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Onxio; Yeah, he never made physical contact with All For One.
ShadowUzumaki55; Yeah, it was difficult for them, but they pulled through. All For One is quite the sneaky guy, and has some plans up his sleeve. Madam President has done for sure.
Guest 1; Yeah, they would be intriguing to tackle in the future.
Silver crow; They would spin it in their favour. Yeah, they came together, and managed to win. Yeah, Keita did his best against AFO. I think Lady Nagant never said she would trust AFO or accept his deal without her doing her best to turn situations to her favour, and what she can do to protect those that she cares for. Yeah, being her relative, he would know about it. He would be pretty smart and know how to protect himself. The True Longinus user will have a few cool ways to use his abilities. He will meet a few people soon. Thanks for the harem suggestions.
djinn; Thanks! Yeah, the details of that shall be shown in the future.
shephawk; Yeah, that sounds like a cool Danmachi story to try out. Freya doing that would be pretty interesting. Cool harem, thanks for the suggestions!
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Guest 3; The President didn't have contact with Kai, he used Keita to lure Kai out since he vaguely knew where Kai was but wasn't certain, where if Keita and the others hadn't driven him off, would have tried to capture him. Yeah, because they used him as bait, the others were extremely angry about it.
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Chapter 9
A week after the events with All For One, and the former President, life had begun to return to normal. At least as normal as it could be with them. Keita was back on track, and beginning to adjust to a few new things.
Fortunately, since the incident, neither All For One or Kai had turned up. For the time being, Keita was glad to be able to return to a form of normalcy, though he did ponder what All For One or Kai's next move was going to be.
So when Keita returned to school, he walked through the halls, and towards the same classroom doors he had become accustomed with, entering them without delay.
"School...yes, I am glad to be back."
The first person he saw was Katsuki, sitting in her seat casually.
He was happy to see her, he hadn't seen her since the day of their fight against one another.
So he walked over towards her, keeping his happiness to a relatively calm one.
"Morning Kacchan."
He greeted cheerfully, Katsuki's eyes turned towards him, her mouth curling upwards ever so slightly, hardly noticeable, but it was there nonetheless.
"Where have you been? Its been ages."
Keita lightly scratched his cheek.
"Ooh, you know, busy with some home stuff. Sorry, its been a difficult week or so, but I think its getting back to normal."
"Nothing to be concerned about?"
Keita shakes his head.
"Nope~ So, did I miss anything?"
"Nothing notable, just the nerd doing some more of his workout sessions, and generally bugging me. He also said that he's going to try out for U.A."
"Hmm, I see. So that's what he's up too...speaking of U.A. though, I've decided that I'm going to be going to U.A. as well, and well, I could always use a study partner, for training and such~ Know of anyone that could help me with that?"
He hinted towards her, so the young girl adopted a strong smirk.
"I was hoping you'd say that, I did wish to train with you again. Like, the last time we did it, I was thrilled to fight someone that could actually put up a decent challenge against me."
Keita chuckled, leaning closer so he was only a breaths away from her earlobe.
His hot breath tickled her ear as he spoke in a cheery tone.
"I'm glad that I could thrill you Kacchan~"
Katsuki looked intrigued by his words.
However, soon Izuku came into the room, and when he saw Keita, he became excited, and walked over.
"Good morning Keita-kun!"
"Morning~" Keita said with a gentle smile. "Wow Izuku-kun, you look a bit different. I suppose...stronger is the best way to say it?"
Izuku rubbed the back of his head in a sheepish manner.
"I have been training a bit, not that long though..."
"Well, I hope that its good for you."
Izuku nods strongly, as he sits down.
Keita was happy for him, and wished him all the best.
A few days after that Keita was training for himself to become stronger, and was currently doing a good jog around the city.
Going from different areas, building up stamina, Keita kept up a steady pace, and was able to get in some good exercise.
While running, he happened to come across a certain beach.
Littered with different types of washed up items upon the beach, Keita could see washing machines, and bags of garbage, among other things.
That didn't surprise him all that much, but what did was seeing Izuku.
He was moving the trash from one place to another.
To Keita, it looked to be a form of training.
"So...this is where he's been secretly training."
Keita mused within his mind, and pulled closer. He walked to the steps that went down towards the beach, and could see Izuku was giving it his all in pulling the objects across the beach. Keita thought for Izuku, it would be good to build up his body.
Deciding to not disturb Izuku in his training, Keita went to leave, when his eyes caught the sight of someone watching Izuku from a distance.
Turning fully, Keita looked on and saw that it was the same man that he had met on the stairs to the building Izuku had been on with All Might.
In fact, it was All Might, though Keita wasn't aware of that, since he was in his skinny form. Still, Keita felt something about him was oddly familiar, and the more that he looked towards him, Keita was unsure of what to think.
