A/N: Hey everybody, I want to address this now I know for some of you who have read this story saw that both this and the last chapter ended up looking the same and that is entirely my fault, as I have not posted on this website before and it is all still new to me and I hope that you can forgive me for this inconvienence. So, with that out of the way, I hope you all have a good time reading this story!

Chaos erupted in the hallway as the bell had rung throughout the building signaling the end of the day. Izuku went his way to his locker to put up his books, however, despite his movement, his eyes were blank as thoughts rushed through his mind. It had been a few days since he met Captain America, but he and Toshinori still haven't heard news from the American icon.

His mentor would tell Izuku that these things took time and that they would both have to be patient. But that didn't make the teen any less anxious, as the silence had started to become more and more deafening. Izuku would be lying if he said that doubt hasn't tried to creep in to his mind, thoughts of whether or not those who may have seen his profile, because of course, they could have his profile since S.H.I.E.L.D is a world-wide defense organization, they probably threw it out of the window just with one look at his picture.S

A hand waved in front of his face, "hey are you okay Deku?" A familiar voice asked to which Izuku's eyes rapidly blinked and looked back towards the source to find Ochako with her head tilted to the side as her concerned expression had fallen entirely to reveal a warm smile.

Izuku tried to look away as he felt his heart clench at from the pure warmth she gave off, however, mid-turn he ended up slamming his face into the locker door. "Pffft, are you okay?" Ochako asked as she held in her laughter, as Izuku rubbed his head as the teen let out a sheepish laugh. "Yeah just damaged more of my non-existent dignity."

'Why does she have to be like the sun, so bright and warm' Izuku thought to himself as he tried to hide his embarrassment from his friend, but Ochako didn't seem to notice as she simply smiled as she lightly punched his shoulder, "c'mon don't beat yourself up. Now, to change the subject, are you ready to play Forty-Kay!" Izuku's green eyes let a glint of excitement at the mention the game. "Yeah, did you decide on what your army comp?"

Ever since the two were kids they both loved board games, and they had played a myriad of genres with classics like Monopoly and Settlers of Catan, but one they had been playing more often and one Izuku had favored above the rest, Warhammer 40k.

"Uh-huh, and this time I will end your winning streak once and for all!" Ochako declared as she pumped her fists in the air, which caused Izuku to chuckle as he closed his locker. "You said that last time Ochako." The boy stated as the two began their walk out of the building as they made their way through the crowd. "Yeah, but this time I've got a good counter for whatever you bring out today, so unlike the rest of our games I will stand victorious!"

"You win some games." Izuku interjected to which his friend quickly countered, "yeah, but every time that I have won, you were rolling terribly. But even in those games, it was still really close, so I want to beat you with my own strategies rather than luck."

"Well, we'll-gah!" Izuku called out as he felt something slam into his side, and he immediately felt Ochako at his side, "You okay?"

"I'm fine."

"Fu-watch where you're goin…"

Both Izuku and Ochako froze as they heard the familiar angered tone. There stood Katsuki Bakugo as he came to the same realization as the two teens. The green-haired teen eyes widened at the sight of his childhood bully, while the girl's brown eyes became like daggers as she glared towards the blonde.

Katsuki's face turned into what could be a snarl, but to the friends' surprise, the blonde merely grunted as he walked away from the two. Ever since their encounter with the criminal about ten months ago, Katsuki had ceased his tormenting of Izuku as the blonde seemed to avoid his former victim. But that didn't stop Ochako to continue her glare towards the bully's direction until the blonde was out of sight.

"What's his deal?" The girl asked to which Izuku simply shrugged, "I don't really know." While it wasn't exactly the truth, it wasn't necessarily a lie either, even after the whole hostage situation but Izuku didn't quite understand why Katsuki pulled a complete one-eighty in his interaction with the green haired teen. However, Ochako just shook her head and smiled back at Izuku. "Hey Deku, can you remind me what the special attributes my captain gives my army?"

"Oh, right, right." Izuku started his explanation as the girl changed the subject. However, it still didn't stop the boy's thoughts wandering out towards the bully's odd behavior, but Izuku still tried to keep up the conversation with Ochako as the green-haired teen tried his best to store his thoughts to the back of his brain for another time.

