'Thank god, he's not he-'
*SLAM*
"DEKU!"
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'Me and my stupid thoughts...'
*Fwip* *Slam*
'... Me and my stupid pain receptors...' Midoriya groaned internally as Bakguou pressed him against the wall.
"You hide your Quirk from me... and you use it to get 200 points in the fucking exam?!" Bakugou exclaimed, gaining the attention of every student in the room.
"Hiding his Quirk?"
"I thought he was Quirkless?"
"Why would he lie to us? Is he fucking stupid?"
"Obviously not if he got into U.A moron!"
'... Bakugou and his stupid mouth.' Midoriya thought bitterly before looking Bakugou in the eyes, "So I hid my Quirk and passed the exam. And given the fact that you're extremely angry, I can assume you passed too." He said, "So, would it be a good idea for you to attack someone who will be going to the exact same school as you?"
"Shut up Deku! Don't think just because you passed the exam you can stand on the same plane as me!"
"You're right... I'm standing on a plane even higher."
"What did you say...?"
"Do you want to punch me? Gun it then. But acknowledge that since I'm a registered future U.A student, I'm sure the Principal and the staff won't be as lenient as they have been."
Realizing he's in a bind, Bakugou let him go. "Tch, damn Deku, don't think just because you're in U.A means you're tough shit!" He yelled before storming off to his seat, leaving him with the attention of his peers.
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'What a pain.' Midoriya thought, as the orange haired girl to his right looked away in a huff.
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"Thank god the others knew better than to mess with a future U.A student... God I sound like one of those entitled kids." Midoriya groaned as he entered the coffee shop All Might told him to meet at. "But now I can finally talk to my useless teacher."
"I heard that."
"Good, because it's true." Midoriya replied, sitting across from him, "How have you been Toshinori?"
"Pretty good, I finished my paper work and finalized my logistics to be a teacher at U.A." All Might explained.
"You've neglected to mention that you're going to be a teacher at U.A, but continue."
"So I'll be able to train and watch over you without raising suspicion, how about you? Are you doing well?"
"If getting shot by missiles, almost getting arrested, dodging intangible punches, and fixing a bathroom is well, then sure." Midoriya replied, and while All Might wanted to know why he had to fix a bathroom, he chose not to comment. "But I did figure out how to use you know what without hurting myself."
"I noticed, but chose not to comment." All Might replied with a smile on his face... which then faded to a frown, "But I wish to apologize for not being there for you."
"Ehh don't worry about it, I just like giving you a hard time." Midoriya said, "But I'm in 1-B, and while I don't know much about the school hierarchy, I'm sure that 1-A will get more attention than 1-B."
"... Your assumption will be correct. I tried bartering with Principal Nezu, but he said 'Having a successor shouldn't take your attention away from the other students'."
"Huh, that's funny, having a successor SHOULD take attention away from the other students. But I understand what he's saying." Midoriya replied, as the waitress walked up to the table, "Do you have any milkshakes?"
"Young Midoriya, this is a coffee sho-"
"Yes, we have strawberry, vanilla, chocolate, and cookies and cream."
"Ooh, strawberry please." The waitress nodded and left the table with a bow.
"Wait, this place had milkshakes?"
"Apparently." Midoriya replied, "But back to what we were discussing. I understand what he's saying, and with Full Cowling I pretty much don't need much help aside from training to eventually be able to take 100% of its power. So until that day comes, it would be a better idea for you to teach the other students. That way the future of heroes would be strong, and the connection between you and I can only be seen as student and teacher, not successor and master."
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"I suppose you have a point."
"Which means you need to cut hero time for teaching."
"W-What?!"
"If you're going to be a teacher, then we don't want you puffing down for something stupid like 'Running out of time'. Didn't you say you wanted your skinny form to NOT be revealed?"
"I... very well."
"Great."
"Here you are, sir enjoy." She bowed before leaving.
"Now... time to enjoy this milkshake."
"Can I have some?"
"Order your own, you're flipping rich."
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*Bzz* *Bzz* *Click*
"Aiba? What's up?"