However, the fact that he was staring at Izuku, brought something to Keita.
From the distance that he was, Keita couldn't make out the facial expressions that All Might was making. Since he thought it was a stranger and how he didn't indicate last time to knowing Izuku, and yet now was watching him at least, Keita knew that he'd have to take some actions.
"Is it a coincidence...does Izuku-kun know about him...? He is at a distance...I best make sure that Izuku-kun is safe..."
So he moved towards the man, being careful as he did so in case that this man was dangerous.
Wanting to protect his friend, Keita managed to use his skills he had picked up during his training with the Hero Commission to get in close, making the least amount of noise as possible.
Then, Keita placed his hand on All Might's shoulder, and caused him to jump.
"Aaah!" All Might shifted his eyes as fast as he could, seeing that it was Keita stood there, sweat began to drip from his forehead. "Ahahahaha...h-hello there...y-you are able to sneak up on people very well..." All Might paused, and wanted to face fault for that line, but did his best to keep composure, even under the curious gaze of Keita. "Haha, never mind about that~ S-So, its great meeting like this..."
"Hello again. Funny we keep running into each other, isn't it? The last time...was on the stairs, right?"
Because All Might wished to protect his identity, Keita couldn't know who he was, and felt nervous on how to proceed from this.
"Y-Yeah...haha, its been sometime, hasn't it? H-How have you been?"
As All Might said it, he kept his eyes as steady as they could be, but to Keita it looked unnatural.
To the point that it was clear that something was amiss.
"Me, I've been fine. But, I'm surprised, you're out here, and watching that boy over there. So, do you know him by chance?"
At that moment, All Might could've sworn that his heart would stop in his chest.
He didn't know what to say.
His heart and mind was captivated, and he was having difficult trying to calm down his feelings.
"Ooh no, what do I say to this…?" All Might thought, seeing the unamused eyes of Keita, seeing how he was fiercely protecting Izuku. "O-Oh, aah that boy is...y-yeah, I remember, wasn't he with All Might? Hahaha, that is a coincidence for sure...eeh...we-well, I do know him…! Y-Yes, that's right, I do!"
Keita couldn't work this man out.
Though he knew for certain that he was keeping a secret.
"Oh, I see. So, how do you know him?"
All Might was sweating bullets at this point.
He was trying his best to appear calm, but it wasn't working.
"I-I am...t-training...yes, that's right! I am his personal trainer!"
"Personal...trainer?"
Keita echoed back towards the older man, All Might nods vigorously.
"Y-Yeah! That's right! The boy...Izuku Midoriya..." Keita tilted his head, hearing that this man knew Izuku's name at least. "...he is, he came to me...I run a training service…! So, I couldn't refuse him...f-for I too am a Quirkless individual..."
"Ooh, you are?" Keita wondered, still seeing that All Might was keeping something from him. "Well, that's good for Izuku-kun. He did say that he was training. To think he hired someone to train him. Someone Quirkless makes sense as well."
All Might felt relief in his heart.
Though he could see that Keita was still looking towards him, being unsure of what was going on.
"Y-Yeah, so that's how it is. The kid asked me, and I agreed."
"Really huh? That's great for him. Ooh right. I'm sorry, my name is Keita, what's yours?"
All Might internally panicked when he had to think of a name for himself.
Before he could, Izuku happened to look over, and saw Keita speaking with All Might.
Worry came over him when he saw that All Might looked panicked, so he rushed over.
"K-Keita-kun!" Izuku expressed loudly, gaining his attention. "Y-You're here!"
"Yeah, I was getting in some morning jogs, and then I happened to see you. You never said you had a personal trainer. Though I guess it makes sense. And you found someone Quirkless like you, that's a good way to go about it Izuku-kun."
"Quirkless..." Izuku mimicked, glancing at All Might who nodded rapidly, but then stopped when Keita glanced at him. "Y-Yeah! Hahaha, that he is! S-Sensei is like me, totally Quirkless!"
Keita looked between them, it was clear to him that something was going on, how nervous they were, Keita put some pieces together, and looked on normally, but was curious at the same time on what truly was happening.
"Well, it seems that you've got everything in hand then Izuku-kun. Seems like the training is already beginning to work, you look a bit stronger than before you started this training." Izuku nodded in thanks. "Then I'll leave you two alone. Good luck with the training. And remember, if you need anything...I'm only a call away."
As he said it, he looked between All Might and Izuku.
All Might kept up a smile that was fading the more Keita looked towards him, and thought "That kid suspects something isn't true...but, it seems he also believes in his friend..." and kept up his kind expression with a touch of nervousness at the same time.
Izuku on the other hand simply showed a positive expression on his face.
"Thanks!"
Izuku waved as Keita walked off.