Both teens continue to talk about their game as they exited the building. "I never understood why out of all of the damage types in the game why is it with plasma if I roll a one that I end up losing one of my soldiers? It just seems kind of unfair at times." Ochako wondered aloud which prompted Izuku to put his hand on his chin.

"Well, I guess you could base that from the fact as balancing since it is one of the strongest damage types in the entire game and so to make it up they…" Then the brown-haired girl smiled as Izuku began his usual ramblings. "Deku, you're rambling again."

But her words did not seem to faze him as he continued. "They also brought in a unique way to put its reasons in the lore, as it…" Ochako rolled her eyes, but her expression quickly changed from amusement to confusion.

The girl then shook her friend, "Deku, hey!" Ochako called out which snapped the boy out of his trance, "oh sorry, I guess I went on autopilot there for a second, what's up." He looked back at his friend as the green-haired teen mimicked Ochako's confused expression. The brown-haired then pointed her thumb out towards something.

"Did Toshinori say that he was picking you up?" The girl asked to which Izuku raised an eyebrow, "whh…" The boy's eyes widen as he followed where the girl was pointing and found a familiar form of Toshinori as he stood by his car and the blonde waved to Izuku once he noticed the teen's attention. "Whhhy, yes, haha I must've forgotten, we can just reschedule this some other time. So, uh, Igottagoseeyoulaterbye!" Izuku exclaimed before he sprinted off towards his mentor's car before Ochako could have the chance to reply.

Izuku quickly dove towards the car as he slammed the door shut behind him. The teen heard an amused chuckle as Toshinori entered the car, "heh, I was going to meet up with you first, but it seems that you beat me to the punch." As the older male as he pulled his car out of parking and onto the road. The teen did not respond to the blonde's joke as once the boy was able to catch his breath and then he looked to his mentor with wide eyes. "Does this mean…"

"That SHIELD has responded." Toshinori finished Izuku's question, and as he let out a small smile, "young man, you got your shot." The boy's eyes widened as he let out a large smile as he pumped his fist, "YES! But, wait why didn't you text about this and tell me that you would come."

"Well, for two reasons." The older male held out a finger, "first, I didn't want to text you while you were at school and I'd rather you not get in trouble." Then Toshinori held up a second finger. "And second, I know you. If you saw that text, you would be completely out of it, and if your teachers didn't catch you with your phone, you would have gotten in trouble for not paying attention. Which is the last thing any of us need especially if they ask you why you weren't paying attention, and to be an honest young man, while I do like you, you're a terrible liar."

Izuku was about to argue against that last point until he realized his earlier screw up at the hospital with Captain America, so he simply let out a small chuckle as he sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, I guess that's true. But does this mean I get to be a part of the team?" The teen asked to which Toshinori shook his head.

"Not exactly, but from what Steve has told me he was able to get you into some sort of interview with the guy who is overseeing those other enhanced kids. So…" As Toshinori stopped the car at a street light as it turned red, the older man then looked towards Izuku and smiled as he pointed to the teen. "When we get there to give them everything, you got it, young man!"

The teen smiled as the boy nodded towards his mentor, Izuku felt the same excitement he had when Toshinori had given him One for All. But the moment was ruined as a loud honk erupted behind them, to which Toshinori quickly accelerated his car. But even after that Izuku could not stop smiling as he was getting so close to reaching his dream.

…

A half an hour after Toshinori had picked up Izuku from school after the two had their conversation they ended up sitting the car in silence with small bits of small talk in between, but both the teen and his mentor had seemed to have a lot on their minds as they left the chaotic city. Izuku could not help but allow his mind to create a whirlwind of thoughts.

'What will the interview be like? Will it be some sort of test of my intelligence, or will it turn out to be something more towards my physical abilities? What will my interviewer be like? Toshinori said that he was overlooking the team I'm going to be working with, and he also has powers, so what are they?' These questions plagued his mind as they drove to the point now he did not seem to be paying attention to where they were driving to.

But, his questions would be interrupted as the boy felt his mentor's hand shaking him from his thoughts. As Izuku had blinked back to reality as he turned towards the older male who had given the green-haired teen a smile, "We're here young man." As Toshinori gestured in front of him, Izuku looked out, and his eyes widened at the sight.

