It was a pleasant morning in the Todoroki House. Endeavor was still being hospitalized (the siblings were sure that his rates were plummeting due to his inactivity), Fuyumi made a big breakfast to celebrate Shiina's first day at UA, and Shiina looked amazing as always in her new uniform.

"Shiina... please button up your shirt." Shouto said almost pleadingly. He had always concerned himself over how his sister wore her uniform and she had always dismissed it but this time... this time he couldn't let it go. She was about to walk into class and he knew that the second Mineta took one good look of her, she would be his number one target.

There was no way he could to let that happen.

"For the eleventh time nii-chan, I don't wanna." Shiina said stubbornly, crossing her arms and pronouncing her chest even more. "I hate how high the collar is and the tie makes me feel like I'm being strangled, and asphyxiation is not one of my kinks nor will it ever be!"

Shouto suppressed a shudder—because oh god, his sister had kinks?—and continued to insist. "Don't you think you should make a better impression? It's your first day."

"Oh, I think I'll make a great impression, Sho-nii." Shiina giggled maniacally before grabbing their bag and shoving his to his chest. "Now come on, nii-chan, let's get going."

They walked to the subway station, with Shouto following beside his sister with something closely resembling a trudge. When they stepped into their respective train, they were greeted with a widely grinning Ryuji.

"Howzit goin' UA students?!" He exclaimed loudly, causing the other passengers to stop and stare at them.

"It's too early in the morning to listen to your voice." Ann sighed, elbowing the blonde boy harshly.

It was so weird not seeing Akira in the train with them. Shiina had grown used to the bespectacled boy's presence and his lack of one just reminded her of the situation they all landed themselves in. It was also weird being considered a UA student since she never once saw herself becoming one.

"Will you two be in the same class together?" Ann asked curiously.

"Yep," Shiina nodded. "And I had Endeavor put me in as 'Kiberi Shiina' instead of, well... you know."

"So nobody knows you guys are siblings?" Ryuji asked.

Another nod. "Nobody but the teachers." She confirmed.

"Are you okay with that, Todoroki-kun?" Ann turned towards the dual haired boy.

"I understand since I also wouldn't want to associated with that man." He replied stoically.

They stood there chatting idly while Shouto listened on with a blank face. Since Shujin Academy was far more closer than UA, Ryuji's and Ann's stop came by quickly and they headed off to the door.

"Make sure you tell us everything that happens!" Ryuji called out, giving her a pointed look.

"And send pictures of the food!" Ann chirped.

"I will, see you guys!" Shiina said, waving goodbye as the doors closed. She glanced back at her brother to see him staring off at the door, an indecipherable expression on his face. He was silent the entire time she and her friends were talking. She inwardly sighed, feeling bad for how anti-social he was.

If we weren't so busy doing illegal activities, I would so let Shouto hang out with us...

— ❤ —

"Class, this is Kiberi Shiina." Shiina's new homeroom teacher said plainly, with the most dullest voice she had ever heard.

Aizawa was a helluva lot more different that her previous homeroom teacher, Sagari. Both personality-wise and appearance-wise. While Sagari was as old as the dirt beneath their feet, Shiina couldn't tell what Aizawa's age was due to the bandages that seemed to be wrapped around every inch of skin on his body. His hair—while not grey and damaged like Sagari's—was almost like a rat's nest.

As for his personality, it was just like his voice: dull. While he wasn't smacking the other students around, he seemed almost lazy though it was understandable due to his injuries. According to Shouto, he was a good teacher who knew how to teach the kids well, so she'd take his word for it.

Right after the plain introduction, her new set of classmates burst to life.

"Nice to meet ya, Kiberi-san!" A boy with hair equally as red as her's exclaimed, waving amicably at her.

A bespectacled buff boy shot up from his seat, arms moving in a choppy manner. "Kiberi-san, I ask that you please respect the school's dress code! It is not appropriate for a student of UA to be walking around dressed so indecently!"

A boy with grapes for hair jumped in her defense. "Shut your mouth Iida, you're not gonna deprave all of us of her glorious ti—"

"—Shut up." Shouto said icily.

"Y-yes sir!" The boy sank back to his seat.

A pink skinned girl actually had the decency to raise her hand but didn't bother getting called on before shouting out: "What school did you transfer from?"

The question was innocent enough, so Shiina didn't think twice before replying: "Shujin Academy."

She realized a second too late what she had done. If the class wasn't loud before, it was now.

"Tsk, it's just another damn elitist!" A spiky haired blonde boy spat, glaring at her as if she had murdered his whole family. She sent him a what-the-fuck look, wondering what the hell was stuck up his ass.

"Kiberi-san! Kiberi-san!" A human version of Pikachu called out her name incessantly. "Is it true that the other Phantom Thieves are attending Shujin Academy?"

Honey, you're looking at one right now.

"How should I know?" She lied, shrugging.