Getting back to the steps he was on previously, he looked back to the pair of them, and saw them both looking relieved.
Keita was amused, and thought about what had happened, then he looked to All Might still in his skinny form.
Keita focused in on him, and something told Keita that this man, All Might, was more than meets the eye, and was beginning to wonder more...
Training came in different forms, and weeks soon rolled on by.
During the time he had been training, everything seemed relatively quiet. Keita hadn't heard from Kai, assuming that he was doing his best to stay out of sight of everyone. All For One hadn't bothered them, Keita was suspicious about that since he seemed eager, and he also noticed that Lady Nagant had been staying out longer than usual.
When asked, she said it was to patrol, and see if they could find any leads to Kai and All For One, he was worried for her to confront them, and didn't want her to have to feel the burden of dealing with either of them.
Though, so far...nothing.
Keita wondered if for the time being, that Kai had moved far away. He knew Kai wasn't stupid, and now having been caught once more, he'd do his best to stay underground, to stay out of the light as much as possible, but that only made Keita wonder what was going on with him.
Keita currently was training with Hawks. Since he wished to be able to also fight flying targets, Hawks had agreed, so Keita began using his power to generate rocks from the ground and use the momentum of them being formed to fire them off into the sky.
"Hah!"
Unleashing one after the other, Keita tried to lock down Hawks.
But the winged Hero was faster, and was able to dance around them. Though, because of his speed, Keita thought that Hawks was the perfect training partner for him, allowing him to adjust, and attack when needed.
"Try that!"
Keita generated a thick wall of stone to stop Hawks from moving, and then fired off another attack towards him, Hawks this time had to turn his blade downwards, and slice right through the stone before it reached him.
He didn't have time to retreat, while Keita had essentially boxed him in.
Keita hummed at what he saw.
"It seems that I'd have to trap my opponents before getting them...that could be tricky, depending on the opponent, and a flying one at that, I have to come up with a way to get clean shots, or be able to have the flyer come to me, or vice versa..."
Keita mused aloud, and wondered what could be done about it.
Ideas ran through the young man's mind.
As they did, Hawks flew down to meet up with him.
"Flyers can be difficult. But I have seen you be able to deal with them before. Like the Nomu that came during the...yeah, you know."
Keita nods in agreement.
"Even then, I'm thinking of fighting long range, and needing to be ready for any situation. In case of All For One, or big brother. Both have access to multiple Quirks, so its best if we can be prepared to fight at any range."
As Keita said it, he heard a noise coming from the right hand side, he looked to see that Lady Nagant was coming towards them.
Adopting a bright smile on his face, Keita waved her over.
"My, so you two are practising this early?"
"Yeah, I had sometime, and Keita-kun wished to fight a flyer, so I said I'd help him out."
Hawks expressed, Lady Nagant slowly nods her head.
"I see, so that's how it is."
Keita turns to Lady Nagant.
"I am thinking of how to use my powers, for long range fighters. Close, and mid range, I think that I can deal with in a few ways. But long, and high up enemies, I don't want to be taken by surprise by any enemy again, so I'm working on how to use my Quirk to fight those types of enemies."
Lady Nagant could understand that.
"Well, you've certainly come to the right place, considering that I am a pretty good long range fighter. I'm sure together, we shall come up with a new technique for you."
"Really? Because I do have some ideas I thought to run by you."
Lady Nagant always loved his enthusiasm, and loved how he wished to improve on his abilities as well.
"Of course, whenever you want to."
Keita exclaimed "Great!" then began discussing with her various ways of growing in strength, all the while the pair listened to the younger man's thoughts, finding them intriguing in how he wished to use his ability.
Days and weeks passed by.
Training with the likes of Katsuki, and Hawks and Lady Nagant, Keita was growing, and he wished to become even stronger, so he could face down those that wished to hurt him, or those that he cared for.
But right now, there was something else that Keita was up too.
That day, it was Christmas day finally.
Keita had been excited for this day, it was one of his favourite days of the year. He had managed to make himself a Santa outfit, minus the beard, but it looked rather well designed since he literally created it with his two hands via his Quirk and different materials.
He also had created some gifts, unique forms that he thought would be good for those that he cared for.
He also wished to deliver them to his friends as well. He had created a customized figure for Izuku, of All Might, his favourite Hero. He also had designed something for Katsuki as well.
Keita left his room, with the two gifts he had for Hawks and Lady Nagant.
When he went to the living room like area in the facility, Keita walked inside, and saw the two already there. Like him, Lady Nagant also dressed up, as a Santa lady, having a rather cute design, the skirt coming just above the knee, and a few of the top buttons on her jacket open.
Keita bit his lower lip when seeing the beauty of Lady Nagant.
So much so that he ended up blushing as a result.
Lady Nagant gave a bright smile, holding up a piece of mistletoe, and placed it above Keita's head.
