The early morning wake up call courtesy of Mandalay was definitely not what the students were expecting to hear before the crack of dawn on their first full day of training. For most of them, their daily routines didn't require them to get up at such an ungodly hour. But with the promise of severe consequences for showing up late, the hero course first years had very little trouble finding the motivation to get out of bed.

After he was done brushing his teeth and putting on his uniform, Midoriya hazily strolled over to the front of the lodge. The green haired boy himself was a bit more used to waking up early thanks to all his time training at Dagobah Beach. But even he was having trouble getting himself going.

By the time he made it outside of the lodge, Midoriya took a moment to take in the early morning view. Overall, the place was absolutely stunning. The trees were a beautiful shade of summer green and the mountain air felt fresh in his lungs. It had been a few years since he'd last been outside of the city and he was grateful to be able to experience something like this.

"Midoriya." A calm voice called out from behind, slightly startling him. The boy then turned around only to be met with the sight of the heterochromatic teenager known as Shouto Todoroki.

"Todoroki-san, good morning." Midoriya greeted the boy with a polite bow.

The air between them grew awkwardly thick as the son of the number two hero remained silent while staring at the 'telekinesis' user with his cold gaze. As far as Midoriya knew, Todoroki was a particularly antisocial guy who rarely ever talked to his classmates.

"Is there something that I can help you with?" The green haired teen asked in a slightly confused tone.

"Since it's only the two of us out here for the moment, I guess now's as good a time as any to say this. But looking at things objectively, I'm stronger than you in terms of raw power." The two-tone teen suddenly said.

"Okay…"

"But for some reason, you've been able to beat me every time the two of us have gone up against each other." The boy continued.

"Okay…" Midoriya repeated, wondering exactly where the boy from 1-A was going with this.

"I'm letting you know that from here on out, you will never beat me again. The next time we face each other, I will be victorious."

"Um...alright." Midoriya simply nodded. He wasn't exactly sure what brought on this sudden announcement. But he had a feeling that his victory over the powerhouse of class 1-A in the Sports Festival had something to do with it. "What's this all about, Todoroki-san?"

"You know my father...he's the number two hero."

"Yeah, I talked to him once during the Sports Festival."

Midoriya's words were enough to make Todoroki pause. Apparently this was the heterochromatic teen's first time hearing about this. And whatever words were about to come out of his mouth suddenly took a back seat. "What did he say to you?"

"He offered me an internship at his agency."

"And you declined?"

"Yeah."

"Why?"

In all honesty, Midoriya didn't really feel like delving into the multiple reasons why he didn't want to intern at the Endeavor Agency. Not only did their short interaction leave a bad taste in his mouth. But everything he heard from Ozehana about how the man operates only cemented his opinion of the current number two hero.

"I had a better offer."

"From Blizzard, right?"

"Yeah."

Once again, Todoroki stood silent for a few seconds as the gears began turning in his head. "Y'know...my father isn't very fond of that woman, or her older sister. Especially after one of his old sidekicks left his agency to go join her."

"That's understandable." Said Midoriya. "Ozehana-san's pretty powerful and she does quality work from what I've seen. I can imagine that anyone would be sad to lose a good hero like her."

"Agreed." Todoroki simply said before drastically changing subjects. "So what exactly is your connection to the Katsuragis?"

"Huh?"

"I won't pry too much, but I'm curious. One of your classmates said that you're the "Psychic Sisters" younger brother. And given your general appearance, your quirk and the fact that you've interned at her agency, it really isn't too hard to imagine that to be true."

'I really need to talk to Honenuki-san and Awase-san about making these jokes around people….' The boy breathed a slightly irritated sigh before opening his mouth to once again let someone know that he isn't related to his mentor. "Look Todoroki-san, I'm not-"

"Oh man, it's way too early for this!" The tired voice of Kaminari cut the boy off before he could finish his statement.

Near the entrance of the lodge, all the rest of the students were filing out of the building and huddling up in the clearing. Apparently this signaled the end of their conversation because Todoroki simply turned around and left Midoriya with so much as a word.

'Weird guy.' Midoriya simply shrugged before he himself went to join the rest of the class.

Once everyone was finally present and accounted for, Aizawa and Kan wasted no time in getting the party started.

