Second Chance

A head start

A couple of day have passed and bit by bit Class 1-L became used to their life at their new school, they already knew what life in high school was like, but being new students at UA meant they also had to take extra lessons, their grades were left the same way as in their previous schools, some of them had to take extra tuition classes in order to catch up, luckily some of their classmates were also able to help them by tutoring them, some didn't need the tutoring while others needed it more than others.

When Thursday arrived everyone was ready to head to the cafeteria for some well-deserved lunch, some of them just wanted to stay in the classroom and rest instead. However, that moment of calm was interrupted. A few of them had noticed Zokujin stiff at the sound of loud footsteps heading to the classroom.

That's when Bakugo slammed the door open and came barging inside the classroom, he was seething while looking for something...or rather someone as he marched towards Kana, who wasn't paying attention, too busy putting her notebooks back into her bag, until she felt him gripping her wrist harshly and turning her towards him, making her yelp in surprise.

"H-hey! what are you doing?!" she asked with a small pained wince.

"Deku told me what happened, do you seriously think you're above everyone else as to pretend you don't remember us?! do you think you're superior just because you have a quirk now?!" He growled at her, not realizing how her eyes were wide with surprise along with a trace of panic and dread.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about, let me go!" she tried to pull her arm away from him, but Bakugo's grip wouldn't budge.

"Hey!" Chava was quick to jump up from her seat, glaring harshly at the boy, eyes slowly starting to turn black "Leave her alone! She does not know you so leave it be, stupid boy!"

Meldori rushes over "Everyone! Calm down!" She hated fighting, she truly did. "Bakugo?! Just leave Kan-chan alone!" Meldori snapped at Bakugo, not noticing Kana's confused expression over the nickname, just how did she know?

Bakugo turned to her, still enraged as he growled at her "And you! Why the fuck would you flunk that first exam?! Also, don't say you did not flunk it, I know you did!"

Meldori flinched back before glaring at him "That's none of your business Kacchan" she hissed venomously, missing the soft squeak of a chair as someone stood up.

Zokujin made very little sound as he walked to them, his heart drumming with fear as he got closer, he knew how to make little to no sound after living with his foster family "Um...Bakugo? Can you please....leave? You're making....people uncomfortable" He says, shivering in place, he didn't want to confront Bakugo, but it was not just him Bakugo was making uncomfortable but everyone else too, so he could swallow his fear to ask Bakugo to leave, but he was prepared for a punch this time. He was not prepared however, for the blond's heated glare.

"Fuck off you useless extra! This does not concern you!" He turned back to the girl in front of him, ready to start yelling at her once more. Just to come face to face with Kana's completely black eyes.

"I TOLD YOU TO LET ME GO!!!"

He felt a powerful hit landing in his gut, it sent him keeling to the ground, his eyes landed on Kana's leg, the knee she had used to hit him with was covered in a black mass, making her kick stronger than average.

"I do not know you or anyone else here! I do not know why you are so persistent that we know each other but I hate it! Just leave me alone!!!" She shrieked painfully, her still black eyes filled to the brim with unshed tears as she ran off to the classroom.

"Wait, Kana!" Chava yelped, rushing after her.

Zokujin backed away from Bakugo before sneaking out of the classroom, Wittenstein was missing, so he'd have to find another teacher, that's what he should do during this, right? Find a teacher? Find someone to help? The concept that someone would go out of their way to help was strange, but he was slowly warming up to it.

Bakugo stumbled back to his feet after catching his breath, anger still clear on his face at the thought she really didn't seem to remember anything about him or Deku. He was already on his way to go looking for Kana again, but someone stopped him before he could take another step out of the classroom.

Mikumo, Mitsaru, and Zetsu stood in his way, effectively blocking the door "Going somewhere after harassing our classmates?" Mikumo hissed, his tone holding more hatred for him than the others did, like he's hated him his whole life. "Not going to take responsibility for your actions? Or does no one give you trouble cause you are nothing but a tiny exploding Chihuahua?"

