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CHAPTER 7
BEGIN OPERATION - SILENCING THE PHANTOM MAIDEN
CURRENT OPERATION: SILENCING THE PHANTOM MAIDEN
OFFICIALLY STARTED AT 7:45 PM
OPERATION HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR 25 MINUTES
TIME DURATION: 1 HOUR 50 MINUTES TILL GIRL'S STUDY GROUP IN MOMO'S ROOM
CURRENT STATUS: ?
U.A High School - Behind Gym Gamma Building - 8:10 PM
Walking to the back of Gym Gamma building was two green haired teenagers. Leading the duo was the shy Midoriya Izuku, about 7 feet behind him was his curious Frog Classmate Asui Tsuyu. They didn't stop walking till they were completely behind the building where it would be hard for anyone to notice if they were there unless someone came to the back as well. As Izuku stopped walking he turned around to face his Classmate with a calm face.
There was a silence as neither of them said anything yet.
That was until Tsuyu spoke first, questioning her classmates recent actions "Why did you call me here?"
1-A Height Alliance - Third Floor Kitchen - 8:10 PM
The tapping of metal against a plate echoes throughout the kitchen. This silence was a lot more tense, so tense that you can cut through it with a spoon as if it was a cake.
Which was exactly what Ashido was doing, except it was Tuscan cake she was eating with a spoon.
Hagakure looked toward her from across the table. It was hard to tell because she's invisible but judging from the constant little shifts of her cloths, it would seem to be that she was feeling uneasy about being there.
As the Pink Alien was nearly done with her cake, taking the last bits into her spoon she held it near her mouth before saying "Sweetness of a cake combined with lucious flavors of fruit, sounds like the perfect snack to have when your about to chat with a friend." The last couple of words indicating a lot of suggestive intent of her presence as she stuff the powdery pastry into her mouth and smiles.
U.A High School - Library - 8:10 PM
The School's Library lit only by a single candle on a table. Uraraka was constantly whining to her class president Iida about the torture she was going through reviewing the Hero Law.
"It's only been 15 minutes." Iida tells his friend as he flips through a page of the insanely large Hero Law Book.
"It feels like hours~!" The coconut hair girl whined, practically melting on the table from exhaustion.
Iida used his pen to touch the spot in front of her to get her attention so he could say "Enough complaining, we got a lot of work to do."
Grabbing the book like it kill her dream the mopey Uraraka knew she couldn't escape, the best she could do was just go along murmuring "Ok."
CURRENT STATUS: IN-PROGRESS
OBJECTIVE 1
Stall Uraraka at her study session with Iida.
STALL URARAKA - COMPLETED!
OBJECTIVE 2
Midoriya will go confront Tsuyu at the School's entrance to stop her from getting to the Third Floor Kitchen.
DISTRACT TSUYU - IN PROCESS!
OBJECTIVE 3
Ashido will corner Hagakure at the kitchen in a attempt to make what she saw a secret.
CONVINCE HAGAKURE TO KEEP A SECRET - IN PROCESS!
1-A Height Alliance - Third Floor Kitchen - 8:12 PM
As much as she wanted to grabbed her invisible friend, slam her against the kitchen table, and beg/threaten her to not say anything to anyone. She couldn't, mostly because that's mean and only a aggressive person like Bakugo would do that. Not to mention the high possibility that the approach will come back and bite her in the ass later, so she had to settle on a casual tone. She can't take up too much time, she knew she had at least about 20 minute before Sato will return from the store.
"Honestly, I'm surprise to see you here." Hagakure states slowly stepping back toward the doors "I thought you'll be….."
"Busy?" stated the Pink Alien, finishing her friend's sentence as she walked closer to the door calmly. She wanted to get as close as possible encase the intangible girl tries to pull a fast one on her.
Ashido couldn't see her head but judging by her body movement she assumed Hagakure was nodding saying "Finishing up in your room."
Closing the distance between them Ashido looks down for a moment before telling her "That's just the thing." she pauses as she takes another step forward, getting within 3 feet of her and cornering her at the door as she continue "I wanted to clarify exactly what you saw. You see-"
"Did it feel good!?" Hagakure exclaimed loudly, sounding genuinely excited as she hopped forward toward her friend to get as close as possible to hear her response.
There was an unsettling silence as the echoes of the invisible girl's words filled the room, the vibrating presence of the sound bounced against the metallic walls of the kitchen before slowly dying down. Leaving Ashido with no other distraction in the room except to dreadfully respond to the strange inquiry of her friend. She must've ran through about 20 different possible responses of what she could say in her head, yet the only phrase that did come out of her mouth was a very confused "Eh?"
U.A High School - Behind Gym Gamma Building - 8:13 PM
(What am I going to do!) Screamed Midoriya in his mind as he was having a internal panic. He had to keep a calm face as he was currently in front of his classmate Tsuyu, who he had just ask to come here. It would be off putting that after leading her all the way over here under the pretense of giving advice, only to not say anything at all to her.
"Hello -Ribbit? Midoriya, you've been just standing there mumbling to yourself for 3 minutes now." Tsuyu stated as she continued staring at him with her insanely big eyes that were practically piercing through Izuku's guilty conscious.
