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Now, I'm gonna be honest. This chapter was hard to write because I was fighting writer's block and lack of ideas, but it's done, it's here, whatever! In the next few chapters we should be getting to UA, which I know everybody has been having their butts clenched for, so don't worry, papa knows, he's just slow.

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"Uhh...All Might?"

"I know what you're gonna say." Toshinori replied immediately with a sigh as he crossed his arms "But you have to trust me on this, it's perfect."

"I mean...I-I can see the benefits of it but…" Izuku gulped with embarrassment as he stared at the pamphlet that had just been handed to him "Can't we do it some other way? I-I can take anything, I promise!"

"Then this should be easy peasy. Come on, it'll help put some spring in your step, loosen you up." the number one hero said with a snicker and a shake of his head "Just try it, if you don't like it we'll try something else."

"B-But…" Midorya attempted to retort again, raise some opposition, but even he knew his tutor's argument was too sound and his own distaste too based on personal bias to give him enough ammunition to come up with a proper challenge

But still….dance classes?

Deku had done research, he knew a lot of athletes did ballet to help with their balance and posture...and part of him was thankful he didn't have to do that instead. Just imagining himself in those tight pants trying to be all flexible and stuff was humiliating enough.

But still, swing dance? Izuku had never seen that pop up in his research before. He would have expected tap dancing sooner than swing.

"No buts. You said you were willing to do whatever it took to get ready to inherit One For All." All Might reminded the boy with a smirk as he hit him with a gentle flick on the forehead "I'm not even asking for you to climb mountains this time, just a simple dance class at saturday, five pm."

"Well…wait, did you schedule a class already?!"

"Yep. I know that means you won't miss it!" his instructor said with a hearty laugh

And dammit, he was right. Now there wasn't any way for Izuku to avoid it anymore. He could postpone scheduling it, leave it for later, that was fine, but the moment the date had been marked down on the callendar, it became responsibility and there was nothing he could do to get around that side of his psyche. Izuku had to go...whether he liked it or not, he had to show up.

"You know, for the number one hero in the whole world...you're pretty evil…" he said jokingly with an awkward laugh as he covered his blushing face.

Izuku Midorya, the dancer.

That was new.

He had it in his mind the whole day, as he lifted weights, as he did his cardio sets, as he sparred with All Might. It was like he substituted the frustration of his training with the new prospect of dancing as the demon that haunted his thoughts ceaselessly, and someway, somehow the monster of swing dancing was even stronger than the one born of frustration...ugh, his stomach churned with embarrassment just thinking about the whole ordeal.

Now it was friday, he had only one day to prepare himself mentally for tomorrow afternoon. It didn't help that his mom was actually excited about it. Her little boy dancing apparently sounded pretty good in her head.

Izuku sighed as he rose from his bed after the alarm awakened him from a nightmare involving him tap dancing on a stage while everyone in the audience laughed and threw tomatoes at him.

After brushing his teeth and changing into his tracksuit, the boy would eat a quick breakfast before leaving his place carefully not to awake his mother. A morning run was always great for clearing his mind, nothing like tiring yourself out physically to make your mental stop throbbing.

It was a colder morning today, the sky was cloudy and the streets were moist from the rain that had fallen the night before, leaving behind a pleasant humid scent in the air.

Izuku started as he always did, stretching and then being off, one foot after the other. It had become much easier now. He had more stamina, more strength in his legs, more everything and it made him feel good.

The further he went the more he felt his thoughts escape their prison as his mind drifted elsewhere. He thought of himself finally having a quirk, even if it wasn't his. He thought of the day he spent with the girls earlier in the week. He thought of a lot of things, all of which would come crashing down into a halt when…

"Think fast!"

Was all Izuku could hear before his world was enveloped by a storm of noise and brightness, causing him to fall comically to the floor with a yelp as Bakugo laughed his socks off after clapping the equivalent of a flashbang against the dork's face.

"God, you're such a wimp."

Talk about a wake up call, Midorya was still dizzy and confused by the time he rose from the ground, giving himself a few moments to shake his head and escape from his dazzled state as he looked up at his blond classmate. "O-Oh, hi K-Kacchan."

"You really need to watch where you're going, dork. One of these days you're gonna run yourself off a cliff." the spiky haired teen taunted with a roll of the eyes as he scoffed at the green haired boy who was picking himself off the floor.

