HO there! Welcome back to Bearer of the Light!

So big chapter this time, dealing with the QATs as well as some minor stuff.

Just want to say that we have hit over 10k of collective views on FFN and over 3k on Ao3! :o so THANK YOU ALL for enjoying this story! While I'll admit it has been harder to write recently, it's more my own personal health than anything, but to know people are genuinely enjoying the story is wonderful news for me :D

Without further adieu, let's see get to some reviews (FFN)

Guest 1: Glad you enjoyed the chapter, truthfully I thought it was a good stopping point, so sorry if it did feel a little short :(

draculyn28: Thank you!

ProjectIceman: I honestly had a blast writing that part, because Aizawa is a very smart man. He would have read all the profiles of his student hopefuls to get a better idea of what he's dealing with and to properly train/teach them. and he was right, Izuku is a god damn enigma, his quirk more so.

Honestly, that Dragoon outfit is the best IMO, hence why our green bean is using it.

I do have an account already on Ao3, same name and everything, I just crosspost between there and here to reach a wider audience. :3

Animefan13579: He will at some point, as Tsuyu will bother him about it as well. And while there is the potential of her gaining more frog-like abilities, I am going to keep them closer to canon. So no genderbending aspect or anything that would have extreme body modifications (which includes gliding, but I can fix that easily)

Guest 2: Oh Dark Knight will be introduced, and with it will come quite a big change for Izuku and some of the other characters.

Anyway, here is the new chapter, please enjoy and review :D

Chapter 9

"Eye of the Dragon"

One would think Momo would already be used to the weird things that would happen to her friend, given his quirk. Even after nearly a year knowing the boy, the raven-haired heiress still couldn't quite figure out everything about him, not like she would often try and pry into his past or get to know him on a more intimate level past their friendship. Still, it bothered Momo that one of her friends was always such a mystery to her, even more so his quirk and the vast ways it just kept saying 'fuck the rules of logic.'

While they had discussed their quirks at length in the past, most of the time, it would often shift away from his and just go back to focus on hers. If there was one thing Momo did not like about Izuku, it was the way he wanted to dodge questions in regards to himself.

As much as she hated to admit it, she would need to find a way to corner him and have him answer her truthfully, especially now that Izuku unlocked a supposed fourth 'kit' and this one just looked 'wrong' to her. Not that she would ever feel any ill will about Izuku, far from it, but the way he carried himself and his general look of 'aloofness' was a little off-putting to her as Izuku had made his way back from the track.

Where was the caring, if timid boy she knew from a year ago? Momo knew that his different forms would alter his personality slightly, but this one seemed just to override that notion as if replacing his character entirely with one that didn't seem to care about anything or anyone in general. When he did rejoin the rest of the class, he was standing front and center, arms crossed and just watching the tests. Some of the boys had attempted to try and talk to him, but all the green-haired boy would do was side-eye them and simply said 'Later' before going back to watching the tests.

Momo brought a hand up to her chest and looked worried before turning towards Mina and Kyoka, who also wore their shared looks of worry. Kyoka looked more upset than anything, huffing gently with her jacks, gently swaying like two little snakes. At the same time, Mina crossed her arms over her chest and pouted.

A red-haired boy soon joined Mina's side as he huffed gently, "Geez, talk about a cold shoulder. You'd think people would be more friendly on the first day."

"He is friendly, Kiri!" Mina turned to the boy beside her, frowning now with her pout, "It's just one of the 'flaws' of his quirk!"

The sharp-toothed boy looked to the pink girl, raising an eyebrow, his arms crossed over his chest now, "Wait? How do you know that, Mina?"

"That's Midori!"

"Wait, THAT'S the 'Midori' you kept telling me about?" The boy, identified as 'Kiri,' turned to look at the armored boy with a raised eyebrow, "Huh, from the way you described him, I didn't figure he'd look so..."

"Look so what, Eijiro Kirishima?" Mina glared at the boy now, her hands on her hips as Kirishima's hands rose in surrender.

"So buff and manly! I mean, look!" Kirishima pointed towards Izuku as Mina's eyes followed her friend's finger and her cheeks slowly began to turn a dusty purple. Of course, she already knew that Izuku was pretty buff and built thanks to those photos from the beach Setsuna had taken when she spotted him there cleaning it, but those were almost a year old.

Those photos did no justice to what she saw now.

Mina shook her head to clear it of any thoughts about Izuku's body and what he would look like shirtless, clearing her throat to get Kirishima's attention, "I don't know the reasons why he hides it, but maybe you should ask him for tips! I mean, he could be a potential workout buddy!" She exclaimed softly with Kirishima nodding his head with a giant shark-toothed grin, "But, I'd wait till after this is all over."

