I don't own Boku No Hero Academia / My Hero Academia.
The creator is Kōhei Horikoshi.
Only made characters are mine.
Don't copy or claim it.
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Me: Good day fellas! Today's guest is none other than the big sister of the story (both this fanfics and anime), Itsuka Kendo!
Itsuka: You know, you could have put me in the last chapter instead of that pink-haired girl, author.
Me: Sorry, I forgot… (sweatdrop)
Itsuka: Fine, what do you want me to do?
Me: Simple, you'll just have to tell our readers of how you feel to appear before U.A. arcs.
Itsuka: Well, I am a martial artist so I guess putting me to appear with Izuku and Jukkun was good, to begin with.
Me: And?
Itsuka: It was fun while it lasted, but at least you could have written something like I'm giving that porcupine a beating or something.
Me: I'll~ think about it. Anyways, I see that our readers are getting excited to start this chapter. Any last words to them, Itsuka?
Itsuka: Yeah! Keep in mind that the author isn't an English person so I'm assuring you readers that I will beat him if he gets grammatical errors during his writings.
Me: Gee thanks for your words of support. (sarcasm) Enjoy the chapter.
CHAPTER 6
Rising to the Top
"Oh man, I didn't think that having that much of reporters was tiring," Junpei whined tiredly.
"At least it wasn't that bad…" Izuku tried to comfort his friend.
(FLASHBACK)
"What you did was reckless and dangerous!" Death Arms was scolding Izuku with Kamui Woods next to him. "You could have died and it wasn't necessary to risk your life like that!"
Katsuki and Junpei were seated elsewhere with other heroes around them. The former wasn't listening at all and the latter was putting a forced smile despite being complimented.
"You two are tough customers! Once you two become a pro, I'd love to make you two my sidekicks while in training!"
The reporters were seemed more interested in Katsuki and Junpei praises than the scolding Death Arms on Izuku.
"Anyways…" Death Arms whispered in a conspiring form while leaning on Izuku. "It's good to see young people like you with a heroic heart. To tell the truth, that villain would have been hard for us but with you and your friend, there weren't any casualties or injuries. So I hope you hit me up in my agency, I'd love to have you and your friend as my sidekicks, teach you two some moves."
"Hey, hey." Kamui Woods interrupted. "I don't know much, but I assure you that this kid's build is better for my agency."
"As if I would let you Kamui, these kids have the mind and strength of a hero like me so they should come to my agency."
They continued arguing with each other and Izuku felt better to think that some heroes were grateful for his actions.
Just before Junpei comes out of the reporters' sight and getting closer to Izuku.
"Hey, let's go." He said before thanking both Death Arms and Kamui Woods, to make their escape.
(FLASHBACK END)
"God, if we're going to live like that once we become heroes. I would prefer having a minimum of reporters following my ass off." Junpei said rolling his eyes tiredly.
"Well, we'll see how we go then." Izuku laughed sheepishly.
Just then, some called from behind.
"DEKU! SHITTY-EYES!"
They turned their backs to see Katsuki panting. His rugged breathing didn't betray his mood and eyes as they were glaring fiery at them.
"Why you helped me? WHY YOU BOTH HELPED ME?!" He shouted despite his lack of air could vent all his fury on them.
Izuku and Junpei looked at each other before they could come up with an answer.
"Because..." Izuku started. "...because your eyes were pleading for help!"
"And even if you're an ass on us, we're still friends," Junpei added even if internally was debating what words could come up to him.
He was taken back from his answer but put up with his glares.
"I never asked to be saved, least of all by you two but especially you, Deku...!" He pointed at the said person. "In fact, you didn't save me! Right?! RIGHT?! I did it alone! I won't let a quirkless, worthless little rodent-like you look down on me. Do you think I owe you some kinda favor?! Don't you dare fucking look down on me! You shitty goddamn nerd!" With that, he turned back and went on his own.
There was one thing Izuku and Junpei were thinking and agreed on right now.
'He's one tough cookie...'
After Katsuki disappeared at the corner of the street, Junpei sighed of how their day ended.