He knew from the plan he cooked up with Ashido that Tsuyu wouldn't turn down a request of help from a friend, meaning it was easy to lead her away but they never thought about what to discuss once he lead her away.
Knowing he had to say something he spoke up calmly telling her "S-sorry, uh I'm just thinking is all. A-about how to word it."
Tsuyu nodded slowly as she turns her head toward the direction of the dorms "Don't take too long, kero kero I gotta stop by my room first and then go help Hagakure learn to cook." she says rearranging the plastic shopping bag she was carrying on her wrist to the other hand looking back at the green hair boy. She must've really wanted to keep her promise to Hagakure because she look anxious to go back to the dorms.
"T-thank you for your patience Tsuyu!" Midoriya told her with a bow
"Just Tsu is fine." The frog girl quickly replied, this was basically routine exchange of words between not just her but other students in her class as well.
Making up for his constant mistake he quickly shuttered "R-right Tsu!" (I need say something or else she will leave. Ashido should've had some time to talk to Hagakure but she haven't send me any update about the situation. Not even if she at least got Hagakure out of the kitchen, while Uraraka is stalled for now because of the tip I gave Iida about the last quiz scores, Sato is out because Ashido took care of all the sugar bag, and I'm taking care of Tsuyu it'll be a matter of time before things will stop going our way.)
When Tsuyu's body starting to turn away, he knew something had to be said so he blurted out "Are my name ok!?"
That was actually a mistake, he wanted to say either 'Are you feeling ok?' or 'What's the name of our Head Security Guard?' but it ended up being some kind of weird mix between the two. Regardless he have to just go with it now "Like is my Hero name is ok?"
"Your Hero name?" Tsuyu repeated to me "I thought we couldn't change the one we already selected." she continued, pressing a finger against her bottom lip.
"Yeah but considering how he said there's a chance, I thought I may as well come up with a new one encase later I might not like my current one." Midoriya stammered
Tsuyu tilted her head to the side before looking up to the sky thinking to herself "Yeah that makes sense." she said looking back to Izuku "To be frank your hero name is really lackluster, wasn't a good idea naming yourself after a nickname your bully gave you -ribbit."
Even though this was supposed to be a meaningless conversation to distract her, her filterless words still hit him hard in the pride.
Before he can even recover from her initial verbal assault she continued "I know if I had that kind of name I'll be too embarrassed to even be cheered for in public and would just prefer being called that Croaking Hero."
Midoriya could practically feel each unintentional insult pierce through his body as Tsuyu continued on her relentless vocal beatdown stating "It's really a name no one can take seriously, kero not even Bakugo's shouting can make the name cool."
That last comment almost stuck the nail in the coffin in making Izuku actually want to change his hero name. Sure at first it was a real confidence booster trying to use the reverse psychology logic with the ever presence nickname his childhood friend and also bully gave him. But if this is going to be the common opinion among civilians then he might actually have to make a few changes if he's going to be taken seriously as the new symbol of peace.
Brushing off the doubtful thoughts and swallowing his shatter self-esteem he replied to the…..criticism of his name mumbling quietly "Y-yeah, that's why I w-want to get some suggestions about the name and stuff."
"But I'll give you credit for trying to own the name." She told the boy as she calmly turned away from him "It gotta take guts wanting to pull a stunt like that."
Seeing her back turn to him Midoriya stepped forward holding out a objecting hand "Wha- are you leaving?"
Taking a moment to slightly look back the Frog Hero said to him "Yes -ribbit. I won't question why you were so hastefully secretive about it but if all you wanted to talk about is your hero name then it can wait till another time." before turning back to start walking away. "I got another promise with a friend to keep."
(Oh crap, Ashido still haven't texted me yet) Midoriya urgently stepped closer blurting out the first thing that came to mind "B-but I also wanted to talk about updating my hero costume and gear!"
"That can also wait till later, see ya later Midoriya." She sternly saying continuing to make a distance between the two.
It's almost a time slowed down for a bit as Midoriya panic to think of a solution (She's gonna go back! Did I buy enough time? Did Ashido just forget to text me or did something happen that prevented her from texting me!? I don't know, maybe she even failed to convince her and stalling Tsuyu anymore is pointless.) He felt his legs get heavy as hesitation wash over his body as he continued thinking to himself (Maybe this entire plan is stupid, it's just us trying to cover up for getting caught kissing. I'm a terrible liar, Uraraka will eventually find out who sent Iida the message since only a handful of people would know about her score meaning she'll investigate, and all this banks on the chance that Ashido will convince Hagakure, a girl who gossip about as often as Ashido does, not to gossip. It's basically us stopping a playground rumor from going around, it would be near impossible to prevent and stop once it gets out.)
His self-doubting thoughts continue to rampage as he watched his Frog Classmate walk away, a new emotion began to crept its way into his currently down psyche. He felt pretty annoyed, dare to say, he started feeling pretty angry.
