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Chapter 36

"The Morning Is here! The Morning Is Here!" I slapped the top of the All Might alarm clock on my bedside table, I turned to my side wanting a bit more rest, the bed felt so different from the one at home but it was comfortable at the same time.

Sadly, the day had other plans. Even with my curtains drawn, sunlight beamed through the small crack and hit my face. I groaned "Alright alright... first day in the dorms." I sat up from my bed and stretched with a yawn. "Man… Yesterday was exhausting." I got up from my bed and gathered what I needed.

I left the room with toiletries in hand and went to the washrooms, I arrived to see my classmates brushing their teeth also. "Morning." I greeted, earning some good mornings in response. I stood in front of a sink and started to brush my teeth. If I remember correctly, we were gonna start training to use our ultimate moves.

After the morning ritual, I walked to the kitchen for breakfast and found Shoto eating…. Soba?

I stared at the boy as he looked at me with a blank stare and slurped his soba slowly. "... is that even warm?" I asked to which the boy shook his head.

"... Is it even healthy?" I asked once more as the boy shrugged. "... Okay…" I stepped out and walked to the dining area as almost all my other classmates were having breakfast. "Guys, Todoroki is having cold soba for breakfast…" I mentioned.

Momo sighed as she rubbed her forehead, "I tried to get him to eat something else but he just looked at me and slurped his soba." The rich girl told me.

"I… Attempted to tell him also, but he just stared at me and ate his food without breaking eye contact… It was unnerving." Iida commented. "But I read that Soba is healthy so I do not thinkg we should be concerned about it.

I sighed, "Still eating alone… Guess we should give him time." I mumbled as I sat down, "Are there any eggs left?" I asked as Dark Shadow came over with a plate. "Thanks." I took it and grabbed some eggs and bacon.

My mind went to what I was told before I moved into the dorms.

Along with the student and faculty dorms, there was a dorm building for the reformed villains, Neo, Emerald, Nagant, Toga and Twice were living there.

Emerald was a bit of an issue, I tried my best to tutor her in Japanese but the girl was so stubborn, well at least Neo learned enough and knew sign language, and she … Behaves. I just hoped Nagant would keep them in line..

Huh I just realized that they made up a version of the Suicide Squad from DC comics, Nagant was Deadshot, Toga was Harley Quinn.. Or was that Neo… Both are colorful girls who are head over heels over a green haired person…. I shivered at that.

"Dude you okay?: Kirishima asked, I blinked and looked at Kirishima, "Oh yeah I'm okay, sorry just thinking." I waved off Kirishima and continued to eat.

The dorm doors opened and Eri ran inside wearing her pajamas and jumped straight into my lap.

"Big brother." Eri held me tightly, she was clingy after the Kamino fiasco, I smiled and pet her head. "Hi Eri." I whispered.

Mom walked in wearing a shirt and skirt with an embarrassed smile. "Good morning everyone, I'm so sorry for her, she didn't want to wait and just came here." I smiled at mom. "It's okay." I assured her, huh was she losing weight?

"Yeah!" Mina grinned and reached from across the table to rub Eri's head. "I'm always happy to see my other horn buddy!" Mina said, bubbly.

"Did you have breakfast?" I asked Eri, the response was a low growling noise from her stomach, making the unicorn blush.

"We can't have that now can we?" I looked at Sato, "One stack of chocolate chip pancakes, on the double!" I ordered as the sugar boy stood up and saluted. "FOR THE UNICORN!" He ran into the kitchen as I rolled my eyes.

Kaminari Sero, Camie and Mina grinned. "For the Unicorn!" They cheered.

I groaned. "Guys, don't start a cult around Eri." I begged. "Too late!" Eri was lifted off my lap by Toru who was invisible. "All Hail Eri!" Toru giggled as she became visible again, some of my classmates got up from their seats and bowed to worship their unicorn princess and Eri didn't know what was going on and looked at me confused.

