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Okay now this chapter truly went a different direction than I planned. what started as a small side thing turned into more. So whatev... enjoy!
Running through the school testing grounds, Katara wore her UA gym uniform and watched as Uraraka ran by and touched several boulders on the ground. Moments later the items floated up into the air as the waterbender flipped her canteen open and pulled out a thick stream of water. She whipped it forward and sliced through several of them as blobs of acid flew by and dissolved them into even smaller pieces.
Katara flipped around and grinned to the assist. "I think you're getting better at that."
"You think so?" Mina smirked as she dripped more acid out of her hand and threw it up to another boulder.
Before either of them could attack another set of boulders, two long strings of tape shot out and grabbed most of them and flung the rocks into the building face nearby. Mina glared and looked to her right. "Hey, these are our boulders! Get your own, Sero!"
"Hey we're all training here. Sharing is caring." Sero teased and popped his arms as he stretched.
"Yeah, but go train with someone else. We asked Uraraka to give us floating targets." Mina puffed her cheeks out and crossed her arms.
Uraraka smiled awkwardly and waved her hands. "It's okay, Mina. I can make plenty of them float for all of you to- bleh!"
All of them watched wide eyed as the brunette suddenly covered her mouth and held back the sick feeling she felt in her stomach. Katara grimaced and walked over patting the sick girls back. "Maybe you should take a break. You've done quite a bit with your quirk already."
Nodding her head, Uraraka stepped back and sat down on a nearby curb. She grunted as she hunched over letting her stomach settle from the horrible feeling inside of her. She had been lifting boulders for the last twenty minutes and the effects of her quirk were beginning to be too much for her to take at the moment. Watching the young girl sulking on the ground now, Katara sighed and placed the water back in her canteen. "Just relax for now. I know your power gets to your stomach so you shouldn't push it too much."
Hearing a loud explosion in the distance, Katara turned and watched the rising smoke cloud from out behind another building. She grunted knowing Bakugo was probably off on his own blowing up whatever he felt like pissed him off at the moment before she glanced over to Mina stretching her back. It had been a week since they were told about the festival, and many days the students were allowed to go to several of the testing facilities to train with their classmates in preparation for the games. After a few days of breaking just rocks after school, she was growing somewhat bored of this. She wanted to take a break and do something else. Even back as she had prepared for a war in her own world they needed days to just change the pace.
Looking back to the others, Katara noticed that Uraraka had decided to call it quits and head back to the locker room while Sero had already taken off elsewhere in the testing grounds. The only one still by her was Mina who looked ready to go for another round. The waterbender sighed and walked over to her.
"Hey, I was thinking that instead of doing this we should-
"Yes please!" Mina happily answered.
"Uhh, what?" Katara raised her eyebrow in confusion as the pink girl grinned and cracked her knuckles.
"Yeah, instead of rocks can you shoot some of your ice at me?" Mina chuckled and oozed out a ball of acid in her hand. "I wanna do something a bit more thrilling than hitting harmless rocks."
Katara rolled her eyes and laughed at the statement. "I was going to say instead of training how about we take some time and do something relaxing for a day. We have tomorrow off of school so we should go somewhere."
"Ooh... Gotcha." Mina laughed sheepishly and let the acid fall and sizzle by her feet. While she wanted to work more and practice with her quirk, she had to admit a day off to kick back did sound pretty good too. "Yeah, I think that does sound pretty good, actually. In fact, why don't we get some food tonight also? I'm starving."
The mention of food caused Katara's stomach to growl, her hands gripping her abdomen as she blushed. "I think I could go for a bite also." she said. "We should ask whoever else wants to take the day off too should come. If we go to-
"YEAAAAHHHH!"
the Katara turned to the sudden yell from above, her eyes going wide as she watched Kirishima falling from a nearby roof and careen towards the ground. "Oh my… what are you, crazy!?" before she could react to stop his fall, she watched in shock as his body slammed into the street with a loud crash, her heart racing in shock before he burst out from the rubble in his hardened state.
"Ah yeah! That was a good one!" Kirishima yelled in glee and laughed to himself as the two girls watched and frowned at his kamikaze stunt he just preformed.
"So this is your training?" Katara asked as she placed her hands on her hips.
Kirishima just grinned at the girls staring at him. "Hell yeah it is. Taking hits like this builds my quirk up. Nothing's gonna hurt me someday."
Mina shook her head and smiled. "Well how about you take a break and come join us? We are going to-
"Sorry, gotta keep going. Only have a week till the festival!" Kirishima yelled as he ran back into the building towards the stairs to repeat his move, leaving the two girls standing in bewilderment.
"Or we don't tell you about tomorrow." Mina groaned and exhaled in annoyance. She looked over to her blue eyed friend and sighed. "Guess it's the two of us so far."
"I guess so." Katara said with a smile before she noticed Mina wiggling in her spot with a playful smirk on her face. "What's that look for?"
"Soooooo… about that ice." Mina asked pleadingly, causing Katara to playfully roll her eyes.
"You really want me to shoot ice at you?" Receiving a nod from Mina, Katara sighed and opened her canteen. "Alright, I'll go easy at first."
"Oh don't think I can take a few ice balls?" Mina smirked and braced her stance. "Hit me with your best shot."
A malicious grin spread across Katara's face to the challenge. "A few ice balls? Okay then."
Watching the waterbender wave her hands, Mina formed acid inside her palms and laughed. "Don't think I will get scared from a couple of small… uhhhhhh." her smile faded when she watched twenty ice spikes form in the air and point right at her.
