Lunch was a similar affair as breakfast, barring the different foods. Still, with varied fare such as BBQ ribs, pork-fried rice and sweet & sour chicken, among others, there was plenty of choice. Just as they'd done at breakfast, Deko and Todoroki joined Mischa, Jessa, Max and Brax at lunch.

"Nice to see you two again!" said Mischa.

Deko smiled. "Likewise!"

"Excuse me, Mischa, but may I ask you a question?" said Todoroki.

"Go ahead, Shoto!"

"Your skin tone…your accents…are you and Jessa Hispanic by any chance?"

Mischa nodded. "Puerto Rican, to be precise. I grew up in The Bronx, and there's a large Puerto Rican community there."

Jessa nodded. "Well…she grew up there, anyhow. I had always grown up here in Stratford with my father."

"Tell me more about that," said Todoroki.

"It's not something we usually like to talk about, but since we like you guys well enough, I'll tell you: Mischa and I were separated at birth because we were both Dragon-Marked, and our parents were afraid that keeping us together would bring about the rise of the Dragon King."

"One night, I began having these strange dreams, and I was drawing stuff in my notebook that looked so real," said Mischa. "Then, I accidentally tore up the sofa in my sleep, and that was when Mom decided that it wasn't safe for us to stay in New York, so she brought me here."

Deko formed tears in her eyes, much to Mischa and Jessa's concern.

"Is something wrong?" asked Mischa.

"Yeah, why are you crying?" asked Jessa.

"I'm sorry, it's just…knowing that you two have been through so much, I just wanna give you two a big hug right now!"

Mischa and Jessa gave a collective "awww", and they got into one big girly group hug with Deko, who felt like one of the best people in the world. Getting and giving hugs made her feel happy regardless, but knowing that she'd found kinship with two fellow girls who had also been through their own kind of trauma really made her feel like she belonged at Supernatural Academy. Even Todoroki, Max and Brax were taken with the whole display, and Uraraka, Tsu, Jae and Terra were enraptured as well. However, Todoroki took notice of something:

"Er…don't look now, but I think Tokoyami's gonna beat somebody up…"

Deko, Mischa and Jessa broke away from each other and noticed Tokoyami heading to another table. Seated at the table were three girls, two of whom appeared to be harassing the other. One of the no-gooders was a harpy girl with purple skin, green eyes and short black hair with literal feathers in it. She wore a white blouse with a striped purple tie, dark gray pants held up by purple suspenders and black loafers. The other no-gooder was a mermaid with blonde hair that had blue tips and a crown of braids, and blue eyes. She wore a white blouse with a black tie, and she had a wheelchair owing to her mermaid tail. As for the poor victim, she was a plus-sized brunette with bouffant hair and two brown bunny ears on top of her head. She wore a tan sweater, a purple skirt with a white stripe, black leggings and black loafers.

"Hey, give me back my cake!" said the poor bunny girl.

"Listen, Chanelle, just because Elda and Zadi are MIA doesn't mean you're getting off that easy!" said. the harpy.

"Yeah, you still owe us from last time!" said the mermaid girl.

"HEY!" shouted Tokoyami. "Leave that girl alone!"

The harpy and the mermaid focused their attention on Tokoyami.

"Hop off, Bird Brain!" said the harpy.

"Yeah, don't you know who we are?" said the mermaid.

"Yeah. You're just two ne'er-do-wells who are soon to become faceless victims if you don't leave the nice rabbit girl alone."

The harpy turned to the mermaid. "Opal, think this simp needs a lesson taught to him?"

"Facts, Shan!"

Opal and Shan approached Tokoyami, who made their intentions clear:

"If you continue your aggressive course of action, I swear, I will liquefy your internal organs and watch you vomit them all over the floor…and I'll be laughing the entire time."

Tokoyami's mouth twitched upwards into a devious smile, and they let out an evil chuckle, even deploying Dark Shadow. Seeing this, Shan and Opal screamed bloody murder, the former pushing the latter's wheelchair as fast as she could as they beat their feet out of the cafeteria. After retracting Dark Shadow, Tokoyami sat down with the bunny girl.

"Excuse me, Mademoiselle, but may I ask how you're feeling at the moment? Those two miscreants didn't hurt you…did they?"

The bunny girl trembled. "N-no, but…please…d-don't kill me!"

