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Out of His Depth

Summer of Bad Batch 2024 | Week 8 | Prompt: Swimming Lessons

Summary: Omega asks for advice in giving swimming lessons. Crosshair begrudgingly discovers a new talent. POV: Crosshair Rating: G (Word Count: 2847)

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Notes: I can't help but think of Crosshair being the grumpy-uncle type who's adored by everyone on Pabu, especially the younger crowd (and he loves the kids too, but will never openly admit it, and will never understand why they like him so much). And I've been thinking a lot about what his early interactions might have been like with Jax, Eva, Sami, and Bayrn. And then the "swimming lesson" prompt popped up. Behold the result.

Also, I'm a huge Tech Lives believer, but this story takes place a month or two after the finale events on Tantiss, so in my headcanon Tech hasn't made it back to his family quite yet.

Omega walked wearily up to the group and plopped down on the warm sand with a sigh.

Crosshair eyed her questioningly. “What’s with you?”

“I don’t know what to do,” she mumbled as she rested her chin in her hand, staring out over the tranquil Pabu waters.

“About what?” Hunter asked, leaning toward Omega as Wrecker and Phee turned their attention to the conversation.

“Helping Sami so she’s not afraid of the water,” Omega replied, nodding toward the tiny Pantoran who was currently sitting squarely in the middle of the nearby dock, waving to the boats passing by.

Phee had just returned to Pabu, and since it was Phee’s first time seeing Omega since the Batch’s return from Tantiss, it was decided that a beach day was in order. With Shep, Lyana, Mox, Deke, Stak, Jax, Eva, Sami, and Bayrn also joining the party, it had been a full and eventful day. Phee had been in her element for several hours regaling the younger crowd with tales of her exploits; given that Omega had excitedly requested several specific stories, it was clear the others had already heard about many of Phee’s adventures. Crosshair, meanwhile, had listened skeptically and wondered how often Tech had tried fact-checking these stories.

It wasn’t quite as painful to think of Tech now, not since Crosshair had finally convinced himself to visit the impromptu memorial Omega had set up for their brother in the Archeum. Still, Crosshair had found himself wishing more than once that Tech could have been here with them during this beach day – if only so Crosshair could have teased him relentlessly about his pirate girlfriend.

It had been later in the afternoon that Bayrn had been taken in for a nap, Shep and Lyana had taken Jax, Eva, and the former cadets out on the boat, and Sami had approached Omega to ask for swimming lessons. “Jax and Eva know how to swim,” Sami had said. “I’d like to try it.” And Omega had happily agreed, taking Sami to the relatively shallow natural pool at the far end of this stretch of beach, while the brothers filled Phee in more on what had happened since Tantiss and the slow progress being made toward finding the children’s families.

Given what Omega was now reporting, Crosshair would hazard a guess that Sami’s family had never made her enter a large body of water.

“Did she not know swimming involves getting in the water?” Crosshair asked Omega now.

Omega furrowed her brows in thought. “Oh, she knew, but I don’t think she really thought about putting her head in the water.” A pause, then “Or any part of her body above her knees. She doesn’t mind getting wet – I tried dumping some water over her head and she was fine with it - she’s just afraid of getting into a pool of water.”

“Just push her in,” Crosshair shrugged offhandedly. Realizing from the looks he was now receiving that the others thought he had been serious, he contrarily decided to defend his statement rather than explain he had been joking. “What? That’s what the trainers on Kamino did to me. And we were about the same age she is.”

“Well, that explains a lot,” Phee remarked drily as she gazed appraisingly at him.

“A lot about what??”

“About you.”

Oh, yes, Tech and Phee had to have gotten along great together, Crosshair groused internally, before Hunter spoke up again. “That’s how the trainers made you learn how to swim, Crosshair, and you are an excellent swimmer; but I don’t think it will help with our objective of making Sami less afraid of the water.” Turning back to Omega, who was still staring with no small amount of exasperation at Crosshair, Hunter continued, “What else have you tried?”

Still halfway tuned in to the conversation, Crosshair thought back to those earliest days on Kamino, when cadets began their swimming training when they were, developmentally speaking, seven or eight years old. There had been no time, sympathy, nor resources for individual attention, however; cadets were taught to swim in groups of twenty, and had to find a way to keep up or be dismissed from training. During their first class, Crosshair had only slightly hesitated when tasked with jumping into the training pool, and one breath later had found himself unexpectedly submerged in the water, gasping for air and frantically trying to stay afloat, having been shoved into the pool by the trainer who had shouted at him that he could either sink or swim.

