Chapter 13: R&R

A/N:
Hey guys, hope you enjoy this chapter, it is going to start the slow burn between Sen and Jirou, hopefully it runs well as I am not too good with fluff.
Let me know!

"So, how are you feeling man?" Kaminari asks as I let him into my apartment a full day after the sports festival. "Honestly, I have felt worse" I say this yet I am bandaged up and have some bandages on my burnt side.

"I was going to ask, if you wanted to do anything today but..." "Yea I am on strict orders to not really be out in the sun until tomorrow since Recovery Girl is going to visit me later" I explain as we sit down on the couch.

He nods and sighs "Glad you won the festival but man, Bakugo really did a number on you and I'm surprised by that" I flip on the TV and it has the 2nd years sports festival with highlights from the prior day's festival.

"Well, I honestly could have dodged out of his initial attack and ended it quick, but I felt he needed to be humbled a bit", sighing I continue on, "I have seen one to many heroes go bad due to their over inflated ego, or lose their lives due to them not knowing what to do."

Kaminari looks to me and sighs, "Thats the world now, some people just get their ass kissed so much they don't know what their limits are, but hey at least they are fearless right?" He shrugs watching the reporters actually dive into my match with Bakugo.

"Well, being fearless is also partially the problem Denki" "Say what now?" Kaminari looks at me like I'm crazy, "Being fearless is part of the problem how? I thought being a hero meant diving head first into dangerous situations no matter how scary the situation is."

"You are half right, that is a part of the job but feeling fear is also just as important." He looks at me with a blank face basically telling me to continue, and even does the 'go on' hand gesture. "Right right, anyways, feeling fear makes you well aware of where you stand, it shows you your limits"

I take a breath knowing this is going to be a long explanation, "Knowing your limits by fear lets you not get in way over your head into something you cannot come out of. Being fearless and using the fear to guide you are two different things." He still looks at me like I'm not making sense.

"Of for fucks sa- a small dog running up to a big dog with no fear, not a good match up, right?" He nods, "Small dog knows fear so they either keep away from a fight they can't win, or go get backup or play it smart instead of just going in head first." I explain as finally the light bulb goes off.

"Ooooh! Okay that makes sense" he says as we turn back to the TV. "Young Transfer student Sen Denryu, age 16 is actually a transfer student from America, he was an active hero in the States, ranking is currently unknown." "Seems he needed to come down to Japan for some reason or another, I hope it wasn't to beat up on some students"

One of the reporters is seemingly playing devil's advocate about my status of being a pro. "Well, I can't say that would be the case, look at this match here" another reporter pulls up my fight with Izuku. "If you analyze this fight he is seemingly teaching and training his class mates as he fights, and he does seemingly struggle so maybe he wanted to come here for a refresher."

Kaminari turns down the volume, "So by the way, where did you go after the awards ceremony yesterday? We were going to do a whole celebration thing for you, but you just took off." Kaminari asks as I flash back to yesterday.

"So Sen, I want to know" Aizawa tosses my file down in front of me with a skinny blonde man, and Nezu all around in a secure room. "Why are you here when back home, you were ranked 8th out of all young hero's currently registered in the US." He comes right out with it as I sigh and study the room.

"Before I answer may I ask one question?" "Go ahead" Nezu answers as I look to the blonde man, "Who is this guy?" as said man coughs a bit but smiles "I am Toshinori Yagi, representative for Allmight as he unfortunately stepped out"

I look and scratch my head, 'Something doesn't seem exactly right here but I'll roll with it.' I tell myself, "Well Sensei, I am here because I feel like I still have much to learn about being a hero, and the comment about America being my home, while is somewhat correct, my heart never left Japan."

"I did not come here as a vacation if that is what you're thinking, yes you could view it as me running away from my failure that caused the death of a teammate" I say bluntly as Toshinori winces, but both Aizawa and Nezu who have read my file and know of said incident don't even flinch.

"I am not trying to have a repeat of the situation, in where I freeze due to my inexperience or even make a rash decision before knowing all the possible outcomes. I came home here to Japan and here to UA, to learn how to become a proper hero." Toshinori speaks up at this point.

"You do know that it wasn't your fault correct? Young Denryu" "Sen please", I insist, "And yes, I do know that, it doesn't make it any easier. I blame myself for letting the situation happen, but I also know my teammate died with a smile on his face not blaming me." I lean back in my chair and look to the ceiling.

"I actually only learned that after making some new friends here and seeing a different perspective of things, that I would have never seen if I had stayed." Sighing I lean forward again, "So what am I seeking to gain here? Redemption? Maybe, Knowledge, absolutely. The chance to help make a hero better than I could ever hope to be? Yes"

This answer has all 3 men blink a bit in surprise, "Why are you saying it like that, why not focus on yourself?" Nezu asks me scratching his chin. "Well because I am always going to be giving it my 100 and 10 percent in everything I do here, if its training, helping my fellow classmates, or even doing Hero work when my transfer for my license goes through. I know I will improve over time"

"However, if I can help my classmates clear hurdles I had trouble climbing over, I know I can have someone who can watch my back when needed, take the lead when asked, and be the hero I couldn't be in that moment." I say with plenty of emotion hidden behind a soft smile.