First, the two teachers went into a brief explanation about how the purpose of the camp to focus on getting the students ready to take the provisional license exam before the start of the next semester. Which was certainly shocking news to them. After that, they went on to give a general layout for how their day was going to go. Essentially, they were going to split up into groups with a specific hero and work on improving the overall strength of their quirks.

"Although many of you have improved in terms of how to best apply your quirks. Our objective this week is to try and improve the overall power of them." Aizawa stated.

"What do you mean, sensei?" Uraraka raised her hand.

Instead of responding, the nocturnal hero pulled two softballs from out of nowhere. The first one, he tossed to Bakugou. And the other, he threw over to Midoriya.

"The two of you got the highest scores on the ball throw in each of the classes. If my memory is correct, Bakugou had a score of 705.2 meters."

"Midoriya came in at four hundred even." Kan added on.

"I see." Shishida remarked. "This will be used as a benchmark to assess our overall progress related to our quirks."

"We've been working hard this semester, so it makes sense that we'd have at least some improvement." Kendou added.

"I want the two of you to throw those balls as far as you can with your quirks. Just like how you did during the quirk apprehension test." Aizawa ordered.

"Show us what you got, Bakugou!" Kirishima cheered on from the left side of the crowd.

An almost feral grin formed on the face of the ashen blonde teen as he geared up for his throw. Naturally, the 1-B students didn't know what to expect. But judging by how all of the 1-A students were bracing themselves, they assumed that they should follow suit and covered their ears.

"Watch and learn, Deku." Bakugou gave a sharp look to the greenette before launching the ball through the air with a massive, yet well executed explosion. "Go to hell!"

"Did he really just scream "Go to hell"...?" Yanagi asked, wondering if her ears were playing tricks on her.

A few seconds passed before the information was received on Aizawa's phone. The black haired man then checked the number himself before turning it over to face the students. On the screen, they were all pretty surprised to see that the number was only 709.6 meters.

"What?" Bakugou said in bewilderment.

"That's it?" Kirishima asked out loud.

"Kind of a let down, ain't it?" Sero followed up.

"Alright Midoriya, you're up!" Kan then said to his student.

"Y-yes, sir!" Midoriya nodded before activating his quirk. Much like how he did at the start of the year, the 'telekinesis' user simply began levitating the ball above his hand before sending it flying directly in front of him. Like usual, once it was outside of his range the ball immediately dropped to the ground. But by then, it was already further than what anyone could see.

"Oh wow." Kan suddenly said, slightly raising everyone's curiosity. Aizawa then held the phone out in front of them and showed the class the number "451" on the screen.

"Are you serious?"

"That's a fifty meter improvement from the last time." Yanagi said in disbelief.

"That's insane." Tokage said in an impressed tone.

She wasn't an expert on telekinetic quirks, but even she knew something like that wasn't normal. A twelve percent increase over the course of a few months was bizarre. And it was even more bizarre when you consider the fact that Midoriya has only had his quirk for roughly a year. Evidently, Katsuragi was right that day during their internships. Midoriya might actually be on the same level as Tornado one day.

"Damn Midoriya, are you taking PEDs or something?!" Tsuburaba joked from his spot next to Monoma.

Midoriya himself was just as confused about the sudden increase in his range as much as everyone else. Nothing about that seemed out of the ordinary as far as his quirk was concerned. But considering the fact that at some point he improved a whole fifty meters in the span of one semester was definitely strange. Granted, this was his first time in a while testing out his maximum range limit.

While the 1-B students were giving Midoriya a few compliments, all of which caused the boy to turn into a blushing mess. Bakugou was silently fuming a few meters away from him. Not only had he barely improved on his own score, but that loser Deku had the audacity to upstage him in front of everyone.

"Due to your various experiences, all of you have definitely improved. But those improvements have mostly been limited to mental fortitude and technical application. With a slight increase in stamina thrown in." Kan began before Aizawa took over.

"But as you can see...for many of you, your quirks haven't improved much on a fundamental level. This will be what we focus on for the majority of the time that we're out here. I guarantee you that this training will be so hard that some of you might consider dropping out of the hero course."

A few students couldn't help but gulp at the proclamation given by the nocturnal hero.

"Bottom line is...get ready for "Hell Week"!"

The first hour of quirk training for the students could very well be considered an actual nightmare.

