notes: and back. This took longer than planned. Forgot my laptop at home before going out of town for work for several days. So had to cram this in. Will be out of the state for a week so will try to write but will be a bit slower.

Also i want to completely rewrite my first story on here 'a dragons journey.' So expect that sometime soon.

Anywho, enjoy!

After the rest of the groups finished their mock battles, the students all met All Might outside by the entrance back into the main building. The large hero stood proudly in front of his students with his virtuous smile. "Excellent work, all of you! You did a fantastic job today despite this being your first tryout at a scenario like this."

"Thank you, sir!" all the students responded in unison.

"You are very welcome! Now, get yourself changed out of your costumes and head on back to your class. Now, I shall go check on Young Midoriya! Now watch me exit… Like a hero!"

The class was caught off guard as the great hero sprinted down in a flash so fast he created a powerful gust of wind behind him, many of them cheering in excitement seeing any form of action from the great hero.

"Wow, look how fast he is. It's so awesome!" Mineta pumped his fists in the air.

"Yeah, that's just a fast walk for the him too." Sero chimed in.

Katara brushed her hair back down and nodded to the others comments. "He is amazing to see." she turned and began following the others to the locker rooms.

Just before he got out of sight, All might peeked over his shoulder and stared at the sulking blonde in the back of the class. 'I'll have to keep an eye on Young Bakugo. His pride needs a guiding hand before it gets worse.' he then took a quick peek to a certain girl in blue.

'I also will have to get a word in with Aizawa about Katara as well.'

Slipping her school jacket back on, Katara looked over to the other girls as they all got dressed as well. Her eyes wandered over to Asui to her right, her mind going back to her shivering on the ground. She felt her stomach knot at thinking of it once again.

"Hey Tsu, you doing alright?" she asked.

"I'm fine, Katara. Don't worry." Tsu answered as she stood up from the bench. "I feel fine."

"Okay, I just wanted to make sure..." Katara smiled and adjusted the buttons on her jacket. "… After the match I felt bad. I didn't put it together about your quirk and that could have been dangerous."

"Well, you helped in the end so it's okay."

"Yeah, that is so cool how you did that." Mina grinned and walked by them grabbing her costume box. "I had a partner that glowed too, but he was a little… eccentric."

Momo rolled her eyes and rubbed her forehead. "At least Aoyama just sparkles and wasn't trying to look up your costume every chance he got."

"Uh yeah… How did that little perv even get in this class?" Jiro questioned. "He didn't even do anything during our match."

"He did more than I did in mine…" the invisible Toru's slumped shoulders shook in frustration, "… we didn't even get to leave the bomb room before we got caught."

The other girls sighed and came over her side to comfort her. "Ah don't worry about it. Todoroki is just crazy strong. He would have done that to anyone." Uraraka smiled and patted the sulking girls shoulder. "I didn't do much in my match either. If Deku didn't help me out I would have been toast."

"It should be expected though, it's only the second day of school. We have much to learn from this place." Momo told them all, the rest of them giving a smile.

Katara rubbed her head and chuckled. 'That is true. I hope this can teach me a lot more of what to do in this place.'

A few minutes later they walked out of the locker room back to their homeroom. As they made it through the door, Katara looked around and saw most of the boys already back in their seats. All except for one.

"Hey, where's Midoriya?" She asked their teacher.

"He's still in the infirmary with Recovery Girl." Aizawa bluntly answered from his seat.

"What!?" Uraraka's eyes shot open to the news, "Deku's still not better?"

Aizawa raised his eyebrow. "Deku?" His eyes then shifted over to Bakugo slouching in his seat, remembering what he called Midoriya yesterday. "Yes, he's still recovering. He most likely won't be up for the remainder of class today."

"He's hurt that bad?" Uraraka put her hands together as she worried about her friend.

"He will most likely be out at the end of the day, so he will have to catch up on our studies afterwards. Now, all you back to your seats."

Following his instructions, Katara walked down the row to her seat. As she did though her eyes once again met with Todoroki who was watching her approach. She took a deep breath and sat down, looking back to the front of the class.

"Nice match…" She sighed out, still trying to be the bigger person. He also looked forward and nodded.

"Your match was good as well. I'm glad you didn't lose."