"Hey... did you know Amajiki's Birthday is this Saturday?"
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"I know now... and I'm mildly upset that he didn't tell us." Midoriya replied with a sigh, "But I bet he doesn't like to celebrate his birthday... not like he'll have a choice with me."
"... Do I even want to know what you plan on doing?"
"Oh yes, it's diabolical! We're going to drag him to a sleepover in Fat's office. We'll binge the Star Wars trilogy until we pass out by the 8th or 9th movie."
"Because we'll be tired?" Aiba asked.
"Because they're that bad." Midoriya answered, "And I also need to get him a gift."
"Don't overwhelm him with gifts."
"Oh trust me it will be tame. Odds are Togata and Hadou will try to spoil him with extravagant gifts. But Haya is cool so we probably shouldn't worry about her." Midoriya explained, "Anyway thanks for the heads up, I'm going to see if I can't beg, plead, and cry enough to get Fat to let us have a sleepover."
"Godspeed Midoriya." He could feel her salute from the other end before hanging up.
'Now step two of the plan.' Midoriya thought before dialing Fat's number.
*Bzz* *Bzz* *Click*
"Hello? Whatcha need Midoriya?"
"Hey Fat, see Amajiki's birthday is coming up in a couple days, and I kinda wanted to know if you can let us sleepover in the office to watch the entire collection of Star Wars until the 8th main movie rolls around and we all fall asleep from boredom."
"Hey! I liked Last Jedi."
"Then you clearly have terrible taste, but I respect your wrong opinions." Midoriya replied, "But is that a yes for the sleepover?"
"Only if Tamaki agrees to it."
"With Togata and Hadou as his friends, he'll choose this one as the least painful option."
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"Ya know what? Fair enough." Fat Gum replied, "Well I'll allow it, but only if I can join in!"
"Sure why not? Also can I bring a friend?"
"'Dat depends, is she cute as a button?"
"Goodbye Fat Gum."
*Click*
'Alright, time to ask the last person.' Midoriya thought, before rushing to the open window and reaching over to tap on Yanagi's window.
*Tap* *Tap* *Tap*
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*Creak*
"Midoriya? What do you need?"
"Hey Yanagi, I'm having a birthday party sleepover with a friend this Friday. You're my friend, and by association, you're his friend. So therefore, you're morally obligated to come, so tell your parents that you're going, you have no choice."
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"Okay?"
"Great! I'll meet you at your school and take you there!"
*Slam*
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*Creak*
"... Where exactly is your school?"
...
"Thanks for the lift Fat, be right back." Midoriya waved.
"Get 'er fast ya hear? We still gotta make a snack run!" Fat Gum, now in his skinny form due to classified circumstances, is currently waiting in his car.
"Didn't we get groceries yesterday?"
"Yeah but this is different!"
"... Whatever floats your boat." Midoriya replied, rushing past the gate and waiting at the front door, texting Yanagi that he's outside waiting.
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'I texted her 10 minutes ago... something's wrong.' Midoriya thought as he rushed inside and walked up to the first girl he saw, "Hey you, have you seen a girl with white hair, one of her eyes covered, arms in an odd yet endearing posture?"
"Hu- Oh... her." She said bitterly.
'That's... somehow good and bad sign.' Midoriya thought, "So you've seen her?"
"Yeah, she was talking with my friends, why are you her sorry boyfriend?"
"First off, fuck you too. Second off, what's it to you? I'm just looking for her, so either tell me where your friends are at, or I'll have to find her myself."
Somehow his words caused her resolve to crumble like wet paper, "O-Okay! She's on the second floor."
"Great! See ya." Midoriya said as he rushed upstairs to the second floor.
"-use because you're in the Hero Course, doesn't make you better than us bitch."
'That sounds like pretentious assholes.' Midoriya muttered, reaching the top of the stairs, seeing Yanagi being cornered at the lockers by a group of girls.
"Because let me tell you... I got reeeeeally unlucky with my test. Some asshole with a fire Quirk ruined my chances... AND, he decided to give points to 4 people... and guess what? I'm not one of them!"
