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A My Hero Academia Fanfiction: Age of Heroes Chapter 5 Quirk and Costumes by RVasil

The rest of the day seemingly blurred itself together for Kinus. The exhaustion of dealing with the Quirk assessment test left him feeling sleepy and struggling to stay awake as the hours went by. Granted, he wasn't the only one who felt that way. Almost half of the entire class looked like they were about to fall asleep as the hours droned on and on. Thankfully enough, they didn't officially have classes, just introductions and orientations with their different teachers telling them what they were going to do in the many subjects they were going to have.

Eventually, classes did end, and the dragon breathe a pleasant sigh of relief as he gathered his things and began to head out. Kinus found himself walking out of the large entrance doors of U.A., home being his primary destination. The comforting embrace of his bed was being sorely missed. The vibration coming from his pants pocket prompted the dragon to fish out his smartphone. It was a text from his mother, asking him what he wanted for dinner.

"Hmm..."

"Oh," a voice called out to him, "Hazani, you're still here?"

The dragon turned around to find Tokoyami walking up to him, his bag slung over his back with one hand. Kinus shrugged in response. "Yeah, just answering a text." He promptly replied to his mom, saying whatever was fine. "You heading home?"

"Yeah, I am." The bird then looked at him. "Are you heading to the station?"

Kinus nodded. An idea then crossed the dragon's head to which he then promptly suggested. "We can walk together if you want."

There was a brief pause before Tokoyami answered, "Let's go." The two boys then began to head down the path, passing by other students that were talking nonchalantly about day to day things. A few were commenting about the lunch that was served at the cafeteria, some moping about some teacher giving them homework already on the first day of classes, and then a select few seemingly gossiping about Class 1-A.

The latter part made Kinus's ears twitch.

"Where were they?" a girl asked. "They weren't at the orientation."

"Who knows and who cares," said another dismissively. "They must think they're hot shots for being in the hero course."

"Hmph," another added, "we're just as good as any of them."

The surprising hostility made Kinus move slightly a few steps away from the group and he was glad that he still had the luxury of anonymity to shield him from the eyes of the gossiping students. He glanced at Tokoyami who returned the look and nodded for the both of them to make themselves scarce. The two boys turned right upon exiting the golden arch that marked the entrance of U.A. and the group of gossiping students turned left.

As soon as the group was out of earshot, Kinus asked, "what the heck was that all about?"

Tokoyami shrugged. "It's just how it is, really."

"What do you mean?"

The bird stopped and looked at him from the corner of his eyes. "You ask a lot of questions."

"I don't pretend to have all the answers."

"Is that why you didn't get Mr. Aizawa earlier?"

Kinus's eyes twitched. "You're STILL holding that against me?"

Tokoyami chuckled, and Kinus just glared back in return. The bird then cleared his throat, regaining his composure. "Sorry," he said, offering the dragon a kind smile. "But to seriously answer your question, simply put, it's competition, Kinus." He continued walking and Kinus followed after him. The bird then continued to explain, saying, "a lot of people want to be heroes. Not just us. But U.A. only has forty slots so some dreams have to be cut short." He turned to face him. "I'm sure you can see where the resentment is coming from."

The dragon nodded, offering a thoughtful hum in the process. "That does make sense..." Being a hero was one of Kinus's lifelong dreams. To be able to save others and to fight people who pick on the weak. It was a dream he most likely shared with others and to have that dream be denied from you, there was nothing more painful in the world than to be told you cannot be. "In a way...I kind of feel bad...?"

Tokoyami let out a light laugh. "It is normal to feel that way once you think about it. But it only makes it clear that you have to succeed whenever there is a trial ahead of you. There are others who are eagerly waiting to replace you."

Kinus laughed sheepishly. "If you put it like that, it kind of puts on the pressure."

"As it should. This is a serious endeavor. That is the lesson that Mr. Aizawa was trying to hammer into us earlier today."

"You're not wrong..." Kinus shrugged.

The two continued their walk down the path, stopping every now and then whenever there was a crosswalk that had them wait before they could cross. The station wasn't that far, but it was far enough that it allowed Kinus to converse with his new bird friend.

