Iruma walked to the school gate, heading off to one of his many afternoon jobs. He was lucky it was so close to UA too, now he didn't have to transfer! Hopefully his parents wouldn't send him overseas again, because Iruma had the distinct feeling the hero course wouldn't accept month long absences in-between fishing expeditions.
In fact, his parents in general have stopped asking for stuff...okay they still asked for most of his salary, but that wasn't anything new, but they haven't asked him to do anything particularly dangerous lately, letting him do school work for once. Maybe they actually wanted him to get a graduation certificate, and let him pay for them much easier.
Food for thought, he supposed. "Oi, kid." Oh, Bakugou was here, lovely. Now he needed a way to run from the boy and survive. "I'm … fuck." The boy looked really conflicted. "I'm … bad at this stuff."
"Bad at what?" Iruma wondered. The boom guy didn't look like he was about to attack him, but he was pretty hostile to him from the moment they met. He couldn't let his guard down around him for a second.
"I'm...I've never said so...sorr…" Bakugo actually looked like he was getting sick. "I never fucking apologize to anyone, alright!"
"Okay? Is that all?" He really had to get to his job, the sun would set soon!
"Just, I went too far, cause I associate you with someone, and felt like I needed to prove myself." He growled. "You … don't deserve that relationship."
"You're...mad at me for...looking like someone...you want to kill?" He's heard of worst reasons for people hating him, but this for some reason sounded particularly silly. "If you don't like me, then I'll stay away from you, just...don't try to kill anyone else."
"I can't make any promises, but I'll do my best to leave the extras in our class alone." That was all he asked for, you couldn't do better than your best! "Just know that this.." He pointed between Iruma and himself. "Isn't over between us. I'll surpass you eventually, and when that happens, neither of us are going to be holding back."
"What?" This guy just got more and more confusing. "Did we start a game or something?" The boy just glared at him.
"You may not be him, but you're getting close to making me just as angry as he did." Iruma took that as a cue to run.
==
Curious was absolutely frustrated, these kids knew next to nothing, that glasses boy was way too polite, wasn't able to get any juicy info from him, he'd just put viewers to sleep. The rosy cheeked round faced girl just said the usual flowery stuff about it being a 'good school' and that All Might was 'buff'. Nothing interesting to say at all.
It was times like this that made her realize her colleagues may have had a point about journalism being dead. But she wouldn't stop until she got the scoop, rushing for stories is what fuels her after all. Well that and the support of a terrorist organization, but mostly the first. She then saw a blue haired student, rushing in with the other reporters. Hopefully this one would be much easier to interview.
"Hey kid, would you please answer a few questions for me?" She went with the nice approach this time, didn't want to scare him off to eas
"Okay!" Great, hook line and sinker.
"I heard All Might is teaching here, is that true?"
"Yes, he's my hero teacher. In fact, he was training me before we came to UA. I call him Bunny-sensei." That was already front page material!
"Can you tell us more about his teaching methods?" Another reporter asked.
"He shouted really loud and motivated me! He always cheered me on as he had me carry giant scraps of metal all across the city. Sometimes he had me carry him on my back."
"Do you mean to say he's a slave driver?"
"No, slavery is illegal, so there aren't any slaves. Plus he said please, so I'm not a slave." What the, this felt very dark … she was invested.
"And would you say this training was ineffective?"
"No, my quirk breaks my bones, but it's the first time I've ever used it, so he's helped me alot! Because of that I've had to do stuff without my quirk, and if he didn't train me, I wouldn't be able to keep up with people like I am now." Okay, that was an interesting line of thought.
"Do you mean to say that quirkless people could become a hero?"
"Being a hero just means helping people, so yes. I'd help people even if Caterpillar...I mean Aizawa-sensei expelled me like he said he would." Redestro wouldn't like that … better change the subject for now.
"Your teacher was going to expel you?"
"Yeah, he scared us and said it was a joke in order to get us to take the test seriously. Although he also said the teachers are free to do whatever they want, so maybe he would've if we didn't go...go...sorry, I keep forgetting the school motto." How the fuck did you forget the motto, the most popular phrase on the planet?
"Suzuki." The crowd turns to pro hero EraserHead, rarely one you could catch on film. "Class starting soon, don't be late."
"Yes sir, thank you!" The boy shouted before running off. This was a catch for sure, she had to interview him again, before the others wanted to murder the kid that is.
