When the students finally gathered in the hotel lobby, the teacher set down some rules for their time there. Aizawa didn't need to speak up too much as when he spoke the students from both 1-A and 1-B began to quiet down.
Both classes were gathered past the black landing, where Aizawa stood, and the narrow set of stairs which led to the rest of the lobby.
"Listen up," the teacher almost mumbled, forcing everyone to pay attention so as to just plainly hear them. "There are going to be rules here. Number one, no using quirks against anyone else unless given permission to use them. Number two, boys bunk with boys and girls with girls. Number three, only four people can bunk together at a time. We will be trying to fill the rooms so the only rooms that should have any leftover students will be the only room with less people. Number four, all students are to be inside the hotel by nine o'clock. We will be checking for the students every night at nine thirty, so you should at least be in your rooms at that time. After that, you may continue to roam around the hotel to your heart's content. Don't disturb the other guests. An immediate week's detention will be given if I receive any complaints on that regard."
He waved us off to find our roommates. Hellboy already knew he was bunking with Izuku, so the next question was whoever else was going to bunk. Tenya was Izuku's pick, who agreed only if any other male student had a room. This eventually ended with Mineta, Tokoyami and a boy from 1-B not rooming with others. Tokoyami requested his own room due to his spirit getting very restless during the night. Mineta couldn't find anyone that wanted to bunk with him because they were afraid his perverted activities would lead the teachers to blaming his whole room for something he did. The other student was a member of class 1-B, who simply stated that he didn't want to bunk in the same room as Hellboy due to how he looked and his nightmare from earlier.
He had light blue hair and had a pudgier build than most of the people in the classes. He had a very defensive demeanor.
He held his hands up, "I don't mean that as anything against you, I'm sure you're a really good person. But late at night, if I wake up and turn and see-"
"That's fine," Hellboy placed waved his right hand in front of his face, "You don't have to explain yourself to me."
So, it was agreed that Iida would bunk with the two boys, as well as Denki Kaminari, a student from their class, volunteering to bunk with the three of them.
"Yeah, I suppose I could bunk with you guys. You seem to be cool enough guys." He sniffed his nose, smirking as he did. A few seconds after, he made a strange face, lunging forward with a sneeze with snot running a little out of his nose. He groaned as he walked away to get a tissue.
The red student shrugged, looking to his companions that were still with them. "This should definitely be fun. Let's go get the keys."
They all nodded, Tenya taking the lead as they headed to one of the lobby receptionists. When they got to her, she looked immediately at the large red man in front of her. Her mouth was stuck open as she a bit of his horns reflected some of the lights, giving a soft glare. Tenya cleared his throat, which didn't get her attention. He spoke up.
"Excuse me, ma'am?"
She snapped out of it, her face a bit pink. "Oh, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to stare. You're here through the U.A. Hero Academy, right?"
Tenya nodded, "We are indeed. We need four keys for a room, another person we're bunking with is dealing something at the moment."
She opened a drawer, "Of course," grabbing four keys and laying them on the counter. "Here you are, four keys for four gentlemen."
She turned to the red student, giving a small smile, "Again, I apologize for staring." Her eyes wandered downwards, catching sight of the Right Fist of Doom. "Oh, weapons aren't allowed at this resort."
Tenya looked back to his hand, then back to the woman with a glare.
Before he could respond, Hellboy did, "Maybe I need to make a sign to nail to this thing." He lifted his large appendage, moving the fingers seamlessly, "This is my hand."
She looked at the horns, then the hand, making the connection, "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry! I should have guessed that before I said something." Her face was pink again and she was shaking her hands in the air.
He waved his left hand, letting his right hang, "Don't worry about it, I'm probably going to be hearing that a lot today."
They grabbed their keys, Izuku giving Denki his key as they headed to their rooms which was on the fourth floor. When they got to the elevator, Tenya sighed as the doors closed. "You deal with that on a daily basis, huh?"
The devil nodded, putting a sucker in his mouth, "Yup, that and the looks. Watch, there's gonna be a mother with her kids on our floor. When we pass by her, she's gonna pull her kids closer to her and she's gonna tell them not to look."
When the elevator opened, the four trailed behind Hellboy. It was when they turned the corner that a mother's eyes widened at the sight of him. Her daughter also give him a look, though with a bit more awe than shock. She tugged at her mother's coat.
"Mommy! Look at the tall red man! He's so big!"