Her eyes widened at the random compliment out of nowhere from him. She turned back to her left as her mind was trying to accept what he just said. "What?" she stuttered out.

"I said I'm glad you didn't lose." Todoroki repeated himself again, confirming what she heard.

She was for sure he was hoping she was going to her match. But… he wanted her to win? 'Maybe he wasn't as bad as I thought before. I must have been thinking too much about it. And perhaps-

"I want to be the one to defeat you." He suddenly said.

Her shoulder sank from the hope she just built up. 'And back to square one.'

The afternoon classes went by pretty quick surprisingly for Katara. Most of the day was simply talking about different scenarios and what heroes should do in those situations. Some ranged from a simple injured citizen on the street all the way to disaster events. Some were so cut and dry she was confused why these were even questions. There were a few however she listened to quite intently as the topic came to hostage situations. Before it got more in depth however, the school bell signaling the end of the day rang.

"All right, that is the end of class. Be back tomorrow. Goodnight."Aizawa blandly answered and walked out of the classroom.

"Wait, you said Deku was going to be back and the end of the day." Uraraka yelled out from the back.

"I said he may be. I'm not the doctor…" he grunted from the doorway, "...If you want to wait for him go ahead, but I have your assessments from today to grade. So goodnight."

Left sitting in the classroom, Katara looked over to Uraraka and saw her concerned face staring at the desk. She herself was a bit worried about his condition and wanted to see when he was getting up. Leaning over, she put her hand on her friends shoulder and smiled. "Hey, I can wait with you if you want."

The gravity girl's face lit up from her offer. "Really!? Yes, I want to wait! I'm really worried how he is."

"Then we can wait…" Katara looked to Tenya in front of them, "...right?"

He nodded to the both of them. "Of course. I would like to see his condition as well."

Tsu turned around in her seat after overhearing their conversation. "Do you mind if I wait here too? I would like to see how he is too."

"Yeah, I'll stay too." Kirishima chimed in. "I have to give props to what he did back there!"

Several other students began chiming in as they all wanted to see his recovery, the warm feeling spreading through the rest of the students all willing to wait until their injured classmate returned.

All except one.

Jiro gave a questioning look as Bakugo got up and walked towards the exit. "Wait, you aren't going to stay for Midoriya?"

"Why the hell would I? That doesn't concern me." he growled out as he stomped towards the door.

Ojiro glared up at the angry teen to his statement. "No concern? You were the one who hurt him."

"Yeah? Well maybe he shouldn't have been a dumb ass and get hit by my blast."

Katara felt her anger rise from his words, standing up from her seat and walking forward. "Hey, Why don't you quit being a jerk for one second?"

Bakugo stopped walking and shot a cold look towards her. "What the hell do you want?"

"What's your deal? You purposely were trying to hurt Midoriya during your match, and after it all you don't even have the decency to see if he is okay." She scolded him.

Bakugo bared his teeth and sneered. "Why do you even care? This shit doesn't even concern you."

"Well he is my new friend, so it is my concern." Katara shot back at him.

"His new friend? That's cute, hair loops. You know him for one day and suddenly you are buddy buddy now..." he turned away and went for the door again. "… you trying to be his little white knight doesn't make me want to stay."

"It's not me being a… whatever that is, but you don't seem to care about anyone but yourself."

"Come on Bakugo, you don't have to be all hardcore…" Kirishima chimed in, "… It wouldn't kill you to wait a bit to check out how he's doing."

"I would rather bite my own damn tongue off than wait for Deku. I am out of here." Bakugo adjusted his backpack and stormed out of the classroom and slammed the door behind him. The other students all were left standing in silence after the small argument.

"Well… that happened." Kaminari awkwardly broke the quiet scene.

Katara took a few breaths to calm her temper. She reached up and rubbed her head a few times to massage her scalp. She knew he had a temper, but even just trying to have a normal conversation seemed like pulling teeth for Bakugo. Was it even worth trying to talk to him at all, or she just let him be the way he is?

"Why do I always get in the middle of everything…" She sighed to herself and turned to go back to her seat before the door to the class room opened up once more. She turned back around and gained a small smile when she saw the familiar green hair come inside. "Midoriya, you're up!" She yelled happily.

