Here it is, the forty-first full chapter of Miraculous Quirks released early at the right time for my standard weekly upload as promised. This is the first of two chapters in the arc, and the first ever chapter, to be based solely off the School Briefs light novel materials available, in this case parts of one and most of another chapter in the second book in that series that is based around the Forest Training Arc. Anyway, that is all the administrative stuff I have for now though and as there are no questions or guest reviews to address here, though do keep the reviews coming as I enjoy hearing from y'all, I will leave this pre chapter note off here. That means that it is time to sit back, relax, and enjoy the 41st full chapter of Miraculous Quirks.

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Chapter 41: Slumber Party

"Are you sure that he's there?" Kendo asked nervously in a quiet tone as she, Shiozaki, and Kodai gathered with Jiro, Mina, Marinette and Momo in the wash area that was inside and right before the outdoor hot spring.

"Yes, my Quirk is very good at picking up people's location and I can hear more than a normal human when my jacks are in." Jiro, who was on one knee on the ground with her left jack in the ground and a hand over her ear. "I can hear his excited breathing and beating heart. After a semester I would know that disgusting, lust filled, panting anywhere. He's between the walls meaning that he's inside the fence separating the genders."

"How?" Kendo asked.

"Not sure but his height and build is perfect for it." Jiro said. "If anyone can manage it he can."

"Well, that confirms it." Marinette said looking to the Class B girls. "Now it's your turn. Lull him into a false sense of security like we planned and then step back, I'll handle the rest."

"Right, thank you Dupain-Cheng." Kendo said with a bow of her head. "Girls, let's do this."

Shiozaki and Kodai just nodded as they stepped forward and opened the door that led to the rotenburo. All the girls were fully dressed minus shoes and socks as they hadn't changed yet to prepare for Mineta. The Class A girls had already bathed and not noticed him showing that he was evolving to not target them again, so they were in pajamas, but Class B still had to bath. However, Mineta wasn't going to be deterred so they knew he'd go after the other class hence the planning for it.

As such, Marinette had rallied her class's girls into how it would work. Momo and Mina had gotten Kendo, Shiozaki and Kodai to serve as the bait as they would be the least likely to arise suspicion in Mineta due to their personalities. Meanwhile, Tsu, Ochaco, and the other girls of Class B went to let Mandalay and Pixie-Bob know that there was going to be an incident and to be ready before they returned to join them for the reveal of Mineta.

While all this was going on, Toru was in full stealth mode having only dried herself after the bath and not gotten dressed yet. Instead, she went straight to the boys area to camp out and as soon as Mineta snuck away from the rowdy shenanigans that the boys about to get involved in she followed him. With a few taps on the ground, she'd confirmed to Jiro, who was with Marinette in the area just before the hot spring, that Mineta was present. With that all Jiro had to do was confirm he was there for Kendo and the other Class B girls present.

The next stage was the most crucial, baiting the pervert into position for his capture. It was all planned and Marinette had everything choreographed just like when she'd planned her stalking, er observations, of Adrien back in the day. She'd shown her leadership and planning skills to the Class B girls with how everything had fallen into place that now all they could do was go along with it and set up everything for the French girl to deal the final blow.

"Ooh, I love a good rotenburo." Kendo said which was the start of the baiting process.

"The perfect thing to rest one's weary soul." Shiozaki added in her usual pious tone her eyes closed and her hands in prayer that wasn't in the script, it was just who she was.

"Mhm." Kodai said to add to her friends' words.

"Huh, you have a scratch on your back, Yui." Kendo said to Kodai though it wasn't true it was just a simple teasing line to hook onto the pervert's overactive imagination and draw him in even further.

"Hmm?" Kodai asked, her usual lack of expression or emotion really helping sell it as it would further increase Mineta's perverted mind's eye regarding what was going on.

"Oh dear." Shiozaki said sounding genuinely sorry which was a surprise as she'd been the hardest to persuade into doing something this duplicitous given her nature but as it was to stop a sinner like Mineta she'd agreed to it as an exception to her usually policy against trickery. "Perhaps one of my vines brushed you earlier, I am so very sorry."

"Uh-uh, don't worry about it." Kodai said shaking her head even though she couldn't be seen as the steam was thing and they were still inside.

As they were saying this, Momo had been creating dry ice and using it to increase the steam outside that would obscure Mineta's vision even more and thus distract him into trying to get right of it. She'd been hesitant on this part, but Marinette had assured her that it wouldn't be a problem, so Momo had done it. While she was working, and the trio speaking, the other girls all joined them and waited for the moment that they sprung their trap.

As soon as Kodai finished speaking, Kendo turned to Marinette and nodded. Marinette nodded back and stepped forward holding out her hand as she created what she needed to find and out Mineta's location to her. There was a flash of pink in the air and a small, rubber, bouncy, ball in the pattern of Marinette's pajamas appeared and fell into her palm.

All the girls looked at it in confusion, but none said a word as Marinette walked forward and stepped out into the steamy outdoor bath. They were just watching to see what she would do.

Marinette looked around and then back at the ball as her vision tunneled and the second half of her Quirk activated, the steam not a problem for her. First the ball flashed, she looked up to see a point on a nearby rock flash. This was followed by a series of points that flashed in order all over the outdoor bath, Marinette moving her head and eyes to track each one, until finally a point on the far wall highlighted, followed by a point on the water and lastly a clear, small, hole in the fence dividing the halves of the bath.

The hole was clearly man made and just larger than the ball in Marinette's hand thus confirming where the pervert was. She grinned knowing what she needed to do.

