Finally, it's Chapter 10 of Bearer of the Light!
Annnnnd it's honestly pretty tame compared to the QAT's, huh?
Well, don't worry as for the next chapter, it's Battle Trails and HO BOY.. that's gonna be a biggy.
Anyway, hope everyone has been doing alright, and once again thank you for reading my silly little crossover fic.
ONTO THE REVIEWS! (FFN obviously):
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SSJ-Jolt: Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised at this point.
AnimeFan13579: As the great wise man, Abraham Simpson once said "A little from column A and a little from column B". But More from A if you catch my drift ;)
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Before I go, I'd like to call out a few writers that I think you all should enjoy:
Evil Angel: He's the writer of such awesome MHA fics like "Blood of the Moonborn", "Songs of Tomorrow", "Emerald Ignition", "My Reality is How you see me", and "Concupiscent Cravings". And I strongly recommend those fics when you have a chance. [If your over the age of 18 of course as most of those fics are mature]
3wolves: author of "The Monsterous Hero: Goliath", an excellent Izu/Tsu which helped me get the drive to write in the first place.
Pizzaplate: Author of "The Devil is in the Details" an MHA/Warhammer 40k fic that has both elements of the main universe of WH40k, but also some of every Popular "If the Emperor had a Text to Speech device" and is awesome!
You can find these fic's over on Ao3 so go look them up and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to My Hero Academia and Final Fantasy XIV, they belong to their copyright holders.
Chapter 10:
Deep thoughts and Scare Tactics
Kyoka would think she'd have a decent understanding of the people she was friends with. Sure, Mina and Setsuna were easy to figure out, as both were hopeless teases and knew just how to push someone's buttons, and it was Mina that helped her discover things about herself.
Granted, that was a one time deal, and it helped both girls become better friends since both learned more about one another during the 'date.' For Kyoka, it was knowing that while Mina loved to breakdance, she was also taking lessons in other forms of dancing to keep in shape and using those said dancing techniques with her quirk.
Meanwhile, Mina had learned that though Kyoka loved to play the guitar and bass, the earphone jack user could also play many classical instruments. Violins, trumpets, harps, flutes, to name a few, though she preferred her guitar more than anything, and the way Kyoka sang? When even the ever flirty Mina is left a blushing mess after the song, you know how good one would consider the punk rocker.
The kiss she got afterward also helped.
While nothing more than a tighter friendship came out between the two women, Kyoka was still someone troubled by how her two new friends acted not only with one another but also with others.
Izuku was easy to figure out; while he was mostly timid and shy, he was an amiable boy. He was quick to apologize for everything, like if he made a small little mistake that he needed to make a grand gesture of apology. Honestly, it annoyed Kyoka quite a bit originally, especially given how she first met him when he was in his 'gunbreaker' form.
However, after the little discussion in the change room that happened not even ten minutes ago, and from what Tsuyu had hypothesized, Izuku did not have an easy life. Given how that blonde asshole acted towards him and pretty much outright attacked him, it made clear sense why the green-haired boy was a ball of nerves most of the time. And Tsuyu was also correct regarding Izuku, and the fact that he still pushed on and always have such positivity to him was really admirable.
You could see it when he was using his different kits, his Paladin one moreso. His smile was always so bright, like nothing wrong would go wrong, and he was there to make sure. Admittedly, Kyoka loved that smile of his and was one reason why she kept trying to badger him to stop thinking so negatively about himself. Granted, it wasn't the only thing she loved about him… his determination to be a hero, how hard he worked to get his body in shape for the entrance exams, and to follow said dream. However, he looked pretty buff already when they first met.
There was also the fact that Izuku actually treated and thought of her as a girl, which sadly was not common to the punk rocker throughout her childhood. She had some guy friends in the past but mostly only thought of her as another boy, which hurt Kyoka's feelings quite often. It wasn't until she met Mina that someone outside of her parents and other family members treated her how she wanted to be, a woman with a tomboy-like personality (which probably didn't help now that she thought about it) but also had a sense of femininity to her.
However, after meeting Izuku, Kyoka noticed that he reacted to her similarly to the others within their small group. When she confronted him about it, citing she didn't have the curves like the others and didn't act all girly like Mina. And what followed something was genuinely awe-inspiring and caused Kyoka to blush brightly for a moment at the memory.
