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Battle trial

*Knock* *Knock* "Anyone there?"

"Doors open!" A feminine voice sounded from the other side.

Getting confirmation, Aiden wasn't polite and walked into the room. The room was full of scrap metal and tools. There was a large workbench covered in circuit boards in the middle of the room. Standing over the bench was a pink haired girl in a tank top and workshop overalls around her waist. Holding a screw driver, she seemed to be focusing on tinkering with what looked like a drone.

"Ahem."

"Huh?" She lifted her head and gave him a questioning look.

"I was told to come here for my hero costum-

"Ah! You're Aiden-san!" She exclaimed.

'She knows me?'

"Just call me Aiden."

"Sure, sure. Your costume design was super cool! I hope you don't mind but I couldn't help myself and tinkered with it." Going over to the side, she pulled out a black outfit and started explaining what she did to it.

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After removing most of Mei's "Upgrades", Aiden learnt that the department of support mostly included her and a pro hero/teacher called Power Loader. She was quite the enthusiastic girl and had a real passion for inventing. She even went as far as to call all her inventions her "babies."

She was especially interested in his Astral Energy and wanted to try to see if it could interact with her inventions. The two spent most of the morning together talking about ways that his energy could be stored and used.

Her positive energy reminded him a lot of Mina. And after spending some time with her he swore to himself that he would never let the two of them meet. One hyperactive girl was more than enough to deal with.

"It was nice to meet you Mei, but I gotta go to class." He said when he saw the time.

"Class? Oh yeah! Come back whenever your free. I'll be here!!"

"Sure." He waved and left.

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Waiting for the lesson to start, Aiden found himself conversing with Momo. He was surprised that he had found someone as intelligent as her mixed among the rabble in class 1A.

"So you're basically a princess?"

"I am not!" She refuted. "My family is just wealthier than others."

"Yeah, but didn't you get everything you wanted as a kid?"

"That's only because my quirk could make anything I wanted."

"You still sound like a princess." He teased.

"Urgh, you're such jerk."

"But you're still talking to me." He smiled.

"That's only because I'm nice." She smirked.

"Quick question, can your quirk make money?"

Before he could get his answer, All Might burst through the door saying "I.AM.HERE! Coming through the door like a hero!" Everyone got incredibly excited about seeing All Might, the number 1 hero in the world. Aiden on the other hand was slightly annoyed about having his conversation being interrupted.

"Welcome to the most important class at U.A High! Think of it as hero-ing 101 because here, you'll be learning the basics of being a pro-hero!" hearing what he said everyone was murmuring things and getting really excited.

All Might apparently had more to say "And today's training will pull no punches!" as he said this he pulled out a pretty big card that had "BATTLE!" written on it. Aiden could hear Bakugo getting excited about fighting and Aiden felt quite interested himself.

"But one of the keys to be a hero ISSSSS! LOOKIN' GOOD!" as he finished his sentence he pointed towards a wall and panels came out of it, seemingly with the uniforms they had designed for them.

"Now, get yourself suited up and meet me at battleground Beta!" All Might seemed incredibly excited for some reason.

"YES, SIR!" Was he reply from the class.

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After getting changed into his hero costume Aiden walked out of the tunnel with the others. His costume had a black and red color scheme, the trousers were made of a material that allowed for easy air circulation and was slightly baggy around the thigh area. He wore red shin guards that wrapped around his legs with black shoes designed to absorb shock damage. He also wore a mask that resembled that of a ninja and a one armed sleeveless shirt that covered the top part of his body.

[A/n: Basically the cover but with purple eyes instead of blue.]

After everyone else came out of the tunnel, All Might explained that they were going to be battling against each other in teams of two. Two teams would go against each other with different goals, the Hero team had to find the nuclear bomb the Villain team is hiding or they have to capture the Villain team with capture tape. While the Villain team has to protect the bomb or defeat/capture the Hero team. These fights will be inside a building and the teams will be picked through lots.

When they decided the teams, Aiden got teamed with Momo, while Mina was teamed with Aoyama, and Midoriya was teamed with Uraraka.

"Ahh! I wanted to be teamed up with Aiden." Mina complained.

Aiden on the other hand was fine with his teammate. For one, he was already familiar with her and the two were on good terms. She also seemed to be intelligent and most likely wouldn't be a burden. Not to mention her ability was broken as fuck.

"Well, then, Let's pick who's who!" All Might's boisterous voice knocked Aiden out of his thought process.

"The Villain team is...Cross and Yaoyarozu! While the Hero team is Kirishima and Sero!" All Might announced the teams and the Battle was soon to be on.

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"Cool hero costume." Momo whisper while they were watching the first match.

"Thanks, yours is very... efficient." He said after seeing a lot of exposed skin. Unlike the Japanese, Aiden's mindset wasn't as conservative so he didn't feel any shame looking at her.

Seeing his eyes run up and down her body, Momo couldn't help but blush slightly. Although she was used to the stares, she wasn't used to someone who did it as openly as Aiden.

"Are you sure you're 15?" Aiden's words seemed to wake her up.

Seeing that his gaze was locked onto her boobs, Momo was left speechless.