Chapter 27
J-HOL Reception Part 1
"Everyone, welcome to Olympian Stadium, the center setting of the J-HOL Games!" Yamamoto presented Team Japan to the stadium as they entered it.
The Olympian Stadium is the largest stadium built in Athens and possibly one of Greece's largest stadiums. It is a high-tech, modern stadium where many sporting events take place every year, like soccer, baseball, basketball, and of course, the upcoming J-HOL Games. It can host from 100,000 to 200,000 people to watch the games. Therefore, it is pretty state-of-the-art.
Yamamoto showed Team Japan around the inner hallway of the stadium, which went around the center area. This hallway was the public area, where many food vendors, restrooms, ticket offices, and shops are located—this hallway is located at the first of the many floors. There was a total of five floors: two basement floors and three ordinary floors. The third floor has VIP rooms while the second floor is access to more rows of seats.
"Wow, this place is huge!" Ochaco gasped.
"Ribbit! It sure is," Tsuyu noted.
Yamamoto chuckled. "If you think this is huge, wait till you see the stadium field," Yamamoto stated as he escorted them to the outside field.
The double-decked door opened automatically for them, allowing them to pass through and enter the outside field of the stadium. The sunlight blinded their view temporarily, but as they walked around, their vision became clearer until they were outside in the stadium field.
"HOLY CARROT!" Usagi exclaimed. "This is huge!"
Team Japan looked around the empty spectators' seat surrounding them. They could see four giant lights, each one located in four directions. First, they were impressed with the stadium, but now they were very impressed, beyond a word to explain their feeling.
"So this is the Olympian Stadium. It seems to be a lot bigger than the UA Stadium," Yuki Drago commented calmly.
Jiro, Mineta, Usagi, Eli, and Felicia looked a bit surprised and sweat-dropped to how Yuki seemed so calm and not looking very surprised.
"Um, indeed," Felicia agreed, sweat dropping.
"It is!" Yamamoto chimed in. "Olympian Stadium is more than double the size of the UA Sports Festival Stadium."
"So, this is where we are going to play, huh?" Eli said.
"Man, my blood is already pumping!" Kirishima fist-bumped and hardened his arms. "What do you think, Bakugo? Are you feeling excited as I am?"
"Hmph! I can't wait to kill them all!" Bakugo gleamed with a sadistic smile.
'Don't say like that!' Some of the Class 1-A members thought.
"Hey, Arisa!" Arisa and the rest of Team Japan turned to a boy with short and slightly scruffy mahogany red hair approaching them, along with a girl with long braided, blond hair beside him.
"Gabriel. Sadie," Arisa said, smiling.
"We're glad to see that you are doing OK after the whole thing that happened yesterday," Gabriel happily said.
"We were a bit worried after we got separated when the Pro Heroes and police arrived and arrested the villain," Sadie explained. "We're just glad to see you're alright, Arisa."
Arisa smiled. "Thank you, Gabriel, Sadie. Oh! Please meet my friends from UA!"
"Everyone, this is Gabriel Martin and Sadie Foster." Arisa introduced her friends to the rest of Team Japan.
"No need for introductions," Sadie said as she looked at each member of Team Japan. "I think we get pretty much who each of you is. So, starting from left, you are Katsuki Bakugo, Eijiro Kirishima, Denki Kaminari, Itsuka Kendo, Neito Monoma, Yuki Drago."
"Then Felica Marvell, Shoto Todoroki, Momo Yaoyorozu, Tenya Iida, Ochaco Uraraka, Tsuyu Asui, Ellix Francisco Barbaros, Minoro Mineta, Sakura Tsubomi or Usagi," Gabriel added as the said girl smiled in response.
"And lastly, Kyoka Jiro, Junko Neru, Kai Uno, and Izuku Midoriya," Sadie finished.
"We are already known!" Ochaco gasped as she fainted.
"Uraraka!?" Ida surprised.
"Blimey! You already know all of us?" Felicia asked.
"Well, yeah, they do," Usagi chimed as her fellow members looked at her. "They watched us from the Sports Festival. That's why they know our names."
"That's right," Gabriel nodded.
"I see," Felicia said, pondering.
"Well, I feel honorable. Thank you very much!" Ida said as he bowed to them.
Sadie and Gabriel looked a bit shocked at Iida's straight courteous personality and sweat-dropped in response, so did his classmates.
"Hey, no sweat, man. I mean, we are honored to meet all of you who appeared at the Sports Festival," Gabriel replied. "And especially you!"
He grabbed Midoriya's hand, which surprised him the most as Ochaco gasped as her face reddened a bit.
"You were so awesome when you won that first game in the festival, Midoriya! I was so impressed that you made it in first!"
"Oh, um, well, thank you," Midoriya replied shyly.
"Can I have your autograph?" Gabriel asked as he pulled a notebook out of nowhere.
"Me?! An autograph?! I feel flattered…." Midoriya's face reddened as he shakingly signed his name.
"Deku, you sure are popular!" Ochaco commented as she smiled.
"I also want your autograph, too, if that is OK?" Gabriel asked Junko.
Junko slowly moved her hand and began signing the autograph for Gabriel.
"Wow! Junko-chan can sign autograph while sleeping!" Ochaco exclaimed.
"Zzzzz…" Junko signed her name slowly while sleeping.
"It seems like we are very well-known, and here I thought only people in Japan watched us," Ms. Heal stated.
