Asmodeus was fairly competent in himself, it's why he was in the group of four students that weren't pounding their desks, biting their nails, or in Izuku's case, muttering themselves to death.

"Youdidn'tranksdownyoudidn'trankdownyoudidn'trankdown.." He droned on and on for hours, looking exactly like how he did the first day they met. "You'renotamassivedisapointmentthat needstohideawayunderarockandstaysilentforever.."

"Izuku, I can assure you, you did fine. At the very least, I can tell you didn't fail. If you weren't confident in your answers, you wouldn't have turned the test in, right?"

"Yeah, he probably did fine … meanwhile we all did poorly didn't we!?" Lied cried out in despair, making him sigh externally.

"It was a nice dream to have, that was for sure. We even made studying fun." Jazz remembered fondly. "The reading, the dancing, that strange music from out of nowhere.."

"Still trying to find a logical reason behind that." Schider pointed out, looking more frazzled over that than he was taking the test. "It does not compute."

"Well, even if we all failed, at least we made it fun for Izuku." Elizabetta cheerfully called out. "That's almost as good as Walter Park, right?"

"You know, you say that, yet as someone who's been there I can call you out on it." Kerori called out. "Walter Park is much more fun than you could ever conceive." Everyone fell into deeper despair. "Sorry guys. Maybe I can take a picture of it for you?"

"It's fine." Finally, Izuku stopped his stutter. "I'm just glad we were able to do something as a class for once. It seems there's almost always something splitting us up into groups every few weeks."

"Well that's Babyls, classes are pretty much only made for grouping different types of demons up. Even then only three of the five rank up events involve the entire class." Asmodeus called out.

"Sounds like an easy way to get left behind if you're not good enough." Izuku muttered a little too darkly. "I've thought long and hard about it, and I've grown to accept the ranks more, but I keep thinking back to what Kiriwo said." Ugh, that cursed madman was still haunting them to this dad.

"Who?" Kaumi asked for the whole class.

"Nobody important." Clara immediately answered. "It's not that bad Izuku-kins! You've already ranked up fast! You have nothing to worry about!" The small smile made on Izuku's face brought relief to Asmodeus.

"I mean, it's better than the other schools." Everyone turned to Sabro. "I've studied up on them in my path to choose how to be a great Demon King. Babyls is by far the most well rounded of the bunch."

"How bad do the others have to be?" For once it wasn't Izuku that asked, but Jazz. "I just came here for the residential area."

"Jackapo Institute is a school where your entire prestige is determined by how good you are at games, regardless of your year. Losers get worse classrooms and qualities while the winners get the best stuff." Lied spoke, looking oddly introspective for a change. "You can do anything you want if you win, there are even students with more power than the teachers."

"A whole school that ranks you by how good you are at games? That's even more ridiculous. Not all games can equate to life skills." Izuku pondered.

"I thought about going there, but my sister was really insistent on Babyls." Lied spoke. "She even said I could play games with her money for a whole month and she wouldn't complain about it at all. The fact she kept her promise genuinely creeped me out."

"Meanwhile, Leavion is a military school." Asmodeus answered. "The entirety of the facility is submerged underwater, and they excel at enforcing extreme discipline to all students at any cost. I can't begin to tell you how many drowning incidents that are recorded to happen over there." Some of them were on purpose too, as punishments for not following rules.

"Dear devi, I'm currently at the safest school on the planet and I'm still constantly in danger on a daily basis." Izuku muttered to himself. Yeah, he wasn't inclined to disagree with him. "Normal schools back home just had to worry about tests and essays. The worst that could happen was being expelled."

"I mean you can be expelled here." Kerori shrugged. "Well, except for you, 'Mr. Chair Demon is my grandpa'."

"Come on, he wouldn't bend the rules just to-oh he absolutely would who am I kidding."

"Silence." The voice of Kalego-sensei drove their conversations to a halt. He had a stack of papers as everyone involuntarily gulped. "I will now be delivering your results."

"TOO SOON!" The loudmouths shouted.

"The number of students that will stay behind is unfortunately …" The classroom tenses hard enough to snap steel in half, in Asmodeus's opinion. "Zero, I was looking forward to torturing you."

"W-we did it…?" Lied shakily asked, pinching himself. "We..we.."