Tokoyami placed their hand on the bunny girl's shoulder and smiled…albeit a genuine, non-evil one, this time. "Fear not, Mademoiselle, for I will not hurt you; I merely wished to defend your right to a safe learning environment from those two troublemakers. I am Fumikage Tokoyami, and my pronouns are they/them. And you are…?"

The bunny girl took a deep breath. "I'm Chanelle…Chanelle McMahon. I also use they/them, but I'm cool with she/her, too."

"Charmed to meet you, Chanelle."

Tokoyami took Chanelle's hand and kissed it, causing her to giggle.

"Tell me about yourself, Chanelle."

"I was born in Cranston, Rhode Island, but my mom and I moved here when her and my dad got divorced. I'm a Bunny Shifter, which I think is kinda lame. Up until today, no one really stuck up for me, so thank you!" Chanelle smiled.

"You're most welcome, Chanelle. I was born in Musutafu, but I didn't always look like this. In fact, my parents thought I was going to be Quirkless. Then, one night, the supernatural being known only as Dark Shadow crept into my room and fused itself with me. At first, I couldn't control it, but as I grew older, I gained better control over my Quirk. Were it not for Midoriya, I might not have any friends."

Chanelle dropped her jaw. "Wow, that's…that's a terrifying story! I feel so sorry for you."

Tokoyami kept smiling. "It's quite all right, my dear. Dark Shadow and I have learned mutual respect for one another. But enough about me. I'm curious about what activities you enjoy."

Chanelle tapped her fingers together. "Well…I enjoy watching anime, but I guess that's too dorky for you…"

Tokoyami put their hand on Chanelle's shoulder. "No no, that's not dorky at all! Well…not compared to some of my hobbies…"

Chanelle smiled. "Your hobbies aren't dorky! Well…you never told me your hobbies, but still…"

"I'm a devotee of falconry. Sadly, I have fallen out of practice since UA became a boarding school, but hopefully, I can resume my practice here. I also enjoy playing tabletop strategy games and listening to music. I also play the guitar."

"Wow…that's so cool! Can you sing, too?"

"Can I?"

Tokoyami sang a couple of bars of "Diamonds and Rust", and Chanelle's eyes lit up.

"I like you, Tokoyami!"

Tokoyami blushed. "Oh…thank you."

Later on in the day, Deko was in her dorm when she heard knocking.

"I'm coming!"

Deko opened her door and saw Tokoyami, who was wide-eyed, blushing and sweaty.

"Tokoyami, is everything OK?"

Tokoyami nodded. "Y-yes…fine, well, except…"

"Yes?"

"Midoriya, I was sitting with this girl named Chanelle at lunch, and suddenly, it felt like my heart fell into my stomach and everything got extremely hot and tingly!"

"Tokoyami…" Deko gasped, and then smiled. "Tokoyami…you're in love! Ohmigosh, I'm so happy for you!"

"Is…is that what love feels like? If that's so, I…I want MORE!" Tokoyami grabbed Deko by the shoulders and shook her. "How can I get more love!?"

Deko smiled nervously and gently pushed Tokoyami away. "OK, let's not get too far ahead of ourselves! Just take things slow and let her come to you! Based on what I saw of you interacting with her, she seems to be really into you, so just be yourself, OK?"

Tokoyami took a deep breath and nodded. "Right."

"Midoriya, Tokoyami, are you two gonna come to the party today?" Jessa walked over.

"What party?" asked Tokoyami.

Mischa was with Jessa, too. "Whenever we have new arrivals here, we throw a huge party for them out in the courtyard!"

Deko smiled. "Sounds exciting! Just lemme make a call first…"

Deko attempted to call someone, only to discover that her phone had no signal.

"What the hell?"

"Yeah…there's no cell reception here," said Jessa. "We know a spot where there is, though."

Mischa and Jessa led Deko to a spot up on a hill that was surrounded by a circle of stones. Jae was already there.

"Hey Jae!" said Deko. "What brings you up here?"

"I was calling my girlfriend."

Deko smiled. "You never told me you were a lesbian!"

"Technically, I'm pansexual, but good guess."

Deko rubbed the back of her head. "Oh…sorry!"

Jae smiled. "No no no, it's OK!"

"Anyways, I too have to make a call…"

Deko placed a call once she got reception.

"Hello?" said a familiar female voice on the other line.

"Jiro, it's Deko."

