Ho boy! Another update! huzzah!

Hope everyone has been doing alright these past few weeks, considering all the craziness in the world right now. Truthfully, this chapter was very hard to write and get out mostly due to medical reasons.

Severe asthma fucking sucks, let me tell you.

Anyway, while my initial plans for this chapter was going to be the entire QAT's, it didn't work out like that sadly. But I promise next chapter that we will get the full class revealed and moved into the dorms! Plus they meet their new "dorm mother" :D

Praise be to Mamadoriya.

Onto the reviews! (Old to new)

Guest: Thank you! and hope you keep enjoying it.

Silvanium: Glad you have been enjoying it! Also, good mention about the soul crystals... because how in the world is Izuku even able to access his jobs without them? Hmmm...

aliestrikehero: I see, makes sense now. And that will be revealed later.

ProjectIceman: As much as I would have loved to get them over with, sadly it wasn't possible this time around, I will say that aside from some slight changes with Izuku, the QAT's will be similar to the canon version.

draculyn28: Hello, yes it will continue, and thank you for finding it interesting!

There will be endnotes to explain two things in this chapter, so enjoy!

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Chapter 8

Here there be Dragoons

Shota Aizawa was a very rational man, often dealing with logic and facts that helped him be the underground hero that he is. He had read the files of all the students assigned to his class this year, and he noted a few that he would consider "problematic."

Four of which were on the top of his "shit list."

The first being Shoto Todoroki, the son of Endeavor. His quirk was called "Half Hot, Half Cold," the ability to create and manipulate fire from the left half of his body while doing the same with ice on his right side. In his file, it was noted that during the recommendation tests, while he stated he could use his fire, he was adamant and refused to use it.

While naturally, Aizawa would immediately expel any student who purposely hinders their abilities, usually out of arrogance and unwilling to put their all into it. Something in the back of his mind was telling him there was more to this, given that the teenager had a nasty looking scar around his left eye, and the designs of his hero suit partially hid his entire left side of his body. Perhaps there were troubles at home? It was no secret that Endeavor was a… hard person… to get along with, even with him being the number two hero. Still, if something at home was preventing Shoto from using his fire, then perhaps time away from the flame hero could help, as well as allowing the boy to open up more.

The next one on his "list" was Katsuki Bakugo, a "prodigy" apparently, from what the files from his previous schools stated, he had excellent marks and nothing but praise from teachers, especially from his last high school.

Aizawa could smell bullshit coming off of the file. And apparently, Nezu had as well.

He remembered when he overheard the furry dean contact the boy's former high school and "kindly" asked them to retest him. When that was done, the test papers were given to Nezu to mark himself, and apparently, he was satisfied with how the teenager did. During the practical examinations, Aizawa noticed the manic smile and glee the boy had in destroying robots, ignoring all the other applicants, and just taking anything out. It was apparent that he had an ego, especially given the praise he probably got throughout his schooling. Had there been no attempts to curb his over-inflated ego? He would soon learn that he wasn't "top dog" here at UA and had hoped that the boy would figure that out sooner or later.

The third "problem child" was one Minoru Mineta. While his quirk had an interesting application of purple balls being thrown from his head and stuck to anything, it was the user himself that the tired-looking teacher had an issue with. There had been multiple incidents involving sexual harassment with former female classmates at his previous schools. However, it seemed to decline dramatically during his high school years. Possibly due to harsher punishments if he had kept up with what he pulled in middle school. Still, the boy looked like he had never trained his body at all, and if he couldn't keep up, then there was an extra spot in General Studies just waiting for him.

And finally, the last student on the list was one Izuku Midoriya.

Where to start with such an enigma?

A teenager that only just got his quirk approximately one year prior and had already two cases of vigilantism under his belt. Normally, Aizawa wouldn't bat an eye at that as he had worked with some of the more "nicer" vigilantes throughout his hero career. Still, it was the fact that both times it was All Might vouching for the boy, allowing him to get off with only a warning each time. If Midoriya were a side-kick to the number one hero, that would be one thing. Still, the blonde pro hero hadn't taken any sidekicks in nearly six years after the supposed falling out with Sir Nighteye.

Then there were the boy's school records, dozens upon dozens of "black marks" that would have immediately put him out of any attempts to register even for the General Studies course. But half, if not all of them didn't make sense, especially when one would notice that he was always in Bakugo's classes and how he always seemed to do remarkably poorer than the "prodigy."

