The Emperor's Dragon

A New Friend, An Old Enemy

"We'll start today by introducing ourselves," Miss Koushi said.

Izuku sat up straight. So far school hadn't been about learning anything more than about his class.

"What should we say Miss Koushi?"

"Start with your name, quirk and likes," she instructed.

Izuku frowned. Name he could understand but why did they have to say what their quirk was? No one he'd ever met said what their quirk was, and even the other day, when that woman had come to Kurogiri's bar, she had introduced her friend by name, not by quirk. Why did the quirk matter? Or was this one of the reason's Daddy had told him to tell people his quirk was Fire Breath? Because his quirk didn't have a name?

"Student number 1," Miss Koushi called.

The green haired boy put aside his questions and perked up. If he wanted to make friends, then he'd have to learn his classmate's names and he was sure some of them would have interesting quirks. Even if it was odd to have to introduce yourself by saying your quirk name it was good information.

A girl who was sitting in the front corner rose and turned slightly so that she could see the rest of the class. "My name is Saicho Gasei," she said. Izuku wasn't the only one looking at her. She had brilliant red hair that had spikes coming out of it. Her skin was also slightly red. The white of her school uniform looked almost pink. "My quirk is Spike Hair," Saicho added, gesturing towards her hair. "I can create spikes from my hair and detach them. I like ice-cream," she finished, before bowing and sitting down.

"Thank you Saicho," Miss Koushi said. "Student Two please?"

The boy in the next desk rose and turned, copying Saicho. "My name is Arata Ogawa," he introduced himself. Emitter Quirk, Izuku thought to himself looking over him. Arata had black hair and no obvious mutation. "My quirk is Night Vision. I can see perfectly in the dark. I like football."

Miss Koushi nodded as Arata sat down and called for the next student. Izuku's fingers itched for a pencil so that he could note down all the quirks of his classmates. And their names. Some of them sounded so useful. Night Vision would be a huge boon because then, even if he woke up in the night he could move around without letting Tomura know he was awake by turning on the light!

"Student Eleven," Miss Koushi called and Izuku realised that was him. He rose and couldn't really turn to face the class as he was seated in the middle. "My name is Izuku Chui," he said, remembering Daddy telling him that he couldn't use his real name. "My quirk is Fire Breath," he continued. Daddy had explained why he couldn't say his real quirk and Izuku realised that he hadn't named it! He'd have to name it soon! "I can breath fire," he added the explanation, as everyone else seemed to. "I like quirk analysis," he added.

Miss Koushi said nothing as she called upon the next student. Izuku went back to listening, trying to commit as much as he could to memory. He would have to write a lot tonight but then he reminded himself that these were his classmates. He'd be able to write notes on them all year. It wasn't until Student 19 was introducing herself that he realised there was something wrong with his class.

"My name is Ochaco Uraraka," the girl with gold brown hair said. "My quirk is Zero Gravity. I can remove the gravity of anything I touch," she added. "I like mochi!" She said happily.

Izuku nodded to himself as Miss Koushi called upon the last student. Zero Gravity was another, really useful quirk but he wasn't focused on that. He listened to the last introduction.

The 20th student had an obvious mutation quirk. He wasn't the only one in the class, just the most obvious. He had six eyes set around his head which looked like it was made of chitin. There were very short hairs sticking out of it and he had mandibles for a mouth. It distorted his voice a bit but he was still perfectly understandable.