A/N: Updated an ending scene for Chapter 23. Minor for current arc, but very important for later on. It won't change anything for this arc, but please take a look if you would like. Otherwise, please enjoy reading.
Chapter 24
Team Japan's Arrival! City of The Violent Crown, Athens
Opening: Breakthrough (MHA version)
(Balloons rise and confetti falls as the place of the J-HOL event shows itself, and so does the "My Hero Academia Line of Good and Evil" title)
Simple but pure (The scene shows the audience and commentators)
Those eyes always reflected (The scene shows Team Japan)
The essential things, the things of tomorrow (The scene shows the teams of Greece, France, Russia, Kenya, China, and Mexico. The members of each team are dark silhouettes.)
What real strength is (The next scene shows the other teams of South Korea, Haiti, Brazil, India, Saudi Arabia, and Australia. The members from these teams are also dark silhouettes.)
Oh oh
I thought of you (The scene shows Team Italy; with most of the members are dark silhouettes except for one man in a white suit, pants, and hat with bald-shaved hair)
And my puny self-seemed funny (The scene shows a mysterious, sinister organization with the single person sitting at a desk with two eyes shining in red color.)
I'll throw away everything and show you a miracle (The scene shows Teams USA and UK, with their members as silhouettes except for two people on Team UK's side; one was a tall young man with choppy brown mullet for hair, and the other one was a young girl with midnight blue eyes.)
Forward, run more with all your strength (The strongest members of each team run against each other.)
It's fate when you're sure it's the right way (Japan's Support members cheers on Team Japan)
With your leading voice and soul go up against (Eli, Junko, Usagi, and Ochaco fight some tough opponents; each is playing different sports, like Usagi in the high jump and Eli in rock climbing against other players.)
Nothing will happen if you keep staring at the reference book (Kai, Izuku, Bakugo, Yuki, and Todoroki fight some tough opponents.)
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
(The Support Teams cheer on their significant teams, and many audiences watch from the sidelines. The final scene shows Kai and Izuku, and then Team Japan lifting their fists.)
After a long 20-hour journey in the air, the plane was within few kilometers to begin the landing and arriving in Athens.
"Midoriya, Midoriya!" Kai shook Midoriya by his shoulder, prompting him to wake up.
Midoriya yawned a bit. "Oh, good morning, Kai. Are we there yet?"
"We are going to land soon. Everyone else is just getting to wake up and preparing for landing," Kai stated.
After its long, long journey from Tokyo, Japan, the plane landed on land, but everyone finally arrived safely at Athens, also known as the "City Of the Violent Crown."
"On behalf of the pilot and cabin crew, I would like you to welcome to Athens International Airport. Thank you for flying with Olympian Airlines, and we hope to welcome you aboard again soon," the captain, aka Capt. Stan Lee announced through his intercom.
"Nice piloting again, sir," his co-pilot said.
"Yeah, yeah. I am pooped. Going to enjoy my long vacation after this," Captain Stan Lee acknowledged.
The plane stopped and signaled the light to allow them to get off their seat. Most of the UA students have had to stretch after sitting down for a long time.
"Woo! Man, I've never known that sitting in the plane for 20 hours can be a damper on the body," Kirishima said as he stretched and made some crack noises through his finger, knuckles, shoulders, and neck.
"You tell me," Kaminari agreed.
"Ochaco, don't forget your neck pillow," Asui pointed out.
"Oh yeah! Thank you, Tsu-chan," Ochaco gladly said.
"All of a lot, don't forget anything behind. I don't want to hear any moaning and complaining," Aizawa strictly stated before he mumbled something to himself. "Like the last time…."
"Everyone! Just like Aizawa-sensei said, don't forget your stuff! Check everything!" Iida exclaimed as he moved his arms up and down like a robot.
"What are you? A robot?" Eli asked.
As everyone got their stuff, they left out of the airplane, walked down the hallway, and entered the airport. The first thing they encounter was the immigration and customs checkpoint.
"Holy Carrot! Look at the line!" Usagi exclaimed as she saw a long line of people waiting through at the checkpoint.
"This is going to take a while to complete," Jiro noted.
"We're not going through there," Aizawa stated as he walked over to the not so busy checkpoint. This checkpoint had the sign for "Members of Team Japan."
"Holy Carrot!" Usagi gasped. "They have a custom checkpoint just for us?!"
"That's very thoughtful of them," Kendo commented.
"It must be Yamamoto's works," Midnight whispered to Aizawa.
"Probably. Let's go through already," Aizawa replied as they did. It went very smoothly as the guards greeted them with a friendly smile and checked each of their passports.
