"So what do you think?" asked Akko cheerfully.

"Huh?" flinched Deku, taken aback by Akko pointing her face close to him.

"The green milk tea, duh." chuckled Akko.

"Oh? Oh! It's really good." answered Deku.

Deku sipped his green milk tea and smiled at Akko, scoring a giggle from her. After Broom Flying class, the heroes needed to head to Blytonbury town to pick up a few things for their stay. Amanda, Diana and Akko of course had to supervise them, and once the shopping trip concluded Akko invited them over to a cafe to relax.

Akko tried to work up a conversation with Bakugou and Todoroki as well. "So, I know it's not like Japan, but this bakery is run by a Hong Konger couple and it kinda tastes like home."

Todoroki chowed on his custard bread and nodded. "It's good. I appreciate the gesture."

Bakugou drank his taro latte and tried to think of something nice to say. "Well it doesn't suck."

"Still, are you sure you want to pay for the entire bill?" questioned Diana to Todoroki.

"I'm positive. I'm paying and it's final." insisted Todoroki.

Amanda bumped Diana's shoulder with her own. "Gee, when someone's paying the bill you ought to take advantage of it."

"And while you shouldn't settle for the cheaper items on the menu, you shouldn't exactly order the more expensive treats either." replied Diana.

Todoroki got out his wallet. "Seriously, it's not even really my money. My dad pays for everything I do so he can keep a leash on me. He might be the top hero in Japan right now, but he's also an abusive darwinistic misogynist, so who cares."

The witches were taken aback.

Akko's eyes widened. "So the scar…"

"Not from him, but because of him still." noted Todoroki.

"And misogynist?" scoffed Diana.

"Yeah," sighed Todoroki. "He saw my mom as breeding stock, he compares me to my brothers and never my sister, he thinks girly things are weakness and let's just say he's not happy that I'm attending Luna Nova instead of doing SAS training like he wanted."

"Glad he's not a 'hero' here." shook Amanda. "Beats his kid and hates women? Wow."

Diana crossed her arms. "Well, then I don't feel bad if he loses a bit on me. Still, how wonderful it must be for Japan's top hero to be utter filth."

Bakugou rolled his eyes, not speaking only because he couldn't decide if he wanted to trash Endeavor or defend hero society again.

Akko gulped. "Um, if there's anything we can do to...um..I.."

Todoroki waved his hands. "I'll be fine.."

Amanda practically crushed her coffee cup. "Seriously! If you need to talk to someone, I'm here. I've got some issues with authorities too."

Todoroki practically froze upon her statement, giving a really quick and quiet thank you. Amanda gently smiled at him nonetheless. Like Todoroki, she could be aloof in her own way, but there was something warm underneath that gave him comfort.

"Some would be an understatement Amanda." noted Diana.

Deku tried to move onto cheerier subject and began to take off his jacket. "So like...uh..did know you that Russia is..."

Dekku's efforts were futile, as the witches gasped loudly.

Deku freaked out. "What did I do?"

"Your arms!" cried Akko.

Deku looked at the scars from his arm that came from the use of his One for All quirk. It dawned on him that the witches hadn't seen him outside a long sleeved outfit.

"Oh!" yelled Deku. "It's just from hero stuff."

Akko finally separated her hand from her mouth. "It's that bad?"

Bakugou interjected. "Half of those scars were from him not knowing how to use his own quirk."

"Kaachan!" exclaimed Deku.

"Still!" cried Akko. "You poor thing!"

Deku sheepishly smiled. "I'm still kicking right?"

"You guys have a lot of scars," noted Amanda. "Both in and out."

Bakugou scowled. "I swear to God, none of you fucks better take any pity on me."

"Too late." teased Diana.

"Yeah!" agreed Akko before Bakugou could reply. "I've faced dragons, rock giants, and a whole buncha things, but I haven't really...got too worked up on it"

"Probably because you're incapable of realizing the ramifications of anything to get traumatized," pondered Diana. "I mean, you're the cause to most of the problems you solve."

"She's got a point there." shrugged Amanda.

Diana looked back at the heroes. "I can kinda see why you all are...the way you are."

"What's that supposed to mean?" hissed Bakugou.

"You know what she means." remarked Todoroki.

Diana groaned. "I might be able to accept that some of your personality quirks come from something beyond your control, so maybe we should open up after all?"

Deku gulped. A lot of his trauma stems from inheriting a quirk that he couldn't tell anyone else about, not knowing the witches had cracked the code earlier.

Todoroki was in agreement. "I'll try my best."

"No promises." shrugged Bakugou.

"Really though," said Amanda. "Guys shouldn't keep stuff like this bottled."

Diana bit her lip. "You know, I read that boys these days might be more open to share their feelings with girls than with each other. Is that true?"

The heroes blushed.

Deku sheepishly laughed. "I...I don't think so?"

Akko nudged towards Deku. "But you can trust me right?"

Deku's face got redder. "Of course."

Bakugou scowled. "Gonna have to agree with the runt here."

