"And that's pretty much what happened." A still moderately bandaged Tetsutetsu concluded his story.
Shortly after their return to the dorms, Tetsutetsu and Tsunotori explained to their classmates all that went down during the raid on the yakuza base. They were in the common area along with Midoriya, Tokage, Shiozaki, Awase, Yanagi, Honenuki and Kendou. Much like Tokage and Midoriya's group, they were ordered to keep things under wraps due to the sensitive nature of the mission. But now that things were over and done with, they were able to spill the beans about their work studies.
"So those were the guys who created the quirk bullets? A yakuza group?" Yanagi asked the silver haired teen.
"Now I get why your operation was such a big secret. Who knows what would've happened if those Yakuza guys managed to get away."
"At least that little girl is safe." Kendou added.
"No kidding!" The 'steel' quirk user agreed. "Pony was able to get her out of there before the entire bottom level caved in."
"But still, did you guys see Togata fucking own that Overhaul guy? That shit was insane!" Awase blurted out while punching the air. Earning a few agreeing nods from everyone in the group.
Inside Midoriya's head, the boy couldn't help but think back to the footage that he saw a bit earlier. He was asleep when everything aired on live television. But from the replays that were all over the news, he was certainly impressed by how strong Mirio Togata was. There were more than a few times where Hadou praised the boy for his strength. And it was widely accepted that he was the strongest kid in the entire school. It was safe to say that now the boy had no real reason to doubt any of those claims.
However, there was one thing that kept popping up in the back of Midoriya's mind every time he thought about the leader of the Big Three. 'He reminds me a lot of All Might.'
It wasn't just Togata's powerful quirk that led the boy to this conclusion. He had blonde hair, blue eyes, a shockingly similar build and a smile that seemed to never fade away. The guy was practically a carbon copy of the former number one hero. Midoriya would be lying if he said that he wasn't the least bit curious about a possible relationship between the two. But he of all people knew better than to jump to conclusions like that.
"I'm just glad that you guys made it out of there alive." Kendou's voice brought Midoriya out of his ruminations. "There's just been way too much excitement this weekend."
"Indeed. However, the lord has once again bestowed his grace upon our classmates and brought them home safely. And for that, we should be thankful." Shiozaki added on.
"So how long do you have to keep those bandages on?" Tokage asked her long time friend with a worried expression. His left arm was still in a heavy cast and he had bruises all over his face and shoulders. According to Tetsutetsu, he got into a slugfest with some guy that had an augmentation quirk before Fatgum and Amijiki came to bail him out.
"Just for another day. After that, I should be good to go." He gave her a toothy smile.
"I'm surprised to see that you came out of that unscathed, Pony." Honenuki said to the horned teen.
"I was much lucky to be along Ryukyu-sama and Nejire-senpai when battle began. Therefore, I stayed away from many chances of injury."
"I'll admit, this does have me wondering though…" Awase began rubbing his chine in contemplation.
"About what?" Yanagi asked.
"Who would win in a fight, Midoriya or Togata?"
"Hmm, that is a good question." Tokage joined in, wondering how a battle between someone with a top level telekinesis quirk versus someone with a top-shelf strength quirk would go.
"How about we save the speculation for later guys." Midoriya chuckled. But unknown to them, he was already starting to run the numbers about how that would play out in his own mind. And the green haired teen was certain that a battle with Togata was something that he'd want to avoid based on what he's seen.
"Izuku-kun's right." Kendou agreed.
"Still, I really want to hear about the raid that you guys did." Tetsutetsu looked to Tokage. "I only saw a bit of the news footage while I was in the hospital. What the hell happened there?"
"Well, it's a long story…." Tokage sighed before once again recanting the events of their own weekend adventure.
"Alright, settle down!" Kan said to his class after entering the room. "It's been a few days since we've had everyone in class on account of a few of you still needing to recover. So first and foremost, good job to the students who had their work studies this weekend. Things got pretty crazy out there, but I'm glad to see that you all made it out of the chaos in one piece."
"Thank you, sensei!"
"Yes." The blood themed hero nodded. "As you may have heard by now, the principal has temporarily suspended the work study program for all students. So you won't be taking part in them until further notice."
Although it was sad news to hear, the announcement made quite a bit of sense. With how wild the work studies ended up getting it was a pretty reasonable response. Not only did the first and third years students make national news, but a few second years also ran into quite a bit of trouble based on what they heard.
"Moving on, there's a couple of major announcements that I need to make."
"What is it, sir?" Kendou raised her hand.
