Our class of future heroes were now all set to venture out into the freezing wonderland. They started off their journey by strolling down the pathway of their campus. Trekking through the school ground proved to be a bit rougher than they expected however. Just as Iida had predicted the previous day, the level of snow had elevated; making the walk more difficult than it had needed to be. On their way down to the entrance gates the group had spotted quite a few maintenance workers. They all seemed to be hard at work in shoveling the mountainous piles of snow out from the pavement and onto the field.

"Wow." Tsuyu said as she observed them diligently work. "That's a lot of workers."

"U.A. seems to take winter quite seriously," Fumikage added in. "clearing the snow appears to be a top priority here." One after another, piles of snow were hauled out from the paths and out onto the fields. The workers didn't seem to be taking any sort of break; which wasn't abnormal per say, but their movements seemed so robotic like, as if they were perfectly choreographed without fail. To top it all off the workers were all wearing jackets that sported 'U.A.' on the back, not only that, but they were all the exact same light blue jacket with giant fur hoods covering up the identities of these people. "Perhaps too seriously..." Continued Fumikage, now noticing how strange this was.

"Do you believe we should try to get their attention?" Shoji, who was next to them joined in.

"We should probably tell them happy holidays." Tsuyu suggested. She cuffed her hands together and shouted. "Hey! Happy holidays!" The workers didn't stop; as if they were not able to hear her at all. The frog girl turned to her two classmates which shrugged. "Was I loud enough?" She asked.

"I could hear you loud and clearly." Fumikage said.

"Do you think walking up to them would be a good idea?" Tsuyu asked her group, placing a finger on her face and sticking her tongue out. Before any of them could respond to her question, a voice from afar called out to them.

"Asui and the others, you're all lagging behind!" The bunch of them turned to see Iida yelling towards them; halfway across the pathway with the others. They realized the separation and caught up to the other students, apologizing to Iida for halting to gaze off elsewhere. Iida crossed his arms and looked at them with confusion, turning his head to glance over at where the group had been so fixated on. "What were you all doing standing over there? Was something distracting or worrying all of you?"

"Just wishing the workers a happy holiday, but I don't think they heard us." Tsuyu said, looking back at the hooded figures who were still working. Iida followed Tsuyu's eyes and spotted the workers. Then, he smiled which became a chuckle that then evolved into full on laughter. They stared at him, confused. Was Iida laughing at something they had done or said? All of them thought back as to what they could've done that prompted him to break out into this laughing fit.

After a while Iida ceased his laughter and smiled once more. "Don't worry about them," He reassured. "They aren't real people; the school uses robots for our janitorial services." The students, all of them, with the exception of Momo were taken aback by this fact. The workers halted their work; every last one of them turned in unison. They walked in lines to the next area of work. From the angle the students were at a front view of these workers was view- able. It was only then that the steel faces with glowing glass eyes could be seen. The robotic workers marched away; out of the classes' view, off to shovel snow elsewhere.

"Wait," Tsuyu asked. "If they're robots why do they need to be wearing jackets?"

"That I sadly do not know of, but I can think of a few reasons for why." Iida answered, rubbing his chin. "Perhaps it's to identify any robots that wander off." He continued to think about that question, why did a robot wear a jacket? It was a strange question to ask, but he thought an answer would be even stranger.

"I believe it might be to go along with this whole Christmas aesthetic, Tsu." Momo, who was listening in added. Iida nodded, agreeing with her statement.

"Either way we should continue. After all, we don't want to miss the bus." Iida said, walking up to the front. He gestured for the students to resume the walk. Mina, who was near the back of the crowd was called up to the front once they reached the gates of their school. She came up and met with who was calling her. Not surprisingly, it was Iida and Momo who had just been done a roll-call of everyone.

"Yep?" She asked with a perky smile.

"Mina, you know where this place is, right?" Momo asked. Mina nodded.

"Of course!" She said, giving a thumbs up and winking. "I've been going there since I was just a little kid!"

"Would you mind leading the way?" The class president requested. "None of us have ever been to this place besides you so it'd be best if you were to guide us from here on out."

"Leave it to me!" She said, trotting away. She turned her head before she got too far from the crowd. "This way!" The alien queen pointed. And so, Class 1A followed along with her; Iida and Momo straight behind her. Momo kept looking back to make sure everyone was still with them; not wanting to leave anyone behind or lose them on the way. Although it'd be quite difficult to get separated from a crowd this big, Momo had to double-check as Iida and her were responsible for the safety of their friends.