"So," Kinus began, thinking of something new to discuss, "thoughts on our classmates so far?"

Tokoyami placed his hand under his chin and proceeded to think. "It's too early to say. It is the first day of school after all."

"First impressions are the ones that last the most."

"Okay...uh...I'd say that Bakugo boy stands out." Tokoyami placed his hands in his pockets as he continued, "he's quite strong and would no doubt be a strong contender with that Quirk of his."

"That's right..." Kinus thought of Bakugo and how he basically skimmed through the Quirk Assessment Test like it was nothing. "He has that explosion Quirk too, to go along with his temper."

The bird smiled. "Speaking of which, you seem to be familiar with Midoriya, do you understand what's going on between them?"

"Between Midoriya and Bakugo?"

Tokoyami nodded.

Kinus shook his head. "Unfortunately, I'm as in the dark as you are. From what I can tell, they seem to have some shared history with one another, so the best I can say is that MAYBE they have some rivalry between them." That was when a curious thought popped into Kinus's head. "Although..."

"What is it?"

"Bakugo mentioned that Midoriya was a Quirkless loser."

"How come?" Tokoyami asked. "We both saw what Midoriya did to that ball, which was admittedly very impressive."

"Yeah, which throws me for a loop..."

"Sheesh, you guys are boring."

Kinus looked around in an effort to try and find the source of the sudden intrusion. They were walking in a fairly crowded street, but no one was paying them any heed. "D-did you hear that..." His eyes landed on the familiar black figure of Tokoyami's Quirk who was resting on the bird's shoulder. Dark Shadow's glowing yellow eyes stared back at him. "Oh, uh, hello."

"Hello to you too, Dragon Boy."

Kinus blinked. He glanced at Tokoyami who was just shaking his head and had an apologetic smile on his face. "I have a name."

"I know," Dark Shadow replied. The shadow like figure reminded Kinus of a small black cat.

"Tokoyami," Kinus called out, "I have to ask. Is it weird?"

"Is what weird?"

"To always have Dark Shadow around with you?"

"Ugh, tell me about it," Dark Shadow answered. "Do you have any idea how dull this guy is? He just sits in his room and reads!" Dark Shadow floated alongside Tokoyami and then continued to ramble. "Reading! Who reads? You do it enough times in school already!" The shadow like figure crossed his arms on his chest, a knowing smile on his face. "On the bright side though, there are things he does read that I do approve of." Seeing the curious gaze Kinus had, Dark Shadow then continued, "do you know that he reads those things that hav-" Whatever Dark Shadow was going to say next was quickly muffled by Tokoyami almost uncharacteristically grabbing the shadow figure and covering his mouth.

"SHUT IT."

Kinus just had a grin throughout the entire exchange. It was almost like watching an older brother argue with a younger brother. Inevitably, Tokoyami released Dark Shadow, looking a bit flustered as his feathers were more ruffled.

"Say that again, and I will be sleeping with the lights on for a week."

"Noooo!" Dark Shadow groaned. He turned to the dragon and did what Kinus could vaguely recognize as him trying to be cute. Or as cute as a shadow blob like figure could. "Hazani! He's being mean to me."

"Don't listen to him," Tokoyami growled.

"I'm...sorry?" Kinus replied, confused, but at the same time, enjoying the camaraderie he was seeing between Dark Shadow and Tokoyami. The dragon looked at Dark Shadow who was pouting. "Maybe next time don't start blurting out people's secrets like that out of the blue." His eyes then shifted to Tokoyami. "Even though now I'm more curious to know what it is!"

The bird glared at him, but it was clear to Kinus that Tokoyami was equally enjoying the interaction. "Don't you start with me, Hazani!"

The good times had to stop however when Kinus and Tokoyami arrived at the train station. Kinus was headed in one direction whilst Tokoyami was headed towards the opposite. "Looks like this is where we'll have to part ways," the bird announced, grabbing his ticket from the dispenser.

"See you tomorrow then?" Kinus asked.

Tokoyami nodded. They were about to seperate when Dark Shadow then said, "aren't you forgetting something?"

Kinus stopped. "Huh?"

