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Mineta tries flirting with...
Chapter sixteen: Tadpole Hop
The audience summoned by Talespinner69 had just finished watching the second bonus episode of the realm where Mineta flirts/interacts with a different girl per episode. The bonus episodes thus far seem to be doing right by him, so Mineta was in a moderately good mood. As for the rest of the audience, they were all looking forward to seeing who else was on the list for the height-challenged grape boy to do business with.
"Well Mineta, I have to say that you're doing pretty well in the bonus episodes," Izuku remarked, "And the last one even saw you get justice and recompense for what ended up happening to you there."
Mineta nodded in agreement. "Yeah, Midoriya. I'm glad that I am finally getting a good deal."
"Well in the bonus episodes thus far, you haven't tried to pull anything indecent," Setsuna pointed out, "Likewise, you got a good deal." Setsuna folded her arms over her chest, gave a wry smile of knowing amusement to Mineta. "...Methinks the two might go hand in hand."
On the stage in front of the big theater screen, Kotaro nodded in agreement. "Yes, that's basically the theory behind the power that is karma."
"So who's next on the list for the grape boy to tango with?" Mirko asked.
Shrugging, Tale replied, "I don't know as I wasn't anticipating the bonus episodes. All I know is that we got three left at this point to get through."
Holding up a hand, Mirko said, "Than can I ask if they'll be entertaining?"
"That's up to you guys individually if you find an episode entertaining or not," Tale replied, then he added when turning to face Kotaro, "Hey, is the next episode ready?"
Holding up the remote, Kotaro answered with an amused smirk, "Oh, it be ready alright."
Everyone in the theater room then turned front and center to face the big theater screen as it was turned on to play the next episode in the realm. "Come on, give me another good show!" Mirko said, "I want some amusement here!"
Ryukyu rolled her eyes dryly at the bunny hero sitting next to her. "...Of course you'd be like that, Mirko." After all of that, the third bonus episode in the current show started up on the big theater screen. Everyone in the theater room, even Tale and Kotaro, were all wondering who will be the next girl that Mineta tries to work with, and how he'll end up working with said girl.
...
(Mineta tries flirting with Satsuki Asui)
"MY LITTLE SISTER KERO?!" Tsuyu in the audience exclaimed at the top of her lungs.
Turning to face Tsuyu, Uraraka pointed out in an attempt to calm Tsuyu down, "Hey now, he's actually been decent in the bonus episodes so far. I'm willing to bet that he will be decent in this episode as well."
Tsuyu, still clearly unamused, leaned back in her theater seat, arms folded over her cheat. "Hmph. He better be."
On one well enough day over at UA, Mineta was talking to Sero, Kaminari, and Kirishima outside of their class's dorm building. "Hey, did you hear how Tsuyu's folks will apparently be visiting UA today since Tsuyu's little brother still has to stay here for witness protection, and they want to visit him?" Sero asked.
"I heard that Mandalay of the Wild Wild Pussycats will be visiting as well since she needs to discuss things with the senseis," Kaminari remarked.
Shrugging, Mineta said, "Well it looks like the school will be busy today."
"Well the frog girl's family visiting makes sense," Mandalay in the audience began, "But why me?"
Shrugging, Aizawa replied, "I have no idea what to tell you."
Kirishima was about to speak up, but he and the others perked up when they heard a young girl cry out in complaint. "...That doesn't sound like Eri," Kirishima said as he and the others ran to go investigate what made that noise.
After turning a corner, the boys saw Tsuyu and Mandalay seemingly scolding a young girl with twin pigtails and she was wearing a green dress. A young boy who Mineta was able to identify as Kota stood behind Mandalay. "What's going on here?" Mineta asked, getting everyone to turn to look at him and the guys.
Sighing, Mandalay explained, "This little girl who Asui says is her little sister Satsuki had made my younger cousin Kota a bit uncomfortable."
"Satsuki made Mandalay's younger cousin Kota uncomfortable kero?" Tsuyu in the audience said in a surprised tone.
