"Alright everyone, gather around!" Kan announced to the group of students currently waiting to board the buses. "This is going to be our first training session together with both classes. There's thirty-nine of you, and only four of us. Which means there will be no room for goofing off. Today's objective is rescue training, so you need to pay attention to what we tell you."

Yaoyorozu was the first to raise her hand. "Excuse Kan-sensei, who will the other two teacher's be?"

"Thirteen and All Might will be meeting us at the site." The man answered.

"Are there any other questions?" Aizawa lazily groaned out, only to get no response. The 1-B students couldn't help but wonder if the man was seriously like this all the time. "Good, now hurry up and get on the buses. We don't have any time to waste."

Right before the students began making their way into their designated vehicles, Kendou made a proposition. "Hey, Yaoyorozu-san, we should mix it up a bit."

"I'm sorry?" The raven haired teen gave the other class rep a curious look.

"Instead of dividing the classes by bus, why don't we all just get on whichever one so everyone can get to know each other."

"Hey yeah, that's a great idea Itsuka!" Tetsutetsu cheered.

"Makes sense." Jiro shrugged.

The raven haired teen took a moment to think this over before giving the girl an approving nod. Without any hesitation, Yaoyorozu made the announcement and pretty much everyone agreed with the reasoning. The others didn't really care one way or the other.

One-by-one the students formed their own small groups and got onto the buses. The group consisting of Midoriya, Yanagi, Tsunotori and Honenuki boarded the first bus. While Tokage's group comprised of herself, Kendou, Tetsutetsu and Shiozaki got on the other. The green haired girl was going to try and join Midoriya's group, but the vehicle ended up filling up too fast to make that happen.

Part of the girl was upset that she wouldn't get the chance to tease him a bit more on the ride over to the USJ. But she quickly put that aside since they were all going to the same place.

It didn't take long for the mingling amongst the hero course first years to kick off. For the most part, everyone was just sticking to their usual group of friends. But that changed when Kaminari decided to officially break the ice.

"It's pretty cool that we'll get to join classes for this, huh?" Said the 'electrification' quirk user to the group of students.

"I'll say, aside from the other day we haven't really had the chance to mingle with each other all that much." Ojiro pointed out.

"Oh yeah...I heard about your team-building exercise. It sounded like a total pain in the ass." Kaibara added.

"Eh, it wasn't too bad. Just exhausting."

"Wouldn't doubt it."

"We almost made it through, but then you 1-B guys showed up and completely took us out."

"Yeah, s-sorry about that." Midoriya apologized.

"What's there to be sorry for? You guys just got the drop on us and there was nothing we could do to stop it."

Next, it was Asui's turn to join the conversation. "Since we're pointing out the obvious, there's something that's been on my mind. Actually, it's about you Midoriya-san."

"About me?" The boy gave her a curious look. "What is it, Asui-san?"

"Call me Tsu?" The frog themed girl bluntly stated.

"Okay…."

"That power of yours, it's a lot like the "Psychic Sisters" quirks. You wouldn't happen to be related to them, would you?"

The girl's question was enough to elicit a few not-so-subtle laughs from the 1-B students that were present, especially Honenuki. However, in the back of the bus a certain heterochromatic teen suddenly became very interested in this conversation.

"What's so funny?" Yaoyorozu asked.

"Nothing, it's just kind of a running joke in our class."

"I don't get it." Jiro gave them a confused look.

"Honenuki-kun and a few others think that Midoriya-kun is actually their younger brother. They've been trying to get him to admit to it all year." Yanagi stoically replied.

"Can you blame us though? They look a lot alike and have identical quirks." Awase joked.

"And Midoriya-kun did do his internship with Blizzard."

"Plus she's the one the who gave him those jackets. And they definitely don't look cheap."

"C'mon guys…." Midoriya said in a defeated tone before redirecting his attention back towards the frog themed girl. "To answer your question Asui-san, no I'm not related to them at all. We just have similar quirks."

"Y'know Midoriya, don't take this the wrong way but you're not at all like I thought you'd be." Kaminari told the green haired boy.

"Huh?"

"Yeah Kaminari's right. With the way that Bakugou talks about you, we all thought that you were an asshole or something."

"Seriously? That guy of all people is going around calling people assholes? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black."

"Midoriya-kun's actually a really cool guy once you get past the social awkwardness."

"Yeah, he's a total fluff-ball!" The American girl joked.

"Thanks...Tsunotori-san." The boy deadpanned.

Back on the other bus, the rest of the students were having their own conversation.

"So Tokage…" Ashido started with a sly grin. "What's up with you and that Midoriya guy?"

"Huh?" Tokage looked up.

"Yeah, are you two going out or something? You looked pretty cozy after our training session the other day." Hagakure blurted out from beside the pink skinned teen.

As much fun as it would've been for the girl to tell them that something was going on between the two of them, she decided against it. Mainly because it would've been a lie. But also because she knew that Midoriya wouldn't appreciate it very much. And the last thing she wanted to do right now was to ruin her chances of scoring that date. "No, nothing like that."

"C'mon, there's totally something there!"

"I'm neither going to confirm nor deny those allegations." The green haired girl smirked.

"Well with all the shameless flirting that she does with him all the time, it's easy to get the wrong idea." Kendou joked.

"Eh, I just like seeing him get all embarrassed. It's way too cute."

"Oh...so you think he's cute, huh~?"

"Yeah…" Tokage stated in a way that made it seem like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Which was enough to throw Ashido off quite a bit. The pink skinned girl wasn't used to someone rolling with her punches this well.

