Nejire flew around Gym Gamma as she used her quirk to propel in a random direction, while Izuku freaked out momentarily as Bakugo whooshed around and released an enormous explosion his way. Then several concentrated blasts that resulted in his special move being named as he glared at Izuku.

"AP Shot: Auto Cannon!" From the palm of Bakugo's hand, a flurry of weak shots scattered throughout the area.

"Ah! Kacchan, calm down!" Izuku sprinted around the area until he hid behind his girlfriend, causing Bakugo to stop shooting and click his tongue in annoyance.

"You know, Izuku! When you said we were fighting your classmates, you said it was going to be a mental battle until their morales shot down, but to think we're actually fighting one of them!" Nejire mentioned as she waved her hand at Bakugo, who crossed his arms and frowned.

Izuku nervously chuckled as he looked down at the ground. He never said they were going to fight any of his classmates, but it seemed like she still believed they were, which made it hilarious since they were technically performing that very action right now by training with Bakugo, but she was misunderstanding his intent!

They were supposed to go to the sandwich shop with Yuyu, but she said she was busy and locked the door to her dorm room, which was a little odd, but they left her to her own devices. And while Nejire was attempting to break into Yuyu's dorm room because she couldn't accept such an outcome, Izuku asked Bakugo if he wanted to train with him.

His invitation was accepted, albeit with a grumpy answer. And that was when things went a little out of hand. His classmates swarmed him for an update on Nejire. It was unavoidable with the way they bombarded him with a tornado of questions, but thankfully, Bakugo gave him a hand by releasing explosions in front of their faces, causing Izuku to freak out from his rash behavior.

But now that they were training in Gym Gamma and something didn't feel right. Bakugo seemed to release all his anger onto him as if he did something wrong. Maybe his presence was ticking Bakugo off or something.

"No need to try and kill me, Kacchan!" Izuku exclaimed as he angled himself away from Bakugo, walking around them. It was like Bakugo was a shark hunting its prey.

First, he almost died from Nejire crash landing on his bed and now Bakugo was out for his blood. His chances of becoming a great hero in the future seemed to be slim. If he wanted to make it to his third year in U.A. high school, he was going to have to make a magnificent effort to keep his head low, but with how much attention he was attracting these days, his chances were looking grim.

"Shut up, Deku! I want to know how you did it!" Bakugo shouted from across the gym as he pointed his hand at Izuku with fire dancing menacingly in his eyes.

"Did what? Why are you asking such mysterious questions when we were supposed to train?!" Izuku asked as he fled the area just as Bakugo zipped past Nejire, who closed her eyes from the wind whooshing past her face.

"How did you get a girlfriend before me!?" Bakugo asked, his expression threatening to detonate the building. "I didn't even think a nerd like you were capable of that!"

Nejire pouted as she floated around in the air. "Hey, hey! Don't call my boyfriend a nerd! He's really kind and cute!"

Bakugo glared at Nejire but said nothing. Instead, the crackles in the palm of his hand did the talking for him. At least until it fizzled out as his shoulders drooped down. "Damn... This nerd is better than I thought..." He muttered under his breath.

Izuku stared at Bakugo with wide eyes. "D-Did I hear that right?"

"Shut up!" Bakugo yelled as he unleashed an explosion that tore through the gym, blasting a hole in the side of the gym.

Izuku gaped at the destruction Bakugo had left in his wake. It was quite scary to think how little time Bakugo needed to charge up some of his massive explosions, but it was also done in the vicinity of his girlfriend, which wasn't a problem since she was more than capable of taking care of herself, but something told him a remark from her was coming.

"Uh oh, looks like little Katsuki has anger issues~!" Nejire began as Bakugo turned his head around to deadpan at her. "Maybe you need an older sibling in your life! Do you want me to assume the role of your older sister just like I did for Izuku?"

"I'm going to ignore that question, but if I were in your position, I would have blown Izuku up if he called me older brother or something," Bakugo commented grumpily as he sat down in the middle of the gym with wrath overflowing from his body.

With the ways his eyes were darting around, it was obvious to pinpoint the adrenaline and fear coursing through his veins. He was probably thinking that it wasn't a good look to be wreaking havoc so soon when the house arrest wasn't even that long ago.

Which was exactly what Izuku was thinking. They were known for stirring up the pot of trouble, so there was a good chance Izuku was also going to be dragged into the mess for coercing a reaction out of Bakugo when that wasn't the case!

Luckily, most of the problems could most likely be solved through the ingenious quirk that Cementoss possessed. At least, that was the plan Izuku was formulating inside of his head. With his fingers crossed, Izuku prayed Cementoss wouldn't report the damage done to Gym Gamma over to Aizawa because that would spell disaster for the both of them in no time.

"You know, that's funny! I didn't know you had a humorous side to you since I've always seen you go rawr and blow everything up! It was pretty messed up when they put a muzzle over you and chained you to a block of cement at the end of the Sports Festival!"