Well, Crosshair had quickly learned how to swim, but had also discovered that he hated being in or near the water, despite having been surrounded by the ocean since birth, and approached swimming lessons with significant dread that was overpowered only by his stubborn determination to not be decommissioned. This loathing of large bodies of water had lasted for almost two months, until one night when he had been awoken by Hunter, who had told him in a whisper that the squad was “sneaking out.” They had never been so daring before, and Crosshair, excited by the prospect, had raised no objection – until he had discovered they were sneaking out to the training pools, the last place he ever wanted to be. Still, he had stayed quiet, and had been relieved when “sneaking out” didn’t involve actually swimming. Instead, he and Hunter and Wrecker and Tech had spent an hour just sitting at the side of the pool, kicking their feet quietly in the cool water, listening to Tech ramble on about the aquatic life on Kamino until Wrecker’s snores drowned out Tech’s lecture and Hunter suggested they all return to the barracks. These sporadic outings had continued for months –always spending time near water, always by the training pools until Tech figured out a route to a rarely-used landing platform built low near the water where they could sit and enjoy the salty air and crashing waves in closer proximity – until they had a close call with being discovered and had subsequently deferred sneaking out of the barracks for almost a year. Still, after just a few relaxed trips to the pools with his brothers, Crosshair had abruptly realized he no longer hated the water – actually, he rather enjoyed it, and swimming had gradually become an activity he looked forward to rather than feared.

He hadn’t thought about those times by the pools for years, and it was only now, sitting here on the Pabu beach listening to Omega’s troubles with Sami’s swimming lessons, that he suddenly suspected Hunter and his brothers had had ulterior motives for choosing the pools as their first destination for their rebellious outings.

And he had an idea.

“Have you tried holding Sami? You know, picking her up and, well, walking into the water with her?” Crosshair interjected into the ongoing brainstorming session.

Omega shook her head slowly. “I thought about that, but Sami didn’t want to try because she thinks she’s too big for me to hold her…”

“I can do it,” Wrecker promptly volunteered. “If she’s up for it, that is.”

Omega still hesitated. “The pool’s not very deep…”

Wrecker thought for a moment before nodding. “I can just sit in the water. We’ll figure it out.”

Omega suddenly broke out into a smile and rose to her feet before grabbing Wrecker’s hand. “Okay then, let’s go talk to Sami about it.” She took a few steps before looking back at the others. “You all coming?”

Hunter shrugged. “Why not,” he said, rising from his chair and whistling for Batcher to join them.

Crosshair, standing and preparing to follow, felt Phee’s eyes on him and turned to look at her. “What now?” he asked impatiently.

Phee chuckled a little as she shook her head. “Like I said, that explains a lot,” she said cryptically, before passing Crosshair to join Omega and Wrecker as they approached the docks where Sami still sat.

******

Crosshair stepped onto the dock, waving only slightly awkwardly at Jun’s profuse thanks for his assistance in loading the boat, and made his way back toward the residential areas of Lower Pabu.

He was fully aware of Sami standing a few feet away from the dock, holding Bayrn in her arms, but he had no idea the Pantoran was waiting for him until he had almost passed her and she suddenly spoke in a low voice that was nearly inaudible.

“Mister Crosshair, sir?”

He paused in bewilderment before turning to face her, and realized he must be scowling based on the apprehensive look on the young girl's face. Making an effort to relax his features - no need to intimidate her, after all - he elected to delay correcting her form of addressing him and instead cut straight to the point.

“What do you want?”

She shrank back ever so slightly - hmmm, maybe his voice had come out a little sharper than he intended - but proceeded to make her request.

“Would you hold Bayrn while Omega gives me a swimming lesson?”

Crosshair was far too nonplussed now to consider his expression or his tone.

“What?”

Sami gulped. “Uh, well, Omega's going to give me another swimming lesson now. Bayrn’s too little to swim, but I thought maybe he could get used to the water. It took me so long to stop being afraid, maybe it will be easier for Bayrn if he can be in the water now.”

The girl's full meaning finally dawned on Crosshair, and he looked at her aghast.

“You… you want me to get into the water. And hold that kid. In the water?”