Placing the ball between her thumb, index, and middle fingers she held it there for a moment before she flicked her wrist and sent the ball flying as fast as possible at the first point. The girls just watch slack jawed as the ball bounced all over the bath, cutting through the steam in what seemed like a random pattern that almost too fast for the eye to see.

They had no idea what Marinette was doing, and this certainly wasn't it, but it was working. The ball was steadily making its way to its final point as it hit a rock at an angle that sent it into the far wall before it bounced off, skipped off the surface of the water once due to it's speed and right into the hole in the fence.

On the other side of said hole was Mineta's eyeball as he was staring out hoping to see something. He'd been trying to displace the steam but then it started to do so on it's own and he was suddenly excited for what he was about to see. That was until something bounced at the hole he'd drilled and through it, and right into his eye. He yelled as he fell back and that was it for him.

At the same time as the ball had gone through the hole, Marinette leapt at it with a forward leap that covered the ground in less than a second as she ignored the scream from the fence that indicated she'd hit her target. She then cocked her fist back and punched through the wooden fence right below the hole as hard as she could. Her fist connected with something fleshy with bone beneath it that had to be Mineta's jaw, dazing the boy and slamming him into the far wall. Marinette didn't let up as she pushed her arm through the hole further and grabbed him around the throat before she yanked it backwards.

For Mineta's part, he was still reeling from the ball to the eye but thought that he might be able to recover and flee before he was caught red handed here when a fist punched through the wood and slugged him in the jaw. There were only two girls with the raw strength to do that but add in the ball and the slender but strong feminine hand that suddenly closed around his throat and there was only one person it could be, and it was the one he really didn't want to deal with.

Of all the girls in the class, the only one he truly feared was the one who had knocked him out during their first battle trial and who was by far the strongest girl, if not the strongest overall student, in their year. Add in that she was also the only one taken so he had no chance with her and also had to deal with her boyfriend when she got in his crosshairs, and she was the only girl Mineta didn't want to cross. Alas that had failed as he'd been caught by Marinette Dupain-Cheng.

The next thing Mineta knew he was yanked forward and out of the wall crating a Mineta shaped hole in it that brought him to the brink of unconsciousness as Marinette stood up, still holding him by the throat, and turned to walk back to the stunned girls of Class B and the cheering girls of Class A. Mineta was caught, dazed and bloody in her hand as Momo and Mina went to sort out the hole.

"Dear lord, the cretin came prepared." Mina said angrily as she looked over the hide and found the small hand drill Mineta had brought, along with a lock picking kit. "He's got a damned drill and lockpicks with him. If they weren't needed as evidence I'd melt them right now."

"It was good for us to be prepared." Momo said as she began to create some concrete to cover the hole until it could be fixed properly.

"Yeah, thanks." Kendo said as she recovered from what Marinette had done. "But damn, that was something else Dupain-Cheng. What the hell just happened? I could barely follow anything going on."

"I created an item that let me find and out Mineta." Marinette said with a shrug. "And it gave me a small bouncy ball to accomplish that task. From there all I had to do was focus and it told me where to throw it to start a chain reaction that ended up at the hole Mineta had made. From there it was simply getting to it while he was still stunned from the ball to the eye, punching through the wood to daze him, and catching him."

"Um…" Kodai said her usual blank expression still there though her eyes were a little wider than usual.

"How?" Pony asked stunned as she noticed that there were no splinters on blood on Marinette's right arm that she'd just punched through solid wood. "And how are you uninjured?"

"We long gave up trying to question how Marinette's brain works." Ochaco said with a smile. "She doesn't see things linearly, so we just go with it when she's using her Quirk."

"There is a reason why she's at the top of the class when it comes to combat and that enhanced constitution of hers is how she's able to be more resilient than most." Jiro said. "It took all of Todoroki's power to both injure her and then bring her down in the Sports Festival and I doubt he could do it again."

"Maybe, his fire is better now, and I don't particularly want to feel it again as that does hurt." Marinette said as Mineta gasped in her grip and began thrashing trying in vain to pry her fingers away from his throat. "Hey, stop moving creep, you're caught so just give up. There is no way out of this for you."

"Never." Mineta said as he thrashed looking around him at the girls and realizing that they were all in the bath area, fully clothed, which was one of the gravest crimes in the world to him. "It is you lot who are in the wrong. Wearing clothes in the bath is against the rules."

"Really, that's where you're going now?" Marinette asked her voice low and venomous as she tightened her grip around Mineta's neck. "When we caught you trying to peep on the Class B girls. That's your defense?"

"I don't even approve of when they wear towels into the water on those travel shows." Mineta spluttered as Marinette began to slowly choke him. "Gah, how strong is your grip woman?"

"Probably second only to Adrien's without a Quirk to boost it." Marinette said idly. "So, there's no way someone like you can break it."

"You are the worst Mineta." Tsu said glaring at him.

"Besides, the only one breaking the rules is you." Toru added who was also the only girl actually naked, but she could be without worrying as she was invisible. "Not counting your own stupid rule that makes no sense."

"Well, if you want to see the goods I'd be happy to strip down if you want." Mineta said with a lecherous grin that showed how little remorse he had for his actions. "You'll get a really good show, this choking is…"

That was too much for Marinette as she tightened enough to stop him speaking with a look of revolution on her face as she did it. A second later Mineta's eyes rolled up and into the back of his head to show that he'd passed out. Marinette just dropped him to the ground the moment he was out, but she still knelt down to make sure that he was out cold and not worse, which thankfully he was. With that Marinette just stood and turned to Kendo.