"Well, the Sports Festival was lived on the Internet that day, too. So I wouldn't be surprised if there were some international viewers," Midnight explained.
"Hey, Gabe and Sadie!" A voice yelled at the two, catching their ears.
Aizawa sighed. "Oh no. Don't tell me."
The man who called them was a tall, dark-skinned man in a black jacket and pants. He has short black hair, brown eyes, a smooth lip, and a big mouth. He also has two rings, one on each middle finger.
"We have the practice to do, and you know we have little time, yo! And I don't wanna miss my soap opera due to the time zone and all," the man complained.
"Mr. Brown?" Arisa questioned him.
The man's eyes widened, and then smiled and hugged the young female. "Yo, Arisa! My baby girl! How are you doing? LA Ultra High doesn't feel the same without you."
"It's… um, good to see you, too, Mr. Brown," Arisa answered, trying to breathe before he let her go as his attention changed to some of the other female members.
"Why, thank you, Lord, for me to be here! Mmm, hmm, hmmm! You look fine as always, Midnight," the man began flirting. "How are you doing, girl?"
Midnight chuckled. "Long time no see, Bullseye."
"Bullseye?!" Midoriya exclaimed, surprising everyone. "You're THE Bullseye? The famous American Pro Hero who worked as a police force detective! That famous Bullseye?!"
"Well, well, well. I have a little Japanese fan," Bullseye pridefully said to himself. "How are you? What's your name, kid?"
"My name is Izuku Midoriya, sir! Since you are here and all, I have some questions to ask of you! First, why are you doing here? Second, are you with Team USA? Third, what do you do now?" Izuku began rambling again.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Bullseye stopped him. "Take it easy, kid. I know I am famous and handsome and all, but no offense, I have no idea what the hell you're saying!"
"Sorry, Bullseye," Aizawa stepped in. "Midoriya here is a bit of, uh, fanboy when it comes to heroes."
"You look like you're the same usual self, Eraser Head," Bullseye said before he turned his eyes to the young female students, Speed Girl and Ms. Heal. "However, you seem to bring some good… packages this year."
"Packages?" Usagi repeated, looking confused. "But we are not delivery people."
"I don't think he's referring packages like that, Usagi," Kendo stated.
"Hey, Midoriya, hey." The boy looked to Mineta, who needed his ears as he kneeled. "Who the hell is this guy?!"
"He's Bullseye, Mineta. He's a famous Pro Hero from America who worked as a police detective. His Quirk is that he can target on anything and anyone by just looking directly at them and shoot it," Midoriya explained to him.
Name: Damian Brown. Pro Hero Name: Bullseye. Quirk: Perfect Target. By looking at things or people directly with his naked eyes, he can lock a target on them and shoot at them without missing. This Quirk allows him to be a perfect shooter during his time in the police force! It doesn't have to be a bullet, but even simply throwing something at the target will hit them, no matter what!
"Well, I don't like the guy! He's suspicious, especially how he looks at our fellow female classmates," Mineta madly declared.
"Are you feeling jealous, Mineta-kun, ribbit?" Asui asked.
"That's not it!" Mineta argued.
"Though I heard that he quit for some reasons, but I didn't expect him to be a teacher," Midoriya said.
"Why, yes, he is a teacher now," Arisa admitted to Midoriya. "He's been a teacher at LA Ultra High for some years now, from what I know. Mr. Brown is my homeroom teacher."
"He's your homeroom teacher?" Kai questioned her as he looked at the man talking with the team's female members, including Speed Girl and Ms. Heal. 'And here I thought my sister is the loud one.'
"Hey, leave my female students and my co-workers alone, Bullseye. You're making them feel uncomfortable," Aizawa stepped in.
"Oh, don't be like that, Eraser Head! I am just trying to be friendly," Bullseye countered.
"Yeah, and just like two years ago, I clearly remembered the last time I warned you, one of my old students reported for harassment by a certain someone, and that caused trouble not just for you, but also the team back then," Aizawa stated.
"Hey, hey! Listen, man! I didn't do anything to that student two years ago, alright! So it was all false accusation!" Bullseye argued.
"Well, since I know you are here, which is a bit surprised due to the last incident two years ago, I don't want you to cause another incident involving any of my students," Aizawa warned him.
"Oh! So you want to be like that? Well, I can kick your ass if you mess with my students!" Bullseye countered offensively.
"Mr. Brown!" Sadie gasped.
"Kick my ass?" Aizawa repeated.
"Yeah! I will kick your ass back to Tokyo!" Bullseye yelled. "Come on! Put them up!"
"Mr. Brown, please calm down!" Arisa exclaimed as Gabriel and Sadie grabbed him, so he won't do anything while the man himself cursing at Eraser Head.
"Mr. Brown, remember what the principal said! Don't cause any trouble for us!" Gabriel stated.
"He's right, Mr. Brown! Please calm down!" Sadie said.
"Mr. Brown, please calm down! Mr. Aizawa didn't exactly mean what he said," Arisa persuaded her former teacher.
Team Japan sweat-dropped at Bullseye, cursing at their teacher/coach, Eraser Head, while the former's students, Gabriel and Sadie, struggled to stop him from getting closer to the latter person. Arisa felt embarrassed.
"My, my! What vulgar language!" Everyone turned attention to a woman and another team behind her, including an odd-looking man in a black suit and another woman with green hair. "Then again, it is not too surprising such vulgar language coming from an American."