"Well... since that ended well, I just remembered that I have to go get my sister, Izuku. I'll see you tomorrow." He waved at Izuku running toward Himari's school grounds.
"Yeah, see ya." Leaving him alone, Junpei left him with an unexpected visitor which would change his life forever.
(Few Minutes Later)
"Nii-chan. You finally came!" Himari was glad that nothing happened to his brother since he was late to retrieve her. "Nii-chan... why did you come so late...? I thought that something happened to you." She was about to cry.
His little sister, Himari, was now 4 years old. She had two pigtails. Her hair color was indigo. Her eyes were blue. Her round-shaped head looked like a little bunny. Her quirk was named [Animal Spirit] giving her the ability of the spirits of the animals that gave strength to her body that happen while her eyes change to the animal she selects and appears marks of an animal like of tattoo to her body she uses that in many situations.
"Don't worry, Himari-chan." Junpei patted her head reassuringly. "I was helping a friend of mine."
"You did?" She wiped her tears and looked at him with her shiny eyes.
He was glad that she didn't end up crying so he grabbed her bag and carried her over her shoulder, also getting the groceries before their mother could kill him for forgetting.
(Takahashi Household)
"I'm home." He said as he and Himari teleported once they finished buying their groceries.
"Mommy!" Himari went straight to mum, embracing her.
"Oh, Himari-chan, did you learn a lot in school?"
"Yes, the teacher said to us to draw our family and I did it." She showed her crayoned colored picture of their family.
"Oh, that's nice dear. Let's put it on the fridge to see it."
Putting the groceries aside, Keiji came to Junpei all bandaged up since he was now a licensed hero.
"Hey, little brother, how was your day?" He asked, lifting the groceries.
"Hmm, not much, considering that Kacchan is a prick with Izuku as always even our classmates. Anything else that I should talk about is nothing new." He shrugged.
"That guy... Why does he always pick on the little Izuku? He is a saint. I don't know what his problem is." Fumiko complained as she grabbed the groceries.
"Don't know. But he has his reasons..."
"Yeah, a reason to bully Izuku-kun." Fumiko pouted angrily.
His family was kind enough to hang out with Izuku. Though the first time he met his parents, he went hours and hours asking them about their jobs as heroes.
For his siblings, he was the saint one among others of our so-called "friends" from Elementary to Junior High and Katsuki was the worst one.
For Himari, Izuku was like a third big brother, he would kindly play with her and explain to her how awesome heroes are.
But thanks to Junpei, they were hardly worried since he was a good friend.
"Don't badmouth him so much, Izuku had to save him from a villain." He informed which made everyone freeze in shock except Himari who already heard him before but didn't know how to react when he mentioned a villain.
"What do you mean, Junpei?" Yui asked surprised.
"Well... the villain had taken Katsuki hostage. He was a sludge type villain so grabbing him was impossible. Many heroes were there but they couldn't do anything but the only that did something was Izuku. He and I managed to rescue Katsuki from it and I gave the villain the special 'bang'."
His siblings winced remembering the sound of that clapping three years ago. It wasn't something someone that gained a Quirk could do it in one year.
"Didn't you watch it on the news?"
"Sorry, I was training during those hours so I didn't have time to watch it," Fumiko admitted.
"I was with your brother bandaging him from his reckless actions," Yui said.
"I said it was an accident! I didn't know that the villain would use the debris to stop me!" Keiji objected.
Just then their father Genkei arrived home.
"Hello family, I'm back!"
"Daddy!" Himari was the only one that hugged dad as the others were still in place.
"What's wrong?" Genkei asked curiously but at least concerned that every family member was standing in shock.
"Dear..." Junpei raised an eyebrow thinking that he had said something bad. "Our son... he defeated his first villain!"
"Really?! Where?! Augh, I wish I had been there myself!" Genkei cried in distress for missing it.
"My first villain was when I was an intern back when I was still a student," Keiji said puffing his chest proudly.
"Well, my first villain was when I had to chase him through an alley and I had to fight various grunts to get him," Fumiko commented.