"It was your class he was after but he's our classmate, so we took care of him as he is our responsibility, and we apologize for his shameful, disgusting, and dishonorable actions." Marinette said simply before offering Kendo a short bow of apology. "But we are done here, bind him and take him to the Pussycats, they will show no mercy for this I'm sure of it. I need to wash my hands after being in contact with that much vile lust."

With that Marinette rose for her bow, turned and walked out of the bath without a look back as Kendo just blinked at her. The rest of the Class A girls followed behind her though Momo left plenty of rope she'd just created for them. It was clear that Marinette was the leader of them and had something extra but all that did was make Kendo want to try harder to be as good a leader as Marinette, if not exceed her one day.

First though they had to deal with Mineta, and she took the rope and began binding him securely with the help of Tokage who could use her Quirk to really ensure that the bindings were nice and tight. Then they would deliver Mineta to the Pussycats, bathe and after that, well, they had to do something the thank the girls of Class A for what they did. It looked like it was time to really get to know their fellow future female heroes and the badass girl that clearly led them.


The girls of Class A were chilling in their room enjoying the last of their time together as a unit before Mina went off to her extra lessons and the rest went to sleep. The room they were in was a simple washitsu room with only six tatami mats that barely fit the 7 futons in them. In fact, there was a bit of overlap and the one at the top, which the rest of the girls had unanimously voted as Marinette's for some reason, was straddling the rows with the little space on either side of it for their luggage.

It was cramped and cozy but as there were less than half as many girls as guys in the class it made sense for them to be in the room. Most of them were fine with it though Momo had been horrified as she was used to luxury until they all pointed out that they were roughing it at training camp and in it together, so this was a bonding thing for them. After that it had become a nice situation and what with the boys going all mano on mano to decide which kind of meat they got tomorrow they could take this moment to have a break as a group and relax.

It was as they were relaxing that they suddenly heard a scream from somewhere in the facility. That peaked all of their interests as they lay on their futons. It was clearly a boy's scream and while it could be whatever the boys were doing it sounded more like Mineta. After all they'd done to capture that lustful pervert he'd somehow gotten out it seemed and been caught again it seemed.

"That was Mineta, right?" Jiro asked.

"Yuck." Mina said with disgust as she sat up. "He got punished right? They should throw the book at him after what he did. Yesterday was unforgivable to begin with but today was downright criminal."

"Seriously, he's a hazard to all women." Ochaco said as she stretched out from her training with Tsu's help.

"That boy will never learn until he actually gets hurt while trying to peep I fear." Momo said with a sigh.

"Hurt? I hit him in the eye, punched him in the face and then choked him out." Marinette said indignantly. "And all he did was get defiant and then hard because of it. He'll never learn. Back in my day, I mean back in France that little merde wouldn't be tolerated, he'd be expelled and probably well on the way to jail by now."

"Yeah I don't know why the school doesn't do that to him here." Jiro said with a groan though only Momo noticed a strange slip in what Marinette had said but it might just be a translation error because of her infuriated state, she had used French briefly in her rant. "Wait. You think he enjoyed that?"

"Choking can be a great aphrodisiac." Marinette said simply. "And Mineta implied that he was enjoying it as I held him, likely because I'm female and choking him but not enough to deprive him of oxygen. Well until he said that at least, that's why I choked him out and dropped him."

"And you know that how?" Mina said with a grin and raise of her eyebrows at Marinette.

"No comment." Marinette said evasively, she wasn't going to answer that for Mina as it would only fuel the pink girl even more. "Anyway, I don't get why he's still here and not at least expelled for his behavior, it's unacceptable what he's done and gotten away with and this time it wasn't even at us. He went after the Class B girls, and they don't have someone like Kyoka who can actually monitor for his location before we are vulnerable."

"Yes that is what makes it worse." Momo said somberly. "It is shameful and dishonorable to all of our class that he's done this to them, and I personally bear some responsibility as the deputy rep."

Before any of them could reassure Momo there was a knock on the door. They all turned to it in surprise as a voice called out from the other side to tell them who it was.

"Hey, it's Kendo." Came Itsuka Kendo's voice. "Can we come in?"

This was unexpected and they all looked around and anyone still lying down got up. In the end they all defaulted to what was a normal for them and turned to Marinette who looked surprised by the attention from her classmates but nodded. This was normal to her back in Paris, to have all the girls gather together even if they weren't too familiar with each other so why not do it with the Class B girls as well.

"Come on in." Momo said back to Kendo.

The door opened and Kendo came in with Shiozaki, Kodai, and Yanagi in toe, the last of which closed the door behind her. As they entered, Kendo thrust the bag she was holding at Momo as she was the only girl of Class A who held a rep position as their deputy though Kendo could tell already that it was Dupain-Cheng who called the shots in the room when it came to group decisions, but this was what propriety dictated.

"What's this for?" Momo asked confused.

"Thanks for what you did earlier." Kendo said simply. "We knew we needed to thank the girls of Class A, and this was what we felt was the best way to do it."

"What's going on?" Mina said as she got up and looked at the bag, as did Toru and Ochaco. "Sweets!"

"Sorry that it's a mixed bag, we just pooled what he had on us." Kendo said shaking the bag to give it a stir so that they could see more. "You know, a mix of stuff like cookies, chocolate, candy, the likes. Something nice after what you did for us."

"Oh, the Mineta thing." Momo said finally getting it. "Please, think nothing of it, it was our duty to control our wayward classmate. In fact, it should be us apologizing to you for his shameful behavior as it reflects upon us for failing to contain it."

"Don't worry Yaoyorozu." Kendo said kindly. "It was all sorted out before he saw anything he shouldn't have seen."

