Waking up before sunrise was something that Midoriya had grown accustomed to by this point in his life. During his training in preparation to get into U.A. he would often spend the early hours of the morning at Dagobah beach. Granted, the fact that he didn't have to worry about going to school during that time certainly helped his early morning routine quite a bit.

As he walked into the bathroom to wash his face and brush his teeth, the boy paused to look himself over in the full sized mirror on the nearby wall. Months of intense weightlifting and physical training had done wonders for his growing body. Not only did he grow a couple of centimeters in height. He now had a decent amount of muscle on his once slender frame that would put his former self to shame.

'I'm glad I sold all of my old All Might junk to pay for that gym membership.' He told himself while taking a couple of seconds to flex in mirror. He knew that he had to look like one of those garden variety douchebags that you'd see flaunting their bodies on television. And he'd be mortified if anyone ever caught him doing something like this. But Midoriya couldn't help himself from admiring how far he had come. He may not have been as muscular as Tetsutetsu or even Bondo, but he still had a respectable physique.

However, there was one thing that the boy absolutely hated about his body. And that was his scars.

The right side of his hip and abdomen was littered with dozens of well-placed, symmetrical lines that he had carved into his own body over the last two years or so. A constant reminder to himself about the person he once was. The boy can still remember the very first time he drew a blade across his skin and the feeling of euphoria that came with it. But aside from his slip up at the start of the year, those moments were very few and far between nowadays.

Yet there was one mark on his body that made him cringe every single time he laid eyes on it. The still visible burn mark on his right shoulder in the shape of a hand print. The scar in question was a constant reminder of what he still considers to be the worst day of his life. And it was destined to plague him for the rest of his days. No matter what he did, the thing seemed determined to stay on his form.

He had tried everything. Ointments, makeup, topical gels, there was even a point where he considered just outright cutting the piece of skin completely off his body altogether. Eventually he just accepted it for what it was and used it as a constant reminder to never let things get as bad as they once were. Thankfully, he had been able to keep this a secret from his mother and everyone else. The last thing he needed was for this to ruin his chances at becoming a hero.

With one last visual inspection, Midoriya went on with his morning routine before heading down to the kitchen area and making himself a light breakfast. He was looking forward to whatever training his mentor had planned for him. And he was determined to do his best.

~Super Friends Created~

~Itsuka Kendou, Ibara Shiozaki, Pony Tsunotori, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, Juzo Honenuki, Izuku Midoriya and Reiko Yanagi have been added to the chat.~

T-Rex: What's up party people!

Dumbbell: Did you seriously name this group "Super Friends"?

T-Rex: Problem?

Dumbbell: Yes

Cross: Greetings everyone!

Fist: So is there a reason why you only added us into this chat and not the entire class?

T-Rex: You guys are pretty much the only people in class that I actually talk to.

Skeleton: Makes sense.

Skeleton: How's everyone's internships going?

T-Rex: Awesome!

Fist: Same

Cross: I've learned quite a bit in only one day.

Dumbbell: Pretty good, but kind of boring.

Apple: Very fun!

Ghost: Good.

Rabbit: Good.

Skeleton: Who are you guys interning with anyway? I didn't get the chance to ask before we all left.

Dumbbell: I'm with Fourth Kind. Kirishima from 1-A is here too.

T-Rex: Oh yeah, that guy with the same quirk as you. What's that like?

Dumbbell: He's pretty cool, but the guy keeps talking about manliness. It's kind of weird.

Cross: I'm working with Kamui Woods. He's been a pleasure to learn under.

Fist: Gunhead for me. We pretty much hit the ground running. He's actually really nice.

Apple: Mt. Lady. Me and Ibara combined together yesterday with our pros.

Ghost: I'm with Yoroi Musha.

Skeleton: The number 8 hero? Holy shit that dude's ancient!

Cross: Language

Ghost: He said that my quirk has a lot of practical uses and has shown me a few interesting tricks. It's been very informative.

T-Rex: That's still pretty awesome though. I'm with Edgeshot. Me and Moptop are actually teaming up for the rest of the week.

Skeleton: That's pretty cool.

T-Rex: We actually got to help with a rescue operation yesterday.

Fist: What happened? I saw on the news that a building got blown up near where you guys are at?

T-Rex: From what we were told it was suicide bomber.

Cross: How dreadful. There were a couple of similar incidents in a few other places from what I've read.

Apple: Super crazy.

Fist: Well I'm glad you guys are alright.