==
Tokoyami sat back, watching the chaos of this classroom unfold before him, as he always did. "I'm telling you man, Todoroki is a monster, a beast of nature!" Kaminari erratically waved his hands around. "We never had a chance, it wasn't fair!"
"You could've done something like hide the bomb on the roof." Jiro rolled her eyes, not taking Kaminari's complaints seriously like the rest of the class. "That could've given you time to plan before he came in. Just saying."
"Where would we hide that?" Shoji asked. "It's the size of three full humans standing on top of each other, not many options for a place with no crates or other rubble."
"Why didn't you just toss it out of the window?" Everyone looked at Suzuki. "Nobody wants to jump at them, the landing is very tricky and you have to roll just right."
The class took a full minute to process how Suzuki worded that. "Why does it sound like you've been in that kind of situation before?" Asui, or Tsu as she insisted, asked. "How would you know how to handle a bomb?"
"Oh, I don't, I'm just giving a reason why Todoroki wouldn't jump out of a window." The two haired boy actually turned to look at Suzuki.
"I could just make ice stairs." He responded flatly, as if THAT was what he was worried about.
"Oh, that's really cool, can you make other ice stuff, like a sculpture?"
"Why would I make a sculpture? Is that critical to hero work?"
"Hmm." Suzuki looked in thought. "Oh, you could make bad guys think there's someone in the dark when you're somewhere else."
"I suppose I could at least get humanoid shapes down for decoy purposes." Those two might have been genuinely insane.
"Damn it, it really is like he's Deku." He heard Bakugo mutter. He wouldn't press whatever issues the explosion user clearly had. He'd like to keep his head, thank you very much.
"Oh Iruma, you left so soon after class, I thought we would've had the chance to hang out." Uraraka walked up to the crafty evader.
"Oh, I needed to go to one of my jobs." The boy smiled.
"One of them, how many jobs do you have?" Hakagure asked.
"I think twenty...wait should I count the overseas one's my parents send me on..that would make twenty-five…" The class stared in silence
"Rivalry in the dark." He muttered.
"Alright everyone, shut up." Aizawa-sensei told them. They were, Suzuki made them horrified with work ethic. "We have something important to discuss." Everyone tensed even further, if possible. "You need a class president."
"Oh good, I thought it was something serious." While it was less strenuous than Tokoyami was expecting, Suzuki's naivety seemed to be growing at an unnatural rate.
"I wanna be class president!" Mineta shouted. "Just imagine how short I can make the shi-" He was interrupted by Tsu's tongue hitting him in the side of the head.
"You extra's better vote for me or else!" Bakugo exploded, so nothing new there.
"I wish to become president, I shall bring our class sparkles." Yuuga shouted out.
"I'm good!" They all turned to Suzuki. "I have a lot of after school jobs, I'd rather not take the responsibility."
"Can't you all see the obvious solution!" Iida shouted to quiet down the class. "We must vote upon it, like democrats!" He said that but ...
"Your hand is raised too." Everyone said in unison. He wanted the position more than anybody.
"A class vote doesn't seem like a very good idea, we all just met each other." Kirishima explained. "Won't most people end up voting for themselves?"
"Precisely! Which is why anyone who ends up with more than one vote would be the most trusted."
"I vote for Iida then." Suzuki shouted. "He has glasses!"
"What the, for starters it's an anonymous voting process." Iida reprimanded. "And you shouldn't vote for me just because I have glasses!"
"I don't know, he raises a good point." Uraraka agreed. "You do have glasses."
"Uraraka, I'm actually far more disappointed in you! I actually expected Suzuki's naivety to shine, but you should know better!"
"Quiet down. Place your votes and decide before lunch. I'm taking a nap." Aizawa-sensei actually took out the sleeping bag from the first day and slept on the desk.
"Wait, can we bring sleeping bags to school? I never knew that!" Suzuki shined once more in naivety. "I'm learning so much!"
"Rivalry in the dark." Tokoyami felt the need to mutter once more. Everyone placed their votes after a good minute, Tokoyami voting for himself, mainly for lack of any notable candidates in his eyes.
"Alright, the votes are in …" Aizawa displayed them on the board. The notable zeroes were Todoroki, Uraraka, and Hakagure. Yaoyorozu had three votes, and Suzuki had two votes. Everyone else was at one. "Congratulations Yaoyorozu and Suzuki, you're the class president and vice president respectively."