Once they got through the immigration checkpoint, they went to the baggage claim & pick-up area. After waiting five minutes, everything got their suitcases and was ready to go through a second checkpoint for customs. Again, they went through a special checkpoint just for that and went through a different gate separated from the other regular passengers.
"This is pretty cool. We have our checkpoint and gate for us," Eli said.
"I know, right! This is so exciting!" Usagi commented.
"Hey, Erasure Head," Speed Girl talked with Aizawa. "With how things going so far, those people are here, right?"
"Most likely," he whispered.
"Then bring it on," she responded.
As they walked through the hallway, they confronted another door that opened automatically, and once it did, they met with flashing lights.
"Ah! My eyes!" Usagi cried.
"What's going on?!" Ochaco asked as everyone else was surprised, too.
"Είναι ο μαθητής από το Γυμνάσιο UA από την Ιαπωνία! Η ομάδα Ιαπωνία έφτασε επιτέλους!" Someone said in Greek.
A group of media hounded team Japan. The only thing separated from them was the security line and some guards, making sure that they didn't get too close.
"Who the heck are these guys?!" Mineta questioned.
"They are the media, and each of them is from different countries, hence whatever language they are saying," Yuki Drago said calmly as multiple cameras flashed over him and not feeling bothered by it at all.
"There are so many of them, ribbit!" Asui exclaimed.
"¿Podría darnos algún comentario sobre su llegada aquí?" Hispanic news woman asked.
"Quel est votre plan de match pour le J-HOL?" A French man said.
"你有什么需要在你的思想中获胜吗？," A Chinese news lady said.
" Почему в команде только первокурсники?" A Russian reporter stated.
"Blimey! These media people are a bit annoying, with all these camera flashes and whatever gibberish they're saying," Felicia commented.
"Oh my," Arisa marveled.
"Excuse me, but you seem to understand English," a man called specifically to Felicia and Arisa. "You two seem to understand English well. Could you give us some feedback?"
Before the two girls said anything back, Midnight stepped in and interrupted. "Sorry, ladies and gentlemen. Our students aren't allowed to say anything, but you are welcomed to ask me of anything!"
Midnight posed seductively in front of the media's camera. Everyone stared at her, looking not too amused and not too surprising.
Aizawa groaned. This part is the one he hated the most, and it has become worse with how things UA High was going through lately.
"Aizawa!" He opened his eyes and turned over to greet a man. The students noticed as they turned in the same direction where Eraser Head is looking, and they were a bit surprised by the man's appearance.
The man who called out Eraser Head's name was a man at the same height as Aizawa. However, the most exciting feature was his face. His face had green scale, and big fins at the top of his head, with two smaller fins on his cheek. He looked like an aquatic humanoid figure. He wore a black business suit with a tie and a pin that shaped Japan's national flag.
"Yamamoto. It's been a while," Aizawa calmly said.
Yamamoto chuckled. "And it's good to see you, too, Shota. Oh! Are you Speed Girl?"
"Why, yes, yes I am!" Speed Girl greeted. "I am Speed Girl, but my real name is Haruka Uno."
"I am Ms. Heal, or if you would like to refer to my real name, then it is Kaoru Sasaki," Ms. Heal added.
"It's a pleasure to meet you all, and are these your students, Shota?" Yamamoto asked.
"Some of them are. Others are Speed Girl's students, and two of them are Vlad King's kids," Aizawa answered.
"I see, I see!" Yamamoto nodded as he looked at the students. "Welcome, everyone! I am just honored that you all are here, safe and sound from your long journey. Now, let's get going. Our bus is waiting."
Everyone walked away from the media, but they followed after them. The guards helped keep them away from them as it created a clear path for them to get on the bus. The airport staff helped with putting their suitcases in the bus's trunks.
"Excuse me! Could one of you give us any thoughts?" One man asked before he saw an opportunity and grabbed on one of the students' shoulders. "What about you, young man?"
The other students and teachers saw what happened. The one that the man grabbed was Bakugo.
"Huh?" Bakugo turned around with a scary facial expression. "What do you want?"
The man shook in fear a bit but kept his composure. "I would like to know if you have any feedback about coming here and what is your goal for the J-HOL games."
"My goal?" Bakugo repeated as he thought for a moment and then smirked. "Listen here, all of you!"
"Kacchan?" Deku said.
"I have a bad feeling about this," Kai stated. "Someone needs to stop Bakugo."
"All of the other team who's watching us now…. All of you will die! I will beat every crap out of you all!"
Everyone in Team Japan gasped after hearing what Bakugo said; as much as they expected, he would say something like that.
"Bakugo!" They exclaimed.
"Bakugo, why did you have to say that?! That's just inappropriate and rude to everyone!" Iida scolded, but the boy ignored him as he walked past him.
