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Awakenings

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8. Awakenings

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

-Abraham Lincoln

"I suppose all of you know this already, but the sports festival is in two weeks. You have 10 days to finish your equipment, and then submit it for final approval if you want to use it during the events," Mr. Majima announced the next day at the start of class.

"We're still having that? Sumuri demanded. "What about the League of Villains?"

Mr. Maijima shrugged. "All Might and the rest of us teachers took care of them. A few got away, but most of them are locked up. We need to show the world UA won't be intimidated by a bunch of thugs."

"What about Mirio Togata?" Izuku asked, raising his hand. "How did he help at the USJ?"

"He's All Might's teaching assistant," Mr. Maijima said with a shrug. "And he's quite a talented student. His help was most welcome. He saved quite a few of the students in Class 1A while All Might fought the villains before the rest of us got there."

"What's his quirk?" Izuku asked eagerly, reaching for his notebook. If Togeta was that strong, he couldn't wait to write down a few notes. He already had some ideas on how to stop the League of Villains if they came back, though the warp quirk that one of them had would be hard to counter until he knew more about it.

Mei nodded. "Yeah, he asked us to make some pants he wouldn't lose. I told him I could make him a wonderful baby!"

"Of course you did," Mr. Maijima muttered, then cleared his throat. "Well, that's probably his phasing. He's getting better, and I made him a costume that wouldn't just fall off when he loses focus, but he forgot it. Maybe you can whip him up a pair of underwear or something for casual use, as a thank you."

That got snickers from the other students, though Mei just nodded happily. Mr. Maijima frowned and glared around the room. "I'm serious. You're going to have to get used to the idea of making those sorts of things. Some heroes do need specialized clothing for their costumes. You may very well find yourself making special underwear for heroes more often than you think, and it can be the difference between life and death for someone. Anyway, go work on your projects for the rest of homeroom. Remember, 10 days to submit your list of gear and for me to inspect it for the Sports Festival."

Izuku and Mei headed over to their own work station, with Mei talking animatedly. "This is our chance, Izuku! Time for our babies to shine! We just have to show the world how amazing they are! I'm certain you can do it! You've gotten super good with the Power Suit, and with several of the modules! You're certain to catch the eye of all the support companies, and maybe even the pro heroes!"

"Yeah, I heard that if you do well enough at the sports festival, they let you transfer in to the Hero Course if you want," Izuku said, rubbing his chin.

"Well you can do that! Our babies are the cutest, most wonderful things ever!" Mei burbled.

Nodding Izuku glanced around at the various items they'd completed. There was the Power Suit of course, and the grappling hook, jet pack, and hover boots. But he needed something else...

"I think we need something to counter everyone's quirks," Izuku muttered to himself. "I know what Kacchan's quirk is, but I don't know about the other students. How do I find out what they are? Maybe I could spy on them at lunch. No, that wouldn't work, they're not using their quirks then. Kacchan probably wouldn't tell me, and spying on them during class would be hard, so how do I-"