Izuku, mister 'timid and shy' himself, had given her a small lecture explaining how despite not looking "curvy" like their other friends, she was still a stunning woman. For a straight ten minutes, he would compliment her looks, personality, and how she held herself in her confidence and kept it very tame and respectful while also keeping the straightest and honest face.
This was where Kyoka learned about his "accidental flirting," and by the rock gods did her heart skip a few beats while he gave her this lecture. Thankfully, while stammering and blushing madly, she was able to halt the boy's talking with her hand on his mouth, which also caused his face to turn a neon red.
Smirking to herself, her gaze shifted over to the taller girl walking beside her, who seemed to be lost in her own thoughts.
This was another issue that Kyoka seemed to be having; looking ahead once more, her thoughts went to the feelings she had toward the young heiress.
If there was one word that the purple-haired punk rocker could describe Momo, it would be "goddess." The woman basically exuded the best qualities of a woman: Intelligence, beauty, and charm, just to name a few, and that confidence she had when it came to her quirk usage and how she was able to keep up with Izuku's mutterings, which even with her enhanced hearing, Kyoka still hadn't even managed to thoroughly pick it up from time to time.
Regardless, she sighed to herself, thinking how Momo would react if Kyoka had the guts to confess her feelings. At best, Momo would be polite and tell her that she saw her as only a friend, making things awkward for a while. At worst… she'd probably lose said friendship. It also didn't help that Kyoka was also crushing on the same boy as the heiress.
It was no secret that Momo was crushing hard on Izuku, how often she would blush at even the tiniest compliment he'd give her or how much her heartbeat sped up when they were going back and forth in their discussions. However, Kyoka noticed that Momo could get jealous quickly when a girl would get close to Izuku. One example was when Setsuna and Mina were teasing and flirting hard with the boy one particular day. However, that second part often flew over the boy's head. It seemed they had immediately stopped when both girls could 'feel' the aura of jealousy that Momo had radiated off her.
It was one of the reasons why Kyoka had yet to confess her feelings to Izuku and her crush on Momo at the same time.
Why was love so complicated?
The laughter coming from behind the door to Class 1-A snapped her out of her thoughts; mentally sighing again and adorning the classic Kyoka expression of 'uncaring' look, she turned to Momo, who seemed to have been knocked out of her own thoughts.
"Welp, we better get used to this… I swear it's going too loud at the dorms. Let's hope the dorm manager can keep some of these knuckleheads in line."
"Now, Kyoka, it's rude to talk about our fellow classmates like that." Momo pointed out with a gentle smile on her lips, "But yes, I do hope they are to keep up with some of the more… 'rowdy' ones."
"And gods help them if they have an interesting quirk." Kyoka mused as she reached out to the large door, Momo giggling softly at that, knowing full well what would happen. As the door slid open, the two women looked on to see many of their classmates laughing loudly at some kind of joke. The punk rocker scanned the room and raised an eyebrow as she walked towards the small group by her desk, "Yo, where's Green?"
"Green?" asked Kirishima, who had stopped laughing at an anecdote Mina had been telling him, "Oh! You mean Midoriya? Yea, he got a text message when we were changing and had to book it." the red-headed boy with shark teeth shrugged, "By the time we came back, his syllabus was already gone, so was Bakugo's now that I think about it."
"Ugh, fantastic…" Kyoka sighed gently, "I guess when Mr. Aizawa said no one was getting expelled, that included him."
"In any case, what was everyone's plan going to be after this? I was thinking of visiting the cafeteria and getting some lunch before checking out the dorms." Momo spoke up as she looked to the small group of her classmates, eager to change the subject away from the missing blonde.
"Yea, that sounds like a good idea, would help see what we are dealing with when we start moving in." Sero replied as he crossed his arms in front of him, "Don't wanna pack too much stuff and find out it won't all fit."
A loud stomach growl echoed across the classroom. The room was going silent as everyone turned towards the culprit, which was Momo and was a blushing mess. Mina smiled at her friend, walking up and wrapping her arm around her shoulder and giving the heiress a soft side hug, "Not surprising that your super hungry, Yaomomo, given how much you created today during those tests." She let go of Momo and rose her first up, "Let's go eat!"
A collective cheer rang out in the classroom; even the ever silent Todoroki had joined in, though he was still as expressionless as ever.
Groans of pure delight came out of the students of Class 1-A as they were walking towards their dorm. No one had considered that the chef of UA's cafeteria would be the pro hero "Lunch Rush." The food he prepared for every student was just so delicious it was hard to stop going back for seconds or thirds!
Fifths and sixths in Momo's case.