Tokoyami and Dark Shadow began to converse amongst themselves and from the way it looked, Tokoyami seemed flustered about something, his feathers ruffling itself once more. The bird gave quick glances to Kinus and the dragon wondered what was going on. Eventually, Tokoyami sighed and turned to face him. "Hazani, can I get your number?" As if answering the surprised expression on Kinus's face, Tokoyami then nonchalantly said, "Dark Shadow put me up to it." He gave the shadow a glare from the corner of his eyes. "And I know he won't stop bothering me about it if I don't ask for it now."

"What?" Dark Shadow cried out. The shadow then huffed, mumbling something about the things he put up with for Tokoyami or something of that sort.

Regardless, the dragon was genuinely surprised at being asked, since rarely did people ever ask for his contact information. Kinus felt his chest swell, happy that he was really doing well with his relationship with Tokoyami. "I-uh," he stammered, "s-sure!" He fished for his phone from his pocket and the two began to exchange contact information.

Tokoyami smiled, feeling pleased with himself. "Thank you. Have a good night, Hazani."

"You too."

The next day soon came.

Although the world Kinus lived in was fantastical, having literal heroes and villains fight each other as good and evil trying to one up one another, there are still some things that never change. U.A.'s hero course was renowned for the different classes a student would take to help them become the hero the world needed them to be, but, much like every other school program there was, it was still subject to the normalcy that formed the education curriculum. Things that a growing person needed to become a functioning member of modern society, hero or not.

English, Math, Modern Literature, and Modern History to name a few, were the many subjects they had lined up in the morning. The normalcy and dullness of it was a striking contrast against the exhilarating notions of training to be a hero. Kinus could feel that everyone was bored out of their mind as they listened to Present Mic tell them about the importance of grammar rules. The pro hero wrote down a sentence on the board and turned around to face everyone.

"Can anyone here tell what's wrong with this sentence?"

Kinus looked at the board and read what was written. It read: 'The man loves reading, writing, and to study.'

Naturally, no one was half paying attention that their teacher was asking a question.

"Come on everybody! Look alive! Grammar rules!" Present Mic said in an effort to liven up the class.

It was amusing to see just how everyone did not care at all. But this was a school, and with school came grades. As much as it was important for them to learn to be what a true hero was, they were still being graded, even if it was the mundane stuff. Kinus wasn't going to miss out on some easy recitation points. The dragon raised his hand up.

"Yes, Hazani?" Present Mic called out, happy that someone was interacting with him.

The dragon stood up and said, "the phrases in the sentence doesn't follow the proper grammatical structure."

"What rule exactly is this?"

"Parallelism, sir," Kinus answered, smiling at Present Mic.

"Very good! Now, what SHOULD the sentence be if it were following parallelism?"

Kinus glanced at the board and then read out what the proper sentence should have been in English. "The man loves reading, writing, and studying."

Present Mic grinned at him. "Awesome! Now that's what I call a great answer!"

Kinus sat back down, feeling pleased with himself. He glanced at Tokoyami who was next to him, a smirk on his face. "What?" Kinus asked in a low voice.

The bird had just one word for him. "Nerd."

Kinus huffed.

Hours passed and before Kinus knew it, lunch time came. The cafeteria reminded Kinus of the food courts you'd normally see in malls. Many chairs and tables littered the area, filled with different students all enjoying their meals and company with one another. But unlike the meals that he had expected to see, they were much more than the typical school food fair. The head chef was Cook Hero: Lunch Rush, and he was renowned for his amazing ability in cooking food.

"Oh my goodness this smells freaking amazing..." Kinus said as he sat down in his seat.

"I know, right?" Midoriya commented. His eyes were still shining from the fact that Lunch Rush came by and gave them a thumbs up. "It's crazy. I wonder how he does it."

"It's probably related to his Quirk somehow," Ojiro remarked, "I find it hard to believe that anyone can cook this good."

"Agreed." Kinus took a bite from the breaded prawn he had on his plate. He shivered. It was like heaven in his mouth. "Goodness, I wish I could cook this good..." he mumbled. The rest of them began to eat and enjoy lunch. Casual conversation happened on the table and Kinus found himself conversing with Ojiro.

