The following afternoon, the students of 1-B were patiently waiting for their first actual heroics class to begin. After all, this class was the sole reason for them even being at this school in the first place. You could almost feel the anticipation in the air as everyone started whispering about what they were going to do. However, the hopeful heroes of tomorrow didn't have to wait long before a certain blonde haired man made his appearance.

"I am…" Nearly everyone's hearts stopped. "Coming through the door like a normal person!" All Might announced with as much bluster as one would expect.

"Holy fuck! It's All Might!" Awase blurted out, earning a disapproving look from Shiozaki.

"Oh man, I heard he was supposed to be a teacher here. But I thought it was a joke!" Kaibara followed.

"Isn't that one of his retro costumes?" Fukidashi's speech bubble read.

"That is definitely not how a normal person goes through a door." Monoma silently said.

Tokage herself was having a hard time containing her excitement along with the rest of her classmates. It's not every day that you get to be in the same room as the number one hero. The large man standing in front of the classroom was a living legend. Midnight was still her all time favorite hero, but All Might was definitely in her top five.

While everyone was busy gawking at their new teacher, the girl's eyes flashed over to Midoriya. Out of all the students, he was the only one not saying anything. She could only see a part of his face from where she was sitting. But his expression looked...stale, if she had to put a word to it.

After a short introduction, All Might announced that they were going to skip the training wheels and get right into battle training. All though there were a few concerns, most everyone was more than willing to jump right into class. With the click of a remote that came seemingly out of nowhere, the blonde haired man instructed his students to get into their costumes and head to "Training Ground Beta".

In the blink of an eye, everyone hopped out of their seats and made their way to the locker rooms. Excitement practically dripping out of their pores.

In no time, the students of 1-B were waiting outside the front gates of the training area. Well, everyone minus a certain freckled teenager.

"S-Sorry everyone." The boy apologized after being the last one to show up.

"Man Moptop, you certainly picked function over fashion, didn't you?" Tokage grinned at him while taking in his outfit.

To say that Midoriya's costume was "simple" would be a fairly accurate assessment. The boy was dressed in a plain black long-sleeved, hooded t-shirt, and black pants tucked into a pair of black combat boots. He also wore a black, military-style protective vest over the t-shirt with a pair of fingerless gloves. The whole ensemble screamed "stealth". And "don't look at me".

Tokage couldn't help but notice how tightly the shirt clung to the boy's arms. You couldn't tell based on how baggy his school uniform was, but the shy, green haired teen definitely knew his way around a weight room. 'Oh yeah…mama likes.' She grinned outwardly.

On the flip side, Midoriya was doing everything he could not to look at his classmate's costume. Tokage was in a rather…fitting blue bodysuit. Like his, the overall design was simple along with some orange guards on her wrists and a matching blue domino mask. But the outfit did leave little to the imagination in terms of her figure.

"I like it." Kendou said about the boy's costume. "It suits you. You don't really strike me as a flashy kind of guy anyway."

"T-thank you, but actually it's not complete yet." The boy awkwardly admitted.

"Really?" Yanagi asked, wondering what else he could possibly need.

"Yeah, I sent my request form in late so my helmet wasn't completed in time."

"That super bad." Tsunotori added.

"Alright, young students! This afternoon you will all be participating in two-on-two indoor, anti-personnel battle drills." The man known as the "Symbol of Peace" announced in his boisterous tone while reading an index card. "You will draw lots to decide the pairs. One group will be the "heroes" the other will be the "villains". The heroes must get to the objective while the villains must defend the artificial bomb that you see on the monitor before you. Are there any questions?"

"We're just going right into it?" Tsuburaba raised his hand. "Like, we're just gonna nosedive right into fighting each other?"

"Yeah, it feels like we're skipping a few steps." Kaibara added.

"The best way to learn is through experience!" All Might answered.

With no further questions and their objective pretty clear, the students drew lots to see who would be paired up with whom. When it came his turn to pick, Midoriya ended up with Team A. He searched around for a moment before Tetsutetsu revealed himself to be his partner. Midoriya had no problem with this match up, the silver haired teen seemed like a really nice guy and his 'steel' quirk was definitely something to be feared.

