An Empathic Boy and an Assertive, Inventor Girl
Disclaimer:
Boku no Hero Academia is owned by Kōhei Horikoshi and Bones
Hello, and welome to another experimental Hero Academia fanfic, in which an idea popped into my head and decided to try this out amid working on the next chapters of the other Academia fanfics that I'm working on.
While I prefer the Izuku x Uraraka pairing, I thought of pairing Izuku with another girl, and scanning through the Academia wiki site, I researched on which girl would be SEDUCTIVE enough to be paired with our ver own DEKU, and after re-watching season 2 of the anime, I happened to find another experimental character.
I find Mei Hatsume an intriguing girl, as she is known to be assertive, and seemingly flirting nature even though she is into making gadgets and weapons. She sort of reminded me of Winry Rockbell from Fullmetal Alchemist, and her personality poses a challenge on how to present her as a secondary character in a way to compliment her personality to Izuku's empathic nature.
Set after the events of season 2, this fic will have a mix of drama, comedy, romance, and...YOU GET THE DRIFT, hence the M-rating. Will see if reception is good that would warrant new chapters.
Well, read on and enjoy!
Ch. 1: Prologue
During the UA Sports Festival...
Izuku Midoriya and his team are facing a difficult moment in which they had to steal an opposing team's headband that consist of several points in order to make it to the next round, and there Tenya Iida and Ochako Uraraka are also hard-pressed as they noted that the opposing teams are difficult to deal with, and are worried that they might get disqualified if they fail to get enough points.
"Darn…"
"Deku-kun…"
"This is bad…we'll risk getting disqualified…"
"…"
"Deku-kun…Iida-san…"
"Stay cool…we'll pass this round…!"
"…"
"…"
As Izuku thinks of a way, he is approached by a fellow UA student, who appeared to be in the same age as him, and having a more mature build than Uraraka. A pink-haired girl then assertive approached Izuku and tells him that she can help them if they let her on his team.
Izuku was taken aback at the way she approached him, which appeared to be quite flirty, which made Uraraka silently jealous at how the unidentified girl gotten TOO CLOSE to Izuku. The girl in question is identified as Mei Hatsume, who belonged to Class 1-H.
There Hatsume tells Izuku and the others that she made various gadgets and inventions which she boasts that they can help him and his team qualify to the next round, which seemed to gain Izuku's attention seeing that winning this round is important.
"Eh? You mean it?"
"Yup! I guarantee it!"
"…"
"I have them right here and ready for use!"
"How many?"
"Lots!"
"Can you show us what are the devices ready for use?"
"Oh-ho-ho…"
Hatsume smirked while nodding, as she presented to him the jetpack and booster boots, and even said that she will bring her own equipment to help out, and Izuku looked receptive, and urged the others to accept, which they did, thus Hatsume is now in Izuku's team.
Team Midoriya then went through a lot of trouble avoiding the other teams while stealing their headbands, and though the jetpack and boots were physically damaged, Izuku and his teammates managed to move into the next round.
Much later, Iida was also tempted to try out the gadgets that Hatsume made, which she discreetly coaxed him to accept, and in the end, Hatsume is revealed to have her Quirk, Zoom, and using a built-in microphone, she began ADVERTISING the gadgets she made, and surprisingly, enticed buyers to buy her STUFF, and Iida was dumbfounded that he was merely being used for her advertisement.
Due to her personality that involves making gadgets and inventions, Hatsume has the habit of not remembering the persons she met, thus she only recognizes Izuku and Iida by their faces while forgetting their names.
-x-
In the weeks that passed...
Things at UA High went on as usual, but then Izuku is having problems dealing with villains who appeared slightly stronger and faster than him, and wanting to get stronger, he decided to pay Hatsume a visit at the workshop inside UA High campus where Power Loader, a UA teacher, is in, and upon opening the door, he heard a rather loud explosion and saw Hatsume flying towards him and both hit the floor.
Izuku blushed deeply when her chest was on his face, where he could see her cleavage, and there Hatsume apologized, saying that an invention she is working on EXPLODED, thus she was catapulted towards him, which he said that it is okay.
"Oops…sorry."
"…"
"The gadget I'm working on went KA-BOOM…and poof…"
"Uh…"
"So sorry for the rough…"
"I-it's okay…"
"Really…?"
"Y-yeah…"
After that, Hatsume gets up and turn around, stating that she has to WORK ON HER BABIES, which made Izuku stared wide-eyed, and asked if she is a mother, only to sag in embarrassment when Hatsume corrected him when she said that she meant her gadgets and inventions that are valuable to UA High.
Izuku stared in awe at seeing a wide array of gadgets, ranging from scopes and radio, to modes of transportation and finally weapons and power-restricting devices.