Bakugo's blood was boiling in rage, a vein close to pop out on his forehead by the guy's insult, but he didn't have the chance to respond as his teacher quickly arrived at the scene, hair rising up in anger and his eyes glowing red. Zokujin took a few steps behind him, looking from a safe distance.

"Bakugo" Aizawa's voice was low, terrifyingly low. "Care to explain why you are harassing the new students...again?" Everyone present in the classroom shivered in fear at the teacher's voice, it almost made them want to rush and sit down on their proper seats...

Meanwhile Kana was still running away through the halls, bumping into more than one student without a care in the world, not hearing their complaining or even caring about where she was heading, all she wanted to do was run, and run, and run without looking back, pain overwhelming her thoughts.

That feeling of pain quickly turned into surprise the moment she crashed into something hard, making her fall back on the floor without even bothering to look up.

"Woah! Easy there! Where's the fire?!" The person she crashed into quickly asked her, before a hand was in front of her, trying to help her back up on her feet.

"Are you ok?" He offered a hand that Kana slowly and with hesitation accepted, but she still did not look at him. "I am fine" she answered with a tiny voice.

A voice called from down the hall, the sound of footsteps echoing through the hallway before Chava slid into view, her eyes lighting up at the sight of Kana. "Kana! Hey!"

She jogged over to the girl's side, grabbing Kana softly by the shoulders, her expression holding nothing but sympathy "Would you like to go sit outside for a while? I know a place in the school we can be alone for a bit"

Kana let out a small sniff before nodding softly, but not without looking at the guy she had crashed into, he was a blond and way taller than them both, he gave the girls a worried look also filled with confusion by their behavior.

"I am sorry for running into you, I should have paid more attention..." he smiled at them both before waving his hand.

"Do not worry about it, it takes more than that to knock me out" then he walked away, leaving both girls on their way. "See ya! Be more careful next time!"

"How nice" Chava commented before the both started to walk, Chava leading the way "Alright, let's go clear your head, my friend"

The two had ended up under a tree near the fence of U.A, the surrounding forestry hiding the two students from prying eyes and allowing them to relax under the shade of the leaves, both just enjoying the sound of the birds and the feeling of the air on their skin. It had been silent between the two for a while, before Chava had sat up, resting her head on her knee and glancing over at Kana with a curious expression.

"That guys does not appear to know the meaning of 'let go', huh?"

"I don't think he even knows the meaning of personal space, remember what he did to Zokujin?"

Chava huffed "Yeah, can't forget that horrid boy. What a carbon"

A giggle escaped Kana, she had already calmed down and gave Chava a smile "Thanks Chava, I really needed this"

"It is what friends do," Chava argued, smiling softly "Kana, we may have only known each other for a short period of time, but I want you to know that it's okay for you to tell me anything, okay? I can tell that the way he was handling you was not the only reason you got upset, so, if you want to talk about it, I am here.

"Well..." Kana let out a sigh, trying to calm herself down a bit more before speaking again "It is a really long story..."

"Okay!" Chava shrugged with a dopey grin on her face "There is no need to be telling me, just want you to know when you're ready, I'm here. Do force not it out"

"It is okay, I guess it was bound to come out at some point..."

......

By the time both girls were done talking, lunch had already finished. The both of them walked back to the classroom, there was no sign of Bakugo or Aizawa and everyone else was already in their seat. Along with their teacher.

They were dreadfully late, by a long shot, but Wittegenstein didn't seem surprised or even give them a reprimanding look, he just grinned "so glad you two are here!" There was paper work on each desk, but everyone appeared confused, and he did not bother bringing to light that they were late "go ahead and take a seat" he pauses. I feel like I am forgetting something....oh well, if it was important I would have remembered."

The both of them hurried to their seats, that's when their teacher started explaining their class work, at least he was thorough with explaining the homework.

~The next day~

Corovo had woken them up somewhat early and shuffled them out after they had gotten ready. They were not sure where they were going, or why the classes 1-A and 1-B were coming with, and in their hero suits no less.

The buses were beginning to get full, but Iida had noticed the late class and their lack of hero costumes, none of them were dressed for the USJ at all, how lazy.

