Unforseen

The day after Cardins Humiliating defeat was what Cardin could only describe as "abosoule fucking shit". Cardin had rushed back to his dorm in order to be spared the laughter that would be hurled at him when classes ended. The entire time he could hear the voice of his father screaming at him, where with every word it got louder "You lost! How could you lose Cardin? A Winchester never loses! You're no son of mine."

Cardin had been so pissed he'd forgone his daily searches on the internet about finding out what happened to him. Instead Cardin had gone right to bed. It didn't get any better from there as Cardin just had more unpleasant nightmares about Forever Fall and Father.

Cardin was running through Forever Fall again instead this time it was nighttime. Cardin couldn't see it but there was something chasing after him, the sound of trees falling down and growling could be heard behind him. Cardin didn't turn around and kept sprinting.

Cardin broke out of the clearing of the woods but was forced to stop when Cardin realized that it was a giant cliff side. He looked down the side and at the bottom was a pit of darkness. The blackness continued so far down the pit Cardin couldn't tell where it ended. The sounds of destruction coming towards Cardin caused him to pry his eyes away from the hole and back to the tree line of the woods he'd come out of. Cardin could see trees falling as whatever was following drew closer. As this happened the persistent roar also grew closer. Cardins heart hammered in his ears watching the unknown monster approach.

He took a fearful step back. Cardins foot slipped on a rock and he fell back abruptly stumbling backward down into the pit. He screamed out as he fell into the chasm of darkness, yet no sound came forth. Cardin reached his hand out toward the quickly retreating light above him that just continued and continued two shrink from his sight. Until is finally vanished and Cardin was left falling through the void. Cardin felt his chest get heavy as he tried to breath but no air would go into his lungs causing Cardin to panic. He clamped his eyes shut and continued falling.

He hit something with a thud. Cardin opened his eyes again and was assaulted with light. A figure was standing in front of Cardin but was distorted by the light shining in front of them. It cooled till Cardin could see who was standing triumphantly in front of him. Jaune Arc posed before Cardin arm up victoriously on foot on the dead corpse of an Ursa Major in front of him. All of a sudden the sound that had seemed to be muted came back again and the cheers of a crowd came to Cardins ears. "Jaune … Jaune … Jaune!" They shouted. Cardin watched this unfold as he laid there on his knees behind Jaune.

A hand clamped on Cardins shoulder and he looked up, the visage of Cardins father was there but wasn't looking down at Cardin, instead looking ahead at Jaune. "Why couldn't you be more like him Cardin, a son I could be proud of." Cardin father said, voice dripping with disappointment and resentment, "instead I'm stuck with a failure like you!" Now Cardins Father turned to look at his son. Cardin stiffened and backed away from the face. It's eyes were pure black and looked right through Cardin. The scene began to blur and wash away till Cardin was standing in a dark hallway.

Cardin turned his head to the entrance of the hallway toward where the light was coming from. A figure stood at the entrance their outline dark and blurred. Cardin couldn't make out any features but somehow he just knew who the person was. Their voice reached his ears "your turning out just like him, I can't stand to watch you grow up into that."

Cardin woke up in a coast of thick sweat. He looked at the clock, it was still early in the morning, there wasn't enough time to go back to bed even if he could fall back asleep which Cardin doubt he could. So Cardin got changed and ready early tak8gn and extra long shower as well.

Yesterday's embarrassment had been bad. Not the worst though, it was really only fourth on the list. But just thinking about it made Cardin remember those other times which made Cardin even more pissed off. The spar against Pyrrha was there at 3rd, as was the Forever Fall Incident at second, but the first worst memory in particular was playing in Cardins mind.

Flashback

Cardin was walking through the hallways with his team after Professor Goodwitchs class. It had been an enjoyable day capped off its Cardin crushing some weak nerds. It was so good that Cardin was actually beginning to put the memory of Forever Fall behind him. Speaking of which, Jauney Boy hadn't mentioned anything about what happened to the staff, which meant he was keeping up his end of the deal. Cardin had contemplated simply turning in Jaune and be done with him. But Cardin had squashed the thought of doing that pretty quickly. Cardin may not have respected Jaune, but Cardin respected when he owed something.