There stood a wide modern-like building that looked to be five stories tall with what seemed to be a wall of glass covering the bottom two floors. On the left of the building was what seemed to be a large field with what looked to be an obstacle course as Izuku noticed figures out in the distance making their way through the route. Then on the right of the main building stood what looked to be a stadium of some kind that had a similar color to the structure to its side and the roof of it was domed shaped.

Then Izuku snapped out of his trance as a loud roar erupted above the car as a dark object flew past them, but as the object put more distance from the two the more detail, the teen could make out until the realization dawned on him. 'Those are Quinjets! I have only heard about these on documentaries on tee vee! I need to see what other advanced technologies they have. I know that Tony Stark owns super advanced tech, but I wonder if they have…"

Once again Izuku had gone into his own trance as he opened the floodgates to his mind and let his imagination go wild, he hadn't even noticed Toshinori's wide grin as he noticed the teen's wide-eyed bewilderment. However, the teen's trance ended as he felt the vehicle abruptly stop,

Izuku shook his head as a new voice he hadn't recognized spoke out. "Hey Toshinori, it's been a while!" As the boy snapped back into reality, he looked towards the source of the voice and noticed that they were in front of a steel gate and now Toshinori had pulled down his window to talk to an older looking man at a guard booth.

The boy's mentor smiled, "Hey Stan, yeah it has, how's the wife and kids?" The guard smiled as he nodded, "well my kids have all left me, and my wife kicked me out of the house. So, overall it's been great." The guard looked to Izuku who sheepishly waved at the man. "Why is he here? Last time I checked today wasn't 'bring a kid to work day' or have I missed something?"

"Well, he is here for, well…you can say it's kind of classified." Toshinori kind of answered, but the guard didn't seem to press on as he let out a heavy sigh. "so, something that's above my pay grade as per usual. Whelp, nothing I can do about it, hope you two have a good day doing whatever it is." The man stated as he opened the gate in front of them, to which Toshinori gave the guard a quick salute before driving past the gate and into the parking lot.

Once the car was parked the two exited from the vehicle and walked towards the building; However, Toshinori seemed to almost pull Izuku along as the boy kept on entering into a trance and it wasn't until the older man put an arm around the boy's shoulder as the two continued to walk.

That was until they reached the front of the building with S.H.I.E.L.D's symbol standing proudly in front of them, below it, 'Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistic Division' Izuku stood there his eyes wide as saucers as he tried to comprehend where he was at, "It took you two long enough!" A familiar voice called out as Steve Rodgers walked out towards the two.

The teen looked towards the American icon as Izuku raised an eyebrow. The super soldier was wearing a different uniform from the last they had seen each other. Gone were the bright patriotic colors as they were replaced by a solid dark blue. With the only other colors being three silver horizontal lines with and a star in the center of his chest, red stripes on the sides of his legs, and the dark brown of his gloves, the straps around his shoulders, and boots.

But like the last time both Izuku and Rodgers had talked the man did not have his helmet, the American icon smiled towards the taller male. Toshinori let out his own smile as the two grabbed each other's forearm. "It's good to see you again Toshi."

The hero nodded, "yeah, you too buddy. But I've got to ask, what's with the new outfit? Last I saw you looked like the American flag threw up on you." The super soldier let out a small laugh as the two men let go of the other's arm.

"Yeah, well SHIELD wanted to me to wear something that wouldn't make me standout although I did use it to film some public service announcement not too long ago," Steve explained to which the taller blonde couldn't help but laugh. "I guess some things don't change, haha!" The super soldier rolled his eyes as he looked to Izuku.

"How are you feeling?" The American icon asked to which Izuku shyly rubbed the back of his head, "good I guess, to be honest, I'm just a little bit overwhelmed." Toshinori calmed down and looked to the teen as he grabbed the boy's shoulder and gave it a light squeeze. "Hey, did you forget what I told you in the car earlier." Toshinori then grew to his enlarged form as All Might gave the boy his usual wide smile. "I'll say this until that big brain of yours can finally understand. You will succeed me and be better than I ever was."