"Deku, you're back!" Uraraka ran forward and straight to the now blushing boy. She noticed he still had a cast on his right arm. "Are you okay? I was so worried!"

"Uh I-I I'm fine! Thank you!" He quickly responded, "R-Recovery Girl says I can finish treatment tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? Wow, you must have been pretty hurt." Katara stated softly. Midoriya rubbed his head awkwardly at his condition, but couldn't respond as he was suddenly swarmed by the other enthusiastic students.

"Wow, you were sure something out there man!" Kirishima pumped his fist to the manliness he saw. "You are a tough one! I'm Ejiro Kirishima by the way!"

"you were really great, that was awesome! Mina Ashido!"

Katara stepped back as Mina and a few others began introducing themselves, laughing at the flustered face of Midoriya. She could tell he obviously wasn't used to being the center of attention, and the redness in his face only got worse as Uraraka got closer to talk. 'Aw, that's cute…' she whispered to herself. She then noticed Midoriya staring to the empty desk in front of his own seat, his face looking more shocked than before.

"Wait… where's Kachaan?" he suddenly asked out loud.

"Bakugo? Ah, well he took off a few minutes ago." Kaminari answered.

"We tried convincing him to stay, but he wouldn't listen." Uraraka added too, her face looking somewhat perplexed why he was even asking about him.

Katara shook her head and walked towards him. "Don't worry about him. He doesn't want to wait so you shouldn't- wha, hey!"

She was left in shock as Midoriya spun around and sprinted out of the classroom. "Midoriya, wait!" Katara ran forward and caught sight of him running down the halls towards the staircase. "He's going after Bakugo, seriously?"

Uraraka sat silent in annoyance that Midoriya would even want to go talk to Bakugo after what happened in their match. "Maybe he wants to confront Bakugo himself and figure this out himself… right?"

Jiro sighed and rubbed her head. "We waited to see how he was doing and then he just dips out."

Tsu raised her finger to her chin as she stood awkwardly with the others. "I wonder why Midoriya would want to go after him." She turned around and noticed Todoroki walking towards her, backpack already in tow. "Ribbit… you are leaving too?"

"We saw he is up and okay. Therefore I am going home now." Shoto quietly said and walked passed the others out of the class. But not before his eyes met Katara's. The two of them never broke gaze even as they passed each other by the door. The young waterbender stood silently as the other students began mumbling to themselves about packing up as well. She however kept her eyes on the now empty doorway where the dual haired boy had just gone through. She quickly glanced back into the class and saw everyone else were gathering there things, and weren't looking towards her.

Seeing her chance, Katara quietly walked out of the room and turned to see Shoto already down the main hall and turning towards the stairs himself. Running down the empty hall, she reached the corner and skidded to a stop behind him.

"Todoroki!"

Her call echoed down the empty hallway reaching his ears and making him stop walking. He turned around and stared at her for a few moments before she spoke again.

"Ever since I came to this school, I've been getting along with everyone here fine except for Bakugo. And while you haven't been as much of a jerk, I can tell with what's going on there is something wrong. I've seen the way you look at me… the way you talk towards me and that challenge you made at me today."

Todoroki gave a small tsk at her final statement. "So you noticed that… I'm glad."

She grunted at him before taking another breath. "So why are you acting this way?"

His eyes narrowed her direction. "I think you know why…"

Katara felt her chest tighten at those words. She knew why, and now she finally heard him confirm it. She looked away and rubbed her head awkwardly. "So your dad did tell you about me, didn't he?"

"No, he never has. I found out myself." he answered.

Her eyes looked at him in confusion to how he did, but she figured that was a waste of time. "Then there's no reason to hide it. Yes, me and your father had a… misunderstanding when I first came here to Japan. I was confused and caused a few problems and he tried to arrest me."

"And you got away, much to his disappointment…" Shoto rubbed his own neck as he thought back to his fathers nights yelling when a news articles came out about that night. "You made it hard to be home even more than normal back then."

She could sense the harsh undertone in his voice, making her more uneasy. "So, is that the reason you hate me?"

"Hate you?" Shoto raised his eyebrow to the accusation. "I do not hate you for fighting my father. In fact, I wish you could have hurt more than his pride back then."