And as much as Cardin hated to admit it a small, very small, part of him acknowledged that Cardin owed not to turn in Jaune. That didn't mean Cardin still despised every aspect of Jaunes being. Jaune would just get exposed later on by someone who wasn't Cardin. Either way Cardin was finally getting out of the slump he was in.

Russel and Sky turned the corner down to the dormitory before Cardin and Dove did. However before Cardin could turn the corner Russel flew past right in front of Cardin on to the tile floor of the hallway, Sky followed not too long after. Stepping out from around the corner was a girl dressed in expensive clothes and a beret, a giant of a man in green armor that actually managed to eclipse Cardin in size and a tanned red haired faunus. Team CFVY, Cardin sneered.

"My bad there, I was just taking out the trash someone left in the hallway and didn't realize the difference between the two." The leader of the team Coco said tilting her sunglasses down, "Team CRDL." She spat.

Cardin stepped forward while Sky and Russel both got to their feet behind him. As leader it was Cardins duty to defend his teammates. "Team CFVY, to what do we owe the honor of meeting beacons third most well known team?" Cardin said with faux politeness knowing a jab at there popularity would rile the eccentric team leader.

Coco frowned at the comment but otherwise didn't lose her cool and responded with her own thinly veiled polite tone, "nothing just wanted to have a "talk" about your treatment of one of my teammates."

Cardin was no fool about the connotations that the word "talk" implied. Neither did his teammates who Cardin could hear unsheathing their weapons as a precaution. Cardin kept his nose high and put on condescending smile while looking down at the leader of the opposing team making the most of the size difference in order to appear as big and intimidating as possible, "My my if I didn't know better I'd say you were threatening me Coco."

"Maybe I am, if you don't start leaving Velvet alone that is, but if you stop it right now I'll maybe let you chumps off with a warning." Coco growled.

Cardins temper flared. She was trying to threaten him, Cardin Winchester. He had crushed people for lesser offenses. She even had the gall to insinuate that Cardin would lose. Cardin face morphed into one of sadistic glee "Speaking of the Rabbit? Where's the bunny at? I had some things I wanted to talk to her about, but it looks like she ran away, but that's bunny's are supposed to do so I guess I'm not too surprised. Ran away to hide behind her team I guess, how weak."

"That's it, now you're asking for it!" Coco yelled as her two teammates ran forward at Cardin and his teammates. Cardin blocked a strike from the red haired one, Fox, Meanwhile Dove leapt at Coco and Russel and Sky engaged the one in green armor Yatsuhashi.

Cardin focused his attention back to Fox who was sending a barrage of slices at Cardin with his wrist blades. Cardin was forced to go on the defensive blocking the sharp blades coming his way with the hilt of Executioner and his forearms.

A robotic female voice buzzed to life, "weapon is mace designed for bludgeoning and the wielder possesses the strength necessary to use it effectively."

Cardin tried smash the Faunus into pieces but he was a crafty fellow expertly avoiding his blows. How was that possibly Cardin thought that this guy was blind?

Cardin jumped back as Sky went flying into the wall on his side, cracking it and sky slumped down the wall his aura flickering before shattering. Cardin grimaced, he needed to end this quickly to help his team in order to give them a chance.

"Opponent has backed up 3 feet." The female voice reported. Cardin suddenly realized why Fox could predict his movements he had one of those ADA systems. Cardin smirked, now he knew how to beat him.

Cardin feinted a heavy side swing. Waiting for Fox to duck underneath it, Fox took the bait and crouched down and let it fly harmlessly above him. But Fox clearly wasn't ready for the foot to the face that knocked him onto his back.

Cardin swaggered over to his downed form reaching down and grabbing the ADA system from Fox's ear and crushing it. As Fox was getting to his feet he never saw the mace coming towards him and he was battered into the wall, limp when he hit the ground.

Cardin didn't stick around to celebrate instead rushing over to help Russel who was being held up with one hand by Yatsuhashi. Cardin barreled into him like a freight train causing him to drop Russel who just groaned when he hit the ground and didn't get up.

