~NRK~
They met up in a different battleground in their hero costumes, one less populated by buildings in a large cross-shape pattern in the middle that reached all four sides.
Well, only Obito, Onemu, and Fuyumi seemed to notice that information, what with the others panicking like headless chickens.
"We're screwed!" Yu cried. "It's remedial lesson city up ahead!"
"I-It's, uh… w-what if there's a hidden objective?" Keigo offered with a very nervous grin that was 'emphasized' by his wings in their current stiff state. "We're going to die."
"... i-is there any way to beat the Number 2?" Kaoruko struggled to figure out an idea, one hand covering her mouth while the other cupped her chin as she paced in a circle, Umi hyperventilating inside of a large bubble. "... Crap! Crap! Crap!"
"..." Yoha's shakiness was noted as her snakes trembled against her head. "W-We're going against Endeavor?" She wheezed as Bocho's trembling had long since sent her into a Blob Hysteria.
Onemu, Obito, and Fuyumi considered their teammates as they fell into worry.
"It's a fair state to be in, it is the Number 2 Hero, I'd be surprised if they were capable of holding onto their bravery," Obito said. "Still, they don't honestly think we'll be fighting him, and whoever might join in, at full power do they? They're pros, we are not, there's a big chance we're not fighting them at full strength."
"I-It's true, you guys!" Fuyumi spoke to her friends as they stopped their worrying to look at her. "Remember, no matter what, a test is always passable!"
"Ya'll are acting like you got no sense," Onemu rolled her eyes. "Come on, they're not going to throw motherfucking Endeavor at us and say that's a fair fight, think about it!"
Keigo grinned embarrassedly, rubbing the back of his head. "... sorry," he said as the others nodded. "Y-You're right, you're right, it's just… it's Endeavor."
"If All Might was here, it'd be the same thing," Obito said.
"Obito, our definitions of 'same thing' could use some reorganizing."
He rolled his eyes. "Seriously, though, there's likely going to be more rules. Just wait for Vlad-sensei to show up-"
"You all, stop listening to the VIP!" Vlad said as he came over, leaving Obito with a very concerned thought.
"Excuse me?"
"Yes, bait?" The man said as Obito's jaw dropped. "Midoriya, you're a 'civilian' for this exercise, you're not supposed to be planning anything."
"... I see," Obito took a deep breath. "I hate that you called me that."
"Gotta keep the narrative going," Vlad said as he looked at his students and Nemuri's. "Alright, you guys can stop looking like headless chickens for a few seconds. Let me explain the three possible objectives of your test."
"Three?" Kaoruko perked up. 'More ways to win?' And likely, two would have them dodging Endeavor as a problem entirely.
"Yep, we wouldn't put you up against Endeavor without ways to win, that'd be bad teaching," 1-B's teacher smirked. "Now, for the goals. Number one, secure one of these," he raised a large metal ring in his hand before it shrunk to a manageable size. "Around Endeavor's wrist. As a villain, you win when they're secured."
"... so the other goals?" Keigo asked flatly.
"Heh, get the VIP to the end of the battleground. There are two gates and Lady Nagant is currently situated above that intersection we made by the other end of this field. You'll find that she's also going to hit your target with foam bullets until you get close to her. Don't let that happen."
"Dammit," Yu groaned. "Well… I could handle that," she considered.
"You're thinking, that's good, but remember Endeavor can just rush you all down and ruin your day," Vlad smirked as they all flinched.
"W-Wait, d-dad's not going to-" Fuyumi began to say.
"Stay in one place? What villain does that? That'd be ridiculous."
The fact he said that after pitting them against the Number 2 Hero said a lot about their homeroom/heroics teacher.
"Right."
"What's the last one?" Yoha swallowed. "There has to be an easier way to pass."
"Easy," Vlad's smirk was downright vicious. "Give up the target and ensure you all don't get remedial lessons but he does."
"..." The silence that reigned was… worryingly contemplative.
"... do what you must," Obito said with a shrug. "Are you sure I couldn't just survive against Endeavor for three minutes?"
"Oh, that's a good idea," the young man began to sweat as Vlad wrote that down. "Sometimes, you're too full of good ideas, Midoriya."
"Well, which method are we taking?" Keigo considered with a thoughtful hum. "It's either the cuff or the gate, right?" He grinned as Obito huffed.
"You all are something else," he said as Vlad laughed.
"We can't just sacrifice one of our own!" Kaoruko grinned. "Besides, we're heroes, we'll find a way."
"Yep!" Fuyumi grinned as Obito rubbed the back of his head.
"... you heard them," Obito said to Vlad who smirked.
"Good, you guys would have all failed if you chose the last option," he said as Yu chuckled.
"We wouldn't give up Obi, that's just a bad idea all around," she admitted.
"Which one did they choose?!" Came a voice from a running Midnight, Eraserhead right behind her. "Who failed?!"
"None of 'em," Vlad smirked wider. "I've got good kids."
"Well. So. Do. I," she grinned. "You guys are bound to work hard. I know you can do it."
"Hmph, you're working as a civilian, that's actually a rather lucrative business," Shouta said to Obito who nodded.
"I've heard, their rates are actually pretty decent," he said as the man smirked.
"Well, damn, someone who gets his sort of humor," Nemuri gasped a bit. "The world's a crazy place."
"So, how are you going to keep me quirkless the whole time? Or do I just not use it?" Obito was fine either way, he had self-control.
"That and this," Aizawa said as he held out a small metal band that Obito took. "Put it on your wrist. It'll beep and stun ya if you try to use your quirk."
"Stun gun bracelets?" Bocho asked in disbelief.
"Yep, it helps with some villains here and there, mostly robbers and small-time criminals," Eraserhead explained as Obito locked the band in place.
It beeped with a glowing green bar on it that had the words 'Quirk Un-Active' atop it.
"Alright, so they'll get time to plan, correct?" Obito asked.
"Five more minutes and your test is active," Vlad said. "Don't waste it and no talking, Midoriya. Actually, here," Obito sweatdropped as he was given another item but this one to shut him up.
A black elastic-feeling face mask.
Putting it on, it latched onto his face and left him with a flat glare.
"Good, no sneaky business. You're this crew's greatest planner, can't have ya being all Eraserhead on me."
"Oi, I resent that," Shouta said flatly as Vlad chuckled.
"It's true, though."
They were left to sit in a circle like that, Keigo, Kaoruko, Onemu, and Yu snickering at Obito's look of annoyance.
The Silent Civilian flopped onto his back and made a 'shooing' motion.
Truly, they were on their own.
"It's alright," Fuyumi pat his hand. "We'll come up with something great! T-Though, I guess the most important thing to focus on is-"
"Endeavor," they all said in unison.
"Vlad-sensei made it clear, he could just rush towards us, it'd be a game-ender if we let that happen," Kaoruko said. "So, first things first, don't let that happen. Fuyu-chan, you have to stop him from the moment the match starts."
"That much ice in that amount of time?" Fuyumi rubbed her arm. "..." Ice crackled and formed around her arm.
A brace of ice slowly built up as the others nodded.
"But will it be enough?" Yoha asked.
"No but that's why you'll be our signal for when he's even beginning to use his quirk," Keigo said. "You're sensitive to heat, senpai, you have to tell us the moment the heat rises. It's a warm day so you need to be on your toes."
Yoha's eyes steeled as she nodded. "I will. Still, is that enough?"
"Sadly? No, but that's why I've got this going," Kaoruko said as she pointed up to a series of bubbles above them in the air, left from when she was pacing. "These are made from me smelling fire extinguishers," she grinned as Yoha looked relieved. "That's the best we can do. Yu's job is as she said earlier along with Bo-chan, is to block Lady Nagant's bullets with her Gigantification quirk while Onemu finds her to keep her busy. Keigo-kun knows her best so he has to give them the best idea of her positions in the field."
"Well, Nagant-sensei's range is literally ridiculous, you guys know that. Ground Beta is said to be half as big as a small city which is 50 acres at max. That's literally enough space for us to navigate through," Keigo explained. "It's mostly apartments and stores, though, that's bad if she hides in one of them but I know her usual MO… which means she's definitely hiding in one of the buildings with her six hundred meter range in play. If I put all of that together?" He said slowly. "That means she's gonna watch the intersection most likely from a short apartment."
"That's a lot to cover. We don't even know which direction… I think," Bocho said with a small pout. "If there are two exits, wouldn't she be by that intersection like sensei said?"
Keigo grinned. "Yep though that still leaves three directions," he said. "What happens if she's waiting on the road before that intersection and gets behind us? Obito can't tell us, he's literally a 'useless' civilian in this scenario."