"Mistletoe huh, so should we use them?" Lady Nagant leaned forward, and kissed his cheek. "Merry Christmas, Keita-kun."
He placed a hand where she had kissed him, feeling a small but healthy flush to dance on his face.
"M-Merry Christmas." Keita responded, and pushed a present towards Lady Nagant. "I...I made this for you, Nagant-chan."
Lady Nagant took the small box, and opened it, revealing a beautifully designed necklace, that was in a similar shape to a rifle that her Quirk produced, but for this, the colours of the necklace, were the same colours as Lady Nagant's hair.
Along with that, were a set of unique golden earrings that dangled down ever so slightly, having the design of flowers.
"I wasn't entirely sure what to do, but then I recalled from reading online that gifts made, can mean more than bought. I got the materials I needed, and then crafted them."
She looked at them, and couldn't contain her smile.
"They're lovely, thank you Keita-kun. I'll always cherish them. And wow, that colouring must've been difficult to do~"
"Haha, it was a bit of a challenge, but eventually managed to copy the pattern similar to your hair." As he said it, he brought out another box, and presented it to Hawks. "Here, this is the one I made for you, Hawks-kun."
"Aah, you didn't have to make me anything~" Hawks accepted the gift, and opened it slowly. "...Whoa, that's really...wow, that's pretty cool. Me, with fire wings huh...in real life, that would be pretty bad for me, but this looks awesome~"
What Hawks got was a pendant with what looked similar to Hawks, albeit with wings that resembled flames with how it was designed. Even the colouring of the wings resembled Hawks, and the outfit in general. It was made out of metal as well, Hawks knew Keita must've put in a good amount of work to get it just right.
"You always admired Endeavour-san, so I thought it was a chance to be creative, and give you flame wings. As you said, it might not happen in real life...for obvious reasons, so why not like this?"
Hawks adored it, and placed it around his neck.
Then Lady Nagant offered her brightest of smiles, as she then presented Keita his own.
"Here, I got you this."
"Ooh, me too."
Hawks offered one as well, so Keita opened them swiftly.
First, he opened Lady Nagant's gift.
What Lady Nagant got him was a picture decorated in a frame that was seashells.
Keita smiled fondly at that, he recalled when they first went to the beach together, and the picture that was taken was of Keita, Hawks, and Lady Nagant together, enjoying their time together.
Along with the picture, was a figurine that Keita hadn't been able to get, one of Lady Nagant, that had been sold out.
"Y-You got me this too..."
"Of course, you seemed disheartened that you couldn't get it, so I hope you like it. Took a bit to track down, considering that the figurine is based off of me, is telling you something huh?"
"Haha, it surely is Nagant-chan. Thank you for doing that for me~"
Lady Nagant waved her hand, when he pulled closer.
Leaning towards her, he lightly kissed her cheek, and then pulled back with a small tinge of redness on his cheeks.
She also felt a tinge of red work its way onto her face, while he turned to the present he got from Hawks, still showing a small bit of red on his face, which she found to be rather endearing to see.
What he got from Hawks was a bunch of new games of different genres, so many that it would keep him occupied for months.
"W-Whoa Hawks-kun, this must've taken you a lot to get..."
"Naah, don't worry about it. Besides, there's a few there I'd happily beat you at anytime~"
Keita gave a challenging look, and nods swiftly.
"Bring it on, Hawks-kun!"
Hawks laughs heartedly, while Lady Nagant observes as they begin to play games.
She found this time to be rather relaxing, and couldn't help but enjoy the look on Keita's face, it felt like right now, Kai was a thousand miles away from Keita's mind, and that's what she wanted all along.
Later on, Keita wished to go and spend time with his friends, at least give them presents as well.
First, he had gone to Izuku's house, and gave him a present which was some fun All Might memorabilia that Keita had made for him via his Quirk, which Keita knew Izuku would love since All Might was his favourite Hero.
Izuku was rather moved, and thanked him, while also giving Keita a sweater. It seemed to be handmade, so Keita wondered if his Mother helped him. Regardless, Keita enjoyed it a good deal, and thanked him for it.
Afterwards, Keita soon arrived at Katsuki's house, and went to the door. He was under the watchful gaze of Lady Nagant, though nothing had happened since, they were being cautious.
Keita walked to the front door, and knocked on it.
When the door opened, an older female that looked extremely like Katsuki appeared.
He was briefly surprised, but then adopted a small smile, and pulled in closer.
"Merry Christmas! You are, Kacchan's Mother, right? I'm her school friend-"
"You must be Keita-kun!" The woman exclaimed. "Ooh wow, you are too adorable in that outfit. Come in, come in~ Katsuki's just in the middle of throwing another rage about decorating the Christmas tree~"
Keita wondered why Katsuki called her Mother scary, so far he couldn't see anything that would be shown to be scary.
