The Bright Hero, Cobalt

Chapter Thirty-two

"Normal speech."

"AI/SHOOOOOOTOOOOO/Kacchanese speech."

"Twice Prime speech. Into Other Twice speech. Into Other, Other Twice speech."

"Telepathic speech."

'Thinking speech.'

'Sign language.'

The Day After The End Of Last Chapter

Izuku couldn't stop grinning as he thought of all the awesome stuff he and Ochako could learn from the Wild, Wild Pussycats. Once or twice, he accidentally fed himself forkfuls of nothingness, so lost in thought that he occasionally missed stabbing his lunch with the utensil.

Across the table, Todoroki stared at his friend in mild confusion. Eventually, he noticed something, and waved outside of the greying teen's line of sight to get Ochako's attention. 'He's got some food on his face. I saw on television that couples clean each others' faces off sometimes. Do you want to try that, or should I just tell him?' the half-and-half teen finger spelled, his face completely straight, though Ochako could sense a hint of amusement in him at the idea.

With a sigh, Ochako went to help her friend, but was interrupted when Tenya spoke. "Oh, Midoriya-kun! You have some rice on your...Uraraka-kun? Todoroki-kun? Why are you looking at me like...Oh…" the speedster spoke, abruptly realizing what his brunette friend was about to attempt. With a grimace, he bowed slightly, barely missing his own food. "My apologies, Uraraka-kun!"

Izuku chuckled as he removed the rice from his face, quickly placing it amongst its brethren on his fork before sending them to a dark, acid-filled grave. "We'll get more chances to do things like that, Ochako. I don't exactly see us breaking up," he said with a wink, causing the brunette to laugh a little at how cheesy it looked.

A bit further down the table, Himiko laughed. "You two are gonna give me cavities at this rate!" she teased, pointing at them with a grin.

Ochako narrowed her eyes at the woman mischievously. "You're one to talk. You're Synchronized with Jin-san right this second, you deviants! And right in front of little Eri-chan!" the brunette retorted with a smirk.

"LIES AND SLANDER!" Himiko's voice retorted with her husband's soul behind it, before the girl abruptly covered her mouth with a blush.

Eri looked between her two parents in confusion for a moment, wondering if they were using some combination of their quirks to swap places. Noticing her confusion, Himiko explained what was going on. "Your Uncle Izuku and I can synchronize with our partners temporarily, sharing every sensation, thought, and feeling, along with our bodies. It's pretty neat," she explained from her body, before grinning at her with her husband's mouth from across the table.

Looking like he just solved world hunger, Jin called out to his in-laws. "Oh! Green Tea! You should try this too! Doing it in a relaxed setting is really nice! Oh yeah! It's really good for your self esteem, guys! You start realizing all the things the other person loves about you in a really powerful way!" Twice and one of his Others suggested.

Blinking awkwardly at the pair, Izuku turned to his girlfriend, about to ask if she wanted to try it, when he was interrupted by her placing a kiss on his cheek, and initiating the sync herself. The two gazed at each other's faces, as if seeing them for the first time.

A couple tables away, Mina's horns twitched, and the teen gasped. "I sensed a great disturbance in the Force, as if one of my ships just experienced something incredible that I can't even properly comprehend…" the pinkette said ominously.

With a smirk, Eijirou poked his girlfriend's cheek. "I sensed it as well. Pretty sure it's Green Tea doing some mental link shenanigans, all things considered," he responded with a chuckle.

Back with the couple in question, the two of them were honestly in awe with the sensation of just understanding what the other saw in them to such a degree. Izuku found himself crying a little. "I never really knew my cheeks were so cute. I've actually been a little self-conscious of my freckles, honestly," he said quietly.

"Look who's talkin'. You think my blush marks are the second cutest thing about me. Oh, oh wow. You really like my fingerpads that much when we're holding hands? You're such a dork and I love it!" the brunette replied with a happy laugh.

With a mighty roar, Bakugou rose to his feet. "In this fucking house, we love and respect positive relationships! ANY WHO DISAGREE CAN SCHEDULE A GODDAMN ASS-BEATING FROM YOURS TRULY! RAAAAAAAAA!"

"FRIENDSHIP IS INEVITABLE!" several of their classmates chanted.

"RESISTANCE IS IMPOLITE!"