Diana mockingly laughed. "You're not the type to open to anyone it seems."

Todoroki thought about it for a moment. "Gender doesn't make a difference to me."

"Right," winked Amanda. "And thanks for not being such a weirdo about being in an all girl school."

Bakugou smirked. "Hey, I'm an equal opportunity offender."

Deku nervously laughed. Unlike the other two, him being in an all girl school was really taxing on his shy demeanor. "Well, I think...it's new for me huh?"

Amanda's grin widened. "You're so hopeless, it's adorable."

As expected, Deku's pupils shrunk and he froze. Akko huffed at Amanda's little retort, almost wanting a monopoly on Deku's attention.

"Oh yeah, who are the guys you wanted us to meet?" remembered Todoroki.

Akko smiled. "Oh, that's Andrew and Frank! They attend Appleton, the all boys academy we talked about. Frank really wants to see you three since he loves heroes! And you'll make some guy friends!"

"Wait, all boys? Really? What year was it again?" joked Bakugou.

"Well, like our school, they are going to go co-ed by the end of the decade for your information." deadpanned Diana.

"ANYWAY that Frank guy really wants to see us huh? That's cool!" chirped Deku.

"And Andrew?" asked Bakugou.

Amanda smirked. "He think quirks and magic are kinda overrated. Akko had to go through a lot just so he wouldn't be a total snob about it."

"I foresee more fights." groaned Todoroki..

"So let's talk about something else." quickly piped up Diana.

Bakugou got everyone's attention. "I'm gonna say a few things about last class. Turns out the profs did a good job putting you all in charge of us since you're not total wimps."

Diana raised an eyebrow. Bakugou complimenting anyone wasn't something she was used to.

Bakugou smirked. "Diana, you're pretty fast on that broom. The spells you shot at us kept me on guard the whole time. I'll admit, witches and wizards have variety in their attacks, and you rotating your spells is something I liked. BUT, the second I got up close to you on that broom, you got ripped off easily."

"Maybe because somebody wanted an excuse to feel me." chided Diana.

"Piss off," groaned Bakugou, turning red. "Anyway, we heroes can beat up anyone in hand to hand combat unless they're midget runts like Mineta. Magical dorks have the advantage on a broom, so just bulk up and I'll probably never attack you like that again. Otherwise, great job."

Diana bit her lip and nodded. "Duly noted. Thanks."

Bakugou gave himself a proud look and moved onto Amanda. "You were strong enough to resist my attack. You're also pretty agile, but I think you need still build up your spell use. You coulda probably knocked back Todoroki the moment he latched onto your fucking broom with something more powerful. Oh, and don't try to piss off the people attacking you. You're not gonna be facing total dumbasses most of the time that lose their shit."

Amanda gave it a thought. "But it was pretty funny to see you three get all flustered."

"That dance was pretty good though," added Todoroki. "Ever considered a career in that?"

"Sometimes." admitted Amanda.

"It was really nice." agreed Deku, causing Akko to go into the defensive and scootch her chair closer to him in order to divert his attention.

Akko called out to Bakugou. "And what about me!"

Bakugou laughed hard. "You! You were clearly some sort of damn fluke. Something happened that caused you to dodge all of our quirk attacks on that broom, even though it's pretty fucking clear you'd otherwise be dead in seconds if you were shot at by guns or hit by some spell. Like what advice could I give to some runt..."

Todoroki slammed his hand on the table. "NO! NO! NO! Don't go there!"

Deku raised his voice in a way that unusual. "Yeah! You're not gonna help anyone like that!"

Bakugou was taken by surprise. They were never this upfront to him, with Deku being aversive to such fights while Todoroki just took a blunt shots at him. When he looked into both of their eyes however, he didn't see just anger, but pleading too.

Bakugou really didn't want his suspicion to be true, but a part of him felt compelled for some reason to comply.

Bakugou sighed. "All right. Akko, I don't know why you were flying so perfectly back then, but it doesn't matter. Pack a broom if you face a villain. They won't touch you with their quirks."

Akko's frown turned upside down, feeling victorious. "Yay! Finally, something I'm great at!"

Diana still hadn't gotten over the incident, but before she could respond, Todoroki suddenly sprang to action and grabbed an object that was hurled at Amanda, a tomato of all things

Like it was instinct, Bakugou and Deku got up to defend the witches and face what was suddenly attacking them, only to frown at their less than overwhelming assailants. The witches were annoyed, but otherwise sat in place.

"What the fuck is your problem!" roared Bakugou at a group of young boys.

"Just a little game we play with witches." replied the leader.

Akko rolled her eyes. "Thomas! Not when we're eating."

Todoroki frowned. "You know them?"

"They're infamous for their tomato attacks." sighed Diana.

"Great catch though!" complimented Amanda to Todoroki, startling him.

Thomas glanced at Diana and waved at her. "Oh hey Diana, you know I didn't mean to hit you!"

"I'm flattered." joked Diana, knowing all too well that he was smitten by her since she saved him from a Giant during the Parade of the Witch parade a while back. He at least was smart enough to not take it further beyond teasing.