“Uh-huh,” Sami nodded, adjusting her hold on the baby. “It helped me a lot when Mister Wrecker held on to me. I would ask him, but him and Mister Hunter are out fishing and Mister Shep is busy and Mister Thom and Missus Hanti are getting dinner ready for us and…”

Peripherally noting that if Sami was persisting in calling even Wrecker “Mister,” he, Crosshair, would have to get used to being called by the same title, Crosshair cut her off. “I get the point. There's no one else. I'm glad you know I am a last resort. But I don't think I should be holding a kid.” And he frowned as he raised his arms in front of him, staring at his right stump.

He hadn't gotten a prosthesis yet. He didn't even know if he wanted one. Echo had gone for years without one and had pulled off so many incredible feats Crosshair had often forgotten Echo was missing a hand. He doubted he'd ever reach Echo's level of skill, but he had been able to find new ways to accomplish more each day with just the one hand, and was growing rather accustomed to it. Still, holding a baby…

“Oh, you can hold Bayrn with one arm. It's easy. My dad does it all the time. He got his arm hurt bad in an accident so he had to hold my little brother like this, see?” And Sami shifted Bayrn to demonstrate.

“You have a brother?” Crosshair asked as he observed Sami’s technique.

She had finally lost her apprehensive look, and now she actually smiled a little. “Yeah. I can't wait to see him again. I hope I can help him learn to swim too.”

Sighing, Crosshair decided it was time to stop delaying the inevitable. He could come up with at least two dozen more reasons why he shouldn't accede to this request, but he knew that, no matter how much he may protest, he'd be in the pool holding the baby within the next few minutes. Might as well get this over with.

“Fine. Let's go. No, wait,” he said as Sami started trotting off, “give me the kid now. I need to practice.” Before the kid becomes slippery as well as squirmy, he thought resignedly to himself.

He may have reservations about holding the baby, but Bayrn’s own sense of self-preservation was obviously seriously impaired, for the baby cooed and smiled as he was passed over to the nervously scowling clone. If Crosshair wondered if maybe he was holding the baby too tightly for fear of dropping him, the baby didn't seem to mind, happily clapping before turning his attention toward examining his new holder.

By the time they found Omega, Bayrn had thankfully released his death grip on Crosshair's ear and stopped his high-pitched excited squealing, and had settled into happily patting Crosshair's face. Omega, turning at Sami’s greeting, waved at them and impressively showed no sign of surprise or alarm at her sniper brother holding a baby. Instead, she called out cheerfully, “Crosshair! What are you doing here?”

He shrugged awkwardly, reactively adjusting his hold on Bayrn when the kid tipped forward while reaching out toward Omega.

“Swimming lessons,” he said.

“Oh?”

“I don't want Bayrn to be scared of the water, like I was,” Sami explained. “Mister Crosshair said he'd help.”

“Oh!” Omega nodded solemnly at Sami, but grinned so brightly at Crosshair he started to feel even more embarrassed than he already was. Letting out a slightly grumpy hmph, he stepped ahead of the girls into the pool, quickly finding an area of suitable depth where he could sit just about chest deep in the pleasantly cool water, and squinting as Bayrn squealed in delight and began splashing his little arms in the water.

This was his punishment for ever poking fun at Hunter’s skills with children. At least Hunter wasn't around to witness Crosshair's humiliation in person, though Crosshair had no doubt Hunter and Wrecker and everyone else on this overly-friendly island would know about this event by sundown.

“I don't think the kid is scared at all of the water,” he said to Sami while frowning at Bayrn's antics.

“Oh good! Yay Bayrn!” Sami smiled, clinging to Omega's hand as she cautiously stepped into the water herself.

This was not exactly the response Crosshair had been angling for.

“You picked a great place to sit, Crosshair,” Omega said, pre-empting Crosshair's plea to somehow get out of this. “You can watch and tell me if I'm teaching Sami alright.”

“Oh goodie,” he deadpanned, though he smiled a little when Sami took a deep, nervous breath before plunging her head into the water and emerging looking rather pleased with herself.

“Good, Sami. You're getting much better,” Omega smiled. “I think it’s time to show you how to not hold your breath all the time.”

“But I can’t breathe underwater,” Sami said.

“That’s right,” Omega said patiently. “You breathe in the air when your head is above water, and then breathe out when your head is in the water.”

“Try blowing bubbles,” Crosshair blurted before thinking. At Sami’s questioning stare, he added in a tone completely devoid of enthusiasm, “It's fun.”

For some reason, Sami took him at his word, nodding at him and watching Omega demonstrate before gamely trying it herself, giggling when she straightened. “That is fun,” she declared before, unprompted, repeating the task.

