Y'all didn't expect this, did ya? I didn't either. But thanks for 100k and enjoy this short chapter! And hopefully, I'll write the sequel too or a story that follows the same timeline.

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The very next day, after the Civil War had concluded with a perfect victory to the Villain Team, doing as instructed by the principal himself, Hitoshi Shinsou made his way to Class-1-A.

Today would be his first day in the Hero Course and truth to be told, the purple haired boy was kinda..... nervous.

Yeah, sure he knew half of the class closely as he was a part of their team, but the other half... Yeah, not very good. Considering the fact that he played one of the major roles in the Civil War that helped the villains win, he could only wonder,

'What will the ones from the other team think of me...?' He thought.

He feared that they would see him as a villain or something. And he never wanted to be in that situation. Not after remembering the words of his middle school classmates.

Lost in his thoughts, he accidentally bumped into someone on the way. Quickly, helping the person to get up and apologizing, he saw who he bumped into.

Just his luck, it was their own Support Technician, Mei Hatsume.

"Well, someone's certainly in a hurry." The pink haired girl said.

"Well, uh, you see, it's my first day in the Hero Course and I-I'm kinda-!" Shinsou tried to explain but was cut off by Hatsume herself.

"I was talking about me, Hypno boy. I am in a hurry. Judging by how slow you are going, looks like you have loads of time. Which is not called being in a hurry." Hatsume replied.

"No, no, sorry. I should get going," Shinsou said as he pointed at the other direction.

"Okay!" Hatsume shrugged as she started to walk her own path

"Oh, and one more thing, Hatsume." Shinsou called her out.

"Yeah?" She turned her head and asked.

"Please, never call me 'Hypno boy' again." Shinsou said.

"Gotcha, Hypno boy!" Hatsume replied as she went towards her classroom.

"Dammit... Should've brainwashed her and then said it..." Shinsou gritted his teeth. Sighing, he rushed towards Class-1-A.

~O~

Okay, so, Shinsou did not expect this...

Aizawa was in his sleeping bag, taking a nap, by his desk. Apparently, as the students said, it was completely normal.

And then, there was the class' welcome.

First off, there were nine of his teammates there. That was okay for him. Not that big of a deal. He met Aoyama before in the nurses office so, that wasn't a problem either. Thankfully, he was now fully healed.

Kirishima told him that he was really manly during the Civil War. Bakugou was unusually quiet. He looked lost in his thoughts. Midoriya and Yaoyorozu gave him a warm welcome.

Then, there was the rest of the class. Most of them didn't say anything. Except Iida, who said a lot of things.

"Welcome to Hero Course, Class-1-A, Shinsou. I'm your class rep, Tenya Iida! I hope for you too follow the rules properly and form a good and friendly bond with the rest of our classmates! If you ever need anything, just ask me, or anyone you're comfortable with! If there is something bugging you, please report to me immediately! As a class rep, I want you to feel completely at ease! So, please, make yourself comfortable and try to meet the high expectations of our institution! Thank you very much!" Iida exclaimed while doing his mechanical gestures that sure didn't make Shinsou comfortable.

"Yo, Iida, chill out or you'll scare him. That won't be manly, bro." Kirishima said.

"I apologize!" Exclaimed Iida.

"Anyways," Ashido began, "You know where you're gonna be sitting, Shinsou?"

"Uh... Where?" Shinsou asked, tilting his head.

"Front seat, dude! Next to Hagakure!" Kaminari replied.

'Well.... That doesn't help my anxiety...' Shinsou rolled his eyes and sat on his seat.

Soon, the bell rang and the homeroom began.

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The day went on and it wasn't that bad for Shinsou. Surprisingly, he found a soft spot for himself in Aizawa's heart - which was impossible. The other lectures were fine. Like English and maths, they were the same. The only thing he was falling behind was the main thing; hero training. Though he knew the basics from the practice for the previous training session. But he was still not upto mark with it.

During lunch break, the purple was sitting with Class-1-A which was mostly talking about the Villains' yesterday's feats.

"I still can't believe I couldn't tell the difference! I really thought it was you!" Uraraka exclaimed from her seat.

"Well, we couldn't have done it properly without Jirou malfunctioning the power system. So, I'm not much to credit really..." Midoriya replied, rubbing the back of his head.

"If you ask me, it was the entire team's coordination that helped us." Shinsou stated.

"Oh yeah! You may have been our opponent but let me say this again; Shinsou's part was really manly! I mostly heard about it from the other students talking. That was really awesome, bro!" Kirishima said, giving the purple head a thumbs up.

"I heard Nezu even recorded the entire thing for personal amusement. Maybe we'll get to see it?" Sero added.

"I'd rather not see it..." Todoroki said quietly.

"I'm sorry, Todoroki. About... You know..." Midoriya said to the hetrochromatic boy.

"It's fine. I should've been paying more attention..." Todoroki replied.

"You should not be feeling down, Todoroki!" Iida exclaimed, "As a matter of fact, the only thing that matters for right now is that the training session has concluded and Shinsou got a chance to enter the Hero Course! We must keep no hard feelings and work hard to overcome our weaknesses that were displayed in the Civil War! We must learn from the winning team about coordination, strategy and quick way of thinking and acting! You must keep in mind tha-"

Iida was cut off by the entire class.

"We get it, Iida!" They exclaimed.

"Are we sure he's not a robot?" Shinsou asked.

"We're still working on the theory." Ashido replied, laughing.

The rest of the lunch break went on by the students chatting each other and eating their lunch.

~O~

Later that day, in the afternoon, while heading back to their dormitories, Shinsou stopped Midoriya on his way to talk to him about something.

"What is it, Shinsou? Everything alright?" Midoriya asked him as he saw the purple head behind him - standing straight, looking down with his fists clenched on his sides.

He looked at the green haired boy before speaking,

"I just wanted to thank you," he said surprising the other boy. He continued, "If it wasn't for you then I wouldn't have been in the Hero Course today. It was a great experience for me. If you wouldn't have asked me to join your team then I don't really think I had that much of a chance. So, I just wanted to thank you!" Shinsou said whilst bowing politely.

"Shinsou..." Midoriya said, "That's not true..."

Shinsou looked up at him, surprised.

"You earned it yourself, Shinsou. You deserved to be in the Hero Course. Rather, I should be thanking you because... We couldn't have secured the last objective without you! So, please don't thank me. I didn't do anything...!" Midoriya said, smiling.

Upon hearing words, Shinsou smiled as well.

It was a good start for his Hero career he wished too long for...

~O~

Later, the students sitting in the Common Area of the 1-A Heights Alliance Dormitories were startled due to the loud bang coming from the front door.

They looked back to see Ashido and Kaminari literally dragging Shinsou into the dorms.

"What happened...?" Ojiro asked.

"You wanna know? Then listen!" Ashido exclaimed, "We're coming from the General Course's dorms dragging this idiot all the way back to here and what's his excuse?! He forgot!"

"Um... I don't think this is that big of a problem?" Shinsou stated.

"It's fine, Shinsou. They're just exaggerating." Yaoyorozu said.

"Yeah, it's fine." Midoriya added.

"I guess they just like to give surprises then..." Shinsou pondered.

"Oh, I sure hope you're used to being surprise-attacked by villains otherwise it can get bad, ribbit." Said Asui.

"Wait what?!" Shinsou asked, shocked.

"Welcome to Class-1-A, dude."

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Aight so I'm adding this side note to inform y'all that there is a sequel to this book called "B O U N D" on my profile.