"WE ACTUALLY PASSED!" Everyone, barring the four never in any real danger, chanted. "I-I can't believe I actually.." Izuku continued on, the flood gates bursting through the classroom.

"Are we certain this isn't a bloodline?" Goemon did his best to slash away a path for everyone to get through. "The combat applications of such an ability are outstanding."

"His mother can move things without touching them, that is just talent on a genetic level." Asmodeus grumbled.

"Row row!" The other green haired menace cheered within a boat."Water time fun! Izuku-kins is his own water park!"

"Every Aleph(1) who received an exceptional mark gets moved up to Bet(2)." Kalego zapped Lied, Picero, Goemon, and Kamui's badges.

"This is awesome!"

"I actually took a test?"

"Those decimals had it coming!"

"More opportunities for cute girls!"

"Amazing, even the dumbest of this class can find a way to excel." Asmodues said in hidden awe. "A little Plus Ultra can work miracles, I suppose."

"And Shneider Allocer is moved to Gimel(3) for getting the highest grade in the school." Kalego spoke, idly zapping him.

"Wait the highest in the whole school!?" Everyone shouted, even Asmdoeus had to blink at that one.

"I believe I read an expression just for this occasion." The lion headed boy coughed. "'Bow before me, bitches'." Rude, he found himself blinking twice. "What? Intelligence and Comedy go hand and hand."


Balam walked through the garden, offering some trimming to one of the nearby plants. He needed the right hole size to allow the nearby rodents to enter. They were homeless after the recent rain took out their old hole. "Balam, Balam-sensei!" A young voice cried out for him, and for once it wasn't in fear of his arrival.

"Ah, Midoriya, I see you're finished with your exams.." He turned, expecting only to see the human boy, and almost falling over when the entirety of the Misfit Class as a whole approached him. "What's this about?"

"Oh, I showed your teaching books to them during group study sessions. And it turns out I wasn't the only one who wanted to thank you." Midoriya spoke, scratching his head, while Buzzer didn't go off. "Your books really helped us."

"I never knew there was such a fun story behind magical history. That was great, and super easy to remember!" The Valac girl cheered while hugging his arm, and once again, Buzzer didn't go off.

"I never thought I would get into picture books, but it made every subject super simple to understand." Andros scratched behind his head. Huh, not only was he telling the truth, he wasn't attempting to steal his wallet.

"I just simply adored the cute drawings you make with them." Ix blushed.

"The one you made on math really helped! It might even assist me when I play some rpgs. Thank you very much, Balam Sensei!" Shax waved to him.

"There were many pastels I adored as well, truly helping me keep track of the modern time we live in today." Garp bowed.

So many students, so many voices, so many praises, and not a single one of them held a hint of deceit. No demon would ever thank you like this, yet here was the proof, and it was all possible due to the one non-demon, the only human in this school, leading the way.

He could feel tears running down his face. "Thank you guys!" He shouted, grabbing them all in a hug. "I promise to teach you all the best I can this year!"

"So Balam is a combination of Izuku and Clara then? The crazy high energy with the crazy amount of tears." Andros jokes, though he was too happy to even consider that as an insult, especially since Midoriya was the most open person he's ever seen at this school.

"Jazz, don't say stuff like that..huh? Did you do something different with your hair, Balam-sensei." Midoriya questioned, making him let the student's go.

"Oh yeah, I decided to cut it so I looked less scary to everyone. Did it work?" He asked the class, who suddenly looked really nervous for some reason.

"You, um, look really, approachable sir." Midoriya spoke, buzzer going off for the first time since they met, but even without it he could see the boy was terrible at lying.

"No need to lie to me, it's literally impossible." Balam chuckled. "I'll just have to work as hard as you students to become less scary. You really are a good class, especially you, Midoriya. Keep inspiring those around you."

"Oh, I don't do that." Midoriya said with an embarrassed blushed. "It was their determination and your teaching aides that allowed us to pass." Valac and Asmodeus looked like they had something to say about that, but they held their tongues.

"Oh really? Then how about this as a present?" He showed them a fire flower. "Don't worry, I cut out the flame core, so it won't try to burn you alive and kill you."