“NOT you,” Crosshair warned Bayrn, who, having watched the display with interest, abruptly tried ducking his head toward the water to mimic the girls. Bayrn, obviously a bit put out, huffed for a few moments before suddenly smiling and resuming his splashing.

By the time Thom and Hanti arrived to take Sami and Bayrn back home for dinner, Omega had started Sami on basic flutter kicks, with Crosshair – finding himself significantly interested in the proceedings in spite of himself – offering a few suggestions for improvement. His left arm felt like it was about to fall off from holding Bayrn for so long, even as he had daringly switched the baby to his right arm and discovered to his own pleasant surprise that this was quite manageable; and, to his own dismay, had found himself pondering how to best position Bayrn to help the kid get used to floating, so the arrival of the volunteer guardians couldn't have come at a better time. Still, he couldn’t hold back a sigh as he handed Bayrn over to Thom – yep, within an hour EVERYONE would know he had held a baby.

Omega playfully shouldered him as they trailed behind the children and their guardians on the way back to Upper Pabu, and Crosshair braced himself for what he knew she was going to say, even as he realized he had been rather hoping she would say it.

“You know, Crosshair, you'd make a really good swimming teacher.”

“Ha.”

“Provided you don't push any kids into the water.”

“Don't tempt me.”

“No, I mean it! You should start giving lessons.”

“Never gonna happen.”

******

Surprising to no one except, perhaps, Crosshair, it happened.

A few days later, Crosshair found himself confronted by Jax.

“Do you know how to dive?” the young Mirialan asked.

“Yes,” Crosshair answered shortly.

“Can you teach me?”

“No.”

Within a week, Crosshair had given Jax his first two diving lessons.

Within a year, Crosshair had become the go-to instructor on Pabu for swimming lessons.

The end.

@summer-of-bad-batch

#the bad batch #star wars the bad batch #tbb hunter #tbb omega #tbb crosshair #tbb wrecker #tbb sami #tbb bayrn #tbb jax #tbb phee #tech lives #tech's just not on pabu yet #bad batch shenanigans #bad batch the early days #bad batch on pabu #summer of bad batch 2024 #week 8 #swimming lessons

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Week 8

Aftermath:

Classes were cancelled for the rest of the week, which didn't mean much when the USJ trip was on a Saturday, but it was the thought that counted.

Izuku spent only two days in the infirmary, as his injuries weren't sever enough to warrant anything more. Recovery Girl was able to heal him with only the two sessions, and only took one session for everyone else.

Mic, Thirteen, Snipe, and Aizawa are still in the hospital. Thirteen was in the most danger, but they're out of the red zone now. Snipe was just behind them, having lost a lot of blood after his own bullets buried into him.

Mic and Aizawa, somehow, got off the lightest, though that doesn't do them justice. They weren't in danger of dying, but they did go through an unbearable amount of pain, with most of their bones being broken. Aizawa had worse injuries of them, as his broken ribs penetrated his lungs.

All Might was damaged deeply too, with his scar baring the brunt of it, which in turn reduced his time to three hours. He's concerned about his time, as he still has yet to pass on One for All.

In other words, Recovery Girl needs a raise.

While they're all still recovering, 1-A gather in the common room. For a while, it's silent and nobody speaks a single word, still struggling to come to terms with what happened.

It's broken by Mina, "I think... I killed them." Denki and Minoru share a look as Mina tearfully explains how she couldn't regulate her acid, and she could tell that it was attacking more than just their skin. She's sure that the teachers just don't want to tell her what she did.

Denki speaks up after her, also confessing his suspicions. Because there's no way he didn't end a few lives with how he lost control of his quirk. Minoru wants to speak up when it goes silent, wanting to defend Denki, because it's not like he was in the right head-space to worry about it, but he can't get the words out.

Shouto, who is only really there because Tenya refused to let him hole himself up, doesn't say anything either, but he's frustrated at how easily his ice collapsed under the wrath of the landslide. He wonders if Mina could have avoided all that if his ice was stronger by any margin.

Minutes of silence pass, before more people start talking, opening up about feeling so useless, unable to do anything but struggle, who had to be saved despite wanting to become heroes. They were so scared, but this will be their entire job description. In the future, their entire jig will be fighting villains, but they couldn't do anything.

Bakugou, also dragged out by Tenya, stays silent. He thinks about the Sludge Villain - how he was unable to even struggle, and he had to be saved by Izuku. How the heroes just stood by as he was dying, and it took an inexperienced kid directing them that he was finally saved.

