Hell month has begun at work with later closing hours, so hopefully I can finish USJ arc by the end of the year.

=VI=

[U.A High School, April 11th, 2243]

"Tenno? What's wrong?" Toru began to worry. All Haylee had said was "What the hell." and looked alarmed. Did something go wrong when she made Toru visible?

"I… I don't think your quirk is just invisibility, Hagakure." Haylee released Toru's hand. "Uh… I think we need to go talk to a teacher, like, immediately."
Toru grew fearful. "Is something wrong with me?"
"No, I don't think so, it's just… I can't really explain it right now." She glanced at the other girls, who looked incredibly worried.

"A-alright, if you say so." Toru followed Haylee out nervously until they ran into All Might.
"All Might-sensei." Haylee said, strolling up to the hero. "I need to speak to the Principal urgently."

Toshinori paused. He needed to go to the break room to swap outfits to his "Yagi" persona. "Urgently? What for?"
Toru watched Haylee beckon the pro closer. All Might bent down and she whispered something into his ear. His eyes widened immediately. "Are you sure?"
"Positive," Haylee confirmed.
"He should be in his office, his classes are done for today." All Might replied, a hint of disbelief in his tone. "Go ahead, I'll let your teachers know that you are excused. Young Hagakure, you don't have anything to worry about." His words slightly reassured Toru.

=VI=

"Can you wait outside for a second?" Haylee asked.

"Yes." Toru nodded.

"I'll be right back." Haylee knocked on the door.

"Ah, Tenno, I've been expecting you." Nezu's chipper voice announced over the speaker. "Please, come in."
Haylee entered the Principal's office. "How did you know I was coming?"

"I have cameras and motion detectors in the main halls of the school," Nezu replied. "For my protection, as well as that of the students and faculty. Of course, certain rooms where privacy is paramount are excluded."
"Right…" Haylee acknowledged.
"So, what is it that you would like to speak to me about?" Nezu asked.
"Hagakure's quirk has almost as much power within it as One For All."

Nezu stared at her for a moment, his beastlike appearance making it somewhat difficult to read his expression, but it was clearly disbelief. "I beg your pardon?"

"Her quirk isn't invisibility. It's something else, being invisible is just a side effect or function of it." Haylee continued. "I don't have a goddamn clue what it is, but it has something to do with dimensional shifting and light refraction."
"Oh…" Nezu blinked. "Oh dear. Are you absolutely certain that she has that much power within her?"
"Yes, I've felt Izuku's quirk before, it's similar to mine in that it's a massive stockpile of energy. Her quirk is similar, I'd say it's maybe half or five-eighths of what Izuku possesses currently, for whatever worth assigning a number value to it is."
"I see." Nezu adjusted his seat. If Hagakure Toru's quirk was indeed that powerful, it would potentially put her among the most powerful students in the year, perhaps even the entire hero course entirely. Even if she wasn't as strong as Midoriya, she would probably be classified as at least SS or SSS depending on what she could do with that energy.
That begged the question, what exactly was her quirk? Luckily, in cases where people of extraordinary power were discovered he could have a team of quirk specialists test her. He definitely wasn't going to have the HPSC do it, though they would be informed of the results regardless.
He pressed the buzzer. "Miss Hagakure, you may come in now."
Toru shuffled into the room awkwardly, as most teens would after being in the Principal's office on the first day of class. "Hello, Mr. Principal, uhm, Mr. Nezu, sir." She stammered.
"I have many names, but you can call me the Principal!" Nezu threw his paws up lightheartedly in an attempt to ease the girl's worries. "Or Nezu, if that is more comfortable for you. Come, please sit!" He motioned for the girls to seat themselves on the green sofa in his office. Once they were comfortable, he wheeled his office chair over. "Drinks?"
"Tea, please," Haylee answered.

"Uhm, same." Toru seconded.

Nezu slid two warm cups across the table, then pulled his own cup from his shirt.

'How the hell?' Haylee briefly questioned, before electing to ignore it.
"First off, let me assure you that you aren't in any sort of trouble, however, if what young Tenno has told me is true, it will affect your heroics career." He took a small sip from his drink. "Tell me, Hagakure, what were you planning to do as a hero?"
"Uhm… underground work. That's what my quirk is… was suited for?" Toru replied.
"I see, an excellent choice. Nothing is stopping you from continuing down that path, but this conversation is more due to the recent revelations on your quirk." Nezu explained. "Tenno theorized that your quirks are somewhat similar, and she seems to have been correct as she was able to help you deactivate your invisibility."
"I don't think that you were invisible, just shifting either yourself or the light hitting you into a different dimension." Haylee elaborated. "I think, but I'm not sure. My quirk works differently, and shifting in and out of reality is only a part of it, but I don't believe I would've been able to make you visible if it was normal invisibility."
"So why did you look so worried?" Toru asked anxiously.
"That… is a far more complicated answer," Nezu set down his drink. "How much do you know about the International Villain Threat Index, or IVTI for short?"
"Uh, it's the system the WHA uses to classify villains, right?" Toru guessed. "Based on destructive power and criminal activity?"

