The first date had gone well.

In fact, Izuku had walked Suri home like a perfect gentleman. The mood would have called for a little more formal dress in most cases but having been at the beach before, the loose clothing hiding the swimsuits underneath were fine. Honestly, formal clothing would have just felt constrictive and almost claustrophobic with how nervous Izuku was at first. Luckily, he had lightened up almost as soon as they sat down and started looking through their menus.

Especially once the two of them started talking pro heroes.

He opened up and out came all of this wonderful and lovable personality that he often kept hidden inside. Suri loved that about him. It was the same thing she loved about Tooru and it made her a little sad that the two of them both had the habit of, once they realized they were going off on tangents they'd stop and apologize.

Suri made sure he didn't apologize a second or third time. When he had, she promptly shoved a french fry in his mouth with a devious grin.

That same devious grin that she wore now as he walked her to the front gate of the Kuroyashi compound. The grin that had rose as the wereleopard bodyguards, Ryo and Dai, saw them coming, gave them a wink and quietly slipped inside the gates to leave them alone. The same devious grin that was now being shown off to the greenette in front of her that had a spike of nervousness course through him.

He stared into her chartreuse eyes and swallowed hard.

"W-well we're here," he nervously chuckled.

"Yup we are," Suri replied with a soft purr. "I had fun, honestly. How about you?"

"I-I did, actually. I think I was just as nervous about the date as the entrance exams," he chuckled nervously, scratching at the back of his head before he quieted a little. "I um… I wasn't a bad date?"

"No, not at all." Suri responded and shook her head. Her hands found themselves moving upwards, smoothing the collar of his shirt as she gazed happily into those emerald pools of his. "Seriously, you're so caring and attentive already anyway, which is great. You didn't have to look up articles on dating, once you were yourself, it was absolutely perfect."

"You knew," he asked, looking dejected and ashamed.

"You went on a little tangent while we were on our way to the cafe as you were reading," Suri snickered back.

"Dammit," he quietly chided himself and looked down.

His eyes went wide as his head was lifted back upwards with his cheeks cradled between Suri's hands. He enjoyed the soft touch as she held him and nearly melted from the warmth in that caring and careful gaze she gave him.

"Hey," she gave him full eye contact. "It meant a lot. Other guys would've just gloated over the fact they were on a date with a pretty girl. You? You wanted to make damn sure you made the date enjoyable for that pretty girl."

"I-I guess you're right," he gave a weak smile back.

"Which is exactly why I know you'll do great on your next two," she grinned and happily enjoyed the look of his cheeks as they turned red.

He had been so focussed on making sure this date went well, he forgot about the others because of course he did. Gods he was so fucking precious.

"No freaking out, green bean, you're going to be amazing. I promise," she reassured.

"R-right," he smiled a little more broadly and nodded.

"So," Suri smiled and let her hands move from cupping his cheeks. Her left hand found its way, not much farther, and fell to the side of his neck while her right moved down and gently rested on his chest. She enjoyed the warmth of his skin and the soft sculpting that his muscles provided to her fingers. "I guess this is goodnight?"

"Y-yeah," he swallowed again as he stared forward at Suri. His hands were floundering slightly, unsure what to do with themselves before they found a comfortable spot to rest. His fingers pressed ever so lightly at Suri's hips. "I um… would you like…"

His lips hung slightly parted and Suri couldn't help herself.

"A kiss? Yes," she whispered in a purring tone as she closed that last inch or two between them.

She caught his lips, which weren't quite as full or soft as Mina and Tooru's, and wrapped them around her own. Her luscious lips gave his own a soft pull as they held each other for a long timeless moment. His body was tense, stiff as a board at the first second or two of contact, and he let out a soft sound akin to a whimper. That stillness in him lasted that short moment and then Suri felt him push into her, made the tugging sensation not so taught and into a comforting warm embrace. An embrace that lasted until they pulled back to take a breath and stare into each other's eyes once again. His eyes were fluttering back as he slowly settled back into reality and the corner of his lips curled ever so slightly. He was still a little nervous but the look in his eyes said that, for as worried as he was, he was happy. It was like that kiss had melted a lot of his fears away, like any doubts that he had been a gracious date were quickly disappearing. And for good reason.

"I-I was gonna ask if you wanted me to text you when I got home," he finally said.

"Hehe, whoops," she giggled and licked her lips. "But, yes please."

"All right. I will," he smiled and then did something Suri hadn't expected. There was a flash of that confidence in his eyes and before it really registered, Suri's lips were back in his. This time he pushed. His lips crashing softly against hers as he caught them and held them between his own and a faint trickle of a growl slipped from his throat. Between the sudden kiss and his hands, his strong, firm hands gripping her waist tightly and pulling her into him made Suri let out a soft whimpering moan. He had no idea but he'd grabbed one of her spots that made her absolutely melt and she had to grip the back of his neck tight with one hand, while the other crumpled the collar of his shirt.

And then, he did something else that made Suri weak in the knees.

The little bastard pulled away with a smile and with an otherworldly smoothness simply wished her goodnight. And just like that he slipped out of her grasp, leaving her still half lidded and shaky, and began walking away. Once she was able to stand she watched him from streetlight to streetlight, bit her lip, and growled softly under her breath.

"Fuck me, he's good," she whispered lustfully and smirked to herself.

"I could get used to that," Atiena purred and licked her lips.

