I'M SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING FOR A REALLY LONG TIME! ABouuuTT a MooNTHhhh...? Life been getting in the way along with my motivation. So here's another interconnected one-shot of our lovely TokoTsuyu!

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Boku no Hero Academia — Kouhei Horikoshi

Our two animal-like heroes haven't gotten to know each other... well not much in the least.

The new information that they have on each other, is they know what their quirks are and what their hero costume look like. Thanks to the combat lesson hosted by the all mighty powerful All Might from earlier, and the luck that Fumikage and Tsuyu got pair up as Team D.

-DURING THE COMBAT LESSON-

"So we're the team hero." Tsuyu begins the conversation as the two walk down to their designated building, where they're up against Team E

"First classmates, and now teammates... what a small world." The dark bird mumbled to himself. The girl beside him didn't hear him, so she assume he gave her a hum.

During their walk. They got a good opinion on each other hero costumes.

Fumikage's impression on Tsuyu's costume, look similar as a diver suit with the tight suit and goggles on her head. And the different shades complement nicely with her teal hair.

Tsuyu's impression of Fumikage's costume, was that it look too simple. Just a very large black cloak covering his whole being, except his head and neck, which the neck have a red choker wrap around it. It gave the the vibe of mysterious, for anyone else to continue guess what quirk is he hiding underneath his costume.

When they both got the signal from their teacher to enter the building. Walking through the entrance, it was dark where you barely see there's a corridor thanks to the sunlight from outside.

"So how should we go about this...?" Tokoyami examine the hall before looking at his partner for any suggestions.

"Let's see..." Tsuyu notice there's some huge cracks on the wall along with huge pipeline. Her eyes widen as she came up with an idea that could help them.

They didn't have time to talk previously of what their quirks are. For both of them to take action earlier, gave them both the surprise.

She didn't let her partner know what she's doing. Walking up to the closest wall near her, she made use of one her characteristic frog quirk, sticking one hand after another, then attaching her feet to the wall before climbing any higher.

"I can cling to any surfaces. Then maybe I could sneak up and spy on our opponents. Also this way, it'll be harder for them to sneak a surprise attack on me." And Tsuyu begin crawling on the walls.

Tokoyami instantly got the picture to her plan. One side of his beak lifted up as a smirk.

'Smart move.' He mentally compliment the frog girl. "Let's go down further. From what we heard from All Might, there's more than one corridor to the weapon." His smirk never left his face, even in all seriousness during the test.

Eventually they walk further down where the sunlight have dimmed and there was provided light further within the building.

"I think this should be good." The dark bird proceed with the plan that he had in mind, along with Tsuyu's plan. He look up to find the frog girl climbing ahead of him.

"Let's go."

The moment he said those signaling words. Tsuyu stop her track and turn her head back to her partner.

"Did you say something—" She stopped mid-sentence when her eyes froze in place with what she just witness.

Two large black hands and arms shoot out from below his cloak, forming an illusion of the replacement of his real arms. Usually it would frighten anyone at first glance, but not his partner, for Her onyx eyes widen astoundingly.

'Amazing...' The teal-haired girl didn't have time to idle and admire the shadow's power, for she have a role to play in their combat lesson.

"Asui! You go on ahead. I'm gonna go see if there's a back way or another access to the weapon." Tokoyami command as he sprinted ahead of her, and taking one of the corridor in the room.

"Okay!"

After School.

All student of 1-A became more sociably with one another after class time with All Might have ended. Some bonded more than before, other recently befriended their classmates, and there's even seem to be small groups already formed.

"Everyone quirk was freakin' insane!"

"I got so hyped when our team were chosen next to fight! Especially since we were after Bakugou's and Midoriya's fight."

"Seriously, there were people with top-notch quirks; not only Bakugou's, but there was Todoroki's as well."

"Hahaha, I instantly lost when he froze the whole building."

"We were able to secure our weapon, thanks to Sero's tape maze— well, spider web."

'Everyone still talking about the combat lesson?' Tokoyami continuously listen to the compliments each of his classmates are giving to each other.

"Tsuyu! You did incredible when you sneak up on Kirishima and Sero!" A jovial girly voice grab his attention when she mention the frog girl. "You were only an arm length away from victory... so close!" The girl speaking was a female student and classmate of theirs, with wild pink hair and invert color eyes with yellow pupils, Mina Ashido. Her appearance is similar to an alien due to her light pink skin and horns sticking out of her head, but she shown to be like everyone else, a normal happy-to-lucky high school girl.

"I was really close... gotta hand it to Hanta, taping so many strips around the weapon makes it hard to not get tangle in it." Tsuyu compliment the tape-power boy. "If only we had a little more time...and Hanta haven't noticed me on the walls."

He gotta agree with her. He couldn't aid his partner when his shadow hands were dealing with the solidifying Eijirou and sharp-eyed Sero whose accuracy to tied his hands and trap the teal-haired girl was impressive.

"Sounds like there won't an end about it. Especially the first trial of Midoriya versus Bakugou." The bird-head turn to the owner of the voice, then look up to see the tallest student, Shouji Mezou, the student who went second in battle. Even surprised him again when the tall arm mutant move his eyes down, pinpointing to where he's speaking, which was a mouth form from one of his duplicate hands.

"Well those two did make a huge commotion with those quirks of theirs. They destroyed a whole building."

"Yep...still unbelievable though."

"You did a great job too."

Shouji was shock to have someone noticed his effort

"Honestly, I didn't do much." He responded awkwardly from the compliment he received. "Todoroki was the one who blown everyone away."

"But if it weren't for your quirk's intel, he would of been wandering around the building for a while."

Underneath the mask, the tall guy was smirking as his transformed mouth did the same.

"Thanks..."