"What? Who voted for me?" Suzuki questioned.
"Yeah, who the fuck voted for Dek-Dek-Dodger!?" At the very least it wasn't Deku, a bit of an insulting name. Uraraka, drawing attention ironically, tried to whistle it off innocently. "The round face."
"What, did you think everyone would vote for the rabid animal in class?" Sero didn't bother hiding his laugh. "Did you think you can shout 'DIE extras' and be nominated king of the classroom?"
"I will snap you like the tape dispenser you are." Bakugou growled with a glare.
==
Uraraka watched as the boy shoved away yet another mountain of food. "You can really pack it, can't you?" She muttered in bewilderment, still eating her own sizable meal as well.
"I have to eat as much as I can. I don't know when I'm going to eat again!" Her personal hero smiled gleefully as he stuffed another bowl of rice into his mouth, the ENTIRE bowl and all.
"Suzuki, even ignoring the … very concerning questions I have about physics." The boy looked baffled. "You still should pace yourself, at school you get lunch every day after all."
"Wait, you guys eat everyday here? I didn't know that about school either! So this is what happens when you go to school everyday." Uraraka had her own problems when it came to money, but even she was able to eat three times a day. How poor was this guy?
"I'm really sorry you didn't get to be president, Iruma-kun." Hagakure grumbled. Yeah she could feel the disappointment as well, she really thought people would have voted for him.
"Like I said, I have enough jobs, Vice President doesn't seem too hard though. I was really planning on voting for Iida." Suzuki smiled. "You seem so responsible whenever you're around us."
"Oh...I see." Ha, Iida kinda screwed himself out of the vote by calling Iruma out for the glasses commit. "I admit, I would've loved the position, but I needed to be impartial. That's why after evaluating everything from our prior school days, I thought Yaoyouzou was the logical choice."
"Wait, why didn't you vote for Iruma-kun?" Hagakure asked.
"While I thought briefly about it given his minor success with the battle trials, I didn't want to thrust him into a position he's quite frankly not prepared to fully take on."
"I know you learn at school, take tests, and just recently you can eat meals for free." Wow … okay. Bullet dodged there. "Thank you Iida."
"No problem, I was just hoping to honor my family." He smiled.
"Your family?" A tiny lightbulb went over her head. "Ha, I knew it! The way you act, the glasses! Admit it Iida, you're super rich, aren't you?"
"What does my glasses have to do with anything?" They make you look super smart and slightly imposing. "But yes. I was hoping to hide this fact so others wouldn't prematurely evaluate me, but the Iida family comes from a long line of heroes."
"Superhero family." Iruma has wide and sparkly eyes. "You must all share a costume room, and your secret lair is your tv remote."
"What, no, well actually we do have a costume room but that's just for storage space." Iida admitted. "But still, it's an incredible honor I wish to uphold."
"Don't worry Iida, you're pretty cool already." Ochako smiled. Thinking about Iida's quirk for a second made her imagine something vaguely. "Hey, since your quirk is engine, you wouldn't happen to be related to Ingenium, are you?"
"He happens to be my older brother." Oh wow, super cool.
"The guy with like a million sidekicks? Wow, that's super impressive, right Iruma-kun?" Hagakure turned to the boy, who was still eating but with a confused expression on his face. She could almost see the question mark floating above his head.
"Ah...who?" Iruma asked with no sense of sarcasm. "Sorry, I don't watch t.v, I don't know who's famous or not."
"I suppose that's … commendable." Iida stated. "He's a hero with a lot of fame gathered over recent years. Nowhere near the top ten, but he's got one of the biggest hearts you'll ever meet."
"Sounds like a really nice guy. Hope I can meet him for real soon.."Iruma looked thoughtful, pausing mid-sentence like he just noticed something. "Hey guys, I have a question." He started. "Are we-" The boy was interrupted by a series of alarms going off. "Are we in danger!?"
==
"A level three alarm, it means that someone's entered the premises illegally!" A third year shouted. "Save yourself!" Where was the heroic spirit here!?
"I'm getting crushed! Iruma-kun, somebody, help me!" Hagakure cried out, presumably reaching out her hand for someone to grab on to.
"Don't worry Toru, I got you!" The boy jumped into the pile of human beings. A few seconds later his hand was also raised up. "Someone help me!" Well that failed fast.