*SLAM*
"Let me tell you... I'm really pissed off-"
"Is that so? Interesting." Midoriya spoke out, instantly getting the girl's attention.
"You! You're the one who fucked me over!"
"Hmm... you're going to have to be more specific, I fucked over a lot of people in my time... and you're not worth remembering you know."
"What did you say?!"
"You're apparently ignorant too, so I'll just say it slowly." Midoriya leaned in closer, "You. Are not. Worth. Remembering. And considering you're venting your anger out on someone who wasn't even involved. You're not worth dealing wit-"
*WHAM*
"M-Midoriya!"
"Say that again pun-"
"Green!" A familiar voice yelled, as Fat knelt down to tend to him, "Are you alright?"
"... Okay, that hurt." Midoriya grunted before standing back up. "What are you doing here Fat Gum?"
"... Wait. You're Fat Gum? THE Fat Gum?"
"In the flesh, and in the eyes that saw you punch one of my future sidekicks." Fat Gum said, which made the girl pale, "And I have the right of mind to-"
"Let it go Fat." Midoriya said, which made Fat pause mid rant.
"... Kid, did she hit ya that hard that ya forget what happened 15 seconds ago?"
"No, my memory is pretty pristine. But this isn't our choice." Midoriya said, before looking at Yanagi, "I don't go to this school... and frankly, I kinda deserved getting whacked. Regardless, she is a massive bitch, mainly to you, so the decision is up to you."
'... Why must you do this to me?' Yanagi groaned in her head, before pondering the decision she has to make, 'If I let Fat Gum do what he intended... then who knows what would happen to them, but then a message would be sent to the other bullies of the school and they could leave me to my own devices. But if I just let this incident go... they could leave me to my own devices... or view me as weak and insult me even more. Regardless, there are benefits and consequences to each choice... in fact, they're roughly equal in terms of consequences.' Yanagi thought, 'So I suppose... I should choose the option with the least risk and the highest benefits... no.' She added, before looking at Midoriya, 'Or rather... I should choose the option... that is the right thing to do.'
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"Let them go."
"Huh?" The girl asked.
"I'll admit, she's idiotic, brash, aggressive, solves problems with her hands and not her intellect. But... she's still a child. Therapy would be beneficial to turn her to the right track." The girl opened her mouth to retort... but knew better given her circumstance.
"Are you sure? Just say the word and I'll give 'em and her friends a piece of my mind."
"I'm certain Fat, now let's go."
"... Very well." Fat Gum said, as the three of them exited the school and entered his car. As they made their way down the road Midoriya turned to face her.
"Hey I wanted to say that I really respect what you did back there."
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"I didn't wish to say this in front of her, but I'm certain that there are outside forces involved in her behavior. Forces I'm unaware of. It would be unfair to judge her without the full information. Not only that, but the other girls were just her followers... "
"... That's a smart thought there kiddo." Fat Gum commented, not taking his eyes off of the road, "To be honest... I didn't want to punish 'em either. I just wanted ta act tough ya know?"
"... Yes, I understand." Yanagi replied.
"... But she really ripped me a new one."
"I'll say!" Fat Gum exclaimed in laughter, "She laid ya flat on your ass!"
"Okay, listen! She caught me by surprise."
"Uh-Huh? And ya sure I shouldn't report this to Togata? I'm sure he'd love ta do the punch training again!"
"Hell no." Midoriya replied, causing Yanagi to chuckle to herself, "And care to share what's so funny?" The ever present smirk ruining his tough act.
"... Nothing."
The once tense atmosphere was replaced with a much brighter one.
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"Happy birthday... to you. Happy birthday... to you. Happy birthday Tamehe meh... Okay this is boring so let's open the presents." Midoriya sang with very little enthusiasm as he shoved his present towards an equally enthused Amajiki.
"You didn't have to get me anything..."
"Spare me the shy crud and open it."
Realizing he had no choice in the matter, Amajiki opened the present... revealing a smaller box with a bunch of cases. "... What is it?"