"Great… Now the whole world will hate us! This is already worse than what happened at the beginning of the sports festival!" Jiro negatively exclaimed.
"This is just terrific," Mineta sighed as he felt afraid now.
"Can't believe Bakugo said that in front of the entire media… Man, he's brave!" Kirishima admired.
"Are you serious?" Usagi moaned as she helped Junko in walking.
"Zzzzz…" Junko quietly slept, without even knowing what's going on, or is she?
"Well, no complaining over a spilled milk now," Eli said. "Come on, guys and gals. Let's get on the bus."
Monoma laughed. "Ha, ha, ha! Great! Just perfect! Now, thanks to your classmate, we are ruined! Ruin, I tell you!"
"Stop it, Monoma!" Kendo knocked him out by his neck and then dragged him to the bus.
Everyone moved on and got on the bus. The news media continued taking photos and broadcasting it all live as the bus left the airport.
"That's, um, quite a statement that your kid said, Shota," Yamamoto said to Aizawa.
"Tch. It just gonna make us work harder. I will make sure he doesn't do something like that again," Aizawa said as he glanced menacingly back at Bakugo.
Bakugo noticed and twitched his eyes in response that made him looked the other way.
'Don't look at me like that, dammit!' He thought.
"Everyone." They listened to Eraser Head as he spoke up. "This man here is Yamamoto Umi. He is an old friend of mine and Midnight, back when we were students and a UA High graduate. Like us, he was a former Pro Hero but eventually got into working in politics and became staff at the Japan Embassy in Greece. He's been a great assistant in helping with the school in the past J-HOL Games."
Yamamoto laughed. "Thank you, Shota. I will take it from here." He stood up and presented himself to everyone while the bus was still driving.
"Hello, everyone. My name is Yamamoto Umi, and like your teacher said, I am indeed a graduate of UA High, and I know your teacher and Midnight for a long time. That also means it makes me your super senior or something. Anyway, I was indeed a Pro Hero, but I decided to take this job instead because I thought it would be helpful to hero societies. Not all heroes need to be in the field and saving lives. There are many places where everyone can be helpful for hero societies."
Everyone admired Yamamoto and already felt interested in him.
"Anyway, if I haven't said it yet, welcome you all to Athens, Greece!" He said as if on cue.
"Hey, look everyone!" They turned to see the city skyline. It was a fantastic view to witness as they could also see the most famous landmark on the top of the hill, the Parthenon.
After driving for few hours, they finally arrived at the hotel. It was a very tall building with about a few hundred floors.
"This is Athens' most popular hotel, Zeus' Palace Hotel," Yamamoto said as some hotel staff greeted everyone.
"Welcome, Team Japan, to our grand hotel," an older gentleman bowed, along with his staff. "I am the manager of this establishment. I hope you will enjoy the luxurious service as long as you want to stay here."
With a single snap of his finger, the hotel bellboys began working on carrying their suitcase and luggage.
"Holy Carrot! This place is huge, and the people who work are very nice!" Usagi commented.
Once they led into the hotel, they were behind, amazed. On each side of the wall, large paintings showed different characters and tales from Greek myth. One example of the painting showed the Greek Hero and demigod, Perseus cutting Medusa's head. Another one showed Hercules fighting the tyrannical Hydra. The biggest attention grabber was the giant statue of Zeus casting his lightning at the ancient Titan, Cronus. It was located at the center of the grand lobby in the hotel.
"Holy Carrot! The inside even looks more amazing than the outside," Usagi marveled.
"Blimey!" Felicia gasped.
"Actually, I've been here before with my parents. The last time I was here was when I was five or six years old," Momo stated. "But no matter how many times I came here, it is still breathtaking."
"Ah, why I am honored to hear that one of you have visited our grand hotel before," the manager said, overhearing the students' conversation. "This hotel is famous for having all different kinds of guests from around the world. There were times even the Prince of the United Emirates stayed here for several weeks. Even celebrities also stayed, too."
"Thank you," Yamamoto nodded, then turned to everyone else.
"All of you, gather around and listen," Aizawa spoke up. "Yamamoto here went through a lot of trouble to prepare all of this for us, so like I said before, I want all of us on our best behavior. We are going to assign you all in a separate group for the room."
Aizawa announced to everyone their group together. The first group was Bakugo, Kirishima, and Kaminari together, along with Aizawa. He decided that he can keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't say or do anything, like how he did earlier with the media at the airport. The second group was Arisa, Ochaco, Asui, and Usagi. After them, the next group was Felicia, Kendo, Momo, and Jiro. Following after the third group was Midnight, Speed Girl, Ms. Heal, and Junko in another group. The fifth group was Iida, Eli, Yuki Drago, and Mineta. The last group was Midoriya, Kai, Todoroki, and Monoma.
