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Chapter Thirteen

Mina Ashido I

When Mina walked into the room, she expected people to be excited over their brief display on the news, maybe gushing about All Might's fight or Killua-chan and Todoroki's awesome quirks.

She got that, for the most part.

Kirishima and Kaminari were talking about being on the news, so was Jirou. Tsuyu, Ochako, and Sero were trying to understand what Killua-chan's quirk was. Midoriya and Ojirou were thanking Aoyama for being a good dude and doing his best to call for backups as fast as possible, regardless of his own health. Tokoyami and Sugar guy where praising All Might fight. Momo was staring at Killua-chan's vacant desk in worry, and sometimes she could see Jirou sending Killua's empty seat an uneasy look.

Overall, the place was bursting with excitement. Mina skipped towards her seat, feeling any remaining of her morning laziness vanish with a simple wave from Kyouka and the boys bright smiles.

She turned to Jirou, ready to gush with her USJ partner "Did you watch the news Jirou?! We looked so awesome for those two seconds! I wish they could spend more time showing us kicking butt-"

A loud bam interrupted her words.

The door slammed open, and Bakugou arrived. He stared blankly at Midoriya for a second but didn't say anything. Slouching down to his seat in somber silence.

Odd.

Come to think of it, his murderous attitude has been oddly mellowed down since the end of the villain attack...

He just looked tired. Exhausted. Mina almost feels worried.

Midoriya showed obvious signs of concern despite his trembling hands and shaking legs. Something must have happened.

She doubts the hotheaded will disclose anything though.

Killua walked in a few seconds later. He looked at the corners of the ceiling for a split second before actually focusing on his classmates, blue eyes exasperated in a way Mina hasn't seen before.

Jirou tensed up in his presence.

"Heyo, Killua!" Mina greeted, at the exact same time Momo said: "Good morning Killua-kun"

"Morning."

"Yo Zoldyck. Did you watch the news yesterday?"Kaminari asked, his voice was noticeably quieter when he talked to Killua, his bright enthusiasm turning into a nervous determination.

"No," He said warily, dropping his plain bag on the ground and focusing on the blond "Did something happen?"

A flash of red around his neck made Mina blink. Is Killua-chan using the uniform tie?

"We were on the news," Momo said with a small smile, she sounded happy but Mina suspected it had less to do with everyone being on the news and more because the boy was properly dressed. Kirishima nodded exuberantly, adding excitement to Momo casual delivery "You and Aoyama looked so manly! Todoroki and Tokoyami totally stole the spotlights too!"

"Jirou and I looked like true heroes for a second, but I gotta admit you did steal the show," Mina said, smiling at the laidback boy "Your sick kick got 5seconds of screentime! Five full seconds of fame! Isn't that awesome?"

"Not really," Killua said, unimpressed. "Some people may find our quirks cool or relatable, but with All Might on the scene I am sure we will be forgotten in a snap of a finger "

Mina internally pouted, expecting him to get excited over the news not rain on her parade.

"You look distracted today Killua-kun. Did anything happen?" Ochako asked, more curious than worried.

Distracted?

For Mina, he was far from distracted! In fact, ever since Kiri and Midoriya had mentioned his unnerving stare on the bus, she noticed the boy is always taking in every bit of information a room or person had to offer.

"Not really"

"That's wonderful. I am assuming the window problem was fixed?" Momo said, she tried to go for casual but it's clear by her intense eyes that she had been thinking about this for a while now.

Mina sends her a curious look. Honestly, she still doesn't know why Killua was in charge of dealing with Gon's oopsie. Their friendship seems strong but it was not very well explained. She has no idea how they met, for how long they knew each other or anything with real substance.

"It's a work in progress"

Bakugou snorted.

Killua glared at him.

Midoriya looked at Bakugou and then at Killua, opening and closing his mouth for a second before awkwardly approaching the pale boy "Er, Zoldyck-san...?"

Killua lazily turned his attention to Midoriya, his eyes urging the green boy to just get to it.

Midoriya smiled awkwardly, biting his lip before mumbling "Did you... hum, d-did you stay at Kaachan's house yesterday?"

