Authors Note: hey guys, Fire Slash here with an overdue chapter. Sorry about that, I was somewhere with no wifi for a bit and then I had to do summer work. Anyways, thanks to all of you who've supported the story so far and I hope you enjoy this chapter. Review and enjoy :-).
Ps: Once school starts, except slower updates, especially since I'm juggling two stories, several honors courses and an AP course at once.
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"Hey everybody, lunch is ready!" Hanamura shouted as Saionji and him entered the room, dragging behind them a giant cart. On it were several plates, utensils, and a giant pot filled with freshly made soup. Upon seeing the soup, Owari attempted to reach the pot, but was unsuccessful due to Nidi holding her back.
"Let me go old man!" Owari shouted, drool coming out from the girl's mouth. "I'm so hungry rig
ht now I can eat the entire school!"
"No!" Nidi told her as she continued to struggle. "Every time you get to the food first, it's gone by the time everyone else gets on line! So until everyone gets a serving, you're staying right HERE!"
"Give me that food!" Owari shouted as everyone else went towards Hanamura, eager to eat the food cooked by the ultimate chef. After everyone grabbed a plateful of soup, Nidi released Owari, who made a mad dash towards the pot as everyone sat down against the walls of the classroom. Taking a large spoonful of soup, Hinata prepared to scarf down the soup when he suddenly stopped. Taking a small sniff of his soup, he immediately noticed something was wrong with it, there was something in this soup that did not normally belong in food. Taking another smell, Hinata immediately picked up the scent of an unknown chemical. While the odor of the chemical was masked by the smell of the soup, Hinata was still able to detect it due to the increase of his senses obtained by the Hope Cultivation Program. Despite the possibility of the chemical being used to enhance the flavor of the dish, Hinata did not want to take any chances.
"Don't eat the soup!" Hinata shouted before anyone was able to eat their soup, earning him some confused glances by his classmates as well as angry stares from both Owari and Kuzuryuu.
"Why the fuck not" Kuzuryuu growled, clearly wanting to eat.
"Hanamura, what did you add to this soup?" Hinata asked, turning his attention towards the chef.
"Uh, you know, some vegetables, sauces, pieces of chicken, stuff you normally find in soup" the short boy responded. "Why do you ask?"
"Did you add any chemicals to this?"
"Unless you count passion as a chemical, I didn't add anything."
"Are you sure?" Hinata asked. "'Cause there's something in this soup that's giving off a chemical like smell."
"Hey, he's right" Owari said after intensely smelling the dish. "Ya didn't spike this did ya?"
"What the hell are you two talking about?" Kuzuryuu asked. "I don't smell anything."
"Keep in mind, Owari has a fantastic sense of smell" Komaeda informed the gangster. "Her nose can detect odors most people would miss. A talent worthy of an ultimate."
"S-spike! I did no such thing" Hanamura exclaimed before pulling out a silver suitcase from his desk. "If I wanted to spike any of you, I would have used one of the many chemicals and potions I carry around with me at all times." Opening the suitcase, he glanced at all of his chemicals, before releasing one of them was missing.
"W-what! One of my chemicals is missing!" Hanamura screamed, alerting his classmates. "Someone must have stolen it!"
"Which one?" Souda asked, scared.
"My aphrodisiac!" He stated. "Where the hell is it?!"
"Why are you even carrying those things in the first place?!" Koizumi shouted at him, angry about the fact he was carrying such dangerous chemicals.
"N-no reason" Hanamura said.
"I'm impressed about how Hinata was able to pick up the aphrodisiac's scent from the soup" Komaeda casually stated. "That takes quite a lot of talent."
"Yea yea, that's all fine and dandy, but now we have to throw this stuff away seeing as some asshole decided to spike our food!" Kuzuryuu angrily explained.
"I think you're all over exaggerating" Saionji said, rolling her eyes. "Hanamura is the ultimate chef, he probably added something to the food that's giving off the chemical like smell."
"That is possible…" Mitarai stated. "But how do you explain the missing chemical in Hanamura's case?"
"The idiot probably forgot it back home or something" Saionji told him, rolling her eyes. "Plus…Hanamura's not the only person perverted enough to think of spiking the food." She then took a quick glance at Souda as if saying he falls under that category.
"I would never do something like that!" Souda shouted. "Where would I even get a bottle of aphrodisiac from anyways?"
