Ibara once more woke up in sweat. Quickly she turned on her lamp, opening her dream journal which was mainly used for visions of god, and began to write. "From my unconscious self, I cannot tell if this is fear my mind plays on me after learning my angel is faithless, or if this is a prophetic warning, but these nightmares continue to plague me."
She's had many dreams about her angel for months by this point, some she had to immediately repent for the moment she woke up, but as of his birthday, those dreams, while… provocative , were much more pleasant then the horror that plagued her every night now.
"Every night, it always starts the same. My beloved angel, Iruma Suzuki, burnden by his ignorance instilled by his blasphemous parents, is damned to hell by their selfish machinations. Selling his soul for mere montergary gain to be a slave for all eternity."
"One of the things that worries me most are the names of these demons. Asmodeus, Azazel, these are among the princes of hell, who command legions for Lucifer himself. Is Iruma's soul so pure and sought after that the prince of darkness and lies would dedicate himself to personally follow and taint it?"
The nightmares only grew worse and worse. Everyday her angel would face some sort of calamity in the dark abyss he was forced to live in. Devoured by a demon bird, flayed alive by Asmodeus, stabbed repeatedly without mercy by the psychotic Valac, and his innocence lost over and over by Azazel.
If this continued and persisted, she was going to snap. Only one solution presented itself to her. "Following the warning of my dreams, I must dedicate myself to bringing Iruma along the lord's path, and becoming the true angel he was meant to be."
Her angel was among the kindest souls she's ever encountered, and given his lifestyle before U.A, it was a miracle he found the strength to show generosity to anyone, particularly the little girl he's grown attached to, doting over and carrying her like in a brotherly role, or even a fatherly one. Wait, would that make her a mother? DAMN THESE TEMPTING THOUGHTS!
==
"So let me get this straight." Hatsumei was rarely someone that felt ticked off, rarely someone that was truly angry at her customers, and this went double for her perfect test dummy Million Points. "You want me to make you a suit, me to make a costume, with no babies!?" Now was one of those times.
"That's what everyone told me to ask you." Million Points nodded. "I would've just worn the cape and mask again for the training, but everyone kept telling me no over and over and I just kinda went along with it."
"Okay…okay.." She was fuming red, apparently this guy hasn't improved his taste in…anything. And she put all that hard work into building up his design from the ground up. "Is there anything I can do to make this … less boring?"
He paused, thinking it over. "Do you have something like All Might's? My suits tend to get destroyed a lot and I'd prefer to not have to turn it in at least one time."
"That's…a start I guess." Stronger and expandable fabrics. She preferred to have her babies with a little more nuts and bolts, but she could work with that. "You're still going with the wolf theme, right?"
"I figured it just stuck with me at this point." The boy shrugged. "I tried doing what they said and just taking off the support gear of my current costume but …" He looked at the pile of fur, torn fabric, and destroyed metal next to him. "It was very put together."
"Well at least I have something more fun to work on after I'm done with the boring baby." You saved yourself an explosion to the face this time, Million Points. "Alright, then, I can use the static fuzz from the fur and interweave it into the costume. You won't be able to use the jet function, but it should still help you use the stored up power you build."
"Perfect, thank you Hatsumei." He smiled and walked away. Leaving her to the favorite job of every inventor, making babies!
==
"I've gotta say-" Dabi spoke, placing an icepack on his hands. "-killing corrupt bastards like him was just what I needed after the fuck up that happened with Endeavor." So fucking close too.
"It's immensely satisfying, I can agree." Spinner nodded, cleaning up the jumbled mess he called a sword. "And we've gotten so much positive reception from it too. The commission keeps trying to shut the message down, but everyone keeps getting hungry for more."
"Maybe I should add some theatrics next time." Compress muttered. "Maybe shove a firework into their throat and pop them like a cherry?"
"A bloody firework, that sounds amazing!" Toga laughed. "Oh, I know we did this just for Iruma-kins, but it feels nice to help the world be more free like we thought it was."
"Yes, we're in the best spot right now. We're completely broke and strapped for cash." For once the second voice was right.
"We're still five steps ahead of the heroes, we have enough trigger to last months, and we still have the quirk erasing bullets." Tomura reminded them all. "As long as we have our determination, nothing is going to get in our way." Everyone nodded in agreement.
"No more hiding in the shadows, no more getting shoved in the cracks." Mange continued. "No more getting ignored."
"So…many…willingly ignorant." Tomura carried on, looking at his own hands. "How many times were you ignored, Iruma? How many times did you walk the streets hurt, alone, and everyone else going on their way as if you were nothing?"
Dabi got a little out of why the three of them seemed so obsessed with that kid. Bastard parents almost gave Endeavor a run for his money. Almost. His phone was ringing. Checking it, Dabi groaned before answering it on speaker. "Hawks."