The family continued telling their first villain and fights through the night. Junpei expected to be scolded because of his naivety and stupid mouth but they took it unexpectedly great.
But first, he had to make a call…
"Hello?"
"Mei, it's me."
"Oh hey, Junpei-kun, what is it?" Mei asked which there was a buzzing sound of something she was working on.
"Do you think that I could pass through your warehouse to have my armguards checked?"
A pause could be heard from the other side of the call.
"…did something happens with my babies?"
"...yeah?" He answered with a pang of guilt.
"Tell me what happened first…"
After a brief explanation of what occurred, Mei was silent before answering with a tone Junpei should have expected with their friendship.
"Welp, I did know that your strength was similar to All Might but I have to admit that even that is a new record, Junpei-kun."
Junpei didn't know or think that she could take calmly.
"…aren't you mad?" He asked unsurely.
"You mean about that slapping? Of course not, that is going to be another way to upgrade those babies to further beyond. I'm always happy to make my babies better, Junpei-kun. Who do you think I am?"
He sighed in relief, knowing that Mei was the typical scary type at all but the challenging one. "Alright, alright, I take back my words. So, next week?"
"Yeah, I'll see you next week."
(A/N: If someone asks why she didn't know beforehand, I may think that she was too busy inventing equipment and that which she never took a glance other news rather than electronics gadget and that.)
With that, Junpei hanged up his phone to rest just before he received another text.
-"Jukkun, get into the voice call."-
The message was from Izuku. But why does he want to talk through the computer?
He walked toward his desk and turned on his computer, putting on his headset with a microphone attached contacted Izuku which he didn't know that someone else joined the voice call. It was Itsuka Kendo.
"Hello, Itsuka." Junpei leaned back on his seat looking at his friends.
"Don't you 'Hello Itsuka' me you two idiots! What were you two thinking?!" Itsuka shouted almost deafening both boys from the screaming of the girl.
"It seems that you already knew what happened in the news?" Izuku asked nervously.
"No, I was at the museum watching various pieces of art." She answered sarcastically. "Of course I saw it, dummy! Why do you think that I am distressed?!"
"Relax, Itsuka." Junpei tried to calm her down. "We didn't do much rather than save Kacchan from a sludge villain."
"You mean the arrogant bastard that came one day at the dojo to show off, only for Grandmaster Arata kick his ass and tell him not to come back unless he changes?" She asked boldly.
"Yeah him, who do you think would put so much ego on him rather than Endeavor?" Izuku nodded with a long-ass sigh.
"Should I be concerned that Jukkun clapped his hands so hard that shocked the bystanders and heroes present?"
"That my friend; are simply details." He chimed with a shrug. "Besides, I wasn't going to let myself and Izuku get killed by that guy. I mean, he was a joke." He scoffed.
"You and your sense of humor," Itsuka sighed. "Well, I'm glad that you two are fine. I'm hoping to see you both at the Entrance Exam of U.A. in ten months."
"Yes, ma'am."
"Aye, aye."
"Alright, I'll see you two next time."
"Bye Itsuka."
"Good night Itsuka."
(Kendo Household)
Itsuka leaned back on her seat after disconnecting from the voice call.
"Ah… One of these days, those two are going to be the death of me…" She sighed wistfully with a slight smile before glancing at a picture frame next to her computer.
It was an old picture of her with both Junpei and Izuku when they started their training under Grandmaster Arata.
She was at the center winking at the camera with a 'V' sign in both hands, Junpei was crossing his arms while smirking and Izuku was… shyly posing at the camera which made Itsuka smile at those old memories.
(A/N: If anyone guesses, I made the photo frame from a familiar anime reference.)
She only needed to wait ten months before she could meet them again. But somehow, she couldn't place her word, that among the three of them, Junpei was the one who changed the most yet she feels that she had missed something during the voice call.
She shrugged thinking that it wasn't that important so she went to the dining room to get dinner with her parents.
(Takahashi Household)
"Well, that's another day to remember about it." He said to himself before turning off his computer and making his way to his bed.
"Time for me to get busy." He declared thinking about what new training he should do before closing his eyes to sleep.