Thomas laughed. "So who are these three wizards, your boyfriends?"

Bakugou's pupils practically vanished. "We're heroes! Not wizards! And we're not their boyfriends!"

Bakugou froze and turned around. His last sentence was a little more awkward than it should have been.

"Eh, heroes are just witches that dress funny." justified Thomas.

The guys, both heroes and the gang, were quickly cut off by a loud cry before any sparks could fly.

"NO!" The voice belonged to the cafe's owner, Mr. Liu Tze Long, who was nibbling on a toothpick to give him a gruffer appearance.

Taking the toothpick out of his mouth, Long used it to point the kids to the other direction. "You're lucky you didn't break anything! Now get out of the premises!"

"We'll you're no fun!" chuckled Thomas, as he started to leave with his cronies. "Take good care of Diana dudes!"

Bakugou, was especially taken by that last remark, gritted his teeth and sat back down along with Deku and Todoroki. All three of them were pretty embarrassed. It was just a pack of dumb kids, and they acted like they were facing down villains just because they were harassing the witches.

Long chewed on his toothpick, annoyed sounds coming out of him. "Sorry about that."

"We're fine." assured Deku.

Todoroki then lifted a rather hefty pound sterling. "And here's our bill with the change being a very nice tip for you."

Long's mouth widened upon seeing the bill, causing his toothpick to fall into Bakugou's thankfully empty cup. "You kids go on ahead!" he said upon snatching the bill and heading inside.

Bakugou was still mad, and also at himself for getting so worked up over the witches being pelted with tomatoes like it was life or death. "Damn kids."

"Just ignore them. They've gotten worse at Tomato throwing." remarked Amanda. "Even with Thomas' quirk making a tomato splat with more force than it should."

Bakugou laughed out hard. "That's it? That's his quirk."

"All of their quirks are tomato themed allegedly." pointed Diana.

Deku frowned. "Hey, haven't you noticed that unlike Japan, you don't see people with tricked out quirks, animal parts, or bio mechanical parts?"

Todoroki nodded. "Yeah, everyone looks like they'd be quirkless."

"Not entirely true," pointed Diana. "Our mayor's quirk makes him a short no neck chump."

"Very notable." sarcastically replied Bakugou.

Akko was now on the same page. "You're right! People here aren't flashy as they are in Japan."

"Really weird." admitted Todoroki.

"Or if you drop the quirk and Japan centrism for a moment," suggested Diana. "Maybe people not having ridiculous powers everywhere is the norm and you guys are the exception."

"And you hit the nail on the head!" said a voice that belonged to none other than one of the guys Akko wanted the heroes to meet.

Akko got up from her table and smiled wide. "Andrew! Frank! So glad you could make it!"

Frank was excited. "Are you kidding? There's no way I'd give up on the chance to meet Bakugou, Deku and Todoroki!"

The three heroes were surprised, but strangely welcoming.

Frank rushed on over to them. "Oh my God! I've seen all those clips of you in action. You're quirks are just awesome and I can totally see you three being the vanguard of the next generation of heroes! I'm just gonna stop talking right now, but can I have a photo and autograph."

Deku took a moment to process it. "Yeah, of course!"

"I don't mind." complied Todoroki.

"Sure." shrugged Bakugou, who was at least thankful someone noticed his talents.

Frank handed his phone to Andrew. "Could you do the honors man?"

"No problem." nodded Andrew. He took the photo of Frank totally gushing over Deku, Todoroki and Bakugou. The latter two gave a smile, but it was clear that they weren't used to big displays of happiness.

Frank snatched the phone when Andrew was done. "Oh man, this made my day!"

"Glad to have made it!" laughed Deku.

Akko got up to greet Andrew, causing Deku a bit of small shock.

Deku studied Andrew for a second. Both him and Frank were pretty tall, perhaps even surpassing Todoroki, and were rather well groomed and kempt men. The two clearly had some sort of history with the witches, and while Frank was busy pestering Todoroki and Bakugou with his fanboying, Andrew was more interested in Akko.

Akko and Andrew looked at each other with warm smiles on their faces, causing Deku's pupils to shrink. He didn't blame Akko since even he would date a man as handsome as Andrew, but he felt like something was ripped from him.

Andrew eyed the three heroes. "So, you guys and the witches treating each other well?"

"W-we're t-trying." stammered Deku.

"We've had our hostilities." bluntly countered Bakugou.

Amanda bit her lip. "Most of the witches still cower before them."

"While some are doing their best to protect their practices from slander." said Diana, locking eyes with Bakugou. The latter smirked jokingly, which almost made Diana laugh, much to her displeasure.

"You top hero students are like America, China and Russia storming into a smaller country's business uninvited," explained Andrew. "You're gonna be feared yeah, and hated too."

"Well, I love you guys! Huge fan." smiled Frank.

Akko pointed Andrew to the heroes. "So, what do you think? Isn't it cool that they ended up here?"