Suri and Atiena shared a smile as they stood upright, made sure that she was straight and then took a deep breath before she entered the gates to the compound. The bodyguards on the other side simply gave her knowing smiles as they stepped back outside to their posts. It wasn't like she hadn't seen them making out with their significant others either. Wait, was Izuku already a significant other?

The thought crossed her mind and she had to mull it over a few times as she made her way through the living room and into her bedroom. She couldn't help but smile as she opened the door and peered inside.

Speaking of significant others.

Tooru and Mina were already asleep, huddled tight in her bed. Mina's bare back showed in the sliver of light offered from the living room and Suri happily followed the pathway from the back of her neck down her spine until it disappeared beneath the sheets at the swell of her hips. On the other side of her was Tooru, using Mr. Squeak as a pillow so that she nestled herself comfortably into the space between Mina's breasts and her chin. The first good morning kiss in this position would leave a small peck of lips against the dimple where Mina's collarbone met in the center. Mina loved that.

Suri stood there in the soft light and just took in the view. It had nearly been two months since that first date, their first kisses. The sleepovers had come shortly thereafter and it took a lot of willpower not to jump into bed with them. She savored the moment. How perfect they were, how beautiful they both looked wrapped in each other's arms. She savored the memories of each time they'd shared the bed, every touch and caress, every kiss, every waking hour they spent staying up and gossipping or talking about movies, games, music, or heroes.

The ghostly memory of how warm those two were when she was with them made Suri shiver from a cold that didn't even exist. Which wasn't a bad thing. It was quite the opposite because it made her smile, shut and lock her door, and then shimmy out of her clothing. The sleeveless hoodie and shorts got tossed into a pile that was a mix of all three girls' clothing, the bikini came off next and was tossed into her laundry basket. She stood in the moonlight, basked in its glow as the cool night air bathed her naked skin. She heard her phone buzz and she idly retrieved it from the hoodie on the floor to open it and see a text from Izuku.

A grin crossed her lips as she padded those few steps to bed and read his text.

Izuku: I made it home.

Suri: Glad you made it safe, green bean! 3

Izuku: I had a lot of fun today. Thank you for everything. :)

Suri: No problem handsome. Thanks for showing a girl a good time hehe.

Can't wait til next time :3

Izuku: Next time?! 0.0

Suri giggled as she lowered herself and slipped into bed behind Mina. She leaned herself back enough that she could still text and not disturb her sleeping lovers but happily tucked her waist into the pinkette. And just like a dozen times before she was happily reminded how perfectly the shape of Mina's wonderfully smackable and grabbable ass fit into the curve of her pelvis.

Suri: You bet your sweet ass, sexy ^w^

He was silent for a long moment after that and Suri couldn't help but chuckle at the thought as she envisioned him nearly screaming at his phone. He had to be bright red.

Izuku: You think I'm sexy?

Suri shook her head. He really didn't see it in himself did he? Her eyes then trailed to Tooru and she gave a long, loving look at her invisible girlfriend. She still struggled with seeing it in herself but how do you see something in the mirror when you're invisible? Suri and Mina gave something to Tooru that no one else could or had bothered to try and give her; affirmation. And sometimes that's all it takes. Sometimes people just need to be reminded that they were beautiful, or talented, that they were good, that they... weren't bloodthirsty monsters. Suri needed the affirmation just as much as them and that was exactly what Tooru, Mina, and Izuku gave her. That's why she was head over heels for them and they for her.

Well… Izuku was currently pending in that department.

Speaking of which.

Suri: Damn straight! And I'm not the only one.

Izuku: I actually think I needed that.

Suri: We all do lol. Anyway, better get some sleep, we got school and you got another date tomorrow hehe.

Izuku: You're sure they wanna go with me? They haven't answered.

It occurred to Suri that she had heard a buzz or two when she climbed into bed. Now it clicked and made sense to her.

Suri: They're both asleep already. Sorry.

Izuku: They are?

Suri: Mhmm! I'd send you a pic buuuuut you gotta finish your dates before you get to see us all yummy and naked lol :p

Anyway, get some sleep, hot lips. We'll see you at school tomorrow. Night! 3 3

With a grin, Suri rolled toward her nightstand, plugged in her phone and then rolled back and got herself comfortable. Comfortable meant pressing the line of Mina's back to her front and letting her head nestle into that spot behind Mina. Sure, the pillow already smelled of the pinkette's citrusy hair product but nothing beat that sweet comforting scent straight from the source. She draped her arm around Mina, securing her into the middle of their little pile, around Tooru and let her hand rest against the invisible girl's back.

"Welcome home," Tooru whispered sleepily.

"Sorry, didn't mean to wake you up," Suri whispered back, and let her fingers softly dance along Tooru's back.

"It's okay. I take it, the date went well?"

"Yeah," Suri answered with a smile. "It did."

"So we get to keep him," Tooru asked, her voice fading before she yawned.

"You still gotta go on your date first, silly. But yeah, I think we can."

"Yay~"

Tooru fell asleep almost instantly and Suri wasn't far behind her. One moment she saw the back of Mina's head illuminated by the glow of the moon, the next it was pitch black and she was asleep. Happily sleeping with her two loves in her arms.

The entire way to school Monday morning, the three of them couldn't shake the feeling that they had forgotten something. It lasted right up until Aizawa entered the room and started handing out test sheets.

Oh yeah.

They were testing this week before they went to I-Island for the weekend.

Unless you failed both portions of the test.

May the Gods have mercy on Mina and her wonderfully frazzled brain.