Not only were students working hard, they were going at full speed with no chance of slowing down anytime soon. All across the camp, the members of U.A.'s first year hero course were firing off their quirks left and right. Everyone had been split up into groups assigned to a specific pro hero after their morning meeting with their teachers. And the heroes wasted no time in pressing their foot down on the gas pedal.

For Midoriya, his group consisted of himself, Yanagi, Honenuki, Uraraka, Awase and Kodai. And all of them were currently being supervised by Pixie-Bob, the blonde haired member of the Wild Pussycats. From what he could gather, Midoriya assumed that this specific group was put together because everyone present had a quirk that could manipulate objects and terrain in some capacity. And since the woman could control earth, she was the most logical person for the job.

"C'mon greenie, you can do better than that!" She shouted as she formed yet another boulder for him to lift up.

At the moment, Midoriya was floating a good eight meters above the ground while constantly spinning an ever-increasing amount of rocks around his body. Much like his training with Katsuragi back during his internships, the green haired teen was not allowed to touch the ground. Normally this would be no problem for him, but with the task of also dealing with these rocks it was hard to keep his focus.

While that was going on, Yanagi was doing a similar exercise. The other telekinetic student was given the duty of also manipulating some boulders. Except for her, every rock that she was given was the maximum amount of weight that she could lift. While Midoriya's issue was still related to his control over multiple objects, her's was related to her weight limit. Simply put, the more objects that she had to levitate that were close to it, the harder the strain was on her body.

For the other students, Honenuki was doing his best to control the path that his 'softening' quirk took. Which was much easier said than done considering he was so used to just activating it over a large area instead of using it in a more controlled fashion. Kodai was resizing rocks left and right with very little time in between. Awase's hands were beginning to throb as he had been welding rocks and metals of different densities both to each other and his body ever since starting. The headband wearing teen still hadn't noticed the small pebble still stuck to his cheek.

And in the most bizarre of the group, Uraraka was focusing on her nausea issue. For her, the brunette was currently rolling down the mountain side in a giant plastic bubble. And every few seconds, Pixie-Bob would put up some sort of obstacle to throw the girl's equilibrium out of whack.

"I hope you kittens are having fun. Because we'll be going at it like this until you break for lunch!" The blonde haired heroine cheered happily.

On the other side of the camp, Tokage was certainly not having the best of times. The green haired teen's focus was all over the place...literally. For her, the girl was given the task of separating her body up into as many pieces as she could and spreading them out over as wide an area as possible. On the surface, it didn't seem like anything that she couldn't handle. However, Ragdoll also told the girl that she had to reform her body every five seconds before immediately spreading her pieces out again.

The problem with this was that it didn't give the girl any time to properly reset her body in between repetitions. Because of this, it was a constant drain on her stamina. So far in the school year, the girl had been able to increase her limit from twenty pieces to thirty. But with more pieces also came more energy that she would need to be expended to control and manipulate them.

Also in Tokage's group were Shiozaki, Tsunotori, Tokoyami and Kamakiri. Based on what Ragdoll had told them, they were lumped together due to their quirks requiring them to manipulate their bodies in some way, shape or form. Which did make a lot of sense. Just like her, everyone else had been using their quirks non-stop for the last hour and some change. The only outlier of their group was Tokoyami, who was in a dark cave not too far away from them. But based on the boy's constant yelling, she could tell that he was having a difficult time just like everyone else.

Despite all of that, Tokage was still glad that she was not a part of Tiger's group. The brunette man was in charge of everyone with a strength or body enhancement quirk. Even from where she was floating she could see Kendou and Ojiro sparring like there was no tomorrow. Along with Tetsutetsu and Kirishima who were just beating the ever living shit out of each other.

Overall, the first day of training was shaping up to be quite a drag.

By the time their lunch break came around, the students were already feeling the burn. Most of the wannabe heroes were well past their limits by now. But the promise of having to do more of the same didn't boost their morale in the slightest.

"I'm fucking exhausted!" Awase groaned after dropping his body to the ground to rest his limbs.

"Hmm." Kodai nodded in her usually neutral tone while trying her best to open up a bottle of water.

Across the clearing, Midoriya was taking the time to rest his body and mind. The boy found a comfortable patch of ground not too far from where he was training that was just soft enough to be considered dirt. Although he was still grateful that he finally had a quirk of his own. The downside to it's versatility meant that his training was going to be just as multifaceted.