"Oh shit…"
Walking down the sidewalk, Katara couldn't help but smirk as she took another bite of her sandwich, enjoying the taste of the roasted chicken inside that reminded her of the arctic hen she ate growing up. She glanced to her left and giggled to Mina's annoyed expression that hadn't changed since they left school. In fact the pink girl still had an ice chunk in her hair, too stubborn to take it out even as she changed out of her gym outfit.
"So how were the few ice balls for training?" Katara asked with a smile.
"Oh hee hee hee, so funny," Mina waved her hands sarcastically as the waterbender giggled at her, taking a big bite out of her own sandwich and swallowed. "If I knew you could like rain down an ice armory I may have told you to hold back a tiny bit."
"Hey, you said don't hold back." Katara shrugged her shoulders and took another bite, earning a laugh from her friend.
"Okay you got me. Should have figured the top girl in the class may not have been the best to challenge."
That statement caused Katara to raise her eyebrow in surprise. "Top girl?"
"I mean you are class rep, and one of the toughest ones in the class," Mina grinned, "only other girl I think could take you on is maybe Yaoyorozu."
Katara felt a sense of pride from the compliment, knowing how technically Yaoyorozu had the top score out of everyone in the quirk assessment. She then noticed the lack of seeing her recently. "Hey, where is she by the way? I haven't seen her come to the training grounds after school."
"I hear from Jiro she goes home to study for practice." Mina responded, making Katara tilt her head in confusion.
"How is studying training for her?"
Mina shrugged her shoulders. "I think she is studying types of things she can create with her quirk."
Looking up to the orange sky, Katara remembered Yaoyorozu saying she had to know what an item was made of before she could create it. She began thinking of clothes, weapons, and even those cannons the taller teen would make out of her body and scratched her head in amazement. 'So she really needs to know what they are made with and how they go together? No wonder she's so smart. She has to remember so many things.' she mentally chuckled to herself. She then thought of the other genius of the class and sighed. "I wonder where Iida is at…"
"Hmm?" Mina swallowed the bite she had and turned to her friend. "Shouldn't you know? You live with him."
"Yeah, but this whole week he said he wanted to train on his own. I have not seen him at the campus training grounds though." Katara said.
Shrugging her shoulders, mina crumpled up her trash and tossed it in a nearby bin. "Not everyone trains at the school. Maybe he has his own routine?"
"I don't know…" Katara shook her head in confusion. As they walked along the path together passed the buildings, Katara noticed they opened up to their left and revealed something that took her breath away.
"Oh wow…"
The view opened up to a large park lined with large oaks. The inter winding paths had several people sitting on the park benches enjoying the gentle breeze. While it was a nice sight, the park was not what caught her eye. Just beyond the grass were steps leading down to golden sand lining along the blue water of the sea. Gentle waves crashed onto the shoreline, the water illuminated by the setting sun in the distance. Katara couldn't help but stare at the beauty for several minutes, taking in the sweet salty sense she always loved, smiling as the wind blew through her hair.
"I've seen the beach here before, but not during the sunset. I forgot how pretty it is." Katara said out loud as she turned and walked into the park towards the water. She reached the edge by the grass and leaned on the handrails overlooking the sand. Mina came and hopped up to sit on the railing next to her and threw her arms up.
"Ah, I always love the beach. It feels so good!" the pink girl grinned and took a deep breath. "We should come here tomorrow!"
"Actually that's a great idea." Katara agreed and smiled. A day at the beach did sound really good and a nice way to change up the routine. Not to mention it had plenty of water to still have some practice for herself.
"We should ask whoever else wants to join us." Mina said as she looked out, her eyes then catching sight they weren't alone and grinned. "Oh, it seems someone already beat us to this idea."
"What?" Katara saw her companion point down the beach, following her finger to see a familiar head of green running down the sand. "Midoriya?"
The boy jogged down the beach at a decent pace, sweat dripping down his face as he struggled in the soft ground. He huffed out and pushed forward harder, his muscles burning under his light blue track suit. He felt his lungs burn as he kicked off the sand and reached out to touch the piling he set as his marker. He inhaled deeply as he leaned back to stretch his back, wincing as he felt a cramp in his muscles making him frown.
"If *huff this makes me out of breath, I really need to train more." he grunted out loud.
"I think you need a drink actually."
Midoriya yelped in shock from the sudden voice above him. He flipped his head around and blushed at Mina's grinning face leaning over the railing and Katara next to her. The pink girl laughed at the redness that formed across his cheeks instantly.
"Wow, if I didn't know any better, I think your quirk is camouflage to how you change color so quick." Mina teased as he awkwardly wiped the sweat on his face. "Whatcha doing here?"
"Uh I c-come to train h-here actually," Izuku answered, "I like the beach since it feels good."
Katara grinned at his reasoning. "I'll have to agree with you on that one. I love anywhere there is water like this. This is a good idea you have here."
Midoriya smiled sheepishly and rubbed his head. "Y-yeah, thanks. I want to keep practicing for the festival next week."
"Well why don't you take a break tomorrow? We were thinking of getting some people to come to the beach here. You should come too."
Midoriya's smile fell at the offer Katara made. "R-really?" He looked over to Mina who smiled in agreement, still shocked to the statement. He had never been offered to come hang out outside of school since elementary school. It was a feeling he had completely forgotten about and didn't realize he had been missing. He felt a wave of happiness spill over him like the water crashing onto the shore nearby, having to hold back the emotional feeling welling up in his chest.
"Y-y-yeah! S-sounds good!" He quickly yelled out and nodded his head in agreement.
Katara smiled at his answer. "Great! I have to get going home but I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yeah me too. See ya Midoriya!" Mina hopped off the rail and waved bye to the boy below causing him to blush once again.
