CHAPTER 17. 1.A X VANGAURD

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Ochako strolled through the halls of U.A, hair in a short ponytail, her mind wondering. It had been weeks since the USJ incident and the appearance of the phantom student, Vanguard. His explosive introduction had stuck with her. Despite being a student in the same year, he looked, spoke and fought like a pro. His display of martial skill had inspired her to spend more time on her physicality and fighting skill.

"Wasn't enough for the sports festival, though." She thought gritting her teeth.

She had done well. Made it into the top eight and held her own against Bakugo for a good while, but she needed more. More practice, new moves, a better way to integrate her quirk with her close quarters combat. She and Kyoka had been making use of the U.A gyms since returning from the USJ, but they'd have to go even further to keep up.

"Plus ultra." She thought reaching the door to class 1-a's homeroom.

The phrase had seemed trivial at first, but now she understood. She could hardly go five minutes without pondering how to improve and get ahead.

Ochako walked in wishing good morning to everyone before taking her seat. Time seemed to blur as she was lost on her thoughts once more. Eventually, eraser head slinked into the room.

"Mr. Aizawa! Your bandages are off already?" Tsu asked.

"The old lady does her work too well." He responded in his gruff voice.

"We're having hero informatics today."

A few of her classmates squirmed at the thought of actual school work.

"But before that we've got a special guest." Aizawa continued.

"Come in."

In came another student, his sleeves rolled past his muscled forearms. Following, was a woman with flowing blond locks highlighted with an electric blue dye. The two presented themselves and the boy smiled warmly.

"Good morning, everyone. Hope you're all doing okay."

"His voice, I recognize it!!" Ochako realized.

Before she could connect the dots, Bakugo's quirk went off.

"What the hell do you think you doing here, DEKUUUU??!!!!!" He bellowed.

The boy winced at the volume of Bakugo's screams.

"Nope, I did not miss that."

"You got a lucky shot in at the USJ, but there is no way a quirkless wannabe like you did all the things these extras say you did!! I'll crush you!!!"

"Quirkless?" Yaoyorozu blurted.

"Bakugo, he has multiple quirks!!"

"Ehhh??!!"

"You want a shot at me? You'll get it later. So for right now, can you shut the hell up?!"

"Tch!!"

The boy took a breath before speaking.

"My name is Izuku Midoriya. I'm here on behalf of a new hero training program here at U.A."

After some time, Izuku reached the bottom of the list of things he needed to explain for the hero hunters program. He looked back to the class. They looked both astonished and reverent well except for Bakugo and Todoroki, but he expected little from them.

"Any questions?" He asked.

The class erupted in question after question. There were four students who raised a hand.

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