Akio walked out of the large house, his bag strap slung over his shoulder. He walked in silence, his jacket unbuttoned and his tie hanging loose around his neck.

"Well, guess I'll meet her on the way, hm?" He thought aloud to himself before pulling out some earbuds, putting them into his ears before music from his phone started to play.

Akio made his way to U.A. via bullet train, which so happened to stop by Izuku's house for him to get off. He stepped off the platform and Izuku waited for him at the bottom, smiling at him as he walked down the steps.

"C'mon, we don't wanna miss homeroom!" Izuku exclaimed before Akio nodded and they both started quickly making their way towards the school in question.

After getting into the building and through the halls, they found the door to room 1-A. They stared at the large door before Akio shrugged before he opened it.

"Please, get off of the desk! Those are not to be sat on!" Iida exclaimed to a certain blonde.

"Shut up four eyes! Fuck off!" Katsuki angrily yelled.

Izuku sighed in exasperation, not wanting to be with the foul-mouthed boy in class at all.

Akio then walked into the room before Izuku and stared at everyone before softly sighing as he saw a grape-headed boy, knowing that he'd be trouble due to the perverted look on his face as he snuck a gaze at a tall, black-haired, girl with a noticeable sized bust.

Katsuki looked over to Akio and scowled.

"Hey, bloodlust! The fuck were you pulling at the entrance exam?!" He yelled.

Akio sighed and tried to pay Bakugou no mind as he tried to look for somewhere to sit. He didn't want to start a fight on the first day, but the explosion-quirk user had something different in mind.

Katsuki got in front of Akio, looking up to him with a scowl.

"You a fucking pussy? Speak up, bitch. If you don't want me to tell everyone, then say something." The blonde threatened.

Akio didn't want everyone to treat him like a monster, so he just softly sighed and looked to Bakugou.

"It's my quirk, that's all it is. It's really just a stupid power boost with a pointless aesthetic change." Akio stated.

Katsuki laughed loudly before giving Akio a pat on the shoulder.

"To think I was actually worried, guess you're just another stepping stone on my path to greatness." Bakugou said.

Akio then spotted a seat at the back of the class, setting his bag next to it.

"I'm sorry, did Kacchan give you any trouble?" Izuku asked with a worried expression on her face.

"No, he just wanted a small chat." Akio said, shaking his head softly.

"If I know Kacchan— which I do— one of the things he definitely doesn't do is chat. So, what's up?"

"He... said that he'd tell people about my quirk if I didn't tell him what happened at the entrance exam."

"Your quirk's fine, what's there to say?"

"There's more to it than what you've seen, and believe me when I say you don't want to see it when it's in full swing."

Izuku looked to Akio's uncomfortable expression, not prying any further and just responding with a nod.

After a few more happenings within the classroom, the class had gone outside with their gym uniforms on. The class had then went through a series of tests set by the teacher, Shouta Aizawa, or the hero known as Eraser Head.

After that day had gone by, Akio walked home with Izuku, Tenya, and Ochako until they had to diverge paths at the train station.

"Well, I'll see you guys tomorrow then?" Akio asked his three new friends.

"Yes, it is imperative that we attend every day of school!" Iida exclaimed with some exaggerated hand movements.

"Of course, you can count on it." Uraraka said in a matter of fact tone, her voice upbeat and bubbly.

"You gonna be okay going home alone?" Izuku asked, a concerned expression on her face.

"I'll be fine, don't worry about me Midoriya." Akio stated with a small smile.

Everyone then said their goodbyes and went their separate ways.

Akio took the bullet train, the ride long and silent as he softly sighed while looking at the ceiling.

Izuku walked home, thinking about Akio and what the full extent of his quirk actually did. She wanted to be there for him, but she didn't know how to.

The next day, the four of them walked into school together as they talked, though Akio mostly stayed silent unless Izuku talked to him.

They then entered the classroom and Akio was met with a malicious looking smirk from the face of Katsuki. The two of them stared each other down before Akio went to his seat.

After Akio had sat down and everyone settled, All Might burst into the room and everyone was excited.

