Chapter 14

Q/N: Got hit by several games this time, Civ 6 hit me like one of Ghandi's nukes, then I went for Age of Wonders 4 briefly and then the end of my life outside of video games came… Diablo IV.

Q/N 2: While there's a bit of plot development at the start and a big reveal at the end, I've got something a little different in store for you lot. A little bit of indigenous exposure for you uncultured swine. (JK) I Hopi it Kachina's your fancy. =D

Q/N 3: As a side note, I would like to point out that in our reality, the Hopi are much more closed off about their festivals. Thanks to unruly tourists, past suppression of their culture and the secretive nature of their religious societies in general, they don't let people on their lands during most of the ceremonies. They also avoid talking about the clowns as far as I'm aware, as they were often singled out by the government in the past. As they do not like people writing about the ceremonies themselves, I am trying to keep the descriptions of those as vague as possible on purpose. There are plenty of educational sites if you would like to learn more.

In what appears to be an office building hastily converted into a temporary hospital, we can see Recovery Girl walking down a hall. She passes by an open office door and passes by a rather surreal scene consisting of a fairly well-known villainess by the name of Slice (From MHA: Heroes Rising, part of Nine's crew) playing cards with Japan's Number 8 hero Wash, a couple of police officers and a member of Japan's air force, all of whom appear to have injuries of some sort. "My, my; the Desolation really has shaken up the status quo, hasn't it?" She says.

She looks out a nearby window and notices something that greatly saddens her. On the ground level below, a Japanese soldier is currently training civilians with non-combative quirks in the use of firearms. The announcement that created this situation had not helped with the tension created by the Revolution's revelations. After the Desolation, the governments appear to have understood just how dangerous Evolution was. One thing was painfully clear, the heroes, vigilantes and villains alone were not enough to fight this threat. Because of this, the entire world is entering a level of military buildup that hasn't been seen since WW3. Every able-bodied civilian on earth was being trained for combat, and those without quirks that can help in a fight are even being armed. The sight of a six-year-old girl holding a rifle that had been shrunk down to a usable size for her small body was a sobering reminder of the new reality they live in.

She passes by a makeshift physical rehab center and sighs when she notices Juzo Honenuki is struggling to adapt to his new leg. While students getting injured at UA was not unheard of, a loss of part of a limb was exceedingly rare unless quirks like Mezo Shoji's were involved. Two Ectoplasm clones are walking close by him as he adjust to the new limb. While prosthetics are one of the few fields of technology to have significantly advanced since the prequirk era, adjusting to the cybernetic parts of the device that link to the nervous system is a difficult process.

She moves on and arrives at a room holding a particularly confusing case. She opens the door and sees Katsuki Bakugo, still unconscious. She's completely baffled by this sudden coma he's in. She's run every test she can think of and consulted with experts around the world, but no one could explain why he was still unconscious after so long. Eijiro had been beside himself in guilt when he heard what happened, terrified that his blow to the head might have seriously harmed the blonde bomber. A loud beeping on one of the monitors alerts Recovery Girl to a new development. It appears that Katsuki is in the process of waking up.

Izuku is lying in the middle of a cuddle pile of his girlfriends when his cellphone goes off. "Turn that stupid thing off, I wanna sleep." Mina whines. "Sorry." Izuku says before reaching his phone. He blushes profusely when Momo grabs the offending arm and cuddles up to it in her sleep, unintentionally trapping the limb between her sizable bust. "Really? You wake up in a pile of girls and that's what gets you embarrassed? I'm pretty sure someone's got their hand down my pants, ribbit." Tsu quietly says in amusement. She had been the first to wake up, but given her amphibious nature, she had no desire to leave the warm pile. "Not to mention he was using my ass as a pillow, not that I mind." Ochako adds before grabbing Izuku's phone and reading a message. Her eyes widen briefly before she sighs. "Well, the quiet was nice while it lasted." Ochako says before starting to extract herself from the pile, only for Toru to grope her in her sleep. She looks over and notices her other hand going down the front of Tsu's pants.

"Well, guess we found the sleep groper." Ochako says. "Makes sense in a way. She was always getting ignored when she was invisible, so touch was one of her only ways to get noticed, ribbit." Tsu responds before breathing deep and croaking loud enough to startle all the girls into consciousness. "Thanks Tsu, alright everybody we need to move. Recovery Girl just sent out a message, Katsuki's starting to wake up." Ochako says.

A couple of hours later

While most of the students, and even some of the Izukids came to check in on Katsuki's status, most of them are waiting outside so as not to overwhelm him when he wakes up. Mitsuki, Inko, Shota, the Bakusquad and Izuku are the only ones in the room with Katsuki and Recovery Girl. Katsuki's eyes start to flutter and the first thing he sees is his mother standing over him. She looks both furious and relieved that he finally woke up. "Finally, do you have any idea how much you scared me brat? My hair would have turned gray if my quirk didn't prevent that. Are you alright?" She asks rather aggressively, as is the norm for their relationship.

"I think so, I'm a little groggy, but I'm feeling well otherwise." Katsuki says calmly and quietly, confusing the others briefly. Most of them chalk it up to him being out so long; at least at first. "Alright, move over; I need to exam him." Recovery Girl says. She pulls a small flashlight out and shines it in his eyes. "I feel fine Chiyo, but if it will make everyone feel better, I'll do it." He says calmly. Even Recovery Girl seems shocked by his politeness. The warning bells in everyone's heads are starting to wake up.

She continues her examination, making him count how many fingers she's holding as tension seems to be building. The whole time he's being unusually calm and considerate. Mitsuki's temper seems to be growing with every second. "Umm, are you sure you're okay Kacchan? You seem… off." Izuku asks. "I feel fine Izuku." He says. The use of Izuku's real name has the warning bells going like crazy, even Recovery Girl seems a bit concerned now. "Alright, cut the crap brat, I know your pissed about what happened, so let it out." Mitsuki says. Katsuki tilts his head in confusion, drawing even more concern. "What do you mean? I'm perfectly fine mother." He replies.

This is the straw that breaks the camel's back as the door gets kicked in and the ceiling bursts at the same time. Daisuke lands next to the bed and pops his claws before putting them up to the boy's throat, Hayami Shiozaki uses her vines to pull the others away before using a barrier spell to seal the windows, Rika Takeyama steps between the overly calm bomber and the group to act as a barrier between them and Ox Tsunotori steps in the doorway to block the exit. "Whoa, what the hell are you kids doing?!" Mitsuki says as Denki blurts out the worst possible suggestion. "Oh fuck, please tell me he doesn't have a parasite like Shoto did." He says, alarming Mitsuki enough to rush past Rika.

"FUCK, RECOVERY GIRL, HELP!" Mitsuki screams desperately. Her face is contorted into an expression of fear that Izuku has never seen on her face before. "Guys stop! Stand down, he's fine." Akira says as she pushes past Ox. Reginald appears from behind Rika, weirding everyone out before they remember he can walk through time itself. "Everyone calm down. Katsuki is not a threat; and his problems are not of a physical nature, they're psychological." Reginald says, calming the Izukids. "What problems? I feel perfectly fine Mr. Barrister." Katsuki says calmly. Reginald sighs at this. "I need you all to understand that this is a good thing. And more importantly." He says before turning to the Izukids. "It has nothing to do with that, understand?" He says firmly. With that, Daisuke finally retracts his claws.

He turns back to the others as Mitsuki leaps over the bed and grabs the portly man by the scruff of his jacket. "What the hell do you mean by 'that'." She shouts at him. The look she gets in response is that of a man very weary of the world. "I'm afraid it is neither the time nor the place to speak of that. What I can tell you is what is happening to your son at the moment." He adds when Mitsuki looks as if she is about to scream at him. She stops at the second part of his statement before deciding to pick her battles. "Alright. Shota, Mitsuki, Chiyo? Will you come with me? This is a rather delicate issue that the students shouldn't be privy to yet." He adds. His classmates are about to object, but one look from Shota is all it takes to silence them. "I've already brought Hound Dog and Nezu to another room, just hold on to me and I can take you to them." Reginald adds. With that, they do as he says and vanish in a flash.

They reappear in a small meeting room where the Dog Man and the Dean are already seated. "Come, sit down; this is likely going to be a lot to digest." Reginald says. He waits for them to be seated before continuing. "You see, Katsuki is having a bit of a mental crisis after witnessing the new level of power wielded by his classmates. Katsuki may be brash and egotistical, but he's no fool, even as he lost consciousness, he saw enough of the power displayed by his classmates to realize the balance has shifted, and he's been booted down the ladder so to speak." He says, confusing almost everyone in the room.

"So, his ego took a hit and his entire personality shifted because of it?" Shota asks in confusion as Hound Dog sighs in frustration. "I think you may be underestimating the weight of that ego Shota." Hound Dog says. "We've talked extensively about how much damage Izuku's experience in primary school did to his psyche, but you've never even bothered to ask what it did to Katsuki. He was endlessly praised from the time he was four years old for having a powerful quirk and he was essentially taught he could do no wrong because of it, do you have any idea how much that kind of treatment starting at that young an age can screw up a person's psyche. He was told he was a god; he was treated like one and he was never disciplined for getting out of line. The very idea that there were people with potentially stronger quirks than him would have been an insult to his very existence. He got a bit of a wake-up call when he saw Shoto Todoroki's performance in the first heroics class as well as his defeat by Izuku that day; but he most likely chalked it up to them being rare outliers." Nezu explains.

"But then he came face to face with the idea that he may not be as close to the top of the pack as he used to be. The fact that almost his entire friend group, Mina Ashido, Denki Kaminari and Eijiro Kirishima all got such potent power boosts was one thing, but then Tenya Iida and Momo Yaoyorozu, two people he never even considered as potential rivals; also proved to have gotten stronger." Hound Dog adds. "The worst hit came in the form of Kinoko Komori though. She was one of the, and I quote, 'Class B extras'. So, for her to come out of nowhere and threaten his position at the top…" Nezu says. "Would have been the final nail in the coffin…" Shota adds before sighing explosively. "On the bright side, now that his ego has been thoroughly annihilated, it might be possible to build him into a halfway decent human being." Reginald says, getting an angry look from the boy's mother.

Meanwhile

Izuku is looking at the rest of his class, many of whom seem to be in shock. Mina and Tetsutetsu are doing damage control with Eijiro, who seems to be beside himself with guilt. Most of his girlfriends looks conflicted though. While they should be concerned about Katsuki's wellbeing, several of the more vindictive girls seem to think he got his just desserts. Izuku suddenly leaps out of his chair, drawing everyone else's attention. "Alright guys, I know how to fix Kacchan!" He exclaims. "YOU DO?!" Eijiro shouts, leaping up at the chance to fix his mistake.

"Oh… Yeah, but Eijiro? I don't think he has brain damage." Izuku says. "Huh? What else could it be? I hit him on the head. I thought I held back, but maybe I wasn't as in control of my new power at the time as I thought…" The boy says before sinking back into his chair with an uncharacteristically glum look. "That's just it Eijiro, power!" Izuku says. "Huh?" Mina asks from beside the red-haired rock man. "Katsuki has an ego-" He starts to say, getting a snort from Ochako next to him. "That's an understatement." She says sarcastically, only to fall silent after Izuku looks at her disapprovingly. "Anyway, Katsuki grew up surrounded by praise from the age of four. He was treated like a God so much that he started subconsciously thinking he was one. Seeing everyone suddenly gain new powers that match, or even surpass his own, especially some of the ones he dismissed as 'extras', It was a jarring experience. His injury isn't physical, it's mental." Izuku says. Some of the students seem to understand what he's getting at.

"Okay, but how does that help fix it?" Kyouka asks. "It doesn't, but I know what can. We need to push him over the edge guys, we need to annoy Kachan until he blows!" Izuku says. He is briefly met with blank stares before Mei of all people suddenly pops out of her chair. "It's perfect! If we push him hard enough, he'll lose his temper and go back to normal!" She says. "Are we sure that's a good idea? The guy seems like he's in a bad place, we might just push him further away." Itsuka says hesitantly.

"It'll also be a good chance to get revenge against the asshat who made Zuzu's childhood a living hell!" Mei adds. A metaphorical shadow falls over Itsuka's face as her eyes gleam with mischief. "I'm in." She proclaims. The rest of 1-B's girls aside from Reiko seem to be on the same page. They never got to beat the shit out of him like Himiko, Mei and the 1-A girls did.

Izuku walks over to Kyouka with a look of determination on his face before stopping in front of her. "Polka Music." He says firmly. Kyouka blinks at her boyfriend in confusion a few times. "What?" She asks. "Polka music, we need some polka music. Katsuki hates polka music, it sends him into a fit of blind rage every time he hears it." He says, most of the students are now just as confused as Kyouka blinks yet again. "Why?" She asks. "No idea, it just does. It's something he got from his mom, and I don't know why she hates it either." He says. "I-I suppose I could call in my father's bodyguard Hans. He has a polka band, and he owes me a favor after kidnapping you, He even has the traditional outfit." Momo says.

"Good, Mineta? I need you to go full perv on Katsuki's mom." Izuku adds before gagging slightly at what he just said. "Oh hell no." Mineta says, surprising everyone. Mineta turning down a chance at being a pervert is almost as odd as Katsuki being calm. "Huh?" Setsuna asks in confusion. "I am not perving out on a woman who's been fighting for well over a hundred years. Even if Katsuki doesn't kick my ass, I'm sure she would. Besides, I have a girlfriend now." He Mineta says.

"WHAT?!" Several of the girls shout in shock. "Oh fuck, IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD, EVERY MAN FOR THEMSELVES!" Hanta shouts, much to the amusement of the other male students. "A blow-up doll doesn't count as a girlfriend ya little perv." Mina snarks. "I don't even have a blow-up doll anymore!" Mineta shouts before sinking into a cloud of depression. "It popped…" He says sadly. "Yeah, that sounds about right. You're such a revolting pervert that even your blow-up doll left you, how could you get a girlfriend?" Kyouka says, eliciting a few snorts of amusement from the girls. "I did! Ask Toru! She met her! She even talked to her a few days ago." He says defensively.

Mina rolls her eyes at this. "Yeah, sure. Hey Toru, can yo- Toru?" Mina says before pausing as she realizes the girl is nowhere to be found. The sound of traumatized muttering draws their attention to the corner, where the disappearing girl is currently curled up into a ball with a thousand-yard stare. "She's worse, she's worse, she's worse." She is muttering repeatedly. "Uh, Toru, are you okay girl?" Setsuna asks. "H-he found somebody worse. She's more of a pervert than he is…" Toru says with a haunted tone in her voice. The girls turn pale at this. "M-more of a pervert than Mineta?" Mina asks in horror. "HEY! JUST BECAUSE SHE'S INTO SHIT THAT'S FREAKY EVEN BY MY STANDARDS DOESN'T MAKE HER A PERVERT!" Mineta shouts angrily. "And he has standards?!" Kyouka shouts in shock. Most of the guys are barely managing to hold in their laughter at this point. "Guys, focus! We need to help Kacchan, speaking of which; start calling him Kacchan, he hates that." Izuku says. "Izuku, why do you even care so much? Didn't he make your life a living hell for over a decade?" Tenya asks.

Izuku falls silent for a second at this and his face turns to a pensive expression. "While I want to say because it's the right thing to do, if I'm being honest, it's also an excuse to get back at him for everything he did to me during my childhood." Izuku concludes, causing several of the students to blink in surprise. Several of the students burst into laughter at this. "Fair enough." Tenya replies. "You're not going to reprimand me?" Izuku asks. "Considering the circumstances, I believe your feelings to be justified." Tenya responds.

Over in a nearby corner, Daisuke, Ox and Hibiki are watching the students plan how best to get on Katsuki's nerves. "This is going to be a shit show, isn't it?" Ox asks. "Yup." Daisuke replies. "Should we tell him that Reginald already has a plan to fix him?" Ox says. "Oh, hell no, this is going to be very entertaining." Hibiki says with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes. Ox sighs and Daisuke croaks at this. Hibiki then tilts his head when he sees Nora there with the group. "Hey, what's Nora doing here?" The pink half-alien asks. "You didn't hear? Our Mei adopted her; she's Isamu's little sister now." Daisuke says, causing Hibiki to look shocked. "Wait, what?! When did that happen?" He asks.

An hour earlier

The students had all come to the dorm's common rooms after they learned that Katsuki was going to wake soon. They weren't alone though. Isamu and Future Mei had come by to talk to brainstorm new inventions, and Melissa Shield, who had just recently moved in with them for reasons not related to a certain strait-laced man, was there to try and rein the trio in. Judging by the exasperated look on the blonde's face, it's going about as well as one would expect. "Okay, look; I get why you have the Napalm Shells; they'd likely be very effective against Evolution and it's going to be much easier to get now that most of the world has started producing it in anticipation of any attacks but doesn't the air bubble cannister disperse the Napalm a bit too far?" Melissa says, trying to be the voice of reason in a conversation where reason cannot exist.

"It's an artillery shell, you shouldn't be using it near friendly forces." Isamu says dismissively. "Yes, but the cannon you designed to fire it was made for urban defense. There's a lot of flammable buildings in the city, especially here in Japan. You need to consider collateral damage." Melissa says. The trio of madwomen blink slowly at the American; as if they heard her words but were incapable of comprehending them. Melissa sighs explosively before throwing her hands in the air. "Screw it, I give up. Momo? Do you want to try and reign these three in?" Melissa asks. The heiress quirks an eyebrow at the woman. "Reign in a bunch of Hatsumes? Melissa, while I admire your noble intentions, what you're asking is impossible." She says before looking over at the group. She does a quick double take when she realizes a fourth person has joined the group. "Wait, is that Nora? When did she get here?" Momo asks. Sure enough, the wheelchair bound vigilante had somehow managed to sneak into the room and join the other mad women in their brainstorming session. A side door meant for cargo opens in the makeshift common room and a large, furry creature enters; followed by Shota Aizawa, Powerloader and Nezu. Ren sighs when he sees that Nora has already joined the group.

