Black shirt. Check. Blue jeans. Check. Black gloves. Check. Googles. Check. Shoes. Check. Phone and wallet. Double check. Backpack full of babies to show Midoriya. Triple check! With everything checked on the list, I walk downstairs and head to the front door.

"Okay mommy, daddy, I'm leaving now!"

"Bye sweetie! Have fun!

"Bye princess, and don't walk into any alleyways!"

"I won't, I promise! Bye Sprocket!"

"Bark!"

I left through the door and began my way to the train station. Yesterday was fun and exhausting. Mostly thrilling, though. Version I was created, and I got to test it out against some of the best heroes and worst villains, though they were powered down duplicates. Though Version I has a nice set-up, I can already tell it is weak and outclassed if I were to take it out into the real world. But then again, I am not trying to be a hero yet. The main purpose of Version I is to help set me up in the Sports Festival. If I have to say who I am most worried about, it would have to be Midoriya, Bakugo, and Todoroki.

I get to the train station and check my phone. Nothing yet.

I feel the nanites on my goggles crawl a bit before some of them go down my arm and onto my phone. I received a text and it is from Tony. Sheesh, nanites are awesome little things aren't they?

Tony: So, going on a date with a boy and a girl huh? Now would be the perfect time to figure out if you are straight, lesbian, or bisexual.

Me: What is wrong with you?

Tony: I've been stuck in the internet for decades! Try figuring out something fun to do when you already have the codes and glitches to beat every game in here!

Me: Can't you create your own problems?

Tony: Yeah. I corrected every single one, including some that weren't even mine.

Me: Sheesh. Must be hard knowing everything to every problem.

Tony: It is. Anyways, expect Mina to be late.

Me: Why?

Tony: She just woke up.

Me: Are you spying on her?!

Tony: I wouldn't call it spying if I am able to see into every camera on the planet all at once unwillingly.

Me: That is beyond disturbing and creepy.

Tony: As for Midoriya, he is in panic mode. I think it just hit him that is going somewhere with friends, and those friends so happen to be girls. He is worried about how others will perceive him and if any guys will ask him how he managed to get two girls?

I hold back a laugh. That is just ridiculous to think about, but then again, Midoriya does come off as that type of person who cares about how others see him.

Tony: Now this is hilarious. The kid is having an anxiety attack about what should he do or say if someone asks him if one of you is his girlfriend. Did this kid ever have friends?

If he didn't have any friends, then that is another thing we have in common. But over reacting? Our form is different. I overreact to things that interest me; it seems that Midoriya overreacts to…everything. Though Tony is right about one thing, the part where Midoriya is trying to figure out what to say people about those type of questions are pretty funny. My train arrives and I hop on it.

Me: Hey Tony, I think today is just about relaxing with others. I'll ttyl.

Tony: You'll what?

Me: Talk to you later.

Tony: I know what it means, but I hate stupid things like that. Speak like how you talk to a person when communicating with me.

Me: Whatever. I'll see you soon.

Tony: Have fun, Pinky.

I love talking to Tony, but I also feel relief to be rid of him for a day. Like I say, he is a jackass and that gets really annoying, very fast. With that being said, I take a pair of earbuds, put them on, and start listening to music. Tony recommended me some artists from his time, so I guess I'll give one of them a try. AC/DC looks good, and Highway to Hell sounds like a good title to a song.

The ride took about thirty minutes, and within those thirty minutes, I think I found one of my favorite bands ever in AC/DC. I really love the songs Thunderstruck and Hells Bells. I didn't understand Big Balls, but for reason I could not stop listening to it. It was so bizzare and out of the ordinary that it was just to confusing to skip, or at least I think that is my reason. I will always be baffled by that song, but it doesn't change my feeling towards the band.

I arrived at my stop, got of the train, and walked towards the mall. The Kiyashi Ward Shopping mall in Musutafu is a popular outdoor mall in Japan, many tourists from around the world come to see it. It may look like your average mall, but no galleria has more hero merchandise than these ones, including rare and even timeless items such as a silver aged vintage rare All Might collectable or even WWII Captain America trading cards. It had everything, so maybe that's why when I approached the front entrance I was not surprised to see Midoriya looking at the mall like a child tasting ice cream for the first time.

"Hiya Midoriya!" I yell out to him from behind, making him jump in surprise. He had his hands in a weird angle as both were covering his body like if he was trying not to get hit.

