Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Contaminated Crusaders. Enjoy the 1200-word chapter. I don't own MHA Shonen Jump, Kohei Horikoshi and a few others do.

Aace could only turn to look at Mina while continuing to slowly spin the fan with his quirk. He knew more than anything that if something was off?

"So, superhero school, finally here…" Aace pointed out, pushing his fingers together as he thought about what that entailed when it came down to it.

"Yeah, pretty fun, isn't it?" Mina asked, her trademark smile plastered upon her face.

It made Aace nervously hum and nod. He didn't know what to think. Getting this far? He didn't expect it. He didn't think he'd get to this level when it came down to it, so it came as more than a bit of a surprise to him when he thought about it.

"I don't know what to think when my best friend is around, Mi." Aace stated, pausing to crack his fingers. "I'm still getting used to this hero thing. I do think it's funny that people remembered what we did back at the amusement park… Awkward way to be remembered like that." Aace pointed out, rubbing at the back of his neck as he did so.

Mina shrugged, rather happy that their heroics were enough to make the news. It gave her hope that they'd inspire someone, even if it was just for a single day.

"I've talked to the girls at U.A." Mina put in which caused Aace to raise an eyebrow as his friend sat cross-legged next to him.

"You talked to ALL of them… Within a day or so?" Aace asked, the obvious amusement only making Mina slightly annoyed.

"Yep, you a giant doofus, I have." Mina put in to which Aace only rolled his eyes and hummed at her.

"This DOOFUS is the one who helps do your math homework." Aace said, making Mina narrow her eyes. "Oh, do you want me to STOP helping you with it, Ms. Pinky?" Aace questioned, knowing how much he'd anger his best friend.

"DON'T EVEN THREATEN THAT…." Mina hissed, grabbing the collar of her friend's shirt as he chuckled to himself.

"I can and I will, Mi." Aace said, brushing off his shirt as he did so. "I'm still curious about it. Momo and Tsuyu talked to you, did Momo happen to know every single person at the school?" Aace asked, sitting closer to his friend as he continued to press the issue.

"Did she know every single girl at school already?" Aace asked, poking his friend in the shoulder playfully. "Did she know what they do and all that?" Aace asked before Mina grinned.

She squished Aace's checks as he swatted at her while the acid throwing hero playfully giggled at her idea. He finally pulled away as she grinned and looked at her friend with amusement and then slowly leaned away.

"I hate when you do that." Aace muttered, rubbing at his checks as he turned to look around the room. "We've barely been going to school a few months, Mi. I'm just not used to being important yet, ok? We're probably not going to be on the same team." Aace said, sounding more saddened by that then anything.

Even if Aace didn't want to show it? He rather liked Mina's company, her endless joy and desire to do good in the rest of the world inspired him more then she thought it did. It was that enthusiasm that made him want to be paired to her.

Aace actually feared what life would be like if she wasn't in his class… It was something that he DIDN'T want to go through if he could.

"Hey, don't say something stupid like that!" Mina stated, making Aace wince as he turned to look around.

"Wake up my parents, why don't you, Mi." Aace stated as he brushed his hands through the air. "You know as well as I do that, I DON'T want us to get split up." Aace stated, rubbing at his temples in frustration as he groaned.

"We're a team, you split us up or something stupid and we're going to fall apart." Aace stated, his voice noticeably quieter. "I don't want it…" Aace whispered as he sighed and leaned back on the sofa.

Mina blinked, curious as to what she could do to make her friend cheer up.

"Do you have your class sheet for our classes?" Aace heard Mina ask which he shrugged at and pulled it from his pocket. "Let me check this, you're still a giant doofus. There's no way they'd just split us up that easy. Heroes are a team; they don't just abandon each other to go and do other stuff. They always stick together and fight the good fight." Mina added to which Aace only rolled his eyes at.

"You watch WAY too many movies, Mi." Aace responded and got a finger to the nose which only made him chuckle as he turned and looked at Mina. "What are you even checking it for, anyway? They only change that stuff on the last day if possible." Aace pointed out as Mina flicked his nose.

Aace only rolled his eyes and turned to look around at said sheet while he cracked his fingers. He was tired… This ungodly sleepover thing needed to end or have rules. Aace had gone through so much school that he often wondered what he did to deserve this.

"Man, I need more sleep." Aace said and rubbed at his eyes. "Did you get your teachers assigned yet, then? I can't stress enough what it's like to have more teachers like that." Aace pointed out as Mina handed his paper back to him.

"You and I have some of the same classes." Mina pointed out as Aace hummed and read over the paper himself. "Did you figure out what it's going to be when it comes to classes? Some of the heroes are ones who have been famous around the city before." Mina pointed out proudly as Aace only rolled his eyes and rubbed at his eyes with exhaustion.

"Right, and the gumdrop goblins are blue, Mi." Aace said and got an elbow to the side. "You sure your quirk isn't super strength? Because I swear one of these days, you're going to break something important." Aace stated as he leaned back on the sofa.

He let loose a yawn which made it clear he was beyond tired. It wasn't his fault he was super tired when it came down to it. Mina's sleepovers with him often went on for many hours.

Aace hummed and went to get his sleeping bag once more. Something told him he'd be getting less of these types of things the more time went on…. And he hated it.

Author Notes

Phew. Another chapter done! I want to apologize for how short this chapter is going to be. Next chapter will be 1200-1500 words and will begin the UA arc and such. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!

P.S: Next chapter is in 2-10 months, Lady Nagant is 1000 words or such, Mt. Lady and such will also get chapters… And I might make a Toga story.