"Now without further delay, let's see who the first match up will be!" All Might said before pulling out two labeled balls from a box that seemingly appeared out of nowhere. "Team A will be the villains, and Team E will be the heroes!"

"Alright!" Tokage suddenly cheered next to Yanagi after hearing their group get called. "I hope you guys are ready to lose." The green haired girl flashed a grin towards the two boys.

"Tch, yeah right." Tetsutetsu scoffed with casually waving her off.

"I like the enthusiasm!" The pro hero interjected. "Team A will have ten minutes to hide the weapon and get prepared. Team E, wait outside the training building and await my signal."

"Yes, sensei." The students answered in unison before exiting the monitoring room.

"So...you can pretty much just move anything with your mind, right?" Tetsutetsu asked Midoriya as the 'telekinesis' quirk user carried the paper mache bomb up the stairwell. Despite its size, the thing barely weighed more than 30kg.

"Well, that's the simple way to put it."

"Then this will be an easy win!"

"I don't think it's a good idea to underestimate our opponents, Tetsutetsu-san."

The silver haired teen practically deflated at the boy's words. "Yeah, you're right."

"You're friends with Tokage-san, right? What can you tell me about her quirk?"

After the brief explanation about the girl's abilities, Midoriya was almost at a loss for words. Not only was Tokage's power incredibly versatile, but its applications were nearly endless. If it wasn't for the fact that they were in the middle of a training exercise, he would've already started cataloging this in his notebook.

With about two minutes left to spare, Midoriya was finally able to piece together a good enough strategy on how to best protect the bomb. The plan was rather simple, and completely depended on what their opponents were going to do. But with Tetsutetsu's reassurance, it had a pretty high chance of success.

"So Yanagi, how did you want to play this?"

"You seem to be rather friendly with Tetsutetsu-san, what do you think he would do in a situation like this?"

"Well, I've known the guy for years." Tokage said before a quick laugh escaped her mouth. "Knowing him, he'll just want to meet us head on and get into a slugfest. He thinks with his fists more than his actual brain.

"I see." The gray haired girl nodded. "And even though we have similar quirks, Midoriya-san is much stronger than I am. He seems like he would be quite the obstacle to deal with."

"Yeah, you're right." The sharp toothed teen tapped a finger to her chin before the lightbulb went off. "Oh, I have a plan! But I need to know how exactly your quirk works."

"Alright students, begin!" The voice of All Might boomed over their ear pieces.

Outside the building, the two girls wasted no time in putting their plan into action. Right as they entered, Tokage detached one of her eyes and used it to scout ahead. Even with all the training she had been doing over the last year, her range was limited to about fifty meters right now. But that was more than enough to give her and her partner the edge.

"Do you see anything yet?"

"Well, they're not on the first floor, I can tell you that." She responded while sending her free floating appendage up another floor. Tokage was glad that she didn't have to use any more pieces other than the one eyeball, seeing as any more would just drain her stamina further.

Barely a few meters into the second floor, Tokage spotted Tetsutetsu wandering around the halls. Luckily he hadn't spotted her. But judging by the look on his face, he was definitely on the hunt. She didn't see Midoriya anywhere, so it was safe to assume what their strategy was. More than likely Tetsutetsu was sent ahead to waste time while his partner kept the bomb safe somewhere else.

With a pretty decent grasp on the situation, the 'lizard tail splitter' user quickly recalled her eyeball to save some energy.

"Alright, Metalhead is on the move on the next floor and I don't see Moptop anywhere. So it's safe to assume that he's holding the bomb somewhere else and Metalhead is going to be a distraction."

A brief moment passed while Yanagi looked at the girl stoically. "So do you just give everyone you meet a weird nickname?"

"Only if I like you!" Tokage smirked.

"What would mine be then? If you were to give one to me."

Tokage looked the girl up and down for a second while taking in her appearance. Pale skin, grey hair, weird posture, emotionless face. She had the perfect nickname for her partner. "Ghosty."

"Let's just hurry up, we don't have a lot of time left." The girl flatly stated before making her way up the staircase.

'I thought it was pretty good.' Tokage shrugged.

The girls proceeded to advance to the next floor and started trailing the silver haired teen. They made sure to keep their distance as to not alert him of their presence.

"Ten minutes left!" All Might suddenly shouted in their ears.