"Y-yeah S-see ya!" Izuku quickly waved back as they turned and walked away, leaving him alone with a large grin on his face. He waited a few moments making sure he was alone before clenching his fists and shaking in excitement. "Wow, high school is so much better than I imagined! I don't get pushed around anymore, I have new friends. Now they invited me to the beach! I have to get my bathing suit so I-
His words stuck to his tongue as his eyes shot open when the realization hit him. "Wait… if I am wearing a swimsuit, that means they…"
Midoriya's face burned red once again when he realized they would be in beach attire as well. His mind immediately imagined the two girls in nothing more than a few small pieces of clothing covering them, his hands reaching up and grabbing his face in panic.
"Holy crap, I don't know if I can do this now!"
Flipping through another page of the industrial book she held, Yaoyorozu wore her evening nightgown sitting at her desk. She skimmed through the pages of the different items seeing anything that caught her eye. After a few more moments she saw the battery powered handsaw. "This could be good for moments when I get caught by something." She said to herself.
She turned to the manual guide for the tool and began reading over the components that went into its inner workings. The gears, the wiring, the materials for the motor and even the handle and trigger. After getting the idea of the machine, she nodded to herself and shut the book closed. She pulled the sleeve up her arm and stared at the exposed skin. Focusing her mind, she watched the glowing patch begin shifting and pushing out the item she wanted. The handle and back end came out first, followed by the long body and finally popping out of her with the saw blade sticking out from the end. Gripping the handle, the tall teen smiled to herself as the pulled the trigger and watched it turn on.
"Okay, that's another thing to remember..." she said to herself and set the tool aside into a pile of other random items she had made that evening, suddenly feeling her head spin slightly when she sat back up. She groaned as she rubbed her temple to the aching sensation to her head and the cramping in her stomach. The loud growl from her belly made her moan in annoyance. "…and maybe that's it for the night."
Leaning back from her desk, Momo reached over and grabbed the two protein bars on the nightstand and ripped them open, scarfing them down instantly as she grumbled. Her power was a blessing to being able to make anything she could think of, but the fact it took so long for more complicated items and the draining affect on her body was not something she took pleasure in. While she had never passed out from over exertion, she had come close several times while at home alone when she was younger. Crossing her arms, she stood up and walked over to her bed and sat down on the edge. She looked the clock on the nightstand and frowned when she saw the time it took to make the last three items of the night.
"If I can somehow increase the speed I create, that means I will be able to do more then," her fingers suddenly squeezed her arms, past memories fighting their way up as she took a deep breath. "I won't be so vulnerable." Momo closed her eyes to try and ignore the thoughts coming to her, but unfortunately it made the images come even more vivid, remembering the story she avoided telling Katara the first night they hung out.
She saw herself back in that elementary school, those four faces that always tormented her daily pinning her alone in the same hallway she was forced into. Day after day those kids forcing her to do their bidding or else her days got much worse for her. She remembered the many days she had to hide the bruising on her arms from others seeing what she dealt with, too afraid to say anything otherwise her tormentors would have taken it out on her. Worst of all, she still remembered the one face burned into her memory still.
Those bright golden eyes of that blonde that led those others still popped into Momo's mind from time to time. The weeks of teasing that turned into months of torture were the worst times of her life, only ending when a single day changed everything. She quickly shook her head to rid her mind of those thoughts, knowing those days were long gone for her. Now she was in a place that had people who didn't care about trying to her quirk for their own personal benefits. She had good friends already and school had just started.
BZZZT.
The phone by her side broke her from her thoughts thankfully, sliding the screen on and seeing a message from Katara.
Hey Me and Ashido were planning on going to the beach tomorrow. We were hoping to see who else wants to come. Want to join us?
Smiling, Momo felt like a day clearing her head would be great. She quickly typed out her response.
That sounds great. I can bring us drinks. What time are you thinking?
A few minutes later, her phone vibrated from the new incoming message.
Mina said around Noon. That sound good?
Nodding in approval as if someone saw it, Momo grinned and typed back.
That works for me. I will see you there!
Smiling at the answer she received, Katara opened up the door to the Iida home and removed her shoes. That was two people now joining her and Mina, curious who else would be coming. She then remembered how she had come back alone today, her eyes looking around to see if Tenya was home yet. She was surprised when the door behind her opened up right then and revealed the one she was looking for.
"Wow, perfect timing," Katara chuckled and walked up to him. "How was your training after school?"
"I actually didn't train today. I was working on finishing my homework in the library so I have no need to do it tomorrow." Tenya answered with a smile. "Now I have all of tomorrow free for training."
Katara lifted her eyebrow at him and smirked. "You really are on it when it comes to homework."
"Of course! You must be diligent to ensure success in school."
Rolling her eyes at his statement, she chuckled to herself. "Well I'll do mine tonight. Tomorrow actually was going to go to the beach."
Tenya's tilted his head to her plan. "Are you planning on conducting your training there?"
"No, Me and Ashido thought it would be good to take a break and just have a fun day. Yaoyorozu and Midoriya are also coming. You should come, too." She smiled at him.
"A day at the beach?" Tenya grabbed his chin as he contemplated the idea. "It does sound intriguing to speak the truth."
"Yeah, you should come join us. Give you some time to relax."
Tenya thought of the idea for a moment, in honesty a day to not worry about school or training did sound good. However, he dropped his arms and closed his eyes. "I really appreciate the offer, but I must humbly decline."
Katara's smile faded when she heard that. "What? Why?"
"The sports festival is only a week away, and with school being off tomorrow this is the perfect opportunity for me to get in the most possible training in one day. Therefore I will take full advantage of this and keep to my schedule that I made."
