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Ok, so if you just got to see this chapter, I had to updates posted ahead of this one, and the second update was explaining my redone chapter one and my plans to redo other older chapters. I dub it the "Redux Chapters". So, if you see any older chapters, and the author notes say "Rewrite" instead of "Redux" that isn't a redone chapter. I just called them rewrites back then when I edited them poorly. I removed both updates so if newcomers saw 2 chapters were just update, I was terrified that they would drop the story, since I know how some people don't like updates. But yeah, if you're not new, please let me know what you think of the remastered chapter 1. Thanks, and cya!

Twisted Nightmares

Chapter 23

Horrifying Reality

After planning with Sero, Mineta realizes he'll have to try Plan B.

For the rest of the time before the exams, Mineta studied with his friends, and surprised himself by learning a lot more things than he had in his previous...lives. He knew once he took the test, he was definitely going to get a better score than previous attempts. Although he also learned that studying was rather enjoyable if you were with friends.

When he met up with Kaminari and Mina, the two students were more than happy to fill him in on their experience. They had informed him that studying was not what they had expected, especially Yaoyoruzo's surprisingly huge mansion. The two students explained in great detail about how they sat in a big dining room, and how they were brought tea while they studied. Definitely sounded interesting, at least to Mineta. He just hoped they got better scores in the written exam.

Although he wouldn't admit up front, he was glad that some of his friends would fail the practical. The idea of some of his fellow classmates in the building during the attack, safe and sound from the villains. It eased some of the stress he got when he began to think about the attack again. At least some of them were out of harms way, although it would hurt to watch them get teary eyed when they failed. But this time, when they'd return to class in tears, he'd be encouraging as much as he possibly could. Although he hated the fact that he failed in the forest that night, maybe it was for the best in a twisted sort of way.

Mineta walked to UA with a good feeling resonating in his chest. It was a new start, quite literally.

Funny how someone like me gets an amazing quirk like this, He thought as he absentmindedly walked into the doors of UA. When he first discovered this quirk, he first had wished that someone else more...well... fit had gotten this quirk. Out of everyone in existence, the quirk to rewind time after dying is his? He originally had thought someone like Midoriya would get more use out of a quirk like that. Although that thought was quickly stomped out once he realized poor Midoriya would have to die in order to use the quirk as well. Mineta had seen a lot of unpleasant things in his multiple lives, and seeing Midoriya eventually losing his innocence due to dying over and over...

He squeezed his eyes shut to get the awful image out of his head. Maybe me having this quirk isn't so bad after all. At least it's me suffering, and not any of my friends. I'm probably the most deserving of a curse like this. Mineta clenched his fist. He couldn't imagine any of his friends dying over and over just to wake up a few weeks back. It'd probably drive any of his friends completely insane from repeating days from the past.

Mineta subconsciously rubbed his chest with his open palm, his hand hovering over the spot that had once been cracked wide open with a salt block. God, how long ago was that? I've lost track over all this time passing. When will I start to forget more things? I can't even remember what happened the day before Aizawa announced that it was a week before the exams. Clenching his fist, Mineta tried to block out the thought of just losing all of it. I only remember the first day at the school. I can't even remember the entrance exams anymore. I faintly remember the USJ attack. What did I even do when I was taking lessons from Mt Lady? Midoriya, Iida, Todoroki were attacked by Stain during that time, weren't they?

God, Mineta thought to himself. How long until I forget my conversations with my friends? How long until I forget what their personalities are like? He started to think more and more about the horrible possible future. A vision popped up in his head, him trying to talk to Kaminari and not understanding or remembering anything about him. He could already see the confused looks from his friends. He could hear their questions about why was he forgetting everything. Is it possible I'm going to become obsessed with this?

Before anymore thoughts could pop up in his brain, Mineta shook his head. I'm about to do the exams, I can think about this stuff later.

Doing the written exams was no biggie, and he was pretty sure that his score was pretty decent. But he knew that he would do just fine, considering the fact that he had studied a ton with his friends. Each day was just a repeat since there was multiple written exams they had to take. Well, it certainly felt like a repeat more and more he struggled through the exams.

Well, repeating is something I specialize in, He reminded himself. so I think I'll be fine.

But after he finished his written exams on the final day, he realized that the risk was too great. The risk of forgetting and possibly driving him insane. It scared him to death. If he ever...snapped, he wouldn't be able to save his friends and fight villains simultaneously. So, now that he had made up his mind, he made his decision. It was time for Plan B. Mineta was sure that he couldn't save his friends, since he was, well, Mineta. He was well aware that he couldn't accomplish much, given that his quirk wasn't really useful, especially with his lack of physical fitness. I won't be able to do anything against the villains.

His eyes widened as an idea popped into his head.

But maybe Midoriya could.

Following the first time they studied as a group, Midoriya and his friends got together to study in the following days before the exam. His mother was delighted at the company, and Midoriya had a feeling she was also just happy that he had actual friends. Well, I'm also glad I have friends too. Midoriya thought to himself as he remembered studying with his friends a few days back.