"T-Thank you ma'am, but I'm not interrupting your day? I just wanted to drop off a present..."
"Of course not, the more the merrier, is what I say. Besides, I want to see the person that was able to calm Katsuki down. Usually, she goes so hyper, and yet when she mentions you, she is relatively calm and collected. Its astounding really."
Keita lightly smiled, and followed the young woman inside.
Going in, he saw her house being rather beautifully decorated. Though in the living room, he saw a man sat in the corner, drinking eggnog, and Katsuki throwing decorations onto the tree as if she didn't care.
Keita thought it would be very much like Katsuki to do something like that, and found it cute.
He pulled closer, as the Mother announced his presence.
"Katsuki, I've got something for you~"
"Not another damn Angel to put on top of this dumb tree is it!? If it is, do it yourself!"
She yelled without looking towards Keita and her Mother.
Her Mother snickered at her daughters ways.
"Well, it is an Angel, but you can't put him on top of a tree, unless you really want too~"
Katsuki was confused, and turned to her Mother.
But then she saw Keita stood there with a present in his hands for her.
"Merry Christmas Kacchan!"
"K-Kei..." Both her parents were shocked to hear her stutter. "What are you doing here? Dressed in that..." Katsuki ran her eyes up and down the outfit, finding it rather good on him, and turned her head to hide the slight redness beginning to form on her face. "...you came for Christmas?"
Katsuki's Mother was eating this up, seeing her own daughter act rather curiously, it made her also wish to see what their relationship was like.
"Present, dropping it off. Your Mom invited me inside, saying something about you not liking to decorate the tree?" Katsuki sent glares to her Mother, who in turn gave a victory smile. "I could lend a hand, if I'm not imposing of course."
"Of course not~" Katsuki's Mom said with a dreamy voice. "Ooh by the way dear, my name is Mitsuki, your future Mother in-"
"Finish that sentence and I'll get you!"
Mitsuki snapped her eyes to Katsuki, whacking her in the back of the head, antagonizing Katsuki, shocking Keita.
"Ooh hush!" Katsuki glared harder, while Mitsuki turned back to Keita with a dreamy smile. "So, why don't you help Katsuki, and it will give me time to continue the meal for us...not like anyone else would do it...Katsuki."
Mitsuki ended with a faux annoyed stare, Katsuki rapidly blinked, as Keita became intrigued.
"Ooh cooking, so you're making a Christmas meal. Aah, I did that...well, those I live with are a bit busy so we haven't had a chance to sit down yet...but, still, if you need a hand, I'd love to help. I love cooking~"
"You do?" Mitsuki cooed, and leaned to her daughter with a smirk, as she said "Seems like a keeper." to which Katsuki folded her arms, her face turning even redder even though she was trying to furiously deny it as Mitsuki pulled back to Keita. "If it isn't too much trouble, I'd love some help~"
"Great, then lets get too it~"
"Wonderful, then Katsuki, finish the tree, and dear, help Katsuki out."
Mitsuki said to her husband at the end, who nods slightly shyly, and helps out their daughter.
Keita went into the kitchen with Mitsuki, seeing various things cooking already.
So he began helping her out.
Preparing the different foods, one being a rather delicious looking foods.
Mitsuki glanced over, seeing that he was preparing the gravy for the food.
He then presented it to her.
"Please try this and see what you think."
Mitsuki shrugged, and did just that, taking a spoon, and dipped it into the gravy, seeing the thinness of it, yet not to the point it was like water, and she thought that it was rather delicious smelling it from what she could do, so she took it into her mouth.
"Ooh wow...this is..."
Stars became the replacement for Mitsuki's eyes, tasting the unique flavour that Keita brought to the gravy.
"Do you like it?"
"Y-Yeah, this is really delicious Keita-kun. Where did you learn to make this?"
"Hehe, well its actually kind of my own recipe. I used to cook a lot, for quite a few people and I liked to experiment with different flavours. Some worked, some didn't, so I could improve them."
"I seel you really have a unique flavouring. Say, wanna cook again for me?"
"I'd love too~"
Getting on like a house on fire, Mitsuki and Keita happily cooked away.
When finished, they all sat down, beginning to eat the meal together. While doing so, Katsuki looked astonished, and turned to her Mother.
"This gravy is delicious, its different to your usual one."
"Well, that's because Keita-kun made it. Though I noticed something then, what's with that tone? Are you saying my food isn't good enough for you?"
Mitsuki teased, Katsuki scowled at her Mother.
"Jumping to conclusions, I never said that! I was just saying the unique flavours compliment one another!"
"Do not yell at your Mother! And thank you!"
