Chapter 10

She was ecstatic, overjoyed and simply couldn't contain her happiness. She barely was able to sleep at night. Her own lab! Second week at U.A. and she already got her private working space. Well… they had. She'd share it with Izuku as a good baby making partner would. She already saw the utter gloriousness of it. Both of them tinkering with their cute, adorable babies. She couldn't wait.

They'd found a spacious room yesterday, filled with broken equipment and decided to claim it. Power Loader showed them where to put it all. Izuku suggested to sort it through and try to find any useful parts for them to use. She complied, the more components, the more babies they'd be able to make.

They used all three lab hours and one extra after school to get most of it ready. She was glad that Izuku suggested getting ice creams later. They deserved it.

Now after almost half an hour into their afternoon period, the room was clear of any and all scrap. Only things left were two workbenches, few rack filled with the salvaged parts and shelves that'd allow them to store things like bolts, rivets and so on. They've found two 3D printers that could be fixed, so they left them in the corner.

Izuku already claimed place for holotable, which was next to the wall, perfectly in the middle of the room and between their workbenches. Now she wouldn't need to cross half of the room to use that marvelous baby. It was good thing that Izuku thought forward, when he was building it, and already added wheels, which were hidden from the plain sight, courtesy of the framework. They could simply push it out of their class lab and use elevator to transport it down. She didn't know how otherwise they would haul it.

Probably make a baby to do it for them. Yeah, that sounded about right.

She stood at the center of the room spinning in circles. Using her imagination, she could see herself and her Izuku change whole room into the best workshop in whole Japan. Wait, her Izuku? Was he hers? He's her partner in the glorious mission of baby making, so yeah, he was hers. Oh, they should get bean bags, just like the one she had in home. Better, one bean bag! Then they would have to share it and that funny feeling in her stomach would be even stronger, like every time she touched him. She honestly had no idea what it was, but she didn't care. Babies and Izuku was more important.

Speaking of Izuku, Mei thought that he was taking his time. He left about ten minutes ago, to get cleaning supplies. Maybe she should go find him? Nah, he was big boy and could handle himself. So she decided to wait for him. Patiently.

Patience wasn't her forte.

She stepped outside the room and looked around. There he was, standing next to the staircase, all bottles laying on the floor. He spoke in hushed, urgent tone and had concerned look on his face. Mei tilted her head. Last time she saw him like that was when he told her about that whole villain secret mission to steal something from school. She still had goosebumps from that thought.

She walked closer, but he didn't seem to notice her. She managed to somehow hear some of the words he spoke. It looked like he talked with principal about something very serious. It involved police. Was someone in trouble? He? She? Both of them?

She observed him until he ended his call. He sighted heavily and hid his face in his hand, while shaking his head.

"Izuku?" she finally said in unsure tone.

He tensed a bit and after few seconds gazed her right in the eyes. She didn't like the look he held. It made her stomach churn.

He opened and closed his lips several times. He sighted again. "U.S.J. is most likely under attack." he stated dreadfully.

U.S.J.? Oh, right, that was that super facility away from the main building, that Yaomomo told them during lunch. She and her class were going there today for a rescue training. She looked really excited at the possibility of learning how to conduct a rescue operation. She even told them the sheer number of things she knew how to create to help people in distress.

Her brain finally caught up to her thoughts and pieced together all information. U.S.J. under attack. Izuku's fearful expression. Police. Yaomomo being there.

Her heart clung, realizing that her friend was in trouble.

Momo rubbed her eyes for what seemed to be a thousand time and took another deep breath. Somehow they managed to survive it. Somehow she and her classmates were still alive. Somehow…

She didn't believe in luck, but right now she felt like she'd used all of her yearly supply of it.

She breathed slowly, held the air and released it even slower. She walked through everything in her mind one more time.

After their arrival at the U.S.J. and Thirteen inspirational speech, lights flickered, black portal with purple outline opened and horde of villains purred from it into facility. Aizawa-sensei barked an order to retreat and jumped into the fray, trying to buy them time. Unfortunately the villain with Warp quirk stopped them from escaping. He stated that their only goal was to kill All Might, which honestly froze blood in her veins. That was very bold statement. Before villain could scatter them through U.S.J., Kirishima-san and Bakugo tried to attack him. Tried being the key word. Black mist enveloped them and they just disappeared. Soon more were to follow.

