" Time is up! The fifth indoor person-to-person combat training ended with the villain team's win!" All Might told them.
The swarm of crows flew away while Sora kneeled down, trying to catch her breath. " I was close..."
" Sora..." Ashido approached her.
" Ashido-san... I'm sorry... After all the hard work..."
Ashido shook her head as she kneeled beside her. " It's fine, we've reached this far because of you. Also, just call me Mina." She offered a big smile.
" Mina-chan..."
" It's unfortunate we didn't win... But we put a good fight..." Aoyama hardly made it to his teammates, catching his stomach tightly.
" Aoyama-kun..."
" Man, your kick was pretty strong..." Sato finally managed to pull himself up, rubbing his chin. " Are you practicing boxing by any chance?"
She gave an apologetic smile. " Nope, only karate. Sorry if it was so hard."
" That explains why..."
" Everyone! Well done!" All Might stepped into the messed room. " Let's hurry up. Anyone here injured?"
Sora pulled on her feet, her wings squeezing into her back. " A few bruises."
" Just sleepy." Sato rose his hand.
" Need to get to the toilet." Aoyama shook in cold sweat.
" Ah..." All Might sweat dropped. " Well then. Guess we have to fix you all up first."...
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They all walked back to the monitor room for their match review. " So, anyone wants to say anything about the fifth match?"
" The heroes' team did well keeping damage to a minimum. Even when they had to open ways, they were careful." Yaoyorozu spoke. " Other than that, even when breaking into the villains' hideout and fighting them, they were very mindful not to harm the weapon. The villains on the other hand relied much on Koda-san's Quirk. It's explainable seeing they couldn't head out for battle themselves. But they shouldn't let their guard down. Knowing their enemy could fly, they should have prepared for an outside onslaught."
" Well, no one tried attacking from the outside so we overlooked that possibility." Sato rubbed his neck and Koda nodded.
" That serves to tell you that there are no norms in a real fight. Even though I said the training was indoor, the possibility of an outside backup is still there." All Might pointed. " Hope you've learned from their mistakes."
" Yes sir!"
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They gathered by the exit at the end of the class. " Good work everyone! We didn't have any major injuries other than young Midoriya, either! You guys took this on seriously! You all did a good job for your first training!" He held a thumb up at them.
" To have such a proper class after Aizawa-sensei's," Asui held up her hand. " It's kind of anticlimactic..." Everyone agreed with her.
" We're free to have proper classes, as well!" He flourished his arms up dramatically. " Well then, I must review the results with Young Midoriya! Change and return..." He rushed away at full speed, shouting the rest of his phrase."... to the classroom!"
" All Might's amazing!" Shouted Kaminari.
" Why was he in such a hurry?" It seems Ojiro wanted the number one hero to advise them some more.
" So cool..." Mineta admired.
" As expected. He is fast to come and fast to leave." Sora chuckled.
" The Number one hero... His class was really valuable." Yuu muttered.
Sora looked at everyone else as they admired All Might. Only Bakugo stood still, surprisingly calm and quiet.
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" You alright?" Yuu approached the girl as she was gathering her things.
" Oh, don't worry, don't worry. They were mere bruises." Sora waved it off. " On the other hand, Yuu, you should have a hot meal when we go back. Why don't you come along with me?"
" Eh? Suddenly? Wouldn't aunt Yui be bothered?"
" Don't say that. Our house is yours any time. Grandma would love to have you around for dinner."
" Oh, Midoriya's here!" Kirishima drew their attention as he shouted. All eyes flung at the door when the green head entered and most of them huddled around him. " Good work!"
" Man, I don't know what you were saying during the match, but you were fired up!"
" I can't believe you fought evenly with Bakugo, who was first in the entrance exam!" Sato pointed.
" You did a good job dodging!" Ashido was rather excited.
" You guys did that in the first much so the rest of us had to give it our all, too." Sato smiled at him.
Sora swapped smiles with Yuu as the rest cheered Midoriya up.
