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Mina tried to ignore the nonsense for as long as she could but enough was enough. She stood up, and charged right up to Kenichi. She pointed to the exit behind him. "Get out," she commanded icily. "This is the girl's common room in the first place but when you're throwing people at upperclassmen, a line's been crossed. Or stay. I don't care, but if you're going to stay and listen to our senpai talk to us, sit down and shut up."

She left Roy where he was. He was probably fine. She returned to her seat and listened to Yamada. As such she was the first student to answer the question. "I wasn't there but the fact that it could have happened to me was shocking, and scary. I've noticed everything's been a lot more quiet, for the most part." She stole a glare at Kenichi. "I've been trying to pretend nothing ever happened. I know from the capture-the-flag incident that the last thing they need is heaps of attention, sympathy or pity."

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Hitomi wasn't surprised, or shocked. Still she wasn't ready for Tomoe going there at that moment. She blushed in spite of herself and pinched her nose. "No, we haven't 'done it' yet, Tomoe," she replied slowly and in a low voice, before her expression switched almost as fast as her friend's did when she saw Tomoe look upset. What? Of course not! Why would this mean I have to change rooms? We're roomies forever! Well, not forever, but for this year at least. You know what I mean. And going out sounds like a lot of fun! We should all go out one day! Sure!

When Tomoe reconciled with Acion, and he tuened to her and asked 'Right?', Tomoe nodded and smiled in response, before joining in the hug.

"Usually. But I'm going to try something different. That's why I need your help." Dulga says quietly as they head towards the gym's training room, wanting to avoid the commotion over at the dorms. "Also you needed to get away from that insanity." Once at the training room, Dulga went to the locker room and changed into her workout gear. Simple shorts and a sport's top. It was a bit skimpy due to her unusual anatomy making regular shirts impossible for her to work with without destroying them. Once she was dressed and ready Dulga looked over to Ruby. "Normally I lift weights, but I want to try something different. More... Speed, I suppose. You're fast. So I'll follow your lead."

@Melpaws

With a bit of vigor, Roy brushed himself off after being thrown by Kenichi. “What a guy” he said with the sound of annoyance in his voice. In the corner of his eyes he noticed Kaida was behind the couch shivering, probably frightened from what had happened as she was curled up in a fetal position. He made his way over to her and kneeled down beside here before rubbing his hands together warming them extra nicely and placing it upon her back and rubbing it gently.

“There is nothing to be afraid of, their just our upperclassmen.” He said, continuing to try and calm her down. As he did so he listened to Mina give her response to what Shihone had asked, just by her response it was clear that she was still bitter about the whole exercise. He just chuckled to himself “You’re still taking the exercise personal I see, is it difficult to get off that high horse of yours?” He rose from his kneeling position and faced Mina. “If you get knocked down, pick yourself back up. Nobody in our class thinks any less of you just because you lost to Amane.”

He scratched the back of his head as his cheeks were slightly flushed. “Jeeze, its embarrassing to see you so vulnerable considering the fact that you beat me. I hold you to a higher standard.”

@Silver Carrot@Heartfillia

A smile crept up on Shihone's face as Mina gave her icy comment, it was about time someone with a bit of common sense spoke up and its sad to say that it wasn't Kiyoko. Once Mina took control of the conversation she had a rather interesting view point on the situation, Shihone was about to speak on it but it seemed like Roy had beat her too it. He came from left field with a lot of tenacity which made the upper class man chuckle a little as he bought up Amane.

"I can agree that nobody wants to be viewed as weak but everyone has a different way of dealing with their problems, just because a method might work for you doesn't mean it will surely work for next person. As a hero its important to keep an open mind." she said tapping her head with a smirk, as she was about to elaborate some more her phone began to off. Shihone nonchalantly reached into her pocket and pulled out smartphone with a deadpan face.

"Oh what perfect timing Berg!" she said with immense sarcasm, "Sorry guys but we have upperclassman duties to attend to, but don't be sad we will meet again soon." she said with a smile, "Hopefully next time we meet you guys will be at 100%." She turned to Kiyoko, beckoning her head signaling that it was time to go.

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Since the incident, Class 1-A was met with a mix bag of attention from the rest of the student body. Especially those who were directly in correlation with the incident. While some were genuine concern and praise for their braveness throughout the situation, there were also some who bashed them for getting so banged up in the process and making the students of Komei appear weak. But come that Monday they would get a chance to think about something other than their new popularity once they reached class.



"Gooooood morning students" Yoshida sensei with a expressive and wide grin, something he had never done before. Yoshida sensei and expressive in the same sentence just spilled danger.

Something was terribly wrong.

"I have an important announcement for all of you, a month from now the Komei Olympics will begin. For those of you don't know, this is an event held by Komei Academy every year to display our up and coming Heroes. This is your chance to display what you got and get noticed by your favorite pro heroes. In the meantime we will be buckling down and increasing the intensity of your training" he said with a rather devilish grin on your face, "Luckily I have taken the liberty of starting you guys on a good note by hiring some extra special people to assist you guys as well as boost your morale." he said with a smirk, "The class is your's upperclassman."



Shortly after 4 people walked in and took their place at the front of the classroom, two of them being people who were rather familiar. Their uniforms were lined with a gold trim along with a golden Komei academy badge adorned to the center right of their chest, clearly distinguishing them from the rest of the student body. Once they settled themselves in at the front of the classroom, one last person walked in. This man had a rather powerful air around him, his uniform was similar in style to the others except it was lined in a platinum trim and a platinum Komei academy badge.



"Good morning everyone and on behalf of my colleagues we thank you for having us." in unison all of the upperclassman bowed their heads.

"We stand at the pinnacle of upcoming heroes within the student body for Komei Academy, the top 5 highest ranked students known as the 'prefects' based on battle strength, decision making, grades, and pro hero cases solved. My name is Eisenberg Grayson and with me I have Kiyoko Uchino, Nestor Leventis, Felix Arnet, and Yamada Shihone." Grayson soon began to pace back and forth at the front of the classroom as a he took a good look at everybody. "Training will commence in 5 minutes, change into your hero gear and meet me at the entrance to training ground Alpha.

Don't be late "

@Experiment 249@Aerandir@Riegal@Lucius Cypher@Zeroth@Silver Carrot@Conscripts@liferusher@Ryonara@Heartfillia@Norschtalen@Zelosse@FamishedPants@Melpaws

Over the course of the week Dulga had been progressively isolating herself from the others. She still went to class and participated, but it often seemed like she wasn’t really socializing with anyone. She just does her work and leave. She doesn’t even train with anyone as much as she used to. Whenever they have free time after school or on weekends, Dulga never stays on campus and tells no one where she goes. The only certainty is that Dulga had somehow managed to get her bike to the dorm, often carrying it to her room after she leaves campus.

When Dulga heard Mr. Yoshida’s cheerful voice she knew something was wrong. A man like him doesn’t smile like that unless he was going to do something sadistic. He informed the class about the Komei Olympics, which Dulga didn’t really care for. She understood its purpose and part of her wanted to feel excited, but at the same time she knew that the event was meant to demonstrate the powers of their quirks, and without her guns Dulga was just a six-armed thug. She had put a bit more training in close-range combat, but she knew that compared to the other students her strength cannot make up for her lack of skill.

What Yoshida said next didn’t help improve Dulga’s mood. He brought in upperclassmen to tutor them. Dulga knew something fishy was going on when she saw those two girls at the dorm. She didn’t like how they knew about her: Dulga never went out of her way to make herself known and she’s done nothing in particular to get famous. Someone who knew her was someone who was after her, in Dulga’s paranoid mind. And sure enough she sees those two girls standing right before them. Dulga still doesn’t know who they are and she was starting to regret it. They likely know her strengths and she didn’t even know their names until now. ”Tch...”