"That's where I come in, then," Umi smiled. "If I go ahead, what's she gonna do?"
"... that's right," Fuyumi realized. "If one of us goes ahead… it won't matter to Nagant-sensei but dad isn't just gonna stop… and that's why I'm gonna fight him," she said as the group winced.
"Alone?" Keigo asked.
"Not alone, I'm there," Kaoruko said. "That means, Keigo-kun, you're Obito-senpai's bodyguard."
"I can handle it, you guys have more quick-reaction jobs," he said with a chuckle. "But we also need to have backup plans."
~NRK~
In a short apartment building that viewed the intersection of goals, Lady Nagant looked at the metallic braces around her wrists and ankles, each one black in color and having several thick metal bars that were magnetically attracted.
"I guess they would have to find a general limiter for most heroes," she said. "What was it? Around a fifth, right?" She had around seven of them on so she was bearing her own full weight with extra on her biceps. 'Not even close to being bothered,' they'd really need someone to make better limiters.
These just didn't do it enough but it'd have to do.
-Nagant- She heard her earpiece spark to life.
"I'm here."
~NRK~
Standing at the end of one of the two 'goal ways', Endeavor nodded in his hero costume.
Around his upper body, a flame-resistant vest hung on his frame while each of his limbs were given pairs of Limiter Weights.
"It's barely good enough to keep me down," he said.
-Tell me about it-
"I did."
-... N-No, I mean… right, they should make better ones-
~NRK~
Lady Nagant sweatdropped. 'Does the Number 2… not get metaphors?' It'd be cute if it wasn't so funny. "Mm!"
-Hmm?-
"N-Nothing! The timer's about to be up," she quickly said, grinning as she looked at a cooking timer on the wall of the, what she liked to call, 'winder shopping apartment'. "60 seconds left."
~NRK~
"Let's see what my daughter and her team can do. I know there aren't any third-years in that group but they have a second-year," Enji said.
-Yeah, real smart girl, Yoha Hebi-
"I'm acquainted, she has a high environmental intelligence, be careful."
-Understood. Thirty seconds remaining-
He crossed his arms with a pensive hum.
His first move would be as a villain would and what would a villain do besides flood the street with fire?
~NRK~
Twenty seconds.
Obito nodded as he sat up, Yu growing to a nine-foot height that gave her the muscle mass and strength to carry him, the 'civilian', with ease.
"Heh, an Obito plushie," Yu grinned as she held him up.
"Mm! Mm, mm, hmm," Obito 'said' as Keigo smirked.
"Gotta speak up, can't hear-ack!" The bird boy leaned in, hand to his ear, and caught a foot up his arse for his trouble. "What kinda ungrateful civvie are you?!"
Obito's eyes said it all.
"I don't think you need to guess," Fuyumi grinned as Keigo huffed.
The alarm rang out and their eyes snapped to the open gate of Ground Beta.
"Let's go!" Onemu declared as the group began to run in, Yoha running ahead with her snakes flagged and on a swivel. "We're waiting for that one moment."
The moment where Endeavor made his big move. It wasn't up for debate.
He would because that's the type of man he was.
So, twenty seconds of running later, Yoha hissed as her snakes did the same.
"It's coming!" She shouted as Fuyumi rushed ahead.
'Dad's not going to hold back even if he's limited,' she thought, the sight of something in the distance that burned orange.
Her left leg lifted before she slammed it down, an explosion of ice and sleet tearing across the expanse and filling their vision.
"Bull Queen! Hawks!" Bubble Girl shouted.
"Got it!" The bull girl transformed before disappearing down an alleyway. "Do your job, Sirius!"
"Right!" Sirius ran after her, fin ears perked up as she did.
From her pocket, Bubble Girl slipped out a small walkie-talkie lent by the fin-eared heroine. "He probably flew ahead to meet us while we were doing the same. If Endeavor's doing this, he's likely gonna come through from above in a few moments!" She told Fuyumi who nodded.
'Narrow it!' The Todoroki thought as she brought her hands together into a Tiger handsign, focusing her thoughts on an explosively large ice.
The ice shot up into the sky just in time for a blazing orange light to slam into it before it exploded into a ball of flames.
"There he is!" Keigo said nervously before lifting Obito up by the armpits. "Sorry, Bito, it's time to get the hell out of Dodge!" He squeaked as they took off, Yu and Bocho hurrying after them.
… no, Bocho going after them, Yu standing next to Kaoruko and Fuyumi with a determined grin.
"Y-Yu-chan?! Why?!" Fuyumi asked while Kaoruko considered the giantess before nodding.
"Alright, I guess this would be a decent team-up," the Bubble quirk user said.
"K-Kao-chan?"
"I've gotta pull my weight, Fuyu-chan," Yu said with a smirk. "Besides, me and Bo-chan came up with a little idea that she needs to carry out."
When a flaming comet came down in front of them, the three girls grinned nervously as the flames that exploded from the impact dispersed slightly to reveal none other than their 'villain'.
Endeavor.
The man didn't speak as his fist reared back.
Only for him to balk as something popped above.
His eyes looked up to see a grinning Hawks before he took off, more and more red feathers coming around them with a myriad of bubbles that popped quickly, spreading an odd residue…?
"Fire extinguisher?" He said with a raised brow as his daughter smiled.
She swung slid forward before swinging her arm around and towards him.
An explosion of ice that could cover a small bakery covered his form only to explode moments later.
Endeavor wasn't idle, moving out of the way as a large stomping foot came down, crushing the street.
"Mmm!" Yu's other foot came out and he 'flew' around it, flames propelling him forward and about as Kaoruko nodded, creating more of those 'Extinguish Bubbles'.
~NRK~
"Hopefully, I can just fly us to the end," Hawks told Obito who nodded. "If we're lucky-"
A shot tore across the expanse between himself and the intersection?!
"Whoa?!" Hawks fumbled in the air a bit, jostling Obito, as he barely dodged a foam bullet. 'She gave up hiding!' Of course, she could easily just not hide and…
Leave them down the members they were gonna send to find her.
"We fucked up," Hawks admitted as more foam bullets came out at them.
They went through several aerial maneuvers as they kept approaching the intersection.
"We're going above!" He told his friend before they began to ascend. "Though, if Vlad-sensei's words meant anything… she's gonna actually use her quirk now-"
Something cone-shaped sprung out of the corner of Obito's vision and he flinched, gaining Hawks's attention.
"SHIT!"
The bullet clipped the side of his wing, leaving him stumbling before another came towards his stomach, its tip blunted on purpose.
They were still sent spiraling down, Hawks's arms wrapping around the Silent Civilian as his feathers glowed.
They sprung around them in a ball of red light, barely deflecting any bullets while losing bits and pieces of defense with every one.
By the time they hit the street, the feathers dampening their fall, Hawks grimaced at having half the feathers he still could command.
'The ones that helped them with Endeavor wouldn't make it,' too slimed up with Bubble residue and he knew they'd be too damaged by the time they dried, anyway. "..."
The feather formed a solid shield in front of him and Obito while he held one that extended into a feather sword.
"We'll rush her," he told Obito who nodded, the two of them beginning their rush forward.
The first crack of a gunshot had him pushing his vibrating feather defense forward, allowing him to see the oncoming curved cone bullet.
His sword lashed out and it was bisected, the two boys continuing to move.
More and more of the bullets came and Keigo cut through them with as much speed as he could yet, as they kept moving, he knew something was wrong.
So, the shadow that slipped around his shield was both expected but not.
He swung around and his blade hit the side of a rifle only for a kick to slam into his side and send him crashing through a deli's windows as a spark reached his ears.
Nagant hummed as she looked at Obi-the wall of feathers surrounding her and heard Obito's departing steps.
'Good, don't leave the civilian unprotected even if you're hurt,' her students really were amazing.
She crouched down before jumping out of the feather trap to take aim at Obito only to barely block a trident that slammed into her weapon's side.
"Suiryu!" She realized before a palm slammed into her side. 'Bull Queen!'
Nagant was sent flying through the air and an apartment's lobby walls but not before she let off a shot that slipped past the two heroines-
"ENIGMA!" They called out.
A shadow slipped out of the side of a building before covering Obito's form, the bullet doing nothing more than bounce off Noh Material.
"Let's go, O-kun!" Enigma declared as he was absorbed before they rolled down the street. "To victory!"
Nagant stared in utter disbelief before flames tore overhead.
~NRK~
~Moments earlier~
Endeavor's eyes narrowed as Frost Unity stood atop an apartment building and sent down spire after spire of ice that quickly altered with a handsign into frozen dragons that tried to clamp down on him.
