"Why is that called the hell test?" Izuku asked as he put down the pencil. "Or was that the warm up?"

(Nezu started giggling excitedly and everyone shuddered)

Nezu smiled, "Oh, this is going to be the most fun I've had in years!"

Power Loader: We're doomed...

Izuku looked around the office, "Um, was there any other paperwork we needed to do, or...?"

Nope!" Nezu chirped. "You are officially a student of UA high school and all that's left is to give you your uniform!"

Izuku blinked, "Oh. I... I didn't realize I got a uniform."

Bakugo: Of course you get a uniform, nerd.

Joke: You're a UA student now, after all.

Nezu smiled a little wider, "Of course you get a uniform, Viridian! You are a hero student, after all! And don't worry, our support department is already working on an updated version of your vigilante gear so that you're not fighting villains with just a hoodie and some things anyone could pick up at a hardware store. Also, our marketing department is going crazy with glee designing a suitable merchandise line. In fact, they already have preorders! You are quite a memorable hero, young Midoriya."

Izuku blushed, "Uh, thanks? I don't really think..."

Dabi: Midoriya, stop, just stop.

"So!" Nezu didn't let him finish his self-deprecating thought. "The plan was to have you arrive near the end of homeroom so that Aizawa could introduce you, but you finished my test faster than even I expected, which is excellent and leaves you a bit of time to explore if you so choose."

"Um... okay?" Izuku gestured to his ankle monitor. "This won't start freaking out, will it?"

"Oh you'll be fine." Nezu waved his hand dismissively. "Now go get dressed, I want to show you the tunnels."

Recovery Girl(groaning): Nezu...

Izuku had been mildly concerned about getting dust on his brand new uniform, but Nezu apparently kept the tunnels fairly clean. Plus, even if he did get some dust on it, it couldn't possibly look worse than whatever he'd done to his tie, so he wasn't too worried. So far, he'd found his way to the cafeteria, then a huge concrete training room that probably had something to do with Cementoss's quirk, and finally what he assumed was class 1B, since he recognized some of the students from what little he'd actually watched of the sports festival, but Eraserhead wasn't the one teaching. From the map he'd hacked into before Eraserhead had realized what he was doing and confiscated his laptop, both hero classes were near each other, so he should be getting close.

Aizawa: You hacked- oh of course you did.

Midoriya: Uh it's not me?

Izuku just kept wandering, occasionally looking through the vent-shaped openings that let him see out into the rest of the school until he heard Eraser's voice. It didn't take long after that to find the right classroom and peek inside to see Denki spacing out during whatever Eraser was trying to teach. Izuku giggled silently to himself and worked on finding the best way to get into the classroom. Sure, he could probably just exit out into the hall and enter through the door, but that would add an unnecessary step and besides, where was the fun in that? Plus, this way, he could figure out where his classmates were in terms of observational skills and situational awareness, so that he would know where they needed help! If they let him help them, that is.

Jirou: He's about to sneak attack us isn't he?

There was a place near the back of the class where one of the squares of the drop ceiling was able to be removed and Izuku silently pulled it to the side and dropped onto a short bookshelf in the back of the room. Eraserhead sent him a tired glare, but Izuku just grinned, so he rolled his eyes and continued with his lecture without missing a beat. Shinso saw the look on Eraser's face and followed his eyes to the back of the class, doing a double take when he saw Izuku, but he and two students who both seemed to have quirks that affected their hearing were the only ones who had seen him drop in. Izuku smiled mischievously and held a finger to his mouth. The girl with long earlobes glanced toward Eraser before shrugging, probably figuring that if their teacher wasn't doing anything about the intruder, she didn't have to worry about him either. It only took Shinso and the other guy a minute to come to the same conclusion and Izuku almost laughed as he turned to return the ceiling tile to its proper place, but laughing would have given him away, so he stayed silent and just sat cross legged on top of the bookshelf and waited for the other students to realize he was there.

Kendo: I wonder who else is going to notice.

Kaminari: Probably not me.

Hagakure: Yeah no, you're not.

He couldn't help smiling when he saw the expression on Kaachan's face as he glared at Eraserhead. It was like he knew something was up, but couldn't quite put his finger on what it was yet. Denki was still obviously staring out the window, which Izuku thought was more cute than anything else, but he was still going to have to give him a hard time about it later.

