there!"

"W-Well I just…just didn't want to…" stammered Izuku as he felt the heat rising towards his cheeks trying to brush aside what Pony was saying, but it was no use. For some reason, it was hard to argue with the American girl as she stood there smiling brightly at them. Even more so when she took both their hands in her own, jumping up and down excitedly as the rest of the class just commented that she had a point.

Within the next couple of minutes, Izuku became the new Vice-Rep of class 1-B. Honestly, he was pretty happy with the decision of his class. While it was embarrassing to hear them all thinking that he was more likely the smarter of the pair and had a stronger quirk, they all agreed that Kendo would be a better fit for Class Rep. Mainly due to the fact that she was the more confident one and they could all see Izuku turning to her for advice. Yeah, he could see that too.

Once that was done, Kan told everyone to head over to the nurse's office to get checked up before heading home. As his first duty as vice-rep, Izuku helped Kendo decide who should be at the front of the line before hanging out in the back. After all, it was their duty to make sure that everyone else was taken care of so he would be last. And, as he waited alongside Itsuka in a silence that was mostly comfortable, he noticed that many of the guys leaving the nurse's office were red-cheeked and walking as if in a daze. Ibara, on the other hand, left the room with sparkles in her eyes while her hands remained clasped together in prayer.

Then, finally, it was his turn.

After closing the door behind him, Izuku saw a lone figure in the room. Someone who wasn't Recovery Girl! It was a young woman who looked like she was in her early twenties or so, with long blonde hair and dressed like a nun. It wasn't until she looked up from her device, smiling at him warmly, that he finally recognized her. This was the Twilight Saint, a hero whose healing quirk had already saved the lives of countless people! Was she to be the school's new nurse?

"Hello there White Dragon Emperor," said the pro hero kindly.

And just like that, Izuku's blood turned to ice. He stared at the woman who just kept standing there with a warm and friendly smile as his own features were that of horror. She…Did she know about Albion? If that was true then she knew that he didn't have a quirk, that she had been lying to everyone! Was she going to tell Vlad King? Would she tell his entire class, the newspapers, the-

"Forgive my partner, he's a little shocked," came Albion's voice in the real world, the blue gem appearing on Izuku's left hand as it did so. "It is a pleasure to see you again Lady Asia Hyoudou. Though I wish the circumstances were different."

The nurse let out a light giggle before her smile dimmed slightly, becoming just a tiny bit sad.

"I wish the same thing Albion," she said.

Izuku blinked in confusion as he looked between the gem on his left hand and the school's new nurse.

"Wait," said the teen finally. "Do you two know each other?"

"Yes," said Asai as she looked from the teen standing before to the gem on the back of his hand. "Though it was a long time ago when we last saw each other."

"Indeed," agreed Albion, using the tone that Izuku had come to associate with him nodding. "The woman standing before you now was one of the many wives of the former Red Dragon Emperor: Issei Hyoudou. He fought with my previous partner Vali Lucifer."

"Oh, I guess that…WAIT! WIVES?!" yelled Izuku, eyes bulging as he stared at the woman before him.

"Oh yes," replied Asai with a blush, a hand reaching up to cup a cheek while a dreamy look appeared in her eyes. "I married my Issei along with many other girls who became like my sisters."

"Yes, there has been no greater perverted wielder of the Booster Gear than Hyoudou," added Albion, this time using a tone that told Izuku that he was nodding in a more sagely fashion. "In fact, his love of women's breasts became so well known that he was often referred to as the Breast Dragon Emperor and the Grabbin' Dragon."

"He even had this special on television once where he sang a children's song about grabbing women's breasts," added Asai in a cheerful tone that caused Izuku's jaw to hit the floor. "Oh, not to mention this little stage play we did."

Izuku could only stand there, steam pouring out of his ears as he took all this in. It was so hard to process, not helped by the fact that the woman before him was telling him all this while having an almost angelic smile on her face. Then…

"Wait, if that villain had the Booster Gear, doesn't that mean that your husband…" began Izuku, suddenly realizing a horrible truth for this woman.

"Is dead," finished Asai, her smile vanishing as she nodded. "Yes. My Issei died nearly 200 years ago before the age of quirks began." As she spoke, Asia lowered her head in mourning. At the same time, Izuku's looked like his mind was going to fry at any moment. Did she say two hundred years ago? How was that possible?