"How's my favorite pyromaniac doing? Heard you guys just had a bit of fun setting some sucker on fire." The hero spoke in a way he could almost hear the grin.
"Yes, it was fun, much more so than you interrupting my kill shot." He deadpanned. "Saving the worst Number one hero and interrupting our business doesn't really scream friendship."
"I was on duty, did you really think I could just sit back and do nothing? Besides, your the one that wanted to monolog."
"Don't get coy with me. You think for a second that I trust a hero like that?" Dabi snorted. "You're on thin ice here, buddy."
"Wait, I thought that we didn't kill heroes after that first All Might attempt failed." Toga asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Killing and ruining Endeavor is the main reason I became a villain to begin with." Dabi answered. "He's my one freebie, just like some couples get celebrity freebies when they date." Toga blinked, before offering a relenting nod of understanding.
"And it's not about killing heroes, it's about killing randomly." Tomrua spoke up. "Every death has to mean something, every life that's lost has to give our cause purpose."
"Believe me, I'm all for freedom. I'm a bird that needs to fly beyond his cage." Sure, keep telling yourself that. "I'm a long term kind of planner, so if you still want my insight on what the commission is planning, you'll tone down the big killings."
"Doesn't sound exactly fair.." Dabi faked whined.
"Oh, so I suppose I shouldn't tell you that you've been rustling more than just the hero's feathers then?" Everyone leaned in. "Your notoriety has caught the attention of the Meta Liberation Army, and they're not happy."
"... Meta what now?" Two thirds of the villains there asked.
"Old quirk supremacy group." Compress explained. "Think of them like quirk anarchist nazis."
" Yeah, they've built up quite a few numbers in the last hundred or so years. They've been trying to garner public support, so they're not exactly thrilled about having competition."
"Let them do as they please." Tomura stated. "They've seen what happens when you screw over the league, they won't act without a sure fire way to think they've killed all of us." He paused. "But we will stop the big killings if you can manage to get Kurogiri out."
"That ship may have sailed already, security in tartarus is just as tight around him as it is around All For One. Besides, don't you have another warpgate?"
"....Dabi, hang up for now." Dabi did so and let Tomura decay the phone into dust. "Why did the Doctor choose now of all times to be so picky?" Who knows, would have made their job a helluva lot easier otherwise.
==
Iruma stood with his new costume, blue and white lines covering his body, his hood the only real wolf design on him. Apparently this suit was durable enough that seventy spoonfuls wouldn't tear it at all, so that part was reassuring.
"Simple yet sleek…I approve." Mina gave her thumbs up. "Definitely a nice change up for the colder seasons."
"Yeah, was going more simple since this activity didn't mean much-oh my god I forgot how cold it was." Iruma suddenly just noticed it as it was pointed out. "So that's why Mei added the hoodie." She was so thoughtful.
"Never change, Iruma-kun. Never change." Toru laughed, giving a nice head pat. "They couldn't do much for me though, I don't have enough hair for something warmer yet, and I refuse to go bald."
"It could be worse, you could be butt naked like you were at the beginning of the year." Ochako laughed. "Or have Iruma's original costume."
"Actually that was my first choice." The others gave him a disappointed look. "It wasn't that bad! I'm trying to improve my quirk strength without gear, so I need it to be as simple as possible."
"Yes, there's simple. And then there's dumb." Sero placed hands away from each other. "You see what I'm getting at?"
"You have a tape dispenser on your face. How is a mask and cape worse?" Everyone in the class looked in deep thought for ten seconds.
"Wow, Iruma can be sassy, who would've known?" Jiro snickered.
"A broken idiot can be right once a day." Bakugo rolled his eyes. "That's how I'm able to get any use out of Shitty hair here."
"I'm not broken, I'm unbreakable!" Ejiro shouted loudly. "Oh, here comes the others."
"Well, well, well, if it isn't class 1-A?" Monomoa walked in front of his class. "Talking casually and ignorantly amongst yourself as always. Now don't get too cocky today, because we're finally going to answer the biggest question since the start of the school year!" He cackled to the sky.
"If the chicken or egg came first?" Both classes started snickering for some reason.
"I said the beginning of school, not the beginning of civilization." Monoma twitched.
"Oh, so questions like if All Might has a secret love child." Jiro made a noise of realization.
"Or how rich is Yaoyorozu?"
"Or how many pieces of metal could Kirishima bend?"
"Or is Aizawa actually romantically interested in anything at all?"
Each question made Monoma twitch more and more. "I truly despise your class with a passion, Suzuki."
"That's okay, Bakugo doesn't like most of the class either, and it's usually fine."