"How are you holding up?" The stoic voice of Yanagi asked after making her way over to him. Needing to walk around for a bit after spending most of the morning in the exact same spot.

"I'll survive." He joked while giving the grey haired teen a thumbs up.

Deciding to take a moment to rest herself, Yanagi sat down on the ground beside the boy and handed him the extra bottle of water that she was carrying along with a protein bar. All Midoriya did was give the girl a quick "thank you" before sitting himself up.

"This training is just as difficult as Kan-sensei said it would be." The girl stated.

"Yeah." The boy nodded.

"This may be one of the few times I'm grateful for not having the ability to fly on my own. I'm already having a hard enough time trying to manage my own training. But you've been multitasking the entire morning."

"Yeah that's true." Midoriya laughed after taking a sip from his water bottle. "Pixie-Bob said that my main focus this afternoon is going to be my flying. And I have a feeling that she's going to throw some curveballs in there."

The two sat in relatively comfortable silence for the next few minutes as they powered through their food. They were only given forty-five minutes to relax before getting back to their training. And they planned on taking full advantage of it, as well as the others. In fact, Honenuki was already taking a nap at the other end of clearing from what they could tell.

"If we keep going at the same rate as we are now, I wonder how strong all of us will get." Yanagi suddenly said.

"Probably a lot. Everyone in our class already has strong quirks. It wouldn't be surprising if some people made some significant changes."

"Kind of like you?" The girl replied. "When did you increase the range of your quirk? A fifty meter jump is nothing to sneeze at."

"To be honest, I have no clue." He shrugged. "I was just as surprised as everyone else."

Yanagi could tell that the boy was being honest about his response. "Still, it's pretty impressive."

"Yeah, it is. It's even crazier when you consider the fact that I haven't had my quirk for very long." Midoriya said in a joking tone. Barely a second later, the boy finally realized the words that came out of his mouth and immediately regretted it.

"What do you mean you haven't had your quirk for very long?" A now curious Yanagi asked in an ever-so-slightly confused tone.

Inside of his mind, Midoriya tried to find a remedy to this solution. Unfortunately for him, the only thing that he could think of was either walking away or abruptly changing topics. And both options would do very little in helping him. The boy racked his brain for a couple of seconds before deciding that he should just roll with it. Yanagi already knew one of his biggest secrets, so there was really no harm in telling her this one as well.

"W-well...actually...I've only had my quirk for a little over a year." He nervously admitted.

Yanagi was silent for a moment as she processed that piece of information. Midoriya only had his quirk for a year? That was certainly strange. Nevermind the fact that she had never heard of someone developing a quirk so late. She was shocked that he was already this strong in such a short amount of time. All of a sudden, a lot of things started making sense to the girl. Especially the possibility that his former quirklessness was a major factor in why he used to cut himself.

"That makes sense."

"Huh?" The boy tilted his head in confusion.

"You getting a quirk that late explains why you don't have a lot of control over it." The girl continued on. "I always wondered why you used it in such a limited way. But now it makes sense why you do that. It's because it's still developing."

"I guess you're right."

"It also explains why you're not as arrogant as most people with powerful quirks."

"Yeah...I'd like to think so." Midoriya awkwardly rubbed the back of his head.

Yanagi's reaction was definitely a relief to Midoriya. Part of him was absolutely certain that the girl was going to look at him in a weird way. Of course, he didn't expect her to make a big deal out of it. But her simply just accepting the information as it was without any further questions definitely helped release some of the tension in his chest.

'Still... he's this strong after only a year. That's definitely something to think about.'

Eventually, lunchtime came to an end and the U.A. students went back to their training. Much to their own dismay.

A couple of hours after starting back up, Midoriya was soaring through the air like a green rocket.

His focus for the time being was his flying. So far in the school year, the boy had been able to improve his time from around eleven minutes to roughly twenty before he needed to take a break. He still doesn't know why exactly he had improved so much in terms of his control over his quirk. But over the last couple of hours he had noticed that moving through the air was slightly easier than it had been in the past. However, ever since the end of semester exam he had noticed that some things were also easier to move than before.