Inko giggled at the funny scene as I took Eri back. "Give it a rest." I sat down with Eri on my lap and Sato came in with a plate of the requested pancakes.

Eri's eyes widened and was beaming, Tokoyami closed his eyes and left, muttering. "Too bright.."

This child in my lap was amazing.

I helped her eat her pancakes, she had some crumbs on her cheeks after her 3rd bite, Momo wiped the crumbs off Eri's cheeks, we really were like a family.

Today would be the start of training for the provisional exams, I knew we could do this, things were gonna be better.

I know it.

Hatsume walked through the dorms of the Class 1-H, her tech sister, an amazing name by the way.

She was very happy that she got to live on campus, now she could make more babies! But something bothered her.

Melissa was out of it yesterday, it got Mei worried, she normally didn't worry about anything other then her babies but… Melissa was her first real friend who understood her and kept her afloat and they were working together to create new things.

"Hey, Mel you in there?" Mei knocked on the door to Melissa's room.

No answer.. "Coming in!" She entered the room and blinked as she saw Melissa hunched over her desk, working on something.

"Mel?" Melissa looked up, her glasses falling down her nose, she pushed them back up. "Oh hey, Mei, what time is it?" She asked.

"Ummm breakfast time, I noticed you weren't downstairs, so I… umm came to check on you."

"... Did you need something for the ATHENA project?" Melissa asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No! That's going on great, should be finished soon!" Hatsume rubbed her head. "Just… saw you down and got worried."

Melissa's eyes widened. "Oh Mei.. thank you, umm look, just have a lot of stuff on my mind, I need to finish this." Melissa showed Mei what she was working on.

Mei's eyes almost popped out of her eyes as she saw a functioning mark 1 arc reactor. "YOU FINISHED IT!" She ran up to the desk and looked at it. "Ah yeah, a working prototype, but… this isn't what I'm working on." Mei blinked and looked at her friend.

"Then… what were you working on?" Mei asked, Melissa pointed at the thing connected to the arc reactor.

Seeing the device, Mei took it into her hand and examined it. "Is this.." "Yes… Before I work on the next phase, I need to do something important." Melissa sighed.

"... Let me help." Mei looked at Melissa. "Two heads are better than one, plus, we're tech sisters, we help each other out."

Melissa smiled. "Thank you Mei… I'm really glad we're friends."

"Ah don't sweat it, you keep me from doing anything stupid!" Mei grinned.

"Now let's go eat and get to class before Power Loader gets on our butts!"

Melissa giggled. "Isn't it me who always drags you out of the lab?"

"NOT THIS TIME!" Mei dragged Melissa out the room.

Melissa looked back at her room, her project was almost done.

'I need to finish then… Izuku'

I was correct about the Ultimate Moves training for the provisional exams, but after the exams… I'll be in new waters.

At least I could prepare my classmates for what's to come.

I was in the locker room with the rest of the guys, putting on my hero costume and as I zipped up my costume, Kaminari called out.

"Dude, what's that on your shoulder?" I looked up and then looked at the shoulder, on it was the Avenger's A logo in red, kinda like Roger's.

"Bakugo and Todoroki have it too." Sato noticed as Bakugo's was black and on the left part of the orange X on his costume while Todoroki's was on his shoulder also.

"The logo of the team we worked with." I responded, I saw it on Captain America's shoulders and wanted it on mine also, the others wanted the same and Melissa was happy to add it.

"Dude, it looks sick." Kaminari grinned. "Thanks." We left the locker rooms and the girls joined us as we made our way to Gym Gamma. I saw Momo and Uraraka have the same A on their shoulders, Uraraka's was black on pink, Momo's was black on red.

As we walked, Kaminari spoke up. "Yo Midoriya, your lightning was green right?"

"It's more of a teal colour." Momo answered for me. "Right, well I noticed that it's blue now."

Jiro blinked at her boyfriend's words. "Yeah, I noticed that too, during Kamino, your lightning was blue instead of teal."