Midoriya stopped his pose, but kept a flustered face on once he recognized it was me, "Oh! H-h-hi Hatsume." Midoriya responded. He was wearing a blue shirt that said 'All Might' on it, blue jeans, and red heavy-duty boots.

I smile at him and sit on the bench that is nearby, "When did you arrive?"

"Uhh…about ten minutes ago."

"Sheesh, aren't you an early bird?" I thought Tony told me he was having panic attacks at home, unless he lives near.

"Y-y-yeah. Though my house isn't far from here, so I just walked over here." I am correct.

I smile more before I take off my backpack, "Hey! While we wait for Mina, let me show you my babies!" I say to Midoriya as he sits next to me. "Need a lift in the air? Wanna know how flying feels without endangering yourself?! Introducing the Hover Soles!" I say as I pull out a pair of hover boots from my backpack.

Midoriya takes them and looks around all over them. "Wow! I remember these from your notebook! They look impressive!"

"Really?!" I ask him with a bigger smile, inching somewhat closer to him.

Midoriya beams in delight,"Yeah! They remind me of the pro hero Levitate! His feet act as hover boots for him!" Midoriya deduces as I then pull out another baby.

"Tired of buying batteries, or having some that just fuse out too quickly?! Well, allow me to 'cell' you this new battery called, 'Zest!' It never runs out of power, and I am surprised no one has ever bothered to invent such a thing!" I say to Midoriya as I am very proud of my baby. I pull out a D-Size battery and give it to him.

"Well…" Midoriya then looks at me with a thinking face, "If these batteries never run out, and if you sell them at a price where everyone can buy them, then the battery companies will run out of business and many people will lose their jobs. I don't think someone never had the idea nor the brains to invent it, it is just how much of a negative impact it would have on people's lives who need those jobs to support themselves and their families."

I open my mouth to protest, but close it. Midoriya is right, but he didn't have to shut down my baby completely like that. "Okay fine." I say, swiping my baby from him. "How about this one then?!" I pull out a pen. Wait...a pen? I look at it oddly.

"Hatsume. That's a pen." Midoriya tells me.

"I know it is! But...why is it in my invention backpack?" I scratch my head before I click the clicker on top of it, and suddenly a bright light emits from it as Midoriya and I yelp in surprise. The flash isn't directed at us, but it did flash an unlucky person. I was expecting to be chatized right now, but oddly enough I wasn't.

"Huh…why am I here again?" The random civilian said as they shrugged their shoulders and walked away.

Midoriya and I had looked at the person for a moment before a huge grin was placed over my face, "Oh my gosh! I created the Neuralyzer from the movie series, 'Men in Black!'" I laugh a little and smile sheepishly, "I guess I might have used it on myself that I forgot about it! Oopsies!" I say as Midoriya is looking at me funny.

"Hatsume, I think you should put that away before you make someone else forget what they are going to do." He tells me as I do so.

"Fiiiine." I put it away and put my backpack on the ground. "Gosh, what is taking that girl so long?" As I say that, both of our phones ring as we pull them out and look at it.

Mina: I am so sorry I am running late! I woke up late! Don't let me slow you down; you two have fun! I'll text you when I am near!

I put my phone away, "Well you heard the pink alien, lets go have some fun!" I jump from the bench, grab Midoriya by the wrist, and pull him up. I proceed to drag him inside the mall, "Man this is so exciting! I have never been able to do this before!"

"Hatsume could you...Wait, you never went out before?" Midoriya asks as we stop. I let go of his wrist and look back at him.

"Well yeah I have been outside before, and shopped at Wookie Mall with my parents. But never with friends." I say as I look down a little and grimace a little in pain, "I never had friends before. At school, everyone always looked down on me or bullied me because of my stupid Quirk. You and Mina are the first friends I ever made, and the only two who actually believe my Quirk is not ridiculous."

I feel Midoriya soften a bit as he looks down to make eye contact with me, "I understand. Believe me, I do. I've been bullied almost my whole life as well."

I look up at him in surprise and sadness, "You have… I'm sorry that happened to you."

