The early morning wakeup was not very enjoyable for Izuku Midoriya. For some unknown reason, the boy felt considerably more tired than usual. It had been a few days since moving into the new dorms and this was the second time that he found himself exhausted for no good reason. Even factoring in the time that he spent hanging out with Tokage and his classmates, he had been getting more than a good amount of sleep. So the reason behind this was a complete mystery to him.

As the boy made his way out of the locker room and over the training facility, he ended up running into his grey haired classmate, Reiko Yanagi.

"Hello, Reiko-san." The boy greeted with a friendly wave while taking notice of her new and improved hero costume. He remembered her telling him that Hatsume ended up going overboard with the new additions to her outfit. And from the looks of it, the pink haired inventor certainly spared no expense.

The general design was the same. She still had her white kimono with the furred collar. But in addition to what looked to be a new hover-disc, she was also sporting a new belt with some strange attachments on it.

"Hey." The stoic teen greeted him back in a slightly softer tone than usual. "How are you?"

"A bit tired, but nothing serious."

"Are you sure?" She then asked.

"Huh?"

"Just asking."

"Is something wrong?"

"No...just wanted to make sure." She replied. "You've just been kind of off lately."

"You think so?"

"Yeah…" Yanagi nodded before giving him a slightly concerned look. "I know we haven't talked that much since coming back to school. But if you need someone to talk to, I'm here. You did go through a rather traumatic experience after all."

"You don't need to worry about me. I'm fine, I promise." Midoriya reassured her.

"Alright." She conceded before turning her attention to the object that he was holding under his arm. "Is that the new helmet that Hatsume-san made for you?"

"Yeah." The boy said as he held it out in front of her.

True to her word, Hatsume took the liberty of making an entirely new mask for the green haired boy. The overall design was still the same, but there were still some very obvious alterations. What was previously two separate eye-holes were now converted into a single green visor surrounded by three metallic bands. Along with this was a new respirator attachment that apparently helped filter out smoke and gas.

"I haven't tried it on yet, but it still looks pretty cool." He continued. "What does that new belt of yours do?"

"Honestly, it would be easier to show you rather than explaining." She replied.

"Oh, alright then."

With that, the telekinetic duo continued making their way over to the training facility.

"All right students, listen up!" Kan announced to the students of 1-B. "As you know, your primary focus this summer is to obtain your provisional hero licenses. I don't need to tell all of you that you need to take this seriously."

Currently, the students along with Kan, Midnight, Cementoss, Ectoplasm and Thirteen were standing in Gym Gamma. All dressed in their hero costumes. It was still pretty early for class to be in session. But no one was about to complain seeing as everyone was excited to finally get back to training.

"A hero license means that you will be responsible for human lives. You will be able to act on your own initiative or assist pros in times of emergencies."

"The exam itself is very difficult. Usually only fifty percent of applicants pass the tests required to obtain this permit in any given year." Thirteen followed up.

"Damn, it's that hard for just a provisional license?" Awase commented.

"Your schedule for the next two weeks will primarily focus on you creating ultimate moves for you to use come exam day." Kan continued.

"Ultimate moves?" A few of the students echoed.

"Yes, ultimate moves are skills that you develop to ensure victory against an opponent." Ectoplasm was the first to explain, "It's an action that is typically unique to your identity that no other person can copy. Although some people do take inspiration from others."

"Take Midoriya for example." Midnight directed everyone's attention towards the green haired boy, striking a very provocative pose in the process. "His "Hellstorm" is a technique that's considered to be the specialty of the Psychic Sisters."

"Kinda like Tokage-chan and her "Scalestorm", right?" Said Shoda, causing the rest of the students nodded in agreement.

"Exactly!"

The students quickly erupted into various sidebar conversations about what kind of new techniques that they would be able to perform. Midoriya himself was curious as to the possibilities of what his classmates would be capable of. It was easy to assume that those with emitter type quirks would need to increase the output of their powers. But people like Tetsutetsu and Kamakiri with transformation quirks would have to think outside of the box.

