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The video was obviously shot vertically on a phone. It started with the focus on a pair of black trousers with small, yellow lightning bolts dotted around on it. A few quiet snickers could be heard off-screen and eventually the camera lifted to record what seemed to be the UA common room couches. There were a few people sat around, with what seemed to be study guides and revision material strewn around the cushions and floor. It was pitch dark outside and the only lighting inside was a small lamp in the centre of the coffee table and a disco light in the corner.
On an armchair was an ashy blond, fast asleep and curled around another male, whose face was as bright red as his hair. Sat against the armchair in front of them was a boy with black hair pulled back into a small bun, his eyes closed. You could tell he was breathing heavily even if the microphone didn’t pick it up. A group of girls were crowded around one side of the coffee table, speaking in hushed whispers as they stared at a brown-haired girl’s phone.
But that clearly wasn’t the focus of the video, as the camera zoomed in on two males sat on a couch on their own. One boy – who would come to be a frequent presenter on the channel – with dual-toned hair was watching a green-haired, green-eyed boy intently.
The green-eyed boy was muttering to himself, the words unable to be picked up by the microphone, until a loud voice from (presumably) behind the camera called out to him. “Midoriya, speak up a little. We can’t hear you.”
The boy’s – Midoriya’s – head shot up, eye bags evident, like he hadn’t slept in well over 48 hours. He had a slight crazed look in his eyes as he whipped out a notebook from – wait where the fuck did that notebook come from? The camera shook slightly (in amusement or fear, we will never know) as Midoriya made eye contact with it and began talking – very loudly, might I add – about his 10-step -plan-to-end-the-flaming-trash-can-known-as-Endeavour.
“You’re recording, right? Kaminari?”
The voice from behind the camera – Kaminari – muttered a quiet yes, moving the camera in a nodding motion. Midoriya took this as an invitation to start talking.
“So, probably Kami’s channel, this is my marvellous ten step plan to fuck over Endeavour or as we love to call him, ‘The Flaming Trash Can’. I’d say it’s quite a fitting name for the No.1 hero.” A few people off-screen, probably sat by Kaminari, clapped and cheered loudly (distorting the audio quality for a few seconds), and a gesture to continue came on screen soon after.
“As you all know – or actually, maybe you don’t know…” Midoriya faltered and looked down at his notebook, his eyes calculating. After a few moments of silence, he looked up again, directing his attention to the boy to his left, “Endeavour is a shit person, right Shoto?”
Shoto nodded hesitantly.
“See! His own son says he’s shit. Anyway, he has terrible stats in terms of injury and destruction of civilians, villains and property as well as forcing an illegal quirk marriage and abusing one of his sons to death! Well, legally he’s dead, but we know otherwise. But anyway, I say we deplatform him, or de-hero him? All in favour say ‘Aye’.”
A chorus of ‘Aye’s rang out across the room, and with that, Midoriya launched into a full explanation of Endeavours strengths, weaknesses, agency locations, where he went out to eat on Saturdays and so, so much more.
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[ 2-A LATE NIGHTS: EP 1 – TEN STEP DE-HERO-ING OF ENDEAVOUR ]
We would be sorry, Endeavour, but then we’d be lying and that’s not very heroic. This was an in the moment kinda thing so we’d love some feedba…
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telikinetica HOLY SHIT MIDORIYA WENT INTO DETAIL ABOUT THAT?? also when was the last time he slept please try persuading him chargebolt
flamesrexistentialdaddyissues what the fuck is a hero in training doing with a plan to get rid of that asshole
cellophanee1 KAMI YOU DIDNT WAKE ME UP TO WITNESS THIS MASTERPIECE??
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Endeavour Take this video down IMMEDIATELY. I will be contacting your teachers about these threats.