Bakugo's expression lit up with interest for a second before he looked up at her, smiling down at him. He frowned but decided to see what Nejire was all about. "It was repulsively informal! I didn't deserve that, nor did I deserve first place with that unsatisfying end when that half-and-half bastard forfeited the match! I threw that medal away after I got back home because of how disgusted it made me feel!"

"What?! You did? You should have given it to me, Kacchan! It's a collector's item! They change it every year to keep it interesting!" Izuku cut in, only to be told off by Bakugo.

"Shut up, Deku! You weren't invited to this conversation!"

"I'll invite him! Come on in~!" Nejire sang as she waved Izuku over to where she was standing.

Bakugo crossed his arms and muttered something incomprehensible under his breath while glaring at Izuku as he made his way over to Nejire, who extended an arm out to pull Izuku closer to her. He blushed from the sudden contact but smiled through the embarrassment.

"Look at how cute he is! Right, Katsuki?"

"No."

Nejire blinked twice as she looked at Izuku, then back at Bakugo. "I beg to differ."

"What she said-" Izuku started, but was cut off by Bakugo.

"Shut up, Deku!"

He was treating him with contempt and talking normally to Nejire! In what universe did this situation exist?

Several minutes later, it all boiled down to square one, where Bakugo chased Izuku around Gym Gamma as he used One For All to avoid everything. All the training that Izuku was going to earn was transforming into the skill of elusiveness, rather than honing the precision of controlling All For One, which he arguably needed.

After their training session, Cementoss would come over to check up on them, and much to his surprise, he would find the beloved gym he had built destroyed from the ground up. Gym Gamma simply didn't exist anymore until the heartbroken teacher built it from the ground up again as Gym Gamma 2.0.


Izuku followed Nejire and Yuyu to the sandwich shop they were supposed to meet up for lunch at dinner time. Yuyu had been researching something for the past few hours, but she wouldn't let them in on whatever she was planning, telling them it was a secret that she wanted to share while they ate.

And so, after they ordered their food, they sat down at a table while fending off some enthusiastic fans, which wasn't too much of a problem since they were satisfied after a few photographs and autographs. Once the commotion died down, they continued their conversation.

"So Yuyu, what's the exciting plan you wanted to share with us all?" Nejire asked as she took a bite of her sandwich.

"Before summer truly ends this year, I was thinking of going to the beach. I know it's already September, but the temperature still gets hot every once in a while. And I want to enjoy my last year here before we graduate in the spring, so what better way to do it than celebrate early on a trip to the ocean? We can have a barbeque there and enjoy some tropical drinks that aren't filled with alcohol since we're not of age yet." Yuyu listed off as she went through several more ideas that appealed to Izuku.

He wouldn't mind going to the beach with Nejire and Yuyu. It sounded like fun with the way Yuyu excitedly explained her plans to them in full description, causing Izuku to feel an identical sentiment. And it seemed like Nejire shared the same notion as her eyes twinkled with joy.

"We have to bring Mirio and Tamaki since they were with us from the beginning! We can also build sandcastles with buckets, play beach volleyball, and bury someone in the sand! How fun would that be?" Nejire gushed, matching Yuyu's enthusiasm beat-for-beat. Then she wrapped an arm around Izuku as he was taking a bite of his meal, causing him to look at her with wide eyes. "And of course, Izuku will come with us!"

"That's a given." Yuyu agreed, smiling at Izuku. "It would be a little lonely without the little brother of the third-year group around us for the celebration."

Nejire gasped as she pointed frantically at Yuyu. "You said it! You said the thing!"

"C-Calm down, Nejire! It was just a metaphor because he always hangs around us now as if he was a younger brother!"

"You don't have to feel so shameful, calling Izuku your younger brother! Come on, let it flow free!"

"I'm about to flow freely away from this conversation."

Izuku watched them both with interest as they bickered around. Somehow, it was more entertaining to watch than some of the daring hero rescue videos he watched in the past. Maybe because it was occurring in real-time, but he quietly stared at them as he took another bite of his sandwich and a sip of his raspberry fruit juice.

"Hey, is it okay if I invite some more people on the trip to the beach, Yuyu?"

"What?" Yuyu asked, suddenly perplexed by the change in topic. "What's with this sudden question when we were talking about Izuku being a younger brother to us both?"

Izuku accidentally took a noisy sip, grabbing the attention of both of them as they stared at him. Nejire reached over and hugged him as she laughed. Izuku yelped as he tried to free himself from her grip. But as always, it was futile.

As long as the trip to the beach happened sooner than later, he was fine. If only he knew what Nejire would surprise him with when they arrived at the scene on the beach.

Author's Note: I saw some people wanting to see Bakugo's reaction to Izuku, so I made it happen! Now let the shenanigans ensue in the next few chapters! I'm going to make sure to go all out to deliver some quality content that all of you will love and enjoy!

And now I have run out of prewritten chapters again, so back to writing! I really hope I can finish this story by November or January at the latest, so wish me luck!

With love from your favorite writer, Out4Lunch!