"Yeah and he was only caught because of your plan." Yanagi said. "If Dupain-Cheng hadn't have told us how to act and handled it we might have fallen for his perversions."

"Mhm." Kodai said with no expression on her face but a nod at Marinette to show her thanks.

"Please accept our token of gratitude for your actions." Shiozaki said as she clasped her hands together as if in prayer and bowed her head, directing her actions at Marinette given all the French girl had done to save them from the sinner's lustful gaze. "And accept it on behalf of Tokage, Komori, and Tsunotori who are not here but wish they could be. They have been summoned by Mr. Vlad to review today's training."

"Yes, please accept this for what you did." Kendo added as she too bowed to Marinette, the other two joining her. "It meant a lot to us what you did and how you handled it from the very start. You showed us how to deal with such a situation with a calm and level head Dupain-Cheng."

Now all the girls where looking at Marinette who just got to her feet feeling incredibly uncomfortable by what was going on but knowing that she had to say something. It seemed that because she'd been the one to plan the intercept, the bait and had been the one to catch Mineta in the end that she was the focal point so she could do this for her class.

"Thank you, we accept." Marinette said with a short bow of her own that got a squeal of joy from Mina. "We may have done what was expected from us given how was hold responsibility for Mineta's behavior as his classmates, but it would be dishonorable to refuse such a gift. However, why don't we all enjoy this together as a group."

"That's a great idea." Toru said happily from near them as everyone rose their heads to look at her as she practically bounced there, her clothes giving it away as they couldn't see her face. "We can have a slumber party since almost all the girls are here."

"Yes!" Mina exclaimed as Toru's words sunk in. "We don't get a chance like this like ever. Let's do it."

"A slumber party?" Kendo asked. "Can we really?"

"Why not." Marinette said with a smile. "I'm sure that the boys are currently doing something together that no doubt is some form of pissing contest between the classes so let's have some girl time."

"Ok." Kodai said.

"All agreed?" Mina said suddenly taking charge of the activity.

"Yeah, let's do it." Kendo said with a smile of her own.

At that those with experience sprang into action. They spread the food out while a few girls ran out to a vending machine in the facility to get a selection of soft drinks and the rest added their own food to the pile, Marinette including some of her own home-made cookies though she didn't say that they were that as she was still waiting for the right moment to reveal that secret and rolled up the futons to us in place of cushions.

Once everything was done they raised their cups, an addition Momo's Quirk made for them, and toasted the slumber party. The food and friendship was just what they needed after the grueling training camp day they'd had and of course dealing with that little gremlin as well. They all drank deeply to that as the party began.

"I'll be honest, this is the first slumber party I've ever had." Momo admitted embarrassed though no one was surprised at that given her sheltered upbringing. "What do girls usually do at one of these?"

"Well, the usual protocol is to get a bunch of girls together at night, eat candy, and chat about whatever." Mina said. "Pretty simple really. Maybe play a game or two if people are down and learn some good secrets about each other in the name of girl bonding."

"Mina, you are forgetting the key thing that every good slumber party must start with." Toru said wagging a finger, at least they thought she was doing that given how her top moved. "A true slumber party demands that we talk about amore."

That got everyone's attention and even though only two of them spoke the language fluently, though only one of them was known to do so, most at least knew what that word meant. It was one of the more well-known French words after all.

"Yes that is perfect." Mina said happily. "And given that it's our French friend who is actually in amore it's even better."

"Technically the French for in love, for me as a woman, is amoureuse." Marinette said correcting Mina. "But yes, that is true at least, I am."

"Really, we're going to talk about that?" Ochaco asked blushing as an image swam in front of her mind of a boy with messy green hair, freckles and the cutest smile she knew causing her to go redder at it.

"A conversation about love." Tsu said her finger on her chin. "A little stereotypical for us as girls but it is a valid topic and something we will all experience in our lives at some point."

"Once Mina has her mind set on it we won't change it." Jiro said with a sigh.

"So, we're stuck with it." Kendo said. "Well, I guess we can do it though I'm no good at this kinda thing."

"But love before marriage?" Momo asked once again showing some of her sheltered nature. "Can that actually be possible?"

"I must agree as marriage is a promise made before god." Shiozaki said.

"A-more?" Yanagi asked confused. "What?"

"Nuh-uh." Kodai replied shaking her head.

Of course, there was one girl who hadn't spoken on the topic, other than to correct Mina, and while the others were all excited to various degrees, including not at all, there was a clear person to start with. Almost as one they turned to Marinette, even the Class B girls were at least aware of her relationship status.

"And of course, we have to start with the only one of us we know has a boyfriend." Toru said. "Well Marinette…"

"Well what Toru?" Marinette said calmly sipping her drink as tried to be nonchalant about the situation.

"It's time we learned the full extent of your relationship with Agreste." Toru said. "It's time that you told us everything."

"Yes and we all promise not to tell, girl code and honor we swear." Mina said latching onto it as the others just nodded. "So come on, I need my heartstrings strung to get through my upcoming extra lessons so spill girl."

"What do you want to know?" Marinette asked knowing that she'd just opened up a door to a barrage of questions.

"How did you two realize how you felt about each other?" Tsu asked.

"Do you love him?" Momo added.

"How do you make it work with all the hero work?" Kendo asked.

"When did you first fall for him?" Toru asked.

"How did you know that you liked him?" Ochaco asked though hopefully she was hiding the quiver in her voice as she spoke.

"Do you accept god in your relationship?" Shiozaki asked.