"Sorry Mr. Maijima, it looks like Nora has already found them." Ren says. "Wait, why don't you try a shell loaded with a rapidly acting flesh-eating virus? Masumi has plenty of strains that could work with only a two percent chance that they could mutate to affect anyone other than Evolution." She says. "Damn it… it hasn't even been a minute and they're already discussing biological warfare…" Power Loader says.

Said disease manipulating lunatic seems to appear with the group from who knows where. "Hmm, well I do have an E. Coli strain that I mixed with the Bubonic Plague and Rabies. Maybe if I add a bit of the common cold to make it airborne and tailor it to Evolution's specific genetic sequence I could do it with only a 0.5 percent chance of a cross over mutation." She says as Recovery Girl walks in. She promptly turns around and flees as fast as she can with a 'fuck that' expression on her face. Powerloader, on the other hand, pulls out his phone. "Find the nearest mental institutions to my locations." He says. "You can't put any of the students in an asylum Higari." Nezu says. "Oh, don't worry about that. I'm looking for me, not them." The teacher replies. Kinoko appears and hits her daughter lightly with a rolled-up newspaper. "How many times have I told you no biological warfare…" The mushroom girl says to her pouting daughter.

"At least one of the students is responsible enough to keep things under control." Shota says. "Wait for it." Powerloader says. "Before breakfast. You need a full belly to create abominations." She adds, causing Shota's eyebrow to twitch. Nezu on the other hand looks highly amused by the whole situation. "The common cold is a decent addition, but might I suggest Spanish Influenza instead?" The Dean says, drawing the students and vigilantes attention to them. "Stop encouraging them." Shota begs.

Nora looks over and sees Ren. "Hi Renny! Look! I finally found people I fit in with. We're like one big family!" She says, causing the older Mei to freeze. "Wait, you're an orphan… THAT'S IT! I'LL BE YOUR MOTHER!" The older Mei says, catching almost everyone off guard. Nezu bursts into laughter as Shota and Powerloader both look like they're on the verge of a meltdown. "Think you can find an asylum with two rooms?" Shota asks. "Sure, I'll send you the address once I find one." Powerloader says.

"A… mother?" Nora says quietly. The girl is quite honestly floored. The idea of having a mother never even occurred to her after so long. She had been emancipated for a while already, so legally speaking it wasn't really an option. "WOOHOO! I have a mom! Thanks Mom!" She says before the new family returns to their brainstorming session as if nothing significant had happened, flooring the group. "Sh-she just accepted? No questions asked?" Momo asks in shock as Nezu bursts into laughter and Ren facepalms. "Is it really that surprising? We haven't known her long, but Nora seems to be incredibly impulsive, and Mei is Mei, regardless of age." Kyouka says. Momo pauses before conceding her point. "Why wouldn't I adopt her? I love Isamu, but this seems to be a much less painful way to get a child." The older Mei says. Several of the women wince at this. While none of them had gone through the rigors of childbirth themselves; they had been warned at just how painful the process was. "A-are we sure it's a good idea though? I mean, having those four together so often seems like a recipe for disaster." Saiko says.

On the other side of the room, Nezu turns to Ren, who seems to have a pensive look on his face. "That… might actually be good for her." He says, drawing a curious look from the dean and the two teachers.

"As you know, Nora grew up quirkless in Australia. Because of the rampant discrimination present there, she never really had any positive social interaction with people her own age. If Mei were to adopt her, she would obviously live here, giving her a chance to interact with peers closer to her age." He says, partially for the teachers and partially for Mina, who he could see was using Kyouka as a listening device. Both girls freeze at this before sending a look of pity to the girl. Ren was good at reading people, and he could tell that Mina was a social butterfly who would go out of her way to include Nora.

"I see. Well far be it from me to interfere with the social development of a child. Bringing her in as a student would likely be redundant; considering she's already far better at heroics than most professional heroes; but I see no reason she can't stay at the dorms. The only question is how will we accommodate you?" Nezu asks Ren. "Huh?" Shota asks. "Well, we can't split Ren and Nora up now, can we? He's been with her since the beginning. I don't know if we have any rooms here that would fit Ren though. If the old dorms were still standing, we could accommodate him with ease; we've had students larger than him in the past. But these dorms had to be thrown together rather hastily and none of the current students have those needs. Not to mention I'm not sure what kind of dietary needs a giant ground sloth would have." Nezu says.

"That shouldn't be an issue, the forests beside the ruins of UA should be more than sufficient for both my lodging and dietary needs. I don't really like sleeping indoors anyway." Ren says. "Well then that settles it! Higari, m-Higari?" Nezu starts to say before looking down at said teacher's unconscious form on the ground. "Yeah, he passed out the moment Mei offered to adopt Nora. I'm glad I'm not in his shoes." Shota says. "Correct, you just have a student with sixteen children from the future and a propensity for reckless behavior to deal with." Nezu quips, causing Shota to sigh.

"Yeah, that sounds like about right." Hibiki Ashido says as he, Ox, and Daisuke watch the students continue to plot. Izuku had somehow managed to find a white board, likely through Momo's assistance; and the class was continuing to plot how to irritate Katsuki. "Why don't we just use Fly Agaric to make him mad?" Kinoko says before growing a red toadstool with white spots on top. "Kinoko, how many times have I told you not to drug our classmates?" Itsuka says in exasperation. "The last thing we need is Katsuki going Viking Berserker on us, ribbit" Tsu says. "Yeah that's going to be a train wreck for sure." Ox says.

Later that day

A large portal opens in the middle of an oasis surrounded by an arid land filled with shrubs and cacti running along a small creek. Thankfully they appear to be in the shade of a small mountain. Oboro, Eraser Head and Midnight are the first to step through, followed by the students. Surprisingly, even Shota has made sure to dress for the weather, forgoing his usual black hero costume for a shirt and pants combo, although he does still have his scarf. "Damn its hot here." Oboro says. "Yeah, get used to that. The Sonoran Desert is one of the hottest regions on Earth." Eraserhead says. "Oh, calm down you babies, it's barely even 102 out here (38.9 Celsius)" Pony says. As a native of West Texas, she is very much used to the heat.

"Whoa, those are big cactuses." Mina says, pointing to a trio of 23-foot-tall cacti. "Cacti." Momo corrects the girl. "Those are Saguaro Cacti, and they actually get bigger than that." Ibara says. "Uh, girls… I think you missed a much bigger one." Izuku says. Everyone who wasn't looking in that direction turns around to face the direction everyone else is looking and their eyes widen at the gargantuan plant in front of them. Oboro and Nemuri glance over at Shota, who appears to have a sadistic grin on his face. It's clear to the two that something is up, and Shota knows it. "Shut up and don't worry. This is going to be funny." He says just loud enough for the two of them to hear him.

The plant in question is an Organ Pipe Cactus but it is much larger than it should be, to the point that it is closer in size to the Cathedrals you usually find Pipe Organs in. There are tens of thousands of branches ranging between 100 and 400 feet tall situated along a base nearly 3200 feet wide and 100 feet tall. The most notable branches though are the six 800 foot tall branches in the corners and center sides that bend halfway almost like knees. These are each 200 feet thick. Each of the branches end in flowers of every imaginable color. In the centers of these flowers is a cluster of spines, which supplement the spines on the cactus itself. The students stand in awe of the gigantic plant. "So pretty…" Toru says. "My heavens… the Wandering Blooms… I thought they were a myth…" Ibara says reverently. "You know what this is?" Izuku asks. Ibara nods. "It's an old legend from the dark ages between WW3 and the rise of heroes. No one knows how, but it is said to wander the Sonoran and Mojave deserts…" Ibara says. "What, how can a plant move?" Pony says.

Upon saying this, a dozen fourteen-foot-tall Saguaro Cactus with two branches that bend like elbows and thick hands of cactus flesh bursts out of the ground in front of the students. The plants each have a wide mouth and two beady eyes. They flail their arms around in front of some of the students goofily, although they still manage to startle the students. "OOGITY BOOGITY BOO!" They shout in unison with hollow, echoey voices. "AHH CACTUS MONSTERS!" Setsuna and Mina scream. Most of the monsters burst into laughter at this before pulling back into the ground, leaving the one in the center by Izuku and Ibara behind.

"Hey, just be happy I used some of my extendable puppet arms. Y'all probably would have crapped yourselves if I used my real body." The 'monster' says. "Real body?" Izuku asks. He quickly regrets it as a dozen 400-foot-long mouth holes open into wide grins around the lower part of the base and hundreds of slits open to reveal black beady eyes ranging between ten and two hundred feet wide, most of which are hidden among the branches; open up. "Holy shit, burn it with fire!" Denki shouts before slamming his hand over his mouth and looking at the beast in fear that it will eat him. "Fire don't work kiddo, I'm a cactus, of course I can handle the heat." The puppet quips.

"Well, I guess introductions are in order. You can call me Hosh, it's the Navajo word for Cactus. Technically I'm Jumping Cactus, but I can't say that word in Navajo. Not because it's a swear or a slur, but because it's hard to pronounce." Hosh says.

Name: Dahnáníjįįh Hosh

Codename: The Leaping Cactus

Weight: Depends on how much water he has.

Gender: N/A

Birthday: Unknown

Age: 161

Blood Type: N/A

Quirk Name: Cactaiju

Quirk Description: Hosh has a sapient quirk as well as the ability to launch quills from the flowers on his body. He is also able to move, which is odd for a plant. His gargantuan size also makes him dangerous if he decides to throw his weight around and he can run much faster than his size suggests. He can manipulate his roots and the individual branches in a way that allows him to create smaller puppets which can explode out of the ground quite forcefully. Finally, his roots are prehensile and extremely strong.

Basic Biography: Hosh is an incredibly rare anomaly, a sapient quirked plant. While many people such as Kamui Woods can have plant like appearances, they are still human. Like all forms of life on Earth, plants can have quirks, although it is much rarer than animals. Sapient quirks are also extremely rare for plants, as they lack any semblance of a nervous system. He was born a few years after WW3. He's also one of the more powerful beings on the planet, close to Quetzalcoatl in terms of strength.

"Whoa… a Sapient Plant Quirk? That's like, the holy grail of rare quirks…" Izuku says in awe. Ibara seems rather interested too, now that she knows the plant isn't a threat. "Uh… I thought you said Geronimo was a hidden school. How could they possibly hide him?" Denki asks. "Oh, I'm a distraction. Everyone's always so focused on me that they never even notice the cave entrance to the school. And on the off chance that anyone does find it and try to attack, well-" Hosh says before rapidly firing a swarm of spines, some as large as 75 feet long, and six feet thick into a cliff face with enough force to dig themselves deep enough into the rock that the students can no longer see them in the holes they created. They gawk at the sheer scale of destruction as the cliff itself comes tumbling down. "Okay, note to self: don't mess with the cactus guy." Denki says.

"Yeah, Hosh is insanely powerful. He's fought Quetzalcoatl to a standstill on several occasions." Akira says. "I'd prefer not to do that again though, I'm still feeling the sting from some of those burns and the last time I fought him was sixt-" He starts to say before noticing a bit of a scuffle in the group of students. A woman yelps as one of the students manages to bat a stray arm emerging from her shadow away. "Keep that marker to yourself, lady." Himiko says with a slight snarl as she pulls a sharpie out of a disembodied hand before looking around and sighing. "Annnnnnd most of the first years are dead." She says, confusing the students as a short woman with a beaded raven feather headband and dark makeup rises from the shadow, clapping for the stabby blonde.

"Very impressive, I've only been caught by a handful of students while doing this demonstration." Wajonna 'Shadow Walker' Black says. (Shadow Walker 1st appeared in chapter 8 where she interrupts the fight between Kamui Woods and Death Arms if you don't remember her. I won't blame you, as I had intended for her to be a one-off character.) "As Hosh said, he's the distraction; distractions are a very important tool for underground heroes, but they're useful for any hero honestly. If you look down at the back of your hands; you'll find a black x on it. If that's there; you've been neutralized." She says. Most of the students look down and look rather unnerved by the markings. If this had been the real deal, they would have been screwed.

"Still, you couldn't stop me from killing your allies, so you got more to learn. I'm looking forward to working with you Himiko." Wajonna says. "Uhh, you do k-" She starts to say before Wajonna cuts her off. "Yeah I know the drill, former serial killer villain; we all got skeletons in the closet and from what I've heard, you weren't entirely sane at the time. Reformed villains are great for the darker side of heroics." The Goth Native says as if it's no big deal.

"Still, I'm surprised that a known vigilante can teach at a hero school, especially one who's associated with the Revolution if the symbol on her headband is anything to go by." Momo says. She mutters. "Oh, I'm not a teacher, I'm a student like you guys, I just happen to be good at surveillance. Besides, Geronimo has heroes and vigilantes as both students and teachers, perks of using the Abyssinian system. As for the Revolution, Dinemakȟóčhe is unofficially one of our major financial backers." She says with a shrug.

"Sh-should you really be revealing such sensitive information to us? Your country would make a lot of enemies if that was public knowledge." Tenya says in shock. Wajonna laughs at this. "That's hardly the only sensitive information you're going to learn here Sir Spazalot." She replies, much to the mirth of his classmates. Tenya sighs at this. "That name's definitely going to stick." He thinks.

"Plus, one of the things they're going to be training you to do is keep a secret. A lesson a few of you truly need." Eraserhead says before glancing over to Mina, Toru and Setsuna. The three girls seem mildly offended by this. "Mr. Aizawa, there's a big difference between juicy gossip and sharing state secrets. I know how not to blab about the big stuff. You still haven't found out about that time I-" She starts to say before the sleep deprived teacher cuts her off. "Melted Present Mic's favorite jacket and had Momo replace so you wouldn't get in trouble? Snuck out while the campus was on lockdown to go to a club or the mall on multiple occasions? Burned Mineta's porn collection in retaliation for his actions during the opening rounds of the UA Sports Festival? Filled Tenya's hero costume with dye packs because he ratted you out for skipping class?" He asks sarcastically.

The Pink skinned girl turns increasingly pale with each statement the teacher makes, hearing her supposedly hidden crimes in front of everyone. "THAT WAS YOU?! I WAS PINK FOR A WEEK BECAUSE OF THAT!" Tenya shouts, getting squeak from the alien girl in question.

"Well, these kids certainly are a lively bunch." A disembodied feminine voice says. The students seem rather confused by this. Setsuna squawks in shock as her cellphone suddenly sparks inside her pocket. A new woman emerges from the sparks. "Also, I'm pretty sure Shota told you no cell phones. Even if we have electrical shielding we don't want anything that can be tracked here." The woman says. She's a short and petite woman with brown skin wearing tattered jeans with pocket chains and a simple blue t-shirt. She looks completely ordinary, with no distinguishing features aside from being rather attractive and youthful looking for a woman in her fifties; but that's probably for a reason.

Name: Ekta Cosay

Codename: Cyber Walker

Height: 5'3"

Weight: 107 lbs

Gender: Female

Birthday: March 16th

Age: 53

Blood Type: AB

Quirk Name: Cyberlink

Quirk Description: Ekta's quirk allows her to convert body into data and insert it into any electronic device that contacts her skin if it has data storing capabilities. She can divide herself into units as small as a single byte. She can merge her data with any data present on the device, allowing her to control the device as long at least one byte of her code is still present. Her entire body is approximately 116 GB. This means she can theoretically control roughly 116 billion devices at once. Most importantly, she can transfer her data to other devices if they are connected to the same network.

Basic Biography: Ekta is a truly terrifying foe in the digital age as she can easily take control of entire nations due to the existence of networks. She only has to gain access to one device on a network to access all of it. She can effectively take control of the internet by taking control of every device connected to it. Known to the world's governments only by her codename Cyber Walker, she would constantly steal classified information, state secrets and blackmail material, which she would then sell to the highest bidder. She has since reformed herself after learning of a particularly nasty operation she unwittingly contributed to.

"Wait, you're the ex-super villainess? But you, you look so-" Mina starts to say before being cut off. "Normal? Well yeah, standing out in a crowd is kind of a bad idea when you're stealth focused. Why do you think Shota looks like a hobo?" She asks, getting a scowl from the teacher and chuckles from Oboro and Nemuri.

"Ahh, I see you've met the staff and one of the headaches in my life." Contingency says as he leaps from what appears to be a hole in the ground, startling some of the students. Wajonna sticks her tongue out at the older vigilante, causing him to sigh. "Wait, the General of the Revolution teaches at Geronimo?" Izuku asks with interest. "Well, not anymore. I don't have much time between the Revolution and my tribal commitments. You all got here at a wonderful time; the third round of Potlatch just started." He says. "Potlatch?" Izuku asks.

"It's a holiday that was originally from the tribes of the Pacific Northwest. It was adopted by the Panicans and eventually became a national holiday. It's a gift giving holiday where the wealthy give away or even destroy their wealth as a demonstration of wealth and power." Eric says. "Huh? That's… weird." Mina says only for Momo to cover her mouth. "MINA! THAT'S RUDE! CULTURAL DIFFERENCE SHOULD BE MET WITH UNDERSTANDING!" Tenya says, arms chopping rather animatedly. Mina gasps as she realizes what she just said. She bows and says "I-I'm sorry, I-I didn't mean to offend I j-" She says, only to stop as she hears Eric chuckling softly. "It's perfectly fine young lady, it's based on a concept that is almost alien to the rest of the world. In our culture, the status of the elite is not determined by how much wealth they have, but how much they give away." He explains.

Several of the wealthier students seem rather surprised by this. "How much they give away? Is that why there's so little poverty in Dinemakȟóčhe?" Tenya asks, intrigued by the concept. "Indeed, when the wealthy give away their wealth, they gain power and prestige, while the less fortunate can get the help they need. It's a symbiotic relationship between rich and poor rather than a neutral or parasitic one." Eric says. "Huh, that's interesting..." Momo says pensively. "The world would be a better place with that type of attitude." Izuku adds. "Unless they give so much that they break the economy." Wajonna says, shocking the students.

