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Grapvine
Chapter 2 - Quirk Aprehension Test
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Minako felt like shit. It has been a week since she'd seen Midoriya.
Minako was just laying in bed like the most largest unmoving potato. She ocassionally shifted but regardless she barely move. She still ate but she did not enjoy her meals due to constant taste of bile in her mouth.
She wrapped the blanket around like a cocoon refusing to became a butterfly.
She held a light green handkerchief that belong to Midoriya. She didn't had the chance to return it to the boy.
She felt responsible for causing Midoriya to fail. Maybe if he hadn't save her maybe he'd had a chance to pass.
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A Few Day Ago
Minako stood in-front of the faculty office of U.A.
She knocked the door.
Present Mic answer.
"Hmm, what do you want, young lady?" Present Mic asked.
"There is this boy named Midoriya Izuku, he has green and curly hair. Can you give him the points I've earn he was busy saving me so he had no time to make points for himself."
"I'm afraid we can't do that. Don't worry about it." Present Mic casually.
Minako can't help to be more worried.
"I see." a beleaguered sigh escapes her mouth.
"I'll be off then." Minako said with a hint of sadness.
Minako went home defeated.
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Minako hadn't touch any of her drawing tools since she was stucked in a depressive rut.
Her hair wasn't so silky and shiny. It appeared dry and haggard. And, it start to smell like rotten raisins instead of the usual sweet grapes scent. It was a bad sign. Her parents could easily gauge how she felt based on the smell.
A knock was heard from her door.
"Baby, the letter from U.A just arrived." She heard her mother, Mineta Koge.
The wowan opened the door slightly. And, the woman peeked through the door.
Koge was a woman in her mid-30's but she looked young as ever. Unlike her daughter she had pink hair and sakura flowers were crowned around her hair and that colorful hair was styled to a bob-cut. She had an average height of 5'1. Her eyes were viridian in color and they such care and warmth.
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Quirk: Flower
Type: Mutant
Koge has a flower that blossoms on her scalp. The flower changes based on the season or the area she is in. In Summer she blooms a tropical flower, in Spring she sprouts Sakura flowers. And in Autumn and Winter it turns to a dormant flower bud.
The flowers could absorb energy from the sun and produce photosynthesis but it is an inefficient way of feeding herself, since it was slow. She can spread pollen and produce a sweet potato-like spud that has a honey-like taste and is high in nutrition.
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"Miko-chan, do you want me to come in?" she asked.
Minako just weakly nodded.
Koge sighed.
The mother sat by the bed where her daughter was layimg. She began rubbing Minako's head to comfort her.
Koge could already smell the rotten raisins in the stale air of her room.
"Miko-chan, I know you're not usually a depressive girl and Miko-chan this isn't a healthy way to cope, you even stopped drawing. It has been a week and you're not your usual self."
Minako kept silent.
Koge sighed once more
"Here it might ease your worries if you read this." Koge left the letter on her desk beside Minako's drawing tablet and some less than innocent sketchs of men in tights and even more rauncier sketchs of females of Minako's stature 'doing it' with boys her type.
They were Vanilla smut, weak sauce she would say. But, it was very cute how naive her daughter on how relationship works. You don't get go to 3rd base on the first date.
When Minako was a fresh middle schooler she accidently found her sketchs of the same things. When her daughter got home they had a talk with both her and Haruto.
Minako was so embarassed that day she began sobbing.
She and her husband, Haruto were understanding they were hormonal teens once and the both of them being more perverted than average since their plant-like Mutation compelled to them breed.
It was inevitable that she'll inherit both their perverted sides and libido.
They reassure her that they won't be mad or sexually repress the girl for what she did. They say it was natural for her to be curious about the matter.
And, their both impress with her skill with the pen and brush. It was the most erotic manga that they ever saw. Though they catered to their daughter's domination fetish. They could appreciate their own daughter's work.
So they support her hobby and she earned money making Hero x Heroine doujin smut with the kinky use of Quirk her geniusly peverted mind could muster.
Under the alias, GrapeBOY.