"Screw all that I want the real juicy stuff." Mina asked pointing at Marinette. "Answer me first Marinette, are you still a virgin?"

Marinette looked around her classmates and the girls of Class B as they all stared intently at her waiting for her answer. She was now the center of attention and knew that she had to answer to get out of it. Well, this had been coming for a while, but she wouldn't give Mina more than what she'd asked for.

"No." Marinette said her cheeks going bright red as she looked away from the other girls in a very shy look that made her look very cute and not like the reputation she'd inadvertently built for herself. "We, er, gave ourselves to each other after the USJ incident as it was the right time."

That answer got a cacophony of responses from the girls as was to be expected. There were a mix of gasps, exclamations and cheers while a few went red and fanned their faces at what Marinette had said.

"Damn girl, you keep defying expectation at every turn." Jiro said with a grin. "Good for you. You keep coming first in the girls in our class, when you're not flying into a metal tower that is."

"I knew it." Mina said now at full excitement mode. "I want more details, I want everything."

"Same." Toru added as this was better than anything she could have hoped for when she brought up talking about love.

"Well, if you are in love then I guess it's ok." Momo said scandalized by what she'd learned from her friend. "You are in love, right?"

"So long as you used, and continue to use, protection, ribbit." Tsu said bluntly. "It should be fine."

"I didn't think you two had gone that far yet." Ochaco said blushing at what she'd learned.

"Again, you aren't what you seem Dupain-Cheng." Kendo said. "I think from this point on it's best to just assume the unexpected from you and maybe we can be prepared."

"I alas cannot agree with this sin." Shiozaki said shaking her head. "A woman's, and a man's for that matter, maidenhood must be preserved for marriage. I will pray for your soul Dupain-Cheng."

"Damn, Dupain-Cheng is really spooky." Yanagi said.

"Uh-huh." Kodai said with a nod.

"Alright it's my turn to answer all this and your earlier questions and then I'm done." Marinette said first turning to Shiozaki. "Shiozaki, I understand and respect your decision to remain chaste until marriage, too few people these days take that approach and those who wish to for whatever reason shouldn't be shamed for it, but neither should those who choose not to wait for marriage. To answer any questions on it, I am in love with Adrien, I have been for more than two years, and we dated for more that half a year before we took the plunge when the moment was finally right. I do intend on marrying Adrien one day, in a church in France hopefully, and he is the only man I ever intend on being with. Also, yes Tsu, we use protection."

"I see, and while I do not agree with your choice I know that I shouldn't preach to you, but I will still pray for your soul and that of Agreste's." Shiozaki said. "And at least you are going to be married in a church in the eyes of the Lord, that I do approve of."

"Yes of course." Marinette said.

"And that answers my question as well." Momo said while Tsu just nodded that hers too had been answered. "I had a feeling that you were in love, I just, you know, wanted to make sure."

"I know and thank you." Marinette said with a smile. "To answer the history, I fell for Adrien within a week of meeting him. We were in the same class at Francois Dupont High when we both started in the hero course there and he was one of the few new students who didn't know anyone but the school bully Chloe. She and I don't like each other, and she tried to put gum on my seat, but he tried to clean it up, so I thought it was Adrien and didn't like him. Then, a few days later after he was finally able to persuade his dad that he was going to be a hero and study at Francois Dupont, he told me the truth to clear my misunderstanding, in the rain outside the main entrance, and apologized before giving me his umbrella and, well, that's when the crush began."

"OMG that is so sweet." Toru squealed her body shaking from how romantic it all sounded. "And the rain in Paris just makes it even more romantic."

"So, this was the civilian half." Momo asked. "Of the course that is."

"Correct." Marinette said. "I fell for Adrien as Adrien Agreste. He fell for me first actually as we were paired as Ladybug and Cat Noir under the hero training course side, and he fell for me as Ladybug very quickly after seeing how good I was apparently though I feel like I wasn't great at the beginning. Of course, the whole secret identity thing was why we had issues trying to confess for two years, over that time we both got deeper and deeper into our feelings until we were in love with each other without realizing it."

"That is so cliched, I love it." Mina said her heart really feeling the romance at the moment, it was just what she'd asked for. "And then you got to reveal your secrets to each other, right?"

"Yup, when we were accepted into the exchange program and allowed to transfer to U.A." Marinette said with a nod. "We came to Japan under our civilian identities naturally and as such were allowed to reveal to each other as it would be obvious otherwise. That night we realized how stupid we were regarding our feelings, confessed and shared out first kiss."

As the girls squealed or smiled at that Marinette hoped her own smile didn't come off as forced. She remembered that first kiss and how bittersweet it was. It was sweet because her and Adrien were finally able to confess their feelings after learning the truth and be a couple but bitter due to what they'd lost having just returned to the timeline after 230 or so years. Still, they pushed on together and weren't looking back. Things like this slumber party were really helpful to Marinette.

"I think the only thing left to answer is Kendo's question about hero and love life balance." Marinette said thinking back to what had been asked and knowing this one was important for multiple reasons.

"And mine about details." Mina said excitedly.

"Not happening." Marinette said with a grin. "You've gotten enough. All I will say is that Mineta would probably sacrifice a testicle to know them."

As graphic an image as that was it did at least show something and satisfy Mina who pouted but knew she was beat, for now that was. The rest just turned back to Marinette for her answer to Kendo's question.

"It's not easy but if you love someone you can do it and having a personal life, and a significant other, is important because it can help remind you what to fight for." Marinette said. "We both know what our priorities are, we both know that our hero work comes first and of course we have to trust each other implicitly, which we do, but we have experience working together so we can do it. We just know that at the end of the day we can make time for us to unwind and having the other there really helps when things get hard."