Skeleton: Seriously.

Dumbbell: As much fun as it talking to you guys I gotta run. Me and Kirishima have to spend the morning picking up trash at the park with Fourth Kind.

Dumbbell: (；一_一)

T-Rex: I'm playing the world's smallest violin.

Cross: Same, I have to get ready for the day as well.

Fist: Yeah me too.

Ghost: Agreed.

Rabbit: Same

T-Rex: Good point. Ttyl.

Apple: Have fun!

Skeleton: Talk to you guys later. Go out and do great things! Plus Ultra and all that.

Midoriya knew that his early morning training session was going to be tough. But he certainly wasn't expecting this.

The boy and his mentor had hit the ground running as soon as they arrived at the junkyard not too long after breakfast. Like Katsuragi had told him the night before, their main focus for today was his control. Midoriya was given the task of re-shaping various pieces of metal while simultaneously floating in the air. On the surface, it seemed pretty simple but that certainly wasn't the case. The green haired woman upped the ante by telling him that every single time his feet hit the ground, he would owe her fifty pushups. And he was already on five hundred in the first ninety minutes.

According to Katsuragi, the best way to improve his time in the air was just by powering through it as long as possible. And with each attempt it became increasingly difficult to maintain. That coupled with the added chore of manipulating pipes into various shapes was pushing him to his limits. Thankfully, the woman was merciful enough to grant him a breather from his training.

"How are you feeling?" Katsuragi asked the boy after creating a comfortable looking chair from some of the nearby scrap metal and a car door.

"Good." He responded with a heavy sigh and a film of sweat on his forehead.

"I know it sucks, but this is the best way to improve your flying. Think of it like weightlifting, the harder you push yourself the easier it will get over time."

"I understand."

"For now, I want to focus on your how many objects you can control at once. You said your limit was six, right?"

"Yes ma'am."

The green haired heroine looked at him for a moment before reaching into her backpack and pulling out a box of spoons from one of the pockets and setting them on the ground in front of him. Midoriya tilted his head in curiosity at what she was planning for him to do.

"Lift up as many of those as you can." She ordered while leaning forward in her seat.

The boy did as he was told and one-by-one lifted six of the spoons off the ground and levitating them in front of his face.

"I thought so." She commented.

"What is it?"

"Tell me, when you did that did you try to lift each spoon up one-by-one?"

"Y-yeah." He nodded.

"Well that's your problem."

"Huh?"

Katsuragi proceeded to lift the rest of the spoons into the air, twenty-four separate ones in total. Needless to say, Midoriya was pretty amazed by this. He thought that Yanagi's control was impressive, but this was in a whole other league.

"There's a trick to handling bigger loads that my sister taught me when I was still in middle school. To be honest, I can only manipulate ten different items if I focus on them individually. But there's a way to work around that." The woman began explaining.

"What is it?" He asked.

"Instead of focusing on each object individually, try moving them in one giant cluster. You won't be able to freely manipulate each object on their own, but it's a useful way to move heavy loads. I noticed yesterday that you were limiting yourself but this is how I work around stuff like that."

Midoriya took a couple of seconds to jot down in his: "Quirk Analysis: Izuku Midoriya" notebook before turning his attention back to the kitchen utensils. In his mind, it made a lot of sense. Up until this point he had been strictly focused on moving objects one by one. He assumed that over time he would be able to gradually increase his limit and that method had been working so far. But this just made a lot more sense. No wonder the woman was able to lift such massive loads during the recovery operation.

"Alright!" The boy half-shouted with a determined look on his face while focusing on the spoons.

Midoriya took a moment to clear his mind and put her words into action. Over the course of the next minute or so, he tried his hardest to move all of them at once, but the most he was able to do was barely lift the set of kitchen utensils off the ground. Eventually, he gave up and let himself take a couple of breaths.

"You're still focusing on each individual spoon." The green haired woman stated while readjusting herself in the makeshift chair. "Try this. Inside your mind, imagine your quirk as one giant ball around the spoons. Picture some type of "force field" surrounding the spoons and use that method as a way to move them."

"O-okay."

Once again, the boy brought his attention back to the spoons and put Katsuragi's words into action. Inside of his head, he imagined a ball just big enough to encompass the kitchen utensils and placed it around them. Admittedly, it was hard trying to get the picture inside of his head. But once he was able to do it, Midoriya successfully levitated the entire group off the ground and in front of his face. Like his mentor previously stated it was impossible to move any individual spoon by itself. But he was able to float them around in one singular group relatively easily.