Mina raises a brow, openly skeptical.

You see, despite his awkwardness, Mina respects Midoriya. She may not know him very well but he seems to be a genuinely nice guy, very smart and cute too, in a weird fanboy way. However, if she doesn't get some context right now she is going to be having some second thoughts regarding his intelligence.

"Dude, I don't think he even knows Bakugou's name," Kaminari says, also confused by Midoriya's question "Much less where he lives."

Instead of raising an amused eyebrow as expected, Killua stared at him, unblinking "Why do you ask?"

"Er..." Midoriya looked down, twirling his thumbs nervously "I thought I heard your voice coming from Kaachan's house on my way to school but I didn't, hum, d-didn't see you so I wasn't sure..." He trailed off, "I could have mistaken your voice, and normally I wouldn't bother but you two arrived almost at the same time and you're wearing one of his old shoes-" Wait really? Mina looked at Killua's skull covered tennis shoe with bewilderment "-So I couldn't help but wonder if you two had a sleepover or s-something..."

A loud snort.

But not from Killua.

"Sleepover?" Bakugou spat in the dryest tone possible, his tired eyes burning holes into Killua's back. "You two just crashed in like you owned the damn place!"

Mina blinked.

Wait... Does that mean he actually went to the blond's house?

But that makes no sense!

Momo sent him a hurt look, "You and Gon had a sleepover at Bakugou's?" Her big eyes silently asking 'Why not with me? Am I not good for sleepovers?'

Killua just glared at Bakugou, trying not to stare directly at the sulking Momo.

"Why?!" Mina yelled, positive her face looked as ridiculous as Kaminari's bugged eyes right now. Midoriya nodded, seemingly just as curious.

"None of your business," Killua answered, daring her to try something. Mina just pouted at the lack of answers, vaguely wondering how such a cute glare could ever scare Jirou and Kaminari.

"Come on Zoldyck!" Toru yelled, getting sucked in by any drama or gossip within hearing distance "You gotta give us more details!"

"Yeah, dude. Don't you two hate each other or something?" Kaminari agreed.

"Hard not too," Bakugou says, which Killua only rolled his eyes at.

"Not my fault your head is too thick for words to get through."

"You're the one acting like a fucking psycho all the time"

" Language!" Momo said firmly, her eyes narrowing at Bakugou "Please tell me you weren't that crude with visits in your home Bakugou-san"

Killua sends her an exasperated look, or tried to, his voice betrayed his amusement "Curses can't hurt me Momo."

"Fuck off Ponytail," Bakugou hissed "No one needs your entitled babysit-"

"Oi, watch your tong-"

"Attention!" Iida yelled at the top of his lung, sprinting inside the classroom and bringing a frown to the three arguing students. The class was momentaneously silent, curious about Iida's intention "Homeroom class is about to begin! Everyone stop talking and take your seat!"

"Everyone is already on their seats Iida-kun" Ochako pointed out.

Iida froze at all the seated students. His whole body trembled with emotions, maybe annoyance or pride, Mina wasn't sure. He gave three sharp nods, chopping the air as he said "I see the class representative already got it covered! Splendid work as always Yaoyozoru-san!"

Almost all students sweatdropped. Momo just smiled awkwardly "I did not do anything Iida-san..."

Mina chuckled at Iida overly strict attitude, amused by the malfunctioning machine sounds he was making. She watched Ochako and Midoriya send him sympathetic looks before turning to Killua to keep pestering him about the sleepover.

The pale boy seemed to sense her intentions, immediately doing his best to sidetrack her "Does anyone know who is going to teach today? Eraser is probably recovering."

Not bad.

That's actually a

"Good question!" Momo voiced her thoughts, still curious but reluctantly deciding to deviate the subject into something Killua is more comfortable with.

"Maybe Midnight" Kirishima suggested, picking up on the attempt to change subjects, "I think she would have enough spare time to teach today"

The door opened. A half-dead mass of sleep deprivation walked into the room, his presence a rejection of Kirishima's suggestion.

