Ch. 6
"I have arrived!" you announce yourself entering class 1-A, to find it completely empty. There was not a single person in their seat or anything, the only thing that showed their presence, the names on the board. With tally marks of some kind. Reading it, seeing what it was for.
Elections for class representative and vice-representative. Right away your eyes find Mikey's. Making you laugh, of course he would do it. Though to your surprise Leo's was not on. You did see Izuku's, who won a surprise. Made you smile. And seem another came in second, Momo. Unsure who it was, congratulate them either way. How much of class did you miss? Better question how long where you lost in the halls? To come back to an empty class.
It was a good thing that river of students swept you here, otherwise who knows where you'd end up at. A blessing in disguise. Walking in, look around for a moment. Wondering where your desk was, hoping it was by April or one of the guys. That would be good. Walking among the desks still holding the kimono and April's uniform. If you couldn't find yours, then you could at least find hers'.
No.
Not that one.
Nope.
Going up and down each row, finally stop before one. And smile. This was April's, no doubt about it, how did you know? You just did, the two of you where sisters after all. Though leaving it here, wouldn't do any good since she wasn't here. Nor would leaving your kimono either. With not other choice keep it with you and leave.
Stop in the middle of the hall and look left then right. Where was April? Better yet, where was all of class 1-A now? If in range, April would be able to pick you up and you her. But...that wasn't the case. Sighing, again you'd have to search this...maze of a school. No point of sulking about it, nothing would get done. The plus side of this was that you'd at least be able to get a bit more familiar with it.
With that thought in mind begin your search with a growling stomach.
A growling that stomach that sang high praises the moment Mikey and his brothers where bought to the school's cafeteria: Lunch Rush! A large food court with various venues for all to choose and buy food from. What was even better, the prices where low and affordable. There where long tables, each with ten chairs to sit on. There where Chinese-themed decorations, and the large double doors they stood before. Momo saw their jaws just dropped the moment they entered. Their eyes nearly popped out too.
She could barely keep herself from acting surprised. And smiling to herself. These boys...quite interesting. These Americans...wow. Of course she didn't mean it in any sort rude way. She was just amazed by their reaction to everything. Despite knowing this was clearly their first time in an actual school and it seem to be their first time mingling with others.
Her own questions would have to wait. Right now she was their aide to this new environment.
"Dude!" Mikey exclaims laughing. "There's so much food to choose from! It's like...like..." Overwhelmed he was lost for words. That the hold of smell of the food held him. He could barely hold in the dripping saliva coming out.
Donnie though takes a different approach. Analyzing the area. "This honestly seems, impossible to have a cafeteria this enormous. I mean, I've never actually been in one before. But, from what I know and have seen, this just...well..."He tries to wrap his mind around it all, finding nothing. Except the smell of something enticing. "Is that...that.." Distracting his thoughts.
"There is quite a lot." Leo admits. Surveying all around. Momo noticed his eyes weren't really on the food, just like Raph's. They where on students who just went about their day.
Though of course some of them did cast staring eyes towards them. Eyes that earned Raph's tight frown and clenching teeth. His fist began to ball up and his Quirk began to...thinking quickly Momo comes in front of his view.
Hands up and calm voice. "Why don't we go and get something to eat? I'm sure you must all be hungry."
Mikey jumped to the idea. "Yeah!" He shouts earning a quarter of heads to turn in their direction. Attention that wasn't needed.
Covering their faces Momo and Leo sigh, grumbling at him. More so when Mikey took out his music player and began playing it. Rapping to it, rushing over to get something to eat.
Rooting loudly for all to hear. Donnie running after him to hush. Only made it worse. Raph just grew more...irritated. He snapped. "What are you looking at? Huh?!"
Looking a few students with heated eyes, they quickly turn away and stuff their faces. Momo and Leo remain standing, faces in the palm of their hand. "S-Sorry about my brothers.."he mutters to her.
Taking a breath, Momo raises her head. And smiles cordial. "That's alright. Your brothers are...are.."she tries to find the right words, but they wouldn't come. Not, good. Clears her throat."Why don't we join them? Raphael." She calls to the irate brother. Who nearly flared up his Quirk. If she hadn't called to him. "Raphael." She says his name again.
With Leo included.
Both of them hold their breaths watching and waiting. Taking a deep breath, Raph slowly begins calming down. Withdrawing his Quirk back. A sigh a relief slipped from Momo. Nearly broke a sweat, from it. Wipes it away.
Puts on her smile and approaches Raph. Keeping her voice and words calm. "Shall we go?" She asked, meeting his slight hostile and apologetic emerald eyes. That nod yes. Glad she leads the last two over to other two. Staying close to Raph, hand on his shoulder, just in...case.
"Those Americans are interesting." A student says, watching them. "The orange one is pretty loud. Annoying a bit. I wonder what their Quirks are?"
