Heroes of Tomorrow

Part 37~Remedial Class

"Hey, Todoroki, what kinda food do you like?" Inasa tilted his head, looking at Todoroki as he frowned and lowered his head.

"Soba. Cold."

"Man. I like my noodles pippin' hot! And I prefer udon."

"We're very different."

"No way! I feel like we've gotten closer!"

"I've told you this before. You don't have to try to force us to be friends."

Inasa let out a sound as Bakugo tutted. "That guy's ridiculous."

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"So, we rented out this sports centre to put you through some specialised training," Mera explained with a yawn. "Sorry 'bout that, I've actually been afraid of falling asleep recently. I'm Mera. Today will be fun." He laughed, struggling to keep his head up as everyone stared at him. "Oh, one more thing before we begin. Up until now, we've had eleven people in this remedial training class. But starting today, we'll have twelve."

The students listen, unaware of All Might, Present Mic and Endeavour arriving. All Might didn't want to cause too much trouble, planning to sneak off to the back when Endeavour took a breath.

"Shoto! You never should've failed the initial exam in the first place! Show these weaklings that you're in a completely different league."

Todoroki didn't look at his father, unlike the rest of the students, who stared in shock.

Inasa frowned, lowering his head. "Why's he here?"

"Wait a minute," one of the students shouted. "Look who's standing next to him. Are you guys seeing this?"

And there goes All Might's plan to not attract attention. The students grinned, waving and beaming at the former number 1 hero and current number-one hero.

"Yeah, if everyone could just calm down," Mera interrupted, trying to get the students' attention again. "I wasn't finished. This girl will be joining us from now on."

"Hey, second year at Shiketsu. The name is Camie. Hi, everyone!" Camie made a pose as Mera ignored her.

"Right, so like the rest of you, she made it to the second exam. And she did well enough to take this supplemental class. But some foggy memories leading up to the first test made it difficult to place her. That's why she hasn't participated until now."

"They said 'totes' to making an exception for me," Camie joked, "which is so wicked coolio, you know? So anywho, let's keep it fresh."

No one understood what she just said.

Mera stepped back, going to his table with two others. "Right, then. Let's bring in your instructor."

Gang Orca pushed open the door, walking in confidently. "So I've got even more disappointments today. What shame you must feel to be standing before me. Given how easy the exam was."

The students snapped to attention, a terrified look on their faces.

"There's something I've realised while observing your training thus far. There's nothing heroic about any of you! You're bottom feeders! Nothing but rotten fish turds!"

"Sir, yes, sir," the students chanted as Gang Orca screamed louder.

"I can't hear you."

"Sir, yes, sir!"

Gang Orca turned to Bakugo. "Especially you! Do you even want to be a hero?"

Bakugo did not look bothered. "Well, first of all, I'm not a fish turd."