'That wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.' Midoriya thought to himself only seconds before the entire cluster dropped. Apparently, something like this required a lot of control to maintain. Losing focus for even half a second broke his hold on them.

'This kid is amazing.' Katsuragi smiled at her student's progress. She half expected him to fail on the first try like she did when she first learned of this method.

"You truly are talented Midoriya-kun. You have a much better grasp on your power than I did at your age. I'm surprised you weren't able to do something like already."

"Well I haven't had my quirk for very long so I'm still learning how to apply it." The boy absentmindedly replied before clasping a hand over his mouth. 'Dammit!'

The green haired heroine tilted her head and gave him a confused look after hearing that. "What do you mean?"

Midoriya was now mentally kicking himself for letting that information slip. He had been doing well so far in not letting anyone know that he's had his quirk for less than a year. But now he just messed up big time. Seeing as he now couldn't take his words back, the boy decided to just roll with it and stick to his usual story.

"O-oh w-w-well, I'm kind of a late bloomer. My quirk didn't manifest u-until a little under a year ago."

"Seriously?" Katsuragi inquired. She was by no means an expert on quirks, but developing one so late was a rarity. "That's odd, with how strong you are I would've assumed you've had it your entire life."

"Yeah, I was pretty surprised m-myself when it finally came in."

"Wow…so you thought you were quirkless all that time? I'm sorry to hear that." She said in a somber tone. The woman was well aware of how those without quirks were treated in today's society. If their suicides rates were any indication, then the boy must've had it rough growing up.

"Y-yeah, growing up wasn't really all that great."

"In any case, that just makes you even more impressive in my eyes. Having your quirk for less than a year and already being able to do as much as you can is nothing short of amazing. It took me years to learn how to fly at your level. Before that, I could barely keep myself in the air for a few minutes without falling on my face."

Midoriya felt his heart flutter a bit at Katsuragi's praise. Being complimented like this was something that he didn't think he'll ever really get used to. But it still felt good to have his hard work acknowledged. He was about to tell her thank you, but something that she said finally clicked in his mind.

"Wait, so you were pretty much unable to fly before then?"

"Not entirely."

"What do you mean?"

"I learned a neat little trick to move through the air when I was still in high school." She told him before standing up and calling another broken car door over to her. Midoriya watched as the woman jumped on top of it and began moving through the area with an impressive amount of skill. If he had to make a comparison, it was like the woman was snowboarding. This was his first time seeing her do something like that.

"I call it "air surfing". I don't really do this a lot nowadays since I've improved my mobility. But it still has its uses. If anything, you can use whatever you ride on as an extra weapon to take down criminals."

"Wow." Was all the boy managed to say. Something like this was definitely useful to use. As his mind began running over all the practical applications of this a thought popped into his head. If someone with a quirk similar to theirs knew how to do this, then it could help them out tremendously when battling villains.

"Uh, Fubuki-san?"

"Hmm?"

"Would it be okay if I told one of my classmates about this? I think it would help her out a lot."

"Fine with me, it's not like I have it trademarked or anything."

"Thank you."

"You can tell her about it after we're done here. For now, your break is over so let's get back to it. We only have a few hours before we need to meet up with Edgeshot and Tokage-san and there's still a few things that I want to teach you."

"Yes ma'am!" The boy almost cheered as the green haired duo resumed their raining from earlier.

While Midoriya was hard at work improving on his skillset, Tokage was doing the same. The green haired girl was currently taking a knee on the ground while lightly painting with a not-so-subtle amount of sweat on her face.

"Do you need to take a breather?" Kamihara asked her in with a slight bit of concern in his voice.

"No, I'm good to go again." She shook her head before reactivating her quirk and spreading herself out across the room and around her mentor.

"Alright, but after this we're taking a break."

The number five hero watched as various pieces of his student slowly began rotating around him. There were still quite a few openings in this new move of hers. But considering the fact that she thought of it just yesterday, he was impressed with how far she had come along.

The idea itself was simple but very effective once put into practice. "Scale Storm" as the girl called it, was a move where she would separate herself into as many pieces as possible and use them to surround her opponent. This, along with rotating herself at top speed would not only distract whoever got caught up in the attack. It would also stop them from escaping.

Her one-sided match with the pro yesterday showed Tokage that she couldn't rely on brute force and cheap tricks as much as she would like when it came to a fight. She needed a way to contain people and take them out.

