Dead-Lightful Holidays

March 14th: White Day

Tenya smiled as he carried two boxes of white chocolate candies. Fourteen hand-made candies, seven girls in class 1-A, seven in class 1-B. He also had a few other boxes in his bag to thank those who had given him chocolates from outside of the hero course. White day had come and it was finally time to repay the girls for their generosity from Valentines day.

He walked up to the door to classroom 1-A, turned the knob, and walked in. He was fifteen minutes early and normally he was the first to arrive.

Normally.

Tenya blinked as he looked at a large number of boys placing various gifts around the desks of his female classmates. The gifts ranged from teddy bears, to boxes of chocolates, to flower bouquets, to a set of piglets made of white chocolate. "Um... hello!" He said, waving at the boys. They all turned towards him with shadowed eyes and low growls. "I am Tenya Iida, and I'm sure they'll be very thankful for the gifts!"

The boys just kept growling, and Tenya frowned. "Is everything alright, you seem angered by something... are you embarrassed you were caught?"

"The Competition, get him!" One of the boys yelled before the group charged straight at Tenya. The young hero-in-training jolted at the sudden aggression and ran for it, the boys trying desperately to keep up with him. Leaving a somewhat shocked Mina and Toru behind at the entrance to the classroom.

"Wow... he comes in early." Toru said, getting a nod from Mina. "So, Operation: Disappearing Chocolates is a go?"

"Hold on." Mina said as she walked into the classroom. There was piles of gifts all around their desks, way more than either of them had expected. "... Jackpot, who would have thought helping out in the kitchen with Lunch Rush, handing out chocolates would net us this much stuff."

"Huh-that's a lot, what do I do, oh no oh no oh no oh no..."

Toru and Mina turned to see Izuku looking at her pile of chocolate with an embarrassed look on her face. The two girls looked towards each other and grinned. "Operation: Rabbit Temple!"

"Wait wha-eek!"

"Hold still!"

Shota Aizawa twitched as he realized certain students had gone and done something stupid. It hadn't taken long, he discovered it the moment he woke up from his nap and looked at his students. Mina and Toru were holding back laughter as they stood on either side of Izuku's desk, Katsuki looked ready to explode, Ochaco was failing to hold back her laughter, and Mashirao, Fumikage, and Mezo all looked done with life. Kyoka was snickering alongside Denki, Hanta, and Eijiro, Shoto was just staring at Izuku's desk, Rikido was rubbing the bridge of his nose, Yuga was shooting a lower powered laser through his belt so it arced over Izuku's desk and stopped at the window, Mineta was looking over his book, and Momo biting her lower lip to keep from laughing. Finally, Tsuyu and Koji were both tending to Tenya, who looked like he'd taken a tumble downhill.

"... Okay, what's going on."

"Welcome to the Zombie Bunny Temple, have you brought an offering for it's goddess?" Mina said. The dam burst and Ochaco burst into full laughter along with Momo, Toru, Denki, Hanta, and Kyoka. A small explosion echoed through the room as Katsuki started grinding his teeth. "Shoto and Katsuki brought offerings."

Shota guessed it was likely the All-Might shaped white chocolates those two had brought in. Around Izuku's desk Mina and Toru had used Izuku's various presents to make a box fort, leaving just a small slot for Izuku to peer through. "And why exactly hasn't she broken out of the 'temple'?"

"Because the nerd doesn't want to accidentally ruin any of the gifts those damn extras brought her." Katsuki said, still looking as if he planned to kill everyone in the room. Shota sighed and rubbed his temples before walking out of his sleeping bag and over to Izuku's desk.

He looked at the fortress of boxes before deciding to say screw it and taking a package of white chocolate candies and sticking them through the slot. "Thank you..."

"The Zombie Bunny Goddess has spoken!" Mina and Toru both exclaimed, giving Shota a momentary headache.

"Alright, everyone get to your seats..." He said as he pulled a small stack of papers from his sleeve and passing them out. "Now, as it's White Day, we're going to have a specialized heroics class today... and your tests from yesterday will be decide what sort of roll you'll be fulfilling the first time around."

He put the last test on Mina's desk, getting an audible gulp from the pink girl before heading back to his desk and grabbed his thermos of coffee, making sure to get the right side facing towards Mina before taking a swig. There was a whine from the girl as he put the thermos down.