"Simply put, you must learn to lean into your strengths." Ectoplasm's voice brought Midoriya out of his mental rambling.

"Most pros possess ultimate moves, those who don't are fools." Midnight said.

"For the rest of the afternoon, you all are going to spend your time brainstorming and constructing your techniques. You'll pretty much have free reign to do whatever you'd like and the teachers will be here to assist you." Kan interjected.

"This is gonna be awesome!" Tokage cheered. The green haired girl already had a new move that she's been waiting to test out and now was the perfect time to get started.

It didn't take long before the students got into the swing of things. While some of the hero course hopefuls were running wild inside of the building, Midoriya, Yanagi, Shiozaki, Fukidashi and Tsunotori were conducting their training outside since their quirks required a lot of space.

"How are things going over here?" Midnight asked Midoriya while making her approach.

"Everything's fine, Midnight-sensei." The green haired boy replied as he took a quick break.

"I'll admit that I'm a bit curious about what kind of technique you're going to create. With your quirk, I'm sure that it's going to be something dazzling."

"Yeah…"

"Is something wrong?" The "R-Rated" heroine tilted her head in confusion.

"Not really, it's just that I'm having a hard time figuring something out." He answered honestly.

It wasn't necessarily a matter of creating a new move. It was more like figuring out how to put it into practice. Midoriya doesn't exactly remember when he did it, but at some point the boy already cooked up a new technique that he wanted to try out. Earlier when he was reading through his quirk notebook he came across a new addition that seemingly came out of nowhere.

"Palace of Inertia", was what it was labelled as at the top of the page. The easiest way to describe it was that it's an "area of effect" move that would allow him to stop movement in a certain area. Although something like that would prove to be incredibly useful in rescue operations. Putting it into practice was an entirely different issue altogether. Especially since it focused so much on manipulating "psycho-waves". He remembered reading about that a long time ago, but why he decided to add that onto the page was mystery to him.

"I see." Midnight nodded. "Why don't you explain to me what you're trying to do? Maybe I can give you some assistance."

After a brief explanation of what he was trying to accomplish, all Midnight did was give him a surprised look. She already knew that the boy had some serious potential. And the fact that he could easily be considered the strongest student amongst the first years aside from Todoroki was a popular opinion. But even she was impressed by what he managed to think up.

"Unfortunately, I don't think I can give you much advice on certain aspects of this. My quirk may be an "area of effect" type as well, but I can't control the direction that my gas goes when I activate it. The most I can do is limit the range."

"Oh, alright then." Midoriya said.

"But what I can tell you is that you shouldn't try to go too big too fast. Start off by trying to work in a ten meter radius and focus on manipulating things in that area individually. With what you told me, that should be the first step. In fact...Yanagi seems to be particularly good at that." The black haired woman suggested.

"That makes sense."

"Still, I'm certainly impressed by what you came up with. It could easily be a game changer in any situation. Oh my, the youth of today are just so fascinating~." She cooed.

"Y-yeah, I guess you're right." He awkwardly chuckled.

"Worry not Midoriya! A strapping young man such as yourself will surely master this move in no time. You must remember to let those youthful juices of yours flow from every hole in your body! Only then will you taste the thick and creamy nectar of success!" Midnight shouted with a slight bit of drool on her lips.

'Ew…' The boy internally cringed at the blatant innuendo in the woman's words. To be frank, Midoriya did sometimes wonder how his girlfriend's aunt was allowed to teach at a school full of teenagers.

"In the meantime, I suggest that you and Yanagi work together for now. That would be most beneficial to your progress."

"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea." He agreed.