"Alright, here's the plan." Tokage whispered to her partner. "As soon as he turns the next corner, we bum rush him and put the capture tape on him. Metalhead is strong as hell, but his reaction time is pretty garbage. After that, we get him to tell us where the bomb is, and then the two of us use that information to blindside Midoriya."

"Okay." The gray haired girl nodded.

They trailed Tetsutetsu for another thirty seconds and sure enough, right when the boy turned onto the next hall the two girls rushed him. The silver haired teen barely knew what hit him when Tokage detached both of her arms and used them to grab him by the ankles and take his feet out from under him. Yanagi quickly followed up by wrapping the capture tape around his wrists, but Tetsutetsu was able to call out to his partner before being defeated.

"Midoriya, they're both on second floor!"

"Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu has been captured!"

"Alright Metalhead, where's your partner?!" Tokage asked him in an aggressive tone.

"Like I'd ever tell you!" He shot back before turning his head in mock disgust.

Tokage paused to look at him for a moment while considering her next move. Sure he was captured, but that didn't mean that he was out of play. And with their time running out, she needed as much information as she could get. Without a second thought, the green haired girl decided to test the waters on what was and wasn't allowed by shoving her fingers up the boy's nose.

"Ah! What the hell are you doing?! Stop!" The boy shouted in agony at the feeling of her nails digging into his nostrils.

"Nope, not until you tell me where your partner is!" She told him. The struggle continued on for a good few seconds before the boy finally relented and gave into her demands. While this was happening, Yanagi wasn't exactly sure on what to do.

"Okay, he's on the fourth floor!"

"Are you lying to me?" She dug her fingers in a little deeper.

"No, dammit!"

Satisfied with that answer, Tokage released her grip on his nose and wiped her hands off on in his hair. "Alright Yanagi, let's get moving!"

Back at the viewing room, everyone watching blanched at the sight of Tokage's impromptu interrogation. And how effective it seemed to be.

"That was...something else."

"It was a good idea."

"Can't argue with you there."

"It was a pretty dirty move though."

"Isn't there an old expression about picking your friend's noses?"

With time running out, the two girls ran up the steps and made their way to the fourth floor. When they arrived, they were met with large open area. There was nothing on the entire floor besides a few support pillars and one Izuku Midoriya patiently waiting in the middle of the room.

"Alright Moptop, where's the bomb at?" The girl asked him.

"Sorry, Tokage-san. But I'm not telling you."

"Look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. There's two of us and one of you." She attempted to taunt him.

"Well, I just have to hold on until time runs out, right?"

"I like the confidence." She smirked before a rather devious idea popped into her head. "How about we cut a deal?"

"Huh?" He quirked an eyebrow at her.

"If you tell me where the bomb is, I'll let you touch my boobs."

"What?!" Midoriya's face erupted into a shade of crimson at the girl's words. With the green haired teen thrown off guard, Tokage detached both of her arms and sent them flying at him. In his momentary stupor, Midoriya wasn't able to react fast enough to avoid getting hit.

"Yanagi, go look for the bomb. I'll deal with this."

"Okay." The gray haired girl nodded before heading towards the staircase.

After lifting himself up off the ground, Midoriya quickly got his wits about him and focused on his opponent. Thankfully, he had planned for something like this so he was ready for some type of altercation.

The reason he chose this floor was because of all the loose debris laying around. Granted, nothing that could be used as ammunition was necessarily lethal. But there was enough to knock someone on their butt for a few minutes.

Just as he lifted up a couple of old crates on the other side of the room, his vision suddenly went dark. Evidently, Tokage had wrapped her hands around his face. As soon as everything went black, the crates dropped to the floor.

'So either he can't control things that he can't see, or the shock made him lose focus.' The girl wondered. She didn't get a chance to analyze the situation a bit further before Midoriya tore her hands off of his face and held them in place to prevent her from taking them back.

"Three minutes left!"

"Shit!" She cursed only a second before her earpiece activated.

"Tokage-san, the bombs not in here. I searched through both floors and it's gone." Yanagi announced

"What?" She turned her attention back to her opponent. "Where the hell is it, Moptop?"