Andrew looked at the three inquisitively, taking note of Deku's almost fragile demeanor, Todoroki's aloofness and Bakugou's poor attempts at containing his annoyance.

Yet, Andrew knew what they were capable of and simply nodded. "I suppose it's cool too."

Amanda rolled her eyes. "Someone isn't as big of a fan as Frank is."

Andrew shrugged. "Well, it's not as if heroes and quirks are a day to day part of my life."

Bakugou spoke up, getting Frank to shut up. "The hell do you mean? 80% of people have a quirk."

Diana interjected. "Did it not dawn on you that having a quirk isn't a guarantee means you'll have something flashy a second ago?"

"That doesn't mean you won't run at least run into one jackass with a powerful quirk per day." replied Bakugou.

Andrew raised an eyebrow. "You'd be actually surprised. Unlike your side of the world, most of the planet hasn't exactly embraced the hero and quirk dynamic. We're the only country where witches and wizards are still relevant and I use that term loosely."

"Hey!" scowled Akko. "I thought you were changing your mind on that."

"I admitted magic was interesting, but it's still an objective fact that it's not been on the news lately." explained Andrew.

Diana grinned. "Although unfortunately for us, Akko has declared herself the vanguard of magic's mainstream comeback."

"No such thing as bad publicity." joked Amanda.

Andrew stood up for Akko. "Well, at least she has her eyes set on the future."

"Thanks!" cheered Akko, almost causing Deku a little pain in his chest.

Todoroki was curious. "You don't find quirks interesting? At all?"

Frank laughed. "He just doesn't appreciate it like I do."

Andrew explained. "Look, in Britain, we're still a largely materialist people. Even with us being the last refuge for witches or wizards and all, extra normal abilities aren't a day to day interest. I thought stuff like magic was outdated, but let's just say a few run ins with Akko at least made the subject look fun."

"I wanted those run ins." quickly said Deku, covering his mouth.

"Trust me you don't." assured Diana, oblivious to Deku's intention. Amanda on the other hand continued to dish out her dry grin.

Deku made an effort to save face. "I mean...you witches look like you have a lot of fun at your academy and go on these crazy adventures."

Bakugou face palmed. "You jackass, what do you think we've been doing at UA?"

Todoroki continued. "And that's the issue. Surely at least this month there's been something going on in Britain quirk related that draws people attention to heroes and villains."

The witches, Andrew and Frank shook their heads no.

Frank also frowned. "Well, for me when it does happen...rarely...that's enough to nab my attention. And I thought you were studying some of that stuff on hero society?"

Frank sighed. "I find magic a lot more interesting in its history and versatility. Quirks in Britain tend to be one note, and don't exactly have a developed culture surrounding them outside how heroes and villains interact with society. There are heroes here, but they'll only face a villain in just a major city once a month. It's nowhere near as grandiose like in Japan."

"And grandiose it is!" beamed Frank. "I swear, every superhero fan thinks Japan is this grail of amazing quirks."

Akko agreed. "Top heroes are mostly Japanese anyway."

Amanda agreed. "Yeah, I remember looking at the list of the top heroes in the world. Took me forever to find the first Irish one. Just Japanese after Japanese."

Frank smiled at Amanda. "But hey, Clover Man is pretty cool hero! He's so lucky!"

"Most nations just have a few heroes, and even the big three have way less top heroes than they should," noted Andrew. "Quirks can be amazing, but most people with a powerful quirk outside Japan just ends up with a special forces military career."

Diana smirked. "And unfortunately, your recklessness prevented you from exploring the only part of Britain where quirks were remotely relevant."

"Last time I'll ever save a bunch of witches." hissed Bakugou.

"I see, the Americans may have been the first to set up a hero license system, but they weren't really the first people to embrace the study of quirks. That was Japan." remembered Deku.

Todoroki continued on. "Makes sense. The constitution still limits our military, so heroes were a loophole."

"Maybe not the best one." hinted Andrew.

Diana nodded in agreement.

Deku bit his lip. "But it also provided Japan a good excuse to open its immigration policy by giving incentives to those with unique quirks to leave their old countries behind."

Andrew smiled. "And that's something I think was a great development thanks to quirks."

Bakugou fluffed his blond hair and smirked. "Yeah, a lot of my old folks came from Poland and Germany before meeting my other folks in Japan. Warsaw and Dresden didn't offer anyone quirks a good future, so they headed straight to Kobe."

Todoroki nodded. "Yeah, my mom and dad are both half Icelandic, which makes me that too."

Amanda laughed. "Of course! Of course you're half Icelandic."

"I'm aware of the irony." blushed Todoroki.

Amanda placed a hand on his shoulder, deepening his blush. "That's pretty interesting though. I'm just a boring Irish American."

Todoroki couldn't respond with anything. His heart was beating faster than it ever had.

Andrew crossed his arms. "So yeah. Anyone who was anyone with a quirk moved to Japan, so I hope my more apathetic attitude is understandable."