"Yea, that's fair… Oh, it's my turn, wish me luck!" Kirishima said as he immediately began to jog towards Aizawa and the small boy with purple balls on his head standing beside the teacher. Mina watched her friend head off before turning her attention back to Izuku, and she crossed her arms over her chest again, looking at him deep in thought before biting her lower lip.

Perhaps she should schedule that class beach trip sooner rather than later.

The morning progressed as one would expect it to, each student pushing their limits to please their teacher and his expectations. Once the fifty-meter dash was completed, the students had moved on the seated toe touches, and unsurprisingly most of the boys didn't do too well with that particular test. Even Izuku could only go so far despite his armor not hindering him in the slightest. Mina and the invisible girl, Tooru, easily bested everyone, followed by Tsuyu and, shockingly, Yuga.

Following that test were the sit-ups and distance running; while the former was pretty standard in the results for most of the students, the distance test set a high bar for a fair amount of students. While only Mineta and Tooru were one of the few that did poorly on this particular test, Aizawa would make a note for future generations of students that one needs actually to run the distance test, and all because of one student, one he didn't even take to consider to be a potential 'problem child.'

Momo Yaoyorozu, heiress to a major industrial company and possibly one of the class's smartest students, with another 'logic-bending' quirk similar to Midoriya's. Who knew that her 'creation' quirk could be pushed to such a degree? It's not like anyone could just create a moped from literally nothing. Aizawa couldn't fault her though, part of the reason he did these tests were to see if the hopefuls would be creative in using their quirks in any way to give them an advantage, and Momo had proven to be resourceful with hers. He knew a few of the students wouldn't be able to utilize their quirks in a creative sort of matter due to said quirk's limitations. Many quirks that involved mutations of one's physical body were proof of this. However, they could be improved upon either by training or by support gear designed with the individual in mind.

What was a little surprising to Aizawa was the fact that Izuku and Tenya had been keeping up to one another in stamina before both dropping out due to exhaustion. One would have thought that the armor the green-haired boy was wearing would have weighed him down, but he could keep up with his peers quite well considering. After Aizawa had waved down Momo to stop, he gestured to a box that was close by full of grip testers. As he watched the students slowly make their way towards the chest, Aizawa had hoped there would be no further surprises with the tests and they would end sooner than later.

Of course, nothing ever goes Aizawa's way.

"Sir." Izuku had come up to the tired teacher, who kept his eyes on the scorepad, reading off the numbers as they came in, the corner of his eye twitching when he noticed the results from the multiarmed giant of a man, Mezo Shoji, which was an astonishing five hundred and forty kilograms.

"What is it, Midoriya? I doubt your weapon will be of use for this test."

"My apologies, sir, but it is not for my lance." replied the teenager staring at Aizawa, the same aloof facial features the teacher shared, though not as tired looking, "I wish to ask two things, Would you prefer I did this without the use of my gauntlet? Considering my peers are using their bare hand- *SKRRT*."

Both student and teacher quickly turned their heads towards the sounds of metal being crushed, only to see that Momo Yaoyorozu had bent the logic of the world once again and created a hydraulic press with her quirk and wholly destroyed the grip tester she was using. After the machine had finished its "cycle" of crushing the device, Momo looked up to see everyone staring at her, which caused the girl to blush and fiddle with the machine's controller.

Izuku turned his head back to Aizawa, "-considering most of my peers are using their bare hands, what would you prefer?"

"Use your bare hand then, Midoriya." Answered Aizawa with a heavy sigh, watching as the teenager began to undo a few straps of the taloned gauntlet and placing it under his other arm once it was off, "what was your second question?"

"My second question is in regards to using my regular strength or using my boosted strength." replied Izuku as Aizawa raised an eyebrow at that, asking a silent question which the boy was immediately able to pick up on, "While my normal strength is equal amongst my other 'kits,' this one offers an ability that boosts my strength, and I would like to put my all into it, however providing a baseline would be ideal for any future tests where I may not be a 'Dragoon.'"

A few more moments passed in silence, the teacher and student staring at one another before Aizawa sighed and nodded. Izuku made his way towards the box of grip testers and pulled one out, fitting it in his hand and taking a slow but deep breath. On the exhale, he squeezed the device hard until he could no longer pull on it, holding it for ten seconds before the final result was displayed on the device, a soft ding going off. Aizawa looked to his score pad before addressing Izuku, "Your base is ninety-eight point nine kilograms."

Izuku nodded and walked a few feet away from Aizawa, which caused the man to raise an eyebrow. As he watched his student getting ready to do something, many of the other students had turned their attention towards the Izuku, eager to see what else his quirk could do.

They were not disappointed.