The only response she got was the wooden crates from before colliding with her left side and knocking her off balance. Without her hands to keep herself from hitting the ground, Tokage braced herself to eat a face full of concrete. However, her untimely lip-locking session with mother Earth never happened.

The girl opened her eyes to see that she was hovering a few centimeters above the ground before upturning her gaze to see that Midoriya had his hand extended out towards her. 'He stopped me from falling?'

"Are you okay?" The boy asked sincerely.

"Since when is it a good idea to worry about your enemies' safety?"

"W-well, we may be opponents b-but we're still classmates." He responded, leaving Tokage speechless for a second.

Midoriya decided to keep his hold on the girl until the remainder of the time limit ran out. Tokage did try more than a few times to break free of his grip. But considering she was being suspended in the air by an invisible force, it didn't really do much good.

"Villain team wins!" All Might announced boisterously. "Everyone please return to the viewing room for your review."

The boy released his grip on Tokage's arms while gently setting her on the ground. While at the same time, Yanagi had just made it back downstairs in time to hear the announcement.

"What happened?" The gray haired teen inquired.

"Moptop got the better of me?" Tokage quickly answered. "Are you sure you looked everywhere for the bomb?"

"I searched the entire floor. It's gone."

The two girls turned their heads towards Midoriya for some type of explanation. The boy shrunk under their gazes and took a shaky step back before telling what they wanted to know.

"I-it's on the roof."

"Are you serious?" Tokage deadpanned. Of course it was, where else would they hide it but on top of the building. To be honest, it didn't even occur to the girl to check the place from top to bottom. Although she was impressed at Midoriya and Tetsutetsu outsmarting her, she was mentally kicking herself for overlooking something so obvious.

'Well, I guess I might as well use this as a learning experience.'

"An excellent showing you four!" All Might told them with a thumbs up after their return to the viewing room. "You all did admirably well for your first exercise. Passing marks, all around." The blonde haired man then turned to the rest of class. "Who do you all think is the MVP of this scenario?"

Honenuki and Monoma raised their hands at the same time, but the lipless teen was the first to speak. "Either Midoriya-san or Tokage-san. Tokage-san's plans were well thought of and executed for having to come up with everything on the fly. And Midoriya-san's plan to keep the bomb away from the two was effective if not a bit reckless."

Monoma was quick to follow up. "I agree with Honenuki-san. For the sake of the scenario, Midoriya-san floating the bomb to the roof was a good idea. But in real life, putting such a dangerous weapon out in the open like that is way too risky."

"Tokage-san's idea to hold off Midoriya-san while Yanagi-san searched for the bomb was also good. But they had a mismatch when it came to quirks. It would have been more effective if they switched roles." Kendou was next to speak up.

'They're really not pulling their punches, huh?' Tokage and Midoriya both thought.

'Man, kids these days are smart.' All Might sweat dropped.

"Excellent points from all of you! Now, let's see who our next match up is going to be." The man proceeded to pull out two balls labelled C and D. "The villains will be young Kendou and young Kamakiri. The heroes, young Honenuki and young Kaibara."

The rest of the battle training went on relatively uneventful. Despite his best efforts to keep himself composed, Midoriya couldn't help but make a few comments here and there about how awesome his classmate's quirks were. He was particularly interested in Shiozaki's vines and Fukidashi's comic projection. He also wanted to know how Yanagi's telekinesis was different from his own.

Before they knew it, the students of 1-B found themselves heading home after another successful day of class. Today was one of the few days of the week that Midoriya wasn't heading straight home. Instead of his usual route, he was on the train to Saitama Prefecture.

"Hey Moptop, I didn't know you took this train home." Tokage tapped him on the shoulder, startling the 'telekinesis' quirk user in the process.

"I d-don't actually." He shyly replied while turning around.

"So what gives? Where are ya' going?" Tetsutetsu asked.

"S-Saitama Prefecture."

Tokage gave him a wide grin and a weird gaze after hearing that. "What a coincidence, that's where we live." She pointed a thumb at Tetsutetsu and then back to herself.

"Why are you going that way? I thought you said you live in Shizuoka."

The boy paused for a brief moment and looked at his hands nervously before working up the nerve to answer. "I-I'm actually volunteering at an orphanage over there. I've been d-doing it for a while now."

"Damn dude, that's pretty awesome of you."