They even helped her on Comiket last year and help her sell her smut as a family. Though, they had to wear gas masks to hide their identity so friend of theirs won't give them strange when they get visits or get invited to somewhere. It was awkward at first but they got use to it.
"I'll make your favorite Chicken Kaarage. So, get well my sweet angel." Koge said as she kissed her forehead and left her daughter's room.
Minako sighed. She eyed the letter with hollow eyes devoid of life.
She had nothing to do might as well check how she did and hope to every Kami in Japan that Midoriya at least pass by some miracle.
She used her hair to move her body closer to her desk. She formed a knife-like appendage made of her grabbed the letter and another tendril this in form of a knife to cut open the letter.
A holo-pad dropped from the letter.
The holo-pad came to light and All-Might appeared some self-congratulatory crap about being an outstanding member of society.
"You're ranked at 21st place amongst the 300 participants, you passed."
"Yay." Minako sarcastically celebrated.
"But, that's not what you wanted to hear isn't it, Young Mineta."
All-Might immediately caught her full undivided atention.
"You want to know whether or not, Young Midoriya passed, don't you?" he rhetorically asked.
Minako held her breath.
"This is the result of his actions." All-Might showed the leader board of top 10 particepants she ignored all other names and tried to find Midoriya's name.
And she found it.
1ST / BAKUGOU KATSUKI / VILLIAN POINTS: 77 / RESCUE POINTS: 0 / TOTAL: 77
1ST/ MIDORIYA IZUKU / VILLIAN POINTS: 17 / RESCUE POINTS: 60 / TOTAL:77
He was at the top. But how?
"You might be wondering how?" All-Might began to explain that U.A not only evaluates someone's combat prowess but also their willingness to help others.
All-Might showed the times when Midoriya was helping out the other student herself included.
Tears of relief and joy began to flow out of her eyes. As her hair's lost luster began to teemed with its newfound vitality.
She sobbed on blanket.
Her mother and father rushed to thier daughter's room as they heard their daughter crying.
They weren't greeted by a rancid smell of rotten raisin but the sweetest smell of grape they smelt from her.
As she cried and laughed in joy.
"He passed, he passed, he passed." Minako chanted as she tackled both her parents to the ground as giggled and cry on them.
Both them dumbfounded just chuckled at the little girl content seeing their darling daughter smiling again.
"He?" Haruto asked as the purple hair look at his daughter who was snuggling him and her wife.
"MIDORIYA-KUN I DIDN'T CAUSE HIM TO FAIL! I am so grateful." Minako said as she affectionately hugged her part.
"Awww, our precious little grape is growing up, my dear." Koge cooed.
"So how big is this boy of yours. I'm talking inches." her mother jokingly asked.
"Dear be sure to have protection on you at all time we don't to have grandchildren this early." her father added.
Minako blushed as a more slightly alcoholic grape smell was exuded by the girl. But, it was short-lived.
It was a long explanation.
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Class at U.A start a few days after results are distributed. Minako wore her U.A uniform that was tailored to her diminutive stature.
She looked herself at the mirror. Her hair was a mess it was frazzled and dry-looking her was very much weak after her 2 weeks of sulking. It was one of the few times she actually used shampoo and conditioner while taking a bath. But, it wasn't enough to completely solve her hair problem.
But, it wasn't like the first day of school they'll test your Quirk, right?
Minako slapped her cheeks too remove any signs of fatigue on her face.
"Yosh." She was now ready.
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She was not ready for U.A. Minako shrinked into the corner of the room. She didn't know anyone from Class 1-A. And, worst yet that every female here had very appealing bodies. While, she is here with a very childish and flat body which was unfair.
That Mina girl was bubly and made fast friend with everyone.
Uraraka was making fast friends with Tsuyu, a fellow Quirk Mutant.
Yaoyorozu was drop-dead gorgeous a real beauty and she exuded such grace and elegance that made her mouth drop.
Jirou had that punk goth appeal and has form a group with Mina..
Hakagure despite having no seeable face, Minako could tell she was very pretty based on her voice and how she carries herself confidently. She was bubbly like Mina but with was more low-key.