"I didn't allow you guys to ask any questions," Aizawa muttered, sounding done with his whole class. He turned to Shiina and jutted his chin towards the class. "Your seat's between Midoriya and Sero."

"Over here!" A black haired boy sang, waving up. On his left was a free seat and to the right of that was a shy looking greenette, smiling timidly at her.

Without another word, she walked over to her desk and took a seat.

"Welcome to the class, Kiberi-san." Midoriya whispered, as class resumed.

"Thanks." She said simply. He seemed like a sweet guy. What did he want to be a hero for? Because he wanted to save people, or was it for the fame?

She wondered the same thing for the rest of the class.

— ❤ —

UA had a few classes that were normal, such as mathematics, English, and literature but they had other classes that Shiina wouldn't consider normal such as modern hero art and et cetera. The biggest difference between UA and the other schools was that every class was taught by Pro Heroes.

She was just glad that Endeavor never ended up with a teaching job here, else she'd spend his whole class shooting spitballs at his face.

Their lunch provided was simply to die for. She filled her tray up with some sushi rolls, a bowl of udon, and a small plate of tokoyaki alongside a glass of water.

"UA provides a whole array of food and you get cold soba?" Shiina pointed out as she plopped in front of her brother.

"What's wrong with that?" He asked.

"You eat that at home!" She exclaimed.

"But cold soba is my favorite..." He trailed off.

She sighed in defeat. "Oh alright..."

Before chowing down, she remembered her promise to Ann about sending her pictures of the food and quickly snapped a few pics of the high quality food given by UA. She couldn't believe this would be her lunch most of the week. Shujin's cafeteria food was nothing compared to UA's!

"Neh, nii-chan, I thought All Might would be teaching one of your classes." She said with a mouth full of ramen.

Shouto being the well-mannered boy he was, waited until he was done slurping his soba before replying. "He teaches our heroics class, but that's not until the end of the day."

While Shouto didn't show it, Shiina knew he was one of All Might's many fan boys. She swore she even saw him trying to hide an All Might action figure when she was chilling out in his room.

"Kiberi-san!" A cheerful voice exclaimed and several figures joined them at their table, overcrowding it within seconds. She tried her best to put names to the faces but all she recognized were her two seat mates, Midoriya and Sero.

"Um..." She trailed off, glancing over at Shouto's now fully emotionless face.

"We were wondering if we could sit with you!" A short haired brunette said.

Well, you guys already are, so...

"I'm Uraraka Ochako, by the way!" The same girl said.

"Iida Tenya, the Class President!" The bespectacled boy who loudly lectured her about the dress code in front of the whole class introduced himself.

"Yaoyorozu Momo, the Vice President." A pretty girl with black tied up hair said kindly. "We're very happy to have you here."

"Yeah! It's not every day we get a new kid!" The human Pikachu said. "Oh! I'm Kaminari Denki!"

"H-hi, I'm Midoriya Izuku. I sit next to you, if you don't remember." The greenette said nervously.

"I'm Ashido Mina! I loooove how you wear your uniform!" The pink skinned girl complimented, but was quickly scolded by Iida.

"Ashido-san, you should not encourage her to continue breaking the rules!"

"Ah, let us be! I don't see you berating Bakugou for his lack of tie!" Sero rolled his eyes.

"He does, actually," the frog-like girl defended. "I see him scold Bakugou-chan for it every day before class starts." She turned to Shiina and said: "Asui Tsuyu, but please call me Tsu."

"Noted," Shiina nodded in acknowledgement before raising a brow at Iida. "Sorry, are my boobs distracting you from your work?"

Iida immediately turned red, trying to respond but all he could say were incoherent sputters. "No! I—That's—I—!"

"They're not distracting me!" Grapehead said, eyes wide and mouth drooling. "So you can keep your tits out as much as you—"

The air turned noticeably colder.

Everyone finally turned to Shouto, blinking in surprise. "Todoroki-kun!" Momo gasped. "I'm sorry, we didn't see you there!"

"..." Shouto didn't say a word and opted to continue glaring at the short boy.

"Heheh, ignore this guy," Sero told her. "That's Mineta. He's a huge pervert so just stay away from him."

"Don't have to tell me twice. Sho-chan, mind taking out the trash?" Shiina asked sweetly. Shouto nodded and lightly stomped down, a trail of ice forming under his foot and chasing after a sobbing Mineta, effectively getting rid of him.

"Wow!" Kirishima exclaimed. "Sho-chan, huh? Are you guys close already?"

"Hmm," Tsuyu mused, looking between Shiina and Shouto. "Are you two perhaps lovers?"

Shiina instantly choked on the water she was drinking. "N-no way! Ew! We're just friends, don't be nasty!" She gratefully took the napkins Shouto handed her and wiped her chin.

"I have a chance!" Kaminari cried out.