He thinks about how he was the most useless in the USJ, with his quirk squandered by water, and it was Hanta and Kouji who had to make the first move, and he still barely did anything. He thinks about it all, and hates how useless he is. How far from a hero he is.

Kyouka and Mashirao speak together, recalling how the only reason they were able to overcome the villains, why they didn't need to be saved by a teacher or a pro-hero, was only because Izuku saved them first. They were struggling to just deal with the heat and flames, but it was Izuku who get rid of that for them. After that, it was just a matter of pushing on until they were able to escape.

But, still, despite him saving them, they were unable to return the favour, not even noticing when he was grabbed by a villain and taken to Tomura.

Logically, Tenya knows that he did what was best. That the only reason they all walked out alive was because he ran to U.A. and brought back-up. But, he still can't forgive himself. Knowing how much his classmates have suffered only makes his guilt worse, as he was completely unharmed in the fallout.

All throughout this group therapy session, Yuuga says nothing.

Around the corner, Neitou, Itsuka, Tetsutetsu, and Pony are about to enter the common room... Until they hear muffled sobs. They peak in, and the only dry eyes are Shouto, Mezou, and Kyouka, as everyone around them cries.

Pony is about to enter, but Neitou stops her, shaking his head, and the four of them go back upstairs, allowing 1-A to get this out of their system 'less they break. Internally, they all wonder if they would be the same way had they been at the USJ instead.

They don't want to think about it.

When Izuku's recovered and classes are back, Midnight covers for Aizawa. She sees how the tension wrings them dry, and how they can barely keep their heads up, not even stepping out of class for breaks.

She knows how hard the first interaction with villains is, recalling her first internship, where she panicked and forgot everything she learned, needing her instructor to beat the villain. For days, she hated herself and how weak she thought she was, and it took a while before she got herself back into the groove.

Knowing this, she gently informs them that they'll be having private therapy sessions with the school counsellors. Hound Dog will be the dedicated therapist for 1-A, and he'll see two people Monday to Friday and they'll have a session every two weeks.

At first, they feel ashamed, somehow. Like they're it was a mark of weakness, that they'd need a therapist so early on, without even entering the field. It carries with them throughout the day, and interactions are often quiet, full of falsity.

As they walk through the halls, eyes are constantly on them, whispering to each other as if they couldn't hear. It doesn't make them feel any better. 1-B, ironically, are their only solace, as they do their best not to stare and to keep their comments to themselves.

(Part of Neitou wants to feel jealous. He can't.)

Then they have a lesson where Mic would usually be the teacher, but it's being covered by Hound Dog himself. He notices how tense the students are, how their eyes focus on the desks more than the lesson, and he puts his plan away, making a note to tell Mic they missed the lesson later.

"I've had a therapist since my first year in high school," he says, and the students pay attention, both because the lesson was suddenly dropped and because Hound Dog, the counsellor, has his own therapist.

He explains that all students are given counselling after their first interaction with a villain - it just so happens that their intercation came earlier than expected. This makes some of them feel better about themselves, knowing now that it wasn't just special circumstances, but many are still down.

So Hound Dog continues, emphasising that having a therapist doesn't mean you're weak. It means you can continue to be strong. People who can admit they need help are strongest of all.

It's not alright. It isn't, because only a handful of them are sixteen, yet they're already in therapy... But it doesn't feel so shameful anymore. Finally, they can understand that even the greatest need help.

Staff Meeting:

After All Might, Mic, Thirteen, Snipe, and Aizawa have recovered enough to return to work, (teaching-wise), Nedzu hosts a staff meeting. At first, some of the staff disapprove, especially Recovery Girl, as they believe the aforementioned five need more rest, the five of them stubbornly push through it.

They discuss what happened, knowing that this plan started since the first week with the strange man, who they now recognise as Shigaraki Tomura, staring at the school gates.

Aizawa reveals that he was conscious enough to hear Izuku speak with Tomura, and Snipe mentions that they seemed to know the students' quirks as Kurogiri avoided Ochako's fingers, implying he knew she had a touch-based quirk.

Mic speaks, bringing up the idea of a traitor, as they may have stolen the timetables but they didn't steal information about the students' quirks. Yet, the villains clearly did know them.

The staff members begin to ponder on this, but Nedzu stops them before it goes too far, stating that suspecting each other may be exactly what the villains want. He'd rather deal with the aftermath of betrayal than nobody trusting one another.