"Did you see how the red one was? He's got a temper, haha." They chuckle. "It could honestly match you-know-who." Their smile drops from the dark snarling growl behind them.
Ashen, they turn around slowly finding the white scowling eyes of Bakugo staring at them. Swallow the nervous lump in their throat, that remained lodged. They began to choke under his stare and flaring nostrils. Puffing out hot smoke like a bull.
Holding up shaking hands with a smile to match. Try to calm him down. "O-Of course...I meant..." Crap, they couldn't think of anything.
But Bakugo did and made it known. "Those Americans ain't nothing! They're nothing but fancy excuses of bodies! Tokens! They're plain. Boring and nothing but asstards! You hear me? And that one-" he points to Raph across the other side of the room. "Is nothing compared to me! I'll wipe the floor with each and everyone of them!"
He blares. Heads instantly whip to where Americans where, especially the red one. A hush fell, wondering if he heard. It seem not. There was no reaction, good, able to breath everything went back to normal. Back to eating and enjoyment. That the students didn't noticed the crackling lighting arching back and forth between the eyes of Bakugo and Raph. Who smirks confidently at the mutant. Who returns with a snarl.
Huffing ignoring and paying no mind to any of that, there was much more important matters on another student's mind. "Who cares about all that.."Minoru tosses aside. Taking a bite of his food. "what's more important the girls. Those two. The ginger and pink one. The say America is the home of Lady Liberty and it seems Lady Liberty has come here." He smiles lewdly, followed by a dreamy and dark snicker. "I wonder what their costume will look like? Oh!" He rubs his hands together at the erotic that began to manifest in his mind. It showed on his face. "Just think.."his hands out in the air squeezing nothing. "Yes..!"
His fellow classmate sitting with him, just looks on sadly disturbed. Shaking his head. Pushes his tray away unable to eat.
Izuku felt doing the same thing too, he wasn't hungry as he should be. His eyes on the May's purple container he brought with him. Feeling it was best he not leave in class. He honestly expected her to return back within a hour. But she didn't and Mr. Aizawa didn't bother to send anyone to look for her, as he fell asleep. Not even when woke up either. She was lost, he had no doubt about that. Question was where was she lost at?
Looking to April, she too didn't seem to be in the mood for eating. She sat next to him, eyes closed, besides the slight flash of light blue under the her lids. Was she using her Quirk? She had to be. Though which one?
The mind talking or mind moving? He never did really ask her what it was called. That would have to wait. "What is she doing?" Urakaka asked looking at April. With raised brow and tilted head. "She's been like that for..."
"Ten minutes." Her friend Iida said, fixing his glasses studiously. "To be exact. The moment we sat down to get our lunches and after I of course managed to pull myself together after the lost of not winning class representative.."he pauses to hold himself together from his defeat. Not all conceiving. Collecting himself returns back to...normal. "Whatever she's doing, clearly is taking up her attention from us. Which is fine, but, at the same time is rude. I don't want to use this term but," he sighs. "Americans. Really. We have graciously invited her to eat at our table and she decides to ignore us. Instead of engaging with us in talk. I understand how this is all new to her...them. But, does America not have the dec-"
His ranting broke April's concretion. Humors him by answering his...ranting. "If you want to know," she said flatly, directed at tall and serious muscular looking teen. Eyes and all. He returns the look. "I was just trying to search for my sister. Locate her. With my..."it still felt weird saying it. "Quirk. I can normal find, we're connected like that. But, I can't."
"Why?" Urakaka wondered with interest.
April turns to petite brown hair girl, sitting next to Iida, her round brown eyes waiting and wanting to know. "Because she or better we're not really in range of each other." Urakaka wasn't fully following. So April added further explanation. Using her two pointer fingers to demonstrate. "We have to be in a certain radius in order for it work. We can sense the other one. We link in a sense. But, if we're not then we can't well..sense anything."
"Interesting." Iida said rather amazed. "So, that must be your Quirk. Telephone!"He assumes.
"What?" April cocks a brow at him. Looking him up and down. "Telephone? Why would...no! That's not it all."
To his surprise. "Really? Well, it would seem like it would. The way you described it and all. You and your sister able to sense the other. It would be a interesting Quirk, though not one that would..classify either of you as heroes. More like sidekicks..either way it-"
Urakaka quickly shushes him. "Hehe," she chuckles nervously. At April. "Sorry about that. If that's not your Quirk, then what is it? I mean, mine is Zero Gravity," she looks at her hands, mainly her finger tips. "I can..can make things float by touching them, then release them too."
"Gravity?" April guessed. "Wow, that's interesting. Kind of like my own really. See." She shows them, Iruku now his attention on her, with her hand held out a faint light blue outlined her hand. She had directed at an empty chair or chairs. They watch as they lift up on their own, with a slight twirl of the wrist they spin around. And a light dip of the wrist they set back down in their spot. The blue faded from April's hand.
