Hey there everyone, sorry about the lack of writing from me, I just didn't have the motivation. But I'm jumping back in, also I was planning to skip this fight but it was just essential for character building, nevermind I just came with something better.
Chapter cover- Cortney with her back to everyone else.
Ch.36- What makes you tick?
It's 12 o'clock right now and I'm sitting in bed, just thinking, will Class A still see me as their friend or…
*Knock Knock* Who could be knocking at my door at this hour? I open the door to see Pony in her brown pajamas, just going all in her cow/American origins, it has apples all over it.
"Pony?" I rub my eyes to see if my mind is playing tricks on me for being up so late.
Pony seems glad I'm up, "Great, you're still up Cort." I see she has a soda in her hands, "Listen, grab a drink and shake off your drowsiness, then meet me in the common room." I can't really decline whatever Pony has in store for me since I need some support in my hour of darkness.
"Got it." I tell Pony and she makes her way down the stairs and to the common area, I meanwhile walk over to my minifridge, grab a Surge and take a sip, fighting off the sleep yokai coming after me. After that, I walk past Chibi and quietly close my door. While making my way to the common area, the dorm feels so different at night from full of life to dead silent, so quiet, the only sounds being the snoring of the boys and the wooden floor squeaking under my weight, a spooky yet familiar feeling, like when you go to pee at night.
I laugh off the idea as I walk down the stairs, in the dark I spot a gentle light revealing Pony sitting next to Ibara, she turns around and gestures me to come sit with her.
"Glad to see you here." Peace chimes in, "Sorry about Kacchan's attitude, he just felt so betrayed that everything he knew about you seemed…like a lie." I see where Kachy is coming from, I would feel betrayed too if someone told me I was just a story to them.
"It's fine Peace. What's going on?" Sitting around the light, which is Ibara's vines wrapped in a ball and lit on fire using Peace's fire, I can tell Peace did it by how stable the fire is. The girls from 1-A are here as well.
"They wanted some more information about your situation, and I saw an opportunity to strengthen the bond between our classes." Itsuka states what's going on to me.
"Speaking of Bakugo," Suu begins, "Peace, you hang around Bakugo a lot." I never know what's going on in Suu's head.
"I know where you're going," Peace states, "His sweat, many people think that Bakugo smells bad, but actually it's the opposite, he actually smells like sugar. You wouldn't notice it unless you're close up." Peace takes a sip of her drink.
"You know what? That explains why Bakugo reminds me of sweets." Himiko blurts out suddenly, "I wonder if his blood is the same?" We all ignore that last part and get back to the conversation but Peace has something to say.
"You may have seen on the news of a hero agency suddenly appearing overnight, yet has over one hundred registered heroes already. Well...the owner is my mother, Amallie Hydro." Peace lets the information sit in.
"You should feel proud of your mother Peace." Ibara tells Peace and most people would too but Peace is something different and they would have a different opinion if they knew what Peace family actually is.
"The Miasma agency isn't what it looks like, we are the some of the last Yakuza left in Japan, the only reason we haven't died off is from being an information highway for the police, we weren't violent like other groups, we were peaceful, we ever helped people. When Quirks started appearing during the chaos instead of using them to gain power, we used them to protect. Once heroes came into the picture we started to back off, however, heroes can only protect so much and the laws limit the average person so we became heroes who help in secret. As crime decrease yakuza started to die off, we gave them an ultimatum, join or fade into history, some joined without a hitch, some took some convincing, some tried to use violence but joined in the end, others didn't want to deal with us and were taking down by heroes, but there was one group the Dōjin-kai, they attacked our members on-site, and didn't want anything to do with us. After many bloody years the heads of the two clans came to an agreement, their children would marry in order to form peace. The children couldn't care less about each other, but they were stuck with each other if they broke up their clans could go back to war. One night an assassin snuck in the couples' room in order to cause unrest between the clans and fill in the power vacuum that would be left. Luckily, the woman survived and love started to blossom, some years pass and they later had a beautiful and healthy baby girl that became the symbol of peace for the two clans." Peace tells the history of her clan and I didn't even know most of that.
"What to know what they named the girl?" Peace asks and answers before any of us can respond, "Peace bridge Miglow."
"Peace, I'd like to ask you a question." Reiko is the first of us wanting to ask Peace a question.
"What is it, Reiko?"
"Just how many members are in your clan?" Peace scratches her head.
"To be honest I don't have an answer, we're everywhere in Japan, you never if you're interacting with one of our members unless you what to spot them." Peace exclaims.
"And that would be?" Suu tries to get answers.
Peace puts a finger against her lips, "That's a sec-ret."
"Now's the time for the main course and the reason we're all here." Setsuna snickers through her teeth.
"I...also have a secret." It seems Peace is making everyone reveal their secret and Itsuka next on the list.
"Me and Monoma have been going out." All our jaws hit the floor at the news, they hid that really well.
"When did that happen?" Mina wants some more info and so do I.
