Chapter 41: Hand to Hand Combat Training?!
Rewind: Sand joined UA as part of Mr. Reijirou Saionji's deal with Nezu to let Luke join UA
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As Luke entered the classroom, with a grumpy Nyx perched on his shoulder, loud noises blasted his face.
There was a sudden silence as the students saw him standing at the door.
However, in the next moment, the noise returned.
Mezo Shoji nodded at Luke as he entered the classroom. He was seated at the front of the third column.
Luke nodded back and turned around to go to his seat.
"Hi!" Mina said cheerfully. She was on the second bench on the first column, right by the door. "Did you hear the news? The Jaku Incident?"
Luke smiled wryly. "… yeah."
Somehow, he snatched himself away from the excited kid and sat down on Seat No. 10, yawning.
Rikido Sato turned around. "Sleepy?"
Luke nodded. He had just thought of an excuse when Aizawa walked in, looking sleepier than him.
The students bombarded the homeroom teacher with questions related to the incident.
It was especially so for Midoriya, who had tried to reach All Might on his cell but had failed.
"Quiet," Aizawa said, feeling a headache coming. "You already know as much as you should know about it. The rest is confidential. I don't know all the details.
"Let the pros handle it. You are students, not journalists. Study and learn, that's your only job right now."
After giving the lecture, Aizawa opened the register for the roll call.
"Sir…" Tsuyu Asui raised her hand. "… What about All Might?"
They all had seen All Might falling after taking a direct hit on the TV this morning. Sure, he had stood tall by the end of it, with a smile on his face. But the students still held doubts in their hearts.
"Oh, yeah, about All Might," Aizawa said, recalling something. "There's a change in your schedule.
"All Might was supposed to take you guys out for the Combat Training. However, as he is unavailable… Calm down! There's nothing wrong with All Might. He is the strongest Hero. Sigh!
"All Might is still working on the last night incident. There's no saying when he will come back.
"Until then, we are bringing up your next month's routine. You will know of it after lunch."
The students still had dozens of questions, but one mean look from Aizawa shut them up.
And, with that, the Pro Hero Course's Class 1-A's morning classes began at UA High School.
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Lunch Rush Cafeteria,
All Courses' students, from all years, dined at the same cafeteria.
Pro Hero, Lunch Rush, served a variety of first-rate cuisines in the school lunches.
The cafeteria had several long benches with ten chairs each, giving the students ample space to sit and relax.
On one of the tables, Luke, Mezo, Rikido, Denki, Mina, Momo, and Kyoka were seated with boys and girls on opposite sides.
"Wow," Denki remarked as Luke and Momo took out their bento. "It's like you two live together…"
Secretly, he nudged Luke with his elbow and whispered, "If you do live with her, you can tell me. I am great at secrets."
Luke saw Denki wink at him, and his lips twitched.
Denki Kaminari was an energetic boy with the Electrification Quirk. He could store electricity and discharge it, allowing him to cover his body in it.
Nyx, now a bit lively after eating to her full, switched Luke's shoulder and eyed Denki. "You know, he does live with a girl… much prettier than Momo…"
Momo's brows twitched suddenly, her chopsticks pausing midair.
"Nyx!!" Luke gasped. He looked at Momo with a blush. "Ignore her."
From her side, Kyoka stared at Nyx and Denki, who were secretly laughing now. "You know," she said, looking at Denki, "if a bird impresses you this easily, then people would start calling bird-brain…"
Kyoka Jiro was a small girl with a blunt personality.
She had the Quirk Earphone Jack. She could plug the headphone jacks hanging from her earlobes into something to channel the sound of her heartbeat in the form of a violent vibration attack.
Luke let out a smile as he saw the girl seated next to Momo.
Kyoka had been Momo's best friend in his previous life. He didn't know how, but the two girls were already coming closer, it seemed.
"Luke!"
Luke's head snapped toward the right, and he saw Aina coming toward him, followed by two more girls.
Luke noticed the girls giggling as they whispered something in Aina's ears, making her blush.
"You know her?" Denki asked with round, widened eyes.
Opposite Luke, Mina shifted on her seat nervously as well.
Aina wasn't just pretty.
She was like a model doing cosplay.
"Hi," Luke nodded at her and her friends. "Everyone. She's Aina. My sister."
Mina and Denki's shoulders relaxed simultaneously.
"Stepsister," Aina corrected as the students looked from Luke to Aina with confusion. "We are not blood related. Not at all.
"Luke was adopted from an orphanage when he was 9 years old. Both of his parents were Americans. He has no Japanese genes. He…"
"Cough!" Nyx coughed, eying the girl meaningfully.
Aina suddenly paused, and her cheeks almost exploded with redness.
"So…" she began, smiling wryly, "… are you excited about the Combat Training?"
Luke told her about the cancellation of the training, making her frown.
"That's not what Sand told me…" she mumbled to herself. "Let it go. Guys, I am from the General Education Department, 2nd year. Please take care of Luke. He looks strong, but sometimes he also…"
"Cough!" Nyx coughed heavily, ending up actually coughing this time.
Aina paused. She hurriedly exchanged a few words with Momo, inviting her to her home.
Then, she walked away, the two girls with her eying Luke funnily, constantly elbowing Aina from behind.
"… She was so awesome…"
Luke turned to his left and found Minoru almost sitting on Mezo Shoji's lap.
Who knew when he had come over to this table, as he had been sitting with Midoriya and others on the next table?
"Yo…" Denki said, "… can you introduce…"
Kyoka kicked Denki under the table, making him bite his tongue. She then looked at Momo and remembered Nyx's remark. "She didn't seem much…"
Luke just smiled.
Momo had other thoughts, though. "Not much?" she said, elegantly eating her lunch. "Aina Saionji is the youngest student to be a Sidekick without having a Pro Hero License."
The students' eyes widened. "What?!"
They looked at Luke for information.
"… I don't know much, but yeah…" Luke said, feeling the pressure of eyes on him. "… She is Sir Nighteye's Sidekick along with Bubble Girl."
Sir Nighteye was the former Sidekick of All Might and was one of the top Pro Heroes in Japan.
For a 2nd year to be his Sidekick, and that too without a Pro Hero License, just what was her Quirk?
Gaping, the students looked in the direction where Aina had gone, but she had already disappeared.
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Class 1-A,
The students stared at the teacher who had just walked in, acting as All Might's replacement.
He looked like a foreigner, with short brown hair and brown eyes.
He was wearing a neat sand-colored suit with a tie.
He looked at all with the coldest expression.
"I am Sand," Sand said flatly, making everyone gulp unknowingly. "I will teach you Hand-to-Hand Combat for the rest of the term.
"If anyone's afraid of getting hurt, then —"
Sand walked up to the door and opened it.
"— You can walk out right now."
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