Mina barked a laugh. "No you don't! Kiberi-chan's too far out of your league!"

Kaminari fell silent, a dead expression on his face.

Shiina giggled and set the blonde a flirtatious wink. "I wouldn't be too sure of that."

Kaminari was revived.

"Could it be that you're a player?!" Ochako said, flabbergasted.

"Uraraka-san!" Momo scolded.

"Sorry!" She squeaked, looking sheepish.

"Do you guys mind telling me about the other students? I asked Sho-chan, but he doesn't know you guys too well enough." Shiina requested.

"Dude, seriously?" Sero blinked at the dual haired boy, receiving an uncaring grunt.

"Well there's two kids in class you should stay away from!" Kaminari exclaimed, raising up two fingers. "One of them's Mineta, the shortie who Todobroki chased away—"

"—My name is Todoroki—"

"—and the other one's Bakugou! The scary blonde in front of Midoriya! He's a huge, violent jerk that never stops yelling death threats so unless you wanna have a life or death experience, stay away from him."

"Aww, come on man, Bakugou ain't that bad. Remember how big of a help he was during the USJ incident?" Kirishima frowned.

"Y-yeah, Kacchan's really not that bad!" Midoriya squeaked.

"You look like you're about to faint." Shiina pointed out.

"Really?!"

"Don't defend him, Deku!" Ochako protested. "He's always so awful to you!"

"While Bakugou-san's behavior is... less them exemplary, he is still our classmates so we should all learn to get along with him." Momo said wisely.

"Nah." Kaminari disagreed.

"Anyway!" Mina exclaimed. "Next up's Ojiro! He's the other blondie but he has a tail! He's an alright guy. Then there's Aoyama. He's French and likes sparkly things. Koji's the one with a pointy head. I've never heard him talk but something tells me he's got a cute voice! Sato's got Kylie Jenner lips and Tokoyami-chan's got a bird head! Shoji's got a mask on his face and a bunch of muscular arms! Jiro's my other main girl—"

"—Jiro's got a sick taste in music!" Kaminari interrupted.

Mina glared at him. "I was talking!"

"Sorry, sorry!"

"Hagakure's another one of my main girls! She's invisible but super sweet so you'd like her! And then the last one..." She trailed off, giggling to herself. "The last one's Amada-kun!"

"I take it your crushing hard on him?" Shiina asked knowingly.

"Everyone is," Kaminari said, rolling his eyes.

"Jealous, Denki?" Sero teased, elbowing his chest and laughing when the blonde swatted him away.

"Amada-kun's so handsome!" Mina nearly swooned. "He's, like, the second most handsome guy in class! Right behind Todoroki-kun!"

"Huh?" Finally, the boy spoke!

Shiina grinned over at him. "Hear that, Sho-chan? The girls are loving you!"

"But... why?" He asked, blinking.

"Because you're handsome, kero." Tsuyu answered simply.

"...Oh." He said, staring down at his soba almost like he couldn't believe it. After that, he remained mostly silent for the rest of lunch, only grunting when someone was trying to speak to him. Near the end of the period, Shiina got up to throw her trash away and saw a familiar face.

"Oh, purple boy! Uh, Shinsou right? With the Brainwashing Quirk?" She called out, approaching him.

He looked stunned to see her. "Uh... Kiberi, right?"

"Mmhm!"

He blinked slowly. "...What are you doing here?" Didn't she tell him she was Quirkless?

"My Quirk manifested like a few days ago," she replied, ignoring his shocked expression before continuing on. "So my dad forced me attend UA even though I was doing perfectly fine at Shujin."

"Y-your Quirk finally manifested? So... you're no longer Quirkless?"

"Pretty sure that's what it means, Shinsou." She chuckled.

"Right," he blinked, trying to register what he was hearing. "Wait. So your dad made you attend UA just days after your Quirk appeared? Isn't that... I mean, aren't you a little too inexperienced with your Quirk?"

"I... got the hang of it rather quickly." She lied.

"How did your dad get you into UA anyways?" He asked.

Her face fell. "He put a recommendation in for me."

He started putting the pieces together. The only people who could have enough influence to make a world renown hero school accept a student late would be—

"Your dad's a Pro Hero."

She nodded silently.

But wait, what Pro forces his daughter to attend a school when she clearly objected to it? Before he could ask for what his name was, she interrupted.

"Hey, Shinsou, which class are you in?"

"1-C." He answered, voice low and monotonous.

She tilted her head, looking thoughtful. Classes 1-A and 1-B were the only first year hero courses. "What course is that...?" She asked warily.

"General Education," he shrugged, trying to look uncaring.

"Oh. Well..."

"I'm trying to get into the hero course, though." He added, sensing her discomfort.

She lit up immediately. "Oh that's great! I'm sure you could do it, your Quirk's perfect for taking down villains!" Right after saying those words, the bell rang.