As one, class 1-A released a roar of approval, joined by Jin and Eri, who might as well have been part of the class anyway.

A Few Days Later

As it turned out, a few of them aside from Team G-Force had been offered internships with the Wild, Wild Pussycats as well. Not all of them had opted to accept, but joining them would be Froppy, Anima, Tsukuyomi, and The Raven. However, they had one other along for the ride.

"Remember that you can ask me anytime you need help with her, okay? And remind her that she shouldn't feel bad about waking you up if she has a nightmare. Oh, fuck, I knew this was gonna be hard, but I underestimated just how fucking hard this is!" Himiko lamented as she went over various things her brother would need to know and do for Eri while he was taking care of her.

Izuku smiled and pulled his sister into a hug. "We'll be fine, Neechan. Eri-chan is very well-behaved, and everybody else will be there in case something is preventing me from taking care of her. Besides, hanging out with Kouta-kun will be good practice for when she starts school next year," the freckled teen assured Himiko, then stepped back to allow the young mother and father to dote over their daughter a little more before she left for a trip. "So, everybody has their things?"

Each of his friends nodded. Koji turned to look up at their decided method of travel. "I've kinda been wondering what it looks like inside that thing for a while now," he commented quietly.

"It's actually pretty roomy, even with the extra seats Hatsume-san added. I think she did that so that more civilians could fit if it needed to be used to get people away from somewhere in a hurry," Ochako replied with a grin. "You're in for a real treat. Flying with him is a crazy rush."

"All right, family huuug!" Jin shouted a little too loudly, as Himiko and Eri joined him in his embrace. The duplicating dad blinked and glared half-heartedly at Izuku and Ochako. "Did I stutter? Family hug! Get over here, Green Tea! Do it! Do it or we'll eat all your snacks while you're gone! Your cookies are forfeit!"

Izuku and Ochako laughed at the man's antics as they joined the trio in their hug. The two couples smiled warmly as Eri let out tiny thank yous as she cried happy tears, a blaze of blue aura enveloping the group of five for a moment before they separated.

It didn't take long for everybody to load up into the gundam (who are they kidding? For all intents and purposes, it's a freaking gundam.), their bags secured behind their seats and each of them strapped in. Izuku leaned back and made sure he was comfortable, then let his consciousness leak into the machine. The cameras came online, and there were a few oohs and aahs as the outside became visible as if they weren't inside of a multi-story robot.

Putting a finger to her chin, Tsuyu asked a question that was on her mind. "Are we gonna be going through one of those hyperlane jumps, kero?"

"No, I'm still getting used to moving this body, so we're taking the scenic route," Izuku's voice answered in their heads as Phenex stood at its full height and began jogging away from Heights Alliance before breaking into a run, soon lifting off of the ground entirely as they flew off to Kashyyyk Village, where the Pussycats' agency was located.

Emerging from his brother's chest, Dark Shadow had an epiphany. "So that's what you were doing when we were prepping for the culture festival! I thought it was weird that you were helping with moving stuff so much, but now it all makes sense!" the bird-shaped quirk quipped before sliding back to whence he came.

Fumikage grinned. "You are more machine than man now it seems, Master. I'm glad we don't have to worry about you becoming twisted and evil, though," he joked.

Froppy turned to look at Uravity, a silly thought in her head. "So, Ochako-chan, how does it feel to be inside your boyfriend?" the dark-haired girl teased.

With an unamused look, Ochako turned to her friend. "Et tu, Froppy?"

"Kero kero kero!" the rainy season hero laughed.

"Inappropriate for Eri-chan! Haro! Cover your ears! Haro!" the orb-shaped AI spoke from where they were strapped in at Eri's feet. This got everyone laughing as Eri did her best to calm her mechanical companion down.

A Little Over An Hour Later

Eri's eyes widened as she noticed something in the distance ahead of them. "Um, why's that tree so big?" she asked curiously, noticing a tree of unusual size. Half the size of the mountains it stood next to, specifically.

"I know, it's crazy, isn't it? I was pretty amazed by it when I saw it on the bullet train on the way to Mustafar Province, but that's actually Kashyyyk Village," Ochako explained with a grin.