Izuku's body began to shimmer a bright blue with wisps of smoke coalescing around his body. The smoke grew though, shining brighter as what looked like long serpentine scales coiled around his body before blooming out with what could be described as a 'dull roar' of a mighty beast echoing in the air. Everyone watched as a gentle blue mist still swirled around Izuku, who now took another deep breath, looking at the grip tester and, with no hesitation, squeezed it as tightly as he could.

Everyone could hear the tester's metal squeaking under the pressure as Izuku held it, staining to not fall apart under the boy's grip as what felt like the longest ten seconds finally ended with a wobbly 'ding' noise. Aizawa looked at the score pad in his hand as he could hear the grip test fall apart as soon as the boy released it. Upon finding his latest score, the tired teacher took a deep sigh, muttering something under his breath that Izuku couldn't quite hear, but what he did hear was his results.

"Nine hundred and ninety-seven point six kilograms."

Silence hung in the air for a brief moment as the number processed in everyone's mind before a collective 'WHAT?!' filled the air, as well as few other choice words, even a 'manly' was heard amongst the noise before Aizawa quickly turned his head and activated his quirk to silence them.

Not far from Izuku, who was walking off to stretch as he waited for the next set of tests, Ochako had her mouth open in shock to hear how well the green-boy had done. Sure, the first test was nothing to sneeze at, but when he started to glow blue and then practically crushed the grip tester, she didn't know what to make out of that.

Ochako turned towards Tsuyu, who had been standing beside her about to try her hand at the grip test, "Did you see that, Tsu? He crushed it like All Might would crush a car!" She beamed to her froggie friend, though her excitement slowly faded as she noticed Tsuyu was staring blankly at Izuku. Her already dark beady eyes had shrunken down to almost pinpricks as Tsuyu's gaze continued to watch the boy. However, that ended as a slight shake of her shoulder snapped her out of her daze, and a squeaky 'kero' came out of her throat.

Both girls were blushing, Ochako more so, and after a tense few moments, finally spoke, "Y-you alright, Tsu?"

Though the frog girl's face remained as stoic as ever, the dusting of pink on her cheeks quickly gave away her embarrassment, "I'm fine, kero, let's just finish our tests." Tsuyu said with a finality in her voice, which Ochako silently nodded at, both focusing back onto the grip tests.

"Infinity," called out Aizawa as he held up the counter. Most of the class gave a collective gasp and a few cheers while Ochako blushed and rubbed the back of her head before jogging back off towards the group. As she did, Izuku had already been walking towards the circle with the same expression he had throughout most of the tests, though his cheeks were a little red since the side-step test took a bit out of him.

As Izuku stood in the circle, Aizawa tossed a ball to him, "Now," began the teacher with his stern tone of voice, "No baseline for this one, I want you to give it your ALL, if you hold back, I will expel you."

Izuku stared at his teacher, who was also staring back at him. The air was so tense between the two that you could cut it with a knife as they looked at one another in silence, finally though, Izuku gave a small nod and replied with an 'Understood, sir.'

The green-haired boy looked down to the ball, tossing it in the air a few times before taking a slow and steady breath in. As he exhaled, the blue serpentine mist swirled around him again before blooming out, and the dull roar echoed in the air; the power radiating off of him forced Aizawa to grab his capture scarf, many of the students watching the spectacle also taking a step back, except for a couple of obvious exceptions. Izuku was still silent as he took another breath in, winding his arm into position.

Closing his eyes for a moment, Izuku slowly frowned before opening his eyes again; the 'aloof' expression he had been making the entire testing day morphed into a scowl as he shouted, throwing the ball as hard as he could. As it soared into the air, Izuku looked up to the ball and brought himself into another stance, the blue mist beginning to solidify around him as he shouted, "MIRAGE DIVE!".

As the words left his lips, the dull roar echoed out once again as a beam of light shot out from the green-haired boy's 'mist.' As it did, the shaft morphed into a serpentine body with large glowing wings and chased after the ball, roaring as it did before catching up with the small projectile and pushed it further and at more incredible speed.

Both students and teacher watched as the literal dragon of light soon faded out of sight, and the ball descended to the ground with a visible puff of dirt at the impact. Izuku was panting gently, catching his breath from all the shouting as he heard the ding of Aizawa's measurement device go off; without turning his head, he asked, "How did I do, sir?"

The tired teacher looked at his device, noting it down on his scorepad before looking up to Izuku;. However, his lips were hidden in his scarf, the boy could hear the small smirk in the man's tone of voice, "Two thousand, four hundred and sixty-nine meters."

Izuku gave off a small huff of a chuckle before the sound of an explosion rang out from the cluster of students followed by the scream of one Katsuki Bakugo, "DEEEEEKKKUUUU, YOU BASTARD!"