"Oh, I'll see you later, Shinsou-kun! Make sure you get yourself a spot in my class!" She called out, walking away.

Shinsou was left standing there, speechless.

Perfect for taking down villains, huh...? She basically just said I had a heroic Quirk, the exact opposite of what everyone else says...

A small smile crawled over his face.

— ❤ —

They would be going to USJ for their heroics class, much to the uncertainty of some students who were still worried about the last time they had been there. Before leaving, Aizawa ordered them to head on over to the locker rooms to change into the hero costumes.

"Do you have a costume, Kiberi-san?" Momo asked, already unbuttoning her blouse. "If you don't then you can use your PE uniform."

Shiina nodded, grinning. "Don't worry, I've got it covered." Knowing that everyone's eyes were now on her, she stepped back to separate herself from the rest of her female classmates and willed her thief suit appeared. She was surrounded by blue flames for only several seconds, and there she stood with her suit and mask.

"See?" She sang, twirling around.

"THAT WAS SO COOL!" Hagakure, who she couldn't quite see since she was naked, squealed.

"What kind of Quirk is that, Shiina?!" Mina's jaw dropped.

"Eh, my Quirk's kinda complicated to explain." The red head chuckled, scratching the back of her head. "Simply put, it's called Persona and it allows me to summon a manifestation of my personality. The suit and weapons are a plus."

"So cool...!" Ochako breathed out, eyes wide.

"Your costume looks hella scary!" Jiro complimented. "In a good way, I mean!"

"I think your's is the best one." Tsuyu said.

Shiina pressed her hands against her flushed cheeks. "Awww, thanks guys! I like your costumes too! Jiro, you look like a rocker! Ochako, you're like this cutesy astronaut! Mina, you're patterns and color schemes match so well with you! Tsu, you're like a fashionable scuba diver minus the flippers and breathing thing! Momo looks so sexy in her's and Hagakure..." She smirked. "Naked, huh? That's kinky."

"Ehhhhh?!" Said invisible girl cried out. "No, it's not like that!"

The girls got back to changing and met with the some of the boys in the hallway. It was only Kaminari, Kirishima, Sero, and Ojiro

"Oh, you got a costume after all, Shiina-chan!" Kaminari exclaimed.

"It's a part of her Quirk!" Mina exclaimed. "Show them, show them!" She urged.

"Okay, okay." The redhaired girl chuckled and quickly let her clothes change back to her uniform before returning to her thief suit a second later.

"Whoa!" Kirishima gaped. "Are you like one of those magical girls?!"

"What?" Shiina scowled. "Please, I'm so much better than them."

Just then, the rest of the boys arrived.

"What took you guys so long?" Ojiro asked.

"Yeah, the girls finished faster than you." Sero joked, earning a smack from Jiro.

Bakugou simply raised a half frozen Mineta. "Fucking bastard was trying to poke a hole on the wall so he could peep and shit."

"What?!" Momo looked faint.

"Don't worry," Iida reassured the girls. "Todoroki-kun put a stop to it before he could go too far. While I don't condone violence, I think it is acceptable in this situation in order to stop Mineta-kun."

"Thank you, Todoroki!" The girls cried out while Shiina glomped the boy.

"You're the best Sho-chan!" She cried out, smothering him.

Mineta watched on enviously.

After that particular situation was dealt with, they all went to the bus where Aizawa and the driver were waiting for them. Much to the homeroom teacher's dismay, the class seemed even louder now that they were all inside a space that was smaller than the classroom.

She was sitting over at the side, squeezed between Midoriya and Shouto.

"Ah, Kiberi-san, do you mind if I ask about your Quirk?" Midoriya said, eyes glittering with a sort of childlike gleam that seemed endearing. So endearing that Shiina saw him as cute.

On the seat adjacent to them, Bakugou let out a rude scoff and sneered, "Creepy ass nerd."

"Don't be so rude, Bakugou!" Ochako shouted.

"SAY THAT AGAIN, BITCH?!" He shouted even louder.

Geez, Kaminari wasn't kidding about him, Shiina thought with a frown before returning her attention back to Midoriya, who looked like he regretted asking.

"There's nothing wrong with some curiosity," she said in hopes to comfort him. "My Quirk's called Persona. With it, I can summon a manifestation of my personality called a Persona just by removing my mask. I can also summon additional things like the suit I'm wearing and my weapons."

"Isn't it so cool, Deku-kun?!" Ochako exclaimed, her face slowly falling when he didn't say anything. "Deku-kun?"

Midoriya blinked, a thoughtful yet confused expression on his face. "S-sorry! It's just that Kiberi-san's Quirk sounds a lot like Amada-san's Quirk... not to mention it has the same name..." He muttered.

So Amada's the mysterious Persona user in class... Shiina thought.

"Who's Amada?" She asked sharply.