"Oh and by the way…" Midnight grinned before wrapping her arm around his shoulder and leaning in close. "I snuck some condoms into Setsuna's room this morning. I'm on dorm duty for the rest of the week. So I guarantee that the two of you won't have any interruptions if you feel the need to...blow off some steam tonight after training." She whispered in a sultry tone, which was more than enough to make the boy blush uncontrollably.

Midoriya didn't even get a chance to respond before the "R-Rated" heroine skipped off in the opposite direction to go offer some wisdom to Shiozaki. Leaving the boy feeling slightly violated at her words.

After his...interesting conversation with his teacher, Midoriya made his way over to Yanagi. The grey haired girl was diligently trying to perfect her own version of the "Hellstorm". The two had talked about him showing her how to do it a few times before. But now that they had the opportunity, this was the perfect time for her to practice it.

"How's it going?" Midoriya asked.

"Fine." The girl stoically replied before releasing her quirk. "It's not as hard as I thought. But focusing on keeping the shape of it is difficult."

"Yeah, I'm still having that problem too."

"So what's up?"

"Nothing, I just needed some advice."

"About what?" The girl quirk an eyebrow at him. She still found it a bit odd how Midoriya would always ask her for advice when it came to their quirks since he was more powerful than her. But she was used to it by now.

"What do you do to train your fine control? The new move I'm trying out is looking to be a bit more than I can handle." He asked.

"To be honest, I don't really train that part of my quirk. I mostly focus on weight and distance. My fine control is something that just comes naturally."

"I see." The boy nodded. He really should've expected something like that. When it came to quirk control, Yanagi was far ahead of him. He racked his brain for another moment before asking a question that she might know the answer too. "Oh yeah, have you ever heard of "psycho-waves" before?"

"Yeah." She replied. "My grandfather mentioned it a few times but I never really understood it. It's something specific to telekinetic quirks. They're like a force that your body emits that allows you to manipulate objects. But how they function is supposed to be unique to the user."

'That makes sense.' He thought to himself. It would certainly explain why their quirks functioned so differently. Ever since his talk with Monoma back at the camp, Midoriya finally started to notice the differences in their powers. Yanagi's range was limited, but inside that range it was like she had complete control of what she was using. While on the flipside, his range was greater while requiring more focus on a specific target.

"You'd be better off asking Blizzard about it. She seems more knowledgeable about that stuff than me."

"Yeah, I think you're right." He agreed. "Oh yeah, that reminds me! What does that new belt of yours do?"

Yanagi looked down at her waist for a moment before undoing one of the straps on her new support item. Without saying a word, Midoriya watched as the girl activated her quirk and began levitating multiple metallic discs that emerged from the pouches. Each one was the size of his fist, but from the looks of it there appeared to be about fifteen of them.

"I've been thinking about something like this ever since my internship with Musha-san. Since my quirk is limited, he thought that it would be a good idea for me to have some weapons on hand that I could easily manipulate. And after telling Hatsume-san, this is what she came up with."

"Whoa, that's amazing!" The boy said with a shocked expression. Having those on hand would mean that she wouldn't have to worry about supplies when it came to battle.

"It's still a prototype, but I think it would work well for me."

"Yeah, I bet."

"Anyways, since you're already here we might as well train together. I still need some help with perfecting my "Witching Whirlwind"."

"Yeah, no problem."

Later that afternoon, the students were finally done with their training session for the day. Midoriya still had a few minutes before Tokage was scheduled to drop by his room, so he thought that it would be a good idea for him to do a quick video chat with Katsuragi to get some advice.

"Izuku, how's it going?" The green haired woman smiled at him from what looked to be her office desk.

"Hey, sorry for calling you out of the blue. Is this a bad time?"

"Not at all, I actually just finished up for the day. Is something wrong?"

"No, I was just hoping that I could get some advice on a new move that I'm working on."

"Oh really?" The woman perked up. "And what exactly is this new technique of yours? It must be pretty difficult if it has you looking to your dear old sister for help."

"Well, it's called "Palace of Inertia"-."