He never thought studying would be this... fun! Being with friends (especially Uraraka) studying with full stomachs, was surprisingly an enjoyable experience. Well, food can do wonders to someone's mood if they're cranky. Well, except for Kacchan. Knowing Kacchan, he'd probably say something among the lines of "thanks for the food." really aggressively and with a swear or two.

During the first day, he found out the written exams were no small feat themselves, but Midoriya found that studying hard those few days was starting to pay off. On questions he knew he would of originally been scratching his head, he remembered the answer just a few seconds later. I should study with my friends more. Midoriya had thought when he was scribbling down the answer.

But now as he found himself in front of the area where they would take their practical, he found himself a little unsure if he would succeed. All Might had hopped down and informed him that his partner was Kacchan. Kacchan, of all people. He didn't hate the hot headed blonde, but he knew that trying to get his childhood friend to work with him would be a challenge. Midoriya knew it would probably be pointless to try to plan with someone like Kacchan, so he settled for trotting into the spectator room. Maybe he'd learn something from watching everyone else.

Waiting Room

Sero attempted to find the words to speak to Mineta, who was currently pacing around the room. When they first walked into their waiting room after being dismissed, Mineta began pacing. The boy was muttering something about a "plan" as he walked to one end of the room, then immediately turning around to repeat his walk cycle. Sero lifted a hand to give a weak wave in Mineta's direction. No response. Mineta seemed to be in another world. He sighed, and walked up to Mineta to tap his shoulder. "Hey, Mineta!"

The grape haired boy stopped his march temporarily to look up at the tape boy. "Eh what? What's up?"

Sero held his hand out in case Mineta thought of pacing again. "Uh, what are you talking about?"

"Oh," Mineta gave a weary grin. "Uh, I'm just thinking about the plan, remember? I mentioned it earlier today?" He pointed his thumb at the door behind them. "We'll be up before we know it, I'd like to go on with a plan. Especially considering the fact we'll be going up against a Pro Hero."

Well, ask a dumb question...Sero thought to himself, albeit a tad bit bashfully. "Sorry, I wasn't really paying attention." He looked to the side, as if to avoid eye contact with Mineta. "I don't mean to offend you, but how you've been behaving, it's been kind of distracting me."

Sero knew he had phrased that incorrectly once Mineta's face scrunched up into one of worry.

"O-Oh," Mineta quickly said. "My behavior?" The grape haired boy rubbed his arm. "Wh-What do you mean?"

"No, not like that!" Sero quickly said before any more misunderstandings could happen, "Not in a bad way," The boy looked confused, so Sero continued. "Actually, I've noticed you've been really changing in the past few days." He glanced at the door. "Well, not just me, most of our classmates have noticed your change in behavior."

"My change...in behavior." Mineta repeated once more. He lowered his eyebrows in what looked to be confusion. "What do you mean by that?"

Sero raised an eyebrow at the grape boy's apparent confusion. Has Mineta been unintentionally changing? "Wait," Sero started, "So you haven't been doing this on purpose?"

The grape haired boy looked at Sero like he just grew a second head. "Sero, I really don't understand what you're trying to say."

"I mean, about how you've basically being a better person now!" Sero blurted out. "Everyone has noticed!" And he wasn't lying either. Ever since Aizawa had announced the exams, Mineta's personality had done a complete 180.

Mineta had an amused smile now, to Sero's confusion. "Do you mind elaborating?" He said as he scratched an itch on his arm. "I don't see how I'm a better person."

Sero's jaw almost dropped to the floor. "Are you serious?" Mineta just shrugged. Sero shook away his shock, and continued, "Everyone in the class, even Aizawa has noticed how you've been changing for the better. You've been a lot more polite to your classmates, you're a lot less snobby and smug." Sero rubbed the back of his head. "And, a lot less... raunchy around your friends, especially the girls. And people have been noticing."

Sero could recall during lunch times that Mineta's change of behavior had been really been starting to become obvious. One time Jirou's thigh had bumped into Mineta's head when she was walking by him during lunch. Knowing Mineta, everyone expected him to make a weird face, or try to grope her, or drool over her, or some awful thing that Mineta usually does. However, to everyone's shock, the grape boy had just quickly apologized, and before Jirou could get a word out, the boy gave a little bow, and went to sat with Kaminari. Some girls were especially pleased with the change, although they hadn't voiced their opinions to the grape boy. The more goody two shoe students of the class like Midoriya and Iida, were also obviously happy at Mineta's change as well.

"Oh." Mineta simply said in a monotone voice. "Is that uh, is that a good thing?"

"Are you for real right now?" Sero almost shouted. "Of course it's a good thing! It's a great thing! Everyone's pretty glad that you're not acting like..." He rubbed the back of his head. "Well, like your old self. Your new attitude about everything is basically unheard of. No offense."

"None taken." Mineta simply said, although he looked a little confused.

Sero noticed that the boy looked a little dazed. He smiled bashfully, as he realized he might of overwhelmed Mineta's brain with too much information in such a short span. "Was what overwhelming for you?"

