Chapter 6: Class Representative
The Class Representative
Izuku grunted as he got out of bed. His body was still feeling terrible from yesterday. On top of the fact that he wasn't fully healed yet, he had trained with Kan-sensei and perhaps made it even worse. But yet, he was a little happy. He got to train with Vlad King! How many people could say that they've done that. After all, Vlad King wasn't the most social pro hero!
It was also something to check off his bucket list, 'Train with a pro hero' And while of course All Might had trained him, it wasn't the same. All Might stood at the side lines and observed, and while Kan also did that, he got to spar with Vlad King!
Of course the pro wasn't trying and completely stomped Izuku but it was still awesome!
He winced as he threw on his uniform after showering, his body was in pain. 'I need to see Recovery Girl as soon as I can…' He left the bathroom, not even trying to brush his hair, and went to the kitchen to get breakfast. He saw his mom, running around and making an American style breakfast for him. He had gotten a cookbook from All Might and he gave the book to his mom, all of the recipes were foreign dishes as a result of the man's stay in America at the start of his career.
He found a smile coming onto his face. "Hey mom, do you need help?"
The bubbly woman perked up and turned to Izuku, "No, I'm alright, you just focus on getting ready for school sweetie." She was smiling.
Izuku didn't really know the last time he had seen her smile so genuinely but he nodded, "Alright, love you mom."
"Love you too." She said.
Izuku went back to his room and got all of his stuff together, he made sure he had everything. He grabbed his hero analysis that had his new sketch of his costume. He had managed to finish the sketch after he had gotten home. Experiencing the drawbacks of what he now dubbed his "Alpha Suit" he knew what areas needed improvement.
The new costume had the same basics, but it looked thicker compared to the skin tight one his mom had made, and dark green was written off to the side. The respirator didn't have a smile on it anymore and off to the side he made a note for it to be metal. He shoved his stuff into his yellow backpack and went to the dining room with it where his mom had put out the food. "Thanks mom."
"No problem sweetie, I have to go but have a good day at school." She kissed his head and left.
He ate his food alone, enjoying how good it tasted, and just felt happy. He had never seen his mom filled with so much joy since he was a kid. Maybe that was partially his fault, but it was behind them now. They could move forward to something better.
He left his house with a smile on his face and got off a train to UA. He had a slight pep in his step as he approached UA, and…
"Why are there so many people crowded at the gate?" Izuku asked himself as he observed a massive group of reporters at the gateway to his school. He tilted his head in confusion, and gulped a bit. They were like a pack of rabid dogs in a cage trying to get a piece of meat. They were yelling, shoving, and just being rude to anyone coming into the school. He didn't want to deal with that, he honestly didn't think he could.
"Hello Midoriya!"
"WOAH JESUS!" He jumped high into the air, landing in the same spot he turned to see Yanagi on his left.
"No, it's just me actually." She replied calmly.
Izuku held his chest as he tried to calm his heart down, she just came out of nowhere! He didn't even hear her! She just appeared, almost like a ghost. 'Speaking of I still need to ask why her telekinesis is called "Poltergeist" it's kinda spooky…' After he calmed down he turned to her, seeing her tilt her head.
"Is something the matter?"
'C-C-C-CUTE!' Izuku chided himself, "N-No, nothing's wrong.. I just don't know how I'm going to g-get on campus with all of the r-reporters…" They both turned to see the reporters yelling at Present Mic and some hobo looking guy at the gate, they both looked kind of nettled. Which was surprising because Present Mic was the most joyous hero Izuku knew, well besides All Might of course.
Izuku sighed. He really wanted to find a way around them if he could, but nothing came to mind…
Yanagi tilted her head as she thought of ways to help him. She wanted to be able to assist him, to find ways to make him feel better, to smile, and this would be the first step onto that journey. She turned to the reporters and then to Izuku. No plan coming to mind. She pouted, why wasn't anything coming to mind?
Izuku sighed, "W-We should just go Yanagi-chan…" While he didn't want to go through whatever the crowd was, he did need to get to class on time. And he had to go see Recovery Girl to finish his healing process.
They both looked at the crowd, seeing a group of students go in, consisting of yellow, black, red haired boys, and get separated as they were rammed with microphones and yelled at by adults wanting a scoop about whatever was going on at the school. It looked like hell on Earth.
Izuku shivered. He really didn't want to go through, and he'd get separated from Yanagi from all of their prodding. He didn't want that, he didn't think he could handle it on his own. He'd cave in and just sink into the floor into a fetal position and start crying, he knew that.
He felt arms wrapped around his own left one and turned to see Yanagi holding onto him. 'Eh?'
"It would be detrimental if we were to get separated, so I hope that this is an alright action to take given our circumstances." She stated as she pulled him along, the boy's brain was fried.
'TOO CLOSE! EVEN TOKAGE HASN'T DONE SOMETHING THIS- ok that's a lie, Tokage has definitely done something worse, but still!' He blushed as they reached the reporters, his head resembling a strawberry or a tomato. The sea of reporters turned to the two students, or in their eyes "Fresh Meat", and grinned.
"Excuse me, do you have any statements regarding All Might being a teacher?!"
"Have you been taught by All Might?!"
"How is it being taught by Japan's symbol of peace?!"
"Are you two dating?!"