Katara looked at him and could see a different emotion she had seen before. One of lifelong hatred to someone close to them. It was the same thing she saw in Zuko. "So… if you don't hate me, what is with this challenge you want with me?"

He sat silent for a few moments before sighing to himself and walking back towards the exit. "If I beat you, then I can stick one more thing to in that man, something that he failed at."

She was beginning to become more confused to what he was going at, taking several steps after him. "What did he do to you?"

He almost stopped to her question, his fist slightly shaking before he shoved them into his pockets and continued on. "That is not your concern. Just know this is not personal, but I will surpass you here at this school."

Watching him walk away, Katara stood silently as Todoroki finally disappeared out of sight and down the stairs, leaving her with more questions than she had before she followed him out here.

A few hours later, Katara was back at her place laying on her bed. Her eyes blankly stared at the ceiling as she replayed the day in her head over and over. What Todoroki told her really bothered her, and her mind began spinning thinking of all the different things that could've been wrong. The more she thought of the way he talked about his father in those few sentences showed there was definitely something wrong with his home life, and it was obvious Endeavor was the cause of it.

There was also the practice match today that opened her eyes to a lot more than she realized. The close call with Tsu reminded her of the times she faced people who couldn't bend and still held their own against her. Their physical speed and strength that some powers gave made it very interesting, not to mention someone like Tokoyami's power that was extremely powerful and had its advantages… but then she saw what happened in the end.

"Tokoyami's quirk is powerful, but once I got in close I beat him without bending…" She whispered to herself out loud, "… and Tsu is stronger than a normal girl, but being a frog makes her weak to cold. Quirks are so interesting."

Speaking of Tsu, her mind went back to seeing her on the ground unconscious. Katara still felt bad for what she did. Sure it was a match in training, but if she left the ice on too long? Could she have actually…?

Her eyes shifted to the phone lying next to her on the nightstand. She reached over and opened the main page, scrolling to the message icon she saw earlier. She opened it and found Tsu's name in the list and clicked it, taking her to another blank page. "So… I just-

Her answer came as she touched the screen again, a small keyboard suddenly popping up below. Curiously, she pushed one of the symbols and simultaneously the screen above wrote the same word. She raised her eyebrows in surprise and typed out the rest of what she wanted.

Hey Tsu, hope you are doing well. Are you feeling better than before?

She stared at it for a few moments, waiting for something to happen. When nothing did, she shook the phone in her hand a few times in frustration. "Come on, what happens now!?" she growled at herself. Without realizing her finger clicked the green arrow key underneath, making her phone give off a small jingle.

"Oh… I guess that's it." she sighed to herself scratching her head. Maybe she should have asked Tensei about this thing before she tried texting someone to make sure-

BZZZZZZZ.

The phone suddenly vibrated in her hand, and a small letter icon popped up on screen. She stared at it for a moment before clicking on that box, taking her back to the page with her statement above and then a new one down below.

I'm fine, thank you. You were really tough today. You got me good :p

"Wow, that is really nice. It's like instant notes to each other." Katara giggled to herself and began typing again.

You were great too, today. You almost had me in the end of the battle. Maybe we can train together sometime after school.

Sent.

Bzzzz.

Ribbit. That sounds exciting. I won't lose this time.

Katara chuckled to herself while reading the text. Partly to Tsu's enthusiasm to a rematch, and to the fact at what she was doing. She was talking to someone by… clicking a screen. It was so strange and new yet so exciting to her. The fact she didn't have to write down on paper and send it was so crazy. Not having to wait for a response.

"Wow, this thing really is cool."

Bzzzz.

Katara assumed Tsu was saying something again, but then she noticed another symbol popped up on her screen. She clicked on the bubble and it took her to another texting screen. Her eyes then caught the name on the top.

"Yaoyorozu?" she said as she looked to the notes below.

Hey Katara, great job on your match today. You were really amazing!

Jiro and I were going to the meet up at the mall in thirty minutes. Would you like to join us?

Katara was really surprised by the sudden message and invite. Although she had just done the same thing to Tsu so she didn't think too much about it. She did feel a bit excited about the fact of simply going to hang out with just girls. She did like Tensei, Tenya and the rest of their family, but when it's all boys and their mother it does get a little… monotonous. A little change was something she was looking forward to.

