A/N: Enjoy!

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Chapter 11

"The event will be after an hour's lunch break!" Present Mic announced as everyone went their own ways to get food and do whatever else in the meantime.

"You'll be fine once you eat something high in iron and vitamin c. Thankfully, you lost a minor amount of blood." Recovery Girl stated after she kissed the cuts on Keruru's leg. "You know full well if you lost an immense amount of blood, your mother would never let me have a moment's peace with her calls."

"Yes, I'm sorry."

Recovery Girl sighed as she stared at Keruru. He had been her personal patient from a young age once his quirk was discovered, and he never seemed happy to be in her presence. She couldn't say that she enjoyed it herself; he was simply the only one that she could perhaps never be able to save if worse came to worse. "Just be more careful, okay, Ruru-chan?"

"Yes, Chiyo-sensei."

"Now off you go!" Recovery Girl waved off as the blue haired boy left the makeshift infirmary.

Keruru heaved a deep sigh once he was far enough away. He truly hated visiting Recovery Girl. It just showed how fragile he truly was. "At least Iida didn't insist on coming with me. That would've really hurt my pride." He blinked when he stood at the foot of the staircase where Endeavor, Todoroki's father, and All Might were.

"You." Endeavor stated as he stared at the boy with evaluating eyes. "You're the one with the crystal quirk that won the obstacle race and was on Shouto's team."

"Yes."

"Your name was Keruru Hoshimi, right? So you're the boy of the Smiling Seer." Endeavor leered, "A brat like you should just follow your mother's footsteps and be a support hero. You'll probably throw the title away just like she did. Perhaps you'll become Shouto's sidekick."

Keruru frowned, "My mother is a proper hero, just as I will be of my own merits, ability, and morals. I do not know why I am the target for your spite, but don't you dare say that she threw away her title of being a hero if her views don't align with your own. The same could be said about your son. Don't force him to become you; he never will be."

Endeavor glared with the crystal user fearlessly glaring back while All Might frantically glanced between the two. "What are you to Shouto?"

"His friend."

"Hoshimi-kun, you really have quite the temper." All Might commented once he'd finally separated the two and Endeavor went his own way.

"I apologize that you had to see my disrespectful attitude, but I would never allow anyone to badmouth those close to me."

"While you certainly do need to work on your temper, your words were admirable, young Hoshimi." The number one hero praised as he grinned and gave a thumbs up.

Keruru looked down. "Thank you for your praise."

"Now I must be off! Enjoy your break and the recreational events along with the next round!" All Might went off ever heroically.

The crystal user sighed once All Might was out of sight. "First a visit with Recovery Girl, and then a verbal face down with Endeavor? What is with my luck? I probably shouldn't tell Todoroki about this."

The next round was to be tournament with a one-on-one fight with the top sixteen who were to be paired randomly.

"We'll do a fun bit of recreation, and then we'll commence!" Midnight announced, "The sixteen who will be competing may decide whether they want to join in on the recreation or not. Since I'm sure many of you want to take a breather or preserve your strength."

Keruru looked up to see that Shinso was to be up against Midoriya in the first bracket. "Midoriya would definitely seem to have the advantage, but Shinso has shown to be extremely observant from the cavalry battle. It might just end before Todoroki has a chance in the second round after Sero to beat him. He looks upset too."

The crystal user was in the third bracket's second battle against Tokoyami. He inwardly smirked as he glanced over to Tokoyami. It was a clear advantage before the battle began, but cockiness was the first step to defeat, and he wouldn't make such a mistake.

Once the recreational activities began, Keruru sighed as Todoroki was clearly needing some space, but didn't seem like he was going to calm down anytime soon. "Just what happened during the break?"

"Hoshimi, how are you?" The crystal user turned to see it was Shinso.

"Hm? What do you mean?"

"During the cavalry battle, you'd lied about your cuts having healed, didn't you." Keruru's eyes widened at the statement, "Why did you continue despite losing blood?"

"I didn't want to be the one to hold our team back." The blue haired boy replied, "It had been my own fault for letting my guard down. If you knew, why didn't you bring it up?"

The purple haired boy shook his head, "If I had, our team would have panicked with Iida losing his composure. I know that it wasn't correct to simply have you wear yourself down, but in order to be victorious..."

"It's fine, I understand. Just, thanks for not telling them."

"I should be thanking you for having accepted me onto your team even though I put in minimal work for the team."

"I wouldn't say that. You were observant and watched all of the other teams for us; you didn't need to use your quirk to be able to see just what the other teams were up to while we couldn't."

Shinso quirked a cynical smile, "Yeah... My quirk wasn't all too useful. I quite envy the versatile and heroic quirk that you have."

Keruru shook his head, "My quirk has more drawbacks than you think. Honestly, I really like your quirk from what you've told me."

"You never did explain why."

"I suppose this is my own gripe, but I hate how flashy my quirk is. No matter what, I'll stand out in some sort of manner, and that's not the kind of hero I wish to be." The green eyed boy explained, "However with your quirk, you'd be able to capture a villian with just a word. That's simply amazing and viable in situations where damage has to be extremely controlled. If my quirk is deemed versatile and enviable to you, I'd say the feeling is mutual in regards for your quirk."

"Just how do you understand my quirk so well?" Shinso asked. This was the first person who had ever been genuinely interested, let alone seem as enamored as Keruru certainly was, in his quirk.

"My family's quirks have a lot to do with their minds, willpower, and control of their abilities. You'd have to be strong mentally to control your quirk to have it be like breathing air, despite what anyone else may think of your quirk. You showed that when you didn't control me when you first spoke to me." Keruru said, "You could've easily controlled me or the other two at any point, but you didn't."

"I..." The purple haired boy looked down.

"My dad once told me, "A quirk doesn't make the person shine, it's how the person polishes the quirks that they're gifted with." Wouldn't you agree? You're going to be a hero, right?"

"... Yeah."

"I'll be rooting for you, Shinso." Keruru watched the screen to see that the final event was almost about to start.

"Does this... Make us friends, Hoshimi?" Shinso asked, looking away shyly.

The crystal user glanced over to the purple haired boy. "I would think so."

A/N: Till next time

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