While Mic accepts this, he can't help but feel frustrated at how easily everyone else accepts it too. Because this 'traitor' contributed heavily to the kids' suffering. As Pro-Heroes, they're well aware of the danger heroics contains, and thus are prepared for anything - life-threatening or otherwise.

The students aren't. They haven't even complete a semester, yet they were put through such hardships. If it weren't for the traitor telling the villains about their quirks, they could have had the upperhand.

But that didn't happen. They suffered, and it was all too easy for the staff to forget that.

Nedzu quickly changes the subject, speaking about the upcoming Sports Festival.

...

At the end of the way, Nedzu summons Mic to his office.

The next day, Kisai calls a student council meeting, which Midnight does not attend.

Sports Festival Announcement:

At the end of the week, Aizawa returns to classes as a mummy. It freaks some of 1-A out, but he doesn't particularly care and instead focuses on this:

"The Sports Festival will still be taking place."

Many of them are upset about this, as they'll barely have enough time to recover mentally, and they just survived a villain attack. The Sports Festival is in three weeks, after all. Wouldn't it just be another chance for the villains to attack, especially with the publicity?

Aizawa explains that the festival for the first years aren't broadcasted. They learned many years ago that it would be all too easy for villains to see it and monopolise on their weakness shown in battle. Only pro-heroes will be able to see it for Internship reasons.

Plus, they'll have more active security and rigorous checks before anybody enters to lower the chances of infiltration. The villains would have to be foolish to ambush a stadium full of pro-heroes, all of whom are aware there may be a villain attack.

Aizawa also expresses how the staff were against this too, even Vlad King who would otherwise protest taking his students out of the eyes of pros. They didn't agree with this decision... and neither did Nedzu.

Because it wasn't Nedzu or even U.A.'s decision to continue on, it was the HPSC.

Eventually, the students accept that there is no avoiding it, and a fire lights within them... Especially Ochako.

During their break, she shows a lot of vigour and a desire to fight, which shocks many of her friends. She explains her motivations on becoming a hero, detailing how she is poor. As in poor-poor. As in, there were many days she didn't eat anything simply because they couldn't afford it.

Her parents suffered far more. On days she was able to eat a full meal, they would share a single bowl of rice. They'd sacrifice their own comfort for the sake of her, and she's always hated it. She would wake up in the middle of the night, and watch them argue as the stress brought by a lack of money tore them apart, only to act like nothing was wrong the second they noticed her.

She hated it so much, and so she decided to become a hero - to make money. Enough money that she could support her parents as they supported her.

"I... I know it sounds shallow-"

"Not at all!" Izuku and Tenya readily affirm that it's far from one, and is rather noble. Maybe the endgoal is just money, but the reasoning is enough to make Izuku tear up.

Later on, Denki approaches Izuku. He knows he's analysed Mina, Eijirou, and Tooru's quirks, and they've improved a lot because of that. Had it not been for his analysis, Mina wouldn't produce as much acid, and Eijirou wouldn't be able to activate his quirk as long, and Tooru wouldn't even know she manipulated energy.

He thinks about how he lost control of his quirk, and there was every chance he could have killed Minoru had he not reacted in time.

Maybe... Maybe Izuku could help. So he asks, and Izuku is shy and reluctant at first, still believing he'd regard it as creepy, but Denki persists, never wanting to be in that position anyway.

Finally, Izuku relents, revealing that he has multiple pages of all his classmates, but wouldn't be able to confirm much of it until they experiment. Denki is shaken, even more so when Izuku gives his analysis.

He makes it seem so easy, and Denki wonders how Izuku is able to understand a person's quirk more than the user. It scares him, but he feels safe all the same. As if, with this analysis, the weight has fallen off his shoulders.

Notes:

Was going to be longer originally, but this kind of needed to be a down-time, just exploring the immediate aftereffects of the USJ

Midnight covered because she was originally supposed to be 1-A's homeroom teacher before Horikoshi changed it to Aizawa. Just thought it'd be neat

Hound Dog actually being a good therapist? More likely than you think

We're getting Shinsou next chapter... Yay...

Conclusion:

1-A are given therapy

Mic believes there is a traitor within U.A., but it's not addressed. Later, he is called into Nedzu's office

The Sports Festival is still on-going, but is not being broadcasted

Ochako's reason to become a hero is revealed

Izuku analyses Denki's quirk

#bnha #mha #boku no hero academia #mha critical #my hero academia #rewrite #my rewrite academia #horikoshi critical #plot #week 8 #post-usj

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