She gave a small smile and went to the keyboard.

Thank you. You were amazing today too. And yes, that sounds fun. I'll meet you there.

Back in his office, Aizawa sat reading over the results from the mock battle tests that his students conducted today. Normally when other staff members conducted the results from their day teaching the students, they would give in depth analysis of each and every member of the class. The teachers here at UA, while in his opinion too lenient on the entrance requirements (midoriya popping back into his mind), they all did a great job at evaluating the students once they were here.

And then there was All Might.

"Is this what he thinks is great evaluations?" Aizawa scoffed as he read some of the notes written down on the sheets delivered to him.

Mina Ashido: very outgoing but loud. Not sneaky.

Yuga Aoyama: Loves his cape too much.

They lost.

Aizawa's eyebrow twitched from the three sentences written on the teams page. "You expect me to grade them on this?"

The sudden knock on his door made him turn up and see the culprit of his suffering come inside. "So All Might, your first day of teaching and this is what you decided to write down?"

Toshinori Yagi walked through the door in his skinny form and loose fitting yellow suit. He looked to the nearly blank page held up by the eraser hero, making him sigh in embarrasment. "It's my first time, you know? I was a bit distracted keeping an eye on them I forgot to write down the results until afterward."

"How about you just write it on your hand so you don't forget next time?" Aizawa annoyingly grunted as he flipped through the many other pages that he was given. "You didn't even write down time of match ending, their strengths or weaknesses, or what was-

"Okay, okay I get it!" Toshinori waved his hands at the criticism, "I'll work on doing better next time. That is why I came here, actually. I wanted to go over some of the students personally."

Aizawa sat quietly as his coworker sat down in the chair across his desk from him. He looked back down and pulled out a specific page he took notice of earlier. "Yes, and how about you explain why this is the only testing group that had any form of analysis."

Toshinori's eyes widened slightly as he caught sight of the page discussing Midoriya's match. While the others were as bland as can be, this one actually was nearly half filled with different statements about the results. "Well, it was the first match so I did end up-

"Ended up writing about the one with Midoriya…" Aizawa cut him off, "… So you were watching him during the quirk test and during your own mock battle. I told you picking favorites is not something to be doing."

"I didn't pick him as my favorite…" Toshinori lied, "… I am just very impressed with the resolve he has. For someone with such a self destructive quirk, he is still working so hard to be the best hero he can be. He does not give up and even won his match against two of the stronger students in the class. And…" the number one hero rubbed his head and sighed, "… that is one thing I want to talk about."

"And what is that?" Aizawa groaned as he expected to hear more excuses about the self injuring student.

"It's about Bakugo."

That did catch the eraser hero off guard and made him look back to All Might. "It's about his temper, correct?"

"I mean a temper is one thing for someone to have, Aizawa. Most kids have their own things they should work on. But what I saw today, that wasn't just anger. It was something a lot deeper. I even spoke to him after school outside and it seemed like he was simply so proud that he didn't want to accept his loss. I would like to keep an eye out on him from now on."

Hearing that made Aizawa think back to the quirk test moment when he had to restrain the angry teen. He also noticed the way Bakugo tried to go at Midoriya simply for throwing the ball, he then imagined what he could have done during an actual combat match with each other. "I have noticed he is quite the hot headed one. I'll make sure to watch him."

Toshinori nodded. "Thanks. He is extremely talented, and just needs the push in the right direction. Oh, I almost forgot, there was another one I wanted to mention to you." Toshinori leaned onto his knees and popped his neck. "What do you know of Katara?"

"Katara?" Aizawa thought for a second before he remembered. "Ah her. The water quirk user. What about her?"

"Well calling it a water quirk is an understatement. She can also control it from water to ice at will."

Aizawa's ears perked up. "She didn't show that during my assessment test and she still placed towards the top of the class. To have a quirk that can control water to ice and back is difficult even for pros. The energy needed to change its temperature at that level should be too much for a student."

"Indeed she is very talented. She is also a natural when it comes to combat even when she ran out of water to use. But that's not what I want to discuss. It seems she is also able to heal with her quirk."

