A few days later, the students were back in their classes.
Most from 1A were displaying their regular behavior. Whether it was due to them being mentally strong, or due to the fact that they didn't actually know that Izuku had almost died, was unclear.
There was one student (other than Izuku and Katsuki) who knew though.
For this past week, Momo Yaoyorozu had felt nothing but worry.
She couldn't get the sight of Izuku's unresponsive body crashing through that ship and sinking with it.
The thought that he could have really died there paralyzed her every time that she thought it. They had talked quite a bit on call and through texts, but that had done little to assure her.
Until she saw him with her own eyes, actually knew that he was really fine, this knot in her chest would not disappear.
Which is why when he walked through the door with Katsuki, going off about how he didn't want the 10th anniversary special All Might banner as much as needed it, she finally relaxed.
"Oh, thank god" she mumbled under her breath as she hunched over the desk and stopped herself from crying tears of relief.
"You good Momo?"
She jumped a bit, startled to see that the boy she had been so worried about right in front of her, palm on her forehead as he looked at her in concern.
"If you don't feel at 100% yet, you should go to the infirmary and rest up" he said as he pulled out a thermos with green tea from his bag and handed it to her " Have some. Mori-sensei said that it's great for relaxing"
She felt like screaming that he should be the one resting after a fight like that, but could only accept with a small smile as he leaned on Mineta's table and looked at something on his phone.
She opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by a shout of "Midoriya-kun!"
Both of them looked to the door to see Uraraka-san charging in before stopping right in front of Izuku.
"You're fine!" she said as she put a hand on her heart "I was so worried about you!"
"Uh" Izuku said as he scratched the back of his head awkwardly "Thanks, Uraraka-san. I was worried about you too."
She flashed a smile so bright it actually looked like she had glowing teeth before she turned to go back to her desk.
Momo couldn't help but feel a tightness in her chest again, albeit a different kind.
"I AM…"
Izuku and his friends whipped around to the door to see what was going on.
"HERE TO ASK MIDORIYA-SHOUNEN TO LUNCH!" All Might sensei said as he suddenly appeared with a burst of wind while bowing.
"He's like a maiden" Uraraka chuckled.
Izuku looked at his friends for confirmation, and at their nod, he went off with All Might.
"So, your time went down by 30 minutes" Izuku sighed as he sat on the couch in front of All Might's chair.
"It took a week for me to be sure of how much time I lost" All Might said, not really looking upset " If you'd weakened it any less, I'm sure I'd have lost at least an hour kid. You did good."
Izuku nodded.
"Now then, onto the actual reason you're here."
"I hadn't mentioned it yet because I thought that the threat was gone" All Might said as he sat down with a heavy sigh "I'm going to tell you about the true origins of one for all."
"Class Rep, we need your help!"
Izuku looked up from his seat to see that the classroom door had been blocked by a sea of students.
"What's going on here?" he questioned as he walked to the door "What can we do for you all?"
"They're here to scout the competition" Katsuki said as he stood behind Izuku " We're the class that fought off villains after all"
"Now that you've seen what actual pro material looks like, get out of the way" he said with a sneer on his face.
Immediately, the crowd of students started yelling and throwing insults.
"Whoa whoa, no need for all that"
The sea of students parted as a purple haired boy made his way through with 0 resistance.
"I just wanted to see the kid named Mineta" Hitoshi said with a friendly smile, and to everyone's surprise his voice sounded a lot like a girl's.
When Mineta heard he'd been called, he ran up to the door, probably thinking it must have been a beauty who had fallen for his irresistible charms.
"Where is the girl I need to save" he said in a voice he thought was suave but actually sounded squeaky.
"No girl today I'm afraid" Hitoshi said in his normal voice as he squatted to get down to Mineta's height " Sorry for the false hope, but I just wanted to see what you looked like myself before the festival"
Mineta looked confused, before paling .
"N-no! A-are you…"
The taller purple haired teen looked confused for a second before turning to give Izuku a wry smile.
"It'd be too unfair if he didn't know" Izuku said as his friend stood back up to his full height with a chuckle.
He turned back to Mineta "Yes. I'm Hitoshi Shinso, and I am the one who is after that seat of yours."
With that he turned and walked back through the (yet again parted) sea of students.
"May the best man win" he said as he waved a hand.
"Class 1B will destroy you 1A elite wannabes" a blonde guy randomly shouted once Hitoshi was gone.
"You're welcome to try" Izuku said with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes.
"Oi!" Testsu yelled as he grabbed the aggravated blonde by the scruff of his neck
"Sorry about him" he called out to Izuku, who just nodded, this time with an actual smile.
"We have one of those too" he said as he gestured with a thumb to Katsuki, who looked annoyed by the sudden stray he had caught.
"You high and mighty 1A students must think you're hot stuff after defeating those villains" the blonde guy said as he broke free from Tetsu's hold " But don't let that get to your head! We're-"
He was interrupted by the cold gaze of Izuku Midoriya.
"Cocky? Get to our heads ?" he questioned
His gaze roamed over all the muttering students.
"Is this what you all think?"
Some of them shrunk back under his gaze, but others walked forward.
"We wanted to knock you down a peg!"
" We're sure your heads are inflated!"
"Hero course guys like you always have crazy ego! Look at that blonde guy!"
Shouts like this filled the hallway.
"I see."
Everyone in the hallway, and even some of the students of his own class were forced onto their knees, and some even fainted on the spot.
"A group of your fellow had their lives in danger, and all you can think is what? THAT WE MUST BE SO FULL OF OURSELVES!?"
He wasn't really aware of it yet, but waves of Haki were rolling off of him because of his anger.
By just taking a step forward, most of the students were collapsed on the ground
"We almost died you fools! How can yo-"
He was interrupted by an approaching fist.
[behind!]
It was easy enough to dodge and grab the arm, but he couldn't help but gasp when he saw who it belonged to.
"Momo!?"
"You need to calm down" she said with sweat pouring down her head.
He looked around her to see that his whole class (minus a few like Todoroki and Katsuki) were on the ground, panting.
He blinked as he felt his anger disappear, replaced by guilt.
"I- I'm so sorry" he whispered " I am so so sorry!"
"Its not your fault" she said as she let go of his arm. " I was gonna do something too. Just not…that"
They both looked through the doorway to see the situation.
Testsu was one of the only ones standing, and at one point someone had brought Itsuka too.
"Wh-what was that?" he asked, and Izuku could see some metal on his hands and legs.
"I lost control" he said ashamed as he turned around, he couldn't bear to see that look of fear in both of their eyes "I swear, it won't happen again"
"Midoriya" he heard, and tensed when he saw Todoroki approach him.
"You did the right thing."
Izuku did not expect that.
"H-huh!?"
"While I can respect wanting to come into the hero course, completely disregarding the emotions felt by the ones attacked is moronic" the dual haired teen said without mincing words " Extreme you may have been, I can clearly see that you did not mean for this to happen."
"Theres no need to feel guilt for protecting your friends" Kirishima said with a grin as he approached too.
He saw the now basically recovered class 1A nodding their thanks at him.
"You guys…"
And so, the time to prepare for the UA sport festival started.