"It's no use guys." Kendou said. "It's tough trying to get a rise out of Setsuna. The girl's pretty much impossible to embarrass."

"Still, what's his deal?" Kirishima asked. "He's definitely not like how I thought he'd be."

"He's just shy. Nothing to it really."

"Yeah, we could tell."

In the back of the bus, a certain blonde haired student was getting irritated by the current conversation. It was bad enough that he was going to the same school as that loser. But now he was forced to listen to these extras talk about him.

"No one cares about shitty Deku!" Bakugou almost screamed.

A momentary silence fell over the crowd as everyone gave the 'explosion' quirk user a series of stares. As expected, most of the 1-B students were pretty surprised by the sudden outburst. And none of them knew how to react. However, Tokage decided to have a little fun with it.

"So...is he always like this?" The greenette asked while pointing her finger at the boy in question.

The girl was met with silence before looking around the group of 1-A students. Tokage couldn't help but notice the rather uneasy looks that they were giving each other. 'Are they scared of him or something?' She thought.

"Anyways...before Boom-Boy here interrupted our conversation-"

"What did you just call me, Shark Teeth?!"

"Shoji, I hope you find me rude for asking. By what's the deal with that mask?" Tokage continued on as if she hadn't heard anything.

"Don't fucking ignore me you loser! I don't care if you are useless Deku's girlfriend-"

"Bakugou, sit down and be quiet! I don't want to hear another word out of you for the rest of the ride over!" Kan quickly made his presence known as he addressed the now irritated teenager.

"What?" The boy scowled at the blood themed hero.

"Don't make me repeat myself boy!"

The ashen blonde teen was thrown off by the fact that a teacher had the audacity to scold him in front of other students. But he decided to take his lumps for the time being and sat back down in his seat. Bakugou angrily folded his arms across his chest while mumbling something about killing someone.

'Geez Aizawa, learn to control your students.' Kan thought to himself before sitting down in his own seat at the front of the bus.

It didn't take long for the students to arrive at their destination. Once everyone got off the buses, they were led into the massive building that would serve as their training ground for the day. Since this was their first time being there, the 1-B students marveled at how diverse the different areas were. It was no secret that U.A. had an absolutely ridiculous amount of funding to pay for their facilities. But this was just insane.

"Welcome students! I hope you all are having a wonderful day." The "Space Hero" Thirteen greeted the would-be heroes.

Both Midoriya and Tokage had to keep themselves contained as they finally got a chance to meet them. Across Japan, Thirteen was considered to be one of the top rescue heroes in the country. So it was no surprise that they would be among the school's faculty. "Today will be your first official lesson in rescue work. Please make sure that you absorb as much as you can and take this seriously."

After a brief overview of the facility and all that it had to offer, they informed them of what they were going to be doing for the remainder of the day. Essentially, it was going to be one big "round robin" across the different areas. The spacesuit wearing heroine then announced that the class was going to be split up into three groups of thirteen students.

"What are the groups?" Kendou asked, presumably speaking for everyone else.

"You will be divided and paired up with one of the teachers." Thirteen began. "Group A will be going with All Might. Group B will be myself and Vlad King. And Group C will be going with Eraserhead."

Towards the back of the group, Midoriya was silently hoping for two things. The first was that he would be placed anywhere but Group A. The second, was that he wouldn't be forced to be partnered up with Bakugou.

"Come young students!" The number one hero made his presence known. "My group will be young Midoriya, Honenuki, Yanagi, Tsunotori, Asui, Tokoyami, Uraraka, Aoyama, Tsuburaba, Komori, Kaminari, Mineta and Kirishima."

"Group B will be Tokage, Kendou, Shiozaki, Tetsutetsu, Bakugou, Sero, Hagakure, Rin, Shishida, Shoda, Kaibara, Jiro and Koda." Kan followed.

"Great, we get to spend the rest of the afternoon with the walking time bomb." Tokage whispered to Tetsutetsu.

"And the rest of you will be with me." Aizawa lazily stated.

"Is there any reason why the groups were formed in such a way?" Shishida asked.

"No." Kan answered. "We all just picked names out of hat."

With the teams announced, Thirteen gave one last warning to the students to be careful and follow all instructions.

The first team to depart was Group B as they made their way over to the landslide zone. As Midoriya watched them leave, he couldn't help but feel slightly worried for his classmates. No doubt Bakugou was going to try and make the exercise all about him and stand out as much as possible. And given his personality, he definitely wasn't going to be nice about it.

But for some reason, the boy's eyes seemed to linger on Tokage out of everyone. The two had barely said a word to one another the entire day and it left a weird feeling in his chest. In truth, he was still trying to wrap his head around what happened during their previous outing.

The girl asked him out on a date of all things and the mere thought of that left him reeling. Although it certainly wasn't the worst thing in the world, it was still weird to even think about. Why on earth a girl like her would ask him out was a complete mystery to him.

Tokage was pretty, smart, likable and outgoing. And he…was not. They were pretty much total opposites. Sure, she made no attempt to hide the fact that she found him attractive and went out of her way to tease him whenever she could. But up until this point, he didn't think that she was being serious about it.

"Midoriya-kun, you should really learn how to not be so obvious." The stoic voice of Yanagi snapped him out of his thoughts.

"Huh?"

"You'll have time to check out Tokage-chan later."

"W-what?!" The boy squeaked out as his face erupted into a shade of crimson. "Y-Yanagi-san, I-I-I…t-that wasn't what I was doing at all."

The grey haired girl was about to respond, but was interrupted by their teacher. "Alright students, it's time for us to move out. But before that, you must all select a group leader!"