"I am." A voice spoke, and Shiina turned back to see a brunette boy staring back at her.

Automatically, Shiina could see why Mina had called him the second handsomest boy in class. His chestnut brown touched the back of his neck, his fringe framing a charming face with warm brown eyes. Immediately, she remembered Shouto informing her of the mysterious Persona user donning a military-esque hero costume and he certainly fit the bill.

"Now that I think of it, your Quirks do seem similar," Tsuyu admitted. "Though I haven't seen much of yours, Kiberi-chan."

"I'm sure you'll see it soon." Shiina said coolly, eyes still locked with the other Persona user before looking away.

After a few more minutes, the bus finally arrived at USJ. It had a large, dome-like structure made mostly of glass and metal, but it was the inside that really impressed Shiina. She could see tall mountains on one end, a ruined city on the other, etc.

Another teacher stood in front to greet them.

"So let's begin the rescue training." Thirteen stated.

"Can you really move, Thirteen sensei?" Uraraka asked in concern.

"My back hurts a bit, but it's nothing compared to senpai." He reassured.

You got that right, Shiina thought, stealing a glance at the mummy.

Said mummy spoke up in his usual dreary tone: "We are ready to begin class, let's start already. We're wasting time." He started walking down the stairs when Midoriya called out to him.

"Hm?"

"All Might is supposed to meet us as well," Midoriya pointed out. "Where is he?"

"I don't know. Forget about him." Aizawa said uncaringly. He led them over to a mountain range and had them stand before a seemingly unending chasm.

"Let's start with the training rescue!" Thirteen exclaimed. "There'll be three students at the bottom of the chasm. One of them will be unconscious, the other will have an injured leg and the last will be very worried."

Shiina cautiously approached the edge and peered down, Kirishima and Kaminari joining her at her sides.

"It's so... dark. Does it even end?" She wondered aloud before shouting down, "Hello?"

It echoed for several seconds before dying out.

"It's that deep?!" Kirishima gawked.

"How is someone supposed to go all the way down there?!" Kaminari backed away slowly.

"What are you saying?!" Iida shouted, dashing towards the three. He skidded to a stop, getting dangerously close to the edge before dropping to his knees and screaming at the bottom: "ARE YOU OKAY?! DO NOT WORRY, WE WILL SAVE YOU!"

"Yeah, I don't think anyone's down there yet." Shiina pointed out.

Thirteen ordered Uraraka, Midoriya, and Iida to be the ones needing rescuing while the five people saving them were Shiina, Shouto, Tokoyami, Momo, and Bakugou. Once the three safely made it down, Aizawa began instructing the five 'saviors'.

"Alright, you five are the ones who will rescue them. You may use these objects," he jutted his chin towards their limited equipment: a stretcher and some rope.

Beside an unfortunate Shiina, Bakugou exploded. "WAIT! Why do I have to save Deku?!"

"Because we are in the Anima Festa, Bakugou-chan." Tsuyu said.

Shiina was quick to disagree. "No, we're in some shitty crossover fanfiction."

"HAH?!"

"Just leave him be." Kirishima suggested.

Shouto slowly approached the edge of the cliff as Iida's panicked screams (which sounded extremely realistic) rose higher and higher. "Let's begin," he ordered, much to the displeasure of the blonde.

"Tch! Bastard doesn't listen!" He spat.

Shiina rolled her eyes. "I'm guessing you have an idea then?"

"Just blow up the mountain and that's it!" He exploded in her face.

She snorted. "Hahaha yeah, if you want casualties that you gotta make reports on!" Endeavor had killed a handful of villains during his job and he would always bitch and moan about the mountain-load of paperwork he'd have to do for it. She was pretty sure a hero would have to do the same thing for civilian casualties too.

He's just like Endeavor, she thought snidely. He's only in here for the glory and fame a hero name would bring him.

"Shut the fuck up, Milk Jugs, you don't know what the fuck you're saying!" He shouted.

"'Milk jugs', huh? Thanks for the compliment."

"IT WASN'T A DAMN COMPLIMENT!"

"Anyways, you're idea's shit. Sho-chan, got anything better?" She asked her brother sweetly, who nodded in reply.

"Yes," he turned to Momo. "Yaoyoruzo, create a pulley. We'll make a way to pull them up. Let's start with the ones that are unconscious. Tokoyami will go down. Bakugou, Shiina, Yaoyorozu, and I will pull them up."

Bakugou's shoulders shook with rage. He stomped forward, ready to try to beat Shouto down. "Bastard, stop deciding on your o―"

In a flash of blue, he suddenly had a bladed claw an inch away from his throat.

"Back off! His idea works so just go along with it!" She chided.

"She's right, it's the best idea." Shouto refrained the urge to smirk. "Let's get this started already. I'm not going to waste my time in this training." He coldly turned away and Shiina allowed her gauntlets to disappear.