"Wait, what?!" The woman suddenly cut him off. "Did I hear that correctly?"

"What's wrong?" He gave her a worried expression.

"Nothing...it's just that...my sister had a move with that exact same name."

"Really?"

"Yeah." Katsuragi nodded. "It pretty much let her stop all movement within a certain radius of her body. It was certainly a top-shelf skill if you ask me. She created it right before she died, but never got around to explaining to me how to do it."

'Okay, that's definitely weird.' Midoriya thought to himself. Not only did the technique have the same name, but apparently it was the same concept as well. "Actually, the skill I'm working on is pretty much the same."

"Seriously? Well that's one hell of a coincidence, huh?"

"Yeah…" He said with an awkward laugh.

"So what did you need help with?"

"I don't exactly know where to start. But have you ever heard of "psycho-waves"?"

"Of course, it's basically how all psychokinetic quirks work. It's a relatively new discovery, but I do know the basics."

"Is that so? Well, I'm trying to get some more information on what it is. And I figured online searches would only get me so far."

"Makes sense." The woman nodded. "Basically, when you activate your quirk, your body emits-"

Katsuragi was cut off when a knock suddenly came from Midoriya's door. Without really thinking the boy yelled out that door was open. And sure enough, Tokage came walking into the room with her laptop in hand along with a bag of popcorn.

"What's up handsome!" The green haired teen greeted him with a smile. "You ready for movie night?"

"Setsuna, you're early."

"Only by a few minutes." Tokage shot back.

"Is that Tokage-san?" Katsuragi asked in a curious tone.

"Oh hey, is that you Blizzard? Long time no see!" The girl waved at the heroine as she made her approach to the computer desk.

"Indeed. I trust that you're doing well. I heard what happened back at the training camp."

"Never felt better!" She replied. "So what's this? I didn't know that Izuku had you on speed dial."

"Izuku was just asking me for some advice on his new technique."

Tokage certainly took note of the fact that her and her boyfriend were apparently on a first name basis now. Katsuragi made it no secret that she was looking to recruit Midoriya after graduation. But when exactly did they get so friendly?

"That's cool."

"I forgot Izuku told me that the U.A. students had moved into the new dorms. I kinda wish that we had that luxury when I was still in school."

"Oh yeah, it's awesome! Now I get to spend more quality time with the green bean over here." The girl joked while wrapping her arms around the boy's shoulders and leaning forward to get a better look into the camera.

"I trust that the two of you aren't doing anything irresponsible." Katsuragi's tone shifted into one that could be considered suspicious. Almost like she was being protective of the boy.

"W-what?" Midoriya immediately blushed.

"Don't worry." Tokage waved off. "The only thing Izuku's hitting here is the books...for now."

"Good, school is still your top priority. You shouldn't let pleasure get in the way of business after all."

Hoping to have a little bit of fun with this, Tokage wanted to see if she could push the envelope some more. "Since we have you on the phone, I gotta ask. What's the deal with you and Edgeshot? I've seen some pictures of the two of you on patrol together recently."

"Nice try, dear. But he's way too old for me."

"Ah so you're into younger men, huh? Well if that's the case, our classmate Awase totally has the hots for you. I could arrange something...off the record."

"You certainly have your hands full with this one, don't you?" Katsuragi turned her gaze back to Midoriya.

"I'm not going to argue with you there." The boy laughed. "Anyways, I guess I'll call you back later."

"Fine by me." She shrugged. "Have a good day and stay out of trouble."

"No problem, I'll talk to you later Onee-chan."

"Bye."

Once the video call ended, Midoriya turned his head towards Tokage only to see the girl giving him a devilish grin. It was only then that he realized that he just called the woman his big sister right in front of her. And effortlessly at that.

"Y'know...if Juzo heard you say that, he'd have a field day."

"Yeah…"

"Since when were the two of you so close?"

"I-it's kind of a recent thing."