"Thank you!" Midoriya shouted loudly, earning laughter from all his classmates. "I can't tell you how many demons I know don't actually take something like that into consideration." Buzzer didn't go off again. Yikes, this boy was a danger magnet if not a danger-junkie.


Ameri was really hoping she could talk with Izuku today, talk with him about what happened and clear the air between them. Unfortunately, it was not meant to be, as the boys apparently had a 'guys outing' in celebration of passing their end of terminus, which she learned about over a text of all things. At least he said he'd talk to her later, as frustrating as it was.

Although it wasn't nearly as frustrating as being dragged out of her office by Valac, along with the special tea she had set out for her and Izzy-for Dek-for Izumi-for Izuku! Damn it all she had to start writing it down soon, too many variations were in her head.

Back to the current issue at hand, Izuku's proclaimed 'best friend' grabbed her by the hand and dragged them to an unused room filled with the other ladies of the Magical Apparatus Battler, along with the two other girls of the Misfit Class, aka, people she only knew by association with Izuku.

"Valac, I would normally kick you through the roof of Bablys for your insolent actions, but right now I'm more concerned about what I'm doing here."

"Oh, you and Azz-Azz would get along great." Valac sent a teasing glare that KNEW what it was doing. "Anyways, since he and Izuku-kins are having fun with all the boys celebrating, I thought that the best thing to do now was gather all the girls and celebrate not failing!"

"She dragged us all out here just as suddenly, just so you know." Gaako shrugged casually. "She brought pastries, so I'm here till they're gone."

"I have no idea how you keep that figure while you're constantly gouging yourself, Gaako." Eiko idly muttered, turning to Ameri, before blushing and looking away. Was there something on her face? She looked in reflection and it didn't look too bad.

"You actually brought the Student Council President!? You're either brave or...what am I talking about, you're insane. Why did I even question that?" The spectacled girl in the room sighed.

"Nothing wrong with having more guests. An outsider can bring interesting insight for what we have planned." The blond spoke with a strange look in her eye.

She sighed. "Well, since I'm here, I might as well offer you all tea." She moved it over, it was a special blend meant to relieve stress, so it should be a nice way to relax she supposed. "I'm still confused why you invited me of all people."

"Easy, you're Izuku-kins friend, Lady Red Hair, and I invited all his friends here because that makes them my friends!" Valac cheered in a way that didn't convey her usual malice toward her.

"The Calamity Cult increases daily, I suppose." Kerori spoke as she looked down. She wasn't in the cult, she was just bonded with Izuku! Wait, wasn't the cult just what people called his friends? Damn it, that's what Izuku warned her about. Damn these rumors.

"You can hardly blame him. He was so lonely at the start of the year, and now he can call the entire class his friend." Ix seemed more accepting of the idea. "So, how did he rope you into his little collective?"

"We met over a bump in the hallway, and we shared ideas on bloodlines." Ameri covered, she wasn't about to tell everyone what really happened, that was a state secret, of course.

"And we met and played early in the school year!" Valac shouted obnoxiously.

"We didn't really talk until a few weeks ago. Before that, I kind of wanted to kill him." Kerori spoke in her normal tone. "I got over it eventually." Ameri was starting to see why Izuku was always afraid of everyone at the beginning.

"I totally get it...to an extent." Gaako kept chomping on eclairs. "I thought he was dangerous and tried to keep my distance. Eiko here was rather persistent though and I just had to accept the insanity."

"He saved my life and got to be a hero for the first time!" Ameri suddenly felt something in her tighteen. "It was like he was a knight and I was his princess!" Don't break the table. Don't snap her spine in half.

Ameri was then put out of it by Valac pulling her hair. "What are you doing?" This was annoying her more than usual.

"So soft, so squishy!" Valac rolled her arm within it.. "So shiny!"

"Does she do this with you all everyday?" She turned to the others, who nodded instantly.

"Be grateful she's washed her hands for once. Things tend to get extra sticky around our Battler." Gaako shuddered. "Ugh, so much vanilla and cinnamon everywhere."

"Oh, what shampoo do you use though, it does look very shiny." Eiko asked, pulling out a notebook. Probably to woo Izuku! Don't think your little facade to act like him will do any good!

"It's called devion." She said with a bit of spite in her tone. The girl seemed shocked for some reason, good, let her know the boy is off limits.

