Shouta needed more coffee, but honestly, he didn't know if there was enough caffeine in the world to make today seem manageable. He'd given Viridian's new notebook to Nezu and All Might as soon as he'd come in this morning and he knew that having confirmation that All for One was involved should have felt satisfying. It was a lead, which was more than they usually had, and they could move forward with this information, but at the same time, it was daunting. How were they supposed to fight an overpowered legend that was actively turning innocent people into superweapons?

And of course the universe hated him, which meant that he couldn't even focus on the break in the case because he had brats to traumatize. At least he already knew that some of them had potential, so he wasn't worried about expelling his whole class. Bakugo would be there, as would Kaminari, and they were both sure to be a handful. And then there was Tensei's little brother, who had a good head on his shoulders, even if he was a little stiff. It still remained to be seen if Todoroki wanted to be a hero for himself or if that had been his father's dream, but hopefully he'd figure that out soon enough. The rest of the kids still had to prove themselves.

Mic: And you definitely did!

He shimmied himself into the classroom and waited for the class to fall silent. Bakugo and Todoroki both noticed straight away, but neither of them said anything to warn their classmates. Bakugo just smirked at him and Shouta could tell he was filing this moment away for blackmail purposes. Too bad everyone important already knew about his sleeping bag, so using it as blackmail was completely ineffective.

Midnight: Yep, unfortunately that doesn't work.

Aizawa: At least someone noticed me this time.

Finally after about a minute, Kaminari happened to look over and stared at him for a long moment before blurting out, "Dude. What the @#$*(?"

(everyone snorted)

Mirko: Pretty normal reaction honestly.

As one, the class swiveled their heads toward him and Shouta winced as everyone started yelling and speaking over one another. Tenya immediately started scolding them and Bakugo just snorted as Shouta emerged from his sleeping bag. This wasn't doing anything to help him need less caffeine.

(everyone laughed)

Jirou: Poor sensei.

"It took you all over a minute to notice me. That's unacceptable. In the field, hesitation like that will get you killed." He activated his quirk as he spoke and several students backed away. "If you intend to make it here at UA, you're going to have to do better. Much better."

He pulled a gym uniform from his sleeping bag and tossed it to the first student he saw, which turned out to be the antigravity girl who'd helped Kaminari after the entrance exam, "You may have gotten into the hero course, but now it's time to see if you actually deserve to be here. Let's see what you've got."

Uraraka: Guess we're watching the quirk assessment exam again.

Mineta: Hang on, if Midoriya's not at school, who's the student who replaced him?

Shinso(thinking of Mastermind Shinso): Well it's not me...

Ojiro: Probably no one we know.

Katsuki didn't really know what to do with himself. He had a feeling he was supposed to be making friends or something. Ogawa and Amplifier would have been pushing him towards that, if they were there, but he hadn't really done friends, especially ones his own age, in... well, ever since he'd decided he was done being an asshole, the extras at school had stopped hanging around him, but had they ever really been his friends or were they just his lackeys? The point was that he didn't really know how to make friends and he wasn't off to a great start.

He'd come into the room, resolutely ignoring Icyhot, who gave him a suspicious look from the back of the room, and made himself comfortable only to almost immediately get yelled at by some four-eyes to get his feet off the desk. The old him would have cussed the guy out and told him exactly where he could shove his private school superiority, but he knew Eraser and Amplifier would never let him hear the end of it if he got into a fight on his first day at UA, so he just tched and rolled his eyes, but took his feet off the desk. Four-eyes looked pleasantly surprised, but Katsuki just glared at him, daring him to say anything, which threw him for a loop. They stayed like that until four-eyes got distracted by some new girl walking into the room.

Mitsuki: Well at least you didn't fight this time.

"Oh! You're that girl from the entrance exam!" Four-eyes strode up to her. "I apologize that I failed to discern the true nature of the exam. Are you alright?"

Uraraka: Yeah, thanks to Kaminari this time...