No time to worry about frivolous things like that. Chances are if she does go after any villains they are at best strangers to her. At worse they know she’s coming and may prepare accordingly. All the more reason Dulga has been trying to push herself outside of her comfort zone, trying to shore up her deficiencies in speed and close-range combat. But now she felt like both those things were going to be put to the test.

Once dismissed Dulga went to change into her hero costume. She hadn’t made too many alterations since she got it aside from a new cloak. It was similar to her mother’s except not tattered. She did have a new weapon she’s been trying out, though frankly she wasn’t sure if it’ll be used here or not. She doesn’t know what they’d be doing but if it’s not going to be a fight she may not need it at all. Either way Dulga puts it into one of her pouches and goes to Training Ground Alpha.

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It had been over a week, and Roy's words still hurt. She knew he was right. She should have let this go by now and moved on. But she still hadn't. Her ego was just too big too accept losing and an opportunity to prove herself and show everyone how wrong they were about her being weak and 'vulnerable' hadn't been presented yet. She wanted, nay, deserved to have the silent, fearful respect of everyone around her when they know that she's the number one hero of the class. There is no other way she will be able to shake off the choking legacy of her mother. She wasn't 'Seductress's daughter'. She wasn't 'that first year who almost died'. She was Kasuke Mina, future top 3 ranking Hero.

She smiled when prefects came in and announced that the Komei Olympics were so close, and that they will be undergoing training today. Mina had been training hard this past week, with an intensity that was almost scary. Her desire for fighting prowess, strength and power was bordering unhealthy and her friends had probably noticed.

Five minutes later, she was changed into the gym uniform (It would take a lot longer than five minutes to get changed into her hero dress) and waiting at the entrance to training ground Alpha. She was the first there besides Dulga, who she nodded to, There was a silent, unspoken level of respect between the two, Mina felt. Ever since their spar had both shown the other's strength and exposed their own weaknesses.

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Hitomi's week had been a lot more normal, and pleasant. Several days after making it official, Hitomi and Acion had been on their first proper date. They didn't kiss. There was a moment they almost did but both were too shy to follow through with it. It had been a pleasant and lovely day! Other than that, it had been an uneventful week. Lots of hanging out with Tomoe, classes were going well, etc.

Today, though, Hitomi felt the calm come to an end the moment the teacher walked in. He was smiling. He never smiled. This was bad news. Hitomi's sheep sense was ever so slightly tingling. He told the class of the Komei Olympics. Hitomi had been involved last year, but she had merely helped design and create the costume of one of last year's first year hero students. This time she would be a competitor, and having insider knowledge of what the Olypics entailed was making her nervous. Was she ready? Was she good enough to hang with this class full of powerful quirks?

Then another surprise. The Prefects arrived, and told them to suit up and head to training ground Alpha. It was time for another big training exercise, Hitomi supposed. Oh well. Here goes nothing!

It’s been a while since Yukari has been back to class. Or at least that’s how it feels like. After everything that happened it was almost strange to just get back into the daily routine. Wake up, go to school, learn things, go home, then wake up to do that all over again. But there was one thing different. Little by little, Yukari has tried to make some changes. Not just in her own ability but just overall. She’s been trying to talk to others, open up a bit more, socialize. It wasn’t easy since everyone tends to have their own thing going on but she’s been doing her best to at least be there for whenever something happens. She wasn’t going to let her injury prevent her from being part of something big.

During training Yukari had been practicing with her hero gear as well as conditioning her senses. Thanks to those earbuds she brought, sonic attacks don’t bother her quite as much thanks to their automatic sound dampeners. She’s also opted to wear a mask to handle any airborne toxins. After that it was just a matter of practicing and getting used to using her powers around others. She wasn’t much of a fighter before, but as long as she thinks of things more like a performance than a fight, she’s able to adapt much more easily. She also upgraded her scarf too. It’s still like the normal one meant to bind and entangle her opponents, but it also has an upgrade: when it is taut, it creates a spongy cushion outwards. This means if she wraps her scarf around weapons, like blades or rods, it prevents cutting and softens the impact but a lot. Very helpful against those with weapons.

When Yukari came into class she got her voice recorder out. She was struggling to keep up with some of the classes due to lacking usable notes, so she’s started to make her own recordings of the lessons so she can review them if she forgets anything. But for today’s hero lesson, they weren’t doing another lecture. No, it was training. But not just any training! Training with the upperclassmen! This was exciting for Yukari. So far all she’s been training against is her fellow students in 1A. She feels like she is getting familiar with them by now, so a change of pace was nice. Yukari would head towards the locker rooms and get changed, equipping her new gear as she heads over to training ground Alpha.

Though Reina's right arm was still clad in a short-arm cast, she was feeling much better. Though perhaps a concerning amount of her body was still wrapped in bandages, all of her wounds had been healing fast and well--thanks mostly to Manda's quirk being used on her so soon after the incident. Remembering that particular kiss brought some red to Reina's cheeks, and only reminded her that Manda had done the same to Takeshi.

Reina was still... kind of maybe possibly just only slightly a little bitter about that. She supposed that feeling would have only been worse if she and Takeshi hadn't become an item since then, but then again that was also part of why she was bothered by it. The girl scowled to herself. These romantic feelings were such a bother...

She found herself gazing towards Takeshi seated at his desk, her chest fluttering ever so slightly.

Well, they were a bother, except when they weren't really. They were okay.

The girl was pulled out of her thought by Yoshida-sensei's frankly unnervingly uncharacteristic behaviour.

She was of course intrigued by the upperclassman--the five strongest in the school, apparently. She'd be in their position someday soon.

Reina blinked at the thought that had popped in her head. She mulled it over for a second. Huh. Yes, she really did believe that. It wouldn't quite be that easy, of course. But she had enough confidence in herself now that she just knew she'd be on their level soon enough. Not doing so was simply failure, and she would not allow herself to fail anymore.

Though Reina wasn't 100% healed, she wouldn't be sitting this out. She'd refused to sit anything out thus far, only 'taking it easy' to avoid setting back her recovery process--though 'taking it easy' by her standards was... well, it was enough to highlight her perhaps occasional bullheaded-ness to make the point that 'taking it easy' didn't seem to mean much to her.

Point was, she would be participating. Maybe. As long as her teachers didn't match her stubbornness. Little chance of that, fortunately.

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Reina had walked with her classmates to the changing room. She thought about how Grayson had told them to change into their hero costumes--which she didn't have yet. No costume and no hero name, because when the class had first decided on those, she hadn't deemed herself worthy of either.

Though her cast caused her some struggle, she managed to slip her gym clothes on, finding herself relieved to have the bandages covering her legs and lower torso hidden from view again. They felt like blatant signs of weakness, even if that wasn't really true, which made her almost feel... nauseous, maybe, when they were out in the open. She had felt the same way about the cast on her arm for a while, though for that she had had to just suck it up and get used to it.

The girl caught a look at herself in a mirror as she left the changing rooms, one of the last ones due to her injuries slowing her down a bit.

Did she feel worthy now? Of a hero name and costume?

She... wasn't sure.

Not yet, then. If she wasn't immediately sure, then not yet. But soon. Like with her certainty regarding the fact that she'd be in one of those top 5 upperclassmen's position soon, she'd be strong enough and heroic enough for a name and costume soon. She'd work herself to the bone to make sure of that. She already had started. To make sure she could protect the people she cared about, and to make up for her past weakness.