He spun and unleashed powerful flames that created a ball of steam that blocked everyone's vision.
Mt. Lady brought her giant hands up and then down, crushing the area beneath her.
'Keep him distracted, got it!' She knew her job and how to manage but this was Endeavor they were dealing with.
So, when a flaming man shot past her cheek, she merely winced and shrunk mid-air, turning to face him before holding her hand out.
Endeavor's eyes widened as he barely dodged a clenching hand, a rumble passing his surroundings.
"Hmph," he smirked before shooting down towards Bubble Girl who hefted a raised slingshot?
"Heh, Bubble Star!" She grinned before letting loose of the tensed 'string'.
He dropped his flames, form falling beneath the projectile ball she'd shot out only to cross his arms as he fell through a series of bubbles.
Sticky, smelly, resistant bubbles that hissed against his uniform and skin.
When he ignited himself, his flames answered… weakly.
'I see,' he landed in a burst of fire, noting less residue than before. 'It'd still be useful against villains.'
The sound of crawling ice reached his ears and Endeavor rolled out the way of an icy spire, Frost Unity riding atop it and stopping right where he'd been.
Her hands slammed down and he crossed his arms.
He was sent through a building's walls and structure by an icy eagle.
Frost Unity formed the 'Dog' handsign.
And an eruption of ice spread over the bottom of an apartment complex.
"T-That's good for now-" she began to say as Bubble Girl reached her.
Only for a tower of flames to shoot up into the sky, a familiar man now in the sky.
"Gotcha!" Mt. Lady grinned as she punched out at the floating flame man.
The blow connected and he was sent flying… in the worst DIRECTION!
"SHIT!" She squealed in horror as Endeavor's form erupted into fire towards a growing black blob, Enigma. "WATCH OUT!"
Enigma's head turned and her Noh mask's eyeholes widened in horror.
"Iron Form!"
Gone went a Noh Ball and out came a Noh Block.
The flaming man's blow rocked the air and tainted it with a drying heat.
Enigma's struggles were clear as the three gave chase but she held strong.
Obito landed out the back of the Blob Heroine's powerful shape with a nod, stumbling a bit before he ran for the exit gate.
His eyes narrowed as his run came to a slow stop as he looked at the gate… and its adversary.
The 'male villain' grinned as he adjusted his visors. "Let's make it a rock song, eh?" Present Mic smirked as he took some throat relaxant.
'Oh, fuck,' Obito thought.
And his saving grace, at that moment, had been something that shot past his face and towards the villain.
Present Mic gasped before letting out a powerful shout.
"YEAH WAVE!" The man declared as an explosive sound wave met the projectile ball.
The shout caused it to vibrate before it exploded, releasing a series of bubbles that released a rank smell.
"A-Ack?!" The man hit his knees as Obito lucked out with his mouth/noseband.
He stumbled past the Voice Hero towards the gate.
He ran as fast as he could towards victory. 'What's left, anymore 'Surprise Villains'? Or… no,' Obito skid to a stop at his hunch.
If there was anyone who could make it to the forefront of conflict for one last attempt, it'd be one of two heroes.
There was an explosion of flame in front of him, emanating from a falling 'star' of fire and might.
The tower destruction slowly died down to reveal the only one of those 'two' who could.
Endeavor's eyes glowed as he walked out of the rising fire, hand alight in his quirk.
"Your day comes to an end, VIP," he declared menacingly.
Perhaps so but Obito should have made a correction to his previous statement.
There weren't many who could pull into the end like this… but he knew one team who would, without fail.
Just then, a tower of ice sprung up from beneath Endeavor's feet as a familiar girl landed at Obito's side.
"Go!" Frost Unity told him, pulling him off his feet and throwing him forward with a burst of ice.
That was quickly destroyed by a burst of flame as Endeavor streaked down on the 'civilian'.
Said civilian's back then bulged, much to his disbelief, before shooting out of Obito's clothes and slamming into Endeavor's chest.
"WHAT?!" The black material brought the man into a building as Obito slid out of the battleground.
A large alarm blared into the battleground as laughter was heard.
Nagant hummed as she removed her rifle from Keigo's head, the boy currently in a last-attempt wrap-around-her-body situation.
She snorted. "You being desperate is hilarious," she smirked as he chuckled nervously.
"I-I mean if it works?" He tried as she flicked his forehead, sending him to the floor. "Ow."
"I suppose."
Onemu snickered as Bocho sighed in relief.
Yoha grinned from behind a building with a smiling Umi.
Kaoruko flopped onto her rear end as Yu shrunk down next to her.
Fuyumi grinned brightly as Obito smirked.
"Rescue Team Success!" Nemuri announced over the speakers.
"WE DID IT!" The group cheered.
"Hmph," Enji rolled his neck as he walked over to his daughter, the black material around his chest burnt away. "... good work," he admitted with a nod as grinned some more. "Clearly, this next generation is something else," he smirked.
~NRK~
"My ducklings are so good!" Nemuri cried tears of joy as Shouta hummed, hands in his pockets as they observed the returning students and heroes.
"They did good, that last surprise bit from the Noh girl really makes them out to be a team with more and more backup plans," he praised. "They understood their jobs and never overextended past one another, they know what they're doing, at least."
"Hehe," Vlad smirked proudly. "They're fully ready yet but they're damn good for their level and their abilities to offer ideas, all of them."
Nezu smiled as he nodded.
"This is an amazing idea for a curriculum finals, I'll definitely need to make more use of it in the future. The younger generation can learn from the previous far better than just learning in a classroom," he chuckled. 'It'd be truly interesting, though, if we possibly incorporate Obito-kun's idea.'
Having a small pair of students fighting single pro? Perhaps one that exploits their inherent weaknesses?
That sounded interesting.
~NRK~
"We really did it," Yu sighed in relief, laying down on a couch in a teacher's lounge. "Oh, man, I-I'm not scared of the written test anymore," she said with an excited giggle as Bocho nodded in a recliner next to her.
"We can do it!" She smiled.
Onemu stretched with a bandaged Keigo throwing them all a thumbs-up on yoga mats.
"We kicked ass!" She declared.
"Hehe~," he snickered. "Damn right."
"It's just normal tests until SUMMER!" Yoha grinned brightly with starry eyes. "Ooh~! Summer! The time of the year where I can slip into an amazing swimsuit and enjoy our training vacation!"
"I heard swimsuits!" Kaoruko grinned as she entered from the bathroom. "I don't know where we'll go but there's bound to be some water nearby!"
"I hope so!" Umi grinned.
In an empty classroom, speaking at length with Shouta and Enji, Obito hummed while Fuyumi nodded.
"It's for the best, I'm sure they'll understand," Obito said. "So, I'll finally be meeting my 'bodyguards', will I?"
"Yep," Shouta nodded. "This will only work in most of your team's favor since Hebi will be with her own class. Terrain Rescue is no laughing matter and should be really important for you all, especially since most of you have quirks that'll need more spatial attention."
"It's for the best," Enji nodded. "I'll be sending along two of my sidekicks, you'll know them, they're third-years who've been training you all."
"Wait, Moe-senpai? A-Also Rumi-senpai and Kido-senpai?!" Fuyumi gasped as Enji raised a brow.
"I don't know this Rumi individual but yes for the other two."
Obito hummed. "Has there been any info on the other front?" He whispered to the Erasure Hero whose eyes narrowed.
"... In as much secrecy as you can provide, don't inform anyone," he said as Obito nodded. "There's been some headway but, unfortunately in the worst of ways, not in the way we'd want."
"?"
"Those things… we've identified some of their… make-up," Obito's eyes widened. "It's not important to know more than those were previously PEOPLE."
That's sick.
"What kind of sick man are we dealing with?"
"I don't know but we do have a few leads. These individuals were… altered on the molecular level. There aren't many who can do that but there's more," he continued. "There were small bits of machinery within them, stimulation devices," Obito's eyes grew cold. "You were right on some level, these were being given orders."
"Shit," Obito said. "Haa… thank you, Eraserhead, I know this is gonna be a headache and a half."
"Don't remind me…" He shot Obito a look. "And then there's that… other thing."
"?"
"...Nah, forget it," he said. "For now, just focus on your training. You'll be told what to do but pack your bags for the event in three days. Go, train, have whatever fun I don't know you'll have, and be a kid," the hero said as Obito hummed before ruffling the back of his head, some red on his face. "?"
"Just… there are some things that have been happening for me and I'll probably have to deal with it in the Summer," Obito smirked slyly as the man's eyebrow rose some more. "Don't worry about it, I know how to handle this one."
"... I guess you are a kid, somewhere in there."
Obito snorted.