Chuckling at Sero, Mineta gestured with his hand in a "so-so" manner. "A little bit, yeah." He smiled. "But I appreciate your...well, appreciation I guess. I just didn't know that I was making an impact at all. Don't really see how I changed, though."

Sero tried to hold on a snicker, but failed. "Mineta, you can't be serious. Do I have to spell it out?"

"I guess," Mineta said with a expression that made him look befuddled. "I'm pretty sure I've been acting the same."

Taking a deep breath, Sero stopped himself from letting out another snicker. "Mineta, I'm not trying to be mean, but your old self... well you were kind of a scumbag. Perving on other girls and being disrespectful to other classmates, being cocky, y'know. And, kind of a coward." Sero noticed that Mineta seemed to instinctively look down when Sero mentioned him being a coward.

"Well..." The grape haired boy muttered. "I'm still one of those things."

Sero wanted to tell Mineta that he was wrong, but something told him that it was probably personal for the grape boy. I'll scold him about it later. And if he keeps beating himself down, I'll probably have to ask Midoriya for his help. If anyone can set Mineta straight, it'll be Midoriya.

"Anyways," Mineta said suddenly, "Shouldn't we come up with a plan for our practical? We are going up against a Pro Hero."

Sero was well aware that the boy's concerns were valid, but he was tempted to press on the issue of Mineta's very low self esteem. He opened his mouth to say something, but no words came out. No, we can do that later. Sero thought as he shook his head. Going against a Pro Hero is a bigger issue right now. But I'm definitely mentioning this to Midoriya after the exams end. Sero forced himself to push the thought aside, and looked back down at Mineta. "Yeah. Yeah we should. What did you have in mind?"

"Well, both our quirks are more trap based, you probably know that already." Mineta said. "But your quirk has the greater range."

"Are you sure about that?" Sero said, tilting his head in confusion. "You can throw your grapes, I don't see how yours has better range. My tape can only go in the direction I'm aiming my elbows. I'm pretty sure you can throw a curveball or something like that with those grapes of yours."

Mineta squinted his eyes. "A what ball?"

"Y'know," Sero said. "A curve ball. Remember in that old sport? I think it was called baseball or something. You could throw the ball in a specific way, and the ball would curve because of the way it spun."

"But my grapes aren't that heavy." Mineta countered as he shook his head. "There would be no way for me to use my quirk like I do if they were as heavy as baseballs." He lifted his arm in Sero's direction. "Do you think these arms could throw baseballs effectively?" Mineta grinned in amusement. "My little arms don't exactly give you the impression of any upper arm strength."

"Oh." Sero mumbled. He could never guess how heavy Mineta's grapes were, since the only time he interacted with them was when he got stuck on one during training. It was rather difficult to tell when the stickiness also made it hard to tell it's weight. It could be very heavy but with it's stickiness, it could just be very light too. Sero pointed to the grapes on Mineta's head, "Well, how heavy are they?"

"They're not as heavy as solid rubber balls like your average large bouncy ball, but they're heavier than something like a stress ball. Think of my grapes like squishy rubber stress balls. That's the best comparison I got." Mineta responded simply. He pulled a grape off and threw it up for an example. "See, it's pretty ligh-" Mineta unintentionally cut himself off when his grape went just a bit too high, and stuck against the ceiling. "Oh, oops."

The tape boy went to say something, but Mineta held up a hand. "It's alright, it's biodegradable. They usually go away after a few hours."

Sero nodded as he stared at the purple sphere latched against the ceiling. "Eco friendly quirk eh?"

"Yeppers," Mineta said as he blew a raspberry. "But anyways, my grapes are decently light."

Sero shrugged. "Fair enough for me." He frowned. Then what can we do? With Midnight's quirk, it'll make things difficult. He held his elbow out, showing his tape dispensers to Mineta. "Well, my tape has reach, and although it hurts to use if I do it for too long, I don't need to throw it like with yours. Got any ideas?"

"Well," Mineta began, "Which path are we wanting to take? To run to the exit?" Mineta grabbed his own right wrist, his left hand cupped as if to look like a cuff. "Or cuff her?"

Sero wanted to say cuff. If they managed to cuff Midnight, that would pretty cool, and Mineta would maybe get some self confidence. From that exchange earlier, it's obvious he has some issues with his self confidence. But then there would be the risk of both of us getting hit by Midnight's Somnambulist. One breath is all it would take for both of us to fail. Maybe running is the better option. "I'll be honest Mineta, I'm worried that Midnight might KO us both, and I don't want to fail." He licked his chapped lips, even thinking of the idea of failure made him slightly nervous. "Sure, we'll look pretty good to our teachers if we cuff Midnight, a Pro Hero, but it's a massive risk."

"Then should we run?" his friend piped up from beside him.

"Well..." Maybe...maybe we could? He could already see it, him and Mineta trapping Midnight with their quirk, and slapping the cuffs on her, and securing their win. It would be so easy! They could...