"If you're so confident this food isn't spiked, then why don't you eat it first" Hinata said to Saionji. The boy could easily tell she was lying, another talent he picked up due to the Hope Cultivation program. He had quite a bit of practice picking up lies during his week long stay at Hopes Peak Academy. While Saionji was a pretty good lier, she was not as good as several of the scientists of Hopes Peak, who's lies he was able to see through by the third day of testing.
"Huh?" She asked him. "Why do I have to do it? Can't somebody else do it, like Tsumiki?"
"Why are you always asking me to do dangerous stuff?" Tsumiki asked her.
"Well" Hinata said, angered by the fact Saionji often put Tsumiki through dangerous tasks. "You're the one who's confident the food isn't spiked. You might as well eat it, unless you're lying."
"W-why would I lie?" Saionji asked, trying to act innocent. Unfortunately for her, Hinata saw right through her act in an instant.
"Either eat the food or admit you were lying" Hinata told her. After spending a few seconds thinking about what to do next, Saionji let out a huge sigh, realizing that she could not beat Hinata.
"Fiiine… I may have dumped the whole bottle of aphrodisiac into the soup."
"Gah!" Mioda shouted. "If Hinata didn't stop us, Ibuki's hormones would have been going haywire right now."
"Why would you do that!?" Koizumi asked her. "Don't you know how dangerous that was?"
"I do" Saionji casually said before snickering. "But the danger factor completely cancels out when compared to how funny you would have all acted if you ate the soup."
"Be thankful that Hinata here stopped us" Kuzuryuu growled. "Or else I would have kicked your ass."
"Aw, is baby face angry?" Saionji mockingly asked, causing Kuzuryuu to stand up, a clear expression of rage planted on his face.
"Oh now you're getting it!" Kuzuryuu shouted before running towards Saionji, curling his hands into fist. However, before he could even make it halfway, he was stopped by Hinata, who began to restrain him.
"Let me go!" Kuzuryuu shouted as he continued to struggle. Despite his small size, he was very strong. Unfortunately for him, Hinata was far stronger than any normal person, making his struggle worthless.
"Kuzuryuu, she's not worth it" Hinata told him, glancing over at a scared Saionji. While he did believe the girl deserved some karma, she didn't deserve to get pounded into next week.
"HINATA'S RIGHT!" Nidi shouted.
"I'm pretty sure she's learned her lesson" Souda explained. "I mean just look at her, you've scared her to death..."
"That bitch nearly poisoned us!" Kuzuryuu shouted.
"It wasn't going to kill us" Hinata informed him.
"I don't give a fuck! She still spiked my food!" Kuzuryuu shouted. Unfortunately, all of Hinata's words had no effect on the Yakuza as he continued to struggle. Seeing how determined the ultimate gangster was, Hinata knew he had to end this quickly, or else someone would get hurt. Glancing through his options, he realized that his only option was to knock him out. Trying to convince Kuzuryuu to stop would take too long with his state of mind.
"Sorry about this" Hinata whispered to Kuzuryuu before quickly striking him with his left hand, effectively knocking the gangster out.
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"Well, today was certainly something" Hinata told Tsumiki as the two began their walk home together. After classes were over, Hinata began walking home when he saw Tsumiki following him. Quickly guessing what she wanted, he offered to walk the nurse home, who after letting out a startled scream, accepted the offer.
"Y-yea, it was" Tsumiki said, rubbing her hands in a nervous fashion. "I really thought Saionji was going to get hurt. T-thankfully you managed to diffuse the situation before she got hurt..."
"Yea, thankfully I did."
"H-h-however, at the same time, you've endangered yourself" Tsumiki said, sounding a bit more nervous than usual.
"What?"
"Y-you did knock out the ultimate gangster, and he is probably going to be looking for r-revenge tomorrow." Upon hearing her say this, Hinata's eyes widened in realization of his actions. He knocked out a Yakuza, said Yakuza will most likely be very angry tomorrow. Not only did he knock out a Yakuza, but he knocked out THE Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu, future heir to the Yakuza gang. As such, he had not only endangered himself, but his entire family as well. There's no telling what the ultimate gangster was willing to do for revenge.
"Damnit!" Hinata shouted. He was supposed to have super intelligence. How did he not think of the consequences beforehand? Was it because of the heat of the moment got to him, causing him to panic? He may be an enhanced human being, but he was still human.