"And if what Toshi has told me is true you deserve to be here." Steve chimed in as the boy's mentor looked back to his friend and looked back at Izuku with an 'I told you so' kind of look. But he found that teen was now beet red, "both All Might and Captain America giving me praise that's it, I'm either dead or in some kind of coma."

"Hey, hey, this is no time to be fanboying right now!" All Might exclaimed to which the boy frantically apologized, but the two quickly noticed that they were getting the unwanted attention of those passing by. Toshinori quickly returned to his normal size, "heh, sorry about that, nothing to see here. Steve, do you know where to go?" The taller blonde asked to which the super soldier nodded and led them to their destination.

As the tree of them were outside of prying eyes and ears of everyone else Toshinori asked the American icon. "So, who is the guy conducting the interview?"

"From what I've been told his name is Shota Aizawa, does that sound familiar?" To which the taller blonde shrugged his shoulders. "I mean, it I think I've heard of him befre, but I wouldn't say I know what his specialties are to be exact."

"Well, when I asked Natasha and Clint about him they told me that he was, well…odd," Steve explained as they reached the entrance of the stadium, it was dimly lit, and the only sounds the three could hear were their own footsteps as they echoed through the area. Izuku felt like he was in some sort of horror movie from the lack of seeing of any sign of life besides the three of them.

"Huh, that's weird normally this place usually has at least some people inside of here?" Toshinori thought out loud to himself. "Normally yes, but I had the place booked for our interview." A new voice echoed throughout the area which caused the teen to feel a chill through his spine as he slowly backed up.

"I wouldn't take another step." Izuku's body became completely frozen from the voice in close proximity. The boy slowly turned his head to see a face looking straight at him. Izuku let out a yelp as he fell onto his backside, but the boy's fear was short lived as he saw a more of the face that was looking at him earlier and noticed the yellow sleeping bag around the face.

The teen heard a heavy sigh, "well, I was trying to take a nap before you had shown up, but it seems that you all came here earlier than I expected." Izuku then heard what sounded like a zipper of some kind as the sleeping bag opened up and revealed the figure inside.

The figured looked to be male, he looked to be the same height as Steve and didn't seem to be that much older than the super soldier. But those were the only similarities the two had as unlike the American icon the man had long messy black hair, his short dark hairs lightly covered the lower half of his face, and his bloodshot eyes looked to be black with dark bags under them as though he hadn't slept in days. Everything the man wore seemed to black with the only exception being a light grey long scarf that messily covered the top of his shoulders to the top of his neck.

The man's face held no inkling of emotion as he looked down towards the teen, "I assume that you are Izuku Midoriya?" To which the boy in question nodded, "good, I'm Shota Aizawa, but from here on out you will either call me sir or mister Aizawa, is that clear?" Izuku quickly nodded again, "y-yes sir!"

The dark-haired man simply looked at the teen as if he was a tiger watching his prey, until he looked back at the two other adults, "good, now follow me." Aizawa stated as he walked towards the halls as Izuku quickly got himself up and followed his interviewer. The teen looked back towards his mentor who gave the boy a reassuring smile as he looked back towards his interviewer, "um, mister Aizawa may I ask you something."

"That depends on what the question is and whether or not I will answer it." The man quickly stated in a nonchalant tone, which caused the boy to take a large gulp before he asked, "w-what is it that you will have me do today?"

Aizawa looked back at Izuku as he narrowed his eyes toward the teen, "is that what you're acting all nervous about? Well if you want to know what I am going to have you do today only consist of one trial." The boy's eyes widened for a brief moment, and before he could follow up on the answer, Steve quickly chimed in. "Only one? That doesn't sound like a good idea for someone from SHIELD give them only one test?"

"Normally, you would be right mister Rodgers, but because SHIELD's enhanced division acts autonomously from SHIELD, my boss has allowed me to choose and interview any way I deem fit. As long as I do not do anything that can be considered illegal or violate any of SHIELD's rules.

Besides, the reasoning behind this trial will be made clear soon." Aizawa explained as he opened the door to reveal a large open area that looked to be the center area of the stadium.