Yatsuhashi and Cardin both broke apart before clashing weapons. Cardin gritted his teeth, it seemed this guy was one of the few people in the school that was on Cardins level of strength. Which mean that Cardin couldn't go through the normal route of pummeling him into the ground.

Cardin and Yatsuhashi trades blow after blow with each other a tremor going up Cardins arm as every swing connected. A sudden step back by Yatsuhashi left a surprised Cardin open to a swing at his midsection and Cardin was now the one flying into a wall.

"Screw this I'll use it, this dolt won't realize what hit him." Cardin thought. Rolling to his feet Cardin charged forward giving the appearance he was ready to engage in another close quarters brawl. However Yatsuhashi didn't expect Cardin to swing his mace forward from so far away, nor was he prepared for the head of the mace to detach itself from the mace and crash directly into his surprised face. Using this moment of surprise Cardin spear tackled Yatsuhashi into the was behind him. Ramming him into the wall add dropping him to the floor with a knee to the face for could measure.

Cardin let out a sigh of relief when Yatsuhashi didn't immediately get up. It was short lived when Cardin felt searing pain arc across his body. He fell to his knees panting and turned his head to where the pain had come from.

Coco stood across from Cardin,Dove at her feet holding his crotch in a crumpled up form. She didn't look that worse for wear simply a cut or two on her clothes and her sunglasses were cracked.

"Looks like you actually have a shred of skill in ya. To bad it appears your team doesn't." She said smugly. A pair of arms wrapped around Cardins shoulders putting him in a full Nelson.

Cardin struggled against the hold but it was no use Yatsuhashi. Coco walked up to the restrained Cardin. "This if for Velvet." She stated before socking Cardin across the face. Normally he would have used his semblance to avoid this and he tried to, but it was at this time his aura gave out. Robbing Cardin the ability to activate his semblance.

Coco gave Cardin another shot to the jaw and this time Cardin spat up blood from the force of it. Then another, and another, and another, and another...

Cardin soon was no longer struggling against the arms holding onto him but instead was now sagging like a sack of bricks hanging from a string.

Coco was about to deliver another haymaker when a voice screamed out "Coco Stop".

The fist stopped an inch in front of Cardins face and he could feel the wind hit his bleeding face.

All heads turned to the where the voice had come from. Cardins vision was blurry so he couldn't really make out who it was, all he could tell was that they were a woman and had two shapes sticking out of that head.

"Velvet! What are you doing here?" Coco screamed surprise coloring voice letting Cardin know this wasn't part of their plan.

"Me? What are you doing here." Velvet said accusingly.

"I'm just teaching these punks a lesson about messing with my teammates, and how they won't be making the same mistake twice." Coco defended.

"No you're not. You're using your power to put down those who oppose you, you are being no better than them. It enforces the idea that Might makes right not the peaceful solution that we should all strive for." Velvet countered seemingly pleading with Coco.

"So you're just gonna let these assholes keep doing things to you, you're stronger than them." Coco retorted gesturing to Cardin who had been dropped and was on his knees on the floor.

"You're right I am stronger than them and that's why I don't stoop down their level. I know they're "scum" but I know you aren't and think you're better than this." Velvet said disappointedly.

Coco huffed, "fine Velvet we'll do it your way, but.." she turned back to Cardin who was on the ground "remember this, you're lucky Velvet showed up."

She and Yatsuhashi turned and left down the hallway grabbing Fox on the way out.

When they were gone Velvet rushed over to help Cardin to his face, he was too weak to refuse the help.

"Are you okay?" She asked.

Cardin ignored her question and instead asked his own, "Why?"

Velvet looked at Cardin confused, "Why what?"

"Why'd you step in and help?" Cardin asked. The even after what happened, went unsaid.

"Don't get me wrong Cardin, it's not because I don't want you to get beaten up. It just as I said I'm above that, and fighting with violence will just breed more violence. I aspire to be a huntress that inspires people to reach peaceful solutions and protect everyone. Even if that means standing up for you too." Velvet said unsure.