Midoriya smiles a little, "Thanks, but it's okay really. When I was in school, people bullied me because I had no Quirk. My Quirk manifested only about a year ago, so ever since then, I was beaten down, harassed, and taunted because I had no Quirk to defend myself." Midoriya's expression faded, "My best friend at the time had manifested his Quirk in elementary school, and it was a powerful one. He was so caught up about his own strength, that when I was told I would never have a Quirk, I became his punching bag. He would always call me 'Deku' too because 'Deku' means useless." Midoriya tells me with a look that proves his words. It was a look only I would know because I have seen it many times whenever I look in a mirror. Midoriya then clenches his fists and shows off an expression of integrity and motivation, "But someone told me that 'Deku' does not have to mean useless, but that it can mean 'I can do it!' At the Sports Festival, I will do just that!"

I smile widely at his expression and raise up my fist, "Yeah! You can do it! Why?! Because people like us have the will to do it! It doesn't matter if we are at a disadvantage because a real hero-"

"Always overcome it!" Both Midoriya and I say as he lifts his fist into the air. We begin to laugh a little and smile at one another.

"I promise to make this the best first time experience for you, Hatsume!" Midoriya tells me whilst lowering his hand back down.

I can't help myself but hug the green haired cutie tightly. I catch him off guard with it as I feel his body suddenly jerk back, and - Wow he feels rough. Are those his muscles? They feel kinda nice. How do his biceps feel? How about his abs? I am very curious now. Should I just feel him around?

"Well aren't you two close. And I thought Uraraka was your best girl-friend Midoriya."

Both Midoriya and I look to see that Mina had arrived. She was sporting short shorts with a pink tank top that said 'Pinky' on it.

"Mina!" Midoriya says as I let go of Midoriya with a big smile.

"About time you show up!" I tell her as she smiles a bit embarrassedly.

"I overslept. I rushed to get here. I didn't even time to properly do my hair, but whatever." Mina tells me as the she walks up to us. "Wow, Midoriya, aren't you a player? Having two cute, attractive young women strolling around with you." Mina teases as Midoriya hides his redbeat face in his hands, "You must be a hotshot." Mina chuckles to herself.

"Mina please!" Midoriya practically begs as Mina slaps her hand on his back.

"I'm just messing you Midoriya!" Mina then places her hand on her chin, "Though I bet Kaminari and Mineta would be so jealous of you right now; but then again, one tries to hard, and the other is just a creep."

I raise an eyebrow, "Who are those two?"

Mina then looks at me, "Kaminari and Mineta are two classmates of ours. Kaminari is cool, but is pretty bad at flirting. Mineta is…Well, he is a pervert. If you see a short person with purple balls on his head, you best avoid him because he will most likely try to do something weird to you." Mina warns me.

I remember seeing a boy like that. He got slapped upside the head by a tall female with a bust like mine and very nice long, black hair. She seemed very agitated by him. I guess that is reason why she hit him. "Okay then, I will keep that in mind." I say to her as Midoriya finally removes his face from his hands, though a hint of red is still there. "Now, that we are all here, lets go."The three of us went inside with Midoriya being in the middle of us.

The Wookie mall is pretty big and usually packed. It has four floors, the second floor, just a food court itself, and the other three being a mix of every type of store imaginable.

"So!" Mina turned to us, "What do you guys wanna do first?"

Midori ya and I had looked at one another for a moment before we turned back to her. "We have no idea." I answered back for the both of us.

"Seriously?" Mina looked confused, "Well then I'll take the lead. To the arcade!" Mina said as she then dashed away.

"Hey! Wait up!" I say as I chase after her with Midoriya following us.

"We shouldn't be running guys! We could bump into people!"

We reach the arcade, and it is the same as I remember it. A load of people packed inside playing games and waiting for their turns. There are a variety such as coin games, claw machines, sports related games, skeeball, air hockey, and of course, arcade games. You can't have an arcade with those. We enter inside and immediately feel the competitive aura that is inside.

"Wow, this place is just as crowded as ever." Midoriya says as we walk through it, "I wonder if they still have some of the old All Might games or even older games such as X-Men." Midoriya mumbles as we find a coin machine. Each of us insert five dollars, giving us thirty coins each.

"Alright! What to play first?" Mina says as we begin to have our fun.