Izuku blushed and Yanagi huffed as she pulled them out of the crowd. "Please just make a single statement!" A reporter yelled. The two students stood in front of Present Mic and the hobo looking man, the man narrowing his eyes at Izuku, making the boy gulp.
"Get on in Little Listeners, we'll deal with this mob." Present Mic ushered them in. Yanagi still held onto Izuku's arm as she nodded and dragged the boy into the building.
Present Mic turned to look at them and sighed, "Never let Nem see the two of them." He told himself.
Aizawa smirked, he knew exactly how to get Kan back for being an ass. Having one of his students constantly being pestered by the R-Rated Hero? It was perfect. Now he was by no means a petty man, but he was annoyed with Kan. No one saw him take a picture of the two retreating students, and no one saw him send it to Midnight either.
He smiled and turned his phone off and pocketed him. 'Take that Kan, I'm losing precious sleep hours now because of you.'
Izuku blushed as the two walked through the halls, he hadn't been able to get out because he was still too brain broken to do anything.
"You need to go to the Nurse's office, correct?" Yanagi asked him and he nodded, stiffly. "Are you alright? Would you appreciate it if I let go of you?" He nodded again and she did so. "I apologize if I made you uncomfortable Midoriya." Her voice was still semi-monotone but Izuku could tell that she really was apologetic. It was nice.
He shook his head, "N-No, it's ok Yanagi-chan, don't w-worry about it." He regained the ability to speak.
The girl nodded, "If you say so, now let's get you to the Recovery Girl's office." She turned around and led him throughout the halls. He followed behind, trying to calm his blush.
They arrived at the office and Izuku entered. "Hello Ms. Recovery Girl." He said. He heard the woman sigh as she turned around.
She scanned him up and down with an intimidating stare, it made Izuku shiver. She hopped off of her rolling chair to address him,. "So, how are you feeling? Anything hurting?" She asked as she sat him down at one of the beds.
He rubbed the back of his head, "I'm a little sore all over and my arm hurts but other than that I'm alright." He said. Recovery Girl sighed and kissed his arm, Izuku instantly felt his body return to normal, no soreness and no pain. He smiled. "T-Thank you.."
"Thank me by not coming in for a week. If you do, I swear I'll kick your butt." She grumbled as she kicked him out of her office. Izuku sighed a little bit but he knew that she was right. He also knew that she could definitely kick his butt. After all, All Might had warned him about getting on Recovery Girl's bad side. The Number One Pro must've learned from experience not to do that.
"Well that could have done a little better, don't you agree?" Yanagi asked him and he nodded. "Is she always like that with you?" He nodded again.
Izuku looked down and sighed, "She's had to heal me, three maybe four times this year. That's including the entrance exam." He rubbed the back of his head. "So that's another reason why I need to get better with my quirk…"
Yanagi nodded, "Well… I'm sure you'll get there with time."
'Yeah… but how long is 'in time'….' He shook the thought away as they arrived at their classroom, they both entered to see mostly everyone was already there.
"Ah Midoriya my friend!" Monoma waved over, he was mid conversation with Tokage but he clearly wanted to be doing anything but that. Izuku could relate to that.
"Hey Monoma-kun."
"Greetings Monoma-san."
They both greeted the boy and took their seats. "So, how was your extracurricular yesterday, Midoriya?" Monoma turned in his seat to talk to Izuku.
"I-It was good…" He had learned a lot, and while he did want to do more they did have to stop. He knew that he was already injured but could they have just done a bit more? Maybe it was for the best that they stop but still…
"So greenie, what do you think we're doing today for heroics?" Tokage asked as she propped her feet onto her desk, if Monoma or Midoriya moved their heads enough they might've been able to see up her skirt, and she knew that.
Izuku blushed and opened up a notebook to divert his attention away from Tokage. "I-I don't know… m-maybe we'll review the matches from yesterday? Actually that'd be really interesting! And I'd be able to take notes on everyone's performances too!" The boy gleefully started rambling.
Tokage pouted as his lack of a reaction, she thought that'd work! She turned to Monoma to see he was looking at anywhere but her.
His friends sighed, already kind of used to his antics. "That would be interesting, we only picked MVPs yesterday so dissecting each match would help us learn what we did right and how to improve in places where we didn't do as well." Monoma added his own two cents.
"That would be the most helpful." Yanagi spoke.
The conversation died down as Vlad entered the room, he strode to the podium and looked out towards all of his students. Honestly, he wanted to make the choices, but Nezu said it'd be good to allow the students to choose. It gave them a sense of freedom if they'd pick someone they'd trust instead of Vlad picking whoever he thought was the most suited.
"Alright students! Today you'll be doing something that will affect you for the rest of the school year, and perhaps even years after! This will let two students shine above the rest of the class!" He yelled, Izuku squirmed, he was a little too loud for his liking...
But his words were intriguing, and not just to him but the majority of the class as well. An opportunity for some to rise above the rest? Now that was interesting. Izuku personally didn't want to seek out whatever it was, since he knew that he was behind most of the class and he wouldn't like the attention either. He wasn't used to getting attention so when he did get it he just felt uncomfortable. But also, everyone else was ahead of him, he didn't deserve to get such an opportunity. After all, they were already running the race, while he was barely granted the right to be at the starting line..
"You'll be picking class representatives!" Vlad King yelled and Izuku was knocked from his musing.