Aoyama inclined from behind Ashido. " You were far from elegant, but-"
" You did a good job dodging!" Ashido repeated, hopping up and down.
" Mina-chan, you said the same thing twice." Sora sweat dropped.
" Because he really did well!"
" Huh?" Midoriya was flattered by all that.
" I'm Kirishima Eijiro." The red head introduced himself and then pointed at the black haired boy behind him. " We're all going over the training together right now."
" I'm Sero Hanta."
" I'm Aoyama Yu-" Ashido interrupted him, flapping her arms.
" I'm Ashido Mina! You did a good job dodging!"
" Mina-chan..."
" I'm Asui Tsuyu." Asui appeared from behind Ashido. " Call me Tsuyu-chan."
" I'm Sato!" The bulkiest of them all held up his thumb.
" Um... Er..." Midorya didn't even have the time to react to them.
" He reminds me of Yuu right now." Whisper stifled a laugh.
" I'm Mineta!" The shortest boy jumped in front of them.
" Where the heck did you pop out from?"
" I'm Aoyama Yuga." Aoyama was still trying to catch Midoriya's attention. "I'm a man who never stops shining."
However, no one paid any attention to him. " You did terrible in the training." Sato pointed down at Mineta.
" You're too loud." Muttered Tokoyami at the very back.
" Sora... He is..." Yuu pointed.
" He will get yelled at by Iida-kun." She smiled awkwardly.
No sooner than she said that, Iida made for the boy with the bird head. " Tokoyami-kun! That desk is not a chair." He waved his hands. " Get off immediately."
" It's not that big deal, is it?" Jiro was surprised by how serious the other boy was. Her response shocked him.
" What's with those hands, anyway?" Ojiro pointed at him.
Iida looked down. " You people..." His right hand went in a chopping motion. " I cannot condone actions that disrespect the desks the great men and women who are our upperclassmen once used!"
" You're too loud." Tokoyami stated.
" Guys, guys. Iida-kun is just being earnest." Sora interjected.
" He is too serious if you ask me." Jiro placed a hand on her waist.
Suddenly the backdoor slid open, letting in Kaminari and Uraraka with stacks of notebooks. " Hey, Uraraka, wanna grab a bite to eat sometime? What do you like?"
The brunette thought for a moment. " Mochi-" But she freaked out when she spotted Midoriya at the other end of the class. " Wait, Deku-kun, she didn't heal your injuries?" She rushed to him. Kaminari didn't like how she completely ignored him for Midoriya.
" To think about it, that's true. She already healed my bruises." Sora approached the green head.
" Is something wrong with your injuries?" Whisper asked.
Seeing they were all worried about him, he tried to calm them down." Oh, uh, It's because of how much stamina I have, and..."
" Huh?"
" So... You will still have those injuries..." Yuu was worried.
" Sorry, but, more importantly..." His eyes were fixed upon the desk in front of his. Sora and Yuu immediately figured it out.
" Bakugo-kun, right?"
The class went in silence back then. Only Uraraka gathered her courage and spoke up. " We all tried to stop him, but he went home just now without saying anything."
Midoriya's expression changed to worry as he looked back at the school ground. " Excuse me!" And he shot out of the class.
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She watched from behind the windows along Uraraka, Ashido and Asui as Bakugo left the school. " What was that?" Asked Ashido.
" The fated battle between men." Uraraka answered.
" It looked like Midoriya-chan was just giving excuses one-sidedly, though." Asui told her.
"The fated battle between men!" Uraraka insisted, pressing her forehead against the glass.
Sora cast a glance at them and then down at the school entrance. She heard most of it, but it didn't make sense. A borrowed power? A Quirk received from someone else? Was there anything like that? Her stomach lurched, she didn't like the fact that she was eavesdropping on her friend. It was his secret, something he didn't want to tell them for a reason. She didn't want to get more nosy.
" Let's go. I feel bad standing watch over them like this." The other three girls nodded as they headed back to grab their bags. It was weird. But she couldn't neglect that there was something off about Midoriya.