We played a lot of games. We all took turns at air hockey, and Midoriya swept all of us much to Mina's dismay. When we got to Dance, Dance Revolution though, Mina surpassed all of us, but they were surprised that I was able to keep up with Mina one on one. We went onto to play classics such as Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Asteroid, and X-Men. Afterwards, we got more games and went onto to play newer games. These newer ones brought back the Arcade industry. Someone managed to convince the biggest gaming companies, Nintendo, Sony, and Xbox, to allow them to convert their older games into arcade games. With that being said, we played Super Smash Bros. Melee, Fusion Frenzy, Crash Bash, and a few others.

We were down to our last coins as we looked around for a moment. I was so full of adrenaline that I asked, "What is the hardest game here?!"

Mina looked at me, "There is a system here that is dedicated to the hardest levels in gaming history, though if I have to say what is the hardest level from that game, it would have to be Turbo Tunnel from the NES version of Battletoads." Really? I remember finding a cartridge version of that game in the junkyard. Funny enough, Turbo Tunnel was the only level I could get to work and my goodness did it piss me off so much. Don't ask me how, but I was able to beat it. As I was thinking of that, I heard Midoriya groan in frustration.

"I remember that level. No one can beat it, it is so hard!" Midoriya said as I cocked my head in his direction.

"Why is that?" I asked, pretending not know. I turn back to Mina who's expression matched Midoriya's.

"Because of the fricken level itself!" Mina yells out, "It's impossible to beat! I looked up online, and Battletoads is considered to be one of the, if not, the hardest game to beat! No one in this arcade has beaten that stage!"

"Is that so?" I question. Both of them nod, "Okay then." I clap my hands together, "Show me where it is." Both of them look stunned at me.

"Are you serious?!" Mina examines me for a moment, "After what I just told you about it possibly being the hardest level ever?!"

"Yeah." I simply say. "I want to play it."

Midoriya signs, "Alright then." Midoriya walks in the direction of where the game system is. In the center of the arcade rests the most difficult game in the mall, Battletoads. There is just one joystick and two buttons. I walk up to it before inserting my coin into the machine and booting up the game. The opening title is shown as I skip through it and begin to play. Since it is held to the original game, I am playing as Rash.

"Turbo Tunnel. This is the devil of the arcade." Mina says as a person looks in our direction.

"Hey! Someone is doing Turbo Tunnel!" Said stranger yelled out as a mixed reaction is heard and a few people start to surround me. Great. A crowd of people, now my nerves are definitely relaxed.

The level begins with me already at the speeders, ignoring the previous parts that involve the Scruzzs and 'Vaders. I get onto one of the speeders and begin the level. Since I have already played this and memorized this demonic level, I know what to do. The walls appear top, bottom, top, bottom, top, bottom, bottom, top, and top; jump over three barriers, and a quick top, bottom, top combo. Passed the first leg.

A few more people to check out what I am doing, some of them already saying I got lucky or beat their personal best record.

Leg 2 is little tricky but not tricky enough. Ride the ramp, jump the barrier, ride the ramp, jump two barriers, and ride the ramp. Three more walls appear in top, bottom, and top combo before I ride the ramp again. I jump two more barriers, but do not get fooled by the third one that is in midair. I ride under it and pass the second leg.

"Wow. I would already be dead because of instinct to jump." Mina tells me with an impressed tone.

Leg 3, again with the walls, top, bottom, top, and bottom formation. Now it repeats in a faster fashion, but I still pass it. I jump the three next walls, ride under a barrier and jump onto an air ramp. Now I have Rocket Rats dropping walls; bottom, top and bottom. I proceed to jump the air ramp, jump a barrier, and avoid a sneaky middle ramp.

Leg 4. Now even more people are around me, I think almost the whole arcade, heck even some employees are watching me play.

"Wow, she is doing it."

"Maybe she is that good?"

"Has she studied this?"

"She needs two more legs to win."

Leg 4 goes like this: Ride the three ramps, jump two barriers and ride down to the ramp at the bottom. Ride under the two air barriers and jump onto the air ramp. Three Rat Pods appear and move back and forth. I must stay to the top and jump over them, though I have to be careful of the fourth one. I jump that one too and ride the ramp. Now a giant exclamation point appears. That means I have to jump the gaps now. I do so five times as the crowd starts to chatter more and more with 'oohs' and 'awes.'

"She is leg five!" Someone yells out and now I have the whole arcades attention.

"Can that chick do it?!"

"No way man, that is the hardest level here! No one has beaten it!"

"But can she be the first?!"