"I-I'm sorry but that's a little hard to believe," admitted Izuku. "I mean, you look like you could easily pass for one of my upperclassmen or a young hero just starting out! Plus, if you were born in the time before quirks how would you be able to heal others?"

At that, an almost devilish smile appeared on Asia's face."The same way you are able to steal other people's strength: a Sacred Gear." As she said this, rings appeared on her hands. "Mine is called Twilight Healing, granting me the ability to heal. As for how I look this way…well…" Suddenly, bat-like wings sprung out from Asia's back. Wings that clashed greatly with her outfit. Wings that brought images of a- "I sort of got myself into a bit of trouble and was reincarnated as a devil!"

The only sound to come out of Izuku was a small squeak as his vision began to spin. The teen raised both his arms up as if ready to push the woman away if need be, hearing her giggle in a cute manner that did not sit well with him. After all, who in their right mind would not be freaked out by all of this? Weren't devils supposed to steal people's souls? The fact that she was making that noise sent alarm bells ringing in his head. So, gritting his teeth, he prepared himself for whatever trickery this woman might try.

"Relax partner, she means you no ill will," said Albion in an attempt to calm down Izuku's mental freakout. "Out of all of the former Red Dragon Emperor's harem, she was the kindest of them all. You shall never find a more gentle soul."

"Really?" asked Izuku cautiously.

"Yes," replied Albion. "Though I am surprised to see her here at this time. Tell me, Lady Asia, are you here now because you sensed the awakenings of both dragons? Are you here to witness our battle once more? Or are you hoping to save Ddraig from that villain?"

The Twilight Healer shook her head, her long golden hair flowing as she did so. "Regrettably, I didn't know that either of you had returned until this afternoon," she admitted. "I took this job in exchange for a favor from the school. The fact that we are all here at the same time is simply a coincidence."

"A favor?" asked Izuku with piqued interest.

"Yes," said Asai, her face becoming serious yet somewhat relieved. "You see, the granddaughter of one of my dearest friends, Gasper, got into some…messy trouble recently. Since her parents are, ah, not willing to help her the rest of us reached out to find some way of helping her that didn't involve turning her into a devil. Saving that as a last resort. Thankfully, U.A. was kind enough to offer a hand in exchange for various services."

Izuku blinked at that, wondering just what kind of person Asia was talking about.

-x-

"Hello everyone! I'm Himiko Toga and I'm a wanted criminal!"

The sight of a blonde girl, her hair in messy buns, greeted the class with a slightly unnerving smile that showed off her fangs. It was not something that Izuku or anyone in 1-B would have expected to see after the couple of days off they had after the attack on both the USJ and U.A. itself. And with that rather, ah, bold declaration they were all at a loss on how to respond.

Thankfully Vlad King had no such issue as he walked over to her before lightly swatting her head with a notebook. The girl reacted as though he had landed a much more powerful blow to her skull, rubbing her hair while backing away from the taller man. Then, the blood-themed hero turned to look at his students.

"Yes.," began Vlad in a serious tone. "As Miss Toga said, she is a criminal. However, U.A. has recently started up a new program to help certain troubled youths with extenuating circumstances. So, Miss Toga here was given a choice: either take her chances in court or become a student here and become a hero to make amends for her crime. I think it's clear which option she picked."

At that, the sound of palms being slammed on a desk echoed across the room as Awase stood up. "Whoa, hold on there!" the teen yelled with fury in his eyes. "How is this fair?! We all worked our butts off to get into U.A. and all she needed to do was commit a crime with a sob story waiting in the wings?!"

"He's right! This isn't right!" yelled Tetsutetsu as he threw a fist into the air.

Seeing the reaction of some of his more vocal students, as well as the looks of many of the others who silently agreed with them, Vlad King held up his hands.

"Ok, I understand where you are all coming from," began the pro hero. "However not everything is cut and dry. This is something that you will all have to learn in order to become proper heroes. Take Miss Toga here as an example. While she did commit a rather heinous crime, this was due to the fact that she had never received the proper quirk counseling. Instead, by her parents' own admission, she was taught quirk suppression. And, as I hope you are all beginning to guess when she was no longer able to do so it led to some disastrous results."