Sero's positive train of thought was slowly stopped as reality slowly set in. No, I have to think about this realistically, and rationally. With Midnight's Somnambulist, and with neither of us having gas masks. Even if we tried holding our breaths...We'd probably run out way before we'd be able to get close. This is also Mineta's exam as well, I can't just be thinking about myself. Sure, if we cuffed her, Mineta would probably some self confidence, but it's not worth the risk. He's asking for my advice on what we should do. We'll just have to run. And after our exam, I'll ask Midoriya if he could help on the issue with Mineta's self confidence. But for now... "I hate to say it...but I think we should run. Midnight's Somnambulist is too much of a hazard for us to risk getting close. It may look kind of cowardly, but it's our best chance of passing."

Mineta nodded softly in understanding. "Alright. What's our plan of attack then? Midnight might try running after us, and with her quirk's range, her Somnambulist might catch up to us, even if were far from her."

Sero began to ponder upon hearing Mineta's words. "Well," Sero started. "We need to either risk trying to stealth it by sneaking past her, or going the aggressive route." He gestured with his hands in the air. "We can't risk the defensive route, since her Somnambulist will reach us anyways. Besides we can't be holding our breath in for that long anyway, so playing defensive will screw us in the end."

"So we're doing the offensive?"

"Either that or stealth. Both come with risks. Offensive tactics usually use methods that require a lot of physical effort. And y'know, trying to hold your breath while running around and dodging isn't really a great idea."

Mineta hummed thoughtfully as he put a gloved hand to his little chin. "Well, there's also risks with stealth. Even if Midnight doesn't see us, she could possibly wander around close enough to us. I'm pretty sure once the exam starts, she's just going to constantly emit her Somnambulist once she gets irritated enough from not being able to find us. So she could unintentionally knock us out."

Sero grumbled as he imagined the unpleasant image of Somnambulist knocking them out when they were just hiding behind a rock. He also imagined Midnight's surprised face when the loudspeaker announced that they failed. "Damn, that is true. It looks like both options don't really guarantee a hundred percent chance of succeeding."

Mineta just shrugged. "Well, whatever you choose, I'm okay with. Doesn't matter too much to me."

Nodding, Sero began to ponder his choices. Both were tempting to him, but every time he leaned in favor of one, the negatives of that would just push him back to the middle. But once he considered the positives of the other one, he'd just repeat the process. Should we sneak? Or should we attack? Both sound good, but both sound bad...

Then, an idea hit him. A possibly horrible idea, but genius if it worked. No... there's no way...but maybe... Sero's eyes widened, and a huge grin appeared on his face. That could work! He visibly perked up. "Eureka!"

Mineta raised an eyebrow. "Eureka?"

"Sorry," Sero quickly said. "Don't know why I said that. But I realized the best solution for our issue. What if we do both?"

"Both?" Mineta said in slight disbelief. "May I ask how are we going to do that?"

Sero felt a devious grin on his face. "Well...here's what I think will work."

Spectator Room

"Oh, hey guys!" Midoriya waved cheerfully to Mineta and Sero, who had just entered through the door. Uraraka also waved at them as well. Sero lifted his hand up in greeting, while Mineta gave them a two fingered salute.

"Oh," Mineta said as he noticed Recovery Girl. "You're here to watch as well?"

The small nurse nodded. "Since my temporary office is right by the spectator room, I figured I might as well see the students in action."

Uraraka nodded thoughtfully. She turned to Mineta, who was still at the door. "What are you guys doing here? Did you come to watch as well?"

"Nah, I just like talking to you guys," Mineta said as he trotted inside behind Sero. He frowned and then scratched his head. "That was me trying to be witty, but it came our really bad. Now it sounds kinda mean looking back on it. I'm never saying that again. Sorry."

Sero shrugged it off. "Meh. At least you know when the joke is dead."

Waving off his apologies, Midoriya smiled. "Don't worry about it Mineta, I'm glad to see you both." He glanced at the TV behind him, "Think you got your exam figured out?"

"Yeah..." Sero started. "It's a pretty great plan..."

Midoriya and Uraraka leaned forward, intrigued to what their plan was.

"But it's a secret." Mineta finished.

"Aww, man." Uraraka said in a mock grumpy tone, but she had a bright smile. "Way to keep us in suspense!"

As the automatic door shut behind them, Sero pointed at the screen. "Who's up right now?"
"I think Tsuyu and Tokoyami are both about to start their exam against Ectoplasm I believe." Uraraka said as her gaze wandered back to the screen. "They just have to finish setting up, should just be a few more minutes, then they'll start."

Both Sero and Mineta walked over to join them. Coincidentally, Midoriya found himself sandwiched closer to Uraraka. It was thanks to Sero, who stood by her, and Mineta who saw fit to place himself by Midoriya himself. Midoriya had intentionally scooted away from Mineta to give him some room, but now he was touching shoulders with Uraraka. He tried not to blush as his shoulder pressed up against hers. The unintentional physical contact didn't bother him, nor did he really mind it. He glanced to see if Uraraka was making any signs of discomfort, but only saw her reached a gloved hand to her face, probably to scratch an itch on her head. She didn't show any signs of discomfort, so he calmed his slightly erratic breathing and looked back up to the screen.