Akio, on the other hand, wasn't really that excited. He was definitely surprised, but not really elated like everyone else.

After being told to get their hero costumes on and head to ground beta, the class started getting their things and readying up.

As Akio got ready, Iida walked up to him and gestured to his outfit.

"That doesn't look like something a hero would wear, are you going to change it later?" Iida asked him.

"No, because this is what everyone expects me to be. I want to look like this as I do hero work so everyone stops judging me based on my quirk. I need to defy all those expectations." Akio said as he tightened the black fingerless glove on his right hand.

Iida then looked surprised before he solemnly nodded and walked off to finish putting on his costume.

After everyone had gotten ready, they all traveled to ground beta, however Akio stayed behind for just a moment as he looked at himself in the mirror.

His costume consisted of a red tank top, black military grade cargo pants, black combat boots, black fingerless gloves, a long black coat with no right sleeve, and a black mouth guard with red outlines.

"You got this, show them you can be a hero." Akio said to himself, anxiety trying to take over.

He then shook his legs and arms before taking a deep breath, nodding to himself before trailing behind everyone else.

Izuku looked behind herself after getting to ground beta, seeing Akio in his costume. She softly gasped and smiled a little, noting its simplistic design.

'You got this, go show them all.'

'I got this, I'll show 'em all.'

After pulling lots, there was of course an odd number of students, so someone would have to be on their own. Akio told All Might that he'd be willing to participate whilst being solo. All Might had concerns, but Akio reassured the older man that he'd be fine.

All the matches went by quick, if quick meant painfully slow. Well, besides Todoroki's, who'd decimated the enemies in an instant.

Lastly, Akio's match came around and a group would have to go against him, participating twice. Bakugou jumped on the chance to go again, due to his and Iida's loss against Izuku and Ochako.

Izuku spectated the match with a worried attitude, hoping that "Kacchan" didn't go to hard on Akio. She didn't have to wait too long for the answer to that thought.

Akio was assigned the villain role unironically, while Katsuki and Tenya were assigned the hero roles.

Akio softly sighed as he sat in the middle of the bomb room, thinking of his plan as to what he was going to do when the "heroes" would get there.

There was the brute force approach; activate his full quirk and annihilate them.

There was the tactical approach; activate the automatic side of his quirk and trump them with speed and capture them.

Lastly, there was the defensive approach; don't activate his quirk at all and try to distract them from getting the bomb and wait until time ran out.

He decided to do a combination of all three, adapting to the situation as he went.

Standing up, Akio heard footsteps from the hallway in front of him. He didn't know they'd reach him so soon, but it was to be expected due to their smarts, well, Iida's smarts from what he could tell.

Suddenly, Bakugou burst through the door and smiled menacingly.

"Found you!" He yelled as Iida tailed behind him.

"I should've figured that you'd get here so quickly, it's pretty much the same layout as the other building." Akio said as he looked around the room with just his eyes.

"We're here to stop you, villain." Tenya stated as he stood beside Bakugou, albeit a little behind him.

"Y'know, everyone expects me to be a villain due to my quirk. All these people keep saying that I'm gonna become a villain, but I can't. Not to myself or my..." Akio trailed off, his eyes growing glossy for a moment before blinking rapidly, wiping them with his hands.

"Aw, does this little boy wanna go and cry to mommy? You don't belong here, idiot." Katsuki insulted, causing Akio to start to break.

Akio started shaking, his eyes starting to leak tears as his knees threatened to give out.

"Bakugou, please. I think he may actually have some trauma." Iida spoke, Bakugou shutting him up almost instantly after.

"Oh please, the kid's just a crybaby like Deku! Besides, I think this kid is even more of a burden than her." Katsuki stated.

"I-I... I'm... not." Akio struggled to speak as his knees finally gave out.

"What's that? I couldn't hear you over the sound of your uselessness."

"Bakugou please, we shouldn't push him any further!"

"He's clearly faking it. If he actually did have something going on, he wouldn't be shaking like that."

"St-Stop... please."

"If you want us to stop, then do it!"

The floor then started to becoming red, stained with blood.