Birds of a Feather

Did I accidentally ask him on a date?!

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The entirety of Class 1-A walked through the hallway to Ground B. This was the first time they'd seen each other in their hero costumes- it was fun to see where people had taken inspirations from, or how they were already theming themselves a certain way or just directly themed themselves around their powers.

Karasu had chosen to emulate Hawks a bit with her hero outfit, without the ridiculous oversized coat. She was in an all black catsuit with silver striping that matched the gold striping on the shirt that he wore under his coat, and her suit opened wide enough to sit low on her shoulders and dipped down around her wings for ease of putting it on- and without having to worry about it getting shredded with extraneous motion or flying. Instead of gloves, her catsuit just reached down to her hands into a style of fingerless gloves to avoid any loss of grip on her staff or anything else she would need to hold on to. She also wore a belt to keep the staff Hawks had had her trained to use handy, but not require her to constantly hold it. She had had a dark pair of his windscreen glasses made- almost identical to Hawks' own pair. He hadn't seen her suit yet and she didn't really want to admit to him that she had taken a few nods from his hero suit- it'd go straight to his head and she'd never hear the end of it.

"All Might is here." Karasu blinked in surprise as the class exited the tunnel into the sunlight, and based on her fellow students' reactions no one had realised he'd be leading their class today either. "So I guess he's our teacher today, then." She glanced at Todoroki, his suit was... interesting to say the least. He clearly was working hard to keep himself as distanced from his father in everyone's minds as he possibly could. She decided it would be best not to mention her thoughts on his suit to him- hero suits were such a personal thing, she didn't want to risk insulting something that meant a lot to him just because it wasn't necessarily aesthetically appealing. That wasn't the most important part of a pro costume, after all. Officially, that was aiding in your ability to do pro work- but in reality, it was to give the people an image. For lack of better phrasing- it was about giving people a recognizable symbol they could look up to and rely on.

"Today, students, we'll be doing battle simulation training!" All Might announced, holding a box up for them to see. "You'll each draw a letter from this, and be sorted into teams of two, and one team of three! Half of the teams will be assigned as heros, and the others as villains- each villain team will be given a bomb they must keep the hero team from acquiring! Hero teams will have a set amount of time to find the bomb, to pass they must simply touch it."

"I know who I don't want to be on a team with," Karasu murmured to Yayurozu as they got in line. "Day two and already I can't stand Mineta. Maybe I'll get a chance to hit him over the head with my staff today." She picked at her nails as she reached the front of the line, reaching her arm into the box All Might was holding out carefully. As she drew it back and stepped away she looked at the ball in her hand. It was marked with a C. "Oh, no." She looked up at the sky and sighed heavily. She was on Mineta's team- although at least she was with Yayurozu. "What if I 'accidentally' knocked him out in the battle trial?" she said to Yayurozu as they all followed All Might to the viewing room. Their match was second to last so they had a while to wait and observe, and also time for her to strategize.

"The teachers would probably realise it and take disciplinary actions," Yayurozu responded to her thoughtfully.

"So there are pros and cons..." she mused to herself, smiling slightly as she leaned against the wall to watch the first match.

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"I guess that's my group that's up now," Karasu said as the third to last match ended. She glanced at Todoroki, blushing slightly when she realised he was watching her leave the room.