It became more frazzled as the days went on, though part of Tuesday's increase in frazzlement was because she couldn't get a certain someone out of her head. A certain someone who was blushing but happily enjoying his conversation at lunch with the pinkette squeezed up against him while he sat across from Tooru and Suri. It had been a little odd planning a date with the invisible girl with her two girlfriends in attendance. Both of which he had kissed. Both of which had thought him a good kisser. A very good kisser. He had taken Mina to a late movie and while he wasn't a fan of the horror movies she liked, he loved seeing her excited and happy. She had enjoyed the movie and he had enjoyed watching the happiness in her. And like the gentleman he was, he walked her home after the movie and surprised her at being the bold one and making the move. Izuku had been bold, made the move, and kissed Mina first. Apparently he wasn't always so shy. It had made Tooru all the more nervous for their date but luckily, between the planning and the test taking, the four did get a good distraction.

Well two actually.

The first had been that annoying asshat from 1-B, Monoma, who had some sort of hard on for trying to shit on 1-A as much as possible. If there was any tension between 1-A and 1-B it was usually caused by him and his antics. He became one of those people that you loved to hate and loved it even more when the good guys swooped in and bashed the villain. In this case it had been Kendo. Suri had decided a long while ago that she liked Kendo and everytime she interacted with 1-A, the more trusting the classes became. The fact that she wasn't bad on the eyes just made that even better. Aside from knocking Monoma's ass out cold for the umpteenth time she sated most of the class' fear as to what the midterm practical finals were going to be; robots. Robots could be fun.

The second welcome distraction had been a pissier than usual Bakugou. Why was a bitchy Bakugou a welcome distraction? Well he wasn't but the cause of said bitchiness was because his best friend and partner in crime hadn't sat with him at lunch. For the second day in a row.

Wednesday had brought the same result as the day prior, with Bakugou bitchy once again. This time he was bitchy at Izuku as well because, for some reason, seeing the greenette happy pissed him off. Granted Mineta and Kaminari weren't much happier because the green bean was, and quote, hogging two of the hottest girls in class. It took Suri all she had not to flash some claws and tell the two to stop ignoring the third hottie that was Tooru. And, in fact, Izuku did that for her and in a much nicer way when he simply corrected their number to three. That had been it, no attitude, no angry, no malice even, just a simple statement.

"I'm not hogging the three of them. I mean, I don't think of it that way just… we're just eating together. It's not a big deal."

Careful Deku, you might make those three fall for you even harder.

And he just might have if Tooru squeezing up next to him any tighter was a sign. She too had enjoyed her date with him. Had it been irony or dumb luck the he wound up taking her for ice cream at a cafe that was very familiar to the girls? He had taken Tooru to the same cafe that she, Suri, and Mina had started their relationship at. That had been the entire date, just eating ice cream and talking but that's all it had taken. He kissed her goodnight at her doorstep like Suri had wanted to the night she walked the invisible girl home weeks ago. And just like with her pink girlfriend, Izuku had been bold. Trapped her against her door bold! And unbeknownst to the others at the table, Tooru had left marks in his lower back from her enjoyment of it. It would be their little secret.

All of that said, Bakugou was always pissy when it came to the greenette. That fact had always sort of bothered Suri and it wasn't long before Mina and Tooru had noticed the same attitude. How could you resent Izuku? He was handsome with that boy next door charm, wicked smart and quick witted, an utter gentleman, and gods those lips of his. The guy was the posterboy for wholesomeness and just being a decent human being. This week had just been more pronounced because instead of his usual lunch buddies, a certain redhead was no longer sitting with them. Moreover, when looking at the 1-B side of things, a certain greenette of theirs was missing as well.

It became the subject of juicy gossip.

Gossip that led through the testing all day Monday and Tuesday, the final testing portions of Wednesday morning, through getting changed into hero costumes after lunch, and to the doorstep of the testing facility. The gossip only stopped when the class stared at the line of UA teachers joining them at the training ground. It was odd. Odd right up until Principal Nezu dropped a bombshell.

"Your opponents will be the teachers!"

He sounded way too happy and enthused about that as he said it. Though, that made Suri question something. How would Nezu sound pissed off? Would he still be all happy and cheerful with that sort of sing-song voice of his as he pummeled you into the ground or even, hell, ripping you limb from limb. Anyone who could sound this cheery all the time was easily one of the most terrifying motherfuckers on the planet. You could be looking at a cold blooded killer and nt even know it.

Sheesh.

That fear only shook away when the pairings were announced and Suri looked up to find that she was in the first match of the day. With her boy Kiri or all people but their opponent was Cementoss. This… would be interesting. And interesting is why Suri couldn't get something off her mind and just had to know.

"So," Suri stretched as they walked towards the starting position inside the empty, sprawling fake city. "You and Shiozaki?"

Kirishima coughed and about choked as they were walking. He turned to her and gave shocked eyes that were filled with a how did you know look. He had no idea that she and his best friend in Mina had orchestrated what happened on Sunday.

"Oh come on, bro, you can't tell me you thought we didn't know," Suri laughed.

"Well yeah! I mean, I didn't think anyone really noticed, ya know," he gave a light hearted chuckle as he scratched the back of his head.

"Oh," Suri snorted, "trust me, it's been noticed. Bakugou's been more of an ass than usual. What we hadn't noticed is how much you tend to calm him down around everyone. So that's been eye opening."

"Okay okay," he groaned. "We've just been eating lunch together at a little table in one of the back corners of the cafeteria. It's quieter so talking is a little easier is all."