As if on instinct, Izuku spun himself towards his attacker, his right hand reaching out in the spin towards Aizawa as the lance the teacher was still holding onto yanked itself away and into the boy's waiting grasp, twirling it once before he fully faced his would-be attacker. As he looked upon Bakugo speeding towards him in a cascade of explosions, the blue mist that was still coalescing around him suddenly turned blood red, and Izuku's typically emerald left eye began to glow bright with a similar shade of red.

The presence that Izuku was giving off gave Bakugo pause, skipping to a halt on the gravel. Though he was stopped, he held his hands up threateningly as small explosions kept popping out of his palms as both boys stared down one another. Bakugo's red pupils transfixed onto Izuku's one emerald and one glowing bright red eye, gritting his teeth as the pressure the blonde boy felt was keeping him rooted in place.

Even Aizawa was having an issue standing near Izuku. The pressure the green-haired student gave made it hard for even the veteran underground hero to breathe. The teacher watched Izuku's hand gripped the shaft of the lance tighter. However, it was off to the side and not pointed directly at his attacker; Aizawa knew that with one twist of his body and thrust with his hand, Bakugo could easily be skewered like a shish-ka-bob. When Izuku's lips curled into a snarl, and the tired teacher could hear some kind of 'unnatural and guttural' growl escape the boy's lips, Aizawa activated his quirk first on Izuku, but seeing as nothing changed on the boy, he shifted his gaze over to Bakugo, flinging his capture scarf out and securing him.

"Midoriya. Bakugo. Stand down, or you both will be expelled."

Bakugo kept struggling slightly, his mouth covered, so any words he was shouting were muffled, but eventually stopped trying to escape. Meanwhile, Izuku relaxed his stance and the blood-red mist soon dissipated to blue before vanishing completely; as it did, his left eye soon returned to normal and let out a heavy sigh.

Pulling the bound blonde closer to him, Aizawa deactivated his quirk and looked to Izuku, frowning at him, "While I understand you were responding to a threat Midoriya, never take a surrendered weapon from me or any teacher again. Do I make myself clear?"

Izuku looked to his teacher, the 'aloof' look back once again, "Crystal, sir."

"Good, now go tell the others that the results for the tests are on the display screen outside of the change rooms; if they ask if anyone is getting expelled, explain to them that it was a 'logical ruse' to motivate them. Then to report to the classroom for their syllabus' before having the rest of the day off. I need to speak with Bakugo in private."

Izuku nodded to his teacher as Aizawa pulled Bakugo with him, the blonde-haired boy snarling at Izuku as he was led off. Watching the two leave, the rest of the class soon rushed towards him, a few of them with worried looks and keeping themselves back from the green-haired boy. Still, a few others with Momo, Jiro, Yuga, and Mina were leading the pack.

"Izuku!" Momo called to him, which caught his attention, and turned towards her, placing the lance onto his back, "Izuku, are you ok? What on earth did you do?" Momo continued as she got close, looking him over before staring at his eyes, mainly his left one.

"When Bakugo decided to charge at me, with my "Blood of the Dragon" ability activated, I was able to shift it into a more powerful form called "Eye of the Dragon." Using its presence to halt him in his attack and allow our teacher to subdue him." Izuku answered with his monotone voice as Momo looked over him, her hand on his cheek and chin, turning him left and right as if to check over something, "Is something the matter, Momo? I am not exactly fond of this."

After turning his head back to face her, Momo realized what she was doing and quickly let go, backing up a little and blushing heavily, much to the snickers of Mina and Jiro behind her, "I'm sorry Izuku, but when you did that ability, your left eye was glowing bright red as well! It was worrisome."

"My left eye turned red?" Asked the boy with a tilt of his head, looking at Mina and Jiro, who nodded their heads in agreement with Momo.

"Oui! It was shining like the most dazzling Ruby!" Yuga exclaimed loudly, making Izuku turn his head to him, raising an eyebrow and bringing his gauntleted hand to his chin, thinking upon his friends' words and claims.

"Interesting, something to note for later." Izuku rubbed his chain; as he did so, his body simmered for a moment before exploding into a burst of sparkles, his clothes and hair returning to normal. However, the change caused those who hadn't seen it before to jump back in surprise, which startled Izuku as well, "W-what's wrong?"

"Dude! How did you do that?" asked the blonde boy with the black streak, who was followed closely by a boy with odd-looking elbows and Kirishima. Izuku blinked, looking confused for a moment before gasping lightly and blushing, rubbing the back of his head with a soft chuckle.

"O-Oh? You mean the whole sparkling lights and changing outfits thing? My quirk i-is called 'Manifest' and… I can kinda… sorta... " Izuku began to press his index fingers together, trying to find a good explanation of him switching between the different kits. Though what he heard next, he knew he would never let down, mostly since Mina was present.

"The cool armor and weapon, right?" the blonde body smirks and leans back on his heel, "It's pretty damn cool, though admittedly, it could be seen kinda girly."

