Hello all! It's Chapter 11 and 12 of Bearer of the Light!

So yea, was a little late on this one, sorry... and honestly, I had to ultimately split the chapter into two because of how big it go (seriously 20+ pages X_X), So enjoy

Now for the Reviews! (old to new on FFN):

Silvanium: Without spoiling too much: Yes, but also no (?)... it will be revealed a little later in the story. And I'll be honest, I COMPLETELY forgot about the Legacy Mark from the game, but it is not that. Think of an image of a crystal shard with 17 faces that make up the said image.

Guest: Well here's a new one! enjoy!

AnimeFan13579: Here's the thing after I wrote the tattoo scene, I learned that it's a big social NO in Japan. Like if your a foreigner and have a tattoo, you'd be barred from entering bathhouses and stuff.

It's due to the fact that a lot of the Yakuza have Tattoos, so it's got its stigmatism there. But this is just another hurdle for our dear green bean.

Xero LotCN: Yep, poor Jiro... stuck between softness and hard as rock muscle... granted I don't think she'd mind.

I'm probably going to skip over the lunch reveal for now, but it will come back to bite Izuku on the butt later. And who said Inko wasn't scary in canon either? If she had trained her quirk even a little, good lord she could easily bring down many a foe with just a pull of a nerve.

The 'lifting the fridge' over the head was based upon a comic someone did where Kyoka's phone was kicked under the dorm's fridge and while they were trying to figure out who to call, Izuku just deadlifted it.

Mina is not going to share those photos as of yet, a personal treasure for her. And the tattoo, as revealed in this chapter is more than meets the eye ;)

draculyn28: Thank you, and hello!

Coleptera: Thank you kindly, and I hope you enjoy this new chapter.

Anyway, enjoy the story, leave a comment or review on how I can improve it... you guys know the drill!

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to My Hero Academia and Final Fantasy XIV, they belong to their copyright holders.

Chapter 11

Calm before the storm

Another dream, another sleepless night.

To say that these were becoming a common occurrence over the last few days would be an understatement. Initially, they were nothing but little whispers of words, and vague images sped through Izuku's mind that had begun on the first night of sleeping at UA. His lack of sleep for the first couple of days was chalked up to simply be from exhaustion caused by the move, as well as the excitement of starting his education at the university.

However, as the days progressed, the dreams grew in strength, leaving Izuku's mood a little less than stellar. Both Saturday and Sunday were tough since it was the two days that the others would be moving in. Because of his show of strength with the fridge on Friday, his mother had him 'volunteer' to help his new classmates move into their room.

The look in her eye as she said this was probably a punishment for the new tattoo on his back. After everyone had headed home on Friday, he had gone straight to Recovery Girl with Inko to figure out what the deal was with the mysterious inkings. Izuku explained as best as he could to the older woman what he and his mother had been told by the boys of his class that his back was bare when they first changed before the assessment tests. But when they had changed afterward, the mysterious image of the crystal and symbols were just there.

With some examinations and a few tests, Recovery Girl had told them that it wasn't an actual tattoo, much to both parent and child's relief, but some sort of 'effect' of his quirk. As to why this had happened now all of a sudden, she couldn't give them a proper explanation but deemed it wasn't adversely affecting Izuku's health, so it shouldn't be anything to worry about.

As Inko sighed again in relief, Izuku, though, was staring hard at the older medical professional for a few moments. The usual wide-eyed expression of his eyes now gave a sharper look to them as he studied how Recovery Gril acted and spoke; ever since the incident after the entrance exam, he would be on the lookout for any signs she was hiding more than she let on.

Their eyes met for just a moment, and the ordinarily stoic woman's eyes quickly looked away, causing Izuku to squint suspiciously. Eventually, Izuku sighed and slowly got up, thanking Recovery Girl for her assistance and heading back to the dorms with his mother to further get things ready for the weekend and the antics that would surely arise then.

If only he knew.

