My Hero Automata

Chapter 8: Midnight's Lessons and New Friends

Summary: Lessons with Midnight and getting to know some of the other girls...

Chapter 8: Midnight's Lessons and New Friends

Their next morning theory lesson with Midnight had been interesting, for the most part. Surprisingly, several people who thought they had done well had gotten torn to shreds by her review. Todoroki, for example, had his performance ripped apart as Midnight pointed out that he had, in fact, actually damaged the bomb. Meaning All Might technically should have disqualified him outright. He'd also hit the building with the weight of several tons of ice, spread over the various floors. Which was fine in a reinforced practice building on the UA campus, but could lead to a potential building collapse in any more ordinary structure. His failure to work with his teammate had only been one more mark against an already terrible performance.

Others, who had thought they did somewhat poorly, like Sato and Iida, had been praised for several things they'd done right. And everyone, regardless of wins, losses, or general performance, had gotten feedback on the things they needed to work on. Even Izumi, who most thought had given an exemplary performance, had been lightly criticized for her choice to give Jirou a chance to shine. Midnight had been clear that, in this specific instance, it had likely been for the best. But that, ordinarily, slowing down just so a partner could have a chance to show off would be extremely bad form. Given Izumi's reasons and the specific purpose of the exercise, the reprimand had been extremely gentle. But Midnight had made sure to highlight it as behavior that would only rarely be tolerated.

On the whole, Izumi had found the review, with multiple perspectives and breakdowns of each match, to be refreshing! In fact, the positive vibe she'd taken from it had carried her through her incredibly boring Microelectronics Engineering class. The class was a prerequisite for the Nanotech and Meta Materials classes she actually wanted to take. And it was one that she hadn't been allowed to test out of. Unfortunately, it was also...hilariously behind Izumi's own, 2B taught, understanding of the material in question. Still, the teacher seemed to have already realized why she wasn't participating that much and was content to leave her be. Or perhaps they were simply used to Hero Course students being distracted? Whichever it was, Izumi wasn't complaining since it let her spend most of the class doing farther analysis with 2B.

That class had led into lunch, which Izumi was grateful for, since her pleasant buzz from the morning had been wearing off. Sadly, it didn't work out this time that she and Momo could break from classes at the same time...but she did manage to meet up with Jirou, Iida, and Sero. She'd known Iida was in an Engineering course himself, but was pleasantly surprised to discover that Sero was as well. Jirou was simply a case of lucky timing, with her own Music Theory course having a similar timetable to the Engineering track students. They all found an easy topic in Izumi's proposed changes to Jirou's costume, with Iida in particular having a very good foundation in Support Engineering. Perhaps they were all a little bit to obsessed with heroics topics...but it was still only their first week at UA. So they could probably be forgiven for being so excited.

That renewed excitement had been quite easy to hold onto through her first afternoon class, given that it was a Theoretical Quirk Sciences course meant to advance her own certification for working with exotic Quirks! And, after that, it was time for their first full Practical Heroics class with Midnight. Izumi was admittedly curious what that would entail...

... ...

"Alright, class! Today we put you through hell! Or, some of you at least..."

Midnight's smirk was...unnervingly sexy. Though the way she was practically fondling her whip might have had something to do with the effect. And the way she languidly stalked back and forth in front of the obstacle course she'd led them to absolutely did. Izumi privately wondered if she could manage to move like that, mostly for when she knew Momo was looking. She mentally took notes, just in case. Her legs were one of her better features...