"G-girly?!"

"Dude, totally! Not to knock your quirk, but allowing you to change into different outfits and give you awesome powers… that's pretty much something out of a 'Magical Girl' show!" the boy beamed, though everyone else was simply staring at him. Though after a few moments, Mina began to smile, Kyoka was doing her best to not bust out in laughter along with Kirishima and the odd elbowed boy, Momo looked confused when it came to the comparison and poor Izuku?

The poor boy's face paled a ghostly white, his mind racing with thoughts to try and disprove such a notion, but as he processed it in his mind, one thing was adamantly clear.

His new classmate was right. His blessing WAS like something from a magical girl anime. Izuku collapsed onto his hands and knees, muttering up a storm, which kinda freaked out some of his classmates. Still, it was Kyoka to the rescue once again as she jabbed the green-haired boy in the sides with her jacks, "Enough of that, Green! You were acting all 'high and mighty' a few moments ago, and now you're going back into your shell, stop it!"

As Izuku groaned from the jabs and slowly began to pick himself up, with the aid of Tenya and Momo, the odd elbowed boy snapped his fingers, "Yea! I was curious about that." He looked to the still-recovering Izuku, "What's the whole deal when you, well, 'transform' for the lack of a better term into the different armor and weapons. No offense, but up until that point where you were jumping like a maniac, you were giving off this whole timid but friendly attitude."

Once he finished dusting himself off, Izuku looked to the curious boy, "W-well… when I shift into my 'kits,' it's what I call them, certain aspects of my personality traits kinda get… rearranged, I guess is the best description."

"That's pretty funky, not going to lie, but the way you blew some of those tests out of the water was MANLY!" exclaimed Kirishima, who had made his way towards Izuku and grabbed his shoulders, shaking the poor boy, "We totally gotta work out at some point! I can tell you must have an intense routine already!"

"Kiri! Stop shaking him, or you'll break him!" Mina pouted and attempted to free her timid friend from her excited friend. Kirishima stopped shaking Izuku and released him, chuckling out an apology. It was then that he introduced himself to Izuku, as well as the blonde-haired boy and the one with the odd elbows, Denki Kaminari and Hanta Sero, respectfully.

Just as Izuku was about to ask them about their own quirks, Momo had gently tapped his shoulder and got his attention, "Izuku, I'm sorry for bugging you, but what did Mister Aizawa say before he left with Bakugo?"

Izuku blinked for a few moments before that familiar blush dusted across his cheeks as he chuckled and rubbed the back of his head, "R-right, thank you for reminding me, Momo." He turned his attention back to the others, clearing his throat, and took a deep breath.

'O.k. you got this Izuku, just like Mr. Yagi and the dean taught you.'

"Everyone!" shouted Izuku, his voice wavering a bit, and he could feel his nerves beginning to get the better of him with everyone's eyes upon him; he gulped silently before continuing, "Mr. Aizawa said that our results are on the Display screen outside of the change rooms, A-and that no one is going to be expelled because it was… um… a-a "logical ruse to make sure we drove ourselves to do our best." As everyone gave a collective sigh when he said that, Izuku internally beamed, thinking maybe this public speech thing wasn't so hard.

"Our syllabus' are in the homeroom for us to take after we change, and then we have the afternoon off!" He finished, and once again, all the other students cheered and began to head towards the change rooms. Just as Izuku was about to head there himself, he was stopped when he felt a firm hand on his shoulder. Turning his head to see who had stopped him, the smile he had faltered slightly but still remained, "Oh, Mina! I-is something wrong?"

Izuku asked this as his usually smiling pink-skinned friend gave him a stern pout, indicating something was wrong. He watched Mina point towards Tsuyu and Ochako, and he raised his eyebrow at her, "You were staring too much at Tsuyu during the first test we did, and it spooked poor Ochako! Now you go march over there and apologize, mister!"

"B-but I wasn't… I didn't mean… I w-was only-"

"I know, Midori…" Mina said with a gentle but exasperated sigh, "I know you didn't mean any harm by it, and I explained it to Ochako, but as we told you before, some people WILL get creeped out by you analyzing them like that. So go apologize, and maybe after we all move into the dorms, you can sit down and do your 'million questions about quirks' thing with them." She smiled at Izuku, who now sported his own pout, and looked away, mumbling out an 'I don't ask that many questions.'. She gently nudged him forward, indicating for him to go, which he began to jog towards the two girls, calling to them to get their attention.

Mina watched as he began to speak to them, obviously flustered and bowing down in apology to them. Her mind was on other thoughts as she began to head her own way towards the change rooms.

She definitely needed to move that beach trip sooner than later.