"So you wanted tips, right?" Ojiro asked. "I could send you some resources that I used that helped in my training."

"Thank you so much, Ojiro!" Kinus grinned. "I was trying to find some stuff last night but I couldn't find any."

Ojiro smiled at him. "It's fine. I'm happy to help." He fished out his phone and the two then began to exchange contact details. The boy then began to send Kinus some tail training related videos that could help in fighting. "This video should help you in defense...and this one should help you in offense." Kinus nodded, bookmarking the videos for the future. "The main thing you have to remember is that your tail is like an extra limb. You can grab, pull, and throw things with it much like any other useful limb."

"Thanks!" Kinus replied back with a happy smile.

"Oh, hey!" Uraraka said, seeing them having their phones out. "You guys should join the group chat we're making. It should help us keep in touch with one another."

"Send me the invite," Kinus said, and a few minutes later, he found his chat application connected to the designated Class 1-A group chat. "This should come in handy," Kinus remarked before putting his phone away.

With most of them being done with their lunches, they were enjoying the few minutes of break they had left before going back to class. The topic of conversation now pivoted to Quirks. "What you did yesterday was great, Hazani," Asui commented. The dragon perked up hearing his name get spoken out. "That was great adaptation."

"Oh! You mean when he did the ice skates? That was totally rad!" Kaminari chimed in. "Is that related to your Quirk?"

Kinus felt everyone's eyes on him and he found himself feeling a bit self conscious. "I-it is," he answered.

"What is your Quirk?" Iida asked propping his elbow on the table. "If you don't mind me asking."

"It's called Hydro Control."

"Hydro Control?" Midoriya asked before taking out a notebook and scribbling something down. "What does it do exactly?" he asked curiously.

"Well..." Kinus glanced around the table and saw his own half filled glass of water. He then turned to everyone who was waiting anxiously for him to show his Quirk. "My Quirk is relatively simple to understand. I can control liquids." He raised the glass and tipped it on its side. A few of his classmates gasped upon seeing the water flow out and seemingly float weightlessly in the air. "I can freeze it, and have it melt back into liquid form." The blob of floating water froze and landed on his open palm. He then tossed it back up and unfroze it, and the water began to float once more. "I can control the liquid and have it form into whatever shape I need it to be. Say...a knife." The water morphed and froze right before their eyes and then landed into Kinus's open palm. The dragon placed it back onto the empty glass, and the sharp knife melted back into liquid. The dragon finalized everything by drinking the glass of water. "Pretty simple."

The look of amazement on everyone's faces said it all. It look like they had seen a great magic trick. The only person who wasn't the least bit interested was Tokoyami, mainly because he had seen it before.

"That's so cool!" Uraraka cried out. "So you can make it form whatever you want it to be?"

"If I can think it, I could probably do it. But like all things though it requires focus and whatnot."

"Do you make the water or...?" Ojiro asked.

Kinus shook his head. "The only downside to this Quirk is that I can't make the water myself. I can't pull water out of thin air, even though that would really be cool. I have to have a source of water."

"So any liquid?" Midoriya asked, furiously taking down notes in his notebook. There was a look of genuine glee in his face. "You can control any liquid?"

"I haven't tested it on everything, but from what I can tell, yes."

Midoriya's eyes narrowed. "How about blood?"

Everyone's attention turned to Kinus, curiously wondering if his Quirk had that capability. "Blood?" Kinus asked. Even Tokoyami had turned his head and was now paying attention. The dragon thought for a moment. A look of serious and determination crossed his face as he raised his palm up and directed it to Midoriya. Everyone around the table gasped upon seeing the boy freeze and not move an inch.

"Oh my goodness!" Iida cried out, looking both fearful and at awe.

"Hey...that's kind of crazy," Kaminari remarked, backing away slightly.

"M-Midoriya! Are you okay?" Uraraka said, reaching out to touch Midoriya who looked utterly scared.

"Relax!" Kinus said, bursting into a fit of laughter. "You guys should have seen the look on your faces!"

"W-what?" Iida asked, looking at Midoriya who was now moving normally. "I thought you..."

Kinus shook his head and grinned at them. "Midoriya's fine. I didn't do anything."