Deku shrugged. "No worries. America has its cool culture, planes and battleships, while China has the money, and Russia has advanced space and mecha tech, which is weird because I thought Japan would have be first in giant robots."

Frank gave the unreceptive Bakugou a friendly bump on the shoulder. "But you guys chose quirks and are awesome at it."

Diana spoke in her haughtiest voice. "Whereas Britain was at least willing to keep magic relevant in some parts of society. Thus, all wizards and witches flock over here to learn the art."

Bakugou wasn't backing down. "By the way, what's your quirk? It can't be that boring?"

Andrew looked like Bakugou just told him a joke. He got out his phone and began rubbing it for a few seconds as the others looked on with curiosity.

Andrew pointed the heroes to his phone. "All I can do is give my phone one signal boost even if there's practically no way for it to get service."

Deku looked confused. "But that's really useful!"

Andrew chuckled. "I forget that I have it one hundred percent of the time. All I can send is a few texts and a 30 second call before it wears off anyway."

Bakugou nodded. "Useless and boring but there's room for potential. What about you Franky boy?"

Frank smiled wide. "I can sing karaoke with perfect sync. 0 delay."

Bakugou winced. "That's it?"

Deku shook his hands wildly before Frank could get offended. "Hey hey hey! We love karaoke in Japan. I'd love to party with you!"

Frank was awestruck. "You mean it dude?"

"Of course he does!" exclaimed Akko. "He's no downer unlike someone."

Bakugou got up furiously, prompting the witches and heroes to follow. Deku and Todoroki ended up carrying the stuff he bought in town in addition to their own.

"What's with you now?" hissed Diana.

"There's got to be ONE PERSON here with a borderline useful quirk!" roared Bakugou.

"Good luck finding it." laughed Amanda.

Deku nervously chuckled while Todoroki prepared to restrain Bakugou. "Yeah Kaachan, maybe you'll find someone that can attract small objects to themselves."

Andrew raised an eyebrow. "Here, that's the type of quirk that would make you eligible for special ops."

Bakugou spotted Long cleaning a bill and pointed to him. "YOU! Cafe owner, what's your quirk?"

Long was taken aback and annoyed by Bakugou's remark, but put up a smug face and emphasized the toothpick in his mouth. "My tongue makes toothpicks taste like delicious mint. Why do you think I chew on these all the time."

"USELESS!" roared Bakugou.

"Calm down Kaachan!" begged Deku.

Bakugou ignored him and stopped a young couple walking by. "WHAT ARE YOUR QUIRKS!"

"My body acts like it gets an extra minute of sleep even if I sleep for just a second." said the man, too afraid to ignore Bakugou.

"And my spit is acidic...on a rock found only the moon of Titan." whimpered the woman.

"God damn it!" hissed Bakugou.

Todoroki placed a hand on Bakugou's elbows. "I swear, I'm going to.."

Bakugou cut him off by pointing to an old man. "You! Quirk! What is it?"

The old man stroked his beard. "Stroking my facial hair gives me photographic memory of the last second."

Diana tried to calm Bakugou down. "See? Most people around here…"

Bakugou once again refused to listen as he practically yelled into the air. "Does anyone in this country have a useful quirk!"

"There was one woman from here who could swap up people's morality. Total maniac." called out a muffled voice.

Bakugou sighed in relief and turned around. "See? There's one person who's….."

Bakugou's eyes widened upon realizing the source of the voice came from two tall heavily armored men in gas masks taking notes.

Deku's gasped loudly. "Oh my God! You're members of the SAS! Britain's elite soldiers!"

"Indeed." nodded an operative.

The other took a quick look at the heroes. "Hey, aren't the three of you the junior heroes who were supposed to be training with us at Hereford?"

"We were supposed to." confirmed Todoroki.

Bakugou pointed to Akko. "But then she happened."

"Hey!" yelled Akko at Bakugou, who promptly ignored her.

One of the SAS soldiers laughed. "Yeah, when we heard the news about you and the demons, we had a good laugh."

"But training alongside the magic folk is a noble endeavor." admitted the other.

The two of them then faced Andrew and gave him a nod. "Andrew, how are you doing mate?"

"Wallcroft, Griffin," greeted Andrew with a smile.

"You know them?" asked Diana.

"Just their code names I guess." answered Andrew.

Frank placed an arm around Andrew. "His dad and the SAS go way back."

"They even owe my family one." added Andrew.

"Not surprised." admitted Amanda.

"Anyway children," called out Wallcroft as Griffin readied to show some paper. "We're looking for that maniac, Rotha Mosley. She seems to have resurfaced yesterday."

Griffin showed the contents of the paper. "Have you seen this woman."

"Ahhh!" freaked out Akko. "It's the maniac! Take her away! Take her away!"

She grabbed onto Deku, which almost made him faint had Todoroki not instinctively held him up with his arm.

"Calm down lass, it's a sketch of Rotha, not the real thing." assured Wallcroft.

"Now we're gonna show you kids Rotha's sketch again, and you'll tell us if you've seen anyone looking like her. Understand?" asked Griffin.