"S-Sorry...just have a lot on my mind."

"I'm sure you do." Bakugo said with disinterest before immediately brushing the subject off "Tomorrow we're racing again, by the way. And this time I'm running you into the dirt!" he said with a grumble as he turned to walk away almost instantly

"A-Actually...tomorrow I have some stuff I have to do so...I'd like to save my energy."

"What?" Katsuki turned around with a raise brow, almost incredulous that he had just been given no for an answer "You always do the same stuff every weekend."

"Y-Yeah, but...not this time. I'm gonna be…" Izuku sighed before mumbling something incoherent

"What?"

Deku mumbled again, this time a bit louder, but you still could not make out anything he was saying.

"Prancing lemons...?"

"D-Dancing lessons…" Midorya finally said out loud with a minor shudder in his body as he watched Katsuki's eyes squint before a confused smirk sprouted in his face.

"Dancing? You?" the blond snorted "What, is that plan B after your stupid dream of being a hero crumbled?"

"It helps with balance and stuff...athletes do it and all…" Izuku explained sheepishly while avoiding the other teen's gaze "I just thought it could help me too…"

"Pfft, yeah right, athletes do it, sure." Katsuki rolled his eyes with a snicker

"T-They do! That part is true!"

"They do…?" Bakugo's smile faded as his expression turned into one of puzzlement as he grinded the information in his mind "Huh...sure, whatever...monday then. Sound good?"

"M-Monday's fine." Izuku nodded awkwardly

"Alright, see ya." the blond said rather quickly before walking away.

That was...weird. No last insult? No spite? That's not how Kacchan said goodbye to people. "Maybe he thinks this whole thing is humiliating enough already." The green haired teen would think before sighing to himself as he continued his morning run. Now he had even more to think about.

Okay, this was it then. Just a class, one experimental one that would probably be full of girls with him being the only guy there. But it was fine, Izuku could pull through it, then he didn't have to come back.

The instructions were to just come dressed comfortably so, his usual workout sweats would do the trick. Properly washed and with a nice extra layer of deodorant over him just to make sure he was proper for this whole thing.

"Why was facing that villain easier than this…?"

Midorya sighed as he finally stopped in front of the building. The place wasn't too big, it seemed to be on the second floor of a local gym. Kako Kyrui's dance academy, he figured All Might had picked it just because it was in walking distance without much research added to it. At last it shouldn't be a big class, which meant less eyes to stare at him.

Taking a sigh, Izuku found the strength to step forwards into the building...or at least he would have if he wasn't stopped dead in his tracks as he heard a familiar voice call to him.

"The hell are you doing here wimp?!"

And there he was, in all his glory. Katsuki Bakugo, with red in his face and a glare that could murder if you looked hard enough along with a growl boiling under his breath.

"K-Kacchan?!" Izuku exclaimed under pure and raw surprise in his tone as the two stared at each other awkwardly for a few moments before Midorya broke the silent with a sigh "Uhh...this is where I'm gonna...try the dance thing. And you?"

His answer was received in the form of a grumble at first and a reluctant fluster shining in the brute blond's cheeks before he finally spoke "I'm...trying this stupid dance thing too…"

"Y-You...what?" Deku crooked his head like a confused dog as he tried to process the words he had just heard

"What?! Athletes do it and if you're gonna do it, I can't let you get ahead of me!" Bakugo exclaimed as he pointed a defiant finger towards the green haired teen "Yeah, I'm gonna dance and I'm gonna be better than you at it! Now out of my way!" Katsuki said before pushing Midorya aside as he stomped up the steps towards the place where their first class would be taking place.

Izuku couldn't quite figure out if this was a good thing or not for him. In a way, it was a familiar face, which did make him feel a little more at home, but in another way...it was Bakugo's face. And that wasn't associated with comfort at all.

But, enough muddling, with a deep breath he'd straighten himself up and walk up the steps as well.

The inside of the place wasn't far from what he expected. The whole floor was covered in a rubbery, cushioned covering, the room smelled faintly of sweat and there was a total of four ceiling fars running along with some music in the background, a calm tune while everyone got ready for their class.

As expected, Katsuki had found himself a corner to lean on and proceed to fire glared and anyone who dared to gaze at him. Good ol' Kacchan.

