Twisted Nightmares

Chapter 6

Sour Attitude

Saying that Mineta bothered Tsuyu would probably be the biggest understatement of all time. The short grape headed boy had seriously been rubbing her the wrong way, more so than usual. Some of her classmates had also noticed it as well. It was not all of her class, but a rather considerable amount. They knew something was obviously wrong, but never spoke on the matter. Perhaps it would be awkward for some of them? Or the more timid ones straight up refusing to speak. But they all worried for the same reason.

Because for better or worse, Mineta had stopped being...Mineta.

Mineta, was unfortunately well known for one reason: being a perverted little runt. Being the infamous pervert of UA, the little creep was well known for loving to to peek at girls when their backs were turned, or he'd be drooling over any female hero showing even the tiniest amount of skin. In a way, the purple rat was laughably easy to predict when it came to basically any situation. He'd show complete disinterest in something until... the topic of females was brought to his attention.

When it came to being a 'hero', he didn't stand out of the crowd at all, especially in combat. Other the his unhealthy obsession for women, he was rather timid, especially in combat, preferring to run at the first sight of danger. Even if you didn't really know him that much, if you saw his behavior during the USJ attack, any person with at least ten braincells would be able to figure out what kind of person Mineta was.

The entire class didn't hate Mineta, some would have foolishly tried to get the small boy to change his disgusting ways, and by that it meant just a short scolding from Iida or one of the girls like Tsuyu herself slapping some sense into Mineta whenever he stupidly tried making a dumb pervy comment on situations, like Uraraka telling everyone that she'd do her best back before the Sports Festival. Tsuyu recalled giving him a good tongue slap before he could voice whatever the hell he was thinking in that small brain of his. She bet if you asked a telepath to read Mineta's mind, they'd probably be scarred for life. Lord knows what he was thinking half the time.

Tsuyu didn't hate the grape haired kid, no. She really couldn't be asked to be honest. She didn't like the word "hate". She just disliked Mineta to a certain degree. Hate was a word that was usually associated with villains, and Mineta couldn't be farther from a villain. Other then the fact villains were usually cowards like Mineta, they didn't sign up to UA just to drool over women. So hating others wasn't exactly something she could make time for if she wanted to succeed in UA. It took dedication and strive to pass in UA, and getting distracted would be a bad thing.

Even if she somhow wasn't enrolled in the #1 hero school, she couldn't hate Mineta either, he was just annoying.

Well that's how he was, before who he was completely did a 180.

"Are you two finished?"

Tsuyu glanced at the other side of the room at the sound of Mineta's voice from the other side of the room. What was going on over there?
She saw Mineta glaring at the two lowest scorers in the midterm, the two students were seemingly taken aback by Mineta's outburst. What was up with him? Maybe he just woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Tsuyu settled for watching silently in the background.

Tsuyu noticed that Midoriya too, had caught on to Mineta's angry reaction. Midoriya looked like he wanted to ask Mineta about it, but he gave up. Perhaps Mineta was just tired? But if this was Midoriya, Tsuyu knew he'd try to ask Mineta why he was acting like that anyways.

She forgot the encounter until later that day, when Bakugo decided to confront Midoriya and attempted to make a statement in front of the entire class in an attempt to spite the green haired boy.

"I'll beat you with an indisputable difference!"

"I'll beat you with an indisputable difference!"

Hearing Mineta simultaneously with Bakugo's was weird enough as it is, but to hear him simultaneously parrot the same exact thing that Bakugo said. That just screamed wrong. It was almost like he knew exactly what Bakugo was going to say. There was no way he could of just guessed what Bakugo was going to say it.

Tsuyu's warning bells went off as Bakugo tried to scare some sense into young Mineta, only for Mineta to shrug off his insults, asked if Bakugo was going to kill him, then left the room after dodging a swing from Bakugo.

Not once did Mineta cower, or his already high pitched voice raise in fear when Bakugo showed some sparks.

He just walked away.

What was that? She'd never seen Mineta behave this way before.

It didn't help that earlier today before the first practical, Mineta had told Kaminari and Mina that they would fail after Kaminari had made a snide comment about how beating Nezu would be laughably easy or something. Tsuyu didn't know if it was good or bad that Mineta didn't even wait for everyone to go inside, he just called them out in front of everyone, then went inside with Sero nervously tagging along.

And just a few minutes ago, after Uraraka had left the specating room, when Tsuyu had approached Mineta after coming in with Midroiya, she was surprised at the look in his eyes. She knew that look all too well.

Annoyance had momentarily flashed in his eyes, but he quickly covered it up. He still held his cocky smile though.

It made her hesitate. Which Mineta did not seem to like. "Can I help y-"

She definitely did not like his tone. She inquired about him planning with Sero, making the grape boy's smug grin disappear, and his annoyance look fully on display. Luckily for Mineta, Sero decided to butt in and save Mineta's hide. Sero informed Tsuyu that they somehow already did plan. She decided to pry about his new cocky attitude on how he 'knew' he was going to pass.

Wrong thing to ask. He immediately cursed at her and then apologized? It seemed he thought she was prying because of what he did at USJ. She was tempted on making a snide comment on how she was surprised that 'a creature like Mineta could feel remorse'. But, that probably wouldn't of been a good idea. He was irritated enough already, and she'd just be poking the hornets nest. Especially that Midoriya was near, antagonizing Mineta wouldn't end well.

Tsuyu found herself at a loss for words. "Well?" Mineta was tapping his foot. Probably waiting for a response.