"That is correct, however, the less talked about part is that they grade heroes on a similar scale based on combat ability, be it potential or demonstrated. You are currently rated at an estimated C to near B threat rating." Nezu revealed. "If what she is saying about your quirk is true, you may need to be recategorized to S or above, depending on how you can use your quirk."
"That high?" Toru paled. "Why is it such a jump?"

"When I helping you become visible, I felt a huge amount of energy inside you." Haylee clarified. "The only other person I know with that much power is Izuku… I mean Midoirya, and he punched out a zero-pointer. I have more energy than Midoriya, but he has a higher power output than I do. You're somewhat around half of his, which is still a shit-ton of it.
Toru held her hand out and stared at it. There was no way… she couldn't be that strong, could she? "I don't feel… powerful." She replied. Toru had always felt more energetic as she aged, but she attributed that to her positive nature, in addition to wanting to stand out due to being invisible.
"Well, I'm not sure how you can use the energy; you just have a lot. I doubt you're going to start throwing Metal Gear-destroying punches anytime soon. My quirk lets me do a lot of stuff, like transform and shoot energy beams, Izuku just punches things really damn hard." Haylee shrugged.
"And that, young Hagakure, is the crux of the issue. Normally, I would not make do this based on hearsay from a student, but I am aware of the nature of Miss Tenno's quirk and its properties already, and she has very little reason to lie to me." Nezu explained. "Therefore, as the government requires, you will need to be tested. This is standard procedure for those with powerful quirks, and is subsidized by the government, meaning that you and your parents will not pay a single yen."
"Testing… like when the doctors tested my quirk and my quirk counseling? Why didn't they catch this then?" Toru asked.
"There is a common misconception with quirk councilors. They are often blamed, unjustly so, in my opinion- by those who discover their quirk is something different than initially believed. When you were younger, do you recall how many times you visited a quirk councilor when you were younger?"

"Uhm… maybe a half-dozen times? I was little, and I don't really remember; we just didn't do much there. My parents helped me adjust to my quirk since theirs is similar… oh... I get it." Toru looked up. "I didn't need much counseling because my parents already knew what to do."
Nezu nodded. "Exactly. Quirk Counseling is a free public service. Human children are naturally rambunctious creatures, and the sudden manifestation of a quirk can be a shock to them. Counseling serves to help them cope with the emergence of their quirk, learn what triggers it or how it manifests, and to teach them the basics of public quirk usage laws. This is to prevent them from hurting themselves or others, and in most cases, it only takes a few sessions for them to understand that."
Haylee listened intently, having never attended Quirk Counseling contrary to what her records would suggest.
"In your case, I suspect that since there were no outward signs about the other facets of your quirk, so it was never tested. They simply saw that you had invisibility, which in of itself is an easily controllable quirk, and your parents saw fit to teach you as they grew up." Nezu continued. "Without knowing what to look for, there was no need to test for aspects of dimensional shifting, if that is what your quirk does. I imagine it would've taken you years to find that out, if at all. Without someone with a similar power, you may have never found out."
Toru glanced at Haylee. She could've gone her entire life invisible, never knowing how to disable it if it weren't for her new classmate. "So, uhm, Principal Nezu… what exactly does this mean for me?"
"Now that we know what to look for, I imagine you will be subjected to some scans and physical tests." Knowing the Tenryou Commission, they would test for a quirk similar to a domain with dimensional shifting involved, of course, Hagakure wouldn't know about all the magic tests they would do to assist in revealing her quirk. "Depending on the results, and what exactly your quirk is capable of you may be assigned a new rank. As a hero student, this can mean more expectations could be placed on you domestically and abroad."
"I see…" Toru gulped.
"I also would like you to read this," Nezu scurried back to his desk and returned a moment later with a pamphlet with a cartoonish illustration of himself on it titled So you have a powerful quirk. "I highly recommend showing this to your parents. It contains information on high-threat ranked quirks and common precautions that should be taken to protect your personal information. Whether or not you decide to reveal your power to those around you is up to you."
"When will the tests for my quirk be?" Toru inquired.