"Seriously, first you save me from eating shit earlier today in training. Now you spend your free time helping out the less fortunate. Are you just like, made of puppies and sunshine?" Tokage playfully patted him on the shoulder, causing the boy to blush. "Hey, I guess now we can finally get that smoothie you owe me."

"What?" Tetsutetsu gave her a confused look.

"Y-you were serious about that?"

"Of course I was." She smiled back at him.

Not too long after, the three students departed their train and made their way to a smoothie stand not too far from the station.

'Is this really happening right now?!' Midoriya internally screamed as walked a couple of steps behind his two classmates. The entire experience was weird for the boy, if he was being honest. He was actually hanging out with people his age. Not too long ago, something like this would've been chalked up to a fantasy for him.

"I'd like to stick around, but I gotta get home. I'll see you guys later!" Tetsutetsu said before heading down the connecting road.

"I'll see you in the morning." Tokage waved.

There was a very awkward silence between the two greenettes for the next couple of minutes. Eventually Tokage became fed up with this and decided to just get on with her inquiry.

'Oh my God, I'm actually walking with a girl!'

"So, how much further away is this orphanage?" The girl asked, hoping to ease into the conversation.

"It's l-like a ten minute walk. I-I have to make a left at the shopping center."

"Good, I have to take a right up there. But that gives us plenty of time for the two of us to talk."

"R-right." He nervously shook his head.

"Look, I'm not gonna ask you everything about your personal life, alright." She started off, hoping to ease his nerves a bit. "I honestly don't know what I want to ask. I'm just…curious."

"It's f-f-fine, I understand what you mean."

"Just answer me this, where'd you run off too after we met? Y'know it's rude to pull a "dine and dash" on a beautiful young lady." She sneered in between sips of her grape smoothie.

"Honestly, I can't remember. Most of that time is just a giant blur." He said, before quickly regretting that he allowed those words to come out of his mouth.

"That's understandable." The girl shrugged. "So…besides hanging out in dirty back alleys and volunteering at this orphanage, what do you like to do?"

"Why?"

"Because I want to know more about you, duh?"

"R-really?" He asked with genuine surprise on his face.

"Yeah, you're a pretty interesting guy."

"H-honestly, there's not a lot to tell. I'm a pretty boring person to be honest. All I really do is study and workout."

"Yeah, I can see that~." The green haired girl grinned while very obviously checking him out. Midoriya noticed this and absentmindedly covered himself with his arms to avoid her predator-like gaze.

"W-w-what about you, Tokage-san? What do you like to do?" He quickly tried changing subjects.

"Watch movies, learn about reptiles and be lazy."

"Oh."

The conversation continued on like that for the rest of their walk together. Tokage actually did most of the talking while Midoriya just nodded and agreed with most of everything that she said. When the two finally had to part ways. Tokage felt pretty satisfied with this impromptu walk home. Sure, she didn't get all of the answers that she was looking for, but it was definitely a start. One thing was clear in her mind though.

She definitely wanted to get to know this guy some more.

When Tokage walked back into her house that afternoon, she was met with silence. Granted, this wasn't an unusual occurrence for her, especially nowadays. But there was something to be said about actually having someone to greet you upon your return.

"Dad?!" She called out a couple of times, hoping for some type of response. However, the only answer she got in return was the sound of the wind lightly blowing through the half-open kitchen window.

Without missing a beat, the green haired girl made her way to the kitchen to close the window before heading over to the pantry to grab her favorite dinosaur shaped cookies that usually served as her after school snack. Along the way, she glanced over at the dining room table where her father had left some money and a handwritten note.

"Had to head over to the lab for some emergency repairs. I probably won't be back until tomorrow morning. Order takeout if you don't feel like cooking anything. Sorry for not texting you earlier, but I forgot to charge my phone. Call me if you need anything.

-Love, Dad

P.S.: If your sister drops by, tell her to stop eating all of my pretzels!"

"Well...at least he decided to leave a note this time." Tokage said to herself with a deep sigh. After placing the paper down on the table, she decided not to dwell on it any further. The girl wasted no time in ordering some udon noodles from the shop down the road and nosedived right into taking care of her homework while snacking on her dinosaur cookies. At the very least, no one was going to interrupt her studies.