"Amazing...!"
"Dude I love this place!"
"You can see the academy from here!"
"You guys better not slow me down!"
"Oh relax…"
"The girl uniforms are much skimpier here…!"
"Ew! Yuck- you're drooling again!"
"You alright?"
Momo snapped out of her trance. The white noise of her chattering classmates placed the conditions for a hypnosis, and she lulled herself into a dark spell. Ochako hovered over her from her seat with a rather bright smile but stumbled back down when the bus came to a stop.
"We're here." Aizawa said, and the excitement sent goosebumps throughout everyone's skin.
Class 1-A of U.A High stepped off Bus #1 with their spirits high. Rumbling could be heard in the far distance, but it was hard to distinguish just what it was exactly from the lively bustling of True Cross Campus Town.
"Wooooohhoooo~!" A feline-like demon descended from the skies with grace, and as the debris cleared, a boy appeared atop its head to greet his friends.
"Yo!" said Rin Okumura, fanged teeth smirking with demonic brilliance.
"Rin!" The class couldn't contain their excitement any longer, some swarming him and his familiar Kuro as he leapt to the floor. An exchanged of bumped fists for the men, while the girls were embraced in dreamy warm hugs.
"There you are!" Momo burned in the face as she was the last but certainly not the least to be greeted, her friends either giggling or jeering in jealousy as it was clear she received a lot more affection. "Hey teach! You haven't changed at all." "And neither have you Rin. I hope you're keeping up with your studies." Rin's bright demeanor was only evidence that every day received only 100%. "Tsk! You know it!" He clenched his fist in determination, and Aizawa couldn't help but smile, glad to know there were faces just like that of his class in this world as well.
This, of course, wasn't their first encounter. Their worlds were brought together through another one of Mephisto Pheles' odd 'experiments', discovering a distant land parallel to their own. Since establishing cooperation between in Hero Association and the True Cross Order, collaboration between their prestigious schools was without saying. And of course, what school better to choose than U.A High?
However, as well acquainted as everyone was, there was still…
"Hurry it up already!" Izumo Kamiki shouted from the window of Bus #2, pulling into the next bus stop. Then, she was met by a pair of similar scarlet eyes- no! They locked onto each other, sensing one another's aura as if it were fate…
"WHY IS HE/SHE HERE!?" Two dogs barking in unison, and it wasn't her fox spirits.
Izumo and Bakugo were...a 'prime example' of the many things gone wrong with this collaboration. The two hated each other for a plethora of reasons, and there were other stalemates and mismatches among the students of U.A and the students of True Cross.
"Aw crap…" Rin's ears sank like a sad puppy.
"Rin, what the hell? You were supposed to, like, be here already?" There wasn't anyone in the world who could've possibly had the capacity for Izumo's sass- well, aside from Renzo. "Ugh, god, you cannot be trusted with the integrity of our school…!"
"I was on time! Er, kinda…"
"You flew through town on Kuro like a maniac! Poor thing…"
"Hey, why is he not in trouble too!?" The familiar reverted to his cute, much smaller form, yet proceeded to whine and scratch at Rin's head with furr-rousity for attempting to throw him under the bus.
"Because he's cute!" The tamer shouted. "Just get on the bus already, bone head!" Izumo disappeared through the window as she took her seat, and Class 1-A filed onto the bus that would start this adventure off with a bang.
"What are you doing here anyway? I thought Mephisto had everyone do inspections." Rin badgered the foxlike girl across from his aisle. "Yeah, then Mr. Okumura thought you might screw everything up so here I am. And if you thought you were the only one getting out of that god-awful assignment, you're sadly mistaken." It wasn't like she wanted to be around him or anything…
"Ohhh~, I see, heheh…!" Gleaming eyes of mischief, a devilish smirk with an ounce of 'hot'. "You're following the master in his footsteps, aren't cha?" "Tch! Don't be ridiculous!" Izumo folded her arms with a slight pink in her cheeks. But the ongoing farce the two True Cross students usually shared was interrupted by a lone sigh, subtle yet concerning for the boy next to the culprit.
"You've been quiet this whole time. What's up?" Rin's joyous voice at least got a reaction from Yaoyorozu, more than everyone else had managed to accomplish. But all she did was shake her head to reassure, continuing to gaze out the window. Okumura frowned, trying to think of some way to cheer her up- meanwhile Izumo "Hmph!"'d in anger and with a pigment of pink of her own, charting the childish action off as no more than pitiful attention-seeking.
Momo felt a nudge in her arm and looked over to the demon boy who was growing annoying. But she couldn't help but be surprised at his persistence: he held a simple piece of paper (he didn't know how to tear paper out a notebook by the looks of it) with crosses through it, awful lines for a heart-warming game of Tic-Tac-Toe. Yaoyorozu laughed, covering her mouth as Rin pouted like a cute child, and the two played their game until they reached school grounds.
"Move it." Izumo was the first to step off the bus, shoving Bakugo out of the way who sparked and was about to blow had it not been for his red-haired pal. "Tsk! This is so stupid!" The bus ride was filled with sugar, spice, and everything else Izumo hated as those two morons played children's games.
"Everything in order Kamiki?" Aizawa approached, and the Tamer fixed her face rather quickly before clearly her throat. "Er, yes! My apologies sir…"
"Hm, loosen up." Shouta tapped her shoulder while walking past her. Izumo was a practical student and had her wits about her; it was a shame someone of her talent wasn't at U.A. "Something's come up, I've got to go meet with Yukio and Mr. Pheles, so I'm putting you, Iida, and Yaoyorozu in charge until I get back. I trust you can see everyone to the classroom." Of course, not like her day couldn't get any worse, right? But Izumo was terrific at hiding her emotions, a prodigious demeanor presenting itself. "Yes sir, leave it to me." With that Aizawa was off, leaving the rest of the students to cross the famed bridge to True Cross Academy.