Meanwhile, having caught up to the two girls, Izuku was currently bowing towards them, hastily trying to explain himself, not hearing Ochako or Tsuyu calling out his name. That was until he felt a flick on his head that caused him to stand back up, grunting a little in pain.

"About time we got your attention, Kero." Tsuyu said with her usual tone of voice, "Now, try and explain slowly. We couldn't understand a word you were saying when you were bent over."

"R-Right, well… as I was saying, I-i wanted to apologize for staring too much earlier. Mina m-mentioned it to me just now and h-how I made Uraraka upset."

"Well," Ochako said, crossing her arms over her chest, "She did say why you were doing it and told me to give you the benefit of the doubt."

Tsuyu looked first to Ochako, then her gaze went back to Izuku, "Why were you staring at me then, kero? I may be used to such things, but I would like the honest truth."

Izuku blushed gently, tapping his index fingers together a few moments, before taking a slow but steady breath, "S-since I was little, I've always been fascinated by quirks… like how they worked or how the human body had to adapt to them. As I got older, it became such an interest for me that I began to analyze quirks in-depth… it had its drawbacks, however, as I tended to m-mutter to myself and hyper-focus on one particular person."

The two girls nodded and waited for him to continue, "My quirk, 'Manifest,' also… p-plays a part in it. Because I am a late-bloomer, sometimes one person will take up my entire focus due to a ... erm... let's say "pull" I get and cannot stop focusing on them and their quirk." Izuku looked to Tsuyu, who tilted her head when his gaze met hers, "I-it's thanks to Asui here that I was able to unlock a new 'kit' for my quirk... The one you saw today, which is called 'Dragoon.'"

After his explanation, both girls simply stared at the boy, Ochako blinking in surprise while also now fully understanding what Mina had meant and smiled sweetly at him. Tsuyu, on the other hand, had placed a finger on her chin, thinking for a moment before staring directly into Izuku's eyes to see if he was earnest, "You say that because of my quirk, which is simply me having the abilities of a frog, allowed you to become that powerful 'Dragoon' person?"

"'Simply having'? Asui, your quirk is amazing!" Izuku said with no hesitation, moving a little closer to her and locking his gaze with hers, "You were able to toss the ball with just the strength of your tongue and got an amazing score, not only that but how far you can leap, jump and glide shows just how much hard work you must have put in to get into UA!" The green-haired boy smiled brightly at the frog girl, whose cheeks had a small dusting of pink across them. Seeing this, however, Izuku's own face began to turn red, and he back off, chuckling nervously, "S-Sorry about that, but like I said, quirks really fascinate me."

Tsuyu stared at Izuku for a moment, her cheeks returning to their usual color as she spoke, "Midoriya, I tend to speak my mind, so I am going to start off to say that staring at people for too long may give them the wrong impression and be a little creepy, kero." spoke the frog girl, watching Izuku gently slump forward.

"However, I can tell you are a good person at heart, and it's part of your quirk that you may not be able to help with. Much like myself when I was younger with my croaks, people would find them odd."

"Why? To be honest, your little ribbits are pretty cute to me and just another interesting aspect of who you are."

Both girls blinked, staring at Izuku, who tilted his head in confusion as he didn't realize what he just admitted. The blush of Tsuyu's returned with a vengeance, while in Ochako's mind, she couldn't help but think back to what Mina had told her about Izuku being an accidental flirt. After a few moments of silence, and Izuku still looking unaware of what he said, Tsuyu cleared her throat.

"Kero, thank you… regardless, I accept your apology Midoriya, and please call my Tsu as I would like all my friends to do so."

"Y-your welcome, As-Tsu! Ehehe… sorry, it may take me a while to adjust to that." Izuku chuckled gently, "You can call me Izuku as well since you're allowing me to call you Tsu." He then looked to Ochako, who had been silently watching the two. He smiled at her, and she politely returned it, "And you can too, U-uraraka, if you want, of course."

"Of course! And you can call me Ochako; I mean, you did save my life and heal me during the exam after all." She beamed a smile as well, causing both Tsuyu and Izuku to squint slightly from how bright it was. A soft gasp coming from the brunette refocused the two, "Oh yea! You promised to explain your quirk with Iida, Aoyama, and me, but you were rushed off before you could."

Izuku rubbed the back of his head, "Y-yea, and I plan to keep that promise, but perhaps when w-we all move into the dorms proper, I'd be glad to go over it with you three, and T-tsu as well, if you're interested."

"Sure, kero, after all, I want to know how I helped unlock that 'Dragoon' thing for you." Tsuyu spoke as she began to walk away from Izuku and Ochako, "But let's go see our results first, then make plans, kero."

Both teenagers looked to one another, nodded, and followed their new froggy friend.