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The second video that came out on Chargebolt’s official channel, a week later, was shot in much better quality, and in a different location. Shoto Todoroki was stood in front of a marker-covered whiteboard, with a small crowd of students sat around him. On the whiteboard, in a large bubble, was the title ‘Are Eraserhead and Present Mic involved?’ It was once again dark outside.
He was talking about something although his words couldn’t be heard over the rustling of whoever’s phone was being used for this recording. After the cameraperson was satisfied with the angle, they reached out to tap the ashy blond’s shoulder (the one from the last video) and stage-whispered to him, “Kats, where is Kami?”
A gruff voice responded and the blond ignored the insulted look Todoroki gave him as he paused, mid grand-gesture. “How the fuck should I know, Shitty Hair? Are you recording for that shitty channel?”
‘Shitty Hair’ must’ve nodded, because ‘Kats’ grinned – and holy shit was it a nightmare-inducing grin – and looked directly at Todoroki, pointing at the camera with a thumbs up. Todoroki nodded; no emotion evident on his face as he began talking.
“Thank you Kirishima for recording this. This is a conspiracy in our class, is our homeroom teacher romantically involved with our English teacher? Tonight we find out.”
Todoroki launched into a brief overview of his research, answering a few questions from the people sat around him with terrifying ease. After he’d made sure the little Q&A session was over, he started talking about his first piece of solid evidence.
“My first piece of evidence…” A yell from off screen cut him off and he scowled, “Yes, real evidence, Iida. No, I don’t care if Aizawa-sensei walks in on us! What is he going to do, deny it?”
The yelling continued for a bit, and a few people left, presumably to go to sleep. The only people left were Todoroki, the cameraman – Kirishima, a pink haired girl with horns and the black haired boy from the previous video. After making sure nobody else was going to leave, Todoroki continued, throwing his arms out in a dramatic gesture akin to that of the arrogant 2-B member.
“Kirishima, Ashido and Sero, thank you for staying with me. As I was saying, my first piece of evidence…”
After a long discussion of Todoroki’s three pieces of evidence, the video cut to a phone-shot video of a student’s shoes, the grey uniform making it obvious that this was shot during a school day. The video suddenly cut to another phone-shot clip, desks and students shown in the vertical frame. At the front of the classroom stood what looked to be a homeless man.
A bright blond student with a lightning bolt in his hair put his hand up, his facial expression obscured by his fringe. The homeless man looked at him exasperatedly. “What is it Kaminari?”
Kaminari put his hand down and stood up, leaning forward on his desk as a few forks of electricity travelled down the ponytail in his hair. “Mr Aizawa-sensei, our favourite homeroom teacher–”
“I’m your only homeroom teacher. What do you want?”
“Fine, don’t take my praise you grumpy old man – are you dating Mic-sensei?”
The homeless man – Aizawa – stared at Kaminari for a good minute before shaking his head with a cat-like grin. “Not dating, no.”
Ashido’s hand shot up next and she stood up before Aizawa could call on her. The camera began shaking slightly. “Aizawa-sensei! Are you married to Mic-sensei?”
All of a sudden, the classroom door burst open to reveal a blur of yellow shoot towards Aizawa and tackle him to the floor. The camera fell, and in frame was the figure of a purple-haired boy with eye bags akin to Midoriya’s, his shoulders shaking with silent laughter. A hand from the desk in front grabbed the phone – ah, there was Midoriya – who held up a peace sign to the camera before turning it to the writhing mess on the floor that was Aizawa and Present Mic himself.
“Shota, they found out! How did they find out?” the yelling blond sat up and scanned the class, narrowing his eyes when they landed on the phone. “Midoriya! And Shinsou! Put the phone away. This is no time to be recording!”
“But this is funny, Mic-sensei.” retorted Midoriya, the grin on his face evident in his tone.
Then the video cut to a shaky video of green-lightning-covered-shoes running down a hallway, yelling coming from behind them.