"Then God damn it, I am going to take a step back and have a learning experience from a new perspective and grow to be a better hero... to be a better person from all this." I say smiling at the three men.

The three men in question all look at each other as Aizawa actually smiles, "I was nervous about how you would answer truthfully Sen, however that was a good answer. Go ahead and go home, you have earned a rest." "Thank you Sensei, Nezu, and it was nice meeting you Toshinori sir." I bow my head and leave the room.

Unbeknownst to me, the three men begin to talk and discuss my answer. "I am a bit sadden that Young Sen has had to make such hard decisions at such a young age" Yagi says sighing watching me walk down the hall.

"It is unfortunate yes, however based on this conversation he is a bright young man" Nezu smiles taking a sip of his tea. "Indeed, I would not mind having him as a student or even an intern if I did that" Aizawa says as Yagi chuckles. "Seems we have a good leader and he doesn't even fully know it yet."

As back in the present

"Well, Nezu, and Aizawa wanted to have a word with the winner of the festival" I say chuckling weakly scratching my head. "Oh, that makes sense" As we hear a knock at the door, "huh where you expecting company?" I shake my head, "No truth be told I wasn't even expecting you Denki."

I get up to go check the door and hear a few different voices, "He is awake right?" "Should be I hear movement inside." "Maybe we need to knock harder?" it's the voices of Izuku, Jirou, and Uraraka. "I am awake no need" I chuckle softly opening the door as they all jump a bit.

"Hey guys, coming to check on me?" Izuku and Uraraka nod, "Yea Jirou had the idea to check up on you since you were so injured the other day" Uraraka says nudging Jirou with a laugh as Jirou herself nods and hides a small blush behind a confident smile.

"Yea, wanted to make sure 'my hero' was okay after coming to my defense yesterday." She says in a teasing tone as I blink and blush. "So, you heard about that huh?" I laugh a bit letting them come in as Kaminari walks over.

"Yea Kaminari told me that you got pissed Bakugo went overboard on me." Jirou says pointing to Kaminari. "Who did what now?" Kami asks waving as everyone comes in. "Ah well, yea you're one of my closest friends here in Japan so I would want to defend you." I try and play it off a bit as Kaminari facepalms, and Jirou rolls her eyes.

"Mhm by the way, do you need help changing your bandages?" "Oh yea, Momo apologizes that she couldn't be here, her family had something planned for today." Uraraka mentions as Izuku and Kaminari go back to watching TV sitting down as we make our way into the living room.

"I'll text her later that I appreciate that, and yea it's just about time. You don't mind?" I look at Jirou a tad confused, "Yea of course, I wouldn't have asked otherwise" She gives a small grin as Uraraka goes around the room to look at my decorations a bit more since last time she was there she didn't have time to really look at everything.

"Aww Jirou you do ca- Gack!" Kaminari got a jack to the eyeball for the teasing, "Shut it Jammey whey" She huffs with a pink tint dusting her cheeks as Uraraka spots a plaque hanging from my wall as me and Jirou head into the bathroom to change my bandages.

"Thank you Jirou, you really didn't have to" I say smiling as I'm sitting on a stool as she starts taking off the old bandages. "Hey it's no worries, I may have said it to tease you a bit earlier, but you are my hero dude. I can't have my hero running around with disgusting bandages now can I?" She smiles softly as she says that as she has her jacks winding around me to make the process of taking off my bandages easier.

While she is doing this, I can't help but stare into her Onyx colored eyes, with that smile on her face, I swear I haven't really seen much anything more beautiful than that. *THUMP THUMP THUMP* My heart beat seemingly skips a beat when I look at her entire face.

"You okay dude? You heart sounds crazy?" She looks concerned as I can't help a blush coming up to my face as I smile but decide to shake my head. "Yea just a bit nervous to see how everything looks underneath" I say as Jirou finally takes off the last bandage and she can see all the red irritated skin, some heat blisters, and some minor bruises and cuts.

"Damn dude... you took one hell of a beating" She says wincing as she goes to find the burn cream to apply onto me. "Well yea, like Kami said, I was pissed about how harsh he was onto you, so I may have gone a bit overboard to try and teach him a lesson... worth it every time though." I say with a chuckle as she comes back.

"Oh yea? Why is that?" She asks gingerly applying the burn cream as I smile and decide to tease her back. "Well, I have a very cute girl taking care of me right now, and she happens to be my friend so it's a win win." I say sticking out my tongue partially, as in Jirou's mind a record needle scratches, 'he thinks I'm cute?!'