(2 Days Later – Dagobah Municipal Beach Park – 6 AM)
"I wonder why All Might asked me to come to the Dagobah Municipal Beach Park…"
(FLASHBACK – 2 Days Ago)
Izuku saw Junpei run away to retrieve his sister from her Elementary School, so as he was about to return to his home, an unexpected visitor came to him.
"Young Midoriya!" All Might boomed in his sudden arrival.
"A-ALL MIGHT! What are you doing here?!" Izuku asked surprised to see his favorite hero again.
"I came with a proposition with you. It's just- GEBUPHG!" All Might spat blood before returning to his original form.
"A-AL-ALL MIGHT! ARE YOU OKAY?!" Izuku screamed, luckily nobody was in the zone so they couldn't have heard or seen them at all.
"Y-Yeah… I'm fine." Toshinori wiped the blood off his mouth. "Sorry if I'm surprised you in this form, Young Midoriya."
"Well…" Izuku started rubbing his neck sheepishly. "I had my Grandmaster tell me that sometimes you can't judge people from outside but from the inside. You're All Might from inside and outside so I shouldn't judge you for that." Izuku admitted. "Though, if I was from back then I could have accused you from being an impostor or something."
Toshinori couldn't help but chuckle, it wasn't a few minutes that he met him and he already likes him.
"In any case, which I'm here, I came here for a proposition." Toshinori started. "I hadn't the slightest feeling in you when I first met you back when your friend gave me the sludge villain. And I blamed myself because of my reckless mistake that almost took a life of a civilian so I felt guilty that life would end because of me, and I didn't do anything because of my time limit."
Izuku nodded silently hearing his explanation.
"But when I saw you run to save your friend despite the danger, I had the feeling that you had the biggest heart of a hero in you even if there were various heroes present. And after you saved that kid, you told him that your feet moved before your mind told you what to do. That's the real quality of hero should be!" He said complimenting that he is seeing the next Symbol of Peace in front of him.
"All Might…"
"So Young Midoriya, here is my proposition." Toshinori paused making the tension in the air heavier. Izuku surely had gulped two or three times waiting for him to finish before Toshinori finished. "Do you want to be my successor?" Toshinori asked which Izuku looked at him in a surprised expression.
"Y-Yes!" He answered not making it like a shouting.
Toshinori finally found his successor and now it was the time to take action for his training.
"Meet me at the Dagobah Municipal Beach Park in two days, Young Midoriya."
"Eh?"
(FLASHBACK END)
Izuku groaned loudly thinking what could have been the reason before letting a sigh in defeat. "Nothing, I got nothing why All Might wants me to go there… apart from that, I'm his successor."
In any case, Izuku went there to see why All Might wanted him there. And once he arrived, he was welcomed with the sight of trash, he felt disgusted.
Trash, trash everywhere from the beautiful sand shining with the lights of the risen sun and the colorful sea; all the trash that was left was destroying the beauty of the beach.
"Ah Young Midoriya, you finally came!" Toshinori said welcoming his successor.
"Um, All Might. Why are we here?" He asked curiously before Toshinori raised his hand.
"Before we start I'll explain the reason for me finding a successor."
"O… Okay." Izuku nodded.
"But call me Toshinori Yagi, we don't want anybody to see me like this if you keep calling me by my hero name, right?"
"Yeah, I understand, Yagi-san."
"Alright, the reason why I chose you to become my successor and listen carefully that this is very important, is because my time as the Symbol of Peace is about to end."
A pregnant pause descended between the hero and student which was understandable since All Might let that bomb suddenly.
"…what?" He was dumbfounded at the hero's declaration.
"It is just as you heard Young Midoriya."
"B-But why? You're the All Might the number 1 hero that would defeat his enemies and smile at the civilian assuring that everything is fine!" Izuku said which Toshinori nodded understanding what he meant.
"It is because of this." Toshinori raised his shirt showing a nasty scar on the left side of his abdomen. "This is one of the reasons that the Symbol of Peace is nearing to its end. I got this injury from a villain 5 years ago."