Folding her arms over her chest, Mandalay asked, "Just what did that little girl do?"
"...I'm a bit concerned for Kota as well, I have to admit," Izuku said.
"Well my bet is that Mineta somehow will help out here," Kaminari said, "I mean, he had a role in both helping Eri and helping Hatsume. One would have to figure."
"How so?" Mineta asked.
"I just want him to be my boyfriend!" Satsuki declared in an 'oh come on' kind of tone.
"You forcefully hugged me and kissed me on the lips!" Kota scowled, "What makes you think I'd like it if you did stuff like that by force?"
"Aww, Tsuyu's little sister has a crush on Kota," Sero remarked.
Holding a hand to his chin, Kirishima said, "It would certainly seem so. But she showed him said affection by force."
"Satsuki likes Kota?" Tsuyu in the audience said in a surprised tone.
"But she gave him some sugar by force," Tiger commented, "Thus triggering conflict."
Shrugging, Mineta said, "It's a little kid thing. They tend to not know any better, hence why us older people are here to help set them straight."
As Tsuyu and Mandalay were scolding Satsuki, Mineta stepped forward. "Hold on, hold on, hold on," Mineta spoke up, "I can see that Tsuyu's little sister made one big mistake." With all eyes on him, Mineta said, "She tried too hard."
"Tried too hard?" Mandalay remarked in a confused tone.
Gesturing to Satsuki, Mineta explained to Mandalay, "It's a common mistake that girls her age make. Sure, boys like it when a girl shows them affection, but if the girl tries too hard, tries forcing things, then the boy will be uncomfortable." Turning to face Kota, Mineta said, "Little man, there's a girl right here who has it bad for you, and all she did was make a simple mistake. If you're willing, with me acting as a mediator to help manage things, would you be down with giving the girl another shot?"
"Just like when boys don't like it if a girl tries too hard, girls won't like it if a boy tries too hard," Uraraka in the audience spoke up in a dry, knowing tone.
Looking confused, Mineta said, "I don't get it."
Kota turned to look at Satsuki, then back to Mineta, then back to Satsuki, then settled on Mineta. "...Fine. But she better not try to force hugs or kisses on me again."
Clapping his hands together, Mineta said, "Mozel tov!" To Tsuyu and Mandalay, Mineta said, "You ladies can trust me to handle the kids here."
Folding her arms over her chest, Tsuyu said, "...Well, I did hear that it was you who helped Eri get Samidare to like her. And you got Sero, Kirishima, and Kaminari here to keep an eye on you. I suppose there's no harm kero."
"Oh, just make sure that Kota gets to see Izuku while he's here," Mandalay said, "He was looking forward to seeing him." Mineta gave Mandalay a thumbs up as she and Tsuyu left the kids with him and the boys.
"Aww, Kota was looking forward to seeing Izuku," Uraraka in the audience gushed, "That is so sweet of him!"
Chuckling a bit, Izuku said, "Heh, yeah."
"So I'm helping to fix things between two little kids in this episode, huh?" Mineta said, "Well if I was able to succeed with Eri, I should be able to succeed here."
...
After Tsuyu and Mandalay had taken off, Mineta and the boys were left with Satsuki and Kota. "Alright kiddies," Mineta began, "We'll begin by doing some simple ice breakers to start up some conversations." Gesturing to Kota, Mineta said, "You go first, Kota."
Lots nodded in understanding before turning to face Satsuki. "Umm...do you have a favorite pro hero by any chance?"
"Oh, I think that Mirko is the coolest," Satsuki replied.
"Damn straight I'm the coolest!" Mirko in the audience exclaimed, cheering as her ego was being stroked.
Sighing, Ryukyu said, "Of course you're cheer like that."
Kota nodded in understanding. "...I would have to say that my favorite is Mandalay, but I might be a bit biased when I say that since she's my older cousin slash legal guardian. Outside of my family, I'd have to say that I think Deku is tops."