Reina noted with some petty relief that she wasn't the only person just wearing their plain gym uniform--Mina was also. Though Reina's self-confidence had certainly been on the up, sticking out in an even remotely negative manner still made her anxious. Sticking out at all, really. The attention she had been getting from other attendees of Komei the past week due to the incident had been... a lot to deal with. She was thankful that she didn't have to deal with it alone. And she was also thankful that she had managed to put on a rather unfazed facade regarding it all in public. It had probably helped dampen the amount of attention directed her way. She had absolutely subjected Takeshi and Mamoru in particular to a couple of rather emotional rants (for her) in private though.

She blinked away the faintest blush on the edges of her cheeks. Having friends she felt comfortable enough around to open up like that was nice, to say the least. They both seemed to rather enjoy her fluster too in some ways, which sounded like a fact that should offend her, but really it was just another part of the reason that she felt at peace with them. Knowing they enjoyed her company was more than she could have asked a month ago.

As the upperclassmen were waiting outside of the classroom for the signal to make their grand debut Kiyoko couldn't help but feel all giggly, wobbly and excited. She had already seen some of the students she'd be training with today and had already grown fond of them. They were ab~so~lute~ly adorable to her! Currently the 5 of them were waiting outside of the classroom as their teach gave 1-A the short introduction to the topic at hand before finally letting them in.

However, before they were let in Kiyoko had something to say to the other prefects.
"Beeeeerrrrggggggggggg!!"
Kiyoko said not too loudly so that noone inside would actually hear them.
"Can we get a cool entrance? Like with music and super cool walks!" The ghostly girl claimed while doing fingerguns all around her, mostly pointing at Shihone though, and making shooting noises with her mouth. "We have to be coooooool after all!" Upon, inevitably, being denied that request and scolded for it by their leader, the prefects were called in.

Kiyoko walked in with a wide smile, proudly wearing her special uniform as she waved to the students whom she had already met prior in the dorms. However, as it was tradition, she bowed in synch with the other elites. For the rest of the short introduction ceremony, she stayed quiet and only let their leader do the talking, he was much better at it anyways and Kiyoko did not want to get scolded by Yaya or Berg again.

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The summary for Ruby's week wasn't nearly as interesting as other people's was. But then again, it's not every week that something special can happen after all! Those normal, uneventful weeks are in actuality quite important to get a sense of normalcy back into the lives of the students. While Ruby wasn't directly involved in any of the important events that transpired, her sparring with Amane and subsequent training with Dulga, while both staying as a singular event, were her highlights of the recent time. Especially the former obviously even though she hadn't said a word to him since. Not like there was any reason to, anyways. The training with Dulga was enjoyable, even though her workout plan did not line up with what Ruby's focus points. In any case, the rest of the time off was spent recovering from her minor injuries to her hands and arms while keeping up with her literature. Quite frankly, in the live of the catgirl, there was neither interest nor time for social interactions so far and only a few people had managed to evoke her interest but she did not go out of her way to meet anyone yet to hang out.

Anyways, being back in class was nice. There was a certain rhythm to the normal schoolday, even if no day was like the last when it came to hero training. This day would prove as yet another example as quite peculiar people would introduce themselves to the unsuspecting class 1-A. Ruby's catears perked up, staying up in attention as she followed every word the prefects, or rather in this case, Grayson had to say. Since Ruby had moved up to 1-A and wasn't originally placed there after the entrance exams, she felt as though she had to prove herself to stay there. Which is why, after the speech of Grayson was so abruptly ended with a rather stern command, Ruby was one of the first people to have left the classroom to head towards the changing room.
Without saying much to anyone else the catgirl put on her costume in record time, making sure that the leather as well as her unique custom weapon was linked together well so they wouldn't cause any malfunctions during the actual exercise which was about to come up. As the neko arrived at the entrance to the training grounds she seemed as focused and expressionless, almost cold as ever; However, if one paid close attention they could see both her feline ears perked up and her tail swaying ever so slightly, signaling her clear enjoyment and excitement of the situation that was about to unfold. Whether anyone would be able to pick up those subtle clues or not would definitely depend on their observation and knowledge of cats (lol).

Over the course of a few days, many trips to the school's doctor, and actually being forced to stop training to properly rest, Mamoru's wounds would heal. She had a few scars for her trouble but nothing that she felt particularly concerned about. It was simply a reminder that she has gotten stronger than she was before. Mamoru didn't spend her time idle even if she couldn't train either; she made sure to make regular visits to the hospital to see Reina and Takeshi, as well as gathering up information about any villains and criminals she could legally get her hands on. A lot of the information she ended up getting came from hero magazines about various villains taken down already, but she also grabbed a sizable database of info off the internet, though how reliable this data was, it remained to be seen. Regardless, it would allow Mamoru a chance to work her brain a bit more than her muscles, allowing her to figure out how to deal with various quirks both alone and alongside her fellow students.

Once in class, Mamoru knew something was up. It's been pretty boring all things considered and Mamoru was itching to get back into action again. So when Yoshida started the class with a warm greeting and a big hello, Mamoru just smiled. "Oh yeah. Something crazy is about to go down." And sure enough, something crazy was about to happen. Soon five students came into their class, the top students of Komei. Mamoru has only seen them in passing, usually via posters or rewards hanging in the halls. These were big shot students who have already legitimately done a fair amount of hero work, and would likely be one of the top contenders as great heroes once they graduate. And of course today they'll be training 1A. Mamoru was excited; as much as she liked sparing against her fellow students, this would finally be a chance to face off against others outside of her class. New rivals to test out her new abilities!

Mamoru left alongside the others to change into her hero gear. Not really anything new, though she made her gauntlets out of a thinner material than the previous kevlard weaver. Thanks to her new powers to manifest armored gauntlets, she needed something that would be more comfortable without sacrificing too much on protection. Mamoru manifested her gauntlets for just a moment, and then her shield, taking a few practice swings to warm up. "Woo! It's been too long! These idle hands will be doing devil's work today!" Mamoru said eagerly as she leaves the locker rooms. Along the way out she spotted Reina and was about to call out to her, but she could see that her friend was deep in thought. Truth be told, Mamoru wasn't sure how her relationship with Reina was. Ever since visiting her and Takeshi at the hospital, Mamoru felt like she was a third wheel in their budding relationship. On one hand she was glad that Reina was slowly coming out of her shell. But on the other hand, Mamoru wanted to spend more time with the girl. But did Reina want to do the same for Mamoru? The pinkette wasn't sure if she wanted to know the awnser. So instead Mamoru simply turned and continued on her way out, heading to Training Ground Alpha.

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Since that fateful day, Donny has been keeping to himself more so than he normally does. While occasionally seen doing what he does best in the kitchen, and generally present in class, Donny has started to isolate himself from the other students. Conversely, he has been seeing Miss Mako during his scheduled appointments, but makes no real efforts to tell her about what had happened with him and Yukari against the villain who decimated the both of them. Donny had simply taken it upon himself to prepare himself in both body and spirit, two things he's not entirely certain how to do but he felt he needed to learn on his own. Training wasn't really something Donny did a lot of even after settling into Komei, but he knew that he couldn't allow himself to use his own pity as an excuse for long. That battle reminded Donny that for all of his fears about how much power he has, there are far more powerful people in the world than him. If he was afraid of what he could do, he'd never be able to stand up against villains who could do so much worse. And how could he call himself a hero if he couldn't fight them?

