The following week is somewhat tense for class 1-A. At every possible free moment, the heroes-in-training are debating over what superhero they are most like from the DC Comics or Marvel Universe. All Might finds it rather entertaining while it grates down every one of Aizawa's nerves. When Kaminari and Bakugou almost go to blows over who is more like Thor, Forever Sleepy Number One calls a class meeting on the soccer field of the sports complex.

"This hero stuff has gone too far," Mr. Aizawa starts in on them, glaring at All Might when he opens his mouth to presumably protest. "Since you so desperately," he pauses to roll his eyes, "want to be like the fake heroes in those movies, I've assigned you each one based on the dumb things your hormonal teen mouths have spewed over the past week." Never once has he had his class' full attention like this and it only serves to irritate him more. "We'll start with Kaminari and Bakugou since they are so devoted to this that they're willing to fight. Thor is awarded to Kaminari. Based on quirk and stupid humor."

"Oh yeah!" Kaminari shouts before looking confused. "Wait, what?"

"WHAT?!" Bakugou yells, anger radiating off him in waves. "THEN WHO THE HELL AM I?!"

"Negasonic Teenage Warhead," Aizawa answers plainly.

"I'M A CHICK?! WITH A BADASS QUIRK?!" Bakugou deflates to his usual, simmering self. "I'll take it. She'd destroy Thor in a heartbeat."

Aizawa mutters to himself, dropping the words 'insufferable' and 'sleep'. "On to the next ones," he states loudly. "Aoyama, you get to be Captain Marvel."

"Oui, of course, I'm the best after all!"

"Uraraka, you are Black Widow."

"Alright!" Uraraka punches the air.

"Iida, you are assigned Quiksilver."

"Thank you, Sir," Iida replies stiffly.

"Yaoyorozu, you get to be Hawkeye. I'm sure you'd be creative in your bow choices," Aizawa says, giving her a barely there smile of approval. She returns the gesture and nods. "All Might, you get to be Captain America."

"Oh, I didn't know I was being included in this," All Might remarks awkwardly. "Why?"

"Because America's Ass," the tired teacher mumbles to himself.

"What was that, Aizawa?" All Might asks, moving closer to the other teacher.

"All of your moves are named after states so there you go, Captain America," he rushes out, taking a couple of steps away from the number one hero. "Sero, you're Spider-Man."

"As if there was any doubt," the tape dispenser hero quips proudly.

"Kirishima, you're The Thing. No explanation needed."

"So manly!"

"Jirou, Warpath. Tokoyami, Batman. Todoroki, Iceman or Pyro or both. I don't really care. Shinsou, Professor X. And Deku, you get to be Iron Man," Aizawa finishes, looking around at his students.

"Why does Deku get to be Iron Man? Shouldn't he be Hulk since he's green and runs around yelling 'smash'?" Kaminari asks.

"Or what about Superman? His little boyfriend seems to think he's Superman," Bakugou mocks.

"Out of everyone here, Midoriya is the one with the brains. Maybe not for class work," he holds his hand up to silence the coming protests, "but he can analyze quirks and think quickly which has the ability to make a team go from a bunch of assorted gears to a well-oiled machine. I'd make him the leader of the Avengers without hesitation. Now, will you all stop bickering and get to work. You're going to be so far behind when we get back to our time, it's going to be embarrassing." With that, Aizawa leaves, his students watching his retreating back in stunned silence.

"You heard him," All Might booms out to draw their attention. "Hard work will a better hero make."

And with that, Class 1-A begins their training again but this time it is with a different spring in their step. And it's at all hours of the day when they aren't, and occasionally are, in school. If the citizens of Karasuno weren't used to the loud sounds coming from the sports complex before, they are now. And the ones that had first come to inspect it for themselves were met by Aizawa and Shinsou. Those people then started spreading word that there were intensive sports camps running at the complex in preparation for the Olympics, so no one really bothered with them anymore.

"Takeda, do you think we could borrow some of the students from the volleyball club for a training exercise on Sunday? If they want to, of course," All Might asks the teacher as he waits for Shouta to come out of the building on a Thursday afternoon.

"It never hurts to ask," Takeda tells him with a warm smile before wandering off to the gym to talk to the team before practice and Mr. Aizawa comes out of the building. The two teachers walk to the sports complex, ready to have their students start training.

Back in the gymnasium, Takeda tells the team of another practice match coming up before the Interhigh prelims and then poses the question that All Might had asked him.

"What do they need to borrow some of us for?" Noya questions as he glances at the students for an answer.

"Rescue training," Todoroki answers without looking away from Takeda and Ukai.

"What? We're going to be your damsels in distress?" Tanaka adds in.

