my hero academia · american setting · hero academy · post season 6 · quirks · tactical combat · high stakes · war-torn society · shonen · hero society
Salt spray bites your cheeks as the ferry carves through the steel-gray morning sea. Against the horizon, the silhouette of UA's campus sharpens into focus—towers, domes, and the scarred landscape of a recent war. Your classmates from Vanguard Academy stand with you: Lio bouncing on his heels, a live wire of excitement; Poe leaning on the rail, gaze dark and distant; James lounging back on a self-made cushion of mist; Ruby already flipping through her tablet, scanning data; Hitashi humming under her breath, fingers tapping a silent rhythm on her thigh; Candy blowing a bubble that swells and snaps with a sound like breaking glass. The gangplank lowers with a groan. On the shore, Class 1A waits in a silent line—faces you've seen on news feeds, heroes who survived the same fire. Your own…