Everyone breathe a collective sigh of relief. For a moment, it seemed like they were all scared for their lives. "Then why the heck did you freeze, Midoriya?!" Kaminari asked, grabbing his own chest. "I nearly had a heart attack."

"I-I got scared," he spit out, giggling nervously. "Sorry, everyone."

It was on that note that lunch time ended.

With the mundane stuff being scheduled in the morning, the anticipation in the air was beginning to get palpable as afternoon rolled in. Math, English, and Literature were fun, or at least Kinus thought so, but the real meat of school was Hero Basic Training.

"I AM..."

Everyone's attention focused on the door as the familiar voice echoed from outside.

"COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!"

The entire class was left flabbergasted as the symbol of peace himself strode into the room, wearing his iconic red, yellow and blue colors. It was one thing to see the man addressing you in a video specifically made to welcome you into U.A. It was definitely another to have him standing before you. Much like everyone else in the class, Kinus was a big fan of All Might. Every aspiring hero looked up to the man with respect and envy, wanting to be like him when they grew up. That was why when rumors began to swirl that All Might was going to be a teacher at U.A., Kinus had to control himself and not expect too much. They were rumors after all.

But now, the dragon grinned. Happy to have that rumor come true right before his very eyes.

"Good afternoon class!" All Might greeted. "I teach Basic Hero Training. It is a subject where you train in different ways to learn the basics of being a hero and what it means to fight in the name of good! Let's get into it!" The man began to pose, leaving everyone equally mesmerized. It was quite unlike anything else to be in the presence of the man. "This is what we'll do today! Combat training!"

Everyone began to mutter in the class. Kinus spared a moment to glance at his seatmate. Tokoyami wasn't the least bit bothered. Midoriya visibly stiffened in front of him and Bakugo looked like he was more alive than at any point of his life. It seemed everyone had differing opinions in what they were going to do. Kinus felt a shiver travel down his spine. A little exercise never hurt.

"And one of the keys of being a hero is, LOOKING GOOD!" All Might pointed towards the wall, and as if on cue, different shelves with numbered cases began to slide out. "These were designed for you based on your Quirk Registrations forms and the request you sent in before school started. Get yourself suited up, and meet me at Ground Beta."

All Might excused himself and everyone took their respective costume briefcases which were arranged in accordance to their seat number. Kinus stood up and grabbed his case. "Number nineteen..." he remarked, holding the case in his hands. "My very own costume..."

A few minutes later, Kinus found himself once again in the locker room and already he could hear the audible squeals and gasps of the more excitable boys in the class. Some of them had already run out, excited to see their costumes in the light of the morning sun. The dragon made his way to the back and found an empty bench. Looking around quickly to see if he was by himself, the dragon began to undress, removing his clothing and stuffing it into the vacant locker.

Free from the confines of his school uniform, Kinus opened the briefcase and marvelled at the suit he was going to wear. "This is...wow..." He held the fabric in his hands and it felt...different. The way it looked reminded him of spandex, but its texture was unlike anything he had ever held before. One brief glance at the documentation inside his briefcase told him it was a specially designed fabric that was made to compensate for his scales, and at the same time make use of his Quirk. The technical details in the paperwork was astounding, and Kinus made a mental note to read through it all to make sure he understood his suit fully. But for now, the dragon opted to put on the body suit, standing in front of the mirror and zipping it up.

Immediately, doubts began to crop up in Kinus's mind. "Oh no."

That was when the sounds of footsteps echoed in the locker room, making Kinus nearly jump out of surprise.

"Your costume's nice, Shoji." The tone of voice belonged to Tokoyami. "Simple, but functional."

"Thank you," replied the taller boy. "Yours is..." Shoji tried to find the best words he could say in regards to Tokoyami's darker style. "...stylish. In any case, are you waiting for someone?"

"I'm waiting for Hazani."

"Ah, I see. I'll go on ahead, alright?"

Tokoyami nodded, and then the boy left. The bird then rounded the corner and stopped upon seeing the friend in question in front of him. The dragon was standing awkwardly in front of the mirror, having an expression that he best described as conflicted. Kinus turned around upon sensing someone's eyes on his back. Kinus felt the blood rush to his face as he sensed Tokoyami's eyes take in his appearance. The dragon honestly didn't expect the costume to be so...form fitting.