The mom hushed her as the boys approached, pulling her closer and putting her hand in the daughter's. "Don't look at the mean man."
The groups passed each other. Hellboy's head remained up, walking by as if nothing had happened. Izuku wasn't too surprised, but he still looked down. After the years of walking around with his brother, he knew about the slander people placed on him.
Tenya thought to when he himself judged his classmate before he knew him, the evil way he looked taking precedence over the person before he met him. He understood why she thought the way she did, but now knowing the truth, he couldn't help but feel guilty because of it.
"Hey, lady!" Denki yelled back. The others turned, as did the mother and her kid. "How about you not judge my friend like that before you get to know him?"
Izuku put his hand on Kaminari's shoulder, prompting the yellow-haired student to turn to him. "It isn't worth it, leave it alone."
Denki frowned his burrow, pushing the green-haired student's hand off his shoulder, "What isn't worth it is people talking bad about people they don't even know."
He moved past the rest of them, now leading the way to the room instead of Red.
When they got to the room, they were immediately shot with a calm, blue ray of light coming from the large window overseeing the mountain range covered in snow. Izuku and Denki dropped their bags in awe of the view, immediately rushing towards the window.
Tenya stepped over the bags, brow wrinkled, "You two come back here and put your bags somewhere no one can trip over! Someone could twist their ankles and Recovery Girl isn't here to fix that."
Izuku smiled, looking back to the group, "The view is amazing, Iida! How could you just stand there without looking at it first?"
Red smiled, picking up his brother's bag and tossing it on the bed as he strode to a closet on the far side of the room to set his bag near it. "We can put our things up later, right now I'm starving."
The roommates nodded, putting their things in spots away from each other's and headed out the door. All of them made sure they had their keys before closing the doors which locked automatically.
On their way to turn the corner back to the elevator, they ran into some of the girls. Ochaco, Tsuyu, Kyoko and Mina.
Mina was the first to notice, "Hey, Red! You guys heading to the cafe too?"
The red student nodded, his brother opting to add, "I was kind of hoping we could go down to the mountain range later too."
Uraraka pepped, "Oh, that does sound like fun! We totally should."
Asui walked forward, nodding, "Maybe we could could even ski down the mountain using the ski lift here, ribbit."
Hellboy smiled, shifting his weight to one of his legs, "That sounds like a plan. Care to join us for lunch then?"
All four girls nodded, taking the lead to the elevator. As the girls walked forward, Denki grinned as he threw his arm over Izuku's shoulder.
"Nice work, Deku. You're a natural!" He whispered. This was only returned by a confused face.
The dining room was vast, having a great view of the mountain range through a very large set of windows. Above were chandeliers, which were still below another window which allowed for other guests to view the mountains as well as the guests dining. When the group got to the dining room, they could see a couple other students as well as other guests having their meals.
They got their food and sat down at tables next to each other as many of the other students began piling in. Uraraka and Ashido sat with the Midoriya brothers while Iida and Kaminari sat with Jiro and Asui. As they began eating, the dining room was now filled with lively conversations between many friends, with a little bit of hostility between the classes. It was mainly between Kirishima and student from 1-B, whom the students were able to name as Monoma after a girl with red hair hit him on the top of his head.
Even this altercation seemed peaceful for Hellboy, he took a deep breath as all the different smells of food filled his nostrils.
As he exhaled, he turned his head to the window.
I really hope nothing's out there. I want this to last. The devil thought to himself.
Jiro noticed this, leaning towards him, "You okay?"
He grinned and nodded, "Just thinking about that hill. It's gonna be a blast going down that!"
"That is, unless someone starts falling down it."
Hellboy winced, laughing under his breath as he said, "That would be painful."
He turned back to his food, which was a small plate of pancakes. The brothers had missed breakfast due to the training Midoriya had to do and the time for the train's arrival. As he ate the plate, his tail twitched back and forth as it usually did with his favorite dish. He even hummed a little as he ate, mesmerized by the taste of the American breakfast.
He was brought out of the trance by Uraraka, "Wow, you really like pancakes, huh?"
"Mhm," He gulped down the warm, fluffy cake, "Pamcakes are the best."
She leaned forward, giggling at the red-skinned student, "Don't you mean pancakes?"
The green-haired brother turned to Ochaco with a smile on his face, "He's always called them that, ever since his first time eating pancakes. Everyone has tried correcting him but it never changes."
"That's adorable!" Mina nudged her fellow overly pigmented student, laughing as she did.
