In Hatsume and Melissa's lab...
Midoriya and Ladybug were really enjoying themselves. Melissa was surprised at how amazing Ladybug was and kept at it with showing off her inventions. Even Hatsume noticed them having all the fun over there.
"Do you mind? I'm trying to work on my baby here!" Hatsume called out.
"Sorry, Hatsume," Midoriya said back to her, "We'll be heading back to the dormitory soon anyway."
Hatsume zoomed over to them way faster than Midoriya expected. She was so close to his face that it made him a little uncomfortable.
"I would actually like you to try out my latest invention!" Hatsume said to him a little too loudly.
Before Midoriya knew it, he was wearing something a little too big on him. It looked like some sort of chest plate, but with weird bulky shapes.
"This baby can protect from anything! It even has some features in it that can bulk up and protect your muscles," Hatsume explained really fast.
"Thank you Hatsume, but I really don't need anything new to my costume," Midoriya tried to explain, "Besides, most of your inventions don't really work well with my costume. They usually malfunction or explode."
"But you wear my gauntlets all the time now," Hatsume said back, "Those do wonders for your fighting skills! I've seen you fighting, those gauntlets work like a charm!"
"B-But... Hatsume..."
Midoriya got a little flustered when she started to feel his muscles. Ladybug was a little confused as to why Hatsume was all over Midoriya.
"Ooh! Your muscles got stronger than the last time I saw you!" Hatsume said to him.
"Uhh... Hatsume, what are you doing?" Melissa asked her.
"What does it look like I'm doing. I'm feeling his muscles," Hatsume explained, "He's a lot stronger than he looks."
"H-Hatsume, please stop," Midoriya said to her, still a little flustered, "I-I have a girlfriend."
Midoriya felt Hatsume step away pretty quickly, but still wanted him to wear the invention. She even grabbed another invention and tried to get him into another one. Melissa stepped between them to try to slow things down a bit.
"Hatsume. Why don't you go work on the portal?" Melissa asked her, "These two are tired. They need their rest."
Hatsume put down the invention with a big smile and went right back to work.
"Sure! I can easily get more finished, but I still need to figure out that whole battery thing!" Hatsume said out loud.
Melissa let out a long sigh and helped Midoriya out of the chest plate. Midoriya put it down with the rest of the inventions and definitely felt pretty tired already.
"Why don't I walk with you guys back to the dormitory?" Melissa asked them, "You two look like you could use some rest right about now."
"Yeah. I am feeling a bit tired after that long fight," Ladybug said to her, "I could use some rest. I hope Mr. Aizawa is okay with us staying the dormitory. I wouldn't want anyone feeling uncomfortable."
"I'm sure Mr. Aizawa has figured out what to do now at this point," Midoriya said back to her, "I'm just worried about your secret identity. Don't you have to detransform? You haven't done that in a while."
"Detransform?" Melissa pointed out.
Ladybug knew that this would come up sooner or later. Since she was in a different Japan, it might be best to toss that aside so things don't get complicated. Especially when people will start questioning how Marinette or Adrien got here.
"I wear these earrings known as Miraculous," Ladybug explained as she showed Melissa her earrings, "It's what gives me superpowers and this hero costume. It's what makes me... well, Ladybug."
Melissa's eyes sparkled, realizing how amazing this was. Then it clicked with her.
"Wait... So you're quirkless? Like me?" Melissa asked her.
"Sort of..." Ladybug said, remembering the fact that she still had a bit of One for All absorbed in her Miraculous, "It's complicated."
"This is amazing!" Melissa cried out, "So you're the Symbol of Peace in your Paris, and you're quirkless? This is huge!"
"I mean, I guess it would be in your Japan," Ladybug said to her, "There aren't so many heroes as there are in your Japan. I just got here, but I can already that what Izuku told me is true."
"That's crazy!" Melissa cried out, "I can't imagine not having all of these superheroes around. It's just kind of thing here, and no one really thinks much of it."
"Melissa's right," Midoriya said, "Once AllMight retired, everyone stepped up as pro heroes to look after everyone. Even the number two hero became the number one, Endeavor."
"Endeavor? You've never mentioned this Endeavor hero before," Ladybug said to him.
"That's because I don't exactly like him," Midoriya said, remembering what he did to Todoroki when he was little, "He's actually Todoroki's father."
Ladybug's eyes widened, realizing the kind of quirk he must have. Just by that alone, she knew that he must've been pretty powerful.
"Wow, I didn't know that. Shouto never said anything about him," Ladybug said to him, "All he ever mentioned was something about his mom."
Ladybug could tell that whatever happened with Todoroki, Midoriya was a little uncomfortable talking about it. She didn't want him talking about it if he was uncomfortable. Besides, this was Todoroki's family, not his.
"W-We should probably head out," Ladybug said, trying to change the subject.
"Ladybug, don't you need to recharge your Miraculous?" Midoriya asked her, "I'm sure Tikki needs something to eat."