"This is good." Kamihara commented as Tokage's body began rotating her pieces faster and faster. 'A little more fine tuning and this would be a problem for anyone.'

'Damn, this is still too hard to maintain for long!' The girl's floating head thought from above the whirlwind of flesh. Moving her body like this in one direction was pretty easy, but the first issue came with stamina. And the fact that she had been doing this for the last hour wasn't helping at all. 'I just need to wait for an opening!'

Luckily for the girl, her wish had been granted when Kamihara turned his head. As fast as she could, Tokage focused on one of her forearms and sent it towards the pro hero's gut. But like all the times before, he was easily able to dodge it. With that failed attack, Tokage had officially hit her limit and pieced her body back together. The girl flopping down on the ground to catch her breath.

"Dammit!" She groaned in annoyance.

"The moment before you attack you slow down a considerable amount. It's a good indicator that you're about to strike."

"Yeah, I know…" She responded. Part two of this new move of hers is where the real issue came. Moving her body in one direction was easy enough, but trying to send things in different directions was a challenge. She may have complete control over all of her pieces, but doing something like that was almost as bad as trying to look both left and right at the same time. The last time she tried something like that she caused herself a headache due to the information overload.

"Still, this is quite remarkable. In my opinion if you just to practice it a bit more, it won't be long before it's perfected."

"Thanks." She gave the man a tired smile.

"Let's take ten minutes so you can recover. It's not a good idea to tire yourself out before going on patrol this afternoon." He said while taking up a spot on the ground a couple of meters in front of her.

The silver haired man let the silence linger a bit longer before striking up a conversation with her.

"So Tokage-san tell me. What inspired you to become a hero?"

The greenette racked her brain for a moment as she tried to find the right words. "Well…it's just something that I've always wanted to do y'know. I guess like most kids, I grew up watching heroes save people and wanted to that."

"That's understandable."

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not like those guys who just want to go out and beat people up. I mean…I guess that's part of the reason why I want to go into rescue work. I'd rather leave all that flashy stuff to guys like you and All Might."

"Ah yes, you did mention that your end goal was to be a rescue hero." The man nodded while taking a sip from his teacup that magically appeared from out of nowhere. "Why that route and not the more congenital? Your quirk is perfect for fighting in my opinion."

"Yeah…that's what people have been telling me, but that's just not what I want to do." The girl let out with a bit of a sigh. "I just want to save people at the end of the day. And yesterday was kind of an eye opener on how much I need to improve if I want to be an effective rescue hero."

"It's quite refreshing to hear that from someone your age. Most kids just want a reason to use their quirks freely and gain attention. Not many go into the hero business with noble intentions."

"Oh yeah, you don't have to tell me twice." She flashed the man a toothy smirk. Tokage wasn't one to judge people's motivations for aspiring to become a hero. But there were always people out there who joined the career field with less than desirable intentions.

"Well if you ask me, I think you can become an effective rescue hero. Try to remember that nothing about this job is cut and dry. People like Blizzard and Thirteen may be able to handle massive jobs and natural disasters. But not every situation requires something so flashy."

"I understand, sir."

"Good." The man smiled underneath his mask as he stood up. "I say we hold off on practicing your move for now and take some time for me to show you some good ways to distract an opponent during a battle."

"Sounds good to me!" Tokage cheered before jumping to her feet and giving the man a wide grin.

It almost seemed like a perfect day when the group of heroes and interns finally met up for their afternoon outing. The sun was shining, the temperature was perfect and there was just enough cloud cover to provide a comfortable bit of shade.

The group of four wasted no time getting to work and spent the first hour patrolling their agreed upon route. There were quite a few people out and about today, and there was no shortage of cheers and greetings from fans and passerby's.

"We love you Edgeshot!"

"You too Blizzard!"

"Who are those other two?"

"I think I recognize that girl from the U.A. Sports Festival."

"Oh yeah, her quirk is wild as hell!"

"I don't recognize that masked guy though. Maybe he's Blizzard new sidekick?"

Tokage decided to bask in the moment and gave the onlookers a quick wave and a smile. Fame wasn't her number one priority when it comes to becoming a hero. But it certainly felt good to get recognized. Midoriya on the other hand was glad that no one could see his face under his helmet. Otherwise they would've seen the notable amount of blush on his freckled cheeks.

"It's kind of weird having a bunch of random people know who you are." Tokage said as they turned the corner.

"I agree, but it's something that you'll have to get used to." Edgeshot told her.