After a while Mina stopped at a bus stop; she was waiting for everyone to catch up. "Are we stopping here to get on the bus?" Iida asked, checking the sign laid out in front of him. It read '14' and was the assumed number of the bus.

"Yep!" Mina said, taking a seat on the bench. "This'll take us down to the train station and we can get on one of them to get out of the city and take us right to where we're going." She sounded pretty confident in her answer so there wasn't any reason to have doubt, at least for now.

"It's quite useful to know your way around." Momo added in with a smile. She turned and called out to everyone. "Everyone!" The students, who were chatting among one another stopped and faced their vice president. She had a serious look on her face; the students knew she was most likely going to announce something important. "As of currently we'll be waiting a few minutes until our bus arrives! We will get on and get off once it reaches the train station, Mina will then guide us through on which train to take. Does everyone have their bus pass?" The students nodded. "That's good! How about your rail pass?" Once again, they nodded, Momo was relieved as that meant no one would have to pay or borrow money for their transportation.

Everyone waited for the bus, a few standing around and chatting while others took the liberty to take a seat by the road. Kirishima, who was standing about decided to walk over and sit beside Mina. She turned her head and noticed her friend; she greeted him with a perky smile. "Heyyy!"

"Yo! What's up?" The red haired boy asked, enthusiastic as always.

"Sittin' on a bench." She responded, swaying side from side playfully. Her friend watched her and smiled at the simple response. The pink girl noticed that her joke had an affect and giggled. Kirishima rested his arm; hauling some snow off.

"Man, there's so much snow here!" He exclaimed, "It's really cold!" Mina, who had a front row view of this, could not keep her laughter in. Kirishima turned his head and saw her laughing, but he didn't pay mind. He wasn't very fond of the cold; though he did think he overreacted. "Sorry, wasn't cool of me." He said, apologizing and laying back on the snow filled bench. His face had a slight look of disappointment.

"Haha, lighten up a little won't ya?" Mina requested, punching her friend lightly. "Not everyone's crazy about how cold it is out here!" The friendly attack made her gloom friend cheer up surprisingly enough. Kirishima was what you could consider the stereotype of a man; though he embraced this. Reason being was because he'd always wanted to live up to the ideal image of what society believed a man to be. Heroes like Crimson Riot and All Might were role models to him; people he wanted to be like. He liked how strong and tough they were, so he followed their image and mimicked them. In short, it's why things like punches to the arm or being a little rough at times with one another didn't bother him.

"You're right!" Kirishima said, grinning to show his sharp teeth. He raised his fist high into the air and yelled out, "A man doesn't get upset over something as simple as that, right Mina?! And besides, I'm a man so this weather should be nothing!" Mina stood and raised her arms; cheering on her friend with a battle cry.

"Yeah!" She let out. A few students turned and gave the duo some looks, some wondering what could've been going on between the two. Denki, who was standing next to Jirou decided to take this as a chance to speak to her while waiting for the bus.

"Hey Jirou," He turned his head and called out. Jirou turned and raised an eyebrow. "You ever wonder what goes on between those two?"

"Not really, but I don't really see why you'd care." She responded, twirling her earphone jack. Denki tried to play off the failure of conversation with a smug and cool attitude.

"A little suspicious... They've been around each other a lot lately; isn't that weird?" He asked in hopes of getting Jirou's attention.

"They did know each other before high-school." The punk girl said with no enthusiasm. Denki's eyes widened and he turned his head; giving a smug grin over at Kirishima who was still chatting with his pink and perky pal.

"You know, Kirishima never told me that." He said, turning back to Jirou in hopes of having her catch his drift. Unfortunately, she didn't and shrugged. Denki sighed, feeling defeated.

"Depends on how well you know him." Jirou said, turning her head to see Denki's face; noticing his disappointment. She sighed, not wanting to see him look that down. "I guess it is kind of weird though if you two are that close." Denki's spirits lifted after hearing Jirou agree with him. His cheeks went a little red and he smiled; giving her his traditional 'cool' expression. The girl with the amethyst hair saw his charming smirk and oddly enough, smiled back. She didn't smile for long though as she felt her cheeks become a warm red; she was blushing. Pulling up her scarf, she turned away and pocketed her hands; looking down at the icy ground. Before the electric boy could tell that he took notice and compliment her smile the bus pulled up.

"Everyone, follow Momo and I in an orderly fashion!" Shouted Iida. The students did as they were told and scrambled together; stepping in the bus and showing their bus passes. They took their seats once gathered inside. Once having taken their seats Iida did a roll-call to make sure everyone was there. After doing so he joined Izuku and Shouto at the back. "It's wonderful that we get to take a seat in a warm vehicle, right?"