" Sora..." Yuu was worried seeing her deep in thoughts.
" Yuu, we should ask him about it. Now." She said grabbing Midoriya's bag and heading to the entrance.
" Aren't we prying like this?" He asked her.
" Maybe... But, what if it meant something bad..."
" I still can't control it properly."
" What if it caused him to get hurt." Her grip strengthened around her bag's hinge.
" Sora..." Yuu blinked when the said boy appeared at the end of the corridor, his face crestfallen. He looked up and their eyes met.
" Shirogane-san, Seijin-kun..."
Sora whirled to face him and held up his bag. " We got your stuff."
" Ah, thank you." He said receiving the bag and sliding it through his unharmed arm. " What about Uraraka-san and Iida-kun?"
" They will catch up soon." Sora answered. She seemed to take a moment to build the courage before finally speaking. " Midoriya-kun..."
"Eh?"
" ... Who... Are you exactly?" She reluctantly asked. Midoriya was confused at her words. " You know what I said, about the aura, right?"
" Eh? Ah." He nodded.
" Needless to say, every person has one aura. However Midoriya-kun..." She narrowed her eyes at him. " Though seven of them are faint as they may seem. You have eight different auras around you."
" Huh?" His eyes widened. " What... Do you mean?"
" It's... Not just auras..." Yuu fumbled around with his fingers as well before his eyes met with the wide green ones. " I told you I can see even the souls of living people. Midoriya-san, there are seven other souls around- no, within you."
" What are you talking about?"
It was something gnawing at them for too long, for no one should have that many auras or souls within them. The only exception so far was Tokoyami whose Quirk, his familiar Dark Shadow, was living within him resulting in another aura and soul. But Midorya was different, there was nothing about his Quirk which would explain that. So where they were coming from?
" I know it's strange but... we don't know too. It's worrying. Is it something related to your Quirk?"
His eyes widened as if something went through his mind. " You thought of something right now, didn't you?" Whisper stared down at him.
Midoriya avoided their eyes. " I... Can't say..."
Sora thought to his conversation with Bakugo earlier. " It's fine, you don't have to tell us the details. Just... We want to know if it's dangerous... If it may hurt you! Because this is not normal!"
Midoriya thought about it for a moment. " Thanks for your concern, Shirogane-san. I will look into it. If I figure something, I will tell you."
Sora and Yuu merely locked their eyes with his. " Just... Remember we can help when you need."
" Yeah." He smiled. " Thanks."
" Hey guys!" Uraraka waved from the other end of the corridor. " Thanks for waiting for us!"
" Midoriya-kun! Are you going out in that outfit!" Iida asked.
" Not like I can actually change as of now." He said patting his injured arm..
" Need help?"
" Don't worry, I'll change once I get back home."
" Then let's hurry up soldiers! On you go!"
" Sir! Yes sir!"
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"Grandma! I'm home!" Sora greeted as soon as she entered the traditional Japanese house. " And I've brought Yuu with me too!"
" Sorry for intruding."
"Welcome back." The white-haired woman stepped from the kitchen, wearing a yellow apron. "Yuu-kun and Whisper welcome."
" It's been a while." Whisper surprisingly bowed politely to her.
" Dinner will be ready soon. Make yourselves at home."
" Th...thanks." Yuu said before glaring back at Whisper. " You're really polite only with aunt Yui."
Whisper was smiling broadly with a shade of pink. " Because... She is nice and beautiful..."
" No good." Sora wagged her finger at the ghost. " No hitting on my Grandma."
" Are you guys intending to stand by the door for the rest of the night? Hurry up and come in."
" Hai!"
Unbeknown to them, a vicious evil was stirring in the shadow, conspiring against UA.
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Next day
The scene in front of the gate the next day wasn't what they had expected. The lenses of cameras glistened from so far as they caught sun rays and microphones were flung around as journalists rushed hither and thither trying to get a few words from the students.