"I use the demcallier myself." Kerori spoke out. Huh, also top quality product.

"Oh, the same as Kuromu, right?" Gaako's question caused the girl to flinch.

"Oh really, I didn't notice. I-It just makes my hair flowy and healthy, that's all!" She muttered off to the side, saying something about being too obvious. Obvious about what? Izuku surrounded him with the strangest people.

"What about you Clara?" Eiko asked the most immature girl there.

"Soap!" Everyone stopped their drinking, turning in mild horror at the little girl.

"Um, what brand?" Ameri had to ask, it had to be something really specific if she was using it for her hair.

"Soap!"

"You use the conditioner at least, right?" Kerori asked.

"Nope, more soap!"

"And for your body.." Even Ix was frowning. Even if Valac was a concern, this was far more important than a rivalry, not that there was a competition to begin with.

"All the soap! Me, Sin-sin and Ran-Ran always get covered in soap!"

The girls then made a solid pact to secure something, anything, for this girl that was essential to a woman's beauty. "We'll lend you some brands, can't get a boy without them."

"But I got Izuku-kins." The little witch thinks she can take him away!? Dream on.

"Oh, then how about we talk about something we can all find interest in." Ix gave a dangerous smirk as she sipped on tea. "Guys we like." Which she instantly began choking on. Most of the room turned wide eyed to the girl as well.

"B-Boys!? Isn't that a bit much!?" Kerori shrieked, probably knowing the dangers of treading such sacred ground.

"Oh, are you into girls then?" Ix asked with a teasing smile that a devil could produce.

"That's completely irrelevant to the question at hand!" She was dodging the question! She better not like Izzy-Izuku damn it! "B-but the answer is no! I don't have time for something like that, at least not during my first year!"

"Oh, and what about the rest of you? Anyone caught your eye?" Ix asked. Seriously, she couldn't just flat out admit something like-

"I like Izuku-kins." The girl had no shame! Only Gaako looked unphased at the situation, just calmly sipping tea. How was she so collected here!?

"I mean, I figured that." Kerori was the first to find herself after that revelation. "You were constantly yelling to whatever's above the netherworld that you loved him when he was Deku."

"YOU DID WHAT!?" Eiko screamed out, responding in the only appropriate manner possible for this situation.

"Izuku-kins was gone and Deku wasn't going away. Of course I said I love him! He's my best friend! The first person to ever play with me and not run away in terror after throwing a spike chain ball at him!"

"Do you love him or are you trying to kill him?" Ameri had to call her out. It just occurred again that Izuku's closest associate was with another girl! A girl who's reputation eerily matched his at the beginning of the school year!

"No, I love him! He's always trying so hard to make people smile, so I-I just want to do-do the same for him." Valac got quiet all of a sudden, and they didn't know how to take that.

"Well then, that just leaves you three." The current chaotic factor at this tea party turned. "Do you like anyone?"

"Well, there's two people that, I mean, um, I don't." Eiko stuttered, turning to her again for some damn reason. "I, I don't think I have a chance with the second person, but the first one I've gotten really close to, and we have a lot in common! We're always talking about Apparatus and studying and sharing notes and theories and the way his head tilts when he doesn't understand anything about the world is just so friggin cute that I just want to.." Why did this muttering feel familiar?

"It's Izuku, isn't it?" Ix assumed, and Eiko looked like her heart stopped beating. "Knew it. You and Clara did get pretty rough during the Division party."

"Wait, so you two have a crush on the same guy?" Ameri spoke in disbelief. "And you're in the same Battler? How's that working?"

"Not well, I can tell you that." Gaako took a long slurp of tea. "This is the closest to alcohol I can have at the moment, and this headache isn't going away by itself."

'Two-two-two! Two girls at once! And they're both in the same Battler!' Why didn't she just force Izzy to join her battler when she had the chance?

"What about you Gaako? Got a crush on the green one yourself?" Ix asked the dragon. Oh devi, there were three girls in….

"Nope, not touching that mess with a ten foot pole." She said, Thank you! Thank you, you beautiful lizard! "The Sharron guy from 1-D looked nice a while back, but he's been a bit crazy lately."

"Isn't that you're guy's whole thing?" Kerori said. "From one sane girl stuck in a group of crazies to another, you have my sympathy, but aren't you pretty close to Asmodeus..?"