"That's reasonable," Suri thought out loud and made a sort of nodding gesture.

"She um doesn't think you like her all that much," he admitted.

That made Suri freeze and give him wide eyes.

"Really? Why?!"

"You and Midoriya kinda tried to kill her with that last serve at the beach," he replied, sheepishly scratching at the corner of his chin and not meeting Suri's eyes.

Oh.

Whoops.

"Fuck," Suri sighed and shook her head with a smile. "That… was a little harder than we meant to spike it and not exactly the way Mina and I planned it."

"Planned?!"

He was back to being shocked again.

"Yeah," Suri replied and put her hands up defensively. "Like, the beach day was meant to get you two together anyway so-"

"Are you serious?" he shouted, cutting off Suri and almost sounded angry.

"Dude, she came to us a month ago! It was the same day you were curious about how to ask someone out so we had assumed you had gone out on a date already. And when it was clear you two needed a push we um… We sorta," Suri gave a little push motion.

"Oh!" he exclaimed again, and then the thoughts fully collected in his head. "Oh. Well… I guess that makes sense."

"When Mina and I saw the way she was looking at you," Suri admitted with a half hearted laugh of her own. "Shit, we had to hook you two up."

Kirishima stared into Suri's eyes and looked at her, like, really looked at her and tried to read her like a book. Of course women were like trying to read a calculus book so it didn't all comprehend but he did know the way honest certainty sounded. He wasn't completely lost and the looks he was getting from Shiozaki even before the beach had been plain as day. He had caught her staring at him more than once and she with him just as many. Then she showed up at the beach looking like an absolute angel and he had no idea how to approach her. So he had done the guy thing. The thing he knew how to do best and just be...a guy. A few flexes here and there. Being damn good at beach volleyball and showing off for her. The match between them and Suri and Midoriya had been their fourth match, they were looking to go four zip in their parade of alpha maleness. Then Suri apparently threw a kink in that. But... It did end up with a long walk on the beach with Shiozaki and now three lunch periods just the two of them and when he got back from I-Island…

"Guess I owe you guys big time," Kirishima grinned and shrugged those broad shoulders of his.

"Nah, I always got your back, brother," Suri grinned and held out a fist for him. "Let's go win this shit. We wanna hear all about the juicy details afterwards."

"Ha! You got it," he grinned showing off all of those pearly white shark teeth and instantly activated his hardening Quirk.

Suri grinned and let her power roll off of her and surrounded her and Kirishima in the heat and prickling electricity of Atiena's energy. He laughed and gave a small hell yeah as the energy rushed around his body and let her know that her power had energized him. It was similar to what had happened during the USJ incident. She'd ask Grandma Kuroyashi about it. Her eyes darkened and flipped to black and a fiery green gold while her ears lengthened into points, and her jaw partially shifted. She went into leopardwoman form and let her skin pour a short coat of fur from it, covering her head to toe in short bristles that mirrored her full beast. Her tail whipped as it extended from her lower spine, nestling nicely into the cut out of her uniform that had been designed for it. As she lowered herself into her pouncing position she had a thought that she might be even faster or powerful if this form of hers came with digitigrade legs. Atiena granted her thought and she hissed loudly as the muscles and bones in her legs and feet reformed and shifted in a matter of seconds. Her feet were now a set of large hind paws that were double the size of her human feet. The new shape of her legs let her get lower into her stance and in that moment, she was all predatory animal.

The shift had been seamless and quick, something they had been working on ever since her internship with her grandmother. In a mental image, the shift like this was as simple as Suri's human form leaning back into Atiena's chest fur and wrapping herself in the beast's arms. The movement was very much a sort of lover's embrace where your taller partner comes up and hugs you from behind. That's what it felt like. A hug that took you from being two separate people to being just one combined entity.

She had forgotten that she hadn't shown off this form since getting back and it was made very apparent by the reaction beside her.

"Whoah, dude!"

She rolled her head to the side and looked up at Kirishima. The look in his eyes said grinning ear to ear with excitement but his mouth hadn't decided if that's what it wanted to do or if it wanted to hang open in shock. She gave him a fang filled grin back. And it was a fang filled grin because in this form her teeth sharpened ever so slightly but her normal fangs, which were always prominent, had grown to almost an inch and a half in length.

"Guess I haven't shown off this form yet, have I?" she asked her friend. He was still taken aback because she spoke with Atiena's voice this deep into the transformation so he was far less used to the deeper, more sultry rasp of it. The only times he'd heard it before was when it was dueting Suri's natural voice.

"Seriously, Kuroyashi, that's badass," he laughed finally.

"The teachers are wearing those weight things, sure, but they're not gonna hold back on us. We gotta pull out all the stops right?" she grinned.

"Hell fucking yeah," Kirishima let out his own excited growl as his entire body hardened even more. This time partially encasing his face in a sort of mask. He looked as vicious as she did but even more than that, he reminded her of someone in that moment. She realized why they're exchanges were always so guy like and like they'd been close for their entire lives. Why they were so brotherly.

Before she could say anything the buzzer sounded and the match began.

They both charged forward, taking the fight straight to Cementoss. Or that was the sentiment of a plan anyway. They charged and were met with a forest of tall concrete walls that blocked every path to their goal. The beast woman's power surged and she brought out that strength that could lift and benchpress a car - she'd done it once in human form - and poured it into her claws. They sparked and glinted as she slashed through the solid objects, tearing and cutting them into pieces as she charged forward. The walls that were harder to tear through with claws became heavy bag substitutes that she didn't have to worry about replacing and she pummelled them with fists and kicks.