Again, Aizawa called bullshit, and sure enough, he was right.

He had seen the written exam Midoriya had answered and nearly dropped his jelly drink. The green-haired boy had responded to everything so precisely and logically that he got an almost perfect score of ninety-five percent, and this was one of Nezu's tests that he would give graduating students as a final exam to make sure they were ready for the outside world of Pro Heroes.

Most of those averages were the low fifties; even Aizawa only came out with a sixty-three when he was a UA student.

Then, the practical examination and how Midoriya acted and performed further solidified that the boy's school files were mishandled. When he had gone to Nezu after the exams were all graded and the letters sent out, he had asked what was to be done with Midoriya and his falsified school records.

Apparently, as always, the smart rodent was three steps ahead of the underground hero and informed him of what Midoriya had been up to since the sludge villain incident and his plans with the students' former high school. Nezu had bought the school's ownership and fired most if not all of the teaching staff and the administration through some legal groundwork. Replacing the faculty were some other educators that Nezu could trust to run the school until proper staff could be hired temporarily.

There was also the boy's mother, who now would be working at UA not only as Recovery Girl's assistant but also as Class 1-A's Dorm Manager. However, she decided to call herself "Dorm Mother" for whatever reason. When Aizawa had gone to meet her privately to discuss some of the basic rules and general maintenance areas of the rebuilt dorms, he found her to be quite pleasant, for the most part, a bit of a worrier. Still, given what he knew of Midoriya's past, he couldn't fault her for it. But there was a sense of danger about her as well, as Nezu had informed him in that meeting about Aldera that Inko had sued the former principal and the school board and many of the other teachers and faculty for gross negligence, child endangerment, and discrimination charges. She won, possibly due to not only All Might's testimony when he had interrupted an attempt to put Midoriya in prison for the slime villain fiasco falsely but also of the lawyer's UA had provided her.

When the judge had asked Inko Midoriya if she would grant any sort of leniency as the defense asked it, she merely looked at them. She asked why she should if they hadn't shown any compassion or mercy when her son was being tortured by not only his peers but by some of the staff themselves.

Aizawa learned reasonably quickly that day to never piss off Inko Midoriya.

He sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose as he began to think about the last issue about Midoriya that he knew would be a problem and rightly placed him at the top of his "shit list."

Midoriya's quirk made no goddamn sense.

It was called 'Manifest,' the boy could summon armor and weapons at will, and each had unique abilities tied to them. Even worse was that Nezu had explained to the tired teacher that he felt there would be even more forms that Midoriya could 'unlock' given the right circumstances similar to what happened against the zero-pointer. So far, with the information provided to him by the Dean, the green-haired student had three 'kits':

Paladin: His first manifestation and more used of the current three. It came with a suit of armor, and he wielded a sword and shield, which he could somehow expertly wield. One of the boy's abilities was called "Clemency," which could heal various injuries, as seen with Ochako Uraraka. Still, some abilities were more combat orientated that was caught on surveillance during the training in Gym Gamma that one time.

Gunbreaker: The second kit he manifested during one of those vigilante incidents was similar to the Paladin one, albeit not wearing armor as cumbersome as full plate mail, allowing for better movement. The weapon he carried also didn't make sense to him, even after both Snipe and Power Loader could get their hands on it, with Midoriya's permission, of course, and tried to figure it out. It was called a "gunblade," a half gun and half sword, which could be loaded with 28 gauge sized magnum bullets from what Snipe could figure. Still, while not firing out a projectile (most of the time), it could heal or cause explosions. What they were made of was also a mystery as to when they attempted to open one of the casings, there was nothing inside. When Midoriya took an empty shell and loaded it into the weapon, and with a few strikes, he had caused an explosion which nearly blew apart the training dummy he was currently attacking. Power Loader theorized that it was some sort of built-up kinetic energy that "filled" the cartridge before being shot out, and even then, he still couldn't figure out HOW it was doing that.

Whatever this "gunblade" was, it was far more advanced in technology than anything in the world, and it made no goddamn sense.

And lastly was Midoriya's latest "kit," the one he had obtained during the practical exam and caused him to pass out from afterward. He had called it "Red Mage," and while the outfit was outlandish and something one would see from an outdoor play theater, the weapon he wielded in such a "form" was just as odd as the gunblade.