Some of the students were idly chatting, talking about how full they were or how tasty even just the plain white rice was when Tenya suddenly spoke aloud and caught everyone's attention.
"Ah, here we are! The 'Heights Alliance' dorms for Class 1-A" spoke the blue-haired teenager, his arm waving in the arm like a robot, which at this point everyone in the class assumed was another tick that the students would have to get used to. As they began to make their way to the front doors, someone they didn't expect had already slammed open the entrance door and stormed out, his face a clear sign of anger similar to how he had looked to the class earlier in the day. Still, they did notice his complexion being paler than usual.
"MOVE IT, EXTRAS!" screamed Bakugo as he pushed past a few of them and speedily walked towards the front gate of the University. Many of the students groaned and sighed as they remembered they would have to put up with the blonde from now on. Tenya was the first to recover and cleared his throat, getting everyone's attention again.
"Let's… put aside Bakugo's behavior for now and go inside; perhaps our new dorm manager is someone that can keep him in line."
"I dunno, dude." Kaminari spoke up, hands behind his head as he walked towards the entrance, "Kinda hard to keep a guy with a short fuse and can toss out explosions in line that easily."
"Well, regardless, let's head inside," Momo spoke up and walked into the building, thanks to Tenya holding the door for everyone.
As the entire class walked inside, they were all gasping and taking in the beautifully decorated floor. By the entrance, one could find an organized, although empty, coat room where lockers marked with their class numbers adorned on gold plates awaited their rain/winter coats and boots. Just past that was a large open space with a giant LCD TV and entertainment center sitting against the wall facing towards the dining area. In front of the TV were several soft and comfortable looking couches and loveseats, with two coffee tables spaced evenly between them. Across the way, several of the students were checking out the very spacious kitchen area with its vast array of cupboards and lazy susan hideaways that formed a 'U' shape counter to separate it and the dining area. What marveled them more was the three large and brand new looking stoves that lined against the wall, with one large fridge and a gaping empty spot beside it close by.
And sitting in the dining area, where the students came to look upon a giant wooden dining table and twenty-two matching chairs lined and wrapping around it. However, two of said chairs were occupied by two people, a man and a woman, who were mildly chatting and talking over tea.
The man could be best described as a skeleton wearing a yellow suit two sizes too big on him, his blond hair wild with two large bangs hanging over his gaunt face. At the same time, his eyebrows casted dark shadows over his eyes; one could see the bright blue irises shining from within those shadows that, for some reason, made the students feel 'safe.' The woman sitting next to him, giggling gently from what may have been a joke told before the students came in, was a shorter woman with shoulder-length deep green hair, though a short ponytail could be seen from the back of her head.
The silent question running through everyone's head since looking upon her was immediately answered when Momo walked forward and spoke, "M-Ms. Midoriya? What are you doing here?"
"Hmm? Oh! If it isn't Momo, so good to see you dear." spoke the now identified Inko Midoriya, who said something to the man beside her in a whisper who nodded back, possibly to just excuse herself while she went to go meet the students. As she walked towards them, her true height revealed that she was on the shorter side. Still, the smile she beamed was very familiar to a few of the students and cemented that this was Izuku's mother.
"It's good to see you too, Ms. Midoriya… but I am still curious as to why you are here, not to be rude, of course."
"That's alright, Momo; I can understand the confusion, given that it would be odd for one of your classmates' mother to be here on the first day," Inko spoke gently before turning her attention to the other students, a few she had quickly put names to their faces now, given Izuku's descriptions of them during the year that he was training. The older woman turned and faced the others, bowing gently before raising up, "Good afternoon everyone, my name is Inko Midoriya."
The class bowed and welcomed her back; Inko smiled at this and held her hands in front of her as she continued, "So before we get started on the dorm orientation, I'll tell you a little about myself."
"As some of you may have guessed, Yes, I am Izuku's mother. I am a widower, and my former occupation was as a registered nurse at the hospital in Musutafu prefecture. The hours were very long, but it was very meaningful work, and I loved helping those that came in, even met a few pro heroes at times when they came in injured." Inko giggled gently, remembering how she would often try to get an autograph for Izuku once the pro heroes were discharged, "Anyway, I've been hired by UA to not only be an assistant to Recovery Girl but also as Class 1-A's dorm manager!"
"Weren't you calling yourself 'dorm-mother' but a few moments ago?" spoke the skeletal man from the table, who followed up his comment with a dry chuckle. Inko turned around to face him and gasped with fake indignation and a soft blush on her face.
