A Nightmare's Reality

The next day, Reina had been very uneasy throughout the rest of the time in class. When she saw the gate in nothing more than dust she couldn't rid herself of who could've done such a thing. She knew the press couldn't have a Quirk such as that.

The only one that could, would be the very people the school had been trying to keep out. She didn't want to think of it, but it was something that had been disturbing to her.

What if a Villian really did get in? What would happen then?

Would the school be destroyed by them? Would the school be closed down if such a thing were to happen?

She thought the whole time, her hallucinations, her own dreams were what was disturbing her but now… She just hoped that she was wrong.

She thought about telling her friends, she truly did, but she couldn't find herself doing it. She didn't want to scare or worry them. She decided to keep what she saw at the front of the school to herself when she returned to her class before the Principal or the other teachers could spot her.

She tried to go through the rest of the day, though she couldn't help but have an uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach. It was nearing the end of the day, before Shota and Lena had something to announce to the class.

"It's about that time students!" Lena said, "It's time for the Hero Basic training!"

Shota added, "For today's hero basic training we've turned this into a class with five instructors. The five instructors will be myself, All Might, Aihara-sensei, and two more."

The students looked at one another, confused by what he meant by the term "turned into". Hanta raised his hand, "Excuse me Sensei? What will we be doing?"

"That is simple…" Lena said before holding up a card with what they were going to be doing in basic training, "... Today we're doing Rescue Training! Disasters, shipwrecks, hostage crisis, everything that screams Rescue!"

"Rescue training huh?" Denki said, "Looks like it's going to be a lot of work this time too."

"Right?!" Mina said with a smile.

"Idiot, this is the duty of a Hero!" Eijirou said, "My arms are ready to rumble!"

"No one can beat me in water--Ribbit." Tsuyu said.

Floyd added with a smile, "My training from America is finally gonna pay off!"

"Hey I'm not done." Shota said getting the attention back to him, "You can decide if you want to wear your costume or not this time. Because there are probably costumes that limit your ability too."

Lena added as she pressed a button on the remote allowing the cases of costumes to reveal themselves, "Presenting your Superhero Wear!"

"The training will take place off campus." Shota added, "So we'll be taking a bus. That's all."

"Now you all better get your asses moving if you want to catch that bus!" Lena said before she followed Shota out of the classroom.

With that all the students got up to retrieve their cases, and went to change into their costumes.

***

-Outside; UA Bus Pick/Drop Off Stop-

All the students of Class 1-A stood around waiting for the bus to arrive so they could head to the training ground. Reina, now in her Hero costume stood there looking uneasy, still having the same thought in her mind. No matter what she did, she couldn't rid herself of the damage she saw at the front entrance. She took a deep breath, as she held her sword close to her.

For a moment she removed it from its sheath, to reveal that on it's blade that it had an inscription, written in Chinese characters instead of the traditional kanji that looked to be a little faded. She took a deep breath as she gently brushed her fingers along the blade. She felt her uneasiness go away a little as she couldn't help but--

"HEYO!" Gio yelled, making Reina sheath her sword and scream a little.

"Jesus man, you gave me a heart attack!" Reina couldn't help but say to Gio.

"You looked uneasy so I thought I could distract you!" Gio said with a smile.

Floyd soon came in, hitting Gio on the head before he yelled, "HOW THE HELL DOES THAT HELP?!"

"It worked on me once when I was a kid." Gio replied, before he was getting another noogie from Floyd.

"Seriously? What is wrong with men?" Reina said as she shook her head.

Chouko, Ochaco and Fumikage approached her, noticing how her demeanor changed. "Nou--I mean Reina-chan?" Chouko said, "Is something the matter?"

"You've been acting a little off today." Fumikage added.

"You're not feeling sick are you?" Ochaco asked.

Reina turned to the two of them before she replied with a reassuring smile, "I'm alright, I guess I'm just nervous about today's training exercise today."

"Is that it?" Chouko said, "You did so well on yesterday's training. I'm sure you'll do just fine in this exercise."

Reina chuckled a little bit, "You don't have to say that to make me feel better."

"But I mean it, Reina-chan." She responded, "You'll be alright, I'm sure of it."

"That Quirk can be handy in this kind of training." Fumikage said, "Don't think otherwise."

"You're awesome with that Quirk you have!" Ochaco added.

"You guys…" Reina said as her face turned a little red.

Chouko looked at Reina nervously before she asked, "And also… If it's all the same to you… Since you're okay with being called by your first name… Would it be possible if you could call me Chou-chan from now on?"