"Yeah," Deku replies with his usual smile. "It'll be great fun!"

Leaning in close, Tanaka whispers, "will Uraraka be there?"

Izuku blinks at him rapidly and nods. "She is a hero in training after all."

"I'm in," Tanaka announces to the room.

Ukai acknowledges him and then everyone else who agrees. "What time is rescue training?"

"Ten o'clock that morning." It's Shinsou who supplies the information this time.

With the Sunday plans settled, the team is sent to practice for the quickly approaching Interhigh Prelims. During a water break, Deku and Hinata discuss how to communicate if they are going to use Double Decoy on a play or not and when it's figured out the two boys relay the information to the rest of the team. It's just one more step towards the team's success and it boosts everyone's morale.

At the end of practice that day everyone meets in the cafeteria for dinner. They tell the other students about practice and hear about training in return. The teachers talk about the training exercise and ask all the questions they have about safety and then relay the list of students who volunteered. Despite the underlying feelings of sadness and fear that they may never see their families again, the UA students and faculty both enjoy their newfound friendships too.

Sunday arrives much faster than any of the students from either school expects. Breakfast is a rather chatty affair when it's usually eerily quiet and the class of 1-A is outside on the soccer field long before Karasuno shows up.

"Todoroki," Mr. Aizawa calls out from the far side of the field as he waves him over.

"What do you suppose that's about?" Kaminari asks as he stretches his legs out.

"Beats me," Kirishima replies as he follows Kaminari's lead in the stretches.

Once the heroes in training are fully warmed up and the entire Karasuno volleyball team arrives, Mr. Aizawa shows them to a different section of the sports complex where there is a small town made of ice. Every house, business, and street are different, and it answers Kaminari's earlier question of why Mr. Aizawa needed Todoroki.

"Here is how the training exercise is going to go," All Might booms from the other side of the ice town, shaking some frost off the buildings, "there are going to be two villains, two hostages, and two heroes. The villains will be taking the hostages to a random place in the icy village of Todorokiton. Then the heroes will have to rescue said hostages from said villains with minimal damage within twenty minutes. There is an emphasis on minimal damage because all of you will be treading on thin ice, one wrong move and it's over for everyone."

There are looks of terror on the faces of the volleyball players as All Might's instructions come to an end. It's obvious this is more than they bargained for and at the serious looks from Class 1-A, it's not even partly a joke.

"Todoroki will be the only person not participating in the exercise today because he has to continually build our small village. Each UA student will take turns being a hero and a villain and each Karasuno student will get to be rescued once," Mr. Aizawa pauses to glance at the white faced team, "if they're still up for it that is." No one protests or leaves so the teacher takes that as an answer and begins to pair up students. To start, Momo and Sero will be the heroes while Shinsou and Iida are the villains with Daichi and Ennoshita being the hostages.

The only downside to the exercise is that the students outside of Todorokiton can't see what is going on inside the village the way they normally could at UA, but it's still training and that's what matters.

There isn't much noise coming from within the icy maze of buildings and most of the students gather to chat with one another until time is up, someone emerges, or something exciting happens. In the case of the first match, after twelve minutes Momo and Sero come out with Daichi and Ennoshita in tow. Literally. They're strapped on a sled which is being pulled by Sero using a strip of his tape. Iida and Shinsou follow behind with their shoulders slumped.

As Todoroki goes in to fix up and move around buildings, group one tells the story of their encounter while carefully pulling tape off the two Karasuno players. Once Todoroki comes back, Mr. Aizawa announces, "Kirishima, Tokoyami, heroes. Midoriya, Bakugou, villains. Sugawara, Asahi, hostages." Everyone falls silent and watches as Suga and Asahi follow Deku and Bakugou into Todorokiton. As soon as the four boys step into the freezing village it seems as if everything else falls away.

"I don't know if I should feel excited or terrified that we've been kidnapped by the two of you," Suga comments, trying to sound as positive as possible.

"Both," Bakugou growls. They look around and settle on a small two-story business about three quarters of the way in. The four of them settle on the second floor and wait. "Damn the cold."

"It's not so bad," Suga comments as he examines the wall of ice and pats Asahi's shoulder. The ace has been very quiet and pale the entire time. Bakugou just shoots him a glare and goes back to walking the perimeter of the room briskly.

"Kacchan's quirk requires him to sweat," Deku supplies helpfully as he glances out one of the windows. "It's harder to sweat when it's cold and more so when he only has his summer costume."

"That makes more sense."

"Asahi, are you doing okay over there?" Deku asks with concern.

"Yeah, I'm good," he answers, looking like anything but good. "Aren't you supposed to be acting like villains?"

"Uh, yeah." Deku awkwardly turns away and looks out the window again. "Here they come."