"I-I'm sorry!" Tsumiki shouted, snapping Hinata back to reality. "I shouldn't have been thinking about that!"
"It's fine" Hinata said. "In fact, I'm glad you brought that up. It means you care for my safety."
"So you're not mad at me?" She asked, tears forming.
"Not at all" Hinata reassured her. "To be honest, you've made me quite happy. It's kinda embarrassing actually." Upon hearing Hinata say this, Tsumiki's eyes began to water. A few seconds later, she threw her arms around him, crying tears of joy.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"
"For what?" Hinata asked, startled by her sudden reaction. "I should be the one thanking you for worrying about my safety."
"I-it's just, no ones ever said anything that nice to me before."
"R-really?" Hinata asked, surprised.
"Y-yea" Tsumiki said as her crying slowed down. "U-usually, no one cares about my feelings nor my opinions. H-hearing someone say t-that they d-do care fills me with such joy."
"Well you better get used to having someone care" Hinata softly said with a smile. "Because I do care about anything you have to say, whether it deals with your opinions, some facts you know, or how your feeling." Upon hearing this, Tsumiki began to cry harder. Trying to comfort her, Hinata pulled her into a hug, the two of them staying this way for a few minutes before they continued their walk home.
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"Ngh, what happened?" Kuzuryuu asked as he sat up from the bed he was laying on. Glancing around the room he was in, the gangster noticed he was inside his dorm room. At Hopes Peak, students are given the options of either living in the school or with their legal guardians. Seeing how he was involved with a dangerous gang, Kuzuryuu decided to dorm, believing he would be safer here.
"You went on a blind rage once you found out Saionji spiked our food with aphrodisiac" a familiar voice told him. Looking at the general direction the voice came from, Kuzuryuu noticed that Pekoyama was standing near the doorway, staring at him.
"How the hell did I get here?" Kuzuryuu asked her.
"After Hinata knocked you out, he and I brought you here" Pekoyama exclaimed. "To be honest, it did look like he felt rather guilty."
"Tch, he better feel guilty" Kuzuryuu growled, silently thinking for a few minutes before speaking again. "But at the same time, I'm kinda glad he did what he did."
"Hm?"
"Despite the fact Saionji's a brat, I'm glad I wasn't able to do anything serious to her. You know how much I hate pointless violence." Looking at the shorter boy, Pekoyama knew this to be true. Unless he had a good reason to, he wouldn't hit anybody.
"I know. However, she did spike our food…"
"The chemical wasn't going to kill us" Kuzuryuu grunted. "The worst it was going to do was make us horny as fuck, maybe cause us to pass out for an hour tops. If anything, we've suffered worse. We could just prank her or something to get revenge later. Also, don't forget we're supposed to be laying low right now. Last thing I want is to be exposed for doing something stupid."
"…" Pekoyama stood silent, giving him a look of understanding.
"Anyways, did I miss anything else?"
"No young master" Pekoyama replied. "Nothing else of significance took place today."
"Damn it Peko, what did I tell you about calling me that?" Kuzuryuu asked, irritated. "I don't care that you work for me, I want you to call me 'Fuyuhiko' or 'Kuzuryuu' ok?"
"Yes young m-Fuyuhiko" Pekoyama said, nodding before suddenly blurting something out. "I don't trust him."
"Who, Hinata?"
"Yes" Pekoyama informed him. "Hinata is certainly dangerous and there is something about him which makes me awfully suspicious."
"Calm down, he seems like a decent person" Kuzuryuu told her. "I mean, only someone like him would defend someone like Saionji."
"While you do have a point, I'd recommend exerting extreme caution around him until he has shown to be fully trustworthy. This was only his first day of class. Who knows if his personality will change in the future."
"Tch, can't argue with that" Kuzuryuu said. "We'll keep an eye of him…for now."
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The next day, Hinata was making his way to homeroom when he was stopped by a girl who looked very pissed at him. The girl had long, blond hair and permanent blush marks, reminding Hinata of Kuzuryuu.
"Hey!" She shouted at him. "You were one of those talentless kids in my class. What the hell are you doing wearing the official Hopes Peak Uniform?"
"Uh, I now attend the talented course of Hopes Peak" Hinata informed her. Unfortunately, this caused the girl to become more angry than she was already.