"What for?" Tsuburaba inquired

"Things can often get quite chaotic during rescue operations, and communication is key. In times of a crisis, it's good to have a clear chain of command to mitigate any unnecessary risks. Having someone in charge to direct traffic should always be one of your first steps." The blonde haired hero explained.

The students took a moment to look around at each other. Since this was a mixture of both classes, a lot of them had a hard time figuring out who would be the best person for the job. A few small discussions broke out until Yanagi made a suggestion.

"I vote for Honenuki-kun."

"Huh?" The lipless teen tilted his head at her.

"Yeah that's probably a good idea." Tsuburaba stated as he threw his hands behind his head. "Juzo's pretty level headed so he'd be good for the job."

"I agree." Tsunotori smiled.

"It's settled then!" All Might cheered. "Young Honenuki, you'll be in charge of the group."

"Fine with me." The boy shrugged with a slight smile on his face. Or at least with what everyone assumed was a smile. It was actually really hard to tell considering he didn't have any lips.

With that matter settled, Group A made the journey over to the ruins zone.

~Meanwhile, with Group B~

"I'm in charge!" Bakugou shouted towards the rest of the students. Thirteen and Kan had just finished explaining to the group that they needed to pick a leader and the blonde haired boy wanted to make it very clear who was going to hold that position.

"Yeah…I don't think so." Tokage deadpanned, along with a few others.

"What?!"

"Yeah, I think either Setsuna or Itsuka should be the leader." Tetsutetsu backed the girl up.

"That does seem like the best idea." Shiozaki added, earning a few approving nods from other members of the group.

"Let Setsuna do it. Her quirk is good for this kind of stuff and she can get a better look at things than I can." Kendou pointed a thumb over to her class vice-rep. No one had any reason to disagree with the orange haired girl's logic so they all gave a series of nods.

"Fine by me." Tokage shrugged. "I was going to vote for Itsuka, but I guess I'll take point."

"Alright, now that we have that settled let's hurry on over to the training area. There's much to do and not a lot of time." Thirteen interjected.

While the group continued their journey over to the landslide zone, Bakugou was grinding his teen in annoyance. This makes two times today that Deku's girlfriend decided to try and make a fool out of him in front of everyone. Needless to say, the boy was not going to let something like this stand.

Once they finally arrived at their destination, Group A wasted no time getting down to business. The ruins zone was essentially one giant cityscape that simulated a destroyed urban environment, with multiple buildings found in precarious conditions. Midoriya couldn't help but think back to his internship with Katsuragi. Although the destruction was more widespread, it gave him a very similar feeling.

"Now students, allow me to give you your scenario for this exercise!" All Might announced in his usually boastful manner. "Urban rescue operations can be tricky to deal with considering how dangerous the environment itself can be. Across the area, there are multiple training dummies that will serve as your simulated casualties. Your jobs are to locate them, get them to a safe area and handle any wounds that you are able to treat. You'll have free reign to act as you see fit and I'll be here to supervise and correct you as needed. Remember to work both diligently and efficiently."

"Is there a time limit?" Asui inquired.

"We have this area for thirty minutes, so that will serve as your time limit, young Asui. But remember, in situations such as this, time is of the essence." The man responded. "Now without further ado, you can begin whenever you're ready!"

With their time now started, the students huddled up into one massive group around their leader and began formulating their strategy.

"So, what's the plan Juzo?" Tsuburaba said.

"First things first, we need to know what we're dealing with. This area is pretty big and we can't waste time going over every nook and cranny. Midoriya-kun, Yanagi-chan, you guys are going to be our eyes in the sky and point out wherever the casualties are. While they're doing that, the rest of us will split up into groups of two and handle whatever you find. We have a good combination of quirks for this so it should work well." The 'softening' quirk user explained.

"Sounds good to me." Kaminari smiled.

"Let's make sure that we don't spread ourselves out too thin if we can help it. If you come across something that you can't handle, don't be afraid to call for help. Midoriya-kun and Yanagi-chan will be an extra set of hands."

"I'm fine with that." The grey haired girl said.

"Alright boys and girls, let's get to work."

Now that the plan was in place, Midoriya activated his quirk and began ascending towards the sky. While at the same time, Yanagi unhooked her hover disc on off the harness on her belt and unfolded it before joining him.

As the telekinetic duo began scanning the area, the rest of their group split off into pairs and followed behind them. The entire ruins zone was a complete mess, but it wasn't too difficult for them to see where all the training mannequins were located. Most of them were in places that were easy to identify while a few others were in some more hard to reach spots.

"There's fifteen in this area. Most of them should be easy to reach!" Midorya called out to the group below them.

"Where are they?!" Honenuki shouted back.

The boy quickly pointed to the areas where the mannequins were located and the others wasted no time in moving over to commence the rescue operation. Down on the ground, Honenuki used his quirk to sink a large amount of debris out of a clearing to create a "safe zone". Seeing as their quirks weren't really the most useful in this specific type of scenario, Kaminari and Komori decided to help him out and get the area ready to receive casualties.

"Midoriya-kun, over there." Yanagi pointed over to a mannequin conveniently placed in between some rubble about forty meters away from them. With a quick nod, the two flew over to that location to get a better look at the damage. Fortunately for them, the mannequin didn't appear to be crushed in any sort of way. It was just sandwiched in the middle of two giant slabs of concrete and some smaller debris.

"Most of this stuff is too heavy for me to move." The girl stoically said after attempting to use her quirk on the rubble.

"It's fine, I can move all the big stuff while you grab the mannequin. They don't look that heavy." The boy replied.