"Remember to not let stuff like this go to your head." Blizzard was the next to speak. "A lot of young heroes get too wrapped up in the fame that comes with our line of work. I'll admit that after my debut I got pretty overwhelmed with all of the attention."

"Oh yeah, I remember that." Midoriya stated.

It was about five years ago when the green haired heroine made her splash onto the hero scene. She and Tornado saved a group of two-hundred passengers stranded on a sinking ship in Tokyo Bay. It was pretty big news story for a few weeks and was the event that earned the siblings the title of "Psychic Sisters".

"Yes, it was my first big job after graduating from U.A.. If I remember correctly, I only had my pro hero license for about a month when that happened."

"Wow, I didn't know you went to U.A." Tokage looked to the woman. "I don't remember ever seeing you participate in the Sports Festival."

"I wouldn't doubt it. It was a few years ago, and the furthest I ever got was the semi-finals in the tournament stage in my second year."

"I guess I'm the odd one out." The silver haired man joked.

"Where'd you go to school at, sir?"

"I went to Ketsubutsu. Your homeroom teacher Vlad King went there around the same time I did if I remember correctly."

"Wow, small world." The 'lizard tail splitter' user laughed.

Just before anyone else could comment, a loud scream from about eighty meters in front of them caught their attention. The group looked ahead to see a young man dressed in school uniform sprinting out of a nearby alley. The boy had jet black hair styled in a bowl cut and pink eyes. And from the looks of it, he was in a hurry.

'Is that…' Midoriya thought once the recognition set in. Before he called out the person's name, a group of students in similar uniforms came from the same alleyway with a set of sadistic looks on their faces.

"Get back here you freak!" A girl with red hair shouted at the boy.

"What the hell is goi-" Edgeshot's inquiry was cut off when Midoriya suddenly flew passed him and made a beeline straight for the boy.

"Skywalker!" Blizzard called out.

In the blink of an eye, the green haired boy was already down the road and called out to the person being chased. "Unohana-san!"

The black haired teen looked up and a sense of relief washed over his features at the sight of this unknown hero. "Help! These guys are after me!" He shouted in desperation.

Midoriya wasted no time and activated his quirk on the group of pursuers. The boy lifted the four of them off the ground and held them in place just before they could get within arm's reach of their target.

"Hey, what the hell's the big idea?!" The redhead said while trying to break free of his hold.

"Thank you hero." The boy now identified as Unohana bowed at Midoriya with a shaky grin.

"Are you alright, Unohana-san?"

"You know me?" The black haired boy tilted his head in confusion before the voice finally registered in his head. "Wait, are you Mido-"

"What's going on here?" Blizzard asked as her and the others ran up to group. The green haired woman wanted to be mad at her student for jumping into a situation without a second thought. But she was impressed at how fast he reacted to getting to someone in trouble. As she took a moment to look over the group of students, she couldn't help but notice the layer of dirt on Unohana's uniform. That along with what looked like green liquid seeping down from his hair. "Explain."

"These guys were chasing me. I barely managed to shake them a few blocks ago but they kept coming after me."

"Oh really now?" Edgeshot folded his arms while looking to airborne students.

"He's lying!" A boy with green scales on his face retorted

.

"So why don't you enlighten us on what's going on?"

A nervous sweat suddenly formed on their faces as they tried to think of an excuse. "T-that loser bumped into me and spilled my smoothie. And then he took off without even apologizing!"

"You don't really expect us to believe that, do you?" Tokage asked after hearing such an obvious lie.

"It's the truth!"

"Like hell it is!" Unohana shouted back. "That jerk with the scales on his face threw it on me after we got out of school and then they all started chasing me. They've been coming after me ever since the school year started."

"Shut up, you damn freak!"

"I suggest you lower your tone before I get angry." Blizzard snapped at the redhead, causing the girl to clamp her mouth shut.

"Will someone please tell us what really started this whole mess?"

"These guys have been coming after me ever since school started. They're just a bunch of bullies who think it's okay to pick on the quirkless kid."

Everything seemed to stop for a moment as the group of heroes processed the boy's words. Based on what they had just been told, along with his appearance, it was safe to assume that this wasn't too far from the truth. Tokage immediately felt something well up in her chest and she had to stop herself from making a comment. While that was happening, Midoriya chose to stay silent.

"Y'know, this could be considered assault if the police were to get involved. If he wanted to, this boy could press charges on all of you and you'd face some serious consequences." Blizzard spoke.

"You're going to believe this guy instead of us?"