"Calm down, smoke some weed." Shiina helpfully suggested, patting the blonde's shoulder in a 'friendly' manner before following after her brother.

"Who... WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!"

She whirled around when she heard his footsteps.

"Stop!" Momo commanded, making Bakugou freeze. "This is pathetic! Besides, there is something we must do before anything else!"

Before Shiina could ask 'what', the noirette headed over to the edge of the cliff and shouted, "Please keep calm! We will go to you right away!"

"FINALLY!" Came Iida's over dramatic cry.

"Thank god. We're saved!" Midoriya sounded bland.

Momo looked at her partners and stated: "The first thing to do is to reassure the victims. There are occasions where you cannot save people who are desperate and panicking. Reassuring them is related to saving them. If you will not do it properly, then what kind of training class is this?!"

Shiina found herself nodding in understanding with the girl's instructions, but she still couldn't help but think:

Phantom Thief work is a helluva lot better than this shit...

Nevertheless, she went to work with her teammates and within a matter of minutes, they had a functional pulley system. Tokoyami descended carefully, using the rope to climb downwards while Shiina, Shouto, and Bakugou made sure he had a safe trip down.

Once Tokoyami safely made it down, they waited a few moments before the rope was tugged, indicating that Ochako was on the gurney. Dark Shadow took most of the weight until they reached the sunnier half of the cliff. When he let go, Shiina could feel the heaviness of Ochako and the gurney combined and struggled to pull them up. Thankfully, she had Shouto and Bakugou helping her and the blonde was to distracted with the task to comment about her lack of upper body strength.

"THANK YOU, HEROES!" She heard Iida yell, and he sounded like he was crying a waterfall.

Damn, he's really taking this seriously, huh?

Ochako finally arrived to the top and Momo was currently tending to her. Now that Momo's attention was off of the three pullers, Bakugou's mouth was able to run wild without any interruptions.

"Let's pull the next one up." Shouto said, focusing on the job at hand.

"Kay kay," Shiina hummed, grabbing at the rope.

"Shut up, just do it." Bakugou sneered.

"We are, we're waiting on you." Shiina sneered back.

"Rescuing people without using your Quirk is a taxing job," Thirteen began. "That's how modern heroes must shine!"

"Yet everyone still shits on the Quirkless." Shiina muttered under her breath.

"They're the only ones pulling," Sero pointed at Shiina and Bakugou.

"Shut up, bastards!" Bakugou snapped.

"They judged that they cannot use their Quirks, that's the right thing to do." Thirteen came to their defense. "Acting in a normal way. There's a lot of professionals who are incapable of doing it. They always think of themselves and when they encounter a challenging situation, they put it aside. When you manage to understand and remember, you pass. I'm sure they will become beautiful heroes."

Shiina giggled. "Aww, thanks."

"Nah, I don't think Bakugou would ever be beautiful." Sero disagreed.

Shiina glanced at the ash blonde's murderous expression and cringed.

Yeah, Sero was right.

— ❤ —

For their next training session, they moved over to a ruined city landscape. It really looked like an actual, broken down city. Shiina was impressed with how much money UA had to make this sort of thing.

"Now we continue in this setting. Unlike the first training, there's different situations. The purpose of this scenario is to give a more genuine experience. The injured can be anywhere and we don't know what state they may be." Thirteen began. "You'll have eight minutes to spread out and five of you will be the rescuers. The other seventeen must hide in whichever place they wish. Eight of the hidden must not speak. I will select them."

"We're playing hide and seek!" Mina cheered.

"It's almost like that," Thirteen corrected. "Okay. The five that will search are them!" A gloved finger was pointed towards Ken, Bakugou, Ochako, Mineta, and a shaking Midoriya.

"Why do I have to do it with Deku?!" He blew up.

"There's no helping it. We're in the Anime Festa." Ochako reminded.

"Shitty crossover fic~" Shiina sang.

"What the hell is that?!"

"Calm down, calm down, let's research it later." Kirishima placated.

"When you carry the victims, you can touch their chest or ass! Is that considered an evil deed?" Mineta drooled.

"You're forbidden from carrying them, Mineta-kun." Midoriya ordered.

Training commenced when Thirteen ordered the hiders to flee, leaving the seekers behind with the teachers. Shiina ambled around leisurely, trying to find a good place to hide and play dead. She was one of the few that wasn't allowed to speak, so she decided to find a place where she would be semi-hidden since she didn't feel like laying around for too long.

She founded a decent pile of rubble and decided to bury herself there. Thankfully all the broken pieces weren't heavy so she wasn't being crushed under them. One of the seekers were bound to find her since her bright red hair contrasted strongly with the brown dirt.

Hopefully Bakugou or Mineta don't find me, she thought.

Around five minutes later, she could hear a pair of footsteps drawing closer and closer. She turned her head to see Ken.

"We need to talk." He said sternly.