Cardin just avoided her eyes and leaned against the wall for support. Seeing this Velvet turned and left.

When Velvet was far away down the hallway Cardin finally relaxed and let of a pained groan. His face killed, and it was starting to swell on one side. Cardin looked over to his teammates. Russel and Dove were just getting up while Sky was still slumped against the wall.

Cardin walked over to him and carefully slung Sky over his shoulder wincing while doing so. "Come on, let's get back to the dorms." Cardins said to his two other teammates.

They nodded silently and walked forward, both with their own form of limps in their stride. Cardin stalked after them in sour mood to the dorm rooms.

That reminder just made Cardin sick. If there was somehow something worse than having to be saved by Jaune Arc of all people then that was it. First having lost, what Cardin considere 1, then someone stepping into protect him. Then that same person having the gall to insinuate Cardin needed their help and was weaker than them, all the while that person being Velvet Scarlatina!

Cardin ground his teeth together as he chewed on his breakfast, all set to make his way to U.A.

When Cardin was walking to the main entrance of the school he noticed something. A large crowd of people were standing outside of the security gates with boom sticks and cameras. The media, just as annoying here as they were a beacon at seemed. Though they didn't seem to have the dignity that vale reporters like Lisa Lavender had.

Cardin snuck off to the side of the crowd hoping to escape their notice and make it inside before having to be annoyed by a bunch of questions. Not only that but Cardin didn't want them to look into his background. As far as U.A. knew Cardin was from America where he received his education at an unknown obscure school called beacon, if people started digging around into Cardins past, Well he was under no illusion how flimsy it was. Luckily the reporters seemed to be very interested in the front of the gate not the student who was approaching from the back side.

When Cardin was about to enter the mob of people he held his head high to avoid eye contact with people and used his superior bulk and mass to push his way through the crowd.

"Hey!"

"Watch it!"

"Rude!"

Things were going along as smoothly as they could until a female reporter noticed his U.A. uniform on. "Hey your students aren't you?" She asked holding here microphone towards Cardin.

Cardin responded by quickening his pace. The problem was that that seemed to confirm her suspicions, "What's your name? What's All Might like? What is it like attending such a prestigious academy like U.A.?"

Cardin just ignored her and kept walking. "Hey I'm talking to you know?" She shouted after Cardin, reaching out and grabbing his arm. Almost to be immediately thrown to the ground when she was pulled forward by it.

By the time she was back on her feet Cardin was already through the entrance and out of reach. "Rude." She muttered.

Cardin wasn't the first one to arrive to Homeroom. Some of the other students were already in the room forming their own little clusters and clicks. Cardin ignored them and sat down in his seat bring out his scroll-phone and pretended to be using it to avoid having to talk to anyone. While doing this Cardin looked around the room at his classmates seeing what they were doing when he wasn't looking. Most regarded him with disinterest or disdain usually a combination of the two. Some of them namely Minas friend group sent him disapproving looks before turning back to their business and didn't take it any further.

Which was fine in Cardins opinion. Even if he was still angry about yesterday's "event" Cardin was fully content to ignore them if they ignored him. Cardin would just simply bide his time until he could get his revenge. "A true hero lets his actions speak for him." Cardin growled and shook his head at the thought.

Eventually the rest of Class 1A arrived most mumbling about the reports and shit. With Homeroom finally beginning Eraserhead went up to the podium to begin the day's first lesson.

He walked up to the podium in front of the classroom. "I saw the video and results. Bakugou You're talented, so don't act like a kid.

"I know." The kid in question answered solemnly.

"And Midoriya You settled it by breaking your arm again," Eraserhead continued.

"huh?"

You can't keep saying you can't help it because you can't control your Quirk." Eraserhead clarified. "I don't like saying the same thing over and over. As long as you fix the control issue, there's a lot you'll be able to do. Feel a sense of urgency, Midoriya."

"Yes, sir!" Midoriya responded.

"Cardin." Eraserhead directed his attention to Cardin, who met his gaze, "You possess a large amount of power, but it's all completely useless and detrimental to your goals if you refuse to listen to your partner and run off on your own. Please become more of a team player."