My friends were staring at me, except for Bakugo, who I can assume, put the pieces together.

I looked at my gloved hand and activated One for All, the blue lightning dancing around my finger. It was my One for All, my quirk, since I let go of Izuku… I felt more powerful than before.

"Let's just say my quirk evolved after my encounter." I left it at that and we continued to make our way.

We entered the gym and saw Aizawa with Midnight, Cementoss and Ectoplasm waiting for us.

I tuned out most of what the teachers were saying and thinking of my own ultimate moves, I had two at the moment, the 200% Detroit Smash and Lunar Impact.

Should I come up with something new?

"ALLOW ME A QUESTION, WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING ULTIMATE MOVES IN THE PROVISIONAL EXAMS! MAY WE KNOW YOUR REASONING!" I closed my eyes.

"Iida." I called out, making the turbo hero in training look at me. "Inside voice." I told him with a flat look. "You don't need to scream it out."

"Midoriya's right, no need to scream and that was two questions." Aizawa looked at Iida. "The job of a hero is to save people from all sorts of dangers, crimes, accidents, natural or man-made disasters. Of course the exams analyse how well you respond to these events."

"You won't just be fighting, your ability to gather information and make quick decisions will be judged. As well as how you communicate, cooperate and lead others, every year a new test is used to test these qualities." Aizawa finished and Midnight stepped up.

"One thing is for certain, if you want to be a pro hero, you must be able to prevail in battle, if you're prepared, you don't have to worry, those of you with an ultimate move will have better results."

Cementoss spoke up. "The circumstances should not dictate the results of your future battles, learn to be consistent and you'll be a great asset on the front lines." Cementoss smiled, I wonder how he deals with having a block head…

"Your ultimate move can be an attack or a boost to your abilities." Ectoplasm said, "Take Iida's Recipro Burst and Midoriya's Overdrive, those ultimate moves push the user's powers to the limit to get the job done."

I saw Iida swell in pride, teacher's pet I suppose.

"And Midoriya's Lunar Impact." Midnight winked, "Binding the opponent and finishing them off with a powerful attack to take them out of the battle quickly, that's what we want to see." When did.. Oh right, I was training with the move after Stain, I had Midnight watch over me as I worked on the move.

"The training camp was interrupted, but the practice you did get in to develop your quirks was part of the process needed to create defining abilities." Aizawa explained. "You'll be working hard to develop powerful moves of your own for the next 10 days or so, this is how you will be spending the remainder of your summer vacation."

I grinned as I watched Cementoss create towers of cement.

"Be prepared for intensive training! In addition you should work on improving your costumes, especially now that you have a better understanding of your quirks. I expect you to go Plus Ultra." Aizawa gave us a hard look. "Get to work."

"YES SIR!" The class responded as everyone went with their own Ectoplasm clone.

I walked up to a clone. "Alright Midoriya, you already have your Lunar Impact, do you want to work on that or work on something new?" The clone asked.

"I have … 2 ultimate moves, one is Lunar Impact and the other is… something I used against Muscular back at Camp."

"Show me." Ectoplasm ordered. I looked at the clone. "... Alright…" I took a deep breath and activated FC at 15%, I jumped in the spot to build up a bit of kinetic energy and then lunged at the clone and started to attack as the clone dodged my attacks.

I wasn't trying to hit him, I was building up more energy to use the move.

Should I use the same name? No… this was an ultimate move, I needed to give it a new name.

I waited till there was a pillar behind the clone before I unleashed my attack. "Washington SMASH!" I wrapped blackwhip around my arm and tapped into Fa Jin giving me 150% more power, plus the 50%.

Throwing a left hook and then- BOOOM!

I blinked as the pillar… as well as what was behind it was destroyed by the immense force.

Everyone stopped and stared at me and what was left of the tower.

"... I think you should reserve that move for larger villains and dial down the power." Ectoplasm deadpanned as I looked a bit embarrassed.