There were a few lights illuminating the center floor and in front of them sat a small table with what looked to be three baseballs. The interviewer went to the table and grabbed one of the baseballs and passed it to the boy, "this test will be simple." He then pointed to a circle behind him, "you will stand in the circle, and you throw the ball as hard as you can without leaving the said circle."

Izuku followed his instructions as the boy entered the circle, "this first throw will be without your powers, as a sort of control to compare for later." The boy looked back to the adults and noticed that his interviewer pulled out some sort of handheld device, "I will keep track of where it lands, and we will decide the rest from there." The interviewer explained as both Steve and Toshinori gave him another look of reassurance before turned back away from him. Even if this is meant to be a control he will do his best, Izuku let out a deep breath before throwing the baseball as hard as he could.

The ball landed near halfway from them and the end of the stadium. "46 meters, not bad, now this one will be with your powers," Aizawa stated as he threw Izuku another ball, as the teen caught it he let out a shaky breath. 'Okay, you can do this you've made it this far, just remember what Toshinori said. Don't let the egg explode.'

Izuku got into position as he pulled his arm back. 'Don't let the egg explode!' He repeated as his arm began to arc to launch the ball as One for All flowed throughout it. 'Don't explode the egg!' The teen's mind roared just as he was going to throw the ball until he felt his power leave his arm.

Before the teen could comprehend what had happened the ball left his hand and flew through the air and landed just a bit farther than the first one, Izuku couldn't comprehend what had just happened. 'I don't get it…I just had it One for All where did it…'

"Wait a minute now I remember you! You're Eraser Head!" Toshinori exclaimed to which Izuku quickly turned around and his eyes went wide. Aizawa's long hair was now seemingly floating as the scarf around his neck had unfurled and began to move like it had a mind of its own which revealed what looked to be yellow goggles around his neck. However, what caught Izuku off the most was now his eyes were no longer their original color, but a dark crimson as they focused on the teen.

At his side, Toshinori narrowed his eyes towards Aizawa while Steve seemed to be taken aback by the man's actions. However, the interviewer paid no mind to the tallest male as he focused on the teen. "If you are wondering what happened let me explain it the best way I can when I use my powers on normal people they are usually frozen if I look at them, but if they are enhanced, well as long as I look at them they end up having their powers erased."

Then before Izuku could blink, he felt the scarf surround his body and Aizawa gave a hard tug and pulled the teen closer to him until all Izuku could see where the man's bloodshot red eyes. "Now listen to me if you do not get at least double the distance you had earlier or if you break your arm you will not join my team is that understood?" Aizawa explained as his eyes became like red daggers piercing the boy's soul.

"Wait this isn't fair you cannot just do that to him, and what makes you believe he is going to break his arm if he threw the ball?" Steve called out as glared at Aizawa, the Eraser Head then shut his eyes, and once they had opened they had returned to their natural dark color, and his hair seemed to fall limp as his scarf then returned to its owner untangling the boy. Aizawa then looked back at Steve as he didn't seem to be bothered by the super soldier's accusation. "Well, it's quite simple really."

He then took his handheld device and activated some sort of hologram showing one of the flying monstrosity from the invasion of New York like the one Izuku had taken down, but it looked different, and the area around it was separate. "Look familiar mister Rodgers?" Steve's expression seemed puzzled as he did recognize it. "Yeah it's one of the first Chitauri monsters that came from the portal, what about it."

"Well, you see this one was attacked by the Hulk and based on the footage we have recovered he had dealt a massive blow to its head with a single punch. However, the blow itself wasn't what had killed this leviathan, as they called it, but by mister Stark blowing up, its insides. The only damage the Hulk had dealt it was against the armor and minor flesh damage. On the contrary…"

Aizawa then changed to another hologram which showed another one of those monsters, but it had looked familiar. "This is one here is the one Midoriya had killed. Unlike the other one, this leviathan had damage not only to its armor but completely fracturing its skull. And from what I have gathered from medical records on the day of the invasion I found someone with your exact description taken in for broken legs and arm."

Eraser Head looked back to Izuku who couldn't help but shrink back away from the man as he continued his explanation. "Now Midoriya understand the reason I was chosen to watch over my team is both for my powers and my ability to think rationally. Which is why I have chosen this test for you, because what if you accidently use your power on one of your teammates? Even if that were not the case what if you use your powers and you can't move, would you take that risk and become dead weight. Well, I'm not willing to take that chance."