The woman who talked to them is an English gentlewoman who wears an outfit similar to Mary Poppin, except magenta red. She carries a navy-blue umbrella with a white floral pattern for the design.
"And who the hell are you supposed to be?" Bullseye questioned her.
"Amelia Lewis, a teacher and coach for Team UK, at your present," Amelia introduced herself as she politely bowed to them.
"Amelia Lewis? Now, why that name sounds so familiar?" Bullseye asked himself as he now more calm down.
"Ms. Lewis!" Felicia fixed herself and bowed. "It's been a while to see you, maim!"
"Greeting, Felicia. I see you look well and accustomed to your classmates from Japan," Amelia said.
"Ah, Enchantress, you look well," Eraser Head greeted.
"You look fine as always, Eraser Head," Amelia grinned before she eyed distastefully at Midnight. "I see you're here, too, Midnight, and you look… um, same as two years ago."
A cross appeared over her temple. "Long time no see, Enchantress."
"Holy cow! That's Enchantress!" Midoriya squeaked. "She's a powerful Pro Hero who has a Quirk that makes inanimate objects alive!"
"Wait, what?" Ochaco looked confused. "Make objects alive?"
"Indeed. For you see," Amelia began explaining as she took out a wooden block from her palm, and then suddenly, two hands and feet sprouted on the block as it stood up. "I can give life to inanimate objects and take away the life I give just by touching them."
Name: Amelia Lewis. Pro Hero Name: Enchantress. Quirk: Enchantment allows her to give life to an inanimate object and take away the energy from the thing by touching it. She can use this power on multiple inanimate objects.
Team Japan looked impressed. "It's kind of like your Quirk, Yaoyorozu," Kaminari pointed out.
"Kind of, but my Quirk creates objects. I don't exactly give life to object itself," she said.
"It's more like Felicia's Quirk, Life Paint," Arisa said to which Team Japan agreed. Felicia's Quirk, Life Paint, is more similar to Amelia Lewis' Quirk than Yaoyorozu's Quirk, Creation.
"Hello, Midoriya. It's nice to see you again, but this time with your entire team." Solana Bell greeted the boy as she revealed herself to him and the rest of Team Japan. "Salutation, Team Japan. My name is Solana Bell, a first-year student from London Hero Academy and member of Team UK."
"Oh! Bell-san, it's nice to meet you again, too," Midoriya greeted back.
"I feel the same, too, but please, just call me Solana," Solana said.
'So this is the girl Deku, Kai, Todoroki, and Monoma met yesterday and had lunch with. Why do I feel not good when Deku talking with her?' Ochaco thought as Asui looked at the girl with a curious look.
"Ochaco-chan, are you alright?" Asui spoke to her.
"Huh! Oh, I was just um…."
"Oh, right! Bell-san, ah I mean, Solana, I need to introduce you to my friends and classmates," Midoriya said as he also interrupted Ochaco, which was a relived for her. "First, this is one of my classmates and friends, Uraraka Ochaco."
"Um, hello, nice to meet you! I am Uraraka Ochaco!" Ochaco nervously greeted.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Ochaco," Solana greeted as she shook her shaky hand.
"This is Asui Tsuyu-san," Midoriya introduced her to Solana.
"Please to meet you, ribbit. You can just call me Tsu," Asui greeted.
"It's please to meet you, too, Tsu," Solana said, smiling.
"Hello, Felicia." Cordelia greeted. "How are you doing?"
"Oh, Cordelia and William! So glad to see you both again," Felicia gladly said. "Everyone, this is Cordellia Frost and William Powers. They are my friends from London Hero Academy."
"It's a pleasure to meet you both, too!" Ida greeted with a bow.
"Yo, what's up! The name's Ellix, but friends call me Eli," Eli introduced himself.
"It's nice to meet you, too, Eli," William greeted before turning to Ida. "Thank you for your polite gesture. I guess Japanese people usually greet others by bowing."
Since yesterday, the girls already knew William and Cordellia, but Arisa and Usagi didn't, so they introduced themselves.
Suddenly, they heard a loud laugh as a tall, young male student walked out of the team to approach Team Japan.
"Greeting, Team Japan!" A tall, young man with blond hair, shoulder-length hair appeared.
"Hloridi!" Felicia gasped. "Blimey! So it is true that you are here, as part of Team UK!"
"Ah! Felicia, my fellow young female classmate, long time no see," Hloridi greeted. "And glad to see you alright, the boy of electricity!"
"Boy of electricity?" Jiro looked perplexed.
"I think he's referring to Kaminari," Eli guessed.
"Oh, me?" Kaminari asked.
"Glad to see you again, young man!" Hloridi grabbed Kaminari and gave a strong bear hug. "Your Quirk is splendid and helped me a lot to defeat that villain yesterday! It was quite a battle! However, it is a bit shame that you are not a fellow student from my school, London Hero Academy. You would've been a great fine partner, friend!"
"Um, your welcome. Can't breathe…." Kaminari began suffocating.
"Who is he, Felicia?" Arisa asked.
"Ah, where's my manner?" Hloridi responded as he let go of Kaminari, gasping for air. "My name is Hloridi Odinson, the mighty first-year student from Class 1-A of London Hero Academy."
"Odinson? Where have I heard that name before?" Momo pondered aloud.
"You are likely thinking the Odinson Enterprise," Felicia noted.