Keita began chuckling when seeing the back and forth between Mother and daughter, he also noticed that Katsuki's Dad was staying rather silent, it seemed that he was simply enjoying the food together with his family.
When it came to dessert, Mitsuki offered it up for the others to have.
"Now, while I was working on finishing the main meal, Keita-kun cooked up us chocolate cake with a rich chocolate sauce. Thank you Keita-kun~"
"No problem Mitsuki-san~"
Katsuki was flabbergasted.
"Since when are you two on a first name basis?"
Keita and Mitsuki looked at one another, offered smiles, and then looked back at their chocolate cake.
Katsuki then took the first bite of the food, allowing her spoon to sink through the soft sponge, and then placed it into her mouth, it was like a sensation she hadn't felt before, the flavours danced across her tongue, and filled her mouth.
"D-Damn, this tastes..." Katsuki looked at Keita, who offered a gentle smile in return. "Where did you learn to cook this damn well?"
"Here and there, I picked up a lot along the way. Experimented with different things. So, you like?"
She didn't even hate to admit it, because she found it to be rather sweet tasting and yet not overpowering at the same time. It was a combination that worked for her, and she had to admit that she wished for even more than she had.
"...Yeah, its really good."
"That's good, because you know, if the Hero thing never worked out for me, I'd probably have gone into the chefs business, I've loved to cook since I was young. Maybe a cake chef would be good?"
"Nothing stopping that, you can be both." Mitsuki grinned, and leaned closer to Katsuki, whispering in her ear. "A cute boy that not only is aspiring to become a Hero, but can cook this well? Katsuki, I'm staying out of your love life of course, but you've gotta make moves if you want to. Especially since he can seemingly calm you when you get flared up. That's a rare find Katsuki."
Katsuki looked at the curious encouragement from her Mother, and then adopted a smallest of smirks, whispering back "I know what I'm doing." which didn't answer anything directly, but Mitsuki took it based on the smirk, and her general demeanour, that Katsuki and her were on the same page with one another, which made her very happy.
"Ooh yes, that is true. Maybe as a side job, I could do that, and cook for my fellow heroes from time to time. But, the meal we had then Mitsuki-san, that was really delicious. I can tell you put a lot of hard work and time into that, it tasted fantastic."
"Ooh dear, you're going to flatter your Mother in..." Katsuki shot her a sharp look. "...Mother in the house~ Katsuki's Mother. Not yours. Just to be clear. Maybe one day? Haha, what am I saying~?" Katsuki sweat dropped. "Though, speaking of, you're aspiring to be a Hero as well? So that's why Katsuki took initial liking to you? She does have a hard time making friends, mostly because she terrifies most people she meets."
Katsuki usually would be angry at that, but she liked it, and nods slowly, strongly.
"I also like Kacchan's passion. She was rather helpful to me when I first started school, I have seen her be scary to others. But, I really find her to be really cool. Plus as I said, she helped me, when it was a bit weird for me to be in school, I didn't really have much experience with it, growing up home schooled would do that I guess~"
"Well, its lovely to know my daughter was helpful to a new student~"
Katsuki looked slightly embarrassed, mostly annoyed with what was happening.
But they managed to get through the meal eventually, enjoying the foods and having good times together.
It was interesting to Keita to see a family like this interact. He never got the chance to have these kind of Christmas times with Kai, in fact he didn't get to do much like this growing up, so being able to have a Christmas meal with a family, it made him rather happy.
Later on, sitting outside of Katsuki's house, Keita and Katsuki looked out into the snowy fields that were her garden and the remaining of the street.
Sitting down on a wall together, Keita clutched the gift he had made for Katsuki, and when he went to give it to her, she suddenly presented a box, and practically threw it at him.
Keita held the box, then looked to Katsuki.
"Go ahead, open it."
She expressed strongly, so Keita indeed did open it.
What he saw was a Star and Stripe figurine, rare to be able to get one on Japan like this one was.
"Wow Kacchan, I don't know what to say...you, really got me this…?"
"Yeah, don't make a big deal out of it."
Though she said that, Keita knew that she would have had to have gone out of her way a good deal for her to get this for him.
He really appreciated it, and leaned closer towards her.
"Thank you, Kacchan. This means a lot to me. To...do this much for me."
"As I said, its nothing to worry about."
"Even then, I still...really, thank you. I love it." Keita, still holding onto his present for her, presented it to her. "I gave a handmade gift to Izuku-kun earlier, before I came here, and he seemed to really like it. I made you one too. Different to his though~"
"You made me something?"
"I didn't know what else to give, so I thought that you could have a very rare and unique thing, just for you. Only you in the world will have this."
Katsuki felt rather touched by his words, and proceeded to unwrap the gift.