Kirishima was doing the same beside her. He was screaming like a feral animal as he punched and pounded his way through wall after wall. They were neck and neck at demolishing whatever was thrown at them, a quantity that seemed never ending. Because they were never ending and became a metaphorical hydra; cut one head off, two more take its place. They felt like they weren't making much headway through what Cementoss was throwing at them and, in fact, half the time felt like they were standing still. That was bad.

Kirishima was slowly becoming more sluggish the more walls they had to go through, not that Suri was doing much better herself. She seemed to be burning through Atiena's energy quicker than usual. Was that because of sharing energy with Kiri? To be burning up the energy this fast when, a month ago, she was able to keep this form going for a couple hours at least. That was a bad sign and meant she needed to figure out why it was happening and what to do to fix it.

Hooray for more training.

The two of them kept up their assault, trying to slug their way towards their opponent. The task was getting harder and harder by the second the longer they went at it. That's when it clicked. Cementoss probably had the stamina to literally do this all day. Hell, wasn't he the one that built these cities? If he could construct entire cityscapes by himself, gods, that meant he was probably stupid stong. A war of attrition, which this was turning into, was a very very bad idea. They were going to fail at this rate. And as the thoughts collected in Suri's head and she turned to tell Kirishima they had to come up with something new, she watched him stumble to the ground. His hardening was wearing off.

Shit!

"Kirishima," Suri screamed and tossed herself to where he was crumpling.

The massive pillars of concrete were coming at them and were surrounding them on all sides. Why hadn't she noticed that at all? This was going from bad to fucking terrible. The walls were closing in on them. Literally. She growled and put herself against the wall coming for Kirishima's exhausted body and pushed. Suri, with all of her remaining strength held the pillar back as best as she could, making her the only thing keeping the red head from being consumed. That's what those pillars had become, teeth. Cementoss was using teeth of concrete and this city street was trying to swallow them whole like a waking giant.

"Kuroyashi, you gotta get out of here," he grumbled as he struggled back onto his feet.

"Fuck that," Suri growled and gave him a stern look as she tried her best to keep from being pushed by the concrete pillar. It was starting to get claustrophobic. "I'm not leaving you here by yourself, got that."

"C'mon, don't be dumb," he shot back. "You heard the teachers, if you can get to the exit, you could still pass."

"It'd be stupid to leave you behind just so I could pass. Grr," she roared loudly as she dug her large half wolf half leopard paws into the ground, forcing claws into the asphalt below to try and stop the monolithic structure from pushing her further.

"I'd escape with ya if I could but I'm spent, man," he sighed but still turned on his Quirk and stepped to the wall Suri had her back to and started pushing.

"Yeah, I'm getting there too," Suri admitted, her eyes clenching shut and gritting her teeth as she pushed back.

"So were a couple of stubborn dumbasses," he laughed.

"See," she gave him a weakening grin. "I knew there was a reason we were friends."

She saw the walls closing in tighter, watching their exit closing fast.

"Wanna pull what you did to your girlfriend at the Sports Festival?"

"What?!"

Kirishima blushed. Hard. And gave Suri a look that was a mix between embarrassment, shock, and how dare you accuse me of such a lewd act kind of reaction. She hadn't accused him of anything so scandalous. Or had she?

"I meant picking you up, carrying you, and getting our happy asses to the exit so we can win this thing. I wasn't gonna ask to makeout or anything, I think she'd kill me for that."

Kirishima blushed again, smiled, and looked away nervously.

Ooo~

Gossip sense tingling!

"You carrying me like I did to her wouldn't be very manly, ya know," he itched the corner of his chin nervously.

"Nah, the knight doesn't get the princess treatment," Suri joked. "But I'm either gonna fireman carry your ass out of here or you're piggybacking. Make your choice, Kiri."

Kirishima took a second to let Suri's words sink in. He grumbled because getting saved like this was so not manly! He'd have so much training to do to get his man card back if he had to be saved. And saved by a girl. He closed his eyes and grumbled but when he opened his eyes to give his answer he saw the walls closing in and coming down on them. Before he could scream he felt hands grip him and then he was moving, being thrown off his feet. He felt himself sail through the air before he came down hard on something solid against his chest.

Then came the rush of air around him and his surroundings blurred from the rapid movement. When he looked forward he found a set of familiar dark braids laced tight into a mohawk. Instead of skin he felt the short, coarse fur of Suri's body underneath. He was riding her and his immediate reaction was to blush but ahead he saw the exit. The exit was a clear path until it wasn't and monolithic pillars of concrete began rising from the road in front of them like fingers. Suri growled and held tight onto Kirishima as she weaved and dodged the structures as best as she could. The beast woman whipped around the last ofd the tall, stiff fingers that blocked their path, from there it was only a couple meters. A couple meters to freedom and victory. They were less than a second away from the gate when the buzzer sounded.

They had failed.

Panting and heaving heavily, Suri slowed from running, to trotting, to a complete stop and finally let her friend off of her back. She sighed and turned around to face the arena they had escaped from a mere second too late. Kirishima felt the wrose of the two and bowed hard towards the beast girl. He was stiff and anguished as he apologized.