Uraraka covered her burning red face with her glove. When the tape boy had stood next to her, she shuffled to the left to give Sero some room to see the screens. But she almost let out a squeak when her shoulder pressed up against Deku's shoulder. The boy gave no physical reaction, so she figured that he didn't seem to mind. When her friend had turned to look at her to probably say something, she was forced to put a hand up to shield her face. It didn't matter her face was tomato red, right? He didn't seem to mind...

I shouldn't mind either, Uraraka reminded herself rather hastily. We're just friends, that's all. JUST FRIENDS. Her right hand joined her left to cover her face. Then why am I getting so flustered?

Luckily for her, Deku seemed to be distracted by something Mineta was telling him, as the green haired boy moved a little to look at the short boy. She released her breath that she didn't even know she had been holding in the first place. Uraraka squeezed her eyes shut in frustration as her cheeks burned.

Why do I get so worked up? What is this feeling?

Tap Tap Tap

Midoriya almost jumped out of his skin when he felt someone's finger tapping against his lower arm. His train of thought had wandered back to Uraraka when someone had begun to tap on him. He looked down to see Mineta with what seemed to be... a nervous face?

"Hey...Midoriya."

He picked up on the rather unnerved tone Mineta seemed to have, which contradicted the rather cheerful mood the boy seemed to be in earlier. Picking up on the rather quiet tone Mineta was using, he spoke in a low tone. "Mineta, is something the matter?"

The grape boy let out a weak chuckle. "I guess you could say that..." Mineta began.

The green haired boy noticed how Mineta opened his mouth, but hesitated for a split second. For some reason Mineta seem to rub at his chest, almost instinctively. Midoriya was slightly curious now, but didn't want to push for answers. "Look, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

It seemed Mineta was seriously considering it, as he was silent for what seemed to be several long moments. Before Midoriya could speak again, Mineta held up a hand, seemingly have made up his mind. "No. I need to tell you. It's important. It's because I have to confess something."

Confess something? This is Mineta, what could he have possibly done that caused guilt like this? Well, it is Mineta, the possibilities are nearly endless. Midoriya frowned slightly. "Mineta..." he said with a a quiet voice, "did you cheat on your exam?"

Mineta's eyes went huge. "Wh-what no! I would never!"

"Did you do something to a girl?"

"No!"

Midoriya kept his frown for several long seconds, then backed down. "Sorry, had to get the worst possibilities out of the way first." He tilted his head. "But what did you do?"

Mineta took a deep breath, and finally whispered,"I uh... I.. I l-lied."

What? What was that supposed to mean? "What are you talking about? What did you lie about?" Midoriya said cautiously.

Leaning a bit backwards, Mineta jerked a thumb towards Uraraka, who was staring at the screen which displayed Tsuyu and Tokoyami beginning their exam against Ectoplasm. "Remember the first day we studied as a group at your house, and we started uh, talking about time travel?"

Midoriya's face went blank as a new whiteboard. What does that have to do with him lying? I'm completely lost. "Uh, yeah. I remember. What of it?"

Mineta shuffled uncomfortably, an obvious indicator that he was having trouble saying this. "I told you guys I was interested in it because I was getting into quirk study, right?"

Humming thoughtfully, Midoriya recalled the conversation while they were studying. "Yeah." I hope this is leading up to something because I have no idea where he's trying to go with this.

"Well, that was a lie." Mineta said quietly, now suddenly finding the floor very interesting.

Judging from his tone, Midoriya figured that the grape boy was expecting a scolding, or possibly a lecture from him. However, he settled for the other option. "Why?" Mineta's widened eyes told Midoriya that the boy wasn't expecting for him to say that. The grape boy seemed to frown thoughtfully, as if he was trying to find the correct words to say. His eyes avoided contact with Midoriya's.

"Damn," Mineta whispered to himself, just loud enough that Midoriya actually picked up the sound. "I thought this would be easy."

"What is?" Midoriya whispered fiercely, "What are you trying to tell me?" He cursed his tone, realizing that it sounded a bit more harsh than he intended. Taking a breath, Midoriya tried again. "Sorry. Look Mineta, whatever is bothering you, if you need to say it, say it. I won't judge for whatever it is."

"O-Okay." Mineta finally said, sounding surprisingly exhausted.

He motioned to Midoriya to lean closer, the green haired boy figured it was probably to whisper something so Uraraka or Sero couldn't hear.

"I uh...I have a second quirk."

Midoriya's cheerful smile he had earlier died completely. "Wh-What?"

"I got a second quirk," Mineta said with a nervous grin. "Um, surprise?"

His face was blank for several long moments. "Mineta..." Midoriya slowly said, his mouth curving upwards in a smile. "That's...that's great news! You must be pretty happy about that!" He whispered excitedly. I know I would!

"Yeah..." Mineta said, still having a rather nervous smile. "I guess I should be happy about it..."