Eric sighs at this. "Potlatch was originally meant to be done on a tribal scale. When you have twenty to thirty percent of the country's GDP shifting hands at the same time, it throws the economy into chaos. It's why it's done on a bi-monthly basis rather than once a year. We spread it out to mitigate the damage. Some ancient traditions don't translate as well into modern society, and while that usually results in practices being left behind; we are hesitant to abandon our past given how hard we had to work to rebuild and restore our old culture after it was so thoroughly destroyed. Panicans such as young Wajonna here exist because many Native American cultures were so thoroughly eradicated that they don't even have an identity. Genetics has helped identify ancestry, but with so much of their culture and language gone, they had nothing left. The solution was one that's been floating around since the prequirk era the Pan Indian movement; they built their own culture by adopting bits and pieces of Native American cultures and mixing them all together." He says.

A lot of the students seem shocked by this. "Whoa… how do you destroy something like a culture?" Denki asks. "Kill the language first and everything else falls like a line of dominos." Wajonna says, startling the electric hero by popping out of his shadow. She walks past the guy with a chuckle and Denki can't help but watch her hips sway. "Wajonna's hot… think I got a chance with her?" Denki asks, causing Kyouka to facepalm. "God damnit Jammingwhey." The punkette mutters. "You know, considering how she was moving, I'd say you might actually have a chance Denki. You should go for it." Katsuki says calmly. Denki seems happy to hear that, but he's also freaked out. "Dude, he's being calm, nice, encouraging and he even used my real name. Just how fucked up is he right now?!" Denki thinks to himself. He's clearly not the only one freaked out by Katsuki's unusual behavior.

"I-is it really possible?" Himiko asks Ekta hesitantly, silencing the others. They haven't known her for long, but none of them aside from Izuku and Ochako have ever seen this vulnerable side of the usually playfully sadistic girl. Etka turns to the young girl with a warm smile. "Himiko Toga right? I take it you mean switching from villain to hero?" The older woman asks, getting an unusually meek nod from her. Ekta sighs at this. "Alright then, gather around kids, it's story time." She says rather teasingly. The students promptly turn their attention to the woman, as do Oboro and Nemuri. Shota does too, but he's already aware of the circumstances behind her flipping sides.

"Okay, so as you may or may not have been told, I am a former super villainess. I wasn't declared a super villain because of what I did, but what I could have done. Technically my quirk is powerful enough to allow me to seize control of every network connected piece of technology in the world in a fraction of a second. And because of the rather simplistic nature of fire walls, I can bypass even the strongest ones with ease." She says, causing most of the students to stare in shock. Some of the more tech savvy individuals such as Mei, Melissa and Momo turned pale at this, as they could clearly recognize how dangerous that ability could be in the heavily tech dependent world they live in.

"I never really wanted to rule the world though, I was in it for the money, not the power. My greed was a big part of the reason I was banished from my tribe in the first place." She adds. "Huh?" Denki asks in confusion. "Remember what I said about status being determined by how much you give rather than how much you have? Well hording wealth is one of the easiest ways to turn yourself into a social pariah in many of our tribes. There was a time where this wasn't the case before World War III, as we had either lost or been forced to abandon many of our customs; but our ancestors who founded this nation fought tooth and nail to restore this custom. Those who refused mostly moved to the United States." Eric explains.

"At any rate, I basically used my powers to gather information which I would sell to the highest bidder. Military secrets, Industrial secrets blackmail material, stuff like that. When I was around 28 years old, I discovered that some of the secrets I sold had led to the creation of a horrifically brutal child trafficking ring. The more I learned, the more I began to realize just how much damage I had done. It was a lot easier to ignore the worst parts of the criminal underworld when it didn't involve you... I never wanted something like that to happen, so I decided to take what I learned and turn it over to the Government." She says, horrifying and sickening many of the students.

"I was certain they were going to lock me up and throw away the key, but High Chief Talof Harjo Roberts had a different idea." She says. Seeing a look of confusion on some of the student's faces, she adds "The High Chief is the head of our governing body, the Council of Chieftains. Each tribe sends at least one of their Chiefs elected by popular vote to act as an executive and legislative body, the High Chief is essentially our Prime Minister." Eric adds.

"Anyway, High Chief Talof Harjo had an empath quirk which allowed him to detect the emotions of others. He could tell I was sincere in my desire to turn over a new leaf, and after I explained my quirk, he realized just how valuable I could be, so he came up with an idea befitting of his name, which means Crazy Bear in Creek. Rather than going to prison, I would teach students in the art of hacking, a useful skill for Underground heroes, in addition to helping take the trafficking ring down and using my quirk to protect the nation from any hackers. It was… a tough sell at first, especially seeing as my quirk couldn't be nullified by quirk nullifiers of the time because I could just shut it off the moment it makes contact; but eventually he managed to get the Council on board. They managed to develop a forcefield collar, which prevented me from making skin contact with any form of electronic device. The collar itself also didn't touch me, as it emits a forcefield on the inside as well. From there I worked my way up to Dean of Geronimo." She adds before looking at Himiko.

"So yes, it is possible to change sides, even if society seems dead set on maintaining the status quo of villains as less than human." She says, causing the now teary-eyed girl to smile. Not the typically sadistic smile she has, but a real one. "You'd also be surprised how many ex-villains are in the Revolution. Last I heard about 17% of the Revolution was reformed villains. Including little miss pain in the ass over there." Eric adds pointing over to Wajonna, who rolls her eyes at the old man. "I was more of a petty thief than anything." She adds when the class looks over in shock. She winks at Denki, causing Mineta to give him a thumbs up. "Looks like we're both gonna have girlfriends soon." The diminutive hero whispers. "Still can't believe you found one before me." He mutters bitterly under his breath.

"Alright then, that's enough for now. We were honestly just hoping to introduce ourselves to you this time, and from what I've seen of the footage, you lot went through a lot recently, so I thought you kids could use some time to relax and learn all at once. The Autumn Potlatch Festival is in full swing at the moment, so there's plenty of entertainment." Eric says. "Whoa, really?! I've heard of that! It's the biggest party on Earth!" Setsuna says, confusing most of the students. "They aren't as well known in Japan, but for most of the world, the Potlatch Festival has filled in the void left by the loss of Rio's Carnival and Mardi Gras in New Orleans. It's actually a series of individual events held throughout the country. Right now, the Hopi and the Comanche are the only ones doing anything. The Hopi are currently holding one of their social dances, so if you'd like to see some rather unique characters, the Kachina are quite the spectacle." He says.

"Yeah, yeah cultural exposure's great, but most of the people come for the Panican's Monster Truck Rally/Demolition Derby." Wajonna says, perking some of the people with more violent tastes in entertainment.

"Whoa, a demolition derby?! That sounds so manly!" Eijiro explains. "Uhh, how's that a cultural experience?" Momo asks in confusion. "Remember how I said part of Potlatch was destroying valuable possessions as a display of wealth and power? Well, a little over a hundred years ago, the Panicans got the idea of having a demolition derby/monster truck rally with expensive luxury cars." Eric says.

"Are we allowed to participate though? I've heard things like this tend to be rather sacred." Momo asks. "The reservation closes for the sacred ceremonies. These are social dances that they put on specifically for tourists. They used to be a lot more closed off about these kinds of things, mostly because there were too many disrespectful tourists ruining the ceremonies. Then World War 3 happened and the whole world started changing. The Hopi concluded that the best way to ensure their culture was preserved was to let it be witnessed by people around the world while also trying to protect the secretive nature of it all. The solution was to have the sacred ceremonies closed off and have a separate season for tourists to visit." He says.

"How did they deal with the rowdy tourists?" Saiko asks. "Well, that is part of the Guard Kachina's duties, but they also beefed-up security by hiring undercover security consisting of people from other tribes so their people were free to participate in the ceremonies. They also convinced the Panicans to hold their rally nearby at the same time. After all, if you're a rowdy drunk, which would you rather see, some elaborate ceremony or a bunch of monster trucks?" Eric asks rhetorically. "Ahh, so it doubles as a drunk trap." Dark Shadow says.

"It doesn't hurt that the Festival pumps a lot of money into the economy though." Ekta adds. "True, The festival tends to cater to the fine arts. Music, dancing, and various crafts as well. Kachina figures are prized around the world, though they can be a bit expensive." He adds. "Oh yeah, daddy has a case full of those back at home; they're weird, but not in a bad way." Pony says. "Hmm, perhaps I could find something for father. He does have a collection of cultural artifacts." Momo says.

Saiko snorts at this. "That's an understatement. Your house is almost a Museum. Your front yard even has a gigantic Moai statue sitting on a steel reinforced stone pedestal. It's not even a recreation, he imported a 6-meter (~20 foot) tall, almost 32 metric tonne (35 tons ) Moai statue, the largest one ever moved. It's bigger than all the ones in museums. And don't get me started about the art gallery. He has Van Goghs, Picassos, Rembrandt's, Pollocks' and dozens of other borderline priceless paintings and sculptures. And don't even get me started about the fountain. He paid to have Michelangelo's Pietà recovered from the ruins of St. Peter's Basilica and put it in the center of a giant marble fountain three times the size of an Olympic swimming pool." Saiko snarks. Momo looks at her friend with a raised eyebrow. "Refresh my memory here Saiko; whose father almost bought the Mona Lisa-" She starts to say before being interrupted by Mina screaming "WILL YOU TO SHUT UP BEFORE YOU KILL OCHAKO!"

The two girls turn to the now unconscious pink cheeked girl. Her eyes are rolled into the back of her skull, and she has drool foamy drool going down her chin as Izuku and Tsu try to wake her. The two girls blush profusely as they realize they were just flaunting their wealth in the worst way possible.

The Hopi Festivals attract hundreds of thousands of tourists every year, which allows the Hopi to survive in an area with limited economic value outside of mineral extraction, which they refuse to do." Eric says. "Why wouldn't they want to mine?" Denki asks in confusion. "Would you mine a Shinto Shrine?" Eric asks. "Of course not! Those places are sacred!" Denki replies. "Well for the Hopi, and pretty much all the tribes, all land is sacred. We don't have mines here in Dinemakȟóčhe, the very idea of destroying the earth to extract riches is sacrilegious. Plus, in their minds; it's not technically their land anyway. The concept of land ownership never even existed for the tribes until the Europeans showed up, and they chose to return to this mindset." Eric says, surprising the students as Oboro opens a portal.

"Okay, so who wants to go to the Panican Potlatch Rally?" Aizawa asks. Kirishima and Tetsutetsu barrel through the portal like a pair of maniacs, and in the end, most of the guys end up going along. Izuku, Tenya, Fumikage, Shinso Hitoshi and, surprisingly, Denki Kaminari are the only boys who do not go along. Denki looked as if he was about to go, but a hand on the shoulder and a seductive wink from Wajonna was enough to convince him not to. Tamaki tries to sneak away, but he ends up being dragged through the portal by an enthusiastic Nejire. Present Mic chuckles as he and Nemuri also decide to accompany the students. Of the girls, Momo, Setsuna, Mina, Tsu, Ochako, Kyouka, Saiko Intelli, Reiko, Ibara, Toru, and Pony are the only ones that choose the Kachina over the rally. Shota sighs at this. "Alright, send me back to the dorms, my sleeping bag is calling my name." He says.

"You don't want to see the Kachina?" Pony asks with her head tilted. "I've been before, Hizashi dragged me to one while I was on break from UA in my second year." The teacher replies before walking through a smaller portal. "I got my own stuff to do, so you kids are on your own. Most of the rowdy ones went with Nemuri and Hizashi, so you should be fine." Oboro says. "Well, alright then." Momo responds as the next portal opens. It was still weird to be around one of the men attacked them at the start of the year, even if it wasn't technically him, but a Nomu. They all went through the portal before Oboro disappeared, leaving Ekta behind. Hosh had already left earlier. Ekta sighs with them gone. "It'll be good to let them relax before we throw them in the deep end. I still can't believe Nezu suggested taking them to Las Vegas. I get that they need to learn to deal with dangerous environments but there's a reason we left it alone. We also need to work on their situational awareness, Hosh is sneaky, but he also left some very obvious hints that he was leaving." She says before turning her body into data and streaming herself into a nearby wire discreetly hidden in the grass.

The portal opens and the students are immediately met with an interesting scene. They see a bunch of screaming children fleeing from what appears to be a man wearing a large wooden mask and a strange costume. The mask is shaped like a large cylinder and has an elongated snot with painted on sharp teeth. It also has two horns emerging from the place where the ears would be that curve out then back toward the top of the head. The mask has colorful geometric patterns that give the mask a monster-like appearance. Most of his skin is exposed except for a large brown fur collar that covers his neck and part of his shoulders, a pair of brown leather shorts and leather boots. He also has stripes of varying colors across his skin and an elaborate headdress. More alarmingly to the students though, he seems to be wielding a saber.

"He's scaring those kids! We need to stop hi-" Momo starts to say before a new figure leaps from on top of a nearby building. Doesn't have a mask; he appears to have a mutant quirk. His head extremely broad and he wears a crown of feathers which stand straight up. He has an unusually wide mouth filled with sharp teeth and elaborate face paint. "You will not interfere. This is part of a sacred tradition which has been occurring for nearly a thousand years." The man says in a loud and serious voice before softening his expression slightly. "Seriously, It's fine, Chaveyo isn't going to hurt the kids, we've been doing this a long time, we know how to rein it in when we need to." The man says just loud enough for the group to hear him and no one else.

"Yeah, sorry about that Wuyak-Kuita. This is their first time at one of these. They're from Japan so they don't have much exposure to indigenous cultures." Eric says. The Kachina looks to the students, "Then I hope we can help take your mind off of troubles at home." He says before leaping back to the top of an adobe house to continue his surveillance.

"Alright, there's a couple of important ground rules before we let you guys explore. Do NOT, under any circumstances, mention to the children that these are simply people in costumes and not actual Kachina. Revealing this to the children is part of a sacred coming of age ceremony and while there are accidents, it is better to ensure the children are convinced they are real. Secondly, be careful when asking for details about the Kachina Societies. Knowledge of some of the inner workings of these societies is forbidden to anyone not a part of them, so please respect that. That also means taking photos or recording videos of the ceremonies. Third, if you encounter one of the more dangerous routines, stick to the roof tops. And finally, while this is a religious affair, it's also meant to be fun; so, be respectful, but also enjoy yourselves. Oh, and watch your back, some of the Kachina can be quite mischievous. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some old friends I would like to visit over in Old Oraibi. If we don't see each other again today, it was nice meeting you all." Eric says before leaving the students.

Tenya leaps to the front of the group and begins to lecture his classmates, arms chopping away. "Alright everyone! We have a unique opportunity to explore and possibly even participate in the ceremonies of a culture vastly different from our own! So as Contingency said, be respectful an-" He starts to say before another Kachina appears. This one has a yellow mask, reddish orange semicircle ears, three large red chili peppers on top; two facing the side and one forward and a brown collar at the bottom of it; His skin is painted white and a dark golden color and he is only wearing a blue cloth belt with two leather loin cloths on the front and back. The Kachina runs up to him and pops what appears to be a chili pepper into his mouth before running off. Tenya's face turns red, and he starts to gag as the pepper is clearly quite potent. The others seem stunned for a second, only for Momo to yelp as a watermelon seed pelts her butt cheek.

They look to the top of another building and see a man with a similar outfit to the Chili Kachina, only he doesn't appear to have a mask. This moderately obese Kachina has a bright white face with black markings around his eyes and cheeks. He is a strange hat with two spikes pointing backwards which have what appears to be tassels made of corn husks at the ends of them. His skin is also white with black markings on it.. He is wearing a brown bag tied to a piece of rope around his neck and is holding a watermelon in his hands. Wajonna snorts at this. "The guy who popped a chili in Tenya's mouth was Tsil, he's a runner Kachina. You can race them without using a quirk and if you win, you get some piki bread. If they catch you though, they'll throw mud at you, whip you with Yucca leaves, or in Tsil's case, pop a chili pepper in your mouth. The other one is one of my favorites, Koshari. He's a clown Kachina. FYI, he's not a guy in a costume by the way, that's the real Koshari. While most of the Kachina left the Hopi or were killed and sent back to the underworld depending on who you ask; Koshari started showing up again shortly after World War 3. Most of the Hopi believe he returned in response to the hardships experienced in that era." She explains

Name: Koshari, the Sacred Clown

Height: 5'4"

Weight: 221 lbs

Gender: Male

Birthday: Unknown

Age: ?

Blood Type: N/A

Powers: Koshari has a number of magical abilities that don't rely on spell casting. He can teleport, create rain and cause corn to spontaneously grow and even move, often ensnaring people in the process. His bag is also much bigger on the inside than the outside, allowing him to store things that shouldn't fit, like his near endless supply of watermelons. He also lives in his bag, which is kept in a hut locked from the inside when he's not around. He seems to be nearly invulnerable and when he does get injured, he heals rather rapidly.

Basic Biography: Koshari is considered to be one of the more sacred clowns. He is considered important to the preservation of their culture by purposefully doing things that are considered taboo for the Hopi. He's a notorious trickster who loves messing with people, especially outsiders. He's somewhat of a contradiction as he is considered sacred and profane all at once. Despite his rather jubilant nature, he can fight when the time comes and he's actually quite powerful.

Koshari laughs at his antics in an exaggerated manner, only to freeze when a large shadow looms over him. He looks up and his eyes go comically wide when he sees the rather intimidating looking Kachina known as Wuyak-Kuita looking down at him. He yelps in fear and leaps down from the building. While he is falling, the two leather straps tied to his legs somehow manage to tangle together. While the more observant members can tell he knows it happened by the brief look on his face, Koshari decides to roll with it. He starts to run, only to fall flat on his face in an overly dramatic fashion, causing some of the students to chuckle.