She gets a blush on her face as she looks at me and I can't help but smile up at her. "You're just saying that so I don't be rough with you" She huffs and shakes her head. 'He is just teasing me, not like its true other than the friend part anyways' she says with a soft internal sigh, as I chuckle and shake my head. "I may have said it to tease you but it's the truth."

As this time, it's her turn for her heart to seemingly skip a beat, but thankfully unlike her I can't hear it, but with her touching me, I do feel the current of her electricity seemingly spike for a split second. "We-well thank you, now let's finish up in here and get you patched up" She blushes applying new bandages.

As soon as we walk out, I see Izuku fanboying over the plaque that Uraraka found as Kaminari is seemingly crying. "We never stood a chance! He is so overpowered!" he cries out as Jirou and me blink confused as Izuku rushes over to me.

"You are the number 8 young hero in America?!" his eyes are sparkling as he asks me these questions as Uraraka looks back and forth from me to the plaque as Jirou's eyes seemingly bulge out of her head for a second. "Wait what?" She asks as I chuckle nervously.

"Yea, I was" I admit as Kami seemingly cries harder as Izuku rushes to his notebook to input some new data in it and even asks me for an autograph. "Come on guys, I said I was, I'm not technically anymore." I try to play it down as Izuku eyes continue to sparkle as Uraraka walks over.

"Thank you for teaching us American Number 8" She bows very respectful like as I sweat. "Oh lord" as I take a moment to sit everyone down and talk about my previous ranking and the situation with that. "So, you're still technically number 8 but they are holding the spot for a year, however if you don't return during that timeframe for a year and perform any kind of hero work you will be dropped out?" Izuku asks taking some notes.

"Yea that about sums it up." I nod as Jirou gently bites onto her jacks thinking as she sits next to me, "So let me get this straight, you are number 2 in terms of high-profile jobs done and cases solved, number 7 in popularity, 11 in terms of power, and 9th based on looks?" She asks confused as I chuckle.

"Yes, ma'am that would be correct" "So why the hell are you 8th? Americas ranking hardly make any sense!" Uraraka says as it seems like this is a tragedy, I am not ranked higher. "America probably has a different kind of ranking system than us" Kaminari says scratching his chin.

"Yea, they take power and looks in America very seriously apparently, so that's where I got shafted in terms of ranking" I laugh as I go to get some snacks for us as Urarakas stomach growls a little loudly. "Like I said though, those records are sealed for the moment due to Tony being the number 2 Hero overall in America, plus he has the money to be able to seal it up... at least until I drop from the registry then I become a part of the American history lessons."

I explain as Izuku nods, "it makes sense to have them sealed as if people here heard about that, there may be public outrage about your participation in the sports festival." He says more so to himself as I agree. "That is part of the reason we sealed those records, but if I'm being honest, you all could easily be in the top 50 of the charts in America."

I say that so non-chalantly that I do not notice the seemingly pin drop and continue on, "Yea and you Izuku, I feel like you could even be in the top 25 if not top 20 soon" I say as Izuku nearly tears up at this. "You, you really believe in us that much?!" He asks holding back tears as I nod.

I come back with a few apple slices, orange slices, and some nut mixes but for Uraraka I come back with what seems like a lunch plate for her. "I don't just believe in you all, I know so especially after training, fighting and watching you all."

Izuku lets a few tears go, as Kaminari does a little fist bump with himself, Uraraka smiles happily hearing how much confidence I have in them, and Jirou she gets a decently big smile and leans back seemingly relaxing a bit at this news.

"Thank you Sen... so much" Izuku says and gives me a thumbs up. "Yea, we will make you proud brother!" Kami says rolling to sit upside down on the couch, "We will show you, that your faith in us isn't wrongly put!" Uraraka says laughing as Jirou gently nudges me.

"Gotta be a hero for my hero too you know" she has a small blush but it is behind a soft smirk at me. "You guys" I can't help but laugh and smile, however before I can sit down and enjoy my snacks. Another knock at the door is heard.

"Oh, come on who is it now?" I say getting up to go answer the door as when I open it everyone just heard me being tackled to the ground. "SEN!" Everyone comes running to my aid and to try and protect me, Izuku with his green sparks active, Kaminari crackling with energy, Uraraka lifting a replica Thors Hammer ready to throw it (it is at least a good 200 lbs.), and Jirou having her jacks primed and ready only to find...

"Guys woah what the hell?!" I say laughing as my old team has dog piled me with Peter leading the charge. "Sorry kid, after seeing your win they got all riled up." Tony says stepping over the pile as he makes his way into my apartment.

"Hey everyone nice to see you again" He waves as my old team is all laughs and looks up to make eye contact with my new friends, as Jirou, Izuku, Uraraka, and Kaminari all think, 'Is his old team always this rough?'

A/N:
There we have it, my old team meeting up with the new friends
How will this meeting go down? It'll be fine right?
Also, one more kind of cool down chapter, I didn't want to make this
one too long. So, introductions and such will be done next chapter
Please review! Have a Good Night/Day