AN: I'm going to do another 'alternate pairing' Omake next chapter. Let me know in the reviews who you want and I'll do my best to accommodate whatever option gets the most votes so long as it isn't something like incest.

A Fool's Bonds

Chapter 18

-Izuku-

Yawning with a stretch, Izuku pushed open the door to the UA gym for their class, Mina having told him to meet her there. Two steps in though and he choked on his tongue as he got a view of a smirking Mina and a flustered Momo, both wearing yoga pants and sports bras.

"Bout time you showed up Zuku!" Mina gave him a toothy grin, "Yaomomo told me you know how to ballroom dance! Now we gotta make sure you know how to do the fun stuff too! Time to get you limber and teach you how to shake it!"

"M-Mina!" Momo hissed red faced at the pinkette who was cackling with zero shame. Izuku couldn't blame Momo as he was sure his face was just as red as hers.

"Oh relax." Mina giggled but seemed to be easing off the teasing…for now…he hoped. "This'll be good for you. Dancing is a great way to stay loose and stay in shape. Plus, we can work on flexibility." To prove her point Mina lifted her leg so one ankle was by her ear.

He couldn't resist the chance for some payback.

"So that's why Eijiro's always grinning." Izuku smirked as Mina was finally the one letting out a flustered squeak, Momo giggling at the turning of the tables.

"A-anyway." Mina's now dark purple cheeks showed he'd hit close to home, or what she wished was close to home, as the dancing acid user worked to get things back on track, "Figured it'd be fun at least. And flexibility is always something useful to work on."

"Fair enough." Izuku shrugged as he went to the locker room to change, leaving the girls outside to talk while he did so. Given the loud flustered shout of 'MINA!' from Momo, the pinkette had gone right back to teasing.

The next few hours were spent learning that he could hurt in ways and places he never knew about before. As playful as Mina was, she knew what she was doing when it came to yoga, stretches, and other training designed to improve their flexibility. Which she found dreadfully lacking, particularly for Momo.

"Seriously! You've got some good upper body strength and a bit of work will give you abbs good enough for Izuku to eat off of!" Mina ranted, studiously ignoring his own flustered protests at that last bit as well as Momo's, "But you're stiff as a board! This will not do!" Mina continued to put them through 'bendy bootcamp' as she liked to call it. Also made sure that Izuku frequently had a view of Momo's rear in her Yoga pants and was positive that Mina was doing the reverse whenever he wasn't.

Momo's blush, no doubt matching his own, as well as Mina's smug triumphant grin were all the proof he needed of that guess.

-Mina-

"Come on dude!" Mina laughed, grinning from ear to ear as she drug Izuku into the massive arcade that was only recently opened. From what she heard it was rapidly getting a reputation as the UA of arcades. It had old school games, very old school, modern, up and coming, and even some sort of VR game that she'd never even heard about but looked amazing.

"I'm coming Mina, geeze." Izuku rolled his eyes but gave her a good-natured grin. The others weren't able to come, sadly, but she'd rolled with it and pointed out that the other girls got to go on field trips with just Izuku so it was her turn. Although Kaminari asking 'Which girl is Izuku going to go out with next' probably won't end well for him if the looks on Momo and Jiro's faces were any indication. Either way, not her problem!

"Mina, I sense mischief." Izuku gave her a look as she smirked and struck a pose, letting the words on her shirt stand out.

"I'm UA's Official Tea Gremlin!" Mina smirked as she used a thumb to point at the title on her new t-shirt, both the clothing and the name a gift from Momo, "Mischief is what I do!"

"And you clearly do what you love." Izuku sighed, caving in to her infinite charisma as she led him inside to game. DDR was, naturally, the first stop.

"Looks like that training's been paying off." Mina grinned as her legs moved in a blur, "Instead of sucking you're doing…adequate."

"Ha ha." Izuku rolled his eyes playfully even if he was grinning, "Well what can I say? I had an…adequate teacher."

"Oh, it is on Dango Boy!" Mina laughed, speeding up her legs as the song ended and she took the top spot on the high score leaderboard. "Aaaaaw yeah! Bow down to the dance queen!" Mina cheered as she took the 'Praise the Sun!' pose.

"Uuuuugh, Mina…the memes…whyyyyy?" Izuku gave an exaggerated groan of dismay as dropped the pose in a fit of giggles.

"Because, Memes are the highest form of comedy…" Mina paused as she took a mock thoughtful expression "or was it the lowest?" She shrugged with a grin "Regardless, memes are a level of comedy and the details don't really matter."

"Yes, yes they do!" Izuku protested even as he let her drag him off to find more games to play in the arcade. Every game that bore even the slightest resemblance to DDR was found and conquered by her, her name left atop the leader board to show her status as the Queen of DDR. Izuku, to her admitted surprise, showed a startling talent at high speed racing games. Apparently with how fast Izuku's mind worked he was good at figuring out when to make the turns for the best result and kept dominating the digital tracks.

"Daaaaamn Zuku!" Mina whooped as Izuku set yet another racing high score "Maybe we should get you a motorcycle license and see how well you do in a real race."