"Um..." The girl gave an embarrassed smile, her cheeks turning an even brighter shade of pink than they naturally were. "Yeah, actually, someone ended up saving me... oh, hi Kaminari!"

Katsuki looked in the direction that she was glancing and saw a loud blond with a black lightning bolt in his hair giving her finger guns, "Sup, Uraraka! You got in?"

Spinner: Obviously.

"Yeah!" Uraraka managed to look soft and determined at the same time, which was actually kinda impressive. "I never got to thank you, or well, I did, but I don't think you remember. They actually gave me some points for helping you out after the exam, though!"

Nezu: Which you definitely deserve.

Kaminari grimaced, "I'm sorry about that, I was really trying not to overdo it..."

"It's fine!" Uraraka smiled. "I mean, you took down the zero pointer all by yourself, so it's understandable that you reached your limits."

"You took out the zero pointer by yourself?!" An extra with ridiculous spiky hair whistled. "That's super manly bro."

Kirishima: Yeah, totally.

Kaminari: Thanks, man!

"Thanks dude!" Kaminari gave him a thumbs up.

Katsuki caught some movement by the door and smirked as he realized that Aizawa was lying there on the floor like some creepy caterpillar. He probably wanted to know how long it'd take everyone to notice, but Katsuki wasn't going to ruin the surprise. Aizawa rolled his eyes and Katsuki turned to watch his classmates again. Their faces when they noticed the hobo were going to be priceless.

(everyone giggled. When they weren't on the receiving side of it Aizawa's habits were actually pretty funny)

Kaminari struggled to keep his balance as one of their larger classmates slapped him on the back, "Sounds like you're super passionate about saving people if you were willing to go over your limits! I like that!"

Todoroki: Oh, Inasa!

Midoriya: Wait why wasn't he at UA in the first place again? He was accepted through recommendations.

Todoroki: Apparently I wasn't very nice to him at the recommendation exam so he compared me to Endeavor and rejected his acceptance letter. I suppose something changed now that Endeavor's dead in that world.

"Yeah! That's super cool!" A girl's voice piped up. It took Katsuki a moment to realize who had spoken, but then he realized she was just invisible. Izuku would probably be freaking out over her quirk if he were here...

Midoriya: Yeah, I really did when we first met.

"It's not really that big a deal..." Kaminari said bashfully. He looked at the floor to avoid everyone's eyes, but then his jaw dropped as he finally saw their teacher in the doorway, "Dude. What the @#$*&?"

Recovery Girl: And they've noticed the cryptid.

Monoma: Vlad-sensei does he do that every year?

Vlad: Every year.

Katsuki snorted as all the extras started freaking out and Aizawa just looked exhausted as he crawled out of the sleeping bag and tried to strike fear into their hearts. Maybe going for the whole heroism is dangerous and you could die angle was a little bit of a low blow on the first day of class, but it was true. Katsuki hadn't even been a hero and those freaky bees had almost killed him, so he could forgive Aizawa for being a little dramatic as he threw a gym uniform to Uraraka, "You may have gotten into the hero course, but now it's time to see if you actually deserve to be here. Let's see what you've got."

Aizawa turned on his heel and strode out of the room without waiting for their reactions. Katsuki scoffed and got up to go get changed while the rest of the extras just stood there in shock. Uraraka finally managed to pull herself out of it right as Katsuki passed her, "Wait, he's not serious about making us prove we deserve our place here, is he?"

Momo: No, he's totally being serious.

Katsuki just smirked at her, "This is UA, cheeks. If you wanna survive, you're gonna have to prove it."

The determination in her eyes as she rose to the challenge made Katsuki grin even wider, even as the rest of the extras scrambled to get up. Maybe making friends wouldn't be too bad after all, if these extras were his options.

Sero: Aw, thanks Bakugo!

Bakugo: Whatever.

