"That's enough for today. Go home and rest."

Wolf raised his right hand, signaling Aki to stop. Currently, the boy was practicing the moves that Wolf has shown him. Among the four Combat Arts, Aki only managed to fully understand and perform two, namely Shadowrush and Ashina Cross.

Shadowrush involves its user to use their full strength to unleash a long range, powerful forward thrust. Upon impact, the impaled enemy will be used as a platform to vault into the skies. Wolf mentioned this move was created by the Great Shinobi Owl, which was fitting considered that this move reminded him of how an owl hunt.

Ashina Cross, a fast cross-slash from a sheathed stance. This move requires utmost focus for a quick, swift kill on target.

The two remaining, however, proved to be a little too complicated for Aki. High Monk and Spiral Cloud Passage.

High Monk, an enhanced martial style specifically for Monks, obviously. After a jumping, overhead kick, the user performs 2 more side kick plus 2 diagonal slash, and then a black-flip kick back to the original position.

Spiral Cloud Passage was….ridiculously difficult, in Aki's 'humble' opinion. Nine shockwave slashes in three motions. Aki's combo always broke at the 7th slash at the second motion. Thankfully, Wolf admitted that he had a hard time understanding this as first too, although he mastered it only by reading the description.

At Wolf's signal, Aki stopped swinging his sword. Panting for breath, the boy sheathed the sword and gave it back to his master.

"I really should have brought my sword…."

"Next time. Have a good rest. You'll need it."

As usual, upon reaching the doorstep to his house, Aki unconsciously announced his arrival with a 'I'm home'.

Only this time, he got a reply.

"Welcome home! You're just in time for dinner, Aki-kun!"

"Right….Guess I should start getting use to this."

Aki sighed as he took off his shoes and headed inside the dining room, unaware of the smile on his lips.

"Something smells good…..Katsudon?"

Upon opening the door, he was greeted at the scene of Ochako in her usual home clothes, with an apron. She was standing at the kitchen corner, tasting the food. As she heard Aki opened the door, she turned to him with the brightest smile and said.

"Welcome home, Aki-kun! The food is almost done. Go for a shower and it should be finished by then!"

She took his bag, set it on a chair and quickly ushered him outside of the dining room.

"Wai- At least let me set up the table-"

"Nuh-uh! I'll take care of it! You're drenched in sweat! Go and shower!"

She closed the door, leaving a baffled Aki.

After the much needed shower, Aki and Ochako sat down and had dinner together. Unlike his imagination of an awkward, quiet dinner, he and Ochako got along with each other very well. They talked about their entrance exam, their classmates, homeroom teacher and all the things in the world. There were an embarrassing moment where their hand touched when both of them tried to reach the sauce at the same time. The skin contact of their fingertips caused both teenagers to go bright red. However, Aki noticed something.

"Uraraka-san, why are you wearing….oven mitts?"

"O-Oh, these?" She raised her hands. "Cause of my Quirk."

"Weird that we haven't had this conversation, but what is your Quirk?"

"I call it Zero Gravity. Anything I touch with 5 fingertips becomes weightless and float, so I have to wear gloves whenever I have to use all my fingers."

"You don't have a specialize gloves?"

"Nah, those things are WAY overpriced. I'd rather do this."

Aki understandably nodded. He would have offered to buy for her, but knowing that it would be uncomfortable to spend such expensive things on someone you barely knew, so Aki kept quiet.

"Now that we talk about Quirk, what's yours?"

"Resurrection." Aki calmly answered as he put another spoon into his mouth.

"…."

"…."

"…What?"

"…What?"

"Did you just say….resurrection? As in…."

"As in the ability to revive after getting killed, yes."

Ochako stared at Aki with wide eyes and opened mouth. She quickly snapped out of her shock, slammed her hands on the table and leaned towards Aki, who surprised by the sudden contact, slightly leaned backwards.