"I'll believe it when I see it." Monoma readjusted his suit. "What I was saying is that ONE of the biggest questions will be answered today. Who's the stronger class! 1-A or 1-B!"
"Aww, I was actually curious about that metal bending question." Sero pouted.
"Didn't we figure it out in the first semester?" Kaminari asked. "You know, when we won the sports festival?"
"Seriously, there's a reason why I don't get along with any of you." Monama grumbled. "Besides, our very own Shiozaki placed third, on par with Suzuki, which is fitting as he's the closest to likable amongst you cretins." He looked over, noticing Ibara, in her costume that he's admittedly never seen her in, at least for long periods of time.
It looked super pretty, and it was all white. Nice and simple. "Wow, Ibara, your costume makes you look like an angel!" The girl's face became very flushed for some reason as her hair began popping out with flowers.
"Ibara, you're blooming!" The mushroom girl held her flowery hair. "We need to get you to a doctor, or a botanist, or a biologist!" She shouted out loud.
"So do we just get the nurse, cause that's all we have available." Kendo asked.
"An Angel he says …." Wow, Toru must have gotten stronger if she could bend the metal railing like that.
"Ah, youth. So much passionate vigor." Midnight-sensei said.
"Every day I want to die a little more on the inside." Aizawa-sensei muttered. "So, you all are in danger." The class tensed. "Of being transferred." For once they didn't untense after his announcement. "We have a student from the General Course trying out for the Hero Course. This exercise will show us if he has what it takes to take one of your places."
"Wait, this exercise could mean one of us loses our spot in class?" Sero looked pretty freaked out.
"Possibly." Bloody-sensei didn't seem to make him better. "The student in question is Hitoshi Shinso, who's coming here now."
"Hey." His friend came up in the usual UA gym uniform, except he had a scarf similar to the one Aizawa-sensei wore, and a mask hanging off of his chin. "Some of you know me more than others, so I'm just going to be absolutely clear. I'm not here to make friends. I'm far behind in terms of experience, so I'll be using you all to push myself further."
"… I knew he was Aizawa-sensi's secret love child, you can't deny the similarities in eye and combat wear." Todoroki's outburst seemed to remove the rug from Shinso, who looked confused. "They even have the same practicality over flair."
==
Aizawa twitched as the two classes debated on his supposed 'secret love child'. Damn it, now the other teachers were going to be laughing at him like they all did with All Might.
"For the last time, I'm not a secret love child!" Shinso looked as annoyed as he felt. "I have actual parents."
"No one will listen. It's a burden only a few of us will ever know." Suzuki patted the general ed student's back.
"I actually have a chart on who's the possible love child of who in both classes." Todoroki added. Not the weirdest hobby Aizawa's seen a hero pick up sadly. "The one person I'm sure isn't related to a hero is Kaminari. It just doesn't seem likely that someone that was untalented at the start of the year was trained beforehand."
"But … my mom's a pro."
"Sure she is." Todoroki gave a pity pat on the shoulder of the only boy actually related to a hero other than himself .
"...Oh fuck you, Icy hot." Kaminari grumbled, swatting the hand away.
"Finally, Dunce face grew a pair." Bakugo smirked savagely. "Now are we going to get this started or what? I need to know who I'm going to murder today."
"Right, this is how it's going to go." Kan rolled his eyes. "Five rounds, four 1-A students vs four 1-B students. Each match will have a one hour time allotted to it."
"Since Shinso could join either class, he'll have one match on both sides; making rounds one and five, five versus four." Aizawa stated. "Anyone who finds this unfair can simply hand the spot over to him now."
"Life's full of unfairness. We just need to learn to deal with it." Seems Suzuki took the lesson on the first day to heart.
"The object is to place your opponents within jail cells before the time limit." Kan explains. "Whichever team has the most members by the end, wins."
"That means Shinso being on either team makes it an advantage for each side." Yaoyorozu summarized. "It gives one side more manpower and the otherside more chances for capture."
"Yes, you picked it up fast." The two gave each other knowing looks. "Now then, for the teams in question. Round 1 will consist of the following from my class. Long Wezel, Maria, Gevaudan, and Tsubara."
"Oh, so your class also has a guy with no hero name." Mineta noted. "Thought it was just Todoroki that was lazy."
"No, that's honestly the name he went with." Tetsutetsu sighed.
"I'm not lazy. My real name represents who I want to be." Tsubara said indignantly.
"Same. Great minds think alike." Todoroki nodded.
"They'll be fighting Shinso, Invisible girl, Chargebolt, Red Riot, and Froppy." Aizawa looked at the classmates in question.
"Oh yeah, this is going to be a manly first match!" Krishima shouted.
"I'm going to tear the bitch apart!" Hagakure shouted with glee.
