(Okay, time for a starting line, then. I hope you guys are liking this story so far. I hope to hear what you guys think so far, hearing any criticism I feel like, helps me write. And I haven't forgotten about that one idea about Lucas' dream, either. That'll happen in a later chapter. Anyways, enjoy)

The first match ended strangely, the losers both untouched, but the winners were both on the ground. Izuku was unconscious and Ochaco was nauseated by her Quirk, Tenya was concerned for Ochaco's health and Katsuki…he was still. Whatever he was thinking of was Lucas's guess. He resisted the idea of reading their minds to understand what their fight was REALLY about. But that's too invasive. "How does the old saying go? You may lose the battle, but you've won the war." Tokoyami said.

"This class is intense." Tsuyu said. "As far as I can tell, Iida was the only one to minimize damage and understand the level of risk." Lucas said, but he was more concerned for their safety than their skills at the moment. "Sakai?" Denki tried to get his attention. "O-Oh…Uh, sorry." He said, "J-Just thinking out loud, I guess."

(Later)

"Well, despite the results…The MVP of this exercise is Young Iida!" All Might said, this shocked Tenya.

"Shouldn't it be one of the heroes instead?" Tsuyu asked, pointing out that since they were the winners, shouldn't they be MVP? "Valid question! Why didn't I choose one of those two? Who has a guess?"

Yaoyorozu raised her hand, "Sir, I can tell you why. Iida embraced this challenge. And was the only one who adapted to his assigned role."

"Mind if I join in explanation, Yaoyorozu-san?" Lucas asked. Yaoyorozu, "Go ahead." She said, curious. Lucas looked down and said everything aloud:

"Bakugo-san was blinded by not only rage, but grudge against Midoriya-san. This combination resulted the destructive attacks and non-cooperation with his parter that he displayed for us. Not taking into account not just his partner's safety, but the weapon he was supposed to protect with the blast. Even his OWN safety, as said blast could possibly have been powerful enough to bring down the building." Lucas explained, everyone looked at him shocked at how confident he was with his explanation.

Some took note of his anger, "Meanwhile, Midoriya-san's plan was ill-advised, as while he showed hesitation regarding his Quirk, using it in the end could ALSO have put them in danger. He also has lack of control, so he endangered himself as well." Uraraka and Bakugo looked at Lucas, not expecting him to criticize Midoriya's performance.

Lucas looked up when he saw everyone expecting him to go into further detail. The staring made him uncomfortable. He blushed nervously, "U-U-Uh, I-I-I…Y-Yaoyorozu-san, I a-apologize. I d-didn't mean to i-interrupt you." He said, stepping back.

Yaoyorozu looked at him, "Well, I couldn't have put it in better words, Sakai. Thank you." She then moved to Ochaco.

"As for Uraraka, she let her guard down mid-battle, and her final attack was far too reckless, given the hypothetical stakes. If she treated the fake weapon as though it were real, she never would've risked such an imprecise move." She explained, Ochaco was ashamed. Iida looked on shocked, "Iida was fully prepared for his opponents arrival. He had a strategy, and never lost sight of his mission to protect the dummy weapon, even if he WAS foiled in the end." Tenya blushed, happily. "Technically, the hero team won, but took advantage of the fact that this was training. They didn't respect the spirit of the trial." All Might was shook, "This girl really has a good eye on her." He took note of how sharp Yaoyorozu was, "And Young Sakai…social anxiety aside, it seems his father taught him well." He was stunned, "Yes, well…You overlooked a few things." He barely managed to say, "Young Iida could've relaxed a little bit in the exercise." He gave the two of them a thumbs up. "But…otherwise, you nailed it!"

"One should always start from the basics and devote themselves wholeheartedly to learning. That's the only real way to become a top hero." Momo had said, Lucas took note of All Might shocked expression.

"Wow, Yaoyorozu's smarter than the teacher." He thought to himself. All Might returned the students attention to the next matchup. He told the students to think about everything they learned from the last match. Katsuki looked lifeless, Lucas noticed. After everything he just witnessed between Katsuki and Izuku, Lucas didn't know what to make of the boy. He saw a bully…and someone else at the same time.

