The following day, Izuku was dreading his return to school. Hagakure knew one of his various secrets, and he did not want that conversation to come up. However, besides a discreet movement by Hagakure in homeroom, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

But the end of the day did bring something new. It brought the one and only All Might.

Izuku knew who he was, he just didn't really care. So when All Might burst through the door, announcing "I am here!", Izuku just continued to watch the blackboard impassively, rather than joining his classmates on oogling at the number one hero.

All Might began his "lesson".

"Alright! Welcome to heros 101! Today, we will be doing..." He pulled out an index card. "Battle training!"

In about 1 second, Bakugo had exploded. "Hell yeah! Time to beat these extras into the ground!"

Before he could continue, or anyone else could intervene, Eri spoke up. "Nuh uh! Big brother will kick your ass!"

The class was silenced, not because the small child spoke against the combustible Pomeranian, but because she swore, and she wasn't even 8 yet.

Iida freaked out. "Miss Eri, where did you learn those words?" He said, very tensely, trying to not raise his voice.

Before Eri could answer, bakugo exploded again. "The fuck was that, pipsqueak? I'll have you know, your precious "big brother" is just another stepping stone on my path to be number one! So I'll make sure to lock his ass extra hard just for you!" He ended his challenge with metaphorical acid dripping from his mouth.

"That's enough, class. Please, let's continue. But before we battle, every hero need their costume!" All Might said, perturbed and disturbed by the air of animosity. On cue, 20 briefcases emerged from the back wall.

"Find the case with your seat number, and get set up! Then report to ground gamma!" With that, All Might bolted out of the room.

Izuku paused. "What number am I?" He thought. Sharanga whispered in his ear. "Number 18. Now get up there, please." Izuku complied. Eri followed closely.

With his case in hand, Izuku went to the locker rooms. Eri tried to follow him. But the girls of the class caught her, and Izuku just about lost his mind.

"Don't touch her!" He lashed out murderously, all four hand appearing to cut off the girls access to Eri, while he clawed the offending hand away.

The owner of the hand, Mina, recoiled in surprise. And pain, Izuku had wickedly sharp fingernails, thanks to having to file then on stone walls since he had no proper hygiene tools of any kind.

Then Izuku stopped. He recalled something. Yaoyurozu pulled the girls back a bit, so Izuku would calm down. But Izuku was digging through his case. And what he was pulling out surprised everyone watching.

- 5 days ago -

"Submit a hero costume idea?" Izuku mused over this. "So do I like, color it or something?"

Sharanga nodded. "Supposedly."

Eri became excited. "Can I help Big Brother Izu?"

Izuku paused. "I don't think so, but we could both draw costumes. How's that sound?" Eri somehow became even more excited. "Yes! That sounds fun!"

Sharanga meanwhile seemed deep in thought. After a moment, it spoke up. "But where will we get coloring supplies?"

Izuku had ideas. A lot of them. And every single one was nasty, but it worked.

"Eri has red blood, of we need that, and there's a lot of bandages inside we could squeeze out. My blood is black, so there's that. The privacy corner has yellow fluid, the molds from bad food are green, rock dust is grey or white, that gross greasy stuff is brown and orange... He trailed off.

Sharanga sighed. "Fine. It works. Just, wipe your hands off when you finish."

Using sticks as pencils, and various small containers to hold the newly made colored "paints", the pair began to draw.

2 days later, the support department had no idea what to make of the paper before them. They didn't know what it was made of, but they saw 2 extremely different costumes, for different body types.

"That's a hell of a quirk. Guess we make both?" One said, eventually.

- Present time -

Izuku handed Eri the costume she had drawn. "I guess we both have one? Huh. They made both." Eri had stars in her eyes.

"Both?" Yaoyurozu tried to pry.

"Eri wanted to help makey costume, but I told her to draw her own instead." Izuku said simply. Then he turned to a bathroom. "Let's get changed in there, if you want to wear your costume, Eri. Besides, I don't like the locker rooms. Too noisy and crowded."

Eri nodded, and both ran off before the girls could protest. It then occurred to them that they should really get changed themselves.

Despite being the last into a changing area, Izuku and Eri were out first. Eri had a cutesy white dress with flowers on the frills, a shot golden ring around the base of her horn, and several pocket watches on a chain sash going from her left shoulder to her right hip. She also had lacy white boots and plain yellow baggy tights. The girls were fawning over how cute she looked, while she shyly his behind Izuku, who was giving them a death glare.

Izuku, meanwhile, had gone for a more flashy design. He had a heavy metal belt, visor, and handcuffs overtop a black and neon teal vest, with black combat pants, green and white fingerless gloves, climbing claws adhered to the palms of the gloves, heavy duty black and teal mountain climbing boots with knives inside the toes that could extend at the flick of his ankle, and a black cloak with teal trim and green and white crossed knife patterns on the back of it. There was also lightweight metal plates covering his chest, upper back, and shoulders hidden under the vest, with a thin black bodysuit beneath those.

"Looking manly, Shaga!" Kirishima said, impressed. Izuku just nodded.

"They say cloths make the hero, and you all are shining examples of that!" All Might boomed, not noticing Eri yet. "Now, the rules are simple. For this exercise, we will be conducting 2 on 2 battles indoors. The villains have hidden a nuclear weapon somewhere in the building, and the heros win by either restraining the villains, or by touching the bomb. The villains win of they restrain the heros, or hold out until time is up. Any questions?"

"How much can we hurt the other guys?" Bakugo asked. All Might looked uncomfortable.

Luckily, Iida asked a real question before he could reply, giving him time. "How will we choose teams?"

All Might smiled. "We will decide teams by drawing lots! Also if you hurt the other team too severely, you will be disqualified."

"Isn't there a better way to pick?" Iida asked.

"Beggars can't be choosers. If you draft assistance, you get what you get." Izuku said lowly. Yaoyurozu picked up. "Think about it. Sometimes heros have to team up with no prior experience to defeat a villain or aid in disaster relief." She said. Iida nodded. "Understood."

"Excellent. Now, here you go." All Might handed out lots. He gave on to Eri, and when he finished, everyone looked at their sticks. Izuku had A, Eri had B, even though she shouldn't participate. Izuku groaned. For fairness, there had to be 20, or someone would be left alone. He looked for his partner, and Eri's "partner" at the same time. Eri follow him.

He found that Eri was paired with Todoroki, and he was paired with Uraraka.

Uraraka was terrified. She was strong, yes, but she knew Izuku didn't like her in the slightest. But they had strong quirks, Uraraka was sure they could beat anyone.

But Izuku was talking with Todoroki about something, so they couldn't strategize.

- Izuku POV -

"Ok. Listen up, because I won't say this twice." Todoroki looked at him, seemingly annoyed. "What do you want?"

"You have been paired with my sister on accident. Fortunately, you have a very strong quirk for attack and defense. Thus, I will trust you with this. Make sure she isn't hurt, or you won't live to see the light of day again. Got it?" Izuku growled lightly at the end of his speech.

Todoroki was confused. How did Eri end up with a stick? Unless All Might forgot that Aizawa expelled Mineta? Either way, anyone else would be at a disadvantage, but Todoroki had a plan. He nodded slowly, not afraid of Izuku, but not really wanting to make enemies this early into the year. Izuku nodded, giving Todoroki one last look, before going to Uraraka to talk strategy. Their talk was short lived, however. All Might soon announced the first fight.

"And the first ones to fight will be... These guys!"