"I agree." I looked at the source of the voice to see All Might walking towards me, his arm still wrapped in bandages.

"That move has a lot of power behind it, it's no wonder that Muscular was in intensive care after." All Might smirked.

"Ah yeah.." I chuckled nervously. "Don't worry, you're not in trouble, just need to dial it down." I nodded. "I understand… But I think I have an idea for a new ultimate move." I smiled at him.

"Well I can't wait to see how you use your abilities to create it, it's also good to see you're not imitating me as much." All Might grinned.

"I'll make you proud." I turned to Ectoplasm and grinned. "I'm ready to go again." I said as I activated Full Cowling.

The day was full of training and brainstorming, I felt glad for the slow pace and I was surprised when I saw Uraraka flying through the air, I guess her quirk evolved once again.

I was walking through the lounge with my notebook talking to Tokoyami.

"I'm just saying, with your new shadow abilities you can use them for more than just fighting." I explained as we walked through to the kitchen.

"What do you suggest?" The avian boy asked me. "You interned with Hawks, can you maybe create wings out of your shadows?" I asked with a grin on my face.

Tokoyami blinked and hummed. "Possibly, but the question is, will I be able to fly with them?"

"Oh you just need to create enough force to lift you into the air, even during the day the shadow can be strong enough." I said as I wrote down in my notebook.

"I will attempt it tomorrow, thank you for your suggestion." Tokoyami nodded at me and took out a bottle of water from the fridge.

The one thing we needed in this class were flyers, Uraraka could fly now, Bakugo can somewhat fly and I could swing from black whip.

I left the kitchen and hummed as I went to the ultimate moves page on my notebook. Washington Smash was too powerful so I had to come up with something new, good thing I thought of ultimate moves from the get go.

But the best thing I can do is help my classmates with their own ultimate moves.

Let's see… Ah! "Hey, Todoroki!" I walked over to the fire and ice user. "How's your training doing?" I asked.

"Midoriya," Todoroki blinked as I ran up to him. "It's going okay… But I do need to ask you something." He turned and showed me his hand, he then summoned some ice vapor.

Wow, "Wait, couldn't you only summon ice in solid form?" I asked Todoroki. "I used to, but since the training camp, I was able to produce ice in vapor form." He explained.

I hummed. "Is it hard to control?" I asked him as Todoroki put his hand down.

"No, not really, it's just like me using my fire, just… better." He explained it in the best way he could.

"Well, it looks like your control of the ice vapor is better than using flames because you always practiced with your ice, your control over your ice is in mastery." I wrote it down in my notebook. "You could probably use it for mobility, to create a quick platform of thin ice for you to skate on it and then it'll melt immediately, or if you want to keep training with your flames, you could use the flames from your feet or hands as propulsion to fly around. If you're thinking of combat, you could use the vapor to slow down villains and then take them down." I mumbled.

Todoroki blinked as I was going through a mumbling storm.

I stopped as soon as I realized what I was doing. "Oh umm sorry, I try my best not to do it anymore… Umm do you want the notes?" I asked showing him the pages in my notebook. "Sure." Todoroki responded as I copied my notes onto a few blank pages and ripped it off, handing it to him.

Todoroki looked them over and left after saying thanks.

I smiled a bit and went back to my page where I had ideas for Ultimate moves listed out. I haven't mumbled in a long time, I really needed to be careful.

The next day, I decided to visit my friends in the VRD, or the Villain Rehabilitation Dorm.

I knocked on the door and waited. It looked exactly the same as the other dorms except for the lettering on the front, VRD.

The door opened and Neo poked her head through, once she laid her eyes on me, she pounced, wrapping her arms and legs around me like a koala.

I blinked and looked down at Neo and rubbed her head. "Umm there there- OW!" I pushed her off as she bit me. "THE HELL?!" I demanded rubbing my chest. Neo crossed her arms glaring.