All eyes were on Akko who suddenly calmed down.

"Yeah, uh huh." happily chirped Akko.

"Okay," sighed Griffin, who showed the sketch again.

"Ahhh! Horrible!" screamed Akko, hugging Deku and Andrew this time for dear life.

Akko returned to normal once Griffin retracted the paper. The two SAS officers glanced at each other, clearly smirking under their gas masks and began showing and retracting the paper to elicit a scream from Akko each time she saw the sketch.

"Does she have any working brain cells?" asked Wallcroft.

"Unlikely." shook Diana.

Frank bit his lip. "I thought you guys would have something better than a sketch."

"Unfortunately, she's ex SAS and knows how to hide herself well, with ALL images of her gone sans this sketch." replied Griffin. "She might as well be a ghost."

"Our presence is obvious, but it discourages her should she be around." assured Wallcroft.

Bakugou bit his lip. "So basically this woman can turn a hero into a villain yeah? Heh, bet the League of Villains wished they had her when they kidnapped me."

"Honestly surprised you haven't become one yourself with your record." laughed Griffin, enraging Bakugou.

"Stay safe kids." chuckled Griffin as he and Wallcroft took off.

"So, there's a villain on the loose?" frowned Akko.

Diana groaned. "As if we needed more drama right now. And from a villain of all things."

Todoroki knitted his eyebrows. "I'm more concerned about her quirk being the ability to change someone's morality. No wonder high alert soldiers are patrolling this town."

Deku got serious. "Yeah! She could just instantly turn someone like All Might into a villain, which would be...less than ideal.!"

Frank tried to lift everyone's spirits. "Come on! You guys have faced worse. Besides, you probably won't even run into the maniac before the SAS arrest her."

"I'd rather have her shot." admitted Bakugou.

"But I guess we've faced worst if push comes to shove." admitted Todoroki.

"Yeah, I've noticed that something threatens to destroy the world once a month at Luna Nova." noted Amanda.

"Sadly, I get the feeling we're doomed to be attracting this kind of attention for the rest of our lives," pondered Diana as she faced Akko. "Which means more misadventures with you."

"Yay!" obliviously cheered Akko. "It'll be fun huh?"

Andrew turned to face someone walking their way and his expression turned sour. The witches and Frank did the same when they looked where Andrew did. The heroes were confused, but the expression on the young blond man said it all.

"What are you doing here Blackwell?" chided Andrew.

"No one invited you Louis." hissed Akko.

Deku's mouth dropped. "Blackwell, as in British defense minister Blackwell?"

"Sadly his son." confirmed Diana.

Louis Blackwell rolled his eyes. "You two are needed back at Appleton for our literature lecture! I didn't think you two would be foolish enough to skip class to talk to some witches and little heroes, but I know well how you two flirt with the paranormal."

"We're not exactly friends Louis, so I get the feeling that lecture isn't important if you came on over to get us." pointed Andrew.

"Two of our top students are straying from the correct path. I had a valid reason to leave." defended Louis.

"Come on man, it's just some fun." frowned Frank.

"Fun?" laughed Louis. "Quirks and magic are two sides of the same coin, wicked forces that have held back human progress for centuries."

Now the witches and heroes were all united against something.

Bakugou gritted his teeth. "Hey buddy! You're the one who looks like they got yanked out of last millenium. I can't tell if you're a dumbass or an asshole, but shit talking some of the most powerful heroes and witches around must mean you have a death wish. "

Diana paused and looked Bakugou. He had stood up for the witches against someone else, and just called her powerful. True, he admitted their strength regarding broom flying, but this time Bakugou did it without prompt or encouragement.

Louis shrugged Bakugou off. "Oh boy, not a day goes by where I don't wish unstable and neurotic individuals had access to destructive powers."

"What are you talking about, you don't look like you have a powerful quirk." joked Akko.

Louis stroked his hair. "Eh, your fingertips containing a bit of gel never not came in handy and doesn't make me a potential major threat to society. Unlike mr blow up everything."

"Well, no amount of hair gel is gonna help you once I burn that wig off you." threatened Bakugou.

Louis ignored him, looking at Amanda and raised an eyebrow. "Have I seen you before?"

"Thankfully for me, you haven't." sneered Amanda.

"You remind me of some delinquent in Appleton," shook Louis. "And I'm getting a similar feeling of insolence towards you."

Before Amanda could respond, Todoroki stepped forward, quietly fuming. "Hey, I don't get what your problem is, but if you don't cease being hostile, then you're gonna end up in a fight you can't ever hope to win."

Deku placed a hand on his mouth. He never saw Todoroki this expressive in his threats before. It was a little safe to say he was catching on himself.

"I'm not foolish enough to take you guys on in a brawl even though I'm no slouch myself in a gentleman's duel." countered Louis.

"And I thought they needed actual gentleman to get in those." snarked Diana.

"You wouldn't know one if he bit you on the neck witch so I'm not surprised by your arrogant and wicked remarks." laughed Louis.