"Due to the circumstances, it will be tomorrow. I will notify your teachers of your absence and have them prepare notes on their lessons. You needn't worry about late work, any assignments will be given an extension. If all goes well you should be back for your heroics lesson on Thursday." Nezu instructed. "Now, let me ask you this: are you able to return to your invisible state?"
Toru closed her eyes and tried to make it happen. "No… I don't think so."
"And how exactly did it manifest?" Nezu asked.
"Uhm… I think my mom said it was when I saw something scary and started crying?" Toru remembered. Thinking back on it, it was a villain fight going nearby that was loud and startled her. Her form flickered as she reminisced. "Oh! I think I got it!" A black vignette formed around her for a fraction of a second as the light touching her visibility darkened, and she vanished.
"Interesting…" Nezu mused. The light looked like it had been drained in an outline of her body just before she turned invisible. "And can switch back?"

Toru shook her head.
"I've got you." Haylee stood up and offered her hand. Once Toru grabbed it, she quickly Void walked to undo the quirk. The bright-haired girl reappeared in her seat. "I guess I'm the only one that can help you with this."

"Excellent. In the meantime, until she can control her active and inactive states, would you mind assisting her, Tenno?" Nezu requested.
"Sure, it's not inconvenient. I just crouch." Haylee shrugged.
"That's good. Now, Hagakure, if you need anything, my number is included in that pamphlet. If you or your parents have any questions feel free to reach out at any time. For now, feel free to go. Classes are over by now." He verified by checking his watch.

Toru and Haylee bowed before exiting the Principal's office, walking side by side in awkward silence.
"So… pretty wild, huh?" Haylee asked.
"Yeah…" Toru stared ahead blankly.
"Well, if you do end up having some wacky quirk, you can join Midoriya and me in the 'bullshit strong quirks club'." Haylee joked.
Toru stifled a giggle.
"Are you, uh… upset that you have to go through all of this because of me?" Haylee asked sheepishly.

"No, of course not!" Toru stopped. "I've lived almost my entire life invisible. I barely even remembered what I looked like. If you hadn't helped me I might've never seen my face again. So no, I'm not mad. I can't begin to thank you enough." She quickly hugged Haylee, much to the blue-haired girl's surprise. "Thank you so much, Tenno." Toru sniffled.
Haylee felt her heart rate increase. "Uhm…. you're welcome." Toru's hair was… very pretty up close.

=VI=

[Group Chat]

[Rat King's Crew]

RatKing: HeroCourseTeachers I have an announcement.
TsundereCatarpillar: Why am I suddenly filled with dread?

RatKing: Hagakure Toru will not be attending classes tomorrow, as she has been excused on account of potentially possessing the power of an S threat rated quirk.
TsundereCaterpillar: …. What the fuck
SpaceMom: o-o
VolumeWarning: What?!
DiscountDracula: The invisible girl?
NightyNight: o-o
HelpDeskHero: How in the hell did that happen?
AllMuscle: I AM HERE! With an explanation!
MissionControl: …
AllMuscle: Tenno Haylee did something to make Hagakure visible, and sensed that she had a large pool of energy inside her.

TsundereCaterpillar: BoneDaddy, control your problem child

BoneDaddy: How is this my fault?

RatKing: Also, for reference when Hagakure returns.
RatKing uploaded file: HagakureT_
NightyNight: OMG she's adorable. Look at how happy she looks!

AllMuscle: A smile fit for a hero!
TsundereCaterpillar: … I will withhold my judgment for now.
VolumeWarning: Oh Sho, you really do care! (
)
TsundereCaterpillar: Shut.

=VI=

[U.A High School, April 12th, 2243]

Izuku stared at the gaggle of reporters surrounding the gate, trying to interview every student they encountered.
"Fucking ew." Haylee gagged. "Vultures."

"How are we going to get past them?" Ochaco wondered.
"We could wait for an opening…" Izuku said.

"Ugh… screw that. I don't want to be late." Haylee scowled, marching across the road.

"Hey, you with the blue hair! How is All Might as a teacher?"
", ' , ?" Haylee gave them a cutesy innocent look, acting like she couldn't speak Japanese well. "Me not… speak good Japanese. Plus Ultra!" She flashed them a peace sigh, dying internally the entire time.
Luckily, they bought her acting and let her pass. Izuku and Ochaco managed to squeeze their way through a minute later after Iida showed up and began to monologue to the reporters.
"Thank god, such a hassle. I was half tempted to just use my quirk to jump over the gate." Haylee groaned, thankful that none of her classmates had seen her performance.
"Oh look, there goes Aizawa-sensei." Ochaco pointed to the scruffy-looking man. "He doesn't look happy."
They started walking to class when suddenly a loud buzz went off and several large metal plates rose up around the gate.
"What was that?" Ochaco asked with wide eyes.
"That was the U.A. barrier, I think," Izuku said. "Principal Nezu takes the school's security seriously. If you don't have a student ID or permission to be here then the defense system will activate to keep you out."
"Huh… neat." Haylee shrugged.