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[ 2-A LATE NIGHTS: EP 2 – AIZAWA-SENSEI AND MIC-SENSEI ARE MARRIED? (GONE VERY WRONG) ]
I don’t think I’ve seen Mido run that fast in my life oh my god. Thank you Kirishima, Shinsou and Midoriya for recordi…
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purrzawa Kaminari and your accomplices all have after school detentions tomorrow. Don’t be late.
↳ Replying to: purrzawa | ChargeboltOFFICIAL sorry zawa. won’t happen again with you guys dw. :P
endeavwhore34 when mido started running i fell out of my chair. crying with laughter, i love this series.
anonsourceyu i can’t help but feel this series isn’t just going to be hour long rants, i feel like next we’re just gonna get a twenty second clip of sero taping someone to the wall or somehtin
huiwmui_ko im going to make something like this !! thank you for the inspiration chargebolt ! ヽ(>∀<☆)ノ
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The third video was shot in a different manner, and was much shorter than the previous two. It was shot with a vertical screen and was many clips mashed together.
The first clip was Ashido and Kirishima recording a sleeping Kaminari with about seven charging cables and phones scattered around him. Small sparks flickered around his mouth where the cable ends sat. He was wearing a bright yellow Pikachu hoodie with the hood pulled up, along with a loose pair of black jogging bottoms. Sat next to him was the purple haired boy – Shinsou – who has one of the phones in his hand, staring at the screen. He wore a purple cat hoodie, ears and a tail attached to the hood and back of the hoodie.
The camera grew closer to the duo, catching the attention of Shinsou, who frowned and flipped them off, giving them one hell of a stare. (If looks could kill, they’d be dead.) The camera shut off.
The second clip was shot from a desk in their classroom, once again pointed towards a sleeping Kaminari. He had a pen in one hand and a clump of charging cables in the other and he was snoring softly. Once again, the video was ended by Shinsou, who grabbed the wrist of whoever was recording and snatched the phone. He then threw said phone across the room, yelling ‘YEET’ at the top of his lungs.
(The video didn’t end there, but it was a black screen. However, the audio was cute, if you could call it that.
A quiet voice could be heard. “Hito…? Did you just–” A yawn. “Did you just yell yeet? What did you throw? Am I in a fever dream right now?”
“Nothing, Denks, go back to sleep.”
The audio cut off.)
The third and final clip was a lot shorter, and was recorded by Sero (who waved at the camera before flipping it). The camera shakily focused on a familiar armchair, with Kaminari and Shinsou fast asleep curled around each other. Kaminari held a phone in the hand falling off the arm of the chair, sparks flying around it.
It was cut off as quickly as it started when Sero whispered, “I’ll get killed if I wake them up.”
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[ 2-A LATE NIGHTS: EP 3 – THE HUMAN CHARGING PORT ]
We got permission from Kami to change the channel name, and to upload this. DON’T WORRY!! You guys can req…
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cellophanee1 IM GONNA DIE, they found out about the last clip THEY FOUNT OUT FSDHJ
flowrr4uuu this is so domestic <3 shinsou clearly cares about kaminari a a lot !!
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mindfuck stop recording denki when he’s sleeping. /hj
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The fourth video was just one clip, roughly twenty seconds long, and the video section was obviously filmed by Kirishima. (He was the only one who held the phone landscape.)
It showed a younger looking Sero staring up at the ceiling with an accomplished look in his eyes. He turned to the camera and waved before gesturing up. Before turning the view up, Kirishima did a small pan around the room, capturing the state everyone was in.
A group of girls were huddled on the couch, hugging each other and periodically glaring at the ceiling. A girl with earphone-jack ears flipped it off.
Bakugo was stood next to Kirishima, a smirk on his face as his hands sparked with tiny explosions. He stayed silent.
Todoroki and Midoriya were sat side-by-side on the kitchen counter, glaring at the ceiling. Kaminari was stood by them, holding an ice pack to his cheek with one hand and Shinsou’s arm with the other, clearly hoping to restrain him from losing his shit. Shinsou’s stance screamed murder.
