Examintion

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The group of Surveye's-Villa met on point.

Nobody was even a minute too late and it was almost stunning for the to-be-heroes when suddenly six groups of four seemed to emerge out of thin air and collected at the same spot as if there had been an unnoticeable signal.

They all looked so… plain. Even if some of the teens were limping and if more of them had the scar crossing over their eye.
The only one who stuck out of the group like a sore thumb was a young man who looked like a humanoid-lizard.

Zuko greeted the group with a smile and asked one after the other if everything went well and if everyone bought what they should.
Every team had fulfilled its task effortlessly and Tenya felt a pang of jealousy in his heart when he had to witness that this most-likely-to-be-villains were better at working together than them, the next generation of heroes.

"So: Who'll go home now?"

Some hands rose and those who had come forward were soon holding all the purchases which had been given to them in a short span of time and an orderly fashion. The older and stronger ones had to carry more and heavier things than the younger and weaker teens.
It was the display of a perfectly synced community and their behavior bordered on collective consciousness which was frightening and eerie to watch, but on the other hand so extremely stunning.

Imagine how they could fight together.
The thought scared Tenya and the ravenette shook his head harshly to chase away the scenes that started to form in his mind.
It might not be enough to defeat All Might himself but if such a large group were to work together in perfect harmony and without any need for communication they would be able – with or without Quirks – to defeat one strong opponent or a smaller group with stronger members.

"Okay.", 
said Zuko with a smile and looked around as one part of his group went to the train station and the other split up again to enjoy the rest of the day and the night,
"We're ready to go."

The little brother of Ingenium closed his eyes for a short moment and took a deep breath.
He respected Zuko – just to avoid saying that he was afraid of him – and didn't want to land on the greenette's bad-side by being unfriendly or rude.
Still, each following interaction of this stranger with the class was too much of a risk.

"I am terribly sorry but we, as a class, talked one more time about inviting you and reached the collective conclusion that it would be safer for everyone to part our company here."

Zuko's expression was one of bafflement for a few seconds before he lowered his head and his wild curls cast a shadow over most of his face.
"Oh… I… I understand."

He looked up again with a forced smile on his face that pushed his cheeks up in a way that looked painful. In his eyes was a dull glint of tiring resignation which caused most of the students to feel bad, and then Idori-kun did one thing that was like a kick in the stomach.

He bowed.

"Thank you, that we could spend some time with you. It was an honor to meet future top-heroes and to talk to them as well – especially for us. We'll be on our way now. Surely it would not be good for your reputation to know people who spend most of their lives in the darker grey-zones."

After that, the small teen straightened again and vanished big, long strides in the wild maelstrom of colors that the happy mass of people was and left the class of future heroes behind with a feeling of regret and Shouto with a letter for the class-president.

The bi-colored boy harrumphed to gain the attention of his classmates as he joined them.
"Zuko left this for you, Iida-kun."

Hesitantly the ravenette took the letter with was made out of a heavy, rather antique-looking paper that seemed to be quite expensive.

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