The next day had gone exactly as before: nobody had seen them exit, enter, or between. They were the first to arrive in Homeroom, sitting in their seats in silence while ignoring their surroundings. The atmosphere that manifested with them, individually or together, was uninviting and suffocating, making approaching them feel tedious—unlike yesterday, due to last night's qualm, the students were more hesitant to approach them.
In Foundational Hero Studies, "I can't wait to see all of you on the training field today!" Delighted All Might with a toothy grin, "Since this is the first time you'll be seeing each other in action, we're going to do things a bit differently: you four, I'd like you to go out and set-up somewhere," with his request, the abroad students had started walking out towards the direction All Might pointed, "As for the rest of you, I'd like for you to capture those four- preferably using what you've learned from your recent work study." The students looked at each other in confusion, unsure of his inquiry.
"A-Are you sure about that, All Might?" Asked Iida with his hand raised in the air.
"Doesn't that seem unfair?" Uraraka followed up.
"Take this as an advantage to test yourselves in another mock villain scenario."
A few minutes later, the students had grouped up and embarked on their assignment, still troubled by the requirements; All Might kept his back to them, only peering over his shoulder. "You kids have already gone through so much. You're on your way to becoming great heroes, but we may need you sooner than expected—we need you ready."
"If the foreign students aren't familiar with their way around, they should be easy to find, right?" Questioned Todoroki.
"It's a big place; they could be anywhere." Intervened Mina.
"We don't even know how they get around without anyone noticing," Sato commented.
"This is why we must ensure all possible outcomes to succeed; even though they're only playing villains, we must act accordingly." Iida specified.
"How do we know they're playing villains?" Aoyama shuddered as he mumbled to himself softly.
"Just because they're strange doesn't mean they're bad- they got into U.A. just like we did." Midoriya protested towards the group.
"Tch, of course, you'd stick up for those weirdos." Grumbled Bakugo.
"Can we just focus on our assignment right now, please?" Yaoyoruza sighed, "We'll be out here all day if we don't come up with a plan."
"I wouldn't be so sure," Shoji spoke up suddenly. "You found them already?" Tokoyami inquired.
"I don't know if I'd take credit in finding them," he said humbly, moving his appendages into a fixated position,
"They're right over there, sitting on top of the metal box next to that building."
"I guess you can't lose if you don't go very far," Kaminari commented while scratching his head.
"And you said they're just sitting there?" Replied Jiro, "I thought I heard that weird buzzing again."
"That doesn't surprise me." Kirishima pointed out.
"So what's our plan?" Asui croaked, "If we don't know what their quirks are- but if they're just sitting there . . ."
"Are we assuming they don't care?" Sero interjected.
"It could be a trap." Speculated Todoroki.
"It's not easy to tell with them." Brought up Tokoyami.
"Regardless," Iida started, "I believe I've devised an effective strategy. Everybody, please listen—..!"
As they idly sat together, they kept their eyes out for suspicious movements or activity but saw nothing that warranted a response, their ears, however- with a slight nudge from Shelby, Yemi slowly rose her arms to her chest, crossing them over each other with her hands pointed out and index finger and thumb touching.
Suddenly, from all directions, the students launched their attack: from above- Tokoyami, Sero, Bakugo, Ojiro, Uraraka, and Asui dove in from all directions while Kaminari, Kirishima, Midoriya, Koda, Jiro, Shoji, Mina, Mineta, Yaoyoruza, Sato, Todoroki, Iida, Hagakure, and Aoyama charged in from ground level. Those who launched projectile attacks were surprised when met with a large earth wall that took their blows without much visible damage. However, those who got into proximity to the four were bounced back- students with heavier attacks were thrown farther, crashing into buildings and other scenery. Hagakure, Yaoyoruza, Mineta, Mina, and Ojiro were not affected by the mysterious phenomenon but did not get far, regardless; as they got closer, the earth wall contorted around them, trapping them in a thick layer of natural debris that quickly cracked back up open, flinging the five back towards the rest of the group.
As the wall crumbled to the ground, the others gathered back up as fast as they could; the thick dust clouds started to disperse. The only difference worth noting was Arjan- who had his hands placed firmly on the ground while Keali'i, Shelby, and Yemi remained unmoved. Once the ground had returned to its normal state, Arjan hopped back onto the box with his group and sat down, his pose uncaring and rebellious; despite the others regathering around them, they did not issue counterattacks.