Midoriya took a moment to focus on the rubble and used some of his newfound knowledge to imagine a giant sphere in his mind around the area. After a couple of seconds, an absolutely massive amount of debris consisting of about ten pieces lifted off of the ground and began floating into the air.

'Did he increase the amount of objects that he can manipulate?' The grey haired girl silently wondered as she watched him. Deciding to think about that later, Yangi regained her focus and used her own quirk to carefully lift the mannequin out of harm's way.

With their casualty now safely secured, the duo made their way back over the "safe zone" that was slowly filling up mannequins. Once they made the handoff to Kaminari, a voice about a hundred meters away from them caught their attention.

"Hey, can we get some help over here!" Tsuburaba shouted.

Choosing not to wait for an invitation, Midoriya and Yanagi quickly flew over to where they were needed. Once they arrived, they were met with the sight of their classmate along with Kirishima next to a collapsed building with a few mannequins that were trapped underneath a wall.

"You guys need some help, right?" Midoriya asked.

"Yeah, this thing is way too big for us to move." Tsubuara told him.

"I got it!" Uraraka announced as her and Asui made their appearance from around the corner. The two had just finished taking their own casualties back to the safe zone and were quick to respond to call. "All that debris is in the way, I'll make it float and move them."

"Hold on!" Midoriya shouted.

"Huh?" The brunette stopped in her tracks and looked up at him.

"You can't go moving things around haphazardly. You don't know if disturbing the scene could cause a chain reaction. That wall is being held up by some of the smaller debris. So moving things in the wrong order is going to make it fall." He explained.

"Oh…" Uraraka said once she got a better look at the area. The green haired boy from 1-B was right, the wall was being held up by a few smaller slabs of concrete underneath it. One wrong move and the whole thing would definitely come down and crush the mannequins.

"So why don't we just start busting up this wall?" Kirishima said while activating his quirk.

"That would pretty much be the same thing." Asui bluntly interjected. "Breaking the wall down the wrong way would also crush the mannequins, gero."

"So what do we do?" The 'solid air' user asked.

Midoriya took a moment to think over their next course of action. He replayed everything that he learned from Katsuragi and tried to find the most efficient way to go about this without causing them more trouble. After a few seconds, an idea popped into his head.

"We need to find something that's more stable than these rocks and reinforce the wall itself. Once we do that, we can start moving the casualties out of there. I'll go see if I can find some support beams to bring over here." The boy explained.

"I'll go with you." Yanagi flatley stated.

"Ochako-chan should go too, gero. Her quirk makes things weightless so that should make things easier for you to two. The rest of us can start moving all the smaller pieces of rubble out of the way."

"That's a good idea." The brunette nodded. Suddenly and without warning, Midoriya used his quirk on the girl and levitated her towards him and Yanagi.

"Sorry, but it'll be faster if we all fly." The greenette apologized.

"It's fine." Uraraka waved off before the trio went on the hunt for some of the necessary materials.

A bit further down the road on top of one of the ruined buildings, All Might was watching things unfold. For being their first rescue exercise, the students were doing surprisingly well. They were moving efficiently and making rather good time. However, as much as he should've been giving everyone an equal amount of attention the man was focused on one student in particular.

He still didn't know what to make of Midoriya and how this boy knew about his regular form. Tsukauchi was still in the process of putting together a file on him but hadn't given the man any updates over the last few days. But the number one hero couldn't help the strange feeling that forced its way into his gut every time he looked at the boy. There was just something about this green haired teen that didn't sit right with him. And the sooner he found out, the better.

~Landslide Zone~

"Alright guys, here's the plan." Tokage said to her group as they all huddled together. "Our best bet is to split into two teams. A search and rescue squad, and a recovery squad."

"Make sense." Jiro nodded.

"The search and rescue squad's job is to locate the casualties and bring them back to rally point. While the recovery squad will be in charge of staying at the rally point, treating any injuries and keeping them safe."

"So what are the teams?" Kaibara asked.

"The search and rescue squad will be me, Ibara, Sero, Jiro, Shishida, Kaibara and Koda." The 'lizard tail splitter' user began explaining. "The recovery squad will be Metalhead, Itsuka, Rin, Hagakure, Shoda and Bakugou."

"What?!" The blonde haired boy growled a few meters away from everyone else. "What's the big idea sticking me here with the rest of these extras?"

A collective sigh came over the group as Tokage pinched the bridge of her nose in annoyance. They really didn't have the time for an unnecessary argument right now. "Look Bakugou, we need quirks suited for high mobility and recon. And yours isn't very well suited for this scenario."

"And why not?"

"Were in the landslide zone. The entire area is already unstable enough as it is. And the last thing we need is one of your blasts accidentally causing a chain reaction."

"You think I can't handle this or something?" He scowled at the girl.

"Will you give it a rest already?" Tetsutetsu deadpanned. "Setsuna's right, so don't get your panties in a wad."

Deciding that he now had enough of these class 1-B rejects making a fool out of him, the 'explosion' quirk user marched up to the silver haired boy and got right up in face. "You wanna say that one more time, shitty eyelashes?"

"Look we don't have enough time for pointless disagreements." Kendou interjected. "Setsuna's in charge so we have to do what she says. And her logic is pretty sound."

The two boys stared at each other for a few more seconds before Bakugou turned away from Tetsutetsu and stomped off to a nearby area that had some stable ground. While this was going on, Kan and Thirteen were taking notes of this interaction.

"Jesus fucking Christ!" Tokage drug her hand across her face.

"Setsuna!" Shiozaki immediately chastised the girl for her blasphemous language.