"Wait! So the guys whose head was crushed by the Nomu bit quickly got up was you!?"

"….Yeah?"

Ochako quickly stood up, ran over and ruffled through Aki's hair as if she was checking for any injuries.

"Oh my God! Are you okay? Does it still hurts? I'll ran to the store and get firs-"

Aki stopped Ochako from her mother hen by grabbing her hands that were ruffling his hair and said.

"C-Calm down! I'm fine. My Quirk already healed the injuries."

Realized what she's been doing, Ochako quickly turned red noticing Aki's hands grabbing hers. She stepped back to her seat with a flustered face.

"S-Sorry. It's just….I was at the entrance, so I witnessed the whole thing."

"Yeah, well. It's quite a shock for anyone who saw it for the first time."

He awkwardly laughed, "But I'm fine. My Quirk undo all fatal injuries that were done on me. The minor injuries were also treated by Recovery Girl."

Seeing Ochako's flustered face and her uncomfortable demeanor, Aki tried to change the topic.

"Say, you know Midoriya?"

"Deku-kun? Yeah, he's my bestie! Why?"

"Just checking up on him. He's a shy one, so I'm just glad he finally has friends apart from me and…the other one."

The two, again, engaged in another conversation until dinner was over.

After they finished dinner, Aki took care of the dishes, much to Ochako's dismay. She tried to take over dish duty, but Aki said that this was as much he can do to help the dinner that Ochako cooked, and told her to rest in the living room.

Quickly finished washing the dishes, Aki headed over to the living room. There, he saw Ochako sitting on the couch, playing with his-her phone with Luna on her lap. He sat himself down at the small couch on the left and took out his phone, starting to kill time it as well. The peace and quiet went on for about 15 minutes before Aki's phone rang, an unexpected name appeared on it.

'Ayumi-san?'

Mei's mother name appeared on his screen. Confused, Aki accepted the call, put it beside his ear.

"Aki-kun! How are you? I heard about the USJ on the news."

"I'm…..fine, I guess? Thanks for checking up on me."

"Of course. You're my future son-in-law after all!"

"I'm not your-"

"Anyway," She cut off Aki's protest and continued. "I'm actually call to ask for a favor."

"A favor? Is there something wrong?"

"Oh no worries, dear. We just want you to ask you to let Mei stay over at your place for a few days."

"…Say what now?"

"See, Mura-chan forgot some important tools before he went on that business trip. He asked me to bring it to him, so I'll have to go there from now until Monday."

"C-C-C-Can't you take her with you?" Aki sudden stuttering caused Ochako to look at him with worry.

"I did ask, but she refused. Saying that 'she can't leave her babies undone'. And frankly, I don't trust Mei-chan to be home alone. She'll probably work without eating or sleeping properly.

So, I entrust her in your hands, Aki-kun!"

"May I refuse t-t-t-this proposition?"

"You may." Aki let out a relief breath, but Ayumi wasn't finished. "But surely, you wouldn't want to leave Mei like that, no? Besides, Mura-chan and I will owe you a huge favor over this."

"…When will she be over?"

"I just dropped her off at your apartment. Have fun~"

Before Aki could said anything, the doorbell rung.

"….You knew I was going to accept, didn't you?"

He could hear Ayumi amused giggle before she hung up as the person at the door rapidly spammed the doorbell.

*ring* *ring* *ring* *ring* "Damn it! Mei, I heard you! Stop ringing my doorbell!"

Aki angrily stomped towards the entrance, followed by a very confused Ochako. As he opened the door, Hatsume Mei, with a wide smile on her face, greeted them.

"Hello again, Aki-kun and…..Pink Cheeks?

Mei was wearing her usual black tank top inside a blue jacket, with a pair of similar colored jeans and a big bag on her back. The only different thing was that she wasn't wearing her usual steampunk goggles on her pink, dreadlocks-style hair.

"Pink Cheeks? Me?" Ochako pointed at herself.