"What?" Aizawa gave a questioning look, "A healing ability mixed with an elemental quirk? Now you are messing with me."

"I am not. After her match Asui was in need of going to the infirmary, but Katara used her quirk and somehow helped her recover. She even healed a cut on her cheek. She didn't register that on her entrance form, did she?"

Aizawa sat silent staring at the number one hero. He reached down and opened the file cabinet to his right, digging through until he reached the "K" section. He pulled out the file he was looking for and flipped it open. His eyes saw the photo of Katara on top and then went down below.

"Kairi Katara. Quirk: Waterbending. Can manipulate water in any form. So by any form I assume ice is included. But you're right; nothing about healing put in here."

Toshinori scratched his chin as he thought about it. "I mean, it could be possible somehow that her quirk could do something like this, or it's a blend between her parents quirks. There are so many variations to powers these days it's hard to keep track. What I don't understand is why she tried to hide it when the other students asked her. She claimed it was her water freezing the cut closed, but I could tell that wasn't the truth."

Looking back to the page, Aizawa read over her information. "It says she is an exchange student staying here for cultural learning of Japan. Where exactly is not explained actually. In fact… there is little about her. No previous education, no foreign address. She is however staying with the hero Ingenium."

"Ingenium?" Toshinori exclaimed, "Young Lida's older brother. I've met him several times, and he has a really good heart. Hmm, well if he is letting her live with him he must really trust her."

"He may…" Aizawa eyes went back to the photo of the girl in question, his gaze narrowing as some questions formed in his head, "…but there is always more to anyone. You just need to dig a little deeper."

After a quick train ride over a few stations, Katara made her way off and down the street. She had changed from her UA outfit into a pair of jeans and a tan shirt, glad to be in something more casual. After a few minutes she found her way to the main mall entrance and smiled to herself.

"So a girls hangout day. Been a while since that." She chuckled out loud and pulled her phone out again. She flipped open her messages to Yaoyorozu and began typing.

Hey I made it. Where did you want to meet?

Katara waited a few moments before her phone vibrated.

I'm almost there! I got held up at home. Parents, Ugh :( . Let's meet at the food court, I'm starving!

She stared curiously at the little symbol in the middle of the message and realized what it was supposed to be. She couldn't help but laugh to herself for a few seconds at the face. "Now that is actually really clever."

Slipping it back in her pocket, she made her way through the crowded halls as people strolled through the stores. After reaching the large dining area, she took a seat at one of the empty tables and gazed out to the many different people walking around. Even after several months here, she still was amazed by the enormous variety of people that lived here. Whether it was a talking bear man or a tree woman, she still would have to control her reactions every time something surprised her.

After a few minutes of people watching, her eyes caught sight of a familiar spiky ponytail walking towards her, and its owner wearing a gray turtle neck and a large smile on her face.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, my mom got home a little late and was set on going over what happened at school today." Yaoyorozu explained as she approached.

Katara just waved her hand and stood up. "You're fine, I just got here a few minutes ago. Where's Jiro, isn't she coming?"

"She text me and said she will be a little late. Her dad asked about helping move some equipment around their house real quick."

"Well alright then. You said you wanted to eat first?"

Momo's eyes widened at those words and nodded her head. "yes please. I have been dying since that mock battle earlier."

"You okay?" Katara questioned.

"I will be in a few minutes." Momo chuckled as she signaled Katara to follow her to the pretzel stand on the side, the creationist pulling out a credit card and smiling. "I can cover this one."

The two girls ordered four large pretzels, even though only one was for Katara. The waterbender enjoyed hers slowly as she glanced over to Momo, the taller girl already finished with her first and biting into her second one.

"Jeez, and I thought I could eat a lot when I was hungry." Katara laughed as she saw Momo's face blush in embarrassment.

"Sorry, it's just I didn't get to eat after the match, and I used up quite a large amount of lipids creating that barricade." the creationist explained as she continued eating.

Watching her companion finish off the second pretzel before she finished her own single one left Katara somewhat amazed… and once again her eyes drifting to the slim waistline of Yaoyorozu. 'Damn girl is lucky. I have to train almost daily to look like this…" she laughed internally to herself. Katara looked back up and swallowed her bite. "So, you have to recharge pretty much after every fight?"