" What's with the uproar?" Whisper's mist-like body expanded as he tried to get a glimpse of what was happening over the sea of media.
" What's with all the media?" Sora whirled her head around at how much they were.
" Hey you! How are All Might's classes?"
One of them thrust the mic at a rigid Midoriya, who waved his hand around promptly. " Uh, excuse me, I have to go to the nurse's office!" He succeeded in slipping away.
The same reporter, livid at losing Midoriya, jabbed her mic at Uraraka this time. " Will you tell us about what the Symbol of Peace is like as a teacher?"
" Wh-What he is like? Um... He's very muscular!"
" I see now." Oohed Sora. " Word must have gotten out about All Might being a teacher. He really catches that much interest wherever he is right?"
She looked back at her friend but he was nowhere around. He could be seen a little further, trudging over his steps.
" I'm going home."
A moment later, Sora was pulling a resisting Yuu by the scruff of his collar. " I'm not good with dealing with such things."
" Come on! How would you tackle the sports festival this way!"
Fortunately, they reached the gate while the media was busy with Iida so they weren't stopped. From their sulking faces, Sora could tell it wasn't what they were waiting for.
" I'm ashamed that my eloquence couldn't do All Might his right." Iida crossed the gate with tears spilling profusely as the media left him in the pursuit of Bakugo.
" Don't mind, Iida-kun. Thanks to you, Yuu made it safely to the school ground." Sora patted his back.
" What's the fuss about?" A deadpan voice spoke and they all reared their head to meet the eyes of their homeroom teacher.
" Aizawa-sensei..."
" Sensei, the media is mobbing outside, trying to get a word about All Might Sensei." Iida pointed.
" It's getting harder to reach the gate." Complained Kirishima as he and Ashido made it into the school ground. " Bakugo for once was welling to decimate them."
" Tsk. I knew his existence won't pass by peacefully." He walked over to the gate and the reporter from earlier tried asking him as well before double taking his appearance. " He's not on duty today. You're disturbing the classes. Please leave." He ushered them off. Sora could see a few of them nudging away from him.
" He really isn't good with media."
Aizawa pivoted and made it in. The press attempted to follow after him but were warded off by a huge metal barrier protruding from the ground and then elevated the fence's height.
" That's..." Uraraka blinked at the structure that appeared abruptly.
" The UA barrier." Iida pushed up his glasses. " UA's boast defense. It's my first time seeing it firsthand."
" If someone tries to get in without a student ID or a pass to enter, it will be activated." Aizawa scratched his cheek as he went through the trouble of explaining. " There are sensors all over the school, so the kind of those people wouldn't bother us."
Kirishima gaped. " Even its security is the top! UA's amazing!"
Sora sweat dropped. " Just... Hope no one was late for school today..."
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" Good work on yesterday's combat training." Aizawa began once everyone settled down and the murmurs about the press subdued. " I saw the video and results."
His focus went to the spiky blond head on his right. " Bakugo, you're talented so don't act like a kid."
The boy's face contorted in exasperation, however, it faded in a slight annoyance. " I know."
" And Midoriya." The boy stiffened as he looked down, bracing himself to be rebuked. " You settled it by breaking your arm again, huh? You can't keep saying you can't help it because you can't control your quirk. I don't like saying the same thing over and over. As long as you fix the control issue, there's a lot you'll be able to do." The green head rose his face with a smile. " Feel a sense of urgency, Midoriya."
Much more determined, the boy answered with a confident " yes sir!"
" Good for you." Sora looked over at their teacher. I thought he was determined to expel him when he conducted that Quirk test. But seems he saw something about him that day.
" Now let's get down to homeroom business." He changed the subject. " Sorry about the late notice but today, I'll have you..."
Everyone stared at him in expectancy, maybe anticipating another test.
"... Decide on a class representative."
Everyone breathed in relief and didn't help but feel a little relaxed at the normal activity. But that didn't last more than a minute.
" I want to be class rep! Pick me!" Kirishima shot up with both arms in the air.