"We have no reason not to." The masked man interjected.

"The optics are rather incriminating. This boy does look to be roughed up a bit while you children don't. If I didn't know any better, I'd say more than just a simple accidental collision took place. If he were to press charges, I wouldn't blame him."

The group of students all stayed silent while giving each other a set of concerned looks. They were smart enough to realize that the situation didn't look good for them and the last thing they wanted was to go to jail for committing a crime.

"What do you say…"

"Unohana."

"Well Unohana-san, what do you think we should do with these hooligans?"

The boy looked at his classmates for a moment before letting out a heavy sigh. "As much as I want to, it's not like anything will actually happen to them besides a slap on the wrist. As long as they're not chasing me then I'm fine."

Something about the way he said that seemed loaded to Tokage. Sure she doubted that this group of jerks would face hard time for something as simple as this. But why did he think that nothing was going to happen to them? This Unohana guy was obviously the victim here.

"Well today is your lucky day. We'll let you off with a warning."

"T-thanks Edgeshot." The scaled teen said.

"However, we will be getting all of your names and what school you go to. I have a few contacts with the local precinct and I'll make sure that they keep an ear to the ground. And I will personally be following up on this. If I hear anything about the four of you in the future, you better believe that there will be hell to pay." Blizzard followed up with an intense glare.

While the two heroes were getting the students information Midoriya and Tokage were helping Unohana wipe the dirt off his uniform. Although she was glad that they were able to resolve the situation quickly, the girl was a bit annoyed that those jerks were pretty much getting off scot-free.

"That should be all of it. Are you sure that you're okay?" Midoriya asked in a concerned voice.

"Yeah...I'm used to it. Thanks Midoriya-kun." The boy waved off after wiping the last bit of liquid from his hair. Seeing as there was no point in keeping it on, Midoriya elected to remove his helmet so that the boy could see his face.

"You know each other?" Tokage asked in a curious tone.

"Yeah!" Unohana smiled. "Midoriya-kun volunteers at the orphanage that I live at. He helps me out all the time when I'm having trouble with English."

"Really?" Tokage glanced at her classmate.

"Yeah, he's the best! He's always helping out with chores and stuff too. Dude, I didn't know that you were going to be in this area. I remember you saying that you were going to be busy with your internship this week, but you didn't tell me that you'd be working with Blizzard of all people."

"I-I guess I forgot to m-mention it." Midoriya slightly blushed.

"Wow Moptop, you really are made of puppies and sunshine." The girl laughed.

"Thanks again for helping me out man, you really saved my ass."

"It was no trouble at all, really."

"So do those guys come after you like that all the time?"

"Unfortunately." The boy sighed. "They've been on my case ever since middle school."

"All because you don't have a quirk?"

"That and I get way better grades than they do. They were mad because I messed up the grading curve on our last exam and one of them isn't doing too hot in class. It just comes with the territory, y'know?" The boy chuckled a bit before extending out his hand. "I haven't gotten the chance to properly introduce myself, I'm Sasuke Unohana. It's nice to meet you!"

As Tokage went to shake the boy's hand she noticed two things. The first was the smile that he had on his face. It was the same kind of smile that Midoriya had given her a couple of times during school. The kind that a person gives you when they're not being truly honest.

The second was the one that made her pause for a brief moment. When she looked at the boy's hand, under his sleeve she noticed the series of clean looking cuts on the underside of wrist. Tokage had to hold in a gasp at the sight of this and did her best to pretend like she hadn't noticed.

"I-I'm Setsuna Tokage, Moptop here is my classmate."

"Seriously? That's awesome!"

"So have you two known each other for long?"

The two boys shared a quick look with one another and seemed to have some type of silent conversation right before her very eyes. Tokage couldn't help but notice the slight bit of tension in the air before the black haired teen answered her question.

"We ran into each other a while back."

"H-he helped me out and I've been volunteering at the orphanage ever since." Midoriya added on. Thankfully. The boy didn't go any further than that short explanation.

"Cool."

"Well, thanks for helping out back there. Sorry you guys had to go through all the trouble on my account. I know heroes are super busy and all."

"It's what heroes are supposed to do after all." Blizzard spoke up after the two heroes rejoined the group.

"Well I need to hurry up before I miss my train. I'll see you around, Midoriya-kun. Thanks again for all the help!"

"Yeah, I'll see you later." The green haired teen waved.

With that, Unohana made his way down the street in the direction of the train station. Midoriya was still worried about the boy's safety. But he put that to the side for now and made a mental note to contact him after their patrol was done just made sure that he was okay.

