The Emperor's Dragon II

A Testing Assembly

It was rather odd, Inasa reflected, to be sitting in UA's Assembly Hall in his Shiketsu uniform. The Hall was almost full, which was giving him a real understanding of how many hero schools were in Japan. From what he'd been told, UA's principal, Nezu has requested all Hero Schools to nominate three people to attend a special training program. Some schools had gracefully declined but many had sent their students, and one teacher.

He had no idea what they were going to be taught or trained in but Kenshin Naruhado, Shiketsu's principal had indicated that they would be taught by all the Hero teachers present, including All Might and that it was an opportunity that couldn't be overlooked. Shiketsu's principal wasn't here, instead he'd sent Koi Sasume to accompany them. Shiketsu had sent him, Taiki Okazaki and Aimi Mizumo to be their representatives.

"Welcome to UA," Nezu was saying. It appeared as if the rat was smiling but Inasa wasn't sure. He definitely looked intent. "I know many of you are wondering about our actions. We have brought students together from around the country to teach you how to work together."

Inasa heard that, but didn't believe it. He doubted anyone really believed it, but they'd all act like they did.

"Villains are changing the way they work," Principal Nezu continued, "and heroes need to adapt. Every school teaches the importance of teamwork, but there is still competition and sometimes miscommunication between heroes. We've brought you together to learn to work together, to ignore the artificial boundaries of educational institutions.

"For this, the first time, we've encouraged each school to send who they want. As this program continues, we will ensure that all year levels have the opportunity to participate."

Inasa nodded slightly at the explanation. It sounded good but were villains really changing the way they worked that much? Or was it more that a particular set of villains were now active? He didn't say anything but he would be alert for the answer.

The last few weeks... Anyone looking at the history of heroes would be able to spend months just looking at the events that had happened and the implications they had for society. It was bad enough that All Might had been revealed, but the Number One Hero was still there but so was the knowledge that a villain who could fight him existed.

If it had just been that, All Might revealed defeating that villain, then the world would have gone back to the way it was. The incident would be important but not the keystone event that it was. It was what came after that was causing the most distress.

And Inasa still wasn't sure what he thought that it was Izuku at the centre of it all. His quirk... His real quirk, the ability to take and use other people's quirks was mind blowing. When Daiki Yaoyozoru had appeared on national television, begging Izuku to give his daughter's quirk back, the world had known and had reacted.

Most wanted Izuku to give the quirks he'd taken back but then they wanted him executed and his body incinerated. They didn't want any trace of him to exist. They didn't want him to have children. They didn't want any knowledge of him to exist. There was a fair proportion of the world who wanted to pretend he never existed.

Others were more reasonable. They wanted Izuku to give the quirks back and then to be punished but... Inasa didn't know. Daiki Yaoyozoru was correct in some ways. All Izuku had done was use his quirk. That wasn't that unusual. It was just that his quirk was far more dangerous than others and...

Inasa didn't know what to think and so he'd been avoiding thinking about it.

"Tomorrow, we will begin testing to determine your level of skill and to assign the most appropriate teachers," Nezu was saying, "but for today, we want you to get to know each other. In the future, you will all be colleagues, so use this opportunity to get to know each other in an informal setting."