" Me too!" Said Kaminari.
Jiro's hand leveled with his. " I want to do it, too."
" It's a job made for m-"
Ashido blocked Aoyama from view as she leaped up. "I'll be the leader!"
Mineta flapped his hands and his eyes bulged out of their sockets. "My manifesto is for all girls' skirts to be 30 centimeters above the knee!"
What was most surprising, Bakugo also was up for the job. "Let me do it! Me!"
Sora also held her hand up. " I want to be picked too! I was deputy class rep in middle school!"
" Even Sora..."
"What are you doing, Yuu!" Whisper grabbed the boy's hand and held it up high almost plucking it out.
" I... I'm not good with this..."
" You won't get good unless you try! I'll be there for you!"
In short, the classroom was flipped upside down.
" Silence, please!" The whole class spun their heads toward the blunette. " It is a job with the serious responsibility of leading others. It is not a job for just anyone who wants to do it. It's a calling that requires the trust of those around you. If we want to use democracy to decide on true a leader, then we shoulder hold an election to choose one."
" Your hand is raised the highest!" They pointed at his hand shaking above theirs.
Sora laughed childishly at that. " That's Iida-kun for you!"
" Why did you suggest that?"
" We haven't known each other for that long so how can we have trust or anything, Iida-chan?" Asui placed her finger on the side of her face.
" If that's the case, and everyone votes for themselves..." Kirishima tried to protest but he was cut by Iida chopping at the air.
" Don't you think that's precisely why whoever receives multiple votes here can be truly considered the most suitable person?" He turned to their teacher for support. " What do you think, Aizawa-sensei?"
Aizawa had disappeared in his plain yellow sleeping bag. " I don't care, as long as you decide before homeroom is over." And he flopped down on the ground with a thud.
" Don't... Care..." Sora laughed awkwardly at that. " Well, seems it's up to us then, Iida-kun."
" Thank you very much!" Iida bowed to the out-of-sight teacher before turning to the rest of the class. " Everyone, please put the name of the person you think most suitable for this position on a paper!"
" Let's get it over with then." Yaoyorozu walked to the front of the class, careful not to stumble on Aizawa as she set a box with a slit on the teacher's desk. " When you're done, please submit your papers here."
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After the sorting, Yaoyorozu put the results on the board.
" I got three votes?!" Midoriya didn't expect that.
Bakugo ground his teeth as he shot up. " Why Deku?! Who voted for him?!"
" Well, it's better than voting for you." Sero pointed out.
" You got a vote! Yuu!" Whipser shook the boy hard. The purple head turned over to his friend as she waved at him with a beaming face before holding a thumb up.
" Sora!? Why? If you voted for yourself you could have been the class rep!"
True for that, Sora, as well as Yaoyorozu, got two votes.
" I just thought you would be a good class rep. I had my shot. Plus, I know how smart and hardworking you're." She smiled holding two fists in front of her.
Yuu couldn't help but feel guilty. If she had only voted for herself...
Sora looked back at the two in front of her, ignoring Bakugo's ranting in the background. Uraraka was whistling nonchalantly while Iida shuddered in his chair. " Zero votes..." She heard him mumbling. " I knew that would happen... That's only to be expected of a person's calling."
" You voted for someone else, huh?" The pony-tailed girl seemed to pity him.
" But you wanted to do it, too." Sato was befuddled by his act. " What are you trying to do, Iida?"
" That boy is very earnest. He wouldn't vote for himself." Whisper sighed.
" Then the class rep is Midoriya, and deputy class rep will be Yaoyorozu." Aizawa summarized, still in his sleeping bag.
" S-S-Seriously? Seriously?!" The boy tensed up at the unexpected revelation.
" How vexing..." Yaoyorozu was not satisfied at all. She glanced back at the white head who willingly forfeited her right to compete for the deputy rep calling.
" That might not be too bad." Said Asui.
" After all's said and done, Midoriya can be pretty fired up, anyway." Add Kirishima. " And Yaoyorozu was cool when we were going over the battle results!"