And, then theirs Todoroki the girl. She had a cold and aloof air to her. She was on thr opposite corner to her. She was very beautiful with white hair, that was fashioned in a short hime-cut. She had a emaculate face that was free from any blemishes or any impurities. She has a Yamato Nadeshiko feel to her.
She mostly kept to herself.
While she was here plain and childish.
She was fine with the boys. But, she didn't like the vibes she's getting from that Bakugou. He was right now having an arguement with Iida and it just devovled into kindergarden insults from Bakugou.
He was frankly an asshole.
Minako sulked even further. What if U.A lied to her and Midoriya didn't really passed? What if Midoriya was in a different class?
She heard the door opened and there he was Midoriya.
The whole class went quiet and all eyes were on him.
Bakugou just glared but stay silent.
Midoriya being shy and concious wrapped his right arm over his shoulders and other arm on his head.
"Umm, I think I got the wrong class. I am trying to find Class 1-A" he awkwardly said.
Tenya proceeded to walk towards him with a strange hand gesture.
He pointed his open-palmed at him.
"You're correct this is indeed 1-A, Midoriya-san."
"Then, I'll take my sea-"
"I am Tenya Iida, I am very much amazed with your display of heroism during the Entrance Exam. You're indeed an exemplary hero-in-training in our class."
Bakugou silently frowned.
"You saved the life of Mineta-san over there without a second thought. You valued the welfare of others above your own, while I selfishly seeked my own glory. I shall follow your example, Midoriya-san."
"You were fantastic as well, Iida-san. I can't say I did much." Midoriya said.
"OI! EYEGLASSES STOP SUCKING OFF DEKU WITH THE STRENGHT OF A THOUSAND FUCKING VACUUM CLEANERS!!" Bakugou shouted with a very pissed expression on his face.
"Such noisy brats." someone said. Sounding like he's in the verge of death.
Midoriya looked down and found a man with disheveled long black hair. And, he was wrapped around a sleep back like a cocoon by the door.
"Ahhh!" Midoriya screamed in surprise.
"This is... The Hero Course..."
There was a juice box in his mouth and he violently sucked it's contents.
The man emerged from his sleeping bag walked up to the teacher's table.
"It took you 8 seconds to quiet down. You lot aren't very rational, are you? Time is a very expensive resource."
"I am Shoto Aizawa, your Homeroom teacher. Get dressed in your Gym Uniforms. Meet me at the ground in 10 minutes."
"But how about orientation?" Iida asked.
"We won't be attending that, I want to do a physical test using your Quirks. Be dead-last in this test , then you're expelled." Aizawa coldly said.
Everyone in the room froze up upon hearing Aizawa would expel someone.
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"All of you are late by 20 seconds, no villain idly wait for a Hero to come."
"Bakugou would you step forward toward the circle."
Bakugou did as he was told.
"The nation prohibits the use of quirks to judge the average of scores of P.E classes. So, everyone is at an even playing. And, U.A is known for it's freestyle education."
"Bakugou, how far could throw a ball in middle school?"
"67 meters."
Aizawa tossed Bakugou a ball, "Throw this as far you can. You can do anything within the radius of the circle. Go for it."
Bakugou began strecthing his arms and ready for a throw.
Bakugou inhaled deeply.
He swung his arm forward as he let go of the ball, a large explosion acompannied the ball.
"DIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!" Katsuki shouted.
Aizawa looked at his phone.
"Knowing one's limits. Is the first rational step of what a Pro would do. Knowing what kind of Hero you can be, is key to becoming a Pro." Aizawa said as he displayed his phone with a 705.2 meters displayed on it.
"Now go head show me what you got." Aizawa said.
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Minako's day couldn't get any worse. Her hair hasn't recovered properly so every time she tried to use it. The hairs would break.
Her hair was very weak and it could barely lift her up. She was still dead-last behind Aoyama. Her body wasn't really atlehetic. She was one step away from being a couch potato.
Minako performed horribly, she was way below the national average and now she was competing in class with superhuman abilities.
While, Midoriya was tied with Bakugou in all aspect matching scores easily. But, Midoriya having the better grip strength than Bakugou. But, Bakogou had the ball toss with Midoriya's 500.3 meters.