She found herself dropped into the Mountain Zone along with Jiro-chan and Kaminari-san. She tried to contact with school courtesy of Alan, but something was blocking communication. And just when she thought it couldn't get worse it did.

Producing a titanium staff for her and sword for Jiro-chan, which she hastily asked for, they fended off villains, that attacked them relentlessly. She was glad for all those self-defense lessons, that she took as a young girl. She didn't know if she was supposed to be terrified or outraged when she heard someone say that she would be a great plaything. She really wanted to smack that guy. Hard.

She and Jiro-chan somehow managed to defend themselves, beating down about ten thugs. Before she could congratulate themselves for that, she witnessed something, that under normal circumstances, should be utterly hilarious. Kaminari-san running around like a headless chicken, screaming and even begging for his life, wasn't something that gave her comfort. When he said that they can rely on him, after Jiro-chan changed him into human stun gun, she lost all hope for a second. But then idea struck her. Searching her mind for specifications and feeling a familiar strain of her quirk, turning her lipid cells into other matter, she produced isolation sheet to shield her and Jiro-chan, then told Kaminari-san to let loose.

She had to give it to him, despite his low grades and carefree attitude, he had a potential to become a hero after training U.A. would no doubt grind them through. That was until she saw him walking around with stupefied expression, which made Jiro-chan laugh out loud and her just blink.

Thinking that danger had passed, she allowed herself to relax and create a new leotard to replace destroyed one. Maybe, just maybe they could try and regroup with her classmates to increase their chances. But of course fate thought otherwise.

A new villain jumped out of his hiding place behind a few rocks and grabbed Kaminari-san, threatening them with his death. They found themselves in a pinch. She tried to distract villain by talking to him and allow Jiro-chan to use her quirk combined with speakers to blast that guy away, but he saw through them.

Rational part of her told her that this was it, that they'd lost. But other part, her hero spirit, screamed at her to do something. She found herself torn, not knowing how to proceed. She thought really hard on what she could do. And came out empty-handed. Momo felt that she should just give up.

But then a memory came to her. It was that day, when she saw Midoriya in his workshop wear, looking for her. She remembered how he told her about his dream, how he'd chosen the hardest way possible to achieve it. To show the world that he, Izuku Midoriya, didn't gave up and became a hero, despite possessing no power of his own.

She latched onto that memory, thinking about his drive, his determination and borrowed it from him along with his courage. She wanted to see him again. Him and Mei. Despite knowing girl for only a day, she considered her a great friend. She wanted to see them and spent time with them.

Her mind went on semi-autopilot. In her outstretched hand a stun gun materialized, she created it faster than anything she ever did, and aimed it towards villain exposed leg. Before thug could even do something, he was laying on the ground paralyzed.

Then came a sound similar to bomb blowing up. She looked at the Central Plaza and saw All Might who held his hand high, above him huge hole in the ceiling of the facility. She was so focused on the standoff with a villain that she completely missed Symbol of Peace arrival and fight with… whatever he was fighting.

Alan's voice suddenly resonated in her ear piece. She immediately started telling him what was happening, but he cut her off, stating that school knew and reinforcements were almost there. She sighted loudly, allowing a wave of relief to embrace her. But she knew that it was far from over.

Not even a minute later every teacher at U.A. arrived and secured whole facility in record time. They were gathered at the entrance and she made a head count. Everyone was there and almost completely unharmed. Only Ojiro-san had few minor burns, but other than that her classmates where relatively fine. She held her head high, trying to show her class, that everything was alright now.

They were packed into the bus and transported back to main building. After quick change of costumes they were ushered into their classroom. Two of the police officers came and started asking them questions. To avoid a chaos that she was sure would come, she ordered her classmates, with stark voice, to speak one at the time and keep it rather short, telling only important things. After a person was done they were allowed to live and go straight to home.

She was the last one to be released and felt absolutely drained. Hearing all of her classmates statements took a lot of her. She was both glad at how well they managed and terrified by their experiences. Stopping near school's main gate she pulled her phone out of her bag, intending to call a driver to take her home. She just wanted to sleep.

"YAOMOMO!"

She heard her nickname screamed by two people. She snapped her head toward the school and saw Midoriya and Mei run at her. Fear and relief mixed on their faces.