=VI=

"I received a report from All Might about your combat skills and quirk power." Aizawa started off without hesitation right as the bell rang. "On average, most of you could use major improvements in your martial training. Your quirks are powerful, but they aren't everything. As for them, you all display acceptable control over the destructive power of your quirks. Your next heroics lessons will be on using them against each other in battle." He explained. "Now, onto class matters. Today you need to make an important decision."

Everyone tensed.

"Pick a class rep, vice rep, and treasurer by the time homeroom is over. I don't care how." With that, he curled up on the floor in his sleeping bag.
The class stared at him blankly before erupting into frantic shouting over who should be leader.
"Quiet down all of you!" Tenya shouted. "Clearly we should hold a vote to determine who among us is most suited for the role!""Doesn't that mean everyone will just vote for themselves?" Eijiro asked.
"Not me, fuck being a class rep. I like my free time." Haylee snorted.

"That just means that whoever gets the most votes is more suited for it, ribbit." Tsu croaked.
"H-how about we do nominations, just to see who actually is interested?" Izuku proposed. "That way votes won't be wasted on people who aren't interested in running."
"An excellent suggestion Midoriya!" Tenya chopped his arm in Izuku's direction. "Now, who would like to abstain from the election?" He watched as Tenno, Koda, Uraraka, Shoji, Tokoyami, Asui, and Jiro all raised their hands.
"Alright, and now for nominations."
"I nominate myself." Katsuki immediately stated.
"Is that allowed?" Minoru asked.
"I don't see why not." Momo shrugged.

Fumikage sighed and raised his hand. "Against my better judgment, I nominate Dark Shadow. She would like to ascend to a higher plane."
"Fumi, stop being such a dweeb!" A wispy dark form emerged from his back. "If I'm elected, that means you have to take me to all the meetings!" The quirk huffed indignantly.

"She's technically registered as a class member, so go for it." Shota muttered from his sleeping bag. "Hurry it up. Last year's class did this quickly." He didn't mention it was due to having only a few members, who luckily enough were the only two that he didn't boot from the hero course.
Ochaco perked up. "I nominate Midoriya!"

Izuku flailed at his desk. "Me?!"

"Do you not want it?" Ochaco asked.

"No, I just didn't think anyone would vote for me." Izuku stammered.

"I also nominate myself!" Inosuke put his foot on his desk, posing like a general in a old painting. "As your eldest, that makes me the most qualified." He stated proudly.
"Hashibira, how old are you?" Denki asked.
"I'm…" Inosuke held out his fingers and began to count. "Almost 18!"
Everyone stared at him.
"What the hell! Why are you in our class?" Denki shouted.

"Because I'm the best!" Inosuke puffed out his chest.

"Doesn't that mean that you got held back in school a bunch?" Kyoka asked.

Inosuke immediately shriveled up like a raisin and collapsed back into his seat.

"Okay…" Tenya elected to ignore that for later. "Anyone else?"

"I uh… nominate Iida!" Izuku said.
"What about Hagakure?" Haylee pointed out. "She's absent today."
"Hmmm. That's true. She will automatically be included in the vote, and if she gets the position and doesn't want it, the next highest person will be rep." Tenya decided.
"Alright." Haylee nodded. "I nominate you, Iida."
"I nominate Yaoyorozu." Kyoka raised her hand.
"I will nominate myself as well." Yuga posed with sparkly French pizzaz.
"Me too! I'm going for the class president route!" Mineta jittered in his seat.
"If that's everyone we can begin." Tenya pointed to Hanta. "Sero, as I am one of the candidates, will you collect and count everyone's voting slips?"
"Sure thing man." He nodded.
After a few minutes, the Tape user collected all the voting slips and tallied them up on the whiteboard.

Midoriya - 6 votes
Yaoyorozu - 6 votes
Iida - 4 votes
Hashibira - 2 votes
Dark Shadow - 2 votes

Hagakure - 1 votes
Bakugo - 1 vote
Mineta - 1 vote
Aoyama - 0 Votes

"Who the hell voted for the nerd?!" Katsuki fumed.
"So many votes…" Izuku looked like he was about to faint.
'With how Izuku acted when Uraraka nominated him, I figured he didn't want the role…' Haylee thought. 'Does it make me a bad friend that I voted for Iida instead?'

