Most of the morning classes were the usual material they had been learning since before internships and held nothing much out of the ordinary. The class that Akina was mostly looking forwards to was Heroics which was after lunch, and after suffering through their morning classes it was finally time.

After changing into their hero costumes, class 1-A met All Might down at Training Ground Gamma, which looked like a lot of steel pipes. Once everyone gathered, All Might jumped down from the wall that was surrounding the training ground.

"I am here! Hope you're ready to return to our lessons! Today it's Hero Basic Training! Feels like I haven't seen you in a while! Welcome back! Now then, listen carefully for what's in store. We're going to be conducting a little race!"

At the word race, Akina perked up. She was always ready for a competition.

"Take everything you've learned from your internships and apply it to this rescue training!"

Immediately Iida's hand want up into the air, and he started to speak even before All Might called on him. "If it's rescue training then shouldn't we be at the USJ instead?"

"Not all rescues are from calamities or disasters, Iida! Sometimes you'll have a job where you need to find someone who's gotten lost in an environment such as a forest, or enemy hideout before something gets to them! The faster you can find and rescue a person in a situation like that the better!" Akina suddenly said, not giving All Might a chance to speak.

"Exactly right, young Hayashi!" All Might exclaimed. "Now, you'd all better prepare! You're about to step into field Gamma! Inside is an area full of factories which form an intricate labyrinth. So good luck finding your way around. You'll be cooperating in groups of five. Each person starts from a different location on the outskirts of the model city. I'll send a distress signal and you do what you must to rescue me. Whoever finds me first wins!" Slowly the finger he was pointing upwards turned into to fingers and moved to point at Bakugo and Akina, who had been standing next to each other. "But try to keep property damage to a bear minimum, please."

"Why're you pointing at me?" Bakugo growled.

Akina just laughed and waved her hand dismissively, "I can't make any promises, All Might!"

***

After drawing lots, the class was separated into individual groups. Akina would be in group three, against Bakugo, M*neta, Shoji, and Tsuyu. The first team— Ojiro, Midoriya, Iida, Sero, and Mina— went up first while everyone went to an observation area where their classmates were being shown on a giant screen.

"Iida hasn't completely recovered yet, right?" Kaminari asked. "He should sit this out."

"Man everyone in this group has really good mobility." Kirishima said.

Momo hummed, "I'd say Midoriya's at a heavy disadvantage against those four."

"That's not entirely true. When I saw him over internships he seemed to of gotten a better hold on his quirk." Akina said, "Though, with the way this course's layout is like, I'd bet Sero's going to be the victor. After all, his quirk is perfect for swinging around on these beams. Ojiro will be a close second but he doesn't have the distance Sero's tape has so he can't get as much momentum or swing as far as Sero can."

Around her people nodded before placing their own bets on who was going to win, and eventually the race started. Sero and Ojiro, like she had predicted, started to swing on the steel beams. Both Mina and Iida were sliding on the beams, Iida using his engines to propel himself and Mina using her acid to create a more slippery surface.

Though the main surprise of the match was Midoriya. Like Akina had said he had a better hold on his quirk and was now a blur of green as he jumped across the steel beams, passing Sero with ease. Though there was something familiar about his movements, they almost reminded her of a certain hedgehog.

I shouldn't be surprised he's using Bakugo's moves. He did grow up with him, so it's only natural he'd borrow moved Bakugo had used in the past. Learning from others and adapting is the key to getting stronger. As she watched, it seemed like Midoriya was going to take first place for himself. Until he misstepped on one of the pipes and lost his momentum, allowing Sero to pull ahead and take first place.

When they returned, the second group which consisted of Uraraka, Sato, Kaminari, Todoroki and Kirishima, went to their places and the round started. Uraraka used her quirk to make herself lighter so she could jump from each different building, Sato downed some sugar and used his strength to climb up the buildings while Kirishima hardened his fingertips and dug them into he building walls to climb up. Kaminari just kind of slid across the beams sloth-style, and Todoroki created a path of ice to get him to where All Might was. In the end Todoroki claimed first place and it was time for the third group to go.

Akina got to her starting spot and stretched out her arms, hearing her shoulders pop as she did so. This race would be a piece of cake for her— especially with the new magic she learned.

"And, Start!" All Might's voice came over the speakers. Immediately, a magic circle appeared at her back and branches extended from her shoulder blades, leaves growing from the branches and connecting them together, forming two giant dragon-like wings. While she didn't really need them, if she had just stared flying people would suspect something. Besides, the wings looked cool.

She spread the wings out before a white magic circle appeared under her feet, and she leapt into the air, speeding above the factory and pipes as she headed straight towards All Might.

Back at the observation area, her classmates were watching in awe. As of now, three of the four students were airborne, Shoji gliding through the air with his duplicate-arms spread out, Bakugo using his explosions to propel himself forwards, and Akina who had just grown two dragon wings like it was nothing. Tsuyu, was jumping around at incredible speeds, being able to maneuver through the course with ease. In dead last was M*neta, who had to climb up from the ground.

Back with Akina, the freckled girl had just passed Bakugo, laughing as the explosive blond shouted words of anger after her.