Iida came up to them "Where are your costumes? We are supposed to be training together, you should be wearing the proper hero equipment!" He asked them, only to be met with confused and puzzled expressions.

"What the fuck do you mean?" Joel asks, still rubbing the sleep from his face even after an hour of being awake "Teach just shuffled us out here too fucking early" Joel grumbles.

"It's noon..." Mikumo groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose "What kind of training are we supposed to be doing?" Mikumo asked Iida who stared at them with almost mounting horror, to the class's confusion.

Joel shrugs "time to get the fuck on" he says, stumbling onto the bus tiredly.

Slowly the buses filled up with the last few students, 1-L could tell that they were in the dark on something, but they were not sure what, so they tried to discuss what it was that they were missing, clearly the hero costumes, but what training?

They noticed when they finally pulled into a parking lot with a huge building. As the students were let off, Mikumo could easily see the unease in 1-A in front of the building. He slunk off towards Izuku.

"Hey, Izu, what's wrong? You seem...unhappy here?" Mikumo said to Deku, who grimaced a little.

"Well, last time we were here.....it wasn't a pleasant experience" Izuku said, Mikumo tilted his head.

"Why? What happened?" Mikumo asked, voice full of worry and concern.

"Well....we were attacked by the league of villains," Izuku missed the surprise that flashed across Mikumo's face followed by an angered dark look "but, we managed to get out of it with the help of the pros coming with Iida's help"

Mikumo gives Izuku a wary look "I'm glad you're alright, i didn't know about that, and it makes me angry to think you could have gotten hurt"

Izuku gives him a soft smile "That's nice, but you don't have to worry since we're all safe"

Mikumo smiles back softly, but now the teachers were leading everyone inside. Mikumo would have to say he's really impressed by it and the different kinds of varieties this place sported, softly whistling "This place is huge....and diverse" he says in awe, Izuku flashes him a smile.

"Alright, everyone pay attention" Aizawa called out the three classes, everyone paid attention as him, Vlad and Wittegenstein stood in front of them, Thirteen was standing a few feet apart from them, observing from their spot.

"Since someone didn't bother to explain what this is about..." he gave an oblivious Wittegenstein a side glare, while the teacher just grinned happily without a care in the world "I guess I'll have to explain it myself"

Class 1-L was confused, they noticed the other two groups were pretty calm, like they already knew what this was all about.

"You are going to participate in a training exercise for Class 1-L to catch up with our classes" he pointed at Vlad with his thumb "You are going to be part of a team of two against one group, but it is going to be an exercise to help you understand better your quirks, strengths and weaknesses, you are going to help your classmates grow" the last words were directed at class 1-A and 1-B.

"This time we're doing the exercise at USJ in order for you to realize where will your quirks have an advantage or disadvantage" Vlad continued from that point "Sometimes your surroundings will be in your favor, other times they will leave you struggling, this will help you adapt to different surroundings"

There was a murmur going through 1-L, some of the students began to study the other two classes to discover their strengths and weaknesses. They missed the door being open as they were talking among themselves. Mikumo froze when he heard the voice "I AM HERE"

The students turn to the voice, seeing a smiling small form All Might, missing the fact that three students were observing nervously at the retired hero.

He gave everyone a smile "Hello, I will be here giving advice while others do their training.

Shitae hums "All Might, i think you lost a bit of weight, i could whip you up something super duper fast!"

Moreover, fast it was, she somehow pulled out a happy meal from the ceiling and handed it over to All Might, but if there is one thing he remembers from the entrance exam was her quirk appeared based on cartoon humor.

All Might gave it a shot and opened the happy meal box, only for a rather squeaky voice All Might toy to pop up with "I am here!" and flexing with squeaks like a dog toy.

All Might couldn't help but laugh, Izuku managed to sneak closer to them, grinning, then gasping in wonder at the sight of the toy "Wait! That's an American collection toy! They were only sold for a year! How did you get one?"

Shitae grins "Came with the happy meal" as if that explained how she had a toy that was supposedly ten years old but looked brand new, at least the food was still hot, freshly made even.