~NRK~
They'd decided to hold off on any celebrations until they were done with their written exams.
With the evening meant for studying, the next day came and, after the test was over, they all slipped out of their classes before meeting in the front yard.
"..."
"..."
"... Yes~," Yu fistpumped in joy.
"WE DID IT!" Most of the group cheered as Obito smirked.
"I-I got 10th!" Yu said in awe and excitement. "No remedial for this giant!"
"8th!" Bocho cheered.
"11th," Onemu admitted while scratching her cheek with a finger. "Hey, it ain't remedial city, I'll live with it."
"Hm, hm, I got 5th amongst my class," Yoha said. "Honestly, I really could go for some more of those puzzles, Obito-kun."
"I'll hand you some when we finish celebrating," Obito said. "Though, I guess since we're saying numbers. I was 1st."
"2nd," Keigo snickered.
"4-4th," Fuyumi admitted.
"I got 3rd in my class!" Kaoruko cheered.
"Then I guess I got 6th," Umi declared with a smile.
"Nice! We didn't have any 'Fs'!" Keigo snickered some more as Kaoruko smirked. "We're winnin', baby!"
"I can tell," came the familiar voice of Lady Nagant, the woman chuckling as she stopped by the group. "I'm glad you all are in such high spirits."
"We won, sensei!" Yu said with a grin. "I mean, uh, thanks for holding back!"
"It'd be hard not to with those weights."
"Speaking of," Obito spoke of. "How heavy were they actually? I can't imagine they could be small."
"Well, I was carrying my own weight and some more," she told him as Kaoruko blinked while Fuyumi gasped.
"R-Really?" She considered something. "... U-Um, do you think I could get some of those weights?"
"Hmm? Oh, just go and ask Power Loader-sensei, I'm sure he'll give ya some. They can be adjusted as well so you can get 'em as heavy as Endeavor or myself," the woman smirked as Fuyumi smiled with a white face.
"Um, l-let's not go that far."
"Hmm, where should we go?" Onemu offered the group. "I mean, I'm ready to splurge like no tomorrow."
"Hmm," Keigo considered something.
"Then, let me handle it," Fuyumi bowed to them as they all blinked, the Todoroki smiling brightly. "I know how this sounds but I'm eternally grateful for everyone. I know what you'll say but let me pay you all back this time, alright?" She grinned.
Obito blinked before rubbing the back of his head. "Alright, sure, what's your idea?"
~NRK~
Obito's face stayed blank as Mitsuki, Hisashi, and Masaru laughed in the living room.
Why? You may ask? Because his mother had gone into eager mother mode because of the occasion… well, that and what he was wearing.
Obito blushed a bit even as he tightened his gloves, the constant flashes of Inko's camera never letting the red die down.
Wearing a pair of black dress shoes, black slacks, a dark blue dress shirt with rolled-up sleeves, a black vest with silver accents and buttons, and finally a pair of black gloves.
With his hair slicked back some more with it being straightened out more, the former shinobi grumbled as his 'brothers', their words he wouldn't stop them, looked at him from the couch.
"Nii-chan's looking so fancy," Izuku said with wonder. "I-I wonder if heroes have to look fancy that often."
"I bet," Katsuki said. "You gotta see the big picture, Izu, I bet All Might goes to a ton of secret parties and stuff!"
"R-Really?!"
Hisashi snickered some more. "Come on, Inko, you're suffocating our boy!" He said with excitement that left Obito sweatdropping.
"Why must you do this?" He asked him.
"Son, this is quite a time to be alive, being a parent is to live for these moments."
"... Right," Obito groaned a bit. "Kaa-chan, please, I do need to go. I'm sure you'll get more pictures from Rei-san," he dreaded that. "J-Just… just let me go," he said flatly as Inko perked up.
"MORE PHOTOS?!" She squealed. "Mitsu-chan! We'll get to see them all be really fancy!"
"It's gonna be hilarious!" Mitsuki snickered like a nibbling chipmunk. "You realize you'll never live this down, right?"
Obito didn't want to think about it before they heard a knock on the door.
"Ah, that must be the… dammit," Obito groaned as Inko answered it instantly. "It's a-"
"A chauffeur?!" His mother nearly squealed as the woman driver chuckled a bit.
"I'm here to pick up an 'Obito Midoriya'? Fuyumi-san is ready to receive you and your friends," she said as Obito sweatdropped at his gawking family members.
"N-Nii-chan?!" The youngest in the room nearly fell out of the couch they were in. "You're going somewhere fancy?!"
Obito's eyebrow twitched as he walked forward, taking a blazer off the coat rack by the door. "Let's just go, please," he told the woman driver who saluted him and gestured outside. "... I'm really never living this down," Obito said nervously. "I'll be back," he told them before leaving and walking out onto the street.
Where numerous people were currently either gawking, staring, or taking pictures of him.
"Goddammit."
~NRK~
"Oh, good, I wasn't the only one," Keigo said with a shaky grin as he saw the news feed on his phone, riding in his chauffeur-driven car. "Wow, he cleans up good," he considered his friend.
Wearing a sandy-looking haori, a black turtleneck, similar black slacks, and a pair of black dress shoes, Keigo chuckled as he messed with some of his bangs, his hair a lot 'fuzzier' than usual.
"Damn you, Kao-chan, I'm getting ripped on for sure."
~NRK~
Kaoruko snickered as her dad nodded, the strong silent type that he was, throwing her a thumbs-up.
Wearing a black ao dai with white bubble designs on the hem, she adjusted her sleeves while a pair of white gloves sat on her hands.
With some fatherly help, she snickered as her hair now settled in a bit of a wavy style, parted at her forehead, that came down to just past her chin.
'Hmm, I'll have to consider what to do with it,' she kind of liked having short hair. "... hm?"
Her father lifted up her phone, showing her a news feed.
She started laughing without hesitation.
~NRK~
"Hehehehe," Yu giggled perversely as she saw the feed on Keigo and Obito arriving at the restaurant, also in her own driven car.
Wearing a pair of black knee-height boots, a pair of dark blue slacks that fit snug on her hips, a white dress shirt, and a black blazer, Yu snickered some more.
"Hello~, DOCTORS."
Her chauffeur sweatdropped.
'Children these days are so… enamored.'
~NRK~
Onemu smirked, green qipao with golden embroidery shifting as she crossed her legs in her car.
Wearing a white mantle over her shoulders and a pair of white boots, she snickered at Bocho's shaking form, the two watching the news feed.
Wearing a white blouse and a red plaid skirt, the normal-looking girl wore some brown boots on her feet as she unleashed her bottom-length black hair out of its usual braids.
"T-They look so fancy!" She said as Onemu laughed more.
~NRK~
Yoha grinned as her car came to a stop by the restaurant, the numerous flashing cameras and the light setting her 'TV Persona Heart' aflame.
Wearing a crimson-red dress, a small white-furred coat, and some black heels, her snakes bounced in excitement as her chauffeur got out before coming around to her door.
Time to strut.
~NRK~
Umi squealed a bit as she hid between Obito and Keigo, the two's blazer and haori helping hide her well.
"We didn't expect this kind of turnout," Keigo sweatdropped as Obito crossed his arms.
Wearing a simple white blouse, a black skirt, dark blue tights, and some small brown boots, Umi blushed as she adjusted her small white hat on her head, feeling some confidence return as more of their friends arrived.
"Sup!" Kaoruko grinned as she and Yu hurried over.
"Our beautiful boys!" Yu squealed as the two blushed a bit while looking embarrassed. "YES~."
"That's new," the two males of their team said in unison.
"Hm, hm, hm," Yoha giggled a bit as she made it over, Onemu and Bocho leaving their own car. "You two made it first and certainly set the stage!" She grinned as they all came together before there was another commotion by the restaurant front. "... FUYU-CHAN I LOVE IT!"
Obito blinked, turning from the utterly excited girls to look ahead of him-!
He burned bright red as his eyes widened at Fuyumi.
The recently more confident but still reserved Fuyumi in a beautiful kimono.
It was a light blue color with a white obi around her waist, it was… modified much to his emotional horror.
With two slits down the sides, a pair of white tights-covered legs led down into a pair of red sandals while a white shitagi's collar could be seen, somewhat.
Her hair, though, had startled him a bit.
Where before it was usually slightly spiky and fluffy… now it was neither of those things.
Straight white hair with red streaks greeted him, a few her bangs coming over her left eye.
All in all, holy shit.
"?!" He cleared his throat as Keigo burned before smirking and elbowing him a bit.
"Come on~," he said as the girls snickered or grinned in just as much excitement. "Go on."
Obito ran a hand through his hair before smirking shakily.