Minako's last test was the pole-vaulting. Shakily breathing she didn't if her powers were strong enough to surpassed Bakugou and Midoriya's score of 80 meters over the vault.
She was shaky fom fear was. Is she going to be expelled? For the whole test she felt the scrutinizing gaze of their homeroom teacher, but he didn't say anything.
He just watched which was more depressing. He did not care enough to ask her what the hell she was doing. Looking at with same eyes her bullies had... Pure digust...
She felt a hand on her shoulder. When see looked back she saw Midoriya with a concerned and caring look.
He was knelt so they see eye to eye.
"Hey, something wrong, Mineta-san?" Midoriya gentle voice seemed to calm her down.
"I...I think I can't do it..." Minoru said as tears were threatning to burst from her eyes.
"Don't listen yourself for now and don't listen to what Aizawa said. No matter what happens I'll be here for you, like what you did to me. I am grateful for your concern for me after the Entrance Exam... I believe in you... Go get'em." Midoriya said with a gentle smile.
Minako wanted to kiss this boy, right here, right now. Aizawa be damned... But, the rational part of her brain said otherwise.
Minako rubbed away the tears and a new burning flame was in its place.
"Hey, you two love-birds quit it. Unless, Mineta here wants to quit."
The whole class except Bakugou and Todoroki 'awww'd' at his adorable comforting of the small purple haired girl.
"Wha-" Izuku blushed so hard he began wrap his face in embarassing.
"No, I won't quit now. I'll do it." Minako said with newfound confidence.
Minako step forward with a vault pole at hand. She stabbed the stick to the ground and grabbed the end of pole with her hair. She began to pull as far can go. She felt her hair was ripping at 10 meters.
Then Midoriya's voice echoed in her mind.
'I believe in you.'
Her hair was growing stronger and regenerated the rip and pull for another 20 meters. Then, she released her feet. She was at the mercy of the air, she traveled in an arc like a trebuchet throwing a slab of stone. Her hair being cut leaving her with a pixie-cut amount of hair.
She was flung beyond the vault.
She soared highed, she was certain she reached greater heights than both Midoriya and Bakugou.
But she was now falling to the ground. Her hair can't form to a parachute since she exhausted her hair and she had nothing to overdrive into hair.
In the corner of her eyes she saw a flash of green and red rushing towards her falling form.
It was Midoriya, he leapt towards her and caught her mid-air. She was being bridal carried by Midoriya. He landed while skiding on training ground floor.
"See, you did great." Izuku as he was surrounded by the green aura of his quirk.
Aizawa's Capture Tool was ready to catch to her, but Midoriya act faster. He relaxed his tense weapon. He checked his phone.
"129.3 meter just below Ochaco's 200 meters, but above both Midoriya and Bakugou's 80 meters." Aizawa said.
"Here are the final results."
1ST MOMO YAOYOROZU
2ND SHOKO TODOROKI
3RD KATSUKI BAKUGOU
4TH IZUKU MIDORIYA
5TH TENYA IIDA
6TH FUMIKAGE TOKOYAMI
7TH MEZO SHOJI
8TH MASHIRO OJIRO
9TH EJIRO KIRISHIMA
10TH MINA ASHIDO
11TH OCHACO URARAKA
12TH KAMINARI DENKI
13TH RIKIDO SATOU
14TH TSUYU ASUI
15TH HANTA SERO
16TH KYOUKA JIROU
17TH KOJI KODA
18TH TOORU HAGAKURE
19TH YUGA AOYAMA
2OTH MINAKO MINETA
Display on a holo-projecter beside Aizawa.
There was an was eerie silence as everyone looked at Minako with eyes of pity. Her efforts were in vains. And, she was going to be kick-
"All of you, passed." Aizawa said with a grin on his face.
"I wanted to test you if you're motivated enough to push past your limits. Being a Hero is a job taxing our resolve and fortitude in the faces of unfavorable odds. You all showed just that quality, even you, Mineta. That's why you all pass."
Minako celebrated as she bounced around in joy and finally latching onto Midoriya's neck.