"Toshinori! You weren't supposed to say that yet!" The older woman pouted at him but then realized that she had a class full of students still, so she turned around and chuckled nervously, then cleared her throat.
"Yes, well, as Mr. Yagi has just said, I would prefer the term 'dorm-mother' since we will all be living here for quite a while, and it seems more friendly than 'manager.'" she continued as the sound of a chair moving back made her ears twitch, "and the gentleman behind me is Mr. Toshinori Yagi, he's another one of the staff here at UA as Nezu's assistant as well as personal secretary to All Might."
The man smiled as some of the students gasped at the mention of All Might; a few of them began to ask questions about the Pro Hero before Toshinori raised his hand up to quiet them down,
"Now, I'd be more than happy to answer any questions at a later date, but I must get back to the dean and finish up some paperwork that All Might may have missed; this is his first teaching job, so I please ask you be patient with him." The skeletal man turned to Inko, "and thank you again for the tea, Inko, and I am glad to see you and young Midoriya have adjusted well to the dorm suites already."
As she waved him off and told Toshinori not to fret about them, a bang on the door caught everyone's attention. The small boy with purple balls on his head spoke up, "I got it.". As he went towards the door, the small boy screeched loudly, "HOLY HELL?! What are you carrying?"
"It's the second refrigerator, the other one had a busted motor, and I was asked to bring a new one, and thank you Mineta." Izuku spoke as he walked in holding the large boxed appliance in his arms as they flexed with the 'heavy' load they were carrying; his legs tightened with every step he took as he casually strolled towards the kitchen, smiling at his classmates, "Hey everyone… sorry I can't properly greet you…" his attention turned to his mother, "And sorry it took so long, they had delivered the unit to Lunch Rush, but it was also late, so I asked if he needed help during the lunch hour until it came in."
"It's fine honey, do you need any help with that?" Inko asked, her hand close to her chest in worry, but he beamed a smile at her in reassurance.
"Actually, yes… it would make it easier to lift the fridge out of the box with some help." He looked back to his classmates, and Tenya was the first one to immediately pick up on the gesture.
The blue-haired boy turned to the others and, with a wave of his arm, spoke loudly once again, "Yes! It is our duty as students of UA to help out a fellow classmate; I shall aid you, Midoriya, but we should keep the group small, any volunteers?"
"I'm in!" Kirishima shouted out as he went to stand beside Midoriya, turning towards the other boys, "C'mon! The sooner we get this done, the quicker we can check this place out!"
Some of the other boys nodded, and soon Kaminari and Sato joined the small group as they all headed into the kitchen. Izuku placed the box down, and they all immediately began to get to work. Inko smiled softly, watching some of the others helping out her son, then turned her attention back to the remaining fifteen, "While they do that, I'll explain the rules of the dorms and some other little things."
"First, while I shouldn't need to say it as we are all adults, but while I have no issue with quirk usage in the dorms, please do be careful. Accidents happen, and I'd rather you come to inform me as soon as possible than try and hide it."
"Secondly, there is a curfew set in place for 10 p.m. this means that anyone outside of the dorms must be back before then unless you have been given permission to stay out longer. If you are off-campus and are going to be late, again, call me and let me know."
"Third, a chore list will be set up starting Monday, and while it may need to change due to internships and work placements, as long as we can all coordinate on this, there should be no issue."
"Fourth, there is a garden behind the building that was being taken care of by the graduates from last year, and everyone here is responsible for it, including me. This will help elevate some costs in regards to vegetables during the summer months."
"Fifth, There is to be no fighting outside of training or in the dorms." Inko said with a touch of venom to her voice as well as gleam within her eye, sending shivers down everyone's spines, including Tosnhinori, who had kept standing beside her while she did her speech, "Arguments happen, and tempers flare, but we are all adults here, and I WILL get involved in disputes before it gets physical. Dean Nezu has also authorized me to prevent any physical altercations using my quirk."
"W-what is your quirk, Ms. Midoriya?" asked a somewhat frightened Mineta, eyes slightly bulging and his knees shaking. He flinched when she turned her gaze to him; something within her glare made the wish for the end right there.
"My quirk is that I can attract small things to me. Be it a pen, a novel, remote control… nerve endings. I don't need to visually see what I pull on. My training as a medical professional has allowed me to 'tug' on the small parts of one's body." she kept staring at him, causing Mineta to flinch once again, "Also, harassment also falls under the rule as well… simple and friendly teasing is still o.k, but go too far. Well… you wouldn't like what happens."