'Class… representatives..?' That wasn't what he was expecting.
The man grunted, "In the previous years I've been the one to select representatives, however Nezu has convinced me to allow you to select them yourselves, you'll be voting democratically." He crossed his arms. "Select before homeroom is over, after that we'll be doing something different for your heroics class, and I'll have an announcement for tomorrow's heroic exercise as well." He continued, the class looked around as he quieted and then they exploded into chaos.
"Yo, I'd totally be the best pick for a rep!"
"I do believe that I'd be the best pick."
"My holy light is best equipped for guiding little lambs to a better tomorrow."
"I'd be the best fucking rep for class!"
Izuku folded in on himself as the class descended into madness. Vlad sighed, this is exactly why he always picked the reps instead of allowing the students to do it. They were still too immature. They weren't ready for serious stuff like that.
"Alright never-"
CLAP!
The class quieted as a loud clap sound was heard, they all turned to see Kendo with her hands enlarged. She let out a sigh, "You heard Kan-sensei, just vote for however you want and quit all the yelling, it's unnecessary. If you want votes so badly then vote for yourself, but that won't get you anywhere." She sat back down.
Izuku looked on in wonder, she expertly controlled the situation, now everyone was quiet. They were all given paper to write their votes on and Izuku was split. He didn't know if he wanted to vote for Kendo or Monoma.
Kendo was really nice while Monoma showed he could get a little unhinged by his display on their first day. But he knew more about Monoma, however Kendo handled the situation very well…
He tapped his pencil on his desk. He didn't know who to choose. Honestly, maybe it'd be easier if he knew more about Kendo? Monoma was a really good friend though..
Monoma was one of the first ever people to be kind to him. And there was the fact that maybe he knew a little bit of what it was like for Izuku to live as a quirkless. Having a copy quirk and all..
But Kendo showed signs that she was strong and smart. Maybe she was fit to be a leader? She definitely had the quirk for it. Izuku sighed. He didn't know what to choose.
Plus, what if people didn't respect Monoma because of his quirk, that's the way the world worked. People only looked up to those with strong quirks, that's partially why All Might was Number One, he had virtually the strongest quirk, now that was Izuku's. It made much more sense for Endeavor, he didn't seem nice, he didn't have a good on screen personality, the only thing he had going for him was his strength.
The strong were respected, and while Monoma's quirk took a lot of skill it required the help of others….
Izuku sucked in a breath, 'I-I-I'm sorry… M-Monoma-kun…' Izuku apologized as he wrote down Kendo's name on his piece of paper.
Yanagi instantly knew who she was going to vote for. It was Midoriya, her choice was a no brainer. The boy may have had a little bit of trouble talking to people, but she believed him getting an opportunity such as this would help him. But, she also believed that he would be a good leader. She had observed him during the Battle Trials, they won all because of his planning. And he sacrificed his own body to win as well. He was… strange. But it was a good kind of strange.
He was very interesting, that was the best way to put it. And perhaps having him in this position would allow everyone to see how interesting he was? 'Izuku Midoriya..' She tapped her pen and looked up, seeing the back of his poofy head of hair. She wondered how it felt to touch it, it looked really soft. Would he be alright with that? Well she grabbed him by the arm and walked him around today, so maybe he would be?
Monoma himself was also split between picking between two people. It was quite ironic, Midoriya and Kendo were his choices. Tokage was also a choice, but he ruled her out as she was too carefree, he couldn't see her in a position such as a class representative. The duty had a lot of responsibility and she'd just descend the class into chaos.
He knew Midoriya would take it seriously, but would he be able to handle it? He'd have to deal with everyone constantly pestering him about things and he didn't know if that'd help the boy with his self esteem or not. It was a gradual slope until he got better, they couldn't just rush it. So making him the rep seemed like a bad idea.
Kendo on the other hand, well she had a good quirk, she seemed to be reliable, and she seemed nice as well, but... there was their battle trial. But then again, while Midoriya had won, he had also been incapacitated. Monoma sighed, he knew his choice but it left a bad feeling in his heart. Kendo Itsuka was what he wrote down.
Vlad collected everyone's votes and tallied them on the board. It was obvious most people had voted for themselves, but there were those that didn't even have a single vote. Like Shishida and Shiozaki.
Then there were those that had multiple votes, two that stood at the top. "The Cinnamon Roll" and "The Big Sister" had the most votes. Izuku Midoriya had four votes and Itsuka Kendo had three votes.
Izuku's brain had stopped functioning, people voted him to be a class rep! He couldn't do that! And he got four votes too! What the heck!
Kendo had a much more subdued reaction, her eyes widening just a bit for a second before she smiled. Tokage pouted, she thought she'd at least get vice rep, but it looked like that wasn't going to be the case. The amount of pranks she would've been able to get away with..
Monoma looked down in regret, Midoriya had gotten four votes. If he didn't vote for himself then that meant four people trusted Midoriya more than Monoma did. Was he a bad friend? He didn't vote for Midoriya and he had known and hung around the boy a lot more than some others had. Maybe…
Vlad cleared his throat, "Alright! We have Midoriya as our Class Representative with Kendo as his vice, are there any objections?!" No one said anything so he nodded, "Alright, both of you come up here." Izuku got out of his seat looking embarrassed, he was still surprised that so many people had voted for him. Him of all people! He and Kendo stood side by side at the podium. "Do you two have any words to share with the class?" Vlad asked.