Most of the time Donny trained, he made sure to train where no one would see him. He was still self-conscious about his true form even if he's certain that it's an open secret at this point. Stranger still, he was working on the technique he used with Yukari, the Symbiote. Normally when Donny fights, he doesn't fight so much as he just tunnels underneath the enemy, trying to drop them into pits or drop things on them from the ceiling. Utilizing the Symbiote was Donny's way of figuring out how to actually use his powers in a direct fight that also isn't just him throwing punches and limbs at the target and hoping for the best. He already knows that conventional martial arts will neither help him, nor be useful against him. Hard to try and punch his face when he doesn't have one, or sweep his legs when he's a giant amorphous blob. Even so, he needed to learn how to fight if only to learn how to protect himself from people who can fight. He can still get hurt after all. Though whenever he does use his Symbiote form, he tends to use it with robots who are programmed with advance martial arts knowledge. How well this would translate to helping himself or others, Donny wasn't sure. But he would figure it out somehow.

When Yoshida greeted the class with an uncharacteristic smile and tone, Donny felt fearful. Did something happen that made Yoshida angry? The few times he's even heard a hint of emotion from Yoshida was whenever someone did something stupid, and Donny glanced around the room to see who screwed up this time. But as it turns out everyone was in for a real treat. Training with upperclassmen. Donny didn't know these people at all, and wasn't sure what they could do, but if they were as good as they said they were Donny was suitably nervous. But then he had to steel himself once more: this isn't the first time Donny has to face people who out do him in skill and confidence. He really needs to learn how to get over himself. Taking a deep breath and sneaking a few bites from a granola bar, Donny composed himself as the class was ordered to gear up and head over to training ground Alpha. Donny would be one of the last to leave and last to gear up, despite his hero gear being little more than his usual street cloths underneath a mask and a black cloak. But then again even his street clothes is nothing more than another costume to hide the hero within.

“It’s always hilarious when Berg tries to intimidate the freshman, dontcha think so Nes?” the snowy haired boy said chuckling as he changed into the Komei gym uniform. Nestor turned to his colleague rolling his eyes, “I wouldn’t go as far as just saying the freshman, you know Grayson demands respect from everyone and he’ll get it one way or another.” The boy said as he pulled up his combat boots, “he’s been that way since I met him back in middle school. Hard headed and immovable, just like his quirk” he said before tying his shoes. “The last person to defy Berg was Amane and he made his life a living hell.”

Felix began to keel over laughing, “You mean our little Ama Kun? Just hearing Bergs name is enough to make him shit bricks” Felix said as he slammed his locker shut, “to be honest do you think 5 minutes is enough for those freshman’s to get changed into their hero costumes Berg?” Felix asked as he slammed his locker shut, signaling he was ready.

Berg was leaning against the locker room door, arms folded as he awaited for his colleagues. “Time is everything when you’re a hero, every second wasted is a potential life lost. A bit of order never hurt anybody, they’ll walk all over you if you let them.” He said as they began to move out, the 3 were ready with Godspeed and awaited for the students to arrive one by one.

Nestor chuckled as he threw his hands behind his head as he waited. “Just don’t get too excited Berg, when you get passionate you tend to get carried away. Like you said they are fletchlings after all.” Berg chuckled in response to his friends words.

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After being cleared for training, the days began to fly by. Well aside from the detention sessions with Ms.Mako. Things were seemingly normal, aside from the large amount of attention that he had garnered over the course of the month.

That following Monday was when the somewhat tranquil grace period came to an end. Beginning with Yoshida sensei smiling. It made the boy slightly uncomfortable as he began to think about what had his teacher in such a good mood but he wasn’t left to his thoughts for long. Today the class would be fighting against the top 5 most promising students at the academy. As soon as this was announced the room was filled with a mixture of emotions. Anxiety, fear, and excitement was in the air at the thought of going toe to toe with the prefects.

Roy was a mixture of all three, it would be a bountiful learning experience to fight them but at the same time he wanted to make a good impression. I guess he could start on the latter by being front in center in costume. Roy managed to make it to the field in personal record time, front and center and ready for instruction.

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The sound of metal clad footsteps can be heard from the entrance tunnel for training ground Alpha, once said person had entered the sunlight there would surely be a number of different reactions to his appearance. In response he simply kept quiet and took his place among the rest of the group waiting instruction. Aside from his strange appearance he had a strange air around him, his posture was straight and upright, as though he was giving respect to his Senpai's. Definitely an uncommon sight.

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Berg watched as the students began to file in one by one until eventually the whole class had arrived, taking notice of everyone who had arrived and taking mental notes. Once the 5 minutes were up Grayson clapped his hands to grab everyone's attention. "Before we continue I just wanted to state that this training sessions is solely to better ourselves, nothing more nothing less. With that being said I would please ask for each of you to take this seriously as my colleagues and I surely will. With that being said let’s move onto what the exercise will be for today.” he said his eyes darting between the students.

Grayson pulled out a yellow and black striped tape out of his pockets, “Today we will be playing a game you may have heard of. Cops and robbers to be exact, Class 1-A will be the cops and the prefects will be the robbers. The Robbers goal is simple, outlast the cops for 30 minutes and we win. The Cops goal is to incapacitate, restrain, and jail the robbers via the capture tape in my hands. Cops win by successfully jailing all the robbers. If there aren't any questions you may feel free to prepare for the exercise and strategize before we begin..."

"As for you two" he said pointing towards Mina and Reina. "May I have a word with you two?" he said walking over to the side.

Once the two had made their way over they would notice that Grayson wasn't exactly the happiest camper, "Mori-San, I hope you didn't plan on not only holding your team back because your injury. You're nothing more than a burden right now, not to mention you aren't even in your costume like I had asked." the boys gaze fell onto Mina as that last word came out his word, "The same goes for you Kasuke-San...there is a reason why I said costume and not gym uniform." he said, his voice stern.

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Once the instructions were given Amane took off his helmet and made his way over to Ruby whom was off to the side. "Awfully excited aren't we?" he asked the girl pointing towards her tail. "Better resolve yourself and stick to what you know best, there is a reason why they are at the top. Consider this your reward for defeating me." he said before walking off to the side to begin stretching and preparing for what is to come.

Amane knew better than any other the other first years hear what was to come, he watched those 5 rise to their positions at Komei since they had arrived. Their skills and abilities were powerful alone but when they teamed up, they were a force to be reckoned with. The boy almost felt bad for the rest of the class as they were in for a rude awakening if they took this exercise lightly.

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As one of the first to arrive, Dulga nods towards Mina, taking note that she wasn't in costume. That was her choice, but if Mina couldn't get her hero gear on in less than five minutes, she ought to rethink her outfit. An emergency hardly ever occurs at a hero's convenience. After Mina came Hitomi. Dulga didn't know much about the girl, nor didn't have much of an opinion. From what she's noticed she's dating Acion, but aside from that Dulga didn't think Hitomi was very powerful. Decent enough as a hero, but not enough for Dulga to recognize. Then Yukari showed up. Dulga had heard that Yukari was attacked by a villain, and with some digging around she learned it was by a red man with a katana. Dulga knew exactly who it was, but she hasn't approached Yukari about it. She simply has been observing them, seeing how she'd reacting to being attacked and defeated. Someone else who was attacked by villains included Reina. In Dulga's honest opinion, she didn't like the girl. Strong, yet lacks confidence in herself. She even came to the training ground in her gym uniform instead of her hero costume. Dulga hated to see potential wasted away behind doubt and weakness, especially since the girl has proven herself more than capable had has quite a support group. Dulga finds the girl's frailty inexcusable.