"Come on," Katara complained at his answer, "You don't have to train all day. Just come with us for some of the day. It will be fun."
Tenya still shook his head and gave a small bow. "I am grateful for the offer you just made, but this is a decision that I must stick to. I hope that you enjoy your day, Katara."
Huffing out, Katara gave a small smile up to him. "Alright, I won't make you come. If you change your mind we will be getting there at noon."
Smiling back to her, Tenya nodded. "Thank you, Katara. I hope you have a fun day."
Watching her walk away and into Tensei's place, Tenya waited a few moments after she closed the door before he exhaled softly. He adjusted his glasses before placing his hands on his hips. "I cannot allow my training to falter. If I don't push myself harder and longer, I won't be able to catch up to where you are now, Katara." he said out loud before turning and walking down the hallway towards his room. As he disappeared, the door to the Iida family workshop cracked open, revealing Tensei's face grinning inside.
"Wow, I never figured Tenya to be that type of person." He said to himself in amusement. He had known Katara has outperformed his brother in the entrance exam and their assessment testing, but to actually hear his brother admit his jealousy out loud was certainly surprising. He couldn't wait to see how this festival turned out.
The next day seemed to arrive so fast for Midoriya as he made his way down the path towards the beach. He felt a bead of sweat drip down his neck in nervousness as he was still somewhat embarrassed coming to the beach with the girls, but also in excitement to a hangout day. He couldn't hide the smile across his face as he stepped onto the sand and stared out to the ocean. Sporting his gray trunks and a white shirt, he adjusted his beach bag on his shoulder as he glanced at his phone to check to make sure he was here on time.
"11:59. perfect! Right on schedule." He happily said and looked around to try and find them. He was quite surprised by how empty the beach was for a weekend day, and taking notice that they weren't there either. "They are probably around the corner. Yeah!" He told himself and shifted his feet in the sand.
He hummed for a moment before looking at his phone again. "Right at noon. Okay. They should be here now." He glanced around to the park behind him, feeling his smile fade when he still didn't see them. "M-maybe they are just a little late. Yeah no problem." he huffed out loud, his nerves beginning to build. He looked out to the water and swallowed the lump in his throat forming. He couldn't help but check his phone again and felt his shoulders drop.
"12:01. D-did I read the text wrong? Maybe t-they meant another twelve o'clock. Uhh no that's midnight, who would go to the beach at midnight? Or did they mean another beach or-
"Hey! You beat us here!" Mina's voice called out once again from behind him.
Sighing out loud, Midoriya turned around in happiness. "H-Hey. I was thinking I was too early, but when you didn't show I began to-
If Midoriya was an old man, his heart would have probably given out from how hard it began beating when he saw what was behind him. 'Oh sweet Jesus almighty!'
Mina was carrying an umbrella and several chairs while Katara had a bag of towels draped over her shoulders, but that was not what Midoriya was looking at, for their attire is what froze the boy. Mina was wearing a tight fitting pink shirt that matched her skin so well he almost swore she was shirtless for a moment. Her legs were only covered by a small pair of yellow shorts at the top of her thighs. Katara was also in a small set of gray shorts as well, but what made Midoriya's eyes shoot open was the blue crop top she wore revealing her toned stomach. His hands shot to his mouth as he nearly yelped in shock. "MMMMPPH!"
The two girls watched his face burn bright red, Katara lifting her eyebrow at his antics before giving a small smile. "You okay?"
"Mmmhmm!" He mumbled through his hands and flipped around to avert his eyes, his brain going on overdrive already.
"Well if you are okay then wanna give me a hand?" Mina grinned and held up her items. "We can find a spot to set up while we-
"I CAN DO IT, DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME!" Midoriya screamed as he quickly snatched the chairs and umbrella and sprinted down the beach towards the water, leaving Mina standing with her arms out still.
"- Wait for the others." the pink girl finished, watching in amazement as Midoriya seemingly set the spot up with rapid speed setting turned on.
Midoriya was trying to use the setup excuse to distract himself, but a quick glance to the girls caused his heart rate to spike again.' OH GOSH, THIS IS EVEN CRAZIER THAN I THOUGHT! AND THEY ARE STILL FULLY DRESSED!' his mind screamed out while he opened up the chairs.
While he speedily set up the spot along the water, the two girls laughed at his antics before heading down after him. "So Yaoyorozu said she is coming, but Tsu said she is with her family today," Katara said, "What about you? Did you get anyone else?"
Mina sighed and held the back of her head with both hands. "Hmmm, not really. Jiro said her family was doing something as well. Hagakure just said she had plans already, and you talked to Uraraka?"
Katara nodded. "Yeah, and she said she had things she had to take care of but said thanks for the invite."
"So it seems we are only getting a few people today then. Oh well." Mina threw her arms in the air and laughed. "Still, it's gonna be nice having a day like this! The five of us will have a great time!"
"What? Five?" Katara tilted her head in confusion. "There's four of us coming."
"Oh I didn't tell you? Someone else said they could come too." Mina responded.
"Who?"
Before she said anything, Mina looked back and smiled. "Ah, perfect timing. He made it."
"He?" Katara turned as well to see, her eyes seeing a familiar feathered head come into view. She smiled and walked towards him, waving to the incoming classmate. "Hey, I didn't know you were coming."
Tokoyami nodded as he approached, the teen wearing a black shirt and dark blue shorts. "I got a message from Ashido last night about this. I felt a day like this was a good idea as well."
Katara was surprised when she heard that. "You got Ashido's number?" she questioned, receiving another nod from him.
"Yes, we exchanged the day after the USJ attack when we were waiting for you to return."