The three where amazed. They were speechless. Urakaka was grinning from ear to ear. "That's so amazing! It-It's like mine!"
April smiles at her flattery. "Thanks. Yeah, it's called," she thinks about it. "Mind-over-Matter. Mr. Aizawa told me. I can as you saw, move things with my mind or communicate or sense things with my mind. Though not simultaneously. One or the other, if I do try to use them together or exceed too much...then, I kind of unpleasant migraines. Those aren't fun."
"That's pretty cool," Izuku praises speaking up. "So, that was why you weren't really that worried about finding your sister in class. Where you trying to locate her then?"
April nods. "Yeah, but, I didn't." Her voice drops with worry. "She's still lost, I know it and well...a bit..."She whistles. "Even back home when we went to school. May was, well...she got lost too. Since she was close, I was able to find her. But, this school is so vast," her eyes drown in her udon noodles. "who knows."
Izuku looks to his friends. They all felt for April. "I'm sure she'll find her way." Urakaka assures her. "Since your sisters and you both share that bond, there's no doubt in my mind that she won't find you."
"Speaking of which," Iida adds. "Please don't take this in any sort of offensive way, but, as you said," he adjust his glasses. "the two of you are sisters." April nods trying to figure out where he was getting at. "How exactly are you both sisters? If you don't mind me asking?"
And asking was what you've been doing right now. Still a bit lost, at least you made it down a few floors. Still, you hadn't found your sister or class. Calling for her didn't seem to work, nor peeping into other rooms. The few students hanging around, you went up to them to ask. But, none of them seem to know or wanted say anything. So you moved onto the next one and next one. Describing your sister and class. A description that caused quite a few to be lost and confused.
Feeling defeated sigh and slump down on the steps, your stomach growled. Just a bit. Wonderful you where in need of fuel. And you didn't have any at this groaning bury your face in the clothes on your lap. Didn't notice or realize some one walking over.
Till they spoke to you. "Hey, you're that new girl? Aren't you?" A deep calm voice asked. "Are you lost?"
Lifting your head, meet aloof heterochromia eyes one of grey and the other turquoise staring at you, belong to a relatively tall teenage boy around Izuku's and nearly everyone's age in class including your own, with short two-tone hair evenly split down the middle. White on one side and red on the other. There was burn scar over his left eye.
You weren't sure who he was, but, it seem that he knew who you where. You hadn't answered his question, so he repeats it. "You're that new girl, from America right?" You nod. He repeats the rest. "Are you lost?"
You give it a thought. A pretty long thought. Slightly testing his patience. It came out in a sigh. That was interrupted by the growling of your stomach. His eyes drop to it. Instantly your arms wrap around it and you fall over a bit.
"Let me guess, you're hungry too." He sighs, shoving his hands in his pockets. "How long have been-never mind." He self answers the question. "So you are lost and you've been in these halls for quite some time. No wonder you never made it back to class."
The second he mention classed you sprung from your spot, startling him, he nearly stumbled back if he didn't catch his footing. "You are from class of 1-A!?" you asked with a joyful smile.
It was rather smothering. "Y..Yes." He answers.
Throwing your arms up happy to hear, jump up and remain floating. To his surprise. Even more so when you instantly grabbed his hands in yours squeezing them (almost felt like crushing). And getting rather in his personal space, causing him to jerk back slightly.
"I am pleased to hear that!" you exclaim rather loud, causing a few heads to turn and see. "It is wonderful to see a familiar face," you stop for a moment. "well not an actual familiar face. Since I did not get a chance to register your facial recognition, within my memory bank." You began to trail off. "But none the less it is truly wonderful! I am May O'Neil! And you are?"
He's mouth closes for a moment, looks down. "Can I have my hands back?" He asked.
Looking down too, you had forgotten about that and let them go. Settle yourself back to the ground. "I apologize. I can get rather excited at times. But, please," you calm down. "your name?"
Your stomach growls at that exact moment. He was about to answer. It growls again when he tries, again. And your whining didn't help. Or hungry body tremors either. He sighs, lunch was soon wrapping up and you needed something. Turning away from you looks around the hall, spot across the way a vending machine. Thumbs over to it.
"Hey, come on, there's a vending machine over there." He informs you.
Following the direction he pointed see it. Smile. "Fuel." Hoping down the few stairs walk to it, staggering a bit. Manage and continue walking. Noticing the lack of energy in you and fearing something else, he decides to follow you. Just to be safe.
A choice that was right, because the second you reached the vending machine, you had no money.
Of course.
Taking out some money himself treats you. "What do you want?" he asked.
There where so many selection to choose from, it was hard to chose. You wanted something from the top row, then something from the middle and two things from the last. There was also something to drink too, you needed to get.
Stuck on a decision, finally make it. "That one, please." Point to the item in the middle the row. Press the combination and just as it started to come, a warning alarmed blared all throughout the school.