She stumbled a little place, remembering what she had to do.
"Oh, right," Ladybug said to him, "Tikki, Spots off."
Ladybug detransformed as a pink glow surrounded her, shocking Melissa. Once she was back into her civilian outfit, Tikki floated right beside her. Tikki spotted Melissa and Hatsume gave Marinette a dirty look.
"Marinette... You told more people your secret identity. This is getting way out of hand," Tikki said to her.
"I'm sorry, Tikki. But you have to eat," Marinette said back as she reached into her pocketbook.
Tikki let out a long sigh and noticed Melissa's eyes sparkling once she saw the Kwami floating.
"Oh my gosh! You are so cute!" Melissa cried out, "So, you must give Marinette her superpowers. That's really quite fascinating. How does it work exactly?"
Marinette gave Tikki a macaron and began to eat it.
"W-Well, my holder just has to say the transformation words, and I give her said powers," Tikki explained with a mouth full of macaron, "My name is Tikki, the Kwami of Creation. It's nice to meet you, huh...?"
"Melissa! You can call me Melissa," She introduced to the Kwami, "This is the coolest I've ever seen!"
Midoriya smiled, so happy to see Melissa really enjoying her time here at U.A. He could tell that she was really going to enjoy it here, especially with all of Ladybug's teammates settling down at the dormitory. Then Midoriya noticed Hatsume looking up to see Tikki floating in the air. He had a bad feeling about this, so he dragged Marinette and Melissa out of here.
"Maybe we should go," Midoriya said to them quietly, "I don't think Hatsume would be able to handle something like this."
"Yeah, you're probably right," Melissa said back.
They all ran out of the lab before Hatsume could process what she just saw. Tikki floated alongside Marinette as she finished the macaron. Once they got far enough, they slowed down a bit and felt like they could relax.
"That was a close one," Melissa said to them, "I'm pretty sure Hatsume would've put Tikki in a jar or something."
"Don't worry about that," Tikki said she swallowed the last bit of the macaron, "I can phase through walls and anything else for that matter. No one capture a Kwami, not even on camera. If someone could do that, we would've been found out a long time ago."
Melissa's eyes sparkled even more as they headed towards Class 1-A dormitory. Midoriya couldn't stop looking at how happy Melissa was here. He was so glad that she was already making such amazing inventions in U.A. As they headed back, he noticed how quiet things got between them. No one said anything as they got closer to the front doors. Midoriya even noticed that Melissa was thinking about something, but didn't say anything.
"So Deku, you have a girlfriend?" Melissa asked him out of no where.
Midoriya stopped in his tracks, not expecting her to say something like that. He felt his cheeks heat up and didn't know what to say.
"Y-Yeah. I do," Midoriya said back, "We actually got together in Paris."
"That's great. I'm really happy for you," Melissa said with a big smile, "You deserve to be with someone who likes you for who you are."
Midoriya felt himself getting a flustered, and he didn't understand why.
"Let me guess, Ochaco isn't it?" Melissa asked him, "I could tell that she liked you from the moment I met her."
Midoriya was surprised that she figured it out so fast. He still felt a little flustered as they walked towards the dormitory.
"Y-Yeah. It is," Midoriya confessed, "She's pretty amazing. When we were stuck in Paris, I didn't think that we'd ever be dating."
"I'm really glad that you're going out with her. She seems really nice. The last time I saw her, she was pretty strong and could definitely hold her own," Melissa said to him.
Midoriya smiled, thinking about what it was like back on I-Island. He then remembered how Uraraka helped them a lot to get to the top of the building. If it weren't for her, then they wouldn't have defeated that villain. He felt himself relax once he realized how much really admired her.
"Yeah. She is pretty strong, isn't she?" Midoriya said back without thinking about it.
Melissa noticed what he said and was just so happy to finally see them together.
"I can't wait to talk to her when we get back to the dormitory," Melissa said to him, "I'm sure she was surprised to see me."
They finally made it out of the school building and walked outside. They all noticed that it was starting to get dark out. Marinette soon transformed back into Ladybug, and Midoriya knew that her secret identity wasn't going to last very long. They all headed back, and Ladybug and Melissa talked about fashion designing back in Paris. Melissa was surprisingly interested in what she was talking about. Ladybug even talked about some of her designs and that she wished that she brought some of them with her. Melissa talked about her inventions and how hard it was to make them without her dad around. Midoriya felt bad, but then realized that her coming here really helped her get back up on her feet.
Once they finally got to the dormitory, Midoriya wondered what everyone was up to. With Ladybug's teammates settling down in there, he hoped that nothing crazy was going on. They opened the door and found everyone laughing and watching TV. Some of them were even grabbing some snacks in the kitchen.
"Hey! It's Midoriya!" Kirishima cried out.