The next matchup was Team I for the villains, and Team B for the heroes.

So, Toru and Mashirao would protect the replica weapon, while Shoto and Mezo would be the ones to either retrieve the weapon or capture the villains.

Katsuki looked on from the monitors. Toru rid herself of her gloves and boots, going full-on invisible for a stealth advantage. Mashirao would defend the weapon. Shoji tracked their locations immediately, however Shoto told Shoji to go outside for his own safety.

He placed his hand on the wall and began to freeze the building. Ice surrounded the entire building in seconds, looking like a crystalized fortress. Hagakure and Ojiro was frozen where they stood, stuck in the ice.

Shoto approached the floor with the weapon on it, Ojiro stood in place, readying himself for a fight. However, Todoroki was walking passed him and touched the weapon.

All Might and the students shivered. "He incapacitated them, without compromising the weapon or his teammate." He told them to take note of the strategy. Katsuki stood from behind everyone and was in shock.

"I could use the same strategy, but that depends on who our opponents would be. Let alone, using ice would be a huge risk for too much attention." Lucas concluded that he needs to find another way to win. Shoto heated the ice until it evaporated off the building.

"Can he manipulate the temperature of the ice, as well?" Lucas asked, then he remembered something he learned about Shoto. "That guy's intimidating." Kaminari said, "He got in on a recommendation, so he must good." Asui said.

"Moving on! We'll have a quick review of the second match. After that, we'll jet on over to our next battle!" Toshinori said, Katsuki grunted in a moment.

(Time for a montage)

Sero taped the area around the weapon, making a bit of a blockade to prevent the hero team from laying hands on the weapons. Eijirou readied his Quirk for defense. This was team J.

Fumikage readied Dark Shadow, stepping into the darkness of the building, with Tsuyu climbing the was. Team H for Hero.

(I was told I should've made a fight and now I shall fulfill the request)

Yaoyorozu and Lucas put up a metal blockade for the door. Lucas was hesitant about thie exercise, not really liking that he had to play villain. "Okay, that should be enough for the defenses." Momo said, Lucas nodded and prepared his staff. Team C had a plan. "Okay, while we haven't seen our opponents's powers in action, I've seen Kaminari-san and Jiro-san's Quirks aren't used for strong physical ability, nor were any of Kaminari-san's abilities used for the training from yesterday." Lucas explained to his partner.

"Good eye, but remember not to underestimate them. I believe Jiro's Quirk can help her assess our location. We need a way to counter that." Momo suggested.

"Okay, well, I have an idea." Lucas said, "I'll distract them, while we set up a trap."

(Meanwhile)

Denki and Kyoka were walking, stealthily. Kyoka plugged her earphone in, trying to hear the movements of their opponents, and pointed up, Denki prepared to use his Quirk. Electric sparks coming off his hand. Team G prepared themselves for an encounter. "I think I hear closer footsteps, one of them's coming after us. It's more likely to be Sakai." Kyoka said.

"The guy wearing that cat hood, right?" Denki asked, "Yeah. We better move fast if he attacks us." Kyoka said to him.

"What do you think his Quirk is, anyways? Levitation or whatever?" Denki said, "I don't know. I don't think we wanna find out. You saw how he held Bakugo down the other day." Kyoka said.

(Meanwhile)

Lucas carried and planted a device near a wall, and tried to keep on going. He needed to hurry and finish up before Jiro-san knew where he was on this floor. "How's it going over there?" Momo asked over the radio. "I'm almost finished. I'll remember the headphones." Lucas said, putting on some soundproofing headphones on. "You're okay, right? If I were to make a suggestion for a future endeavor, pack some emergency rations for your powers." Lucas explained. "Hmm…that IS a good idea, I believe. But I don't have rations now, so let's focus on the fight against those two." Yaoyorozu told her classmate.