"I'm sorry, Kuroyashi! It's my fault we-"

"Ah! Don't even go there, dude," she held up a hand and stopped him. And just like that the timer on Atiena's energy ran out. Her body pulled the fur and her tail back into her human form like it was pulled into quicksand while her jaw and legs painfully reset themselves. In a few seconds, Suri was right back to being completely human, the sight caught Kirishima off guard completely and he lost part of what she said as she kept talking. "We didn't really go in with a plan, just ran headfirst into trouble. That's sort of a really bad habit for me, isn't it?"

Suri looked like she had thought of a bad memory and Kirishima simply gave her a small smile. It wasn't really a guy thing to talk about feelings like that, or maybe he just never really learned how to. Then again, it had taken a month to finally get the balls to talk to Shiozaki and even then he had still needed help.

"Hey, this was supposed to exploit our weaknesses right? Me," he held up his hands and looked at them, "my stamina stinks."

"Maybe for fighting," Suri smirked and began walking. She gave him a sly look as she walked backwards in front of him and crossed her arms behind her head as she walked. "I'm sure you got stamina for a certain someone."

She wiggled her eyebrows at him and he flustered when the innuendo clicked.

"Dude! We haven't even done that yet!"

"Yet!" Suri cheered and threw her fists up in the air as she began happily bouncing towards the main training center. "Operation: The Stone and the Rose successfully launched!"

"S-stone and rose?" Kirishima gave Suri an incredulous look as he followed after her. "What are you even talking about? Is this about me and Shiozaki?"

He sounded a little worried at that last sentence as he caught up to her and they walked side by side. She looked at him out of the corner of her eye and smiled.

"You can thank Tooru for the name. I thought it was pretty clever. But man, I forgot how much fun being a wingman was. I haven't helped two people hook up since Dan… te…"

A somber expression crossed Suri's face as she remembered that last time. She had been friends with Mercedes since grade school, granted she had been a few years older. Cedes was a golden weretiger who also happened to be born with a wind manipulation Quirk and currently attending Xavier with her brother Dante. She was a grade older than him but as Dante had put it, he was more attracted to older women. Older by a year was apparently good enough. Mercedes had always exclusively been Suri's friend over the years but when she had caught her brother staring at her when he thought no one was looking. She knew the look. He thought Mercedes was the prettiest thing he'd ever seen and Suri plotted to put them on a blind date. It worked like a charm and Suri was quite happy with setting her friend up with a guy like her brother, Dante.

That was it.

Kirishima and Dante were so much alike and it made Suri feel silly that she hadn't realized it until now. It made her cringe at the memories she had had of fantasizing about Kiri. Because now it just felt wrong.

"Hey Suri," Kirishima said with a quiet voice. "Do you ever miss your family?"

"Yeah," she replied sadly. "I do actually. I'd love to see my brothers and my moms but I don't know if that will be possible for a long time."

"Ya know, I've wanted to ask. Why do you say moms?" he asked insightfully. "I remember you saying people with your Quirk group together by animal so is it like everyone's mom is your mom or something like that?"

"You know, it can be like that sometimes but, nah," Suri smirked and shrugged. "My dad is legally married to three women. Me and my little brother's biological mom was one of his admirers when he was working as a pro here in Japan. They got together not long after she moved to the States and that's where the Kurpyashi namesake comes from."

The look on Kirishima's face said it all.

"Right? It's like what every guy fantasizes about but when they start trying to figure out the logistics, it's like trying to put a square into a triangle," Suri smiled wide as they stepped into the building. Speaking of squares. She couldn't help but wave to Tooru, Mina, and Izuku who waved to her from in front of the screens showing the matches. "It's no different from most relationships, there's just a few more working parts. Communication and trust are what keeps it working. Which is why," Suri turned and gave Kirishima a sly smirk, "you do your best not to fuck up. You could be the manliest hero in America and still spend most nights alone because your wives love each other more."

"Ouch, that's harsh," he chuckled and shook his head. Then he looked up to the three people happily awaiting her return. He remembered the smiles Shiozaki gave him when he came to sit with her at lunch. "But I'll do my best, especially if it means something like that."

"Attaboy Kiri," Suri grinned and put her fist out to him. He bumped it and they went to stand next to the others to watch the matches. Apparently, Todoroki and Momo had turned the tables on Mr. Aizawa.

Good on them.

She was happy for Ochako winning her match with Aoyoma against Thirteen. Her little grapple hold that took the pro to the ground had been badass to watch. Blessed be Gunhead who taught their favorite gravity girl those moves and turned her into a budding close combat enthusiast. The most surprising matchup was Tsu and Tokoyami who worked in perfect tandem and looked like a hero duo that had been working together for a long time. If Suri didn't know that Tsu and Ochako were into each other, she would've shipped Tokoyami with the frog girl. Then again the three of them… Her mind was ripped from thoughts of pink, green, and black threesomes to laughing hysterically watching Ojiro riding on Iida's back. They looked utterly ridiculous but hey, at least their plan had worked.

Then came the match with Mina and Kaminari against Principal Nezu. She couldn't help but grumble and feel sad for her pinkette as the two of them were outsmarted, outmatched, and outplayed at every turn. They never stood a chance. She'd comfort her girlfriend when she got back. And she did, pulling Mina into a tight hug as she sulked back into the observation room. Mina gave Suri a weak smile after a few moments of being held. She smiled even more as they watched their third on screen. They weren't surprised that she ended up discarding the boots and gloves. She really was an unashamed nudist. But hey, it paid off so they weren't gonna judge a girl.

Then came the next match; Jirou and Koda versus Present Mic.