Learning that made Katara feel a small sense of guilt. Since school the only new numbers she got were from the other girls and Midoriya, and his was due to the secret he knew of her. Other than that she completely forgot to get numbers from people like him or Kirishima in case they ever needed to get a hold of each other. "Yeah, sorry. After the attack I kinda had a lot on my mind so I forgot to ask your number."
"It is alright. That was quite the day for all of us." He responded calmly, pulling out his phone and opening it up. "If you want we can exchange ours now."
Katara smiled and pulled hers out too. "Yeah, that's a good idea."
As they traded information, Midoriya exhaled in success as he finished setting up the chairs underneath the large umbrella. He looked to the approaching classmates and blushed once again, but sighed in relief when he saw Tokoyami was joining them too. 'Oh good, I'm not alone here.' he thanked internally. Sure some guys may have preferred being alone with two girls on the beach, but for someone like Midoriya he knew another male there would help give him someone to talk to sometimes where he didn't need to worry about where his eyes wandered. He still held his breath though when Mina walked up and plopped herself into one of the chairs in the sand.
"Ah, now that hits the spot." She sighed contently and rubbed her feet in the sand. She looked up and gave a wink to the green haired teen. "Good job setting up for us. Thanks for the assist, Midoriya."
"N-no problem!" Midoriya quickly nodded and turned towards the ocean, taking a deep breath to calm himself as the other two sat down as well.
Katara stretched her legs out and smiled towards the ocean, enjoying the salty breeze blowing through her hair and sending a chill up her neck. "This is great, I'm glad you all agreed to come."
"Agreed. I appreciate the invite." Tokoyami Said as he sat in the sand near the group.
"Y-yeah, same! Thanks!" Midoriya quickly added.
"Even if we didn't invite you I feel like you would be running by us right now." Mina teased causing his face to blush. "You were booking it down the sand yesterday."
Laughing, Midoriya rubbed his head. "Not really. I have been trying to get faster by running here."
"Why don't you come and train at the school? We could always help you." Katara offered, making him blush once again.
"I ap-preciate the offer, but I'm okay!" He quickly said. "I have always trained alone so I'm used to it."
"Hey, sorry if I'm a little late!"
The group turned around to the feminine voice behind them. They caught sight of Yaoyorozu pulling a rolling cooler behind herself through the sand towards them, smiling underneath the large sunglasses on her face. While they waved in response, both the boys and girls (especially the boys) took note of the black fishnet shirt she was wearing, revealing a matching red bikini set underneath. Midoriya had to avert his eyes away once again as he felt his body burning up from more than just the hot sun.
'What the hell! Yaoyorozu was coming here too!? I really don't know if I can do this!' The green haired teen sweated and twitched anxiously as the tall beauty arrived.
"I tried to get here earlier but I had to help my mom with a few things this morning." Momo said as she took her glasses off.
Katara smiled up to her. "We just got here ourselves. You are fine."
Nodding Momo pulled the cooler up and opened the lid. "As I said I brought us some drinks. I have some waters, sodas and some juice. Anyone want anything?"
"I'll take a water actually." Katara answered.
"same for me." Tokoyami said.
"Oh, soda for me here!" Mina threw her hand up.
"Uh… I'll take a soda too." Midoriya responded, hoping a drink would cool his body down.
After passing out the refreshments, Momo took a seat next to Katara and opened her own juice and smiled. "Now this was a great idea. Thanks for asking me, Katara."
"No problem. I figured seeing we were training everyday we needed just one day to clear our heads." Katara said before taking a sip of water. "Me and Ashido were walking last night and ran into Midoriya here and decided to make a day of it by the water."
"Well I am glad you did. I needed something like this." Yaoyorozu leaned back in her seat and sighed. Hearing the water crashing in front of he was soothing to her tired mind and made her moan in satisfaction. "I am actually surprised Iida isn't here. You two seem to spend a lot of time together."
Katara frowned and closed her water up. "Not as much this last week, though. I asked him but he said he wanted to train instead. Couldn't slack for the festival as he explained."
Seeing her faded smile, Midoriya finally took a seat by them. "He is very school oriented." he said, causing her to grin.
"Yeah. I mean sometimes he can be a little bit-
"Of a stiff." Mina blurted out, causing the other girls to glare.
"Hey, that's rude!" Momo yelled in annoyance.
"Hey hey, its not a bad thing! Just saying what I see." Mina retorted waving her hands.
While she was upset to the insult to her friend, Katara had to somewhat admit a little truth to it. He was sometimes too uptight for someone their age, and she couldn't help but grin. "It's okay. He is a good friend…" She suddenly brought her arm out and started chopping. "...Even when he talks like this."
The action broke the tension as all of them burst out laughing. Even the quiet Tokoyami couldn't stop from chuckling at the performance. For the next thirty minutes the five of them laughed and joked, telling other things about the other classmates that amused them. They heard from Momo about Kaminari's fried brain state, or Aoyama's obsession with sparkles and lights from Mina. Smiles and smirks were the only things the group wore as they enjoyed the company of the others and Even Midoriya had loosened up, no longer uncomfortable as he couldn't help but feel happy he had ran into the girls last night while training. He'd have to thank All Might soon for making him come here so much over the last year for his running.
Leaning up and wiping sweat forming on her brow, Katara huffed out and reached down pulling the crop top up and over her head. While the boys had to hide the blush from the blue sports bra she wore, the two girls raised their eyebrows at the choice of clothing.
"You didn't put on a bikini top?" Momo asked curiously, making Katara tilt her head in confusion.
"What, is this not okay?" Katara responded.
"Well I mean yes, but at the beach you didn't want to put something on a little looser?"
