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Denki Kaminari walks into class, with a sense of foreboding set deep in his bones. And a little sleep deprived. He notices all his classmates
Minus Midoriya. He never came back
are all in their seats. No doubt Iida will scold him once he notices the blonde. “Kaminari! As a hero in training! One would expect you to be a model and exemplary student! That includes being on time!” “I was on time!” Denki sighs. And he was! “You arrived 3 minutes before the bell rang! One must strive to arrive much earlier than that!” Denki doesn’t deem him with a response. It’s a lost cause. A minute later, the bell rings. And with that brings Aizawa sensei. “Alright. I’ll be taking attendance.” Denki spaces out 5 names in. He looks around the class. How do they manage to look so alive!? Every morning, Denki feels like he has to peel himself off his bed! And here are his classmates. Wide eyed and ready to seize the day… Lucky. “Kaminari!” A kick to his chair brings him back. “Huh?” “I’ve called your name 3 times.” Aizawa sensei quirks a brow at him. “Oh! Sorry, Sensei!” “Mm.” He moves on. Denki silently sighs in relief. He doesn’t know if he has it in him to take a scolding.
+3rd period finally ends and Denki is so relieved. Don’t get him wrong, he doesn’t hate English with Present Mic Sensei. But.. It gets boring! He is already fluent in it! So it’s really repetitive. He gathers his things quickly and hurries to catch up with his friends. “Did you guys see that fight with Mt Lady!?” Mina sparks up a conversation while they wait in line. He drowns out the conversation. This day has felt so loooong! And to think! They still have hero 101…
“Bro you good?” Sero bumps him lightly. He comes back to awareness. What the hell? When did lunch end? How did he get to class!? “Denks?” Sero frowns. “Huh? Oh uh… Yeah. Just tired.” “Okay…” Sero turns back to his conversation. Denki sighs, looking around. His eyes, like always, land on the lone empty desk. It’s been a few months since he saw Midoriya… After the first day, he never came back. He has asked Aizawa Sensei about his whereabouts, but all he gets back in reply is a “Don’t worry about it. Focus on your work.” And he has. But he can’t help but think of him. Sure, they didn’t talk. Never had the chance to. But… He can’t help but think of him!! There was something so… drawing to him. “Alright class. Today will be taking a field trip to the USJ. Whether you want to wear your hero suits or gym suits, it’s up to you. We leave in 20. Now go.” Aizawa leaves. Denki watches how all his classmates split up. Some opt to get their suits. Others, head straight to the locker room. Denki is one of them.
+ Surprisingly, he is one of the first to get to the bus. “No hero suit?” Todoroki speaks up. That’s surprising. He isn’t usually one for conversation. “Nah. Didn’t feel like it. You?” “No. I needed to do some updates to it.” “Oh. Cool…” They stay quiet. Denki looks around. More of his classmates arrive. = Denki spent the next 15 minuets on the bus drive with his eyes closed. He didn’t even acknowledge how Bakugou lost his cool with Asui. Again. He didn’t have the patience with it. It gets annoying hearing them go at it after a while. He gets off the bus and looks at the building with awe. He can never get over how biiiigggggg it is..! They enter the building and notice how his sensei goes straight to a corner to talk to pro hero 13! He looks annoyed. All Might must have bailed again. Then, 13 goes into what they’ll be doing and other stuff Kaminari doesn’t care to listen to. 13 sensei always gives them same speech. So he opts to looking around. And that is how he notices a spot of purple swirling around in the middle. “Hey sensei? What’s that?” He interrupts whatever 13 is going on about. Aizawa looks at where he is pointing. The two teachers share a worried glance. That gives Denki a sinking feeling… “Is this a few part of training!?” Kirishima asks, stepping closer to the stairs. People are starting to come out from the purple swirling portal. “No! Stay back! These are real villains!” Aizawa warns. Denki eyes widen. Woah… If he was feeling tired earlier, it’s gone now! “Shit! No signal! Kaminari, try to get in contact with anyone! 13! Protect the students!” Aizawa orders. “Got it!” 13 ushers them towards the exit. Denki is in the middle of trying to use his quirk to gain a signal when the swirling purple spot appears before them, blocking their exit. “Greetings. We are the league of villains. I know it’s impolite. But we’ve decided to let ourselves into U.A. high school, the nest of heroes, to have Allmight, the symbol of peace, take his last breath.” What happens in the next few minutes is a blur. First Kirishima and Bakugou actually thought they could go up against the villain. That turned out poorly. Next thing he knows, purple swirling portals are opening up every which way! ‘Pretty sick!’ Unfortunately, he gets swallowed up by one. He looks around… It looks like he’s landed in the mountain area. Greeeeat. Guess he should try to walk around, try to get a signal.
+ No luck so far. He’s been walking up and down cliffs, luckily not running into any villains. ‘Damn… How big is this mountain…’ He’s walking around the top when a shout catches his attention. He goes around a boulder, peeking around a bit. ‘Ahh! Mina and Yaoyorozou!’ Just as he was going to step around, and help his classmates out, his arm is grabbed. He quickly turns and is in utter shock to see… “Mi-midoriya!?” “No, no! It’s Shigaraki now!” The greenette grins. It causes him a bit of a whiplash. This is nothing like how he remembered him. Granted, he only met him once… “What’s going on? Why…” His words die when Mid- Shigaraki pulls a knife out. “You’re a villain.” “If that is what you want to call me, then sure!” “Why? I don’t get it… No wait.. Maybe… You..” Shiggaraki who was making his way closer to him stops. “What’s that?” “I guess I understand why you chose this… You were kicked out, right? I mean Aizawa sensei never explained but it was pretty clear you weren’t returning. And at the end of the quirk assessment that first day, he did announce in front of the whole class he was going to place you somewhere else…” “DON’T try to fake it like you understand! That won’t get you out of me killing you!” Shiggaraki glowers. “I’m not faking it. It’s fucked up! You weren’t given a chance!” “SHUT UP!” “NO!-” Before Denki can get anything else out, his eyes widen. “Bakugou!?” “DEKU WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HEEEERE!?”