'I wonder if me using that "Overdrive" technique has something to do with it?' He thought to himself before the voice of his instructor caught his ear.

"Midoriya-kun, come down here for a second!" Mandalay called out to the boy who was moments away from passing by them. The telepathic heroine was standing next to his blonde haired classmate, Neito Monoma.

"What is it?" The boy asked as he landed on the ground in front of them. Wondering what the brunette member of the Wild Pussycats could want from him.

"Monoma-kun's quirk just timed out and I was wondering if you'd be alright with letting him use yours. We're trying to get his body used to handling a wide array of quirks at the same time." She explained.

"Yeah, sure." The green haired boy replied without a second thought. He had always wondered how his classmate would handle his quirk. He had seen him use Yanagi's a couple of times. But so far in the year, there was never an opportunity for the 'copy' quirk user to try out his power.

"Thank you, Midoriya-kun." Monoma said to the boy with a grin.

Naturally, the blonde haired boy was really looking forward to this. Aside from Todoroki's, Midoriya's quirk was the one that he had been hoping to try out the most. It wasn't out of some lust for power or anything like that. In truth, the boy really just wanted to see what it was like to fly. Non-mutant type flying quirks were a rarity, right up there with teleportation and healing. So it was only natural that he would jump at the chance to experience that for himself.

Without any hesitation, Midoriya held out his hand towards the boy and Monoma wasted no time in placing his over his classmate's and activating his quirk. On Midoriya's end, the boy didn't feel anything. He half-expected to feel some type of reaction to having his quirk copied, but there was nothing. However, on the other side of the equation Monoma was definitely feeling it.

"Is thought so." The 'copy' quirk user looked at his hand. "Your quirk and Yanagi-chan's might be the same. But they function differently."

"What do you mean?" Midoriya asked in a curious tone.

"Well for starters, your-ugh!" Out of nowhere, Monoma's nose began leaking blood, his eyes became bloodshot and the boy suddenly doubled over in pain.

"Monoma-kun!" Mandalay shouted, catching the attention of everyone who was nearby.

Unfortunately, neither of the two were able to stop the blonde haired boy from falling face-first into the dirt.

When Monoma finally regained consciousness, the boy was lying on a sofa in a large room. It took a second for his vision to clear up, but once it finally did he was met with worried expressions of both Midoriya and Mandalay. Actually, it wasn't just those two in the room. There was a smaller kid with a weird hat that he didn't recognize.

"My goodness, how long was I out?" The 'copy' quirk user asked as he tried to sit up. However, that slight bit of movement was enough to cause a sudden spike in the pain that he was still feeling in his head.

"Woah, easy there kid." The woman told him in a soft tone before turning to the child. "Kota, can you go grab a bottle of water from the kitchen?"

"Whatever…" The boy now identified as Kota scowled before shoving his hands in his pockets and walking out of the room.

A few seconds went by before the focus was now back onto Monoma and his current condition.

"How are you feeling?"

"Aside from an ear-splitting headache, I'd say I'm doing rather well." The boy replied to the heroine.

"What happened to you?"

Monoma racked his brain for a moment as he tried to find the right words to explain how he felt right before he blacked out. One of the benefits of his quirk was that he was instinitcily able to use it and know how it operates to a certain extent. And because of that, he had a pretty good idea of what happened.

"To put it simply...my body couldn't adapt to the quirk very well."

"What do you mean?" The 'telekinesis' user inquired.

"Whenever I copy someone's quirk, I also copy their body's natural resistance and adaptation to it. For example, when I absorbed Bakugou-san's quirk the muscle tissue in my shoulders and forearms increased. Or when I copy Tsuburaba-kun's, my lungs briefly expand."

"Hmm, that does make a lot of sense." Mandalay commented. "But what does that have to do with what happened this time?"

The blonde haired teen stayed silent for a moment before glancing over to Midoriya. "When it comes to Midoriya-kun's quirk...it was almost as if his body had little to no natural resistance to the actual quirk itself. Barely a few seconds after I activated it, it felt like someone hit me in the back of the head with a hammer."

That phrase stuck out to Midoriya quite a bit. Mainly because he felt the exact same pain after using "Overdrive". The boy couldn't help but wonder if him developing a quirk so late had something to do with what Monoma had explained to him.