She was wearing yoga pants and a pink T-shirt and her hair was in a bun, the look in her eyes showed how much she was upset. I sighed. "Look, I'm sorry but I had a lot of stuff to do… at least we're neighbors now." I offered her a weak grin. Neo kept her glare till she smirked and walked in and kept the door open for me to follow.

Walking inside and closing the door, I heard Nagant arguing with Toga. I walked in to see a bizarre sight. "GIVE ME BACK MY SHIRTS!" Nagant yelled as she was wearing beige pajama pants and a purple bra, Toga was wearing a grey shirt with the words, "Live Long and Pawsper '' with a picture of a cat raising its paw. The shirt was a bit big for her. "But it's so comfy~ Come on Nagant." Toga pouted as she pulled the shirt down a bit.

"It doesn't even fit!" Nagant growled. "Two days and you already stole half of the new clothes I bought!"

"But you have amazing taste!" Toga whined. "I can't help it~"

"It looks good!" "NOT GOOD!" Twice said as he was on the couch wearing his mask, a sleeveless shirt and pants.

Neo silently giggled, I stared at the two trying my best not to stare but failed as I looked at Nagant… fucking horomones…

Then Toga saw me and gasped. "IZU~!" She ran over and hugged me tightly, "I'm so happy your okay!. Nagant froze when she realized that I was here.

I rubbed Toga's back and smiled. "Yeah, and I'm glad to see you doing okay." I said as Toga pulled away. "Yeah, it's been so fun with my new roomies, Na-AH!" Nagant literally pulled the shirt over Toga's head and put it on herself while blushing with embarrassment, not meeting my gaze.

"Stop. Stealing. My. Clothes." Nagant warned as she walked to the kitchen.

"Booooo killjoy." Toga pouted, crossing her arms as she was now only in…. Bra and panties, both crimson.

My face turned scarlet as I looked away. "Toga put some clothes on!" I demanded.

"Fu fu fu, what, don't want a show~?" Toga purred as she came closer, making me step back. Neo smirked as she pulled her collar down.

"NO, GO NOW!" I walked past her to follow Nagant, I heard the two high five, those minxs…

I walked in to see Nagant was pouring herself some coffee. "You enjoying your new roommates?" I asked as I walked closer. Nagant looked at me with a mild glare.

"I can see why they're here, especially Toga and Twice. But I don't trust Neo or that Emerald girl." Nagant sipped her coffee.

"... Is it because Neo's mute and Emerald doesn't speak a shred of japanese?" I asked dully. "That and they rub me the wrong way… especially Emerald, I've seen people like her before, only caring about one thing in their life."

Huh… "How do you know that?" I tilted my head, Nagant looked at me, "Because of how she acts and was asking Neo about when they would return to Cinder."

I nodded slowly and walked over, I mentioned for her to lean closer. Raising an eyebrow, Nagant leans in.

"Neo and Emerald are from another dimension all together, they're trapped here, Neo was a thief with her partner who died, Emerald was basically a …" I chose my words carefully. "Devoted follower to Cinder who took her out of the streets and gave her a purpose." I leaned back and Nagant stared at me like I was crazy, but with what she learned days ago… She believed me.

"Damn… So those two are really out of place here.. Thanks for the heads up." The heroine sighed, "Be careful with Neo and Emerald, they have power of illusions, Emerald is a pick pocket so-" "Keep an eye on her." Nagant nodded and sipped her coffee once more.

"... That Neo girl has it out for you." I closed my eyes. "It's just teasing." I rubbed my forehead. "Mhm." Nagant nodded.

I gave her a smirk. "Nice shirt by the way, Nagant." I looked at it and held back a laugh. "Haha, very funny." Nagant rolled her eyes and put her mug down.

"And it's Kaina, Kaina Tsutsumi." Blinking, I stared at Nagant who was giving me a smile. "You trust me that much?"

"You trusted me with your name, why can't I do the same… But tell anyone else and you'll get a bullet to the leg." Her expression turned dark at the threat.