Bakugou stomped towards Louis and looked him did the eye, not caring that the latter slightly towered him. "That was your last chance! So please tell me how you'd like to be incinerated? Like holy fuck how did you not think cursing her was gonna end well for you!"

Diana froze. Most people seemed focused on Bakugou getting ready to blow up Louis. She was more concerned about Louis' insult against her being Bakugou's final straw of all things. That came out of nowhere.

Louis on the other hand smiled wildly. "You know, I saw those elite soldiers patrolling Blytonbury on my way here. I'm sure they'd be happy to fill your body with bullets if you killed the son of the Defense Minister."

Andrew raised an eyebrow. "The SAS are loyaler to my father than your's."

Deku raised his voice. "Can we maybe avoid killing each other over an argument."

Akko agreed. "Yeah, we're just gonna prove him right if we hurt him."

Bakugou could finally see a bit of fear in Louis' eyes, which was enough to make him back down. The knowledge of SAS officers put a lid on hsi anger.

Louis' smug expression vanished, but he reaffirmed himself. "I knew for a fact that Andrew was gonna meet Akko, who I know has her insipid little dream about magic coming back."

Now Deku snapped. "What? She came from a quirkless background in a country where heroes were everything, proved that you didn't need to be born with magic power to use it and endures constant torment to achieve her goals! What are you Mr. born with a silver spoon in mouth? You're nothing compared to her! Nothing!"

Akko blinked slowly, almost blushing. "Thanks..uh.."

Todoroki eyes widened. "Wow Deku."

Deku's eyes widened upon realizing what he did. "I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry!"

Deku bowed up and down, begging for forgiveness.

"And he blew it again." sighed Amanda.

Louis rolled his eyes. "You guys have some spine, so I have a proposition for you."

"We're not interested Louis." deadpanned Andrew.

"Oh, and I thought you'd be up for it." teased Louis.

"Let him talk!" sneered Bakugou, unable to resist a challenge.

Louis smirked. "So my mother allowed me to host a segment on the BBC's Saturday afternoon debate panel. Frank, Andrew, when I heard you two were visiting those witches alongside some heroes, I figured it was the perfect time to set up a three way debate on the future of magic and quirks and their relevance to society at large. Of course, us Appleton folk would be the voice of normalcy and reason amid all this."

Diana tried not to laugh. "We would never.."

"IT'S ON!" yelled Bakugou.

Deku and Todoroki looked at each other and were about to protest, but Bakugou stopped them before they could.

"You two are going to agree with this if you really want to be heroes!" commanded Bakugou. "We are not going to be defeated by this moldy motherfucker in anything!"

Akko bumped her fists together, looking determined. "Yeah, this is the best chance for me to get my cause out to the public."

Diana face palmed. "Great, now I'm going to have to agree so you don't embarrass witches on the World Stage."

Amanda frowned. "And I'm gonna have to follow you five if I want that extra credit don't I?"

Frank glanced Andrew. "I don't agree with Louis at all, but do you think we should take part?"

Andrew nodded. "If only to undermine him. And Louis, you sure you wanna do this?"

Louis groaned. "My father has been courting a bunch of private military companies lately that have funky ideas about combined hero and magical soldiers. Three CEOs of these merc companies, Cynthia Lintorn, Oswald Irving and Norah Orman form the unholy trinity of these stupid idealists and their growing companies have garnered my father's attention."

The witches and heroes were surprised by such a statement.

"Heroes and magic folk working together in the same unit?" gasped Deku. That sounded perfect. His ideological objections to private military companies aside (even he wanted further regulation on hero society in Japan at points), that was like a perfect marriage.

"As private military?" checked Todoroki.

Louis nodded. "They're gonna go from obscure to mainstream when they conduct their presentation at Appleton in a few weeks, so I want to shut down their ideas before they receive state support. I'm sorry, but quirk soldiers belong in tightly regulated special forces groups, not private or grunt military institutions."

"So your solution is to slander magic and heroes?" questioned Diana.

Louis shrugged. "My dad didn't like witches and heroes up until a few months ago, but now he's getting drunk on delusions. He's gonna unleash something he can't control and I want the dangers of magic and quirks to be known to the country before they grow in importance."

Bakugou smirked. "You're gonna lose."

Louis smirked back. "With you as my opponent, not likely."

Akko crossed her arms. "We'll we're not gonna be silenced by your lies and snobbery."

Diana twitched. Amanda shook her head. They felt they were going to have to spend most of the debate cringing at Akko.

Deku gulped. "Well, I hope we can at least put an end to all feuds on Saturday."

"I just wish it wasn't so public." sighed Todoroki.

"So is there anything else you'd like to say?" inquired Andrew to Louis.

Louis shook his head. "That will be on Saturday. Until then, I wasn't lying when I said that literature lecture was important. They switched the topic and are giving people thirty minutes to make it, and we're down by twenty. I can't have you on debate if you get in trouble."

"Oh, well thanks man." remarked Frank.