"My bad." The girl apologized. "You guys seriously have to deal with all the time, or does he just have an extra long stick up his ass today?"

"You kinda just learn to tune him out." Jiro shrugged.

"Whatever, let's just get going." Tokage waved her group on before breaking her body up into twenty pieces and flying over the wreckage. While the search and rescue team made their ascent up the landslide, the recovery team went over to where Bakugou was currently pouting.

It didn't take long for the group to set their plan in motion. From the sky, Tokage used her overhead view to locate all of the mannequins that she could easily identify. There were fifteen from what she could tell and most of them weren't hard to get to.

"Alright, I found a few of them!" The girl shouted down below.

"Where are they?" Kaibara responded.

Deciding to put some of her training with Edgeshot into effect, the girl gave a rather brilliant idea. "I'm going to use my pieces and levitate them above where the casualties are and use them like a signal marker. The rest of you use that to hurry up and grab them and start hauling them back!"

"Got it!" The rest of the students nodded before getting to work.

Kan and Thirteen couldn't help but be impressed by this strategy. Not only was Tokage using her quirk in a smart and efficient manner, she was also supervising her group's progress and giving out instructions as they went along. After about three minutes went by, they were already over halfway through securing the simulated casualties. While that was going on, the recovery team was also doing a solid job.

Kendou had pretty much taken control of that group and was directing traffic while triaging and prioritizing the injuries. It was by no means perfect, but it was definitely a good start.

"I must say Kan-kun, your students are rather remarkable." Thirteen said to their colleague.

"I agree, we haven't gone over rescue and recovery operations that much this semester since we focus so heavily on them improving their quirks. But this is some impressive coordination." The blood themed hero nodded his head.

"Are any of your students planning on becoming rescue heroes?"

"As far as I know, only Midoriya and Tokage have said that was their goal. But I wouldn't be surprised if a few others were to focus on that."

"Well that's reassuring. The girl seems to have a real talent for it. I guess all that praise she gets from Kayama-kun is valid."

"Yeah, I guess so." Kan smiled.

"However, I can't help but feel a bit worried about Aizawa's students. I know they've been through a lot but their class cohesion is pretty bad compared to yours based on what I've seen."

"I can't argue with you there. But hey, it's Aizazwa's class and he knows how to handle his students. So I'm not too worried about it."

The exercise went on for another fifteen minutes before the job was done. And surprisingly, the two pro heroes didn't have much to say about the group's effort. Once the final review was out of the way, everyone began making their way over to the shipwreck zone to try their hand at aquatic rescues.

Once everything was all said and done, the classes reconvened back at the water fountain to discuss how their training went and what they could improve on. For the most part, everyone seemed to be in good spirits. Except for Satou and Kamakiri who were completely drenched in water, presumably from their time in the shipwreck zone.

"You all did an excellent job today!" Thirteen praised the students in a jovial tone. "This may have been your first exercise, but you all managed to impress me."

"Thank you, sensei." A few students echoed.

"Please remember that rescue work is a vital part of being a hero and that once you get your licenses you'll have to deal with some much bigger obstacles. Here in the USJ we have the luxury of being in a controlled environment. But out in the real world things can get quite chaotic. The next time that you guys are here, we'll be throwing some more curveballs at you."

"That's reassuring." Kaminari rolled his eyes sarcastically before receiving an elbow to the ribs courtesy of Jiro.

"Do you three have any input?" The "Space Hero" motined over to their colleagues.

"Everything went well with my group minus a few mishaps. You all worked rationally and efficiently." Aizawa flatly stated.

"Other than some communication errors, I don't have anything to say to Group B that they shouldn't already be aware of." Kan followed.

"My group performed wonderfly!" All Might cheered. "Your teamwork and execution was excellent and you all managed to avoid any major mishaps. Top marks all around!"

"Yeah, with Midoriya and Yanagi there it was a piece of cake. The shipwreck zone would've been way harder to deal with if those two weren't backing us up." Tsuburaba joked.

"Yeah, same for us." Rin added from his spot next to Shoji. "Tokage-san and Shiozaki-san were a major help."

"Our group performed rather exceptionally if I do say so myself." Monoma interject in a slightly smug tone. "With myself and Yaoyorozu-san, it was only natural that we took care of business."

"Was that before or after Satou-san and Kamakiri-kun decided to take a swim in the shipwreck zone?" Honenuki shot back with a quick laugh.

"Bite me, Honenuki!" The 'razor sharp' user gave the boy an irritated scowl as he continued to dry himself off with a towel that Yaoyorozu provided him.

"Alright, save the jokes for after we get back to the classroom." Kan said in a stern voice. "Everyone get back onto the buses so we can release you all for the day."

"Yes sir!" The students all said in unison before making their way out of the building.

Once the students were back at the main campus and finished showering, class 1-B was patiently waiting for their teacher to finish what he had to say so that they could leave.

"Once again, I'd like to commend you all on a job well done today." The man started. "Before you leave, I need to talk to you all about something that I forgot to mention this morning. The end of semester exams."

"Damn! I completely forgot about that." Awase cursed under his breath. (Class 1-B: 18/20)

"They may be two weeks away but you all need to stay sharp. Of course you have the written exams to worry about, but the practical portion is no joke. Use this time to fine tune your skills and hit the books. Those who fail either won't like what will happen to them."

A collective shiver went down the spines of the 1-B students at that last warning. None of them planned on failing to begin with, but now they had just a little more motivation to keep their heads above the water.

"That will be all, have a good day." Kan said before exiting the classroom.