"Well, I guess that makes sense. I've known a few people who've had quirks that weren't exactly suited to their bodies. I actually know a guy I went to high school with that had the ability to manipulate plants. The downside was that he was seriously allergic to pollen."

"Well that's...ironic." Midoriya tried to hold in a slight chuckle.

"I actually did learn something else before I passed out." Monoma continued.

"And what is that?"

"Although your quirks are similar, both your power and Yanagi-chan's don't work the same way. Her's is more "area of effect" while yours is more "direct"."

"I don't understand." The green haired teen stated. Midoriya was curious though on how exactly his quirk differed from his classmate's. He knew that no two quirks were exactly the same, but if the difference was enough for Monoma to notice only after a few seconds then it must have been significant.

"To be perfectly frank, I think I could explain it very well. It's a difficult concept to put into words. Honestly, you might have a better chance of asking Blizzard or someone who specializes in telekinetic quirks."

"Yeah, I can understand that." Midoriya dropped his shoulders a bit. He was already cataloging this newfound information in the back of his head so that he could write it down in his hero notebook later. But he had hoped that his classmate would be able to give him a bit more insight into what he discovered. If Monoma's quirk truly allowed him to instinctively know how a quirk works. Then that means the boy might be better at analyzing quirks than he is.

Before Midoriya could ask another question, Kota returned to the room with a bottle of water. Mandalay made the decision to let Monoma rest up for a bit before going back to training and told Midoriya to head back outside. Of course the boy complied with the order, but he made a mental note to talk to his classmates later to get a few more details on this matter.

Once training for the day was over, the hero course students were finally able to sit back and relax for a bit. Of course, most of them were a bit peeved that they had to cook their own dinner after pushing their bodies to the limit for the entire day. But overall, they were just too tired to really care at this point.

"Oh my god! I don't know if this curry is actually good, or if I'm just so hungry that my tongue doesn't actually care about flavor anymore!" Tetsutetsu said as he inhaled his food like it was his first meal in days.

"Let's just be glad that it's actually edible." Honenuki followed up while also shoveling his food into his mouth.

"Seriously, I don't even care that my hands are still cramping up." Kendou giggled.

Aside from the three of them, their table consisted of Midoriya, Tokage, Yanagi, Shiozaki, Awase and Tsunotori. It was pretty obvious by this point in the school year that this was their default group of friends. But neither of them were complaining. They had a pretty good dynamic and everyone got along really well.

"Man Pony, you were really kicking it into high gear today weren't you? You did like two hundred laps around the entire camp this afternoon." Said Awase.

"Yes, my feet still have much exhaustion. Might need replacing horseshoes after camp." The American teen pointed down to her hooves.

"What about Tokage-chan? She was all over the place...literally."

"I'm just glad that I didn't lose any limbs today." The girl gave a toothy smirk while scarfing down her third plate.

To her right, Midoriya was busy trying to keep the world from spinning too fast. One of the side effects that came with overusing his quirk for flying were sudden episodes of nausea. And since he had practically used it non-stop for the entire afternoon, he was having a difficult time keeping his food down. Across the table, Yanagi seemed to be in the same boat. The grey haired teen had her hand over her exposed eye and was taking very slow bites.

"You doing okay, Izuku?" Tokage asked her boyfriend(?). Now that she thought about it, the two of them never did clarify exactly what they were to each other. They were dating, that much was plain as day. But were they on the boyfriend/girlfriend level yet? Maybe she should get around to doing that sometime soon. Preferably when the boy is not minutes away from passing out at the table.

"Yeah...I'm fine."

Out of nowhere, Tokage's hand popped off her arm and placed itself on Midoriya's forehead. "Hmm...you don't appear to have a fever. But you do look pretty hot to me." The others were quick to pick up on the girl's not-so-subtle innuendo. "Do you need to rest your head on my lap?"

At the other table, Mineta began violently coughing.

Midoriya's furious blush was enough to get a few laughs from everyone around them. Although he should really be used to this by now, Tokage's antics were still enough to throw him off guard. Especially when she would ask him stuff like that completely out of the blue. And in front of other people.

"Oh yeah, that reminds me." Tokage suddenly blurted out and looked over at the other end of the table. "Hey, Kaibara!"