Ruby arrived next. Perhaps one of the few other students Dulga had a bit of respect for. Ruby faced off against Amane despite being outclassed and still gave him a hard time. And during their short time training together, Dulga got the feeling that Ruby was someone willing to push herself past her limits. That Dulga liked. However the person who came next reminded Dulga why people needed to know their limits. Mamoru was someone Dulga knew was useful by virtue of following orders, but was unreliable because they think too highly of themselves, or possibly too lowly and make unnecessary risks. Like Ruby, Mamoru was someone who was always looking to push past her limits, but Mamoru rushes blindly past the line without seeing the consequences. Dulga has no need for a shield that breaks instead of protects. Donny was the last of the students to arrive, and Dulga didn't have much of a high opinion of him either. Like Reina, he was strong, but continues to hide it away with meekness. Not to mention Dulga was quite aware of his true form and yet he still hides it. That particularly annoyed Dulga, who's own physical mutations were difficult to hide, which is why she always wore her mother's cloak. And yet this... Thing keeps hiding behind a human guise instead of accepting what he really is. Dulga dislike the idea that he might only be here at school to boost his own ego, instead of actually trying to become a hero.

And of course there was Roy. Dulga initially didn't have much issues with him, but over time she's grown to dislike him for many reasons. Impulsive, hypocritical, and hormonal. He reminded Dulga too much of the loud mouth monkeys from middle-school, and worries that his stupidity is contagious. The last student to arrive however surprised Dulga. Amane Kishimoto, from 1B. Was he such an outcast that he had to take classes with 1A now? Dulga wasn't sure what to think of him. He was strong, no doubt, and confident in himself. If he wasn't from 1B and rather antagonistic, she might even respect him. Not as if she hates him right now, but she simply sees him as she see's a deer or a rabbit; just another prey. She was genuinely curious as to why he was here though.

Once everyone arrived the lead prefect, Grayson, explained what they were going to be doing. It was simple enough: Class 1A was suppose to capture and subdue the prefects within 30 minutes. Easier said than done of course. Dulga narrowed her eyes at the prefects. Once more, she was painfully aware of how little they knew of them, whereas the prefects likely know each and everyone one of 1A's full abilities, their weaknesses and their strengths. Not to mention, while the concept of the training was easy, Dulga was also aware how difficult it really would be. Unless they can knock out each prefect, there's nothing stopping them from freeing any captured allies, and it's not as if they weren't going to be working together. Indeed, all they would need to do is just isolate themselves from 1A and they'd win by default. Even if 1A outnumbers the prefects, Dulga has no doubt that individually each prefect could handle two or even three of 1A student's.

Unless Dulga can figure out an idea to maximize their strengths. Calmly calculating, Dulga looked towards the group and began to formulate an idea. Mina and Reina were taken aside, likely to be chastised for not wearing their hero attire, so Dulga would have to fill them in later. For now Dulga had the 1A class gather together. "Huddle up. I'll keep this as simple. Our opponents are stronger than us and knows our powers We need to take advantage of our numbers and split into two groups, Lance Team and Hammer Team. Lance Team will be the skirmishers: your jobs is to move quickly and do as much damage as you can to weaken the prefects, distracting them, and generally keeping them busy while not letting yourself get taken down. Hammer Team will be our heavy hitters who will take advantage of the damage done by Lance Team to finish off the prefects. Hammer team will also secure any prefects we capture and make sure they can't free their allies."

Dulga pointed at Ruby. "Mamoru, you'll lead the Lance Team. You're one of our faster students and your quirk will help limit the mobility of the prefects when you capture them. Kasuke, Yozakura, and Akasha will also be part of Lance Team. You must be swift and prevent the prefects from getting any chances to rest or ready a counter attack. Force them into a defensive. Don't be stupid and try and and go for a mutual kill. Work as a team, take them out one at a time." Dulga then looked over to Donny, Hitomi, Roy, and eventually Reina once she comes back from being chastised. "Lance Team pursues the prefects, Hammer Team will focus on area denial. Prevent the prefects from escaping. Box them in. We'll strike and take out whoever is weakest. We will also secure any prefects we do manage to take down. Nothing stops the other prefects from saving their own, so secure them or use them as bait." Dulga knew that if she tries to be more specific about what the others needed to do, it'll just lead to ruin. No plan survives first contact, and if Dulga tells them to stick to a plan, if something goes awry things will get messy. Instead she'll just have to leave it to each student to adapt, with the team leaders formulating ideas as needed.

"While I don't know what our opponents can do, I do know at least one of them has ghost-like powers. The white haired girl name Kiyoki. Phasing through objects, possessing them, or something like that. She will be hard to pin down physically. Kasuke, Kusayangi, and Mori should focus on her. Their quirks aren't directly physical like the rest of ours so it should have a more notable affect." Finally Dulga turned to look towards Amane. She wasn't sure who's side he was on, but the fact he was standing with 1A made Dulga think he was suppose to be on their side. Or perhaps he was planted here as a traitor? Dulga wasn't sure. She didn't know enough about him to trust him to be part of the team's plans. Yet at the same time if Dulga left him as a rogue element his actions would interfere with the teams. So Dulga walked over to him with a firm but calm stance.

"Kishimoto. Are you working with us or against us?"

Reina listened intently enough to Grayson. He was confident in demeanor, not at all phased from having to address a class. Clearly, he was strong, too. Reina could learn from him, and a training exercise with him and the other prefects as their opposition was as good a way to learn from someone as anything.

It was a good first impression overall, but was about to be soured.

The girl's body tensed as he called her and Mina out. Reina gave him no nod, instead simply watching him as he moved away from the group. She followed after a second, eyes still locked on his figure. When he felt they were far enough, he looked to her, and without realizing it, her hard gaze matched his.

The girl's brow furrowed at his words. Was it even worth her time to give him an explanation?

No. It wouldn't help, at least enough for her to care to. First impressions were cheap, anyways, as he had just betrayed hers of him. Assuming and doubting. Of course, she doubted herself. Constantly. And for a long time, she had been complacent of others doubting her. Why get upset at that when she thought the same?

It was different this time. Reina wasn't exactly sure why. Maybe it was because he was an upperclassman, and having his respect was important. But was it really? If all she wanted was to be strong, what did it matter what people thought of her?

Reina was tired of thinking and analyzing this.

"I don't have one," she snapped. That was all she'd give him on the matter of her costume. He didn't need to know her reasoning.

The girl glared at him, raising her injured arm.

"You spotted the weak link, then. Take advantage of it." The words had a difficult-to-miss bite of a dare to them.

Reina turned sharply and left Mina and Grayson.

Doubt me? He had no idea who she was or any of the things she had done. He didn't know what she had gone through. Nobody in this class really did. His doubt was ignorant. Not worth the time spent being voiced. Reina knew Reina best, and so only her opinion of herself should matter...

But it wasn't the only one that mattered. She cared what Takeshi thought of her. She cared what Mamoru thought of her. She cared what all of her classmates thought. Reina cared.

Be strong, then. Make him feel stupid for ever having doubted you in the first place.

Despite the pounding she felt in her temple, Reina listened to what the others had to say, adding nothing of her own.

The pounding subsided a bit as she relaxed from the shot of anger. She was still pissed, but she started thinking about other things rather than just how pissed she was. She glanced towards Amane as Dulga addressed him.