He gets back up when Wuyak-Kuita lands behind him and starts to hop away, only to trip on a nearby rock. This time, he lands face first in one of his watermelon slices. When he gets back up and turns to the students, the watermelon slice appears to have stuck, giving him the appearance of having a gigantic smile which causes all the students to laugh. Wuyak-Kuita walks over to the clown, only to have a watermelon shell thrown in his face. Koshari leaps up, untying the straps in the process before turning around, bending over and flips up the rear flap, exposing his buttocks. He slaps them mockingly as Wuyak-Kuita tosses the shell away with a look of thunder on his face. "Uhh oh." Koshari says before running away, arms flailing comically in the process as Wuyak-Kuita charges after him.

Some of the students are laughing hard enough that they're crying. "This is… not like any religious affair I've seen…" Momo says, her cheeks slightly red over being mooned. "Yeah, what do you think Ibara? … Ibara?" Setsuna asks before turning to the pious girl. Said girl seems to have metaphorical smoke coming out of her ears as she struggles to process what she just witnessed. "Yeah, but it's still fun!" Nora says, startling all of them as she pops up out of nowhere. How she is so sneaky in a wheelchair is anybody's guess. "Nora? Why are you here?" Izuku asks after calming down.

When he first met her, he was honestly a bit thrown off his game. His whole life he had believed that being a hero without powers was impossible, yet her she was taking down super villains while quirkless AND paralyzed from the waist down. "I always come to these festivals; the Hopi really know how to have fun! Plus, Renny is considered one of the Kachina, the Wandering Sloth. They made him one after he saved Old Oraibi from a pack of radioactive mutants a hundred years ago." She says. "Whoa, back up. radioactive mutants?!" Denki says fearfully. "Those were real? I had heard stories of such things happening during the aftermath of World War III, but I thought it was just a myth." Momo says.

Wajonna's mood darkens slightly at this. "They still are real, it's just that nobody wants to talk about them." She says. "I'm sorry?" Momo asks. Wajonna sighs. "While they have mostly died out over the centuries, this region has the misfortune of being one of only three places that still has them. The other two being the Sahara Desert and parts of the Australian outback. They're contained here and in Australia but the Sahara's still radioactive, so nobody bothers with them. We have them contained to the ruins of Las Vegas. The very people whose ancestors once confined us to reservations are now in a reservation themselves; and they even became the same mindless savages they once accused us of being. England isn't the only one that got hit by the irony bomb." She says, stunning the group. "How did the radiation damage affect their quirks?" Izuku asks. "It prevents them from having them. The radiation severely destabilized their genetic code; and quirks put a lot of strain on genetic stability. Quirked mutant embryos aren't viable." She says, stunning the group even further.

Luckily the mood is lightened yet again as Koshari runs straight through the group with a watermelon balanced on his head. How he's keeping it up there is anyone's guess, especially as he's still being pursued. Then something strange happens; a dark shadow falls over Tenya's face. "Did he seriously? Does that fool Tsil not know who he's messing with." Tenya mutters softly. He raises his head, and the group is shocked by the fire in his eyes. "He challenged ME to a race?! This will not stand! I will catch that Kachina and all his cohorts!" He shouts, revving his engines in the process. "You can't use quirks in the race." Wajonna says in amusement. Tenya's engines cut off, but he is clearly not concerned. He pushes his glasses up on his face and pulls off his uniform jacket and tie. "Very well. I'm still one of the fastest men alive, even quirkless. That Piki Bread will be mine!" He proclaims before running off in the direction Tsil went. "Tenya, wait! I'm coming too!" Melissa Shield says before running much slower than the speedster. It's clear that she's not exactly in the best shape for this kind of thing though.

The students blink at the class rep in shock. They had never seen that side of him before. Ochako seems proud of her friend's competitive fire. "Well, I guess that's our cue to split up! Be respectful and have fun guys!" Wajonna says before grabbing Denki by the arm and pulling him away from the group.

"Yeah, you guys have fun! I'll just go find Ren and hang out with him." Nora says. But before she can get away, she feels a pair of hands on her shoulders. "Oh no you don't. You heard the big guy earlier; you need to learn to be around people closer to your own age. Your one of us now, even if you're not a student." Mina says. As a true social butterfly, Mina was horrified when she learned just how cut off the spunky red head had been for so much of her life.

Nora freezes at this. "R-really?" She says shakily. "Yeah girl, I'm sure Ren's great and all; but you need some girl ti-OOF!" Mina says before she gets knocked off her feet by a tackle hug. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She says emotionally, causing many of the students there to feel pity. "Yeah girl, you heard Mina, your one of us now!" Toru says as she and all but one of the girls come over to her.

"D-Deku, w-was it that bad for you?" Ochako asks tearfully. "Hmm?" Izuku asks. "W-we never really talked about it, but were you as isolated as she was in her childhood?" Ochako asks. Izuku pauses at this. "Well, yes and no. On the one hand, I was never attacked to the degree that she was, and while Japan's quirkless discrimination is bad, Australia was much worse. But I was rather isolated, yes. That's why I was so quiet when we first met. I legitimately didn't know how to handle positive social interactions from someone my a-GAH! Ochako! I can't breathe!" Izuku says before Ochako starts to hug him fiercely. Ochako squeaks before releasing him. "S-sorry Deku, I'm still getting used to the strength boost from that other quirk." She says. "You mean Scary Momchako?" He asks teasingly, causing the brunette to pout.

"Not you too! I'm not scary!" Ochako whines. "Ochako, you threatened to strangle that one guy who accidentally knocked Bachiko over with his own intestines. He didn't even try to and Bachiko managed to float herself before she hit the ground." Izuku deadpans. "Well, if he would just watch where he was going I wouldn't have had to say that." Ochako pouts. "Where is Bachiko anyway? Wouldn't she enjoy something like this?" Toru asks. "She's with her siblings. They wanted to have an Izukid day after all the crap we've been through." Ochako says.

Kyouka's ear jacks perk up as she hears someone start to sing in the distance. "Huh… that sounds… different. Come on Momo, I think there's some sort of concert nearby." She says before pulling the girl along with her. Saiko follows them, causing Kyouka's eye to twitch, only to get a flick to the forehead. "Stop being possessive." The heiress says, causing Kyouka to turn bright red. Mina's eyes widen when she overhears something about dancers nearby. "They have dancers?! Come on Midori, let's go see!" She says, dragging the boy away. Tsu and Ochako look at each other before shrugging and going with them as the others split up. "Yeah, I guess we should go with them. Come on girls!" Setsuna says before dragging Nora and the remaining students in the direction Mina went.

Mina is acid skating across the streets at top speed dragging Izuku along with her, with Froppy hopping across the roof tops and a weightless Ochako with her arms around her friends neck to keep up with her. The pink cheeked girl is thanking every God she can think of that Mei, Melissa and surprisingly, Nora had managed to find a way to prevent her motion sickness. Mina slides to a halt when she encounters yet another Kachina, or rather, a group of similar looking ones. Her face turns slightly pale when she sees what the Kachina in the front is surrounded by though and she quickly rushes to a nearby staircase up to the roof of a nearby building, dragging Izuku with her. "Mina? What's wrong?" Izuku asks. She points down where the ceremony is happening and Izuku seems slightly alarmed by the reptile being held by the dancer, as well as several of its companions nearby.

Tsu and Ochako land close by and they look slightly concerned when they notice that the dancer is surrounded by an even handling rattlesnakes. The snakes seem to be rather relaxed around it's handler, but one of them is rattling its tail. "Guys be careful! There's a rattler nearby!" Pony says as she, Toru and Setsuna catch up to the group. Having been born and raised in Texas, she's grown accustomed to this type of snake. The dancers in question do not have masks. The entire top half of their faces down to just before their mouths are painted dark black, while the lower part of their faces are painted bright white. They are wearing headdresses with dark red feathers with a slightly orange tint that stand up in all directions; brownish orange skirt like cloths wrapped around their waists that goes down to their knees with black and white vertical line that zigzags up and down across the garment and nothing else. The most noticeable thing about the one in the front though is the six foot long Western Diamondback rattlesnake he is holding in his mouth about halfway down its body, as well as a second slightly smaller one in his left hand and two more on the ground around him.

"Whoa, it's a snake dance!" Setsuna says, confusing some of the others. "The spunky redhead adds. An elderly man sitting in a nearby rocking chair that nobody noticed chuckles at this. "You can relax, the Snake Dancers are well trained when it comes to dealing with venomous snakes." The old man says. "Why though? Isn't that a bit risky? Diamondbacks are deadly." Ochako says. "What do you mean, It's just a snake." Nora says, getting surprised looks from the others. "Did you forget where I'm from? Australia's full of danger noodles." Nora adds. "It's a rain dance. He is asking the snake to bring rain." The old man replies.

This honestly just confuses Ochako more. "It's okay Ochako, I'm sure some of Japan's customs seem strange to the rest of the world too; and like the man said, this g- er Kachina is probably trained to handle snakes." Izuku says. The man chuckles again. "The one dealing directly with the snake is a wildlife control expert, so he knows how to avoid agitating the animals too much. The main dancers are further back for a reason, all that stomping would agitate them." The older man adds.

Meanwhile Mina seems mesmerized by the way the Snake Dancers move. The ones in the back are slowly advancing toward the center area stomping their feet on the ground while the one in front moves up as well, his movements being more fluid and snake-like. The dancers in the back also seem to be chanting as they move, twirling in place from time to time and banging on hand drums. "Wow, this is… different." Ochako states. "Well, that's not necessarily a bad thing, ribbit." Tsu says as she too watches the ceremony. "Hey Mina? Could you dance like that?" Izuku asks. "Can I? Yes. But those kinds of dances are sacred, so it would probably be disrespectful. Also, I don't want to be around venomous snakes. I may be immune to their venom, but my acidic blood would hurt them." Mina says.

"It warms my old heart to hear that. Those kinds of animals are often killed on sight because of the dangers they pose; but they rarely seek to harm others. Their venom is for their prey, they would rather avoid humans than bite them. If you keep your distance, avoid cornering them and heed the warning of their rattles, they will not hurt you." The old man says. "Daddy always tries to catch them alive on our ranch and release them where they won't be around people. He says they came close to extinction after WW3, and any creature that can bounce back from that deserves some respect." Pony says. "A lot of creatures weren't as lucky." Tsu says sadly.

"True, but others thrive. Take the Bison for example. They've come close to extinction twice now, once in the late 1800s and again after World War 3. They never really recovered the first time around, at least not to the degree they did this time; but they number around 57 million today. It's still not as high as their peak, but they'll get there." The old man says. "Whoa… aren't those guys like, really big? How do you have room for them?" Toru asks. The old man chuckles at this. "You kids are from Japan, correct?" The old man asks. Several of the students nod in response. "Well Dinemakȟóčhe isn't nearly as pressed for land as your country is. Only a very small portion of our land is inhabited by humans year-round. I'd say nearly 97% of Dinemakȟóčhe is uninhabited." The man says. "Wow, that's a lot of open space, ribbit." Tsu says. "And that's just how we prefer it. We have the technology to live with the land rather than on top of it, so why would we do anything else?" The man responds. Before they can continue the conversation, an obviously drunk American tourist starts to stumble his way down from a building across from them. The old man sighs when he sees the rowdy man. "Duty calls." The man says before he pulls a necklace out of his shirt and disables a hologram projector.

The old man is replaced by a reptilian humanoid with a long, thick stubby tail and yellow and black scales. His head is shaped like that of a Gila Monster and his hands have short, stubby claws which drip with venom. His teeth also appear razor sharp and drip with venom as well. Izuku's eyes widen in shock and awe as he apparently recognizes the older man. Said man stealthily leaps across the way toward the drunken tourist to prevent him from "That's Venomancer! We were talking to one of Dinemakȟóčhe's greatest heroes and we didn't even realize it!" Izuku says excitedly. "The old guy is a hero?" Toru asks. "Well, he's retired now; but he was the number one hero for five years in a row thirty years ago and he managed to retire as the number seven hero a little more than a decade ago." Izuku says. "He's also a world-renowned martial artist according to Itsuka, she's going to be kicking herself for missing the chance to meet him." Setsuna adds as they watch the retired hero sneak up behind the man and put a clawed hand in front of his mouth. The drunk inhales a purplish mist and promptly falls asleep before Venomancer pulls out a radio. "We got another one for the drunk tank. Must have wandered into town from the Panican Potlatch Rally." He says.

"So, I see you Zygotes met Cuetzpalli." Gran Torino says from behind them, startling the students. "Sensei? What are you doing here?" Izuku asks. "Visiting an old friend." The older man says. "You know the Venomancer?" Izuku asks. "Of course, I do. Didn't anyone ever tell you? All old people know each other. We have telepathic old person abilities which link us all together into one hive mind." He says sarcastically. A few of the girls chuckle at this and Izuku rolls his eyes. "We worked with him a few times when I was training All Might over in California. He was one of the first people to recognize Yagi's potential. Opened a lot of doors for him. There might not be an All Might had he not done that." Gran Torino says more seriously.

Cuetzpalli Diaz

Codename: Venomancer

Height: 5'9"

Weight: 182 lbs

Gender: Male

Birthday: March 17th

Age: 75

Blood Type: AB

Quirk Name: Toxin Synthesis

Quirk Description: Cuetzpalli can generate a venomous substance from his claws and teeth. He can freely alter the effects, potency, duration and matter state of this venom as long as he maintains skin contact with his target. He does not have to bite or scratch to use his venom; he can make it into a gas that can be inhaled or even a liquid that passes through skin and muscles directly into the person's veins.

Basic Biography: Cuetzpalli was one of Dinemakȟóčhe's greatest limelight heroes for decades before his eventual retirement. He was, and still is one of the greatest hand-to-hand combatants in the world, having mastered martial art styles from around the globe. His Spanish last name is a bit unusual amongst the tribes, as most of Dinemakȟóčhe chose to discard them in favor of their ancestral names, but that is due to an old tradition of his family dating back to the 1600s when they were enslaved by the Spanish. One of his ancestors, whose real name has been lost to time, managed to kill a Spanish aristocrat who was attempting to sell his wife to another plantation in a different part of the country,. He ended up being hanged for his crime, but with his last words he proclaimed that his family would bear the name of the aristocrat as a symbol of defiance of Spanish colonialism; a family tradition that remains to this day.

This was considered a rather unusual move, even for his fellow Nahua as this wasn't really a thing. Regardless, his family chose to go along with it anyway. The Nahua were one of the few people who moved North after WW3, seeing a chance to gain land of their own. They ended up in Chihuahua and became part of Dinemakȟóčhe.

"Whoa…" Izuku says, his mind blown. The girls are shocked as well, and even Mina tears her gaze away from the dancers to look at the old reptilian hero as he drags the drunk toward the door. "Yeah, he did it in secret because he didn't want to steal any of Yagi's thunder." Gran Torino says as a door that Izuku swears wasn't on the wall across the street a few seconds ago opens and a man in a security guard uniform steps through. The modernized appearance seems out of place in this ancient atmosphere, but it's clear that he was not meant to be seen during the event either. The guard grabs the drunk under his arms and drags him through the door, which closes and melts away in front of them.

Venomancer sniffs at the air before grinning. He reengages his disguise before turning back to the group. "I thought I smelled an old goat around here somewhere." Cuetzpalli says. Gran Torino snorts at this. "Says the man who's breath smells like death itself." He replies. There's clearly no heat behind the words, so the students don't really worry too much. Mina turns back to the dancers and whines when she sees them beginning to leave. "Aww, its over…" She says sadly. "There's plenty more ceremonies for the day, but they try to keep the Snake Dance early in the morning when most of the rowdier people are still asleep. Disrespectful idiots have a habit of getting bitten by the snakes." The old lizard man says. "And that's a bad thing?" Toru asks. He chuckles at that. "Only because the families try to hold us liable. They don't have a leg to stand on legally because we have multiple safety measures and warnings in place; but it's still an-" The lizard man in disguise says.

"AHAA! ANOTHER RUNNER DOWN!" A man shouts in the distance. The group turns a corner and encounters a rather disheveled looking Tenya Iida. He is standing triumphantly with what appears to be a bluish bread stick in his hands. He puts it into a bag, where they see several other pieces of Piki Bread. A man in a wooden mask chuckles at his enthusiasm, which draws the others attention to said Kachina. This Kachina is wearing a knee length red skirt and a large cylindrical wooden mask with a small pointy conical beak. He has a large brown collar around his neck and a bundle of what appears to be long, dried out leaves attached to a strap on his back. The students notice that Tenya appears to have a red mark on his left arm and between two of the exhausts on his left leg.

"Wow, he caught Palavikuna. He's the most difficult one to catch. That man is as slippery as an eel and fast as lightning." Cuetzpalli says impressed. "Ah Robo Knight's running the races. Makes sense. I've always wanted to try that, but well." Nora says before gesturing to her wheelchair. The man squints before his eyes widen and he chuckles. "Ahh, he's an Iida. That explains it." The man adds. He turns to the students with a look of sympathy on his face. "Keep an eye on that one. I can't imagine what he's going through with his family name tainted by that self-centered narcissist." He adds before turning to Izuku and getting a better look at him. "Yagi chose well, tell him I said hello." He says before getting ready to return to his post. "Hold on Lizard Brain, the kid's going to need an autograph. He collects them." Gran Torino says before zipping toward Izuku and then landing next to Cuetzpalli with one of his notebooks.

The old Nahua lizard man chuckles at this. "Been a while since I've had to do that." He says as he takes the book and signs it. The man tosses it to the boy, who holds it like a sacred artifact and turns to the other students. "If you run into a girl by the name of Itsuka Kendo, tell her to study some Native American and African martial arts styles. I prefer students with more diverse knowledge of Martial Arts instead of the normal focus on Asian and European styles." He says before leaping back up to his post. The students look confused at this. "Ah, so Nezu chose him to help her deal with her new abilities. Smart; he's a good boxer." Gran Torino says. "Whoa, Itsuka's going to freak out." Setsuna says as Gran Torino turns around to leave. "Well, I got some other people I want to speak with today, stay out of trouble and try not to break any bones." He says, getting a pout from Izuku and giggles from the girls.