"It looks as if it's a tie." Hanta said. "So uh… what do we do now?"

Shota sat up and flopped over the desk on his stomach like a crippled snake. "Iida will be the treasurer. Figure something out for the other two positions by the end of the day." He said with a deep yawn.

=VI=

The rest of the day went by fairly normally until lunch.
"Midoriya, mind if we discuss the role over lunch?" Momo asked.

"S-sure." Izuku replied.
"Excellent." Momo sat down across from him, right next to Haylee. They were soon joined by Tenya, Ochaco, Haylee, Kyoka, Eijiro, and most surprisingly Inosuke.
Lumine, who had been making her way over to sit with Haylee pouted at the sight of a full table and moved to sit with her classmates.
"I uh… I don't think I'm qualified to be the class rep." Izuku started.
"Nonsense. If the class didn't believe in your efficacy then you wouldn't have received the number of votes you did." Iida assured him. "You demonstrated a strong moral compass and think quickly under stress. That's why I voted for you."
"Yeah, you need to have more confidence in yourself man." Haylee said through a mouthful of rice.

"I thought you really wanted to be the rep Iida." Ochaco chimed in. "I'm surprised you didn't vote for yourself."
"Voting for myself would defeat the whole reason for a democratic process!" Tenya replied sternly.
"Speaking of the vote…" Momo added. "Midoriya, do you have a particular preference for being rep or vice rep?"
Izuku froze. "Uhhhh… do you have any experience with leadership, Yaoyorozu?"
"I was class president in my junior high." Momo declared proudly.
"Then maybe you should be class rep…"

"You two should just fight and the winner gets to be top dog." Inosuke butted in, loudly smacking his lips and he scarfed down his food.
Everyone turned to look at their older classmate and gasped.
"What the…" Mina stammered.
They were completely unprepared for the mental dissonance of Inosuke's delicate and feminine face in contrast to his grating voice and aggressive attitude.
"Dude, I'm not gay, but Hashibira's kinda hot." Eijiro broke the silence.
"Huh?" Inosuke questioned briefly before chomping down on some fish.

"I was not expecting that." Mina agreed. "Wait, why are you all surprised? Didn't you all change and shower together?"
"He didn't remove his mask while he showered," Tenya admitted.
The girls tilted their heads, imagining Inosuke's masked head being showered with water and cackling manically.
"That tracks…" Haylee sweatdropped.
"Speaking of Hashibira, anyone else get the feeling you've seen him before?" Mina asked.
"Now that you mention it, he does seem familiar…" Momo nodded.
Kyoka snapped her fingers. "Oh shit, I think I remember!" She whipped out her phone and typed something in. "Oh my god, it is him…" She held out the phone for everyone to see.
The video began to play, it was shaky, from a smartphone camera. On-screen, Inosuke was bouncing around on a small forest of bamboo shafts until finally, he bounced off one and headbutted the hero who created them in the chest. A clearly edited scream had been spliced into the video along with said hero careening into a nearby café window in slow motion.
"Such delinquency…" Tenya jittered in his seat.

"Holy crap Hashibira!" Mina yelped. "You fought a hero before you came here?"
"That's Takeshita, if I remember right his rank took a nosedive after that incident. I didn't think much of it back then." Izuku muttered. The bamboo hero had been a laughingstock for being headbutted through the window for about a week, with countless meme remixes like the one Jiro showed them. He'd honestly forgotten about it since Takeshita wasn't that high in the rankings.
"I suppose he must've impressed someone, considering he made it in on recommendations." Momo noted.
"Hashibira, what exactly is your quirk anyways?" Haylee asked.

Inosuke snorted. "Hah, actually I-"
Before he could explain further, he was interrupted by the loud ring of an alarm bell.

"Warning! There has been a level three security breach. All students please evacuate the building in a calm and orderly fashion."

=VI=

Ordan crouched over the remains of the front gate and let the dusty remains fall from his fingers like small grains of sand. "Hmmm…" He lifted up his mask, only for Natah to slap some of the dust out of his hand.

"Ordan, you weren't going to lick the evidence, were you?" She sighed.
"No, but it should have a distinct smell if a chemical reaction was used on it." He defended himself. He took a quick sniff. "Nope."

"These gates were tested to withstand one to two blows from Endeavor…" Nezu said, eyes furrowing with worry. "This couldn't have been the work of a member of the media." The chimera noted. "It has to be the work of a villain."