Denki was extremely thankful that he trained so hard with Izuku, because Aizawa's tests were way easier than the last time he'd done them in middle school. He wasn't able to use his quirk on most of them, but even the ones where his electricity didn't do anything, his body was strong enough to place him in the upper half of the class. It was so cool to see how everyone used their quirks to do better, and he just knew that Izuku would be geeking out if he were here.

Midoriya: Well I kind of was, I was more worried about how to not get expelled.

Even though he knew he did well enough to avoid being expelled, he was still super relieved when Aizawa revealed the threat as a logical ruse. He didn't think he'd be able to handle getting expelled on the first day. Still, the threat took an emotional toll on him and even though it was a good, satisfied exhaustion, he was still ready to go home and just veg out.

The day wasn't quite over yet, however, and he had just said goodbye to some of his new classmates when he saw All Might coming down the hall. Denki forced himself to be a little more upbeat than he felt, hoping that if he just pretended well enough, the real energy would follow. He still didn't quite know about the quirk, but All Might did deserve an answer soon.

When he reached him, All Might gave Denki a kind smile and ruffled his hair, "I was watching the quirk assessment. You did well, Kaminari, my boy."

Iida: Hang on was All Might watching our quirk assessment?

Aizawa: Yes he was. Probably hoping I wouldn't expel the problem child.

Midoriya: And you didn't, thankfully.

The praise made him smile, "I was trying. I was so scared we were all going to get expelled!"

All Might coughed, "Yes, Aizawa does have a reputation for expelling entire classes."

"He does?!" Denki's eyes widened. "I... that was supposed to be a joke! He's really expelled entire classes?!"

Nezu(chuckling): Mm-hm.

"Well, I believe at least some of those students were readmitted." All Might said awkwardly. "But yes."

Jirou: Readmitted?

Tamaki: Yeah, he expelled about our entire class and then the next day most of us were put back in and sensei gave us a whole speech about how we had a second chance and to not mess it up or we're done for.

1A: ...That sounds like Aizawa-sensei.

Denki's shoulders slumped, "What have I gotten myself into?"

Kaminari: The homeroom class of the best teacher ever.

Other UA teachers: Hey!

All Might tried to pat his shoulder consolingly, "There, there. You didn't get expelled and that's what matters. I actually had something else I wanted to talk to you about, a continuation of our last discussion, if you're up for it."

Uraraka: Right, One for All.

Denki didn't think he was, but he would probably never be ready, so he nodded and followed All Might into one of the empty classrooms. All Might cleared his throat and gestured for him to sit down, "I'm sure you've given a lot of thought to the issue of receiving One for All..."

"Yeah, I've really been trying, but are you even sure it's safe?" Denki blurted out, then blushed. "I'm sorry, it's your quirk, you probably know everything about it and that was really rude."

All Might: Actually I didn't know everything about it...

"No, uh, it's actually a fairly reasonable concern." All Might cleared his throat. "Some more... problematic risks about my quirk were recently brought to my attention and even if you decide to accept my quirk, I would still like you to know a little more about it before I pass it on to you, if that's alright."

Denki sighed in relief, "Of course! I'm sorry, I just don't want my brain turning to swiss cheese or anything."

Kamui: Yeah, that would be very bad...

All Might gave a booming laugh, "Me either. But I have been working with Nezu and Recovery Girl to fully investigate... well, everything we possibly can about One for All." He pulled a manilla envelope from one of his giant pockets. "Here's what we've discovered so far, to help you make an informed decision. Feel free to peruse it at your leisure, and I've put my number in there as well, if you have any questions."

"Whoa..." Denki's eyes widened. "I have All Might's number..."

Midoriya: Yeah you do.

All Might gave a booming laugh, "That you do, my boy. Use it wisely. Now run along, you've got class with me tomorrow, and I'm not going to take it easy on you!"

Denki nodded gratefully, "Thank you All Might! I'll see you tomorrow!"

All Might smiled, "I look forward to it."

Gran Torino: I wonder if they'll destroy another building this time.

Cementoss: I hope not. Most of my workload these days is repairing structural damage caused by 1A specifically!

1A: Sorry?