Todoroki wasn't convinced. "You could have texted them. You just wanted to an excuse to mock us."

Diana agreed. "As is standard for him."

Andrew made his way forward, bumping into Louis to get him to follow. "Sorry he had to barge in. We'll be taking him out of your hair."

"Please." hissed Bakugou.

"We'll see you Saturday right?" called out Akko.

Andrew smiled warmly at the group, especially at Akko. "Of course you will."

Frank waved as he began to leave. "Oh, and Bakugou, Deku and Todoroki, thanks for the photo!"

"No problem Frank!" beamed Deku.

The heroes and witches watched the Appleton boys leave, Frank and Andrew watching Louis closely to make sure he didn't cause more commotion.

Deku frowned at Akko's rather dreamy look when she watched Andrew make his exist. He was so used to getting her attention that it was jarring to see her give it to someone else. Still, he knew wasn't entitled to it.

As if Akko could read her mind though, Akko looked right at him and with her own smile. "I think we should head back now ourselves."

"Huh!" muttered Deku. "Oh yeah..yeah..maybe we should."

"And can you please hold your own bags Bakugou?" requested Todoroki, which Bakugou took from his and Deku's hands without complaint.

Amanda looked at the now evening sky. "Time goes by when you're yelling at people it seems."

Diana began walking and the group followed. "Come on, curfew will be in effect soon."

The witches and heroes followed Diana's lead, rather silently as they contemplated on their afternoon in Blytonbury. So many revelations and discussions were held in that time, and that wasn't even getting to all the events that transpired in class and at lunch in the morning. To think, all of these events happened on just one day.

What really also got to them however, was some of the more awkward feelings that were developing between them. They witches and heroes knew each other for a little over a day and yet, under all the excitement, tensions, enthusiasm and snark they had for each other, something more was lurking underneath.

No one wanted to admit those feelings because it couldn't have possibly taken this short to develop them. They weren't even sure what they were. Yet, it felt like there was a mysterious fate pushing them together.

They finally neared the edge of the town on the hill that lead to Luna Nova. The only thing filling their ears at this point were crickets.

That was until Bakugou heard a noise, a small hum that came from one of the witches. He was about to tell whoever was humming to shut it, but the more he listened, the more compelling he found it. It was strange, that someone as vicious as him would like a calming hum.

Bakugou darted his eyes, and found the source coming from none other than Diana herself. The others didn't notice her humming, and even Diana was going about it like it was nothing.

After a brief moment of Bakugou admiring the noise she was making, Diana's eye caught his.

"Is there a problem?" asked Diana.

"Noticed you humming." replied Bakugou.

Diana frowned. "Yeah. I don't do it often unless I'm bored out of my mind."

Bakugou grinned. "Care for another argument then? You've gotten better at them."

"No thanks, we'll settle our sacred feud on Saturday. How about that? I crave for some peace until then." requested Diana.

Bakugou took a deep breath, but agreed. "Yeah, but you can keep humming if you want."

Diana smirked and giggled. "Well, then I'll just do that."

Behind them, Amanda took the playful exchange between Diana and Bakugou to say something to Todoroki that was bugging her.

"Hey." called out Amanda.

"Yeah?" replied Todoroki.

"I noticed you sticking up for me a lot back there," noted Amanda. "I can handle myself, but I gotta say I appreciate it."

Todoroki looked unsure of himself. "If you think I'm overbearing…"

"No no." assured Amanda. "I like that little united front we form. Especially against our more excitable friends."

Todoroki's frown turned upside down. "Yeah, I agree."

The two shared a smile and continued on.

Everyone was silent for a while, until Akko broke it once she was reminded of something she wanted to show the heroes.

"Oh hey guys!" called out Akko.

"What is it?" inquired Deku.

"I wanted to you guys to see something cool." answered Akko. She turned around and made her way down a few steps on the hill.

Diana and Amanda quickly followed Akko as if it was an emergency.

"Don't you dare get lost in the forest Akko!" yelled Diana.

"Huh?" cried Akko. "No I just want to show them the view."

"The view?" said Amanda with confusion.

"Yeah, this is where you can see all of Blytonbury closely without trees or hills blocking it and it looks so cool!" explained Akko.

She pointed to the town, redirecting the gaze of the heroes.

The heroes looked at the night sky, which was full of stars and the glowing moon that bathed the witches with its light, bringing out their best features. The combined image of them in front the illuminated Blytonbury was something straight out of a fairy tale. As a bonus, the breeze began blowing their hair majestically.

"Beautiful." gasped Deku, gazing at Akko's bright face.

"What?" checked Akko.

"Er..the view is beautiful." corrected Deku.

Akko smiled. "I knew you'd like it."

Amanda and Diana giggled Deku's adorable helplessness. Todoroki and Bakugou couldn't help but almost chuckle themself at his display.

Still, the heroes enjoyed a full moment of looking at the witches and the scenery around them, with the witches themselves discreetly catching on where the heros' real gaze lied.

Satisfied, they made their way back to Luna Nova.