"Yeah?" The 'gyrate' quirk user answered. The boy was still fiddling with his camera after finishing his first plate. Evidently, he had a thing for photography and a friend of his in the journalism club asked him to take pictures of their time at the camp.

"What kind of girls are you into?"

Suddenly all movement in the area stopped at the girl's question. All of the boy's were wondering why she asked him something like that out of the blue. But the girls had a pretty good idea of what was going on.

"What?" Kaibara blushed.

"What kind of girls are you into?" She repeated. "I overheard some third year girls talking in the bathroom during lunch the other day and apparently they want to get a piece of you."

Tokage could almost feel Yanagi's freezing cold gaze of on the back of her head. But she decided to have some more fun with this before calling it quits.

"W-wow you're uh...kinda...putting me on the spot here…." The red faced teen sputtered out while scratching his cheek.

"Seriously...is every guy in 1-B a secret ladies man?" Kaminari whispered to Mineta in a slightly jealous tone.

"Hey, while we're on the subject of Kaibara." Kamakiri decided that now was a good time to put in his two cents. "Hey, Bakugou!"

"What?!" The ashen blonde teen shouted back.

"Kaibara here really wants to know your opinion on something. Do you think that art is an explosion?"

"What?!"

"Pffft!" Tokage couldn't stop herself from laughing out loud..

"I hate you Kamakiri...so very much…." Kaibara dropped his head in defeat. Although he actually did want to know what the answer to that question was. He wasn't dumb enough directly ask the person who could blow him clean of the face of the earth.

"You gotta admit, that was pretty funny!" Honenuki chimed in. Also failing to hide his own laughter.

"Less talking and more eating!" Aizawa suddenly announced after popping up out of nowhere. "You remedial students only have an hour before your classes start. So if you want any time to relax tonight, I suggest you start stuffing your faces."

"Yes sensei…." The aforementioned students weakly replied.

In addition to Tsuburaba, Kuroiro, Bondo and Komori from 1-B. Bakugou, Todoroki, Kirishima, Kaminari, Ashido, Sero, Aoyama and Uraraka were the students from 1-A who failed to pass their exams. Which meant that in addition to their regular training during the day. The twelve of them had to go through supplementary lessons that were going to be led by Aizawa. Unfortunately for them, given the man's reputation as a nocturnal hero they could very well be up for the rest of the night.

Needless to say, Midoriya and the others did not envy them one bit.

Not too long after dinner was finally over, the non-remedial students were given the rest of the night to relax and recover their stamina. Most everyone was either in the lounge area talking to one another, or in their rooms playing on their phones. For Midoriya and Tokage, the two of them along with their usual group of friends were all sitting around one of the tables and talking about random topics. They were in the middle of a rather interesting conversation about hero teams before the green haired boy had to excuse himself to head over to the restroom.

Just as Midoriya turned the corner onto the next hall, the boy was greeted with a person that he knew all too well. Much to his dismay, he found himself standing almost face-to-face with none other than Katsuki Bakugou. The boy was one of the remedial students since his team ended up failing their exams. And judging by the direction that he was travelling, he was on his way there.

Midoriya had hoped the 'explosion' quirk user would just walk by without saying a word. But obviously luck was not on his side this particular evening.

"Deku!" The blonde boy with the explosive personality said in a highly aggressive tone. Loud enough to catch his attention, but not loud enough to be heard anywhere else in the hall.

Against his better judgement, Midoriya decided to humor his former classmate and respond. "Hello Bakugou, what can I help you with?" He said in a slightly sarcastic tone.

"You got a lot of fucking nerve...you useless piece of shit."

"What did I do to bruise your ego this time?"

If they weren't standing in the middle of the hallway not too far away from the nearest adult, Bakugou would've been liable to set off a small-scale explosion right in Midoriya's face. But the ashen blonde teen already had one issue that he was dealing with. That being his pending remedial classes. And he definitely didn't want to get scolded by the teachers about blasting the smug attitude out of this worthless loser.

"How dare you make a fool out of me in front of everyone?! You think that just because you've improved a little with that shitty quirk of yours that you can humiliate me?"

'Wow, I can't believe that I actually wanted to be friends with this guy not too long ago.'

"No, that's not what I think at all." Midoriya's tone was now dry and almost apathetic. To the outside person, one would say that the boy's personality completely changed since the beginning of this conversation.