Izuku almost winced at the nasty scar Toshinori got.
"My respiratory system is in shambles, and my stomach was scooped out. I've wasted away from constant surgeries and their complications. And I've been reduced to a maximum of around three hours of heroics every day."
"5 years ago…" Izuku trailed off. "Was it your fight with Super Venom Chainsaw?"
Toshinori scoffed, shaking his head. "You know your stuff, but no. I wouldn't dream a thug like him take me down easily." He boomed in pride before softening. "No, my Quirk [One for All], as the name suggests, can make successors when their old bearer has his or her time over to give it to another so that the Quirk itself can grow. But it also has an arch-nemesis that I plan to defeat it once it for all."
'When he mentioned his arch-nemesis, I felt that he had some kind of bad encounter with that villain; just like me and Kacchan.' Izuku thought, recalling that form he speaks of him when he faces him.
"I know that you aren't ready yet to face him but I'm planning to at least make you ready for the upcoming battles. So…" He changed back to his hero form. "We're here to make sure that you can success [One for All] by cleaning all the trash!"
"Okay, All Might." He nodded before walking down the beach and starting to clean by carrying various junks with ease.
Toshinori was surprised that his successor was strong he had to check on something.
"Young Midoriya?"
"Yes, All Might?" He looked back still carrying the junks.
"Did you have some kind of training beforehand? Which it surprises me that you can lift those junks with ease."
"Well, I did train since I was four so yeah; I'm strong enough even though I'm Quirkless."
Toshinori paused sinking the new information he received just a second ago, he deflated to his original form before asking.
"…you're Quirkless and you're that strong?"
"Well yeah, I said that it's just that it was my dream to become a hero and when nobody believed in me. My best friend Jukkun told me that I should be prepared if I wanted to become one. So we went to a dojo together and trained to go into U.A.; to graduate to become fully-licensed heroes like you!"
(A/N: If anyone forgot, it's in Chapter 3.)
Izuku then recalled the day when he left, mentioned that even with Quirk he would still be his friend. He let a smile form on his lips which Toshinori noticed.
"He must be quite a good friend if you speak highly of him like that."
"Yeah, he's my best friend that anyone would wish for." Izuku admitted showing his smile brightly.
(As for Junpei)
"ATCHOO!"
"Bless you, Onii-chan," Himari said handing him a tissue.
"Did you catch a cold?" Yui asked while preparing breakfast.
"No, mom, I did not. I just felt that someone mentioned my name." He waved his hand in dismissal while cleaning his nose of snots.
"Maybe Mei-chan is talking about you." Genkei popped from the kitchen with a teasing tone.
"Daaaaad~" Junpei groaned at the stupidly logic behind.
(Back with Izuku)
"Well, then if it is like this. Could you let me see your body?" Toshinori asked bluntly.
"See my what?!" Izuku asked with a blank expression. "Wh-What d-do you mean, Yagi-san?!"
"Ah, sorry I didn't explain myself. I'm referring that if I could see the structure of your body to come up with a training program for you to inherit [One for All]."
"A-Ah… I see." He sighed in relief and did as ordered, taking everything off except his All Might themed boxers.
Ignoring that his successor is wearing merchandise of his signature hero name, Toshinori analyzed his body. "Hm. Lean body structure, balanced muscle shapes, good flexibility around your body, hm, it's good that your body is good to success [One for All]."
"You think so? Jukkun said that I could take a balanced training in both strength and agility." Izuku informed putting on his clothes.
He raised an eyebrow, planning his hand on his chin in a thoughtful manner. "He did? What kind of training did he do Young Midoriya, if I may ask?"
"Well, Jukkun was keen on learning strengthening and endurance pieces of training such as he has a sturdy body. He did learn some speed type training with his legs but he said that he would try to do those two first."
"Hm, a powerhouse first then balancing out, that ain't a bad idea if you were to be pressured at first." Toshinori hummed. "You have to gain a lot of stamina to keep in a prolonged battle. Still, he wasn't bad on letting you keep up in strength and agility; I hope that your friend did a great job on your decision."
Izuku smiled.