"So! Did he apologize properly?" Mina asked after pulling down her shirt over her head, smoothing it out the casual black t-shirt with the neon rainbow text of 'ACID' across her chest; she was looking at Tsuyu and Ochako, who was in the middle taking off their gym shirts, her black sclera eyes taking in lovely views of both girls quickly before quickly looking up at their faces.

With her back turned towards the others, Tsuyu had reached into her locker for her regular shirt, then looked to Mina, "He did, Kero, even gave a small explanation that I helped him 'unlock,' I guess would be the correct term, that Dragoon thing."

"Apologize?" Momo asked as she walked back from the sinks to make sure her ponytail was redone correctly after changing out from the gym uniform.

Mina turned her head to Momo, her arms crossed over her chest, and sighs, "Yea, Midori was doing his 'analysis' thing again on Tsuyu and freaked out Ochako when he was staring."

"Ah." was all Momo had said, sighing gently to herself. She had been trying to help Izuku break that little habit of his ever since they first met, but it was so ingrained that it was proving difficult. Though admittedly, Momo did find another aspect of Izuku cute in a way, especially with how excited he got when he discussed the quirks he saw or observed.

"He kinda scares me." spoke Tooru as she was tying up the shoelaces of her sneakers, "Not to be rude or anything, but the way his quirk works and changes his personality like that, plus how that power around him made him feel so intimidating." The invisible girl shivered slightly, which Mina went directly towards her and gave the poor girl a gentle hug.

" I can understand that really I do, but Midori is such a sweetheart!" Mina spoke as she 'looked' at the quivering girl, "And even I was a little frightened when those weird mist things swirling around him appeared, but I can say with one hundred percent that Midori is an awesome guy, though a little dense at times." the pink-skinned girl beamed a smile, which seemed to calm down Toru somewhat.

"Still though, when his left eye was glowing red when that Bakugo tried to attack him, and that mist stuff turned red too, the pressure he was giving off…"

"Speaking of that," Kyoka spoke up, putting on her jacket with the band 'Deep Dope' stitched on the back, "What was that idiot's beef with Green, anyway? Who just attacks someone randomly like that?"

"I don't think it was random." Tsuyu spoke up, fixing up her light green skirt and standing up to face the other girls, "Throughout the tests, Bakugo kept staring and watching Izuku, always with a frown or a snarl whenever he was beaten by him, kero. That and the odd nickname of "Deku" would suggest they know each other previously, Also…" the frog girl looked to Kyoka, who raised an eyebrow at the sudden attention, "He also knew what Bakugo's quirk was before he tossed the ball, and how loud they were when he covered your ears to protect you. That would also suggest they knew each other before UA and that Izuku already analyzed him."

As the girls all looked to one another, taking in the words of the green-haired girl as she continued, "What the nature of their relationship is, I don't want to assume the worst… but I can bet it was very negative." She looked towards Mina, Kyoka, and Momo then, "You three have known Izuku longer than the rest of us. Has he ever mentioned Bakugo before?"

"No, in fact, he usually avoids talking much about his past, at least when I've asked him." Mina said, looking at Kyoka, who nodded her head in agreement; they both turned to Momo, "You knew him longer than us, Momo… did you ever ask him anything about his old schools or friends?"

Momo rose a hand up to her chest, thinking for a moment, "Well, I've only known him for a little less than a year. There was one time another of our group, Setsuna, had asked about any other friends Izuku had aside from myself and her at the time, to know if they enjoyed talking about quirks as well and perhaps meeting up…" Momo's face slowly saddened at the memory, all the girls catching on that something was off, "He looked so down and distant then, his eyes were almost glazed over and since then we never brought it up."

Now with the mood in the room ruined by that revelation, as well as the implications in regards to how Bakugo reacted, the silence was interrupted by the loud shutting of Kyoka's locker door that rattled within the small room, the purple-haired rocker turned towards the group, more specifically Toru, "Look, trust us when we say that while Green's personality can take a different turn at times, he's generally a good guy that often doesn't know what he's saying most of the time."

"W-what do you mean 'doesn't know what he's saying most of the time'?" asked the invisible girl, looking between her and the other two that knew the boy more. Mina giggled gently at what Kyoka was referring to, while Momo gently blushed and continued to get dressed. Ochako, Toru, and Tsuyu merely blinked, confused, until the auburn-haired girl gasped and then giggled gently.

"Ooooh, I get it!" Ochako said, "Mina told me about this, and sure enough, you were right!"

"Oh. My. God!" Kyoka groaned, and her head rested against the locker door again; Toru jumped when the loud bang from the metal echoed.

"What? What was Mina right about?" asked the invisible girl, feeling the bench she was on shift slightly as Ochako went to sit beside her. If one could see her, they would see that Toru had her head tilted in confusion because of the smile beaming off of Ochako.