"If you're that angry about it, get better!"Akina said, looking over her shoulder and sticking out her tongue, which only made the teen angrier, though despite him spending up he couldn't catch up to her.

Moving to look in front of her, Akina saw All Might standing on the top of a building not to far from where she was currently, with one last boost of magic, she sped towards him before arcing downwards, only to realize too late that she was going way to fast to land safely, and once again, she face planted on the ground right next to where All Might was standing.

"Y-Young Hayashi! Are you okay?" All Might asked, looking at his student who was laying motionless on the ground.

Akina raised her hand and gave him a thumbs up before prying herself off the ground and sitting up. "Damn it! I really need to slow down before my landings." She wiped at her nose, where blood was slowly dripping down. At the simple touch, her nose glowed green for a second before she jumped up to her feet and looked at All Might with shining eyes. "But I still won, right?"

All Might looked taken aback then cleared his throat, "Thank you hero! And congratulations!" He held out a sash that read 'Thanks for Saving me' on it.

Akina grinned and took the sash, the dragon wings she had created slowly receding into her back, with no traces they were ever there. She put the sash on around her head and grinned, watching as the rest of the students who were racing caught up to them.

"Congratulations, ribbit." Tsuyu said.

"Since when the hell could you grow wings?!" Bakugo asked.

"What, jealous?" Akina asked.

Bakugo gritted his teeth and set off a few explosions.

"Young Hayashi might of come in first, but I saw some incredible improvement in all of your abilities when compared to the start of the year. Keep working and preparing for your upcoming final exams!"

"Sir!" The five of them exclaimed.

"Group three leave the field, you're up group four!"

***

Once the class was done, everyone went back to the changing rooms to get back into their uniforms. As she was changing she used her enhanced hearing to listen to what the boys were chattering about in their changing room, as the girls talk had moved onto something she didn't have much interest in.

"Hey, Midoriya you won't believe what I just found." M*neta's voice said, seeming to be a bit louder than if she were listening through some sort of hole. "The jackpot. Someone shawshanked a hole in this wall. A previous generation has given us a gift! You know what's next door, right? This looks into the girl's locker room!"

Akina perked up, and caught Jiro's eye, from the girl's expression it was clear she could hear everything M*neta was saying from the other side of the room.

"Hey, guys." Akina said, getting the girl's attention on the hole.

"Don't even think about it!" Came Iida's voice, "Peeping on them would be criminal!"

"Then you'll have to throw me in solitary confinement, cuz you can't stop me!" There was the sound of something getting ripped off the wall before he continued. "I wanna see Yaoyorozu's curves, Ashido's slender waist, Hagakure's floating underwear, Uraraka's super fine body, Hayashi's freckled body, Asui's unexpectedly soft boobies-!"

Akina watched as Jiro's earphone jack slithered into the hole, and not even a second later she could hear M*neta's high pitched screeching from the other changing room.

"Uhg, thank's Kyoka." Hagakure huffed.

"Despicable. We'd better close up this hole immediately." Momo said.

"Hey, mind taking your earphone jack out for a sec?"

Jiro looked at her then nodded, the earphone coming out of the hole and resting in it's usual spot, "Sure, why?"

Akina just grinned and walked over, placing her hand just next to the hole, a vine emerging and slithering through before it stopped moving. A second later, a pale orange sunset flower sprouting from edge of the vine next to Akina's face.

In the boy's locker room, all of the guys eyes were locked on an identical trumpet flower that was sticking out of the hole, it twitched for a second before opening up, Akina's voice coming through loud and clear.

"Just so you know, we heard every bot of what you said and none of us appreciate it! If I hear talk like that ever again, I'll be dealing with you myself. And I can't guarantee that you'll make it out of that in one piece!" The trumpet flower receded and the hole was covered by branches woven thickly together.

The boys, who had just been so chatty a second ago had paled, and were looking at the hole in horror. Three specific boys in the changing room knew that their freckled classmate could easily go through with a threat like that. Hayashi could be truly terrifying at times.

***

The next morning in homeroom, Akina was looking up at the front of the room where Aizawa was standing.

"Well it's almost time for summer vacation. Don't get too excited. You can't just relax an entire month. You'll be training, while you're camping in the woods."

In the woods? Akina though, automatically perking up. She's spent a ton of time camping, and to be surrounded by Rees and nature was practically a paradise for her. All around her, the class started cheering.

"A big sleepover!" Mina exclaimed.

"Fireworks!" Tsuyu added.

"And s'mores!" Iida said.

"We've been training in cities so these will be very different conditions." Momo muttered.

"No matter the environment, we must always remain vigilant." Tokoyami said.

"I'm just excited to be surrounded by so much food!" Akina exclaimed, getting a few stares from her classmates.

"However." Aizawa said, his hair starting to float as his quirk activated, "If you don't pass the final exam at the end of the semester you'll have summer school."

"Everyone, do your best!" Kirishima exclaimed.

I have to pass the final? Even the written portion? Akina asked herself, remembering how low she had placed during the midterms— having ranked at number 18. I'm screwed.