U.A. hadn't been openly attacked since before All Might's time, back when it was still a newer hero school. This was the first time in over forty years that anyone had even attempted something like this.
"But why do this?" Nemuri questioned. "The cameras didn't detect anyone aside from the press on the school grounds, and they all stayed as a group."
"It could be a statement, or a threat…" Nezu acknowledged.
"Or a distraction." Ordan stood up. "I don't like this."
"Neither do I." Nezu frowned. "We should bolster security. Mr. Karris, you will accompany Aizawa to the USJ for rescue training tomorrow, and Ms. Tau will join 1-B on Friday instead of her normal duties."
"That sounds good. I'll still have enough time to work in the support labs later." Ordan nodded.
Nezu eyed the gate warily as Power Loader's UG units began to replace the housing. What could the villains hoped to accomplish here?

=VI=

[U.A High School, April 11th, 2243]

"H-hi guys." Toru waved from the front of the classroom. "It's me, Toru."
The boys, having not seen Toru since, well, every, were shocked. Ojiro in particular was transfixed.
"Alright, calm down." Shota sighed. "Hagakure, would you mind explaining?"
"So uhm, it turns out my quirk isn't actually invisibility." Toru blushed. "Apparently, when I activate my quirk it stores all the light that would hit my body as some sort of power stockpile, or at least that's what the doctors who tested me said. A lot of what they told me kinda went over my head." She giggled.

"Woah…" Izuku gasped, notebook in hand. "What can you use it for?"
"I'm not sure yet, they were only able to figure out what my quirk was doing." Toru scratched her head. "I just know that I have a lot of stockpiled power stored up since I've been invisible for most of my life now…" She said sheepishly. "I kinda… accidentally made myself really powerful."

"If you want to discuss your quirk, do it after class." Shota said. "Your classes for the rest of the day after lunch have been excused, we are going on a little field trip across campus for your practical heroics lesson. Make sure you get enough to eat."

=VI=

"I heard I missed a lot yesterday." Toru said as she boarded the bus.
"Oh yeah, the press broke into the school, it was a whole ordeal." Haylee nodded. "Everyone was freaking out and cramming the hallways until Iida saw that it was the press. Then Izuku had Uraraka use her quirk on me to yell at everyone to calm down."
"Wow… sounds hectic." Toru gasped.

"Oh, and Yaoyorozu and Izuku are the class rep and vice now, Iida is the treasurer. We held a vote while you were gone." Haylee sat down next to Toru.

"Thay sound like good choices." Toru nodded.
The rest of the class finally finished boarding the bus, with Shota and Ordan boarding last.
"Sup kiddos, I'll be joining you all today." Ordan waved.
"Hi Karris-sensei!" Mina waved back with a smile. "Are you feeling better?"
"Yeah, Recovery Girl fixed me up all good. My quirk helped heal my bones too." Ordan shrugged. "I'm working with the support department on improving the suit changes you all put in, they should be ready by next week." With that, he sat down at the front of the bus, while Shota took the driver seat.

The bus started moving, and the students began to chat amongst themselves.
"So Hagakure, you getting a new costume too?" Haylee asked.

"Yeah, obviously I can't keep going around… you know. Plus they said I might be able to turn my clothes invisible with training if I expand the area of invisibility. I'm super stoked to try it out." Toru smiled.
"Speaking of obvious things, there's something I want to say." Tsuyu spoke up. "About Midoriya."
"About me?" Izuku startled. "What is it, Asui?"
"You can call me Tsu." She replied. "Your quirk is a lot like All Might's, isn't it?"
Izuku began to sweat. "Really, I uh, hadn't thought about that."

"Yeah, you're super strong and everything." Ochaco added. "I can totally see it."
'Oh god, are they catching on!?' Izuku shuddered.
Seeing Izuku in distress, Haylee decided to deflect attention away from him. "I mean, the only thing that's similar is that he's super strong. It's not like that's an uncommon power. He does have that green lightning when he uses it though, plus he kept breaking his bones when his quirk first came in." She shrugged. "Though he broke my bones a lot more before his body could handle his quirk."
Everyone slowly turned toward Izuku with horrified expressions on their faces. He shrunk back in the seat.
"Midoriya! How could you do that to a beautiful girl like that!" Denki grabbed him by the shoulders and flailed him around like a ragdoll.
"It's not like it hurt or anything, and I can heal." Haylee giggled. "Izuku's strong as hell even without his quirk. He's just built different I guess."
"Hey Tenno, doesn't your quirk make purple lightning too?" Tsu asked.
"Only when I channel it into my body to augment my punches." Haylee replied. "My quirk has a lot of variety."
"What exactly does your quirk even do?" Eijiro asked. "Mine's pretty simple, just hardening my skin, so nothing flashy or impressive."
"Nothing wrong with that, simple is good." Haylee said. "Complex, Hyper-specific powers have pretty niche use cases. Simple stuff has more general use. But anyways, my quirk lets me manipulate the energy in my body to do stuff like short range spacial jumping, firing off energy blasts, heal, and turning invisible."
"What about that stuff with your arms and legs during sensei's test?" Eijiro continued.
"Oh, the transformation stuff?" Haylee blinked. "I think you've seen that. During the entrance exam."
The red-haird boy thought back. "Wait, that was you?! I thought you were a guy!"
"No, that's just my transformed state."

