He felt uncomfortable.

"Ummm… C-Could you not stare too much? Please?", Mitsuji timidly asked.

Momo was too deep in her thoughts while analyzing her sidekick. She circled him and looked at him from every angle. Mitsuji wanted to run away since she was looking at him too much to the point he was being self-conscious.

He decided to focus on other things. His other classmates were training with their heroes. Kai was shooting off laser beams from his hands to the sky along with Yuga. Jacob was having a hard time defending against Izuku's quick and powerful attacks. Narruk was trying hard to land a blow on Katsuki but he only received explosions from his mentor. Everyone else were working hard with their mentors but here he was, being analyzed by a girl and a beautiful one to boot.

"I've seen the way you fight", Momo finally said and made Mitsuji nervous and relax at the same time. He became relaxed that she wasn't observing him that much anymore but he became nervous since he had to talk to a girl.

"You're a mid-ranged fighter. You shoot off flames to your target. If they get too close, you wrap yourself with fire so they would back away. In case that they don't back away and manage to touch you, you'll use your electric side and stun them. Am I correct so far?", Momo asked.

"Y-Yes, S-Senpai!", Mitsuji answered and sweated a lot.

"Why are you so nervous? I'm not going to harm you"

"I-It's just that… I don't really interact with my upperclassmen and beautiful girls that much"

He remembered the bad experiences he had with them. If it wasn't for Mitsuo, he wouldn't be in UA and would've been stuck with that kind of life.

"Okay. I know it's not easy but try to tone down your nervousness. I noticed in your battle that you were nervous at the start. Although I'm not sure whether it affected your fight with the wolfman, nervousness and heroism doesn't match", Momo told him.

Mitsuji hung his head and looked down on the ground. He knew that all well. When his classmates found out that he was aiming to be a hero, they would've laughed if Mitsuo wasn't around. He knew that he wasn't cut to be a hero. But he had to be one. With All Might gone, he had to make sure that society will remain peaceful. He knew it would be a hard journey.

"Y-Yes ma'am", he replied.

"Good. Now let us not waste any time and train. We don't want to be the ones who'll do supplementary lessons"

Mitsuji prayed in his heart that he won't do any hellish training. He took a peek at what the others were doing. Tenya was sparring with a fast-moving Tsubaki. Runa was flying up in the sky and was being chased by a flying Fumikage.

"Let's spar too", Momo said.

"Eh?"

Momo made a metal staff and charged at him. Mitsuji reacted just in time to wrap himself with flames making her back off. However, she made a net and threw it at him. When the net touched the fire, it immediately contracted and captured Mitsuji. Panicking, Mitsuji created more flames and caused the net to contract more.

"That net is made out of a special alloy. It contracts when it is heated. And it is your loss", Momo said.

1…2…

The ground shook and cracks appeared on it. Momo jumped just in time when a crater formed beneath her. A hand made of earth emerged from the ground and almost caught her but she created a hammer and smashed the earthen hand. The ground shook again and this time, jagged pillars of earth came from Mitsuji towards Momo in a straight line. She sidestepped it but her feet sunk in the mud.

There's mud here?, she thought.

If it weren't for her experience, she would've lost her balance but with her quick thinking, she made a grappling hook and shot it at one of the pillars that were made out of earth. She pulled herself out of the mud.

27…28…

So he's not only limited to fire and electricity but also earth? The entire area is my enemy! But why isn't he attacking?, Momo asked in her head.

1…

Not passing up any opportunity, Momo made a grenade. The grenade contained sleeping gas. She threw it at Mitsuji who was unable to move.

2…

But before he could act, he got hit by the grenade and it released its contents. The sleeping gas knocked Mitsuji out.

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Mitsuji woke up and felt a soft sensation. It was warm and he felt comfortable. He felt that it was okay if he were to spend an eternity lying down on whatever he was lying down.

Unfortunately for him, he opened his eyes and saw Momo's face looking down at him. It took him seconds to realize what was going on. Momo was giving him a lap pillow. His face paled and his heart raced.

"Gaaahhh!", Mitsuji screamed as he got up.

"Woah! What's wrong?", Momo asked.

"P-P-Please don't do that again! I beg of you! I would die of a heart attack!"

"Do what?"

"T-T-That lap pillow! Seeing a person's face upon immediately waking up is not good for my health!"

Mitsuji caught his breath and waited for himself to calm down. Momo looked at him with concern.

That was the first time he received a lap pillow from someone aside from his mom and the experience was unnatural. The warmth and the softness of the said pillow and how Momo's pretty face looking at him.

No! What am I thinking?! You're just shocked. That's all, he thought.

He cleared his mind by looking at others who were training with their mentors. Nagai was swimming in the air and chasing after the rocks Ochaco sent afloat. Suzumi was melting the ice Shoto made while he was determining how fast she could melt the ice.

"Shall we continue?", Momo asked.

Mitsuji had to continue. His classmates were training hard and he couldn't let his nervousness and weaknesses get in his way. He will defeat Momo and be a great hero.

"Y-Yes ma'am!", Mitsuji answered.

He lost again. Thanks to Momo's sleeping gas, he became unconscious. It was a great fight compared to the first one. He was able to keep Momo away for a while with his flames and when she threw the net, he avoided them. And instead of wrapping himself with flames when Momo would rush towards him with a net, he wrapped himself with electricity instead. However, he still got captured and used the earth to give her trouble and prevent her from using her sleeping gas. But in the end, she still won. The difference in skills and experience was huge. Any tricks he came up were countered easily.

Mitsuji hoped that he wouldn't be given another lap pillow and when he woke up, he was greeted by the clinic's ceiling.

"Oh. You're awake", Momo, who was seated beside his bed, said.

"Thank you…", Mitsuji said.

"For what?"

"D-Don't mind me"

Momo was confused.

"Do you feel anything weird?", she asked.

"No.. I feel refreshed for sleeping twice in the same afternoon", he answered.

"I see. Now, let's go back to the dorm, Saiga", Momo told him.

"No. Don't worry. I can handle myself"

Walking home with a girl was too much for Mitsuji, The only person he ever walked home with was Mitsuo. His heart wasn't ready for such a leap. After all, walking home contains conversations and interactions. And he couldn't imagine himself to do that.

"Okay. We'll train again tomorrow", Momo said.

"Yes ma'am", Mitsuji replied and walked out of the clinic.

When he arrived at the dorm, he took a shower and then crashed into his bed.

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In one of the rooms of Class 1-A's dormitory, a person was holding a shell.

"Do they suspect you?", a voice that originated from the shell asked.

"Not in the slightest", the person said.

"Do your job properly and we'll keep our end of the deal"

"Do not worry. I will make sure that your plans will be done, Shigaraki"

Hey everyone! Here's the new chapter and man, the story's finally moving now that introduction of the OCs are done. There's still the tournament arc and a bunch of other arcs I'm planning so I'm not dropping this anytime soon. Sorry for the short chapters since I can only use my laptop for a limited time since doctors advise me to rest. So I'll do my Rubesty and deliver you chapters of this fanfic. Anyways… Hope you enjoyed and leave a review!