The Eleventh Hour ~ BNHA x Marvel

2.The Problem Children

Akari was honestly quite surprised by how easily she managed to navigate the school halls.. turns out she does still remember her way around. It took no time to find her brother just about to enter the 1A classroom with a resigned slump of his shoulders.

She couldn't really blame him though, if the sound of approximately six teenagers yelling over eachother was anything to go by.

Shouta glanced up at the sound of her footsteps, but otherwise gave no acknowledgement, and marched into the room with a stern "Quiet down." and a red tinted glare that immediately silenced the rowdy class.

Akari followed him in with a raised brow, and readjusted the now regular black face mask she wore instead of the high tech one she usually sported in public.

"Today Acronix will be telling you all about how you should be designing your hero suits for maximum efficiency and protection, as well as how to best utilize support gear to fit your unique needs. I expect you all to pay careful attention to this introduction and apply everything you learn onto a rough draft of a functional design. Understand?"

"Yes, sensei!" the class chanted back at their teacher, who in turn, shot Akari a quick salute and sunk beneath the teacher's desk, into a very familiar bright yellow sleeping bag.

Akari gave the sleeping bag an unimpressed look, despite the warmth that had forced its way into her heart upon realizing that he had indeed kept her gift, and turned to face the eager faces watching her.

"So," Akari began, rolling up her sleeves and jumping up to sit cross-legged on the teacher's desk. "Class 1A. I've heard a lot about you. Let's see.."

She tapped away at the watch on her wrist and a hologram materialized out of it, and she started scrolling through her files, to various "ooos" and "ahhs".

"You've already experienced numerous real life villain attacks, so you have a lot more hands on experience than most people your age." she began, unable to mask the bitterness in her tone at the blatant child endangerment. "And experience is exactly what you need to really figure out what you're looking for in a design. My job right now, is to make you aware of your options."

Finding the thing she was looking for in the files, she stood up on the desk and stepped down to place one leg on the roller chair behind it, pushing away to wheel over to the blackboard with the other.

"There are several kinds of hero suits, that vary according to the hero's quirk, style and environment." she picked up the chalk and began rough sketches of three different suits. "A hero specializing in search and rescue would not require the same gear as, say an underground hero, or a big city hero.."

"Therefore we see designs ranging from Iron Man's full body armour to Midnight's minimal fabric preference."

The first sketch she finished appeared to be a diagram of the iron man suit. Akari tapped it, and turned to the class.

"Full body armour offers undeniably incredible protection, but when you're not a genius billionaire with access to top quality materials, it becomes more of a liability than an aid. Who can tell me why?"

A boy with hair eerily similar to a broccoli raised his hand immediately along with a few others, but the kid's enthusiastic bouncing had Akari calling on him with amusement.

"You are..?" she raised a brow.

"Midoryia, ma'am!"

"Go ahead." she nodded once, and the kid took a deep breath.

"A full body armour is like any other, prone to damage in combat although it would take a lot to really do that, the possibility still remains, and I'd imagine the process of getting it fixed up would not only cost a lot but it would also require finding a very talented engineer on speed dial. Not to mention the issues with its weight and mobility inside it.. I never did figure out how Iron Man managed to get his suit to do all that! But yeah, those complications are probably the reason why there haven't been any other quirkless heroes, and.."