"Damn, with all the excitement I completely spaced out on exams." Tetsutetsu clicked his teeth. (Class 1-B: 15/20)

"Seriously, with how much we've already gotten done this semester we've barely had enough time to really hit the books." Shoda added. (Class 1-B: 11/20)

"It's hard to believe that we're over halfway done with the second season already." Fukidashi's thought bubble spelled out as the boy packed his bag. (Class 1-B: 10/20)

"Eh, I'm not too worried about the exams." Tokage smirked. "Everything else has been pretty easy so far." (Class 1-B: 1/20)

Now it was Honenuki's turn to throw in his two cents. "I still can't believe that you have the best grades in class. Y'know, you're deceptively smart for someone so laid back." (Class 1-B: T-4/20)

"What can I say, I'm more than just a gorgeous face." The girl shot him a toothy smirk with a flip of her hair.

"Still, I wonder what the practical exam is going to be?" Midoriya wondered out loud. (Class 1-B: T-4/20)

Deciding to let the others in on the secret, Kendou gave the boy a reassuring smile as she made her way over to the group. "I wouldn't worry about it too much. My neighbor Tamaki is a third year and he told me that we're going to be fighting those robots from the entrance exam again. So it should be a piece of cake." (Class 1-B: 5/20)

"Seriously, that's all?" Yanagi asked. (Class 1-B: 9/20)

"Man, that's such a relief." The 'steel' quirk user sighed. "Fighting those robots should be no sweat."

"Don't get too comfortable, Metalhead. If anything, you should be worried about the written exams. I mean, Pony has a higher class ranking than you and Japanese isn't even her first language." The green haired girl joked. Unintentionally destroying the rest of her long time friend's confidence.

"Math is a language universal!" The horned girl cheered out. (Class 1-B: 14/20)

"Still though, we're all gonna have to hit the books pretty hard. With how much we focus on our heroics classes the rest of it is left up to us half the time."

"I agree. I'm still having some misgivings about Hero Art History." Shiozaki nodded. (Class 1-B: 13/20)

Suddenly a lightbulb went off over Tokage's head. A deviously brilliant idea formed in her mind that would enable her to kill two (or three) birds with one stone.

"Oh I know, we should all study together before the exams!"

"What?" Everyone looked to her.

"Think about it, if we all get together for some study sessions then we can piggyback off of eachother and pick up the slack."

"That's not a bad idea." Kendou rubbed her chin in thought.

"Yeah, with Midoriya, Juzo and Itsuka there it would help out a ton." The 'steel' quirk user agreed.

"It still won't be much help with the practical exam. But for that we'll all pretty much be on our own anyway." The green haired girl added.

"Well I'm all for it. What about you guys?" Honenuki looked to the rest of the group.

Kendou, Shiozaki, Tsunotori and Yanagi all gave a series of approving nods at the idea. In times like this there were no real downsides to forming their own study groups. As a whole, the entire group was pretty well balanced in terms of academic ability. So the idea was easy to get behind. The only person who hesitated was Midoriya.

"What about you, Izuku?" Tokage looked at the boy sitting quietly at his desk.

"Wait, you mean me too?" He gazed at her curiously.

"Hell yeah! What, did you think I wasn't going to invite you of all people?" The girl smirked as she leaned forward on his desk and slightly invaded his personal space.

A slight blush formed on his cheeks at the girl's close proximity. "O-oh...u-um sure...okay."

"We can iron out the details later, but for now I have to hurry and catch my train. I'll see you guys tomorrow." Kendou gave the other a quick wave before making her exit. Shortly followed by Yanagi, Shiozaki, Honenuki and Tsunotori.

"You can go on without me, Metalhead. I'll catch up to you in a bit."

"Cool." Tetsutetsu shrugged as he grabbed his bag and took his leave. Leaving the two greenettes alone in the classroom.

Now that they were alone, Midoriya's heart rate elevated slightly as Tokage sat down on top of his desk. The girl was giving him a devious smirk and he had a pretty good feeling as to what was on her mind.

"So...have you decided yet?" She asked in a slightly sultry tone.

"W-well I-I um…."

"Y'know, you can say no. It won't hurt my feelings too much if you don't want to." The girl's voice shifted ever so slightly.

Every instinct in Midoriya's body was telling him to leave as soon as possible. But a part of him knew that wasn't the right choice. It was bad enough that he was making the girl wait on his response. But he didn't want her to get the wrong idea about him.

"It's not that I don't w-want to. It's just that...this is k-kinda coming from out of nowhere."

"How so?"

"I just never thought...I've never really been in this kind of position before."

"Hey, I get it." She gave him an honest grin before leaning down a bit more. "As long as we're being honest, neither have I. You're the first person I ever asked out, so we're kinda in the same boat."

"Wait, really?" He gave her a confused look.

"Yeah! What, do you think I throw myself at every hot guy that catches my attention?"

"N-no, of course not."

"Phew!" She pretended to wipe some imaginary sweat off her forehead. "For a second there I thought you were under the impression that I was easy or something."

"I don't think that at all." He shook his head.

"Glad to hear it."

"Why me though?" That was certainly the million yen question. There were plenty of guys in their class alone who were much better options in his opinion.

"I already told you back when we left the orphanage. Like I said, it's not like I hide the fact that I find you attractive. Plus, I think we'd look really cute together."

"Oh…"

"So, what do you say? Are you at least willing to give it a shot? I promise the two of us will have a good time. And if you don't, then we can forget the entire thing ever happened."

"But…"

Midoriya's mind was split into two parts. On one hand, he wasn't entirely opposed to the idea of going out on a date. Even though it still sounded completely insane for him of all people to do something like that. On the other, his nerves were getting the better of him. The boy only started actively interacting with people this year.

