"Huff...huff…" Minoru and Hitoshi huffed and puffed sitting on the ground both looking quite roughed up.

"Hahahaha, that was a real blast my dudes." Ace smiled looking down at the boys. She was pretty much untouched.

"Thanks...agh. My body hurts…" Minoru whined.

"Oh boo hoo, you didn't get hit in the groin." Hitoshi hissed a bit.

"Lucky me huh?" Minoru rolled his eyes.

Ace chuckled a little.

"Amazing, her style is flawless and her skills are as sharp as a knife." Iida was astonished by Ace's performance.

"That's an understatement. Those two didn't get one hit in." Said Jiro.

"Really makes ya wonder what she's been through to get THAT good self taught and all!" Denki said with a smirk.

"Yes. It really does." Momo was still trying to rack her head around the veil of mystery behind Ace.

"I bet she was some kinda ex-gang member or leader!~ Or some lone street wolf who took on gangs all by herself! Or an extreme adrenaline junkie!" Mina fantaized.

Momo seemed interested in those possibilities but kept it to her thoughts.

"Hey, while we're takin five, what say ya play us a gig with that harmonica Minoru?" Ace asked.

"Harmonica?" Denki tilted his head. "Dude, I didn't know you played!" The blonde smiled widely.

"I didn't either and a harmonica? Hmm. Interesting." Jiro smirked.

"Oh, oh! Play for us!" Mina chirped.

"Yes please Mineta, if that's okay." Iida agreed.

"I would love to hear you play Mineta." Momo smiled.

Minoru thought about it a bit but decided to do so since Ace asked. He took the harmonica out his pocket and got ready to play but then….

*Drip.*

"Huh?" Minoru felt something wet drip on his cheek. Minoru then looked up and a few more water drops fell onto him.

"Gah, it's rainin. Damn man. That blows. Well whatever, me and Hitsohi should get going anywayz. C'mon dude, don't want my hair getting wet." Ace said, grabbing her scarf and jacket.

"Right, coming. See ya Mineta-san. Maybe we can talk sometime." Hitoshi cracked his neck.

"Maybe...see ya guys." Minoru replied.

"Ah don't be such a square Grape Juice. I'll come by and visit ya again." Ace smiled.

"Please don't call me that...it's lame." Minoru looked away. He had now begun to hate the name he gave himself. Why now suddenly was beyond him. Maybe it was due to all that's happened.

"I won't lie, it kinda was lame. Like, it's not even clever." Ace gave a sympathetic smile.

"Yeah dude, not sure what you were thinking there." Denki pitched in.

"I actually thought the name was pretty funny." Mina smirked.

"Personally I had no issues with the name." Iida spoke.

"Well I actually think the name suited you Mineta." Momo smiled warmly at him.

"Thanks I guess." Minoru shrugged.

"Hmmmm. Ya know what? You need a new name!" Ace chirped.

"Huh?" Minoru looked at her confused.

"Hey come on, new power, new you, new name! Come on!" Ace playfully jabbed his arm.

"Ace, I really don't think that's needed. Mineta should embrace himself instead of just changing." Momo spoke out.

"Aye Dolly let em choose." Ace nudged her head at Minoru.

Momo's eyes sharpened at Ace as she crossed her arms.

"You know what Ace? Sure. I guess it would be fitting." Minoru said to her with a small smile.

"Awesome! I already got a perfect name! If ya wanna hear it." Ace gripped her fists tightly in excitement.

"What happened to letting him choose?" Momo raised an eyebrow.

Jiro, Mina, Denki and Iida could now really feel some tension between Ace and Momo. More from Momo than Ace….

"Yeesh...has anyone ever seen Momo so snarky?" Denki whispered.

"No I can't say I have." Iida whispered back.

"Nope, this is new for me and I know all our girls really well." Mina whispered.

"Yeah, she seems really upset about something…" Jiro added.

"Whatever it is, must be really eating at her. She's normally calm and mature." Iida said in a whisper.

"Hey Dolly, I said "IF ya wanna hear it." meaning Minoru here has a choice." Ace said, placing her hands on her hips.