The general moving-in throughout Saturday and Sunday wasn't hard, especially with Izuku there to help. But considering a lot of the things some people had brought with them, the green-haired boy was glad he took his mother's advice and placed a good portion of his All Might merchandise within boxes and safely hidden in a closet within his mother's private dorm room (which was almost an entire floor to herself).

The first student to show up was the ever quiet Shoto Todoroki. The bi-colored hair boy seemed to have little when it came to personal belongings from what Izuku could gather with a couple of boxes that were carried in. What struck as odd was the large number of tatami mats that the movers were bringing up the boy's room, and then once they were gone, Izuku had not seen or heard from Shoto for the rest of the day.

The next to show up was Momo, driving up the main building in her family's limousine, which was normal for her, but what was odd was that there were three limousines there. Still, Izuku's curiosity was sated when he saw all of his female classmates exit out of the car, followed by another limousine revealing their mother's and the last, of course, was the father's.

Inko had already made it outside to meet the parents and the girls, bowing to them and introducing herself. As the 'dorm mother' was busy talking with the parents, Izuku had come out of the building to greet his friends and new classmates.

As he got closer to the group of the girls, Momo was the first to point out the beginning of dark circles under his eyes and asked him in her usual concerned tone if he was alright. Izuku politely denied the allegation, waving it off with the same reasoning as it had been for the last few days. Momo, of course, gave him a deadpanned look, along with Mina and Kyoka.

From there, more of their classmates had begun to arrive along with the moving trucks that held their belongings. Thankfully, Izuku wasn't alone in helping to bring in the bulky items as some of the others had helped carry in the larger items, much to Izuku's joy, considering some people clearly overthought what to bring.

Case in point, Momo had decided to bring her rather large and extravagant bed from her home. And while the bedframe was easy to set up since it was already in pieces, the difficult part was now how to bring in the rest of her furnishings. Apparently, much to the embarrassment of the heiress in question, she had not adequately measured the dorm room's size compared to her bed.

At most, the rooms themselves could at least hold a queen-sized bed, big enough to allow a dresser and perhaps a shelf. Momo's regular bed was apparently bigger than that; the official name for her bed's size was "California King," and the dorm room could barely fit the frame, let alone trying to get the box spring in without damaging it.

Thankfully, there was a solution, as the top floor of the dorm house where Inko's private living area was had one spare room that was a little bigger than most others. Initially, this was something that Inko had requested so she could have Izuku be in the bigger dorm room; however, her son thought it would be better if he had one of the regular rooms so that he wouldn't feel like he was getting better treatment than the others just because the 'dorm mother' was his mother.

Of course, there was a bit of an argument, which devolved into Inko crying waterfalls, thinking that her 'baby boy' was trying to leave her already and was growing up too fast. Izuku had calmed her down and explained his reasons as well as convincing her. Thankfully this had happened as now Momo had taken up the residence beside Inko and had a larger room for her belongings.

Of course, it had taken almost five hours to get the mattress and the box spring into the room, as the door was still too small for the box spring at least, so using Ochako's and Sato's quirks combined, they were able to gently float the box spring up to the bedroom balcony and use the larger doors there to bring it in.

As the last class member moved in on Sunday, which was Bakugo, and he snarled at anyone who had tried to help him, the rest of the day had gone smoothly, with most of the students finally doing a proper meet and greet.

The only ones that had declined or outright refused to participate were, of course, Bakugo, Todoroki, and surprisingly Izuku. The first two were obvious. Bakugo's personality was less than desirable, plus the fact that many of the girls who were friends with Izuku didn't want anything to do with him. While Todoroki hadn't been outwardly negative for anyone, the boy's cold personality was a bit of a turn-off. However, some people had tried to speak with him, but only to receive a greeting and nothing more.