Cardin didn't respond but rather begrudgingly nodded his head.

"Good, Now let's get down to homeroom business. Sorry about the late notice, but today, I'll have you take another special test?!" Eraserhead said calmly.

Cardin felt the entire room tense up at the statement. Clearly the last "special" test had made an impact on them. Not that Cardin was concerned in the least, considering he had won the last test.

"It will be to decide on a class representative." Aizawa declared and a sigh went through the classroom at the announcement. "Finally a normal class activity." Most of the class thought.

Then the classroom exploded in shouts.

"I want to be class rep! Pick me!" Kirishima shouted.

"Me too." Denki said raising his hand up.

"I want to do it, too." Jiro calmly said.

"It's a job made for me!" Yuga shouted.

"I'll be the leader!" Mina waved her arms in the air.

Cardin just rolled his eyes at all there pleas.

Cardin could understand why some of them would want to be class rep. It helped students prepare for leading sidekicks and being a top pro hero. So it was an invaluable experience, But at the same time it also meant leading the people in this class and being responsible for them. So the idea of being responsible for these annoying twerps that Cardin had to call classmates was one of the reasons Cardin was one of the few people who didn't raise their hand. Besides Cardin already had experience leading others at Beacon So there was no need for him to volunteer for all this trouble.

"Let me do it! Me!" Bakugo roared.

"SILENCE PLEASE!" Iida screamed and everyone turned to look at him. "It is a job with serious responsibility of leading others. It is not just a job for anyone who wants to do it. It is a calling that requires the trust of those around you. If we want to use democracy to decide on a true leader, then we should hold an election to choose one."

It would have been sound and reasonable logic to Cardin, if it wasn't for the fact Iida also had his hand raised.

"Why do you suggest that?" Denki asked.

"Yeah, We haven't known each other for that long, so how can we have trust or anything in someone?" Tsuyu said.

"If that's the case, and everyone votes for themselves…" Kirishima began before being cut off.

"Don't you think that is precisely why whoever receives the multiple votes here can truly be considered the most suitable person? Iida explained and turned to Iida, "What do you think, Mr. Aizawa?"

"I don't care, as long as you decide before homeroom is over." Eraserhead said tiredly already snuggled into his yellow sleeping bag.

"Thank you very much." Iida said.

And so began the process of voting for class 1A class representative. Cardin could tell that most of his classmates were voting for themselves simply by sneaking a peek at who they were writing down.

Now the question was who was Cardin gonna put down on his ballot? It was a loaded question because that meant Cardin would have to admit they were respectable enough to get the job done and he trusted them not to abuse that power. So that eliminated more than half of the class, and lastly the rep would need to take the job seriously which eliminated most of the remaining options. However that still left one person who came to Cardins mind.

Cardin stared across the room at them for a moment before penciling in his vote.

The results were posted on the board

Class Election Results:

Izuku Midoriya : 3 Votes

Momo Yaoyorozu : 2 Vote

Tenya Iida : 1 Vote

Katsuki Bakugo : 1 Vote

Mashirao Ojiro : 1 Vote

Yuga Aoyama : 1 Vote

Toru Hagakure : 1 Vote

Rikido Sato : 1 Vote

Denki Kaminari : 1 Vote

Hanta Sero : 1 Vote

Mina Ashido : 1 Vote

Kyoka Jiro : 1 Vote

Eijiro Kirishima : 1 Vote

Fumikage Tokoyami : 1 Vote

Shoto Todoroki : 1 Vote

Koji Koda : 1 Vote

Asui Tsuyu : 1 Vote

Mezo Shoji : 0 Vote

Ochako Uraraka : 0 Vote

Cardin Winchester : 0 Vote

"I got three votes!" Midoriya gasped in disbelief.

"What Deku! Who the hell voted for him!" Bakugo yelled in anger.

"Well it would be a lot better than voting for someone like you." Kaminira replied offhandedly.

"What did you say." Bakugo turned to him glaring.