"Na-ah. Not interested. Just because his flames look pretty cool and he acts slightly more reasonable than the others, he's still far too into the chaos for my liking. He is pretty nice and warm to sit next to though." Gaako almost spit out her tea. "Why did I just say that?"

"Oh, it seems you've become pretty calm? Spilling out information like that." Ix teased.

"Well, what about you, Elizabetta? Who do you like?" Eiko called her out in defense of her Battler member.

"Oh, all the boys in class are pretty cute. I wouldn't mind having a relationship with any one of them, or all of them at once." Damn it! Damn it! There were too many seducers around her Izzy-kun! "I also don't mind any girls joining in, if you're into it." The wink sent so many shivers down the room.

"We must wait until we graduate for romance!" Kerori shouted. "Otherwise we'll just be held back!"

"What are you talking about!" She found herself yelling at the girl, making her shiver. Great, she lashed out. "W-what I mean, I mean is there's nothing wrong with starting a relationship right now! If done properly, they can make each party excel!" Izzy-kun has already grown exceptionally thanks to meeting her.

"So you must be an expert then?" Ix squealed. "Then you must have quite the charmer all to yourself~." Ah! She was being too obvious. "Didn't you say something about a special someone during your disillusionment speech?"

"U-uh, of course!" She didn't know why she admitted that. "He's worked harder than any demon I know! We confide in each other quite often about personal matters." As long as she remained vague, they wouldn't suspect a thing.

"I SAID STAY AWAY FROM IZUKU-KINS! STOP SEDUCING HIM!"

"DON'T TELL ME TO STAY AWAY FROM MY IZZY-KUN!" Well that failed spectacularly. Everyone gaped before Gaako groaned.

"Really dodged the bullet there. I'd take douche fire boy over dense love fest-what is with me today?" The dragon girl asked. "What am I even drinking?"

"Yo-you like Izu..?" Did every girl around Izzy-kun have a cute nickname for him! "That's great! The two people I like like each other! Are you open to three ways!?" Eiko squealed. "Huh? What did I just admit!?"

"Alright, something weird is going on." Kerori interrupted that little revelation she was going to repress. "We need to get to the bottom of this before I admit I'm actually-" the girl slapped herself so hard they could hear a boom.

"Oh, don't tell me you like Izuku too? It's getting annoying keeping track of everyone that does." Gaako rolled her eyes.

"Oh fuck no to that bullshit!" The girl shouted. "At most I view him like a little sister." Kerori blinked. "Whatever this stuff is, it works fast. You think it's the scones?"

"No, they look like the normal pastries I eat with Izuku everytime we read First Love Mem.." She slapped her hand on her mouth. What was going on!? The only other thing it could be was.."The Tea!"

"Wait, wait, wait..You read what with Izu?" Really, was that really the important thing to dwell on? "So he does read you love poems!"

"You told me you guys read picture stuff! No fair, I wanna play pretend when I'm Izuku-kins wifey!" Clara shouted out, now jumping around the room.

"No, no! You're not going to marry him! I am!" Eiko shouted! "We're going to have a happy future together creating Magical Apparatus for demons of all kinds to use and have a nice house with three and a half children!"

"How do you have half a kid?" Gaako asked.

"The fourth one will be Ameri-chans!" It will be what? "Okay what is with that tea!" The now red girl shouted.

"It's just herkeons red. It's supposed to be a relaxing tea." The fire, it couldn't be causing this mess naturally.

Eiko suddenly looked really pale. "As a girl who studied … everything over the previous week." Seemed an exaggeration in all honesty. "I should probably point out that it does that by making you say everything causing you stress."

"Oh come on! First Izzy-kun kisses me as Deku, now this?!" Damn this tea and it's maker!

"DEKU DID WHAT!?" Did Valac's bloodline allow her to summon all that fire? "I knew Deku was evil!"

"This is quite a lovely event, wouldn't you all say?" Ix spoke condescendingly.

"While we're on the subject of truth serum, why don't you just tell us why we shouldn't kick you out for trying to take Izu!" Shouted Eiko.

"Because he only ranks fourth, all the competition combined with his dense ness started to take its toll on his ranking, along with Asmodeus going down due to his obvious infatuation with Midoriya."