"I don't mind the cold." Shouto ironically enough, answered coldly. It made sense for him to not dislike the chilly atmosphere; his quirk did grant him ice powers after all.

"Yeah, it's really cold out." Izuku softly said, looking out the window. He seemed fixated on something else. Gazing out onto the snowy roads, Izuku was in deep thought. Iida, who happened to notice this tapped Shouto's shoulder and motioned for him to get close so he could whisper.

"Is he OK?" He questioned. "He seems a bit out of it, but he was fine earlier this morning wasn't he?" Shouto looked back at Izuku; he noticed that his friend was indeed acting a bit off, glaring out into the distance with a dull expression.

"He's fine, but he's having some trouble." The half and half boy answered. Iida raised an eyebrow and tried to think of what could be bothering his buddy. Was it school-work? No, he'd been caught up on all of that. Could it have been the thought of being homesick during the holidays? That might've been it, but the previous week their friend had been displaying how excited he was to spend Christmas with them. Besides, he wasn't obliged to stay with them on Christmas.

"Izuku," Iida called out. The green haired boy snapped out of his trance and turned to face his friend. "Is it true you're having trouble?" Izuku's cheeks turned red, he scratched the back of his head.

"Well," He muttered to himself. "I-I..." He was trying to speak but he struggling to find the words. Iida took note of this; what ever he was trying to say seemed very hard to say or perhaps quite personal. He thought about this for a moment then having a sudden realization. He didn't know how he didn't make sense of it before, but he came to the conclusion that his sudden shift in behavior must've been related to the incident that happened with him and Ochako yesterday on the walk back from school.

"Izuku, pardon my intrusion yet again, but does this problem have to do with Ochako?" He said quietly, trying to keep the conversation to only the three of them. Izuku's face turned a bright red after hearing Iida's question. Now he really was struggling to speak. He hid his face with his arms in an attempt to shield himself from the embarrassment he felt. "Sorry, I didn't mean to make you upset or anything. If you don't wish to speak about it I won't press further."

"N-no, i-it's fine." Izuku said, stammering with his words. "Y-you're right, but please don't say anything." Iida smiled and gave a hearty laugh.

"Don't worry. I wouldn't give out any secrets if you didn't want me to." The class president gave a reassuring smile. Izuku lowered his arms and nodded. The boy softly smiled; his cheeks became red and he looked down as he spoke.

"Well, I-I th-think she's really cute - I might have a crush on her," Izuku admitted. He took a deep breath and looked up at his two friends; now he didn't look so happy, but somber. "I don't think she feels the same way about me though; I'm not sure why she would." Upon hearing this, Shouto spoke up.

"You won't know until you give it a shot; what if you're wrong?" He asked, trying to persuade his friend to take the chance. Iida nodded, agreeing with his statement.

"He has a point, Izuku. You shouldn't be so doubtful of yourself." He replied. "While you believe your outcome will be negative I have to interject and say I strongly disagree."

"Y-you believe so?" Izuku asked. His frown started to turn upside down, but unfortunately for him he became more red at the success rate according to his friends.

"Of course!" Iida positively exclaimed. "I believe the two of you would make a successful couple."

"I-if you both think so, but... I'm not good with this." Izuku stated, scratching the back of his head in embarrassment. He had a lack of experience with love; it wasn't necessarily something you could blame him for. Izuku used be quirkless and was in an area surrounded by discriminatory students who wouldn't even look his way because of how he was born. Growing up he didn't have many friends if none at all; there was no wonder to why he was self doubting or lacked proper experience with these things. Luckily things changed, ever since All Might gave him his power it's been good and would only get better from there. He had the chance to be a hero, he had gotten into a pristine school; and he's made a lot of friends that are ever so caring and accept him for who he is.

"I wouldn't know h-how to a-ask her out..." He continued, sighing. Shouto and Iida sat for a moment and wondered about how their friend could go about this. It didn't take long until the cunning dark haired boy had an ingenious idea.

"I have an idea!" He said loudly with a grin. "Christmas Eve is only a week away and I believe that would be a perfect time to ask her."

"I've heard that couples spend that day together..." Izuku noted, placing a hand on his chin.

"Then you should ask her on that day." Shouto suggested. "It'd be better than to wait and not take the opportunity." Izuku took Shouto and Iida's words into consideration and took some time to think. The duo had good points, but there still was this uncertainty in his mind.