"That's right! You are right, Felicia," Momo remembered.
"What's Odinson Enterprise?" Usagi asked.
"Odinson Enterprise is one of the famous Fortunate 100 companies in the world. They do businesses in many areas, like real estate, construction development, and others," Momo explained.
"You got it right, a young lady of…." Hloridi looked at Momo briefly from head to toe and back to head. "body proportion!"
"I beg your pardon?" Momo questioned him with a suspicious look.
Some Team Japan members think Hloridi seems to be a friendly person, but very spontaneous for his personality. Unfortunately, though, his choice of wording when he describes some people may be a bit questionable or unnecessary.
"It seems like everyone is getting along well with other teams," Ms. Heal told the teachers.
"I so far love this, too," Speed Girl chirpily agreed.
"My lady." A man next to Amelia Lewis whispered something to her ear. This man is a tall gentleman in a black uniform and jacket. He has a long white beard and carries a white towel over his left arm.
"Thank you for the reminder, Reginald," Amelia responded. "I am thrilled to see everyone getting along well, but I need to have a bit of word with this vulgar American here."
"Huh? Who me?" Bullseye asked, pointing to himself.
"Yes, for you see, the time for our practice, Team UK, is to begin now. I believe that your team's practice time is used up now, and you should start packing things up," She explained.
"Oh crap!" Bullseye checked his watch and looked at the time. "You're right! Well, let's head out! I don't want to miss my soap opera!"
Bullseye glared at Aizawa. "Listen here, Eraser Head! I will beat your ass someday, but not right now! My team will beat your team's ass in place of me, alright?! See ya! Also, to my dear Midnight and all you young ladies, call me. Peace!"
Bullseye walked away as quickly as he can, while everyone else sweat-dropped in response.
"Sorry about all that, sir," Gabriel apologized.
"No need to. I know the kind of guy your teacher is. You two better get going," Aizawa said to which Gabriel and Sadie agreed.
"See you later tonight, Arisa," Sadie said before she and Gabriel left.
"Um, yeah, see you later," Arisa waved goodbye to them.
"We should get going, too, Aizawa," Yamamoto spoke.
"Right," Aizawa nodded. "Let's get going. We spend a bit too much time here."
"While it was short, it was a pleasure to meet you all, Team Japan. We'll see each other again soon," Amelia stated.
"Thank you, Enchantress. We'll get going now," Aizawa replied.
"Goodbye, for now, Eraser Head," Amelia grinned as she bowed politely to him.
"See you later, Felicia," Willaim said.
"We'll see you and your friends again soon later tonight. There we can talk more," Cordellia insisted.
"Yes. I will see you later," Felicia replied as she waved goodbye to them.
"Goodbye, Felicia, my friend!" Hloridi exclaimed. "I will see you and your Japanese friends later!"
"See you later, Midoriya. I will see you again tonight so that we can talk more," Solana said, waving goodbye before she left with her team.
"Um, yes! See you later," Midoriya replied rashly.
Mineta, Kaminari, and some of the members of Team Japan glared at him.
"You sure are friendly with that British chick, Midoriya!" Mineta blustered.
"What are you guys looking at me like that?" Midoriya questioned them.
"You like that girl, do you, bro?" Eli asked.
Midoriya gasped as his face reddened a bit. "What?! That's not it! She and I are just friends, that's all! We are just friends!"
"Right. You two are friends," Jiro teasingly said.
"It's true, Jiro-san!" Midoriya countered.
"We don't quite see it that way," Kaminari stated.
Ochaco stared at Midoriya with a neutral expression, but she was feeling uneasy on the inside.
'What is this? Why do I feel so bad about Deku hanging with another girl? Just why?' She thought as Asui looked at her with a concerned yet curious look.
"Come on, you lot! Enough chit-chat," Aizawa strictly said.
"Yes, sir!" Ida agreed as he began moving his arms towards his classmates. "Everyone, let's all form a proper line! We still have many places to go and see!"
Arisa thought deeply to herself as she walked along with everyone, which Kai and Felicia noticed.
"Hey, Arisa, are you alright?" Kai asked her.
"Huh? Oh, sorry, Kai. Did you say something?" She asked.
"You were thinking something," Felicia noted. "What were you thinking?"
"Well, Sadie and Gabriel mention that they will see me or us again later tonight. I was wondering what they mean by that," she explained.
"You know. You are right. William and Cordellia, as well as Solana and Ms. Lewis, said the same thing," Felicia noted.
"Maybe there is something tonight," Kai guessed.
The trio put that thought aside and followed the rest of the team to avoid getting left behind. After leaving the stadium, they visited famous landmarks around the Acropolis, such as the Parthenon and the Herod Atticus Odeon. In addition, there was a stage show going on, which they watched for few hours. Later, they decided to have a lunch break at the restaurant.
- My Hero Academia -
During the lunch at the restaurant, members of Team Japan talked over about their field trip so far. However, some were on their mind with a deep thought on their expression. Ochaco was one of the people.
She wondered what the relationship between Deku/Midoriya and Solana Bell is all about. He claimed that they are just friends, but Ochaco didn't quite believe it. She thought it was wrong to be nosy like this, but she couldn't help herself. So she decided to speak out and talk about him.
"Hey, De…."
"So, Felicia." Usagi interrupted. "Those friends of yours look nice, but that Hloridi guy, he seems to be strong. I saw him fighting that villain yesterday. What kind of person is he?"