"Good morning, Midoriya!" said Kyoka Jiro. "How are you?"

"I'm doing well, and you?"

"Oh, you know, living the dream!"

Deko chuckled. "I know! Anyways, you're an expert computer hacker, right?"

"I am. What can I do for you?"

"Jiro, I need you to find information on a villain known only as 'Steel Wolf'. We don't know too much about them other than that they're a member of a far-right group known as the Japanisch-Deutsches Reichskommissariat."

"I'll do my best. It could take some time, but you'll know as soon as I get something on them."

"Good. Oh, and tell Kaminari that I said hi!"

Jiro chuckled. "Will do! Anyways, I have classes soon, so I gotta hang up. Have a nice day, Midoriya!"

"You too!"

Deku hung up.

"Friend from back home?" asked Mischa.

Deko nodded. "And a good one, too!"

"Well, what are we waiting for?" said Jessa. "Let's party!"

At the courtyard, a bunch of rectangular tables were set up with random foods, plus round tables for students to sit at. There were also balloons, plus a banner that said "SUPERNATURAL ACADEMY WELCOMES UA". Already, a bunch of people had served themselves. Naturally, Deko sat down with Todoroki, who was already accompanied by Brax and Max. Mischa and Jessa sat down with them, too.

"Oh, hello Deko," said Todoroki. "You're a bit late."

Deko smiled. "Sorry, I had to make an important call!"

"Is this about our current mission?" Todoroki took a bite of the Porterhouse steak he was eating.

"Yeah, once Jiro's done with classes, she's gonna look up information on Steel Wolf."

Brax swallowed a piece of tonkatsu…that is, Japanese-style fried pork cutlet. "Sounds like you're really on top of it, Midoriya!"

"Please, call me 'Deko'!"

"Hm?" Brax tilted his head.

"How did you get that nickname?" asked Max.

"Kaccha…er…Bakugo came up with that one, saying that it was short for 'Defenseless Izuko'. However, Uraraka really liked it and thought it sounded like the name of a hero because of its 'can do' vibe, so I took it on with pride!"

Brax gave a thumbs up. "Well, I like it too!"

"Me too!" said Max.

"Us three!" said Mischa and Jessa.

"Hey Deko, I saw you coming down from the hill." Uraraka came over. "What was that about?"

"Well, I wasn't getting any cell reception, so Mischa and Jessa showed me a spot where I could get some. I made a call to Jiro, and she agreed to help us find information on Steel Wolf. Tell Kacchan, Tsu and Tokoyami as well."

"Tell us about what?" asked Tsu.

"Oh, hey Tsu!" said Deko. "I was just telling Uraraka that Jiro agreed to help us find information on Steel Wolf!"

Tsu nodded. "Ribbit."

"Hey, who wants to have a dance party?" asked Mischa.

"We do!" Deko, Todoroki, Max and Brax all raised their hands.

"Just let us finish this wonderful food first, OK?" said Todoroki.

"You got it!" Jessa gave a thumbs up.

After everyone finished their food, they headed for the dance floor.

"Who wants to listen to some rock 'n' roll!?" said Deko.

"What's 'rock 'n' roll'?" asked Jessa.

Deko gasped and dropped her jaw.

"YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ROCK 'N' ROLL IS!?"

"Jessa, rock 'n' roll is a kind of loud, fast music from the human world that is played on guitars," said Mischa.

"Well, let's hear it!"

Deko set up a Bluetooth speaker and used her phone to play a rock playlist, starting with "Thunderbird" by ZZ Top – more precisely, the live version from the 1975 album Fandango! As soon as the actual music kicked in after the crowd intro, everyone began jumping, jiving, headbanging and just generally rocking out. Deko was dancing with Todoroki, Mischa was dancing with Max, Jessa was dancing with Brax, Tokoyami was dancing with Chanelle, and everyone was just having the most excellent time of their lives. Despite never having heard rock music before, Jessa, Brax, Max, Jae and Terra were enjoying it very much judging by the way they were moving their feet and shaking their bodies to the music. Deko smiled, knowing that she started a very good thing and that people were taking to it very well. The rock power continued with such hard-rockin' tunes as "Back to Wentzville" by George Thorogood & The Destroyers, "I Know a Little" by Lynyrd Skynyrd and "Train Kept A-Rollin'" as covered by Aerosmith. During the song "Beatin' the Odds" by Molly Hatchet, Mischa noticed that Kacchan was just standing on the sidelines, so she took a break and swam through the crowd to get to him.