Before Tokoyami could utter a word, the dragon nervously fidgeted, holding his tail in front of him in a show of shyness. "This is embarrassing!"

"It's fine," the bird responded in his signature calm and collected demeanor. But Kinus swore he saw a slight smile hiding behind his facade.

Tokoyami's black cloak fluttered as if a breeze swept by and Dark Shadow materialized from underneath it. "What's taking so long? I want to fight..." Dark Shadow trailed upon seeing the dragon standing by the lockers. The shadow crossed his arms and cocked his head to the side. "That's a great look for you, dragon boy. Really shows off your figure quite well."

"Don't tease him, Dark Shadow," Tokoyami reprimanded. He then began to walk out of the locker room saying, "Come on, Hazani, we're going to be late."

Kinus sighed, resigning himself that this was going to be his outfit from here on out. It wasn't inherently bad. It was quite comfortable and didn't restrict his movements. He could probably do backflips in it without having much trouble. No, what made Kinus pause was at just how sleek the outfit was, to the point where it almost felt provocative and sensuous. It hugged his form so closely, it felt like a second skin of him. But then again, that was probably the whole point to it.

Regardless, after packing his things into the locker, Kinus followed after Tokoyami. Admittedly, he was curious what the others would look like in their hero costumes.

The dragon had to mentally calm and relax himself as he strode out of the tunnel and into Ground Beta. Everyone was gathered up front, chatting animatedly with one another. The splash of color and style was imminent everywhere. Bakugo was wearing a costume styled after a grenade. Two large grenade style gauntlets on each hand and a color palette of orange and green to top it all off. It was perfect way to describe his explosive tendencies.

There was another student who was wearing what looked like a streamlined version of a knight's armor. From head to toe, he was covered in metal plates, decorated with exhausts pipes and each move he made produced the sound of armor clinking together.. The dragon couldn't tell who he was as his face was obscured by his helmet. But from the way he was talking and his mannerisms immediately told him it was Iida. That boy was the only one who could perfectly do right angle chops.

Green, violet, red, orange, white; every color on the spectrum was visible out on the field. Everyone looked like a pro hero in their respective costumes.

Uraraka happened to turn her head after talking with Iida and saw the two of them coming out of the tunnel. Kinus instinctively hid behind Tokoyami, who just responded with a light laugh.

"Hey you guys!" Uraraka called them over. "Wow, Tokoyami, black really suits you," she said, admiring the dark cloak the bird was wearing. Her eyes then trailed over to Kinus who was bashfully hiding behind the bird. "Oh wow..."

Upon hearing the arrival of the newcomers, everyone turned their attention to see what the costumes were and each were taken aback at the stark difference in style. Kinus visibly blushed upon feeling the many eyes that were looking at him. He offered a sheepish smile in return to the curious eyes.

"I think Kinus is ready to go swimming!" he heard Ashido from the back say, to which the others laughed and giggled in response.

"Kinus is beach ready while Tokoyami over here is too early for Halloween!" Kaminari added, earning another round of laughter. They both knew it was all in jest however, so neither of them took offense.

In truth, those were probably the best way to sum up their respective hero costumes. Tokoyami sported a black cloak that concealed his arms and upper body. From what Kinus could see of the bird's lower half was that he was also wearing black shoes. The only splash of color on Tokoyami's costume was his red choker. Black was the theme and Tokoyami wasn't shy in sporting it proudly.

Kinus on the other hand was of a different take. His bodysuit was of a darker blue color, outlined with a stripe of yellow. Even his special shoes had a stripe of yellow on it. The color pallete was modelled after his natural color scheme and Kinus was thankful the colors ended up mixing well and not clashing. There was no cape as Kinus always thought those hindered in movement.

"Are you okay, Kinus?" Iida asked, looking at him. His voice sounded a bit muffled from behind the helmet. "You look a little discomfortable."

"I'm fine, Iida," Kinus answered, doing his best to shake the nervousness away. "I just feel a bit self conscious is all." He smiled sheepishly. "I'm worried I'm being indecent at my crotch area."