Izuku, on the other hand, was just so tired by the end of dinner that he had nearly passed out while he was finishing up his meal. Of course, he waved it off as his mother, Momo, and a few others of his class had asked him if he was alright, believing he shouldn't have to worry them with his troubles. After dinner, he excused himself to get some kind of sleep and was thankful that his dorm room was only on the second floor as he trudged up the stairs.

After getting himself ready for bed and sliding himself under the covers, Izuku sighed as he looked up to the ceiling of his dorm room. It had taken a few days, but the realization of where he was finally had kicked in; he made it to UA and was going to become a hero like he always dreamed of.

And despite the lack of sleep, the moving in, and helping the others move in, Izuku smiled gently to himself, thankful that for once in his life, something had gone right. Sure, it had taken pain, sweat, and some tears…. O.k. a LOT of tears… But ever since he felt the warmth of Hydaelyn's blessing 'that' day, everything just seemed to get better and better.

Gently closing his eyes, his mind began to drift off with the last thoughts of excitement for tomorrow was the first official day of university, the next to become the best hero he could be.

He just hoped that he would finally get some rest.

Izuku finally admitted it to himself. The universe hated him.

The green-haired boy huffed in annoyance and irritability at his desk with his head covered by his arms. The dreams, or rather nightmares, had returned full force once again. But this time, the images were vivid, almost like memories considering he saw it through a first-person perspective.

Flashes of battlefields with alien technology that walked on two legs and a cannon that fired out of a mechanical maw into crowds of soldiers as a great beast of a dragon exploded out of some kind of sphere-like prison and utterly decimated by the wyrm. Other parts of the nightmares revealed other fantastical creatures with human-like features of wielding the elements of fire, wind, and earth to devastating effect. Every scene flashing before his eyes were horrible visions with the screams of people dying all around him until he woke up with a start, sitting up in a deep sweat and panting heavily before collapsing back into his bed, only for his alarm clock to go off.

It also didn't help that the morning classes were all the standard ones needed in university, things like math and modern literature, which were taught by the pro heroes Ectoplasm and Cementoss respectfully. Under normal circumstances, Izuku would have been thrilled to be taught by such great heroes. However, he hadn't taken into account their speaking mannerisms, which he almost passed out due to how tired he was.

Modern Hero Art class was also another annoyance to the green-haired teen today, as Midnight as being… well Midnight, which wasn't all too great considering how she was basically referring to Izuku as "Aizawa Jr." from how grumpy and tired he looked.

English with Present Mic was pure hell for the most part. While a decent teacher of the language in his own right, often Present Mic would use his quirk while he talked, projecting his voice louder and louder and causing the already painful headache Izuku had to increase in intensity. Though, in the back of his mind, he did wonder how Kyoka was dealing with it, considering her amplified sense of hearing.

Lunchtime was nothing extraordinary. After grabbing his tray, Izuku made his way outside to eat by himself, missing Kyoka and Mina stopping Momo from trying to follow him.

Once outside, Izuku sighed in relief from the university's courtyard's gentle quietness to be precisely what he needed. As he began to eat today's dish of ramen with extra pork, his mind began to go over the constant images and sounds that had been running through his mind all throughout the last week.

It was apparent it was somehow tied to his 'blessing'. He knew that after the second night. The sense of deja vu was constant throughout the visions as if Izuku had previously experienced the harrowing events first hand. The green-haired boy was at a loss as to what to do about the situation. He couldn't exactly tell any of his friends or his mother since they didn't honestly know how his powers worked. He had thought about talking to All Might, considering he knew more than the others, but that in of itself wouldn't amount to much. Nezu and Recovery Girl were his only real options, but he couldn't fully trust the elderly medical professional at the moment. She was hiding things about his abilities from him on purpose, like Verraise. Also, she knew more than she was letting on about with his tattoo, but with his mother with them at the time, he could let that one slide.

