Steven closes up the video chat window on his phone, a notification popping up as his therapist messages him the coping methods she had explained to him during his session. He stretches standing up and slipping his phone into his pocket, walking out of the room and heading towards the kitchen starting on lunch. He finishes cooking and the door is thrown open, miriko walking back inside.

"I'm home." she calls moving towards the kitchen.

"Holy shit, you cook. This is already paying off." she says as he hands her a plate.

"I'm mostly vegetarian nowadays so it works out with your diet."

"Yea, my quirk makes it so I can't process meat well. Living the healthy life in this house." she jokes starting to eat.

"You mentioned some support magazines?"

"Yea, i got a box of 'em somewhere, I'll let you go through them after lunch," she tells him as he sits across from him starting to eat.

"This is pretty good kid."

"Thanks," he says with a smile.


Steven looks through another magazine, sitting on a recliner rumi flopped on the couch.\

"I don't know what kind of material I need, there's so many choices." he flips the page/

"Well you want something with a transformation in mind kid, and strong enough you don't blow it apart when you flex, trust me on that."She says as she flips through a few pages.

"Here we go, David shields the best." She says as she tosses the magazine over and steven catches it.

"If David shield is the best, can I afford him on the school's costume budget?"

"Sure kid, U.A is government-funded money isnt a problem."

"Oh neat, I didn't know it was government-funded."

"How did you not know that, no nevermind i don't care, just look into the government's connection to pro heroing when you go home. Now tell me what the star on your uniform means."

"Oh, it's the symbol of the crystal gems."

"I have no idea who this is."

"I would have been shocked if you did." 'Because their a universe away and i'm alone.' he thinks the second part.

"The crystal gems where a… Superhero team. Garnet amethyst and pearl made it up when I was younger and when I came here it was Garnet ,pearl ,amythert, peridot, lapis, Bismuth, connie and me. The star is our symbol."

"They let you on a team, That's baddass kid, it explains your fighting ability."

"I actually wasnt any good until people started trying to murder me." he laughs uncomfortably.

"Well that's shitty kid, Why don't you tell me about a few of these fights and ill share a few of my own."

"Well I suppose my first real fight was Jasper, she's taller than All Might and nearly as strong. She thought I was.. Someone else that she had a longtime grudge against and attacked my family and kidnaped us, then she fused with lapis and was trapped for a while and then she kept appearing over and over to attack me till we captured her."

"Recurring villains are the worst, they always show up with a new trick to ruin your day, did she stay in jail?"

"For a while, she helped me train my new powers once we sorted everything out."

"Your family let you hang out with the person who attacked you over and over again.

"The broken skull healed. And Jasper changed. She was just confused."

"Some people just need to be cut out, kid it's a lesson you'll need to learn for yourself" she says and steven just hmms. Rumi waves him off standing.

"Recurring villains?" she asks herself thinking.

"Their was this Jackrabit quirk who thought we where ment to be, he wasent nearly as strong as me but he was stupidly fast, idiot didnt even know that bunnies and hares cant breed in the wild."

"That's awful, people need to learn that no is a complete sentence."

"Damn right, but I took care of that and gained a reputation as a brutal hero during our last meeting, he got out a few months back and left the country."

"That's good then, do you have to deal with stalkers often?" she gives steven a look.

"I'm a Short rabbit girl Steven, and i'm mean that checks a lot of boxes for a lot of people."

"Hmm, if you say so." he mutters and her ears twitch.

"Oh, so I'm not your type Universe?" she asks, feigning insult.

"You are very pretty, but I don't know you very well yet." he explains and she chuckles.

"Surprised you can come out and say it so easily."

"Why wouldn't i?" he asks naively.

"Don't worry about it…" her phone vibrates and she pulls it out looking at the screen.

"I just got invited out to a party later with some of the younger pros, they're a few years

older than you but a few of them are asking for you in particular." She extends the invite.

"That sounds fun, sure I'll go. When is it?"

"Bout four." She says and he looks at the clock reading ten forty five.

"I think i'm going to turn in for a nap Ms Miriko, when do you think we should leave?"

"Bout three thirty, it's not very far."

"Great, I'll set an alarm so you don't have to worry about waking me."

"Kid, i'm not your mother you don't have to explain shit to me just go take a nap kid."

"Gotcha." steven says, grabbing the catalogue he was looking through and walking out of the living room.


Steven and Miriko land outside of a nice restaurant, miriko in a pair of jeans and a white shirt and steven in his normal outfit, the two of them going inside.

"Holy shit she showed." a blonde yells standing in surprise.

"Yu language." a man with a hat and a high collar

"Shut the fuck up tree man." Miroko calls as she walks over to the table filled with a few

of the younger up and coming heroes, one of whom steven can recognize right away, the giant woman from the other day.

"Universe, i'm glad to see you" Tensei iida says walking over to steven greeting him with a bow.