"You look beautiful, Fuyumi," he said outright as they cheered while Fuyumi blushed a powerful red. 'Yep, I'm a weak man,' Obito thought before walking forward with the snickering or cheering others. "Apologies, I didn't think they'd get like this."
"Hm, hm, hm," she giggled a bit and it rang like bells in his heart. "I know, it's life for a Todoroki," Fuyumi grinned, eyes glowing in the evening sun.
"Haa, let's go in."
~NRK~
Inko cried like the proud mother she was while Hisashi whistled.
"Well, damn, my boy," he said as Masaru chuckled. "He's really out here trying to win some hearts."
"You sayin' something scandalous?" Mitsuki smirked as he smiled vaguely.
"Not on your life. My son would kill me."
~NRK~
Dabi blinked at the news feed.
He stared at the blushing teens who greeted and complimented one another.
"..."
She did look beautiful, he'd give the guy that much, the fire-breather recognized beauty in the truest sense.
"..." He crossed his arms in thought, watching as the cameras and the like were blocked from coming into the restaurant as Fuyumi and her team walked inside. "Wait, are they teammates or friends?" Dabi hadn't known, that'd never come up yet. 'I need to find out more about them, somehow,' but that wasn't possible yet. "Actually…"
He got up before heading out of his room and navigating the halls of the laboratory to find the diminutive doctor.
"Yo, Ujiko!" He called out to the tired-looking mad scientist. "We ever get the call from that Wolfram guy?"
"Hmm? Dabi?" Ujiko rubbed his head. "Mmm… oh, the latest news?" He considered a computer showing some news coverage of the 'event'. "Honestly, have the lives of children really gotten that interesting? These people might be in need of brain surgery."
"No, I'm wondering what the hell is going on with that dude with the tech."
"... Oh, yes, Wolfgram. He's currently trying to organize an assault on UA's lodge location. It's not likely that we'll be able to go."
"Wait, what?" Dabi looked surprised. "Why? What's so tough about it?"
"It's in America," Ujiko said. "In California on I-Island, we're assuming that they think getting the boy out of Japan is for the best."
Annoying. "So, we'll be holding back?"
"... It's likely for the best," Ujiko said with a deep frown, confusing the burnt-up young man. "My greatest associate, Dabi, is in need of intensive care ever since a month or so back. He needs attention that I can't just ignore."
"Hmph."
"Though, that doesn't mean we won't be making our moves," he said. "One of the Nomu will be sent with him, I don't want to be left unaware of any possible changes that they might undergo. That and I also want to make sure Wolfgram isn't trying to backstab us while paying attention to his supposed big project."
~NRK~
Getting seated within the rather upscale restaurant had been curious, most of the group squealing a bit at the 'world' around them.
"No. Way," Yu squeaked in awe at all the expensive-looking things around her. "I-It even smells rich."
"I don't even know what that'd mean," Keigo snickered. "But I can say, yeah it does."
Obito rolled his eyes at them before Fuyumi gestured to a large table for them all, a large circular thing with a glorious-looking sculpture in the middle on a raised rotating 'mini-table'.
"Come on, we can all sit down," Fuyumi said as the group hurried over to grab their chairs. "Hm, hm, I'm glad they're enjoying this," she told Obito who chuckled a bit. "And, might I say, you're looking very handsome today, O-Bi-To."
He blushed at that before grunting. "Thanks, I'd say another compliment but I feel like we'd be stuck in a loop."
She grinned as they walked over before finding a very conspicuous seating arrangement.
Keigo and Yu snickered, two seats in between them at the nine-seat table.
"You all aren't obvious or anything."
Fuyumi giggled some more as they walked over before being seated. "He's not wrong," she chuckled before servers the world over arrived in an instant.
Menus, water, and utensils were placed at their table as other patrons were left staring at the group of teenagers in shock.
"Fu-chan, this is so nice of you!" Bocho said with an embarrassed smile at one of the waiters. "Have you been here before?"
"Once, when dad was meeting at the Top Ten Rankings," Fuyumi smiled as they all opened up their menus. "Please, enjoy yourselves," she told them as the group gave their entire focus to their menus.
"Hmm," Obito cupped his chin as Fuyumi leaned on his shoulder, looking at his open page. "Any recommendations?"
"Hmm, I know their filet mignon is rather incredible, mom liked it. Though, I liked their parmesan mushroom chicken."
"Mushroom chicken it is."
Keigo snickered as Kaoruko smirked.
"I guess he's gonna pop the question soon?" She whispered to him and he hummed.
"From what I know and he's told me?" Keigo began, remembering a particular memory.
"So, be real," Keigo asked Obito as he dried off in the showers, their previous heroics class over. "What is the deal between you and Fuyumi-chan?" He whispered, minding the other boys in the room.
Keigo had expected either a dismissal, a grunt, or, almost impossibly, a blush and turn away.
He hadn't expected Obito's closed-eyed hum and slight blush.
"... I don't know yet," he said as the bird boy squawked. "But we're treading some waters and seeing where we land," Obito admitted as Keigo gawked.
"... well, I'm happy for you, seriously."
"What about you and Kaoruko-kun?"
"Now that's some waters I'm not even sure about."
Telling it all save for the last two lines, Kaoruko grinned.
"I knew it, it was pretty obvious, though, that they were a LOT more touchy-feely lately," she told him as he blinked. "You probably didn't notice, I guess."
She whispered all the small bits and things that she'd noticed they'd been doing and Keigo's jaw dropped as he looked at her in disbelief, Kaoruko snickering.
"Yep."
"There's no way."
"Hey, man, that's only what we've seen. Lord knows that we might not see them 'trying' things and stuff," she blushed a bit as he cleared his throat.
"Well, hell, I guess I just didn't notice… and, uh, well," he burned up as she tilted her head. "... ya know what? Later, not now."
Kaoruko blushed a bit at that. "O-Oh."
"Y-Yeah, just give me some time."
Fuyumi giggled a bit as Obito hummed.
"You know how I am with this," he whispered. "But even I can tell they want… well, you know."
"It's true," Fuyumi agreed. "I guess Keigo-kun's gonna do something after this dinner,"
Obito looked surprised at that while she whispered with nods and giggles aplenty, leaning against him.
"U-Uhh," Onemu blushed while Bocho smiled brightly. "Geez, I think I need a boytoy."
"B-Boyfriend," her friend corrected.
"... no, I know what I mean."
Umi sweatdropped. "That's one way to define a relationship," she said.
Yoha giggled. "Maybe but it's likely just her way of doing affection, besides, we all know she's the type who either wants full control or none."
"Excuse me?!" Onemu's voice went up an octave as the junior smirked.
"Nothing, of course, Onemu-chan. Just observing your past statements."
The bull girl burned up.
"..." Yu smiled in 'true defeat' before groaning. "I have to move on, don't I?" She asked the rest of the 'Singles' club.
"Yep," all five said in unison as she whined.
"Dammit, do you know how much of a catch he is? That's hard to top."
"It's life," Yoha said with a smile.
They ordered soon after, their food not taking much longer to come out, say maybe 20 mins.
At that time, they were on an interesting discussion.
"So, is that the final form of your weapon?" Yoha asked Kaoruko who smiled.
"I figured you can't go wrong with the classics of the manga classics. As for the final form… I don't know," she explained. "I can't use a gun, it'd get too messy, while a crossbow is still too fast. I needed a controllable item and a slingshot was the first thing that came to mind. I just don't have more than five shots. Four now but they're, thankfully, not that hard to make."
"I guess it'll only be a weapon to use at mid-range," Obito said and she nodded.
"It's more than I had before, plus it shrinks so it's easy to carry. I'm glad this idea worked out."
"What about everyone else?" Fuyumi offered. "Any Support Item ideas?"
"I just need reinforced bandages," Onemu said. "Just ones that are tough and can expand."
"You could copy Eraserhead's bandages," Obito said as she perked up. "They're notable Support Items, Onemu-kun."
"Huh, I'll look into it."
What about you, Yoha-senpai? I thought you said you had some," Keigo offered.
"I do, I've considered using paralysis toxins with my snakes," she said as the group blinked. "I recently learned that I have a heavy poison resistance but my snakes are even better and can nullify poison by absorbing it."
"That's wicked, Yo-chan," Bocho gasped as Yoha grinned.
"Yep! And since they can extend, imagine just rushing past villains with fast-acting paralysis, it'd be so simple to keep collateral low and Nemuri-senpai said she could introduce me to her own Support Item company for it."
"So, they drink it?" Obito asked.
"Yep, once they do, they hold onto the toxins in smaller amounts. I can tell how much they each get but that's the tough part of filling them up."