Keys were handed to one member from each group. Aizawa permitted everyone to rest for the day, and they will have their first team meeting after dinner tonight. He and the other teachers will have a different meeting with Yamamoto for something important, so the students were left to enjoy themselves. Due to the teachers will be with Yamamoto for the time being, the third group decided to take Junko in and keep an eye on her for the female teachers.
The students went to their assigned room by the group after they separated away from the teachers. Their rooms were located on the same floor. Their floor was on the 49th floor.
"Awah!" Usagi jumped on the bed and bounced a little as she laid down. "Finally, I can relax."
"It was a long travel, but we're finally here in Athens," Tsuyu noted as she settled down and unpacked some stuff.
"What do you guys want to do now that we are in Athens?" Arisa asked.
"Hmmm, well, we do have a lot of time before tonight," Ochaco said, thinking about what to do until then.
"Hey, let's go sightseeing!" Usagi declared.
"That sounds like a good idea, Usagi-chan," Tsuyu agreed.
"Yeah! That sounds like fun. Maybe we can also invite Deku and others if they would like to go," Ochaco pointed out.
"Hey Ochaco, you seem to be a good friend with Midoriya, or are you two like close together?" Usagi teased.
Ochaco blushed. "What?! No! I don't know what you are talking about!"
"Usagi, don't tease her like that," Arisa said, scolding her a bit.
Usagi stuck her tongue out. "Hee, hee. Just kidding, but yeah, we can invite the boys if they like to go with us. Come on."
In the other room, the other girl group was settling down. Momo and Felica helped with Junko putting her down on the bed.
"Wow! I can see almost everything from here," Jiro was awed as she was looking out the windows. "I can even see the Parthenon from here."
"I wonder if that is the stadium where the J-HOL Games would take place," Momo said, pointing to the stadium that was not too far away from them.
"Probably," Kendo guessed.
As they were settled down and relaxed a bit, they heard someone knocking on the door. Felicia walked up and looked through the peephole to see Usagi, Arisa, Asui, and Ochaco.
She opened the door. "Hello, girls. Is there something matter?"
"Hey, Felicia!" Usagi greeted.
"We're here to ask if you all want to go sightseeing," Arisa explained.
"Now that sounds a splendid idea," Felicia said, glancing over her roommates. "Would you ladies like to go?"
"I'm cool with that," Jiro nodded.
"Sightseeing together sounds like fun. I would love to accompany," Momo decided.
"Count me in," Kendo said, then looked a bit concerned. "I thought I hope Monoma is getting along with the other boys. I'm worried."
"I'm sure that Kai and others can handle him, I hope," Arisa said, looking a bit worried, too.
"Say, what about Junko?" Jiro asked, pointing to the girl who was sleeping on one of the beds.
"Oh, don't worry about her. She sleeps all the time, anyway. We can just leave her alone for now," Usagi suggested.
"Well, I think we should just leave a note to let her know that we went out for a while in case if she wakes up after we leave," Kendo said as she wrote a note.
"Good idea," Felica nodded.
- Group A's POV -
"Ha, ha, ha! Well, well, well! It seems like I have to be stuck with my enemies!" Monoma laughed wholeheartedly, yet sounding a bit bickering in his tone. "As the old saying says, keep your friends close and keep your enemies closer."
Kai, Midoriya, and Todoroki already knew this would likely happen, but they didn't say a word as they just ignored him for now.
Monoma noticed it and got frustrated. "Hey, don't ignore me! I am just saying it, of course. It's not like I will backstab you while you three asleep."
Midoriya gulped, but Kai didn't look threatened or afraid. "And that is why I will ask Todoroki here to freeze you if you do."
Monoma gasped a bit as he looked over to Todoroki, who looked back indifferently with a stare, but the former felt a bit menacing.
"Ah, anyway! Just for a record, I'm a heavy sleeper, so I hope you don't snore during the night!" Monoma strongly announced.
Kai sighed. "This is gonna be some long weeks."
"Now that we are here in Athens, does anyone want to you take a look around the place?" Midoriya asked.
"Do you mean sightseeing?" Todoroki suggested.
"Yeah! That's it!" Midoriya pointed.
"Well, I refuse! I do love the idea of sightseeing, but not with the like of you!" Monoma scoffed.
Midoriya sighed but kept his cheerful composure. "Come on, Monoma-kun. Let's be nice to each other. We are part of the team, you know."
"Forget about him, Midoriya," Kai said. "He can keep an eye on the room if he wants to stay here. I will have the key with me."
"Ha?! Are you planning to lock me in here?!" Monoma accused as he pointed at Kai.
"No, but I don't want to leave the key with you since you can lock us out of the room. If you don't trust me that much, then you can keep an eye on me if you tag along," Kai counterargued. 'As much as I find that annoying.'