All of this commotion over a game? I get excited over machines, but getting hyped about games is not my thing. I just find them fun unless they screw me over. I hate being screwed over.

Leg five, the killer leg. I weave back and forth quickly between all of the walls as the crowd starts to cheer on for me. I jump over one barrier, and then proceed to do the same thing with the final barrier. Rash proceeds to ride off the screen as the game ends.

"HOLY-"

"SHE DID IT!"

"THAT GIRL BEAT THE TURBO TUNNEL!"

"DUDE! I RECORDED THAT!"

"WHO IS SHE?!"

I feel my arms being gripped and suddenly I am facing Mina who had the biggest smile on her face, "HATSUME! YOU BEAT IT! HOLY CRAP YOU BEAT IT!"

I hear Midoriya behind me, "Hatsume! No one has beaten that level, yet you did it on your first try! How did you do that?!"

I smile awkwardly, but I have to admit, I am loving this attention. "I uhh...I just played. I didn't overthink either, and I kept myself relaxed and tried not to get too caught up in patterns." I say as I am approached by many people now who are bombarding me with questions. I laugh a little and fix my smile as I am now a gaming celebrity from what it seems.

It had taken about a thirty minutes before I finally was able to leave that arcade. The number of people that wanted pictures was astonishing, but hey, I am loving this attention. Some people asked for my digits or gave me their numbers. Someone on this planet is going to hate me because I gave them a false number and I am never calling any of those people. It's not because I hate them or anything, but I have no reason to keep in touch with them. Besides, you never know if one of those people could be secret villains or something. I left the store with free merch, though. I got a blue puppy plush and a lot of candy.

Mina and Midoriya were by my sides as we rode the escalator to the second floor.

"Hatsume, you may have just become the most popular gaming girl on the internet right now in Musutafu." Mina straight up tells me while eating some of my candy.

"I don't even play video games. I rarely do." I reply back as she grins at me.

"You should start playing then; you could profit from it if you go pro."

"Nah, gaming is not my passion."

Mina shrugs her shoulders, "Suit yourself."

I look towards Midoriya, "If any guys were to try to flirt with me, can you just tell them your my boyfriend so I don't have to deal with them?" I bluntly tell him as both him and Mina nearly choke on the candies they had in their mouths.

"W-w-w-w-w…..WHAT?!" Both of them yell out before Mina starts to laugh like crazy and Midoriya is frozen stiff and a shade of red on his face that I don't think has ever been discovered.

"Oh my god Hatsume! That is too funny!" Mina gasps out as she grabs her sides whilst receiving awkward looks from bypassers.

"H-H-H-Hatsume!" Midoriya stumbles, "I-I-I-I do-o-n't k-k-know if that is a good idea!" Midoriya says, "Besides….it feels…weird…."

I roll my eyes, "Fiiiiine. I'll just tell them that your mine then." I say as Mina laughs more and Midoriya signs while keeping the red face. "Anyways, I am hungry. Let's eat pizza or something, then we go to the ice cream parlor with that irresistible chocolate ice cream!" I drool a bit just thinking about it. You may not know this, but I love chocolate just as much as I love discovery. If you could rank the best discoveries humanity has ever found chocolate should be in the top ten.

We get to the second floor and go to this new fast-food joint that opened about two months ago. It is a famous food joint from America called Five Guys, and oh my god did I love their freakin' burgers. It's so juicy, and everything just blends together perfectly. The fries? I ordered a small and basically got a whole bag worth! A mountain of fries is a small?! With service like that, foods this delectable, and all at a good price? I see why America loves it.

"Mmmmmmmm!" I take another bite out of my burger and squeal in delight. "Oh twis 'ery wood!" I say with my mouth full as Midoriya and Mina look away a bit.

"Hatsume, swallow first. I don't want to see your food." Mina says as I swallow and giggle.

"Sorry." I take a sip of my soda, "But it is very good food, don't you two agree?"

"Oh yeah, this great." Midoriya replies while chowing down on fries, "Though this will set my workout back a bit. This is too many calories." Midoriya then smiles and pops a few fries into his mouth, "Worth it though!"

Mina signs and smiles lightly, "You're like Kirishima. Always working out or doing something else that requires work. I am surprised you agreed to come given how dedicated you are to your craft." Mina tells Midoriya, the latter blushing lightly.