Their voices sounded so far as Yuu looked back at his friend. Don't hold her back... Huh...
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" I'm really sorry."
" I don't get why you should be sorry when I was the one who decided to vote for you." Sora shook her head at him as they stood in line for lunch in Lunch Rush's eatery." I mean, seriously if I wanted to be the class rep I would have voted for myself."
" Why did you do that? You knew I wasn't going to be picked whether you voted for me or not. Why waste your vote?"
Sora scratched her cheek with a sheepish smile. " Don't laugh, okay... It's just, as Iida-kun said, we should vote for those we trust the most. And, I trust you the most out of everyone, Yuu."
" That was stupid, you know." Whisper shook his head.
Sora laughed awkwardly. " I know. But, I kind of had the feeling we weren't going to be picked in the first place. Didn't actually expect to get two votes."
She wrapped her hand around her chin as she contemplated it. " Now thinking back on it, who else voted for me?"
" Ah, that would be me."
Sora reared her head to the pink girl who passed by them once she got her launch. " Mina-chan!"
" You were awesome back in our combat training so I judged you to be the most fitting person. Sorry it didn't happen though."
Sora's eyes glazed over joyfully. " Mina-chan... Thank you... That means a lot to me..."
" You deserved my vote, Sora."
" Mina-chan! Here!" Hagakure called.
" Coming!" She turned back to them. " Do you want to join us guys?"
" We would love to." Sora began.
" But... We promised to have lunch with Midoriya-san and the others..."
" I see. Then maybe next time!"
Sora nodded before she shifted to face the cook hero when her turn came. After grabbing their food, both of them headed to Midorya's table where he sat with Iida and Uraraka. " Sorry for being late." She apologized.
" Don't worry about it, Sora-chan." Uraraka looked around. " There are a lot of people today, right?"
" Even the line was too long." Yuu commented.
" That's because everyone in the hero course, support course and management course meets in the same place." Iida elaborated.
Uraraka chewed on her rice happily and savored it. " The rice is so delicious!"
" I could eat Lunch Rush's meals every day in my life without getting bored." Sora relished her ramen.
" Hmph! Yui's food is a thousand times better!" Whisper huffed.
" You didn't even taste it." Sora gave a pointed glance.
" I just know!"
Midoriya sighed tiredly. " Even though I've been chosen as class rep, I don't know if I'm qualified for it."
" You are."
" It'll be fine." Iida agreed. " Your courage and judgment at critical moments make you worth following. "
" Iida-kun is right, Midoriya-kun, I'll follow you wherever you go!" Sora thrust her chopsticks up enthusiastically.
" That's overdoing it!"
" Midoriya-san... You're cool..." Was all Yuu mumbled.
" I'm definitely not!"
Iida swallowed his food. " Those qualities are why I voted for you."
" It was you!"
" But didn't you want to be class rep too, Iida-kun?" Uraraka glanced at him. " I mean, you've got glasses and everything."
Sora almost choked on her ramen at that moment. " Is that your argument?!"
Iida lowered his cup of juice, looking most serious. " Wanting to do it and being suitable for it are different issues. I humbly did what I judged to be correct."
" As earnest as ever." Whisper sighed before it hit him. " Hold on a second..."
" That way of referring to yourself!" Everyone blinked at him, taking him by surprise.
" It's different from the usual..." Midoriya wondered.
" Oh... That's..." It disoriented him.
" I've been thinking..." Uraraka held her fists together. " Are you a rich boy, Iida-kun?"
" Rich..." His face went instantly blue.
" Well, he went to that Somei Junior high. I've thought so from the start." Whisper pointed.
" I tried to change how I talk because I didn't want to be called that." Iida was frustrated for a start. He tried to close the subject but the intense stares he was getting implied that he wasn't getting anywhere before telling more. With a deep exhale, he embarked on explaining. "Yes, my family has been heroes for generations. I'm the second son."
" What?! Wow!"
" Do you know the Turbo Hero: Ingenium?" He asked them.