"I am quite curious, too," Momo admitted. "Seeing that he is Odinson, I assume that he must be the son of Wodon Odinson."
"Wodon Odinson? Who is he?" Usagi asked.
"Wodon Odinson is the founder and CEO of the Odinson Enterprise. As I have mentioned before, the company specializes in many areas of fields. Economy, technology, medicine, and of course, hero support. It is one of the top Fortune 100 companies in the world. Last time I checked the ranking, I believe it was Number 2."
"HOLY CARROT?! So that Hloridi guy's dad owns a Number 2 company in the world! So he and his dad or rather the family must be filthy rich!" Usagi exclaimed as the other members sweat dropped with how surprised and not knowing she is acting.
Momo fixed her throat and nodded. "Yes, Odinson Family is one of the richest people in the world. My family has met them before a couple of times at some business parties before."
'What a rich privilege!' Some members of Class 1-A thought.
"Though, I wonder how you know him, Felicia? When we met him at the stadium during the Team USA's practice, he mentions you as his classmate. Are you two in the same class together?" Momo asked.
Felicia nodded. "That's correct."
"But he looks kind of older than you," Kendo pointed out. "No offense, though."
"Not taken, and yes, he is a year older than me or any of my other classmates. He is the oldest in the class," Felicia explained, which surprised everyone.
"Wait? Why? If he's a year older, shouldn't he be in the second year?" Kaminari asked.
"That's a good point," Ida noted.
"Well, he was a second-year student, but due to an incident a year ago, he was forced to re-start a year, and he was put in my class for his punishment," Felicia explained.
"Wait, what?" Usagi gasped.
"What did the guy do?" Eli asked.
"From what I heard from my friend, Cordellia, who saw it happened, Hloridi got into trouble with some other students at the school. So he was stopped, and the principal, under his father's request, put into the first-year class and made him redo the first-year course."
"That sucks," Eli commented. "Though, I am curious as to why they punished him by repeating the first year."
"Well, if that's his father's request, then it can't be helped," Ida commented.
"I agree, but from what I heard from Cordellia, it seems like Hloridi is determined to be part of the team right now, and he is very determined to win this J-HOL Games. So if he does well, the school may consider making him return to the second year," Felicia explained.
The members of Team Japan widened their eyes to hear that.
"Well, that's good to hear! I hope he reaches that goal," Usagi chirped.
"Yes, but that means if we go against him and he loses, then his chance of getting back into the second year will be ruined," Eli stated.
"Holy Carrot! Now, that's bad!" Usagi gasped, again causing her fellow teammates and classmates to sweat-dropped with how she acted.
"That reminds me." Jiro looked over to Kaminari. "You, Kirishima, and Bakugo met Hloridi during that villain's attack yesterday. How did you get to know him?"
"Well, he just came out of nowhere! When he saw me using my Quirk, he just yelled at me and said, 'You, the boy of lightning! Shock me with your unlimited power" or something like it," Kaminari answered.
Felicia sweat-dropped to hear that but sighed. "I see. That's very typical of him. Nothing unexpected there…."
"Though, I admit that I felt somewhat appreciated in helping him. But, on the other hand, it was astonishing to hear someone asking me to shock them on purpose," Kaminari said, scratching the back of his head.
"That's good to hear, Kaminari," Arisa said. "Without you around, Hloridi may have some troubles dealing with that villain."
"Yeah! I felt very cool and appreciated!" Kaminari smiled with a thumb-up.
Jiro tried to contain her laugh as she talked. "I wonder what he thought when he saw your face after you use your power!"
"Oh, stop it! Don't make a mention about that!" Kaminari demanded.
Seeing how everyone enjoyed each other's company, Ochaco decided this was not the right place and time to ask Deku. So she chose not to talk about it. However, Tsuyu, who was in conversation with others, noticed Ochaco's worrying expression and started to concern her friend.
"Everyone." The members turned to Aizawa, who stood up from his chair. "Just to make an important announcement. When we return to the hotel, we will have about few hours to rest before the party tonight."
"There's gonna be a party too? Sweet!" Eli cheered.
"Woohoo! Party!" Usagi exclaimed.
"Settle down!" Aizawa yelled as his eyes glowed red, causing the two to sit back down and stay silent.
"As I was saying, we will have a welcome party tonight. That also means that we will meet other teams. Just letting you all know," Aizawa explained.
"After the lunch is over, we explore few more places and then return to the hotel for rest until the evening," Yamamoto added. "The welcome party will start at 7 pm, so please be ready by 6 pm."
"We prepare dresses and suits for everyone ahead of time," Midnight announced. "Once you rest up a bit, get it and check them out."
After lunch was over, they explored few other places around Athens. Before they head back to the hotel, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a famous cenotaph dedicated to the Greek soldiers killed during the war. Once they arrived back at the hotel, members of Team Japan rest in their shared rooms respectfully.
"Mmmf! I'm stuffed!" Usagi said, rubbing her stomach to show how full she is.
The young female members of Team Japan gathered in the same room together for discussion and hang-out. After that, they gathered in the hotel room shared by Arisa, Asui, Ochaco, and Usagi.
"That's the first time I've ever seen someone ate five salads," Kendo chuckled.
"It was a delicious salad," Usagi said, laying down on the bed.