"Pretty much. I always try to watch how much I create throughout the day so I don't overexert myself. It's one of the downsides of my quirk." Momo sighed as she wiped her mouth clean.

"But you have an amazing power, you can create anything you want."

"I mean, yes… but I have to actually know how it's made, and the larger it is the more energy I use. I can't just keep making things nonstop."

Katara sat thinking about that for a moment as they continued walking through the mall. "Hmm, I guess that is true. I didn't think about that. I'm so used to powers that deal with elements where I come from."

"Back in your village, right?" Momo took another bite of her final pretzel before continuing, "I was hoping to talk to you about that."

"Uh, about what?" Katara hesitantly asked.

"About how you learned to… freeze cuts closed."

The small smirk on Yaoyorozu's face said it all for Katara, who rolled her eyes and rubbed her neck. "That obvious, huh?"

Momo just nodded her head. "The fact that isn't how healing works kinda gave that one away, but some of the others seemed to believe it so I didn't bring it up anymore. I was hoping to talk about this before Jiro showed up too."

"You really are smart, aren't you?" Katara grunted and threw her trash away. "I didn't want to lie. It's just… I didn't know how people here would take it."

"What do you mean?" Momo questioned.

Katara gave herself a few moments to create a small explanation, while mixing in a small amount of truth in as well. "You see… from my village, the water quirk users are sometimes gifted with the ability to heal with water. You can use your own energy and blend it with the water and can heal either yourself or others. I didn't say that earlier because it's not a common thing from my home and didn't want to bring unwanted attention to myself."

Momo stared at her curiously for several seconds before taking a deep breath. "I understand actually."

"What?" Katara turned in surprise to hearing that. "You do?" she then noticed the change on her companion's face. Momo's smile had vanished and was replaced with one of hurt.

"Yes. Having a quirk that can cause unwanted attention to yourself I do know of. You see… I can create any non living item, which includes money. As soon as my quirk manifested, there were some kids in my school who would… exploit me for funds."

Katara noticed Yaoyorozu's hand grip her own side as she brought up memories she obviously was not fond of, but the taller girl must have noticed and gave a smile her direction. "Oh it was just a lot of teasing… don't worry. It wasn't too bad. It just made me a little more hesitant using my quirk at all when I was little. So yes, I do know how it feels about not wanting to use your quirk sometimes."

While she was no expert, Katara could sense a slight hint of secrecy to what she was saying. There was more to her story, but Yaoyorozu was willing to keep her secret to herself for now, so she was not going to press it at the moment. "I understand too. So… you mind just keeping this between us for now?" Katara asked her.

"Yes, don't worry. I'm not going to put you on the spot in front of others. I just wanted to be clear myself." Momo responded.

"Thanks." Katara smiled to her new friend. She still felt somewhat bad not just telling her what it was, but from what she had seen in this new world the more things she could do the more questions she would get. In time who knows… perhaps she would tell some of her new friends the truth.

"Hey, everyone has their own things they aren't comfortable sharing, but if you ever need to get something off your chest I'll be there to listen."Momo then felt her phone vibrate and pulled it out. "Oh, Jiro said she just got here by the south entrance."

"Well, lets go meet her then." Katara said and followed Yaoyorozu down the crowded walkway. After a few minutes they ran into their late companion coming towards them, her head buried in her phone and not noticing them approaching. Both of them sighed as the earphone girl walked right by them not even seeing them standing to her side. "now she is beyond a little distracted."

"Yeah, looks like it…" Momo rolled her eyes and scratched her head, "… she would walk into water if it were in front of her."

As if fate were calling, Jiro walked straight forward and tripped over a chair sticking out from a table. Both girls winced as their distracted friend yelped in shock and toppled to the ground. Jiro flipped around and looked right up at thw two of them, her face beat red in embarrasment.

"Wh-what are you two looking at?" Jiro snapped out in frustration, only bringing them to burst out laughing at her position.

'Okay, now I'm glad i came here tonight.' Katara chuckled to herself s she helped up the blushing girl. "I think we can keep this between us."

author notes: oh ho ho... some confrontations and revelations here in this chapter. Not just with katara... but Momo has some secrets. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Next week... the real fun begins...