"Yeah...well...I guess I was convinced that I should relax and have some fun. Too much work can affect me in negative ways, plus, I haven't hung out with friends in a long time." Midoriya signs a little, "At least ones that don't pick on me the whole day."

I place my hand on Midoriya's shoulder, "And we are glad you came. I think the two of us can learn something from this, being outcasts and all." I smile at Midoriya whilst he smiles back.

Mina smirks at us, "Awww don't you two look cute right now? Why don't you just kiss already?" I pull my hand away quickly as both Midoriya and I stare at Mina in shock. I start to laugh a little awkwardly while Midoriya completely hides his face in his shirt. Mina snickers at us, "And this is just precious."

I shake my head slightly, "Stop it. You're to give Midoriya a heart attack or something. Too much blood to his head is very bad."

Mina giggles a little, "Fine." She pats Midoriya on the back, "I'm sorry." She says with enthusiasm that sounds more playful than apologetic. Midoriya looks up slightly and mumbles something inaudible, but I just assumed he said it was okay.

Once we were done, we threw away our trash and traveled around the mall once more. Needless to say, we went around to every store possible in the mall. There were many things to see, and many items Mina put on her 'to-buy' list. Everytime we passed by something hero related, Midoriya would go full fanboy mode and thoroughly explain everything about the hero in question. Mina looked at him dumbfounded and somewhat annoyed most of the time, but I found it fascinating, especially when we each get into a conversation about a hero we both knew exceptional detail about like Air Jet.

Though what Mina and me found most astonishing, and somewhat disturbing, was his over the top extensive knowledge about All Might. Midoriya knew every little thing about All Might, and to be honest, I think I got creeped out when we ran into a store that was full of All Might gear and Midoriya went into a mumbling frenzy about everything in the store. Mina and I stared at him for a bit before we slowly moved a bit away from him, but not too much to seem like we were gonna ditch him.

After that little bit of drama, we saw it was getting late and decided to go to the ice cream parlor I was talking about.

The place was called, 'Double Scoop' because no matter what, you always get two scoops of ice cream unless you ask for a single scoop. I love this place so much, and the one that runs it is a nice lady with a Quirk called Octo-arms named Aya Hachi. She has eight tentacles, so she is able to do everything all at once. My family became regulars that we started to talk a lot with Hachi to a point where she was a family friend and even attended some of our family events.

"Hello Mei!" Hachi greeted me. She had her eight purple arms up and about in the air in a flash of happiness. Hachi was a slim older women as shown from some wrinkles on her face and under her eyes. She had blue eyes with thin red lips, her black hair done in a bun covered in a hairnet, and a soft and sweet smile on her face that was only rivaled by the sweets she sold.

"Hiya Mrs. Hachi!" I greet back as Mina and Midoriya walk in, causing the older lady to look surprised.

"Oh! Not with your parents this time?" She asks me.

"No ma'am! I'm with two new friends of mine!" I answer back gleefully as she smiles.

"That's very nice Mei. I am very happy to see you made some friends." Hachi looks at both of them, "Who are they then, sweetie?"

"The green haired one is Izuku Midoriya, and the pink alien is Mina Ashido." I introduce them as they bow slightly in respect.

"But you can just call me Mina, I prefer that." Mina says.

Hachi smiles at us all, "It is so wonderful to see Mei with friends, I have never seen her come with anyone else besides her parents." Hachi ponders a bit as one of her tentacles is on her chin. "You know what, just for this special occasion, order what you want. It is on the house."

I gasp, "Really?!" The three of us look excited as Hachi nods her head.

"Yes. I am serious, now come here and tell me what you three want."

The three of us run to the front and look around at our options. I know what I want, but if I can get anything…

"I want everything chocolate!" I yell out as they all look me. I think I have a crazed look on my face, but I don't care!

"How about I just give you a specialty? Maximum Cocoa?" I nod my head as she starts to make the dessert. Maximum cocoa is a special for chocolate lovers, one I have yet to try because my parents won't let me have it. It's a large waffle bowl that contains chocolate covered bananas with two brownies, two scoops of chocolate ice cream in the middle with oreo crumbs and chocolate chips covered with chocolate syrup! Overkill, maybe. Worth it? HELL YES!