At that, the class became quiet as Toga began looking around as if confused. Everyone there, including Izuku, knew that quirks got more powerful with every generation. As did certain tendencies and behaviors that were associated with those quirks. That was part of the reason counseling was so important. So that people were not at the mercy of their quirks. That as well as making sure all that power didn't go to your head.

"The reason Miss Toga is in this class is because we both share blood-related quirks," continued Vlad once he saw he had everyone's attention. "Both myself and Hound Dog shall be working with her every day in order to help her live a more functional life with her quirk. As for her placement here, yes, she will be taking all the same coursework as the rest of you to become a pro hero one day. That said, she chose this course knowing full well the cost of failure. If she falls behind in her grades or does anything that will get her kicked out of the Hero Course, her expulsion and return to prison are all but assured."

For a moment, silence overtook the room before Ibara clasped her hands together in prayer.

"We were quick to judge," began the Christian girl. "Yes, Toga has sinned but she is seeking a path to redemption! Oh Lord, we give You thanks for this opportunity to do Your will!"

Everyone there stared at the vine-haired Christian as light shined down upon her. Albion let out a small chuckle within Izuku's mind, the green-haired teen believing he heard his partner muttering again about telling her something. As for Toga, she began to wildly rub her eyes in disbelief.

"Where is that light coming from?" asked the messy bun-haired girl.

"Thank you!" cried Awase who was now seated, throwing up hias hands as he spoke. "We've been wondering the same thing!"

Vlad Kind then cleared his throat again to get everyone's attention. "Now that we've got that out of the way does anyone have any questions? Midoriya?"

Izuku, who had been the first to raise his hand, quickly produced his notebook from seemingly out of nowhere before turning to a blank page.

"Yes!" began the Divine Divider as he picked up a mechanical pencil. "Ah, Toga. Vlad King said that you have a blood-related quirk. Could you tell us more about it?"

At that, Toga's smile fell a little. Before answering, she looked to her new homeroom teacher as if asking for permission which he granted with a nod. Once she saw this, the girl raised her hands up before pointing at her mouth.

"Ok!" she began in a cheerful tone. "My quirk allows me to transform into people whose blood I drank. Not only do I take on their appearance by also their voice! Oh, I also get the clothing they were wearing…somehow. But every time that happens it appears on top of whatever I'm wearing at the time so it's better if I'm naked before transforming."

Toga then slowly lowered her hands, feeling the gazes of the shocked class upon her. No doubt they were creeped out by what they had just heard. Who in their right mind wouldn't be after hearing-

"That's amazing!" cried Midoriya. Unable to control himself, Izuku moved from his seat so that he was right in front of Himiko. Said girl was a little startled by this, jumping back a bit as her new green-haired classmate looked at her with wide eyes that seemed to sparkle with excitement. "You're quirk is just so amazing! You could become one of the greatest spy heroes of all time! All you would need is a little blood and you could slip into the villain's ranks without anyone noticing. You could be in and out, collecting all the information that the heroes would need before storming in. And that's not even considering all the non-heroic work you could do once you get your license! You could become the world's best understudy, taking on the form of any actor or actress perfectly. Heck, they wouldn't even need to fit you for a spare costume. Voice acting work, modeling, maybe some medical applications, and…"

As Izuku continued to talk, he missed the widening eyes of the blood drinker as well as the blush that was tinting her cheeks while also becoming unable to close her mouth. As he went on and on, that blush moved to cover her entire cheeks until steam was coming out of her ears. Soon, her eyes became beating hearts as this random green-haired boy just continued to gush about her quirk. Seeing a part of herself as amazing that the rest of the world just backed away from in disgust.

Eventually, this ended when a frowning, red-faced Kendo stood up from her seat and silently walked behind Izuku. While giving Toga a look that said 'sorry about this, she then placed two hands on the back of her friend to begin pushing the still-rambling Izuku back to his seat.

As for the rest of the class, while most of them still harbored some concerns as to what she had done, the majority decided to give her a shot. After all, if the Vice-Rep of the class didn't have an issue with her then they didn't see why they should either.