Katara blushed slightly at that, thinking back to the more revealing fire nation clothing she had seen back home. Even then she chose to wear more compressed wrappings like what she had on now, and Yaoyorozu thought she should wear something more revealing than this? She glanced down to the see through shirt on the creationist and noticed the small fabric pieces covering over her chest. "Uhhh… I never really wore things like that before. I'm not sure if I want to."
"Aww are you shy?" Mina teased, "You shouldn't be though. You're hot! A body like that and you are trying to hide it?"
Katara frowned at her. "I'm not shy. It's just… okay maybe I am, so what?"
Momo chuckled at the flushed girl. "You have nothing to be shy about. You look amazing. And I bet if you had something not as restricting as that on you as that sport bra, I bet you would get more eyes on you too."
Turning even more red from the wink, Katara couldn't help but smirk back at her. "Maybe, although you don't need help with that, now do you?"
The comment caused Momo to choke on her drink for a second before she laughed back. "Wow, now that is not what I expected from you."
Either the girls didn't care or completely forgot them, the two boys sat in silent awkwardness to the trio continued talking about their outfits and their chests. Tokoyami appeared calm and collected, although couldn't stop the few beads of sweat that dripped down his head. "They talk casually about this topic while me and you are here. Not the most comfortable talk, don't you agree?" He waited for a response before he looked over in surprise to the other and widened his eyes to what he saw. "Midoriya?"
The teen in question was sweating profusely as his face burned a horrific looking red. He tried rubbing his face to calm himself, but every time he moved his fingers he couldn't help but peak towards the girls as they continued to talk about their outfits. It only made it worse every time they mentioned their own outfit his eyes inadvertently were drawn towards the area below their necklines. His breath came in quick intakes as he felt his nerves going up past the clouds.
'Oh god oh god oh god! Can we just change the topic please!? If this goes on I don't think my heart can take anymore and-
"Yeah If you want Katara, I'll show you wear I get this one I have. They are really nice." Mina said as she lifted up her shirt to display her bikini to Katara, causing Midoriya's eyes to pop out of his head when he caught sight of the yellow striped top over her large chest.
"AHHHH I'M GONNA GO SWIMMING!" Midoriya screamed out in panic and began ripping at his shirt as fast as he could, needing his body to cool down before he lost it. The girls turned in surprise to his sudden yell, watching in bewilderment to the teen thrashing to get his shirt off.
Mina shrugged her shoulders. "Uhh, okay. Is the water cold or-
"WATER WILL BE FINE! I-I MEAN I'LL CHECK!" He mumbled loudly as the shirt stuck to his head for a moment, the teen furiously tearing at the neck hole to get it off.
'I need the water I need the water I need the water!' He screamed internally in panic.
While they were confused by his sudden action, Katara's eyes widened slightly when she noticed the toned six pack on Midoriya's core. She was really surprised as he finally got his shirt off that his body was actually lined with lean muscle, completely opposite to what she expected from his quiet and nervous demeanor. As he dropped his shirt and locked eyes with her, they both felt their cheeks heat up slightly before Mina broke the silence with a whistle.
"Ohh, hot damn Midoriya. You been hitting the gym a lot, haven't you?" Mina teased the sweating boy, turning him two shades darker than he already was.
"Y-yeah s-sometimes. Gonna go swim!" He quickly turned and bolted down towards the water as his heart beat a mile a minute.
'Please be cold please be cold!'
As he left the group, Katara watched him for a few moments stifling a giggle as she saw him grab his head being so flustered. 'Being so shy, I think he may never have even kissed a girl.' she laughed internally. It did surprise her why he was so shy considering how cut he was. Most guys would be flaunting what they have if they were as ripped as him. She looked over to her pink friend and raised her eyebrow to the smirk she wore. "What are you smiling at?"
Assuming she was going to tease her about the moment she and Midoriya locked eyes, Katara was surprised when Mina nodded her head to the right. Curious, Katara turned that direction and smirked as well when she realized what Ashido was trying to silently tell her. "Oh I see."
Momo's cheeks carried a bright shade of pink as she stared down the beach to the fleeing teen. She had not really talked to Midoriya much through the school year, only saying hi now and then as they passed each other to their desks since she sat two seats behind him. She could tell he was perhaps the most shy boy in class just from the way he blushed every time either she or any girl passed him, but he was also nice and always polite to everyone. Even to someone as horrid as Bakugo, she never heard him say a negative thing about him. She would also be lying to herself if she said he wasn't a bit cute as well.
But Damn this surprised her!
As he had pulled off his shirt, Momo's eyes had immediately locked onto his toned stomach that led up to his defined chest and shoulders. He was not bulky in any way, but certainly in great shape compared to most other teens. Even as he ran away she took note of the muscles running up his lower back all the way to his neckline. The constant shift of his shoulder blades that shifted with every step she took before he disappeared from view and dove into the water. She sighed internally in disappointment, not realizing what she was doing before a splash of water on her face made her yelp out in shock. She looked over at the stream of water floating in the air before she glared over to the smirking Katara.
"Are you enjoying the show?" the waterbender teased and pulled her liquid back into her hand, earning another blush from the spiky haired girl.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Yaoyorozu frowned and crossed her arms. "I was just admiring the waves and the beach."
"Uh huh…" Katara glanced over at Mina who was giggling the whole time. Suddenly another idea popped into Katara's head and made her grin even more. She stood up and placed her hands on her hips. "Well while you are enjoying the waters view, I am going for a dip as well."
Momo's eyes widened when she heard that, looking back to the water and seeing their classmate swimming back and forth along the shoreline. "R-right now?"