"He does not have a crush on the boy!" Gaako shouted defensively.

"Yeah! It's stupid for Izu like his previous tormentor like that! What kind of sick, demented creature are you for imaging such a disgusting scenario like that! Azz needs to die in a ditch!" The silence was definitely as all turned very concerned to the blond. "… You know, despite my obsession, I still thought I was pretty put together."

"Nobody in this Battler is put together." Gaako rolled her eyes. This was going terrible, and it was all her fault too! Her only validation for today was hoping the boys were having a bad time as them!


"Yeah! babi babi babi babi babi babi babi babiru! Yeah! babi babi babi babi babi babi babi babiru!" They danced and cheered to the music. It was nice. Soi wouldn't be able to sing with everyone though, despite finding the song fun. It was fine.

It was weird seeing Izuku actually get on it for once, forming a demon chain with Goemon and Kaumi singing at the same time. It was good. Looked like the guy wasn't trying to blend into the background for one. That was fine, Izuku really sucked at doing so, and Soi didn't need competition. It was good.

"It seems I've beaten my rival at music! Truly a victory for me today!" Sabro shouted loudly, hurting his ears internally. It was fine.

"You suck just as much as him, you're tone deaf." Asmodeus shot down the wannabe demon king. It was funny. "You may have academics and muscles going for you, but that's about it. If someone like Izuku can get so much farther in the ranks than you, then you better step it up."

"Oh I'm advancing, my Familiar is even stronger than yours, well, stronger than it already was." Sabro making Asmodeus's eye twitch was always a funny sight to see. It was funny.

"Hey, hey! We're all celebrating here! No need for a fight, unless it's a music battle!" Lied roared on, swinging a mic between his hands. It was amusing. "Put your money where your mouth is, Azzy! You sing now!"

"I don't even know any of these 'modern pop' songs, I refuse to-" The boy started, ruining the mood like usual.

"Come on Azz, it'll be fun! I don't know them either, so we can sing the next song together!" Izuku shouted, holding a hand out. "I'm sure there's something we can-" He flipped through the book. "..You gotta be kidding me." He handed it to Asmodeus.

Kamui looked over their shoulders. "Oh, a Kuromu song!"

"Oh, those are my jam! You guys have to sing this now!" Lied shouted.

"Izuku...you make it hard to be your friend at times." Asmodeus relented. It was amusing. "Again, we take it to our graves." What did he mean again?

"As long as we're not 'you know what', I think it will be good." Izuku's good mood made everyone cheer. For a second, he thought about raising a hand up, but simply decided to nod instead. It was fine.

They got up on stage and began to sing, even adding a small dance here and there. He thought it was good, and so did the crowd.

"You go Izuku! You sound amazing right now!" Lied cheered. "You're like the male demdol verison of Izumi!"

"Wait, are male demdols actually a thing?" Izuku wondered out loud when the song hit it's end.

"Yeah, but they're super unpopular with the masses, only really getting noticed during the demdoll games." Jazz shrugged.

"Wait, then we didn't have to.." Asmodeus looked furious at something. It was fine. "VALAC!" The scream practically made the whole room deaf. It was fine.

Everyone just laughed at Asmodeus' fuming. It was funny. Izuku sat next to Soi, not that he saw him, it was fine. "Weird being around people for once, isn't it Purson?" It...that was weird.

"Who are you talking to, Izuku?" Lied asked, completely unaware of his presence. It was fine

"Well I was talking to … hey where did he go?" His detection warding must have acted up on surprised instinct … it was … it was fine.


Elizabetta was the most happy and relaxed she had been within the entire school year, simply leaning back and messing with Concubine A's hair. "Ah, that felt nice to get off everyone's chest now, didn't it?"

"What are you talking about? All you were doing was shouting nonsense about getting married right away, when you don't even have a relationship yourself." Gaako spouted with a tone of anger in her voice. "You're not the one who kept saying what they didn't want to say."

"Well I'm just someone who likes to get it all out, I suppose." The blond smiled at the group.

"I don't know why I was getting worked up so much about waiting until we graduate. I'm just not ready for a relationship, that's all." Concubine A sighed. "It's nowhere as bad as what the trio in the Calamity Cult kept going on and on about."