"Somebody please get me out of here!" The cry of Mineta was heard as a pile of bodies began to topple over him. "I haven't touched a single boob yet!"...There was such a thing as acceptable losses, right?"
"Don't worry, I got you too!" Suzuki suddenly popped out of the bodies with Hagakure in his hand, launching himself towards the diminutive boy. "I still didn't think this through!" Tenya would commend his helpful spirit at least.
"This is getting out of control!" Iida shouted, being crushed against the glass of the window. "All this chaos for … for …" He could see news crews from this morning gathering at the front entrance. They were the breach!? All this panic was for nothing!
"I need help! Somebody please help me!" Uraraka had her hand raised in the air as she started drawing in the mob of students.
"I...I….GOT YOU!" Suzuki once again rose the trampling, this time with Mineta and Hagakure hanging from his neck.
"No Suzuki, I'll get her, get yourself to safety!" He shouted, pushing his way over to the girl.
"She said please, so let's help each other!" Suzuki raised a very good point, both of them now reaching their mutual friend.
"What are we gonna do, the crowd's too thick." She complained to the pack of people as they did their best to keep her upright.
"It's just the media breaking in! I have an idea. Uraraka, use your quirk on us, make us float and I'll handle the rest!" Iida ordered.
"Ri-right!" Uraraka nodded, activating her quirk, and soon all of them were above them. "What now?"
"Hang on, this may get a little bumpy. Apologise in advance." It would sting, but they'd get the crowd's attention. Activating his engines, Iifa found himself thrusted forwards, spinning out of control but right towards the entrance. As such, his classmates followed, being right in front of him.
"OW! That freaking hurts!" Mineta complained as they crashed into the wall above the entrance.
"It's better than being run over!" Hagakure chastised their smaller classmate.
"EVERYONE!" He shouted, getting the attention of the students. "It is just the media outside! Prove yourselves worthy of this institution, and evacuate in an orderly fashion!" To his immense relief, they did begin to calm down.
"Wow, you look just like an exit sign." Suzuki pointed out.
"Heck yeah, exit sign Iida!" Uraraka agreed. This was almost as bad as their glasses argument.
"Exit Sign! Exit Sign! Exit Sign!"
"Stop rioting! Leave in an orderly fashion!" They weren't calling him a bunny. He still maintained dignity.
==
"Are you sure you don't want the position Iida? I don't mind giving it to you." Iruma asked the stern but kind classmate as they made their way back to class. "You came up with the plan and everything. You're good with this kind of stuff."
"No. As much as I would desire such a role for myself, there are still many things I must learn before I'm prepared to take on the position." Iida said with a small nod. "You have proven yourself worthy of a role."
"I have?" Iruma asked, confused. He didn't remember anything that impressive.
"Yeah, you were the first to react and help people get out! That's totally impressive!" Toru was just being nice like usual.
"Yeah man, I would've been jelly if you didn't jump in and grab me!" Mineta complimented. "And I got to be pressed against two ladies, so you're awesome in my book!"
"Thank you grape guy." He smiled.
"Minoru Mineta, but you can call me Minoru." Wow, so many possible friends so fast!
"And now he's in the group, great." For some reason Ochako looked disappointed. "I gotta say this school year is fun."
"I wouldn't call chaos on that scale fun. I prefer reading and studying as the best kind of fun."
"I mean, flying through the air was pretty fun. Wouldn't mind doing that again." Toru laughed. That was great to hear, laughing with friends...friends...
"Hey guys." He asked the group. "Are we … friends?"
They all stared at him. Oh man, he messed up! "Of course we are Iruma, what made you think otherwise?" Ochako spoke up with confusion.
"Oh, sorry, I just...I've never had friends before. Never stayed in school long enough for people to remember my name."
"Who would forget a name as perfect as Iruma?" Toru asked. "To me you're a great friend, and hopefully more." They could be better than friends? He gasped internally. They could be soulmates!
"Right! We're all great friends now!" Ochako got in front of Toru and grabbed his hand.
"Exactly, I am honored to be friends with someone such as you, Suzuki!" Iida bowed. "Let us have plenty of happiness in the future!"
"Yeah, being friends sounds cool." Minoru agreed. "If I can't have these two babes, then it's all fine and dandy as friends."
"Calling us babes when we're still here doesn't endear us to you any more." Ochacho growled.
Iruma laughed. "This is awesome, I'm glad to have friends like you guys." He smiled brightly. School was great, he was glad All Might told him to come here.