"Say, Miss Midnight mentions about the dress we can wear for the party tonight. Does any of you guys want to check it out?" Tsuyu asked them.
"Good idea! I like to see them!" Usagi jumped out of bed, already her body back to her thin self.
"How fast your stomach digests, Usagi?" Kendo asked, sweat dropping.
Tsuyu looked at Ochaco and asked her the same thing. "Ochaco-chan, would you like to go and see, too?"
"Huh?" She snapped out of thought and flustered a bit. "Um, I, ah, think I will do it later. I want to, um, take a shower first! Moving around from place and place made me sweaty, and a nice, warm shower should do it!"
Ochaco quickly entered the bathroom, causing her roommates to be confused by her reaction.
"What was that all about?" Usagi asked.
"That was a bit strange," Jiro said.
"I wonder if she is OK," Kendo stated as other girls thought the same thing.
"Zzzz…" Junko snoozed quietly.
Tsuyu thought it, too, for quite some time. Ochaco has been acting weird lately, and she had a feeling what it could be, but maybe this wasn't the best time to ask her.
"Let's go and see the dresses," Momo decided as other girls followed.
"Hey Ochaco-chan, we are heading out and see the dresses. Come and join us later, OK?" Asui said at the bathroom door.
"OK," Ochaco replied as the girls headed out.
Once the others' presence was gone, Ochaco sat down and sighed to herself.
"What am I doing? I should be enjoying being with everyone, but I just can't stop thinking about Deku and that girl, Solana. What is becoming of me?" She moaned.
Meanwhile, at the same time Ochaco moaned to herself in the bathroom, Deku sneezed so loudly that it spooked his roommates and made them look at him with a concerned expression.
"Are you OK, Midoriya? Are you catching a cold?" Todoroki asked.
"Oh, nope. Thank you for asking, Todoroki," Midoriya replied.
"If you are getting sick, I will personally ask Aizawa to switch to a different room!" Monoma declared.
"Don't worry. I am not getting sick," Midoriya said.
'I would rather love to see Monoma be switched to another room,' Kai thought.
Todoroki checked the time on the clock. "Maybe we should get things prepared. It is almost time for the party."
The four boys went downstairs to the ballroom, where their teachers explained that it is the place where they can get their suits or dresses. Then, the four boys met with the girls at the ballroom.
"Hello, Midoriya-chan," Asui greeted.
"Oh, hello, Tsu-san," Midoriya replied, then noticed Ochacho was missing. "Hey, where is Uraraka?"
"Ochaco is in the room, taking a shower. She said she would come here later," Asui explained.
"Oh, I see. Well, we are here to get our suit," Midoriya explained.
"Over here, Midoriya." He turned his eyes to Aizawa, who called him.
"Oh, well anyway. I will talk with you later," Midoriya said as he walked to Aizawa and met with the other boys.
Asui pondered, thinking about Ochaco and her hidden feeling about Midoriya. She knew Ochaco long enough to understand that maybe, just maybe that she has a feeling for Midoriya.
"It seems like Midoriya Izuku hasn't noticed Ochaco's feeling for him."
"Yeah. It looks like so. I would say it to him, but I think that would make Ochaco feels worse, so I won't, but… hmm?" Asui said, then gasped a bit to realize that someone was talking to her. She turned around, seeing the other girls occupied looking at the dresses and other available clothes. The only person she could guess who spoke to her was the sleeping girl on the chair near her.
"Junko-chan?" Asui asked, looking at Junko and checking if she was awake. "Are you awake?"
"Zzzzzz…." Junko snored as she was sleeping.
After few hours of gathering and changing clothes, all members of Team Japan were ready for the night reception.
Kai was now wearing a black slack for the bottom half with pair of black shoes, a white dress shirt, a red necktie, and a dark green jacket. Usagi wore a pink dress with white sleeves, a partially opened area around the chest area, and a pair of white heels. Eli Francsico Barbados wore a white dress shirt, navy-blue necktie, yellow slack with dark blue stripes, black belt, and yellow jacket with a red broach that resembled a ladybug. Felicia Marvel wore a yellow ballgown with frills at the bottom of it, and white gloves. Her wavy, light-blue ponytail was tied with a pink heart-shaped accessory. Yuki Drago wore a crimson red dress shirt, black necktie, black vest, and dark red slack. There were two holes on the back of the dress shirt and vest where his wings pop out, so he won't be bothered by them. Currently, he tucked his wings to act as a coat for him. Arisa Kawasaki's white and reddish pink dress looked similar to Ochaco's formal dress when she visited I-Island, except her dress was inverse in color. She still wore the bracelet on her wrists. Junko Neru was in a white cropped top dress with a white rose on the left side of her head and a pair of white heels.
"Oh my god! Look at all of you! You all look handsome and cute, especially you, my baby brother!" Speed Girl praised her students and hugged Kai tenderly yet tightly.
Speed Girl wore a yellow cropped dress, white gloves, pearl earrings, and velvet red high-heels.
"I can't breathe! Can't breathe!" Kai complained as he tried to get out of his sister's grip, but she just hugged him tighter whenever he did.
Other members from Class 1-A and 1-B were in their formal clothes. For Class 1-B members, Itsuka Kendo wore a blue teal cropped dress, a pair of high heels with the same color, and rings for an accessory. Neito Monoma wore a white dress shirt with an upturned white collar, black bowtie, buttoned black tuxedo with yellow buttons, two short tails, matching slack, and white formal shoes. For one of the Class 1-A members, Asui Tsuyu wore a green dress with a light-green sleeved coat over her dress and black high-heels. She tied her hair to be a bun-shaped ponytail.
