Chapter 36: Make 1-A Great Again

Hitomi arrives in class with a few of the other girls she and Ochaco happened to run into on the way, she makes her way to her desk to drop off her bag and it's there's she notices her neighbour acting a bit odd... Midoriya keeps glancing in her direction and keeps taking a breath as if to speak but cutting himself off...

'You can sucker punch a giant robot but can't talk to a girl? Heh, you'll get there eventually' she turns to him and smiles "Morning Midoriya"

"A-ah! Good morning! I-I um! Hi!" He flails his arms a bit and is clearly panicking

"You doing well?" She sits at her desk 'Ease into a conversation with casual back and fourth'

"Y-yeah- Yes! Yes I'm well how about you?" His arms stop flailing at least

"I'm ok, bit of a pain getting through those reporters eh?" She smiles

"Yeah... Poor All Might... He can't go anywhere without them swarming..." He sighs...

'All Might eh? Thinks of him over himself' "I noticed by your costume... You seem to be an All Might fan" she chuckles' 'Steer the conversation towards the obvious topic he wanted to talk abouuuut'

He instantly gets flustered "Ah!? Y-you noticed that huh? I-I thought it was subtle"

'About as subtle as a giant Mt Lady tripping over'

"Um... Speaking about my costume..." He starts rummaging in his giant backpack

'Theeeere you go, good job Midoriya' "Yeah?"

He pulls out his singed notebook and takes the sketch Hitomi drew from between the pages "This sketch you drew... And the notes"

"Ahhh... Sorry for snooping... When it fell out and I saw a page I got curious" she scratches the back of her neck

"N-no it's fine! Um... It's... Really good actually... The sketch... A-and the notes" he opens the folded paper and looks at the sketch "You thought of all this from only seeing me fight once?"

"In a way yeah, I didn't think of these tools specifically for you but rather for someone who either doesn't have a Quirk, has a weak Quirk or can't use their Quirk for some reason" she taps the list of equipment "That's my basic Quirkless Hero toolkit"

Midoriya stares at her like she's grown a second head "Q-Quirkless Hero...?"

She frowns "Yyyyeah? What?"

"You... Believe a person without a Quirk can be a Hero?" He nearly whispers

"Well of course they can, sure they'll never be the next All Might or Endeavour but they can still make a difference and help people, all they need are the right tools for the job" she spreads her hands "People did amazing things before Quirks came into existence so why can't those unable to use Quirks do the same today?" Only after her little speech does she notice that... Midoriya has started silently crying

'Ah crap why's he crying!? What'd I say!?' "H-hey uhh... What's wrong?"

"N-nothing it's just..." He sniffles and wipes his eyes "I-it's so nice to hear that from someone my age for once..." Hitomi awkwardly pulls a pack of tissues from her desk and hands him one "Thank you..." He dries his eyes

"Don't mention it...? Uhh... You're quite emotionally invested in the topic Huh...?"

"Well..." he stares at the tissue in his hand and stares past it like he's reliving memories... "I was always told someone without a Quirk like me could never be a Hero... That is until All M-" he suddenly freezes and a panicked look comes over his face! "I-I mean I'm a late bloomer y'see!? I didn't have a Quirk for a really long time so people and myself thought I was Quirkless! S-so I always dreamed of somehow awakening a Quirk and then Boom! A few months ago I suddenly got my Quirk! Ah ha ha ha!"

'A late bloomer? Is that a thing? And All Might told him a Quirkless person could become a Hero? He had a one on one chat with the number one Hero? All Might would have said it when Midoriya thought he was Quirkless so... He met All Might "A few months ago" and somehow had a private conversation? Plus All Might was watching him during Aizawa's training on day one... Did All Might help Midoriya train his Quirk when he got it?'

She looks at Midoriya who seems to be getting more nervous by the second "So how long ha-"

The door suddenly slams open and an even more tired looking Aizawa walks in trailing his yellow sleeping bag along the floor behind him "Everyone be Quiet... I don't have the energy to deal with more annoying people..."

All the students watch as he steps up to the podium and has a refreshing juice packet before he starts to speak "Decent work on yesterday's combat training, you guys. I saw the video feeds and went over each of your team's results"

He looks at his list then at Bakugo "Bakugo. You're talented. So don't sulk like a child about your loss, okay?"

Bakugo rolls his eyes "Yeah, whatever..."