"Of course." Lucas made it to the next area he planted a device near the front of the door. "Now then, I hope Jiro-san will forgive me." Lucas said, waiting for them to open the door nearby. Lucas hid and made sure to slow his breathing for Jiro-san to be unable to hear him.

(back with those two)

"I heard the footsteps from this room, mostly." Kyoka whispered to her partner. "Do you hear footsteps above us?" Denki asked. "No, they stopped around here. One of them is here." Kyoka said, while Lucas waited for her to plug in her

Lucas then pressed the button given to him, and loud noises begun to rock the floor and walls! "This should be enough!" Lucas came out of his hiding spot and tried to get the jump on Kaminari and Jiro! "It WAS Sakai! Jiro, come on, let's—" Denki had saw Kyoka had covered her ears in pain. "Watch out!" Denki said, using his Electrification to surround his body in case Sakai used physical attacks. What he didn't expect was the boy to use his psychokinesis in midair to hold Kaminari down.

Kyoka could see he had planted some sort of speakers to emit a loud noises to mess up her senses, "Let's see how YOU like this!" Kyoka plugged her headphone jacks into the device closest to Sakai. Lucas had been pushed to the wall by the sound. Lucas grunted when he took the attack. He hoped he wouldn't get concussed. "Sakai, are you hurt? Respond!" Momo asked. "I'm all right. You on your way here?" Lucas said to her.

"Can you shock him?" Kyoka asked. "Not without taking you down. Keep the pressure on him for now." Denki said to her. Lucas opened his eyes again and saw an opportunity. "Jiro-san isn't controlling all of them…" Lucas then grabbed one of the devices and threw it into the one Kyoka was using. Kyoka had tried to moved her headphone jacks to her boots and she didn't expect Sakai to hit her in the torso with the staff! "Oh!" She said, Denki stepping in with his powers. Lucas had saw the ability to use his powers to push Kaminari against the wall.

"He's fast…" Kaminari thought to himself. "Not fast. Adaptive." Lucas said, before seeing Kyoka use her headphone jacks as whips to hit Sakai off balance. He had released Kaminari out of pain, and watched as Jiro tried to keep attacking him. He used his staff to block Jiro's attempts, and she saw it as a chance to take it away from him. She wrapped her headphone jacks around the staff. Lucas tried to regain his staff and pulled it back towards him. "You guys…are incredible at this." Lucas took a moment to compliment them. "Why are you—"

"But we're not giving up yet!" Lucas gave a mischievous smile and saw that his partner had made it. A small smoke bomb was thrown into the room, something Team G wasn't expecting. "Now!" Lucas and Yaoyorozu had finally moved into the next part of their plan, Lucas let go of his staff and pulled the capturing tape out. Kyoka tried her best to hurry and fight back, but Lucas had kicked her down and wrapped the tape around her arm.

Kyoka had been defeated, which only left Denki.

Denki couldn't see where to go. "Jiro!" Denki said, walking along side the wall and making sure his powers were ready in case those two would come for him. Momo had grabbed Lucas's staff from the floor and hit it across his face to knock him off balance. Denki had felt he couldn't move through the smoke and saw Lucas held him down again with psychokinesis. "My apologies, Kaminari-san. But this is our win." Lucas said, as Momo tied the capturing tape around Denki.

Team C had won. Lucas and Momo had waited for the announcement and took a moment to rest. "I thought the tactics would've been disastrous, but you pulled through, Sakai." Momo said.

"I'm glad I could subvert your expectations, Yaoyorozu-san." Lucas said, walking up to Jiro-san and healing the injuries she had. "You wouldn't need to do this if you didn't hit so hard." Kyoka said, a little snarky. "Sorry…but understand that many of the villains we fight in the future WILL be brutal." Lucas reminded them.

Denki had sighed in exhaustion, "Thanks for the tip, Sakai. Seriously, I didn't think you were so capable at fighting." Denki had originally pegged the boy as meek.

"I'm still learning. Battles are unpredictable, so it's a good strategy to make that your nature." Lucas explained, now healing Denki's injuries.