After a quick chat about what happened, the group of heroes and students went on with their duties for the day. For the remainder of the afternoon, Tokage couldn't help but notice how quiet Midoriya was being. Obviously something about that whole interaction seemed to be bothering him. But the girl elected to hold off on talking to him about until later that day.

Whip: How's your internship going?

T-Rex: Awesome! We just got finished with our patrol. Edgeshot's just as cool as I thought he'd be and I've already come up with a new move.

Whip: Well, I'm glad to hear that you're doing well. Although I'm still a bit heartbroken that you didn't accept my offer.

Whip: But if you don't want to spend time with me I understand.

Whip: (TT_TT)

T-Rex: Save the alligator tears for dad when you want him to make teriyaki salmon.

Whip: You're so mean!

T-Rex: Plus, I couldn't just not accept an offer from the number five hero. I need to expand my worldview if I'm going to become a pro.

T-Rex: Oh yeah, we're also teaming up with Moptop and Blizzard for the rest of the week. Pretty awesome, right!

Whip: Oh dear…you finally get to spend some quality time with your boytoy outside of class? How interesting….

Whip: Just make sure you use protection if you get into any trouble.

Whip: Or don't.

Whip: It is more fun that way….

T-Rex: Speaking from personal experience?

Whip: Quite the mouth you have there young lady.

T-Rex: I learned from the best.

T-Rex: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Whip: Indeed.

Whip: Well I just wanted to check up on you. Stay safe and don't do anything I wouldn't.

T-Rex: That leaves me a lot of gray area to work with.

Whip: Such sassiness.

T-Rex: Ttyl.

Whip: Have fun!

Once their hero duties for the day were done, the group chose to relax for a bit back the Blizzard Agency. Katsuragi and Kamihara both decided to give their students a break while they filed the last bit of paperwork for all the jobs that they managed to complete.

This respite was exactly what Tokage needed to get some alone time with her favorite green haired cinnamon roll of classmate. The two greenettes were currently lounging in the agency's rest area while snacking on some fruit they got from the cafeteria. Never one to miss an opportunity, the girl made sure to sit as close to him as possible on the large green sofa. Not so much so that they would be touching. But enough to ruffle his feathers a bit.

"Pretty fun day today, huh?" She asked him while taking a sip of her water.

"Yeah." He nervously nodded.

"So…do you mind if I ask you a question?"

"Go ahead."

"It's about that orphanage that you go to. Is everyone there quirkless?"

The boy hesitated for a brief moment before recomposing himself. "Yeah."

"Oh, alright." The girl nodded as she leaned back on the sofa.

This was enough to confuse Midoriya. He was certain that Tokage was going to try and dig a little deeper into it, but apparently that wasn't the case. "Is that all you wanted to know?"

"Oh believe me, I definitely have a few more questions. But I can see that you're not really comfortable talking about it. But I'm assuming that you spending so much time there has something to do with Bakugou calling you "quirkless loser" in school that day."

All Midoriya could do was laugh and try to play it off as best he could. Part of him was thankful that the girl wasn't going to pry into things any more than that. But another part knew that she was going to ask him about it sooner or later.

"Still, it's pretty awesome that you tutor those kids though. That Unohana guy seemed like he really appreciated it."

"To be honest, English is probably the only subject that he struggles in. He's a genius when it comes to everything else. He actually goes to a really nice school in this area and might get a chance to go to college early."

"Good for him. I'm sure with you helping him out he'll have no trouble making it happen. I mean, you are one of the smartest kids in class. Well…besides me anyway." She smiled at him.

Midoriya awkwardly rubbed the back of his head at the compliment. "I-I don't k-know about all that."

"C'mon, you're smart as hell. Let me guess, you graduated top of your class in middle school didn't you?" She said with a playful nudge to the arm.

"A-actually no, I was homeschooled so I wouldn't know how well I stacked up against others." He absentmindedly responded in a joking tone before realizing what he just said.

Tokage sat up from her spot on the sofa and gave him a surprised look. "Wow, I never would've guessed. But...it does make sense. You do seem like the "homeschooled" type." She teased.

"What's t-that supposed to mean?" He quirked an eyebrow at her.

"Well you're quiet, not very social and super nice. You totally have the homeschool kid vibe."