"Attention up front everyone" Aizawa said, seemed the interaction was funny since he wasn't reprimanding them "For this exercise, you'll be starting from one point and working your way to another point, each starting and ending will be different for each group. Class 1-A, it is your job to collect the various Civilian dolls laying about during your run, not getting any will be marked against you. However, 1-A and 1-B need to apprehend and slow down 1-L, all three of you need to try and minimize the damage you make to the surrounding area, cause not only are the civilian dolls counted as civilians, the buildings also have numerous civilian dolls, most civilians run at the sign of danger and usually head inside, some of them can't or at worst cases faint from fright, there's also the few that stay to watch" Aizawa turned to 1-L "Your job is only to get from point A to point B and not to get caught, and the chances of the groups running into each other is possible, in that case just ignore the other group and continue chasing the 1-L student from your group"

"The following first four groups are: First group is Yaoyorozu, Shishida and Kayama. Second group is Iida, Honenuki, and Turismo. Third group is Sero, Tokage, and Onigumo. And the fourth group is Koda, Shiozaki, and Shiromori. These four groups will wait ten minutes till they head out, everyone else will wait for their turn" explained Aizawa.

Momo and Jurota approached Chikako

"Hello again, Kayama" Momo started, bowing slightly in greeting "I just wanted to wish you good luck and I wanted to warn you; you may be new to the school, but I have seen your strength and I won't hold back!"

Jurota bows at Chikako "I hope we can all do our best Ms. Kayama" really, class 1-L was at a disadvantage for not knowing most of 1-A's and 1-B's quirks, unless they saw the sports festival, and at which point they're matched in knowledge more or less.

Chikako wasn't going to lie, she was nervous, barely knowing about her opponent's quirks was a disadvantage, barely being able to watch a small fraction of the sports festival, courtesy of her grandmother's dislike towards heroes, but it was a good thing her mother told her a few things of what happened. Speaking of her mother, she remembered the words she told her one time, "Fake it 'till you make it", she was a shy person, but steeled her nerves before answering them.

"T-Thank you for helping me with this training, I hope I can learn a lot from both of you!" The way she said those words with what she thought was a confident face was nearly adorable, it looked like she was pouting.

Ford had quickly found the people he was to be trained with, vibrating with excitement "Howdy there! You guys are Iida and Honenuki, right??" He was a fast talker, managing to say more words than it took someone to breathe.

Iida was taken back by Ford's cheerful attitude and fast talking, but that didn't mean he thought of him as someone inexperienced.

"That is correct, I'm Iida Tenya as you may recall from our last meeting, I hope we can learn from each other with this exercise" he made his usual hand gestures as he greeted his new classmate.

Ford blinked before flushing in embarrassment "Oh! Right! I forgot! Sorry, sometimes I forget stuff a little too easily." Ford turned to Honenuki "I didn't meet you and forget too, right?"

"Nope" Honenuki held out his hand "Name's Honenuki Juzo. I saw you during your entrance exam, you are pretty fast"

Ford grins even more "Really?! I did not even know any of the students were watching. Luckily you did not see me going too fast, when I go too fast I cannot breath and that really sucks, and I am talking too much, aren't I?" Ford happily shook Juzo's hand.

"It's cool, but yeah, we got to watch with the judges in a spectator room" Honenuki replied, placing his hands into his pockets once Ford had released his hands "Though, it does mean we know you're Quirk, so expect us to exploit your weaknesses for our gain"

Ford looked like someone who realized he had fucked up, but he recovered and grinned "well, thanks for telling me that you are going to use my weaknesses, just do not let me faint.

"Will do, bud. Will do"

Chura had met Sero during that apology cake thing, they hadn't talked per-say, but Chura was aware of him. It was this Tokage he didn't know anything about, but should he seek her out and learn about her, or stay and watch from afar? There are many little things people betray when they are not engaged with another person in conversation. However, did he feel like engaging with her?

"Hey, it's good to see you again" Sero had greeted him with a friendly smile "Seems like we're up against you, think you're ready?"