An oddly designed rapier with a floating orb or crystal of some kind affixed itself to his hand or on the sword's pommel. What was odd was that the teenager could fire bolts of… well… for lack of a better term, "projectiles" from the crystal with it attached to the sword. Aizawa was not going to humor the notion that Midoriya could use "magic." Still, to be able to fire off bolts of what looked like lightning, fire, earth, and air were unheard of, plus according to the notes Midoriya had made, he could also heal with something called "Vercure."

Insufficient naming aside, there was one ability called "Verraise" with the asterisk beside it stating 'unknown function, Recovery Girl to provide information at a later date.'

Aizawa felt he would need to open that bottle of whiskey after today's test for some reason.

The dark-haired teacher slowly began to rub the bridge of his nose when he could hear the clambering of sneakers and shoes rushing towards him. He looked to his stopwatch to see that the students were a solid five minutes early.

Good, they may have some potential after all.

Izuku huffed gently as he and the rest of his classmates had finally changed and made it out to Field Sigma, pulling up the sleeves on the navy blue sports jersey up to his elbows and was eager to get started. As the students began to start speaking again, Aizawa quickly quieted them with a cold stare and clearing of his throat.

"Listen up and keep quiet," shouted the homeroom teacher, "We are going to be doing the same fitness tests that you all would have done in high school, but this time, unlike the illogical reasoning of most school boards and the government, you will be using the FULL extent of your quirks."

A soft murmur started to echo across the confused students before Aizawa's eyes flashed a bright red, and his hair stood on end, making most of the students flinch. Once he deactivated his quirk, Aizawa looked towards Bakugo, "Bakugo, you scored the most villain points in the entrance exam. What was your old ball toss score in high school?"

The blonde tilted his head for a moment, thinking about it since it had been quite a while. Katsuki looked to Aizawa and, in his usual gruff voice, replied, "About seventy meters, give or take."

Aizawa tossed a ball to the blonde as he went to stand by a drawn-out circle on the ground, "I want you to stand in this circle and throw the ball WITH your quirk, do not hold anything back, and you can do anything as long as you remain in the circle."

The student maniacally grinned as he gripped the ball in his hand, pulling back his arm to throw it. As he was doing this, Izuku's eyes shot wide as he watched Katuski wind up, immediately turning towards Kyoka and rushed to her. Before she could ask what he was doing, he clasped her ears with his hands and held her head as the shout of 'DIE' rang out, followed by a slight earthshaking explosion ringing out that caused a bit of dust to kick up.

Once he knew it was safe, he slowly removed his hands from Kyoka's ears as she was staring straight at him with a blush across her cheeks; he gave her a worried look, "Kyoka, are you alright?"

She didn't answer him at first until her eyebrows furrowed, and suddenly he was attacked by her jacks, jabbing in the side, "Don't do that so suddenly!"

"S-s-sorry I was- ACK! I k-knew that his loudest explosions could hurt your hearing since you h-have a heightened sense of hearing! I-I had to act fast, and warning you wouldn't have been quick enough!" Izuku stammered out as her 'attacks' gradually slowed down and ended. Kyoka looked away. Her blush returned, muttering out a 'thank you,' which caused Izuku to rub the back of his head and nervously chuckled.

"If you two are finished," Aizawa called out as he walked back with Katsuki, who was wearing a smug smirk on his face, "As I was about to say, the point of these tests is to give a baseline for your current strengths and weaknesses to work on for your years here at UA." The teacher turned to Katuski, "Bakugo, your score was nine hundred and seventy meters."

Katsuki smiled like he knew he would get an impossible score to beat, and some of the other students began to mimic his feelings. After all, he was the best, and these extras knew they could never be better than him. Though his smile soon turned into a scowl as he looked upon Izuku, who didn't even seem impressed and was thinking about something and muttering. Katsuki huffed and went to stand further from the other students as Aizawa began to explain the rest of the tests.

"Now, we are going to do the fifty-meter dash first. It will be done in pairs. But first…" Aizawa paused as he looked over the students who were starting to relax a little, "since it looks like many of you aren't taking this seriously, let's up the challenge a bit." The students shivered as he gave them a smile, as he crossed his arms and stared directly at them, pushing up his scarf a little, "The person to place last in these tests will be expelled."

To say that the silence was deafening was an understatement before a collective 'WHAT?!' rang out, followed by a few protests. Aizawa was able to pick up on Ochako's, 'but that's not fair!' comment and focused on her.