"Ooh count me in too!" Mina cheered and hopped to her feet. "How about you, Yaomomo? A swim sound good to you?"
While she glared at first to the grin on the fuzzy girls face, she would be lying if hopping in the water didn't sound refreshing. Nodding, she stood up and removed her shirt and set it on her chair. "A swim would be nice. I shall join you."
While the three girls got ready to go, Tokoyami sighed out from his seat. "I shall watch the stuff here. You go on ahead."
"Oh no bird brain," Mina grinned and grabbed the back of his shirt. "Get your feathery butt up. You're coming too!"
Grunting at the pulling behind him, Tokoyami gave a small smirk and sat up. "Fine. I'll join too."
"Perfect! Let's hit it!" Mina yelled happily as the trio turned and headed down the beach, leaving Tokoyami alone as he began to pull his shirt off. Before he did, he couldn't help but take one quick glance to the backside of the girls before he shook his head ignoring those thoughts. He sighed to himself and yanked off his shirt and threw it aside.
"So, which has the best ass?"
Tokoyami felt his face flush from the sudden comment, glaring down to dark shadow peeking out of his chest. "You shut up! It's inconsiderate to think like that." he growled out.
"Ah come on, birds have hormones too, ya know," The shadow bird chuckled, "Nothing wrong with looking unless you are-
"Say another word and I will drown you." Tokoyami sneered, causing dark shadow to frown and retract back in. Groaning to himself, he stood up and walked after the girls. He had to avoid staring to them however as his beak flushed red. "I really hate you sometimes, dark shadow."
'Always here to help.' dark shadows voice teased inside.
Bursting his head through the surface, Midoriya sighed happily as he cleared the water from his face. The water was a perfect temperature to come in and relax, and for sure just what he needed to cool his heated body off. He then mentally scolded himself for acting like an idiot and running off like that.
"Great, now they must really think I am weird." he lowered his head until is mouth was submerged and blew a few bubbles. He sighed and turned back towards the beach, expecting to see them sitting down still and-
PFFFFFFT!
The gush of water spraying out from Midoriya hid the bulging eyes on his face as he saw all of them at the waters edge, and all the girls stripped of their shirts! His eyes went over Katara's tanned and toned body glistening in the sun. Mina's sleek pink skin accentuated every curve of her shapely body. He then saw Yaoyorozu had removed the clear fishnet shirt revealing her red two piece that looked much too small for her.
"YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!" He screamed in the water, thankful the swirling sea hid his panic. Now he wished he was back on the beach buried in the sand.
"Hey, how's the water!?" Mina yelled out to the teen bouncing in the calm waves, laughing when she received a shaky thumbs up. "I'll take that as good."
Shaking his head, Tokoyami walked passed them and stepped into the water. He formed a small smile on his beak to the warm ocean splashing up his legs. "He's right. It does feel great."
"Well that is all I needed to hear. Yahoo!" Mina happily cheered and ran and dove head first into the sea before bursting out in a loud splash. "Oh wow this is so good!"
Smiling, Yaoyorozu walked in slow unlike her friend and savored the feeling of the ocean enveloping her legs. Once she was up to her chest she dipped her head back and let her hair fall into the water before flipping it up. She sighed contently as the waves rolled passed her and gently lifted her over the surface, loving the salty water falling down her skin. She turned to see Katara about to step in while the others were in the water now, now very grateful for the invite she was given last night. She slowly moved her arms as she tread in place, spinning in the water before she saw the red face of Midoriya bobbing in the waves.
Momo couldn't help but giggle at the look of panic on his face, seeing him frozen in place as he tried looking away from her. While she felt a warmth on her cheeks, she hid it and swam towards him to break the ice. As he saw her moving his way, Midoriya gasped and nearly dove under to hide himself.
'Oh crap oh crap oh crap!' Midoriya screamed internally as she approached. He quickly turned and kept his face looking towards anything to distract him. 'Uhh… seagull! I'll watch that instead!' He sighed in success as he stared at the bird flying through the sky… only for it to swoop down and dive into the water in the distance directly beyond Yaoyorozu.
'Damn it!'
Back on the beach, Katara loved the pleasure of the water lapping up her thighs as she walked into the water towards Mina. "Now this day is getting better." She said as her friend backstroked passed her.
"Oh yes. So glad we decided this, girl." Mina chirped happily as she splashed by. "How about you, Toki? Loving the water?"
Rolling his eyes to the nickname, Tokoyami nodded back to her. "This was a great choice. Perhaps we can do this after the festival as well."
"That's a great idea actually," Katara smiled, "We can try and do this every so often. We can try and get some of the others to come next time."
"Imagine Mineta here with all of us?" Ashido grumbled out loud, sending a shiver up Katara's back.
"Yeah, Yaoyorozu told me how he was looking up her outfit every chance he had." the waterbender groaned, also remembering the crude comment the little creep said to her during the assessment test.
"It is repulsive the way he acts." Tokoyami added.
"Maybe Yaoyorozu can shoot him out of her cannon next time." Katara laughed. She then was curious where the tall teen went, looking out to the water and caught sight of her-
"Ohh…" Katara smirked seeing she was floating in the water near Midoriya, the green haired teen turned away in embarrassment. Suddenly, a mischievous idea formed in her mind, turning around and walking back towards the shore.
Mina sat up in the water in confusion seeing the dark girl leaving. "You're done already?"
"No, just I'm kinda in the mood for a splash," Katara grinned as she waved her hands, bending the sea and forming several steps of ice up above the water. "A big one."