"The training hasn't even started yet and romance has already ruined it." Asui banged her head on a nearby pipe. "Get it together, ignore it, romance doesn't exist, it's an illusion that'll fade away if you don't focus on it." He needed to teach her better coping methods.
"Nice to be working with ya buddy." Kaminari tried to grab Shinso into a hold. Something his 'protege' so to speak avoided easily.
"Don't get too casual with me yet. Like I said, I need every advantage I can to enter the hero course."
"Nice try man, friendship was inevitable, you were doomed from the start." Sato waved. "Our class is just insane like that."
"Round two will have Creati, Animan, Tsukuyomi, and Tentecole from 1-A." Aizawa continued on.
"Oh, probably going to be a bit harder for Koda, since the cold weather keeps all the bugs away." Ojiro observed. "So we're probably not going to see a bug kaiju this time."
"My army may be resting, but they are still strong and powerful."
Komori developed that sparkly eye look. "Fighting them will be Battle Fist, Shemage, Vantablack, and Rocketti." That quickly turned to horror.
"Wow." Kaibara blinked. "Battle between the top scorers, that one's gonna be fun to watch."
"I get to fight Creatibolt, this is awesome ." Tsunotori spoke out. "OTP for the win!
"Oh good, for a second I was worried you were actually infatuated with the electric moron." Monoma sighed in relief.
"Wait, I have a ship name?" Yaoyorozu blinked. "Wait, the battle of the smartest?" She was being hit with a lot of information fast there.
"It seems I shall challenge my fated rival of evil." Kurorio turned to Tokoyami. "Revelry in the dark."
"I am the black of the abyss that stares right back." Tokoyami responded. "Revelry in the Dark."
"Following that up are Shoto, Iida, Cellophane, and Can't stop twinkling." Some of the 1-B students began to laugh at the last one.
"Okay, so half the team is some of the best of 1-A, and the other half is the worst." Monoma snickered. "Half and Half, fitting for Todoroki's team."
"OI!" Aoyama looked offended. "I will show you weak, you unfashionable swine."
"Unfashionable? At least I don't have a cape that clashes horribly with that gaudy armor you're wearing."
"Oh this became personal." Aoyma gained a dark glint as he cracked his neck.
"Fighting them." Kan spoke up. "Will be Real Steel, Mudman, Spiral, and Plamo."
"Fuck yeah, this is gonna be manly!" Kirishima shouted out.
"So recommendation student vs recommendation student." Kendo noticed. "It seems these matches had been picked out in terms of fairness beforehand."
"Is that what you got out of it?" Sero asked. "I noticed each battle has at least one personal rivalry within them.
"No, if that was the case they would have put Kirishima and Tetsutetsu within the same ring." Yaoyorozu agreed. "... Then again they may just take up the hour punching each other."
"Untrue!" The two students spoke in unison. They did consider doing that, but Yaoyorozu's point was far too valid.
"Up after them is Lizardy, Jack Mantis, Comicman, and Welder." Kan told the class.
"Alright, let's tear these 1-A bastards to shreds!" Kamikiri shouted out, rubbing blades against each other.
"Those work studies only made things worse." Awase groaned.
"Fighting them will be Bakugo, Earphone Jack, Sugarman, and Tailman." Aizawa told the class.
"Oh, looks like i'm getting a chance to take you down a peg mr volatile explosion." Tokage smirked.
"And it looks like I'm getting the chance to blow you to bits." Bakugo returned the smirk.
"Oh, kinky~. Maybe after I win I'll take that into consideration."
"Get your delusional dreams out of the gutter. We're taking you down four to none and dominating, right?" Bakugo waited for his allies, only to turn and find them laying on the ground.
"We have to … deal with this … for the entire time." Ojiro looked outright depressed.
"I'm the one with the super hearing, I have to listen to it no matter where we are." Jiro sulked.
"And finally, for the last team of 1-A will be Kettie, Uravity, Pinky, and Grape Juice."
"Oh yeah, the duo is back in action!" Ashido raised her hand up with Suzuki. "The team that took down Nedzu has returned!"
"Nice try you guys, we have the most insane person in all of UA, a scary spine breaking girl, a speedy acid master, and the brains of the operation!" Mineta shouted. "There's no team you can make to take us down."
"Against them are Phantom Thief, Emily, Mines, Rule, and Shinso." Kan spoke up with a glare.
"Wow…for the first time I feel slightly conflicted about proving 1-B's superiority." Monoma muttered. "I mean, we'll still win no matter what, but I'll feel a little bit guilty about it. What do you think, Shinso?"
"I think my only two teams are both filled with annoying lunatics, and that the only explanation is Aizawa-sensei is a very spiteful man." This was true.