Hellboy's face changed to a slightly darker red as he continued to enjoy his brunch with a smile on his face. When the thought occurred to him, he spoke up, "Does anyone here even know how to ski?"
He looked to the other table too, making sure they heard the question too.
Tenya closed his eyes as he lowered his bowl of rice from his face, "I would think it would be much like when I use my quirk on roller skates."
Jiro looked to the other table, giving a slight nod, "My parents and I went to a ski resort when I was a kid. I think I remember how to ski."
Red looked to the students at his table, who had very little to add to that. Kaminari spoke up, "Well, I'm sure it's not that difficult. At least, I will have it down by the end of the day!"
Jiro grinned, leaning forward, "You want to make a bet out of that? ¥500 says you can't get from the top to the bottom without slipping by the end of the day." She held out her hand for a handshake.
He didn't even look at her hand as he grabbed it with his own, "¥1000 says I can!"
"Deal."
"Deal!"
They both were grinning at each other, ready to prove each other wrong and win the bet.
Everyone had finished eating and were eager to get their things for skiing. Hellboy went straight to the desk for ordering skis and the gear for it, since he didn't need to get a coat for it. He did, however, wanted to be sure he got goggles and skis that fit hoofed individuals. Luckily with the diversity that arises from quirks, they had exactly what he was looking for.
When everyone grouped back together with him and gotten their things, they went to the lockers to put their belongings they didn't want to lose in the lockers. As they walked out, the cold air licked their faces, small snowflakes sprinkling and melting on their faces every now and then. Hellboy never felt this as the snow tended to melt before it reached his skin.
Iida looked to the big, red student, "Are you sure you wouldn't rather get something on over that?"
Hellboy, who was still just wearing a grey muscle shirt and black jeans, shook his head, "And make us wait any longer to get into the snow? As if, Motor Legs!"
The red student knelt down, grabbing a big chunk of snow and chucking it in the direction of the nagging student. The snow, along with a little bit of water, hit him right in the face. Iida jumped, immediately going to wipe the snow off his face.
He grinned, wiping the water off his glasses. "If that's how you want to do this, fine. I'll indulge you!" He rolled to the side, grabbing a bit of snow himself and throwing it as he landed on his feet.
The snow would have hit the devil in the chest, had he not used his powerful legs to dash to the side, evading the attack. He grabbed another grouping of snowflakes with one hand, spinning around as he scooped another ball with the other hand. He threw the first ball, Tenya ducking underneath the ball of snow hurtling towards him. The other ball was already rushing towards him. With no time for him to react, the snow hit the top of his head and got itself underneath his coat, causing him to shiver and struggle to get the snow out from his back.
Hellboy noticed the onlookers, so he used his tail to dig into the snow and threw as much as he could at them. His friends raised their hands in front of their faces, attempting to block the wall of snow that just came hurtling towards them.
"You guys don't need an invitation to throw some snow! Come on!"
The taunt got them into the fray, throwing balls of snow and laughing as they did. Mina tossed a ball at Ochaco, who was building her artillery with her gravity quirk. Izuku was busy building a fort of snow as Denki threw himself down on it trying to dodge one of Hellboy's incredibly fast throws. Helboy was also being ambushed by Tsuyu, who was throwing snow while she was leaping in the air, grabbing snow as she landed, and repeating this against the different students. Kyoko was still brushing off snow from the avalanche from earlier next to Tenya, who had finally gotten the snow to melt from the inside of his coat. They continued to throw snow, switching targets with no real person in mind, getting revenge on each other for each ball thrown.
It all came to a halt when they noticed what was above them. It seemed like a cloud made purely out of snowballs, and behind it was a struggling Uraraka. She smiled as she pressed her fingers together, letting the snow fall to the ground at once.
Kaminari tried running away, screaming, "SNOW NUKE! RUUUUUUN!" as everyone, including him, was buried in the massive amount of snow.
Everyone, except for Red, was brought down by the snow, digging themselves out of their white, cold graves.
Asui shook her head, looking at the brunette who was grinning at her finishing move, "I think she just won, ribbit."
As the devil trudged out of the snowy blanket, he agreed, "And how."
When they all got their barring, the students finally began their march to the ski lift. When they got there, they split into groups of two, Hellboy with Mina, Izuku with Tenya, Ochaco with Tsuyu and Kyoko with Denki. The lift moved relatively slow as to give people on the bottom enough time to get on the lift itself, but was quicker and safer than walking up the mountain itself.
