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↳ chapter 48

We returned to the dorms, talking among ourselves about the Work-Studies. A lot of us weren't allowed to join since our internships worked at 'distrustful places' during our Hero Internships. The school accepted my request to work with Hawks for Work-Studies because, well, he was the number 3 hero after all. Shoto and I hadn't talked after the kitchen incident, because whenever I saw him, I would turn my heel in the opposite direction and scamper. So mainly the fault was on my part. On the other hand, I was elated to be working with Hawks. We returned to school on day 4, with Izuku joining the class today. Aizawa-sensei finally elaborated on the Work -Studies, and even brought in The Big Three. Amajiki Tamaki, Hado Nejire, and Togata Mirio. The Big Three of the school. We were all shocked. Why were the Big Three here? Everyone knew them, they were to closest people to becoming pro-heroes. That second, the raven-haired boy, Amajiki-senpai, glared at all of us, sending shivered down our spines. I glared back at him, which caused him to turn around and face the blackboard in humiliation, saying something about potatoes.

"Hai! I'm Hado Nejire! We were asked to talk to you guys about Work-Studies, but wait..."

She had the enthusiasm and cuteness of 10,000 kittens combined. I flinched. Too... bright. She was all sunshine and rainbows, asking about our different quirks such as Shoji's mask, Shoto's burn, which I coughed violently at, Ashido's horns and Mineta's balls. The ones on his head, of course.

"There's so much I want to know about all of you, its so strange!"

  While she was cute and curious like a kindergartener, everyone fawned over her. Including Mineta, who was practically having a nose bleed from her asking about his balls. She started pestering us for more information, causing Aizawa-sensei to glare holes in the back of her head. His hair was floating and his eyes glowed red.

"Isn't this lacking rationality?" Yep, he was angry.

"Don't worry, Eraserhead! I'm going to wrap things up, right" he sweatdropped.

  Last but not least, the blonde one introduced himself.

"The journey ahead-" he waited for us to respond.

"Will be full of difficulties!" I shouted, standing up and pumping the air with my fist.

  Everyone looked at me weird. Of course, they weren't surprised. I was Sakura, after all. I was bound to be weird. They muttered under their breath about how weird they, and I, were. Togata noticed our confusion, addressing the issue directly, throwing in the point about how we got our Provisional Hero Licences already. A dark look flashed over the bright and charming boy's face.

"Why don't you all fight me at once?"

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  We stood in the training area, preparing to fight Togata. Some of us, no, all of us complained about how there was a handicap in place. Were they underestimating us? We'd fought Villains before, we weren't just small shrimps that they could pick on. Eager to prove them wrong, Kirishima stepped up first to try to tackle him, only for Izuku to steal his spotlight. I snickered under my breath. Izuku launched at him, the rest of us changing our stances. As he pushed off the ground, a horrifying sight stood before us. 

Togata-senpai took off his clothes.

I covered my eyes in shock, screaming. All of us were screaming, trying not to look. What on earth? He could have at least warned us by saying that he had to strip, but no, he just lets his clothes fall to the ground, mentally scarring all of us. He pulled on his pants, just as Izuku was about to kick him. He seemed too... calm for my liking. As Izuku kicked him, his foot just passed through Togata like he wasn't even there. My eyes widened. What a powerful quirk! He was a force to be reckoned with. I changed my stance again. Us long-distance shooters used our quirks on him, but he simply let them passed through him. When we stopped, it was too late. He was already gone.

  I teleported to the close rangers, fearing that he would come up behind me. As I suspected, he appeared out of the ground, naked, taking out everyone left and right. I thought to myself. If I timed it just as he was punching someone, I could easily trap him in my portal. I focused, opening a portal the second his fist was about to come into contact with Tsu's gut. However, it simply just passed through, punching Tsu in the gut. I flinched. Sorry Tsu, I tried. All of the long-distance shooters fell to the ground and Togata simply shouted 'Power!', while beating the living daylights out of everyone. All of us stared at the blonde enthusiast in awe. He'd taken all of them out in barely a second! He barreled towards us, and I opened a portal below his feet. Only his feet fell through it when he passed through the portal with ease, disappearing into the ground. Before I knew it, he came out of the ground, naked once again, and punched me in the stomach.

  The impact was too hard. It sent me flying straight to the ground, and I hit my head on the floor, blacking out almost instantly.

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  Shoto watched from the sidelines as Sakura got punched and knocked out. The girl he had sparred against and lost multiple times was taken out with just one swoop. They had really underestimated Togata-senpai, who was now taking out the rest of his class. He focused his eyes on Sakura, whose head was now bleeding. Oh shit, what if she got a concussion? What if she died? He quickly alerted Aizawa-sensei, who was focused on the match. As Togata took out Izuku, Shoto ran towards Sakura, gently lifting us her head. She didn't seem to have any obvious neck injury, so he immediately carried her to Recovery Girl's office.

Togata looked at the retreating back of the teenager, unaware of what he had done. He popped by to check in with the boy. When he saw the state the girl was in, his eyes widened.

Did he just kill Sakura?