"Message received, where's Emerald?" I asked, "In her room, refused to come out and talk to anyone other than Neo."

"Mind if I give it a shot?" I needed to check to see how she's doing. "2nd floor, left side, 3rd door." Nag- Kaina told me.

"Thanks and keep an eye on Twice." I walked out of the kitchen and went up the stairs, left side… 3rd door.

I stood in front of the door and knocked on it. "Emerald, it's me." I waited for a minute before the door opened just a bit.

I entered the room and was surprised to see a bookshelf filled with books. I didn't take Emerald for a reader… I suppose she had to get her illusions down to the letter you need an accurate description..

Emerald was sitting on her bed wearing a red shirt and black shorts, she crossed her arms. "What do you want?" She asked me.

"... I wanted to see how you were doing." I said in complete honesty.

"Well I'm fine, but what I want to know is when I'm going back home." Emerald glared.

"Emerald, there's no way to send you back." I told her. "Well, I need to go back, Cinder needs me." I snorted at that. "What?!" Emerald stood up, growling.

"She was using you." I said, "You don't know anything about me." Emerald snapped. I hummed and nodded, "You're right… But let's look back on what got you here." I walked to the bookshelf.

"You were a street rat… then Cinder found you, right?" I asked, Emerald was.. Surprised. "How-" "She took you under her wing and you felt in debt to her, like you owe her your entire world."

"I owe her everything!" Emerald shouted. "Even after she did things that didn't sit right with you?" I asked her, making the girl look away.

"Next… You found a boy named… Mercury." I looked at one of the books, oh romance. "He was the son of an assassin, Cinder took him in, but you wanted her all to yourself, I could even say you had feelings for her." I chuckled as I took out a book and looked through it.

Emerald blushed and looked down at the floor, how did he know…

"Then.. she planned on hurting others… that doesn't bother you?" I asked the red eyed girl. "That she wanted to hurt others, to make them suffer?" I looked at Emerald.

"No." She said, "Why?" I asked, "Because they deserve to suffer." Emerald growled. "Why?" I asked once more. "Because I went through hell and the other people who walk the streets wear happy smiles! Where's my happiness!?" Emerald snapped.

Sighing, I shut the book. "... Well you tried to do the best with the cards you were dealt with, but now… You have a chance with a clean slate." I put the book back. "So why waste it for someone who doesn't even miss you?"

I expected Emerald to lash out… so I wasn't surprised when I found her hand around my throat with her eyes filled with anger. "You. KNOW. NOTHING!" She snarled.

The look in her eyes is one I could recognize, the need for recognition, for someone to tell you that you matter to them, the fear of being expendable.

Reaching out, I put my hand on her cheek and she froze, like Toga… she yearned for acceptance, she just needed it from the right source. "... Don't waste your chance." I told her.

Emerald searched my eyes for deceit, for lies but all she found was kindness and pity. Emerald let go and pointed at the door. "Get out." She ordered, I quietly left the room, the door slammed shut behind me.

Other people would try to sugar coat it… But she needed to hear the cold truth that she was a tool that once broken, would be discarded instead of repaired.

I made my way out of the dorm and saw Kaina leaning against the wall. "... Give her time." I said, earning a nod from the heroine as I left the dorm with a heavy heart.

The truth hurts but it will also set you free.

The next 2 days were the same, breakfast, training, lunch, back to training then brainstorming and finally sleep.

But today I was walking to the support workshop to talk to Melissa about adding something to my suit.

Melissa's been avoiding me… I hoped I didn't do anything wrong.

I made it to the studio and entered.

Mei was working on her workbench, but no sign of Melissa. "Mei?" I called her name, the pink haired inventor turned to me. "Oh muscles! Sorry can't talk!" She turned back to her invention.

"Where's Melissa?" I asked. That got her to stop. "Well… Ummm." She turned to me. "She told me to give you this." Mei reached into her pocket and took out an envelope. I frowned and took it from her and stared at her. "She's been… occupied." Mei told me and then turned to work on her invention.