Izuku looked around at the other students and froze when he saw Shoto Todoroki staring right at him with an unreadable expression on his face. Izuku gulped. Did Todoroki know that he was kinda not really responsible for his dad's death? Sure, when they'd met yesterday Hound Dog had said they were going to work on Izuku's guilt surrounding all the people he'd allowed to die on his watch, but even if it wasn't his fault he still had a hand in it. Though, considering what had come out during the investigation about Endeavor's abusive nature, maybe Todoroki wouldn't care that much. He'd probably care a little bit more about his brother having to take the fall for Izuku's interference during the sports festival. It hadn't been Izuku's decision to label Dabi as the main vigilante of the incident, but he really hoped that Dabi was at least somewhat ok with being a hero. He'd have to apologize for that at some point.

Todoroki: Right, I almost forgot about that.

He gave Todoroki an awkward smile and an even more awkward wave, but for a long moment, there wasn't any reaction, which made Izuku half-wonder if he was actually going to die today. Eventually though, Todoroki broke the world's most awkward staring contest and turned back to the front, making Izuku breathe a sigh of relief... which of course was when Kacchan finally whirled around in his seat and glared straight at him.

(Midoriya gulped out of habit)

Apparently, when Auntie Mitsuki had told him that Izuku had been arrested, Kacchan's only response had been about damn time, so that was a thing. A big part of him that was still stuck in middle school had been terrified that Kacchan would destroy him as soon as he'd learned that Izuku had been accepted to UA, but maybe it was a testament to how much things had changed that he'd just huffed and challenged him to a spar. It was exactly what Izuku had always dreamed of when he was a little kid and he still couldn't quite wrap his head around the fact that Kacchan was treating him as an equal, but he couldn't quite help hoping that he'd have time to get used to it. And who knew, maybe someday he'd actually be able to accept Kacchan's apology for everything that had happened when they were younger. Kacchan's glare slowly morphed into a smirk and Izuku couldn't help hesitantly smiling back as Kacchan turned back to the front.

(Bakugo quietly hoped he'd accept his apology too)

Izuku looked around the room again and frowned. He'd been here for a few minutes already, enough to do some serious damage or get a significant amount of information if he'd been an enemy instead of a new student, but still only a handful of his new classmates had noticed him. They would have to work on that, otherwise they would be in for a rude awakening when they actually went out into the world of heroism and started fighting real villains all the time.

Shinso: Maybe we can do the same thing when we get back. Like, Midoriya randomly stalks people to see how long it takes for them to notice him.

Aizawa: Hm, not a bad idea.

1A: Shinso did you have to give him an idea?!

Eraser seemed to think the same thing, because as soon as he finished his lecture, he sighed deeply, "Shinso, Jirou, Todoroki, Shoji, and Bakugo. You all get extra credit."

Izuku focused hard on not giving himself away as the rest of the class exploded into protests. Denki had practically fallen out of his seat at the announcement and one of the students, a girl with pink hair and skin, had jumped to her feet and started yelling, "That's not fair! We've all just been sitting here listening, so why do they get extra credit and not the rest of us?!"

"Because if I were a villain, the rest of you would be dead." Izuku spole up from the back of the room, making everyone who hadn't seen him yet whirl around in their seats. "You really need to work on situational awareness with your students, Eraser."

(everyone giggled)

Izuku sat back as the class exploded and couldn't help giggling when he realized Eraser was hiding a smile behind his capture scarf. Apparently his students had needed this lesson. Well, Izuku was always happy to help. Kacchan was laughing his head off and Denki was smiling so widely his cheeks must be hurting by now, but most of the rest of the class was, to put it mildly, losing their minds. No one had tried to attack him yet, though, which Izuku was both grateful for and disappointed at, because they really should be trying to do more than yell, considering that as far as they knew, Izuku was an intruder. So they had some work to do, but Izuku was more than used to helping heroes.

Rin: To be fair, Aizawa's standing right there and he doesn't mind.

Eraser let the chaos go on for about 30 seconds or so before rolling his eyes and activating his quirk. Within seconds, the entire class was dead silent and Izuku instinctively reached for his notebook, "Can you feel it when your quirk is erased? What does it feel like? Is it physical or more mental? Do you still feel your quirk or is it totally gone? What about..."