Midoriya tilted his head slightly at Mineta's tone. Why does he sound kind of sad about it? Discovering that you had a second quirk is a dream come true for some people! He noted Mineta's rather uneasy posture, and how Mineta lost the ability to maintain eye contact once more. Shouldn't Mineta be happy? Instead of being in high spirits, the grape boy was rubbing the back of his head while his eyes wandered from left to right. Midoriya's face twisted into one of confusion. "Why are you looking bummed out? Isn't this great for you? Especially in UA?" Midoriya frowned as a possibility popped up in his head. What if it's a bad quirk? Not every quirk was good, Midoriya was well aware of that.

Mineta's eyes still wandered to anywhere but on Midoriya. "Yeah.. It's just what the quirk is that's my source of concern."

When he heard Mineta's words, Midoriya almost facepalmed. I haven't even asked what the quirk was! I got so worked up at the fact he even has a second quirk! He opened his mouth to ask, but stopped. Wait... why is the problem the quirk? Is it something embarrassing? "Why is that? May I ask what your quirk is?"

The small boy glanced at the two other students behind Midoriya, then whispered, "I think you're going to have a hard time believing me, because it's going to sound completely absurd."

Midoriya just smiled softy, mildly amused at Mineta's comment. "Don't worry, I'm pretty sure nothing would surprise me at this point Mineta." Especially with the billions of different quirks existing right now. Maybe it's a teleporting quirk? Different than portal quirks, but similar in some aspects. Though I can understand why Mineta would think that it is absurd. "Mineta," Midoriya started, "I promise I won't make fun, whatever it is. I've heard of thousands of different quirks. Lay it on me." Midoriya watched as the grape boy scratched his head as he considered Midoriya's words. I hope he tells me, if it's this serious he has to tell someone.

The grape boy put his hand over the same spot on his chest as he did earlier, then on his neck. "All right." Mineta said as he lowered his voice even more. "I'll tell you."

Midoriya saw as Mineta's head turned to the left a little one more time, then managed to face him again.

"My second quirk...It's time travel."

Midoriya's train of thought went completely blank.

What?

He frowned hard, as his brain was still trying to absorb what Mineta had just said to him. He moved his ear away from Mineta, and turned to face him. "What?" What? Did he just say time travel? Is he joking? He quickly shook his head. This has to be a joke, time travel is impossible! He stared at Mineta, who still had a blank face. The grape boy's expression showed no humor at all.

"Yeah," Mineta said with a blank face. "Told you it sounds absurd."

Midoriya's shocked face twisted into one of confusion as he considered Mineta's words. That's impossible! "B-But that's..."

"Impossible?" Mineta said, cutting Midoriya off from whatever he planned to say. "I know you'd say something like that." He pointed at Uraraka and Sero. "I've done this before Midoriya, I've done these exams already. I know it sounds crazy, but I'm telling the truth!"

The green haired boy want to say that he didn't disbelieve Mineta. He really wanted to. But when he opened his mouth to voice whatever he was going to say, his own thoughts betrayed him. Mineta would have no reason to lie! But what if he is lying...But why would he? "Mineta," Midoriya began. "I want to believe you, but..."

"You want proof?" Mineta said, quickly cutting Midoriya off from finishing his sentence. "I knew you'd say something like that, it's why I'm telling you now." He pointed a thumb in the direction of the screen, which showed Tsuyu and Tokoyami in the middle of their battle with Ectoplasm. Mineta risked a glance at Uraraka and Sero once more, and gestured for Midoriya to lean over so he could whisper, not wanting to risk the other students hearing. " Like I said, I've done this before, and I've watched this exam already. This is what's going to happen: During their exam, Tsuyu and Tokoyami are going to get trapped by a giant clone of Ectoplasm. When it seems to be game over for them, Tsuyu is going to cough up the handcuffs, and Dark Shadow will put the cuff on Ectoplasm."

Midoriya just stared blankly at the grape haired boy as he finished his speech. He waited for Mineta to say something, like 'gotcha' or something indicating that he was kidding.

"If you don't believe me," Mineta said simply, "Watch the TV for yourself."

Mineta had to be joking! This has to be a joke... Midoriya's doubtful voice echoed in his own head as he turned to watch the TV.

Uraraka watched with anticipation as her friends Tsuyu and Tokoyami clashed against Ectoplasm. She was well aware that the clone based hero was a good person, but his appearance was still greatly intimidating with his teeth and skull like face.

Glad I'm not going against him, she thought to herself. She watched as Tsuyu yanked Tokoyami away from danger with her tongue. Considering the fact Tsuyu can crawl on walls as well. Combined with her quirks and Dark Shadow, they make a formidable team.

The process of it continued for what seemed to be several long minutes of the two students dodging and clashing against of the seemingly endless swarm of clones, until a giant clone managed to trap both of them. As they were trapped, Uraraka felt something twist in her gut as she watched the two students struggle. No.. come on Tsuyu! Tokoyami! Please, you have to succeed!

She silently pleaded that somehow, somehow they would win.