Kendo smiled, "Thank you all for the opportunity, I promise I'll do my best to help all of you!" A couple of people clapped and then they all turned to Izuku.
Izuku opened his mouth only to close it. He was locking up, 'No no no bad time!' He was nervous, too nervous. They were all expecting him to say something. He looked at them all, staring expectantly at him.
And then his eyes landed on Tokage, she was giving him a thumbs up… and so was Tetsu. Komori and Yanagi had smiles on their faces. They… trusted him. He didn't know how but he knew that they voted for him. He found strength, he found confidence, and opened his mouth.
"I-… I know I'm not the best choice… not by a long shot…" His words caught all of their attention. Yanagi creased her brows, she didn't like it when he put himself down like that. Tokage raised a brow in interest and Tetsu seemed to lose the smile that he always had on his face. Komori seemed to get a bit sad as well. "But… other people have confidence in me, s-so I should have confidence in myself as well! I-I promise I'll do my best to live up to all of your expectations and more!" He yelled with as much resolution as he could.
The class was quiet, they weren't clapping for him like they did with Kendo..
Monoma smiled and shot out of his seat, clapping as if he'd just seen the best movie to come out in the past two centuries, "Bravo Midoriya! Absolutely splendid!" He yelled.
"Yeah dude! Manly as hell!" Tetsu cheered, activating his quirk and smiling as much as he could.
"We're all counting on you greenie!" Tokage cupped her mouth with her hands as she yelled and smiled.
"There's no one I'd rather have taken up such a position." Yanagi said. Izuku barely caught it because of how quiet she was. Or how normal she was compared to everyone else's loudness.
Komori hadn't said much but Izuku saw her smiling just a bit.
Izuku found himself smiling, he had friends now. Actual friends.
"Alright, go sit down you two. We need to move onto the next part of class." Vlad ushered them to their seats. Both of them did so.
Izuku caught Yanagi smiling at him before he sat down and he smiled back. The girl cheered in her head. 'He's smiling! I made him smile, though it was with the help of a couple others through all of us voting for him, it still counts does it not? Now I just need to make this happen more often.'
Vlad smiled, "Alright, today for your heroics class we're going to be going over your Battle Trials from yesterday" Tokage, Yanagi, and Monoma sighed. Izuku hit it right on the head again. The boy himself pulled out his notebook, ready to take notes. "All Might will not be joining us today sadly, but I have another announcement."
The students perked their heads up. "Usually we wait until later in the year, when all of you have gotten used to the proper rescue protocol and have gotten it drilled into your heads, but this year Nezu decided to change it up. Originally we were going to have rescue training today, and 1-A would have it tomorrow, both in the evening so you could have as much energy as possible after lunch without the grogginess of it being early in the morning." His words caught the interest of the students, after all rescue training sounded super cool!
But Izuku caught the word 'originally' meaning plans had changed.
Vlad sighed, "However, due to… circumstances-" Because certain events that happened between him and Aizawa, Nezu decided to change it up a bit, "-we've decided that the winners of the Battle Trials get a sneak peak at rescue training, everyone else will perform it at the point we usually have it later in the year."
The students that lost all grumbled and pouted. Kamakiri was seriously pissed, he really wanted to shout something right now, most likely a profanity. Izuku cheered, he was one of the winners so he'd get to go!
'Wait...no no no no no!' He put his hand up as quickly as he could.
"Midoriya, do you have a question?" Vlad raised a brow at the boy in question.
He nodded, "Y-Yes, Kan-sensei. You said winners… I'm assuming that means the winners from 1-A as well…?" He asked, trying not to sound too wobbly, but his voice did so anyway.
Vlad sighed, "Sadly yes, ten from each class. Aziawa will be with you all as I'll have to cover for the students that are going to be staying behind. So I expect all of you to be on your best behavior." It was all Nezu's idea of course. Kan wasn't sure if it was because the rat knew about the situation with Aizawa and Midoriya, but he just had to roll with it now. As much as he didn't want to.
Izuku put his hand down. Kacchan was going to be there. There's no way the blond wasn't going to be there. There was no way that he had lost in the battle trials. He gulped.
"Alright, now we'll start with the first match. Midoriya and Tetsutetsu versus Kamakiri and Tsunotori." Vlad King announced and the students looked as a recording started playing on the front wall from a projector.
It showed the first match and it went up until Tetsu and Izuku met Kamakiri before pausing. "Alright." Vlad King sighed as the image of Tetsu leaving Izuku behind was frozen for them all to see. "Tell me where they went wrong here."
Izuku seized up, was his plan really that bad?
Vlad saw out of the corner that Izuku had locked up. He wanted to yell at himself. He had to remind himself not to be too hard on Midoriya. Tetsu looked stumped, it was clear that he wasn't a thinker, as he had left most of the work to Midoriya, but it wouldn't help if Midoriya was the only one commenting on his own mistakes.
The greanette did put his hand up however.
"He decided to fight me alone like a dumbass!" Kamakiri yelled, Izuku seizing up again and putting his hand down.