It was also how she looked at him at times, like looking upon an old friend long since past or some kind of trauma that happened because of or involved him. Izuku was curious about it, considering that in her detailed history that was public knowledge, she never met someone that looked like him. But then again, whatever was released to the public was just that. Some heroes would or could hide things from the press or use their influences to keep it out of the limelight, All Might did that with his injury, so it made sense if she had done so as well.

Nezu was just an enigma, whether it be asking him questions about his blessing or Hydaelyn in general, or just himself for that matter. Sure, the white-furred animal-like being did answer any questions Izuku had asked in the past. Still, the answers were always vague, either to have Izuku discover the solutions for himself or Nezu was holding back on the information for a later date, but not like Recovery Girl was, however.

His inner thoughts were interrupted by the bell ringing loudly in the air for the five-minute warning that lunch was ending. Izuku quickly finished gobbling up the rest of his meal and headed back inside to drop off his tray and utensils but then head to class.

He wished that the next teacher would be a little quieter.

Wishes were lies, and thinking they would come true is a fool's errand.

Izuku's somber mood that he had recovered during lunchtime came to a crashing halt when All Might slam the door to Class 1-A open and shouted out how he entered the room like a 'normal person'. With his headache now back in full force, not only from the entrance but the excitement that followed from his fellow classmates upon seeing the number one pro hero just left him staring with a glazed look at his desk.

He quietly listened to All Might quickly explain what their first heroics class would be and presented the students with their costume cases. Thankfully that had brought Izuku's mood up a bit.

Once inside the change room, Izuku opened up the case to his costume. He smiled fondly at the soft green fabric that laid within, remembering who had made it for him in support of his dreams.

As he began to pull off his shirt, a commotion happening further down from him caught his attention. What could be heard as arguing made Izuku turn his head towards the disturbance and check it out, for which he soon came upon Tenya berating Mineta about something. Once he got close enough to hear what the issue was, the usually calm green-headed boy's blood ran cold.

"I'm telling you, it's a gift from our seniors and past heroes in training!" squealed Mineta as he pointed to a small hole in the wall that normally would have been missed by almost anyone, but apparently, being at the height he was, Mineta had spotted it reasonably easily.

"And I'm telling you it is not only quite rude but also criminal to use such a vulgar thing, Mineta!"

The smaller boy waved his hand to blow off the warning Tenya had given him, "Fine, if you don't wanna use it, your loss, buddy. For me, it's hello sweet delights!" Mineta shouted while some of the other boys were shouting at him to not do it. No one had noticed the small flash of light until it was too late, as standing behind Mineta, Izuku was covered entirely in the knight armor of his Paladin kit with his arms crossed and his right leg blocking the part of the wall with the hole in it.

The helmet of the imposing figure tilted itself down and was staring at the diminutive boy, "Iida told you to don't do it."

"Or what? Y-y-you can't physically stop me, t-that would be an assault against another student!" Mineta spoke, trying to find the confidence to stand up to Izuku. Still, his knees were rattling together as Izuku raised his hands up to the helmet and took it off, placing it under his arm to stare hard at Mineta, who was now sweating bullets and looked more frightened.

A few of the boys stepped back once Izuku's face had been revealed. The baby-faced, usually smiling teenager's look was now more hardened, a scowl upon his lips as well as his ordinarily green eyes flickering between their typical emerald hue to a brighter red color. The armored covered boy soon knelt down and spoke slowly to Mineta, looking him square in his beady eyes.

"I can't stop you physically according to the university charter, but should a fellow 'classmate', and I use the term loosely to describe you right now, try and commit intentional acts of villainy, as a student within this great school to be trained as a hero. I will stop you."

An audible gulp came out of Mineta before he bolted out of the change room shrieking like a scared banshee, many of the boys dodging out of the way. Izuku merely rose to his feet before gripping his head gently, the headache deciding to make its presence known once again. As he groaned, shifting back to his casual clothes with a small flash of light, he felt someone grab hold of his arm to help steady him.

Izuku looked up to see Tenya beside him, a worried look upon his brow, "Midoriya, are you alright?"