"What happens if she says no?" The green haired boy started to think negatively and was caught up in his own thoughts of how awkward it would've been if this didn't succeed.

"Don't think about that and focus on what you want, Izuku." Iida countered. "If it helps just remember that Shouto and I at least believe this will turn out in your favor." Izuku took into consideration what Iida had just said and gave another moment to make up his mind on the ultimatum he was given. Once having done so the boy looked up and gave a smile of confidence.

"Ok! I'll do it, I'll ask Ochako out on Christmas Eve!" Izuku promised. Shouto and Iida smiled; they were happy to see him taking initiative and being brave enough to confess so soon. Meanwhile, over on the other side of the bus, Ochako was having a very similar conversation with Tsuyu and Mina.

"So, when are you going to ask him?!" Mina cheerily said, swaying her head left and right over how cute she found this. "Ooh! Better question, how will you do it?" Ochako who was similarly hiding her face got all close to Mina and glanced around the bus.

"Ssh! I don't want anyone to hear this." Ochako cried out to her friend. "B-besides, I don't even know how to ask someone anyway..." She softly said, sighing. Tsuyu put a finger on her lip and looked at her distressed friend.

"Is it really that hard?" The frog girl asked. Mina gazed at Tsuyu and let her jaw drop open. The pink girl didn't believe what she just heard.

"Well of course it isn't easy, Tsu!" She started on a rant about how love worked. "You have to find the right moment and plan out just how exactly to go about this because not every boy is the same and some can be harder to get than others and -" Mina was cut off, halting her lecture.

"This isn't really helping guys..." Ochako admitted, sighing and looking down with her hands still pressed against her flushed face. "Besides, what if he says no?" Suddenly, Mina started to giggle at the question which made the girl raise an eyebrow in confusion, hoping her laughter wasn't a bad thing.

"Izuku saying no?" She asked in response. "Oh, honey I don't know why you would think that."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Ochako asked, still confused by Mina's vague answer. Was she implying what Ochako would've been ever so happy to hear? Tsuyu made a frog noise and then answered her puzzled friend.

"She's saying that Izuku already has a crush on you." Tsuyu bluntly stated, prompting Mina to giggle while Ochako's face flourished into a bright pink. She had a hard time believing such a thing, but perhaps they were right is what she told herself. After all, she knew they wouldn't lie to her.

"A-are you sure?" She asked, her heart quickly pounded as she awaited an answer.

"Yep!" Mina said with a reassuring smile, giggling. "He's totally got it in for you, girl!" Her friend grabbed a hold of Ochako and shook her by the shoulders, squealing with excitement. A student in front of them heard the noise and turned back to examine the source of this commotion. Their shining vice president, Momo was the inquisitive classmate.

"I hate to interrupt, but could you tone it down a notch, Mina?" She kindly asked. Mina turned and quickly apologized.

"Sorry 'bout that, but we're just so excited!"

"Oh?" Momo curiously asked. "What about?"

"Well," Mina started much to Ochako's dismay. "Our friend here has a bit of a crush on some lucky boy and she's nervous about asking him out! Isn't that cute?" She put her hands on her cheeks and started to sway once again. Momo glanced over at the zero gravity girl and noticed she looked nervous; perhaps she didn't want Mina to have given out her secret like that. To reassure her, Momo gave a warm smile.

"Don't worry, this seems like something quite personal so I won't go about telling everyone." She was a woman of her word and very rarely broke a promise or any rules that were set. Hearing this made Ochako feel a bit safer about her undisclosed crush becoming public, but she felt as if Mina spouting it out so easily was a bit unnecessary. That was Mina though - expressive and joyous. "If you don't mind me asking, Ochako, is this boy Izuku?" Momo asked.

"..." Ochako's cheeks turned pinker than they normally were and she was at a loss of words for a moment. "Yeah." She muttered, trying not to let anyone who wasn't in on the secret hear about this.

"In that case I believe you have nothing to worry about. It doesn't matter when or where you ask him - but if you want to make it special then I suggest you do it during Christmas Eve." Momo knowledgeably suggested. Tsuyu put a finger on her cheek and stuck her tongue out; she had a puzzled look on her face.

"Uh... Why Christmas Eve?" The frog girl asked.

"Around Christmas time - especially on Christmas Eve, couples gather together as the holiday season isn't just a festive time, but a romantic one as well." She sounded as if she'd been reading straight off of a script; the girls viewed Momo as a very informative person and would always go to her if they were in need of an efficient study session or being troubled on a lesson.

