Friends, like the Plural Noun (Part 1)

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And once again he finds himself in those same sad grounds like always, but this time it's even more sad.

She better not talk to me today...

He walks up to the building, through the halls, into the classroom, actually expecting to hear her voice, but it never came. His worry subsided for a moment, but his relief was not long lasting.

Wait, but, if we don't talk, how are we supposed to resolve things? Does that mean we're not.... Friends anymore? Well, way to go you drove away the first real friend you had... No, she's the one in the wrong, not me! She was being all invasive! It's her fault! Not mine! This time at least...

He takes a seat and looks over at Uraraka who seems to be unworried. He sighs and looks around.

But if we're not friends anymore... who am I supposed to be friends with...

Aizawa walks into the class and begins talking.

"For today's hero basic training, it's turned into a class with three instructors, All Might and me, and one other person."

Bakugo rolls his eyes.

"All Might, of course."

He mumbles. One of the students raises his hand.

"Excuse me! What'll we be doing?"

Aizawa reaches into his pocket and pulls out a card that has the word "Rescue" in blue.

"Disasters, shipwrecks, and everything in between. It's rescue training."

Rescue training? That could be interesting...

He looks around and sees everyone talking. They all seem very excited.

"Hey, I'm not done."

Aizawa says, making the class go silent.

"You can decide if you want to wear your costume or not this time."

He presses a button and the lockers holding the students costumes start to come out of the wall.

"There are probably costumes that limit your abilities too. The training will take place off-campus, so we're taking a bus."

A bus? Dammit.

He barries his head in his hands.

That means I'm gonna have to be on a bus with Uraraka. I'll just ignore her.

"That is all. Start getting ready."

Aizawa leaves the room and everyone gets up to get ready. Bakugo decides to wear his costume, but only put on one of his arm pieces, so that it doesn't weigh him down too much.

They all get into the bus and Bakugo tries to avoid making eye contact with Uraraka as much as possible. But when they sit down he can't help but look over at her, just to see what she's doing. She's talking to her friends like usual, almost as if nothing has happened. She looks over at him and he quickly looks away.

Dammit she saw me! Just ignore her. I don't want to talk to her and she doesn't want to talk to me. There's no point.
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They arrive at the building and they all see Thirteen standing in front of them.

"Everyone, I have been waiting for you."

She says. Everyone looks so surprised to see her but Bakugo just looks around to see where All Might was. He couldn't see him anywhere.

They all walk into the building. It's huge and full of different environments and places. In the center of the arena there is a big waterfall.

"A ship wreck, a landslide, a fire, a windstorm, et cetera. It is a training ground that I made with types of accidents and disasters. It's called the 'Unforseen Simulation Joint', or 'USJ' for short!"

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