"Seriously? I mean I understand it ceased production like 7 decades ago, with only a limited re-run last year for it's 70th anniversary, but that's a 3DS man. It's a game console." Midoriya explained, "And those cases are all of the Kirby games that are a part of the DS library... which is a lot. I also added some other Kirby games I bought off of the shop." Midoriya explained, which made Amajiki pale.
"T-This is too much."
"I know! I compared you to Kirby when we first met, and I decided to give that arc a close you know? And now you're morally obligated to play them, unless you want me to feel like I wasted money and I will feel very sad."
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"O-Okay." Amajiki muttered, setting that present aside.
"My turn!" Aiba exclaimed, pushing her present towards him. "Mine isn't as expensive and extra as Midoriya's, but I got you something cool." She said, as Amajiki opened the present, revealing a plush toy of Kirby.
"Oi! You're mooching off my gift idea!"
"Oh can it Midoriya, anyway I figured we'd keep the Kirby trend going, and while you can beat those games in like... 2 weeks max, that plush will stay with you for a long time."
"Don't you use twisted logic to make your gift sound better!" Midoriya whined, as Aiba stuck her tongue out at him.
"Well maybe you should get a better gif-"
*SLAM*
"There you are!" Hadou exclaimed, "We've been waiting for you for ages!"
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"Oh yeah... I knew I was forgetting something." Midoriya muttered.
"You didn't invite them?" Yanagi, who has been quiet up till now, asked as Midoriya waved his hands in a defensive manner.
"I told Haya!"
"... Yuyu is this true?" Hadou asked with a betrayed look, as Haya ate from a take-out box.
"I *Munch* I might have known, but stayed silent so I can get some dinner."
"... So what you're saying is, you kept your mouth shut so you can get some free dinner?" Hadou asked, dropping her betrayed look for a more annoyed one.
"Yup."
"And you don't feel bad at all?"
"Not at all."
"... You suck you know that?"
"Oh definitely." Haya replied, before placing a wrapped gift in front of Amajiki, "Here, we got you an ice cream cake. Though it says it's from the three of us, it was mostly my idea." She explained, as Hadou went back to the feeling of betrayal.
"T-Traitor!" She exclaimed, as Togata began to laugh.
"... They're quite a lively bunch." Yanagi muttered.
"You don't even know half of it." Midoriya replied, before looking around, "Also, I'm noticing a lack of 'Private Green'. Where's Armie?"
"Oh, Armie left ta her mother." Fat Gum replied.
"... Well alright, we'll save her some cake."
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"Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant... next to the power of the force."
"Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to that ancient religion hasn't helped you find the rebels' hidden for- ghh khh!"
"... I find your lack of faith disturbing."
"Hey he said the thing." Aiba commented, remembering their first interaction, "The thing you said to me."
"Yeah these movies are very quotable. In fact... it's kinda addicting quoting movies."
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"Luke, you have not yet realized your importance, you have only begun to discover your power. Join me! And I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict, and bring order to the Galaxy."
"I'll never join you!"
"If you only knew the power of the Dark Side, Obi Wan would have told you what happened to your father."
"He told me enough... he told me you killed him."
"No... I am your father."
"What...?" Aiba asked, as the information slowly started to sink in.
"Yup." Midoriya replied, a smile on his face.
"WAIT WHAT?!"
"Yup." The smile grew larger by the second.
"Wai wai wait! He literally, sold his friend to Jabba the Hutt, tried to freeze him in carbonite afterwards to then bring to the Emperor, threw a bunch of junk at him, broke the window behind him and sent him flying outside and almost fall down the death hole, chopped off his arm, and heck he tried to kill him in the last movie! And now he's all like 'Hey I know I tried to kill you like... 17 different times up till this point, but I'm your father! Surprise!'"
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"Yup that pretty much summarized what happened."
Aiba had just one thing to say.
"What the actual fuck."
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"I don't know you anymore. Anakin, you're breaking my heart. You're going down a path I can't follow!"
"... Because of Obi Wan?"
"Because of what you've done... what you plan to do! Stop, stop now! Come back! I-I love you!"