"That's still insanely useful, I'm sure it's good because it means they could possibly pull out the poison from others' bodies. They give you more 'empty space' to save someone."
Yoha grinned as her snakes danced, much to the group's amusement.
Their food came and they all stared at their collective meals.
"Hot damn!" Yu salivated at all of it. "W-What? W-What's that, Bo-chan?"
"I-It's an eggplant-chicken dish!" The 'Enigma' nearly squealed as she looked before looking at Umi's food. "T-That is fish, right?"
The fin-eared girl stared at her swordfish filet and sauce. "... Yes?" She shivered at the smells coming off it. "Oh my God."
Keigo snickered. "Yeah, I'm looking at this encrusted emu filet and I'm left wondering if life is supposed to imitate manga," he grinned hungrily as Obito rolled his eyes.
Fuyumi smiled as she looked down at her iced soba with tomatoes, white tuna nigiri 'dotting' the edge, a dollop of some kind of potato paste, and a sprinkle of spices.
Obito rolled his eyes as he looked down at his filet mignon. "I am pretty impressed."
The glistening sight did whet his appetite while the cross lines on it made it seem more succulent. Its size easily sent his stomach a challenge it wanted to conquer while the herb butter and spices just put the 'icing' on this 'cake'.
"This… C-Can we share between us?!" Yoha asked with a growling stomach.
They all either laughed or nodded greedily, sharing out more plates and cutting into their meals to pass between plates.
By the end of it, they had plates that could have made any buffet green with envy.
"Let's dig in!" Yu declared as they nodded in unison.
Their first bites were reserved for their personal meals and they'd be damned if those weren't the best bites of this entire dinner.
"... heaven, I-I've ascended twice due to food?!" Yu whispered in awe as Yoha held her cheek in delight.
"Oohh~." She moaned in happiness as Bocho's eyes closed in joy.
"Hehe~," Umi giggled as Onemu ate like a madwoman. "This is divine!"
Kaoruko smiled as she hummed a little tune before considering a rather sneaky idea.
Keigo had been on cloud nine, reaching for something on his plate, damn near everything was badass at this point, and he felt his fork 'plunk' into a piece-
His fork's teeth 'thunked' and he felt cheated, eyes snapping down and then to the side to see a morsel going into Kaoruko's jaws.
"... you sneaky little vixen!"
"Nyahahah!"
His eyebrows furrowed before she squawked as he stole a piece off her plate.
"Nyeh," he ate it with joy from the food and its stolen nature.
That seemed to start their 'war' as forks and knives danced between plates that were and weren't their own.
Obito rolled his eyes as Fuyumi giggled a bit before she considered an idea.
She blushed somewhat but grinned as she picked up his food and he turned to her in disbelief before staring in 'horror' as she raised it to his lips.
"Hee~," she grinned and Obito's cheeks twitched as they grew red. "Ah~."
'Former war monster,' that's certainly how this looked.
He gave in, rolling his eyes as he did, and took the bite offered with as much dignity as he could muster in response.
There was a flash of cameras and his eyebrow twitched as he chewed, shooting the happy Fuyumi a flat glare.
Seconds later, she ate from his fork without hesitation, leaving him with no real offense… save for one.
When she saw him about to give her a second fork, Fuyumi questioned if he didn't just give in by now-
Chomp…? Nothing?
Her eyes widened in disbelief and horror as Obito ate from his own fork with a smirk, leaning back in his seat without a care in the world.
The smirk he sent her ignited her indignation and she immediately stole food off his plate.
His eyes narrowed.
~NRK~
"That's precious!" Rei said with a squeal from one of the small live streams from a phone, the teens' 'war on food' getting giggles out of Shouto as Natsuo snickered.
Enji stared in confusion.
"Does she… LIKE the boy?" He asked his wife who blinked before grinning a bit. "She does?!"
"Well, I'm not sure," Rei lied. "But you're the detective, you might be able to figure something out."
Enji's eyebrows furrowed as he cupped his chin while focusing on the 'Cast' video on their TV, Rei snickering a bit.
Oh, so this was one of his little 'quirks'.
~NRK~
Inko's phone couldn't have taken faster photos.
Masaru cupped his chin as his glasses shined in the living room light. "Yes, Obito-kun has never shown such a childish side and towards a girl?"
Inko froze before she lit up like a Christmas tree while Hisashi snorted.
"My BABY!" She cried in joy. "AND I THOUGHT HE WAS A LITTLE DUMB!"
Mitsuki and Hisashi laughed without hesitation while Masaru chuckled.
Izuku and Katsuki, meanwhile, gasped in shock.
"So, nii-chan had a crush?" Katsuki asked his friend who tapped his chin.
"I-I guess so. I don't really get girls," Izuku admitted as his friend nodded sagely.
"They're weird and can have cooties."
"Wait, 'cooties' are a thing?! I-I thought those were fake!"
"FAKE?!"
~NRK~
Nemuri and Hizashi laughed like idiots while Shouta rolled his eyes.
"This is gold!" The woman squealed as they watched the 'proceedings' in her apartment. "PERMANENT EGGING MATERIAL!" Nemuri grinned without remorse.
Shouta's gaze went flat.
~NRK~
Dabi just stared at the 'warring quartet' in utter disbelief.
'The hell?! Enji wouldn't act like this!' So… had he been wrong about this 'Obito' guy?
Was he really not like that man?
"And Fuyumi Todoroki is…" The more he stared, the more the picture completed itself.
Fuyumi Todoroki's small giggles, red cheeks, eager grin, and leaning shoulder… she was in love with Obito Midoriya, wasn't she?
And the young man didn't seem to not reciprocate as he leaned back or, more daringly, placed his arm around the back of her seat as they fought for their 'lives'.
'A couple? When? The news would have been all over this shit,' or had he just not been looking?
He opened up his burner phone and flipped through the news articles before raising a brow at the bottom of the fourth page of them.
Romance before the Tournament!
He read it in an instant and, as he did, Dabi balked.
'So, they were an item even back then?' Either Fuyumi had been lusting after this boy for a while or this Obito guy was a smooth criminal. 'It better be the former.'
Still, what the hell was he supposed to do with this information?
'... If I'm going to tear apart everything he loves,' Dabi considered with an apathetic expression. 'That means ruining everything his daughter loves.'
Damn the consequences.
~NRK~
She nearly foamed at the mouth at the displays of affection Fuyumi was hurling at her beloved.
"Grrrrrr!" The ash-haired woman hissed like a feral tiger as she glared at the screen. 'A couple days… a. Couple. DAYS!' She wanted to shriek but knew better.
She knew but that didn't mean this wasn't hard.
"Can I do anything right now?" Crashing their little soiree sounded like a fantastic idea but she couldn't be seen, that was the whole point of waiting. "Uggghhhhhh!" She gripped her head in annoyance.
That bitch would pay and she'd get back what was clearly hers.
~NRK~
The dinner, the night, and the fun did eventually stop, the team grinning by the end of it all.
"Thanks," her teammates told her and Fuyumi giggled a bit while Obito smirked.
"I'm happy I could have us eat together like this and not at Obito's expense," she told them before nodding in determination. "We've got a few more days to relax before our training," Fuyumi whispered to them as they raised their brows.
"I still can't believe we're heading there of all places," Keigo said as Kaoruko nodded. "I mean, it's definitely far away enough but damn is that a big 'jump'."
"It's for protection," Yoha nodded. "Still, swimsuit weather," she grinned as Yu giggled.
"Hell yes!" She cheered.
"Come on! Picture time!" Umi declared as she removed a small camera from her hat.
"... Huh?" Onemu sweatdropped.
"I've been learning a lot of sleight of hand."
Getting up together before finding a large sculpture to stand in front of, Umi had one of the staff handle her camera before joining the others.
With Obito and Fuyumi in the middle, the fire-breather rubbed the back of his head at a weight on his side before he wrapped his arm around Fuyumi's waist.
"In three seconds, sirs, madams," the butler said. "One… Two…"
Onemu grinned as Bocho and Yu jumped and covered their necks only to squeal as Yoha snickered behind her hand.
Kaoruko formed some pleasant-smelling bubbles while leaning on Keigo's shoulder, the young man throwing a thumbs-up.
Bocho trembled in happiness before forming behind the group into a big blob and wrapping them up.
The picture was taken as Umi started laughing before the others followed suit.
~NRK~
Fuyumi smiled as she leaned on Obito's shoulder, arms around his elbow, as the young man in question hummed.
"It's been a hell of a day, Fuyumi," he told her softly as she smiled.