Of course, 1A would be working as a team. That... wasn't a strong point of Reina's. Not because she didn't want to, but because of the indiscriminate nature of her quirk. Finding moments to use it would require separating herself from the group, which was a risk and made her more vulnerable. Even when fighting Takeshi's brothers, this hadn't been an issue she overcame--she had simply caused a lot of property damage and almost caused further injury to her friends, at least until she got into a one-on-one with Rakshasa, away from the rest. Either that's what she had to look for--an isolated prefect--or she had to restrict usage of her quirk to only when classmates who could properly brace themselves against it were around.

Reina would figure it out. She would not be a burden. Grayson would eat his words--and ideally dirt as well.

Her gaze shifted to one of the small orbs that orbited her. There wouldn't be an issue if she could just manage to activate even one...

That was the issue though, of course. It had only happened three times before.

Just make it four.

Reina knew it would be easier said than done.

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Mina was taken off to the side along with Reina after they were told that they would be playing Cops and Robbers with the prefects. Mina was excited. Her powers would help to incapacitate people, but not so much to keep them down. She was thinking about strategies when she and Reina stopped besides Grayson, who then chastised Reina for being injured, and chastised them both for not wearing their costumes. The costume thing didn't bother Mina, because he was right, and she was half-expecting it. She bowed her head.

"I'm sorry. My costume takes more than five minutes to change into. This incident has made me realize that I should probably rethink and redesign it."

Mina was about to leave and rejoin the others, but Reina's reaction to getting told weak was interesting. It was similar to Mina's own, and Mina felt herself empathizing. Despite herself, Mina cracked a small smile at Reina's parting words and turned her attention back to Grayson. She bowed again, still with that grin on her face, and turned to follow Reina. On the way, her eyes caught Amane standing to the side. She quickly looked away. She wasn't even ready to acknowledge his presence yet.

"Hey," Mina spoke to Reina, catching up to her, and offering her a fist to bump along with a friendly smile. "I speak from experience here. Don't let them get in your head. We're going to make him eat his words."

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Hitomi listened carefully to Grayson's briefing, before getting called into a huddle by the very tall girl. So, they were playing Cops and Robbers. And 1-A were the cops. Hotomi was nervois. She was no match for the prefects in terms of quirk power, and they most definitely had the edge in terms of training and brains after three years of hero lessons. However she might stand a chance of not getting taken out by them due to her Sheep Sense, which is why she'd be most suited to slowing one down and keeping them occupied.

So when Dulga explained that there'd be a team to keep them occupied and a team to deal the damage, Hitomi was confused why she'd be on the latter, but then Dulga elaborated that Lance Team would be hit and run skirmishers while the Hammer Team's job is to box them in, that made much more sense. Hitomi isn't the most fast or mobile but would be best served, as she'd already worked out, keeping them occupied and locked into a fight. She had yet to test her wool bombs but maybe they'd help bring the right prefect down. She'd have to make sure their quirk didn't nullify them first, however.

Cops and robbers, huh? Now that just sounds convenient to Ruby. After all, her quirk was practically made for restraining and detaining people, she wouldn't even need the tape for it. However, before she got too much into thinking strategy for this little exercise, she glanced over to a particular figure approaching her. One whose presence she did not exactly expect in this environment. Just before she was able to say anything to Amane after making eye-contact with him, he would point out her tail. This prompted Ruby to quickly look at her tail and, sure enough, it was swaying. "Tsk" It was painfully easy to tell her emotions through the subtle notions of her body, while her face, in contrast, gave hardly any information about her state of mind. She'd really have to work on suppressing those kinds of things. Since Amane had caught her so off guard, she had no clever rebuttal or anything of the sorts to what he said to her. However, before she had any chance to say anything at all he had already walked past her. Once again she missed the chance to reply and was left dumbfounded. Not take them lightly? Of course, she wouldn't take them lightly!

While frustrated at Amane's statement, it did make the catgirl think again. Maybe he had a point. Obviously, since he wasn't familiar with her quirk too much, he wouldn't know her gameplan was, but his implications were enough to make Ruby reconsider.
Yes, in theory, it would be easy to touch them and thus detain them for a while, or at least render them motionless until something else could be done. But to get to that point she'd have to get close enough to touch them first! Considering what Amane had said, this almost trivial task would probably end up being much more difficult than initially anticipated by her.

Once the class had grouped up to form a strategy, Dulga was quick to take the lead on giving directions and ideas. And quite frankly, they seemed reasonable enough. Honestly, Ruby was just happy to be considered the leader of her team, even if that did not mean much. In her mind it was a sort of acknowledgment of her skill and that alone was enough to satisfy her.
Eventually, Dulga had finished her explanation of her plan. It was then when Ruby was able to add something.
She lifted her right hand and used her left hand to point at her palm. "If I touch them just once with my hand I can render them completely immobile thanks to my quirk. They won't be able to move or retaliate, as long as they wear clothes anyway since I can only freeze those. However, while they probably won't be able to do much in that state, we cannot move them into any cell whatsoever either as it becomes impossible to move them by then. I suggest we use that time to let Hammer Team do damage to them because, quite frankly, I probably won't be able to really damage them myself." She added the last part due to her acknowledgment of their massive skill difference after what Amane had said. "So just let me touch them and finish those who are locked down off, ideally before my quirk wears off. Even if that is probably easier said than done..."
This was all Ruby wanted to add for now. The plan Dulga thought of seemed solid in theory, all that was missing would be the execution.

The typical sound of soft happy snoozing sounded from the sleepyhead student her desk. The warm sun shining on her tootsie as her head was comfortably lying into her arms made for the perfect nap place. Yoshida sensei had entered the room but didn't pay heed to the pink headed snob.

Her attention span for the lesson was at its peak once more. While Yoshida was explaining what they were going to do today Tomoe was far off into her own small dreamy wonder land. As Tomoe gazed around her she noticed that she wasn't in the classroom anymore. A pitch black forest had surrounded her, the sunlight could barely get past the trees on some places lighting her way forward via a wavy gravel path. Tomoe noticed the heavy basket hanging from her arm filled with a warm meal and some snacks.

It came as an impulse but she knew what she had to do with it, in her bright red hood she skipped along the path. The way was brightfully colored by various flowers and bushes. They looked all very pretty and appealing. Tomoe felt the need to pick some flowers for her grandma as they just looked so pretty. Just a short way later she was met by a tall man dressed up heavily in a cloak. Tomoe tilted her head in confusion but energetically greeted the person. The cloaked man replied back and asked her what she was doing. Tomoe immediately knew the voice of the man! It was Roy!

The man denied it with an awkward cough as he suggested to pick flowers deeper in the forest since they looked even prettier. Tomoe was caught off guard as Roy bolted off, she shrugged and headed deeper into the forest to gather more flowers.

Soon Tomoe made her way back to the path as she skipped the last few yards towards the cozy cottage. Tomoe slammed through the door with an extravagant greeting only to be met by Roy again. This time he was lying in bed with old lady piamas on looking real furry. Tomoe burst out laughing at the sight of it while Roy played the grandma role. She held in her laughter as she played with him asking why he looked like that and made her way over towards his side. It wasn't long before she was gulped down by Roy in one piece.

A loud shriek came from her as she was met by his mouth. Sliding down into the warm belly of Roy she was met by her grandma. Hitomi was in the story as well now in the belly of wolf boi Roy as well. Cowering in fear they waited for their inevitable doom softly hugging each other. A few moments later they were met by daylight once more. The hunter Acion had cut open the belly of Roy to free the two distressed ladies. With delight Tomoe and Hitomi jumped onto Acion his arms as they flew away off into the sunset. Roy met his dimise as he was filled with stone and sewed back together. Fin.