Not missing a beat, Izuku added to the conversation. "It's also the site of the final fight against one of Japan's first supervillains, a fire quirk user called Tessen, from fifty years ago. The tree itself is resistant to quirk-based attacks. Apparently, the hero that made it, Konohamaru, entombed himself and Tessen within after Tessen burned down the facility that originally stood there. People eventually carved an entire village into the base of the tree that ended up being called Kashyyyk Village. Fitting, since it's essentially a wroshyr tree from the planet the town's named after. Around twenty years ago, an expedition actually found the resting place of Konohamaru and Tessen at the very core of the tree, and it was turned into a museum to honor fallen heroes," the teen explained, a smile appearing on his unconscious body's lips as he accelerated to reach their destination more quickly. "I'm gonna speed up a bit now. I really want to see this place up close!"

The group of friends heard a loud boom as Phenex accelerated, each of them feeling Izuku's desire to reach their destination as his blue aura became more prominent, permeating their bodies and hearts with joy. Soon, they were at the base of the tree, and Izuku let everybody out, though Ochako stayed in the cockpit with him as he flew Phenex up to perch in one of the higher branches.

Shutting the machine down and returning to his real body, Izuku smiled appreciatively at his girlfriend. "Thanks for coming up with me. Descending is gonna be a lot safer with your quirk, since I don't have feeling in some parts of my body yet," the green-eyed hero in training thanked his partner as he shook his limbs, hoping to return feeling to them.

Uravity rolled her eyes with a grin as she helped her boyfriend up. "Not a problem, Mister Roboto," she joked as she helped Izuku out of the cockpit. Taking his hand in hers, and removing her partner's gravity, she grinned at him. "Shall we?"

After about five minutes, the pair had successfully descended to the base of Kashyyyk Village, where their classmates and the Pussycats were laughing at Eri and Haro chasing each other in circles, the albino having apparently upset the small construct slightly with some teasing. It was then that Izuku noticed something he hadn't noticed prior about the ball-shaped robot. "Um, Haro-chan, did you...did you know you have a soul?" Cobalt asked with a bit of surprise.

The droid stopped for a moment to look at Izuku. "Hatsume-kaachan has many babies. Haro is first real baby, though," the automaton commented with pride.

Eri stopped to pout at her uncle for a moment. "You thought Haru-chan was just a robot, Uncle Izuku?! That's really inco...incon…" she accused, unable to properly say the final word despite, for once, refraining from calling her uncle 'Unca Zuku.'

The ashamed uncle finished for the albino tyke. "Inconsiderate, and yes, it was. Sorry, Haro-chan. I should have picked up on that sooner," the teen said with a low bow.

Haro laughed. "No problem! No problem! Number Five is aliiiive! Haro!" the orb joked happily.

All of Class 1-A felt a powerful feeling of...something...washing over them. It seemed some people had been waiting for them to all be there.

"Lock on with these sparkling gazes!"

"We've come to lend a paw and help!"

"Coming out of nowhere…"

"Stingingly cute and catlike!"

"Wild, Wild...Pussycats!"

Despite the fact that he'd already seen it once before, Izuku's inner fanboy was still screaming with joy, tears and blue aura erupting from the boy as he took out his notebook for a signature completely on instinct, putting it away upon remembering he already had their signatures (along with their pawprints).

As 1-A was distracted by trying to calm their class mascot down, Eri and Haro bowed to the quartet. "Thanks for hosting us, nice kitties!" the albino said politely.

"No, thank you, Eri-chan, Haro-chan. Kota-kun hasn't really had a proper playdate before, all things considered. He's a bit of a punk at school, so we were hoping you'd be able to help deal with him," Mandalay replied as she bowed to the kids before her. "Please be merciful to my nephew."

With a laugh, Tora lifted everybody's bags. "I'll get these for you kitties. I could feel your desire to check out the museum from here, Midoriya-kun, so why don't you and your pals go poke your noses into that real quick and we can talk business in half an hour!" the absolute beast of a hero offered, his teammates rolling their eyes as they followed him.

"Just follow the signs, kittens! Have fun!" Ragdoll exclaimed gleefully, activating her quirk on the group in case they somehow got lost.

The students laughed softly at the quartet's antics, even as Eri grabbed Izuku's and Ochako's hands, dragging them off to check out the museum.

With a happy grin the pair thought to themselves, 'I hope this internship isn't too eventful.'

They would soon end up cursing Murphy, because his law was a bitch.