Suri grumbled and pursed her lips as she watched the match. It was frustrating to watch two of her friends get pinned down and not able to make any headway. It reminded her of her own match with Kirishima. Getting held down like that felt like shit when it was happening to her, she could only imagine how frustrated they were now. It was a painful few minutes to watch.

Then it became more painful to watch.

Jirou's ears were bleeding from the punishment she and Koda were enduring. It made her growl. It rumbled softly from her core and her anger warmed through her body. She and Atiena were pissed to see their friend hurt. And so was Koda because he hit the floor and started screaming. She could see his lips moving frantically and it surprised her that he was clearly verbalising. It was the first time he wasn't his quiet, mute self.

And then she could hear him.

His voice was coming through somewhere in the room.

There was a flare of energy through Suri's body that flooded outwards. It made the room hot and made Suri choke on her own breath. She gasped harshly and weazed as all of the air was sucked from her body. Her vision went blurry and a droning sound filled her ears, making her head go cloudy. She knew it was the sound of her blood rushing through her veins and the pounding of her heart became louder and louder until it sounded like someone was hitting a drum right next to her head.

Then pain filled her entire body. Pain that made her scream and drop to the floor.

"Mine!"

It was a guttural scream that ripped from Suri's throat that was even deeper than Atiena's voice. It was Atiena's power and rage pouring outward, filling Suri's human body until it was drowning her and had nowhere else to go but outward. And that power and rage had the girl floored, writhing in searing pain and clawing at the ground underneath her. Everyone around her was scared and screaming in fear, backing away from her as she bucked and shrieked.

"Mine!"

That guttural roar poured through the room again as Suri's eye began glowing with green gold fire. Literal fire.

Then her flesh began to ripple.

From the inside.

Suri was screaming and clawing at the ground in unimaginable pain, her skin flexing and rippling enough that it ripped the mesh front of her hero costume. The singlet was opening wide enough for everyone to see as a trio of claws pushed at the skin of her belly from the inside. It was like watching a trio of sharks teasing at the surface of the water. Except those shark fins were immense claws and the surface of the water was Suri's skin. The claws made another pass and this time Suri's skin split, leaving her with three long gashes across her abdomen.

"A-Ati... e-ena," Suri's voice came in a choked breath. "Stop."

Atiena wasn't listening. She was raging inside Suri and only the girl's body was keeping her contained. She shouldn't have been this strong or this eager to get out. She shouldn't be trying to get out at all! Inside their inner sanctum, the massive beast was screaming in fits of rage, clawing and tearing at the ground, uprooting the trees surrounding the clearing. And most terrifying of all was the moon, it was burning. It was a giant fireball in the sky that gave the clearing an unnerving and eerie glow of green. Her inner sanctum was burning and there was nothing she could do. There was nothing stopping Atiena from ripping Suri to pieces from the inside out.

Atiena slashed outwards again and this time claw marks stretched down the inside of Suri's right thigh. The cuts bloomed crimson and blood began to seep from the wounds as droplets began to trail down her body.

"Mine!"

Atiena screamed it again and Suri began to scream as tears poured from her eyes. She was terrified and had no idea what to do or how to stop whatever was happening. There was just so much energy, so much rage, that it felt like an ocean.

"Atiena, stop!"

Suri screamed it into the face of her beast. Atiena simply yelled back with that roar that was a mix of a wolf's growl and a leopard's scream and backhanded her with one of its massive paws. In reality, that backhand made Suri's spine bow so hard that the only points of contact with the floor were the back of her head and her heels.

"Suri!"

All of her friends were screaming her name and crying from watching the terrifying display and not knowing what to do or what the fuck was going on. It was Tooru who shook off her own fear and ran to Suri, grabbing one of her arms and putting all of her weight into pushing Suri back to the ground so that her spine didn't snap in half. Mina quickly followed suit and ran to the other side of Suri and pushed down, both of the beast girl's loves trying their best to keep her still.

"Suri, can you hear us?" Mina screamed.

"Suri, what's happening?" Tooru cried out next.

"A-Atiena… crazy," Suri coughed out. "So much… rage!"

The girls did their best to hold Suri down but they both screamed as they felt the skin on her arms ripple and fresh claw marks appeared from underneath where they held her down. Izuku and Kirishima came next, rapidly trying to find anywhere they could help to hold Suri down. Kirishima frantically raced and ended up grabbing at her shins, holding down one in each hand which left Izuku panicking and ending up gingerly holding her shoulders down. He looked at her with fearful eyes from upside down and then looked at either of Suri's girlfriends.

"W-What do we do? H-How do we stop this?!"

"Suri, dear, you need to shut your beast down."

This from Recovery Girl who was calmly standing over the small group of teens.

"What does that even mean," Tooru asked frantically.

"You need to cut the metaphysical link between you and Atiena," she said simply.

"Metaphysical link?" Iida asked cautiously from somewhere in the room.

"How do you know what to do?" Tsu asked from near Tokoyami and Ochako.

"Because I've seen this happen once before," she answered. "Now. Suri, dear, hurry up and close the link."

"I-I can't! I-ah! There's too much rage! I-It's like… an ocean!"

"Then drink the ocean!" It was a trio of voices who said the exact same thing, at the exact same time. The three of them went wide eyed and looked at each other. They had all come to the same conclusion and then once again in unison, screamed it at Suri. Their Suri. "Drink it!"

Drink. The ocean?

Was that even possible?

