Today was about as normal as it could get at UA, barring the fact that the students of Class 1-A were setting up the dorms for a party, more precisely, Mr. Aizawa's birthday. Even if Aizawa hadn't always agreed with his students, they liked him well enough that they figured a little celebration in his honor was warranted. At the moment, Yaoyorozu and Todoroki were helping to erect a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. AIZAWA" banner.

"Hey Todoroki, thanks again for your help!" said Yaoyorozu. "Honestly, I feel like everyone's been better off since you revealed that you were really a girl!"

Todoroki smiled. "I certainly agree! And please, call me 'Shoko'!"

Yaoyorozu chuckled. "Will do! You can call me 'Momo' too, if you want!"

Todoroki gave a thumbs up. "All right, then!"

Just then, Deku came over to the two:

"Shoko, YaoMomo, have either of you seen Iida around?"

"He said he was going to get Aizawa's cake," replied Todoroki. "Why?"

"I wanted to ask him something, but he hasn't picked up his phone for a few minutes now, and I'm getting this weird feeling like something's wrong."

"Iida does take a bit of time to return calls when he's running errands," said Yaoyorozu. "I wouldn't worry too much."

Deku shrugged. "Understandable, but still…"

Just then, he heard the Facebook notification chime coming from his phone, so he opened up Facebook and found a most chilling news report from Fuji TV:

"In breaking news, Chizome Akaguro, better known as the infamous Hero Killer Stain, has escaped from Tartarus after a riot broke out among prisoners," said anchorwoman Masami Ito. "Akaguro was initially imprisoned after…"

Deku froze. How somebody could break out of the world's most secure prison was beyond him, but he knew that if nobody intervened in this situation, then one specific person would meet their inevitable doom, so the answer was obvious…

"Shoko! YaoMomo!"

Todoroki and Yaoyorozu had just finished erecting the banner when Deku called out to them.

"What's going on, Deku?" asked Todoroki.

"Look!"

Deku showed Todoroki and Yaoyorozu the news report. They both gasped when they saw it.

"Oh no, this is bad!" Yaoyorozu clasped her fists to her chin.

Todoroki got into a fighting stance. "We have to stop him!"

"Then let's not waste time!"

Feeling that every second counted in a situation like this, Deku, Todoroki and Yaoyorozu didn't spend time putting their hero costumes on; they just put on their shoes and ran for the door.

"Hey, where are you guys going?" asked Tsu.

"Tsu, we think Iida might be in trouble!" replied Deku.

Tsu put down some party decorations that she was setting up. "Well, then I'm coming, too!"

"Me three!" said Kirishima.

"We thank you, Kirishima, but we'll be all right," said Todoroki.

"No! I gotta help out! Standin' aside while our class prez is in trouble is unmanly!"

"Shoko, let Kirishima come along," said Deku. "His Quirk could be very useful here."

Todoroki nodded. "OK then."

"Hey, what about the rest of us?" said Uraraka, accompanied by the rest of the 1-A students.

"Uraraka, you and the rest of the class stand by and keep decorating the dorm," said Deku. "I'll call if we need you."

Uraraka gave a thumbs up and smiled. "Right!"

Meanwhile, Iida was exiting Tsurugi's Cakes & More, humming Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto No. 3" while carrying the cake meant for Aizawa. Thus far, it was just a routine operation for him…right up until the part where he got snatched by a mysterious person and dragged into an alley at swordpoint.

"You remember me?" said an all-too-familiar voice. "I remember you…you and your brother."

"You bastard! How did you manage to escape confinement!?"

"Let's just say that there are people on the inside who care about me. Now, enough talk, it's time I finished what I started."

Stain attempted to slit Iida's throat. However, he found his katana snatched out of his hand.

"What the hell!?"

Stain looked over to see who'd thwarted his pitiful attempt at revenge: it was Yaoyorozu, who'd swiped his katana using a bullwhip.

"Let our friend go!" said Yaoyorozu.

"In your dreams, girl!"

Stain attempted to wrap his arm around Iida's neck. However, with a single "ribbit", Tsu grabbed Iida with her tongue and pulled him away.

"That's it!"

Stain charged at Yaoyorozu and attempted to land a punch on her. However, Kirishima stood in the way at the last second and used his Hardening Quirk to protect her. Stain screamed as he felt as though all the bones in his hand had been broken. Meanwhile, Todoroki froze his feet, while Deku used Blackwhip as a temporary restraint so Yaoyorozu could bind him with some rope that she created.

"Let me go!" said Stain. "Listen, I can get you anything you want; I know a guy!"

"We know a guy, too!" said Deku.

Iida dusted himself off. "Thank you all for coming to my rescue, but…how did you ascertain my whereabouts?"

Todoroki smiled and pointed her thumb at Deku. "You can thank my dear Deku for that. He's the one who found the news report of Stain breaking out."

Iida smiled. "A most exemplary display of decisiveness, Midoriya! Perhaps you truly will become the world's greatest hero!"

Deku smiled and rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah…of course!"

Still smiling, Todoroki took a couple of steps towards Iida. "Speaking of heroes, there's one in particular I'd like to thank…"

Iida raised his eyebrows. "Oh?"

Todoroki took a few more steps towards Iida and gave him a big hug, causing him to let out a short gasp.

"Todoroki, I…I'm grateful for the gesture, but what is the meaning of this?"

"That's for sticking up for me when I came out to the rest of the class and for maintaining order!"

Iida smiled nervously. "Oh…y-you're welcome…"

Despite not knowing how to process Todoroki's affection, Iida nevertheless returned the hug, and the other four students let out a collective "awww" when they saw this. Even if he wasn't used to being fawned over, Iida still welcomed the warm and fuzzy feelings he got from the whole thing. Eventually, Todoroki let go.

"You still surprise me with your warmth and affection, Todoroki," said Iida. "Even today, I can hardly fathom this development."

"Really, I feel much better about myself now that I can present as a girl, and I owe it all to this guy…"

Todoroki gave Deku another hug and kiss, which elicited another "awww" from everybody. Even Iida couldn't help but gush over their loving touch.

"Midoriya, Todoroki, your feelings for each other warm the cockles of my heart, but we cannot tarry around for too long!" said Iida. "Let us get Aizawa's cake back to the dorms!"

"But what about Stain?" Todoroki pointed at the still-struggling Stain.

Yaoyorozu smiled. "I think that's taken care of, Shoko!"

Yaoyorozu pointed out a police car that pulled to a stop. Two officers got out.

"Excuse me, but we got a report of a villain being sighted here," said one officer, a male of average height. "Is everything OK?"

Iida pointed to Stain. "You may remove this ruffian from our vicinity, officers!"

The officers proceeded to take Stain away.

"YOU'LL NEVER GET AWAY WITH THIS, IIDA!" shouted Stain. "I WENT TO COLLEGE!"

Todoroki scratched her head. "But I didn't see his diploma."

"Let us go, shall we?"

Iida picked up the cake, while his friends escorted him back to the dorms. Once again, Deku and Todoroki's love had saved the day like David Mancuso.

Criticism is gold. Negativity and nitpicking are pyrite.