She took a short breath and made sure that her face held a little, polite smile and her posture was as straight as it could be. She betted her money that they already knew what have happened thanks to Alan. She needed to tell them that everything was alright. That she and her classmates were safe. That villains were apprehend.

Before she could usher a word, Mei all but slammed into her, nearly sending them tumbling and hugged the life out of her. She had to give it to pink inventor, she may be small, but was really strong.

She didn't get a chance to open her mouth, when another pair of arms embraced her.

"It's okay now." Midoriya softly whispered into her ear.

Her breath hitched and her vision blurred due to the tears gathering in her eyes. She felt like the dam broke inside of her, releasing all emotions she bottled during last few hours. She moved her arms and pulled them closer, crying into Midoriya's shoulder.

They stood like that for god knew how long. Midoriya rubbed her back gently and Mei just held her while pouring out her own tears. It was a bit strange to see her so emotional, but not unwelcomed. Mei gave off the vibe of utterly clueless person when it came to social relations, but it looked like she cared for her deeply.

Slowly releasing them and signaling them that she was better now, she took a small step back to peer at them. Midoriya did his best to look strong and reassuring, but his eyes shone with concern and body was tense. Mei hiccupped and had dried tears marring her face, Momo guessed that she looked the same as her.

"Thank you. I-I needed that." she admitted meekly.

"No problem, Yaomomo." Midoriya said, showing her small smile.

"Yeah, you're our friend." Mei added. "Hell, you're my best female friend!" She grinned, but soon it turned into a frown. "Both of you are. I… I've never had friends before." her voice was barely audible.

Oh… that explained a lot. So she was kind of like her. She eyed Midoriya, who also looked like he had similar thoughts to his partner. So they all were similar in that department.

This time Momo initiated a group hug, at which they both complied. This one was different. If last one served to express their fears and concern for her wellbeing, than this one was to show the gratitude of having what they secretly always wanted. Friends. It was desirable state of being, she mulled in her head.

"I'm really thankful for having you two." Momo said, after hug broke, and sent them her kindest smile. "But I need to go home before news reach my family." she hated to be the one to destroy the moment.

"We'll go with you." Mei stated seriously, which was odd for her.

"There's no need for that."

"You're right." Midoriya said with steel in his gaze. "There's no need. But we want to do it." his voice denied her any room for the argument.

She wanted to argufy with them, but the looks they sent her left her with no such possibility. She complied and found herself grateful for it.

They trekked toward the train station in slow pace, enjoying each other company. Suddenly Momo felt Mei grasp her hand with her own. She looked at smaller girl, who just simply grinned happily at her. She was intrigued by how soft her palm was, despite her dealing with all kind of tools and materials. She didn't pull back. Soon enough she felt Midoriya's rough palm grab her other one and squeeze lightly. His hand, despite it harsh skin, felt nice. Momo turned her head to him, just to see a kind expression with small smile. She squeezed back.

They didn't say a word during train ride. They didn't need to. Momo just held their palms on her lap and rubbed her thumbs against them to show that she knew what they were thinking and thanking them for it. Their tight grasps were her answers.

When their arrived at her stop on the suburbs of Musutafu sun was starting do go down. They exited the train station and stopped on the sidewalk. Reluctantly they released their holds. Momo took step forward and turned towards them with serene expression and small smile. She opened her mouth to say something, but once again was interrupted by them hugging her. She wasn't mad at that and embraced them back. After full minute they returned to their previous positions.

"Nezu said that the school won't hold any classes until Friday." Midoriya said.

"So I've heard." she simply replied.

"But on Thursday it'll be open if someone wants to come." he added.

"We're going to finish cleaning and arranging our workshop on that day." Mei said in excited tone. "So if you want to…"

"I'd love to." Momo cut her, already knowing what she was trying to tell her.

They smiled at her, Midoriya with his warm one and Mei with her Cheshire cat grin. She couldn't help but smile back.

After what felt like hours they unwillingly went in their own directions. They back at the train station and Momo towards her home. She was somewhat sad that they had to part ways, but the thought of them stating that they considered her their best friend filled her with great warmth and made her lips stretch into a large, joyful grin. If that was how a true friendship felt, than she would gladly accept it and return.

A/N:

No chapter tommorow guys. I'm not in home. I'll be back with new part on Monday most likely. Btw. It's benn a whole week since I've started posting this story and over 11k has viewed it. That's nuts! And I'm thankful for it and all comments on the story.