Hitsohi was kinda looking off being pretty off put by the tension in the air. He really just wanted this to end so everyone could walk away. He wanted to step in but he knew Ace wouldn't like it.

"Yaoyorozu, it's fine okay?" Minoru said to Momo.

Momo went silent for a moment...did he just call her by her last name? Since when did he do that? He always used her first name.

"I'll just hear her out and see if I like it okay? If not, I'll come up with something myself." Minoru explained.

Momo sighed and regained her composer. "Yes, Mineta. Of course." She answered.

"Thanks. Okay Ace. Let's hear it." Minoru said to Ace.

"Okay! Well due to ya new smoke powers….how about!~" Ace then spun and pointed at him.

"Enenra!" Ace shouted with a smile.

"Enenra?..." Minoru repeated the name.

"Yeah! Enenra! A yokai made from smoke! Sounds pretty cool huh?!" Ace chuckled.

"You know what? Yeah it does. Hey Smoker. What do you think?" His smoke arm then rose and nodded.

"He likes it. Sooo...instead...would you like that to be your new name buddy?" Minoru asked. His smoke arm then curled around him as if giving him a hug then uncoiled from around him.

"Hahaha…" Minoru laughed.

The others were also a bit warmed by his quirks affection.

"Okay then, you're now Enenra." Minoru smiled and smoke seeped off his body and rose up forming a demonic smiling face with glowing purple eyes before vanishing.

"WOW. That's new...creepy...but cool." Minoru was both impressed and creeped out. There was so much he really didn't know about this quirk.

"If Midoriya we're here, he'd be writing away in his book like a machine gun." Jiro commented.

"No doubt there." Denki retorted.

"Neat! But what about you?" Ace asked.

"Hmmm. I'll have to come back to that but thank you Ace." Minoru smiled.

"Hey." Ace knelt down and placed her fist on Minoru's chest.

"What are partners for Dude-kun?~" Ace winked.

Minoru smiled warmly and nodded. Ace did the same and stood back up.

"You can always count on me man. Trust. Alright, Hitsohi let's bail. This rain is really startin to come down." Ace then placed her jacket over her head like a tarp.

"My thoughts exactly." Hitoshi said.

"Later gators!" Ace said as both her and Hitoshi ran off to their dorm building.

Minoru smiled and waved. He watched as Ace slowly faded into the distance, once she was gone...Minoru turned and heaved a sigh as he made his way back inside the dorm building.

"Hey man, hold on. Wanna hang out a bit?" Denki asked.

"Maybe later dude…" Minoru replied walking inside the dorm building.

"Sigh…." Denki hung his head.

Jiro held his hand to comfort him. Denki looked to Jiro with a faint smile.

"Look, he'll come back around...eventually." Jito gave a comforting smile followed by a peck on the blonde boy's cheek.

"Hehehe, thanks Song Bird." Denki rubbed noses with her. Jiro only giggled and tickled with her ear jacks.

"Hahaha! Cut it!~" Denki tried to squirm away from her.

Iida and Mina chuckled at their little couple act, however Momo had slipped off after Minoru unknowingly to them.

Minoru was about to open his room door but a hand grabbed his shoulder. Minoru sighed and looked back to see Momo there with a soft expression.

"Yes?" Minoru asked.

"Please, I really want to talk to you and no it can't wait." Momo said sternly enough for Minoru to not try and brush her off.

Minoru was reluctant but just nodded. "Fine, come in."

Momo smiled and let go of him. "Thank you Minoru-kun."

Minoru raised an eyebrow. "( Minoru-kun? Since when were we on first name basis? )" Minoru thought to himself but just shook his head and opened his door allowing himself and Momo inside.

As Momo took a look around Minoru's room, it was oddly neat and clean. To her surprise he didn't have any dirty items or accessories unknowingly to her, Minoru had destroyed most of his dirty possessions in his fit of rage from the other day. The rest he just boxed up and placed in his closet not wanting to think of any of it while he was trying to recover his mental health.

"Just sit anywhere I guess. Or stand, it's whatever." Minoru went to his little mini fridge and got out a grape soda and sat on his purple bean bag chair.

"Thank you. Your room is quite nice." Momo complimented as she took a seat on the floor next to him.