Monoma thought to himself, then shrugged. "Fine, fine. I will tag along with your inferiors for now."
"What about you, Todoroki-kun?" Midoriya asked.
"Yeah, sure. I don't mind," Todoroki said. "Actually, I do want to see the Parthenon, if that is OK."
Midoriya grinned. "Yeah, of course! We can go wherever we want, but we can check out Parthenon first if you would like to go there. Why do you say, guys?"
The boys agreed, changed to more comfortable clothes, and they headed out, just about five minutes before the first female group went to ask the second female group if they want to go on sightseeing together. They were the first group to set out to the city outside of the hotel.
Midoriya couldn't help but noticed Todoroki with camera-ready while they walked on the street of Athens.
"What is it, Midoriya?" Todoroki noticed how much Midoriya was gleaming at him.
"Oh, sorry! I didn't mean to make any face at you, but I couldn't help to notice you look like in a very tourist mood," Midoriya explained.
"Well, it is a request from my sister," Todoroki admitted. "She asks me to take a lot of pictures while I am here. It is part of her dream to go sightseeing together as a family someday, but…. Well, anyway, she asked me to take a lot of pictures so that she can look at them."
Midoriya never knew how thoughtful Todoroki could be but also felt that slight pause, and Todoroki was looking angry for a moment. Whatever it was, it must have to do with his family.
"Well, that sounds like a good idea," Midoriya assured.
"So, how exactly are we supposed to get to Parthenon?" Monoma asked, causing everyone to stop walking for a moment.
Kai and Midoriya didn't think that far or planned out first.
"We can take a bus," Todoroki spoke up. "It will lead us to the stop just near at the bottom of the hill, where the Parthenon is, and then we can climb up there. It will take us about 30 minutes by bus unless you want to walk there, which will take us about an hour or so."
"I say let's take a bus!" Midoriya declared. "But wait, I don't have a bus fare! I don't have Greek money!"
"Don't worry. I already prepared for that. I transferred some of mine to Greek currency," Todoroki revealed, showing the Greek money in his hand.
"Woah! You are so much prepared, Todoroki-kun!" Midoriya was shocked.
"There is the bus stop over there," Kai said as he noticed the bus stop sign, along with few other people standing near it.
Soon, the bus arrived in about a minute or two waiting. They got on board, and Todoroki paid the bus fare for the Parthenon's bus stop. The girls from their class called out to them without them getting noticed, but it was too late.
- Group B's POV –
The girls came out of the elevator and gathered in the lobby. They waited for Momo to transfer some of her money into Greek currency. Once she was ready, they set off together.
"So, where should we go and check out first?" Usagi asked. "I know that there was that old temple thing at the top of the hill when we were on the bus."
"Do you mean the Parthenon, Usagi?" Arisa asked.
"Yeah, that's it!" Usagi exclaimed.
"Hey," Jiro spoke up as she pointed to a nearby bus stop, with the bus already arrived at it. "Is that Midoriya and others?"
"And Monoma, too!" Kendo added as they saw the boys getting on the bus.
"Hey, Kai, Midoriya!" Usagi hopped.
"Um, wait, Usagi!" Arisa shouted as she followed after her.
"Arisa!" Felica called.
"You two, where are you both going?!" Momo thundered, but the two couldn't hear her now that they were at a reasonable distance.
The girls chased after them. Without them knowing, two figures saw them go by.
"Hey, that was Felicia!" a male voice said.
"Come on! Let's follow them!" declared a female voice.
- Group C's POV –
"Ah, this bed feels nice!" Kirishima said, laying his back on the soft, comfortable bed.
"It is," Kaminari said, laying on his stomach.
Bakugo just watched out the window, minding his own business.
"Say, now that we are here in Athens, why don't we go and explore the place?" Kirishima suggested.
"Good idea!" Kaminari stated.
"What about you, Bakugo?" Kirishima asked.
"Why the hell I want to go out there?! We're not tourists!" Bakugo argued.
"Geez, you don't have to yell," Kaminari said.
"What did you say?!" Bakugo roared.
"Calm down, Bakugo. If we do go out, maybe we will run into people from other teams," Kirishima said.
Bakugo stopped and thought to himself. Then, as if a lightbulb flashed over his head, he nodded. "Fine. Let's go out."
"That's one hell of 180 degrees!" Kaminari exclaimed.
Bakugo headed to the door first and opened it, but his eyes widened and surprised with Iida and others boys standing in front of it.
"Why the hell you all are doing here?!" Bakugo exclaimed.
"Bakugo-kun, you don't have to yell in front of us when greeting at the door!" Iida scolded.