Reina looked to her surprised, "Are you sure? I mean… No offense, but we haven't known each other for very long."

"That's true, but I have a feeling we're going to become really good friends." Chouko said with a smile.

"You always go with what your gut says." Fumikage said, "Just like when we were kids."

"Fu-kun!" Chouko called her cousin by his own nickname, with her face now turning red, "Don't say that out loud!"

Reina couldn't help but giggle at this before she said, "Okay, I guess I'll call you Chou-chan for now on."

Chouko smiled at this, before she said, "And I'll call you Reina-chan now."

"Reina-chan! Floyd-san" A familiar voice had said.

The group turned and noticed that Izuku was wearing his PE clothing instead of his Hero Costume, the only thing that seemed to be added on was his arm pads and white gloves and his black face mask.

"Let's do our best in today's training." Izuku said to them with a smile.

"Sure Izuku-kun." Reina said with a smile.

"Right back at you!" Floyd added.

"You're not wearing your costume today Midoriya?" Gio asked.

"Yeah, you're wearing your P.E outfit." Ochaco added.

"Oh, it got ripped up during combat training." Izuku replied, "I'm waiting for the support company to fix it up for me."

"Makes sense." Floyd said.

They soon heard a whistle blow, courtesy of Tenya and they turned over to him, just as the bus arrived. "Class 1-A gather around!" Tenya said, "Form two lines by your student numbers in order to make boarding the bus smoothly!" He continued to blow the whistle making everyone look at him awkwardly.

"Wow… He is taking the job so seriously…" Reina said as she looked at him.

"Iida-kun is going full throttle." Izuku thought aloud.

Soon enough everyone had gotten on, though Tenya was very disappointed, since the bus had been designed differently. It looked like any other city bus really.

Tenya said as he was slouched over, "Shoot, I didn't think this was the type of the bus."

Floyd said to him comfortingly while he sat by Izuku, Reina and even Gio, "There, there."

"There was no point huh?" Mina said with a smile.

"I say whatever comes to mind." Tsuyu said before she turned to Izuku and Reina, who both sat together, "Hey Midoriya-chan?"

Izuku turned red which couldn't help but make Reina giggle a little. "Um, yes Asui-san?"

"You can call me Tsu-chan." Tsuyu said, "Anyway, I noticed from the combat training yesterday… Your Quirk is a lot like All Might's." At that point, Izuku, Reina, and Floyd froze. No one seemed to notice that the three of them started to sweat nervously.

"Y-Y-Y-You think so?!" Izuku tried to say as he stammered, "It's um--Well--It's--!"

"Well uh--It's a--Not really like--I mean it can be--But--Uh--!" Reina tried to add.

Floyd had tried to change the subject as he stammered too at the same, "S-Say---Lo-Lovely--w-w-w-weather-to-to day-to-day huh?"

"Wait a second Tsu-chan." Eijiro started to say, "All Might doesn't get hurt when he uses his. They just kind of look the same." Reina, Izuku, and Floyd couldn't help but sigh with relief as the tension just seemed to leave them.

"Thank God." The three of them thought in unison.

"Still, it's nice to have an augmenting type Quirk. You can do all kinds of flashy stuff with it." Eijiro said before he hardened his arm, "My Hardening is strong against others, but unfortunately it doesn't look like much."

"Are you kidding me, yours is flashy too!" Reina commented.

"Yeah I think that's really cool!" Izuku said as his eyes sparkled.

"That Quirk is definitely pro hero material bro!" Floyd said as he gave a thumbs up.

"A Pro's huh?" Eijiro said, "But you gotta think about popularity as a Hero too, you know." He soon turned over to Floyd, "Like your parents, Aihara. If anything they got it down when it comes to being popular with the crowd."

"They made a big name of themselves in America right?" Mina said, "They're the first couple Pro Heroes ever to take down at least a hundred Villains together!"

"Must be nice having parents like that man." Rikido said, "I mean I bet you get all the luxuries of being born under them!"

Floyd said as he turned red as a tomato, "Oh stop it you!"

"Personally I think my Navel Laser is pro-level in both flashness and strength." Yuga said.

"But don't you get a stomach ache after you use it too much?" Gio asked, earning a look from Yuga.

"Hey, hey, if you're talking about strength and flashy it's definitely gotta be the Todoroki Twins, Bakugou and Reina right?" Eijiro said. Reina was surprised to hear this, as was Fubuki, who sat by her brother, though Katsuki himself merely gave them a look before turning his attention back out the window.

"Well, I wouldn't say my Quirk is flashy…" Reina said as she rubbed the back of her head.