Elsewhere, Kyouka, Momo, Saiko, and oddly enough, Ibara appear to have come across a few singing Kachinas. One of the stranger ones they have encountered was one apparently known as Masauwu, or the Skeleton Man. He had a white mask with protruding red circular eye holes and a protruding ovular shaped mouth. He was wearing a white robe with a second layer of cloth that split down the middle wrapped around his shoulders and a cloth belt with deer skin shoes. The upper layer of cloth and the belt are covered in colorful, complex geometric patterns. This Kachina was singing loudly and dancing around a cooking fire in what looked like a circular pit in the ground decorated with elaborate murals. The most unusual part of this Kachina was that he seemed to move backwards. The girls were slightly alarmed when the Kachina even walked backwards through the flames; but he came out of it unharmed; so, they let it go.

The next Kachina they encountered was one they vaguely recognized, although they couldn't figure out why until later. He is a hunchbacked flute player with feathers protruding from a skull cap by the name of Kokopelli. They finally recognized him when he passed in front of a black petroglyph of the character with one leg kicking up and bent at the knee.

On their way to the next ceremony, they see something rather amusing. It appears that Tenya has managed to catch yet another Runner Kachina. He seems a bit conflicted about this Kachina. While he wants to respect their culture as much as possible, his inner stickler is begging to chastise the Kachina for running with scissors. "Oh no!" Momo shouts before hiding behind a nearby wall with a look of fear in her eyes. "Momo?" Kyouka asks. "I-I read a pamphlet describing some of the Kachina earlier, that one is called Hemsona. He chases you down and cuts off part of your hair if he catches you! This ponytail is hard enough to maintain without that!" Momo says. Kyouka barely suppresses a giggle as Saiko also finds a hiding spot. Ibara chuckles as well. "You're not afraid of him too? Your hair is your quirk." Kyouka says. "Those scissors are too small to do any serious harm to my vines." She replies.

"Look, I know that these are sacred practices; but do you really have to run around with the scissors out? Isn't that dangerous?" Tenya asks. Fortunately, the Kachina in question seems rather understanding. "No worries. These scissors are part of my quirk. I can generate any bladed object at will from my body and they can only cut if I want them to, see?" He says before running the blade across one of the palm of his hand. This seems to calm the stickler immensely. "Also!" He shouts louder before transforming the scissors into garden shears. Ibara yelps at this before running away to hide from the Kachina as well.

"I see. Then I would like to apologize if I brought any offense to you." He says before bowing respectfully. "No problem, it's a valid concern." Tenya sees a flash of color and realizes it belongs to a Kachina he hasn't caught yet. Tenya chuckles at this. "So, the quest continues!" He says as a visibly out of breath Melissa Shield finally catches up to him. He takes off running, causing Melissa to groan and fall on her face from exhaustion. She groans when she hears a second thud on the ground beside her. "Not you again." She says before turning her head to see another Kachina who imitates her actions perfectly.

She'd think she was in a mirror if the Kachina wasn't so unusual looking. He seems to be an unusual mismatch of both cowboy and Native American. He is wearing blue jeans and cowboy boots, but his upper body is covered in nothing but white paint that appears to be rubbing off in random places. His mask is also rather bizarre. It's a black and white bell-shaped helmet with three protruding cylinders. The two over his eyes make it look like his eyes are bulging out like a cartoon character and the one over his mouth looks like the ones on his eyes. It also has a broad leaf sticking out of the collar that goes around the neck. "Go away." She says with a shooing motion that the Kachina mimics. Kyouka makes the mistake of laughing softly at this, which apparently makes him change his target to her.

He rushes over to her, causing her to jump back in shock, a move he mimics perfectly. Kyouka quirks an eyebrow at the Kachina, and although she can't see it; she imagines he is doing the same. She has a slightly sadistic grin on her face as she holds her hand a few feet in front of her crotch. "Uhh, you might not want to do-" The scissor wielding Kachina starts to say. Unfortunately, he is too late to stop her from punching herself in the crotch. The Kachina mimics the move perfectly and, much to Momo, Saiko and Melissa's surprise, Kyouka is the one who doubles over in pain. "That." The scissor Kachina adds weakly. "Kyouka!" Momo shouts, forgetting her fear of the runner Kachina. "What the fuck? Why does this hurt so bad?" Kyouka moans. "Kwikwilyaka has a pain transference quirk. Any pain he inflicts on himself is felt by whoever laughed at him last; even if they don't have the parts in question." The Kachina explains.

He looks to Momo, who looks like a deer in the headlights staring at the hair cutting Kachina. "Ah shit, no wonder guys try so hard to avoid getting hit in the balls." Kyouka groans as the Kachina laughs. "Calm down, I'm not going to cut your hair, my wife's a hairdresser; she'd murder me if I messed up a do like that." The Kachina adds. This causes both of the heiresses to calm down significantly as Kyouka slowly recovers. "GET BACK HERE! THAT BREAD WILL BE MINE!" Tenya shouts in the distance. "Not again…" Melissa whines before rising from the ground and slowly jogging in the general direction of Tenya's outburst.

"I know she's not a hero, but we're going to need to get her some cardio soon." Kyouka says, getting a hiss from Saiko. Momo bops the girl on the back of the head. "You are a hero. Even if you aren't a front-line hero; you need to be able to run in case your position gets overwhelmed." The taller heiress says. "Says you, cardio sucks when you have extra weight you can't get rid of." Saiko whines. Momo quirks an eyebrow at this. "Seriously? Did you forget how my quirk?" She asks. "You can burn fat at will. You cheat at being a fat girl." Saiko pouts, getting an eye roll from Momo and a chuckle from Kyouka, who shakes her head and brushes her hair to the side, both movements of which are mimicked by the Kachina, causing Momo, Ibara and Saiko to giggle.

Kwikwilyaka pouts at the three girls over this or at least they think he does by the way he slumps over in defeat. "Hmm, I guess he can only do one at a t-" Momo says before Koshari rides through the area on a miniature tricycle. He seems to be handling it pretty well despite the fact that it's only a foot tall. "Hmm, I guess he adopted some western clown aspects too." Kyouka says. Kwikwilyaka jumps in fright and scrambles away as Wuyak-Kuita marches down the road. Koshari leaps off his tricycle and throws it at the guard Kachina, which promptly explodes with confetti against his mask and briefly stuns him. "Woop, woop, woop, woop." Koshari says, falling on his side and doing the Curly Spin in the process. Something which causes someone behind the girl to sigh. They turn back to see Denki and Wajonna walking up to them. They are visibly disheveled, and Denki appears to have a dopey looking grin on his face and a slight limp.

"Huh, guess there really is someone out there for everyone; nice job Jammingwhey. Also, isn't the girl supposed to be the one limping?" Kyouka asks. "She's an animal." Denki says happily. "Yeah, they still don't know who introduced him to western style clowns or the Three Stooges; but he seems to have embraced them. God help us all if he ever finds any Monty Python stuff." Wajonna says. "Nyah-ahh-ahh!" They hear Koshari say, continuing his Curlyesque antics. They look over and watch him hop away on a pogo stick he likely pulled from his bag as Wuyak-Kuita abandons his slow and menacing gate for a straight up charge. Wajonna chuckles at this. "Out of all the clowns, Koshari has the least restraint." She adds as the others chuckle.

"Hey guys! Guess what? We met the Venomancer!" Izuku shouts, drawing their attention to him, Ochako, Tsu, Mina, Nora, Setsuna, Pony and Toru walking down the street. "Who?" Denki asks in confusion. "A retired hero from Dinemakȟóčhe, he was one of our best. He's usually the head of the undercover security team." Wajonna comments. "Itsuka mentioned him a few times during our internship. He was a major inspiration for her as a martial artist." Momo adds. "He's also going to be teaching her to work with her new powers apparently." Setsuna says. "Oh, I'm sure she'll be happy to hear that." Momo replies. "We also saw a snake dance!" Mina says excitedly. "So they danced like snakes?" Denki asks.

"No, well yes; they do move like snakes at times; but the Snake Dance is a type of rain dance basically. One of the dancers even handles live rattlesnakes." Wajonna says, causing a few of the students to pale. "Aren't those poisonous?" Denki asks. "Venomous. Any creature that injects toxins into your body is venomous. And yes, they are." Momo says. "Oy, don't pull your nerd mind tricks on me." Denki says, causing the girl to pout. "Nerds rule the world you know." Kyouka adds.

"Anyone who says that has never met a politician." Wajonna quips as they enter an open-air market filled with all sorts of exotic looking crafts. "Whoa. Look at all this stuff." Denki says. "Hey, look they made a life size statue of Koshari." Denki says, walking over to the life size statue. Wajonna struggles to keep a straight face as he gets closer. "Whoa. It's so life li-AHHH!" Denki shouts as the wooden shell surrounding the actual Koshari explodes, and he leaps out at blonde guy. Unfortunately, it catches him so off guard he accidentally uses his quirk, causing Koshari to go flying. He doesn't seem to be hurt though, if the playful "Whee!" he lets out is anything to go by.

"Whey." Denki says. "Ah dang it he fried himself again." Kyouka says as Wajonna rushes over to him looking concerned. "What?!" The native girl shouts. "Ah! Not so loud!" Kyouka says. "Denki's quirk short circuits his brain sometimes. He's been getting better at not doing it, but Koshari seems to have set him off. He'll be fine in 15 minutes or so." Izuku explains. "Whey." Denki says with his thumbs up and a stupid grin on his face. The shadow woman chuckles at this. "Oh yeah. Now that you mention it, he was kind of like that when he orgasmed too." Wajonna says shamelessly, causing the others to either blush violently, burst into laughter or look scandalized. "TMI." Kyouka says.

"W-well perhaps we should take a look around and see if anything looks good." Momo says in an attempt to change the subject. "Woohoo, shopping!" Mina says before taking off with Toru and Setsuna in hot pursuit. "Well, I guess we can split up and see what we can find then. There must be one of these Kachinas father doesn't have." Momo says. "Oh, I know a stall further in that has some pretty cool ones." Nora says. "Sounds good." Momo says before she walks away with Nora, Saiko and Kyouka.

Before leaving though, she turns to Izuku. "Oh, before I go." Momo adds before throwing what appears to be a credit card to Izuku. "Make sure Ochako gets something nice." She says, alarming the frugal brunette. "Wh-what?! Bu-" She starts to stutter. "Nope, you're not leaving here empty handed. While being fiscally responsible is a good trait, you need to let yourself enjoy the finer things in life every now and then too." Momo says before leaving the distraught girl behind. "It's okay Ochako, we can just find something reasonably priced and say it's expensive; ribbit." Tsu says.

"N-no. Sh-she's right. Come on. I want one of those dolls Momo mentioned her father has." Ochako says before dragging Izuku and Tsu along with her. "Come on Ibara, maybe we can find some plant like Kachina!" Pony says before taking Ibara with her.

A few seconds later a familiar birdlike shadow peaks around the corner. "Alright Fumi, they're gone." Dark Shadow says. "Good, we can peruse the shops without being harassed by mischievous demons." Fumikage says as he, Reiko and, surprisingly Shinso come out of hiding. Apparently Shinso and Fumikage have gotten closer as friends. "Oh, come on, I know Izuku cries a lot, and Tenya can be a stick in the mud; but they're still cool guys." Dark Shadow asks. "He's just so cheerful, it's annoying." Shinso says. "It is not the paragons of light we seek to hide from. It's the pink monster, her invisible friend and the lizard from hell. If they discover we were buying each other gifts… Even the greatest cosmological horrors would tremble in their presence." Reiko says.

"We're still here you know." Wajonna says. "Yes, but as a fellow denizen of the darkness; I trust you not to betray us. And Denki doesn't really remember anything he sees in this state." Fumikage says as he goes to sit down on a round stone. Before he can take his seat though, Koshari shows up and pulls the stone out before replacing it with a giant white egg statue from his bags. The shadow wielding bird man looks up when he hears a bit of snickering. He quickly notices that several of the others are struggling not to laugh. "What's so funny?" Fumikage asks before Dark Shadow bursts into laughter. "D-dude. Look what you're sitting on." Dark Shadow barely manages to get out.

Fumikage looks down and freezes when he sees that the rock he sat on is now a giant egg. He looks up and sees Koshari running off in the distance and manages to figure out what happened. He sighs explosively at this. "Well at least the pink demon didn't see thi-" He says before freezing in horror as he hears a phone camera click. He looks over and sees that Dark Shadow had pulled his phone out. (Dark Shadow and Fumikage have their own phones). He hears his own phone ping and pulls it out. He pales when he sees that Dark Shadow posted the photo on the hero course's group chat. Judging by the explosion of laughter he hears in the distance; the picture reached its target. "Dark Shadow, how could you betray me?" Fumikage asks. "Mina's dad is a butcher. She gives me free ham." The sapient quirk says. Fumikage sighs "Yet again your addiction to pork has spelled my doom." He says.

"Well, I'm going to get him to one of the first aid tents they set up during these things. See ya later." Wajonna says. "Whey." Denki says weakly as she guides him away. "Come Reiko, we must be swift; lest the hounds of gossiping hell catch us off guard." Fumikage says. "Yeah, guess I'll just keep being the third wheel then." Shinso snarks before following them.

Ochako looks at the stall in front of her and turns pale. "Whoa, those look pretty expensive." The frugal brunette says, referring to a stall of Kachina Dolls. "Yeah, most Kachina Dolls are hand crafted by professional artists. Those are some of the higher end dolls though, they put them on the ends of the market as a draw. There's cheaper stuff further in usually." The vendor says. Ochako nods and starts to turn toward the inner stalls when something catches her eye. "Oh Tsu, look. It's a frog Kachina." She says pointing to a rather tall and lanky looking figure with a large frog like mask. Tsu stops and looks at the figure. It's about a foot tall and it is painted bright white with grey spots going down from each end of its lower lip all the way down it's torso, making it look like it has a giant mouth. "Ahh, that one is a Paqua Kachina, or a frog spirit. You don't usually see them in the ceremonies, but you can hear them making froglike noises." The vendor says before picking it up and handing it to Tsu. She stares blankly at it and thinks "cute." Then she looks at the price tag and her eyes widen a bit. "Oh wow, that is pricey… good thing Momo offered to pick up the bill." She says before pulling out the card the heiress gave them.

Ochako is about to leave before she notices a necklace that she really likes. It has a silver chain with silver triangles dangling off it that have stars carved into them and a large, circular shaped Turquoise pendant with a moon like geometric pattern. "She gets closer and her eyes sparkle before she gulps. "Oh God… th-that's real silver." The frugal girl says. "Ochako, Momo said its on her today. Live a little." Tsu says encouragingly. "Here." Izuku says before picking up the necklace and putting it on her neck from behind, causing Ochako to blush even more than usual. Meanwhile, Tsu uses the distraction to pay for the necklace and her frog.

Of course, Izuku kills the romantic mood almost immediately in his typical fashion; by going into hero geek mode. "Is that a Wupamo doll?!" He shouts rushing over to a rather ornate looking figure, getting a pout from Ochako and an eyeroll from Tsu. They look over at the figure in question and are shocked by just how detailed it is. It has a height of around 5'8" feet and it shows a man with a bird like mask with three large black feathers (one on each side and one on top) As well as two slender turquoise blue feathers, one between each side feather and the top feather. It has a small white crown of spikes and a spherical head. The top half is split down the middle by a black and white line with geometric patterns in it and the bottom half is pure black with a long, thin pointy triangular beak. The left side is orange while the right side is yellow, making the mask look almost like the rising sun. He is wielding a pair of green sticks with elongated whip strands that spread out from the top. He is wearing a white skirt like dress and his chest is painted turquoise on the left and yellow on the right, with a red belt across his chest to divide the two colors. His left forearm is painted yellow, and his right is painted turquoise as well. His legs are painted the same way as the arms, and he is wearing a pair of buck skin shoes.

"I never knew Wupamo was a Kachina." Izuku says. The vendor sighs at this. "Yeah, most foreigners only know Wupamo as Dinemakȟóčhe's number 1 hero. He's probably around here somewhere, but he draws a huge crowd because of his status as both a hero and a Kachina. He usually does a signing event after the ceremonies end for the day to placate the masses. He complains that his fame as a hero makes his job as a guard Kachina harder, but he wouldn't trade it for the world." The vendor says. Izuku looks at the price tag and turns pale. "Whoa, that's a lot of zeroes. Wait, OCHAKO DON'T LOOK!" He says. "Huh, what do y-" Ochako says before she sees the price herself. Tsu sighs before holding out her arms and catching Ochako, who seems to have passed out over the large number. "Yeah, that's probably the most expensive thing in the entire village. It's an incredible piece of craftsmanship, but it's main draw is that it was carved by Wupamo himself." The vendor says, gesturing to the silver plaque with turquoise accents showing Wupamo's real name, Wikvaya Humetewa.

"Wow. Wait, I think Momo might want to look at this. Her father might not have one like this." Izuku says before pulling out his phone and dialing the heiress.

Saiko and Kyouka appear to be looking at a rather elaborate life size bust of a Dog Soldier. The bottom of the statue's face is bright white, while everything above the bottom of the eye sockets is pure black. It also has one thick black stripe on each side of the face that goes all the way down to the sides of the chin. It also has a rather elaborate headdress made of brown and white feathers. There's a baseball cap like protrusion made of these feathers, but most of them stand up straight and surround the entire head. "Whoa, I didn't see any of these guys around here." Kyouka says. A female vendor chuckles at the two girls.