"Mei, this is Uraraka Ochako. Uraraka-san, meet Hatsume Mei. She'll be staying with me until Friday"

Ochako turned her head at Aki, and then back at Mei, and kept on repeating for a while.

"Let's….continue this inside."

Aki said as he took Mei's bag, carried it over his shoulder and headed inside the living room following by Mei, who cheerfully dragged Ochako with her.

"And that's why she'll be staying with me until Monday."

Currently, Aki, Mei and Ochako were situated inside Aki's living room. Aki, with Mei sitting besides him finished explaining the situation to Ochako, who sat in front of them across the table.

"So…..you two are childhood friend?"

"…Yes?"

"We make babies together all the time!"

Mei's statement caused another awkward conversation between Aki and Ochako.

"Well, let's call it a night, shall we? It's already 10 p.m ." Aki quickly looked at his phone before directed at Ochako and Mei who were talking with each other…well, more like Mei kept assaulting Ochako with question about her Quirk.

Mei snapped his neck at Aki with a confused expression on her face as Ochako breathed out a sigh of relief from finally escaping from the over-energetic inventor's clutch.

"Don't give me that look. My house, my rule. You need to have proper sleep. Your babies can wait till tomorrow, I need to ask you about something anyway. Take my room. I'll sleep on the couch for the time being."

"Nuh-uh!" Mei shook her head. "We're sleeping together like old time!" She retorted with a straight, excitedly innocence face.

Ochako and Aki stared at her as if she grew a second head, before Ochako broke into a storm of blush.

"S-S-S-S-S-S-S-Sleep together!?"

"No-No! We aren't kids anymore!"

Mei furrowed her eyebrows and pouted.

"I need to cuddle something when I sleep and my mecha-bear isn't here. And I can't sleep without her."

"I have so many questions about this mecha-bear already, but you have to deal with it." Aki sweatdropped.

While Aki and Mei were having a staring competition, Ochako was having an internal conflict. Hearing some girl wants to cuddle with Aki made her felt weird, but she didn't know why. Unconsciously, she muttered something audible to everyone in the room.

"How about we all sleep together?"

This time, Aki and Mei stared at Ochako like she was some strange-outer-space creature. Realizing what she just said, Ochako covered her red face face, accidentally activated her Quirk on herself and floated while mumbling.

"ThatsnotwhatImeantImeanweshouldsleeptogetherlikeaslumberpartynotsomethingpervertpleasedonthateme….."

(That's not what I meant! I mean we should sleep together like a slumber party, not something perverted! Please don't hate me…)

Thankfully, Mei and Aki managed to interpret what Ochako said. Aki could only let out a soft sigh before he pulled Ochako back onto the ground while Mei had the widest grin ever on her face.

"IT'S PERFECT! LET'S DO IT AKI-KUN!"

"Volume! It's fine, Uraraka-san, we're not going to hate you just because of that."

"…..really?"

"WHY WOULD WE!? I LIKE YOU ALREADY, GRAVITY GIRL!"

"What she said. I'm fine with the idea, but we'll have to push the couch aside though…."

Aki looked around for a second before a light bulb lighted up inside his head.

"Let's use your Quirk, Uraraka-san! It's perfect."

"I'LL GRAB THE FUTONS!" Mei dashed off towards Aki's room.

The next few days passed in a blink of an eye. The 'slumber party' continued until Sunday, one day before Mei has to go back home. The three had a fun time with one another playing, talking (although Mei and Ochako had this one 'girl conversation'), cooking and even training together. Aki taught Ochako a few simple martial styles while Mei observing the duo, coming up with ideas for her babies. Eventually, Monday came. They traveled to UA together, separated when each has to go to their own class.

When Aki opened the door to his classroom, everyone was already there, talking with each other, before some turned their attention at him, giving him greeting waves which he timidly returned. Aki has grew more comfortable with 1-B's presence, but he still feels anxious being around too many people.