"Alright, time for you to start mumbling about a plan while I take care of the extras," Bakugou growls as small sparks pop in his palms.

"No need," Deku tells him coolly, "I already know how you fight so I can adjust. I do have one plan though."

"Yeah?"

"Let's take the fight to them so they have a harder time reaching our captives and when buildings come down, they won't be in any harm," Deku informs him as he nods to Sugawara and Asahi.

"Whatever." With that last sentiment, Bakugou jumps out the window and propels himself at Kirishima and Tokoyami.

"On second thought," Deku murmurs as he turns to eye Sugawara and Asahi, "I better secure you both, so you don't go running off."

"Hey, don't forget about us," Sugawara yells down to Deku fifteen minutes later.

"What the hell are they doing on the roof?" Bakugou asks as he gets to his feet which in turn allows Kirishima to drag himself off the ground.

"I didn't want them to get the idea to leave while we were fighting," Deku explains with a shrug. It seems he makes a good point since Bakugou just nods. The alarm to end the round had gone off just as the fight was closing in on the store they had chosen as a base and most of Todorokiton had been leveled between the four of them fighting.

There is something entertaining in the way Asahi curls around Deku, hiding his face in Deku's neck as he is brought down from the top of the building.

Sugawara on the other hand asks, "can we do that again?" So, as the other men walk to what's left of the entrance of the village, Deku hops across the piles of ice and several rooftops with Sugawara clinging to him. When Deku finally sits him down he offers a high five and says, "villains for the win."

"Except not one of you attempted to keep property damage to a minimum," All Might tells them sternly. The four heroes at least have enough sense to look a little ashamed.

To finish out the first round, Kaminari and Aoyama play heroes as Jirou and Uraraka are villains holding Narita and Kinoshita hostage and the villains once more come out victorious. Mr. Aizawa simply looks exasperated while All Might looks like a kid in a candy store.

"Sorry to interrupt," Takeda calls out as he and Ukai wander toward the group. "We brought lunch for everyone." Students and teachers alike grab a sandwich, chips, and a drink before settling into little groups to chat while they eat.

Lunch comes to an end and Mr. Aizawa watches with interest as a trembling Yamaguchi approaches Bakugou with a notebook clutched to his chest and listens intently.

"E-excuse me, Mr. Lord Explosion Murder, sir," Yamaguchi stutters out and it makes Bakugou quirk up an eyebrow at him. "I was w-wondering if I could have your autograph? I want to collect everyone's signatures, but I'd like your's first because your quirk is so cool."

Bakugou eyes him critically for a moment before holding out his hand and Yamaguchi visibly relaxes as he puts the notebook in Bakugou's palm. "You have good taste," he remarks to the nervous boy as he signs his name on the first page. "And I've decided I'm changing my hero name to Ground Zero."

"I think that's very fitting," Yamaguchi agrees as he takes his notebook and pen back with a small bow.

"Iida and Bakugou are the heroes this time. Kaminari and Tokoyami are the villains who will be taking," Mr. Aizawa pauses as he looks at the little guy with spiked up hair and tries to remember his name, "Yamaguchi and Noya."

"You forgot his whole name, didn't you?" All Might whispers with a small laugh.

"Shut up," Aizawa mumbles, turning away to hide his embarrassment.

"I think I have an idea," Iida says as he turns to Bakugou, "if you keep Dark Shadow back with your explosions, I can run at Kaminari and take him out."

"When does anything ever go according to plan? Tell you what, Class Rep, if you leave Yamaguchi for me to save then I'll go with your plan," Bakugou tells him with a smirk.

"No promises, but I'll try."

Five minutes after Bakugou and Iida walk into the newly constructed town they are coming back out with the hostages. Iida has Noya in his arms as he sprints using recipro burst while Bakugou flies out with a frightened looking Yamaguchi holding him tightly.

"Chalk one up for the heroes," Bakugou tells Aizawa after he lands and struts by with Yamaguchi still clinging to him. The only thing Mr. Aizawa can bring himself to do is shake his head and hide his amused smile in his capture weapon.

"Shinsou, Ochako, the two of you are heroes. Aoyama, Kirishima, you are both villains. Tanaka and Kageyama, you're the hostages."

With only two minutes on the clock, Tanaka and Kageyama emerge from the ice town with no one else in sight. At All Might's questioning look, Tanaka says, "my floating angel told us to run and get to safety, so we did."

"Chalk another one up for the heroes," All Might says to the four UA students that emerge with cuts and bruises.

"What?! How is that possible? They never got their hostages," Kirishima shouts in disbelief. "Oh my god we forgot the hostages!"