"Well, that isn't surprising, they aren't Hopi. Dog Soldiers are Cheyenne and Arapaho. The Cheyenne did send a delegate today from what I've heard, but they couldn't send any of the Dog Soldiers this time since they're all busy. I got this from a friend in exchange for a rather beautiful turquoise and silver bracelet." She says. "Isn't Mr. Bradshaw Cheyenne?" Kyouka asks. "Yes, he's in one of the wandering tribes from what I remember." Saiko adds before turning to the vendor. "Is this for sale?" Saiko asks. "Yes, but a word of advice, don't wear the War Bonnet. War Bonnets are considered sacred to most of their tribes. It's meant to be a display piece only." The vendor replies. "Oh, well I really don't think I could pull that look off anyway." Saiko says.

Meanwhile, Momo's phone starts to ring. She looks at the number, not realizing Kyouka and Saiko had finished their transaction and were watching her, which proves to be a mistake. Kyouka snorts when she sees the contact name. "Studmuffin?" Kyouka asks teasingly. Momo's back goes ramrod straight and she nearly drops her phone. "Oh God. Kyouka, please don't tell Mina about that." Momo says. "Are you kidding me? Of course, I'm telling her. I know she'd never let it go and it would get on my nerves too. I love being annoyed." Kyouka says sarcastically. Momo responds like the dignified lady she is by sticking her tongue out at the girl. "Don't point that thing at me unless you intend to use it." She quips without thinking, causing the three girls to blush when they realize what she just said in public. Momo answers the phone to distract herself; but also makes a mental note to make her eat those words later.

"Yes Izuku?" Momo asks. She chuckles at Izuku's words. "Of course, he'd find that one. Sweetie, Wupamo is one of the most well-known Kachina on the planet since he doubles as a hero, my father has multiple versions." She says. A few seconds later, her eyes widened in shock. "Wait, it's a life size one made by Wupamo himself?! Izuku, buy it now. Those Wupamo's are extremely rare, he only makes one every five years. Father's been looking for one for ages. I'll pick it up when I get the chance." Momo says. "Nice job, studmuffin." Saiko says teasingly, causing the heiress to yelp. "Oh, it was nothing, I need to go, I'll catch up later." She says before hanging up and pouting at her fellow heiress. Kyouka appears to be struggling to contain her laughter. Elsewhere, a brightly blushing Izuku hangs up the phone. He heard exactly what Saiko said, but he already knew that was Momo's contact name for him; having accidentally seen it himself a day earlier and choosing not to bring it up; lest he summon the pink demoness upon them all.

While the others were enjoying the Kachina festival, most of the class was cheering as a huge monster truck ran over a Lamborghini. They appear to be in one of the VIP boxes with some of Dinemakȟóčhe's more prominent citizens as well as some wealthier tourists. All Might had apparently called in a few favors to get them these seats so some of the students who have been thrust into the spotlight recently could enjoy the event in peace. The Monster Truck was clearly inspired by Native American culture, but it had multiple different types from the looks of it.

There is a large Totem Pole made of steel on the roof. The first head was a rather mean looking boar that had electrical sparks coming from its eyes. The second lowest was a black bison with large ram like horns and razor-sharp teeth that had a white stripe down the center of its face. The third head was an eagle that would occasionally let out powerful screeches via a high-power stereo hidden in the beak and the top head was a fire breathing brown bear.

It has the body of a pickup truck with a flagpole on the back adorned with a long stream of red and yellow 'feathers' attached to chains looking like a battle standard as it fluttered through the wind. The sides of the truck depict an almost cave art style depiction of a coyote howling at a \red moon and a coiled rattlesnake with an open mouth and a drop of venom dripping from its left fang. The grill is dominated by a brown wooden mask with wide white eyes and a viscous grin with white hair emerging from the sides that made it look like a wild man.

Everyone appears to be having the time of their lives with one exception. Itsuka Kendo was suffering. When she chose to come to the Monster Truck Rally/ Demolition Derby. She had assumed they would be destroying cars. So, imagine her horror when she discovered they had Motorcycles too. "Oh God, not the WLA, please not the WLA, there's less than a hundred of those le-AHHHH! GOD WHY?!" She wails in despair as a 1942 Harley-Davidson WLA was crushed under the wheels of a monster truck. Like classic cars, very few classic motorcycles from the prequirk era still exist, both due to age and the chaos of World War 3.

Midnight sighs at this. "She definitely should not have come here." Nemuri says. Present Mic chuckles at this. "There's a reason recordings of these events are used for enhanced interrogation against vehicle enthusiasts. Remember the time Nezu tied Powerloader to a chair and made him watch one of these because he destroyed his favorite mug?" Hizashi asks. "Oh God, I had never seen a man break down like that. He cried himself to sleep for a week." Nemuri replies.

Meanwhile, one of the former class 1-B students looks rather confused. "This… doesn't look like any of the art my father deals with." Nirengeki Shoda says. "Huh?" Tsuburaba asks. Manga sighs. "And now for the educational portion of our program, brought to you by UA's resident history nerd; Nirengeki Shoda." The comic man says, getting a dirty look from the short, chubby male. "My father runs a museum dedicated to the preservation of indigenous cultures. They have a collection of Native American art there, but these are all from very different tribes; and they look a lot more… aggressive than normal. The pole on top is a Totem Pole, those are from the tribes in the Northwestern States and Western Canada. The Battle Standard seems to be based off a Plains Indian War Bonnet, the painting on the side of the vehicle is clearly reminiscent of early Puebloan culture, which includes the Hopi; and the mask on the grill is most likely supposed to be a Cherokee Booger Mask." The chubbier male student says.

Tsuburaba snorts at this. "Booger Mask?" He asks, causing Nirengeki to sigh. "Not booger, Booger. It's the name of a Cherokee Dance performed around a campfire." He says. "They also have some D&D style fantasy elements though. It makes the truck look intimidating, sure; but it also makes it look like a barbaric culture; something they've been trying to avoid since the old stereotypes purported by Americans often depicted them as violent savages, which couldn't be further from the truth. Isn't that a bit disrespectful?" He asks before hearing a chuckle behind him.

He looks up to see an older looking Native American man, "It's impressive that you know where the truck's design elements come from. As for your question, you must remember when the Panican identity truly began to form. It was in the era a few decades after World War 3. The world was a different place back then; it was an age of violence all over the world. They didn't adopt that more aggressive look because they thought it looked cool. They adopted it to make themselves look tougher. There were a lot of bandits and raiders looking for an easy target back then. They've toned the aggression down in mainstream society since then, but they still pull it out for stuff like this. One of the purposes of this rally is to keep the rowdier tourists away from the more sacred events." The man says.

"Oh… was it really that bad back then?" Tsuburaba asks. "Yes." A female behind them says. The students look behind them and see Mitsuki walk into the VIP box and head over to her son. "You think things are rough now? There were a few decades after World War 3 when we legitimately believed that life on Earth was on its deathbed. People were living like there was no tomorrow, because it looked like there wouldn't be. There's a ton movies with postapocalyptic settings, but they don't hold a candle to the real thing. Nuclear Winters are a nightmare to live through." She adds. Nirengeki's eyes widen as he realizes something, causing Mitsuki to sigh. "Found the history buff. We can talk later; I need to check on my son." She says.

"WHOA IS THAT GUY CRAZY?!" Tetsutetsu shouts, drawing everyone's attention to a small watermelon themed clown car with a giant wind-up key on top of it. "Oh hey, it's Koshari." Present Mic says while Midnight giggles. "Who?" Eijiro asks as the clown car beelines towards the monster truck. "He's one of the Kachina, a clown Kachina to be specific. He's supposed to amuse people during the ceremonies. He likes to make appearances here every now and then." Nemuri says. The key on top of the car starts to slow down, as does the car itself. It comes to a stop right behind a rather expensive looking fountain that the monster truck is preparing to obliterate.

Koshari pops out of the vehicle and notices the Monster Truck bearing down on him. He starts to panic before leaping on top of the watermelon car and frantically winding the key. As the monster truck draws closer, he begins to realize the futility of his efforts. At the last second, he leaps out of the way sliding into the mud just seconds before the fountain shatters from the force of the Monster Truck, taking the watermelon car with it. Koshari comes to a halt with his butt in the air and his face in the mud, causing a light wave of chuckles. Those turn into full blown laughter when he pulls out of the mud with giant watermelon seeds covering his eyes and a chunk of watermelon shell covering his mouth. Wuyak-Kuita marches into the arena after the monster truck driver stops, likely to avoid hitting the clown by accident.

Koshari tries to get to his feet and run away, but the mud is clearly making it difficult as he continues to slip around comically. Wuyak-Kuita is clearly not having this issue though, walking through the mud like it wasn't even there. "Whoa, how can that guy move through the mud so easily?" Tetsutetsu asks in amazement. "That's my son's quirk in action." The older man from earlier says. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Chief Hototo Munkapi, the Hopi representative in the Council of Chieftains. My son's quirk is called Stability Manipulation. He can control the way his body moves regardless of outside factors. He can walk across the slickest surfaces, wade through water without slowing down, his center of gravity always shifts to keep him in whatever position he chooses, and he has complete control of leverage, making it nearly impossible to catch him off balance. He also has instinctive knowledge of how to manipulate these forces to his advantage." Hototo explains.

"That's… actually kind of cool. Don't know if it would help much in a fight though." Tsuburaba says. "Are you crazy? Do you have any idea how important balance and leverage are in hand-to-hand combat? Your body position can literally be the difference between life and death. And he doesn't have to worry about it, his quirk basically means that any stance is perfect stance. He'd be able to toss people way larger than himself around like rag dolls. I would hate to be up against a quirk like that." Itsuka says. "Yeah bro, he could hold his ground against his opponents even if he was only touching the ground with a single fingertip." Tetsutetsu says. "And God help you if he locked you into a grapple, he'd stick to your ass harder than Mineta's balls." Eijiro says. "Dude, phrasing!" Mineta shouts in alarm, prompting a few giggles.

Back in the arena, Koshari appears to be getting close to escaping, but not fast enough as Wuyak-Kuita finally manages to catch the clown. Everyone watches in shock as the guard Kachina stuffs the clown into his own bag. "Whoa, is that part of that Koshari guy's quirk?" Kinoko asks. "He doesn't have a quirk, Koshari's a real Kachina. The bag is also much larger on the inside, it's where he lives." Hototo explains as his son shoves the pouting head of Koshari into the bag and ties it off. "Kachina's are like Hopi Gods right?" Shoji asks. "Kind of? I've never really understood whether they were supposed to be Gods or Spirits." Nirengeki says. "To us the Kachina are Kachina." The chief says.

"Alright folks, I hope you all enjoyed the show today, and I'd like to thank our special guest announcer today, thanks for coming Mr. Echo." The announcer says. "Aw shucks, it wasn't that big a deal. I was in town with Rino anyway; so, I thought I'd stop by." The manager of Mexico's greatest vigilante says. "Loud, obnoxious asshole." Present Mic says with a scowl on his face, drawing a mix of confused looks and deadpan stares from the students and a facepalm from Nemuri. "What's with him?" Hanta asks. Nemuri sighs. "He's been feuding with Mr. Echo for almost a decade now. He thinks Mr. Echo's trying to replace him as Shota's best friend." The woman says. "I don't THINK he is Nem; I KNOW he is!" The loud hero says as the group gets up to leave.

"I wonder how the others enjoyed the Kachina Festi-" Shoji starts to ask Hanta before he is interrupted by a wail of despair. They turn around to see Itsuka on her knees looking completely defeated while Kinoko does her best to comfort the Big Sister of 1-B. "What's with her?" Hanta asks. "Apparently some of the guys got to meet the Venomancer at the Kachina Festival." Kinoko says, getting looks of pity from the rest of her classmates. "He's a retired hero and master martial artist as well as one of Itsuka's idols." Nirengeki explains. Kinoko hears Itsuka's phone vibrate and picks it up from where she dropped it. She looks at the first image and giggles "That was mean, Setsuna." She says as she looks at the image of Setsuna holding up a peace sign next to the Venomancer captioned 'Lizard buddy'.

Then she sees a message from Izuku and grins like a loon. "Cheer up Itsuka! Izuku says that Nezu arranged for you to train your new powers with the Venomancer!" The shroomy girl says. Itsuka freezes at this. "He also said to study up on some Native American and African Martial Arts st-" Kinoko starts to say before the red head lunges for her phone and sends a message. A few seconds later, a portal opens with Oboro on the other side. "Whoa, where's th- OOF!" He starts to say before nearly being knocked over by Itsuka, who practically dove right through the portal. "Sorry about that Oboro, she's just a little excited." Nemuri explains as the students chuckle at her enthusiasm. "Eh, it's cool. I guess it's time to send you all home." He says before opening a portal. The students and teachers are shocked by what they see on the other side; but it quickly devolves into hooting and cheering on both ends.

The other students had all gathered up as the day began to wind down. Izuku was grinning like an idiot. Not only had he managed to get Wupamo's signature; apparently some of the local artists had taken to making Kachina Doll style figures of popular heroes from all over the world. He is clutching onto a 19-inch-tall statue of All Might, who has his face painted with red and blue stripes and stars over his eyes, a white painted chest with a red orb in the center resembling the Japanese flag and brown buck skin pants and boots. "I can't believe they had an All Might Kachina doll! This is going to look great with the rest of my figures!" He says happily. "AHAH! I FINALLY DID IT! I HAVE CAPTURED ALL OF THE RUNNERS!" Tenya says before laying his bounty of Piki Bread out on a nearby table. "Come friends, I have Piki Bread for all to enjoy!" Tenya says proudly as some of the others giggle. "Wow, I've never seen him get this worked up before." Ochako says. A few seconds later, Melissa Shield slowly drags herself in behind the proud hunter looking tired as hell.

"They put up a valiant effort, but in the end, they were no match for a member of the Iida Clan! Come friends, it is time to celebrate!" He says, hyping himself up, much to the amusement of others. That amusement turns to shock as, in a moment of heated passion; he grabs Melissa by the arm and pulls her up to his chest before planting a passionate kiss on the American girl. Any hint of exhaustion on the blonde's part vanishes into thin air as the others can practically see the sparks flying as the kiss intensifies. The portal opens up and the students and teachers on the other side are shocked by what they see.

Of course, the duo are instantly brought back to reality when the classes react. "WOOO! THAT'S MANLY AS HELL!" Eijiro shouts. "Get your man Melissa!" Pony shouts. The two freeze as the full weight of what just happened hits them. Tenya immediately releases the girl and starts to sputter uncontrollably while Melissa devolves into a squeaking, blushing mess. A few seconds later the two feel a menacing aura behind them that causes the hair on the back of their necks to stand up. They slowly turn their heads to see Mina has made her way to the front of the pack, her eyes glowing with what they see as demonic glee as she giggles uncontrollably.

Fortunately for the strait-laced man and the scientific prodigy, they are rescued by an unlikely source, a spray bottle. Mina yelps as Momo sprays her with the bottle she made with her quirk. "Mina, leave them alone; you're ruining the moment." She chastises. Mina pouts at the heiress. "Did you just spray me? I'm not a dog!" She says. "Then stop behaving like one." Momo says.

"Alright, that's enough. We need to get back to the dorms now. The Sleep Delay quirk should be wearing off soon and I imagine we're all going to be tired after that." Nemuri says. "Huh?" Izuku asks. "We travelled halfway across the world Izuku, different time zones. Normally you would just be waking up right now. We had a friend use a quirk that froze your body's energy level but the downside is that you're going to be really tired once we get back to Japan, your likely going to need a short nap after this." Nemuri says. "Wait… I recognize that abil- YOU HAD THE SAND MAN HERE AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?!" Izuku shouts. Nemuri sighs, knowing that the greenete is more upset about missing his chance to meet Indonesia's #4 hero than anything else. "He came by while we were all asleep, I'm sure a quirk enthusiast such as yourself knows that part of his quirk doesn't work on people when they're awake. All Might got an autograph for you." She says, pacifying the boy while Oboro opened a new portal. They went through it and, sure enough; it felt like they just got hit by a truck full of sleeping pills. "Holy crap. I'm beat. I *yawn* I guess we can deal with this later." Izuku says before heading for his room. The others follow his lead and get ready for bed.

Elsewhere

Reginald Barrister is accompanied by Rika Takeyama, Nezu and Shota Aizawa as he walks into an abandoned warehouse. The inside looks nothing like the outside here, as it leads to a rather lavish throne room. "Ahh, there you are. Right on time, as always." Chancellor Neito Monoma says. "I still think this is a bad idea. The shock of meeting him of all people could make this situation much worse." Rika says. "Who are you talking about?" Nezu asks from his perch on Shota's shoulder. Reginald sighs. "I know, but we don't have time to be gentle. We need Katsuki at his best, and if seeing this is enough to snap him out of his funk, then we have to do it." Reginald says. "So that's what this is about." An older male voice that sends chills down Nezu and Shota's spines. They clearly recognize the voice, even if it is an older, more soft spoken version. The man on the throne leans forward, revealing his true identity to the two teachers. "God damn it." Shota thinks to himself as a fifty-year older version of his student, Katsuki Bakugo; sits in front of him.

Katsuki Bakugou

Codename: The Grand Emperor

Height: 5'7"

Weight: 147 lbs

Gender: Male

Birthday: April 20th

Age: 72

Blood Type: A

Quirk Name 1: Explosion

Quirk Description: Katsuki's original quirk. It functions like it always has.

Quirk Name 2: Copy

Quirk Description: This quirk comes from Neito Monoma. It is the reason that the Grand Emperor and several of his associates can have up to five quirks, their original quirk, this one and three additional ones. It has been modified so that the quirks that it copies become permanent. The tradeoff is that they cannot be changed. Because of this, each individual was given three additional quirks to enhance their combat performance.

Quirk Name 3: Sweat Cannon.

Quirk Description: This particular quirk was taken from a Swiss fire fighter. It allowed them to project sweat through hoses in their hands up to 300 yards. It also allows the user to pull water in through the air to keep him hydrated. On its own, it really isn't special, but with Katsuki's explosive sweat, it becomes an explosive napalm dispenser, and its second function allows him to stay hydrated to allow more sweat.