Suri screamed again as her body rippled again and now a fresh track of claw marks raced upwards along her sternum. The claw marks bloomed crimson and filled the valley between her breasts with blood.

Inside her sanctum Suri was screaming in pain and agony, crumpled to her knees as she watched her beast rampage. She clutched at her chest as she tried to breathe through all of the screaming, crying, and pain. Her chest was rising up and down rapidly and she tried to dig through her memories and figure out what her friends and lovers had just told her to do. She remembered her first kiss with Tooru for some reason. She remembered how much lust and desire there had been between the two of them and how Suri was on the brink of losing control. It had been because she hadn't fed that part of her. Her beast thrived on a full mix of blood, violence, and sex. She had gotten plenty of the latter as of late but the recent fights had become so much easier. Was Atiena pent up on aggression because they had become stronger?

She shook off the thought and focused on the kiss. What it had done. Then again, a lot of their kissing started the same way, like they were hungry and couldn't get enough of feasting on each other's lips. Feasting on Tooru's and Mina's lips, even the kisses she had had with Izuku, it had made her feel that satisfaction like after a good meal. Like she had drank the desire from their lips themselves.

Drink the ocean.

Suri growled to herself and stood, nearly falling back over from the unease in her legs but she steeled herself and stood up with a purpose. If she didn't do something, her human body would be torn to shreds, her friends would have to watch, and then… Atiena might attack. She would not have her friends and lovers hurt and bleeding. She needed to do anything so she ran. Ran, not from her problems this time, but towards them. She sprinted to Atiena, ducking underneath one of her massive paws as the beast swiped at her again, and then jumped. She grabbed Atiena by the scruff fur behind her ears and pulled the monster down to her, slamming their foreheads together. Suri screamed wordlessly into Atiena's face and thought only of absorbing and taking the beasts rage from her and bottling it into Suri's own core.

She screamed and the beast roared back at her. Atiena shook and batted at Suri's smaller body, pummeling her a few times until her grip came away. Suri rolled on the ground and avoided the next few paws batting at her and looked up to see Atiena's throat. Without thinking of what she was going to do, she leapt to her feet, growled loudly and latched her teeth around the big pulse in Atiena's neck. Suri bit down, piercing the flesh beneath the fur and tore away a chunk of bloodied flesh. She lunged back again at the same spot and bit down harder, letting the scathing heat fill her mouth and coat her chin and breasts in a mask of copper flavored crimson candy. She drank down Atiena's blood, savoring the taste even though it seemed more bitter and tangy than usual. She bled her beast, her inner self, until it finally stopped struggling after what seemed like an eternity.

Atiena struggled one last time before her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fell to the ground. She twitched several times as her neck bled out and Suri stood over her, drenched in the beasts fresh blood. Suri heaved and took in deep breaths as she watched the giant animal twitch and convulse before she looked down at her hands. They were cupped together, overflowing with a pool of thick crimson and as she watched the pool, she felt all of the anger and rage, that suffocating ocean shrink down into that pool in her hands. The air was thinner, back to what it normally was, the moon extinguished the green flame and returned to a pale white light in the sky. All of the chaos and rage squoze itself into the blood in her hands and pulsed with the violent energy.

This was the ocean.

And yes, she could drink it.

She raised her hands to her mouth and began to drink and suckle the thick crimson liquid down, letting the fiery drink coat the inside of her mouth and throat. She chugged it, swallowing the thicker than usual blood until there was nothing left. She felt a shiver of power surge through her entire body and with her eyes rolled to beast she gingerly and sensually licked the remnants of Atiena's rage tinged blood from her hands. As she licked, the corners of her eyes watched the beast begin to shrink in on itself, it's fur receding and flesh and bones pulling and melding into a human figure. She looked at the unconscious human form of Atiena and gave the woman a weak smile.

"I did it. I drank the ocean," Suri said softly, with a bitterness in her voice. She knelt down to her now humanized beast and laid her onto her back and laid her head into the teen girl's lap. She began stroking her fingers through the musch thicker and longer braids of the woman with one hand, and cupped her chin with the other. "Now what?"

Suri took a gasping breath and her vision filled with white light. She quickly looked around and took in her surroundings. The dark night sky in a forest clearing was replaced by a white, bland room filled with simple beds and fluorescent lights. She was in a hospital room. Again.

"Suri," squeaked two pairs of voices that sounded like they had been doing a lot of crying or screaming. Probably both.

Arms encircled her and she was pushed back down onto the bed by the weight and embrace of the two scared girls. They held her tight and buried their heads into either crook of her neck where the skin was met with both hot and cold droplets of tears that were a mix of new and old. She sighed and let her hands come up to cup the back of both Tooru and Mina's heads, letting her fingers tangle deep into their hair.

"I'm sorry," Suri said simply and her eyes rolled down to see that she wasn't just apologizing to her girlfriends, but Izuku, Kirishima, and Recovery Girl as well. Before another word could come out of her mouth, the door slid open and Grandma Kuroyashi entered the room as well. She gave the older woman an apologetic look and then laid her head back and sighed. "So… I'm not going to I-Island, am I?"

The answer came in a chorus of pained, scared, and maybe a little angry tones.

"No!"

Suri rested her head and looked up at the ceiling.

Well fine. She didn't want to see Missy anyway.

A/N: Horray for another mixed bag chapter because as you can see, I love writing fluff, but I also enjoy putting my characters through trauma. I should probably apologize to my OCs at some point.

Also, I have a cousin named Melissa that goes by Missy so that's where that came from.