Shiina pushed the front of her body up, leaning against her elbows. She gave him a serious look. "Yeah, we do."

"Are you a Persona user?" He went straight to the point.

"Mmhm, and I'm guessing you are too. Though shooting yourself in the head is quite a weird way to summon your Persona." She said thoughtfully.

"Do you, by any chance, know someone named Narukami Yu?" He asked.

She blinked. "Nope, doesn't ring a bell. Is he a Personer user too?

"Ah... yeah, but," he shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Sorry if I acted a little weird around you. I was worried since you reminded me of someone."

"Who?" She tilted her head.

"Another Persona user. You look a lot like him actually... You wouldn't happen to have an older brother, do you?" He asked warily.

"I do, but... they don't look like me." There was Touya, but he was no longer around...

He sighed in relief. "Thank god..."

Shiina wondered who this mysterious person was and how much trouble they gave this guy, but pushed the thought to the back of her head. "Say, what's up with your summoning method? Do you really shoot yourself in the head? I've never met someone who summons that way..."

His eyes grew a little wide. "Wait, you're saying you've met other Persona users?"

She wondered how much she should tell him. The Phantom Thieves were still wanted, after all. The leader may supposedly be 'dead' but the police still knew of other members.

"Sort of," that was a terrible lie, she thought. "Are you Quirkless too?" She asked.

He nodded. "Common trait I've seen from other Persona users."

So there really is more of us out there. Shiina felt eager to meet them. Were there more Persona users attending UA? Just when she was about to ask that, a loud blast was heard from the distance.

"...Tell me that was Bakugou." She turned to Ken.

"He's not that much of an idiot to start a fight," he muttered. "Come on, I wouldn't be surprised if this is another villain attack!" He helped her up to her feet and together, they sprinted towards the direction of the blast.

Another blast was heard and Shiina knew that they were getting close since she could feel the wind blowing against her. Plus she could hear Bakugou yelling something incoherent followed the sound of explosions.

"Over here!" Ken shouted through the ruckus, turning a corner.

They approached a large clearing where the rest of their classmates was battling against a masked villain. Bakugou was attacking the man with his all and when the smoke cleared out, Shiina gasped when she saw her unconscious brother dangling from the villain's hand. Any attack launched on the villain could potentially hurt him!

"Shouto!" She shouted, jumping into the fray. The villain's back was turned to her and none of her classmates seemed to notice her and Ken's presence since they were so focused on attacking. Without a second thought, she teared her mask away from her face.

"TULLIA!" She shouted, her Persona appearing behind her in a threatening manner. She pointed towards the villain with murderous eyes. "Dormina," she ordered with a hiss.

Tullia raised her arms. A white circle appeared from underneath the villain, bathing him in a white glow before it disappeared.

The villain yawned once.

Then promptly collapsed.

"What the hell was that?!" Kaminari gawked. He looked at the figures standing behind the fallen victim and his jaw dropped further. "What the hell is that?!" He pointed at Tullia.

"My... Quirk." Shiina muttered before allowing Tullia to disappear. She walked forward and gingerly pried Shouto away from the man's grasps.

"That's a lot like Amada-san's...!" Midoriya awed.

"Forget that," Bakugou snapped, glaring viciously at the girl. "What the hell did you step in for?! I had that under fucking control!"

"No you didn't! Your attacks could've hurt Shouto!" She yelled back.

"It's not my fault he got in the fucking way!"

"Enough you two!" Iida stepped between them. "Due to Kiberi-san's efforts, the villain was dealt with efficiently!" He turned to her and gave her a grateful bow. "Thank you, Kiberi-san."

"It was no problem." She mumbled, still upset with what transpired. Bakugou was just like Endeavor.

"Let's see who this guy is!" Kirishima suggested, already striding forward. He grabbed the mask and yanked it off.

"THE VILLAIN IS ALL MIGHT?!" Everyone yelled.

"What the fuck?" Shiina said. She would've expected Endeavor, but All Might? Really? She never pegged him as the type to attack innocent high schoolers.

"Shiina, how do we wake him up!" Hagakure demanded.

"Yeah, we have questions!" Ochako nodded furiously.

The scarlet haired girl shrugged uncaringly. "Dunno. Just slap him a couple of times, I guess."

SMACK! "WAKE THE FUCK UP, ALL MIGHT!" Bakugou screamed, slapping him silly. SMACK, SMACK, SMACK!

"Wh-wha?!" All Might was greeted with another slap to the face. He paled when he saw all the students looming over him with a dangerous aura. "Ch-children... Please let me explain...! I wanted to make a surprise in which a villain appeared in the end! You all did a great job. I wouldn't expect any less from the Hero cour...se..."

I'm in danger, he thought.

"That... I'm sorry." He said feebly.

"YOU WENT OVERBOARD, MORON!" Bakugou, Kirishima, Kaminari, and Sero screamed.