"Ahhh!" Midoriya yelped, followed by the whole class. "Aizawa-sensei!"

"Aizawa-san!" Iida screamed, "I am glad you're alright!"

"Alright? He looks like a mummy." Killua commented, giving Iida a bemused side-look before focusing on Aizawa "Shouldn't you be tied to a hospital bed?"

Momo sighed, exasperated by his bluntness.

"My well-being is irrelevant," Aizawa said, getting a wow from Kaminari, his eyes shining in admiration.

Not that Mina could blame the electric boy, she too was successfully wowed. Coming to school on the verge of death? What an absolute legend! He is so cool!

"What's more important" The teacher continued "Is that your fighting isn't over yet"

Not over yet...?

She looked around in confusion and caution. Is he insinuating the villains are still here somewhere...?

"Don't tell me..." Kaminari mumbled nervously.

Bakugou just stared at Aizawa, his tired eyes screaming 'Are you fucking kidding me?'

"The U.A Sport Festival is about to start" Aizawa finished after a few seconds of dramatic pause, completely killing the tension.

"Yes!" Kirishima yelled, the sheer volume covering Mina's relieved sigh "Why would you scare us like that sensei?!"

Bakugou mood seemed to drop even more, red eyes unconsciously sliding to Killua small frame. He looked positively done with his life. And boy was he angry.

Mina could sympathize. Defeating Killua would be hard (impossible), especially since she doesn't want to use a deadly acid on her classmates... If she trained a lot however, she could make sure to put up a fight before getting her face decked!

Tooru let out an excited squeal. Aoyama sparkled even more intensely.

Killua raised a brow at everyone's reaction, asking the class something Mina could not hear over the loud cheers.

Momo froze, caught off guard.

Kaminari also froze, clearly appalled by what he heard "Wow, wow, wow! Hold on a second! You don't know about the Sports Festival?!"

"He doesn't know about the Festival?" Mina asked, genuinely surprised someone that out of touch with the news exists "How is this possible? The whole world is always gushing about it!"

"Yeah, it's a big deal! There are flyers and ads all over town, how did you not see it?!" Kirishima exclaimed. Killua's eye twitched at his words, gaining a sympathetic smile from Momo.

What does that smile even mean? Killua-chan is not blind!

Despite her smile, the class representative was just as confused as everyone "Killua-kun..." She said, giving him a puzzled look "Have you really never heard about the Sports Festival...?"

"Wouldn't have asked about it if I did," Killua said, tensing up under all the attention. He ignored the class' disbelief, sending Momo an expectant look.

The girl let out an exasperated yet fond sigh, ready to launch into a rich and detailed explanation.

The teacher beat her to it.

"The Sports Festival is a U.A event to broadcast our students' potential" Eraserhead narrowed his eyes, gauging the pale boy's reactions."It was originally a tournament between students, made to catch the pro-heroes attention but it became publicly popular to the point of taking over the Olympics"

Killua's eyes made a face, fully processing how bizarre his lack of knowledge is. Which proved that this was indeed Killua's first time hearing about the Sports festival.

Unusual. To the point of being straight up bizarre.

But Aizawa was too chill to care.

Or so Mina thought.

Instead of moving past Killua question and explaining more about the Tournament to finish his job faster and just sleep for the rest of the class, Aizawa stared at the pale boy with his unnerving eyes.

"Even while taking your unorthodox situation in consideration, I find it impossible that someone your age never heard about such a widespread event," Aizawa said, his tone openly skeptical "Especially when pursuing a hero carrier"

When Aizawa worded it like that, it was obvious Killua must have lied.

But Killua doesn't seem to be lying, why would he even lie about this anyway?

Mina was confused.

"Unorthodox situation..?" Jirou asked nervously, eyeing Killua as if he was a ticking bomb.

Momo tensed up, giving Aizawa a wary side look. Ashido sends the class representative a funny look.

Why so tense? Does she know about Killua's situation?

Oh my! Is Yaoyozoru, the goody two shoes of class, involved in a scandal?! Is Killua's situation the scandal?