"I see so it can be done." Kendo said. "But it can't be easy."

"No there have been hard times." Marinette admitted. "Due to our internships being with different heroes and what had happened in Adrien's I didn't know that Adrien had ended up in the hospital in Hosu during the incident until afterwards. Even though he was fine it did make me worry but it was a learning experience for us, and we know how to address it going forward."

"That's good." Kendo said. "I think I'm satisfied though I know that with the entrance exam, starting at U.A. and all that we have to do here I haven't had the luxury to find someone that I'm even interested in, let alone try and date."

"Same." Mina said.

"I am in a unique situation because of everything that led to Adrien and me getting together back in France." Marinette said seeing this as her chance to turn the tables a bit and move on the conversation. "But in time I am sure that you will all find the right person for you, it can be done, I'm proof of that so I know you lot can do it. I never thought I'd be with Adrien, but I am, and I couldn't be happier. Still, we are high school girls, some of you must have crushes."

"Oh yes that is a good question." Toru said latching onto it and looking around. "Who here is crushing on someone?"

"Crushes?" Ochaco said as the image of Deku bubbled to her mind again along with Aoyama's words about her crushing on him during their final and suddenly she went red.

"Ochaco, what's wrong?" Tsu asked causing all of them to look at the now beet red brunette and Marinette took a sip of her drink to hide her grin as she knew that look, the girl was definitely crushing on someone, and Marinette had a very good idea who it was.

"Ha, there is definitely someone that you are into." Toru said turning on Ochaco. "And you're thinking of him right now."

"No, me, definitely not." Ochaco said shaking her head furiously at that but all that did was make Deku's face even clearer to her.

"Yeah we're not buying that." Toru said. "You're crushing on someone hard, it's plain as day Ochaco."

"Who is it? We'll keep it a secret between us girls just like we'll keep what Marinette said a secret." Mina said closing in on Ochaco with Toru.

"It's not like that." Ochaco said putting her hands out and continuing to try and talk her way out of admitting what she couldn't admit to herself yet. "My thing isn't like that at all, it's not a crush I swear."

"Your thing?" Toru said pouncing on that right away. "Oh, come on, the moment you say something like that we all know that it's going to be what we know it is."

"Yeah girl, you are totally in love with someone." Mina said grinning at her friend. "Just tell us who it is so I can set you up with him."

"It's not like that!" Ochaco said desperately as the other girls got in her range and she brushed her hands on their bodies right as Mina said love and Deku's face popped up to her again clearer than ever before and she accidently activated her Quirk causing them to float.

"What?" Mina asked.

"Ochaco!" Toru complained.

"Sorry." Ochaco said bringing her fingers together to release the girls and cause them to fall down onto their futons. "It's been a while since I got together with some girls to talk about this stuff, so I got flustered."

"Clearly." Jiro said not believing Ochaco, but Mina and Toru apologized and moved on.

Ochaco collapsed backwards in a fluster glad, and Marinette could tell what she was thinking, she was thinking she'd gotten away with it, but it had only solidified it further in Marinette's mind that Ochaco had fallen for Midoriya and that it was getting deeper by the day. It was the same thing that she'd done when trying to deny her obvious crush on Adrien to others though at least she'd been honest with herself and her actions, while extremely creepy and stalkerish, made it clear that she liked him. She would let Ochaco have this moment, she'd talk to her friend about it when she was ready to talk about it.

Right now, Tsu and Shiozaki were comforting Ochaco who seemed to have a racing heart and an internal dilemma. Thankfully, Shiozaki seemed to completely misread the situation and thought that just the topic of love had gotten Ochaco like this and lamented why the Lord was testing them by creating them with such weak bodies to resist an emotion like this, or something like that.

This of course only fueled Ashido even more and she asked about anyone else having a legitimate crush. Yanagi tried to change the topic, but Mina was on a role and wasn't going to be stopped anytime soon so they all just had to deal with her. Her heartstrings had been tugged by Marinette, but that just been a taste to tide her over in the extra lessons, she wanted more and while she wasn't looking for love herself just yet, she had to focus on her hero studies as they all did, she wanted to talk about it as she was still a girlie girl. That led to Toru having a bright idea.

"I know." Toru said. "Seeing as none of us have crushes we're willing to admit to, other than Marinette but she has a boyfriend, so she doesn't count, why don't we try some hypotheticals."

"How?" Tsu asked.

"Simple, let's see if there is any boy in our classes that we'd want to date." Toru said. "We all do like boys, right? No one swinging both or the other way? Not that I judge or mind just curious."

"No, I think we're all straight." Kendo said looking around and the other girls just nodded at that. "I think Tokage might be willing to experiment though if that's what you're looking for Hagakure."

"Huh, no." Toru said shaking her head. "I like boys, just checking as there is a chance."

"Let's stick with the guys." Marinette said. "If anyone is comfortable coming out they will of course be accepted and welcomed with no judgement, but this is going to get out of hand the moment we start so stick to the dense guys in our classes as that's easiest and least awkward given how none of them are here."

"Other than Agreste of course." Mina said. "You really got a catch there Marinette, he's like a total gentleman and hunk. Not to mention rich as hell."

"My family isn't exactly poor, and money would never be a factor to me when it comes to a guy, I'm not that shallow." Marinette said shaking her head. "And nor would looks, I fell for Adrien because of who he is in his heart. That is what is important."

The others couldn't fault her there and agreed at that, especially one girl who was still struggling with her own feelings as she'd definitely been drawn to his personality above all else. Still, the party had to go on.