"During All Might's final fight. It just kinda happened." Itsuka looks as lost as us, poor girl but she did provide an excellent segway.
"Hey, Mina what's going on with you and Kirishima, you two going out as well?" I mean they seem real close, meanwhile, Mina starts choking on her drink.
Peace taps her on the back trying to help, *Cough Cough* "No! We've been friends since middle school, just friends." Mina snaps back.
"Sorry, you show concern for Kirishima like I do for Tetsu, my fault I assumed and was wrong." I did fire in the dark there.
"It's fine, speaking of which, how are you and Tetsu doing?" Ochaco turns the question over to me.
"We're fine thanks for asking, we somehow got put next to each other. Things have been going smoothly for us." I tell Ochaco.
"You can say that again." Setsuna chimes to which I dislocate her jaw with one swift punch.
"What did Setsuna mean by that?" Jiro interest is peaked.
"Nothing. Setsuna being Setsuna, don't entertain her." I see Setsuna head starting to float away and pops her jaw back in place.
In a broken part of town
A woman is currently watching the news report regarding The League of Villains in the dark, and keeping a close eye on anything regarding Minxs.
"The villains retreated soon after All Might arrived on the scene, and their whereabouts are currently unknown." The woman pauses it there.
"So that where my little spark ended up." The woman pulls out a photo of Minxs as a baby before lighting up the room by holding a finger up and letting it turn to magma, also revealing a scar running over her left eye.
"I remember the day I was forced to release you. I guess you took more from me than I thought. It's time I got back in the swing of things if I want to find you." The woman gets up from her seat and looks out a window, causing the moonlight to shine on her arms which shows off some of broken handcuffs attached to her.
The woman heads back to her seat, "Your poor father never knew what he was getting himself into when he met me. Does he even know about you?" The woman shrugs it off, "Whatever the case, I have to lay low for now until I can build up my power again."
*KNOCK KNOCK* Someone rather strong knocks at the woman's door, "Ah, that must be him." She sees a very burly man standing at her doorstep.
"Grain told me you've had a run-in with that girl Minxs captured, is that correct?" The man loudly cracks his knuckles.
"I assume that's a yes. I'll need your muscle, so come inside we have much to discuss." The woman guides the man inside.
Back at U.A
The girls have stopped me from ripping Setsuna limb from limb on the agreement the Setsuna keeps her mouth shut, "On the subject of boys…" Toru makes her know, before pointing to Himi, I only know that she's pointing by her shirt cuff moving.
"Himi… you've been friends with Axel since you were kids right?" I see exactly where Toru going, "You wouldn't happen to have some stories you'd be willing to share?"
"Well, Axel is denser than steel when it comes to girls. I figured that out when our families went to the beach together, and when he helped me put lotion on without hesitating. That's when I knew it." Himi brings back some memories from our middle school days when me, Pony and Peace often changed in front of Axel and how he didn't say a word.
"He may be brain dead when it comes to love, but he cares deeply about the people around him. Like during the attack on the camp and after I got stabbed, how he patched me up and carried me to safety, or stayed by my side in the hospital…" Himi starts to blush like crazy before grabbing and tucking her face in a cushion, "Oh god I'm in love with Axel!"
Tsu and Jiro comfort her, "Don't worry, I'm sure we can help." I try to assure Himi, who digs her face even deeper into the cushion.
"To be honest, I would have the same reaction if the class tomboys try giving me love advice." Pony points out the elephant in the room, "And I'm 90% sure that most of us have no prior knowledge when it comes to love, beyond from manga and love novels."
"I had a fan club in middle school." Yuri sudden points out, who's been quiet up to this point.
"Not helpful!" Himi retorts.
"Hey!" Hina barges into the room still in her suit but without her glasses, "It's two o'clock and school right around the corner, so what are yo-" Hina cuts herself by sighing and pinching her nose, "Actually, forget it I'm too tired to care, go to your rooms and go to sleep!"
The room goes dead silent as we look at each other, "Did I stutter?!" Hina reaches for her club.
"Nope." We pick up our trash and rush back to our rooms.
"We should try again next weekend!" I say before I sprint out the room.
"Totally!" Momo replies.
"Less chitchat, more back to your room." I run back to my room.
As I lay in bed, my worries have been flushed away after that chat with the girls, I'm glad they were so accepting of my origins, I should probably tell what's going on with my family. Right before I get a message from Himi.
Himi:[i'm counting on you]
[don't worry we'll have axel falling in love with you in no time]: You
I put my phone away, get under my covers and go to sleep because I have a lot ahead of me tomorrow.
Writer: And with that, this is where the story ends for now. Now I want to say sorry for the really late chapter like I said before I recently graduated, so now I'm a full-fledged adult, but that doesn't mean I'm going to give up on my writing.
As you saw I'm setting up a major plot for far into the future, we'll be learning more about them as time goes on and what's with that woman and Minxs. Also, I'll propose to explain Ms. Tan's quirk actually is. As for now see you next time.