Aizawa stared at Jirou in silence, either wondering how to explain the situation or completely ignoring her question. It's hard to say just from his dead stare.

"He is homeless," Bakugou says bluntly, efficiently putting a pause to Mina's thoughts and making most of the class focus on him. Worryingly enough, this didn't seem to be another one of his creative insults. Momo, in particular, was losing her composure "H-homeless?"

"Is not as bad as it sounds," Killua was quick to say, frowning at the murmurs and questions that swallowed the class.

Momo looked like she desperately wanted to refute his declaration and hug him but the awareness that this is a classroom full of students hungry for drama forced her to regain some balance.

She is no fun.

"Killua-kun" Momo started, somehow sounding calm "This isn't something to be taken lightly."

Killua rolled his eyes at her. Disagreeing.

"Indeed miss Yaoyorozu." The teacher said, the bandages in his face making him look even more dead inside than normal "All Might and Present Mic advised against discussing his current living situation in class but Nezu said it should be acknowledged, and if possible resolved by the end of the week"

"There is no problem to resolve" Killua sighed, his unenthusiastic, almost annoyed tone indicating this wasn't their first time arguing "We are doing fine."

"I beg to differ" Aizawa huffed, ignoring Killua's eye roll "You barely have enough money to get by, much less afford a house, your lack of knowledge on basic concepts is alarming and your absence of guardians is just as worrying as your absence of identity."

Killua froze at the last sentence, caught off guard.

Aizawa smirked sharply underneath those bandages, his eyes crinkling in a dark kind of amusement "It was a good attempt, but kids cannot fool pros."

Mina was confused by the cryptic comment. Good attempt? Fool pros?

Did she miss something?

Momo was looking down, her hands nervously playing with the hem of her skirt. Killua narrowed his eyes, having a silent staring contest with his teacher.

The atmosphere feels tense...

A thick blanket of silence was slowly covering the room again.

Honestly, Mina didn't have the heart to ask what was going on with their staring contest. There were so many things wrong with what Aizawa had said already she wasn't sure where to even start.

No guardians?

Does that mean he has no dad...? No mom...? Uncles or friends?

(But Mina heard him talk about Gon on the bus, they are friends right...? does Gon know about this...? Do Gon's parents know about this? Momo is his friend too but is hard to say if she is familiar with all the information Aizawa threw at them.)

Homeless?

No... Home...?

That's horrible! Is that why he slept at Bakugou's house?

No identities?

Why? How?

"As I was saying," Aizawa said, his dead voice making time move again "You'll have a week to train and get ready."

Wait, what...?

"The Sport Festival wi-"

What?

Mina stared incredulously at him. Not even registering his words

"Wait," Toru said, "Are you seriously going to just move on?"

Aizawa glared at her "The Sports Festival is a worldwide event, and the perfect chance to prove to the population we are still a safe school. Zoldyck's situation may be important-" Killua frowned "-but it isn't the priority"

Mina pouted "But-"

"No buts, Nezu will properly disclose on Zoldyck's case if he sees fits, but for now I want you to focus on your carrier. You came here to be a hero, not learn more about your classmate's life."

"But isn't faking IDs fucking illegal?" Bakugou asks out of the blue, giving Aizawa an unreadable look "You're a hero, you can't just gloss over it!"

Mina blinked, unsure how Bakugou came to that conclusion.

"They will be dealt with," Aizawa said, annoyed people are still sidetracking.

Most people seemed to get what was happening but Mina was not one of those people.

"Faking IDs?" Kaminari asks for her, more than a little confused "Aizawa never said any-"

"No identity" Bakugou huffed, staring at him as if he was a dumb bug "We need to show our identity to get in. The freak must have forged one, probably forged fictional parents too, just to get in. Wouldn't put it past his sneaky ass."

Killua glared at Bakugou, his face the perfect image of 'do us all a favor and shut up'.

The glare was actually heavy this time, sharper than normal.

Were his eyes always this dark...?

"Stop talking," Aizawa ordered in annoyance, his patience nowhere to be seen "We have a tournament to discuss. And I have some sleep to catch on."

