[U.A. Academy Institute – Heroics Department]
"Wow~! This place is even more amazing than I imagined, Kacchan~!"
"Pfft, you sound like a country bumpkin, Izuku."
Izuku and Katsuki walked side by side through the wide, polished hallway of U.A.'s main classroom building—its modern walls lined with clean glass panels and sleek metal frames, practically screaming 'state-of-the-art.'
Yet, it wasn't alien nor unfamiliar for the two. Instead... it felt eerily natural, as if they were stepping into the same place where top heroes were made.
Eventually, they found their classroom.
"1-A, is it?" Izuku murmured, looking up at the comically large sliding door of their supposed homeroom.
"Yup... that's what I've read, at least..." Katsuki confirmed, raising an eyebrow at it.
Both of them couldn't help but find it odd that they were still using homeroom even in a college-level institute.
*Chatter...*
And from the sound of it, they weren't the first few that had arrived for the first day of college.
"...Shall we go in?" Izuku grinned, turning to Katsuki with a mischievous smile etched on his face.
"Lead the way."
"Sure thing~."
Izuku then opened the large door with Katsuki following behind him. They were met with an equally large classroom—
"Oh wow, everyone's already here...!"
And rows upon rows of study desks were already occupied by their peers...!
All of them were also wearing the same UA gray blazer that Izuku and Katsuki had on.
Of course, just like the two, everyone had their own choice of clothing underneath the official uniform outerwear.
But then, all of a sudden—
"...Hmm?"
"W-what the...?"
The classroom that had just been lively turned dead silent, with all of them turning their gaze toward both Izuku and Katsuki.
It felt like the whole room had gone still because of their arrival...
Or perhaps, a few of them were more wary of a certain green-haired young man with a... peculiar second 'persona.'
Such as a bespectacled young man that was glaring daggers at Izuku, or a certain brunette girl whose expression brightened upon realizing he was really here.
Izuku only tilted his head, confused by the sudden attention.
Katsuki, on the other hand—
"What are you damn extras looking at?!"
"—!?"
She shot back a sharp, threatening glare at everyone—! A few students even flinched in surprise...!
"Hey now, Kacchan. You shouldn't go scaring our new classmates already," Izuku admonished her playfully, "we'll be with them for the next few years, remember? Let's try to be friendly~."
"Hmph. Whatever."
She clicked her tongue and looked away, earning another light chuckle from Izuku. He simply shook his head, already used to her attitude.
Izuku turned back to face the classroom—
"Nice to meet you, everyone~! The name's Midoriya Izuku—at your service!" He greeted cheerfully, before bowing his head to them. "Let's all get along, alright?"
Some of the students, especially the brunette girl, nodded with relief and joy, glad that Izuku turned out to be friendly after all.
"Oh! And my best bud here," he gestured toward the grumbling blonde beside him, "she's Bakugou Katsuki~! Please get along with her too~."
"What the—?! Oi! Deku! Don't drag me into this crap!"
"But I'm worried about you, Kacchan! You barely talked to our classmates back in high school—I don't want you ending up a loner again..."
"S-shut up, you damn idiot!"
"Ahaha—Ow!"
Katsuki, now flustered, smacked the snickering Izuku out of annoyance, but it only elicited another laugh from him.
The rest of the class watched the pair bickering with rather wry smiles, not sure if they should laugh along or stay quiet...
But, for one brunette young woman... she didn't find the display very pleasing.
"M-Midoriya-kun!"
Uraraka Ochako stood up from her seat—! Quickly walking over to the pair near the classroom entrance, interrupting their little moment of back-and-forth.
"Hmm? Oh! Uraraka-san!"
"M-Midoriya-kun, it's good to see you again... ehehe..."
The brunette girl presented herself to Izuku, wearing her gray UA blazer over a pink blouse and black short skirt.
As she stood in front of him, she tried her best to hold her trembling legs. But, ultimately, her pink sneakers gave a nervous little squeak against the floor—betraying just how jittery she really was.
"Long time no see!" Izuku greeted back brightly, a warm smile etched on his face. "I'm glad to know that we're in the same class~!"
Seeing that smile, Ochako couldn't help but return a smile of her own... along with soft blushes blooming across her cheeks.
But as they shared that brief reunion...
"..."
Katsuki, who had been standing behind Izuku... quietly narrowed her eyes...
Before she threw one heavy, murderous glare toward Ochako—!
"Hiih—!?!" Ochako squeaked in terror, reflexively flinching as that intense killing intent stabbed through her like a blade.
She quickly ducked behind Izuku's shoulder, using his taller frame like a human shield. This... only served to aggravate Katsuki's anger even more.
"Uraraka-san? What's wrong?"
Izuku tilted his head, confused as to what she was hiding from—until he sensed the intense aura coming from Katsuki.
"Kacchan, what's wrong?" Izuku turned to his blonde childhood friend... noticing the displeased expression she wore. "Are you angry or something?"
Katsuki stayed silent, though her murderous aura began to lessen at Izuku's concern.
However, before Izuku could ask further—
"Midoriya Izuku, was it?!"
A voice suddenly interrupted from the side!
It came from the tall, serious-looking student with rectangular glasses, who approached them with sharp, deliberate steps.
His gray UA blazer looked crisp and perfect—almost like a tailored suit jacket, especially with the formal white dress shirt he wore underneath, neatly tucked into black pants and polished black dress shoes.
"Yeah? That's me~!" Izuku answered casually, then blinked in recognition. "Wait... You're that super serious guy from the practical exam, aren't you?"
"Greetings. I am Iida Tenya, from Somei Private Academy."
He bowed stiffly—his posture perfect... almost robot-like.
"Yeah, nice to meet you too!" Izuku chuckled. "You were really fast during the test! So, I hope I can 'learn' more about your incredible speed~!"
"Thank you for the compliment!" Iida replied, again, almost in a robotic tone.
But...
Iida seemed to stiffen... like something was weighing on his mind.
"Midoriya Izuku... are you truly the infamous vigilante, the 'Kamen—'"
"Are you done with your socializing?"
A low, gruff voice cut in—!
From the classroom entrance, a strange man slowly entered... inside of a sleeping bag as he crawled across the floor like a worm...!
Naturally, the entire class was surprised—shocked and even weirded out, especially with the way this rough-looking man just barged into the room like he owned the place.
But the strange man paid no mind to their reactions.
"I'm not here to waste time waiting on some brats to finish their pointless chatter."
The students stared as he crawled out of his sleeping bag and stood before the class—!
"Aizawa Shota. I'm your homeroom teacher."
"...Wait, teacher?"
"He's our teacher...?!"
"Hold on... who the hell is he—"
"Immediately change into your gym uniforms and meet me at the field."
He held out UA's official gym uniform, before tossing it toward Izuku, who had been looking at the disheveled-looking teacher with a curious stare.
For a moment, Aizawa stared back—his expression unreadable, conveying neither interest nor disdain... then shifted his gaze back to the rest of the class.
"Anyone who's late... might as well go home."