"So, Mina mentioned to me that Izuku was an 'accidental flirt,' and when he was talking to Tsu and me earlier, he complimented the ribbits she made and called them cute and said, 'they were just another interesting aspect of who you are.'. And oh my gosh, he said it with such a straight face and clearly didn't realize what he did!" Ochako bounced in excitement, joined in by Mina and Toru, who cooed and joined in the bouncing.

"You know, if I already didn't know him and how dense he can be when it comes to romance, I'd swear he was doing it on purpose and trying to sweep every girl he meets off of their feet," Kyoka grumbled loudly, sighing with exasperation in regards to how dense the green bean she was friends with could be. The locker room erupted into loud giggles at her comment but was thoroughly silenced with what was said next.

"I wouldn't mind that, kero."

All the girls looked at the green-haired frog girl with eyes widened in shock; she returned their gazes with her own emotionless one, "While he may have done it by accident, I could tell he was honest with what he said about me and my ribbits, kero. Izuku, while timid at times, can be very passionate about what he loves. Though his personality does change when he switches into this different 'kits' of his, from what we witnessed today to how Ochako spoke about him and his actions during the entrance exam to me, he's clearly much more than just timid… which is cute in its own way, kero."

Tsuyu picked up her bag and shut her locker door before turning back to look at her fellow classmates, "When he used that 'blood of the dragon' ability for the first time, the blue one, I could feel a powerful presence off of him but one that seemed to be protective in a way as well. While he may analyze quirks, he sees them as another aspect of a person, instead of defining them like many people do nowadays. I don't think I need to explain how often I've been looked down upon due to my mutation. Still, Izuku didn't see me as the person mutated by her quirk… he saw me as a person, kero, plain and simple, even called my ribbit's cute." Tsuyu blushed gently as the others kept listening to the girl speak her mind.

"While I am clearly not going to pursue anything romantic as of yet, considering this IS the first day of university, I am going to get to know him better, see where this all leads too." Tsuyu continued while looking over the girls before her, " And, if I am going to be honest, which I tend to do, kero." The frog girl giggled low in her throat that sounded like a bunch of little ribbits, "For someone, we assume to have gone through a very rough life, with people like Bakugo around to try and keep putting him down, and yet still comes out looking on the brighter side of life… well, kero, that's very attractive to me." With that, the frog girl turned around and headed towards the door of the locker room, stopping suddenly as she gripped the door handle, turning her head back, "It also helps that he has a cute butt, kero kero." and quickly opened and shut the door behind her.

The rest of the girls looked flabbergasted at the now-closed door until Mina cleared her throat to snap everyone out of their collective shock, "W-well, she's not wrong about how Midori with that last part… if he's had to deal with Bakugo for most of his life, how Izuku acts all timid makes total sense now, plus the fact that he still comes out as strong and passionate as he does despite all that crap is admirable."

The collective agreements echoed from all the girls as they began to grab their own bags, shut their locker doors, and head out. Kyoka stopped in her tracks to see that Momo was simply staring into her locker; she walked over to the heiress and lightly tapped her bare shoulder with a jack, "Earth to Momo, You there?"

Momo gasped and jumped a little, blushing slightly and turned toward the punk rocker. She gave a soft smile while calming down, "Y-yes, my apologies Kyoka… just something on my mind at the moment, but we can talk about it later, alright?"

Kyoka stared at Momo for a few moments, then sighed and nodded, "Alright, but hurry up, or else you'll be left behind… I'll wait for you outside the door, so we can walk back to class together."

"Of course, thank you, Kyoka."

And thus, Kyoka left the room, and once Momo was sure she was alone, she sighed heavily, resting her head against the locker door. After hearing Tsuyu confess about liking Izuku and how after one day knowing him, the frog girl had figured out so much about him that Momo had missed, and she knew him for a longer set of time!

She was disgusted at herself for not seeing the signs or putting two and two together, but now she also felt slight heartache for how much he must've suffered. She was supposed to be training to be a hero, and yet she couldn't tell that one of her closest friends was hurting!

What hurts worse yet was that now another girl was going to attempt to claim Izuku for herself. Someone was going to try and take HER knight.

'Well...' Momo thought, closing the locker door with her school bag in one hand.

'Two can play at that game.'

Here are the results of the QAT for those interested:

1. Momo Yaoyorozu

2. Izuku Midoriya

3. Shoto Toderoki

4. Tenya Iida

5. Katsuki Bakugo

6. Fumikage Tokoyami

7. Mezo Shoji

8. Eijiro Kirishima

9. Mina Ashido

10. Ochako Uraraka

11. Tsuyu Asui

12. Koji Koda

13. Rikido Sato

14. Mashirao Ojiro

15. Yuga Aoyama

16. Hanta Sero

17. Kyoka Jiro

18. Denki Kaminari

19. Toru Hagakure

20. Minoru Mineta