Tenya was the first to speak up between the two boys, "This is nice, being up here. Although I can't help but think we are also wasting our time."
Midoriya looked at his blue-haired friend, "I guess so, but they needed this time to make sure the school wasn't haunted or possessed."
"Does it really take this long to do that? I mean, you and... You and Hellboy have done an exorcism before, right?" His eyebrow was raised.
The other student shrugged as he turned forward, watching his younger brother with Mina as she leaned away from him with a giggle, then leaned against him.
Izuku answered, "I personally haven't done an exorcism with him, but he has done a couple. They were small hauntings, but even with those he would be gone until early in the morning, sometimes until five in the morning."
Tenya nodded, smiling as the friends in front of them laughed together, "Then I suppose it's right that it takes this long. Still, something still bothers me about all of this." The curly-haired student looked to the other as he continued, "Why aren't the other classes of our school with us on this vacation? It isn't as if there wouldn't be enough rooms to house us all with the system we have for us."
The older brother looked to the ground below them, thinking about the epiphany, then turned back to Tenya, "Do you think the B.P.R.D. and Hellboy are a part of some secret mission?"
"Maybe," he paused, looking towards the snow-covered trees that reflected the light of the sun, "With how this agency seems to operate, as they were able to fully recruit a student to their organization without them being a hero yet, I couldn't say it's out of the question."
Izuku thought back to when Hellboy, Tokoyami and the other student was sent to the agent's car during the first part of the trip. Tenya is on to something, for sure. There's no way they aren't part of something at this point.
The thought was pushed away when the lift finally reached the top of the mountain. Both the boys hopped off the lift, meeting up with the red and pink students. Mina was tugging on Hellboy's muscle shirt as she awed at the distance to the bottom of the mountain.
"Wow! That's such a long fall." She proclaimed.
Hellboy nodded, kneeling down to put his skis on his hooves, "I'm thinking Kaminari's bet is going to be going to Jiro."
The lightning-quirked student groaned as he stepped forward, "Says you! I'll probably win this bet on my first-" he fell forward, landing on top of a blanket of snow. He raised his head, "Okay, maybe my third try."
Kyoko and Mina began laughing as Ochaco and Tsuyu began their approach to the group. Everyone began putting their skis on, sliding their goggles over their eyes and preparing themselves for the drop. While they were preparing, another familiar voice popped up towards them.
The students looked at the lift, noticing their classmates coming up to join them in the drop. It was difficult to miss the boy with red and spiked hair next to the perpetually grumpy blonde.
Kaminari raised his hand into the air, "Hey, Kirishima! Bakugo! You guys skiing down too?"
"You know we are! We're real men like that!" The boy grinned, prematurely hopping off the lift to land on the ground faster. Katsuki waited until the lift got to the right spot before eventually jumping off too, though he still glared at Izuku and Hellboy as he walked forward.
The red student noticed the hostility, "Hey, Bakugo,"
The blonde snarled, "Yeah, what do you want, you red monkey?"
"How about we race to the bottom, I bet I can beat you down!" His tail was still twitching as he ignored the comment.
Katsuki turned his attention towards the mountain, narrowing his stare, "Shut it, I'll kill you."
Hellboy grinned, digging his sticks into the ground. "I'll take that as a yes." He peered down the mountain, noticing the children that were oblivious to the world around them, "Try to avoid many jumps though, don't want to hit any kids on the way down."
"SHUT IT AND LET'S DO IT ALREADY!"
Both the boys shot off, Katsuki opting to use his explosions to get a burst forward while Hellboy used his sheer strength to push off. They both got around twenty feet off the ground before descending back towards the ground. Before the blonde hit the ground, he create another explosion, gaining him some distance ahead of the red student. This didn't last as the devil used his legs yet again to gain a burst of height and speed. He almost caught up with his opponent before noticing Tenya bursting ahead of them both, his calves visibly on fire as his layers of pants were rolled up.
He definitely isn't a stranger to this. Red leaned back, swinging his right fist as he did. When it came forward, he kept his balance, gaining him a burst of speed that got him just past the blonde opponent.
He turned back, a smile on his face as the blonde shared a dastardly grin. When Hellboy looked behind the student, he saw his other friends moving down the mountain. Izuku and Ochaco were taking their time it seemed, just trying to keep their balance. Mina was ahead of them, a bit more confident in her balance on the skis since she used her quirk to slide through places quickly. Kyoko was behind them all, only because she was too busy laughing as Denki fumbled and tumbled to try winning the bet they made. Tsuyu was in the middle of it all, showing no signs of nervousness but also not speeding through. Eijiro was ahead of them all, trying to keep up with the three leaders.