The interviewer then handed the boy the last ball and silently turned the boy around towards the circle. Izuku was at a complete loss of words his mind was trying to comprehend what had happened. 'What do I do if I don't use One for All I'll fail, but if I do use it, I'll destroy my arm and still fail. I've come so far, but is this where I just screw up and repeat the cycle?'

Izuku thought as he looked at the ball in his hand, but then it struck him, 'I got it!' The teen's expression became determined as he firmly gripped the ball, 'I just need to time it just right!' He then pulled back his arm and began his throw. 'Wait for it!' his mind cried out as he reached mid-throw, 'almost there!' The teen until he felt the very tip of his finger touched the ball, 'NOW!' Izuku roared as he put One for All into the one finger a loud 'BOOM' echoed the stadium as a loud crash from the ball as it went through the ceiling.

Pain shot throughout Izuku's right index finger as its discolored form contrasted the other digits, but all he could do was turn towards the adults and gave Aizawa a painful smile, "see mister Aizawa!" The teen exclaimed as he tightened his hand into a fist as more pain from the offended digit ached, but Izuku no longer cared. "I can still move my arm!"

Aizawa's eyes widened, but before he could say anything a loud voice echoed throughout the area, "Haha, take that Aizawa!"

Toshinori exclaimed as he entered his enlarged form as he let an even wider smile than before. That was until he noticed everyone was staring at him with raised eyebrows. The hero let out a chuckle as he sheepishly rubbed the back of his head, "sorry about that. I was very unprofessional, but still!" All Might then pointed towards Eraser Head, "now do you see this kid has potential!"

Aizawa then dropped the surprised expression he had earlier and returned to his usual stoic one as he ignored Toshinori and turned to Izuku. "You did pass my test, and you also did the one thing that rarely happens, which is proving me wrong. But that does not mean you're in the clear."

"You showed me that you can at least have some semblance of control over it, but for what you'll be training for you'll have to do more than just breaking your finger. What you need is something with more control. So, I will give you two weeks for a proper test of your skills." Aizawa explained to which Izuku nodded, "I'll do it! Along with any other test you throw at me!"

Aizawa simply nodded and walked off, and quickly he had a pat on the back as both Steve and Toshinori, now in his normal form, came to his side. "what did I tell you, young man, you did great out there nothing less than what I expected!" Toshinori exclaimed as he playfully messed with the teen's green hair. "You did well out there, but do you mind if I take Toshi for a bit?" The American icon asked, to which Izuku nodded in response and the two men walked off outside the stadium.

A few minutes went by as Izuku waited and all he did was just sat there and watched his finger healing itself, which was not a fun experience watching as well as feeling it until the familiar form of Toshinori came into view. The teen quickly went up to his mentor Izuku looked around for any sign of the super soldier, but before he could ask the older man beat him to the punch. "You don't need to worry about Steve; he'll be back here in a sec. But we talked for a bit and well, let's just say that we know what to do in those two weeks."

"Wait, you're going camping for two weeks?" Ochako asked as she sat on her bed. When she heard the familiar heroic ringtone on the girl's phone, which she had given to her friend, she was bombarded with apologies from Izuku. When Ochako had finally calmed the boy down, Izuku then explained to her how he and Toshinori were going on the camping trip.

"I didn't think liked camping, the last time I saw you go 'camping' was in your living room, and we were seven." The brown-haired girl explained, to which Izuku let out a small chuckle through the phone. "Yeah, b-but Toshinori said that he found a place to help me relax."

'Then why didn't he wait for it to be summer?' Ochako wondered after hearing the boy's explanation, but she decided against bringing it up as she continued, "what are you going to do for school?"