Tokoyami desperately attempted to keep cool as he struggled to escape, but whatever substance they were trapped in was solid as stone. His face betrayed no emotion, but his heart rate had risen exponentially when both him and Tsuyu were captured by the mist. Now Ectoplasm was simply standing by the exit, patiently waiting for the timer to end. Nothing else for him to do now, can't exactly blame him for just sitting there, Tokoyami thought. His eyes widened as he remembered one of the horrifying rules of the exam. If the timer ends, we've failed...

He looked around frantically for a way out. There had to be a way out, right? There was always a way... He slowly lost more and more hope once Dark Shadow's claws couldn't break him and Tsuyu free. We failed...and it's my fault. "Asui..." Tokoyami said quietly. "I...I'm sorry..." However, he stopped his apologies when he saw the frog girl making a rather strange face.

"You might want to look away..." Tsuyu said weakly. "This is going to be kind of gross..."

Tokoyami's eyes went huge.

Uraraka widened her eyes in surprise as Tsuyu began to regurgitate something that she had apparently stored in her stomach. It was the handcuffs! Ok, definitely wasn't expecting that, although that is pretty smart! The cuffs were just beginning to come out of Tsuyu's mouth when Uraraka heard a gasp from her left. Turning to the noise, she saw Deku making a weird face. What was that look on his face? Was that horror?

Indeed the green haired boy seemed to have a horrified expression on his face. Uraraka immediately noticed how pale the boy seemed as he stared at the screen, which was displaying Tsuyu coughing up the cuffs.

"D-Deku?" Uraraka asked, immediately reaching to put a hand on his shoulder. "Are you alright?"

Upon hearing the girl's voice, the boy looked over to his friend. "Y-yeah..." He quickly said. "I-I'm okay."

Uraraka knew he was lying as soon as she heard the shake in his voice. She'd spent enough time with Deku to know when he was lying. Her heart had immediately clenched when she saw Deku's pale face. "Deku... are you ill?" He was fine just a few minutes ago... now he's pale and sweating! What happened...

Sero had looked over, also noticing Midoriya's rather pale face. "Midoriya, you good man? You're not looking too great..."

"I'm f-fine..." Deku muttered. "It's just...I didn't think Tsuyu would actually..."

A light bulb went off in Uraraka's head as she realized what the problem was. "Oh..." She said. I didn't know Deku was icky about that sort of thing. Poor Deku's probably grossed out right now... but Tsuyu's using her quirk to her advantage, so I can't blame her for doing that. "You don't have to watch that Deku, if it grosses you out..."

Recovery Girl took this as her cue to chime in. "If you're feeling ill, you can go lie down in the office. You'll be called out for your exam before you know it. And with your... opponent, it's best if you get some rest. Don't want to be feeling ill when your fighting you know who."

Uraraka nodded in agreement. "Yeah, you don't have to stand out here if you're not feeling it Deku! I won't mind."

Deku simply shook his head. "Th-Thanks, but I want to stay and watch. I-I think it'll pass." He waved his hand in a 'so-so' manner. "I'll be fine."

Uraraka pouted a little as she stared at Deku with her chocolate eyes. "Fine. But if you are feeling even a little sick, please go and lie down. Or tell Recovery Girl." A simple nod from the boy satisfied her, so she turned back to the screen.

Midoriya visibly relaxed when Uraraka seemed to accept his agreement to her terms. She seemed to be satisfied as she turned to look at the screen once more. He noted that Dark Shadow had managed to cuff Ectoplasm, securing Tokoyami and Tsuyu's victory in the exam. The female voice announced their succession the other Students of Class A. He watched as Uraraka's smile returned, and she and Sero cheered for their classmates on the screen, who were now currently chatting with Ectoplasm.

His happiness for his fellow students succeeding was lost when he remembered what had happened a few seconds earlier. Mineta wasn't lying. Midoriya thought to himself in shock. He wasn't lying.

Midoriya had watched in shock and a little bit of horror as events transpired exactly how Mineta had predicted just a few minutes earlier. When the grape boy had approached him earlier and told him that he could time travel, Midoriya had thought he was just kidding, some sort of joke! Because time travel had to be impossible, right? It had to be physically impossible! It defied basically all basic laws of nature and science!

But as he watched Tsuyu and Tokoyami, he watched in shock as what Mineta said came to pass. Exactly what he had predicted had happened, and not a single detail was off. Tsuyu had indeed regurgitated the cuffs, and Dark Shadow used them to cuff Ectoplasm, securing their victory. He originally wanted to believe that it was just mere coincidence. But the more he thought about it... he realized it couldn't be just a coincidence. This was for real. A real life time travel quirk. After the shock wore off, Midoriya slowly turned to face Mineta as Uraraka, Sero, and Recovery Girl shared their thoughts on the exams. Ignoring them, Midoriya simply stared at the grape boy in front of him, who was staring back with a rather blank face.

I can't keep my voice down here, we have to talk somewhere, because I feel like yelling, or shouting. "Uh," Midoriya said as he turned to his friends. He put on a fake smile. "Do you mind excusing me and Mineta for a moment? I gotta tell him something."

Uraraka and Sero shared a confused look, but Midoriya held his smile. "It's nothing bad, just need to discuss something about the exam."