Vlad instantly saw a couple of students get pissed. "Now Kamakiri! That's hardly any realistic criticism. After all, you did lose." His voice was as even as steel and he could see the boy was about to pop a blood vessel. "Now does anyone else know what they could've done a bit better?" He asked, trying to rectify his mistake from earlier.
He saw Izuku put his hand up with more confidence this time, no one else had any clues but it did look like the cogs in their brains were turning so that was good. "Alright, Midoriya what do you have?"
Izuku seemed deflated, a bit sad, and a bit tired as well. "W-We should have switched, or taken Kamakiri out together…"
Vlad nodded, "Would you care to elaborate on that?"
The boy nodded, "Y-Yes sensei. T-Tetsu-kun's quirk was a perfect counter to Kamakiri-kun's quirk, and I could use my quirk to evade Tsunotori's. It would've been better if our roles were swapped, or we could've taken the time to eliminate Kamakiri so we'd have an easier time later on…"
Vlad nodded and Izuku put his hand down. He looked disappointed in himself for not doing that instead. "Well, now you know with the gift of hindsight. We make mistakes so we can learn from them, so don't feel too bad, alright Midoriya?"The boy quietly nodded and Vlad sighed, that'd have to do for now. "Alright, now onto the next match. Tokage and Monoma versus Shiozaki and Kodai. Now what could the heroes have done better?"
They played the next match and Izuku watched as the hero team split up, well that was their first mistake. They should have stuck together, perhaps even used their quirks in tandem. Wait, Kodai's quirk didn't work on living things, did that include Shiozaki's hair. He wasn't sure..
Kendo came to the conclusion that they shouldn't have split up, and that Shiozaki should've been more extensive in her search for the bomb, but the question did arise, was putting the bomb on the roof allowed?
Shiozaki put her hand up, "Shiozaki, did you have anything to improve upon?" Vlad called on her.
The girl was frowning, she turned to her left and stared at both Monoma and Tokage before turning back to the front, "Was placing the bomb on the roof really a fair thing to do Kan-sensei? I heavily doubt that something such as that is fair, as it is such a sinful act." She stated with a straight face, though her creased brow showed that she was slightly angry.
The teacher dragged a hand over his face and sighed. The world wasn't black and white, but the religious girl seemed to think that it was. The pro caught Izuku wiggling out of the corner of his eye. "Midoriya, you seem to have something to add so please tell the class." He did his best to make it seem like he wasn't calling out the boy or picking on him. He semi did it.
The religious girl turned to Midoriya, "What do you have to add, little sheep?"
Ok, Izuku learned something, he did not like being called "Little Sheep", it felt very insulting for some reason.
Tokage and Yanagi looked at Midoriya and they both decided that "Little Sheep" fit Izuku very well. Especially because of his head of hair. Yanagi really wanted to run her hands through it, it looked so soft.
Izuku opened his mouth, "W-Well, Monoma-kun and Tokage-chan were playing the roles of villains, s-so of course they weren't going to p-play fair. V-Villains don't play by the rules…. Umm… if anything i-i-it showed that some of u-us still have a l-lot of work until we b-become h-h-h-h-heroes…" His last words were harsh and he barely got them out, he didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but it was true.
Shiozaki stared at him with blank eyes and nodded before turning away from him.
Vlad nodded, "Exactly Midoriya! Good eye, now let's move onto the next match…"
The class continued, Izuku learned that Yanagi and Bondo had played villains and had rather easily contained the heroes using their quirks in tandem with each other. They didn't cover the bomb in glue like Izuku had thought but that was just a random thought Izuku had.
They fought Awase and Kaibara, they managed to negate Awase's quirk using their powers in tandem. Bondo made glue, Yanagi shot it and hit the welder's hands, then Bondo hardened it. Kaibara could break the glue but they didn't give him a chance as they focused their efforts on him. Awase seemed lost now that he couldn't do much, not even use his hands to help. So the heroes had lost.
Kendo and Shishida were the heroes in their match and had lost to Honenuki and Fukidashi. Mostly the recommendation student using his quirk and intelligence to get the jump on the heroes. Shishida's lowered intelligence in his beast form had not helped the situation at all.
Izuku was surprised that the redhead had lost, she seemed saddened by the fact as well. He knew it wasn't her best performance but he also knew she could do better. Now that she was one of the class reps she could show that fact.
They needed to work on their reaction time and minimize their quirk drawbacks, mostly in Shishida's case with the quirk stuff.
Komori and Kuroiro had covered the halls in Fungi as villains and the boy had entered the dark fungi and got the jump on the heroes. Shoda and Tsuburaba's quirks couldn't do much as Kuroiro had so much area to move around in with all the black mushrooms that Tsuburaba's air walls were useless and Shoda couldn't land a hit, negating his quirk.
It was honestly amazing. The heroes needed to work on making plans on the fly when they were pushed into a corner.
So the people going to rescue training would be Izuku, Tetsu, Monoma, Tokage, Yanagi, Bondo, Honenuki, Fukidashi, Komori, and Kuroiro. Kendo could maybe watch over the 1-B students that were going to be staying behind? Izuku sighed, he wanted to go to lunch.
Vlad brought the class' attention back to himself, "Alright, so you know who'll be going to do rescue training, you know who's going to be staying behind. You know where you fell short and you know what to do to improve, now do it." He didn't need to elaborate any further, he knew they knew what to do. "Now, the period's over, go to lunch."