Apparently that was the wrong answer, because it was enough to make Bakugou's blood boil. This kid used to shake in fear at the mere sight of him. Now he's talking to him as if he was a minor inconvenience.

"Let me make one thing clear, Deku…." Bakugou almost growled. "It doesn't matter how strong you get with that quirk of yours. You're just a piece of trash. An insect beneath my feet. No matter what, I will be the number one hero. Not you."

"Cool…" Midoriya shrugged almost nonchalantly.

"What?" Bakugou blinked a couple of times.

"Go ahead and be the number one hero if that's what you really want. It doesn't matter to me."

"Don't give me that shit, you nerd! As long as I can remember, you used to run around claiming that you were going to be just like All Might one day. Don't act like that you've changed all of a sudden and that you don't care."

"Why on earth would I want to be like him? There are other aspects of heroics besides solving everything with your fists and wearing a fake smile all the time."

That was enough to make Bakugou pause for a moment. Did worthless Deku actually just say something negative about All Might? That was impossible. The shitty loser revered him almost like a God. For him to say something like that was definitely not normal. But more importantly, how dare this bug talk down about the "Symbol of Peace"?

Out of instinct, the ashen blonde teen attempted to grab a hold of Midoriya's shirt collar. But he didn't even make it halfway through his motion before his body froze up and locked in that position. Bakugou's eyes then travelled upwards only to be met with a cold gaze that was unlike anything he had seen before.

"Listen...Bakugou." Midoriya leaned in a bit. "I'm not competing with you. I don't care about being the strongest. I don't care about being the best. And I certainly don't care about something ridiculous like being the number one hero. You can hold on to that childish goal of yours all you want. But understand this…"

Bakugou's body then began to move on it's own and the boy suddenly found himself standing straight up with his arms at his sides.

"I'm not putting up with your ego anymore. Either learn to get over yourself, or continue falling behind the rest of your classmates. But whatever you do, leave me out of it." Following that last statement, Midoriya released his hold on the boy and began walking past him.

A now furious Bakugou then turned around and barked at the back of the boy's head. "You think you're so damn cool, huh? I wonder how your classmates would act if they found out that you were a freak up until recently."

"And I wonder how the school would act if they found out how you used to treat "freaks" like me." Midoirya immediately shot back.

Bakugou simply remained silent as Midoriya turned the next corner to continue his way to the bathroom. He'll admit that Deku may have gotten him the best of time on this particular conversation. But that didn't make the 'explosion' quirk user any less furious.

At the other end of the hallway just around the corner, Ochako Uraraka was trying to make sense of the interaction that she had just witnessed. Like her classmate, she too was on her way to the mandatory remedial class. But just when she turned onto the next hall she caught sight of Midoriya and Bakugou talking. It was no secret that Bakugou hated the green haired boy from 1-B. The guy made it obvious every chance he got. And judging by the look on Midoriya's face just a minute ago, the feeling was definitely mutual.

Still, the girl was just close enough to hear what the two of them were saying. And she'd be lying if she said that her curiosity wasn't piqued. Especially when it came to what Bakugou mentioned about Midoriya being a "freak". However, as much as the girl wanted to get some more information on this she had to hurry up and get to her class.

'Something's definitely up with those two. Bakugou-san I get, but Midoriya-san is usually so nice to people. I wonder why there's so much bad blood between them.'

Author's Notes: Alright let me just get it out of the way now. Do not expect anything major out of that Todoroki interaction. A friend of mine really wanted me to plug it in, and I had no reason not to do it. Plus, it fits in with the story pretty well. This is still a 1-B focus after all.

1. Oh my god, a Monoma scene? And one where he isn't acting like an annoying tool? 2020 is something else. But yeah, now you guys see why I was holding off on this scene for so long. I might have taken a major liberty with the specifics on how his quirk works. But I'm setting up for something later on in the fic. Plus, there's been a stunning lack of him in this fic. Expect more Monoma scenes later on.

2. Next chapter is going to be "Tokage-centric". To be honest, I'm having a hard time figuring out how to expand on her quirk since it's already pretty powerful. But hopefully I'll be able to come up with something soon.

3. For the record...I've been sitting on that Naruto joke ever since the Sports Festival Arc.

Like always, thanks for reading and don't be afraid to leave a comment/review.