"Was it necessary for you to hurt, Shouto?!" Shiina added angrily, then paused as Shouto moved in her arms.

"Sorry, Shiina."

"SHOUTO YOU'RE OKAY!" She cried out in relief, bringing him into a hug and smothering his face into his chest.

Mineta watched on enviously.

"Todoroki-kun, you were in on the surprise too?" Midoriya asked as he approached the pair.

"Sorry," Shouto replied, trying to catch his breath from his prior suffocation.

"You really need to change your costume, Sho-chan, it's so hard to hug you with all this ice in the way!" Shiina pouted, before noticing the broken finger Midoriya had. "Oh, Midoriya-kun, you should go to the infirmary for that! Wait a second... you're that dude with the bone-breaking Quirk Sho-chan told me about!"

"B-bone breaking Quirk...?" The greenette sweatdropped.

"Mmhmm, Sho-chan told me all about your super weird Quirk!" She exclaimed.

They must be really close then, Midoriya noted. Now that I think about it, I've never seen Todoroki-kun be close with anyone...

"Anyways, you should get that finger fixed." Shiina repeated.

"Let me handle that," Ken offered. "I feel a little bad for not doing much during the fake attack."

As he went for his gun, Midoriya frantically shook his head, eyes clenched shut as if he was too scared to watch the scene. "No, no, no, no, no!" He objected five times. "It's okay, Amada-kun, you really don't have to do that, I can just go to Recovery Girl!"

"Just let me do this, okay?" The brunette insisted, chuckling at his reaction. He pressed his gun to his temple and Midoriya flinched, turning away. Meanwhile, Shiina watched on intently while Shouto eyed the scene with only little disturbance.

Ken pulled the trigger and shouted: "Kala-Nemi!"

Shiina was blown away by the sheer power she sensed from him. His summoning was a lot different than hers and her group, and it wasn't just because of the gun. While her Persona emerged from blue flames, his emerged from what looked to be blue shards of broken glass.

It was a little over the average height (average height for Personas, that is) and it had a couple inches over Tullia. It also had broad shoulders, like really really broad shoulders. So broad that it's arms just awkwardly dangled on the sides.

Ken had Kala-Nemi cast Diarama on Midoriya, who looked a bit spooked from seeing the looming figure.

Shiina pouted to herself, feeling a little envious since Ken's Persona could heal. Her Persona specialized in offensive attacks and ailments, which was cool and useful too, but Shiina was a little reckless so it'd be nice to be able to heal.

Once Midoriya's finger was fully restored, Kala-Nemi disappeared.

"Thank you, Amada-kun," the boy thanked.

"No problem."

"Shiinaaaaaaaa!" Mina crowed, bounding towards the taller girl. "That was so cool! You beat All Might so easily!"

"Actually, I just had Tullia put him to sleep," Shiina replied.

"Tullia? Is that the name of... that thing?" Midoriya asked hesitantly.

"Yep, isn't she amazing?" Shiina grinned.

"She was awesome!" Mina cheered.

Shiina preened. Tullia was a manifestation of, well, her so basically Mina was complimenting Shiina.

"Todoroki, wasn't Shiina so cool back there when she saved you?!" Mina asked excitedly.

Shouto nodded once. "Yes."

Shiina sniffled at the compliment.

Sho-chan thinks I was cool!

— ❤ —

At the end of the day, Shiina was ready to go home and collapse on the bed. Her first day of UA was a little exhilarating with the whole fake villain attack and whatnot. Aizawa finally dismissed the class and the red head didn't wait a second to pack her things up.

While waiting for Shouto to gather his things, Ken called out to her.

"Hey, Kiberi-san, can I talk to you for a bit?" He asked.

Mina and Hagakure let out scandalized giggles, the pinkette winking at Shiina as they passed by.

Shiina glanced at her brother, who was staring Ken down hard. "Uh, sure." She replied. She sent Shouto a pleading look.

He grunted and gave the brunette a cold glare before exiting the now empty classroom.

Ken gave her a shy grin. "You mind if we exchange numbers? Us Persona users have to stick together and all... Plus, I wanted to ask you some things about the other Persona users you met."

Oh shit, she thought before forcing herself to smile. "Sure, here." They exchanged phones and Shiina couldn't help but stare at his phone case.

She rose a brow, amused. "Featherman R, huh?"

His cheeks flared pink. "It's—it's an old phone case, I just haven't changed it yet."

"Riiiiiight." She chuckled before tapping her number in his contacts. The guy seemed pretty decent so there was nothing for her to worry about, but she wouldn't know if exposing herself and her friends as Phantom Thieves would be a great idea. She'd have to ask her friends about this later to figure out what she would say if he ever asked.

After exchanging numbers, the two parted ways. Shiina exited the room, staring at the phone number on her screen with a curious thought in mind.

Just how many Persona users were there?