Midnight wore a white cropped dress for the rest of the teachers, revealing her chest area and belly button, short skirt, black fishnet socks, and high heels. Ms. Heal wore a more conservative purple dress with a long skirt and purple high heels.
"Is this everyone here?" Aizawa asked.
"Yes, sir! Everyone is at present as I already checked!" Ida answered.
"You sure are working hard, Rep, even in a formal outfit," Eli noted.
"It seems like so, but Mr. Aizawa, you are not in your suit," Ms. Heal noticed.
"No need to. I… I don't want to go." This revelation surprised everyone, especially his students of Class 1-A.
"What?! Why not?" Midnight surprisingly asked.
"There is no need. As long as one staff member presents at the reception with the team, it is fine," Aizawa explained.
"No can do, Aizawa! You are going to the reception, and that's final!" Midnight declared.
"But, we only have like an hour till the reception starts. Can we make it?" Kendo asked.
"I will handle this," Speed Girl said as she dragged Aizawa at lightning speed.
"What are you…ah!" Aizawa gasped as he was taken away fast and then returned a few seconds later.
He was now in a white dress shirt with a simple black jacket, black pants, shoes, and his hair tied neatly in a short ponytail.
The students looked impressed with Eraser Head's sudden clean, formal look.
"Ta-da! Now you are ready for the reception, and I have to say, you look pretty good, Mr. Eraser Head," Speed Girl commented proudly.
"Nicely done, Speed Girl," Midnight praised, causing the young woman to huff and stood proudly.
"Uuh, fine. I guess now it is officially everyone informal. Let's get going then," Eraser Head moodily said as Team Japan headed to the bus waiting for them outside.
After about a 45-minutes drive, they arrived at the location of the reception. It was a large vista located at the top of a hill. However, something else was waiting for them when their bus stopped.
"There they are!" One of the paparazzi flashed cameras at Team Japan members when they got off the bus.
"Holy Carrot! Not again!" Usagi cried as she shielded her eyes.
"Geez, where the hell they come from!" Aizawa complained, then noticed Midnight posing in front of the cameras at her. He sighed and sweat-dropped at her. Fortunately, the security guards kept the paparazzi and news media from coming closer to the members, and a straight path led them to the vista entrance.
"We are here live-in front of the Mt. Olympia Vista, owned by the J-HOL Committee, where the reception party for all the participating teams gathers tonight. Just now, Team Japan has arrived at the scene as they head into the vista building," a news anchorwoman explained, standing in front of the camera. Some members of Team Japan, like Eli, Kaminari, and Usagi, noticed the camera and waved in the background. Usagi even did a Jojo pose.
Team Japan with their teachers entered the building. The guard guided them into the reception area. It was a large ballroom with a stairway that led to the second floor and balcony area. At the backend of the ballroom was a large glass window that shows a beautiful view of the night of Athens. In the middle of the ballroom was the dance floor. Just at the corner, some people were playing the violin, piano, and cello.
"Holy Carrot! This place looks amazing!" Usagi exclaimed.
"It feels like we are at a rich person's party," Ochaco commented as she almost fainted.
"Wow! Be careful, Uravity!" Eli caught Ochaco before she hit the floor.
"Hello, Team Japan." Yamamoto Umi, the staff member from Japan's Embassy, greeted Team Japan, welcoming them.
"Yamamoto," Aizawa greeted.
"I am glad that you all made it in time," he happily said as he turned to the students. "Team Japan, welcome to the reception. Well, it will technically start in fifteen minutes, but there are foods and beverages available. Other teams have already arrived. Enjoy yourselves!"
"But remember to be on your best behavior," Aizawa warned as he glared, especially at Bakugo.
'Stop looking at me like that!' Bakugo mentally said.
"Kai, if you need me, I will be with the teachers, OK?" Speed Girl whispered to Kai.
"Yeah, I will be fine," Kai replied as Speed Girl went with the teachers.
"So, what should we all do?" Midoriya asked but then noticed that everyone went on their separate ways already.
"I want to check out what they have at the table. I'm starving!" Usagi stated as she rubbed her tummy.
"You sure are hungry. Maybe even more than the normal rabbit," Eli joked.
"I want to check some hot girls from other teams!" Mineta declared.
"I join you," Kaminari said.
"Mineta and Kaminari, don't do anything inappropriate! We must be on our best behavior and not offend someone from other teams!" Ida stated.
"Ochaco-chan, let's check out the view of Athens," Asui suggested.
"Yeah!" Ochaco agreed, looking a bit better.
"I would like to join," Jiro chimed in.
"I will also, too," Momo said as she turned to Kendo. "What about you, Kendo-san?"
"Thank you for asking. I will check it out later. I will keep an eye on Mr. Troublemaker here," Kendo said as she glared at Monoma.
"Huh? Me, troublemaker? What are you saying, Kendo? I am on my best behavior," Monoma insisted.
"I don't want you to say something nasty toward members from other teams, like you always do to our fellow first-year from Class 1-A and 1-L," Kendo argued. "Also, I need your help with carrying and keeping an eye on Junko-chan here."
"Zzzzz…." Junko peacefully slept as she stood beside Kendo while the latter held her.