"We're here to ask if you guys want to hang out with us for sightseeing in the city," Yuki Drago admitted.
"Oh! Sure, the more, the merrier!" Kirishima accepted. "We were just going out for ourselves, too."
"By the way, if we are gonna sightseeing, don't we need Greek cash?" Mineta asked, causing the boys to stop and think for themselves.
"Oh crap! I didn't think about that!" Kaminari gasped. "And I am brock in Yen!"
"I only bought couples from my parents, but I am not sure if it is enough. Does anyone know how to transfer it into Greek money?" Kirishima asked.
"This is troublesome," Yuki Drago commented.
"Don't worry, guys. I saw the exchange machine in the lobby when we came here. Let's go downstairs and exchange some money," Eli said.
- Group A's POV –
The first group arrived at their destination. They had to walk up the hill to get to the Parthenon. Thye walked around the Acropolis of Athens. Todoroki took pictures as they moved. After about half an hour of looking, they arrived at the Parthenon, standing near to it and seeing how amazing it looks in person.
"Wow, so this is the Parthenon!" Midoriya was amazed at the ancient ruin and the symbol of Athens. "It's even more amazing and beautiful in person."
"It really is," Kai stated while Todoroki took pictures.
"Do you three know what the Parthenon was built for?" Monoma asked. "I will let you guess."
"Well, that's um…." Midoriya tried to answer the question. Todoroki and Kai didn't quite know what the Parthenon was built for.
Monoma smirked. "What? You guys from Class 1-A and 1-L don't know what the Parthenon was built for? How shameful! Let me teach you guys the lesson! You see…"
"The Parthenon was built to worship and dedicate to the Greek goddess, Athena," a young female voice spoke up, interrupting Monoma.
They turned to the source of the voice, revealing it to be a female student.
She stands at five feet tall and has tan skin, purple eyes, long black hair with blond highlights, and a medium chest. They also notice that she was wearing a casual light-yellow T-Shirt, a white skirt, long black socks, and the same matching shoes.
"This place was the center of religious life during the ancient times of Greece. It was a symbol of power, wealth, and culture of Athens," the girl explained.
Kai, Todoroki, and Midoriya looked impressed. Monoma, on the other hand, looked a bit annoyed.
"And who are you supposed to be?" Monoma rudely asked.
"Pardon me. My name is Solana Bell," Solana introduced.
"Oh, well, it's a pleasure to meet you, too, Bell-san, my name is…."
"Pardon me again, but you are Izuku Midoriya, right?" Midoriya gasped as the three boys also looked surprised.
"Oh! Wait, you know my name?" Midoriya asked.
"Why, of course, I do. I know all of your names. Kai Uno, Shoto Todoroki, and Neito Monoma. Am I correct on those names?" The boys were even more surprised to be known by this mysterious girl.
"So you know of our names, then that means," Kai stated.
"It means that you're from another team!" Monoma exclaimed.
"From the way you speak and your accent, you must be from Team UK, is it?" Todoroki questioned.
"Why, yes, I am," Solana revealed.
"Team UK? Then, you must be from Felicia's school," Kai pointed out.
"Ah, Felicia Marvel. Yes, she and I go to the same school, the London Hero Academy. We are part of the same homeroom class," Solana said.
"I see. Well, it's nice to meet you, Bell-san," Midoriya kindly said.
Solana grinned. "It is honored to meet you, Midoriya, and all of you as well, but please, just call me Solana."
"So, Solana, how long have you been here in Athens?" Kai asked. "We just arrived today."
Solana's eyes widened. "Blimey! You all just arrive in Athens today?!"
"It seems like that's a common thing to say if you are from the UK," Midoriya thought.
"All of you must be famished or tired from the long journey!" Solana shockingly articulated. "Please allow me to provide you all a service with something to eat."
"Oh! Well, that's not a big deal," Midoriya said.
"No, no! Please allow me, too. Either by fate or coincidence, allow me to give you all hospitality for today," Solana insisted.
"What do you think, Midoriya? It seems like she won't give up, and it is past noon right now," Kai said.
"We could get something to eat," Todoroki stated.
"Well, I guess it is a good time to eat, so yes, we would love to have something," Midoriya decided.
Solana smiled. "Then, I know a perfect place! My team and I have arrived here from Londo about a couple of days ago, so I got used to the places around and tried out different restaurants, and this place is the best one out of them all!"
"That's cool! Please lead the way," Midoriya said as they followed Solana.
Monoma felt dumbfounded. "Are you kidding me? You guys will just ignore me like that!"
"Are you coming or not?" Todoroki turned around and asked.
Monoma gripped his fist but sighed and followed after the group.
- Group B's POV –
"Where could have they have gone?" Felicia said, looking around for Usagi and Arisa.