"Thanks Yaoyorozu." Minoru took a sip of his soda.

"Momo." Momo spoke.

"Hmm?" Minoru looked to her.

"Momo. Call me Momo please. You don't have to be so formal. We're friends." Momo said with a small smile.

"Are we really? No really? Were we really ever friends?" Minoru set down his soda and looked her dead in the eyes.

"Yes we are. You are part of this class an-" Minoru then cuts her off.

"What hand do I write with?" Minoru asked suddenly.

"Come again?" Momo asked confusedly.

"What HAND...do I write with?" Minoru asked again.

Momo went quiet...she really didn't know.

"Seriously? I'm right handed. Dude, I sit right in front of you. You mean to tell me this whole time you couldn't even take notice of what hand I write with?" Minoru contradicted her friend claim.

Momo's face dropped and she looked down at her hands as she claspes them together.

"Sigh. You're right Minoru...we weren't friends. BUT…" She then looks at him earnestly.

"I'd like that to change." Momo said, looking him in the eyes as intensely as he did her.

"Huh, really now?" Minoru said with a blank expression.

"Yes Minoru. Really. I want that to change. You're words that day cut deep and you were right." Momo said, placing a hand on his flesh hand.

"I wasn't being nice to you because we were friends. I was doing it to try and repay a debt to you for saving my life. It wasn't genuine concern...it was just my morality." Momo spoke in a low tone that reeked of shame.

"I don't want that anymore. I don't want you to feel unwanted anymore. I don't want you to feel like an outcast in a place where you should feel at home. I don't….want you to feel alone and hurt anymore." Momo gripped his hand.

Minoru said nothing but his expression did ease up a bit to where some emotion could be read from his eyes. He then pulled his hand away and heaved a great sigh.

"If that's what you really want Momo then okay." Minoru said.

"Thank you Minoru. Truly, you won't regret this. I'm going to make things better between us. I'm not going to turn my back on you this time. Never again. I'm going to be there for you as I should have before and not by duty or obligation. Because I want to. For you." Momo smiled warmly with a blush.

Minoru just offered a very faint smile in return. He then leaned deep into his beanbag chair silently not knowing where to take this conversation next. Momo could sense this too and in an attempt to break the dead silence she spoke up and asked.

"If it's okay...you didn't get a chance to play your harmonica. So could you play for me? I really didn't know you played an instrument. So what better way to start this fresh start between us then with me getting to know new aspects of you?" Momo smiled.

"I guess so. Alright then." Minoru took out his harmonica and placed it at his lips.

Minoru thought about what he was going to play. Momo just silently waited with anticipation. A song came to Minoru at that moment..he then began to play "Exile Vilify."

As he played the tune Momo thought it sounded rather sad but it was very good to listen to.

"( Exile...it takes your mind….again.)" Minoru sang the lyrics in his head. He wasn't a good singer normally but that was mainly because he'd always try showing off and end up making himself sound like a dying animal. His inner voice was calm and steady...it didn't sound like a pro singer but it was enough to be decent.

"( Exile. It takes your mind. Again. )"

"( You've got suckers luck...have you given up? )"

"( Does it feel like a trial? Does it trouble your mind the way...you trouble mine? )"

Minoru played the harmonica more passionately.

"( Exile...it takes your mind...again…)"

"( Exile. It takes your mind. Again )"

"( Oh you meant...so...much. Have you given….up? )"

"( Does it feel like a trial? Does it trouble your mind the way, you trouble mine? Does it FEEL like a trial?...Now you're thinking too fast...you're like marbles on glass. )"

Minoru then leaned up and played the song with more emotion.

"( Vilify...don't even try…)"

"( Vilify...don't even try...)"

"( …..I've got suckers luck...have I given up? Yes it feels like a trial…)" Minoru diverged from the original lyrics.

"( I know it troubles your mind the way it troubles mine…)"

"( Because it feels like a trial…)"

"( Yes I've fallen for the same empty answers again…)"

"( Vilify...don't even try…)"

"( Vilify….don't even try…)"

Minoru then leaned back as the song he played slowed down.

"( Vilify…..why even try? )"

"( Vilify…..)" With that...Minoru finally stopped playing and shut his eyes.