Eventually, the camera finally panned to the ceiling, where a small boy with dark purple balls on his head was taped to the ceiling. His face was bright red with anger and he was trying to speak, his voice only coming out in muffled grunts as he struggled against the tape. It zoomed in slightly before a cough sounded out to the right of Kirishima, who pointed the camera at a very tired-looking Aizawa.
The video went to black, and text flashed on the screen.
Mineta was just a bad dream.
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[ 2-A LATE NIGHTS: EP 4 – DISPOSING OF BIGOTS ]
Mineta who? We don’t know him. Thanks again Kirishima for recording, and thank you for saving the video from last year. Much apprec…
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huminahuminahumina @anonsourceyu YOU PREDICTED IT
anonsourceyu HEY GUYS I WAS KIDDING ABOUT THAT HOLY SHIT /POS
Endeavour This is extremely un-herolike behaviour! I can’t believe how reckless you students are being. I might take Shoto out of that wretched school and train him myself!
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↳ Replying to: icythot | Endeavour Who do you think you are to say no?
↳ Replying to: Endeavour | icythot idk maybe your son? fuck you, whore
Creati_ thank you sero and kaminari for basically solidifying his expulsion <3
↳ Replying to: Creati_ | denkiALT yaomomo he had it coming, we all played a big part in it <3
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The next video didn’t come out for a few weeks. Fans speculated it had something to do with Endeavour, or maybe their favourite students were kidnapped by the League of Villains. In reality, it was end-of-year exams eating up their time to edit and mash together random videos they’d taken during nights of sleep deprivation and studying.
A few days after finals, the video was finally released. It consisted of four clips in total, taken on different days and varying in length.
The first clip was probably the shortest. The camera (held landscape, bless Kirishima) captured a familiar duo, both of them speaking in hushed whispers about something. It was clearly shot from the armchair that everyone seemed to enjoy cuddling on and gave the viewers a pretty new and clear view of the kitchen, where a few students were stood chatting.
A boy with a bird head was leaning against someone with six arms, clearly speaking about something interesting as a frog-like girl and a girl with rosy cheeks were nodding along with a lot of enthusiasm. The camera soon unfocused on the kitchen, resulting in the four becoming a blur as Kirishima forced the focus on the couch to the right of Midoriya and Todoroki.
On the couch were three people: Kaminari, Sero and a boy with blond hair and a tail. Kaminari was sat upside-down, with his legs swung over the back of the couch and his head hanging off the front of it. He held up a revision guide above him, before it dropped on his chest as he let out a dejected sigh and poked Sero’s side. Sero glared at him from where he was writing before flipping him off. He practically threw himself out of his chair when a yellow spark hit him.
“Ojiro! He shocked me–”
Ojiro looked up from his phone and stared at the two of them, Sero pressed up against him with a betrayed look on his face and Kaminari having fallen off the couch in a fit of giggles. The tailed man just shook his head and went back to scrolling, much to Sero’s dismay.
The black-haired boy then stood up and grabbed Kaminari’s ankle, dragging him behind the couch. The clip ended with a perfectly cut scream.
The second clip opened with the phone obnoxiously close to Todoroki’s face, who was frowning.
“Izuku, when I gave you permission to record me I meant at a reasonable distance away.”
Someone behind the camera – probably Midoriya – giggled. “Sho-chan, this is perfectly reasonable.”
Todoroki pushed him back, flicking his hair back in a dramatic gesture. “Moving on, a lot of the comments were asking about my sperm donor–” He sat down and put his hands on his lap, staring directly at the camera, pausing before continuing. “–I’m sure you’ll all be thrilled to find out that I have a father who cares about me now. His name is Shota Aizawa.”
In the corner of the frame, the mentioned male walked into the room and stared at the two of them. Todoroki turned to face him and waved. Aizawa just sighed heavily and grabbed a cup of coffee, sitting down in a plush yellow chair by the window. Midoriya stood up and trotted over to him, showing the vacant look in the man’s eyes. He looked like he was going through a lot.