The two girls got separated from the rest of the group. Now, she and the other girls were looking for them.
"I hope they are alright. This city is huge, ribbit," Tsuyu said, looking concerned.
"Just why Usagi have to run so fast to get separated?" Jiro asked, sounding a bit of complaint.
"Well, technically, she didn't run. She hopped away," Ochaco corrected.
"I know, but still," Jiro mumbled.
"I'm sure that wherever Usagi is, she is with Arisa. She chased after her, but I hope both of them are OK," Kendo worriedly said.
"I am concerned as well, Kendo," Momo added.
"Need a hand?" The girls jumped and turned around to see two unknown people approaching them, but Felicia gasped when she sees these people.
"Wi-Willaims! And Cordelia!" Felicia exclaimed, smiling happily, and ran over to hug the two people.
"It's nice to meet you, Felicia," Cordellia said gladly.
"You look well," Williams noted.
"Everyone, meet Willaims Power and Cordellia Frost. They are my companions from London Hero Academy," Felicia introduced them to her UA friends.
Willaims Power is a tall young man with olive skin, green eyes, choppy brown mullet, and a slightly muscular body. He is also half Japanese and half British.
Cordelia Frost is a young woman but a year younger than Willaims. She stood about half an inch shorter than Williams (5.5 feet). Her skin is a snowy white complexion, midnight blue eyes, long and spiky icy-blue hair with white highlights, and a small chest.
"It is a pleasure to meet you both. My name is Momo Yayaorozu from UA High School," Momo greeted.
"Why, we bloody know you all!" Willaims exclaimed.
"Indeed. We saw each of you in the UA Sports Festival on our phone or telly," Cordellia noted.
"Really? Well, I feel a bit… embarrassed but honored," Ochaco said, blushing a bit while scratching behind her head.
"Yes, quite! You must be Uraraka Ochaco!" Cordelia noticed. "Your battle with your classmate, Katsuki Bakugo, was quite impressive and admirable. I wish you moved on into the second round, though."
"Oh, why, thank you!" Ochaco blushed, even more, this time from admiration.
"Cordellia, Williams, speaking of which, would you lead us some hands?" Felicia asked. "Two of our classmates and friends got separated from us."
Williams and Cordelia nodded.
"Why, of course, we will help you, Felicia, my dear!" Cordelia smiled.
"We won't let our junior down, would we?" Willaims proudly. "We will help you and your UA friends in any way we can."
"Junior?" Jiro repeated. "Are you two in the upper class?"
Cordelia nodded. "Indeed. I am in my second year. Willaims here is a third-year student."
Willaims grinned. "And proud one, if I may add! Anyway, it is best to split into groups. That way, we can cover more grounds. Felicia, you have your phone with you."
"Why, of course!" Felicia showed her phone to emphasize.
"Splendid! We can communicate through our Messenger app if we found your friends. It is best to stay in communication if we find your friends," Willaims explained.
"That's a good idea," Kendo noted.
- Group C's POV –
The rest of the UA students finally went outside and began their sightseeing in the city.
"So, what do you guys want to see first?" Mineta asked as they walked around the street.
Yuki Drago was about to speak up, but then Iida jumped in first. "There are a lot of places we can check out. We can go and see the Parthenon, Acropolis Museum, National Archeological…."
"Hey, where are Bakugo, Kirishima, and Kaminari, man?" Eli asked.
That stopped Iida from babbling as he looked around and noticed.
"What?! Where did those three goes?! Did anyone see them leaving?" Iida stated.
Everybody didn't know as Iida felt a bit irritated.
"Well, there is no other choice but to find them," Iida decided.
"I can use my wings and fly up to see where they are," Yuki Drago suggested.
"Oh, that sounds like a good idea!" Mineta agreed.
"No, that's unacceptable!" Iida disagreed.
"Huh? Why not?" Mineta asked.
"We are in Athens, Greece!" Iida stated.
"And what about it, Iida? What about the other country… oh!" Eli realized it.
"Exactly. We are in a different country. We don't know if we are allowed to use Quirks in public. Nonetheless, we are foreigners," Iida explained.
"Oh yeah! Then, what are we supposed to do?" Mineta asked.
"We just have to look for them through old fashion way," Eli stated.
"You mean by walking? That's gonna be too much of work!" Mineta complained.
"We have no other choice. Let's just find them quickly before something happens," Yuki Drago said.
Meanwhile, Bakugo, Kirishima, and Kaminari were together in the inner part of the city. Bakugo looked around, his usual moody expression that caused some bystanders scared.
"Yo, Bakugo, slow down!" Kirishima called.
"Shut up!" Bakugo replied.
"Why is he so moody?" Kaminari asked. "I know that he's like this most of the time and all, but this is like ridiculous."