"Woah…" Eijiro gaped. "I thought that was like, a costume or something."
"Nope, that's just how it looks."
"Damn, that's like the perfect quirk for a pro. Just like Todoroki and Bakugo's quirks." He pointed his thumb to the back of the bus.

"Damn right." Katsuki scoffed.
"Yeah, but Bakugo has a terrible personality, so he'll never be popular. Ribbit." Tsu said bluntly.
"The fuck you say? You wanna go frog-face!" Katsuki shouted, standing up angrily.
"Bakugo, sit down." Momo reprimanded.
"Don't tell me what to do, ponytail!" He snapped.
"Yeah, we've only known you for a few days but it's kinda telling that you have the social skills of a raccoon." Denki laughed. "You don't even know our names."
"Everyone settle down, we're here." Shota instructed, rolling his eyes.
"Yes sensei…"
They filed out of the bus in front of an utterly massive dome-shaped building.
"Woah…" Haylee had to tilt her head back just to see the top. "This is still on campus?" Just how much money did U.A. have?
"Welcome!" A female voice said. "I've been waiting for you!"
"Woah, it's Thirteen, the Space Hero!" Izuku gasped.
"Thirteen!" Ochaco jittered with excitement. "She's my favorite hero!"
"Come on inside, I can't wait to show you the facility." Thirteen motioned for them to follow.

The student's mouths dropped once they were inside, a large metal door sealing behind them. The building was even larger on the inside, extending underground.
"Welcome to the Unforeseen Simulation Joint!" Thirteen announced. "I designed this facility to prepare heroes for several different types of natural disasters. "From shipwrecks to landslides, I've got it all!" She pointed to several of the zones as they descended the stairs.
Anan smiled. The first years always were awed by the U.S.J. She let them spread out and get a good view.
"Thirteen, where's All Might? I thought he was supposed to be here." Ordan asked.

Shota walked over, out of earshot of the students. "Did that moron schedule an interview or something?"
"No…" Anan sighed, voice falling to a mere whisper as she held up four fingers. "He spent too long doing hero work before school today."
Ordan groaned. What was the point of Natah standing in for him if he was just going to use up all his time as All Might! She had duties with 1-B plus her third-year class so shecouldn't be in two places at once, for Void's sake. "Goddammit, couldn't he just come as Yagi?"
"Ms. Tau was busy, and we need her to sell it." Thirteen replied.
"It's a good thing I'm here then, though rescue isn't really my speciality." Ordan sighed.

"Well, no use waiting for him to show up. Let's get a move on. Time's wasting." Shota stepped off to the side.

"Can I get your attention please?" Anan cupped her hands like a megaphone, the students obeidently gathering around her. "Now, before we begin I have something to say, maybe two, no…. Three? Four?"

"We get it…" The class sweatdropped.
"Do any of you know what my quirk is?" Anan asked. Izuku and Ochaco's hands immediately shot up. "Uraraka?"
"Your quirk is called Black Hole, it allows you to create a Black Hole-like object in your fingertips that can suck up anything, even light!" Ochaco rattled off from memory. "You've used it to save hundreds of people from disasters!"