I was given my monstrous desert with a spoon stuck in it whilst Midoriya and Mina stared at me like if I was insane, not that I am going to deny that. I sat at a nearby table and began to eat this godly item. Midoriya got a simple Cookies n' Cream milkshake while Mina had a banana split with strawberry ice cream, rainbow sprinkles, and a cherry. By the time they got their foods, I was already halfways done with my Maximum Cocoa.

"Sheesh Hatsume, you really love chocolate don't you?" Mina asks me as I swallow a brownie piece.

"Yup! If anyone gives me chocolate, I'll love them forever!" I reply back and take another bite out of the ice cream.

"We just ate a hefty meal, how do you have that much room your stomach?" Mina questions me. I shrug my shoulders and continue to eat.

"Uhhh...Hatsume." Midoriya speaks up.

"Yeah?" I look at him.

"You have ice cream on your face."

"Where?"

"...Everywhere."

I look at the napkin holder and see my reflection. My lips are covered in chocolate as well as my chin. I giggle as I see this and take a napkin to wipe my face off. "Thanks."

Midoriya drinks from his shake and nods as we take our time to finish our sweets.

"That was fun!" Mina yells out as we exit the mall. It was getting late for the sun was setting. The once blue sky was now darkened with an orange tint.

"Yeah it was! The most fun I had in a long while, though I could go on without people asking or giving me numbers." I add in while stretching my arm out a bit.

Midoriya chuckled a little, "Yeah, I can say the same Hatsume. Except without the paparazzi part, I would have a heart attack if that happened to me."

I eyed Midoriya, "If you want to be the number one hero, aren't you going to have to deal with that on a daily basis?"

Midoriya shivers a bit, "Well yeah but…" He signs in defeat.

Mina giggles a bit, "Don't worry about it, it's not like you are number one right now." Midoriya looks up and nods in agreement. Mina yawns a little, "We should do this again sometime, but after the Sports Festival."

Midoriya jerked up as if he realized something, "Oh Mina, how is training going for you? The Sports Festival is in a week, and I have seen you improved."

Mina gushed a bit, "Awww really?! You think so?!"

Midoriya smiled and gave her toothful smile, "Yup!"

Mina gave the same smile back, "Thanks! And if I have improved, then that must mean training is going great!" Mina paused and looked at me, "Are you going to be in the Sports Festival?"

I puff out my chest with pride, "You bet I am! There is no way I am missing that event!" Midoriya and Mina looked at me for a moment before looking at each other. "What?" I ask curiously.

"Well…how are you going to win? I mean no offense, but super vision isn't going cut it against other Quirks." Mina asked me with a cautious voice.

"I can use some of my babies to help me win. Not going to say what babies though~" I reply with a snicker.

Midoriya chuckles a little, "Well then I wish you the best of luck, and who knows, maybe we'll face off each other in the finals."

I look at both of them with a smirk, "If I face against one of you two, I'm not going down without a fight. Actually, scratch that, I'm not going down period."

Mina and Midoriya give me smirks back, "We'll be ready." Both of them say simultaneously.

Soon, we make it to the train station and ride home. Mina was the first to get off, then Midoriya, and then me. The day ended with me talking to my parents about my day, what Octavia did for us, the paparazzi I attracted (Daddy was proud that I didn't accept any boys numbers while Mom was laughing at that.), and that I was going to be in the Sports Festival so they should watch me win it. They had looks of concern, but ultimately showed me their support. Once that was over, I took a shower and plopped onto my bed to go to sleep.

The Sports Festival is near, and I am damn well ready to win it. Time to show the world that Mei Hatsume can be a hero too, and that the selection of who goes into the hero course or not is flawed. I go to sleep though with one question in mind. When I do win, will they ask for me to be part of the hero course? Or will they continue to look down on me?

That question will be answered….in the next few chapters.

A/N: I. Hate. Turbo. Tunnel. I got flashbacks just writing that out here. I was able to beat it for the first time… about three days ago. Bloody hell I hate it. Also that Maximum Cocoa treat is one of my specialities from home; meant for two people, not one person.

Next time on Iron Maiden…

Hatsume: Yahoo! I am so ready to win this tournament, but these challenges are crazy, though!

Midoriya: Hatsume! The tests look very hard and even I am having trouble getting around! How are you fairing?!

Hatsume: I'm doing great, but I haven't begun to play!

Midoriya: What does that mean? Are you holding back?!

Hatsume: Maybe!

Midoriya and Hatsume: Sports Festival Part 1! Hatsume meets Bakugo!