"This is the saddest thing..." Aiba commented, plopping a lone popcorn kernel into her mouth.
"The whole love story between Anakin and Padme was tragic." Midoriya replied, "It was forbidden love because the Jedi Code stated that Jedi couldn't love or get married not only to keep them focused on maintaining the Jedi Order, but love can also lead to jealousy and fear of lose. Which is happening here." He explained, "All he wanted was to save Padme, who was pretty much the last person he trusted and loved left. And she was begging him to return to the Light Side, but he was too far gone. And he was begging her to come join him... but she can't follow, not with her pregnant with Luke and Leia."
"Whoa." Aiba muttered.
"Yeah, and while I'll admit that Episode I and II weren't amazing... in fact they're like a 5/10. But where they succeeded is setting up the narrative... even if it's loose and flimsy it still set up this movie and it's... freaking fantastic."
"I'll say..."
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"Climb! Climb! You can still send the plans to the fleet. If you can open the shield gate, you can brooadcaast from the tooower. Loocking the vault door now."
"K? K!"
"Goooodbye."
"K!"
*SLAM* *BOOM* *Click* *Click* *Click*
"... Okay K2SO is my favorite character."
"Yeah... he's... amazing." Midoriya muttered, his eyes closing slowly before snapping open.
"Aww you tired?"
"... Pretty much." Midoriya replied, the only remaining people awake. "Me want sleep."
"But weren't you the one who wanted to watch all of the Star Wars movies with me?"
"... The last 3 are shit..."
She rolled her eyes before looking back at the movie. "How long until this movie ends?"
"Uhhhh... 30 minutes?"
"You can survive until then."
*Not even 5 minutes later...*
"I take it back, he didn't survive." Aiba muttered to herself, not even 5 minutes passed before Midoriya leaned his head onto Yanagi's, who was sleeping on his side. '... Damn it that's adorable.' But then she got an idea, she gently moved Midoriya's arm so his hand would be touching hers, 'Come on...' Yanagi's hand twitched, 'Almost...' Her hand inched towards his, 'One more...' And in one slow motion, her hand grabbed his, a light sigh escaped her. 'Okay, my job is done... and now time to watch the fireworks tomorrow morning.' Aiba thought, as she glanced at the clock, 5:43 AM.
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'I guess I can stay up to see it.'
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"Hmm..." Yanagi groaned, her eyes slowly opening, but felt something odd in her hand, "Hu... gah!" She exclaimed uncharacteristically loud as she pulled herself away. And without the support he once had, Midoriya collapsed onto the floor.
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*Snore*
But he continued to sleep.
"Smooth, really smooth." Aiba commented, as she continued to type away at her laptop.
"W-What happened?" Yanagi asked, trying to regain her composure... and her normal facial color.
"Nothing much, Midoriya crashed near the end of Rogue One. He used your head as a form of headrest, and in return, your hand clasped around his. It was kinda cute if you ask me."
"W-What?" She whispered in shock, as Aiba shrugged and shook her head.
"Hey I'm just calling it as it is. But I gotta admit, you two are pretty buddy buddy considering you've only known each other for... like a week?" Aiba replied, "And let me tell ya, Midoriya would not shut up about you."
"... Huh?" She asked, her face regaining the bright red color it once had, making Aiba laugh before gently knocking on her forehead.
"Oops, guess I shouldn't have said that, my bad." She replied with a smirk, before dawning a more serious face, "But I will say this. Value your friendship with that dork, because excluding those gaggle of weirdos, myself, and Fat Gum. You're pretty much the only friend he has, and he can learn a lot from you, just like you can learn a lot from him."
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"I see." She replied.
"So he told me you like surfing the internet looking for scary stuff... wanna check stuff out with me? I can hack into places to show you some reeeeeaaal scary shit."
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'I have an inkling suspicion that this is illegal. But...' Yanagi thought, before shaking her head, 'I suppose... it should be fine.' "Yes."
La Brava smiled and patted the empty spot next to her.
"Then get over here, we have a lot of stuff to look through."
*End of Chapter*