He returned to his seat, just in time for Vlad King to enter the classroom. The man appearance worried the whole class as their teacher was covered in bandage. He, however, seems fine as he raised his voice to gain attention from the group of students.

"Morning! I hope all of you spent your holiday wisely."

"Kan-sensei, are you really okay…?" Ibara raised her hand as she asked.

"Thank you for your concern, Shiozaki-kun, but I'm perfectly fine." He responded. "I wasn't the one who took it worst, after all."

Kan's glare at Aki made the whole class turned their attention at him as he shrunk in his seat. Most, like Itsuka, Ibara, Reiko and Setsuna, looked at the boy with clear concern in their eyes. Few, namely Tetsutetsu, Kamakiri and Neito, clearly interested about the guy who defeated the All Might's killer.

"I haven't had the chance to ask, but are you all right, Mochizuki-kun? I know your Quirk is resurrection and all that but…" Kan asked somewhat parental.

"I-I'm fine, sensei. M-My Quirk healed my skull immediately after the Nomu c-crushed it." Aki responded

"I know your Quirk is versatile, but please refrain from using it if possible. I hate to imagine what would happen if your Quirk doesn't bring you back."

Kan let out a tired sigh, which Aki responded with a sheepishly laughed.

"Moving on, we have a more pressing matter." Kan voiced turned serious, making everyone unconsciously sit up straight and paying their full attention to it.

"The Sport Festival is around the corner."

"It's a school after all!" was everyone war cry after hearing their teacher announced.

"But sensei!" Tsuburaba raised his hand and asked. "Wouldn't it be dangerous to hold the sport festival now? We were attacked by Villain after all…."

"I understand your concern. Tsuburaba-kun. But this festival is important for you all! It's one of your only three chances at showing your strength, your potential to the Pros."

He continued.

"UA's Sport Festival is the one of the most anticipated events in Japan, only second to the Pro Heroes' Ranking. The country's top heroes will be watching as they'll be scouting for you and naturally, getting recruited by a famous hero will get you a higher status and experience."

"Everyone only has two weeks to hone their skills and prepare, so time is limited. If you aim to be a hero, this is an event you can't overlook."

Kan couldn't be prouder, looking at his students' determination faces.

"I mean, I know it will come eventually, but I can't wait! The tension is sky high!"

After the fourth period, everyone gathered around and discussed about the upcoming sport festival. Groups were formed as everyone talked about the possibility of future opportunities.

"I totally forgot about it though. I watched it all the time, just really can't believe that I'll be a part of it while my family and possibly the rest of Japan, watching. Talk about nervous…"

"But how are we going to prepare for it? Don't the events change every year?"

"Guess they want us to prepare for anything that'll be coming our way. Anyone wants to come to the gym with me after school?"

Seeing that this was no place for him, Aki silently grabbed the Bento box that Ochako made for him and slipped out, just as when someone directed a question at him.

"What about you, Mochizuki-bro!?"

He turned his head around, finding an over-energetic Tetsutetsu looking at him with expectant eyes while the rest of the class watching.

"W-W-W-W-What about me?"

"You weren't listening? We plan to train at the gym this afternoon. You want to join us?"

Aki looked around the class only to find everyone's expectant eyes directing at him.

"I-I guess…Does UA has mannequin, like practice dummy?"

"I talked to Kan-sensei. They'll provide us some."

"Th-Then I'll be there. Now I got to for l-lunch."

With that, Aki made his escape, leaving class 1-B staring at the door he left quietly, until Setsuna asked to nobody.

"Did you guys notice how different he is compared to the USJ….?"

"Right! I mean, he was like this strong, confident, badass ninja that killed the Nomu! It's not like I condone killing, but it was cool as fuck! Now, he's like shy, social-anxiety stuttering mess. It's like two different person." Awase responded.

"Language! But I too, am curious about Aki-san changes in behaviour. He was…different when he comforted me."