"In any case, it's good that if you hadn't trained before and I had transferred my Quirk, your limbs would have blown off from the lack of strength." He stated naturally which Izuku flinched in a pause turning his attention slowly to his mentor.
Izuku paled shivering at what Toshinori finished saying. He wouldn't dream what he would have happened if Jukkun hadn't told him to train before.
"M-My limbs would what?"
"Your limbs could have blown up from your incompatibility with your body." He explained confirming the fear of his blown limbs.
'Oh thank god that Jukkun was with me with the recommendation. If not, I wouldn't be alive in those hellish years.' Izuku sighed internally.
"As we're speaking, I should make some changes in your 'American Dream Plan' to keep up with [One for All]."
"Yeah, there is no problem!" He shrugged.
"So to you to receive [One for All], let me start from the top." He changed into his hero form and pulled off a strand of hair. "This is something I was once told 'something that you receive is because you are lucky and something that you are given is because you are recognized, are different in essence'. Take that to heart."
Izuku nodded with a smile. 'I received the help of my closest friend and because of him; I am what I am today, to support me despite all the odds against me. And I am blessed to be… alive.'
"This is the power that you earned because of your own effort." He presented his strand of hair and told him the next thing which most of the people would be baffled or shocked. "Eat this."
Izuku paused, blanked at what All Might just said and the only thing he could muster to speak was. "Huh?"
"To inherit [One for All], you must ingest the current torchbearer's DNA. You should be glad that hair is the least disgusting part of the human body you can digest."
Izuku grimaced at the thought of eating or drinking what other DNA he would be obliged to ingest.
"Don't you worry, Young Midoriya, I've washed my hair before coming here and making sure there was nothing in my scalp. So eat it." He stated with the serious expression he mustered while handing him the strand of hair.
"Guess its bottoms up." Izuku gulped hesitant of eating his hero's hair. "Do you have water Yagi-san?"
After handing him a bottle of water, Izuku looked at the strand of hair before putting it on his mouth. Rapidly putting the water in his mouth, he felt the water wash the hair down and gaggled once he finished the bottle.
"I've never been so disgusted to eat hair." He retched in disgust.
All Might boomed his famous laugh. "Yeah, I get that feeling. I did also felt hesitant to eat the hair of the previous torchbearer, Young Midoriya."
After feeling that the hair reached to his stomach, he sighed in relief. "Do you think it worked?"
"Of course it does, Young Midoriya. It will take a few hours for your body to metabolize my hair to properly use [One for All]." All Might explained. "For your training today, I came to know of this place on the net yesterday. It was left to rot like this for those who know how many years."
"I see." Izuku looked around at various piles of garbage and junks. "All this stuff floated in with the ocean currents and piled up here. And since locals ignore this place, illegal dumping takes advantage of it, right?"
"That's about that." All Might nodded. "So as you may know, Young Midoriya, heroes didn't use to be obsessed with flashiness. Most heroes are into fame, glory, and fortune but I am different! The hero game ought to be a labor of love! People claim it 'Plain'! But I won't let the fundamentals get fuzzy! I believe that volunteer work is the heart of heroism so let's bring the beach from its glorious view from before!"
"Yes, sir!"
"I love your enthusiast, Young Midoriya. So go and do your job, Young Midoriya!"
'I see this. This is just the tip of the iceberg; then I'll have to go further beyond!' With that, Izuku commenced his training with All Might with a challenging mind.
(4 Days Later – With Junpei)
Junpei was walking toward the place he needed repairs for his armguards, he could simply teleport in front of the warehouse but he loved sightseeing the streets as it takes the joy of it.
Being in front of the familiar warehouse, he knocked on a chorus before he waited outside. Thinking, should he give her some kind of brainstorming ideas? Mei was a keen girl on learning so he shouldn't be worried about it. Mei is smart despite the oddness of love in her creations but inside that bizarreness, she was quite a rare flower he didn't think she could show.
Steps could be heard from the inside before Natsumi opened the doors, waking him from his thoughts.
