Chapter 10
The school was in a state of chaos as students, and the few teachers Sherwin trusted, worked diligently on the school dance. In the meantime exams were approaching for the rest of the students. The teachers not working on the dance, that is to say most of them, were busy drilling their students on what they had been taught. Ifrit had been especially sadistic with her training, stating that she had to make up for lost time since she came in with less than half a semester left to teach her students. The first years were currently running through a demanding obstacle course Ifrit had set up.
"Drookit you falling behind." The Fiery pro yells from her vantage point as she sees Briny falling behind her friends.
"Yes Ma'am!" Briny yells as she rushes to catch up with the rest of the class.
"Briny on you left!" Guy yells as he throws his taser bolo, locking the legs of a robot and shocking it. The blue haired girl grins at her quirkless friend and blasts a robot with water, short circuiting it and catching up with Tor and Ernis.
"Best friend you made it, are you well?" Tor asks as the trio continue to run towards the exit.
"Yeah yeah I'm good… where is Hansen?" Briny asks before the sound of an angry scream and metal tearing fills the air.
"Over their." Ernis yells as he points towards the flaming teen and his pile of melted metal.
"Is it me or has he been acting more… hostile lately." Gale asks as he bounds up to the group, using jets of air every now and then.
"Yeah, I wonder what crawled up his ass and died?" Ernis grunts as his stomach rumbles.
"It doesn't matter right now, we need to complete this course, we can deal with his temper tantrum later." Guy says as he points to the finish line. The others nod and dash towards it, crossing the line where Ellie, Chip, and Ophelia were already waiting.
"Hey you guys made it." Chips says as he walks up to the group, still somewhat awkward.
"Yeah we did, and no offence Chip but how did you beat us out?" Erins asks as he takes a minute to rest.
"Ophelia." He says simply pointing to very happy girl, who is enthusiastic talking to Elle.
"Yeah against enemies that can't insult her she must be strong, especially if she as someone feeding her compliments, huh Chip?" Hansen asks as he walks across the finish line followed by Koeki. Chips squeaks and nods quickly before running back over to the other group, following behind the blue haired boy.
"Hey Hansen, you feeling alright?" Guy asks the pyromaniac.
"Yeah I'm fine." He says as he rolls his shoulders to pop them.
"Really could have fooled me." Guy mutters under his breath as he walks off.
"Hey Briny, about that thing you asked… yes." Hansen says as he leaves. Looking on in confusion it takes a second for the blue haired girl to realise what was said to her. When it eventually dons on her a wide smile cracks her face and she begins to squeal in excitement. The other students look at her with concern.
"Eh water girl what's your problem?" Elle yells causing Briny to stop herself. Looking over she notices Ophelia and Elle walking over to her.
"Yeah the only time I have ever seen someone squeal like that is when…" Ophilea starts before stuttering off. Looking between Briny then the retreating form of Hansen then back to Briny her eyes light up.
"Hey mind telling me what is going on?" Elle asks as now both girls have a similar expression of pure joy.
"Elle quick how long till the dance?" Ophelia half asks half yells.
"Five days!" Mrs. Inventario yells as she deals with the monster Ben made in the background.
"Then we need to get moving!" She yells as she grabs Elle's and Briny's hands and drags them out of the class. Guy, Gale, Tor, and Ernis looked on in confusion at the trio. Turning to each other they had a silent conversation and shrug at the strange action.
"Best friends… are going to this dance?" Tor asks the others.
"We would need to get tuxedos and those aren't cheap." Ernis says and to emphasize his points he turns out his empty pockets.
"Well we did get some cash from the school for beating that plant girl, and for beating the weird owl dude." Gale adds.
"Yeah but most of that went into getting food for us, and a fridge." Ernis retorts.
"Well," Guy says getting their attention " I could pay for the suits honestly." The quirkless teen says as he holds up a credit card.
"It could be fun, plus with so many people we could mess with Hansen, as friends of course." Gale says with a grin to match the Chesire cat.
"Four suits just to mess with Hansen," Guy questions before shrugging, "Eh fuck it, could be fun." He says as he and the rest of the group leave as well.
Meanwhile as the Soup Kitchen work on buying clothes for the dance, in a small cell in a ultramax juvenile Phoebe sat in a padded room reading a newspaper. She smiled as she saw her friend on the news fighting the hero Ifrit. Ripping out a piece of paper she crumples it up and throws it in the corner. Focusing her quirk she grew a small seedling.
"Impressive Ms. Crecer, even from a long dead plant you can make life." A silky smooth voice says getting the green haired girl's attention. Looking back to the voice she notices a tall man in fine lab coat over a suit.
"Who are you?" She asks as she presses her back against the far wall.
"Why I am the good doctor my dear. Call me Professor Peatry." The man says with the same silky tone.
"What do you want?" She asks still backed against the wall.
"What do I want… well I want you to join me." He says as he holds out his hand for her to take.
AN
I FUCKING DID IT. I finished this god damn chapter, and I set up plot shit. Well off to work on other shit.