" In... What?" Sora seemed lost.
" You really don't know many heroes, Sora."
" Of course!" Midoriya cried out. " He's a really popular hero who has 65 sidekicks working at his Tokyo agency!"
" Hee! Midoriya-kun you're really a fanboy!" Sora blinked at the green head who tried to hide his flushed face before it hit him.
" Don't tell me...!"
" He is my older brother!" Iida puffed his chest up as he stood proudly.
" He's telling us straight out!"
"That's amazing!"
" Where did all his modesty go?" Whisper was surprised at the person in front of him. He was less like the Iida they knew.
" He is a likable hero who honors the rules and leads people. I set my sights on being a hero because I want to be like my brother." Iida smiled straying in his thoughts before looking back at Midoriya. " However, I think it is still too soon for me to lead others. Unlike me, Midoriya-kun realized the point of the practical portion of the entrance exam, so he is more suitable for the job."
Iida was surprised when neither of them uttered a word, merely focusing on him.
" This might be the first time I've seen you smile, Iida." Said Uraraka.
" What, really? I smile!" He replied defendingly.
" And you should do so more often!" Sora jabbed the chopsticks at him.
" It's like discovering a whole new side of you." Whisper was slightly dumbfounded.
Yuu looked down at his food. Iida-san's family... Is really amazing... It must be good, being born into a family of heroes and having an amazing Quirk like his.
" Seijin-kun, are you alright?" Yuu blinked when Iida addressed him and shook his head.
" I'm fine..." He took a bite of his hamburger.
" About the entrance exam-" Midoriya began but was cut with the sound of an alert blaring through the whole school building. " An alarm?!"
" There has been a level 3 security breach."
" What!"
" All students please evacuate outdoors promptly."
" What's happening...?" Sora timorously shook her head around at the students bolting from their chairs and to the exits.
" What's 'Level 3 security'?" Iida inquired a senior sitting at the very end of their table as the warning sounded off again.
" It means someone is trespassing on school grounds! I've never seen anything like this in the three years I've been here! You should hurry too!"
He shot from his chair too, leaving Iida bewildered.
" Anyway! Let's hurry out too! Stay together soldiers!" Whisper ordered them as they stood up and rushed to the exit of the cafeteria. However, as soon as they set foot outside they were dragged within the flow of students crawling down the corridors.
Mumbles and cries rose above all other sounds as every single student desired nothing but getting to safety. They elbowed and shoved each other, creating a mass panic.
" Ow..." Uraraka cried in pain, squeezed between two older students. " What's going on all of a sudden?!"
" As expected of the best of the best. Everyone reacts quickly in a crisis!"
" Is this a time to compliment UA!" Whisper roared.
" They're so quick that it's causing a panic!" Midoriya shouted as he was shoved away. " Oh shoot!"
" Midoriya-kun!"
" Deku-kun!"
" Yuu! Yuu!" Sora couldn't find the purple head anywhere. " Whipser! Where is he?!"
It was then that the ghost hovering overhead realized he was no longer around the boy's neck. " He must have slipped somewhere!" He floated above the crowd attempting to locate the boy." Yuu!"
" Over here!" They could see a pair of arms waving from near the glass panels. Iida shouldered his way there. " Seijin-kun, you alright?"
The purple head nodded before pointing outside. " More importantly... That..."
" The trespassers?! Who in the world could they be!" Iida's look went outside and glimpsed microphones and cameras crammed in front of the school door. " That's... The press!"
" How persistent!" Whipser stated, wounding his body around Yuu again as tight as it could be not to lose him.
" I wondered what it was, but it's just the media." A bead of sweat slid on Iida's face.
" We should convey it to everyone." Yuu stated, fighting the increasing force pushing him from behind.
" Everyone, calm dow-" Iida as well was shut up as his face slammed into the panel of glass.
From behind them, they could hear Kirishima and Kaminari trying to soothe the huddle of people down before their voices completely drowned.