Iida glanced down and blinked. "It's fine, Kinus. You have nothing to worry about," Iida answered. "You are a dragon after all." Though from the way he looked, it seemed like something he saw bothered him. "You are a dragon..." he repeated softly to himself.

Aoyama walked by and scratched his chin as he examined the costume. "Your costume is perfect for you. You should be proud. It accentuates your natural beauty! It's not often a man can proudly strut his stuff to the world."

The dragon smiled at the compliment. "Yeah, Aoyama's right," Uraraka added. "I mean, even I'm a bit self conscious with mine. It's a bit too skin tight. Then again, you could be like Yaoyorozu as well." Kinus looked at Momo and saw that the girl was proudly standing in her costume, even if the fabric to skin ratio was almost questionable. "It all depends on personal taste," Uraraka finished.

Ashido then happened to walk over and overhead the conversation. "Yeah, I should probably ask you for some advice when going to the gym next time," she said.

"Oh?" Kinus asked curiously. "Why is that?"

"Because you've got great assets!" Ashido chuckled at her own joke, and a few others who heard it giggled amongst themselves.

"Hey Deku!" Uraraka called out.

Kinus turned his head and found Midoriya standing a feet from him, wearing a lime green costume. It had two spiked tips on his head that reminded Kinus of a bunny's ears. Midoriya's hero outfit wasn't the most gaudy, but it served its purpose well.

"Alright, settle down everyone," All Might's voice cut through the air, making everyone quiet down. "Is everyone here?" The pro hero took one last look and mentally counted the class. "Good. Now that you're ready, it's time for combat training!"

"Sir!" Iida voiced out. "This is the fake city we had from our entrance exam. Does that mean we'll be conducting urban battles again?"

The pro hero shook his head. "Not quite. We're going to move two steps ahead. Most of the villain fights you see on the news happen outside. But statistically speaking, encounters with the most dastardly villains occur indoors." All Might looked serious. "Truly the most intelligent villains hide in the shadows. For this exercise, you'll be split into villains and heroes, and fight two on two indoor battles."

"Isn't this a little advanced?" Asui asked the question on most of the student's minds.

"You know what they say, experience is the best teacher!" All Might proclaimed. "You're dealing with actual people now, not robots."

That was when the flood of questions opened.

"Sir, will you be the one determining who wins and loses?"

"How badly can we hurt the other team?"

"Are we going to get expelled if we lose?'

On and on, the students piled up their questions, leaving All Might annoyed. "I wasn't finished talking yet!" he cried out, leaving everyone to quieten down. He took out a notebook from his pocket and began to read them the scenario of their current outline.

"The situation is that the villains have hidden a nuclear weapon somewhere in their hideout and the heroes have to foil their plans. To do this, the heroes have to either catch the villains or recover the nuclear weapons. Likewise, for the villains to succeed, they need to catch the heroes or protect their nuclear weapon under the designated time limit." All Might turned around and grabbed the box that he had brought with him. "Since time is limited, we'll be choosing teams based on drawing lots!"

Everyone then lined up and began to draw from the box to determine who was going to be their teammate. Pairs were already being formed. Midoriya was teamed up with Uraraka, who both seemed happy with one another. Iida looked a bit discomfortable having to be paired with Bakugo who didn't seem to care either way. Tokoyami found himself paired with Asui.

Kinus glanced at the letter designated on the piece of paper he held in his hand. "Team I."

"Team I, huh?"

Kinus looked up to see it was Ojiro who he was paired with. The boy was decked out with a white karate-like outfit with a partially furred collar and a hole behind for his large tail.

"I look forward to working with you, Hazani."

The dragon smiled. This was going to be a very interesting class exercise.

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Author's Notes: Yes, I know, that's a horrible chapter title. I'm not really the most creative person when it comes to that. Here's another chapter update for you guys! It's a bit of a short one, and I apologize for cutting it off before anything exciting really happened. I decided to make this chapter be a bit more of a breather episode, focus more so on the characters and let Kinus hang out with Class 1A, and make frineds and all that. Don't worry. It's going to get exciting next chapter. We have the hero training with All Might after all.