Mina slumped in her seat, understanding any more conversation regarding Killua will not be tolerated.

.

The tournament explanation was pretty short. Just talks about putting all classes together, the responsibilities of aiming to be a hero, and opportunities to work as a sidekick.

Exciting stuff but generally well known.

It was probably for Killua's sake now that she thinks about it. The poor boy was soaking in all info he could get, face unreadable.

Ochako sends him a few looks mid class, so did Midoriya, Kaminari, Kirishima, Jirou and Momo. But no one made a sound, unwilling to test Aizawa's patience.

With a stern reminder to train hard and not get lazy, the class was finally dismissed.

People immediately walked to Killua. Said boy was not in the mood to be interrogated and pitied. His overwhelming annoyance and even bemusement in the face of all his classmates worry plain to see.

The pale boy patience runs out when Iida tried to go on a lecture about fake IDs and exactly how wrong and disrespectful his action was. Killua turned his back on the poor dude, grabbing a stressed Momo before she could open her mouth and stating "This is stupid, we're wasting lunchtime" before promptly disappearing from the circle of curious students, using his sick speed quirk to run away with Momo.

Iida gasped, dramatically offended, but Mina had to admit Killua had a point.

"Hey," she said, calling her friends "Let's lunch!"

"Yeah, yeah" Jirou said, Kirishima just smiled.

She noticed a disappointed Kaminari staring at where Momo was a second ago and instinctively added, "Wanna join us?"

"Me?" He blinked, getting a wide smile and a "Yes you dummy!" from Mina.

Kirishima gave a big smile of his own, probably going to invite the boy himself if Mina hadn't. Jirou's eyes sparkled weirdly at the addition but she did not comment.

"Sure!" Kaminari chirped, a bounce in his step.

And off they went!

Unsurprisingly, they did not spot Killua in the cafeteria. She tried talking to Kaminari but the boy just shrugged, admitting that he could not keep an eye on Killua even when the boy is minding his own business, so there is no way they'll find him when he is actively trying to hide.

Jirou made a face, agreeing and mentioning it would be impossible to track him by sound either.

She was a bit tense. Distracted too.

Honestly, so was Mina.

A lot happened yesterday. She thought she would have a break today but is barely 10am and she is already over-fixated on the Sports Festival and Killua-chan's situation.

It's crazy to think Killua-chan is homeless.

She feels sad when she imagine him sleeping on a card box or under a bridge but she is also reluctant to bother him, understanding he dislikes their sympathy.

It's still weird and terrible, but if he had no problem with it she shouldn't pester him. Probably.

(Should she...?)

No. No she shouldn't.

Besides, there was other things to talk about, cooler things that brought her excitement instead of confusion and unwanted sympathy.

"Hey Kami, Do you think you'll get far on the Sports Festival?"

"Sure! My quirk is awesome!" He then paused, taking a bite out of his fry on and frowning "I just hope we don't fight the Three Demons"

"Three Demons?" Kiri asked

"Todoroki, Zoldyck, and Bakugou. They are so overpowered! It's not fair!"

"I know right?!" Mina pouted "It's like they're not even trying!"

"Make that four demons! Tokoyami is a beast!" Kirishima yelled, smiling brightly "You should have seen him on USJ! It was so manly!"

They spend the whole lunch discussing their classmates' quirks.

There was something thrilling about throwing all these amazing quirks on the table and knowing there was a very real possibility she would have the opportunity to test her acid against them.

When the bell rung Mina frowned "Already?"

Kaminari made a face. He went to stay by Mina side but Kyouka grabbed his shoulder "Kaminari, can I talk to you for a second?"

"Hum.. Sure?"

Kyouka gave Mina and Kirishima an apologetic look "It's private, sorry guys."

"Oh," She said, confused. She wanted to see what was so important but Jirou seemed very serious, enough for her to respect her wishes "Okay... See you two in class"

"Don't be late!" Kirishima yelled. "Or Aizawa-sensei will kick your ass!"