"Hello, future hero! You just came at the right time!" She beamed in an unfamiliar expression that Junpei didn't know what it was before she stepped aside. "Come in!"
"You know Hatsume-san that I have a name right?" Junpei asked as he entered the warehouse.
"Of course I know but some traits are hard to break, y'know." She answered with a shrug. "You know that I said it like that since I know you can be a hero so until then I'll keep saying you 'future hero'."
"Right, right, I'm not bothered by the way." He said looking around to search his female engineer friend.
"Mei, your friend came!" Natsumi shouted which Mei popped out from a corner holding various utilities and blueprints in excitement.
"Oh hey Junpei, you just came at the right time!" She walked toward them, now having the exact height she had in the series being 5'1' (1,54cm) but still dwarfing her completely.
Junpei looked back at Natsumi which she raised her eyebrow in wonder.
"I said it once and I'll keep saying it. This is the literal definition of déjà vu, like mother and daughter."
"Thanks for the compliment future hero but you should keep attention at what brought you." Natsumi pointed.
"Oh, right. Here it is." He handed the custom-made briefcase with his armguards inside. "I may have used too much strength in that slap."
"At what happened in the news two days ago?" Natsuki asked in wonder and amazement.
"…yeah, not my finest moment but that villain had it coming since he took a friend of mine as a hostage." He crossed his arms with a bothered expression.
"Well if you say it like that, he had it coming." She shrugged before looking at Mei. "Mei, stay with the future hero and repair what he brought."
"Yes, mom," Mei answered and with a nod, Natsumi when to another section to work on something.
So now paying attention at the armguards, Mei had put the armguards under maintenance; as three others before did.
"It's going to the salvageable or scraps this time?" Junpei asked.
"Hm," She put on her new steampunk goggles and focused on the armguards' damage. "This time is salvageable, most of the previous ones couldn't withstand most of your power, and these babies were able to nullify your maximum power to a certain point. But even so, these babies' armor were chipped and bent, and inside the circuits had burned off but luckily the core of these babies was undamaged." She continued explaining the details of the damage. "Still, a better record than last time if I'm being honest."
"Guess you should upgrade them and also I'm for new ideas."
Mei looked at him with a bright smile. "This is why I like you, my friend! You always have new ideas for my babies!"
Junpei rolled his eyes playfully before continuing. "For my new idea, you could make something to make me change my limits without saying. I dunno, body language, finger tipping, commanding it in my mind, something like that."
"Wooo~ commanding it with your mind, now that's something I would like to try!" Mei skipped happily writing the ideas down on her notebook. "What else? What else?"
"Hmm, you could make something like the armguards but instead of my legs, y'know. I wouldn't want to kick somebody and breaking a femur or ribs like that."
Mei giggled at the thought. "Or maybe if you kicked somebody on the face, they would fly like a football."
"You wouldn't dream of it." Junpei rolled his eyes.
"Well, this time is going to be difficult for your leg armors," Mei stated.
"Hm, why?" He raised his eyebrow.
"We ain't got enough materials to make them. My mom could always ask for more but lately, other industries had their needs for them; the nerve of them." She huffed angrily.
"And if I know of a place that has enough scrap for you to use. Would you use it?"
Mei widened her eyes before giving him an embracing hug. "You would?! Thanks a lot, Junpei! That's going to help a lot for my mom!"
Trying to ignore the feeling of her two endorsed chest pressing on his chest, damn his premature hormones, he separated with her slowly to avoid an 'accident' between his legs to form.
"Alright, alright, just let me check somewhere and I'll call you, okay?" Junpei said still flustered internally for Mei hugging him.
"Right! Call me when you found something!"
Junpei walked away from the warehouse without his armguards.
'Now I'll have to be careful without destroying things by accident.' He thought with a grimace.'Although she did surprise me with that hug, I may have been with women before but to this extent. Guess sometimes you have to embrace new wonders.'
He cleared his throat with the intent of stopping his perverted thoughts. He wouldn't want to become some grape midget college in the future.
"Guess I'll have to go to Dagobah Municipal Beach Park and have a meeting." He smirked taking a train.
TO BE CONTINUED