As Izuku laid his pack down by the door he took the time to examine the others. His assumptions were correct in that there were more girls than guys, but not by that much. There was still a handful of them there, enough to not make him feel so out of place in the ambient.

They all just seemed...normal after all. Just kids his age, granted some of them had horns, or wings or...bright pink skin and horns, and exotic colored eyes and was headed straight towards him...wait, what?

"Hey! You're new here, right?" the pink skinned girl asked in a loud and cheerful tone as he clasped Izuku's hand and shook it up and down with a smile so bright it could rival All Might's own.

"U-Uhh...yes, actually...j-just an experimental class." Deku answered a bit awkwardly as he shook the girl's hand with a blush.

"Oh, you're gonna love it!" she exclaimed with utmost confidence in her visage "I know guys usually feel all awkward about it the first time, but once you get started you never want to stop! Plus, Kako is a great instructor!"

"I'm sure she is if you say so." Izuku would nod with a smile. There was just something about the girl's innate cheerful demeanor that calmed his spirit and made everything seem alright as long as he was around her.

"Hey, you usually get to pick who you pair with on the first day, but do you wanna be my partner? I promise I'll let you keep up!" she said with a giggle.

Deku nodded with a smile "Sure, that sounds lovely. My name is Izuku, by the way. Izuku Midorya."

"Mina Ashido!" the pink skinned girl introduced herself "Nice to meet you!"

The couple smiled to each other before their attention was pulled away towards a young woman, who exited out of the backroom, dressed in form fitting shirt and pants with her long brown hair tied up in a ponytail that reached down to the middle of her back.

"Alright ladies and gents, let's cut the chit chat and get started!" she said after clapping her hands to catch everyone's attention and then flipping the song in the stereo to something with a little more jive to it, a classic tune from the 50s that just made you want to get up and get moving.

No one lost time once Mrs Kyrui entered the scene, it seemed they were all accustomed to it by now as chatter died down almost instantly and they all stood up and awaited what their teacher had to say.

"Alright, we've got a couple of new faces here today, so let me tell you how we do things. Once class starts only two voices are allowed to pipe up. That is mine and whoever's singing in the radio!" she gestured to the soundbox with a smirk and Izuku couldn't help but snicker at the grumbled frown Katsuki had in his face from being bossed around "I like getting introductions down later when I know you'll be sticking around, so for now, just follow along and call me if you need anything!"

Midorya nodded along as he stood in the back. He still felt pretty awkward, but now that he had gotten the ball rolling it was easy to swallow his embarrassment and just keep trekking through it.

"Alright, let's start with a quick warm up! Head to toe everyone, along with me!" their instructor said as she began their usual warmup routine.

It was actually very similar to what Deku was used to. The motions were targeted, shifting from specific points of the body to the others, making sure it all got warmed up properly, starting from rolling your neck, down to each joint of your arm and down to the legs.

"Alright, young Midorya, now get your gloves and let's get started." All might said after shifting into his buff form as he began to strap his own gloves on, keeping a curious eye planted on the teen's demeanor as he got ready.

There was something new there, the usual constant worry and doubt seemed weaker, he seemed more relaxed in a way, looser.

Or perhaps the symbol of peace was just getting old and seeing things that simply weren't there. Toshinori didn't like feeling old.

"Alright, now that we warmed up let's start easy." his instructor said as her stance visibly shifted as she began to walk in place, following along the rhythm of the music, the motion was fluid and relaxed, but when Midorya tried to follow along he took a few steps to get used to it "Remember to angle your body forward, not backwards, you're dancing, not marching. Fluid, not stiff. One, two, one, two…"

"One, two, one, two...don't think too much on it…" Izuku said to himself as he slowly but surely fell into a decent enough rhythm. At least the motion felt more comfortable now than it was before for the teen.

"One, two, one, two…"

After they had strapped the belts in, it didn't even take the first jab to be thrown for All Might to see a slight, but yet noticeable difference in his protege's stance. He still held the good and reliable boxing guard he had though him, but he carried it differently now.

He didn't stop moving.

Midorya was shuffling slightly in place at a constant rhythm, always ready to spring out, always ready to turn a gentle shuffle into a dash if need be...which had been something he had been trying to drill into the boy's head for months now.