His eyes suddenly shifted over to Tokage who was looking at him with a slightly worried expression.

If he were being honest, going out with the girl did actually sound like it would be fun. And it wouldn't be their first time hanging out alone. The previous times the two had some kind of outing, he enjoyed himself quite a bit. And even though she was a bit over the top at times, her personality was pretty refreshing and entertaining. And it certainly wasn't like he didn't find her attractive. There were more than a few times this year that he caught himself looking at her body for slightly too long, even though he would never admit to it out loud.

Another few seconds of silence passed between the two before the boy mumbled something under his breath.

"What was that?" Tokage asked as she detached her right ear and held it closer to his lips.

"I g-guess we c-could give it a s-shot." He nervously repeated in the same volume with a deep redness on his face.

"Really?" The girl smiled at him in disbelief.

"Y-yeah."

On the outside, Tokage managed to keep her composure while giving the boy a warm grin. But on the inside…

'Oh, fuck yeah! That was definitely a yes! Score!'

"Awesome!" Tokage patted him on the shoulder. "You had me worried there for a minute. I promise we'll have an awesome time, green bean!"

"Okay."

"I'll text you later to work out the details, but for now I have to hurry up and catch my train. See ya' later, hot stuff." Was all the girl said before quickly exiting the room. Leaving Midoriya confused about her sudden retreat.

A brief moment passed before the reality of the situation finally caught up to his brain. 'Oh my god, what did I just do?! I just agreed to go out on a date. A date! With a pretty girl! Is this really happening right now?!'

Meanwhile in hallway, Tokage was doing her best to bring down her heart rate. 'Holy fucking shit! He said yes! I was almost certain he was gonna shoot me down. I thought I was gonna die in there with how nervous I was. That was way easier than what I imagined!'

After slapping herself in the face a couple of times and taking a deep breath, the green haired girl regained her composure and made her way out of the building with a rather goofy smile on her face. The kind that made your face hurt if it was stuck in that position for too long. Now that she had that hurdle out of the way, it was time to begin phase two of her operation.

~Principal Nezu's office. Two hours later.~

"Thank you all for seeing me on such short notice." Detective Naomosa Tsukauchi addressed the group of five men sitting across the table from him. At the moment, himself, Principal Nezu, an older hero who goes by Gran Torino, Sir Nighteye, Toshinori Yagi and a young student by name of Mirio Togata were all in attendance.

"It's no trouble at all, Tsukauchi-kun."

"I assume that Toshinori has brought all of you up to speed on the situation?"

"Somewhat."

"I'm still kind of in the dark about what's going on." The blonde haired teen raised his hand.

Togata's confession was enough to elicit a slight scowl toward Yagi from the detective.

"I didn't want to worry the boy unless we had concrete information to work with." The emaciated blonde clasped his hands together.

"I guess that's fine." The black haired man sighed out. "To keep things simple, Toshinori had a rather interesting encounter the other day with one of the first year students here at U.A.. A young boy by the name of Izuku Midoriya."

"Oh, you mean that first year with the telekinesis quirk? That guy's pretty strong."

"I agree, Midoriya-kun is quite powerful indeed." Said the unidentified mammal.

"So what's going on?"

"On my way out of the school the other day, I ended up bumping into young Midoriya in one of the hallways. It was an ordinary encounter that wouldn't have meant much if he hadn't recognized me...in this form." Yagi waved his hands around his emaciated body.

"Wait, what?" Nighteye gave the man a shocked look. "Are you certain of this?"

"Without a doubt. Not only did he call me by hero name, but there was no mistaking the look in his eyes...along with his reaction."

"How?" Gran Torino asked.

"I have no idea."

"You can't be serious? You must've run into this boy at some point before for him to recognize you outside of your hero form." Nighteye interjected.

"Gentlemen, for the sake of time let's keep the sidebar to a minimum and listen to what Tsukauchi-kun has to say."

"Thank you, sir." The man said before handing out a pile of manila folders to everyone present. "It took some time, but I was finally able to gather a decent amount of information on the young man in question."

"What do you have?"

"Simply put, most of the information regarding Izuku Midoriya is rather unremarkable. He was born and raised here in Mustafu, currently lives with his mother. His dad is currently working in the U.S. and he's never gotten in trouble with the law."

"I'm sensing a "but" coming." Togata stated.

"But...that's pretty much where the normal stuff ends."

"Explain."

"Let's start with school. First things first, Midoirya went to Aldera Middle School before attending U.A.. Coincidently, another one of your students by the name of Katsuki Bakugou went there at the same time he did."

"Nothing out of the ordinary about that."

"I agree, but things suddenly changed when he stopped attending classes there part way through his final year."

"Go on."

"Please turn to page six in your files." The detective directed the group. As everyone followed the man's order, all of them stopped when they were met with a missing person's report that had a picture of the boy's face on it. "A little over ten months before the start of the school year, Midoriya suddenly went missing for a period of three and a half weeks."

"Are you serious?"

"Yes, the boy's mother filed that report a day after he didn't come home. There was a bulletin put out to the local precincts, but their investigation was less than thorough as it should've been."

"Why is that?" Gran Torino inquired.

"I suspect that it might have something to do with the boy's status during that time."

"His status?"

"Read his description at the bottom of the page."

"Izuku Midoriya, age fourteen, green hair, green eyes, quirk...none?" Yagi read the paper out loud.

"What?"

"I see." Nezu frowned.

"Yes, I suspect that the police departments in the area didn't do their due diligence about this incident due to the fact that Midoriya was quirkless...at the time. It wouldn't be the first time something like that happened. But that's a matter that we'll have to put on the back burner for now."