"Uhh, he's not a pro yet," Mineta pointed out, "He's still in the same class as the lads and I here."
Shrugging, Kota replied, "I don't care. He's still pretty cool. Loads more than that flaming sack of turds that is Endeavor, or Turd-deavor as I like to call him."
"Oh, that's one of my big brother's nicknames for Endeavor!" Satsuki said.
"The young boys here are straight up savage fire and I love it!" Dabi in the audience exclaimed as he laughed out loud, even holding his arms over his stomach.
Todoroki himself also had to suppress some snickering. "Kids do say the darnest things sometimes."
"Oh, you have an older brother?" Kota said, "Weird. I'm an only child."
"Oh yeah, I have an older brother who recently turned eleven and an older sister who's sixteen," Satsuki explained, "My older sister is in the same class as Deku."
"She's in good company then," Kota remarked.
As the two kids talked, Mineta turned to face the other guys. "I think it's going smoothly so far, guys," Mineta said.
Nodding in agreement, Kaminari remarked, "Oh yeah. It's a good start, to be sure."
"Heh," Izuku in the audience chuckled a bit, "That's actually rather sweet of Kota to say that."
"He is a sweet kid, yeah," Mandalay agreed.
Nodding along, Dabi said, "Yeah, both the Kota boy and that Satsuki girl's brother are awesome little dudes."
Turning to face Dabi, Spinner said, "You're just saying that because they both hate your dad, aren't you?"
...
Next on Mineta's list was for Satsuki and Kota to sit together and enjoy some ice cream. Granted there was no ice cream parlor, so Mineta and the guys opted instead to serve the kids ice cream in the kitchen area of the class 1-A dorm building. "...Huh, there's a few cartons of ice cream in the freezer here," Sero said, "We got plain flavors like vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate, and one of mint chocolate chip. Oh, there's cookies and cream as well."
"Oh, Tsuyu said that the cookies and cream ice cream is exclusively for her little brother since it's his favorite," Kaminari said, "Hizashi-sensei learned that the hard way when he tried to take some without asking."
"...Tsuyu beat me up because I tried to take some of her little brother's ice cream without knowing it was his?" Hizashi in the audience said, sounding mildly worried.
"Well I'm not fond of people messing with my little brother kero," Tsuyu commented.
Aizawa, with a contemplative look on his face, said aloud, "...Hmm, I wonder if that could be used to my advantage..."
Satsuki said she wanted chocolate and Kota said he wanted strawberry, so the ice cream worked out either way. As Kirishima was serving up the ice cream for the kids, they heard Eri speak up, "Oh, hi boys." Looking over, everyone saw Eri walk into the kitchen area, following along behind Samidare.
"Oh, hey Eri," Mineta said, "Yeah, Samidare's little sis here likes the boy who's with her, so I'm helping to get them to see eye to eye. Right now they're sharing ice cream."
"Can I get vanilla?" Eri asked as she and Samidare sat down at the island counter with Satsuki and Kota; similarly, Samidare asked for some of the cookies and cream ice cream that Tsuyu made sure was gotten for him specifically.
"Aww, the little kiddies are having ice cream," Hizashi in the audience gushed, "That is so sweet!"
Chuckling a bit, Aizawa remarked, "Yeah, I have to agree."
Kirishima nodded in agreement as he went about getting the ice cream for Eri and Samidare. However, upon opening the carton of cookies and cream ice cream, Kirishima saw that it was empty save for a note inside. "...This isn't good," Kirishima said as he took the note out and handed it over to Mineta.
Opening the note, Mineta read it aloud to everyone. "I owe class 1-A one carton of cookies and cream ice cream," Mineta said, "Signed, Nejire Hado."
"Hoo boy, I'm not going to be the one to tell Tsuyu that Nejire-senpai ate all of Samidare's ice cream," Sero remarked in an 'uh-oh' kind of tone.