"... Thanks for the drink, by the way." Shota said as he let go of his 'Student's Tears' thermos and pulled a textbook from his desk. "Turn to page four hundred ninety three."

Neito took a few calming breaths as he got ready for what he had to do. He'd been given nice chocolates, he couldn't call them love chocolates because class 1-A had given every boy in the school the same chocolates. That meant he had to give them chocolate, good chocolate... he had to admit he appreciated the gesture.

"Come on, it's not admitting defeat... the war is just on hold, like with any other war when an important holiday to both sides comes up, yeah." Neito said. "And besides, I can still prove I'm better, just need to show them I'm still strong despite this!"

Neito's fellow classmates rolled their eyes as they waited for him to knock on the door. "Come on, just knock so we can exchange gifts, we don't have all day for you to work out how to be pompous when you're handing over chocolate!" Togaru growled, holding a set of white chocolate butterflies.

He nodded to himself before knocking on the door to Class 1-A. It was a free period, a good time to exchange gifts and make it clear he wasn't going to back down yet! The door opened and he saw Katsuki peering out from the crack in the door. "... Hi?" Neito said, holding up the box of chocolates. Katsuki groaned and opened the door to let him in. Neito smirked and walked in to see the girls of Class 1-A munching on chocolates except for Izuku who's desk was still surrounded by a box fort. "What the-"

The blond hero-in-training found a large hand wrapping around him and moving him aside. "H-Hey, what gives!?"

"Hey, we're here to exchange White Day gifts." Itsuka said. "Looks like you girls pulled in a good haul."

"You know it!" Mina replied, giving a thumbs up as the girls of Class 1-B came into the classroom. Neito's eye twitched as he watched his classmates become all buddy buddy with Class 1-A. He sighed before heading over to where the box fort around Izuku's desk and looking at the slot in the front. He noticed a glimmer, likely Izuku's eyes peering out from the fort built around her. He contemplated teasing her... and decided against it, he was technically at a disadvantage, being in her home turf.

"... Here." He said, taking a chocolate from his box and rolling it through the slot.

"... Thank you."

"The Zombie Bunny Goddess has Spoken!"

"Would you stop that already!?"

Nezu hummed to himself as he waited on Snipe's shoulder for the students to arrive. He could hardly wait to see how they'd react to the days training. According to Shota he wanted his lowest scoring students to be the victims while his highest scoring students would be the villains. He wondered just want sort of chaos Momo, Shoto, Izuku, and Momo would be able to cause. He always enjoyed watching his students as they made mistakes, learned from them, and grew.

Maybe it was the fact that a part of him knew whatever he was, it lived in packs and he had thus pack bonded with the various teachers and students in his school.

Sometimes it hurt, he'd hear about U.A. alumni dying or leaving the ranks of heroes and sidekicks. About the sidekicks of his teachers falling to villains or finding themselves unable to keep up with the rigors of hero work. The worst pains came from heroes who fell into villainy and corruption.

As such, he made sure come down to join in on the hero training, make sure it was stressful, make sure it put the fear of death into his students. Better they learn now better than later. Besides, it was fun to play with them, like an older dog surrounded by puppies. He chuckled to himself as the students of Class 1-A started to come out from the changing area in their costumes. "It's good to see everyone today, now, I'm sure you're all wondering where All-Might is. Today I've decided each of you need to learn about the sort of villains who play games from the shadows, villains of the mind rather than body and more over, villains who work together."

Nezu jumped off of Snipe's shoulder and walked up to the students. "As such, each round two of you will be selected as the initial victims that lead our intrepid heroes to search for the mastermind... Me." He said, he noticed a few looked excited, others looked confused... and Momo, Tenya, and Izuku all went pale. Good, they remembered just what his quirk is and realized just how difficult this might be for them.

"The scenario is this, you're all called in to investigate a sudden change in behavior in a community. A number of women are suddenly disappearing from their homes, jobs, or on the way to either. There are no signs of struggle, as if they just decided to walk out on their families." Snipe explains as he pops his neck. "Similar to your Valentines scenario, your superiors feel it might be a result of a villain using the holiday to his advantage. Rather than chaos however you're dealing with what appears to be a mass kidnapping. You've been deployed as you're all still new to the hero scene and might be underestimated or completely overlooked. You'll get your pairing instructions and locations soon, for now get ready in the mock HQ as if you'd just been briefed on the mission."