"W-What was that?! What happened?!" Exclaimed Kirishima.
"It's a lot stronger than it looks." Midoriya groaned, tightly gripping onto his shoulder.
"That wall was no joke, either." Ojiro fretted as he wiped the dirt away from his eyes.
"I seriously thought we were going to be crushed into juice!" Mineta blubbered.
"Those of you with long-range quirks are the only ones capable of attacking! Quickly!" Iida commanded.
Kaminari, Tokoyami, Sero, Bakugo, Jiro, Shoji, Mina, Mineta, Yaoyoruza, Todoroki, and Aoyama collectively unleashed their attacks that made hast towards them, but in a mere instant, they backfired. With one hand, a vertical swipe of an arm from Keali'i, Jiro's vibrations and Kamnari's electricity remained ineffective, Sero's tape and Shoji's appendages were sliced, Tokoyami's Dark Shadow, Mina's acid, Mineta's attachments, Yaoyoruza's weaponry were cut in two, Bakugo's explosive particles and Todoroki's ice were fragmented and pitched in the opposite direction, causing slight injury to the larger group, and while Aoyama's laser had passed through, the four had evaded the attack by linking arms and jumping higher and faster than any quirkless being could.
"What the hell are you doing?! Fight us, you damn cowards!" Bakugo demanded as he launched another burst of explosives, receiving the same results- this time, however, Todoroki acted quicker and put up an ice wall to shield his classmates.
"K-Knock it off!" Uraraka cried out.
"You're going to get us killed!" Midoriya shouted.
"Shut up!" Snarled Bakugo.
"Stop fighting!" Grumbled Yaoyoruza.
With a frustrated yell, Bakugo went at them again with more vital force. As confusion and anxiety built up, others followed suit with their quirks and met the same failure—this time working against both Keali'i and Arjan, who made their opposition look weak. The group had reached its breaking point; no control could be taken. With what they were capable of, they went for it, overworking themselves for futile efforts.
Just when things felt like they had gone into a stalemate, the abroad students were to show their true potential offensively.
With a swift, downward movement of her arms, Yemi had thrown back every student a few miles out of their current location, demolishing anything in their path with great force. Then, in the blink of an eye, Keali'i appeared, only to disappear the moment he changed the trajectory of those still airborne with a vertical sweep of his arm, and finally, when those who had crashed inside the abandoned office building ceased motion, Keali'i returned with Arjan under his arm in his hold, keeping him in place as Arjan pressed his palms against the building and clapped them in a rhythmic pattern; the building shook, and the floors started to cave in one by one.
Suddenly, cutting through terrified pleas, a sharp whistle could be heard from above, which prompted Keali'i and Arjan to look up, having their quirks erased as Mr. Aizawa glided into the rescue. "Alright, that's enough!" he loudly condemned as he went to assess his students' physical conditions, leaving those capable of exiting training fielding on their own.
Despite the destruction and magnitude use of their quirks, everyone had come out conscious with minor internal damage; the number of cuts, bruises, and sore muscles were accustomed to the impact.
Back at the entrance, the students stood together, groaning and mumbling in pain as All Might stood in front of them, a condoling expression upon his skeletal face: "Even if you didn't successfully complete the assignment, I'm still proud of how far you've all come." Please don't be discouraged by your progress. There are things even your new classmates haven't gone through, meaning there's plenty of growth all of you still have to do."
Meanwhile, as he comforted the students, Mr. Aizawa stood far out, scolding the international students who did not appear to care about what he had to say.
"They didn't get a scratch on them." Sought Asui.
"Or even break a sweat." Followed Kirishima.
"We got tossed around like trash." Wept Hagakure.
"I don't want to be the one who told you so," Bakugo began, suppressing the urge to shout, "But like I said yesterday, they don't give a damn about us. They never will; to them, we're nothing."
Midoriya didn't want to believe it; he tried to refuse Bakugo's words. His entire person was built on the foundation of heroism and what it meant to be one, thanks to his idol, All Might. But as he looked to his hero for preservation, he saw the daunting definition of a man whose life was slowly depleting, unable to look his successor in the eye. He was crushed.