Vlad left the class and the students all got out of their seats.
Tetsu stretched his back and grunted, "Man, I hate sitting down for so long. I mean man come on! If we have a hero class period then let us do something!"
"I totally get you…" Tsuburaba said from in front of him. He felt something in his back pop when he got up and stretched.
Izuku put his things in his bag, he had written down so many notes! All of his classmates were so interesting, it was just- they were all so cool!
"Midoriya." Izuku turned to Monoma as he called out his name.
"Y-Yeah, Monoma-kun?"
The boy looked sad, or maybe regretful was a better way to put it? Izuku wasn't sure, he wasn't good with people. But he knew something was wrong. "I… I just wanted to say congratulations, on becoming our class representative I mean.. It's a very big duty and holds a lot of responsibility." Oh jeez Izuku was getting nervous now, how much would be on his shoulders now? Everyone would be counting on him to lead the class and he wasn't sure if he could do that! "But I know you can do it Midoriya." Monoma said with a smile.
"A-Ah! T-Thank you Monoma-kun!" Izuku smiled just a bit. It seemed to relieve Monoma's regret too.
"We are friends Midoriya… no need to thank me."
"R-Right.." He kept on forgetting. How many times had they reminded him of that.
"If you two boys are done talking hurry up! I don't wanna be last in line!" Tokage started pushing them to exit the class.
"Fine fine Tokage, but please calm down, will you?"
"S-Sorry Tokage-chan, but there'll still be food, right?"
Yanagi floated over with her bag, "While that is true, I do believe it'd be best if we hurry over, that way we can maximize conversation time and consuming time, killing two birds with one stone." Her words didn't register with the surrounding students but Monoma and Izuku had gotten used to her speech. Chatting while eating, it was just more reasonable.
"Hey guys wait up!" Tetsu and Kendo followed after the group, Kuroiro and Komori following not so far behind, Tsunotori as well coming along because she didn't have anyone else to hang out with.
They arrived at the cafeteria and began to eat. Izuku was rather joyful as he had found a bowl of katsudon that Lunch Rush had made. Somehow he didn't find it as tasty as his mother's cooking, which made him a little sad. But that didn't mean it was bad, it was good! Just not as good as he expected.
"Hey Midoriya?" Izuku looked up as Kendo spoke to him. "I was thinking we should go find the reps for Class 1-A , introduce ourselves and talk to them a bit, do you think that's a good idea?" She asked him.
Izuku stared at her blankly. On one hand, no, it was a terrible idea because Izuku didn't know how to properly socialize. On the other hand, it was probably good to build connections with 1-A, especially after the whole scenario that happened the other day. But what would happen if he ran into Kacchan? 'No! I can't worry about that..I...can't just live my life in fear of him...' He sighed as he looked at Kendo, "I-I.. think that's a great idea Kendo-chan..." He responded.
The redhead smiled. "Alright, then let's go!" She stood up.
Izuku scrambled and got up as well, "I uh.. s-see you guys!" He said to the table as they left.
Tokage smiled as Izuku was out of earshot and turned to the rest of the table. "So can we talk about how "Little Sheep" is just the perfect nickname for greenie?" She was so going to use that nickname with him now.
Izuku sighed as he and Kendo walked around. They asked Class 1-A students, differentiated by the singular buttons that they had on the shoulders of their uniforms, about who their class representatives were and that they wanted to meet and greet them. They learned that they were one Momo Yaoyorozu and Tenya Iida.
"The girl has black hair in a spiky ponytail, the guy's has blue hair and he's a square. You can't miss the dude." They spoke to a member of their class, Kaminari Denki, and he told them the information. "Now I was wondering is I could get your-"
"Thanks, alright Midoriya let's go!" Kendo quickly turned around and walked away, Izuku waved and left nervously.
"It's alright dude..." Sero gave Kaminari pats on the back.
"Thanks man..."
Izuku and Kendo finally found who they were looking for, and they both realized that when Kaminari said "He's a square" he was being literal. The boy was so... geometrical? They didn't know how to explain it, but he kinda seemed like a robot. Then they both realized they'd met this boy before, Izuku during the entrance exam and Kendo during Izuku's incident the other day in the cafeteria. To say these feelings were negative was an understatement. Izuku felt an immense amount of fear. The boy was overly rude, loud, and he made Izuku feel like an idiot and unsafe during the entrance exam. Kendo was just angry, this guy thought they'd attacked that Bakugo guy the other day when it was the other way around, honestly!
So, they both turned away from him and instead to the girl with the spiky ponytail sitting next to him.
"Excuse me, you must be Yaoyorozu-san, correct?" Kendo decided to spark the conversation, with Izuku's current skills and anxiety she knew that he wouldn't have the confidence to do it. Both of the 1-A members looked up from their conversation and gazed at them, the ravenette nodded at Kendo's question.
The Iida boy pushed his glasses up and had a frown, "Excuse me! We are having a private conversation! It is incredibly rude to just barge into one that is still currently happening!" He was weirdly chopping his arms to accentuate his words.
Both Kendo and Izuku tilted their heads, 'Maybe he is a robot...' Kendo sighed and turned back to Yaoyorozu. "It's nice to meet you, we heard you two were elective to be the representatives for your class and as fellow representatives we thought to introduce ourselves." Kendo gave a small bow, "My name's Itsuka Kendo, it's nice to meet you Yaoyorozu-san."