"Then Christmas Eve is when this should happen!" Mina yelled out, bumping her fist into the air.

"I..." Ochako took a deep breath and thought for a moment. She thought about the situation she was in and how hard it would be to ask him out, but then she recalled the experiences she had previously had before. It wasn't as physically straining as the UA Sports Festival and it definitely wouldn't be soul crushing if it didn't work out. She took her friend's words into consideration and made a decision for herself. She put on a determined look and raised her fist in the air. "I'll do it!" Ochako exclaimed, speaking a bit loudly.

Meanwhile, Ojiro and Toru were sitting beside one another and watching as the pandemonium went on. "I wonder what they're all excited about." Toru said, being quite curious.

"I have no idea." Ojiro said as he glanced around at his peers. "Maybe they're just excited to be getting a tree."

After a while the bus came to a stop. Iida took note of this and stood, raising his voice and instructing the kids of 1A to get off of the bus. As one giant group the swarm of students moved off of the bus and were met with the entrance of Musutafu's train station.

"Here we are!" Mina said cheerily. "Now we just have to take this train and then we'll be set!"

"You sure know your way around here, don't you?" Momo asked with a light smile.

"Of course! I use the trains all the time - now come on, we've got to go!" Mina replied with a giggle, leading the group inside. The students followed the alien queen and once entered the building they were met with crowds of people rushing around everywhere. Despite it being such a giant place to roam around in the rush of all these people it became quite a narrow and closed in space.

"Everyone, stick together!" Momo called out. The students obeyed her and huddled together - not wanting to get lost in such a place.

"It's over here everyone!" Mina pointed, strolling through the crowds. She didn't stick close to the group much to her class rep's dismay. It was probably because she was confident of where she was going because she had been here so many times before. Luckily, the group caught up to Mina as she was swiping a card through a gate and entering a waiting station for the train. The students did the same; a few of them were relieved that despite all the commotion none of them got lost. Just to double check however, Iida and Momo did a roll-call as well as a head count.

"Ok! We've got everyone here. You can all take a seat now as we wait." Momo instructed. Only a handful of students were able to take a seat while the rest had to stand - which only showed just how busy these places could become at a time like this.

"Man, it's so busy around here." Satou said as he glanced around the station. Koda, who was sitting next to him nodded in agreement. "Not to mention it's so cold outside." He shivered and sneezed. Aoyama, who had taken a seat on the other side of him pulled out a handkerchief and handed it over to him.

"Here you go, mon ami." He said with elegance; his french accent was transparent. Satou raised an eyebrow before taking a hold and using it. It wasn't expected for Aoyama to have something like this, but then again it was Aoyama - who was quite unpredictable.

"Why do you have something like this?" He curiously asked as he handed it back to him. Aoyama placed it back into his coat pocket and started to laugh.

"I would never allow the common cold to get the best of moi." The french boy placed a hand on his chest and gave a glamorous smile. "So I always carry around my special handkerchief!"

"Uh, ok. Hey, aren't you freezing?" He asked, pointing at Aoyama's apparel. The boy was wearing a thin yet stylish dark trench coat, a pair of leather gloves, and a single red scarf that hadn't been wrapped around his face. His flamboyant outfit didn't look very fit for the winter weather.

"Oh, but of course not." He shrugged it off and put his hands on his cheeks. "I'm as warm as ever."

"Well, if you say so." Satou sat back and placed his hands behind his head. The three of them sat there and waited for the train to arrive. It didn't take long until they heard the sound of the wheels running against the railroad. Once the train had showed up it got chaotic - there were people moving in and out all over the place! If the students thought it was crowded at the entrance then getting on the train would've seemed as if there was no space whatsoever. Fortunately, all of the students pushed through the cramped waiting lobby and arrived on the train. Again, Momo and Iida performed a headcount before it started to move.

From there on, our heroes ventured out and continued their journey in search for a Christmas tree! Will the expedition they've been trekking through prove successful in leading them to a perfect tree? What do our star crossed lovers have in store for the arrival of Christmas Eve? These questions will be answered soon enough in the following chapters!

Author's Note: Hello! Merry Late Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all! I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter as it took a while to make after I'd taken a short break from writing (my apologies as I know some of you had been waiting over a month). Once again, I won't be taking this long to put out a chapter as I have returned from my break and will be ensuring that you all will be able to read the next chapter as soon as I can finish it. On another note, did everyone get what they wanted for Christmas? Anyways, I'll see you all soon with a brand new chapter coming out in just a short while. I hope you all have happy holidays!