Allies and Opponents

• The Costume Subsidy •

After we were accepted to U.A., we were asked to send an up-to-date report on our Quirk, Body specifications, and personal design request for our won hero costumes.

After that, U.A then sends those data to various companies that U.A. sponsored to create costumes for us.

And all of it was covered by the U.A's expenses so we didn't pay even a single yen.

And most of U.A.'s expenses come from the government.

So it's all taxpayer's money, U.A. hardly pays for anything.

It's a neat system.

• 3 Weeks Ago ~ Arga and Aksa's House ~ 20:00 / 08:00 PM •

"What the fuck do I want for my costume?"

You see, I've encountered a slight problem right after my acceptance to U.A. was revealed.

I don't have the slightest bit of inspiration on how I want my costume to look like.

Like, absolutely 0 thoughts going through my head right now.

Which is the exact reason why I'm currently inside Aksa's room with him and his brother, brainstorming our asses off trying to figure this shit out.

Aksa was sitting on the floor with a small whiteboard on his lap and I was lying down beside him with a drawing board and an empty piece of paper on it while Arga was sitting in front of a computer.

"..."

"..."

"..."

But even with all of that, we still couldn't come up with a single bright idea.

...

This is going to take a while

• 8 Hour Later - 04:00 / 04:00 AM •

" *Sketch* *Sketch* Ok, how about this one."

Turning my drawing board toward Aksa who had already fallen asleep hours ago, I waited patiently for his response.

At this point I'm already hallucinating from either lack of sleep, or the 12 can of Celsius Heat I drank tonight, I honestly couldn't tell.

And I can't feel my own heartbeat anymore, I don't know if they're still beating at this point.

"zzz..."

"Well that's the exact reason why I draw it like that, ass armor is important, period, do you know how many heroes got paralyzed because of pelvic and tailbone injuries every year? Exactly."

"zzz..."

"Why wouldn't I want head protection Arga? I don't wanna get no CTE, no thank you."

"zzz..."

"Well I guess that's it then, it's definitely focused more on fashion than I originally planned, but it's good."

"zzz..."

"Yeah you're right, I'll send it back to them tomorrow, good night."

And just as I was standing up to walk out of the room, the world finally went black.

Oh, the sweet sweet bliss of sleep.

And then the next thing I know, I woke up on a bed at a hospital.

The day after.

Apparently when I passed out last night Aksa, after waking up himself, couldn't find any pulse in my body, the doctor said something about caffeine overdoses causing ventricular fibrillation or something like that.

So yeah that happens.

Anyway.

• Back to Present ~ Ground β •

The first graders suited up for the first time in their lives.

The light shines from the end of the entrance tunnel, the form of All Might with his red cape waving in the wind as he waited for us at the end of the tunnel.

Our unsynchronized footsteps echoed across the walls as we made our way in unison.

All Might smile upon us as he watches.

"IT'S TIME FOR THE BATTLE TRIAL! AND TIME FOR YOU EMBRYOS TO HAVE A TASTE OF HEROICS!" All Might declares.

Looking around I managed to find Tetsutetsu and went to chat him up a little.

"Tetsutetsu, my guy, don't you ever fear the cold? Hah!" I called to him, calling out his lack of chest and arm covering, more specifically nipple covering.

"Honshiro! Man, you look terrifying!" He replied, I guess the skull does make this costume somewhat intimidating.

"Hey-hey, I say it's a feature, villains get scared too!" I mean, look at Ectoplasm our math teacher, now imagine ten of him running at you in the dark, exactly.

POV Break!

I'm back baby! Those costumes ain't gonna describe themselves!

And I'm probably going to do this for every student in this class as they got their own screen time.

Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu.

Costume: His hero costume consists of a dark pale green jumpsuit, cut off just below his chest, with some small, silver-rimmed holes in the lower section of his baggy pants and black boots with metal soles, heels, and front plating.

He has steel straps over his shoulders and under his arms, made up of multiple pieces, which connect at a red oval in the center of his chest, with two thinner bands around his biceps and a small plate on either side of his waist, connecting to a brown sash with pouches and a big gray container on the back.

He wears a metal jaw-guard around his face with the letters "Fe" (The ones from the periodic table) stamped on a plate on each side of his face.

And now! For our main character!

Kentaro Honshiro.

Costume: His hero costume consists of a black combat pant with white stripes running across each side. A black belt with six small pockets attached to it. Diamond-shaped cap knee pads. While also sporting a pair of black knee-high combat boots with an extra layer of protective toe cap and twelve eyelets.

For his upper body, he wore a fitting gray-colored rib knit turtleneck tank top and a pair of diamond-shaped cap elbow pads.

From his shoulder blade a pair of bones grow towards the center of his upper back, and from there grow into a full-blown spine that's attached to the upper half of a skull that Honshiro uses as a helmet and also a mask.

From that spine, the ribs grow sideways to cover much of its back, and its vertebral spinous processes extend outward creating a small spine sail similar to that of a Bison's.

And that's kinda it, back to normal POV! Off you go!

"SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU GUYS HAVE EVER PUT ON YOUR HERO COSTUMES, LET ME BE THE FIRST, YOU ALL LOOK FANTASTIC!" All Might praise us.

We all began looking around the mock city, noting that some of the buildings near the entrance were showing several signs of damage, from broken windows and cracked walls, to buildings with chunks missing from them, and one looked like it was seconds away from collapsing.