Izuku did the same, "L-Like what Kendo-chan said, n-nice to meet you." He didn't stutter that badly, score!
Yaoyorozu got out of her seat and bowed as well, "It is nice to meet you as well, Midoriya-kun, Kendo-san. Iida-san, come introduce our fellow representatives." The glasses boy was shocked, he was supposed to greet such rude people!
Kendo waved a hand, "Actually don't worry about that, we already know of Iida-san, however I'm sorry to say it wasn't the best first impression." She tried to say with as little bite as possible, though Yaoyorozu definitely heard it.
She seemed a little sad, "Oh, well I'm very sorry about that. I'll make sure Iida-san does his best to treat you and your class properly from now on." She smiled and clapped her hands together. The glasses boy didn't even get a say in anything of this, and that was something he was a little angry about.
Kendo smiled, "Thank you Yaoyorozu-san, though I do have one more request that I'd like you to keep, if it's not too much trouble." It was clear that Izuku was afraid of that Bakugo boy, and whatever was going on between them had negative effects of him. So she'd do her best to limit the interaction between them as much as possible.
Yaoyorozu tilted her head, "What could it possibly be?" She asked.
"Well you see, a person in your class has not been the kindest towards Izuku, and it's not Iida over there." Kendo pointed at the blue haired boy and glared at him, he seemed to shrink under her gaze. "It's someone by the name of Bakugo. I'd like it if you kept him as far away from my class as possible. He's already caused most of my classmates to develop hatred for not only him but your entire class."
"WHAT! S-SURELY THIS IS SOME KIND OF MISTAKE, HE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG! AND EVEN SO, BAKUGO'S ACTIONS DO NOT REFLECT ENTIRELY ON OUR CLASS, TO THINK SUCH IS A LEAP IN LOGIC!" Iida finally made himself known as he yelled, now standing besides Yaoyorozu, and did his weird arm chopping thing.
Kendo sighed and crossed her arms, staring at the boy with no amusement in her eyes, "Well, it's not just that one student. You as well Iida." The boy recoiled in shock, "The other day when Midoriya was attacked by Bakugo, may I remind you for no apparent reason, you were yelling about how we were terrible for grouping up on him." She huffed and placed her hands on her hips, openly glaring at the glasses boy. "You knew nothing about the situation and made an assessment based on your limited knowledge, not the best performance for someone in the hero track."
Iida took a massive blow to his pride and Izuku was shocked. Maybe, just maybe, Kendo had gone just a teeny tiny bit too far. Ok, she definitely went too far and by the looks of it Iida wasn't taking it well. "K-Kendo-chan, d-don't you think you're being just a b-bit too harsh?"
The red head turned to him, "Well not entirely-"
"LEVEL THREE SECURITY ALERT, ALL STUDENTS PLEASE CALMY MAKE YOUR WAY OUT OF THE BUILDING AND TO SAFE AREAS OUTSIDE." A robotic voice sounded over a blaring alarm for all of the students to hear. Izuku winced and put his hands over his ears. It was too loud!
Yaoyorozu caught a second year that was already running towards the exit to the cafeteria, Izuku noted that the student wasn't doing so calmly. "Excuse me, but what does a level three security alert mean?!" She had to yell to be heard.
"It means someone managed to break onto campus!" The student yelled and quickly left, many more coming after him and taking the group of four with them.
Izuku and Kendo found themselves being taken in by a crowd. Izuku was too cramp, having elbows and shoulders shoved into him, it was extremely uncomfortable, this is exactly what he didn't want to happen this morning with the press! He collided with another person and winced, opening his eyes they landed on a familiar brunette from the entrance exam, 'It's the nice girl!' He quickly turned away.
"Hey... do I know you?" He heard her say, but he didn't respond. Instead he looked around, looking for one of his friends, maybe someone had an idea. He and the brunette were at the window of the hall, they could get a look of the outside. And Izuku's eyes landed on the reporters.
Kendo was really not enjoying herself currently. She was pressed again the wall and was being squished too much! She caught the sight of Midoriya and a girl pressed against the glass not too far away and sighed. Fate was too cruel to the boy. She glanced outside, trying to see anything, maybe a cop taking a villain away in handcuffs? Only to see the press. 'Oh you've got to be kidding me!'
"So... what's up Red?" She almost yelped at the air being blown into her ear. She turned to see a floating mouth and a floating ear.
"Tokage?"
"The one and only!" The mouth smiled. "So, do you need help with any of this stuff or...?"
Kendo sighed, yeah she did need help. She had a couple of ideas, she could maybe clap and draw attention to her and then tell everyone to calm down like she did in class? But she couldn't' bring her hands over her head because of all the people pushing her. Her arms were without a doubt stuck to her waist. She turned to look at Midoriya down the hall, he had more space but also...
Maybe this could help him with his confidence a little..?
"Yeah, I do need your help. Do you see Midoriya down the hall? Wherever you are, can you spot him?"
The mouth closed and hummed before smiling."I got eyes on Greenie!"
Kendo nodded, "Alright, I need you to tell him it's just the press, see if you can detach your upper body and pull him above the crowd so he can tell everyone." Kendo didn't see it but Tokage tilted her head.