As Hellboy turned back to face forward, he threw the weight of his Right Fist of Doom again, gaining more distance ahead of Bakugo. They were almost to the bottom. Tenya had already gotten there and patiently waited for the other classmates to reach the bottom.
With Bakugo's next move, he lundged ahead of the red student, and explosion came about which landed him the victory between him and Hellboy by five seconds.
The victor was panting as he trudged towards his former opponent. "Ha! Would you look at that, the red monkey lost."
The red monkey laughed as he patted Bakugo on the back with his right hand, "Not gonna lie, that was good! I didn't think you would use your quirk to gain that much speed."
The blonde simply scoffed, "Maybe you shouldn't be thinking so low of me you damn devil!"
The two glared at each other for a second. No matter how much Hellboy tried, Bakugo never warmed up to him.
"I thought we were having a good time, that was fun. Why is it you always, without missing a beat, turn around to spit in people's faces?" He started to walk forward.
Bakugo got into a defensive stance, continuing to glare at his classmate. "Because I know that I'm above you! I don't care how strong you think you are, I don't need your pity."
Red shrugged, kneeling down to unclip his skis, which he still fumbled with due to the Right Fist of Doom. "Look, I don't know where this is all coming from, but we're here to have fun. Leave the hero stuff, that 'I will be number one' crap, at the school." He looked up at his classmate, raising his left hand and trying for a smile, "C'mon, loosen up a little."
The blonde smacked his lips, turning away from Red. He knelt down, taking off his gear much easier than the other student. "I'm never gonna be your friend, hell spawn. I'll kill you before I ever am." He picked up his gear and began trudging inside.
The other students finally got down the mountainside, laughing as the tripped over themselves attempting to walk with the skis on. Tenya, who had seen the whole interaction, approached the red student and lent his hand out to him. Hellboy took it and picked himself back up.
Tenya spoke softly, his head turned in Katsuki's direction, "There's simply no talking to him. He doesn't even try to approach others."
They both turned to each other, Hellboy shrugging, "I don't know. That went better than it has gone in the past." Hellboy smiled as he looked back to the group.
Denki had finally gotten to the ground in a huge ball of snow. It was clear to both Hellboy and the others, he wasn't winning that bet.
The group went ahead to ride the lift another time, excluding Hellboy and Tsuyu. The red student decided it would be good to go inside and get some warm drinks for everyone, since by the second drop they would no doubt be freezing. Tsuyu was already too cold to continue.
"My frog-like biology does not allow me to stay in the cold for too long, ribbit. So I will be calling it a day for skiing for me." She explained, with an odd shiver to her usually dormant expression.
They both waved to the group as they headed for their second slide down the mountain. As Tsuyu and Hellboy headed for the doors inside, he offered to carry her skis. She didn't take the offer, though.
"It's gotta be really cold from the snow." He insisted.
She simply shook her head, "It's okay. I can carry my own weight. Thank you for the offer, Hellboy."
He nodded, not having a clear way to argue with her. Once they entered the building, the immediate rush of warm air hit them and made at least Tsuyu's fingers and toes sting.
She spoke up again, "I've been thinking about some things. You were adopted by Izuku's mother, correct?"
He looked down, a bit taken by the sudden interjection into his personal life. He hesitated, "Yeah, I suppose I was. What do you want to know about that?"
They got in line for returning skis as she continued her thought, "Professor Bruttenholm had mentioned that you were from Hell. I was just wondering how a demon from Hell managed to get into the custody of a suburban mother." She looked almost directly up to him, her face unchanging. "If you don't mind me asking."
The line moved forward pretty quickly, as they were up to give their things back. They handed the clerk all the gear and began their walk towards refreshments. "I thought Izuku told you guys the story already."
"I don't remember him telling me the story."
They rounded another corner, catching an eye at the long line for drinks. So, they decided to sit down.
He leaned back, thinking back almost ten and a half years ago, before All Might, when he was still in Hell with his father. Then being chased by both Aizawa and All Might after being brought through the portal. He shook his head, turning back to Tsuyu.
"Nah, it's not important anyways. I'm here now, right? So let's just leave it at that." And they left it alone while they waited for the line for drinks.