Nezu grinned at them and started to make his way into town, putting in an earpiece to he'd be able to contact his traitors for this round and tell them who to take down first.

Eraserhead might complain about how he interfered with certain things... but truly, none of the other teachers knew how to set up a board quite like he did. Besides, it gave him a chance to return Izuku's gift and set the game up to really push their buttons and make sure they understood the dangers of heroism.

Izuku opened the locker assigned to her and found a small package of chocolates with a simple note on it. She sighed in relief after reading, then smiled before popping one into her mouth. "Thank you, Mr. Mastermind."

"You're welcome Izuku, your target is Mina Ashido, followingshich you are to see to ensuring your partner is led to the following areas. You don't know why you have gut instincts telling you where to go, you don't remember killing Mina Ashido."

Nezu sat back in his seat, watching various cameras as everything began to start.

All-Might gulped and scratched at his chin, looking at various white presents at a shop. There was a lot of things great about being a famous hero that were nice, some that were bad, and some there were embarrassing and or creepy as all hell. A few good things included discounts at stores, ease in getting appointments with the best people in any field of study in the event you needed a check-up or second opinion, and presents from people who just wanted to thank him for his actions. A few bad things included the sheer number of attempts on his life a day which ranged from pathetic to legitimately scary, having to deal with products being made in his name without his consent, like bras 'so strong it's like your breasts are being held tight by All-Might', and the difficulty of going anywhere in a reasonable amount of time due to reporters and paparazzi.

One of the more embarrassing things dealing with trying to find products you didn't endorse as gifts, because really, it's not classy to hand someone a chocolate figurine in your own likeness. He also didn't want to deal with the off-chance that someone would hear about him giving the girls at U.A. chocolate versions of himself to stick in their mouths, too many ways that could go horribly wrong. One would think he could just find another hero... but the rest of the candies were Endeavor, and he didn't feel any better about giving her chocolate based off of him either. He didn't hate the man, faults aside he was one of the few heroes who actively tried to keep up with his arrest records, which helped keep the streets clear.

That said... She did have a friend in the mans son, and he wasn't subtle about his dislike of the man. He'd hate their friendship to go downward due to a sudden blast of ice ruining her chocolate, or for the boy to start buying too much Endeavor merchandise just to watch her crush the mans head in her teeth.

So he had to make his own candies, a simple toffee that wouldn't be that hard right? She was a teenager and she made dozens... He was so, so horribly wrong. First he tried to make the mix for the main part of the toffee... which ended in disaster about six times before he got the temperature right. Once he had it make and cooling he went to make the chocolate... which only went wrong twice, the first time because he tried to melt them in a saucepan and being in a hurry put the heat too high. But he was finally done, he'd made toffee...

A toffee so chewy that it bend under it's own weight raw steak.

"... I'm sure I did everything right..."

"It's a bit humid today, there's a storm coming in after all."

All-Might turned to see Inko Midoriya walking into the kitchen with a basket... a basket nearly as big as she was. "Ah, Mrs. Midoriya… do you need help with that?"

"Oh no, I've got it, thank you but I'm sure you have more important things to do than help me with a present... especially given the state of the kitchen."

All-Might rubbed the back of his head, it was indeed a mess... he'd eventually given up on trying to clean up on his failures and just got other dishes. "No-one is more important than someone in need of assistance, we should always take time to help each other." He said as walked over to help her with the basket. "Who sent this anyway?"

"Gunhead and his agency, apparently having your valentines day plans moved from a bar to a restaurant that actually has VIP rooms designed for parties earns you candy from everyone involved. I'm just thankful it's for all the women here, if it was just for me it'd be a complete waste of good chocolate."

The basket eventually found a place on the counter, and Inko sighed in relief once it's weight was fully off her shoulders. "... So, White day candy for the students who got you something I take it?"

"Do you think they'll like it... or just that I made it?"

Inko looked at the toffee and poked it with a wooden spoon... it jiggled. "... It looks like someone's in need of assistance, get the ingredients back out, we'll get it right this time."

"H-Huh, surely it's not that-"

"She gave him a look, and then pointed at the still jiggling toffee, and then the fridge. "... Yes ma'am."

… I forgot it was White Day until I searched for what day it was...