I could only speculate what had caused this amount of damage, but knowing that only yesterday their next-door class, class 1-A, had also had their time with All Might, and if these damages were of their doings, then my class got some serious competition to face.

Unknowing of my musings, All Might began explaining about what we would be doing for the battle trial.

"FOR TODAY'S TRIAL, ALL OF YOU WILL BE DOING AN INDOOR BATTLE TRIAL!" He announced.

"WHILE MOST VILLAIN HUNTING OPERATIONS THAT SHOW ON TV HAVE AN OUTDOOR SETTING.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING, MOST ACTS OF VILLAINY ARE COMMITTED INDOORS, THAT'S WHY ANY VILLAINS WITH INTELLIGENCE WOULD BE LURKING IN THE SHADOWS OF SOCIETY!

FOR THIS TEST YOU'LL BE SEPARATED INTO "VILLAIN" GROUPS AND "HERO" GROUPS, FOR A TWO-V-TWO TEAM BATTLE!"

As All Might finished his explanation, we began asking questions related to the specifics like-

"How do you win and lose?"

"How would we be separated?"

"How much damage can you cause to your opponents?"

"Is broken bones okay?"

"Is cutting off limbs acceptable?"

"Wtf Kamakiri‽"

Eventually, All Might stop us from bombarding him with questions any longer.

"STOP TALKING TOGETHER DAMMIT! I CAN'T HEAR YOU ALL AT ONCE!" All Might complained.

" *Clears throat* NOW LET ME EXPLAIN.

FOR THIS TRAINING, WE'LL HAVE THE VILLAINS GUARD A NUCLEAR WEAPON THEY INTEND ON DETONATING!

THE HEROES MUST STOP THEM AND THEIR NEFARIOUS SCHEME BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!

IF THE VILLAINS-..." All Might suddenly stop.

Suddenly, he pulled out a small sheet of paper and began silently reading it for a second before putting it back in his pocket.

"A crib sheet? Okay, I guess this is his first week teaching"

"IF THE VILLAINS MANAGE TO KEEP THE CORE THE WHOLE TIME OR CAPTURE THE HEROES, THEY WIN.

IF THE HEROES CAPTURE THE VILLAINS OR REACH THE NUCLEAR CORE BEFORE THE TIME RUNS OUT, THEY WIN.

AND YOUR TEAMMATES AND OPPONENTS WILL BE CHOSEN,

BY LOTTERY!"

"A game of chance, even better! I love gambling my fate!"

"Is that truly the wisest decision?" Shishida skeptically asked.

"HEH! WELL AS ONE OF MY STUDENT ONCE ANSWERED "MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, PRO HEROES ARE FORCED TO TEAM UP WITH HEROES THEY BARELY EVEN KNOW" AND SO THEY ARE FORCED TO MAKE ON THE SPOT ASSESSMENT AND CREATE A STRATEGY BEFORE IMMEDIATELY ENACTING IT" All Might concludes.

His form is almost as if enlarging in excitement as he finishes his explanation.

"NOW, LET'S START THE TEAM PICKING!"

Team Distribution!

Group A: Itsuka Kendo & Kentaro Honshiro

"Hey! We're getting teamed up, Honshiro-kun!"

"How do I get picked first again? This has to be some kind of talent"

Group B: Kojiro Bondo & Manga Fukidashi

"P-please take care of me, Fukidashi-kun"

"Don't worry Bondo-kun! We'll use the power of friendship!"

Group C: Jurota Shishida & Ibara Shiozaki

"An honor to fight alongside you, Shiozaki-shi"

"The honor is mine Shishida-kun, may the Lord guide us to victory"

Group D: Kinoko Komori & Sen Kaibara

"Please don't grow any mushrooms on me"

"But you'll look so much more handsome!"

Group E: Setsuna Tokage & Pony Tsunotori

"Alright, let's show them what we got Pony!"

"Yeah!"

Group F: Juzo Honenuki & Yui Kodai

"Yui Kodai right? I'm Juzo Honenuki, let's do our best! "

But the only response he got was silence, and a long look from the black-haired girl.

"..."

Poor girl, she looked like she really wanted to respond to him, but looking at the very, VERY slight tremble on her lips, her words got caught in her throat.

And the poor Honenuki looked defeated.

Group G: Kosei Tsuburaba & Yosetsu Awase

"Tch, guess I'll be stuck with you"

"Like I fucking choose to"

Group H: Togaru Kamakiri & Reiko Yanagi

"Tch~ Just don't slow me down too much"

"... Ok"

Group I: Shihai Kuroiro & Hiryu Rin

"Nice to work with you, Kuroiro-kun"

"Keh! All shall know, that darkness befalls all"

Group J: Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu & Nirengeki Shoda

"Hell yeah! Let's show them what REAL teamwork looks like, Shoda!"

" *Nod* I'll be counting on you, Tetsutetsu-kun!"

All Might, after finishing distributing each of us into groups, he then pulled two other boxes.

A white box with the word Hero on it, and a black box with the word Villain.

He then put both of his hands inside the two boxes.

"AND NOW, FOR THE FIRST PAIRS TO GO INTO COMBAT WILL BEEEE!

Group J as the Heroes!

And Group A as the Villains!"

"It's truly is a talent" I cursed my fate.

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And that's the preparation chapter done, the next several chapters would be all action.

All of the picking from pairings and battle order are from wheelofnames.com

Only the first battle, which will be the next chapter, is not randomized.

You have no idea how surprised I was when groups A and J were picked, cause it was so goddamned perfect.

Anyway that's kinda it.

Thank you