Chura turned to look at Sero, he remembered the sports festival and was trying to place what he had seen with Sero "I think so, it'll certainly be interesting" namely since Chura didn't use some of his abilities during the exam, like his webbing.

"I most certainly hope so, think you can keep up with us?" Neither of them had noticed Setsuna had already made her way towards them, a confident vibe around her. "The entrance exam was one thing, from this point it gets harder, think you can do it?"

Chura smiles sweetly "I can hope and try my best" He said, he's fairly certain he hasn't seen Tokage's quirk, but that won't stop him, and if the teachers are even half as competent as he'd hope, she might be an issue for his quirk, possibly something that doesn't get stuck on webs or maybe she can make his webs useless? He will have to see.

From the start of the class they were already near one another, so Zetsu, ever so bored, started to grow some flowers from a nearby plant and start braiding flowers together to form a flower crown. Zetsu often did this when he was stressed, and since he knew nothing about Koda and knew very little about Shiozaki made this hard and stressful. Was her hair vines? Could he control it? He had no idea and focused on the flower crowns, but he could feel the stares as he made the crowns "You guys can join if you want, I can make more.

"How wonderful!" Shiozaki walked over, plopping down next to Zetsu "You have been blessed with such crafts, my friend. Your crowns look beautiful, such a delicate and precise handmanship.

Koda nodded silently with a small smile full of excitement, he may not be pretty vocal, but the idea of making flower crowns really got his attention, he carefully followed his classmates instructions with a keen eye.

Zetsu nods "Thank you, my mother taught me" He didn't say much else, he wasn't known as a very chatty person, but the silence was peaceful compared to some of the rowdy classmates, and any time they made a mistake, he'd gently correct them and was a rather good teacher for this delicate craft.

~Group One~

The sound of a loud buzz was heard all around the training center, it was time to start the exercise.

Chikako's starting point was the city, a place where her quirk had more chances to react to something. She quickly made a run for it, trying to lose her opponents as quickly as possible, but much to her surprise neither of them both moved from their spot just yet. Curiosity filled her thoughts, why were they not moving yet? However, she could not let that distract her, the goal was to reach the landslide zone, better keep running!

After a minute her head start was up, perhaps she knew she had a head start, perhaps she did not know. But both Jurota and Momo took off after her, Jurota having the upper-hand with speed, quickly gaining ground.

She needed a distraction, and fast. Concentrating on a certain composition, her arms slowly started to release a curtain of black smoke, hiding her from view before quickly making a turn, hiding from their view and taking a detour, that could save her some time.

With the visual of her form lost to him, Jurota resorted to try and sniff her out as she had a rather distinct scent.

"Here" Momo handed a mask over to Jurota, adjusting her own mask on her face "She creates fragrances from her body, so this should protect us from attacks"

Jurota nodded "Thank you, he pocketed it for later use" but, if she can create fragrances from her body, she could just change her scent and for him to keep losing and gaining it, but he was determined.

Jurota and Momo followed through the dark smoke, it was already lifting, meaning she must have stopped making it a while ago, but they wouldn't find her.

However, as he sniffed the air, a familiar smell crossed his nose "I think I am smelling cinnamon?"

"Cinnamon?" Momo mimicked "Anything else?"

Jurota furrows his brows "Clove too, and i think, orange? No, there is something else in it.

"That sounds like Chai tea-" The thought struck her "When we talked, Chikako smelled of Chai, I- I think that's her scent that you smell"

Meanwhile Chikako kept running as fast as she could, so far she had managed to keep some distance away from the both of her opponents, but she had to think of something to defend herself, in case they got closer. Call it a coincidence, she realized her surroundings were covered with trash "Talk about paying attention to details, UA really pays attention to everything..." she mumbled to herself.

There in the distance was the sound of thundering footfalls as it got rapidly faster to her point. The noise made her turn around towards the source, her eyes got wide and her face quickly began turning blue at the sight of Jurota heading her way, he was speeding up towards her with Momo mounted on his back with a weapon in hand, it was like watching something out of a fantasy novel, a knight riding a beast into battle...and Chikako was the villager in the knight's way.