"I'm glad," Fuyumi told him as their car came to a stop outside her house. "I got to see our friends enjoy themselves again while being the one who did it this time," she grinned as he chuckled.
"Yes, it was curious but I can't remotely say I didn't like every second of it."
She blushed a bit but her heart soared some more while Obito's thundered in his chest.
They got out with the young man coming out on his side before vaulting towards Fuyumi's.
Helping her out with a nod as she smiled, he led her to her doors, the two of them happy to note no more cameras and the like.
Just them, outside Fuyumi's home, with him dropping her off.
ALONE.
'Dammit, mom,' Obito knew how these scenes supposedly went and felt the 'moment' was fleeting.
Leading her up to her door, Fuyumi blushed at the possibility that was before them.
'W-Will he do it?' Should she initiate? 'It's been so nice the last couple of months,' Fuyumi burned in delight.
Obito was very easily coaxed into affectionate touches and it made her heart throb that he was so willing and able. He made her feel like she was truly making progress with him and he seemed more e-enamored with her.
She grinned before giggling behind her kimono sleeves, getting a blush out of Obito but, as they got to her door, he burned brighter.
And so he decided to just give in to the 'moment' before he lost his nerve like an actual child.
Fuyumi gasped a bit at his arm around her waist, Obito turning her to face him as he pressed his forehead to hers.
She burned like a red star but felt a rising giddiness jolt her hands forward.
Feeling cool digits on the sides of his face, Obito knew he was fully and truly smitten.
He slowly pressed their lips closer and she closed her eyes-
The front door opened, causing both teens to freeze in horror. A horror that couldn't be understated.
Because Enji Todoroki had arrived and he bore an insane aura of malice.
"Your dad's gonna kill me," Obito said succinctly.
Then he pressed their lips together for three seconds before running for it.
"Good night!" He vaulted their fence as Fuyumi trembled in impossible-to-control joy while her father… well.
"You sneaky little bastard!" Enji gave chase in an instant. "Get back here, you son of a bitch!"
Fuyumi couldn't really think at the moment but she knew she found the situation funny.
So, when her mother came outside, Rei found Fuyumi giggling with a bright red face.
Listening to what her husband was currently yelling into the night, she gasped in pride.
"My baby! Tell me EVERYTHING!" She squealed as Fuyumi giggled more drunkenly.
"The best mom!"
~NRK~
Finally losing track of Enji, and closer to his neighborhood, Obito let out rapid breaths as he considered everything that had just transpired.
"Thank God, we have some days off," he told himself, red in the face but heart light. "Really, I'm such a sucker for love."
He walked up his home's steps before unlocking the door-
It SWUNG open before he could even grab his key, revealing a proud, sobbing, Inko.
She pulled him in and babbled for a couple seconds before he smirked nervously.
"Kaa-chan-"
"Baby, did you kiss her goodbye?!" She asked out of nowhere, startling him.
Obito cleared his throat, running his hand through his hair while looking away only to find the rest of his 'family' there.
Mitsuki's grin widened three times that day. "You little bastard! You DID?!"
Hisashi just looked proud while Masaru chuckled.
"It seems so," the fathers said in unison.
The kids gawked at him.
"Nii-chan kissed a girl?!" They said in shock. "W-What about the cooties?!"
Obito's eyebrow twitched as his mother sniffled.
"You were a gentleman tonight… r-right, young man?"
"Oh my God, kaa-chan, it was one kiss," Obito ran a hand down his face before it scrunched up in horror. "Wait, oh no-"
"You DID KISS FUYU-CHAN?! My BABY!"
Goddammit.
~NRK~
There we go.
God, I wrote a lot but have had, like, NO TIME to edit it all. Trust me, it's a pain with Grammarly right now.
Onto the Omake.
~NRK~
~Omake: They're From Another Dimension II~
Dabi stared in utter disbelief while the League of Villains blinked, food dropping from mouths, drinks slipping out of hands, and chatter coming to an end.
"What-" Dabi began.
"The FUCK?!" Shigaraki said in utter disbelief. "EXCUSE FUCKING ME?!"
The man wheezed in utter confusion as they replayed that madness-inducing bullshit that just came from the news.
"U-Um," the crazy girl, Himiko, swallowed in confusion. "... Time travel?"
"Another… I-It's another dimension?" A young lizard man said in utter shock. "W-What the hell is going on?!"
"... I don't know," Kurogiri frowned. "But Master isn't going to like this."
~Omake~
"I LOVE THIS!" All For One said with a 'grin'. "Dreams CAN come true," he chuckled ominously. "I wonder what'd happen if I took one of these 'travelers' from another dimension?"
~Omake~
Katsuki just stared up at Other Izuku in horror, a type of horror that didn't. Make. Sense.
"...?!" He stared as his otherworldly childhood friend stepped off his chest with a nod before holding out his hand. "?!" Katsuki grit his teeth before hissing and getting up on his own.
"You don't need to be like this, Kacchan," Other Izuku said as the alternate dimension boy grunted. "I know what you're thinking, at one point, yeah, I was weak," he told him as the boy shot him a sideways glare. "But I'm not anymore."
They kept gaze for a bit more before Katsuki kissed his teeth but grunted in confirmation.
"... Maybe," was all he said before stuffing his hands in his pockets and walking to a corner of the room. "But I'm still stronger than you."
"Well, not me but I get it," Other Izuku grinned as Other Katsuki nodded.
"You can't just let me step out of line like that," he told Izuku who stared at him in shock before wincing.
"I…" Izuku hesitated.
"I know what you're thinking, nerd, I know. I was likely a real piece of shit here," Other Katsuki sighed. "I'm not gonna lie and say I didn't see the signs when I was growing up but aniki kept me grounded, this me doesn't have that and you need to stand up to him."
The moss head considered his words before taking a deep breath and nodding. "You're right, like a lot of the time," Izuku chuckled humorlessly. "Life's just not that easy, huh?"
"Who you tellin'? Aniki is a big dosage of it and I hate that shit."
"How so?"
"It's likely because of how many… hurdles nii-chan had to go through to get this far," Other Izuku said softly as he came over. "It's… I know it won't matter here so…" He told his other self a bit of Obito's background.
Izuku's eyes widened to impossible levels, head snapping to Other Fuyumi currently giving Shouto some pointers.
"W-What? H-How?" He asked in disbelief.
"Aniki's quirk isn't normal by any definition," Other Katsuki said. "The thing is, it has layers to it… have you ever heard of the Quirk Singularity theory?"
"I… I-I think so."
"Then it's a case where nii-chan's mutation of a quirk was more mutated than either of us could believe," Other Izuku said with a frown. "And he had to use one of them to protect the one he loved, his fiance after the fact at the time, Fuyu-nee."
"T-That still rather crazy and I thought One For All was weird," Izuku said, shooting Other Katsuki a look that he nodded at.
"Yep, know all about it. Actually, aniki is the one who accepted it for you in our dimension," he said as the boy's jaw dropped. "Heh," he smirked. "Yeah, apparently, he met All Might after he had a big fight with AFO six years back. He was offered power and passed it on to you."
Izuku felt touched, truly and utterly. "I… I know it's kinda stupid but I want to thank him for that."
"Hehe," Other Izuku grinned. "Oh yeah, also," he snickered. "I guess it's not the same here but we have a little brother."
"W-What?!"
Meanwhile, with the Todorokis, the 'this dimension' family stared at Other Fuyumi's quirk.
"I-I… I can do that?" Fuyumi asked as she watched the coiling ice dragon over her otherworldly self's control. "But my quirk isn't… this isn't how it works, is it?"
"Do you use your quirk?" Other Fuyumi smiled as Shouto stared for a moment while Other Shouto nodded.
"Nee-chan's quirk seems relatively simple, at first," he told his 'Other' family. "But actually making use of it, using Obito-aniki's methods to induce creativity, it all helped a lot before she started gaining more free control over her power."
"That sounds insane," Natsuo said. "I mean, I get it, a quirk's like a muscle. Don't use it and it'll mostly just stay the same."
"Exactly," Other Shouto smiled and they stared in confusion, confusing him. "?"
"... Y-You just smile a lot, Other Shouto-kun," Fuyumi said as Tobi tilted his head. "You look so relaxed despite everything."
Other Fuyumi smiled sadly. "I understand what you mean, I really do," she grinned. "And, despite how we all seem, we had to go through a lot of almost-heartache to get to this point."
Shouto frowned at that. "What do you mean?"
"..." Other Shouto cupped his chin with a frown, the resemblance to their father striking. "... there are five major events that have hit us by this point," he explained to them. "One when nee-chan and aniki were doing their Summer training in America."