"Voila! My collection of invention that I personally made!"
"…"
"How do you like it?"
"Wow…"
"Feast your eyes all you want… and while you're at it…I got work to do…"
"…"
"Okay…got to get to work…"
"W-wait…!"
As Hatsume is about to get busy, Izuku tells her the reason why he is here, and her assertive personality kicked in, where she approached him and pull him towards her workspace and began to SURVEY his body PHYSICALLY, like a doctor doing a body checkup, and Izuku blushed as he finds her approach to be a bit...WILD.
Hatsume asked him what kind of weapons he need, and Izuku said that he wanted a device to help strengthen his arms and legs, as well as to increase his speed so as to evade certain enemy attacks, which she smirked in an excited way and said to him that she has plenty of devices to help him out in his training.
"Is that all?"
"Well…yeah…"
"Then you came to the right place!"
"Eh?"
"I have plenty of tools and things that your hero activities need!"
"Really?"
"Yup! Here…"
"!"
As Hatsume showed Izuku the various devices she made, Izuku began to ponder which one he should choose, wanting to start training at once in order to strengthen himself and his Quirk, so he can be useful to ther heroes.
Outside, Iida was secretly watching, and he became suspicious, believing that Hatsume is goading Izuku to try the devices as her way of MARKETING ADVERTISEMENT, which he never forget what she did to him during the UA Sports Festival weeks back.
By then, Power Loader passed by and asked Iida what is he doing, which Iida voiced his reservation towards Hatsume, and while Power Loader acknowledged her shortcomings, he stated that Hatsume is a valuable student here at UA High, and said that as long as there are no formal complaints filed, Hatsume is free to do her activities if it benefits the academy.
"Unless there is a formal complaint file…"
"…"
"She won't be reprimanded."
"What?"
"That is that."
"You…can't…"
"That's how it is."
"No way…!"
Iida stared wide-eyed in disbelief and asks Power Loader to reconsider, stating that her action would lead to Hatsume taking advantage, but Power Loader said that he sees nothing wrong, and that her actions are within the bounds of UA, thus there is nothing he could do about Hatsume at this time, and urged him to at least put up with her antics for the time being.
Iida stared, his mouth agape, and he could not believe that Hatsume could get away with her marketing antics, and felt powerless at being unable to make her cease her silliness, but Power Loader assured that in spite of her antics, Hatsume is really a good person, which Iida finds it hard to believe such claim, given what he saw in her in his last encounter with Hatsume.
"Despite her antics, Hatsume is a good student. That I assure you."
"How can you…?"
"The devices she created served the teachers and the school well, and those are what made her a valuable asset to UA."
"For real…?"
"Yes."
"…"
"You need not worry, Iida-kun."
"B-but…"
Back at the workshop, Izuku finally chose some devices that he felt would help in strengthening his body, which are a pair of bracelets and anklets, where she revealed that the devices have gravitational pulls, which would make his wrists and feet feel heavy, and there he can adjust the settings and time of usage, thus he can train on strengthening his arms and legs.
As Hatsume began to show him how to adjust the settings, Izuku stared at her face, and in spite of her odd personality, he finds her pretty attractive, and as Hatsume looked up to face him, he blushed seeing that her face is near his, and she asked him if he got the drift.
Izuku just nodded as he did not want her to get the wrong idea, and after pressing the buttons, his arms and legs went heavy and he ended up bending, which surprised him as he did not expect this to happen so suddenly.
It turns out that Izuku unknowingly set the settings to maximum, and Hatsume snickered and told him what happened, and helps him adjust the settings.
"I thought you got the drift."
"Y-yeah…"
"So why set the gravity to maximum?"
"Um…"
"Here let me help you…"
"S-sorry…"
"Oh, it's fine. It showed that my BABIES are well-made."
"…"
As Hatsume adjusted the settings, Izuku blushed even deeper as her cheek is close to his and as she turn around, their lips are near, and there she teases him of planning to take her kiss, which made him fluster and deny such an intention, much to her humor.
"So…did you planned this…?"
"Eh…?"
"You want to take my kiss…?"
"N-no…that's…"
"Oh…then what…?"
"It's…um…"
"Hmm…?"
"…"
To Be Continued…
Hope you liked this chapter even though it's just the start, and so far I came up with a way for Hatsume to interact with people outside her inventing hobbies, and so far I made Izuku get into some compromising moments with Hatsume even though I followed the elements of the anime despite her somewhat limited appearances.
This is the start, and more MOMENTS between Izuku and Hatsume are on the way…
Preview:
The next chapter highlight the first dilemma of this fic, as UA comes under fire due to some incidents involving Hatsume's inventions, putting her under investigation, and while some of the students are divided whether she did it or not, Izuku sensed that something is amiss…