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Monday mornings in Class 1-A were loud.
Not chaotic. Chaotic implied that nobody knew what was going on.
Class 1-A always knew what was going on.
They simply chose to be loud about it.
Well… Most of them
Kaminari was attempting to convince Sero that an energy drink counted as breakfast. Iida was arguing the opposite chopping his hands up and down. and Ashido was taking pictures of the argument for reasons known only to herself.
Izuku had learned not to ask.
Aizawa entered the classroom carrying a coffee and looking exactly as exhausted as he had on Friday.
The volume dropped slightly.
Only slightly.
Aizawa set his coffee on the desk and reached for a remote.
"As discussed last week, patrol rotations begin today."
That got everyone's attention.
For the past several days, the patrol program had been the main topic of conversation. First-year hero students would be paired with upperclassmen currently interning under professional heroes and spend the next several weeks accompanying them on patrols and agency work.
Real heroes.
Real agencies.
Real experience.
Aizawa pressed a button and the projector flickered to life.
A list appeared on the screen.
For a moment, the classroom fell silent as everyone searched for their names.
Then the room erupted.
Izuku's eyes immediately landed on his own.
Midoriya Izuku — Togata Mirio (3rd Year) — Sir Nighteye Agency
He blinked.
Then read it again.
Beside him, Kaminari leaned forward.
"...you got Lemillion."
"I can see that."
"No, I don't think you understand."
Izuku looked away from the screen.
Kaminari was staring at him like he'd somehow won the lottery.
"Togata Mirio."
"I know who he is."
"He is literally one of the Big Three."
That, admittedly, was true.
The Big Three were widely considered U.A.'s strongest students. Even among hero course students, their names carried a certain weight.
And somehow Izuku had been assigned to patrol with one of them.
Across the room, Kirishima suddenly stood up.
"I GOT FAT GUM'S AGENCY!"
The room got even louder.
Aizawa looked like he regretted everything.
The full assignment list remained projected across the screen.
Kirishima Eijiro — Tamaki Amajiki (3rd Year) — Fat Gum Agency
Uraraka Ochaco — Nejire Hado (3rd Year) — Ryukyu Agency
Iida Tenya — Ren Takahashi (3rd Year) — Manual Agency
Todoroki Shoto — Kaito Narukami (3rd Year) — Endeavor Agency
Midoriya Izuku — Togata Mirio (3rd Year) — Sir Nighteye Agency
Yaoyorozu Momo — Haruka Fujimori (2nd Year) — Uwabami Agency
Asui Tsuyu — Sora Mizuno (2nd Year) — Ryukyu Agency
Kaminari Denki — Daichi Sakamoto (2nd Year) — Gang Orca Agency
Jiro Kyoka — Rei Shinohara (3rd Year) — Edgeshot Agency
Mina Ashido — Akari Hayase (2nd Year) — Mt. Lady Agency
Tokoyami Fumikage — N/A — Hawks Agency
Sero Hanta — Yuki Nakamura (2nd Year) — Edgeshot Agency
Ojiro Mashirao — Takeshi Mori (2nd Year) — Fourth Kind Agency
Hagakure Toru — Emiko Arai (2nd Year) — Uwabami Agency
Shoji Mezo — Kenji Watanabe (3rd Year) — Gang Orca Agency
Koda Koji — Riku Aoyama (2nd Year) — Selkie Agency
Aoyama Yuga — Hikari Tachibana (3rd Year) — Uwabami Agency
Sato Rikido — Jun Maeda (2nd Year) — Fat Gum Agency
Mineta Minoru — Usagi Tsukino (2nd Year) — Mt. Lady Agency
The further down the list people got, the louder the room became.
Questions were being shouted from one side of the classroom to the other. Kirishima was still celebrating. Uraraka looked moments away from crying after seeing Nejire's name beside hers. Kaminari had already started looking up information on Gang Orca's agency.
Izuku's attention drifted back to his own assignment.
Togata Mirio.
One of the Big Three.
One of the strongest students in the school.
Someone who had already built a reputation that most hero students could only dream of.
And in a few hours, Izuku was supposed to meet him.
For some reason, that thought was equal parts exciting and terrifying.
At the front of the room, Aizawa waited for the noise to die down.
“4 seconds, still needs work. You'll meet your patrol groups after classes."
Aizawa picked up his coffee and his yellow sleeping bag and left the classroom as Yamada entered starting class for the day.