"They're already out here," Aizawa cuts in loudly to calm the panicking Kirishima. "They escaped while Uraraka and Shinsou bought them time to do so and that's a win for the heroes."

"Last and certainly not least," All Might booms, "Midoriya and Jirou will be rescuing Hinata and Tsukishima from the clutches of Yaoyorozu and Sero."

Walking through the buildings in search of the enemy is a little unsettling for Deku, but Jirou's presence seems to keep him calmer than he thought it would. They stop every so often so Jirou can listen and finally picks up Hinata's voice as he chats away at someone.

"What do you suppose we do, Deku?" Jirou asks as she narrows down where the others are hidden in a house diagonal from them.

"I'll bet you anything Sero set up some webs and Momo probably has some sort of detection gadgets as well. I think we should use a sleight of hand approach. I'll sneak down the alley to the right and you will follow. When we are a couple of houses away, you'll stop at the intersection and after I cross further down, use your boots to shake the buildings which should make Sero's webs fall off and distract the other two. Meanwhile, I'll snatch the captives and take them through the back door and then run like Endeavor is chasing us."

Everything is going to plan until Deku reaches the back door which is taped shut. So much for sneaking around. All for One courses through him at 8% as he kicks the door in, reaching around to quickly grasp the Karasuno boys by their shirts and drag them out.

"Run!" Deku yells as he kicks a few gaping holes into the house, making it unstable for the students inside. Tsukishima is gone in a flash with Hinata trailing not too far behind. By the time Deku gets to the main street, Tsukishima and Jirou are small specks but Hinata is clearly looking for Deku.

Green lightning surrounds him, and he sprints towards the decoy, sweeping him off his feet and into his arms as they charge to the exit. He can hear pounding footfalls behind him and knows that Momo and Sero are hot on his heels, but he doesn't hesitate or look back. Breaking free of Todorokiton feels like a weight is lifted off Deku's chest. Jirou and Tsukishima stand next to All Might and relief washes over them as they see him and Deku gives them a big smile.

"Are you okay, Shouyou?" Deku asks as he looks down at the shivering male in his arms. When Shouyou looks up at Deku with wide, honey brown eyes and a smile as bright as his own, that's the moment that Deku becomes hooked on Shouyou.

"We've talked about this, Sero," Mr. Aizawa says with a scowl, stopping at the door of the boys' sleeping quarters later that evening. He eyes the web of tape blocking his path with disdain.

"I was trying to capture Kaminari when he came back from the bathroom," Sero states quickly, rushing out from behind the door. "I'll take it down." Which he does quickly, wadding the tape into a big ball.

"I'm here to tell you all that you'll be working on something a little different after the Interhigh prelims. You'll all be creating some ultimate moves, the moves that will finish your opponent. Am I understood?"

"Yes, Mr. Aizawa," the boys answer in unison.

"Midoriya, do you have something you'd like to add since you're mumbling rapidly over in the corner?"

Izuku jumps a little at being addressed. "Once we make our own ultimate moves, is it possible to create moves together?"

His teacher raises his eyebrows and then nods. "I don't see why not. There is a certain different kind of power in numbers after all." With that last remark, Aizawa begins to leave before turning to smirk at Sero. "I'm going to send All Might in to chat with you about ultimate moves too. I would suggest putting that web back up."

It wasn't even a half hour when All Might returned. Aizawa is grading some papers when Yagi wanders back in. The sleepy teacher looks up, a grin immediately settling on his face.

Yagi is covered in thick strands of sticky tape. The poor man is busy yanking it from his wild blond hair, grimacing at the painful pull. Aizawa chuckles.

"Need some help?" he asks softly. Yagi nods.

"Thank you, Aizawa. Those boys really got me," he states, reaching down to pull the sticky paper from his arms. Aizawa pulls a long strand from his back.

"You know...I might have convinced those boys to trap you," Aizawa whispers with a grin. Yagi whirls around, yanking another strand of tape from his lower stomach.

"Really? Why would you do that?" he asks, a pout on his thinning face. Aizawa shrugs.

"I thought you might get some enjoyment out of it. And I know the boys did," he answers, reaching up to pull a tiny stray piece from Yagi's cheek. "Besides, it gave me the chance to…" Aizawa whispered, his cheeks flushing a brilliant shade of scarlet, "nevermind." Quickly, he rips off the last piece from Yagi's chest and wanders away. Yagi's eyes narrow in confusion.

"Wait, Aizawa, what were you going to say?" he asks, following the man over to his bed. Aizawa quickly throws the sheets back and proceeds to climb into bed.

"It's nothing Yagi. Go get some sleep. We've got a big day tomorrow."

Unfortunately, neither teacher got much sleep with the curious tension hanging over their heads.