When she did, she found that it was a figurine of All Might, and Katsuki herself, stood side by side, with All Might wearing a shirt that said "Kacchan's fan." and Katsuki wearing a costume that looked battle ready, including spikes on the knees, causing Katsuki to feel her heart beat increase.
"Wow...this is nicely made. You did this, with your power?"
"I did, it took me a while, getting his jawline was a bit difficult you know? Even then, I thought it was worth it."
Katsuki examined the figurine, and adopted a smirk.
"Heh, you even got my knees for killing as well!"
Keita nods strongly.
"I remember you saying that you'd probably have that on your Hero costume. I don't know what it would be exactly like that you had in mind, but I think it goes with the whole killing with knees thing you wished for. Do you like it?"
"I do. I also like the touch with the grenade like things hanging from the belt. All that's missing are the bracers."
"Bracers?"
Keita echoed, Katsuki nods strongly.
"Its something I've thought about for a while, and since my Quirk works off of my sweat, I thought that I could store my sweat in bracers, and then fire for one big burst of power. Using it like that could be like a trump card for me. Would scare the crap out of enemies."
Keita burst out laughing, at the very thing she said was something he expected from Katsuki, and he loved it all the same.
"You tell me what they look like, and I'll be sure to add them."
"Haha yeah. Then it will be complete. Well, you will see it when we get to U.A. for sure."
Keita gave a joyous smile, and pulled closer.
"You know, I never expected to stay this long, I hope I didn't intrude on your Christmas."
"No, you made it more entertaining. Usually, Mom would be trying her usual crap, and then it would become annoying. So it was a nice change of pace."
"Even though you say that… I can tell, you had a good time with your family." Katsuki turned her face, unable to admit to it, but Keita could see the truth. "And I had a good time with you, and your family, Kacchan." Her eyes turned back towards him, seeing him looking up. "Ooh my...I didn't even see that here before."
Katsuki looked confused, so looked up.
When she did, she saw that there was a mistletoe.
She looked down towards Keita, seeing that he had a healthy flush on his cheeks.
"Its something that you do during Christmas, isn't that right?" Keita began, pulling closer. "But, it isn't mandatory as far as I'm aware. So I suppose it would be up to the two of us if anything like that happened. Maybe one day, we could, if you wanted to do such things..."
Before he could finish, he felt something soft touching his face.
As he turned, Katsuki retracted her head, her face turned the other way so he couldn't see what expressions she was doing.
Though, he also did wonder about her facial expressions at this moment, the fact that she had in fact kissed his cheek, made him lightly smile.
He wondered if she felt embarrassed by it, she'd never admit to it as that was the type of person Katsuki was. Though he also didn't think she'd embarrass that easily either. Whatever the case, he found it quite adorable in what she was doing.
"Merry Christmas, Kacchan."
She didn't reply, but she did glance in his direction.
That made him rather happy, and he couldn't wait for what else would come now.
Meanwhile, Kai Chisaki had been for months, plotting his next moves.
To deal with those that would cause him problems, Lady Nagant and Hawks.
His mind however went towards the one person that he did wish to spend this day with.
His little brother.
"Kei...having a good Christmas? I remember when we had Christmas together, your face would light up, and look...happy. Damn Heroes..."
Kai mused in his mind, as he tinkered away with a certain vial that was filled with blood.
Examining it carefully, Keita kept flashing in Kai's mind.
Thoughts of him and his smile filled his mind.
His hatred for Lady Nagant and Hawks grew higher because in his mind, they were the ones keeping them separate from one another.
"Wherever you are, little brother. I'll bring you back to me. Then, we can have a better life. Its about time, we go to the top, isn't it? No longer, being separate, together...we can accomplish anything. So, lets do so by next Christmas. All For Ones reign wont last forever, and then it will be our turn."
Adopting a small smirk, Kai Chisaki continued his machinations.
His desired turned up high, a desire to be with his little brother again, and stand together against anyone that would try anything with them.
To restore the Yakuza, and reign once more.
Later on, Keita decided to head back to the facility.
When he did, he happened to be walking by Lady Nagant's room, and heard her speaking.
He didn't know to who it would be, so he began pulling away, and allowing her to have her private conversations, but the door then opened, and revealed Lady Nagant herself.
"I thought I heard footsteps."
"Ooh, I was just walking by."
Keita explained, Lady Nagant gave a gentle smile, and then stepped aside.
"Come in for a bit."
He didn't have to be told twice, and entered her room without a moments pause.
Keita fully walked inside, and sat on the bed after being gestured to by Lady Nagant.
"So tell me, did you enjoy your time with your friends? It looked pretty fun from what I saw."
"Ooh, it was wonderful. I'm sorry, I know you've got much to do, I wish it didn't have to be the case where you have to watch over me, in case of certain people."
Lady Nagant waved her hand.