"Sure,"

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Killua and Momo were in class when they arrived. The class representative was having a serious discussion regarding rules with Iida and Killua was talking quietly to Ochako about the media...? Or something...?

Mina was a bit lost, picking the conversation in the middle, but Ochako was openly impressed "You got 10000 yens from that?!"

Killua nodded, smirking "Easy money"

"That's amazing! Teach me your ways Zoldyck-san!" She whispered yelled, sounding quirky but looking dead serious.

"Nah" He crossed his arms behind his head "Can't do"

"What?" Ochako was devastated, big eyes widening "Why?!"

"I don't wanna hear any more lectures today"

Ochako frowned, opening her mouth to protest but closing after Killua gave a not so subtle look at Iida and Momo direction, saying something quietly in return.

She blinked, mouthing a silent "Oh"

Mina and Kirishima exchanged looks but didn't comment.

Midoriya walked in, trembling in nervousness and mumbling to himself. He almost bumped into Mina, lost in his own head.

Jirou came soon after, storming inside and glaring at the ground. Kaminari was close behind, sending her a strange look before focusing on Killua. He froze for two seconds, bitting his lips before marching closer and asking "Hey, hum, Zoldyck-san...?"

"Just call me Killua"

"Alright, Zol-Killua, " He said, looking uncomfortable. He opened and closed his mouth, giving a tense Jirou a side look and sweating "Are you a, er..." An awkwardly long pause, a complete switch in words "Do you really have no house?"

A beat of silence.

"I guess so" Killua shrugged, his intense eyes trying to understand what Kaminari was trying to say before he chickens out.

Mina took pity on the uncomfortable blond, blurting out one of her many questions "For how long?"

"Around a year."

"Oh"

"That's rough buddy" Kirishima smiled sadly. Killua made a noncomical sound, not seeming to agree.

Strange.

"Everyone sit down" Mummy Aizawa ordered "Let's not waste time"

.

The class was over in a blink of an eye. Killua got a suspicious block of paper from Aizawa but refused to show anyone besides Momo what it was.

They whispered whatever to each other. Momo looking positively excited. Killua send her a wary look "Don't you dare"

Momo just smiled.

Killua rolled his eyes.

.

There was a lot of people blocking the door, pushing each other to get a better view of Class 1-A

Well...

She always knew popping on TV is awesome but this is ridiculous. It was only around 3 seconds of fame for each student, this is too much!

Mina was both excited an unsettled by how fast they got famous, or at least she was until Bakugou rolled his eyes, saying these 'extras' are just scoping out the competition.

A purple haired dude was quick to be offended by Bakugou's attitude, unaware of the danger of testing the blonde's nonexistent patience. Bakugou has clearly been stressed out lately, challenging him and being an asshole could be deadly, specially when he had that wild look in his eyes, no dumb pondering if he should spit on the purple boy face out of spite or just say 'fuck it' to the rules and beat him to a pulp.

Bakugou took an intimidating step forward and Mina silently sends her prayers to the purple asshole.

"Momo-san!" Someone amidst the crowd of people yelled, the high pitched voice cheerful and warm, completely different from the anger and challenge in everyone else demeanor.

Bakugou instantaneously tensed up, his eyes reflecting a clear wish for death and genocide. The small twitch of his eyebrow somehow managing to scream "Fuck my life"

Now that was amusing. Mina couldn't help but be curious.

Who does this childish voice belong to? How cool must they be if they managed to be on a first name basis with the class princess and annoy Bakugou with its mere voice?

"Gon-san?" Momo questioned, searching someone in the crowd with a small smile.

"Gon?" The class parroted, intrigued and wary.

Gon was the dude that broke someone's window, wasn't he? Mina did not expect the boy that obliterated the school record to have such a chirpy voice.

"Momo-san!" The owner of the voice yelled again, lightly shoving the angsty purple haired boy out of the way and stumbling to the front of the door "I want you to meet my friends!"

Mina blinked, almost blinded by the boy's bright smile and sparkling honey eyes. He seemed to exude energy, his enthusiasm encouraging Mina to smile too.

