Chapter 12. First Day Start

I awoke to my alarm blaring at me. I was too excited to sleep correctly last night, but I’m still excited enough to get really quickly to make it to school on time. After getting dressed and having breakfast I left the house. Making it to school after a short walk I ran into Midoriya looking lost as if not knowing where to go. “Yo Midoriya!” I called out to him with a smile, and he turned to look at me, gaining a smile on his own face when he saw it was me. “Kaminari!” I ran up to him, and as we tried to find where our class was we continued chatting. “Thank you so much for all you’ve done for me!” He yells in the hallway, bowing at a 90 degree angle.

“Don’t worry about it too much Midoriya, I don't do, or say  anything I don’t believe in. You will be a great hero someday I know that. I want to be a great hero too, but I don’t want to be there alone.” I said with slight sadness at the end. “That's why I want to stand at the top with you. I know I’ve done a good job as long as you are in arms reach.” Before he can comment on either the sadness in my voice in the middle, my belief in him, or perhaps even my red eye we make it to the classroom doors.

I open the door to hear Bakugo and Ida bickering with each other. I push Midoriya in the classroom, and he lets out a yelp in surprise. Everyone takes a quick glance at the new kid. Bakugo, and Ida especially; Ida hurriedly walks over to Midoriya, and gives an apology for missing what was important in the exam. He then comes and talks to me when Uraraka was talking to Midoriya. “You were also correct. I was wrong about your friend taking being a hero seriously, and I apologize!”

I pat him on the shoulder, and give him a reassuring smile. “It’s fine that mistakes happen, trying to make them better is the hard part. It's good that you take things seriously, but I think that if you have no room for you to relax then you're going to burn yourself out, or worse have it explode.” I walk past him and head to an empty seat. ‘Huh, back seat next to the window. Isn’t this the so-called protagonist window?’ As soon as I sit I look at the seat next to me to find Yaoyorozu reading a book.

Noticing my gaze she looks up from her book and matches mine. I give her a smile and introduce myself. “Hi my name is Denki Kaminari.” She smiles, herself and gives a polite nod. “Hello Kaminari, my name is Momo Yaoyorozu.” Just as we were finishing up our introductions a giant yellow caterpillar came crawling in the door. As he does, a man starts undoing the zipper on the yellow sleeping bag. “It took you 8 seconds to quiet down. Time is a precious resource you lot aren't very rational are you. I am your homeroom teacher Shota Aizawa pleased to meet you. Now change into your gym clothes, and head out to the grounds.

Next thing we head out to the grounds and Bakugo is first picked for soft ball throwing. Bakugo steps up to the circle with ball in hand, and proceeds to throw it with an explosion to increase the power. “DIE!” ‘This kid has problems.’ I shake my head while waiting for the ball to touch down. When it does, Aizawa shows the distance on his screen 705.2 Meters. Everyone starts acting giddy at how far they can use their quirks, but I know what's coming. “‘Awesome’ you say? You're hoping to become heroes in less than three years here, and you think it will all be fun and games? Right, the one with the lowest score across all eight events will be judged hopeless, and be expelled.”