Elsewhere, Elsewhen - mhaxkny crossover fic

Battle of Childhood Friends

"Now that you're ready, it's time for combat training!"

Hero Class 1 A and Pseudo class 1 Z stood in front of their teacher in the mock city. The sun was awfully bright for the new day of anxieties as the class mull over what kind of teacher All Might would be.

Iida, ever the eager student, raised his hand up. Genya couldn't help but compare him to a kind of robot he saw in one of his internet explorations the other day, or a knight.

"This is the fake city from our entrance exam, so does that mean we'll be conducting urban battles again?"

Tanjiro looked around him. Every building looked kind of the same to him since they got here. It wasn't that colorful, full of muted colors of grays and blues, sometimes browns and occasional bursts of color here and there for different stores and malls, but to him it's kind of dull and boring. There weren't that many trees and the place smelled strongly of smoke and gasoline. This place lacked that smell though, which he was grateful for.

"Not quite." All Might answers. "I'm going to move you two steps ahead."

This caused the class to burst in soft murmurs of excitement.

"Most of the villain fights you see on the news take place outside. However, statistically speaking, run-ins with the most dastardly evildoers take place indoors." He explains. "Think about it! Backroom deals, home invasions, secret underground lairs! Truly intelligent criminals stay hidden in the shadows. For this training exercise, you'll be split into teams of good guys and bad guys and fight two-on-two indoor battles!"

Kanao snuck a glance at Tanjiro's way, their eyes meeting.

Since they're relatively new, Aizawa would always tell them what would happen in their classes in advance to prepare them, and help them not get overwhelmed.

He promised today was going to be a simple costume review class, and maybe have them try and perform their quirks in their costumes to see if any change was needed.

Tanjiro politely raises his hand for Kanao.

"Ah, yes, Young Kamado?"

"Sir, Aizawa-sa... uh, Aizawa-sensei told us that we were conducting costume checks today, not battle trials."

Iida turned to the teen. "He did? I don't remember him telling any of us that."

"We're in a different kind of class than you, we get notified in advance." Zenitsu answers.

All Might coughs.

"Well, what better way to test your costumes than to use it on the battlefield!" This reassures the others, but it leaves a deep pit in Tanjiro's stomach. "And since you're all dealing with actual people now, you can't just punch and call it a day! So do be careful!"

The six let's everyone's questions play in the background as they look at each other in a silent conversation.

Out of all of the people in this class, they're the most experienced when it comes to indoor fighting. They've been in it after all.

The only issue was being able to adapt with another partner.

If this was a choose your own partner thing, Tanjiro would choose Nezuko, no doubt. The others have to fight to be in Kanao's team, since being with her is better than constantly being in each other's throats.

"Will you be splitting us by skill set or by chance?" Iida asked once more, making the six focus back on the task at hand.

"I wasn't finished talking!" All Might said, he looked a bit overwhelmed by everyone talking over him. Tanjiro caught a whiff of impatience and nervousness. Maybe it was his first time teaching?