"Why not just have me do it? I could do it pretty easily ya know." She asked in a questioning tone but then she gasped and smiled. "Or do you want Greenie to have all the limelight like a pro hero? Oh you're so nice Kendo! But what's the catch? Do you like him or something, is that why you wanna do it? Because if so, I'm gonna have to fight you on that one, he's MY green buddy, ya can't have him."
Kendo sighed, "You look into things way too much, I thought it'd just be good for confidence." Tokage huffed.
"You're no fun."
"And you're being annoying, now go do the thing."
"Fine.." The shark teeth girl groaned, her mouth and ear flying off to reconnect with her body. She grinned as her upper body, waist and above, disconnected, the surrounding people staring at the action with wide eyes. "Alright! Come on Greenie!" She flew around the crowd and found Izuku in a very compromising pose with a girl. She smirked as a prank came to mind. She flew down and landed on Izuku's back, throwing her arms around her shoulders, essentially hugging him from behind. "Izuku~ I can't believe it! Are you cheating on me?"
"T-T-T-Tokage-chan! What are you t-talking about?! W-W-W-W-W-We're n-not like that!" His face exploded into a tomato due to his embarrassment.
The brunette turned to both of them. She was interested in what was going on, and also wanted to know more about the person that saved her during the entrance exam. She'd be a little disappointed if he turned out to be a cheater since he seemed really cool during the entrance exam.
Tokage smiled, "Not yet~" She cooed into his ear. She giggled at his reaction. "But anyways, Kendo wanted me to pull you above the crowd so you can tell all these idiots it's just the press!" She yelled to make sure she was heard.
Izuku shook his head to get out of his stupor and nodded, a slight blush still on his face, "A-Alright!" He needed a distraction, something, anything, to stop thinking about Tokage. Especially because she was pressing her body against his back. "S-So, y-you're going to pull me up?" He asked, his mind completely forgetting about the nice girl next to him.
"Yup, so don't freak out, and do your best Greenie!" She cupped him from under his armpits and pulled up. She would admit, he was heavier than she imagined, and sturdier as well. It made her lick her lips.
WIth a pop, Izuku was above the crowd and hovering above everyone, though no one seemed to notice at all. "You got this!"
Izuku nodded, thanking her a little before looking at the crowd under him. It was so much worse than the press this morning. He could see Komori and Kuroiro stuck, the taller teen trying to protect the shorter mushroom girl. He saw Yanagi at the end of the hall, not trapped in the chaos, tilting her head at the crowd. And he spotted Tetsu standing strong with his quirk activated.
"YOU ALL CAN'T MOVE ME, I'M TOO MANLY! JUST TRY IT!" Izuku sighed at the steel teen's words.
He took a deep breath, he could do this, Kendo trusted him to do this, he had to do this. He was the Class Rep for 1-B, he had to show they could count on him, that they had a good reason to pick him.
He gulped. 'J-Just…. do your best…' But how good would his best be? He closed his eyes, the doubt was seeping in and he wanted to cry.
He couldn't, he wanted to but he knew he couldn't. Why? That's how it'd always been. He'd never had any faith, or courage, not even himself. He couldn't do anything, he couldn't do this…
"You are worthy of inheriting my power. I've been looking for a successor for years, but I've never found one that embodies my hopes and ideals until you. You, Young Midoriya, you remind me of myself and my mentor, for better or for worse. This road will be tough, but I have absolute faith in you, my boy."
It was just a random memory, or bits and pieces of memories throughout his 10 months with All Might, but… those were real words his idol had told him. He…
'I'm worthy…'
Useless Deku!
'I embody his hopes and ideals'
You can't do anything right, can you!? I mean seriously, you're so pathetic!
'He has absolute faith in me… no… it's not just him anymore…' So many people had faith in him, the four that voted for him to lead the class, Vlad King, even now.. his own mother. He smiled just a bit, 'Tokage-chan is right, I've got this!'
He opened his eyes and they glowed radioactive green as he activated One For All, why and where? To his throat, so he could yell without his vocal chords shredding. He knew One For All gave him a slight increase in durability, so hopefully this would help.
He sucked in as much air as he could, "EVERYONE BE QUIET RIGHT NOW!" The chaos stopped and everyone froze. Tetsu's even deactivated his quirk in shock.
Many turned to see Izuku being held up by Tokage.
"Oh shit, I knew it, he is the quiet kid."
"Fuck…"
Izuku gulped as hundreds of eyes landed on him, he took a deep breath and calmed himself. He- He could do this! "It's just the press! So stop worrying! There's no villains or anything like that! So just calm down!" He yelled and gasped for air when he was done.
Everyone seemed… alright now.
The students left through the doors and Tokage brought Izuku down. "Well, that was once heck of a show, didn't know you had it in you to yell like that, Greenie!" She smiled as she reconnected with her lower body.
"N-Neither did I…" Izuku placed a hand on his chest, his heart was beating so fast! He could hear it in his ears! It was so nerve wracking!
Tokage smiled and patted him on the back, "Well good job!"
Izuku smiled, that was a big step out of his comfort zone, but it was nice!
The rest of the day past without incident and they had regular classes. Izuku stumbled into his home with a smile on his face and ate a good dinner, after all he'd need it tomorrow for rescue training!
He flopped into bed, "Tomorrow's going to be amazing, I already know it.."