" It seems they noticed it was the media as well." Whisper murmured.
" If only we could catch their attention-" Purple eyes widened in realization. " Sora! Can you hear me!"
Due to her height, it was hard to see where she was, but her voice was close by. " I can!"
" Fly up there and try calling out to them!"
Sora groaned as she tried to hold still in front of the strong flow. " I can't... Get my wings out... It's crammed here..."
" Kyaa!"
They all heard Uraraka shouting as she drifted away.
" Uraraka-kun!"
" Ochaco-chan!"
" Iida-kun! Everyone!" She reached out her hand at them, but trying to go against the flow wasn't an easy chore.
Iida ground his teeth as he sidled along the glass wall, trying to approach her, his glasses lopsided as he fought against the pressure.
" Uraraka-kun!"
He grappled to stretch his hand out at her. She seemed confused at that for she didn't know what she should do.
" Make me... Make me float, Uraraka-kun!"
Getting his point, she stretched her hand at him as well. It failed at first but then her fingers barely brushed against his. Iida could be seen soaring above their heads, his glasses falling off. He pulled up the brim of his trousers, baring his mufflers.
" Engine boost!"
Iida trundled midair all the way to the end of the hall, slamming right into the wall above the exit. He held onto the pipe above him, his legs shaking on the narrow foothold on the sign as he addressed the whole school.
" Everyone, everything's fine!" Iida bellowed. Everyone's attention then went up to him and the racket died off. " It's just the media! There is nothing to panic about. Everything's fine! This is UA. Let us act in a way befitting the best of the best."
His words sank in and everyone calmed down. Sighs of relief could be heard from Sora and the rest as they managed to gather again. Yuu and Midoriya stared off at Iida, flabbergasted as the police sirens sounded off outside.
" He's cool..." Yuu mumbled.
" Well, even in such crisis, he was still complimenting UA. He really is diligent." Whisper couldn't help the smirk that pulled on his lips.
" Also... Can someone help me down!"
This made them sweat drop.
" Iida-kun..." Uraraka had a sheepish laugh at that.
" I'll help him." Now that there was enough space, Sora's wings shot out of her back through the small slits of her clothes and she flew off to help the blunette down.
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" Come on, class rep. Start." Yaoyorozu prodded a shaking Midorya.
" N-Now, let us decide on the other class officers... But first, can I say something?" That took Yaoyorozu by surprise, definitely not expecting that.
" I think... That Iida Tenya-kun should be the class rep after all!" It was surprising to see him regain his composure. " He was able to get everyone's attention in such a cool way. I think it would be best for Iida to do it."
The blunette had his eyes wide in surprise.
" I'm good with that, too." Kirishima agreed. " Midoriya's saying it , and it's true that Iida was a big help at the cafeteria today."
" Yeah, and he kind of looked like the person on the emergency exit signs, didn't he?" Kaminari added.
Sora hardly muffled a laugh with her hand. " First Ochaco-chan with her glasses thing and now Kaminari..."
" Well, you've earned it." Whisper smiled.
" You're wasting time." Aizawa deadpanned. " I don't care what you do just hurry up and do it." And he laid back on the ground.
Iida finally stood up. " If the class rep has nominated me, then it cannot be helped. From this day forth, I, Iida Tenya, promise to do my best to carry out the duties of class representative." He held out his hand.
Maybe that's a sign of enthusiasm. Thought Sora.
" We're counting on you, Emergency Exit!" Kirishima held a thumb up at their friend.
" Emergency exit Iida!"
" Do your best!"
Uraraka swiveled in her chair happily. Behind her Sora could be seen with her face planted on the desk, her shoulders shaking mirthfully while stifling down her laughter.
Yuu flung his eyes between Iida and Midoriya. " They're cool..." He murmured before he looked down at his hand flattened on his table. I couldn't do anything...
Memories of when he got separated from Sora during the rush earlier flashed through his eyes. I can't become Sora's strength like this...
Yaoyorozu at the front of the class sulked. " What about me...?"...