"That's terrible." Togata grimaced and clinched his fist.

"I agree, but back to the matter at hand. Shortly after Midoriya suddenly showed up at his home three weeks after his disappearance, he and his mother updated his status in the quirk registry. Also, he was officially pulled out of his old middle school and attended online classes to finish out the rest of his compulsory education."

"I don't like this." A dark feeling washed over the 'jet' quirk user's body.

"Nezu-san, did this not bring up any alarms prior to him attending school here?"

"U.A. allows homeschooled children to apply just like any other. This year alone we had over three dozen participate in the entrance and recommendation exams. Also, we only do checks on possible criminal records, nothing more."

"So let me get this straight." Togata began. "Midoriya suddenly vanishes for almost a month and then miraculously shows back up with a powerful quirk?"

"This has All for One written all over it."

A silence fell over the group as the name of one of the most terrifying individuals in the history of Japan lingered in the air. With the recent incidents at the school and in Hosu, there was no doubt in their minds that the man in question was still alive.

"Let's not jump to conclusions yet Sasaki-san." Nezu spoke.

"Sir-"

"He's right, people developing quirks late isn't exactly unheard of." Gran Torino cut him off.

"But at fourteen years old? Don't be ridiculous! Given the information that the detective has provided us, it's the only logical explanation."

"Toshinori, what are your impressions of this boy? He's one of your students, right?"

"Young Midoriya is a rather quiet boy but a model student. From what I've seen he's not very social but he is one of the better students in my class." Yagi explained.

"Hadou said the same thing about him. According to her, he's pretty shy and jumpy." Togota added. His blue haired friend had actually mentioned him quite a few times when they hung out.

"Has anything he's done stood out to you as odd?"

"Yes."

"Please...fill us in."

"There have been quite a few times this year when I've noticed him giving me some rather concerning looks during class. And he's made no attempt in hiding the possibility that I might not be his favorite person in the world. Of course I have no way of knowing what's going on inside that head of his. But it's quite disturbing."

Deciding that he was through with everyone dancing around the subject, Nighteye slammed his hand on the table. "We must bring this boy in for questioning and figure out what he knows! Obviously he has some connection to All for One and the more time he spends out in the open the bigger a threat he could become."

"What are you saying, sir?"

"Think about Mirio, there was a break-in at the school not too long ago. It wouldn't be surprising if he was somehow involved in that. If he is working for All for One, then he might also have connections with the League."

"Sasaki-san, please calm yourself." Nezu said.

"But-"

"It would be a bad idea for us to try and interrogate a student based on speculation alone. As of this moment, we have no hard evidence for Tsukauchi-kun to bring him in. Also, doing something so crass would possibly draw some unwanted attention. Like Toshinori-kun said, Midoriya-kun is a model student. He hasn't done anything to warrant such action."

"We are talking about the same boy who choked out another student during your Sports Festival, are we not?"

"That's hardly a good enough reason to raise any suspicion."

"Listen, our best bet to solve this entire issue is for myself and Tsukauchi to use our quirks on him to get some information."

"And how do you suppose we go about doing that? Having a police officer talk to him is already suspicious enough. But a hero with the quirk to see into the future is a major red flag."

Nighteye held his tongue since he couldn't come up with an immediate answer. The hero decided to concede and leaned back in his chair.

"For now we're simply going to monitor Midoriya-kun and watch his actions. Since Toshinori-kun is his teacher, he'll have eyes on him more than anyone else. However, I will personally be talking to him myself sometime in the near future."

"Are you sure that's a good idea, Nezu?"

"I don't see anything wrong with a principal deciding to have a simple chat with one of his more talented students."

"I agree with Nezu-san. Talking to either myself or Nighteye would cause some suspicion. Since the boy knows what Toshinori's true form looks like, it's reasonable to believe that he has a fair bit of information on him as well. Including his associates."

"Alright." Nighteye folded his arms across his chest.

"In the meantime, Togata-kun can you do something for me?"

"Sure sir."

"I would like for you to try and get a bit more information on Midoriya-kun through Hadou-san if at all possible. That friend of yours isn't exactly tight-lipped about things, so it shouldn't be an issue."

The blonde haired teen ran a hand through his hair as he thought about this request. "To be honest sir, it's a bit dishonest to do something like that. But since this situation is kind of serious, I'll see what I can do."

"Then we're all in agreeance. For the time being, we're going to keep our distance and watch the boy closely. If any of you notice anything suspicious, update Tsukauchi-kun immediately."

"Agreed. I'm still working the League of Villains case with the police. If he crosses paths with anyone of interest, I'll keep you posted."

"Meanwhile, I'll do some more digging on Midoriya and see what comes up. There are a few interesting things that I've found that I want to look further into." The detective added.

With nothing else left to say, the meeting between the group adjourned. As he was making his way out the building, Yagi still couldn't help the nagging feeling in the back of his head. Something about that boy seemed familiar, but still couldn't quite put his finger on it.

'What's your story, young Midoriya?'

Author's Notes: Let's just get it out of the way, yes...Mirio currently has OfA. To be honest, I didn't trust anyone else in this story but him to have that quirk. So sorry to disappoint you guys if you were hoping for someone else. I'm not sure when the "Big Three" will make their official introduction in the story. But I promise you guys that it's going to be good.

1. I really wasn't trying to pick on Bakugou in this chapter, but I had a really hard time figuring out how his quirk would be useful in rescue scenarios. Also, I just wanted him and Tokage to have some type of interaction. So this is what I came up with.