His thoughts became more and more rampant! (Why am I even trying to stop Hagakure, not like anything bad happen? Correction, not like I did anything bad, Ashido was the one who initiated everything! I was basically force into most of it against my will and only willfully forgive her for the actions taken! This wasn't some secret love relationship we were both working to keep hidden, if it gets out I can just tell the truth of how she come onto me and be done with it! That won't be hard to believe, I'm known mostly as a shy person so who'll believe that I'll make the first move on the bold Ashido! I can easily just come out with it and be done with all this drama! Whatever happens, happens then and it won't be my issue!)
These thoughts, they were so uncaring that it make Midoriya feel almost alienated to himself. But he truly felt like he was justifiably right, this situation is easily something he can walk away with next to 0 consequences like admitting you cheated on a test before in school. But with that single passing thought, his mindset's current began to shift.
He realize only he could walk away from this without any consequences.
(I know I'll be fine no matter what happens, but Ashido doesn't have that option….If this gets out to Uraraka, this could very well damage or full out destroy their friendship. That's just her, if any of the other girls find out of such a seemingly homewrecker action could easily change all the girl's opinion of her. Even worst if any of the boys find out about the situation, it would further shatter her reputation. While most of the males in the class aren't people you'll see blow this kind of news out of proportion by pulling some kind of stunt, it would definitely increase the amount of negativity their thoughts would be of Ashido. Anyone else finding out about it….that would basically make her be looked down upon by everyone.)
Midoriya body shivers for a moment as he thought back, remembering the feeling of having nearly everyone in a school looking down at you for one reason or another. The rumors, the whispers, the taunters, the bullies, and constantly loathing yourself as you go through it everyday. Basically a living nightmare to get through.
What makes it all hurt more is when the reason people are treating you that way is because of something you could barely help or couldn't prevent. For him it was being born Quirkless, in a world where everyone is born special in some way, being born unspecial is the same as throwing a wingless bird into a flock of eagles.
In Ashido's case it's her Quirk Lust, something that is barely taken seriously at its height of influence. The biological mutation of certain hormones due to Quirks, her own being that she'll have random moments where she'll become rapidly…..affectionate….toward someone who just happens to be me. I have no idea why but it seems to be that I'm at the center of it, best guess is that it's because she's attracted to me since she did admit to having a crush on me. Most students will pass off just the concept alone as myth or a stupid excuse for someone being horny. She would explain to others to no avail, only to be called a simple slut or worst.
Memories of Ashido crying in her room came back to him. How sad she was, how guilty she truly felt about her actions, how helpless she was from fighting against her Quirk Lust, and how vulnerable she truly was at that moment. That was just getting confronted about it by him, he couldn't imagine how she can deal with most of the class treating her different about it.
She's someone who needs help.
With a new tone and new found determination Midoriya clutch his fist (I may not know what it is, but I know then there's more that meets the eyes that's upsetting Ashido.)
Tsuyu at this point had just turned the corner to walk away, I practically dashed after her (Even if it means I have to give up being blameless in this situation, I can't let her fight that battle alone!)
It only took a few seconds to get around the corner, Tsuyu was still in sight (And the best way I can currently help her is by doing my job!)
"Tsu wait, there's one things I wanted to talk to you about!" Midoriya called out to his classmate who was still walking away, he stretched out a hand to grab her. He knew what he had to say to get Tsuyu to stay, while he wanted to avoid talking about something actually somewhat serious, he knew it had to be something on that level if he wanted to actually hold a lengthy conversation with Tsuyu that'll last long enough to give Ashido more than enough time to do her part.
With a quick grab and pull to get her to face him, he closed his eyes as he blurted out "I need advice on how to confront a girl who I know likes me about it!"
….
There was a unsettling silence that filled the air, Izuku expected this. But when he opened his eyes to see his classmate's face he was met with something he wasn't expecting. Her usually stoic and blant face was now filled with shock, her eyes were practically white and chillingly hollow. In her hand was a plastic bag that seem to have been torn nearly in half, he quickly found a piece of the bag stuck to two of his fingers. He must've accidentally grabbed her bag instead of her arm when he pulled her back to him.
It took a second to see where her eyes were aimed at but it was toward the ground. Looking down at the ground he saw what seemed to be a plastic box used for movies or anime disk.
"Oh I'm sorry!" Midoriya babbled as he bent down to pick up the box dropped "I wasn't paying attention to where I was grabbing and-"
Tsuyu still with a face of shock urged Midoriya against it "Wait you don't need to!"
"No it's fine, it was my fault anyways." Midoriya assured her, before she could even hold out a objecting hand the box was already in his hands.
He was slightly curious to what kind of shows Tsuyu watches, that curiosity lead him by pure instinct to accidentally read the title of the box outloud.
"Poppy's Devious Adventure For Big Brother's Love." Was the title, on the box art was what looked like some petite looking girls with hearts for eyes looking at a much more grown male who seems to not notice her. Nothing that stood out except for the thought bubbles above the girl's head that shows that she's thinking of some explicit things about the male in front of her.
He couldn't tell what his face look like as he tried to process what he was looking at. Despite the answer being obviously right in his hands the only thing that manage to come to mind was (The hell am I looking at?)
***END OF CHAPTER 7***
TO BE CONTINUED.
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