I left with the envelope, my original reason for going to the studio forgotten.

Opening it as I walked, I read it hoping it would give me an idea of what I did to make her like this,

"Izuku, I'm sorry for avoiding you but please meet me at Gym Gamma at 6 PM, Friday night, we need to talk. DON'T TELL ANYONE!"

I frowned at the short message, tomorrow was friday.

"Melissa.." I wanted to go find her before that but I had the feeling she would just avoid me.

Groaning, I went back to the dorms. Something told me that this had to do with me having One For All.

I just hoped this wouldn't break our friendship.

The next day passed quickly, I was too preoccupied with Melissa's note, I wanted to talk to All Might about it but she said not to tell anyone.

I sat on my desk, my finger tapping the wood repeatedly in anxiousness. I looked at the clock, 5:39 PM.

Fuck it. I got up and walked to my closet and grabbed my black jacket and put it over my white shirt and put on my red shoes. I still had my PE pants on. I opened my balcony door and jumped off my balcony, using black whip to catch myself and landed hard.

I walked to Gym Gamma, why was it always there… maybe because it was private unlike the other gyms.

After 10 minutes, I arrived and saw the door to gym Gamma ajar. I walked in and was met with blackness.

"Melissa?" I called out her name as I walked in the dark, the lights suddenly turned on, I blocked the light with my hand as my eyes adjusted.

Standing in the middle of the gym was Melissa, wearing the UA gym uniform, her arms behind her back, she didn't have her glasses on, her eyes were closed.

"Melissa, what's going on?" I asked with a frown as I walked towards her. "Why?" I stopped as she asked that question.

"Why?" I stopped in my tracks as I was confused by her question. "Why what?"

"Why did he pick you?" Melissa opened her eyes. So it was about One for All…

"... Melissa-" "Uncle Might knew I wanted to be a hero, I wanted to help others, I wanted to be like those people in the comics… But he didn't even bring up the offer." Melissa spoke in a tone that I didn't recognize.

"Even after his injury… Even after he started to look for a successor.. He never considered me a candidate." Melissa closed her eyes. "I still wanted to save people, like the heroes I make the support items for… I was jealous of them… Of people who had the chance."

I listened, biting my lip as Melissa spoke. "I had almost given up… But then I saw Tony… How he was quirkless and used his smarts… Then… One for All." She glared at me. "I was furious… Envious… Hurt.." She teared up. "I wanted to be a hero… not just stay in the lab and make the items for people." Melissa took a shaky breath.

I understood where she was coming from, I read her origins, how she wanted to be a hero… how becoming a support item creator was a fallback on her original dream… Finding out about a quirk that could be passed on that belonged to someone she considered an uncle…

"... That's why we're here… I want to understand…" Melissa steeled her gaze and then the lights shut off, engulfing the gym in darkness.

I was about to speak but then I heard the sound of metal hitting the floor and then a familiar sound…. Repuler! My danger sense flared and I jumped back just in time to hear a metal CLANG! Echo across the room.

The lights turned on and I was surprised to see Melissa getting up, her hands not visible, on her hands were two metal gloves with white circles on the palms, I just noticed she also had iron boots.

"Should have figured that wouldn't have landed." Melissa chuckled as she unzipped her jacket and took it off showing that she only had a sports bra on and a harness holding an arc reactor.

"Melissa, we shouldn't be doing this." I tried to talk her down. Melissa simply ran towards me and threw a punch at me, I easily dodged it, Melissa wasn't trained in CQC.

Melissa threw another punch and kept trying to hit me as I kept dodging, I felt bad… But I didn't want this.

"I'm not gonna fight you!" I exclaimed and grabbed her arms. Melissa tried to break out of my grip and then smirked. "Don't underestimate me." A familiar hum sounded and then light filled my vision.

I let go and rubbed my eyes, she freaking blinded me! I then felt a punch land across my cheek, sending me stumbling back a bit.