(everyone giggled)

"Slow down, nerd!" Kacchan yelled. "If you want answers you gotta wait for us to hear one question before you move onto the next five, you idiot!"

Izuku chuckled awkwardly and rubbed the back of his neck, "Sorry, Kacchan."

"It's a sense of emptiness." All heads turned toward Tsu as she answered. "It's weird."

Midoriya: Wait, you can feel it? Aizawa-sensei's quirk doesn't work on mutation quirks.

Tsu: Well, it doesn't, but it's still aimed at me, ribbit. It just doesn't do anything other than make me feel weird.

"Yeah." Denki grimaced. "Kinda like nails on a chalkboard."

"Why are you asking?" Iida asked suspiciously. "Are you somehow immune to Aizawa's..."

Midoriya: Er yeah...

Aizawa cleared his throat loudly to call the class's attention back to him, "Are you here to learn or are you here to gossip? Because if you're just here to waste time, I can arrange for you to have a lot more time on your hands. Are you done? Good."

(they chuckled again)

Izuku sat at attention alongside the rest of the class as Eraser glared at them for a moment, then nodded, "Class, this is your new classmate, Izuku Midoriya."

Immediately, a dignified girl with a ponytail shot her hand up, "Excuse me for asking sir, but how? Shinso had to prove himself by doing well in the sports festival to even have a chance at getting in and was only offered the spot because Hagakure dropped out."

Shinso(correcting): Not just because Hagakure dropped out.

Hagakure: Guess I'm not going to be a hero anytime soon, huh?

Mirio: Well you did just get possessed by a robotic bee for a while. It's okay if you need time for yourself to recover.

"Yeah!" A guy with black hair and large elbows spoke up. "It just doesn't seem fair! We've never even seen this guy before!"

Sero(giggling): Actually we totally have.

"And yet, he managed to sneak into our classroom and none of you noticed." Shinso smirked and leaned back. "Plus, from what I heard, he was pretty busy during the sports festival, so I think he gets a pass."

Denki snorted and Izuku shot him a panicked glare that only lasted half a second, before turning to the rest of the class, "Well, I, uh, don't really deserve to be here, but, um, I'll try my best!"

Uraraka: Deku, you absolutely deserve to be here.

"Shut up, Izuku." Kacchan rolled his eyes. "If Eraser had had his way, you would have been here from day one. Plus you've fought more villains than all of us combined, so don't even start on your I don't deserve to be a hero bull."

"Kacchan! I..." Izuku turned to glare at Denki, who was turning red from how hard he was trying to hold back his laughter, "Denks! Stop laughing!"

Kaminari: I'm sorry this is just too funny!

Denki just shrugged, "Sorry Izuku, but he's kinda right. You definitely deserve to be here. And, like, Sero's totally wrong when he says nobody knows who you are. Everybody here has seen you. Well, videos of you, but same difference."

Izuku shrunk in on himself slightly as he watched the rest of the class exchange confused glances. Was it too late to run away? The tracking anklet would be tricky to work around, but if he disappeared into the tunnels he could probably hide from everyone except for Nezu for long enough to disable it somehow. Did Nezu like him enough to let that happen?

Nezu: Maybe.

Izuku was pulled from his panic by Eraserhead addressing the class, "Kaminari is correct. While you may have never met Midoriya, you have heard of him. Class, meet Viridian, the newest entrant in the vigilante rehabilitation program."

If Izuku had thought the class's reaction was explosive before, it was nothing compared to their reaction at learning he was a well-known vigilante. It shouldn't have surprised him so much, but Izuku still found himself reaching for his weapons like he was preparing for an attack only to realize they weren't there. He could have told himself that he was safe here, that this was school, not a villain fight and that his classmates weren't going to attack him at the slightest provocation, but that would be illogical. Izuku had been to school before; he knew being attacked, even in front of a teacher, was still 100% on the table. He shrunk in on himself a little bit. Was UA actually going to be any different?

Mic(firmly): Yes it is.

Recovery Girl: Midoriya, if you ever need help, don't hesitate to ask us for it. We're not like those idiots back at Aldera.

Midoriya: Yes Recovery Girl.