Nearby Iida sat down with his head low. "1 Vote, I should have knew this would have happened… that is only expect dog a person calling." Everyone gave him questioning looks. However he was also thinking "I voted for Midoriya so who voted for me?"

Aizawa coughed at the front of the class to get everyone's attention. "Based on these results the class rep is Midoriya, and the deputy class rep will be Yaoyorozu.

"S-Seriously?" Midoriya chattered his teeth in the front of the class and Cardin thought a light breeze would have knocked him over.

"That might not be too bad." Tsuyu said placing her finger to her chin in thought.

"After all's said and done, Midoriya can be pretty fired up about things. And besides Yaoyorozu was cool when the class was going over yesterday's battle results!

Cardin didn't care enough to pay attention. Until Finally the bell for lunch rang.

Cardin situated himself in the far corner of the lunchroom room by himself. Giving glares at anyone who tried to approach him. Cardin obviously wasn't welcome back with his classmates table anymore, of course it's not like Cardin cared or anything. He absentmindedly picked at his pile of food in front of him. His thoughts leading back to beacon and his teammates.

Did they think he was dead? Had anyone noticed? What happened with his team? Did anyone care that he was gone? Cardin hoped his team missed him at least. As worthless in a fight as they were sometimes Cardin still considered them some of his only friends, and hoped they at least felt something when he didn't come back from his mission. Cardin Morbidly chuckled at the heat Professor Goodwitch must have taken, but it died down quickly.

RIIIIINNNNNNG "THERE HAS BEEN A LEVEL 3 SECURITY BREACH. ALL STUDENTS PLEASE EVACUATE OUTDOORS PROMPTLY.

Cardin was interrupted from his musings by the sound of the school's alarm going off. All of a sudden all of the students around Cardin jumped to their feet and suddenly began making a break for the door. Cardin jumped to his feet as well, but was confused. An older kid was running by put Cardin grabbed him by the back of his collar and brought him to his face.

"What the hell is going on here!" Cardin yelled over all the commotion.

The startled kid still struggling in Cardin grip answered, "a level three breach means that someone is trespassing on U.A. grounds! I've spent my full school term here and yet I have never had anything like this happen once! You should hurry and get out of here as well!"

Cardin dropped him to the floor and immediately made a beeline for the lunchroom exit. A huge crowd was forming in front of him. Cardin didn't care about that though, pushing and shoving his way forward just like everyone else was. Except for the fact when Cardin did it people did end up moving out of his way one way or another.

"Hey don't push!"

"Ow!"

"Wait, I'm falling!"

"Help!"

The closer Cardin was getting to the exit the harder it was to move forward as everyone was desperately trying to get out.

"Everyone, stop! Slow down! Slow down!" Kirishima and Kaminari were trying to stop the overflow of people. But that was just creating an even larger pile up and making it an even larger mess. Cardin barreled through another couple of people but a voice next him drew his attention.

"Uraraka! Make me float, I have a plan, Make me float, Uraraka!" Iida was reaching out towards her, but the crowd of people was slowly separating them and Cardin knew Uraraka would never be able to use her Quirk on Iida.

Cardin didn't know why he did it, but Cardin decided to help them with whatever Iidas plan was. Reaching out with his substantiality longer arms than Iida Cardin grabbed Urarakas arm and lifted her off the ground and high above the crowd of shoving people.

"Hey! What are you doing let go!" Uraraka said as she struggled uselessly in Cardin grip flailing around. She stopped struggling though when she saw where Cardin was moving her.

She immediately reached out and made contact with Iida through the crowd of people. As he floated through the air Iida's legs sprouted thrusters, his Quirk obviously, and roared to life as he went spinning and tumbling through the air until he made a hard impact into the wall above the exits of the lunchroom. He composed himself before turning his head toward Cardin and the rest of the students in the crowd, "Everyone Stop, everything is fine! It is just the media outside! There is absolutely nothing to panic about! Everything is fine! This is U.A. my fellow students! Let us act in a way befitting the best of the best!" He yelled with more volume then Cardin realized he could muster.