"Choosing a single boy though." Momo said thinking on it. "I don't know if I could, I've never really looked at the guys in my class like that. The whole romance thing is something I'm not familiar with if I'm being honest."

"Picking a boyfriend from the guys in our classes." Kendo said thoughtfully. "Who would we want to date? That is a hard question to answer."

"Hard to do when we see them more as classmates, fellow heroes in training, and rivals." Yanagi said.

"I think that's telling in and of itself though." Jiro said. "It shows that none of us see them as potential boyfriends, at least not at the moment that is."

"Well, that does end the conversation." Tsu said not noticing how red Ochaco was as she kept shaking her head to get a certain face out of it that just wouldn't leave her mind.

"Wait, I've got something." Momo said as it hit her who was a potential match for one of the girls.

"Who are you thinking of Yao-Momo?" Mina asked curiously.

"Not for me, it's for Jiro." Momo said bluntly as she finally got to try her hand at this romance thing.

"Me?" Jiro asked.

"Yeah you always seem to get along with Kaminari." Momo said turning to her friend. "So, what about him?"

What followed was a series of talks about the various members of Class A. It started with Kaminari who Jiro saw as flakey and potentially an unfaithful boyfriend though Tsu disagreed due to his gentleman behavior towards women despite his antics with Mineta. That all led to them agreeing that he was a bit of a womanizer and left it at that and in the process immediately remove Mineta as well from any conversation about boyfriend potential.

The Class B boys were removed right away as they were all too straight laced apparently though there was a pause on Monoma due to his more eccentric behavior. Course his clear wackadoodle personality ruled him out right away but Toru's note that he was at least not bad looking led to the next boy up from Class A, Todoroki.

Alas Todoroki's problem wasn't him, it was his father. Endeavor was such a fiery person that none of the girls felt that a relationship with Todoroki could survive his father. That said, Shiozaki did want to save Endeavor's soul to heal him, after deflecting the outrage her comment had provoked when her classmates thought she might be into the number 2 hero and thus older men. It was the way Shiozaki acted though, her holy and serious attitude, that Ochaco commented on and of course when you mention serious the first person to everyone's mind was Ida.

His serious attitude was a plus as he'd be faithful to any girl he might be with, but it would translate to dates. That was the knock-on Ida and there was speculation on how fast things would progress with him, with the conclusion being slow which was ironic given how Ida was all about speed as a hero. Still, mentioning Ida brought up the next of class A.

"How about Midoriya?" Mina asked not knowing, though she would have loved to know it, that her words had caused Ochaco's heart to race again.

"Yeah, I don't get him." Kendo said thinking on the green haired boy in Class A. "Like at all."

"How so?" Mina asked.

"Well look at his actions in the Sports Festival." Kendo said. "He dug up all those mines to blast to first place in the Obstacle Race and then win it, insane but bold to do so and really clever. Then, in the tournament he goes all bare-knuckle brawler with Todoroki. However, when I saw him in the cafeteria right before finals he didn't give off that vibe at all. One of the two who made no sense with their switch during the Sports Festival."

"Two." Momo asked. "Who's the other one?"

"Dupain-Cheng of course." Kendo said turning to Marinette. "You also surprised me in the Sports Festival, a few times in fact."

"How so?" Marinette asked curious.

"Well think of how you handled it." Kendo said. "Right from the start you were unfazed and worked with Agreste to advance as far as possible together. You handled the Obstacle Race and the Cavalry Battle with cool precision and came what 5th in the former, the highest of any girl in the festival, and your team was second in the latter only because of the 10 million headband."

"True but those were straightforward events." Marinette pointed out. "And for the latter you can blame Monoma and Tetsutetsu for sparking the rivalry between our classes that I just had to finish in favor of Class A. We had the points after taking yours and Kodai's bands, but I wanted to show them that Class A meant business that's why I took Tetsutetsu's at the end. I just planned for it after Shinso challenged my class and realized his potential as a hero, so I used his skills when the opportunity presented itself. Add in that if I had taken the rider spot we would have been targeted and it was simple tactics."

"And that's the thing, that thinking is beyond what we know but of course you have the experience from France as they start at 13 not 15, I've learned that since because of how well you did." Kendo said. "But then came the tournament. You blew through the bracket faster than even Tokoyami to reach the semifinals taking care of Kaminari and Ida in seconds with that versatile Quirk of yours but then when you faced Todoroki, well…"

"You got all spooky." Yanagi said with a slight shudder. "Like with Midoriya's battle against him it turned into a bloody, clothes destroying, brawl."

"I did bloody Todoroki some in it." Marinette said with a grin. "Cut him pretty good in places and landed a few good punches, a knee and a kick but I got the worst end thanks to those flames. Still, I had to change tactics against him. My Quirk works best when I either have the time to let the plan come to me, as you saw earlier with Mineta, or when I know what I'm up against so can get something straightforward. With Kaminari I needed an insulator. With Ida something to destroy his balance though I wasn't sure if I could avoid him or not which was the deciding factor. Todoroki was a problem though. Of all in the class, he was the one most likely to beat me, though I knew it would take his fire to do so."

"How?" Kendo asked.

"Simple, speed and the raw amount of power he can produce." Marinette said. "I only had time to get something that would allow me to negate his ice which my Quirk determined was a pair of ice skates. I've done some skating, so it worked. After that though I knew that to beat Todoroki I'd have to get in close and fight him like Midoriya did in a straightforward brawl where my strength over him would be key. I didn't have my yo-yo and my hand-to-hand combat isn't great, but I could make up for it with raw ability. That was until he adapted after the fire and froze me. Even then I almost had him."