"Good stance, young Midorya...let's see if you can hold it under pressure!"

"This next one is called touch stepping! It's as the name says. Touch, step, touch, step…" his instructor would explain, demonstrating it as she tapped the floor with the tip of her foot before placing it firmly down "Once you get comfortable with it, try doing to the sides, to the front, back, you can go any direction with it as long as you don't trip!"

Izuku found she made it seem easier than it looked as she just dexterously threw her legs from side to side, moving along in perfect rhythm, but with enough practice he was able to kind of get it down to the sides, though it still looked a bit stiff.

"Good one! That's it!"

All Might smiled even brighter than usual. Midorya had improved a lot. He still wasn't perfect, he was still getting caught every once in a while, but he was dodging a lot more now, proper dodges! Not leaping backwards afraid of the hit, but trying to actually weave in and out as he seemed to use all directions available to him comfortably.

"Move your head more, remember, that's the target everyone will be going for!"

"Triple stepping is a little more complex, but it's all about rhythm people! Once you get into it, it just goes on its own!" she explained as her feet quickly shuffled amongst each other, always three steps at a time, three taps on the floor in between the beats of the music "Do it slowly at first and then speed up, don't rush into it!"

Deku found that advice to be quite helpful as he started slowly at a turtle's pace, dissecting the motions bit by bit until he felt comfortable enough to slowly speed up until he was more of less following suit. It was good that Mina was so good at it, because it meant he could imitate her.

"Great form, keep going!"

All Might missed another jab and it felt great. He was holding back, of course, but still for a quirkless teenager, it was an accomplishment to avoid the punches like he was throwing.

It wasn't just in his dodges, the whole movement of his feet shined in how they weaved with each other. He was shuffling so well Toshinori could not predict where he would move next, at least most of the time. He was getting it down and the best part was that All Might hadn't even taught him that part yet!

"Kickstepping next, just toss your leg out in between shuffles. And don't love balance or you're gonna look stupid!" Kyrui explained as she demonstrated, every other step of her motions having a quick kick in between.

That was a bit difficult to replicate, but Izuku had some respite in seeing Katsuki struggling as well off to the side, but having to keep himself from cussing.

All Might almost couldn't believe his eyes. He missed again, but not because Izuku had dodged his attack. The kid had actually fainted a sidestep to make him miss. That was some advanced techniques that he had actually managed to whip out, and he was fast enough with it to make it work.

"We might have to move onto actual sparring at this rate, young Midorya!" The number one hero laughed heartily before signalling the teen that the session was over, prompting him to drop his stance in a sweaty, exhausted huff.

"We're wrapping it early today?" Izuku asked as he began removing his gloves while catching his breath with deep respirations.

"Yeah, I figured you earned some rest with all the progress you've been making." All Might gave him a thumbs up as he began to stash everything back into place.

"Oh, no, I have swing today." the green haired teen pointed out to the hero's curiosity

"You're still doing that? Part of me thought you'd quit after a while."

"You know, I thought so too but...I ended up liking it." the teen shrugged with a smile on his face

"Alright, good work everyone! Now pair up, let's do some actual practice!" Kako would announce with another clap of the hands, which prompted the pink skinned teen to pipe up and give Izuku a playful flick on a strand of his hair

"You're up, slugger!" she giggled

They had been dance partners for a few weeks now, ever since Izuku joined. They seemed to mesh pretty well and Mina was very fun to hang out with, thought Izuku felt a little awkward about adding yet another girl to his circle of friends, especially with how physically expressive she was. In other words, she liked to give lots of hugs.

"Slugger, huh?" Izuku snickered as the music kicked in and he followed Mina's movements while holding onto her hands with a faint blush on his face

"You do boxing, right? Isn't that how some people call boxers?"

"Heh, guess you're right." Izuku smiled and then had to hold in a laugh as he got a glimpse of Kacchan and how uncomfortable the girl he was partnered with looked as she tried to not look directly into his glare. He was honestly surprised he hadn't quit, but then again, Katsuki wasn't a quitter, be that for better or worse.

"Wanna meet Chacha and Suu after this?" Mina asked with an expressive smile

"You and your nicknames...sure, if they're up for it."

"Nice!" she giggled to herself a little too loudly, which earned her a glare from their instructor "Also, keep your feet closer to the ground...yeah, like that!"