"Y-Yea, I'm fine… just the headache and my lack of sleep caught up to me a little is all."

"Normally, I would make a comment that you should be getting proper rest, but you have been going to bed earlier than one should over the weekend. You think you would be alright for the exercise?" Tenya asked with a raised eyebrow; the caring nature within his voice's tone made Izuku smirk a bit, considering how alien it sounded when it was about him.

"I should be fine, gotta push through it. Plus ultra, right?"

Tenya's brow furrowed again and stared directly into Izuku's eyes to see if there was any falsehood. Finding none, he sighed, "Fine, but we should alert a teacher to the existence of this hole so it can be repaired while our class is going on."

Izuku nodded, and as he was about to respond, he felt a poke at his leg calf and looked down. Tenya, noticing him do so, also looked down to see what looked like an earphone jack tapping the greenette's leg, "Kyoka?"

Upon hearing her name, the appendage "looked" up to Izuku and shook itself up and down as if nodding to him. Izuku merely smirked at the action, "I'm guessing you heard the shouting?"

Another nod from the jack.

"If Momo is still in there with you, could you see if she could make something to block or stuff into the hole?"

The only response he got was the jack to poke his knee and "slither" back through the hole. Both boys chuckled at that before Tenya looked to Izuku, "Anyway, I am off to Gym Gamma. You should hurry and get dressed, Midoriya." and with that, he left.

Izuku blinked and looked down to himself, seeing as he had yet to even get started changing into his hero costume, and looking up, he noticed he was the only one left. He sighed and quickly began to strip, all the while thinking of why no one other than himself or Tenya had attempted to reprimand the purple pervert and the one person he thought who would have stepped in sooner hadn't.

That one thought alone further infuriated him with the darker connotations floating in his mind as to why Katsuki Bakugo had ignored the clearly villainous act.

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"Thank you for letting me know, young Iida, and also for young Midoriya's absence." All Might grinned with a thumbs up, the armor costumed teen nodding his head in acceptance, "Now, I shall make the call and see if Cementoss can fix the hole from the boy's side, pardon me for a moment."

As the number one hero walked off to pull out a cell phone and make a few calls, Tenya went over to where a small group of people consisting of Kyoka, Momo, Mina, Kirishima, Ochako, Tsuyu, Tooru, and Yuga was standing around and talking amongst one another. When he approached them, he waved his hand up to get their attention, "All Might has been notified of the hole and is calling someone to fix it now. On behalf of the men, I apologize if this was an uncomfortable experience."

"It's fine, Iida… It's just a good thing that Kyoka heard you and Mineta arguing with her hearing." Momo said with a courteous bow of her head in thanks for the apology, "Plus, it's nice to know that… aside from someone who shall remain unanimous… that you all didn't try to use it for yourselves is enough."

"More importantly, how was Greenie feeling after his little 'threat'? It sounded like he was about to pass out." Kyoka spoke up, and the other girls who were with them perked up at that new tidbit of information. Tenya merely crossed his arms as he looked to the punk rocker, his metallic helmet covering his facial expression as he spoke.

"I worry that these past few restless nights of his are taking their toll on him, but he honestly answered he was fine. Perhaps after these trials are over, the exhaustion will kick in, and he'd pass out for a small nap. I doubt All Might would mind if we explained to him what has been going on."

The others nodded their heads, though clearly a few of the girls' faces betrayed the worry, mostly Momo and Mina.

A call of 'hey!' caught everyone's attention as they turned their heads towards the running form of Izuku, everyone taking a look upon his, admittedly, very basic costume. The fabric's pastel green color somewhat clung to his body as he moved, clearly designed to be snug against his body, with thicker white patches of cloth running down the sides of his body—a many pouched red belt matching the color of his often seen sneakers, which he was wearing. Black elbow and knee pads covered his joints while wearing a pair of white gloves that looked like something a police officer would wear but thicker.