Momo had given that idea some thought. Her partner was surprisingly wise for his age, "That is true. It's as I mentioned before, we need to understand the spirit of the trials ahead of us." She explained. Denki and Kyoka were honestly annoyed after this and walked off.

Lucas had sighed, he hoped he had performed satisfactorily for the others. "Do YOU have any notable injuries, Sakai?" Momo asked him. "Oh, no. I'm all right." Lucas clarified. "I-I'm glad we managed to work well together." Momo had smiled a tad and nodded her head.

"Agreed. This was a great partnership." Momo said to him. "Still, I felt like you handled everything before I had assisted you." Momo admitted.

"Nonsense, you performed well, Yaoyorozu-san." Lucas commended her for the defense measures if their plan failed. "I look forward to continue working with you." Lucas said to him.

Yaoyorozu nodded her head, "Likewise." She said. The two of them had continued to converse and think about further days of training. Lucas didn't realize it, but he had formed a friendship with Yaoyorozu without asking her to be one.

(Back to the montage)

Rikido readied his strength, got into a fighting stance, but that scared Koji a bit. Team F seemed to have a confidence issue?

Yuga walked fabulously through the building, while Mina caught up to him, excited for the match. "Surf's up!" She said, accidentally hitting Yuga's cape. It started burning up. Ashido giggled, not realizing Aoyama groaned, upset that his cape was already ruined. "Oops, my bad!" She said.

(End of montage)

"That's a wrap!" All Might said to the students, "Super work! You really stepped up to the plate. And we didn't have any major injuries, except for Midoriya." He told the students they should be proud.

"Excellent first day of training, all around!" He continued. Asui rose her hand, "It's nice to hear some encouraging words, after our homeroom class." She said, remembering Aizawa's chilling words, even calling him a buzzkill, the students nodding in agreement.

"Buzzkill for what?" Lucas asked, quietly and not trying to draw attention to himself.

"I'm happy to bring such staggering positivity to my alma mater! That's all for now, folks." All Might said, about to leave to check on Izuku.

"Now, watch how a Pro exits. Like he's got somewhere to be!" He said, running to the other end of the hall, wind being pushed off from him.

"Okay, you guys, THAT is a hero!" Denki said. Lucas just cringed again.

"Always gotta be spontaneous about it, doesn't he?" He thought to himself, he looked back at Bakugo to see him still down.

"Pride is his enemy, but…why do I feel like there's another?" Lucas looked at him, wondering if it was just his pride that made him upset. It was wounded, so maybe. No…this was something else.

(Later)

The school day was almost over, Lucas was gathering up his things and getting ready to go work on his gardening. The door opened to reveal: "Hey, it's Midoriya." Eijirou said, most of the students crowded him. Izuku was shocked, before, he thought he would be reprimanded for missing his afternoon classes.

"Ha! Man, I don't know what you were saying during that match, but you were all fired up, huh?" Kirishima asked him. "I can't believe you held your own against Bakugo, he's super strong!" Sero had said. Mina complimented him for dodging and Rikido said they really turned up the first match.

Izuku gasped, he certainly wasn't expecting THIS. The others started introducing themselves, however interrupting Yuga and Tsuyu snuck up from behind Mina, introducing herself.

"So noisy." Fumikage said, sitting from his desk. Tenya came over and shouted and flailed his arms around for him to get off. Lucas chuckled slightly, before walking up to the group crowding Midoriya. "H-Hey, mind if I get by?" Lucas had his hood up, still nervous. "Oh, hey, Lucas." Izuku said happily to his friend. Lucas looked at the arm, "Here, I should speed up the recovery." He put his hand on his broken arm and green light surrounded it. Lucas grunted in pain, "A-Are you okay?" Izuku asked, worried if he was injured during his match. "I-I'm okay. Just a drawback." Lucas said, before flicking his finger on Izuku's forehead. "Ow! Hey!" He said, "That was for putting yourself and the others at risk." He explained, walking out of the classroom. "Great job, though, Izuku. You proved him wrong."