"Wow, you really know your stuff!" Anan complimented. "And yes, you're also right that my quirk isn't exactly a Black Hole, or else I would destroy the entire planet. Everything that gets within range of my quirk gets turned to dust. That also means…. It could easily be used to kill. Some of you also have quirks that in the right circumstances could be lethal. There is a reason that quirks are regulated so heavily for use in combat, even with humanity as a whole having evolved to be stronger physically. People often forget just how dangerous quirks can be…" Her mind flashed back to Russia all those years ago, the people she couldn't save, only clear the ice to drag their frozen bodies out. "Without proper control or focus, you could easily lose control and accidentally kill someone, not just a villain, but someone you were trying to rescue."
Haylee grimaced. Warframes in general were specifically designed to be as lethal as possible, so she had to learn to tone her abilities down as to not hurt people. Rescue wasn't exactly what they were designed for. They were one-man weapon platforms designed to challenge armies. Even her Void abilities had taken years to get under control, with her Void blasts able to shred through flesh and armor as if it were tissue paper.
"Thanks to Aizawa's apprehension test and All Might's combat training, you should have a good idea of your quirk's potential for damage, and how you can't always rely on it." She continued. "While you haven't fought living opponents yet, I imagine you can understand just how easy it could be to unintentionally take a life."
Katsuki frowned. He wasn't a moron, he knew just how dangerous Explosion could be. For all his bluster about 'killing' and shouting 'DIE!' all the time, at the end of the day it was just that: bluster and intimidation. He didn't want to kill anyone. All Might had an insanely small body count for a pro. What kind of fucking loser of a hero would just go around killing every villain they came across? He'd be strong enough that he could beat the shit out of any villain, just like All Might.

"Today you'll be learning how to use your quirks to save peoples lives in disaster scenarios."
What a fucking bore, rescue work was for sidekicks while the powerful heroes fought off villains. Katsuki snorted quietly. Whatever, he'd be the best at this too. Just because he didn't like it didn't mean he was going to slack. Eventually he'd get to kick all these extra's asses and show just how strong he was.
Haylee, on the other hand was invested in this lesson. 'I don't have a lot of experience with saving people like this, just hostage rescues and escorts.' She nodded along, listening to Thirteen's explanation intently.
Inosuke half-paid attention, thinking back to Mr. Bug Eyes… Rengoku. He'd saved everyone on the Infinity Train just like that footage of All Might he saw. Most of what he cared about was the thrill of the fight… but saving people was important too.
"- anyways, thank you for listening." Thirteen bowed, her speech met with applause and cheers from most of the students.
"Right, now that she's done…" Shota started.
Inosuke tensed. Something in the air shifted and he felt an ominous presence creep up his spine: an overwhelming aura of malice and murderous intent that matched that of an Upper Moon. With a quick motion, he unsheathed both of his swords.
"Hashibira, what's-" Ordan stood up, on alert. Suddenly, the power flickered briefly.
Inosuke's eyes stared directly at the slight distortion by the fountain. Ordan and Haylee were the next to notice, their keen battle senses telling them that something was amiss.

"Finally, something interesting!" Haylee heard the Vestige of the Man In The Wall laugh in her mind.

The space in front of the fountain rippled before erupting into a large plume of black and purple smoke with two unmistakable yellow eyes. Two hands pried the haze apart, revealing a single bloodshot eye hidden by human hands.
Shota whirled around. "Thirteen, protect the students! Bone Beast, with me!"
From the cloud, several men and women began to emerge, filtering out of what the teachers now realized was a portal.

"Wait, isn't this supposed to rescue training?" Eijiro asked.
"This isn't training!" Ordan manifested two bone daggers. "Those are villains!"
"What?"
"Get to the entrance, we'll hold them back-" Ordan's words caught in his throat. Several armored figures emerged from the portal, alongside as massive beaked man with an exposed brain.
Haylee took a horrified step back, sharing the same thought as Ordan. 'Grineer and Corpus!'They realized, as two red and blacked armored taxmen took their places at the hand-clad man's side. In all, it was a small detachment of Grineer and two Corpus, a man and a woman, all clad in the distinct color pattern of the Nightwatch Corps- no, it was shoddy, an imitation of the Grineer's Elite.

'What are they doing here?!'

=VI=

2 cliffhangers in a row, I'm not sorry.
The USJ incident, has begin :D
Q: Who voted for who?
A:
Izuku: Ochaco, Tenya, Asui, Yuga, Momo, Mashirao
Momo: Kyoka, Mina, Shoto, Koji, Denki, Shoji
Tenya: Haylee, Hanta, Izuku, Sato

Inosuke: Inosuke, Eijiro

Dark Shadow: Fumikage, Dark Shadow

Toru: Toru (Counted in absentia)
Katsuki: Katsuki
Minoru: Minoru
Yuga: :(

I'm a big fan of female Dark Shadow from the MHA SMASH! spinoff because it's cute and I dig the sibling-like relationship between Fumikage and Dark Shadow.

Haylee told the reporters: "Oh, I'm sorry, how about you fuck off you shitheads?"
Not a lot of AN's beside this because I want to let this stew.
This chapter's fanfic reccomendation:
Binding the Galaxy Together by AutoKnight01, because like this fic it has a traumatized child soldier :P
NEXT TIME: CHAPTER 50: TENET (USJ Part 1)