Silence….and then he heard clapping. He opened his eyes and looked over to Momo who was smiling and clapping.

"That was such an amazing performance. I really felt your emotions as you played." Momo praised him.

"Tch, thanks Momo. I just played how I felt." He smiled weakly.

"Well It was great. Thank you for sharing that with me." Momo grinned happily.

"Thank you for giving me this chance to try and make things better." Said Momo.

"Don't gotta thank me but, you're welcome anyways." Minoru said.

Momo smiled and sat up on her feet. "Well I'll go for now. I can tell you're really tired from your sparring session with Ace." She said.

"Yeah I really am. That girl hurts hard…" Minoru rubbed a few sore spots on his body.

"Yes...she does. Ahem. Well I'll be off. Take care and I'll talk to you again soon." Momo smiled and left his room.

Minoru sighed and crawled into bed kicking off his shoes and passing out almost instantly.

"( Okay, now it's time to look more into this Ace character, but I have to find a good place to start. There's something behind her, I can feel it. )" Momo thought to herself as she walked down the halls of the dorm building.

*With Ace.*

"Fuckin Hell man." Ace cursed wringing out her wet jacket.

"I know, I know." Hitoshi said doing the same with his shirt.

"Seriously Mother Nature, don't ya got anything better to do?" Ace rolled her eyes.

"It's not as bad as all this crap centering around that little friend of yours." Hitoshi said, slipping his shirt back on.

"I told you he's innocent." Ace said.

"I believe you. I'm just saying." Hitoshi raised his hands up.

"Sigh, I know man, seriously people need to chill the eff out." Ace said, throwing her jacket over her shoulder.

"I agree, it's just annoying at this point." Hitoshi said.

"Got that right, but don't worry. I'll get this rat nailed to the wall soon enough." Ace said shoving one hand into his pocket.

"If you need help just ask." Hitoshi said to her.

"Don't worry, I will." Ace smiled.

"Good, also have you heard about his new vigilante going around on the news lately?" Hitoshi asked.

"Which one? There are a few of em." Ace asked him.

"The one going by the name Noir." Hitoshi said.

"Ahhh, ya mean the black and white dual gun, knife slingin masked vigle girl? Yeah, she's been pretty radioactive in the media lately." Ace said.

"Radioactive?..." Hitoshi tilted his head.

"Popular." Ace translated.

"I swear I need a dictionary for your slang." Hitoshi ran a hand through his wet hair.

"Hahaha, maybe I'll make one.~" Ace winked.

"I'm not complaining." Hitoshi rolled his eyes.

Ace laughed and put an arm around Hitoshi's shoulders. "Haha!~ Okay, I'll see ya dude. Got some work to do." Ace patted his shoulder and walked off.

"See ya Ace, stay out of trouble." Hitoshi said to her as she walked off.

"Someone should tell trouble to stay outta me for once!" Ace retorted as she made her way to her room.'

Hitoshi only chuckled. "( Ace you goof ball. )" He smiled and walked to his room as well.

*With Minoru.*

Minoru was just taking a nap until he heard knocks on his door. He slowly woke up quite easily and rubbed his eyes. "Who's there?" He called out.

"It's me Mineta. Can you open the door please?" Aizawa's voice rang from behind the door.

"Sigh...Coming." The boy felt a loom of dread come over him. He could tell this wasn't anything good.

He quickly got out of bed and put on his shoes and walked to the door. He took a deep breath and opened it. There stood, of course Aizawa. His teacher had a rather sympathetic look on his face. "Thank you." Aizawa said.

"What is it sir?" Minoru said in a low tone.

"Just come with me please. Me, Nezu and a few other teachers would like to talk to you and NO you're not in trouble. This is about your well being." Aizawa confirmed.

Minoru felt his shoulders ease off the tension but he still wasn't looking forward to this.

"Sigh...Okay. Let's just go." Minoru walked out his room and shut the door.

Aizawa nodded and Minoru followed close behind. Minoru could only imagine how this was going to go...and deep down. He really wasn't up for it mentally.

"( Let's just get it over with. )" Minoru sighed internally as he followed Aizawa to meet with the other teachers.

To Be Continued.