Unbeknownst to the waterbender's plan, Momo sat idle in the surf as she looked towards the nervous teen. She treaded in awkward silence as he refused to look her way for more than a moment before turning back. She frowned in annoyance, but couldn't blame him since she hadn't said a word either. I mean, they were just friends, so a conversation shouldn't be this hard. Taking the initiative, she took a breath and turned back his way.
"This is amazing out here. Feels good out here, doesn't it?" She kindly asked, chuckling as he shifted his gaze away from her.
"Mmhmm!" He rapidly nodded his head, thankful the water on his face hid the sweat pouring off him. "Feels great!"
Smiling, Momo laid her head back in the water again as she looked up to the sky. "So how have you liked UA so far? I mean, other than the villains ruining our training."
The small joke brought a chuckle out of Midoriya, bringing his nerves down slightly and allowing him to turn back her way. "Y-yeah, it's been great. I mean the USJ was like a crazy theme park day."
Laughing at his response, she stared up at the clouds as her mind wandered, going over what she had experienced in these last few weeks. She then began thinking of the big event coming soon, a slight tightness in her stomach. "We have a week until the sports festival. You ready for that event?"
Taking a deep breath, Midoriya looked up to the sky as well as his mind began imagining the competition. "I hope so. For me it's so much different than everyone else. I still can't control my quirk, but if I let that stop me, I won't get further than I am now. I know its going to be hard, but this is my chance to prove what I can do. Its the chance for all of us to prove why we deserve to be here as heroes."
Yaoyorozu lifted her head up in surprise to his words. Not only was she taken aback by what he said, but the determination in his voice was completely different than the nervous tone he always carried. Even his face carried a stern gaze towards the clouds, sending a strange chill up her back. She couldn't help but smile at him.
"Wow, that's the most I've heard you speak since school started." She giggled as he blushed slightly. "I hope that I can do my best as well."
"W-well you are like the smartest person in class," Midoriya said, rubbing his head awkwardly as she smiled at him, "And you got top scores for the assessment."
Hearing that made her smile falter, sighing out as she kicked her legs. "Yes, but just watching those mock battles opened my eyes. Seeing everyone else and how amazing they are. I mean look at you; you scored last and yet you and Uraraka beat Bakugo and Iida, two of the top in scores. That was amazing."
Blushing to the praise, Midoriya couldn't help but feel his chest swell in hearing that again. Fluke or not, he had beat Kachaan, the one who always called him weak. Called him… Deku. And now that had changed into something much better.
"Yeah, it did feel good to-
"Waterbending ball!"
The two swimmers turned to the sudden yell of Katara jumping off her ice steps with her legs tucked into her chest. They watched in amusement as she reached the water, expecting to see a-
BOOOOOSH!
Their eyes burst open as a massive forty foot wave erupted from the waterbender.
"Are you crazy!?" Momo yelled in panic as the wave crashed over both her and Midoriya. The turbulent water engulfed her and swept her up instantly, the panicking girl kicking as she tried to get out of the current. As she tried however, it seemed the water only pulled her against where she tried to go. She pushed her legs harder and flailed her arms to reach for the surface before she suddenly bumped something with her hand. She instinctively reached out and felt it, the hard yet soft surface confusing her. Whatever it was though, it was something to hold onto.
She shot her arms out and latched onto it, wrapping her arms around it and pressing her body hard into it. She felt some relief that she was on something, and almost instantly the water seemed to calm itself, allowing her to float back to the surface along with her flotation device. The moment she felt her head break the surface, she spit out the salty water in her mouth and coughed a few times. She spun her head around and saw Katara wringing her hair out, shooting a cold glare to the culprit of the act she went through.
"What the hell, Katara!? That was crazy!" Momo snapped out in anger.
"Sorry, I was just jumping in and having a little fun. I may have made my splash a little big," Katara gave her a small shrug, but her smile never fell off her face. "I mean, I don't think it was that bad for you, though
"What do you mean? I almost drowned right there! If I didn't find this thing underwater I would have-
Momo suddenly caught the massive smirk on Mina's face, the girl holding the back of her head as she chuckled. Then there was Tokoyami, his beak lit up red in embarrassment, although he still had a smile on his face. "What are you two laughing at?"
The item she held suddenly began shaking. No, it was… shivering? Her heart rate spiked as she turned her head to look forward, only to be met with a mess of green hair right in front of her face. "Wait… don't tell me…"She was almost too afraid to look down, her face feeling like it was on fire at this point. Once she did, her blood rushed to her face as it turned as red as the swimsuit she wore.
There in her arms was Midoriya, the teen stiff as a board as his face was pressed right into her chest. His eyes were the size of dinner plates as he was clutched in her arms, and his chin resting right in the center between her two globes. The boy was unable to breath, partly due to the tight squeeze around his body, but also to the fact he was staring straight into the large crevice that sat below his face.
"You… wha… eh.. AHHHHHH!" Momo screamed out and pushed him away, her arms shooting up to cover her chest as she glared daggers. "You did that on purpose, didn't you!?"
"Me?" Katara fake gasped and covered her chest. Did she create the large wave on purpose? The water current that seemingly pulled Yaoyorozu a certain direction towards another person in the water? And that current suddenly stopped when they were pushed together in the water?
"I don't know what you are talking about."
As Momo sat flushed in embarrassment and Midoriya floated by frozen like a plank of wood, the other three couldn't hold back their laughs and chuckles. Katara sighed happily and looked up to the sky. "Now this day was so worth it."
notes: aaand done! what started as a small filler scene turned into the whole thing and my longest chapter yet. this was just so much fun to write. Some friendly hangout days and standard teen cheesiness!
Sorry no festival for you yet, but we will get there next and i am already working on that. So you enjoy this beach filler! till next time!