'Aki-san? Comforted!?' was everyone question at Ibara's word, but no one seems to question about it.

"Indeed. It seems there are more to Mochizuki-sama than what we thought."

Shishida voiced his opinion and Yui nodded.

"I swear I'm going to have a heart attack if people keep staring at me…."

Aki said to no one as he opened the bento box. Ochako's homemade bento was a godsend. Somehow, with the same material and cooking method, she was able to make the food a thousand time better than the convenience store.

Sitting down on the bench, Aki mumbled a 'Itadaikimasu' before he started to enjoy his lunch alone. He enjoyed Reiko's company, really, but some alone time is always good.

"Couldn't imagine how bad it's going to be during the sport fest…"

He mumbled to himself.

"How bad what's going to be during the sport fest?"

A bubbly voice answered his question. A sudden voice came out of nowhere startled Aki coughed out the meatball that stuck in his throat.

"Wha-*cough *cough* Who's there!?"

"Hey hey, Kouhai-kun! It's your senpai! During the alarm thing, remember me?"

Nejire floated down in front of him with her bright smile.

"Airhe-I mean, Hadou-senpai. It's…nice to see you again…."

"C'mon, what's with the formality? Just call me Nejire! Although getting called Senpai was nice….Oh! How about 'Nejire-senpai'!?"

"What are you doing here, Hadou-senpai?"

"Boo~, you're no fun. I heard that the first year was attacked by Villains at the USJ and since you and the white hair girl are the only underclassmen I know, I decided to check up on you guys. Where is she, by the way? Is she okay? Are you okay? Did you guys argue? Is that why you're here alone?"

Taking in the questions, Aki inhaled in a long breathe before answering.

"That's very thoughtful of you. I'm fine, she's fine. We're fine. Yanagi-san isn't here because she was talking with my classmates about the sport festival and I didn't want to interrupt her. Beside, I prefer being alone anyway.

Besides, you floated up here right? Is it your Quirk? What is your Quirk?"

One moment of silence and Nejire's shocked expression scared Aki. 'Did he overstepped a line? Was he being rude?' was the thought that crossed his mind.

Surprisingly, Nejire's smile became wider than before.

"Ohmygodohmygodohmygod! This is the first time someone answer all my questions, and ask me some! This is so fun! My Quirk is Wave Motion. I can convert my own vitality into energy and blast it in form of powerful shockwaves! The reason I can fly is because I use my Quirk to release energy from my feet to fly. What about you, Kouhai-kun? What's your Quirk?"

"Your Quirk sounds amazing, Hadou-senpai! My Quirk is Resurrection. Unlike yours, if my vitality is no more, in easier term is if I die, I revive, or resurrect."

Nejire looked more and more curious at Aki's Quirk.

"That's sounds so cool! But how do you fight with it? Do you get stronger after you revived, or you have some special abilities when you revived?"

"My Quirk only give me a second chance." Aki embarrassingly scratched the back of his head. "I fight with my sword and a special prosthetic ar-"

Suddenly, Aki's head popped up an idea.

"Hadou-senpai, you said your Quirk produced shockwaves right?"

Nejire nodded.

"…Are you free this afternoon? I think I might need your help to train."

"Not a problem! But what exactly do I need to do?"

"I'm currently practicing this move called Spiral Cloud Passage. It's a nine-slash combo that sends out shockwaves after each slash, but I can't keep the shockwaves up after the 7th slash…."

"So you need someone who knows about the concept to give you some pointers. I'm in!"

The rest of the day passed by without much issues. It was weird that Reiko, Yui, and possibly the whole class, kept stealing glance at him once in a while and after class, crowd of students was surrounding 1-A, much to Tetsutetsu and Monoma's annoyance but thanks to whatever conflict happening over there, Aki escaped without any hassle and headed straight towards the changing room.