"What? I…" Monoma began arguing, but Kendo countered-argued and managed to agree with her, and helped her in carrying Junko wherever they go.
The only ones left of the Team were Midoriya, Kai, Yuki Drago, Arisa, and Felicia.
"It seems like you are only one in Class 1-A at present, Midoriya Izuku," Yuki mentioned aloud.
Midoriya laughed a bit nervously. "Yeah, it seems like so."
"So now that we are here, what do you guys want to do?" Kai asked.
"I would like to see if Williams and Cordellia are around," Felicia said.
"I've been thinking the same thing with my friend Sadie and Gabriel," Arisa added.
"Well, since we are here, maybe we can find them as we look around the place," Kai suggested.
"That sounds like a good idea, Kai," Arisa agreed.
"Indeed," Felicia nodded.
"I guess that's one thing we can do instead of just standing here," Yuki Drago said.
"Then, let's go around and check," Midoriya said as the group began exploring the area.
"Hey, are you from Team Japan?" Izuku's group was just walking around the ballroom when suddenly, someone called to them.
They turned to see a tall, young man with a muscular built-in suit and tie approached him. He had short, spiky dark red hair, but most importantly, he had not two but three eyes, a third one in the center of his forehead.
The members looked a bit surprised, but Yuki Drago responded first. "Yes, we are. Who are you?"
The young boy laughed heartfully. "Sorry to surprise you or anything. My name is Ivan Galanis. I'm the captain of Team Greece!"
"Ivan Galanis? Blimey! I've heard about you!" Felicia exclaimed.
"You know this person, Felicia?" Arisa asked.
"Ivan Galanis is famous! He is one of the Top 10 New Generation Heroes in Europe," Felicia explained.
"Wow! A Top Hero?!" Midoriya gasped, then turned to Ivan. "Is that mean you are already a Pro Hero?"
Ivan smiled. "Well, kind of. I have my provisional license so that I can work as a pro hero. I am currently working at a hero agency for my hero work-study."
"Hero Work-Study?" Kai repeated.
"Don't worry about that now. You first-year will eventually know about it," Ivan said. "Anyway, I am just honored to meet you finally, and I know some of your faces there! You are Midoriya Izuku."
"Huh? Me?!" Izuku blushed a bit as he was surprised by Ivan knowing his name already.
"Yeah, you! You are the kid who won that first obstacle game in the UA Sports Festival! Man, that was impressive! You used the buried landmines to explode yourself to fly over the competitors and get in first, right?" Ivan asked.
"Um, that's right! You are correct!" Izuku exclaimed, agreeing with Ivan's guess.
"Blimey. Everyone knows Midoriya's accomplishment from UA Sports Festival. It's quite amazing how well-known the event is," Felicia commented.
"It really is," Arisa agreed.
While Team Japan occupied with their businesses, three shadowy people watched over them from the second floor. However, one of the three people revealed to be the same young man from yesterday: Boomba Pietro of Team Italy.
"Just like how you saw it. They are right at que," Boomba casually said as he looked over at each member of Team Japan.
"Of course, they are right on cue. Don't you know that I can see the future?" said a second person. This person stood at little above 6 feet tall. He had long crimson hair with few pink stands that reached his shoulders. His body was mild-physical fit with long arms and legs. His nails were pedicured, and his lips were green as his eyes, like a forest. His arm and face showed light-tanned skin.
"Yeah, yeah. I know that you can read the future, Hora. The next thing you will say is 'Hey Enza, would you like to go and greet the newcomers?'" Boomba said.
"Hmph!" Hora huffed, looking a bit distasteful at Boomba, but said what he would say. "Hey Enza, would you go and greet the newcomers?"
Behind the gentlemen was a young girl with medium, dark brown hair with swoopy layers, large gray eyes, an average-sized chest, and olive complexion for the skin. She opened a purple fan and waved it at herself.
"Let's, and I want to start with the female members. Lady goes first." The girl named Enza decided as she smirked sinisterly.
Hello, everyone! How are you all doing? Even though the Tokyo Olympics is over, the J-HOL Games is just starting.
I've decided to split this chapter of the "J-HOL Reception" into two-parts. The next chapter, Chapter 28 will introduce some more OCs created by other users who put in their request and ones I decided to add. If you have an idea for an OC and would like to see it appear in this story, please see the character sheet form at the end of Chapter 22.
This chapter introduces couple new characters. First we have Damian Brown aka Bullseye from Team USA. His personality and character is based on a fictional character named Detective Carter, a protagonist from the movie trilogy "Rush Hour", starring Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan.
Second, we have Amelia Lewis, the teacher and coach rep for Team UK. This character is created by johannvanguard. She also has a personal butler named Reginald, who is also created by johannvanguard. She is sort of Mary Poppin, but I also made her a bit of pompous gentlewoman-like personality to fit with the whole British feel to it.
Thirdly, we have Ivan Galanis, created by yours truly. He is the captain of Team Greece and third-year student from Athens Prep Hero School. I also hinted three more characters at the end, well one of them is someone who we already know, but his name is Boomba Pietro, third-year from Team Italy.
Please look forward to Chapter 28, where we will see more new OCs. I won't show all of them, but I will show a lot of them, with some meeting each different group of Team Japan members, which is why I separated them into groups when they arrived at the reception. All part of a plan.
Stay safe and have a nice day. As always, go beyond. Plus Ultra!