"Oh no, it certainly is." Tsuyu said, "It is befitting for a Pro and is sure to get you popular. Bakugou-chan on the other hand, gets mad way too easily so there's no way he can get popular."

That's what had gotten Katsuki ticked off. He stood up from his seat before yelling, "WHAT WAS THAT!? YOU WANNA FIGHT!?"

"See?" Tsuyu said calmly.

"You know we haven't known each other that long, so it's amazing that everyone already knows that his personality is crap steeped in sewage." Denki said, making Katsuki glare over at him.

"WHAT'S WITH THE VOCABULARY!?" He yelled, "I'LL KILL YOU YA BASTARD!!"

Floyd laughed out loud at this before he added, "FINALLY SOMEONE THAT GETS IT!"

"DO YOU WANT TO DIE, YOU INKHEAD BASTARD!?" Katsuki yelled, raising his fist to him.

TRY ME BRO!" Floyd barked back

"I cannot believe this…" Reina said as she watched her fellow classmates aggravate Katsuki, "... People other than Floyd are making fun of him…"

"That's UA for you…" Izuku added that he was just as surprised as she was.

"My, what a vulgar conversation." Momo said.

"I don't know, I kind of like this stuff too!" Ochaco said with a smile.

"HOW ARE YOU OKAY WITH THIS!?" Reina and Izuku exclaimed in their thoughts.

"By the way, Reina-chan." Tsuyu said, "Is it alright if I ask you something?"

"Sure As--" Reina said before she cut herself off, "--I mean Tsu-chan… What is it?"

"Well, I hope it's not too personal or anything but… Why do you always have something covering your forehead?" Reina's eyes widened slightly at her question before she looked away from Tsuyu, placing her hand on her forehead. "Oh yeah, I've been wondering that for a while too." Ochaco said, "Why is that?"

"Uh…" Reina said as she was suddenly nervous, "... That's… Well…" Reina thought about what to say exactly, it wasn't long until she finally thought of what to tell her which took her friends back.

"... I was in an accident when I was a kid." She lied, "I got a nasty scar out of it, I don't like to show it to other people."

The group of students looked to Reina, and she saw them give her sad expression, as they were sympathizing with her. Reina didn't like to lie, Izuku, Floyd and Katsuki knew this, but she didn't have much of a choice, since she didn't want them to be scared of her, as so many were in her life. She hated the fact that she had to lie, but she hated it even more that they believed what she said.

"Oh you poor thing." Momo said.

"Sorry we didn't mean to pry." Ochaco said.

"I didn't mean to make you remember." Tsuyu said.

"It's okay." Reina told them as she couldn't help but choke on her words, "... It was a long time ago after all."

"We're here." Shota said to the students, "Stop messing around."

"Yes sir!" The students said, all except Reina who sat there silently.

The students exited the bus and entered the dome-like building in front of them. Two people stood at the front door waiting for them. One appeared to be in some sort of a space suit, and the other was a young woman in her mid thirties, who appeared to be a African-American. She had a short bob hair cut and was seen wearing a black and blue jumpsuit.

"Hi there everybody!" The young African-American said.

"We've been waiting for you!" The person with the space suit said.

Everyone gasped in awe when they recognized who the people standing before them were. "It's the Space Hero Thirteen!" Izuku exclaimed, "The gentlemanly hero who has saved tons of people from disasters!"

"And one of the Top Heroes from America, Caligraphine!" Rikido added.

"Hi ma!" Floyd said as he waved to her.

"Looking sharp!" Lena added as she took a picture of her Hero outfit.

"Oh, I love Thirteen!" Ochaco said as she couldn't help but jump excitedly.

"Caligraphine looks so hot in that outfit..." Mineta said as he drooled and as his nose bled.

Soon enough he felt both Floyd and Lena staring daggers at Mineta. Floyd said in a creepy tone of voice, "Oi, That's our mother you're drooling over."

Lena added in a demonic tone of voice, "So instead of being a pro hero my guess is that you wanna die an early death. Do ya, Grape Boy?"

"EEP! I'M SORRY!" Mineta yelled as he couldn't help but cry.

"Josephine-san? I didn't know you were a teacher here either." Reina said.

Josephine laughed before she replied, "Oh no honey, I'm volunteering here today."

"Volunteering?" Reina asked.

Floyd soon jumped in and said with a smile, "Looking great ma!"

"Thank you Floyd dear.." Josephine with what looked to be a fake smile, "By the way.. Where were you last night? You didn't come home after I told you too."