"I don't know Mina." Izuku looked nervous at the idea.

"I'll convince Momo to dress up like a cheerleader for you." Mina sing songed as her verdette buddy turned crimson.

"MINA!" his flustered squeak fueled her inner troll as she cackled.

"Come on Izuku." Mina bumped him playfully, "Let's grab some lunch and then see if you can crack the DDR scoreboard." She was determined to at least get his name up there. She was in the middle of sharing a story with Izuku about the day Eijiro discovered what crocs were back in High School when a full cop of soda was suddenly dumped over her head.

"Sorry about that, hand must have slipped." a sneering voice that was all to familiar snickered from behind her. Junya Kaneshiro; a fat, short, pathetic bully from her old school who liked to think of himself like a mafia boss. Staging photos to use as blackmail on classmates and being just good enough to not get caught by the teachers.

"HEY!" Izuku was already surging to his feet, eyes alight with fury.

"Izuku, be careful." Mina glared at the little fly that had doused her in soda, "He likes goading people into doing stupid things so he can blackmail them. He tried it on me and Eijiro enough times after I refused to date him." At that little reminder, and her warning, Kaneshiro gave her a glare.

"So, he's a dildo." Izuku was already calming down, his eyes showing a crafty gleam that reminded her of Aizawa whenever the man pulled one of his 'logical ruse' pranks in class.

"A dildo?" Kaneshiro gaped indignantly.

"Yeah, you're like a dick just not real." Izuku shrugged as Mina worked not to laugh even as she used paper towels to dry up as much of the sticky mess on her as she could.

"You insolent little nobody!" Kaneshiro glared, "Do you know who I am bitch? I'm Junya Kaneshiro. I own this street."

"Talk about shitty landlords then." Izuku shrugged, "Come on Mina, wanna find something fun to do? Listening to this guy makes my braincells want to commit suicide one by one."

"Right." Mina gave Kaneshiro one last glare as she and Izuku left the short would be gangster to be laughed at by those in the food court who'd seen the interaction.

-Izuku-

Standing guard outside the women's room so Mina had time to clean off what Soda she could, Izuku took another glance down at his phone. Mina, at his request, had texted over what she knew about this Kaneshiro prick and how he acted. Made it easier to plan out his next move. Nobody got away with treating his friends like Junya Kaneshiro had. Nobody.

"Well, if it isn't Ashido's newest boytoy. How much she charging you by the hour?" speak of the Dildo, Kaneshiro and a couple of lackeys were approaching, the fat prick clearly trying to get in the last laugh. Studiously ignoring him, Izuku just kept texting Mina, hoping for an opportunity to goad the prick into Izuku's 'trap'.

"Oi, the boss asked you a question!" thug one tried to look intimidating while Izuku just continued to type away on his phone. Mina's warning about their habits of provoking people into retaliation to get blackmail was good incentive to keep his cool. Before the three stooges could continue, Mina stepped out of the bathroom.

"Come on Izuku," Mina grimaced as she tugged at her sticky shirt, the top clinging to her from the soda she wasn't able to towel off "I think we have time to check out that last game you were interested in before we go. I kinda need to change now."

"Alright, it hopefully won't take long." Izuku pointedly ignored Kaneshiro as he and Mina made for one of the most advanced games in the facility. It was a high-tech VR game where the players would pot on the special helmets and be able to move control the characters with their brains. It honestly looked like something out of an anime, but he wasn't complaining.

The game recorded each persons avatar based on their palm print and Mina had gleefully told him they were working on a home version of the game to make it widespread. The big draw though? Wagers could be made with real money.

Getting to the entry area, Izuku began making his 'account' to try the free for all combat area in the game. It required you to prove your age and then pay an entry fee but winner got the pot.

Much as he expected, Kaneshiro entered too and started direction his toadies to fill up the other spots as well. Just like Mina described, a pathetic little bully who couldn't leave well enough alone.

Oh, this was gonna be fun.

-Mina-

Looking up at screen that allowed those watching to view the VR battle, Mina took in the view of Izuku's avatar. He'd made it look like his Izanagi form; it was even using a spear. Kaneshiro's thugs had a variety of avatars and Kaneshiro had an avatar that looked as far from his real self as possible, a bow strapped to the avatar's red coated back.

The countdown started ticking as Mina saw the smirk on Izuku's face.

"There once was a snide archer in red,

no woman would join him in bed.

He picked the wrong side,

and Fate will decide.

If this fight would end with him dead!"

"Did you just call me a virgin through limerick?!" Kaneshiro gaped even as Mina cackled, most of those watching doing the same as Izuku demonstrated something very important about VR games like this.

If they were partially based on actual muscle memory or ability on top of the games stats and skills…then a Hero or Hero trainee was going to be leagues beyond a fat pathetic little bully like Kaneshiro. A lesson that said would be Yakuza boss and his thugs were learning the heard way in front of plenty of witnesses.

"Oh, Momo's gonna love seeing her man kick some ass." Mina grinned as she recorded the fight. She'd definitely have to bring the whole gang back later.