"Surprise villain attacks, unavoidable weather disasters," his eyes squinted at her, causing Ochako to flinch, "Robots that go rogue in a controlled environment are all unfair. Life, in general, is unfair. You are all adults now, time to grow up." and with the finality in his voice, he headed towards the track for the fifty-meter dash. All of the students hurriedly keeping up with him with worried looks upon their faces. Still, a few of them had a look of determination, as if aiming to prove to their teacher they had the drive needed.

Once everyone was at the track, Aizawa turned to the students and shouted, "Tenya Iida and Tsuyu Asui, you'll be the first pair to race. This test is more about how fast you can make the fifty meters, again, go to your absolute limits."

As the two students walked up towards the starting line, Izuku was watching them like a hawk. His left hand curled on his chin as he was deep in thought. While he knew or had the basic idea of Tenya's quirk thanks to the noticeable engine exhausts on his calves and his performance at the practical exam. The green-haired girl he had met prior in the classroom was an absolute mystery to him. While he just learned her name by accident thanks to their teacher, his attention was still on her.

The warmth of the blessing enveloped him as he mentally analyzed Tsuyu, using his fingers to keep his muttering to the absolute minimum (an idea given to him by Nezu). His eyes focused on her body movements and her general appearance, noticing her larger hands and feet. Thinking back to the classroom, he remembered a verbal 'tic' of hers as she spoke, making a sound similar to the croak from a frog or toad. As he watched her still, he saw her squat down into a very frog-like position to get ready for the race.

As Izuku was lost in his thoughts and observations, another set of eyes were watching him. Ochako couldn't exactly figure out what Izuku was doing, she had seen him stare at her friend for quite a bit in the classroom, and now he was just staring at her with some kind of look she couldn't quite figure out. The auburn-haired girl would never assume anyone of ill intent. Still, her only interaction with her green-haired classmate was during the practical exam. While he did help her, there was only so much Ochako knew about him, and that worried her.

Her thoughts were interrupted when she felt the poke of a finger against her upper arm; Ochako turned her head to meet the black sclera eyes of her classmate, Mina Ashido. She was smiling brightly at her as she moved beside Ochako and began to whisper to her, "It's a little freaky, isn't it?"

"Huh?"

"When Midori goes into "analyzing mode."" the pink-skinned girl jabbed her thumb towards the boy, "At first, even me and Kyoka were weirded out about it, but then later we learned it's a bit of a hobby of his since his quirk came in so late." Mina continued to whisper into Ochako's ear gently, both still watching Izuku, "He's really smart and was able to give me a few pointers on how to better utilize my own quirk. As long as you don't mind him asking a few dozen questions or talking your ear off for a while, he'd be more than happy to help you learn something new about your quirk as well."

"But…" Ochako looked to Mina, her face still worried, "The way he's looking at Tsu…"

"Oh! You think he's looking at her negatively?" Mina asked with a tilt of her head, though her smile has faded. Her brow furrowed, she shook her head and sighed, "Nah, Midori isn't like that; in fact, he told me that he found physical mutations caused by quirks to be the most interesting. Like how my skin is super pink due to my acid quirk, as well as my eyes." Mina beamed at her suddenly; her cheeks were now a little purple, "You'd be surprised how easy it is for him to casually flirt by accident."

Ochako's own cheeks erupted into a pink mess and whisper-yelled out, "F-flirt?!"

"Mhmm, he said my eyes were like 'little stars in the vast darkness of space,' I know he didn't mean it to sound like a flirt. He's not the type of guy to just do that willy nilly." Mina smiled gently as she looked to Izuku, who Ochako's eyes also followed suit, "but it felt nice to be complimented like that truthfully."

The auburn-haired girl turned to her pink-skinned classmate who was still looking at Izuku, then returning her gaze back to him before she too began to think it was maybe not for any ill intent he was staring at her friend. Still, she would talk to him about it and perhaps have Mina there with her. It was still rude to stare at someone.

As the two girls continued to watch Izuku, said boy felt a chill run up his back, as if warning him of something in his near future. He snapped out of it as Aizawa fired the pistol to start the race and watched as both Tenya and Tsuyu took off. Tenya was obviously going to be faster, and in fact, seemed to have a burst of speed at about the fifty-foot mark, the drone by the finish line calling out his time of three seconds and fifty-two milliseconds.