Tenya was the first to run up to Izuku, walking with him towards the group but keeping Izuku's attention none the same, "Midoriya! Your hero costume is an interesting choice, though I have to admit, the fabric used looks a little… basic? I'm shocked a support company would use such materials."

Izuku rubbed the back of his head, blushing a bit, "Well, actually, my m-mom made this for me, as sort of a "congratulations getting into UA" gift. Turns out she found one of my old notebooks from when I was a kid, and I had made up a Hero costume in it… so she made it." Izuku looked at his gloves, "The only thing she didn't make was the gloves. These used to be my dad's when he would be working."

"Your father was a police officer?" Tenya asked curiously, coming up to the group, who were now close enough to listen to the rest of their conversation.

"H-He was one, but when I was born, he requested to be transferred to a position for a court officer, that way, he could be around more at home when my mom would have to work the late shifts at the hospital."

"He sounds like a good man, though I find it odd that he isn't here at UA with your mother."

Izuku stopped, turning away from Tenya and rubbing the back of his head. However, his expression was sadder than embarrassed. The metal-clad boy froze and robotically bowed himself over and over again, "I am incredibly sorry if I upset you Midoriya, I had no idea-"

"I-it's fine, Tenya! You didn't know!" Izuku shook his hands in front of him to get his friend to stop bowing and apologizing, "It happened many years ago. I only just turned three when he died."

Tenya rose up, his eyes under his helmet, taking a quick look to his right to see that the group had stopped in their approach, listening in. He sighed and looked at his green-haired classmate, "If.. you don't mind me asking… how did he..?"

"I-It was during a court session…" Izuku spoke gently, looking down at the ground, "From what I found out after I got older, there was a suspect with a quirk that could fire a projectile like a bullet after chewing on any sort of metal with his metal teeth. The criminal had found a yen by his holding cell. Because his mouth would already be detected by the metal detectors, he was able to sneak it in. His goal, according to the reports, was to kill the judge who was high profile."

"My dad noticed something off about the defendant during the session, and just before he could fire the makeshift bullet… my dad dove in and took the hit… it pierced his lung, and he died nearly instantly." Izuku finished his story looking at his gloves, smirking gently, "His quirk was to breathe fire, and he had dreamed to be a hero as well when he was younger, but he couldn't improve it well enough to get into any hero schools, so he went the police route."

Raising a glove up, both boys stared at it with interest, "These are fire-proof gloves, considering after he ate spicy foods, which he loved to do, he would sometimes just keep breathing out fire. The downside to his quirk was that his fingers and toes would get really cold, really fast, almost to the point of losing all their heat… so his fellow officers got him these gloves as a gift when he transferred."

"It sounds like he got his dream of being a hero." Tenya said softly, with Izuku chuckling lightly.

"He was always a hero to me, even when I was still a toddler, it was him and All Might."

A clearing of Kyoka's voice brought the attention of the two boy's towards the group. Some of the more emotional girls like Ochako and Mina could be seen with tears in their eyes. At the same time, Kyoka and Momo gave off sad expressions. Tsuyu and Tooru were the only two with hardly any signs of sadness. You quickly tell from looking at Tsuyu she was upset at what was said, with Tooru's gloves playing with one another.

However, Kirishima and Yuga were the worst offenders as they were openly tearing up, "Midoribro! That was so sad, but your dad was so manly!" the red-headed, practically shirtless boy cried out loudly. Yuga was merely nodding in agreement, his bottom lip quivering and tearing up as well. Izuku tried to calm both of them down until he heard Momo speak to him.

"It's no wonder where you get your heroic spirit, Izuku, if your father is anything to go by."

"My mom would often say the same thing when I was younger, but thank you, Momoooo…." Izuku had begun to reply to her, but he finally noticed what the young heiress was wearing for a hero costume when he looked in her direction. His voice petered out with his eyes going wide and face starting to turn bright red.