The tension dissipated from the mob and a collective sigh of relief was heard from all in the doorway.

"Come on class rep. Start today's agenda." Yaoyorozu asked Midoriya in the front of the classroom as Cardin and the rest of class 1 A were sitting back in the homeroom.

"NN-Now, let us decide on the other class officers… But first, I would like to say something." Midoriya took a deep breath before continuing, "I think… that Tenya Iida should be the class rep after all!"

The boy in question sat there with a look of puzzlement on his face.

Midoriya continued, "He was able to get everyone's attention in a creative manner that helped everyone calm down from all the chaos that happened during lunch. So I think that it would be best for Iida to do it."

"I'm good with that, too." Kirishima seconded, "Midoriyas speaking the truth, Iida was a great help at the cafeteria today."

Kaminari shook his head enthusiastically as well, "Yeah, and he kind of looked like the person on the emergency signs, didn't he?"

Cardin for his part gave a simple nod of approval. For all the guys annoying attributes, there was a reason Cardin had decided to vote for him.

The murmurs were cut short by Aizawa though, "you're wasting time. I really don't care what or how you do this, just hurry up and move it along."

Iida stood up calmly, "if the class rep has nominated me, then it cannot be helped. From this day forward, I, Tenya Iida, graciously accept and promise to do my best to carry out the duties of class representative.

"We're counting on you Emergency exit." Kirishima joked light heartedly.

The rest of the class began to chant with him.

"EMERGENCY EXIT IIDA!"

"EMERGENCY EXIT IIDA!"

"EMERGENCY EXIT IIDA!"

"All right that's enough! We have actually classes to get to." Aizawa berated as he came up to the podium as Yaoyorozu and Midoriya took their seats.

"Ahem, for today's hero basic training, it's turned into a class with three instructors, All Might and me, and another teacher who will meet soon." Aizawa explained.

"Three people?" Cardin thought. Beacon never did anything like this. The best Cardin had ever gotten was when some weird drunk Huntsman had substituted for a class, and he didn't even teach!"

"Excuse me! What will we be doing?" Sero asked the first one to ask the question on all the students minds.

Pulling out a card from nowhere it was embroidered with the word "Rescue" on it. "Disasters, shipwrecks, landslides, and everything else in between. It will be rescue training.

"Ugh Rescue training!" Cardin didn't sign up for this. He was in it for beating up bad guys and saving the day not pulling people out of the snow or mud!

More small talk spread through the room but was quickly quashed by Aizawa, "Hey I'm not done yet, Pay attention will you. You can decide if you want to wear your costume or this time. Because there are probably costumes that limit your abilities, too." He said as he pressed the button to bring out the storage lockers.

"This training session will be taking place off campus, so will be taking a bus, so change quickly. That is all. We start when everyone is ready. I'll be waiting." He announced.

Cardin was obviously going to wear his armor. So he walked over to his storage space to begin the tedious task of putting it on.

Cardin was one of the last ones out to the bus stop. Because his armor had a lot of straps to keep it nice and secure and therefore took a long time to get ready.

A whistle shrilled through the air, "Class 1-A, gather around! Form two lines side by side by your student numbers in order to make the boarding process go by as smoothly as possible! Iida shouted clearly taking the class rep thing seriously all ready.

Cardin could somehow admire the enthusiasm but that didn't make it any less annoying.

Cardin wasn't paying attention to any of the conversations going around on the bus and absentmindedly looked at the terrain as the class passed by on the bus in his seat all by himself. All in all it felt very similar to his first Bullhead ride to beacon. Back when Cardin was still king of the world and on his path to being the greatest ever. The path had taken a bit of a detour but Cardin was sure he could handle it. He was brought out of his musings when he heard his name come up.

"Well, if you're talking about flashy and strong, it's gotta be Todoroki and Bakugou, and Cardin though, huh? Though I still don't really know what Cardins Quirk is? Kirishima commented.

"Bakugo's always mad, so he doesn't seem like he'll be popular, though." Tsuyu responded bluntly.

"What the hell! Do you wanna fight!" Bakugo replied in turn.