Tomoe shocked awake. Hitomi had woken her up while everyone was leaving. The class was not suppose to be over yet so they were probably going to do something. Confusingly Tomoe asked her.

"Grandma? What are we doing?"

They had to change into their hero costume within 5 minutes. That wasn't very long but Tomoe her costume was easy to put on. Tomoe headed towards the changing room together with the rest of her class still feeling somewhat drowsy. They were going to fight upperclassmen. That was bound to be hard, she didn't think it was completely fair but it was good training perhaps.

While changing she fell asleep again on the bench midway doing her shoes. If it wasn't for her teacher knowing that it was going to happen again she wouldn't have been on time again. Tomoe hurriedly jogged towards the rest of the group with pillow hugged against her body. It had a nice pattern of a bright rainbow and pink clouds. Obviously she still had childish tastes but this wasn't just a normal pillow. It was a pillow that was densely packed with Hitomi her wool that she stole while Hitomi was sleeping. It is super soft and serves as shield but can also serve as weapon when she is awake. It can softly hit people but also explode when it is destroyed leaving a large amount of Hitomi her wool scattered around serving as hindrance and a good party trick.

"Ahh, I'm late again. Gomenasorry guys."

Tomoe got up to the rest of the group slightly panting as she tried to catch her breath from the short run. She hastily looked over the costume if she didn't miss any of the ribbons or other important parts as she worriedly looked at the rest of the group.

"Did I miss anything..."

The strategy had just started, luckily the fight hadn't started yet or she would be in a bigger pinch. She didn't want any more punishment for her tardiness. Holding any more water buckets up high from sleeping in class would definitely kill her. There was already a small tear from the thought of it.

After the strategy meeting was over Tomoe moved up to Dulga and pushed herself with the cushion softly against Dulga. She gazed up at the woman as she tried to get her attention. Tomoe looked somewhat puzzled.

"Dulgyy which team should I be onnn. Nomi-chan can do both for me."

Arriving to the training grounds, Yukari did a few stretches while they waited. It wasn't long before the older students arrived, and one of them called Mina and Reina away. Yukari wasn't sure why, but thanks to her sharp hearing she heard what Greyson had to say. More importantly, she heard Reina and Mina too. It surprised Yukari that Reina was so... Belligerent. She didn't say much, but what she did say was dripping with strong emotions, a spite that Yukari could almost sympathize with. Greyson thought Reina might hold them back, and now Reina wanted to prove him wrong. She understood this well, and frankly hearing Reina say those words almost encouraged Yukari. She was nervous, but if Reina could show some attitude towards Greyson... Yukari can't let herself falter either. She wasn't going to be the old Yukari who couldn't do much in a fight and gets defeated by villains. She was going to be a better Yukari, one who can defeat anyone, and save everyone.

Once she heard Mina and Reina come back, Yukari walks over to them. She could hear Mina congratulate Reina and Yukari wanted to say something too. "Even if they might know our weaknesses, they don't know how much we've changed. They're going what happens when they underestimate us today." Yukari says with confidence, clutching her fist with eagerness. Not too far away, Dulga was explaining the strategy to the group. She hopes the others don't over hear her, otherwise they'll learn to adapt to their plans easily. Yukari looked over to Mina with a nod. "It looks like you and I will be in the same team, Kasuke-san. I think we'll work well together, so don't be afraid to use your powers around me." Yukari covered her eyes with a bandage from her belts. "I don't need eyes to see we'll beat them."

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The exercise was straight forward thought of course it wouldn't be that easy, he was pretty excited though nonetheless. He had yet another chance to fight a group on a whole other level which would certainly provide a great learning experience. Shortly after instruction was given out, Dulga took the initiative in splitting people up and dividing the group into two teams. Roy was to be on Hammer team whom were meant to deliver the dagger and even more specifically dealing with Kiyoko whom would most likely be the most slippery of them all. He was a bit. Roy simply nodded as he held his helmet by his side, the plan seemed simple enough in which the boy nodded signaling that he understood his role. Midway through the strategy Reina regrouped though it was easy to tell that the lead prefect had said something that pushed her buttons a bit. As much as he wanted to say something he wasn't in the right place to tell her to ignore whatever he had said, his fight with Jett was still moderately fresh. The blonde shook his head and took a deep breathe to try and relieve himself of his own thoughts.

"Time to prove what we're capable of." he said clenched his fist before putting on his helmet.

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Amane kept his distance but listened on to the others plan, despite not being the most cooperative, he couldn't afford for the others to get in his way and interrupt. Not only that but there would be another gravity user in his cousin on the playing field which could greatly interact with his own tactics. The tall six armed girl devised a pretty decent plan on the fly but it would need a bit of tweaking for it to fulfill its purpose.

"Kishimoto. Are you working with us or against us?"

The boy took his time to answer the question before letting out a deep sigh, "Lucky for you this time around I don't have much of a choice. Doing this lone wolf would be a death wish for someone even like me." he looked the girl square in her eye. "I overheard your plan from over here, seems simple enough for the rest of the rest of the Neanderthals to follow but this plan won’t work unless we have a trump card.” the boy said turning and facing Reina, “I’ll play nice and follow the game plan for now but if things start going south I’m going to do things my way, alright?” He said making sure things were clear, he was going out on a limb willing to listen to her. Mainly because she was one of the few competent ones and was capable of keeping the rest of the imbeciles in line. “If you didn’t notice from the last exercise, my quirk allows me to control gravity to a much better degree then princess over there.” He said pointing at Reina. “Increase, reverse, push, pull, within about a 30 feet radius comfortably with ease. I'd assume i'd be on hammer team by the looks of it.” The boy said cracking his knuckles.

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Grayson was rather stoic in demeanor once Reina gave her answer to the questions he had posed before her, not to mention the tone that had replied to him with. Kasuke-san's reply was much better in comparison, taking notice of the fault and adjusting. Once he was finished with them they ran along running back to their group to devise a plan. Berg shook his head in disbelief before reuniting with his team, Seems like things didn't go well with the one with floating balls huh?" Nes said as he was stretching out, there was a sympathetic smile on his face. "Its fine, everyone learns different. Some are verbal learners while other needs a bit of hands on practice. As far as the game plan you guys are already aware of our roles." the rest of the prefects nodded in agreement before preparing to move out. Grayson gave his group a confident smile before facing Class 1-A once more, "While you guys are taking the time working on a game plan we will go inside first, after 5 minutes you are free to engage however you like. Upon entry there are earpieces at the start that you are more than welcome to use." Berg announced before entering the battleground with his team.



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Amane's answer would have to satisfy Dulga for now. She didn't care for his arrogance, but she wasn't going to deny his usefulness either. His powers were basically like Reina's but without her personality holding her back. Dulga still didn't like either of them, but for now they were allies. "Good enough. You and I both know that none of us stands against the prefects alone. I don't expect us to get along but we will need to work together." Shortly after Dulga spoke to Amane, Tomoe appeared and leaned against Dulga. She was surprised that the girl was even here, but Dulga wasn't going to let anyone go to waste. Using her lower arms Dulga picked up Tomoe and put her under her cloak, to carry her and use Tomoe as a human shield if Dulga ever gets attacked from behind. "You will be on Hammer Team. I need you to send Nomi with Lance Team. I have a special job for you though. I need you to tell me anything Nomi sees, if you can."