Quirk Name 4: Hardening

Quirk Description: This quirk comes from Eijiro Kirishima. It retains the same function as always. In addition to protecting him, it reinforces Katsuki's arms and wrists so he can be more liberal with his explosions.

Quirk Name 5: Big Boom

Quirk Description: This quirk was taken from a Swedish villain known as Doctor Dynamite. It is able to amplify and control the direction of explosions. This gives Katsuki a power boost as well as additional control.

Basic Biography: After the death of Kasumi Komori, many heroes abandoned the HPSC in favor of vigilantism. Katsuki 'Dynamight' Bakugou, Keigo 'Hawks' Takami and Neito 'Phantom Thief' Monoma formed their own team of vigilantes along with Mezo 'Tentacole' Shoji, Hanta 'Cellophane' Sero, Togaru 'Jack Mantis' Kamikari, Shihai 'Vantablack' Kuroiro, Moe 'Burnin' Kamaji and the ex-Spike Villain Soga Kugisaki known as the Imperial.

Over the next five years, Katsuki changed, becoming more ruthless, resulting in several members of the Imperial to leave while others died. There was also a falling out between Deku and the other heroes and Katsuki over the latter's more violent approach. When it was down to Dynamight, Hawks and Phantom Thief, he had become bitter and he had a change in goals, aiming to be the most powerful person in the world rather than the strongest hero. Eventually the HPSC started to get the upper hand on the Imperial as each member was hunted down and killed until only Hawks, Dynamight, Red Riot and the Phantom Thief remaining. He was starting to get desperate when Doctor Kyudai Garaki, the creator of the Nomu; came to him with a proposition. He would perform the same type of procedure he did years earlier with Tomura Shigaraki to greatly increase his power in exchange for protecting him from the HPSC. Katsuki set his pride aside and agreed, much to Eijiro's dismay.

Once the procedure was complete, he came out a changed man, in more ways than one. His personality shifted from an aggressive hot head into a quiet, calm, calculating nature. He also became cold and emotionless.

Once the transformation was complete, the Imperial transformed from a vigilante group to a revolutionary force which eventually overthrew the Japanese government. While Red Riot begrudgingly went along with this at first, he eventually couldn't ignore the level of ruthlessness the Imperial displayed. This ended with Katsuki taking his quirk and killing him. Katsuki declared himself the Grand Emperor and went on to conquer much of Asia. Even Mongolia fell to his armies of Nomu created by Doctor Garaki and his creation Nomu Prime.

He is wearing a heavily armored, Samurai inspired version of his previous hero costume, and the explosion like earpieces have been transformed into a crown, but there's no mistaking it. Katsuki Bakugou is the Grand Emperor. "Oh… and I'm going to guess that you were the one behind the destruction of Hokkaido?" Nezu asks. The Grand Emperor grunts at this. "I know you may think I am a monster. And honestly? You'd be right to think so; but trust me when I say that was both necessary and an act of mercy. The Blight Spore is not something you can take a chance with." He says.

"There we go with the whole Blight Spore thing again. It would help if you told us what that is." Shota says angrily. The man is clearly tired of these unpleasant surprises. The Grand Emperor looks over to Reginald and sighs. "You seriously didn't tell them?" He asks the time traveler. "He only tries to use it once in each iteration. Given that it was dealt with before it could truly entrench itself, I figured there was no reason to worry them." Reginald says. The Grand Emperor sighs at this. "Long story short, the Blight Spore is a 'parasite' that infects matter at an atomic level. In living beings. It converts their bodies into corrupted beings, but their minds remain intact. They become helpless passengers inside of their own minds, unable to control anything. What's worse is that it forces the consciousness of said life form to exist in a body it is completely incompatible with. It makes them feel like their very soul is on fire. It's a hell that no one should have to experience. By blowing up Hokkaido, I both stopped the Blight Spore from gaining a foothold in our universe and spared the victims a horrible fate." He says. Both Nezu and Shota are caught off guard by this. "Do not mistake my cold nature for a lack of care. Everything I do is in the interest of preserving our very existence." The Grand Emperor adds before turning to Reginald.

"I still have some tasks that require my attention, but I will be there tomorrow around 2 PM. Make sure the students and… my mother… are ready for this revelation." He says before turning Rika. "And you will likely have some explaining to do as well." He says to the eldest of the Izukids. The woman has a look of thunder on her face at this comment. "We're done here. Reginald." Rika says. With that, the time traveler, the teachers and Rika vanish in a flash.

Back in Nezu's makeshift office, the Dean appears to be looking at the woman expectantly. Knowing what he wants, Rika sighs. "There was a brief period where I was part of the Grand Emperor's inner circle." She says shamefully, shocking Aizawa, but not Nezu. "I see. I take it things were exceptionally grim then?" Nezu asks. "By that point, all that was left of life as a whole in that universe was a single city of around twelve million people settled near the ruins of Ulaanbaatar around Lake Baikal." Reginald says. Rika snorts at this. "City? That's being generous. It was basically a giant refugee camp made up of people too stubborn to simply lie down and die. Hero, Villain, Vigilante, Civilian, Military… All those titles were meaningless by that point. We were done for, and we all knew it." Rika says.

Omake: Short Stack Attack

Oh god! There's too many of them!

*aims rifle around the corner and fires into an endless horde of lemon zombies*

Lemon Alert!

Kinoko bursts into one of the bedrooms giggling both lustfully and mischievously. It had taken some effort, but Pony and Kinoko had convinced some of Izuku's other girlfriends to help rile the boy up for them over the past few days, mainly the curvier ladies. Yui had been rather easy to convince, all she had to do was ask. Mina had overheard her discussion with the silent beauty and had volunteered to join in, she'd even help get a few of the more difficult girls on board. The pink skinned girl had suggested bribery to get the others on board.

She was rather concerned about trying to bribe Saiko and Momo, both girls are rich, and Momo was a living 3-D printer; how do you bribe people who have everything? Luckily she stumbled upon something that fell into her specialty, a rare type of truffle that's goes good in tea and was currently off the market due to a recall. Ochako was much easier than she thought she'd be. She just had Pony make some mushroom infused Mochi and the girl caved immediately. Nejire was simple once she managed to get through all the questions. Mei was a bit more of a challenge though. Although it was clear she was happy to help, she was also a surprisingly shrewd businesswoman. She ended up becoming a test dummy for a few experiments before Mei agreed.

After a few days of relentless teasing and some carefully moderated application of aphrodisiac mushrooms (She had been very careful about that, she wanted to be fucked stupid; but there was no way she'd survive what Midnight got. It also increases the chances of pregnancy in large amounts by increasing the production and power of his sperm as she would later find out, but she's taking that secret to the grave.) Izuku was ready and the trap was set. She loosens her school uniform just enough that she could slip it off rapidly. She looks toward Pony, who is lying in the reinforced bed in sexy lingerie and a bra that can be easily torn apart. They had agreed that Pony needed to be lying down for this, as her massive bosom has a habit of making her fall over when it comes out and that would dampen the mood.

"How is Izzy?" Pony asks. "Horny, really, really horny. Mina just did a Yoga session while he was in the gym and he pulled Momo and Ochako in on it. Mirko and Mount Lady came by and decided to join in a bit later and by the end of it, his balls were bluer than an Indigo Milk Cap." Pony tilts her head at this comparison, thinking she might have lost something in translation. "It's a tasty blue mushroom." Kinoko adds, getting a brief look of understanding followed by an eye roll that makes the shroomy girl pout.

"Anyway, Last I saw he was running all the way here to blow off some steam. Mina was right about him coming here." Kinoko says devilishly as her eyes shine with mischief and lust. Pony is about to reply when the door gets kicked in with enough force to knock it off its hinges. The man of the hour appears to be rather disheveled after his blue balling. He slides to a stop when he notices Pony lying in the bed in front of him. He looks confused, not even noticing Kinoko as she strips down, unconcerned about the missing door as this was a rather isolated area with no traffic at all. "PonEEEEEE!?" Izuku starts to ask before he feels a small, clearly busty woman press her chest into his back as she reaches around and unstraps his belt. "Hello, Izzy." She says in an awkwardly dorky attempt to be seductive. Luckily Izuku is so horny he doesn't even care.

The belt comes off and his cock explodes out with enough force to rip the zipper off. "Oh my, what a big mushroom." She says, being just as awkward at seduction as her partner. Izuku turns around and his jaw drops to the floor at the shocking sight in front of him. Apparently, Kinoko Komori is heavily stacked despite her small stature. "Oh, were you not expecting this? I guess my uniform and my hero costume do a fairly good job at hiding these curves I suppose." Kinoko says as she starts rubbing her hand up and down the top of his cock lovingly. "G-God, I can't even get my hand around the top." She thinks, both intimidated and aroused by his size. "Of course, some of us need a little bit more help hiding our assets-" she says, shaking her delightfully fat ass in the process. "than others, isn't that right Pony?" She continues before turning her lover back toward Pony, narrowly avoiding being hit by his cock in the process.

"BMP Release." Pony says in English. Izuku's eyes almost roll out of his skull when he sees her knockers in their true form. Izuku falls to his knees when he sees the glorious 38 H breasts. They almost look cartoonish on Pony's small body, but Izuku really doesn't care at this point. He pauses when he notices a milky white substance trickling down her left tit as he realizes something. "Pony? You-" Izuku starts to ask before the horned girl starts to look sad. "Th-that's something I got from my dad's side of the family. Y-you hate these things, don't you?" She says timidly, only to yelp when Izuku leaps onto the bed and out of his ruined pants before tearing his shirt off and kicking his shoes off.

"Pony, I love them. Not because of their size but because they're attached to you." He says, melting the American girl's heart. Before she can pull him in for a kiss, she yelps as she feels a sucking sensation around her left nipple. They both look down and see Kinoko pull back with a grin and the same milky white substance coating her lips before she licks them seductively. "Delicious~" She says mischievously. "Ki-Kinoko?!" Pony asks in shock. "I've been wanting to try that since you first showed me these jugs." She says, grabbing her left tit and squeezing some of her milk out before turning to Izuku with a look of mischief. "Let's show her just how much of blessing these things really are." She says before diving back in, with Izuku following her lead toward the girl's right tit. Pony throws her head back and howls in pleasure as Izuku slips two of his fingers inside her and Kinoko starts rubbing her clit.

The girl squeals in delight as she is driven to what is likely to be the first of many orgasms she will have today. The two continue worshipping the short American girl's body over the next five minutes before Kinoko pulls away, but not without pulling on the girls nipple with her teeth, causing a louder squeal. "Well that was a delightful treat, but I think it's time we let Izuku have a bit of fun, don't you think Pony?" The mischievous girl asks gesturing to her dripping wet breasts. The American girl grins as Izuku pulls back in confusion. Luckily, the other girl makes her message loud and clear by grabbing her breasts and pushing them together before throwing an awkward playful wink at the man.

Izuku wastes no time slipping his monstrous cock between her jugs and, much to everyone's surprise, they manage to fully envelop it. "Wow, I didn't think one girl could do that to me. Even Mei and Momo had to work together to trap me like thaAAA~." Izuku says before he feels a finger make its way inside of him. Kinoko chuckles mischievously as she finds exactly what she's looking for. "I had Mina show me how to do this. She said you enjoy butt stuff." Kinoko says before nibbling his ear. "Now ride this Pony's tits like a bucking bronco." She whispers. Needing no further encouragement; Izuku grabbed Pony's enormous breasts and started fucking them. The sight of her leaking nipples was driving him crazy, so he decided to start playing with them while Kinoko worked her fingers on both of them. Pony screamed in bliss as the combined sensation of Kinoko slipping her fingers into her and rubbing her clit with her palm and Izuku tweaking her nipples between his fingers drove her to new heights of pleasure.

Pony's response was to start kissing and licking the glans of his penis whenever it got close enough for her to do so. She knew it would be impossible to fit his cock in her mouth, but it was clear he was enjoying the additional sensation regardless. Eventually though, Pony started getting frustrated by how Kinoko was leading the way here. She wanted to show Izuku that she wasn't the submissive slut to be used for pleasure that Kinoko's plan was making her out to be. So in an impressive display of strength from the small girl, she actually gets up with both of them still on top of her.

Izuku falls on top of Kinoko, who seems shocked by this turn of events. "Alright Izzy, that's enough with the foreplay. It's time for the main course, and Kinoko looks like she really wants your massive 'mushroom' inside her." The American girl says. Izuku rolls over in response, shifting Kinoko around until the diminutive brunette was under neath him in a mating press position with his cock lying on her stomach and almost hitting her chin. "Oh God… Was it always that big?" Kinoko asks timidly. Izuku snaps out of his lust addled state the second she starts to sound hesitant.

"Kinoko, we don't have to do this. I know you're a lot smaller than the other girls. If you don't think you can handle it, that's fine." He says, unknowingly sealing his fate. Her hair appears to be hanging over her eyes, concealing them from view briefly after this. "Uhh oh… Izzy, you have no idea what you just did." Pony says. In another display of impressive display of strength from a smaller girl, Kinoko flips herself and manages to get on top of her boyfriend. He sees the downright predatory sparkle in her eye and realizes he may have signed his death warrant.

"Oh, ho ho! So, you think I can't handle this magnificent shroom? Well, how about I show you just how wrong you are!" She says before slamming onto his cock to the hilt. Kinoko's back arches and her eyes lose focus as his monstrous cock bulges from her body obscenely. "Kinoko!" Izuku and Pony shout worriedly. The mushroom girl looks down and sees the glans pushing out below her breasts. "Fuck that's a huge mushroom." Kinoko says weakly. "Are you okay Kinoko?!" Pony asks. "Y-yeah. I-it just takes a bit of getting used to. P-probably shouldn't have lost my virginity so forcefully." She says with a tear of pain going down her cheek which alarms Izuku.

"Kinoko, you don't h-" Izuku says before yelping as the mushroom girl squeezes his balls lightly. "You better not finish that sentence Izuku. I'm not stopping until my belly's so full I look like I'm about to pop. The pain just makes it even better." Kinoko says before weakly rising and then forcefully slamming herself back down for emphasis. Izuku is hypnotized by the way her curves jiggle upon impact. She then wraps one of her arms around his neck and pulls Izuku into a searing kiss while squeezing one of Pony's breasts. She releases Pony and rolls over so Izuku is on top. She then releases him and looks at Pony. "As delicious as your milk is, I think I'm more in the mood for some of your juice. Get over here so I can eat you." The kinky mushroom girl says.

Pony looks to Izuku who shrugs, before climbing on top of Kinoko and sitting on her face in reverse cowgirl. She moans in approval as Kinoko wastes no time nibbling on the American girl's clit. She taps Izuku on the outer thigh, signaling that she wants him to continue. With that, Izuku decides to get to work. The three of them continue to chase after pleasure for another four minutes when Izuku notices some of the milk still dripping from Pony's nipples. With that, he pulls Pony toward him while pounding away at the horny shroom. Pony screams in pleasure as the sensation of Izuku suckling on her nipples and Kinoko tongue fucking her sends her over the edge. She squirts hard all over Kinoko's face, with the girl in question happily lapping up as much of the juice as she can as her own pussy spasms around the monstrous intruder.

Izuku seems to be reaching his limit as well and Kinoko giggles mischievously into Pony's pussy. Her eyes twinkle rather brightly and Izuku's eyes widen as he releases a primal roar. Pony watches in fascination as the short brunettes' belly starts to expand from the sheer volume of cum. It's abundantly clear that this load is large even by his standards, as she already looks nine months pregnant after three seconds. He continues to cum for an additional seven seconds, and by the time he's done, Pony can't even see Izuku from below his pecks due to the small woman's belly. Izuku seems to look a bit confused once he finishes. He reaches back and grabs something emerging from his anus. He pulls it out and both Izuku and Pony are speechless as to what it is. "Kinoko?" Pony asks before rolling off her face. Said girl was clearly on cloud nine. "D-did you just summon a mushroom in my ass?" Izuku asks before tossing said shroom into a nearby trash can.

Kinoko just gives a thumbs up as Izuku pulls out, causing her to scream in pleasure as his cum rushes out of her belly. Pony blinks in surprise before looking down at her friend. "Kinoko, I know mushrooms are your thing, but that was nuts." She says. A second later, Pony finds herself on her back as Izuku pounces on her, his dick resting on her stomach. "Oh boy…" Pony says. Izuku looks like he's about to say something, only for Pony to glare at him. "If you try to say I can back out of this, one of my horns is going up your ass at max speed." She says, causing him to unconsciously clench his cheeks together protectively. "I want it Izuku. Rail me." She says before repositioning herself, so his cock is at her entrance. Her eyes widen as he slowly spreads her open. Roughly 15 seconds later, Pony has a goofy grin on her face as Izuku is all the way in. She rests her hand on his glans, which is visibly poking out through her stomach, even with her massive bust in the way. "Oh mah gawd Izzy, you're so big!" Pony slurs. "Are you okay?" He asks with legitimate concern that threatens to melt the blonde's heart. "Yes Izzy, it's not as painful as it looks. Don't hold back Izzy. Ride me like a cowboy trying to break in a bronco." She says, getting a chuckle from Izuku. He pulls out most of the way before thrusting in again forcefully, causing Pony to see stars. He continues thrusting like a man possessed for another three minutes, reducing Pony to a moaning mess. Eventually, Kinoko wakes up and pouts at being left out of the fun.

She then notices that Pony's nipples are still leaking and gets a devious idea. She moves over to Pony and squeezes her left tit, shooting some milk into her open mouth. Pony screams in pleasure at this as Izzy turns his attention to the freaky mushroom girl. "Come on Izzy, if she like this while being fingered, imagine how she'll feel while getting railed." Kinoko says before latching onto the girls nipple and continuing to grope her massive boob. Izuku shrugs before leaning over and practically inhaling her right nipple, causing the girl to scream loud enough for a certain sleep deprived teacher to hear.