"I see." She gave a slightly skeptical look. One telling him that he'd better think of a better answer soon to keep her from digging. "Now, I don't know about you but I've been looking forward to this all day."

"Yeah, me too."

The two greenettes quickly moved over to the boy's bed and got ready to start watching the movie. Since they were going to be sharing a laptop, Tokage made it a point to snuggle up as close to him as possible. And in response, Midoriya wrapped his arm around the girl's shoulder which gave her some more room to get comfortable. He still wasn't entirely used to this type of close contact. But he wasn't going to be complaining about it any time soon. Spending some quality time together like this was one of the added benefits of now living in the same building.

"So, you still plan on volunteering over at the orphanage this weekend?"

"Mhmm." He nodded. "I already got permission from Kan-sensei. It was actually a lot easier than what I thought it would be."

"Makes sense. It's not an easy request to deny. I'll ask him tomorrow after training if I can join you. I'm actually looking forward to seeing those kids again."

"I'd like that."

"I'm sure you would." She said before planting a quick peck on his cheek.

Without any further delay, the two finished getting settled in and began watching the movie. It was a recommendation from Tsunotori. From what the girl knew, it was some old era American film about a group of guys who went around fighting ghosts. Luckily, the both of them were fluent enough in English to where they would be able to understand what was going on without subtitles.

-(o)-

"Man, that was actually pretty good." Tokage said while stretching out her arms. She definitely needed to ask Tsunotori for some more recommendations later on.

"I can't believe that special effects used to be that bad." Midoriya responded jokingly. "Then again, it is over three hundred years old."

"Good point."

"So how did training go for you today?" The boy then asked. "I didn't get a chance to see what you were working on since I was outside all day."

"Oh, I cooked up a pretty sweet new move!" The girl gave him her signature confident smirk. "It's called "Scale Dash". Metalhead was helping me work on it today and I already have the basics down."

"I can't wait to see it."

"Oh, you definitely will."

Without any warning, Tokage decided to randomly wrap her arms around the boy's neck and plant a peck on his lips. She was amazed at herself for being able to hold out for this long. But now that the movie was over, she could finally get to the main event.

"Hey, do you mind if I ask you a question?"

"Sure."

"You don't have to give me an answer, but I'm just curious. What exactly were you doing in that alley back when we first met?"

Of all the things that Midoriya expected the girl to ask, that certainly wasn't it. Now that he thought about it, he never did explain to her the circumstances about that day. Obviously there were a few things that he wasn't comfortable with telling her right now. But he didn't really see a reason to lie about it as long as he omitted certain details.

"Well...to make a long story short...I ran away from home a couple of weeks before that. I was wandering around for a while and just so happened to end up there."

It was impossible for Tokage to hide the shocked look on her face. She had a feeling that something like that was the case. But hearing him admit it was certainly a surprise.

"I take it that has something to do with why you and your mom aren't so close?"

"That's part of it, yeah."

"Well, considering everything you told me about how you grew up. It's not all that surprising."

"Yeah…" He nodded a bit shyly. "But since we're on the subject, I never did get a chance to thank you for that granola bar that you gave me. That was the first thing that I had eaten in days."

"Just promise to make it up to me on our next date." She smiled at him before continuing her inquiry. "What about after that? You kinda ran off on me before we really had a chance to talk."

"Actually, I ended up running into Unohana-san that night. Him and Kosai-san let me stay at the orphanage for a few days before I finally decided to go back home. And I started volunteering over there to make up for them having to put up with me."

"That was nice of them."

"Yeah."

"I'll be sure to give Brain-Boy my thanks for helping you out. What's he been up to anyway?"

"He's starting college in a few days. He ended up choosing to go to Tokyo University."

"Hey, my sister goes there! I'll tell her to be on the lookout for a nerdy boy with pink eyes. Maybe I can even get the two of them to start dating."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Midoriya said in a joking tone.

"No, but it'll be fun to watch. And it will definitely help her out in the dating department since she's terrible at that."