"We have fun in the cult." Eiko spoke, simply gazing at the ceiling. "We just kinda don't talk about stuff like that openly, we just glare at each other whenever Izu's not looking, like most competing girls do."

"Izuku-kins wouldn't notice even if we did." Potential Concubine B rolled out on the floor. "He has stupid stuff in his head that keeps saying nobody likes him and he always believes it."

"Seriously? He kissed me on the head while fully believing I wouldn't in any way react positively? Even if I viewed it as a joke he still probably would have slapped himself!" Ameri complained.

"Well, that was Deku, who kind of flirts with everyone." Eiko shrugged. "He still didn't believe people liked him even in his wicked phase. If he just kissed you on the forehead, he probably just assumed it was more of a friendly kiss, seeing as how bold both of you are."

"This is why I'm not touching that mess with a ten foot pole." Gaako spoke, resting her head against Eiko's lap. "Just too much crazy, not enough results, and competition would stab me with a rusty fork."

"That's not true at all … I would make sure the fork is perfectly polished for my best friend." Eiko petted the dragon.

"Agreed, about the ten foot pole thing." Potential Concubine A huffed. "I thought he was just some show off, but he is just kind of a guy who wants to help out, even if he doesn't know how to do it right. Like I said, it's more like a little sibling thing, the kind you want to protect from abusive parents or something like that."

"Are his parents abusive?" Elizabetta asked. This was the most they would ever talk out.

"His dad ditched him and his Grandpaoriya is a moron." Potential Concubine B.

"All this talk of Midoriya is a bit annoying, we have plenty of other topics to cover right?" Potential Concubine A asked. And on that, she had a point.

"Right, like Gaako here finding Asmodeus warm?" Eiko raised an eyebrow

"I'm a dragon, which means I'm cold blooded. Of course I'd draw closer to the closest source of heat."

"So what you're saying is that you're attracted to how hot he is?" Ameri got in on the teasing. Wow, that tea must really work wonders for the uptight President to lower her guard like this.

"Oh, like you're one to talk Mrs three way." And what a comeback from Gaako.

"I never said I was open for a three way." Ameri stuck her nose up. "Though your enthusiasm is appreciated, Eiko."

"Thanks! I admit, it was kind of a spur of the moment thought I had, but I'm sticking to it." Eiko proudly lifted her head up. Ooh, a fellow lady of ambition. How had they not talked before now?

"We can all agree boys are stupid though." Potential Concubine B said to the group, all of which quickly nodded. "Me and Izuku-kins are stupid together though, so I guess I don't mind."

"Don't be like that, you aced your exams, didn't you?" Potential Concubine A tried to lift her up. "You had one of the most improved grades in class."

"If you want to talk about improvements, then you should take a look at Eiko over here. Practically reading through an entire library just to make a study guide, she even ranked up to Gimel(3)." Gaako gestured to her friend.

"I only made it in ninth, there's still plenty of people better than me." Eiko tried to wave it off.

"Stupid Eistring, don't be an Izuku-kins! Don't put yourself down!" Potential Concubine B shouted, actually complimenting the blonde for the first time she noticed. This was why girl talk was essential.

"Agreed. You've made great headway improving yourself. Don't start holding yourself back, and as the strongest demon in Bablys once told me, never settle for less." Ameri told her confidently. Eiko blushed brightly, nodding. How adorable.

"It seems like everyone still comes back to Izuku no matter what we talk about." Potential Concubine A groaned. "Has he really affected your lives that much?"

"W-Well yeah, I wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for him." Eiko said.

"I would've been all alone without Izuku-kins. I probably wouldn't be talking to any of you without him." Clara sighed.

"An-And I would've given up on my ambitions." Ameri shyly admitted.

A knocking on the door was heard and a voice cried out from the other side. "Hey Clara, are you in there with the others? The guys and I are going out to eat and I was wondering if you'd like to come with us?"

The girls all looked at each other, then at the door, then at each other again, and with a determined nod, agreed on a level that those of the same gender could understand. "Don't interrupt girl time!"

"...A-alright, I-I'll, um, just leave you to it, then." The voice sunk away. "..Mom was right. I should've heeded her warning."

The girls waited a bit, before just laughing it out. Elizabetta had some work to do when she got home. After all, she had to add three more Potential Concubines to her list.