"I'm glad to see you walking." steven greets.

"It's all thanks to your remarkable quirk."

"You don't need to thank me, helping is what I do." he waves off the praise.

"Spoken like a true hero." Kamui says from his spot at the table.

"Come sit, we're just about to order."

"Thanks for inviting me." steven says as the group of seven takes a seat at the eight top table.

"So, healing transformation speed strength and constructs, what exactly is your quirk kid?" Mt lady asks, leaning forward, the other people at the table aside from miriko looking on in interest.

"Oh, It's called Diamond." he says.

"That clears nothing up!" mt lady exclaims.

"I have a gem embedded in my stomach that I draw my powers from, I do have multiple

powers but they're all connected to my gem."

"Can we see it?" Yu asks.

"Uh… Sure." he says before standing and lifting his shirt revealing the pink diamond gemstone.

"Holy shit that's a big Diamond!" Mt lady exclaims, a greedy look on her face.

"I saw it on an x-ray once and it almost reaches my spine." steven says, sitting back down, looking at his menu. The waitress comes around and they order their drinks before she leaves with promises to return.

"So, Yu i saw you fall through a building yesterday, you going to get sued again?"

"You did your fair share of collateral damage to asshole!" Yu yells standing and slaming her hands onto the table as the door opens again a bell ringing.

"Sorry I'm late, I got lost."

"You're a liar, ya damn chicken you're just late because you left at the last second!" Miriko calls him out and he laughs.

"You can't just call me out like that Rumi, especially around the new kid I have an image to uphold."

"What image?"

"Ouch, my heart." he says, placing a hand on his chest earning a chuckle for steven.

"Oh if it isn't the new kid on the block, We should go flying sometime."

"Uh, i'm not really sure if i can, it's only happened twice and both times i was in the middle of a fight."

"Yea no that's not going to work, hey rumi im stealing him, i hope you guys dont mind i invited my work study kid too he should be here in ten."

"Tokoymi and dark shadow are coming?"

"Hold up kid, Youre not taking him hawks fighting crime with this kids fun as hell."

"Well I'll put in an offer anyways, let the kid talk it over with his parents."

"Oh, my dads not here, Nedzu and the hero association are technically my guardians for a few more months."

Hawks's eyes narrow before he grins widely trying to hide his discomfort.

"Oh yea, the association was my guardian too, have they asked you to do anything for them yet?"

"Not really? They give me enough money to survive and an apartment so I'm really thankful." Steven says and Hawks smile becomes even more strained.

"Well that's nice of them, Just remember to go to Nedzu before you go anywhere for them alright?"

"Uh.. sure thing Mr hawks." steven says wanting to press but knowing this is not the place.

"Great, no.." the door flies open and in rushes a panting Tokoyami.

"You're here earlier than I thought you'd be." hawks notes quickly moving away from his and stevens conversation.

"I will catch up." he swears, eyes landing on steven.

"Universe, i didn't think I'd run into you during our studies."

"It's good to see you in Fumikage, and you as well Dark shadow." Dark shadow emerges from Tokoyami's back, staring at steven.

"Hello my fated rival."

"That's adorable." Hawks mutters as the group joins the rest at the table, the waitress walking over and handing out drinks handing the new people menus.

"What would you like to drink?" She asks fumikage for their drink orders asking if they need time to look over the menu. Fumikage looks at the menu for a moment.

"I'll take the chicken strips." hawks orders first everyone stating their orders one by one before heading off back towards the kitchen.

"You did good work yesterday steven, what a kid youre age doing as a first year at U.A."

"Circumstances brought me to japan and I can't help helping so i need to get my hero license. I got lucky enough to meet a hero kind enough to help me get in contact with the right people" he says and rumi snorts.

"Well we're glad to have you with us." Tensei tells him sincerely, and the others nod.

"Wow, thanks." he says and the group talks amongst themselves, trading stories and just enjoying being near heroes close to their own ages.


The night ends hours later with hawks leaves first with Fumikage saying he had places to be, followed by mt lady and her team leaving Steven Mirikou and Tensei.

"So Steven my parents would love to have you over as thanks for healing me." he invites.

"That sounds nice, I'd love to come over, here I'll give you my number so we can coordinate." he says, telling him the number.

"Thanks, I can't thank you enough for healing me Universe. Even the stiffness in my shoulder from an old fight has been healed. Your power is magnificent."

"Thank you, I'm always happy to be able to help people."

"Spoken like a true hero, now I must be on my way mother and father will be expecting me to call. They have been worried for me since the stain incident."

"Alright, goodbye Tensei."

"Goodbye steven, goodbye Miriko."

"Later speed racer" she says and he laughs waving and walking away.

"Let's head home, we can get back out on the streets tomorrow."

"Sounds like a plan." he says, following her as she jumps away.