She settled for looking blankly at the boy. He didn't back down, glaring right back at her. The genuine anger in Mineta's eyes was as clear as day. She decided to back down. She'd get answers, but she'd have to be patient. Mineta seemed to get irritated much quicker now.

This fight was absolutely nerve wracking for Midoriya. If he was a few years younger, Midoriya would have been biting his nails, he was so nervous. After Tsuyu placed herself to his right, they watched as Uraraka and Aoyama surprisingly struggled against Thirteen.

The two students found themselves hanging on for dear life as Thirteen's Black Hole quirk had them gripping to a steel bar. Midoriya was sweating now. Was Uraraka going to fail? He remembered her humiliating defeat at the Sports Festival. Failing now would crush her. Midoriya clenched his fist. She had to succeed! She just had to! If she didn't, Midoriya would do everything in his damn power to cheer her up. Her being sad, it just wasn't right. The world would be unbalanced if she shed a single tear. Now he was starting to get choked up as well.

"Relax Midoriya," He heard Mineta whisper. "She's going to win." Midoriya noted how Mineta had a rather blank look as he watched along with everyone else. How could he be so sure that she'd succeed? Midoriya stopped, and thought that maybe he was not having enough faith in his best friend. Uraraka could handle herself!

Tides seemed to turn as Uraraka seemed to purposely let go of the bar, and used the momentum from Thirteen's Black Hole to bring herself right up to the Pro Hero. Thirteen didn't expect her sudden aggressive tactic, and stopped Black Hole, leaving him wide open. Uraraka wrestled Thirteen's left arm to the ground, holding it an a tight grip. Aoyama had to use his laser to boost himself over to Thirteen's right before the Space Hero could attempt to pry Uraraka off.

"And...catch!" Aoyama sang, tackling the right arm of the Pro Hero, effectively immobilizing him.

Uraraka cuffed Thirteen, and ended their exam.

"Team Aoyama and Uraraka have passed!"

Midoriya was thrilled. A huge smile was now plastered on his freckled face. "Nice judgment Uraraka! I can't believe she thought to use her opponent's power to get in close!" Uraraka was in control of the situation the whole time! It just seemed that she didn't!

Mineta restrained himself, resisting the urge to sarcastically blurt out: "I can"

"Ribbit..." Tsuyu croaked. She put a finger to her chin thoughtfully. "To me, it looked like Uraraka just happened to let go though... I wonder what she and Aoyama were talking about?" Uraraka had a embarrassed expression on her face before she had released her grip on the rail.

The green haired boy shrugged. "Who knows? We can't hear what they're saying from here."

Hearing the automatic door open from behind, the group turned to see Iida and...Yaoyorozu?

Mineta blew a raspberry upon seeing Yaoyorozu enter the room. He was dreading encountering her, and he didn't know she'd enter here with the other students.

This should be interesting.

Mineta definitely wasn't about to go up and strike up a conversation now about if she could consider making him a ton of gas masks. It wouldn't end well right now, the slight tension in the room still was there, and he hated it.

What was he supposed to say anyways? "Hey Yaoyorozu, could you do me a quick favor and make like roughly 70 gas masks, I have a good reason I swear!"

"Uraraka passed huh? I don't expect any less." Iida said as he and Yaoyorozu entered the room.

Mineta on the other hand was having a miniature midlife crisis at the moment. He was shocked at the fact Iida had entered a room and hadn't immediately begun shouting at the top of his lungs and begun hand chopping.

Midoriya smiled as his friends walked over and joined them in front of the screen. "Congrats to you and Yaoyorozu too!" His smile grew to a shining glow, making the two students in front of him wince a little. At least his grin wasn't the full smile, or they'd be blind by now.

Tsuyu croaked happily "Ribbit!" The froggy girl was also ecstatic at the fact her friends had passed their exams.

"Way to go!" Sero said, grinning a toothy smile. He was slightly jealous though, of his classmates intelligence. Yaoyorozu and Iida were the smartest of the entire class. Sero knew if he didn't pass the practical...eugh.

Iida and Yaoyorozu smiled at the praise. "Thanks Midoriya."

Iida placed himself between Mineta and Midoriya, since there was an empty space there now since Uraraka's departure.

Yaoyorozu seemed like she wanted to stand by Iida, but stopped in her tracks upon seeing Mineta.

The boy noticed the movement in the corner his eye had stopped, and looked straight up at her in defiance. Was Yaoyorozu having a problem too? Well, since the whole Sports Festival thing, he couldn't exactly blame her for having any negative feelings towards him.

Yaoyorozu however had noticed with slight surprise that Mineta eyes hadn't wandered anywhere under her chin, and was surprised at him staring back at her dead in the eyes.

Mineta broke his blank stare, and looked at Iida, then back at Yaoyorozu. He repeated the process three more times before he rolled his eyes, walked away towards one of the walls, and plopped down and closed his eyes. He could put two and two together, Yaoyorozu didn't want to be near him at all.

Yaoyorozu however, thought that he probably did that to get a better look at her from behind. She made a sound of disgust before joining the conversation between her other classmates, leaving Mineta to his thoughts.

Tsuyu looked back up at the screen, and once more put a finger to her chin in thought. "I wonder which team will take the practical exam next?"

Yaoyorozu finally decided to speak. "The sixth match is Team Ashido and Kaminari. They will be up against Principal Nezu."

If Yaoyorozu had been looking, she would of seen Mineta perk up, and a small smile grow upon the mention of Mina and Kaminari.

Not much to rewrite here, a few lines added and edits to already existing ones. Hope yall enjoyed it.