Once that was done, Vlad King informed them of the upcoming Sports Festival.

After that, the school became a lot more interesting for the students of 1-B as they began to prepare for the upcoming event. For one thing, their class was getting a bit more attention from the rest of the school as many of them wanted to know more about the Nomu attack. This caused a good deal of embarrassment in the class, especially with Izuku, but they did their best to answer people's questions as best they could. After all, when they became pros they would be answering questions from civilians and reporters all the time so it would be good practice. In contrast, their sister class responded to the same curiosity in a less than humble demeanor. Bakugo just told people to get out of his way, that he didn't have time to talk to worthless extras like them. Then another blond from 1-A just began to brag about how superior their class was while a small child with purple balls on his head made innuendos at all the girls. And then there were people like Todoroki, son of the number two hero, who just walked past everyone without giving people a second glance. So it was understandable that most of the school began to dislike 1-A, thinking they were elitists.

As for classes, nearly every hero lesson where All Might wasn't involved became free quirk training. Everyone in 1-B was giving it their all including Himiko who had asked to train with Izuku, Itsuka, and Pony. She impressed everyone there with her agility and surprise tactics, even going toe to toe with Kendo using the wooden tantos that the school provided. What's more, Toga began to show Pony how to use her horns like blades for stabbing and cutting in order to make the horned girl a greater threat.

Though for reasons he didn't know, Toga usually had a blush whenever they sparred.

One day, a week before the Sports Festival, Izuku was walking past the various gyms the school had while being deep in thought. Since meeting the new nurse, Izuku had been full of questions on so many things that whenever he tried to get his thoughts down on paper he ended up going through an entire notebook. And today, Asia had told him of the previous Red Dragon Emperor had died.

"Like me, Issei had been reincarnated as a devil," the nun had said. "While he should have had a much longer life span, in order to gain more strength he did things that shortened his life span. So please Midoriya, do your best not to do the same. If you do, you will only end up hurting the many people you leave behind."

Those words refused to leave Izuku's mind, almost on an infinite loop. Before Albion showed up, he really only had his mother. She had been the only one to worry about him regularly. Now he had the Kendos, Pony, Vlad King, Toga, his entire class, and so many more people in his life. He'd do anything to protect them, but he didn't want to make them sad.

'The answer to that is easy partner,' said Albion within the teen's head. 'Become as strong as you can while here at this school. That way you won't have to do such risky things later on when other people's lives are on the line.'

"That's easier said than done," muttered Izuku. "What if more of those Nomu show up and I'm-"

Izuku's words were cut off as he heard a thud followed by a curse coming from one of the gyms. Thankfully done in a voice he didn't recognize. Curious the Divine Divider glanced inside to see someone he vaguely remembered walking down the halls. It was a boy around his age, with purple hair that seemed to stand up despite the amount of sweat running down his forehead as well as eyes that looked like he suffered from a lack of sleep. Midoriya watched as the teen got onto shaky legs, his breath coming out in heavy pants before he began to punch the air in front of him with all his might. After a moment…

"Need some help?" offered Izuku as he entered the gym.

The purple-haired teen jumped at the words before spinning around to look at Izuku who just walked in while scratching the back of his head.

"N-No," replied the other teen, clearly embarrassed at being seen like this. "I don't need your help."

Izuku just smiled at this as he continued to make his way toward the sweating teen. Without missing a beat, he began to explain a better way to throw a punch while also giving him a visual demonstration. Something that his new 'friend' watched in awe, even trying it out himself and gasping at how different it felt.

"Why are you helping me?" he asked once he had gone through the motions. "I'm not in your class. Heck, I'm not even in the Hero Course. I'm aiming to take one of your slots. So…why?"

"Because you just looked like you needed it," replied Izuku as if it were the simplest thing in the world. Which, to the Divine Divider, it was.

From there, the two exchanged backstories as they trained for the next hour or so. The teen, Hitoshi Shinso, spoke about how everyone thought he'd end up a villain with a quirk like brainwashing. At that, Izuku couldn't help but to relate how people saw him before his 'quirk' finally revealed itself. Something that shocked Shinso. But, what united the teens was that despite what they had gone through their entire lives was a single goal: to be a hero.

After all, you can't help what the heart longs for.