I dodged the next punch with the help of danger sense. I kept dodging with the help of the 4th's quirk.

Thankfully my sight returned just in time for me to catch her fist and put her in a choke hold. "I'm not fighting you." I growled as I held on tight.

"Why!" She aimed the glove at my face and I closed my eyes to avoid another flash, but Melissa stomped on my foot hard causing me to let go. "DAMN!" I leaned back to avoid a swipe of her gloved hand.

"FIGHT ME!" Melissa demanded as she shot repulsor beams at me, I dodged and then used black whip to restrain her.

Melissa struggled and then fell back and used her boots to propel herself back, I jerked forward as she was pulling hard.

Melissa took the opportunity to rocket towards me and kick me in the stomach, I doubled over as I almost lost my lunch.

I caught her next punch and pushed her away hard. "You really want this?" I asked as I stood up straight.

Melissa took out a scrunchie from her pocket and put her hair in a ponytail. "Yes." She got into a fighting stance..

This was just like my fight with Bakugo… Except it was with someone who didn't know how to actually fight. I sighed. "Fine." I got into my fighting stance, Melissa had some pent up anger… she needed to vent.

I activated FC at 5% and charged at her, Melissa tried to blind me again but I closed my eyes and dodged her left jab.

Quickly moving behind her. I slapped the back of her head as she turned and tried to punch me again, I redirected any punches she threw at me. I only attacked by slapping the back of her head.

I didn't want to hurt Melissa.

Melissa seemed to have caught on to my intentions and got frustrated as she started to swing wildly.

I kept dodging until I noticed her movements slowing down, soon, Melissa stopped and fell to her knees, breathing heavily.

"... Got it out of your system?" I asked her. Melissa looked up at me, the rage had left her eyes and now all that was left were some tears.

I bit my lip as she cried, letting out her emotions.

Slowly, I knelt next to her and held her close. "I'm sorry.." Melissa whispered, accepting the hug. We stayed like that for a couple of minutes, her cries turned into sniffles,

I pulled away and helped her stand up. I walked over to her discarded jacket and picked it up, I went back and handed it to her. "I honestly expected you to be angrier than this." I chuckled as Melissa held the jacket.

"... I see why he picked you…" She looks at me. "You… didn't even try to fight back.. Even after I … kept baiting you…"

"I wanted to try and resolve things peacefully, but you seemed like you had a lot of anger stored up." I commented as I wrapped my arms around her.

"And it was stupid for you to try and fight me without any actual training…" I added, "Hey I watched some videos on fighting." Melissa mumbled.

"Watching and actually learning from a master are two different things entirely. Look, you just need to get better control of your repulsors and try to use them more." I explained with a smile.

"...Why didn't he pick me?" Melissa asked me.

"Because he cared about you, the villain in Kamino… he was after One for All, if he got you mixed up in this war and something happened to you, he wouldn't forgive himself." I explained it the best I could.

"At least that's what I think." I shrugged. "If you want to know why he did it, you have to ask him." I told her. Melissa nodded and looked at her jacket.

I looked at the arc reactor on her chest… trying not to look at her… "Is that-"

"It's only a prototype, I haven't gotten to the mark II yet… I just needed this." She responded before I could finish asking.

"... Are you okay?" I asked her. Melissa sighed. "A bit better, yeah… Thank you.." She put on her jacket. "I'm gonna head back… the boots and gloves are not comfortable at all."

I laughed as we walked to the doors. "Well, you have a long way to go… You'll get there." I patted her back, we left the gym and locked the doors.

"Thanks… and Izuku?" "Yeah?" I turned to look at her and was surprised when she kissed my lips.

I froze as she pulled away blushing. "... Thanks." She ran off, face steaming hot.

I stayed there for a good 5 minutes as my brain rebooted.

Melissa… kissed me…

I shook my head and walked back to the dorms. First Wanda, now Melissa, why did it feel like my love life was gonna get more complicated.