Eraserhead seemed to sense his panic and activated his quirk again, "Viridian has already proven that he is very capable at taking down villains and doing other work normally associated with heroism, but he has yet to prove that he can do so legally. I trust the rest of you to be good examples for him and listen to his advice. Remember: he has more experience than you, so use that resource wisely."

Eraserhead blinked and Iida raised his hand, "Sir, does him being a vigilante have something to do with the fact that he is apparently immune to your quirk?"

Mei: Iida, being a vigilante has nothing to do with that. Where'd you get that idea from?

Izuku froze. He really shouldn't have gotten so caught up in analyzing Eraser's quirk, but he'd seen Denki and Kacchan and Eraserhead and they all knew and Tsu knew too and she still thought he was cool and he guessed that a part of his brain had just forgotten that other people were around who didn't know yet and why had he let that slip?! Denki caught his eye from across the room and he gave Izuku a sympathetic look, silently offering to say it so that Izuku wouldn't have to do it himself. Izuku only hesitated a second before sending him a jerky, grateful nod.

Denki nodded and grinned as he addressed the class, "Nah, that doesn't have anything to do with being a vigilante, he's just quirkless so he doesn't have anything to miss. Makes it even more badass when I go full out in a spar and he still puts me on my back every time."

Kaminari: Yeah, exactly!

Izuku half expected the class to explode again, but they didn't. Instead they went dead silent and every single person stared at Izuku like they were expecting him to contradict what Kaminari had said. Out of the corner of his eye, Izuku noticed Kacchan tensing like he was getting ready for a fight and if he didn't know any better, he would have sworn that Eraser was doing the same, but that couldn't be right, so Izuku ignored it. A couple people seemed angry or disbelieving, but mostly everyone just looked confused and a little shocked, which was probably an understandable reaction.

That was, until a short kid with purple hair spoke up, "Why would they let a quirkless freak in here?"

Mineta: Oh shut up other me! Midoriya I'm so sorry.

Midoriya: It's-

Mitsuki: Don't you dare say it's fine!

"Oi!" Kacchan growled. "He doesn't need a quirk to whoop your ass!"

"Mineta." Eraserhead cut in firmly. "Detention. And a five page essay on quirk discrimination."

"What?!" Mineta screamed and started sobbing. "But...!"

Mineta(scowling): You totally deserve it.

Eraserhead glared at him harder, "Do you want me to make it ten?"

Mineta shook his head frantically and Eraser huffed, "Good. You're learning. Lesson number one about being a hero: never underestimate your opponent. Every villain who has made that mistake with Viridian has regretted it."

Izuku stared at the floor as Eraser let that pronouncement sink in, but all he really saw was All for One. Sure, there had been other villains that had underestimated him, but All for One was the only one that had ever realized Izuku was quirkless. He hadn't lived to actually regret it though.

Shigaraki: No he didn't.

After a long moment Shinso groaned, "That is ridiculously unfair. How do you know quirks so well if you don't even have one? You probably know my quirk better than I do and you've only met me once!"

Izuku blushed, "Well, uh, I always thought quirks were really interesting and the science behind them is pretty cool, so I've been analyzing them for a while and it's really useful for investigations and things like that."

"I bet an outside perspective helps you see things others can't." Tsu croaked. "You don't have anything to compare it to, so you automatically keep an open mind. That's pretty cool Midoriya."

Tsunotori: It really is!

Izuku blinked a few times, then found himself actually smiling, "Thanks! I... thank you."

"Yeah!" Denki let a handful of lightning play across his fingers. "Izuku knows, like, everything about quirks. I'd still be frying my brain on the daily if it wasn't for him!"

Kacchan gave him a teasing look, "Is that why you asked him out?"

Kaminari(yelping): Bakugo!

Bakugo(cackling): Not sorry!

Denki turned a brighter shade of red than Izuku had thought possible and pretty much immediately, the pink girl slammed her hands on her desk, "Your mystery boo is a vigilante?! Kaminari! You need to tell us these things!!!"

Kaminari: My love life is none of your business!

Izuku giggled as Denki stammered through an apology, then he glanced around the room until he accidently made eye contact with Eraser, who raised one eyebrow and silently mouthed, are you alright, problem child?

In spite of himself, Izuku nodded. Sure, he still had depression