"I'll make sure to give him a warning."

After a few seconds of laughter, the young couple resumed their previously scheduled activity and went back to watching movies for the rest of the night. Tokage was glad that Midoriya was finally starting to open up to her more. It was a sign that their relationship was moving in the right direction. Naturally, she wanted to know a bit more about what happened to him. But she was more than satisfied for now.

When their movie night was finally over, Tokage made the short trip back to her room to get some much needed rest. As much as she wanted to spend the night with her boyfriend, she knew that some late night spooning probably wasn't the best idea since they had to get up early tomorrow for training. As soon as the girl opened the door she immediately made her way to the bathroom to brush her teeth and get comfortable. However, she paused at the sight of a box covered in blue gift wrap sitting atop her sink.

'What's this?' She wondered before grabbing the neatly folded note on top of the item and opening it up.

"Dear Setsuna,

Consider this a housewarming gift for moving into the new dorms. Try not to have too much fun. And be sure to properly hydrate and stretch before using them. And if you don't, that's fine too. If you ever run low, I've got a stash in my desk in case your father ever wants to pay me a visit at work. Enjoy!

XOXOXO Nemuri"

"This ought to be good." Tokage said before tearing off the wrapping paper. Only to pause at the not-so-small box of condoms in her hands. A million things quickly ran through her mind in that moment. And none of them were exactly rated PG. But instead of freaking out like a normal teenage girl would, the 'lizard tail splitter' quirk user simply tucked the box inside the cabinet underneath her sink.

"Well...you can never be too safe nowadays." She smiled before continuing on with her nightly ritual.

~Unknown Location~

In a dark and dingy alleyway somewhere in Japan, a hooded figure wearing all black was making his way over to a small group of similarly dressed individuals.

"Good to have you back, Nitro. I heard that your trip was a success." One of the individuals with a feminine voice said to him in a satisfied tone.

"Of course it was." The person now identified as Nitro replied. "Just be glad that the timing of your little operation coincided with my vacation."

"And we greatly appreciate your assistance. I like the new mask by the way." One of the other individuals said to him. The person was sporting a blacked out mask with two small eye holes that kept his entire head covered.

"So...do you have the goods?"

Instead of responding, Nitro simply removed the backpack from his shoulders and tossed it over to one of the other men. That person took a moment to verify its contents before handing him a similar looking backpack filled with money.

"Excellent." The feminine sounding one smirked. "With this, we'll be able to resume operations in a few days."

"Remember our deal. You make sure to give me a heads up on where you're going to use that and I'll keep the supply coming. I'm gonna be moving pretty soon, but that should be enough for the next month or so."

"No problem."

"Are you sure that you don't want to reconsider our offer? With you, we can do a lot more damage." Another person asked the masked individual.

"I already told you, I'm not interested in becoming a member. The only thing I'm concerned about is cash. So you guys can forget about me joining your little crusade."

"Fine by us."

"If we're all done here, I've gotta get going."

"Where are you heading off to this late? If you don't mind me asking."

"Word on the street is that some Yakuza guys just released a new product that I'm particularly interested in. I wanted to see if it was the real deal or not." Nitro replied in a tone that no one could really describe.

"Well then, good luck to you. And feel free to keep in touch."

"Whatever…" Was all the masked individual said before disappearing into the shadows.

A/N: I don't really have a lot to say about this chapter. Just a quick update to see how the students are doing. We'll get to see more of the rest of 1-B next chapter. But I just wanted to focus on our main trio.

1. As sad as this is to say, don't expect any update to this story for the next couple of weeks. Between work and school, things have gotten pretty crazy so I won't have a lot of free time to write the next chapter. (I work at a hospital so you can imagine what my life is like right now)

Like always, thanks for reading and don't be afraid to leave a comment/review.

P.S.: Stay safe out there and remember to wipe down your phones/tablets as often as possible!