Izuku's attention went back to Tsuyu after he realized Tenya would finish first. As he did, his eyes widened as Izuku watched her leap and bound, similar to a frog. What was most interesting is that he thought he saw her hang in the air slightly when her jump would be at the apex. Perhaps she had some sort of small 'floating' ability as there were known species of frogs that could glide in the air due to their webbing between their feet. If that was the case, how many 'aspects' of frogs did her quirk possess? His thoughts were interrupted when the drone called out her score of seven seconds and fifty-seven milliseconds.

As the frog girl stood up and dusted herself off, she turned her head towards the others and gave a small thumbs up to Ochako, who smiled and did the same back. However, her attention turned towards Izuku and how he was just looking at her like he had a million questions just eager to spill out; she tilted her head quizzically in return. Still, the gruff voice of her teacher brought her back to reality.

"Head back to the others." Aizawa spoke before yelling out, "Bakugo and Midoriya, you two are next!"

Both teenagers nodded and jogged back to the small gaggle of students while the two called boys made their way towards the starting line. Tsuyu made her way to her reasonably new friend, who smiled brightly at her as she came up, "Tsu!" Ochako said and bounced lightly, "that was amazing! I didn't know you could jump so far."

"Thanks, kero; truth be told, I had hoped to do a little better."

"You did awesome regardless!" Mina spoke up, "Besides, you were up against a guy with freaking engines for legs, so being a little slower isn't the end of the world when you're going against someone who's literal quirk is going fast."

Tsuyu nodded gently, then looked towards the two boys at the starting line, "Who do you think is going to be faster between those two?"

"Between Bakugo and Midori? As much as I want to root for my fellow 'fluff-buddy,' I don't think any of his 'kits' can outspeed literal explosions." Mina crossed her arms, frowning as she stared at Bakugo, "Though I really hope he does beat Bakugo, to be honest."

"Oh? Why do you say that, kero?"

"I don't know, there's something about him that just rubs me the wrong way; plus, since we began this whole test thing, he's been glaring at Midori like him being here offends Bakugo or something." Mina huffed as the small group of girls turned their attention back to the track.

Tsuyu placed a finger on her chin, thinking about how he looked at her when she was coming back to the others, the 'million questions' gaze he had intrigued her, and if they were to pass these tests, she could also ask him things about his own quirk. These 'kits' sounded exciting, and making new friends had been one of her goals when coming to UA, which thankfully she had when she met Ochako after the practical exams.

As Aizawa readied the pistol once again, Tsuyu's interest in the mysterious green-haired boy's quirk would grow following what had happened next, as a blinding light soon enveloped the starting line when the pistol was fired.

Izuku was a bit of a mess as he was walking towards the starting line, not only because he was going to be pit against Bakugo but also of his three kits; none of them were great at crossing great distances.

Sure, His 'red mage' could pull him towards the end of the lane when he was close enough. However, he had no idea how far the limit was before he could even pull off a corps-a-corps, plus Izuku needed to make a good impression here, or else he'd be expelled. Nezu had warned him that the teachers were given free rein in how they taught their classes, and Aizawa obviously was no exception.

It also didn't help that he could feel his mind continually going back to Tsuyu, how her jumping and leaping was just reminding him of something. The feeling and warmth he was getting from Hydaelyn's blessing were just urging him to think about it. Izuku didn't even realize he was at the starting line with Aizawa and Bakugo ready to start.

The blonde boy snarled as his hands began to spark with tiny explosions, reading himself as Aizawa sighed heavily and rose the pistol into the air, "Start when the pistol goes off in 3…"

Izuku froze as he looked at Aizawa, eyes wide in frantic searching before looking down into his hands; oh god, what was he going to do? He hadn't even switched into anything yet!

"2…"

'CRAP! Think Izuku, think! It's evident that Tsuyu's quirk is frog-based, so why are you stuck on it? Is it because of the jumping? Is it because it's like a frog?! What else jumps and leaps? Um.. uh… '

"1…"

'Leaping frogs! Jumping Amphibians! Wait, no, she was gliding partially in her jumps, so flying frogs? Maybe lizards?.. Wait… gliding lizards… flying lizards! Just like a drac-' "AH!"

As that last thought entered Izuku's mind, the pistol went off. While Bakugo had launched off with his explosions, Izuku clenched his head as the motherly voice of the crystalline goddess echoed in his mind before enveloping him in a blinding light.