"We're back!" Rin burst through the door with a grin, but if he thought charm would get himself out of this one, he could tell that to his friends he left to rot.
"OKUMURA!" Ryuji leapt out of his seat, balling Rin's shirt in his hands as fire brimmed in his eyes. "'Oh don't worry Mephisto, leave it to me!'. I gotta hand it to ya Rin, you pulled a fast one on us again! But if you've got some nerve…!" Suguro halted his assault, seeing as Class 1-A poured into the classroom.
"He-hey! Bakugo!" He'd forgotten all about his threats moments ago, dropping Rin and greeting his friend. "Thought you'd be too chicken to come back."
"Don't be an idiot." Katsuki smirked while mashing his fist into his, Ryuji being of the few he deemed 'worthy'.
"Shiemi!" Mina couldn't contain her excitement when she got here, but nearly exploded and leapt to her Tamer friend who was startled by the affectionate action. Nevertheless, Moriyama was happy to see the alien.
"There she is- Midoriya, Koneko. Heheh…" Renzo Shima had a twinkle in his eye, licking his fingers and slicking his eyebrows in style. "Watch me." He rose from his seat with grace, and walked with funk up to-
"My fair princes-!"
"Get...away...from me…" Wasting no time, Jiro mushed the pink-haired exwire smack in the face, getting shivers down her spine at all the failed moves he's tried to pull on her, along with the rest of her friends.
"Where is she…!" Mineta prowled on the hunting grounds, eyes scanning all directions. "Where's my Snake Queen!?" "I'm telling you Mineta, you do not want Shura as your-" Rin was instantly cut off as the words 'you do not want Shura' spilled from his lips. The grape-headed pervert vowed from the moment he laid eyes on that women, that she'd be his.
During all the commotion, a strange object fluttered through the windows. It was a letter, flapping around on bat wings (what was it with this school?). "Oh, I'll get it." Rin walked over an snatched the creature from the sky, which disappeared with a *poof* as he removed the letter. "It's one of Mephisto's thingies. It says…huh. Class is canceled."
"That doesn't sound right, give it here!" Ryuji took the note from the moron who could barely read to begin with, but was shocked to see that Okumura was right for once. "No freakin' way, he wasn't kidding…"
"I told you!" Rin exclaimed, trying to redeem himself.
"Shut it idiot!"
"Okay…" He sank back and sadly took a seat.
"'Dear Students,
I want to start off by thanking the exwires of True Cross Academy for their service this morning. The work was, as expected, exemplary. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that is as
far activity for today will go; urgent business Principal Nezu and I must attend to,
along with the other professors. Do see yourselves to the dormitories, and it is
with my greatest pleasure to once again welcome the students of U.A High with open
arms.
Ta-ta!
Mephisto Pheles'... "
"That doesn't seem right…" Ochako held onto her skepticism. "I mean, Mr. Aizawa was pretty clear on classes starting today."
"Yeah, so was Yukio…" Rin clenched his blade with concern in his voice, gritting his teeth. Something was up. And he was going to get to the bottom of it…
"Welp! Can't be helped!"
...or not.
"Rin, what if something bad's happened!? What about Yuki!?" Shiemi's worries were brushed to the side like everyone else's. "Oh relax Shiemi. I mean, come on: when has anything bad happened around here?"
"Is...is he serious?" Konekomaru grew concerned for Rin's health sometimes...
Meanwhile, Izumo couldn't shake the knot in her stomach, pacing outside of the classroom. 'Urgent business'? Why was this being flung around by first Mr. Aizawa, and now the principal? Like honestly, who says that casually? 'Urgent business', and the principal? Pfft, please.
But what she couldn't make sense of was, if Mr. Aizawa had to go meet with Mr. Okumura and the others, then where did he go off too? It's not like he crossed the bridge with them, and she doubted he was the type who had to go grab a bite first. For such a sudden urgency, he was pretty quick to assign leadership. Not to mention, exercises were stated to begin today, pretty strictly at that.
"Ah, Kamiki. We'd been looking for you." Iida and Yaoyorozu approached. They noted that she looked on edge, but they weren't much different themselves. "Seems strange, doesn't it? Your principal doesn't seem like the type to not account for wrenches in his plans."
"We should have everyone move their things to the dorms-" But Momo was cut off by 'urgent business' of Izumo's own. Why did this girl keep getting in her way, Kamiki thought. "Yeah, well, you guys go do that. Everything's just how it was before. I have to, uh, go take care of something so I'll meet you guys there."
By the time Iida shouted Izumo's name, the tamer had been down the hall and out of sight. He went on about how out of character that was for a girl of her stature, but Momo couldn't help but be overtaken by her sadness again.
She didn't blame Izumo for taking off like that. How could she? It wasn't like Momo forgot either…
"He's been through enough already...!" Izumo held Rin's head ever-tighter in her lap, then bared fangs of her own at the groveling girl. "The last thing he needs is someone who can't look past what he is!"
Yaoyorozu would never forget that day…
It was their first assignment…
Just expelling some low-level demons at a monastery, they said. From what the students of U.A had learned, low-level demons were of no major threat; they'd seen worse.
So how was it that she found herself with a rolled ankle, her back against the wall with a demon, large and ugly, creeping ever closer while drooling at the thought of her figure?
"He's been through enough already...!" Izumo held Rin's head ever-tighter in her lap, then beared fangs of her own at the groveling girl. "The last thing he needs is someone who can't appreciate him!"
Yaoyorozu would never forget that day...