"Hey Bakugo, why aren't you dancing?"

"1. The music sucks, and 2. I HATE DANCING!"

"How would ya know? You haven't even tried it!"

"AND I DON'T WANNA! NOW SCREW OFF!"

"Come on, it's not that bad! Just one dance?"

"NO!"

"OK, big guy, I see how it is!"

"Wait, WHAT THE CRAP…!?"

Mischa grabbed Kacchan by the arm and roped him into dancing with her and Max. He tried to fake it at first, but eventually, he decided that this was too stupid.

"GIMME YOUR PHONE, DEKO!" Kacchan swiped Deko's phone away from her.

"Kacchan, WHAT are you doing!?"

"Puttin' on better music!"

Kacchan exited the MP3 collection on Deko's phone, opened up Spotify and put on "Hatred Relentless" by Abnormality. Upon hearing the rapid-fire palm-muted guitars and blast beat death metal drumming, most of the students covered their ears.

"What is this awful music!?" cried Jessa.

"I feel like my head's gonna explode!" exclaimed Brax.

"Kacchan, stop the music!" cried Deko. "My ears are bleeding!"

"Hell no!" Kacchan headbanged and did the "devil's horns" gesture. "I'm enjoyin' this way too much!"

Kacchan wasn't the only one enjoying death metal, either. Tokoyami and even Chanelle were headbanging to it. However, even though Tokoyami was a good friend of hers, Deko couldn't abide by the ear bleeding volume of death metal anymore, so she snatched her phone back from Kacchan and stopped the music.

"Kacchan, what the actual HELL!? You don't steal people's phones from them!"

"WHAT THE CRAP, NERD!? I WAS ENJOYIN' THAT!"

"Bakugo, I enjoy metal, but death metal is too much for me and most of these people here," said Todoroki.

"NO ONE ASKED YOU, ICYHOT!"

"Midoriya, Chanelle and I were really enjoying the death metal," said Tokoyami. "May we please hear some more?"

Deko smiled nervously and made a gentle pushing motion towards Tokoyami. "Thanks, but why don't you two listen to that on your own time? Besides, I also wanted to play some disco music for everyone."

"What's disco music?" asked Mischa.

Deko dropped her jaw and put her hands on her cheeks. "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DISCO MUSIC IS!?"

"No?"

Deko took her hands off her cheeks and smiled. "Why, it's only one of the best forms of dance music ever! Let me show you!"

Deko put on "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees, and everyone danced to songs from classics such as "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae and "The Break" by Kat Mandu, to more obscure cuts such as "When the Shit Hits the Fan (Rocket Pocket)" by Bionic Boogie, "Sunset People" by Donna Summer and "Time Actor" by Richard Wahnfried. Overall, everyone was having a disco good time.

After the party was over, Deko and the rest of the UA Six helped clean up.

"Hey Midoriya, thanks for the music!" said Jessa. "That was some good stuff!"

"You're welcome, Jessa!"

"Deko, you really showed us how to party!" said Jae. "I'm gonna be streaming a LOT of disco songs from now on!"

"Glad you liked it, Jae!"

"I liked it too, and I'm gonna enjoy havin' you six here at Supernatural Academy!" said Terra.

Deko smiled and gave a dismissive hand flap. "Awww, all of you are too kind!" She yawned and stretched. "Well, it's been fun, but I'd better get to bed. We've got some big days ahead of us."

"Good night, Deko!" said Mischa, Jessa, Max, Brax, Jae and Terra simultaneously.

Deko headed off to her dorm.

"Deko, wait up!"

Deko turned around. "What's up, Todoroki?"

"May I please snuggle with you tonight?"

Deko smiled. "Of course you may!"

Deko and Todoroki headed off to the dorms, and after they'd showered and cleaned their teeth, they went to bed and snuggled with each other.

"For years, I've dreamed of going to America, and knowing that my dream has not only come true, but that I get to be with the girl I love, I…I'm at such a loss for words," said Todoroki.

"You don't have to say anything, honey. I feel like you do. Anyways, enough talk. Good night, Todoroki!"

"Good night, Deko!"

Deko and Todoroki kissed each other before turning out the lights. As Ice Cube once said, it was a good day. However, they still had a hell of a fight ahead of them.

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