When he arrived at the gym, few of his classmates were already there. They were either weightlifting, running on the treadmill or sparring with each other. Aki put on his prosthetic arm and walked towards the mannequin corner, where Neijre waved at him excitedly, while Yui looked at them as she threw an oversize ball.

"Alright, let's get started! Show me the move you talked about."

Aki nodded as he told Nejire to move away from the mannequin. First two jump, Aki release shockwaves around him with every slashes he performed. However, at the 8th slash the shockwaves came to an abrupt stop along with the ending slash.

Nejire, observed the move with her utmost concentration while analyzing each and every movement Aki made. The shockwaves are produced with the strength embedded in each swift movement that is like a dance.

"I think I know what the problem is, Kouhai-kun."

Aki sheathed his sword before he focused his attention at Nejire.

"See, for my Quirk, I imagine a concentrating energy at one part of my body before I released it. From what I observed, the shockwaves are only produced when all your slashes are in pace with one another, like a melody. What did you think about when you execute this move?"

"I tried to strike as strong as I could."

"That's the problem. From my point of view, the move is like a…dance, and you must follow its rhythm. Let's try again but this time, slowly."

Aki nodded, unsheathed the sword and turned to the dummy.

"Close your eyes, don't focus on the target in front of you. Imagine you're dancing."

Nejire's soft instructed voice helped Aki to release the tension on his shoulder. He then performed the Arts again, but slowly.

In a moment, it was like he was in his own world, dancing. Each striking slash turned into an elegant tango with his katana. The unknown calm feeling overwhelmed his senses as he gave himself up to the dance, ignoring all the stiffness, the uncomfortableness he had when he followed the waves. This time, it felt as if the wind, the waves were following each step he made.

"…..Amazing."

Nejire's bewildered voice woke him up from his own waking dream. Opening his eyes, the dummy that was in front of him was turned into pieces on the ground around him.

"What-What happened…?" He scarily looked at Nejire

"….You did." Nejire absentmindedly responded.

"What?"

"You did it! It works! Did it work?" Snapped out of her own amazement, Nejire smiled proudly at her kouhai.

"I-I don't know. One moment, I was doing it slowly like you instructed and then it was already like this."

"Do it again, but with your eyes open this time!" Nejire excitedly pushed another dummy in front of Aki.

Aki slightly flinched at the sudden development and instruction, but compiled nonetheless. He danced again, but with the dummy in front of him. Fully aware of what is going this time, Aki was taken aback at the shockwaves that were created….no, following every slash he made. It seems softer, yet deadlier. The dummy was shredded in the matter of seconds. Both Nejire and Aki were so happy that they high-five each other, hugging and jumping around the gym like two kindergartens.

They were completely unaware of the students that were presented in the gym, staring at them with wide and jealousy eyes. Most of the stares were shocked from such a powerful moves, a few jealously glaring at Aki for being too close with one of UA's most beautiful girl.

Kodai Yui, although underneath all that blank expression, is still a teenager. Although she doesn't show it ever, she is interested in boys as much as any girls her age. Itsuka, her close and only friend, once regarded her as 'thirsty as fuck', and Yui never denied it.

That's why she is currently staring at her timid classmates hugging, jumping around with an upperclassman after he performed the hottest thing she ever saw. Every step of the dance he 'performed' made her felt hotter and hotter. She swore that she would have jumped him if there wasn't anyone else around. She knew he was hot. Cutely hot. And it didn't help that he wasn't intimidated by her expressionless. But his timid nature stopped her from advancing on him, fearing that he would be uncomfortable around her.

But what happened in the gym today threw all that fear out of the window.

That's why Yui admitted that she had a crush on her shy Shinobi classmate.

But she won't ever admit that he was the reason that she stayed up late at night, imagining about him as he pushed her do- no she won't.

A/N: I had to bullshit my way through the Spiral Cloud Passage training, so yes, it sounds bullshit as hell.

Anyway, Nejire is the best.