Inko cleared her throat, then appeared to be smiling gently one again. The sudden one-eighty kept everyone's attention on her still, now understanding why Bakugo looked a little pale when he left, and they learned quite quickly one of the many rules of survival in the world.
You don't piss off Inko Midoriya.
"And while not the last rule of the dorm, as the rest are outlined in the syllabus, and I don't think I really need to stress this enough…" The 'dorm-mother' shifted in her stance, a little rosy-cheeked as she spoke, "You are all young adults, and certain 'urges' can occur, especially with a mixed dorm and while relationships and what goes on in the privacy of your rooms happen, contraceptives are available from Recovery Girl, or from me as well." Inko turned her attention towards the girls, "And ladies, for birth control, only Recovery Girl would be able to provide you with that, so I would recommend getting a consultation with her first."
With everyone thoroughly embarrassed by that last little bit of information, Inko's cheeks turned to normal, "I may be here to supervise you, but I am also here to help guide you as well, not only as future heroes but as people too. Some people seem to forget that Pro heroes are still human, not immortal gods that can never be vanquished; I can say this with one hundred percent honesty from how many of these supposed "gods" ended up having to retire due to lost limbs."
Inko gave the group in front of her a sad smile, "So please, remember that you are all just learning to be heroes, you will make mistakes, and don't be afraid to come and talk to me should you need any help. My door is always open."
As the class began to relax and calm down, not only from the somewhat embarrassing talk before Inko's heartfelt speech but also the fear she gave them in regards to her quirk, they all turned their attention towards the kitchen when they heard Tenya exclaim, "Midoriya! Be careful when lifting that!"
Everyone walked around the counter to see what was going on, and some merely gasped to see that Izuku had dead-lifted the new fridge out of the box. He held it above his head, his body tensed as before, but his t-shirt rose to reveal the small of his back to the onlookers. Izuku's head turned to Tenya and the green-haired boy smiled.
"It's fine, Iida. It's not that heavy, and Denki, is it plugged into the wall socket yet?"
"Yep!" called out the electric-quirked boy with a thumbs-up as Kirishima and Sato pushed the cut open box and various styrofoam pieces out of the way. With the way clear of refuse and one blonde student, Izuku slowly knelt down to the ground and tilted the appliance down before standing up and adjusting the fridge into the formerly vacant slot. After sliding it in, he sighed with a smirk on his lips, dusting his hands at the completed job.
Izuku patted the door to the chrome appliance, then began to turn around to face the others, "Now, Lunch Rush told me that we should wait a few hours before we put-" stopping mid-sentence, the green-haired boy's eyes went wide with fear and backed up into the fridge as he looked upon the while smiling, dangerous look on his mother's face, "M-mom? W-what's wrong?"
"Izuku, sweety, when did you get a tattoo on your back?" Inko asked slowly, but there was that tone to it that matched the look she had. Izuku, on the other hand, blinked owlishly and tilted his head before quickly making his way to the main floor bathroom.
As he did, and putting on a brave face, Tenya moved slowly to Inko and gently cleared his throat, "M-Ms. Midoriya...", his voice stuttered when her gaze suddenly shifted towards him, Tenya quivered as he stood tall, "M... Midoriya d-didn't have that tattoo before our Quirk Assessment tests, b-but when they were finished, it w-was there. We d-didn't have a chance to tell him before he left in a hurry."
The air around Inko immediately faltered, and her malicious look turned to worry, "W-What? How is that possible? W-what happened during the tests?"
Tenya sighed as he felt there was air to breathe now, "During the one hundred meter dash, he 'unlocked' another aspect of his quirk, something called a "Dragoon" kit."
Whatever else was going to be said immediately died in their throats as Izuku rushed back in, his eyes wide in terror and confusion as well as being completely shirtless. Many of the girl's cheeks blushed a deep rose with a few of them looking away (as well as the silent clicks of a phone app going off because of a particular pink-skinned troublemaker) Izuku quickly turned around to reveal said mysterious ink upon his back to his classmates.
His very toned back flexed as what could be described as an elongated crystal ran up his spine in full view of his classmates. The image lines were green in color, with four odd symbols seemingly floating within the crystalline object.
Izuku turned his head, gaining the attention back from the tattoo or his back muscles, and in a panic, he exclaimed:
"WHEN DID I GET THIS TATTOO?!"