Lucas was out by the entrance, and saw Katsuki ahead of him. They tried to tell him to stay, but he didn't listen to them. "Kacchan!" Izuku shouted, running up to them. He ran in front of Lucas.

"What?" Katsuki said, silent fury hiding beneath his voice.

Izuku shook. "I haven't told anyone this secret. Not even my mom." He thought to himself. "I have to tell you something. Maybe then, you'll understand what's been going on." He said. Lucas took a step back to give them some tine to talk it out without his input.

"I wasn't hiding my Quirk from you. It was given to me by someone else. Recently." Izuku confessed. Lucas was shocked, but tried to hide by pretending to be confused.

Katsuki only grunted in response. "But I can't tell you who I got it from, so don't ask! Sounds crazy, I know. It's like something out of a comic book. Only it's real." He explained, Katsuki still had a blank expression on his face. "The thing is, I don't really have any control over this power yet. I haven't figured out how to make it my own." Izuku explained that's why he didn't want to use it against Katsuki in the exercise. "But in the end, it was the only chance I had at winning." Izuku went on, but Katsuki was visibly shaking aggressively.

"I've still got a lot to learn, I know that." Lucas could see Bakugo getting angrier as this conversation kept going. "That's why I'm here." He put his hand on his broken arm.

"I'll work until I have full control of this borrowed Quirk. And I'll finally beat you with my OWN power!" Izuku said, the two looked at each other for second.

Izuku caught his words, realizing it may have been a mistake to say that.

"How dumb do you think I am?" Was the first thing Bakugo said in response. The two boys looked at him.

"'Borrowed power'? Don't talk to me like I'm an idiot. You already made a fool outta me in that training exercise. So? Did you come here to rub it in? I lost. And to make matter worse, it was to you." He said, shaking aggressively once more.

"I came first in the exam, but that's not enough."He recalled Shoto's match, "When I was watching that ice guy, I realized I couldn't beat him in a head-to-head fight." He then recalled the scoldings that came from Lucas and Momo.

"Crap! I even agreed with what that girl and that stupid Flower Boy said!" He put his hand over his face. "MY ATTACK WAS SO STUPID!" He cussed at himself loudly.

Lucas looked at him, and started to understand a little more. "Enjoy that win, Deku! You won't get another!" He shouted at him, revealing the tears he was crying. Lucas looked saddened, "I'm just getting started! Got that?! I'm gonna end up the number-one hero, no matter what!" He walked off, wiping his tears. Izuku just stood confidently, "You'll never beat me again, got that?!" Katsuki declared. Izuku took a deep breath and relaxed himself. "There you are!" All Might shouted from the entrance, he rushed right passed the two boys.

"Bakugo! I found you!" He placed his hands on Katsuki's shoulders, "Just so you know, pride is an important attribute to have. But while you certainly have the abilities to become a pro hero, there's still plenty for you to learn."

Lucas wanted to interject, noting it wasn't just pride he had, but then looked at how Katsuki responded.

"Let go of me, All Might. Right now." He said, "Save your speeches. I'll be more famous than you, and I'll do it without your help." He shot a glare at Toshinori.

"Uh…right." The pro let go of him and let him walk home. "I guess he's already over it." Toshinori turned his attention to his protege, "Midoriya, what were you saying to Young Bakugo before I arrived so heroically?" He asked, it caught Izuku off guard.

"Ah! Oh, nothing special." He said, brushing it off.

Lucas looked at Katsuki. "I get it now. The need for his superiority, even if it meant putting other people down…it stemmed from inferiority." He concluded, understanding Katsuki more than he did before.

"So, that's your other enemy, too, Bakugo-san. And I know…because it's my enemy, too."

(Okay, we're done. Sorry, I had to rewrite this cuz someone said it was a missed opportunity to not include Lucas's fight, so i hope i did a good job with it. I was kinda worried i wouldn't have made a good fight scene. Either way, I do like the idea of exploring Yaoyorozu's bond with Lucas as well. But that'll have to be further in the future. Hope u guys liked this chapter. Anyways, stay strong and awesome!)

Philippians 4:7 KJV:

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.