"You came close." Kendo said with a nod. "Though, um, the spitting…"

"Was my biggest mistake." Marinette said surprising them with how unashamed she was in her actions. "I should have just let the blood run down my chin and chest, it wasn't like I wasn't already a bloody and burned mess by that point, but I opted to spit it in his face instead. He naturally recoiled right as I was about to slap him with a headed arm brace that would have sent him into next week but because of the spitting he inadvertently dodged me and countered out of instinct more than anything else. I don't really remember much after that, the ice to the chest and then the cracked skull is all hazy. I know I stuck the landing and then I'm waking up in the nurse's room covered in bandages."

"Damn that is intense." Kendo said. "It was intense to watch but somehow hearing your first-hand account makes it sound even worse."

"You see why she's the best here in combat." Jiro said. "I faced her in the Battle Trial, and she knocked me clean out after using her yo-yo to block my heartbeat distortion. I barely lasted through the punch to the gut then she kneed me in the head, and I was gone for a while. Never felt such force before or since."

"Well then I look forward to facing you one day." Kendo said with a grin. "My fists are strong, and I have a lot of marital arts experience."

"I've not seen how good they are, but I look forward to it." Marinette said with a smile at the challenge. "But enough of this, we were discussing Midoriya as boyfriend material for you lot."

"Right Midoriya, he I still don't get." Kendo said. "Can any of you in his class explain him?"

"It's simple, he's the hardest worker you'll ever meet." Tsu said. "Everything he does takes him one step closer to being a hero and he's improved the most of anyone this year. At the start he was always breaking himself with that power of his but now he's controlled it though it's a lot weaker."

"Seeing Deku in action just makes me want to do my best too." Ochaco said happily, she could talk about this side of Deku without embarrassment given her rapidly beating heart and confused mind when it came to the whole crushing on him thing, which she totally wasn't. "It's inspiring every time I see it."

"Ah I get it." Kendo said seeing the smile on Ochaco's face. "It's great when someone like that can inspire you."

Ochaco smiled more and hoped that Kendo was beginning to see why Deku was so special. He was her inspiration and she wanted to be just like him. Sure, the rest of her class was as well and when it came to the girls there was a clear leader and inspiration for them already but overall, it was always Deku for her.

"But he is like an insane All Might fanboy." Mina said and that was it, Midoriya lost his status at that as his All Might obsession was deemed too much to make him a good boyfriend.

Of course, Ochaco breathed a breath of relief at this, one she didn't notice that she was holding and couldn't explain away if noticed but no one did as they quickly move onto, and removed, Bakugo next. Marinette did notice but again she was going to wait as Ochaco clearly still had plenty to work on herself.

After that the rest of Class A faired a similar fate with none lasting past a few points though Marinette did note that Toru was rather silent on Ojiro which was interesting. Mina was still complaining though, so they had her describe what she wanted in a man and that ended up being Dark Shadow which caused some amusement to them all.

They then tried to switch everyone's gender so that the boys were girls, and they were boys to see if it would work. It didn't as it ended up with Kendo fitting the criteria and that got a bit awkward fast and finally allowed them to move on from the love angle and onto just working with the boys, or more accurately which of their Quirks they'd like to have for a day.

Ochaco surprised them with saying that she wanted Bakugo's. Most would have expected Midoriya with her, but she pointed out that she'd felt the full power of his Quirk in the Sports Festival and thought it would be cool to have that power for a day.

Mina however wanted Sero's Tape Quirk as it would be cool to use it to swing around. Momo and Kodai both went with Koda's Anivoice Quirk as they found the ability to command animals fascinating. Jiro went with Kaminari, Tsu with Tokoyami because of Dark Shadow and Toru with Sato with the best reasoning as you could eat sugar without guilt since he just turned it to power.

Kendo pointed out how easy it was to choose without the romance requirement and that set Mina off again. What followed was more gossip, attempts at romance, and general fun as the slumber party went on until Mina had to go to her extra lessons and then longer as they were all having too much fun together to stop anytime soon. During all this Marinette did have one thought though, what were the boys up too?

Hopefully it wasn't too destructive but if Quirks got involved, well, there were 4 boys in Class A with a lot of destructive power that weren't in extra lessons. Whatever it was, it can't be that bad, right?

So yeah, this chapter is based off two chapters in the 2nd School Briefs book, the first being Mineta's peeping which gets even worse though I haven't included that part and is why he's wrapped up in his futon that night, and the slumber party which is a fun chapter in the book. The next chapter will deal with what the boys are up to so get ready for that fun one. The School Briefs books are good because they fill in some little gaps and show scenes that didn't make it to the manga or anime so check them out if you want as they include things like a full telling of Class B's play in the 4th one. They also have little tie ins such as the Mineta peeping chapter addresses that he used a lockpick to get into the fence and a hand drill to create the hole, which are the things he mentioned to himself in the mall episode that he needed to find. Of course, in this rendition he didn't factor in Marinette and her plans to stop him, and he paid for it. Then the girls got to have a great bonding chapter together though I did gloss over most of it as I didn't want to copy the book, just use it for inspiration. That is all I have for this chapter though so I will leave it off here. If you like it or have any questions please let me know in reviews or PMs, I will try to answer them as best I could and post any questions asked between uploads at the start of the next chapter and do follow and favorite this, so you are alerted to future uploads. Do keep the reviews coming as I like hearing from y'all as you enjoy my work, it motivates me to keep producing the best work I can for y'all to enjoy. Until next time.

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