She giggled and laughed after the worst is gone.
"Class 1-A dimissed you have the afternoon for your selves." Aizawa dismissed and left probably to take an afternoon nap.
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"So, the two of you spill." Mina interogated both Izuku and Minako who were seating together at the cafeteria. Iida, Ochaco and Tsuyu were seated with them on the same table.
Izuku was having a Katsudon, Iida a Beef Stew, Tsuyu a Udon, Ochaco an homemade bento of meatballs, octo-wieners and store-bought seasoning as well a thermos of Miso soup that she shared.
"Spill w-what?" Izuku asked.
"You two are you guys an item or what?" Mina asked.
"We're just friends." Izuku said.
"Ouch, friendzoned." Mina joked.
"Hey, fellow Mina is your hair gonna be alright?" Mina asked.
"It'll grow back, I've had worse." Minako said as she ate more of her Yakisoba Bread.
"Here." Minako shoved the Yakisoba Bread down her throat easily.
She closed her eyes in concentration.
Minako's hair grew back from a pixie-cut to it's default length, but it didn't had its usual luster.
"Wow! That's so awesome." Mina squealed in delight as the small girl demonstration her quirk.
"Thanks."
Mina was sniffing her.
"Is that perfume you're wearing. Damn, it smells so good."
"Hehehe, it's the natural musk of my hair." Minako said as she awkwardly twirled her hair.
"Mouuu, I am so jealous of your Quirk. You can pick whatever length of hair you want and get to smell great all the time. That's cheating, girl."
"Izuku you just won the Girlfriend Jackpot." Mina said with a giggle.
"Wha-" Izuku was heavily blushinh from being teased.
"I am just kidding, Izuku-kun." Mina said as he patted Izuku on the back.
"But, if I were a dude I'd bang-"
"Ahem! Let us not talk such a vulgar topics at such a public place." Iida said.
Mina pouted, "Sure, ya prude. Anyways I have to go back to others, toodles." Mina said as she skipped away and back to her girl group she was sitting with.
"Aizawa was really scary wasn't he." Ochaco said as she ate from her homemade lunch.
"But, he did had a point, kero." Tsuyu said.
"I think Aizawa-sensei was just teaching us to be great heroes." Iida said.
"But, why threatening us with expulsion?" Minako asked.
"It was to pysche us up to simulate a high-risk scenario in real Hero encounters. By putting high stakes it forces us to do better. To avoid that worst-case scenario." Izuku explained as he ate his Katsudon.
Everyone nodded at what Izuku said.
"As expected from you, Izuku-san." Iida praised.
The group of 5 students continued on with talking with eachother and bonded into an established group of friends.
Minako smiled.
'It's been awhile since I felt that I belonged and be acceptes by people.' Minako thought.
As she looked to her new friends. Iida, Tsuyu, Ochaco and Izuku. Each had a quirky and endearing things they did.
Iida with his formal manners and weird gestures.
Tsuyu with her stoicism and caring side. To an untrained eye they would find the frog girl emotionless, but she can notice the subtle muscle tension on her face that tells her feelings. It was a blink and you miss it situation.
Ochaco was the heart of the group being able to give everyone a fun time. Her positivity was infectious.
And, Izuku... She felt a strange connection to him... Probably just hormones acting crazy. Izuku gave such a fluffy and wholesome feeling that she wanted to bask in. He was so earnest with his hobbies and his emerald eyes gave the feeling of determination. She can just spend the day finding new thing about him.
She was now feels accepted. It felt very nice.
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A/N: Phew, two chapters in one day. This story for so long. I just had to write.
I just like the concept of anime girl with a constantly changing hairstyle. And, smelled how she feels at the present. And, oh yeah I made Izuku more stronger in the begining. It was kinda dumb how All-Might sent a kid who had barely any combat training to a school to fight robots.
All-Might had more time to train on how to use, One for All. But, Midoriya still needs to train up to that power milelage. In these version. And, I think would Midoriya would still come up with Full-Cowling without Gran Torino. He just needed help in mental gymnastics at the time and he was very busy.
I really like this story, so I'll continue to update this.
TMB out