"So you're heading to the station?" Mina asked.

"Yep." Tsuyu answer.

"You go to the train station?" Mezou ask the similar question.

"Mainly yes." Tokoyami answer.

"See ya tomorrow! It was great meeting you!"

"Well, see you in class tomorrow."

"Mm, see you tomorrow."

"Later."

Both students anonymously arrive at the station, and both took different doors.

It was crowded due to the fact there were other Yuuei students and adults riding the train from work.

Fumikage grab one of the opened seats far from the door. While his shadow look around the train out of boredom. And through its white eyes, it spotted their former partner and classmate.

"Ay, ay, ay~." The lil' shadow nudge.

"What?"

The shadow points in a direction far from Fumikage's viewing eyes.

"What are you pointing at?"

Continue doing so and keep getting the same blank face from his owner.

Eventually his dark quirk had enough of making his owner searching for the girl himself. So he just stretch himself and floated above the crowd in the train, and easily found the frog girl. Diving into the small group of people to find just who he needs to see.

Tsuyu was located near the door, having a hand wrapped around metal pole that framed the seats that are filled with people sitting, and another hand on her school bag straps.

Watching the scenery passing by of the afternoon blue sky with some small clouds forming.

Her mind was filled with what to cook for dinner for her siblings and herself, along with if she would have any leftover for her parents, who usually work late.

Then she felt a tap on her head. Instinctively she look up for anyone who did that. And all see is a flat ceiling with the color of eggshell. Slight confusion etched on her face. Then check her left and right. Mid-through the lookout she saw a dark bird shadow form, but she didn't notice something odd. But she whip her head in double checking if she really see—

"Hello." Tsuyu was surprised to see a black bird with large sheer white eyes and it body crackling like fire, but instead it an embodiment of a shadow.

'Who does this little guy remind me of...?'

The lil' shadow squawk chirp with glee for finding the frog girl. His playfully float around her and continue chirping. He grab her wrist and begin leading her to where his owner is.

"Dark Shadow?" Fumikage calls out his quirk, still sitting down. He was closing his eyes for a few minutes, but instead find a black stream leaving his side, it still connected to him but the main shadow's body left wandering around the train.

'What is he doing now?'

By the time he was gonna rise from his seat. Lil' shadow return, but not without someone dragging behind.

"What are you— Asui?"

"Ah, Tokoyami." Tsuyu now fit the pieces together of who the shadow being is. She cracks a small smile. "So this is your quirk."

"Yeah..." the bird head quickly scowl at his quirk before he return his gaze to his classmate. "He have a mind of his own sometimes."

Dark Shadow just snicker in a pantomime-like manner.

"He's cute." The girl bluntly compliment the shadow, which he slowly come close to her for Tsuyu to pet him.

The teal-haired walk closer to have her hand on the metal pole near Tokoyami's seat.

And she pull out her phone to look for any recipe she could make that isn't so time consuming. One way to kill time until the train reach to her stop. Fumikage on the other had his arms crossed and his eyes closed. Well he try to but his quirk keeps bothering him. The owner look at him with agitation.

And they begin their conversation using their eyes.

'What?'

Dark Shadow tilt his head towards their classmate. In a way he's saying: 'Talk to her!'

'No.'

Dark Shadow growls at him.

'Dark Shadow retreat!'

Instead he slowly hover over the girl and pantomime his hands, preparing to push her to Fumikage's seat.

'Don't you even think about it!'

He was about to take action, but a bright light made him recoil and return to his owner.

"Did he wanted to see something?"

"Oh-um, *ahem*, sorry about that. He not a bright guy to begin with." He could have sworn his quirk is grumbling about that figurative insult.

"In case your friend was wondering. I was just looking for recipe to make for tonight's dinner." Flipping her screen over to her classmate.

"You cook by yourself?"

"Not exactly. I cook for my siblings and my parents who work late most of the time. And I'm trying to find something simple to make, and that doesn't take too much time."

"I see..." He reply when he's truly thinking. 'What an independent girl...'

And the silent fills the air as the teal-haired girl continue with her online search and the bird boy sitting calmly in his seat, both waiting for their stop. Fumikage begins shifting uncomfortably for how self-consciously leaving the conversation in the air. He tried again with getting some shut eyes, but they would open and look over at the frog-power girl, still searching for the recipe of the night. Slightly blushing he break the silence with a recommendation.

"What about teriyaki salmon?"

"Hm?" Tsuyu looks up from her phone as she respond.

"I know frying...salmon only takes about less than ten minutes. In my opinion...I really like it." Fumikage and feel his cheeks beating a little when he input that interest in flavoring food.

"Maybe I'll be cooking that for tonight then." This completely caught him off guard, he whip his head toward his classmate, seeing her smiling happily.

"Well. It's just my opinion. No need to do that, for I wasn't implying you should."

"You were implying." Tsuyu lean forward to brighten her expression and fully face him with her calming smile. "You were recommending me to cook it."

Eventually the train stop at their destination, and surprisingly the two Yuuei students of humanoid animals get off the same stop. But the surprise end when they both walk off in different direction.

"I better get going before I worry my siblings." Tsuyu begin increasing the distance between her and Fumikage. As she was a couple of meters away, she turn her head back to grin. "Glad to find someone to talk to on the train ride."

The bird boy didn't know what to say. Instead he nod before walking down a different path home.

Fumikage Tokoyami didn't have the words to show happiness of befriending another classmate, but his smirk was glue on to his beak show he feels the same way as the girl with frog quirks.

AGAIN! SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING! I HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR I WAS HAVING A PHRASE OF NO MOTIVATION... So this concludes the inter-connection shots of their first encounter and beginning of their friendship. I already written another chapter that is based on the official chapter of the manga, a little off course for the sake of this (friend)ship.

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