Aizawa then turns to Midoriya "And Midoriya. I see the only way you won the match was by messing up your arm again. Work harder. And don't give me the excuse that you don't have control over your Quirk. That line's already getting old. You can't keep breaking your body while training here" he sighs... "But your Quirk will be really useful if you can get a handle on it"

Midoriya gasps happily

"So show a little urgency, huh?" Aizawa gives him a hard stare

Midoriya stiffens and gets a determined look "Right!"

"Let's get down to business" he looks out at all of the class "Our first task will decide your future" the students stare at him in fear!

"You all need to pick a class representative" the students all collectively sigh in relief and then start getting excited

Kirishima waves his hands in the air "Pick me, guys!

I wanna be class rep!"

Kaminari and Kyoka both raise their hands "I'll take it!" "Yeah, you're gonna need me."

Aoyama raises his arm "Someone with style would be be-" and Mina jumps in front of him waving her arms "I'm, like, totally the right pick!" She grins

Hitomi snorts 'Mina as class president! If she actually got the job she'd probably cry a full on river! Aoyama would probably wanna put glitter on everything, Kirishima... He'd be pretty chill actually' she folds her arms 'The best way to do this... Without a doubt is a vote'

Tenya slams his desk and gets to his feet in one loud move "Silence, everyone, please!" He fixes everyone with a stern stare "The class representative's duty is to lead others. That's not something just anyone can do. You must first have the trust of every student in the classroom. Therefore, the most logical way to fill this position is democratically" he hands shoots up into the air "We will hold an election to choose our leader!" His arm trembles with the amount of effort he's putting into holding it up

Kaminari frowns "Is this really the best idea?"

Tsu rests a finger to her lip "We've only known each other a few days, how do we know who we can trust?

"Besides" Kirishima waves a hand "Everyone'll just vote for themselves..."

Tenya chops the air "Most people will" he clenches his fist "But that means whoever does receive multiple votes" he gestures his arm to everyone "Must truly be the most suitable person for the job!" He turns to Aizawa "It's the best way, right, sir?"

During their conversation Aizawa has returned to his true form of a giant yellow caterpillar "Do what you want, just decide before my nap's over..." He flops to the floor

Tenya bows "Thank you for your trust!"

Everyone writes their vote on a piece of paper and Tenya goes around collecting them then writes up the results on the board and the results are...

Midoriya stands in shock "How did I get three votes?"

"Okay, you idiots!" Bakugo glares at everyone "Who voted for him!?"

Hitomi checks everyone's expression 'Ochaco, Tenya and... Himself'

Tenya's expression is a little strained and his body trembles "Just a... Single vote... I feared this might happen... At least it isn't a zero... But I can't argue with the system I chose!"

Momo looks at him "So you voted for someone else? I did also"

"Really?" Sato looks between them "But you knew it was best to vote for yourself right?"

Aizawa calls the two with the highest votes to the front, Midoriya with three votes... And Hitomi with four!

Aizawa sits up "All right... The class rep is Sekizō and our vice rep is Midoriya..."

Midoriya, even being the vice rep, looks terrified "Really? Uh... It's not a mistake?"

Hitomi pats his shoulder comfortingly "That's what you get for voting for yourself" that makes Midoriya's expression worse

"This won't be bad at all!" Tsu smiles

Kirishima smiles "Yeah, I can get behind Sekizō"

Kaminari gulps "S-Sekizō was totally on top of it when it came to our training results!"

Hitomi steps up to the podium and gives everyone a smile "Thank you for voting for me whoever did vote for me, I didn't even vote for me so I'm quite surprised I'm up here"

Mina raises a hand "Who'd you vote for then!? It wasn't me!"

She shrugs "I voted for Tenya"

Tenya gasps and looks so touched "Me...?"

Tokoyami folds his arms "So four unknown united in a vote for her"

"Who the hell was it!? Why didn't you vote for me!?" Bakugo growls

Hitoshi, Momo and Toru all raise their hands, Toru quite nervously as Bakugo is literally right behind her but she's confident he won't attack her while surrounded by everyone

"Aww you guys..." Hitomi smiles warmly

Everyone looks around for number four but nobody raises a hand "Well! Number four will be a mystery, moving on, if you're in need of support of any kind feel free to speak to me or Midoriya" she gestures to her terrified vice rep "For anyone that doesn't have my contact I'll post it up front, no spam please"

The bell chimes loudly and Caterpillaizawa sighs "That's first period... Everyone back in their seats"