The American Spider: Maria

Heroics Class

~Maria's POV~

I sit in the lunch room with Izuku, Iida and Ochako sitting at the same table as me. Izuku and I sit side by side on the left side of the table while Iida and Ochako sit next to each on the right side of the table. It's our second day of school and the first day we start our academic classes. It's already 12:23 meaning lunch started 10 minutes ago and our academic classes ended 15 minutes ago. All of our academic classes were easier than I expected them to be but I know for a fact that I aced English class. I was the only one raising my hand so much that Mr. Hizashi, who's our English teacher, stopped calling on me. English was our last class before lunch and Mr. Hizashi made me stay behind so he could talk to me. He told me that since I already know English and my Japanese is really good I could basically do whatever I wanted during his period as long as I was quiet but he would call on me to help him teacher the class and if my classmates asked me questions I had to answer them. Honestly it seemed like a fair deal so of course I agreed to it.

Izuku, Iida and Ochako talk with each other about first home assignment Mr. Hizashi gave the class. "If you guys want I could always help you with it, after all English is my first language" I tell my classmates as I much on a slice of meat covered pizza. "Oh that's right! You were so cool in class! Your English is perfect Ri-chan!" Ochako compliments me and I feel my cheeks heat up in embarrassment at her words. I'm not really used to getting compliments for something so simple. It's kind of embarrassing really. "It's nothing really, I would love to help you guys" I tell them with a smile, trying to hide my slightly flushed cheeks. "You're a real life saver Ri-san" Izuku sighs out as he slumps over the table. He's been too embarrassed to call me Ri-chan so I just gave up and let him call me Ri-san. "Yeah, you'd think so especially after I kind of saved you from plummeting head first into the concrete" I tell him jokingly.

"Please don't tease me about that" Izuku groans out as his face becomes red. "Awe it's okay Deku, it happens to the best of us!" I tell him as I pat him back comfortingly in a friendly way. Suddenly the lunch cook Lunch Rush walks over to our table and we all look over at him, wondering what he could want. "White rice is the perfect comfort food isn't it?" He asks us with a thumbs up. "Yep! This is super yummy!" Ochako says happily, her mouth filled with food causing me to laugh quietly at her stuffed, squirrel looking cheeks. "Oh my gosh it's Lunch Rush" I hear Izuku mutter from next to me, I look away from the food hero and over to my green haired friend to see him literally silently fanboying. 'Oh my gosh, his fanboy expression is so cute!' I think and get the urge to pinch his adorable, freckle covered cheeks! So I do.

"H-Huh?" Izuku stutters, his face becoming very red when he notices me gently pinching his cheeks. "S-sorry!" I tell him and quickly pull my hand away, "I-it's okay" Izuku mutters shyly as he looks down at his food with blazing cheeks.

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"I'm coming through the door like a normal person!" A male voice shouts as the class door is slammed open. I quickly turn away from my conversation with Izuku, he sits right in front of me, and he does the same. We look over at the doorframe to see the Symbol of Peace himself marching into the classroom! "No way it's All Might! That's so cool!" I say excitedly as I bounce in my seat, unable to contain my explosive emotions of joy, happiness, excitement and many more things. "Isn't this so cool Izuku?" I ask the green haired boy in front of me and he eagerly nods his head in agreement. "Welcome to the most important class at UA High, think of it as "Heroing 101"! Here you will learn the basics of being a proper hero and fighting in the name of good!" All Might tells the class as he walk to the front of the class and everyone instantly becomes quiet.

"Let's jump right in, today we'll pull no punches!" All Might exclaims as he pulls out a card from somewhere that reads "Battle" on it in bold, fiery letters. "Fight training!" I hear Bakugou yell from in front of me, and I get a feeling that his excitement towards this isn't a good sign. "Real combat?" Izuku asks meekly as he looks at the card in worry. "Don't worry Izuku, I'm sure this will be safe! Well as safe as combat training can be" I tell him reassuringly as I place a hand on his shoulder. "But one of the big parts of being a pro hero is looking good! These were designed for you based on your quirk registration forms" All Might exclaims and points to a wall which slots slide out of and everybody starts to cheer wildly, excitement fueling the class's cheers. 'There's no doubt that those are our hero costumes!' I think excitedly as I bounce a little in my seat.