Elsewhere in the building, Shota is scouting out some of the lesser used portions of the labyrinth beneath UA that he had never even known about until after the school was destroyed (Seriously, it's like a small city down here, how did Nezu keep this a secret for so long?) When he hears a muffled moan. His eye starts twitching erratically before he sighs in resignation. "Damn it… Whatever." He says before looking up toward the ceiling. "I don't know why you seem to find this so amusing God, but when I'm dead, I want to go to hell." He says before following the sound. Nezu may or may not have sneezed depending on whether he is or is not God.

Shota walks down the hall with a resigned look on his face until he arrives at the source of the noise. He grabs the handle and sighs. "Alright fine, here I go, walking in on Izuku and whichever of his girlfriends are with him this time." He says in a tone that says he's done with the world as a whole. He swings the door open and comes face to face with something he was not expecting. Tenya Iida is currently on top of Melissa Shield in a rather tame (compared to what the problem child puts him through) missionary position. The duo freeze before looking over to Shota, who seems unsure how to handle this. Izuku was one thing, but Tenya is a rather rigid individual and from what he's heard from Shota, Melissa is easily embarrassed. Tenya turns white as a sheet while Melissa shrieked in embarrassment.

Unfortunately, the screaming seemed to catch the attention of the absolute worst people to discover them in this position, a certain pink skinned alien, who had been wanting to see how Pony and Kinoko were doing and maybe get in on the fun. Said girl had even dragged a certain reptilian girl and a sometimes-invisible woman along with her. The trio of gossipers gasp in shock as Shota facepalms. "Damn it, you know what? I'm counting this one! I'm out of here before I walk in on the Problem child." He says before speed walking away, leaving the rather embarrassed couple at the mercy of the alien who at this point is more akin to a demon in their minds. "Holy shit! Not bad Tenya, not bad at all." Setsuna says with a Cheshire grin. "Okay, I did not see this happening so fast. They went from devolving into a blushing mess when we caught them kissing to fucking each other in a matter of hours." Toru adds.

The most interesting reaction though was from the Alien herself. She looked downright pissed. "How dare you! You had the nerve to lecture me about proper behavior when you caught me making out with Midori yesterday and then you have the nerve to go and pull a stunt like this with some girl you've barely known for a week?! What do you have to say for yourself mister?!" Mina says. Tenya burst out of the bed (Thankfully he had the presence of mind to slip back into his boxers, although the other girls did get a brief eyeful of Melissa's incredibly curvy body. "Not bad class rep, you did good for yourself." Toru thinks to herself before returning her attention to the man in question, who is now bowing and apologizing profusely. "I'm so sorry you had to see this Mina, I know I am supposed to be a role model for the rest of the class, and this situation must completely ruin your image of me; let alone the hypocrisy I have displayed. That being said, I would like to point out that Melissa and I went out of our way to find privacy while you and Izuku were in the middle of the living room." Tenya says

"That's not the point, you're constantly lecturing people about breaking the rules, so how about we tally up what's wrong here. You lied to everyone about going to check in on your brother, you broke into an area that's technically off limits, you had SEX in that area, which doesn't have a janitor assigned to it so it would never be cleaned up." Mina says, "We were going to clean up ourselves!" Tenya objects. "With what? I don't see any cleaning supplies here. That means you were going to half ass the job. So that adds laziness to the list of charges. I cannot believe you would do something like this you, you bad boy!" Mina says as her façade of fake righteous fury finally starting to wear off.

Tenya gasps in shock and horror at Mina's last words. Forget swears and slurs, that was the worst thing he could ever imagine being called. He slumps forward in depression at this. "You're right… I am a bad boy…" Tenya says in despair. "I'll say." Melissa quips before turning bright red and slapping her hands over her mouth. This proves to be way too much for Mina to handle as she falls on her back and starts rolling on the floor with laughter. Setsuna and Toru don't seem to be doing much better, with the latter leaning on a wall for support and the former losing control, causing her legs to literally fall out from under her.

Elsewhere, Shota is charging down the corridor like a man on a mission, a mission involving getting the hell out of there before fate decides to screw him over again. He rounds a corner and slides to a stop when he sees a collapsed door followed by a loud scream and even louder skin on skin impacts. Shota tries to turn around but for some inexplicable reason, the automatic door behind him malfunctions, blocking his retreat. He sighs before unravelling his capture scarf and wrapping it around his head to block his vision. He charges through the hall, never noticing a conveniently placed hook door handle that snagged his scarf somehow. His head jerks back slightly as his scarf starts to unravel, somehow managing to spin him right in front of the door where he gets a front row view of Izuku and Kinoko sucking on Pony's apparently much larger than anyone realized breasts. Izuku pulls back and howls as he releases his seed, causing the short blonde's belly to swell from the sheer volume of semen.

Shota walks away without drawing attention to himself with a blank expression on his face. A few seconds of silence later, he looks toward the sky again. "Alright God, now I know you're fucking with me." He says as Nezu may or may not be chuckling at his misfortune depending on his potentially divine nature. Shota freezes as he comes to a sudden realization. "Wait, with Kinoko and Pony, that means I've seen the problem child with all of his partners…" He says quietly to himself. A manic grin appears on his face. "Then it's over! There's no one else to walk in on! The curse is broken… right?" He says, his enthusiasm gradually dying out as doubt begins to set in. He can almost hear the Nezu-like mad cackling in his head.

"D-did you hear a someone speaking outside?" Pony asks in a daze. Izuku sighs at this. "It was probably Mr. Aizawa. I don't know why but he seems to be cursed to walk in on me whenever I'm with one or more of you girls." Izuku says. Kinoko squeaks in embarrassment at this. "H-h-he saw us?" She asks bashfully. Pony and Izuku both turn a deadpan stare at the girl. "Really? Little Miss 'Spawn a mushroom in my boyfriend's ass' is embarrassed by somebody walking in on us?" Izuku asks. Kinoko pouts at him in response as Mina appears in the doorway with a lecherous grin on her face. "Well isn't this a kinky surpri- HOLY SHIT, WHERE THE HELL DID THOSE COME FROM?!" The alien starts to ask before seeing Pony's massive chest in its true form. Said blonde squeaks before trying and failing to use her hands to hide her breasts. Setsuna and Toru follow up behind her and Toru's eyes bulge upon seeing Pony. "Mina? What are yo- oh, so you finally let Izuku see the girls, huh Pony?" Setsuna says lecherously.

"Y-you knew?" A wide-eyed Pony squeaks. "Yeah, I could tell the first time I saw you. It's like a sixth sense for me. Mina is the doctor of Booty, and I am the doctor of Boobies. Still, they're way perkier than I thought they would be." Setsuna says before noticing Mina with a devious smile on her face. She turns to look in the direction the alien girl is looking at and grins as well, knowing exactly what's about to happen. "Hey Kyouka! We found them!" Mina shouts. "Ahh, not so loud! I'm right h-rhghsdfdjgdsgsdf." Kyouka starts to say before walking up to the doorway and losing the ability to speak coherently at the sight of Pony's mommy milkers. "I know, right? And you thought she was a petite girl like you." Mina says teasingly causing the punkette to slouch in despair. "Seriously? Am I really the only one of Izuku's girlfriends with a small chest…" She says sorrowfully.

"Kyouka, we've been over this, your chest is perfect the way it is." Momo says reassuringly before walking up to the doorway with Saiko and, strangely enough, Nejire and Mei. "You do NOT get to talk about that Momo." Kyouka mutters as the newcomers marvel at Pony's bust. "Oh god, my back hurts just looking at those things." Momo says. "H-how does she even walk?" Saiko asks. "She can't. Not like this anyway. She has a B.M.P like the one Saiko had to both conceal her boobs and pull them closer, so they don't throw her off balance." Setsuna says as Kyouka turns to glare at the chest of each girl present. "What is this, a giant boob convention or something, why did I have to come with all of Izuku's bustiest girlfriends?" The punkette pouts.

"Kyouka, I love you just the way you are. I can't fit my hands all the way around any of these girls breasts. That's a feature that only you have, and I love it." Izuku says, causing the Punkette to blush violently. "Sh-shut up!" She borderline squeaks, only making her embarrassment grow. "Yeah, but Pony has her own special feature too." Kinoko says before squeezing Pony's right boob, causing a stream of milk to spray out of her nipple. Pony turns bright red at this. "K-K-Kinoko!" She shouts as the other girls seem shocked by that. "Girls, it's part of her quirk; and she's insecure about it." Izuku says. "I don't know why though, its sexy as hell and the milk is as sweet as she is." Kinoko adds, shocking the others. "Kinky~" Setsuna quips.

"Well at least I didn't summon a mushroom up our boyfriend's ass!" Pony says before pointing to said asshroom on the floor. The girls look over to it in shock before most of them look back to the now violently blushing mushroom enthusiasts. "Damn Kinoko, you a freak." Setsuna adds. Mina, however is still looking at the mushroom with her eyes wide. She may not be a mushroom expert, but any party girl like her would recognize those particular mushrooms. "Uhh, Kinoko? That isn't the mushroom I think it is, is it?" She asks hesitantly before looking back at Izuku, who's eyes appear to be somewhat unfocused now.

Kinoko looks at the mushroom and turns pale. "Uhh oh. Uhh, so fun fact, when I lose control of my quirk, the type of mushroom I summon depends on the mood I'm in and since I spawned it in the middle of an orgasm… Yes Mina, that is Psilocybin." Kinoko says before looking into Izuku's eyes and wincing. She says. "Kinoko? Have you always been a Mermaid?" He asks. The last thing Izuku hears before figuratively crossing into another plane of reality is Setsuna. "Oh shit! Kinoko drugged our boyfriend!"

Damn, Mushroom Girl's a freak.

Lemon End.

A/N: Welp, that's a wrap folks. Shota's walked in on all Izuku's girlfriends now. The running gag is over… What? Don't look at me like that, sometimes I just have an evil grin on my face, it doesn't necessarily mean anything.

Anyway, this chapter was kind of an interesting one. We started up with Recovery Girl of all people. She was walking through a hospital where those injured during the Desolation of Japan were recovering. There was a rather surreal sight of the Japanese hero Wash playing cards with known villain Slice (Part of Nine's crew from the Hero's Rising movie), some cops and a member of the Japanese air force. The old battlelines are slowly beginning to blur as humanity realizes just how dangerous Evolution is. This is further emphasized when Chiyo looks out the window and sees a soldier training civilians to use firearms. The desolation made it clear that everyone is going to need to be ready to fight as the entire world enters a period of military buildup unlike anything ever seen before.

From there, things get more personal for our favorite shin destroying nurse as we catch up to Juzo Honenuki and Ectoplasm. The class B student is struggling to get used to his new prosthetic leg after his injury during the Desolation of Japan.

Then we get to the main event as (unfortunately) Mr. Explody Pants returns. Apparently he's been in a coma since Eijiro knocked him out during the fight. But all good things must come to an end eventually, and Bakagou finally starts to wake up.

We rendezvous with Lucky bast- Izuku, who appears to be buried under several of his girlfriends. Apparently a lot of the girls get handsy in their sleep, especially Toru.

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Eventually Katsuki wakes up, but something is off. He's calm, quiet and most alarmingly, a nice person. Somebody find an exorcist, stat. Seriously though, it looks like he may have been a bit more affected than they thought. The Izukids bust in ready to throw down, with Daisuke going so far as to put his claws to Katsuki's throat. Mitsuki is pissed, but then Denki decides to say something stupid that sends her into a full-blown panic. Reginald comes in a few seconds later and calms the Izukids down, but not without a bit ominous in the process. The Izukids withdraw and Reginald peels most of the adults out to explain what happened; apparently Katsuki's ego broke to the point that his mind went with it.

Then we get a rather amusing scenario. Izuku knows exactly how to cure Katsuki, by annoying him until he loses his temper, because how could that possibly go wrong? That's something that will start the next chapter though; we also learned something new and so did the girls of UA. Though at first met with disbelief, it is revealed that Mineta has a girlfriend. They ask Toru to put an end to his lies, only to learn something horrifying. Not only does the grape boy have a girlfriend, but she's more of a pervert than he is. Isamu has a sister now! (Well, at least one that she doesn't share with the rest of the Izukids) That's right, the older Mei adopted Nora! So now we have one big happy family of completely insane scientists. RIP Powerloader's sanity. Surprisingly, Ren thinks it's a good idea, as it would mean Nora gets to spend time around people her own age; something that she never got to experience before due to a combination of the isolation of growing up in Australia without a quirk and her work with the Revolution.

The students got their first taste of what a foreign hero school was like at Dinemakȟóčhe's Geronimo. We got to meet a few new people, including a Cactaiju, and an internet manipulating Super Villainess turned hero school dean. We also got to see a character I had honestly thought was going to be a one-time character; and apparently she's interested in Sparky McFrieshisbrain. We also see Katsuki being nice and supportive of his friend… Any word on that exorcist yet?

We also learned of what might be my favorite holiday ever, the Potlatch. Potlatch is a real thing celebrated by tribes in the Northwestern United States and Western Canada. It involves a concept that honestly fascinates me as it turns what most of the world views as normal on its head. While these people do hoard wealth like we do, they do it so they can give away or destroy more of it. They have a society where social status is based upon how much they GIVE rather than how much they HAVE. It's an approach to wealth that I firmly believe would make this world a better place if it were the norm. In a world revolving around giving rather than taking and having; there would be a lot less poverty in this world, which would lead to less violence and crime. I also brought up what could happen if the entire world took that philosophy to the extreme.

This transitions to the main part of this chapter, where I explore something that you won't see in MHA cannon; how quirks have affected culture. It also gave me a chance to share one of my favorite indigenous cultures with some of you who may not know a lot about them, the Hopi. It was a little difficult to find a balance between showing the culture while also respecting the secretive nature of their practices. I had to keep the ceremonies themselves vague, but I figured it would be okay to describe the Kachina themselves. I doubt they would sell figures of the Kachina to the outside world if they weren't okay with people knowing what they look like. While there are videos of these ceremonies in places like Youtube, please keep in mind that they are rather reserved about many of their practices.

I chose the Hopi because they are probably one of the best examples in the United States of an Indigenous culture maintaining their old ways while also adapting to a changing world. As a side note, I could use some help as to whether I was able to approach this properly, as cultural sensitivity is kind of a difficult subject for an autistic man like me. I'm not trying to be disrespectful, it's just that I may not understand that something I did was disrespectful. Sadly, a lot of Native American cultures, and indigenous cultures as a whole; are not as fortunate. Many indigenous cultures are in danger of disappearing from the world, which is a real tragedy if you ask me; we have a lot to learn from the supposedly 'Primitive' world (I don't know about you, but if there concept of wealth is anything to go by, the Native Americans seem to be ahead of the game.)

We got to see many of the Kachina and how they interact with each other and non-kachina as well. Out of all of them, Wupamo, as a major hero of Dinemakȟóčhe, will likely show up again, and I really took a liking to Koshari as I was researching him; to the point that I want to get a lower to medium quality Koshari Doll for my figure case (I thought Anime Figures were expensive, but apparently higher end Kachina Dolls can go over $10000. Art is expensive now days.) We also got to meet the Venomancer, a retired martial artist hero who will train Itsuka with her new abilities.

We also got to see how quirks play into these ceremonies. Several of the Kachina had quirks that made sense for the Kachina they portray, such as the Mimic Kachina and the hair cutting Kachina. My thought was that a child's quirk might influence what role they would play as Kachina.

From there I had to take a bit of creative license, as the Panican identity is based upon Native American culture, but not any specific ones. It is based upon the Pan Indian movement, but with a twist of being developed in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. We also got to see something that might be a bit tacky. My reasoning for putting monster trucks and demolition derbies in Potlatch is that the whole point of destroying their valuable possessions is to elevate their status, which means they want to draw attention to it and what better way to draw attention than a giant truck crushing fancy cars?

We also got some unexpected plot and character development from the festivities. We got a rare look at the boys of 1-B, with a focus on developing Nirengeki Shoda, a character who really isn't that popular. Why him? One, his quirk has a LOT of unrealized potential. If he could somehow learn to chain the impacts, he could be overpowered as hell. Two, he's the only chubby character in the show whose quirk has nothing to do with his weight (Fat Gum is a chonky boy for sure, but it's because of his quirk.) I want more people that look like me in anime dang it! So apparently he's a culture/history nerd, which fits in with his overall nerdy look.

We also got a bit of romantic development, as Tenya loses control in the heat of the moment and kisses Melissa Shield, much to the amusement of the class. Mina Ashido has entered the chat… only to be immediately taken out by Momo.

From there we got to a major reveal as the Grand Emperor finally makes his appearance; and apparently Mr. Explody Pants is a time traveler. While I tried to keep my hints subtle, It was probably rather obvious after I revealed Evolution's identity as a rogue part of Izuku. It just fits.

Then we get to the lemon of the day, as Kinoko and Pony finally make their move. And with that Shota has finished the set, and thus his torment is over… What? Don't look at me like that. It's done, finished, cue the curtain drop… ignore the grinning face behind the curtain. We also got a slightly wholesome moment as Shota accidentally walks in on Tenya and Melissa. Didn't think Mr. Arm Chopper had it in him. Compared to Izuku's insane shenanigans though, this scene is actually quite tame. But then Mina shows up and calls him the worst thing imaginable. Seriously, I dare not repeat those horrible words.

That's pretty much all there is to this chapter. Not a lot to discuss honestly as this is a quasi-filler chapter meant to explore parts of the MHA universe outside of combat and heroics. Next time though, things are going to start to develop as we approach the middle of the story. Yup, you heard that right, despite how long this story has already gotten, we're just now hitting the middle. I sigh as Evolution pops up on my shoulder. You just can't stop yourself from showing up, can you? "Dude, I'm a figment of your imagination." Evolution says. Are you? You seem to be out of my control. Evolution shrugs at this. "Not my fault your crazy. Also, buckle up kiddos; the Desolation of Japan was just a warm up. I have a lot more carnage in store for you." He adds before disappearing. Oh boy, it's about to hit the fan again.

As always, thank you for reading and feel free to leave any comments or advice you want. Until next time.