The prefects soon left after everyone arrived. Once they left Dulga addressed the group one more time. "Don't take the earpieces. They already know our abilities, I don't want them to listen in to our communication either. If you have anything to say, say so now. Won't be much time for talk once we're in." Dulga would let Ruby speak to the Lance Team and figure out how they were going to approach things. If the worse comes to worse, Dulga wants the Lance Team to be able to take care of themselves without the Hammer Team's overwatch. That being said, Dulga did turn to approach the Hammer Team and explain her expectations. "While Lance Team goes directly after the prefects I want us to secure the area. Cover any exits, flush out any traps. That being said," Dulga sighed as she looked to Amane and in particular, Donny. "Do not bring down any buildings. You can kick down a door, break a window, push a car around, smash through a wall if you need to, but I do not want any of us to bring down any building on top of the enemy and especially not on ourselves. I don't care how careful you'll be. I don't care what the Prefects do, we need to limit collateral damage."

Using her extra arms, Dulga points to Amane, Reina, and Donny. "That will be the three of your jobs. Keep the damage to a minimum, but otherwise I don't care how you disable or block off their exits. If you run into any of them meet back with the Hammer Team. If you happen to spot Kiyoki take her out with extreme prejudice. The sooner the better. The rest of us will assist Lance Team by watching their backs. While they go after any of the prefects we need to make sure nothing hits them from behind and wait for the best moments to strike. If we all try to attack at once we'll only get in each others way." Dulga then handed Tomoe a pair of earmuffs. They were cheap noise suppressing earmuffs, good enough to help protect the ears from damage caused by the sound of gunfire. Since Dulga would have to literally carry Tomoe if she lets Nomi out, Dulga just wanted to make sure Tomoe doesn't end up waking up due to her weapons.

For the entirety of the week was largely uneventful for Acion. Interesting if put in his shoes. His first date occurred, and it went just as wonderfully as it could ever have been. Classes came and passed, trainings every evening after school was a grind that he’d likely have the opportunity to thank his resilience later. But calm was usually the case before a storm. Or in this case a pretty busy day.

And it started quite unexpectedly.

“Mr Nakamiji, is it alright if we can have a moment with you?”

He was quite early for class. In fact he may have been the first to arrive on site, but a footstep away from the class room door, a gentleman in a neat black suit appeared down the hall and approached the young hero, addressing him directly. Strange. He didn’t think of himself as someone who would get attentions of a complete stranger. And he knew his name directly. It wouldn’t just be a fan or something. He probably had an agenda or something.

“Yeah, how can I help you sir?”

“Ah, I was glad to be able to finally meet you. I was told you’d be here.”

Ok...

“Anyway you’re probably confused. In that case I’ll make myself known. I am Yueyang. You may recall me from recent incidents you have with the school a few weeks ago.”

Latest incident? Well he had quite a lot of it. If it wasn’t the countless times things that churned up in the dorm or in classes, there were still a bit of something Acion had done outside classes. The fight with those shadowy individuals, the incident with the kid that almost ended up with his arrest...

Wait.

“Oh, you’re the kid’s father, aren’t you.”

The man nodded, visibly smiling that his son’s saviour recognized him.

“Oh my god, I’m so sorry for what happened!”

Immediately Acion bowed in apology. That kid, if he recalled correctly, almost died due to his negligence and brashness that day. It was a huge dent in his ego and conscience even today. He still thought of the kid from time to time, and yet today unexpectedly, his father turned up right in front of his class. He hoped he wasn’t there to blame him or anything.

To which he didn’t.

“It’s okay. It’s okay.” The man placed his hand on the young hero’s shoulder. “I sometimes wished things could’ve turned out a little better, but I think it’s not worth it. You showing up when and where he needed it was already a respectable thing.”

It still felt bad for him, but his words of encouragement was an uplifting moment. The job could be very unappreciative at times, but there are people out there that knows to give at least a thank you to the selfless work of the heroes.

“Thank you...” Acion nodded. “I hope your son’s alright.”

“Ah he’s all good now. Quite proud of what happened in spite of it.” He chuckled. Quite ironic to be frank. “But anyway that’s not all the reason why I’m here.”

“Sir?”

“Don’t worry I already informed the principal. Come, let’s have a quick word.”

---

“So I wonder if you’ve heard of the Irian Corporation?”

“...I guess so. Yeah, in fact. I’ve heard of that somewhere on the news. Isn’t that the company that sponsored for some of the city’s infrastructure, including our school?”

They didn’t solely donate this school, but they were in essence a part of why Komei existed.

“That’s the one.” Yueyang gave a thumbs-up as he gestured Acion to a seat in one of the school’s offices. “We also helped with the airport construction too, and our city’s stadium as well.”

That’s a lot of commitment given to the city itself. But what exactly do they want with a single student like Acion.

“Well I’ll cut to the chase here. Have you ever heard of the job bird chaser?”

Huh? A what?

“Bird...chaser?” Acion was a bit confused.

“Yeah I figure.” He laughed a little, seemingly understandably instead of mockery. “It is a recent thing we have established since there were issues of airborne creatures flying into airport’s airspace and endangering flight safety. So we’re trying to keep them out of the area. That’s basically the job in a nutshell.”

Ohh...

“That’s uhhh...” The winged man was very much bewildered. In no way before did he know this actually existed as an occupation. “So you want to offer me that?”

“You are the few youngsters I know whose natural habitat seems to be up in the air instead of on the ground, so I think you’d fit.”

“But it seems like a full-time job to me. I don’t think I’ll have the time for it”

“Parts of the team are volunteers and part-timer. It’s fine.”

...Volunteering. If that was the case, then it would be a pretty good deal to him. Although it didn’t sound like something that a pro hero would do. A hero catching birds. Sounds a bit off. In fact he was willing to bet that some high-ego individuals had already refused this offer. But hey, it’s still a contributing job, and those who did it earnestly earned Acion’s respect already.

But now that he thought about it...

It would probably make a rather weird impression of him. A training hero shooing birds. It sounded like something coming out of a satirical comedy. Hell if the guys at his dorm found out, it would be a source of never-ending jokes targeted at him. Especially those weasels Roy and Jett. Although to be fair his Storm Bird hero name he made up on the spot probably wasn’t helping.

Well..........whatever.

“You don’t have to make the decision now, Mr Nakamiji. I know you have class right now, so I shouldn’t waste anymore of your time.” Yueyang gave Acion a small business card, essentially telling him to give the call when he made up his mind. Yeah that’s probably for the best at the moment.

A weird offer, he’d say. But not necessarily bad. But nevertheless, the hero didn’t have time for consideration right now. The talk might not have taken that long of a time, it came to the misfortune that today also happened to be exercise day. And once Acion returned to class, everyone had already left, with the only note on the board for the late students of where they were heading toward, and what they needed to do.

“Ah, damn it.”

There were so many to do, yet so little time!
Acion flew, literally, across the hallway to reach the changing room, where he had his costumes changed just as instructed. He had the chance to grab some hero gear, but if Acion had to be frank, in the heat of the moment, he couldn’t think of anything in particular to bring. He had always been playing the reconnaissance and harasser, and his bare quirk was already sufficient to perform top-notch.

Once finished, the winged man took off again. The school supervisor probably would want to know his location for his flight, but he was horribly late, even with a valid reason. His flight took him across the school yard and headed toward Training Ground Alpha. Approaching the group of students that Acion recognized as his classmates, he turned his body around and met the ground with a couple of strides before slowing down right in front of the prefects

“My sincere apology for my lateness.” He handed the note to the supervising teacher, explaining what happened, before receiving a brief recall of the rules. Then he quickly rejoined his class.

“I’m sorry for being late today. Some stuffs came up.” Knowing that the exercise was close to starting, he probably realized that the team had already finished planning and such. His input would probably waste more time than needed.

“Just tell me what to do.”