Everyone turned around to see their friend and classmate coming in with Ladybug and Melissa. Cat Noir came running towards Ladybug with a big smile and picked her up. She did not expect that as he spun her around.
"Hey, milady! I missed you," Cat Noir said to her with a smirk, "Did you miss me?"
Ladybug felt herself blushing with everyone staring at them.
"Cat Noir, I wasn't even gone for that long," Ladybug said back.
She looked down at him while he held her. He had these pouty lips and big round eyes that were desperate for some sort of affection. She couldn't help but laugh at his cute face and embraced him.
"Of course I missed you, kitty," Ladybug said to him with a smile.
Most of Class 1-A felt something from them once they hugged and couldn't help but absolutely love them together. Once they got out of their embrace, Midoriya noticed Uraraka sitting on one of the couches in the common room. She looked at him with such beautiful eyes that he too felt like picking her up and spinning her around. He walked up to her, feeling himself smiling once he saw her.
"H-Hey Ochaco," Midoriya said to her, "I hope you settled in pretty well."
Uraraka looked behind him to see Melissa coming up to her. Midoriya noticed something about her felt a little different as Melissa came over to them.
"I settled in okay," Uraraka said to him, "I was just wondering what you were up to."
"Hey Ochaco," Melissa said to her, "I'm sure you remember me from I-Island. Sorry for hugging your boyfriend like that."
"Boyfriend?!" Some of their classmates cried out in unison.
"I didn't know you and Midoriya were dating? No wonder you were je--"
Jirou interrupted Kaminari with an almost ear jab with her earphone jack. Uraraka felt her cheeks warm up and so did Midoriya. They totally forgot that not everyone knew about them being together.
"Y-Yeah. We're kind of dating," Midoriya said to them.
Uraraka looked at Melissa, and Midoriya noticed her feeling more relaxed as she held his hand. Melissa smiled at them, and Midoriya could tell Uraraka felt much better.
"I'm really happy for you two," Melissa said with a smile, "You really deserve it, Ochaco."
Midoriya spotted Uraraka getting a flustered and smiled at her. Then he noticed his backpack on the floor, surprised to see it here.
"Wait, how is this here?" Midoriya asked as he opened it.
"I grabbed it before we left Paris," Uraraka explained to him, "I knew that there were things in there that were pretty important. I didn't want you to leave them behind."
Midoriya looked through his things, and then spotted something that he totally forgot about. He pulled out a box of macarons, and Ladybug and Cat Noir noticed it too.
"You brought us macarons! Can I have one?" Kaminari asked him.
"Sorry Denki, but these aren't exactly regular macarons," Ladybug said to him, "I can't believe that we almost forgot these. Ochaco, thank you so much for grabbing these. We really need these."
"Wait, what do you mean they aren't regular macarons?" Sero asked her.
Ladybug asked Midoriya if she could check on them. He gave them to her, and she made sure they were all okay. They looked a little shaken up, but weren't crumbled or anything like that.
"Good thing we have these. I might be able to make more, but I'd have to do it by memory since I don't have the recipes with me," Ladybug said to Midoriya.
"But I haven't even tried them," Midoriya said to her, then realizing that his Miraculous wasn't here.
He looked down at his belt, really upset and worried about his Miraculous and Dekku. Ladybug noticed and wondered if he could still try it. He did have the quirk before it was a Miraculous.
"I don't even have my Miraculous anymore," Midoriya said to her.
"Yes, but maybe it might still work," Ladybug said to him with a spark in her eyes, "You had your quirk way before you had a Miraculous. Maybe we can still try it to see if the macaron will activate a quirk inside of One for All."
Midoriya's eyes widened as he looked down at the macarons.
"Wait, so it's really true? Midoriya has more than one quirk?" Tokoyami asked them.
"Yeah. We found out while we were figuring out how his Miraculous works," Ladybug explained.
"Ladybug. Doesn't this mean we can see if we have any of those quirks, too?" Cat Noir asked her really eagerly.
"I guess so. I just don't want to waste any of this. These are Izuku's upgrades," Ladybug explained to him.
Everyone that wasn't a a part of this were on the edge of their seats, really curious as to what was going on. Even Kaminari and Mineta were very much interested in all of this. Ladybug handed Midoriya his macarons back.
"You can try it if you want to. Just, don't waste it," Ladybug said to him, "Maybe it'll help bring your quirk back."
Midoriya nodded and took them back from her. He looked at all of them with bright eyes, wondering if it might actually work.
His quirk One for All could possibly come back.
Another amazing chapter!
I love Melissa so much, so I'm glad that I added her especially with Marinette around!
Midoriya and Marinette are finally hanging out with Melissa and Hatsume! It looks like the portal is being built by Hatsume and Melissa! Things are starting to settle down, but Midoriya's quirk seems to be coming back. Who knows, he may even have one of the quirks. Ladybug and Cat Noir possibly have one as well?!
What's going to happen next??
More to come soon!