The two students nodded in understanding, and Midoriya quickly exited, with a hesitant Mineta following suite.

Outside The Spectator Room

"May I ask why we're out here?" Mineta said out loud as the automatic doors slid shut behind them. Feels good to talk in a normal tone though. "Did I do something wrong?"

"No..." Midoriya said. The green boy had immediately begun pacing once they had exited the spectator room. "This is just... a lot to take in."

"Sorry," Mineta apologized as he rubbed the back of his head, "I just... I had to tell someone. Didn't mean to lay it all on you at once." He noticed Midoriya still seemed to be absorbing the info, so he kept quiet after. Knowing Midoriya, he's gonna ask a lot of questions.

"But time travel!" Midoriya quickly said. "Time travel!" He had a huge smile plastered on his face. "This is amazing! If what you're saying is true, this is the first time traveling quirk in existence!" He put his hands on his head. "This has never happened Mineta, do you realize how extraordinary this is?"

Mineta just shrugged weakly. "I guess it's pretty cool." I hate it.

The green haired boy managed to stop pacing. He took a deep breath, and faced his grape haired friend. "All right..." He exhaled, trying to steel his nerves. "Do you mind if I ask a few questions?" Midoriya's curiosity was through the roof now. "There's so much I want to ask!"

"Um, sure-"

"Wait, wait a second, never mind!" Midoriya suddenly said, spooking Mineta. "I don't have my journal on me, can we talk about this another time? I want all the details." He realized how loud he was, and lowered his voice. "If you're okay with that, that is."

Good heavens he can sure yell when he wants to. Mineta thought "Uh, sure?"

"Right," Midoriya said as he turned back towards the automatic doors. "Let's go watch Iida and Ojiro, I think they're up next."

Our Broccoli Boi must be pretty excited, considering the fact that it's a time travel quirk! Poor Mineta is going to get interrogated later on! Rather bold of Midoriya to touch shoulders with Uraraka. My goodness, the nerve of that boy! XD Writing those two dorks is a ton of fun. And speaking of writing, holy moly, what a huge chapter! I hope you guys enjoyed this treat of a chapter!

But something I wanted to bring up was the issue of possible time skips to speed the plot. I'm not taking a vote, but I want to know what you guys think. I like writing this new Mineta (Let's call him Reformed Mineta), and his interactions with his friends. Although some people say it's filler, I really like just fleshing the characters out with conversations instead of having them stand in the background, completely ignored. I love writing these characters and developing character. Reformed Mineta is very enjoyable to write compared to the first Mineta at the start of the story (Let's call him Edgelord Mineta since he sasses everyone and is an asshole, kind of) But some people might say that it's dragging out the story with filler and is long, I like them. And to the people who think I might cram all my ideas in, I do leave out stuff, to be honest. Originally I had an extended scene for this chapter that took place during the written exams where Mineta would get stuck on question on the exam and would blurt out "Oh shit" once he realized he didn't know the answer. Then everyone in the class would look up, including Aizawa. If you haven't guessed that was obviously meant for comedy, but I didn't think it would fit so I left it out.

I personally wouldn't mind writing more chapters with interactions, but would some of you just like time skips? You saw it here since I brushed over the written exams and Nezu introducing the rules for the exams n stuff. But with too many time skips, I personally think it doesn't let the person I'm trying write develop. What will you think? Lemme say now, IT'S NOT A VOTE, I'm just wanting to know your thoughts, but as last time please also review your thoughts on the chapter so I know what you guys think.

OK, This part is done, I'm just gonna elaborate about how I'm doing for the few people who'd like to know. If you dislike that kind of thing, then this is the end of the chapter, sorry. PS I WILL START responding to reviews next chapter, now that you've guys let me know you want me to focus my writing on the future. But please review honestly, I don't like people posting reviews to ask me a question unless you at least sincerely review the chapter.

PS, I lost a follow or two before this is being posted, so that actually really sucks. I'll try to update quicker, although it'll be stressing. But it'll be worth it since losing follows and favs really hits me hard. Feels like a punch in the face.

Just like always, if you enjoyed this chapter PLEASE Review/Follow/Fav. See you next time.

Ok, if you're still here, you want to know how I'm doing. That, or your eyes wandered. But let me tell you people who are going to a convention or something like ComicCon, TRAVEL WITH A PARTNER. I won't go into detail. The trip itself was bearable at best, but if you don't have a friend or a partner or whatever, it makes it unpleasant. But it's my fault for going alone, so I only have myself to blame. So I'm not doing too great all things considered, but i'll live. Besides I have no one to blame but myself for this. Look b4 u leap and all that wise stuff So if you're gonna travel, please find someone to go with you unless you're used to being alone. (Wow that sounds harsh, but you know what I mean, introvert gang rise up) But on the bright side, upon posting this chapter I had a fun game session with some of my online friends, so that's pretty cool.

And I've read all of your comments and dms, and I appreciate all of your nice comments and love, I'm very grateful for you guys. I'm not doing to great, but you guys and your positive feedback is really helping me out. Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoyed the chapter.