Aizawa quickly brought his arm up to shield his eyes from the bright light one of his students had let off, squinting to see what the hell was going on as gasps and shouts came from the students that were further away. For a brief moment, he swore he could see a darkened figure leap out of the light and down the track, effortlessly passing Bakugo, who was astonished and angered that someone had passed him.

The drone buzzed with a racer passing the finishing line, leaving a cloud of dust with what sounded like metal skidding across the gravel and obscuring the person that had completed it. Bakugo was still racing, and Aizawa looked to find that Midoriya was no longer at the starting line.

*BZZT* "two seconds and fifteen milliseconds."

Aizawa's attention was brought back to the drone at the end of the track, where the dust was beginning to settle, and his ordinarily tired eyes slowly widened at the sight before him. Where he was expecting his student in the typical navy blue UA gym uniform stood a figure wearing the most wicked looking armor.

It was a mix-match of what looked like scale or plate mail similar to one of those fantasy games on Mic's phone he would often gush about in the break room, with dark matted lavender cloth pieces holding the odd costume together. Parts of the upper armor from what he could see revealed the teenager's body from what Aizawa would assume would be for better mobility, which usually Aizawa wouldn't have too much issue with, but how those shoulder plates seemed to keep close to Midoriya's body was just… odd.

Another striking feature of the boy's new look was the helmet itself. It didn't look like it was made from the same material as the other metallic pieces, almost like leather, yet still held the same colorization and looks like the other pieces. It had an odd sort of beak to it where the teacher could see a small part of the boy's face underneath with two red slits meant for the eyes he suspected, and two large fins adorned on the sides of his head with a "tail" at the back.

It was when Midoriya turned around to face his teacher did Aizawa see the weapon, a fantastical looking spear or lance that had edges that seemed to pulse with a bright purple as he held it. The buzz of the drone with Bakugo's score of four seconds and forty-five milliseconds didn't even phase Aizawa out of his thoughts as he watched his armored student begin walking back to the others, passing by him and not even acknowledging the scruffy man.

"Midoriya."

That single word stopped the boy, who was now only five feet away. Turning towards his homeroom teacher, the sound of what could be heard as skin being peeled back could only be heard as the helmet 'shifted' to reveal the face of Aizawa's student.

Izuku looked with a tired and emotionless face that seemed to match his teacher, his fluffy green hair looking longer now, and straight at the roots but retaining the curls he was known for at the ends, "Yes, sir?"

Aizawa motioned his hand like he was waving over the boy's body, "Explain."

"I was able to 'awaken' another kit from my quirk, sir. This one is dubbed 'Dragoon,' and while I would fully explain it's abilities right now, it would be illogical at this time since there is a schedule to keep." Izuku answered back with a light tone of voice to match his expression. Aizawa merely sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose, already getting a headache from the boy, but then looked at him and held out a hand.

"Also, surrender your weapon, while it is a part of your quirk, I rather not risk any accidents. Should you need it for any of the tests, you will only need to ask, understood?"

With no hesitation, Izuku held out the strange spear out to Aizawa, who took it and grunted from the heft and shockingly weighted thing. Once Izuku let go of the weapon, the purple ends dimmed to an almost deep purple color and no longer shone. Holding the spear up now, Aizawa nudged his head towards the other students waiting, some of them looking flabbergasted as they stared at the green-headed boy.

Izuku nodded without another word, answering his teacher's question and acknowledging what was asked of him. As the strange armored boy began to head back, Aizawa turned to Bakugo, who had been silently watching the exchange. Still, he could tell the blonde-haired teenager was seething in anger, "Bakugo, head back to the others."

The boy's red eyes met Aizawa's tired ones, and the only response the teacher got was a huff. As Bakugo walked past, Aizawa sighed silently but heavily to himself.

It was going to be a very long day.

Izuku's Dragoon armor is the "Weathered Pteroslaver" Set from the game FFXIV as seen here: tinyurl (period) com (slash) dekudragoon [Seriously FFN? had to be difficult]

Also the comparisons Izuku was leading up to where the small lizards that can leap and glide called "Dracos", are found in the jungles of Southeast Asia, and in my mind, it wouldn't be too far of a stretch to say that Japan has some zoo's Izuku could've visited for school trips that had these little guys.