"How the fuck did someone as boring as you get accepted to Hopes Peak when I didn't?!" She shouted. "Like seriously, I forgot about your existence until it was announced in class that you wouldn't be attending the reserve course anymore."
"…" Hinata decided to stay silent, not wanting to anger the girl any more. Unfortunately, it did not work.
"Well? Are you going to answer me or are you going to stand there and continue to give me that stupid ass stare?"
"Sorry, but I can't tell you" Hinata finally told her.
"Fine! Be that way" the girl growled at him. "I don't really care anyways."
"Weren't you just pressuring me to answer the question a second ago?" Hinata thought to himself.
"Tch, anyways, don't think you're such a big shot just because you got accepted into the main course before I did..."
"Natsumi! Leave the kid alone" another voice said, causing the two to turn around. Upon doing so, they noticed Kuzuryuu staring at them, arms crossed.
"Calm down big brother, I was just testing to see if this boy was worthy enough to be in the same class as you" the girl said with a mischievous snicker.
"…What the hell am I going to do with you" Kuzuryuu groaned.
Natsumi just shrugged before turning towards the reserve course building. "I'm done here. I'll see you later Fuyuhiko." She then began walking towards the building, leaving Hinata and Kuzuryuu by themselves.
"She certainly is…something" Hinata whispered to himself.
"Yea, she is" Kuzuryuu muttered, managing to hear Hinata's whisper. The two stood around in awkward silence for a few minutes before Kuzuryuu spoke.
"Listen, we're cool" he told Hinata. "I don't hold anything against you for what you did to me yesterday."
"Really?" Hinata asked, surprised.
"Yea. I admit, I may have overreacted a bit when I found out about our food being spiked."
"A bit?"
"Don't push it" Kuzuryuu growled, causing Hinata to shut up. He was just thankful the ultimate gangster did not hold any ill feelings towards him.
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Humming a small tune to himself, Hinata began to take out several books out of his old locker, which was located in the reserve course building. During his lunch break, Hinata realized that several of his old books were still in his old locker. There were also some other personal items still in the locker as well. Because of this, Hinata decided to make his way into the reserve course building to retrieve his stuff.
As he walked to his locker, he noticed several of the reserve course students giving him looks of envy, jealousy, and even hatred. Though Hinata knew why they were doing so, the looks still made him uncomfortable.
Grabbing the last of his belongings, Hinata began to make his way to the exit of the building when he heard shouting coming from one of the classrooms.
"I swear, if you do anything to hurt her!" A feminine voice shouted from the classroom. While Hinata would normally have left by now, he could sense the fact the girl yelling was on the verge of punching the person she was talking to based on her tone. As such, Hinata made his way to the classroom, peering inside once he arrived to his designation. What he saw was a girl with grey, curly hair arguing with another girl who Hinata immediately recognized to be Kuzuryuu's sister, Natsumi.
"Ha! Like you're capable of hurting me" Natsumi taunted, angering the other girl even more. "Don't forget who my family are."
"…Even though you're part of an 'important' family, you'll never be as good as her" the other girl said after taking a deep breath. "You'll always be a low life scum compared to Mahiru!"
"Mahiru? Is she talking about Koizumi?" Hinata thought to himself as he continued to listen.
"You shut your fucking mouth!" Natsumi shouted back at her, looking equally enraged. "By the time I get to her, she'll be nothing!"
"I'm going to kill you!" The other girl shouted as the two girls curled up their fists. Seeing this as his cue to intervene, Hinata immediately dashed forward, breaking through the crowd of people which had formed around the two girls, and placed himself in between them as both girls attempted to strike each other. Seeing as Hinata was in between them, they winded up hitting him instead. Despite them putting their full strength into said punches, Hinata did not flinch. Less than a second later, both girls pulled back, surprised by Hinata's intervention. The girl with the curly hair was about to say something when she was interrupted by a voice familiar to Hinata.
"Sato?" Koizumi asked, glancing at the girl with a worried expression. "What's going on here?"
"…Nothing" Sato replied before making her way to the exit of the classroom. "Let's go."
"…Ok" Koizumi said as she followed her friend, not wanting to push the issue further in fear of making Sato angrier than she already was. Once the two left, Hinata began to walk out of the classroom when he was stopped by Natsumi.
"Hey, you've got some balls" Natsumi said to him before making an intimidating look. "But next time don't fucking mess with me, unless you want both of your legs broken."