"Actually, that's why I wanted to call you." The girl then heard silence as she heard the boy lay down his phone, Ochako heard a what sounded to be a deep breath. "WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE MY NOTES! I WOULD DO IT MYSELF, BUT I ENDED UP WITH LESS TIME THAN I EXPECTED! IT WAS ALL LAST MINUTE AND SO COULD YOU TELL MY TEACHERS SO I CAN CATCH UP, PLEASE! "I'M SO SORRY, NEXT TIME WE MEET WE'LL PLAY FORTY-KAY, AND YOU CAN PICK WHATEVER MISSION TYPE YOU WANT, YOU CAN SET UP FIRST, YOU CAN EVEN PICK MY UNITS, YOU…"

The girl held her phone as far as she could as Izuku once again went on one of his infamous ramblings, as she let a small smile form on her lips as she put her phone back to her ear. "It's okay Deku; I'll do it." There was a brief silence before Izuku could respond, "Really?"

"Yeah, I'll help you out! You've helped me out through worse, so it's the least I can do. And you don't have to worry about making it up to me, but since your making me do extra school work then I'll get to set up first when you get back, how does that sound?" Ochako asked in a playful tone.

On the other end, she heard the boy quickly pick up his phone. "Thank you Ochako, you're amazing! I'll be sure to meet up with you when I get back." Izuku stated which made the brown-haired girl's smile grow even wider. But her smile then dropped, as something came to her mind.

"Hey, Deku…Can I ask you something?"

"Yeah, what's up Ochako?"

"Is there something you're not telling me Deku?"

There was a brief silence before her friend shakily responded, "n-no, nothing is going on here! I-I'm fine…why do you ask?" The girl shrugged her shoulders.

"I don't know it was just today when Toshinori picked you up I thought it was weird, but if you're fine than I might just be over thinking things. Sorry about that, but I hope you and Toshinori have a good camping trip!"

"Yeah, I'll talk to you when I get, back!"

"See ya!"

"Bye!"

The two hung up, and Ochako's smile had fallen, 'he lied to me again.' She had known Izuku since first grade, and so she has been able to pick up on the many things that make him tick, especially if the green-haired boy was lying. The last time he had lied was when she asked about what he and Captain America had talked about at the hospital, Ochako chose not to bring it up again with their families since she didn't want to pressure him.

But today, his behavior was odd, even by Izuku's standards. From how the boy bolted out to Toshinori after he fumbled through his explanation. Ochako let out a heavy sigh as the teen girl set her phone down. Her room was quite small with just enough room for her to walk through.

The girl went to her desk right in front of her bed which held her computer.

Ochako started up her computer and as she waited to load her mind began to wander. This wasn't the first strange thing that happened to her friend this school year. When she had come back to school after their talk at the first week of school, the brown-haired girl noticed something different in his eyes, as if the small spark that he used to have seemed to have erupted into a roaring fire.

However, that wasn't all that changed for Izuku, no he seemed to become more and more athletic. Which was strange as last year the boy used to be barely faster than her when they went to the track, but now Izuku was lapping her. Though, if she was being honest, it didn't really bother her that much, since, in the end, he was still Izuku. He still kept his usual nerdy self, and with Katsuki avoiding them, it was a win-win.

But, what really caught her attention was when they were in the Invasion of New York. "I need to help." His voice echoed in her memories.

When he narrowed his eyes in resolve as the giant flying monster was heading towards them, it was a look she was deeply familiar with, as its what he looked like when he was in the tough spot in one of their board games, and it meant he found a way to win. Seeing this shy and timid boy

Ochako had known since she was six charge his way towards the danger, it wasn't like him, or at least it wasn't a side she has seen before.

Light from the girl computer flashed in front of her and showed the girl's wallpaper. Ochako smiled as it showed both her and Izuku going the Comic-Con last year. Toshinori had always taken the two to the convention every year, which when asked he would simply reply with, 'I know a guy.' The brown-haired girl had the wide smile as both of her creating the peace sign with both of her hands as she leaned towards Izuku, who had a shaky smile and what looked to be some signs of crimson on his cheeks. Ochako looked at the boy as rested her chin on her arms, a small smile appeared on her face when thinking of the time they spent together.

"Ochako, honey dinner is about ready! Can you make up the table before your father comes home!" The girl's mother called, which caused the brown-haired girl to turn back towards the voice. "I'll be there in just a second."

Ochako looked back at Izuku, the digital image simply staring at her with the goofy expression on his face. 'What are you hiding from me?'