"See." Tsuyu said unafraid and highlighting her point.

"We haven't known each other that long, so it's amazing that everyone already knows his personality is crap steeped in sewage." Kaminari mused mockingly.

"What's with that vocabulary, bastard?! I'll kill you!" Bakugo yelled at him.

Cardin barked out a laugh at that one.

"Don't act like your attitude is better Cardin. We all know about your rancor personality." Yaoyorozu said to him.

Cardin just clucked his lips and went back to staring out the window.

"We're here now. So all of you stop messing around." Eraserhead yelled to the back.

"Hello Everyone, I have been waiting for you." Cardin and the rest of the class were greeted by a person in a white fluffy suit with a black glass dome head. Cardin couldn't tell if they were a man or a woman.

"It's the space hero, Thirteen! ! The gentlemanly hero who has rescued tons of people from disasters!" Midoriya exclaimed.

Thirteen? The name didn't ring any bells for Cardin. Meaning that they weren't that popular and judging by what everyone else was saying didn't fight to many villains meaning Cardins interest for them was practically zero.

"All right then let's go inside without delay." The Hero said and lead them into the giant domed building in front of them.

The inside was a lot bigger than the outside let on. That was for sure. Cardin counted at least six different biomes. And a multitude of pathways leading around the area.

"A shipwreck, a landslide, a fire, a windstorm, and more. It is the training ground that I made with different types of accidents and disasters. It's called the Unforeseen Simulation Joint or the USJ for short!" The Hero Thirteen proudly revealed.

Aizawa went up to Thirteen to talk about something in private leaving the students to continue their awed exploration of the surrounding areas. They finished and Thriteen turned to the class of students.

"Let's see Before we begin, let me say one thing, or two three four five six seven. Everyone, I am sure you are aware of my Quirk, Black Hole. I can suck up anything and turn it to dust. You have been able to use that Quirk to save people from all kinds of disasters, right? Yes. But it is a power that can kill easily. Some of you also have Quirks like that, right? In a superhuman society, personal Quirks have been certified and stringently regulated, so that doesn't seem to be a problem at first glance. However, please do not forget that there are many Quirks that can easily kill with one wrong step. With Aizawa's physical fitness test you found out about the possibility of your own hidden powers. And with All Might's person-to-person 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." Cardin grimaced when he noticed some states go his way. "I hope you leave here with the understanding that you have powers in order to help others. That is all thank you for listening." Thirteen finished.

Cardin and the rest of the class all applauded at the Pro Hero's speech. But suddenly Cardin froze and a shiver went down his spine and through the rest of his body.

Perhaps it was from the years of training to fight grimm and other dangers but for some reason Cardins instincts all of a sudden were screaming danger, specifically that Cardin was in danger right now. A buzzing sound crashed through the air and the lights went dim, the fountain in the center path turned off and on.

Cardin saw it before anyone else, purple smoke emerged from the fountain and into a giant circle. The purple miasma began growing in size exponentially and expanding outward.

"Everyone get into a group right now and don't move!" Eraserhead shouted his voice no longer containing any hints of exhaustion that it usually carried. "Thirteen you protect the students!" He ordered.

"What's that?" Kirishima asked, seeing the wall of purple energy pulsating at the center of the USJ.

Cardin didn't answer though as he was too busy keeping his eyes trained on the purple wall. As though his very sight was the only thing keeping it at bay. Something changed then, a rippling motion appeared on the wall growing quicker and larger by the second. All of a sudden something or rather someone stepped out from the portal, a person in all black with blue hair and what looked like a hand on his face.

He was followed by another, and another, then another and so on as a small army seemed to emerge forth from nowhere at all.

"Is this like the entrance exam where the lessons already started?" Kirishima asked.

"Don't move!" Eraserhead shouted not taking his eyes off the figures coming through the purple portal. He put his google over his eyes.

"Those… Are villains."

Authors Notes: And it's a cliffhanger. Sure love those. Sorry about the late chapter. I've been a bit busy lately. But don't worry I'm still working on this story. Just at a slower pace right now. As always comment what you liked and disliked.