"I don't know, but from the look of it, he is looking for something," Kirishima pointed.
"What do you mean? Looking for what?" Kaminari questionably said.
"Not what, but who!" Bakugo overheard their conversation. "I am looking for other competitors in the J-HOL Games."
"That's what you are looking for?" Kaminari gasped. "Geez, what are you, a shark?"
"Well, if you want to look for the competitors, maybe we can check out that stadium we saw from our room's window," Kirishima suggested.
"Why didn't you say that in the first place?!" Bakugo roared as he bonked Kirishima's head.
"Sorry, sorry, man! I just realized it now," Kirishima apologized.
"Hey, guys. I think we got separated from others," Kaminari said as he looked behind him.
He was right. They indeed got separated from others. What's worse was that they didn't know exactly where they are now.
"What are we going to do now?! Maybe we should go backward, but I can't remember how many times we turn left and right!" Kaminari said, looking a bit panicking.
"Calm down, man. I am pretty sure we will find our way. Maybe we can ask someone," Kirishima said.
"Ask someone? But we don't even know how to speak in Greek!" Kaminari exclaimed.
"Are you three young gentlemen lost?" The trio turned around to a young man wearing a hat that covered his face partially so that he couldn't see his face. He was sitting at a table just outside a café. He was wearing a clean white suit, white necktie with red and green stripes, and white fingered glove for his right hand only.
"Hey, look, guys! This guy knows Japanese, like us!" Kirishima stated.
"Thank god. I love a good Samaritan!" Kaminari exclaimed.
"Hey, sir. Could you help us? We got separated from our friend and sort of lost now, as you said. Do you know where we are now?" Kirishima said.
"Ask him about where the stadium is!" Bakugo ordered.
"Huh? Rather than about where the stadium is, you should be asking about where our friends are!" Kaminari argued.
"I don't care about them now! I want to know where the hell the stadium is!" Bakugo roared.
"The stadium, you say?" The mysterious man caught their attention as they looked at him while he sipped his cup of tea. "Yes, I do know where it is. Are you three happened to be a competitor in J-HOL Games?"
The trio widened their eyes from hearing that.
"Yes, sir! We are part of Team Japan!" Kirishima answered.
"Team Japan? Oh! So you three are from the famous UA High School," the man said.
"That's right, sir," Kirishima said.
"Enough small talk. Tell us where the stadium is, old man!" Bakugo rudely demanded.
"The famous UA High." The mysterious man continued while ignoring Bakugo, which annoyed him more. "The same school infiltrated and attacked by the group of villains known as League of Villains."
The trio stopped and looked a bit surprising. Now the boys felt suspicious about this man as the man continued talking.
"UA High, the famous school in Japan that the villains attacked. Then, it was involved with the infamous Hero Killer Stain incident. Also, a hero scandal incident in Kyoto. The same school that seems to attract some troubles, and one thing that all the incidents share is that they are involved with the school's hero courses."
The man stood up from the table as the boys backed away. The man stepped forward in opposite and revealed his yellow eyes. It also showed that he didn't have any hair, indicating that he is bald shaved. He stood around 6 feet tall.
"Who the hell are you?" Bakugo asked.
"Il nome è Bomba Pietro. My name is Boomba Pietro, third-year of Battle Hero High School, representing Team Italy," Boomba introduced, standing tall and prideful.
"Team… Italy?!" Kaminari gasped.
"You are in the J-HOL too?" Kirishima asked.
Bakugo smirked. "Finally! I knew I would find someone else in J-HOL!"
The trio looked up at Boomba, staring in space. Bakugo looked menacingly excited, a look that only showed by a predator when they found their prey. Boomba looked down at them, like a person to an ant.
Here we are! The start of the J-HOL arc! The students of UA or Team Japan has finally arrived in Athens, Greece. They also meet some new faces.
First I would like to introduce Willaims Power and Cordelia Frost, OCs created by johavannguard. They are Felicia's friends from London Hero Academy in England, representing for United Kingdom as the team in the J-HOL Games. I also want to introduce Boomba Pietro, created by yours truly.
If you would like to submit an OC for members of team in J-HOL, then please take a look at the end of Chapter 22 for OC submission sheet. Please follow the format exactly or else I won't accept the OCs. Thank you for understanding.
There will be more new OCs to appear in the next chapter. Please look forward to it. I also want to make a mention that this arc has new opening theme song with opening scenes. It is "Breakthrough" by the Japanese band, Going Underground. It is the opening theme song used in Fairy Tail anime. It is suggested by johannvanguard. The opening will be updated as more new characters appear.
With all that said, please leave any comments and reviews. Stay safe and as always, go beyond. Plus Ultra!