One fancy transition later and the third clip appeared, this time recording Midoriya and Kaminari on two chairs in front of a familiar whiteboard. On the board were the words – covering the entire thing – ‘Dabi is Touya Todoroki, change my mind’. The camera wasn’t shaking at all, so it was probably propped up on something. A quick glance to the edge of the frame showed that it was very dark outside.
The duo glanced at each other before Midoriya spoke up.
“So, we are supposed to be revising, but Kaminari is on his half an hour break and I’ve been up for the past thirty-six hours! We decided to make light of our theory that the villain ‘Dabi’ is actually The Flaming Trash Can’s dead son, Touya Todoroki!”
“Sorry Dabi.” Kaminari muttered.
After the apology, Midoriya launched into a detailed explanation of how Dabi was a Todoroki, using sources provided to him by Shoto and his siblings, as well as an ‘unnamed person from the Commission’. He covered pointed such as the similarity in eye colour, the quirk itself and the effects on Dabi’s body. (He mentioned how Shoto had once told him that Touya had his father’s fire quirk, but his mother’s ability to resist it, AKA terribly.)
He only stopped when an alarm went off somewhere in the dorms. Kaminari picked up his phone and turned it on, wincing at the brightness before his eyes widened in fear and he shot off towards the kitchen. Midoriya stared after him.
“Kaminari! Where are you going?”
No answer.
“Denki.”
“It’s five in the fucking morning, Izuku! We have class! Fuck we have an exam first lesson.”
“Which one?”
“Uh – I think its English?”
“We’ll be fine; you’re great at English, Denki.”
“Still! Last minute studying is key – end the video, we can cut it down tonight or something.”
And with that, the third – and probably longest – clip ended.
The fourth started with an explosion. And then ice. And then screams.
Laughter could be heard behind the camera as whoever was holding it jumped back to record what was happening. Tables and couches were flipped over into defensive positions with students crouched behind them as another explosion echoed around the common room. Aizawa was sat in his yellow chair with a bored expression on his face.
After a few more explosions and a burst of fire, relative silence fell on the group, only to be broken by a small voice from across the room.
“Is it over yet, dad?”
Who knew it could get even more silent? A beat passed before the voice spoke up again, the camera catching who said it – Denki Kaminari.
“Shit wait – sorry Aizawa-sensei, I meant to say your name!” He stuttered out, waving his hands around, his face bright red. “I’m so sorry, it won’t happen again! Please don’t give me a detention.”
People turned to face him, a mixture of both amused and terrified looks displayed on their faces. A few seconds passed before Aizawa responded in dull monotone.
“It’s over, Denki. Do you need anything?”
A sigh of relief escaped his lips as he jumped out from behind a table and began walking towards Aizawa. The smoke and steam had began to clear, revealing an awestruck Todoroki and Bakugo stood a few feet away from each other, staring directly at Kaminari.
Eventually, after stubbing his toe and catching his arm on the side of an overturned couch, Kaminari was stood in front of Aizawa, speaking too quietly for the microphone to pick up. He was gesturing around him, Aizawa nodding before pointing him to the doors of the dorm, where Kaminari ran to, waving behind him.
Aizawa simply sighed and glared at the class, who were in shocked silence.
“Clean this mess up.”
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[ 2-A LATE NIGHTS: EP 5 – WHAT FINALS DOES TO A DUDE ]
WE’RE SORRY FOR NOT POSTING WE HAD FINALS AND NO TIME TO EDIT. We’re now all going to have a giant sleepover and pass out on the cou…
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icythot most of us passed don’t worry
denkiALT WE LOVE OUR TIRED DAD <33
cellophanee1 before any of you ask yes we’re all fine but shoto and kat both got detentions
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huiwmui_ko aww i wish i went to ua sometimes :((
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