"Yeah, I wouldn't be happy with that at all kero," Tsuyu commented.
"In defense of the me in this realm," Nejire said, "She probably didn't know that the cookies and cream ice cream was specifically for Samidare."
The kids ended up enjoying their ice cream, although Samidare was a bit annoyed someone ate all of the cookies and cream ice cream that was gotten specifically for him.
...
Later that evening, Mineta and the boys were supervising Satsuki and Kota as they drew on some paper. "...Why aren't they watching cartoons again?" Sero asked.
"Because it's six and Tsuyu's little brother commandeered the TV to watch the news," Mineta pointed out. As the boys talked, Tsuyu and Mandalay came walking over.
"How were they?" Tsuyu asked.
Shrugging, Mineta replied, "Everything went pretty good, actually. They were even joined by your brother and Eri for ice cream, although Nejire-senpai apparently left a note in the empty cookies and cream ice cream carton saying she owes us a carton of it."
Folding her arms over her chest, Tsuyu said, "...Yeah. I'll be having a chat with her about the consequences of eating the ice cream gotten specifically for Samidare kero."
"I'm in trouble, aren't I?" Nejire in the audience asked.
"Gee, ya think?" Tsuyu replied.
Gesturing to the boys, Mandalay said, "Well it's nice to see that Kota is getting along with the girl that's got a crush on him." Seeing that the kids were drawing, Mandalay asked, "Say kids, what are you drawing?" This prompted the kids to hold up their drawings, with Satsuki having drawn Mirko, and Kota having drawn Endeavor's head sticking out of a dog's butt.
"That's nice," Mandalay said, "Anyway Kota, I hope you and the other kids behave for the sitter, since all of Aizawa's students are being gathered for a meeting with me and the other three Pussycats."
"We're getting a sitter?" Kota asked, "Even Satsuki's big brother and the girl that likes him?"
...
A short while later, Kota, Eri, Satsuki, and Samidare all sat on one side of the table they were all seated at as Gran Torino sat in front of them on the other side. "There I was," Gran Torino said to the kids, "Back to back with Jesus."
"Did he really fight side by side with the lord?" Ibara in the audience asked suspiciously.
"I'm probably making stuff up to entertain the kids," Gran Torino remarked.
"Bible in my right hand," Gran Torino said, "Machine Gun on the left. Ready to bless these unholy thots with our divine sauce."
"He's telling a story involving thots to children all under twelve," Mineta in the audience pointed out, "Even I wouldn't be that reckless."
"What's a thot?" Eri asked innocently.
"I'll...tell you when you're older, Eri," Aizawa replied as a few suspicious eyes turned to Gran Torino.
"I was down to my last clip," Gran Torino continued, "So I yelled out to Jesus from across the orphanage. I said 'Jesus! I need a melee weapon!'." Lowering his head slightly, Gran Torino remarked, "Never before have I seen a Mexican throw a sandal so fast in my entire life." Raising his head back up a bit, Gran Torino said, "Six-hundred and fifty-seven prostitutes fell that day to the holy sandal of Mexican Jesus."
"Woah," all four kids said in unison, all of them legitimately impressed with the story.
Nodding in confirmation, Gran Torino said, "It was an event that went down in history as the coochie wars, children."
FIN
"And it also involved prostitutes," Mineta said dryly, "And people think I'm dirty."
A lot more suspicious eyes turned to face Gran Torino, who sunk into his seat slightly out of sheer embarrassment. "Wow, never took him to be a dirty old man," Dabi remarked, mildly amused to see an older hero made to look less dignified.
Gently shaking his head, Tale said, "Well at least it wasn't Mineta this time. I'm glad for that."
"Yeah, me too," Kotaro agreed.
END OF CHAPTER
Author's notes;
I included the DevilArtemis reference at the end because I was in the mood, but aside from that, yeah. This was the chapter where Mineta interacts with Tsuyu's little sister. The next chapter should be out before long hopefully.
Later, skaters.