"Its really okay, don't worry about it. The important thing is that you get to have a good time. And I'm glad that you did. It must've been weird, huh? Experiencing that with a...well, its an interesting family to be sure."
Keita thought that was a funny way to put it.
"They have a fun dynamic. Haha, the Mom, Mitsuki-san, and Kacchan really do have a unique way of expressing their emotions. Also, her Dad seemed a bit quiet, but still looked to be enjoying themselves. Nagant-chan, did you grow up enjoying Christmas with your family?"
"I did, I used to have some good times at Christmas. It was one of my favourite times of the year, it was when everything just...was good for that one day. One day, and no one had to worry about many things. We just sat down and had fun. Played games. It was really great."
Keita was glad to hear that from her.
"That's good, I'm glad that you got those experiences. Now, I get to have them as well. With you and the others. Its been a treat. Though Nagant-chan, there is something I have been wondering about recently."
Lady Nagant tilted her head.
"Oh, what's that?"
"Its just...you know, I know you take on a lot of stuff, to help many people. Its okay, to share the load with me. The President was corrupt, but he did give me one thing that I wanted, and that was..." His hand overlaid with her own, causing her to smile. "...the chance to be able to support the people that I love most."
Lady Nagant softened her gaze, and allowed her lips to curl upwards ever so slightly.
"Even though I hated his actions and him as a person...at least one good thing this organization did, was have you here. Though, remember what I said when it happened with the President? That the President, and this organization...honestly, its been so long, that it has become difficult recalling what I came here for, and what to do next. Do you know what you want to do now Keita-kun?"
"To be honest, I have thought about what to do next, but I do know one thing, and is that I wish to be able to get stronger, and protect those like me, who had no one else to rely on. I want to be the Hero to those that feel they have no hope left, as I know what that is like. I can't say what the future might hold, but for certain, that is who I wish to become, the person that people can look to, and feel safe, reassured, that everything is going to be okay."
Lady Nagant really did love his thoughts, and she mentally agreed.
"Yes, you're right about that Keita-kun. But lets forget about that for tonight. Forget about everything, and enjoy our time together."
Lady Nagant placed her hand to the back of Keita's head, and leaned closer.
"Nagant-chan." She paused, as his fingers entwined her own. "Remember...you can always come to me, if you need me. I'll always be there for you, like you have me. So if you come across All For One...or big brother, don't hesitate to come to me, I don't...I don't want to lose you, and I'll face down any evil to keep you with me."
She felt happiness from his words, and she whole heartedly believed that he would be like that.
He would be there for her.
She embraced the young man, and whispered "Merry Christmas Keita-kun, thank you for being here, with me." to which the young man felt his face beginning to turn slightly red at the feeling of her warmth, and her embrace.
He wished that this feeling could last for a long time, that it would be able to experience good times like this.
Though Keita was sure it couldn't, right now being with Lady Nagant, it made him feel rather happy, and he thought that this was the best Christmas he has had in a very long time.
Later that evening, Lady Nagant laid down in her bed, and stared at her ceiling.
She kept thinking something over and over.
That was…
Why?
Why hadn't All For One made his move.
Ever since that day, she had heard whisperings, but nothing concrete yet.
She wondered if he was waiting for the right opportunity, if he was studying more of what they could do, or if his plans simply hadn't called for any of them yet.
"He has to be up to something."
She told herself mentally, shifting on the bed, and trying to think of what was going on.
She let out a breath, placing a hand to her forehead and deeply thought about her next moves, along with what her enemies could be capable of doing.
"All For One...he has some plan, but he's left Keita-kun and us alone. Still, I can't trust him, he's going to show back up again. I wonder what his goal is going to be now, if he is still in his pursuit of Keita-kun, no of course he is...still, Keita-kun has his Quirk, and he's safe for the time being. With the training we're giving him...I know one day, even All For One will be surprised. Until then, I'll be his guardian, his gun...I will protect him with my life."
Having declared that mentally, Lady Nagant knew what it was that she needed to do, all the question was, what were Kai and All For One up too?
That question would haunt Lady Nagant, knowing that at any moment, either could strike.
End chapter!
So this chapter was a little more relaxing after the previous ones, giving a little fun and some plot progression with certain people. Lady Nagant is doing some stuff like trying her best to search for Kai and some others, Keita and others are preparing for the Entrance Exam next chapter, and they also celebrated Christmas as well. Keita came into contact with All Might, and is curious about him.
Finally, thanks to everyone that voted on the poll, after counting every vote, the winner is...
Half Devil wielding True Longinus.
Again, thanks to everyone that voted, and for the stories that didn't win and were voted for, sorry about that.
Well, until next time, thanks for reading!
Keita; Lady Nagant, Katsuki (fem), Himiko, Shoto (fem), Momo, Nejire, Camie, Tsuyu,