"Obito-dana was actually being targeted around this time," Other Fuyumi admitted even as her other dimension self burned bright red. "... A-And I know! I'm getting used to s-saying it!" She squealed as Natsuo and Shouto blinked in confusion.
"I mean, their wedding's in a month," Other Shouto admitted as the family choked. "I, Izuku, Katsuki, Keigo-nii, and Natsuo are nii-chan's best men."
"Hm, hm," Other Fuyumi grinned brightly. "I have the girls working as my bridesmaids."
"Your world is so… different," Fuyumi tilted her head. "Goodness, and you're getting married," she pouted a bit as her Other self giggled.
"I know but we all go at different speeds, especially in this case," she said.
With Obito and Rumi, they were currently going through drills with Uraraka, Tokoyami, Eiichiro, and Tenya, the group's close-combat skills put to the test.
"You need to retract faster!" The rabbit woman said with a grin as Tenya breathed out rapidly, nodding as he leaned on his knees. "Also, you'll probably want to pull out your mufflers, soon," he blinked in confusion.
"Wait, I don't follow. What do you mean?" Tenya winced as he looked down at his legs. "That seems unwise."
"You'll grow stronger ones as you take the old ones out," Obito said, standing over and flat-on-his-back Kirishima.
"He's a monster!" The young man said. "That's so manly!"
"I'm glad he's taking a loss well," Obito chuckled before helping the boy up. "So, Tokoyami-kun, Uraraka-kun, do you understand your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Y-Yeah!" Ochako said. "Maybe. I know what you mean about me and my fighting style relying on grapples but just a slight touch is enough for me to have someone floating."
"But you need to get away from them fast enough," Tokoyami reminded her as she nodded. "Disengagement tactics, I'm sadly lacking in more than that field, though," he sighed as Dark Shadow came out.
"We don't have good close-combat power, though," he said as his owner nodded while Obito cupped his chin.
"... Tell me, Dark Shadow, aren't you just an extension of Tokoyami-kun's quirk?" Obito asked.
"I mean, yeah, why? Got an idea?"
"I might."
A minute or so later, Rumi snickered as Tokoyami stared his hands, his clawed hands.
"This is incredible!" He said as he was 'coated' by Dark Shadow. "I shall call it, Dark Tribute Fusion!"
"... Is he alright?" Obito whispered to Tenya and Ochako who laughed nervously.
"Chuunibyou Syndrome."
"... I don't know what that is, despite Keigo's best efforts, I and slang don't truly get one another."
~Omake~
Speaking of said birdbrain, he was currently up on the roof of the Quirk Coliseum with his 'normal' self.
"So… they just let you… go?" Keigo asked in utter disbelief.
"Well, they call it 'keeping an eye out for potential recruits'," Other Keigo smirked. "But it's not like I've been out here picking up newbies left and right. It's honestly the sweetest gig we could have ever landed, I'm just lucky I found friends and Obito was so interesting to the PHSC."
Keigo understood, kind of. If the PHSC saw interest in him, they'd want him, Keigo who was at a similar age, to get in close to try and reel him in.
"Though, I won't say things were that easy," the other 'bird' frowned as his current dimension self followed suit. "There were a lot of conflicts to get to where we are, today, dude."
"How much headache?" Keigo asked.
"The worst. Like, five big ass events just kept on coming. Or, really, I'd say six," Other Keigo said. "The first one, my best bud literally almost got turned into an experiment because of some asshole of a villain," Keigo winced in sympathy. "Next, well, it was an event at our Summer training in our Freshman year. Let me tell ya, I've never seen Obi more willing to go on a bloody path than I did that day and I really saw how easily he could have fit into the PHSC if he hadn't had a little 'restraint' charm in Fuyumi."
"This Obito guy sounds rather ridiculous."
"Oh, he is. It's hilarious. Why you wouldn't believe it but he's an accomplished cook."
Keigo raised a brow at that.
~Omake~
Things came to a close an hour or so later, the teens tired from their training while the adults, well…
"So, where should we stay?" Other Keigo asked, arms folded behind his noggin. "I mean, three days is fine. That said, uh, does our yen still work here?" He asked the dimension's people.
Pulling out some yen, Other Fuyumi offered it to herself and she considered it before nodding with a smile.
"It seems like nothing's really changed, currency-wise," she said, handing herself back the money. "... This is so weird."
"Yeah, you kind of get used to it," Other Fuyumi said with a smile. "So-"
"Hold yer horses, I've got an idea!" Came a small, gravelly, and slightly nasally voice.
Turning as one, the group found Gran Torino and Nezu coming up to them, those on the street taking as many pictures as they could.
"This is quite the situation, you all," the principal of UA said, rubbing the back of his head. "I mean, dimensional travelers? That's right outta a comic!"
"I figured, where else to keep heroes," Gran Torino smirked. "But UA? It's not only easily reachable from most of you, especially since they all go there, but it's also got a couple of rooms though you'll have to share a few."
"A-Actually," Izuku blushed a bit before chuckling nervously. "Could Other Izuku bunk with me? I want to get as much information on upgrading my style as possible," he said with determination as Other Izuku nodded.
"This will be interesting," he chuckled a bit.
"..." Other Katsuki shot Katsuki a raised brow.
Katsuki's brow twitched. "Goddammit! Fine! You're bunking with our family, just don't let the hag get all up in our business."
"That hasn't changed."
Katsuki looked like he actually found some ground to understand his otherworldly dimensional self while Obito chuckled.
"Well, considering everything, I have a feeling the families won't mind," he said with a shaky grin. "Though, mom's gonna flip when she sees you, Izu."
"I know," both Izukus said without a hint of surprise. "I can bet she's still the same in either dimension."
"Yep."
"Hmm, then," Fuyumi turned to her 'Other' self. "Why don't you and your f-fiance come live with us? This way, Principal Nezu can house your teammates without too much issue. I… I really want to know how the dimensions are different… n-nope! Still weird!" She trembled in confusion as Other Fuyumi giggled nervously.
"Yeah…"
"Then, that'll leave us with Other Hawks and Other Miruko," Nezu said. "Unless you two have possible arrangements?"
"Nope," Other Miruko said. "Lord knows, I know what my own ego's like, I'd never get any sleep," she added before elbowing Other Keigo.
"Hurf! Caught me before I could say anything," he wheezed as she rolled her eyes.
"How Kao deals with you I'll never know."
"It's all charm, baby."
Keigo sweatdropped at this more laidback version of himself. "Life's so weird," he uttered as Tokoyami smiled.
"It seems so," he chuckled and his Pro Hero mentor snorted.
"Yeah, it does. Alright, I guess we'll get back to my agency," he told his work-study. "Let's go, Toko-kun, today's bound to get beat out by tomorrow."
"Ah, a psychic, are you?"
"I don't bet against the inevitable."
"Hmm," Ochako smiled a bit. "I guess we'll see more of you all tomorrow!" She said as both Izukus nodded.
"Take care, U-Uraraka-san," Izuku said.
"Bye, Ocha-chan," Other Izuku said as he pat his 'this dimension' self on the back. "Let's hurry back, I can write down all that I know in the backup notebooks!"
"Of course! How didn't I see that?!" Izuku said before they ran off, leaving before an eye-rolling Katsuki and a smirking Other Katsuki.
"Nerds," they said before leaving on their own.
"... It's weird," Other Shouto said with crossed arms and a shrug. "By the way, where did dad go?"
~Omake~
Other Enji nodded to Enji's sidekicks in an alleyway.
"... Sir, this weird even for us," Burnin said. "I mean, you're from another dimension."
"How is this comparable to anything?" Other Enji asked.
"Well… no, he's got a point," Kido chuckled sheepishly. "Still, you called us specifically, I have to assume you've got an assignment for us."
"Yes," Other Enji said. "Right now, the me from this dimension… I gave him a tip, a tip on something huge for our family and I want to ensure he doesn't lose everything by trying to focus on it alone."
"Gotcha," both sidekicks said. "Don't leave the boss along, gotcha, boss."
"... You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?"
Their cheeky grins said it all.
~Omake~
Watching the proceedings of everything, the League of Villains were now very hesitant.
"Do we wait for 'em to leave?" Toga asked as a man came out of the bathroom, his mostly black, with some white on top, suit shifting as he marched on in.
"What the hell's happening?" He asked.
"Twice, we've got a serious headache coming on," the lizard man said with a groan.
"What's up, Spinner? It can't be that bad."
"Well…" Explaining the situation to their comrade, he waited for the inevitable.
And it came.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!" Twice asked in utter disbelief.
Shigaraki's four fingers found his face. "The world's gone crazy."
~Omake END~