"There is no one following you Gon," Killua said, his whole disposition going from mildly bored to energetic the moment he laid his eyes on Gon, "I think you lost them"

Gon blinked, looking back at the crowd and frowning "Oh"

Mina couldn't quite believe how adorable this powerhouse was. Only Midoriya and Kirishima's starry-eyed gushing over their idols could compete. That and Killua mischevious smirks.

"Wait, you're Gon?" Kaminari asked, sizing him up " I thought you would be...Taller"

"And edgier" Mina added, gladly replacing her mental image of bandaged hands, baseball bats, sharp features and dark leather jackets with this goofy boy with grass hair, childish eyes and funky green boots.

Momo smiled in amusement, unconsciously covering the lower half of her face. Killua just made a face, probably imagining an edgy Gon.

"Even a kid got into the Hero course," The Purple boy said, eyes narrowing. He glared at an unbothered Gon for a second before turning his back and hissing spitefully "What a joke."

"Excuse me! Gon is 15!" Someone in the crowd of students yelled offended, a big boy with sharp teeth and metal hair added: "He can kick your ass!"

Momo agreed energetically with the loud dude in the crowd, as did Killua and while Mina does not know that much about Gon, she too was very inclined to agree. If this boy launched a ball 8km away, there is no way he isn't terrifying on the battlefield.

The purple boy was smart enough to recognize a losing battle and vanish from sight.

Gon smiled at the crowd of people, eyes somehow even brighter. He focused back to Killua, snapping his fingers in realization "Oh right! Killua, I need to show you to my friends!"

He then proceeded to trespass into the class, breaking the rules with the confidence of a professional troublemaker. Iida and Momo were staring at him as if he committed a serious crime but Gon completely ignored them, tugging at Killua's sleeve and dragging the unamused boy to the door with a determined look.

Mina's eyes sparkled, amused.

A gasp of realization "You!" Midoriya said out of the blue, shaking his shook away "You're the self destructive idiot Zoldyck mentioned!"

Gon tilted his head, staring at Midoriya for a second before looking at an annoyed Bakugou and lighting up "Oh, and you must be Deku-san! Bakugou-san talks a lot about you!"

Midoriya excited smile froze, curious eyes widening to terror.

"Only good things, I assure you." Killua said dryly, getting a strangled noise from Midoriya and an empty laugh from Bakugou.

"Fuck you Zoldyck" Bakugou huff, flipping him the bird "I am out of here"

Momo shook her head in disapproval and Killua eyes twinkled with amusement. When he disappeared from view Killua added "I don't think he is kidding"

"We should hurry then Killua, Mitsuki-san wouldn't be happy if we miss dinner." Gon says, frowning. Mina barely had time to process his answer before the boy was walking out, sending one final smile at Midoriya and Momo's direction "We'll talk more tomorrow! I still need to show Killua to Ibara, Tetsutetsu and Monoma!"

"Jeez, " Killua complained, but his eyes were soft. He turned to Momo and smiled "See ya tomorrow!"

"Bye Killua-kun," Momo smiled back. "Bye Gon-san!"

"Bye Momo-san!"

Ashido was surprised when the pale boy actually turned to her and Kaminari, giving a lazy wave before his friend let out a sound of joy and both disappeared from view.

Kaminari waved back awkwardly, his smile small but genuine. Mina snorted, stopping her energetic waves.

"You look so awkward dude" Mina commented, nudging his side "Light it up! You're friends right?"

Kaminari seemed unsure.

I couldn't fit the Tournament in this chapter, the chapter was already taking long enough at it is and making everyone wait for god knows how many more weeks would make me feel bad. As an apology for hyping everyone for nothing, I'll let you pick the POVs through the whole Festival Arc!

Here are the POV options for the next chapter!

-Momo Yaoyorozu IV - Start of the Sports Festival (Self-Esteem Issues and Friendship)

-Monoma Neito III - Start of the Sports Festival (Pride and Momona levels of bitching)

-Kaminari Denki III - Start of the Sports Festival (Hope and Admiration)

Even though not much happened in this chapter, I still hope you enjoyed reading it!