All the women but perhaps Kyoka and Tooru were wearing skin-tight spandex suits or, in Momo's case, a leotard that just clung tightly to their bodies, displaying many of the young women's more pleasing assets. From how curvy Mina and Tsuyu's hips were in spandex, to the very form fitting 'out of this world' pink and black suit of Ochako and least of all, Momo's bright red leotard that just proved the point of how the body of a 'goddess' should look like.

Tooru's simple pair of gloves and boots would be confusing to some. Still, given how her quirk worked, her hero costume was basically just a textbook definition of a "clothes optional" policy. Kyoka's outfit was not what Izuku had expected at all though, given the fact that he had helped her design most of it half a year ago when she was having difficulties trying to incorporate her quirk into it.

The punk rocker was wearing a pastel pink sleeveless shirt that was torn at the hemlines of her collar and waist, with a short black leather jacket with its sleeves torn off. Her arms were revealed fully to the world to show off that while her figure was petite, she had some muscle built-in due to the self-defense classes she took as well as her music playing abilities.

On her hands were leather gloves with small amps placed upon them, with similar-looking ones on her combat boots, which were partially tipped at the toes with blunted metallic studs. And finally, what truly shocked Izuku about his friend's hero outfit was her pants.

When they were designing her costume together, she had wondered if cotton or leather would be more beneficial to her. Izuku had pointed out both pros and cons of the materials, but she hadn't told him what she chose. Now he was seeing it for the first time, and the leather pants she had chosen just fit her perfectly with the way they hugged her hips and legs. The final touches to her costume were the little red triangle marks under her eyes, along with a choker around her neck. However, in his state of mind at seeing all of the beautiful women together and close to him, he didn't notice that the garment's color around Kyoka's neck wasn't black like the rest of the leather on her.

It was a very dark forest green.

Izuku finally 'rebooted' once All Might had come back and announced for everyone to return. Turning his attention back to everyone around him, he noticed the expectant looks on some of the women's faces. He rubbed the back of his head, chuckling nervously, "W-we should be joining up with the o-other's now… but um… You all look beautiful and stunning in your hero costumes."

And with that, Izuku made a beeline towards a cluster of his other classmates with Kirishima and Yuga snickering behind the embarrassed boy while Tenya brought up the rear.

The girls, however, stayed back a little when they finally joined the group. One reason was to keep as far away from Mineta as possible. The other was for them to discreetly talk while All Might was explaining the exercise.

"So, that's the "accidental flirt" thing you mentioned last week?" Tooru asked quietly, moving close to Mina and Ochako. The pink-skinned woman turned her head a little too (supposedly) where the invisible girl was.

"That was tame to how it normally is, but yea, that was basically it. But, he means every word of it."

"Even though he can't actually see me?" Tooru asked with a tilt of her head, pumping slightly into Mina gently.

"Mhmm, even then… sit down with him to discuss your quirk and let the good times roll basically." Mina grinned with a sly smirk, and if she could see the face of one of her new 'besties', she would see the faint blush on the poor girl.

"ALRIGHT!" shouted All Might as he stood by a large box with two holes by a large white marker board, "I will be drawing your names now at random for teams as well as which side you will be on, the hero team or the villain team!"

"Do not be discouraged if you are on the villain team!" he spoke loudly and with a commanding tone of voice, "Think of it as you are defending an important target from villainous invaders. As the world is not always strictly painted black and white, good or evil. There are times where heroes need to do what is necessary to ensure not only victory but also limiting casualties of civilians and property damage."

"Now, to start us off…" said All Might as he reached into both the holes in the box to pull out the first two names as well as what team they were on. Izuku watched as the teams slowly began to fill up, but turning his head slightly, he could see the near-feral smirk on Bakugo's face that just screamed he was looking for a fight.

And how could he not, given they were to be pitied against one another. As the headache started to come back and throbbed hard against his head, Izuku made no showing of it as he stared back at Bakugo with a determined look of defiance.