Returning to UA

In the morning Aiden woke up in a slight daze as he wasn't used to spending all night playing video games. When he saw the date and time, he breathed out a sigh of relief as he still had more than enough time until school started.

He did his morning routine and got dressed for school. By the time he came down, Mina had already prepared breakfast for him and the pair met up with Kendo before setting off to UA.

While the two talked about the USJ incident, Aiden put his earphones in and lost himself in the music. By the time they arrived at UA, Mina had already said her goodbyes to Kendo and the two made their way to class.

When Aiden sat down, he put his head down on his desk and hoped to catch some sleep before the start of the lesson. While his head was down, he could hear the students talking amongst themselves.

"Did you watch the news yesterday? They were going on about all of us."

"What! I totally missed it!"

"Does that mean we're famous!"

"Are we celebrities!!"

Having heard enough, Aiden turned to the studious Momo and asked her for some ear plugs. With no real reason to reject him, she accepted his request and passed over two noise cancelling ear plugs.

'Peace at last.'

As the class rep, he knew that he should be setting an example for the rest of the students. But as a man whose eye lids felt like sandbags, he couldn't give less of a fuck. Besides, Momo took her job more seriously than he did and would take care of any problems should they appear.

Just as he was about to close his eyes again, the classroom door slid open and in came a mummified Aizawa.

"Aizawa-sensei!!"

"Your back!!"

"Your alive!!"

Ignoring that last comment, he greeted the class in his usual worn out voice.

"Morning class."

"Sensei you're alright!" Iida said after seeing Aizawa up and walking.

"Can you really call that okay?" Uraraka mumbled after seeing his mummified face.

Just as the rest of the class was about to go into an uproar, he raised his hand to quiet them down and addressed them directly. "My well-being is irrelevant. What's more important is that your fight isn't over."

"Our fight?"

"Don't tell me there's more villains!!"

This sentence seemed to interest Aiden as he instantly snapped out of his half asleep state and prepared to construct his knives.

But just as he was about to do so, Aizawa's next sentence poured cold water on him.

"The U.A Sports Festival is about to start." Aizawa deadpan tone put everyone's worrying to bed but everyone still yelled: "WHY WOULD YOU SCARE US LIKE THAT?!"

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After the class had calmed down, everyone started getting excited by the thought of the Sports Festival being near.

According to the conversation Aiden heard between Deku and Jiro, the U.A Sports Festival was pretty much the Quirk Olympics and everyone watched it. It was also a great chance to show off their quirks and potential to the world while also being scouted by a lot of pro heroes.

Though none of this mattered to Aiden since he had pretty much secured his place with Mirko. The only benefit to this whole festival was to see how he compared to the rest of the students in UA.

Hearing the discussions going on among his pupils, Aizawa decided to cut in. "This event could open a path for you, that's why it matters so much. One chance a year, 3 chances in a lifetime. No aspiring hero can afford to miss this festival."

"FUCK YEAH!! Bakugo fist pumped the air.

Aizawa's words seemed to have lit a fire in the hearts of class 1-A as their eagerness and passion was visible on their faces.

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"I knew it was coming but, GODAMMIT I'M SYKED AS HELL!!" Kirishima yelled.

"Yeah! We'll show them class 1-A is the best!" Sato chimed in.

"Ha! The pros will definitely see what we're made of!" Sero added.

While the three of them were yelling to the other, Uraraka was busy making an intense face and shouting about how they're gonna crush it in the sports festival. It was honestly kinda weird...

"Not feeling hyped?" Momo asked after seeing Aiden's lukewarm reaction.

"*Yawn* Not really. Wanna grab some lunch?"

"I had my chef make me a bento, want some?" She asked pulling out a pink lunch box.

"Sure thing princess."

Ignoring his teasing, Momo did share her lunch with him and the two of them talked about their thoughts on the upcoming sports festival.

By the time school was over, he was ready to leave and even went ahead of Mina. But just as he was about to get up, Uraraka's voice caught his attention.

"What the hell!"

Standing at the entrance of their classroom was a bunch of students from differing classes.

"What are they doing here?" Denki mumbled.

"They're scoping out the competition." Bakugo suddenly answered surprising everyone.

"They want to see what the students that survived a villain ambush looked like." He continued not caring if the students outside heard him. "These ass holes are checking us out before the big battle. Bunch of pussies."

"LISTEN UP YOU DAMN EXTRAS! THERE'S NO POINT IN TRYING TO FIGHT US SO FUCK OFF!!"

"Don't go calling people you just met Extras right off the bat!" Iida yelled in the background.

"Sorry four eyes but I agree with Bakugo." A voice suddenly rang out.

"Aiden!" "Aiden-kun!"

Walking up next to Bakugo, Aiden ignored the shocked voices of his classmates.

"I can't believe I'm saying this but Bakugo's right. There's no need to be polite when talking to a bunch of ants." He stared at the outside class and made them avoid eye contact.

"I don't need you agreeing with me you purple eyed freak!" Bakugo scowled when he saw who was talking.

"And I don't need your constant bullshit you explosive attention whore." Aiden smiled.

"THE FUCK YOU SAY!! YOU WANNA GO BITCH!!"

Just as the two were about get into a full blown argument, they were interrupted by a unknown voice.

"To argue while in front of us, aren't you guys a bit to arrogant?"

"Eh!" The two of them turned at the same time.

Pushing a student out of the way, a student with messy indigo hair stood in front of the duo. He had droopy eyes and looked half asleep, he had a slim figure and his posture made him look extremely lazy. His gloomy aura didn't help as it seemed to suck the color away from the surroundings.

"Who the fuck are you?!"

"Hitoshi Shinso, a student of class 1-C." He introduced himself.

"Class 1-C? Ahahahahahahahahahaha, with all that swagger I thought you were someone interesting! Turns out you're nothing but a class 1-A reject that couldn't even get into 1-B!" Bakugo laughed.

Instead of getting angry, Shinso said "Did you know that based on the results in the festival, students from the general department can be transferred into the hero course? Of course the opposite is also possible."

His sentence caused Deku who was watching in the background to shiver.

Turning around, Shinso started walking away and left a few words behind. "Take this as my declaration of war class 1-A."

'Wow, this guy is intense!' The rest of class 1-A thought.

Just when they thought they could get a breather, another person from the crowd started yelling.

"Hey you guys from class 1-A! I'm TetsuTetsu from next door's class 1-B! I heard you guys fought against a bunch of villains! Don't you dare get arrogant just because of that!"

'Another intense person showed up!'

Hearing him begin to spout off, both Aiden and Bakugo prepared leave while he was yelling in the background.

"Oi you bastards! Don't ignore me!"

"Hey Aiden, Bakugo! What are we gonna do about this?! Now we have the whole first year gunning for us!" Kirishima blocked their way.

"It doesn't matter." Bakugo grinned. "Once your at the top ants will always try to reach you."

"You!-- *Sigh* I expected this from Bakugo but not you Aiden." Kirishima and the rest sighed.

"Don't lump me in with him, I'm just making sure those who didn't make it into the hero course or class 1-A know their place. Once they do, they won't be so disappointed when they fail later on."

In his eyes the students that didn't make it into the hero course were practically worthless. He didn't want to give them false hope and chose to stand with Bakugo in hopes that they'd see them as unreachable obstacles and not be disheartened when they inevitably lose when facing them. In a sense, this was Aiden's kindness towards them.