"Oh…"

A few seconds of silence passed between the two before Tokage decided to make herself comfortable. And by comfortable, the girl scooted even closer Midoriya and leaned on his shoulder. Naturally, this caused the boy's face to erupt into an entirely new shade of red at this sudden contact and all the moisture seemed to escape his mouth.

"T-T-Tokage-san?!"

"You don't mind do you? I'm pretty beat and you're really comfortable to lay on." She batted her eyelashes at him.

Midoriya sputtered for a moment before letting out a defeated sigh and accepting his fate. By this point he really should be used to girl's attempts to get a reaction out of him. So instead of fighting he just rolled with it. "It's fine."

"Awesome!" She smirked only moments before a devious idea popped into her head. "Hey, can I ask you another question?"

"Sure…"

"Do you think I'm cute?"

So much confusion hit Midoriya at the time that it made his head spin. The question resonated inside his mind over and over, shutting down his brain for a couple of seconds. Those were words he never expected to hear, much less coming from Tokage.

"What?!" He squeaked out loud enough to hear over at the reception desk.

"It's a pretty simple question, dude. Do you think I'm cute? I think that you're cute, so I wanted to know what you think."

It was in that moment that Midoriya had to strongly consider whether or not he was actually transported to some alternate reality where he was just put into every uncomfortable situation possible. Did she really just ask him that? Out loud? He already knew that Tokage was bold, but this was an entirely different level. How could she possibly expect him to answer something like that?

The boy took a second to re-wire his brain as the girl waited for a response. But to make matters even more ridiculous, Tokage decided to sit up and put her face right in front of his. Two sets of green eyes met each other and the temperature in the room seemed to elevate with each passing second. The girl was giving him an almost predatory like smile and Midoriya quickly found himself folding under the pressure.

"Y-yes…." He whispered out while forcing his eyes shut.

"Good to know." She kept up her toothy smirk while rubbing her hand through his hair. "I'm glad to see that you have good taste."

"Oh my god! You two are so adorable!" I flowery voice squealed out. The two teenagers turned their heads to the where none other than Ozehana gawking at them with heart in her eyes.

"O-O-Ozehana-san!"

"Oh I'm sorry guys, I just got back and noticed you two sitting here. I didn't know that I was interrupting a moment."

"You weren-"

"It's all good. I just wanted to tease Moptop a bit before we left."

"Aww, you even have cute pet names for each other! You guys need to stop before you give me diabetes."

If there was ever a time that Midoirya wished for a quirk that allowed him to turn invisible, now was definitely it. Not only had Tokage succeeded in getting him flustered on a level that he never thought possible. Yet another person was now under the impression that the two were dating. Coincidentally, this was also when the boy realized that overly forward women could be added to the list of his many weaknesses.

Eventually, things calmed down to a more reasonable level ridiculousness when Tokage and Edgeshot finally took their leave to head back to the man's agency. After saying their goodbyes, Katsuragi told the boy to rest up and get ready for his training to tomorrow morning. Apparently, they were going to pick up where they left off and continue to work on his fine tuning his control. Which reminded the boy of a conversation that he needed to have with one of his classmates.

Rabbit: Excuse me Yanagi-san, are you busy?

Ghost: No

Ghost: Is there something that you need?

Rabbit: No.

Rabbit: But I learned something today that I think you'd be interested in.

Ghost: Is that so?

Rabbit: Yeah, I don't really have much use for it. But I think it could help you out a lot.

Ghost: I'm all ears.

After his brief chat with Yanagi, Midoriya showered and got ready for bed. While he scrolled through his news feed on his phone, an alert from the JNN popped up on the television at the front of the room. Curiosity got the better of him and he took a moment to read through the bulletin on the screen.

"Breaking News: Wide scale villain in attack in downtown Hosu. Residents are advised to stay indoors and avoid highly populated areas if possible. Heroes and police are currently on the scene and have the situation under control. Eyewitness testimony reports that the Endeavor Hero Agency is among their ranks."

'Hmm, I wonder what's going on over there?' Midoriya thought to himself before turning the television off and setting his phone down on the nearby nightstand. The boy made a mental note to remember to follow up on the situation in the morning.

Author's Notes: Unohana is also going to be a recurring character in this fic (Kind of like how Rayet Yamanaka was in M-K Ultra). We've hit the limit on my OC's on the story aside from Tokage's dad so don't expect any more of them except for some one-off villains here and there. I know people get annoyed when there are too many side characters and I feel the same way. I needed someone who lives at the orphanage and he's going to have a pretty interesting role in the "Third Act". I think you guys will find his character very compelling.