Floyd turns to stone at this before he started to sweat "Well… I-I-I-I-I-I…"

Reina looked at him with a deadpan look as she said "You said she was okay with you sleeping over at Katsuki's." Reina soon gave Floyd a look, "You were lying, weren't you?"

Floyd nervously before he started to stammer, "No-no-no I--"

Josephine still said with a fake smile on her face, "You were sleeping over at Katsuki's huh?"

Ink was now seen coming down his brow as Floyd tried to say to his mom, "W-w-well..."

"You're gonna get one hell of a punishment when we get home, mister." Josephine said as she cracked her knuckles.

"Now, now, no time for bickering." Thirteen said calming Josephine down, before he turned to the students, "Let's all head inside without delay."

"We're looking forward to working with you!" All the students, excluding Katsuki, had said as they bowed.

They all followed the teachers inside and they were taken back by the view. Each of the sections were divided into different versions of whatever crisis anyone would see in real life, leaving most of the students speechless about what was before them.

"This is… AMAZING!!" Gio exclaimed.

"I'll say!" Floyd added, "It almost looks USJ theme park!"

Thirteen soon started to explain to the students, "A shipwreck, a landslide, a fire, a windstorm, etcetera. This is the training ground that I made with different types of accidents and disasters. It is called the Unforeseen Simulation Joint or USJ for short!"

The students all had wide eyes at this as they were just in complete and utter shock at the acronym for it.

"It really is USJ…" All the students were astounded.

Fubuki noticed that a teacher had been missing and soon waved to one of the teachers and Josephine, as she signed them a question.

"Hm, what's that?" Josephine said as she understood what she had been asking, "Where's All Might-sensei is what you're asking? You know what that is a good question." She soon turned to Shota and Thirteen as they were talking to one another.

"Hey, Aizawa, Thirteen?" She said, "Where's the big guy anyway? I thought he was supposed to meet us here."

"Well…" Thirteen said, "... He had said something to attend to with the Principal and won't be joining us right now."

"Ah, that's a shame. I was hoping to work with him again for old times sake." Josephine said.

"That's the height of irrationality for you." Shota said, "We're going to have to start without him."

Lena shrugged as she said, "Might as well"

Thirteen cleared his voice before saying, "Right now let's get to it! Let's see, before we begin let me say one thing! Or maybe two things--No is it three, no five--or six...?"

Everyone had a deadpan expression as Thirteen continued on. They had all gotten annoyed by this as they all said, "Just get on with it!"

Floyd added as he tapped his foot, "seriously we don't have all day"

"Of course! Apologies." Thirteen said before he got to the point, "Now everyone, I'm sure you're aware by now of my Quirk, the Black Hole. I can suck up anything and turn it to dust."

"You've been able to save people with your Quirk from natural disasters, right?" Izuku asked.

"Yes this is true." Thirteen said, "But my Quirk can also be deadly. Some of you have Quirks like that too, correct?"

All the students nodded their heads, except for Reina who turned away from the teachers and for a moment had her fingers placed on her forehead just where her third eye was hidden. Josephine soon continued where Thirteen had left off.

"Listen up kids, in a superhuman society, personal Quirks in particular have been certified and strength regulated, this way to others, it doesn't seem like a problem at first glance." She said, "This is common knowledge. Never forget that there are many Quirks out there in the world that can easily be used for killing if it's handled in the wrong way."

Thirteen soon added, "With Aizawa and Aihara's fitness test, you all found out the possibilities of your own hidden power, and All Might's one on one combat training, I think you experienced the danger of using those powers against others. This class is a fresh start. You shall learn how to use your Quirks to save people's lives. You do not have powers so you can harm others. Our hope today is that you leave here with the understanding that you have powers in order to help others."

"That's all! We thank you for listening!" Josephine said with a smile as she bowed along with Thirteen.

All the students cheered at this, though Reina stayed silent as she thought about her Quirk again, and what other people said about it.

"This is my chance…" She thought to herself, "... My chance to prove that my Quirk is not something to be feared… At least… I hope I can manage."

Reina soon took notice of the lights flickering just above the ceiling. She saw a bolt of electricity go all around towards the center, which the teachers and the other students were quick to take notice too.

"What in the world?" Josephine said.

"What's going on?" Lena had said with confusion.

Reina looked forward and saw something peculiar just below. Without thinking she ran just ahead of her classmates and past the teachers to the top of the stairs and saw it more clearly. She saw what looked to be purple mist appearing just in front of the fountain that had been in the center of the whole building.

"What… Is that…?"

The black mist suddenly expanded into a wall and she saw a hand reach out. She had been taken back when she saw piercing red eyes was the first thing to step out of the black mist wall with a hand covering the person's face.