"First, our school will be hosting a joint training session with Shiketsu High at the end of the semester." Kan told her, instantly peaking the interest of all the students. "This has been in the works for quite some time and Principal Nezu is very excited about it. We're still working out the fine details. But the condensed version is that participation in this particular class will be completely voluntary assuming that you meet the requirements."
"What might the requirements be?" Shiozaki asked for the class.
"Basically, you have to have earned your provisional license. This immediately rules out half of 1-A, but doesn't apply to any of you since you all have yours. Furthermore, it will be a team event where groups will consist of members from either this class, 1-A and whatever first year students that Shiketsu sends."
"What exactly is this all going to entail?" Monoma was next to speak.
"That information is being kept a secret for now." The man responded.
Almost immediately the students began discussing amongst themselves about what they just heard. A joint training class with Shiketsu? That was a pretty big deal. It was no secret that the two schools were considered rivals. Especially with the both of them having excellent track records when it came to producing some of the top heroes in the country.
"Alright! I don't know about you guys, but you can already put my name down for this!" Tetsutetsu announced with a giant smile on his face.
"You got that right." Tokage chuckled and then turned to her boyfriend. "What about you, Izuku? Are you gonna participate?"
"Mhmm." Midoriya nodded. "It sounds like it would be fun."
"Well, if Izuku-kun's doing it then I might as well throw my hat into the ring as well." Honenuki gave them a thumbs up.
"I too will participate!" Monoma said in a haughty tone. "The superior might of class 1-B will surely come out on top."
"I'm so looking forward to this." Kamakiri licked his lips. Already planning on how he was going to slice up the competition.
"Alright, alright settle down. You'll have until the end of the week to submit your names. That gives you two days to come to a decision. But I do hope that you all will find the motivation to participate. We don't get many opportunities like this."
"What about the second thing, sir?" Kendou then asked, getting the class back on track.
"The second thing I wanted to talk about is the upcoming cultural festival." Kan stated. "So as you all know, it's an event that we host once every year. It gives not only our class, but all the others a chance to cut loose and have a bit of fun. And just like every other class, we'll be expected to host some kind of event for the people who attend."
"So what are we gonna be doing?"
"I've decided to leave that decision up to you all. I don't really care as long it's nothing inappropriate. Just make sure that it's something that will attract a good crowd. There will be an award ceremony at the end of the day for the best class. So that should serve as a good bit of incentive for you all to do your best."
"We'll show all those other classes who's boss!" Monoma cheered.
"Kendou, Tokage, I'll leave it up to you two to get that handled before the end of the week. Have the class submission on my desk by Friday."
"Yes sir!" The class rep and vice-rep answered.
"And that's pretty much it for now." The moment those words left Kan's mouth, the door flew open to reveal a very happy looking Midnight. The black haired woman had a smile plastered onto her face and she practically skipped all the way over to the front desk.
"Hello my oh so lovely students! I hope you all are having an absolutely wonderful day today!" The "R-Rated" heroine greeted them in a flowery voice. If you didn't know any better, one would say that the woman was glowing for some reason.
"Geez, what's gotten into her?" Tetsutetsu leaned back in his chair and whispered to Tokage.
"She had her birthday date with dad last night. So...probably him." The girl whispered back with a smirk. She didn't know any of the details about the date. But based on the way that her aunt was acting, it must've been a rousing success.
"Now, I did have a pop quiz planned for you all today. But I'm in such a good mood that I've decided to push that back until next week. So for today's class, we're simply going to watch a movie!" The woman announced while still retaining her girlish smile.
"Aw fuck yeah!" Awase cheered.
'Oh yeah, she definitely got laid last night.'
Once classes were done for the day, the students of 1-B were all gathered in the common area to discuss their plan for the upcoming Cultural Festival. There were a few light discussions on the topic throughout the day. But now that they had some downtime, the students could finally figure out exactly what they were going to do.
"Alright guys." Kendou announced, gaining everyone's attention. "Let's start brainstorming ideas. The sooner we can come to a consensus, the sooner we can start getting everything ready."
The first person to raise their hand was Shoda. "How about a haunted house? Since we got the green light to be able to use our quirks, we can come up with some pretty good stuff for that."
"I agree with Shoda-kun." Kuroiro raised his hand.
"No can do." Tokage immediately shot him down. "Class 1-C is already doing that. Aunt Nemuri told me herself."
"Lame…" The 'black' quirk user scoffed.
"What about a maid/butler cafe?" Tsuburaba suggested. "It will definitely bring in a big crowd. Especially since we have quite a few popular students in our class."
"Absolutely not!" Shiozaki countered. "Our class will not engage in such a depraved ritual that exploits our members' dignity."
Tsuburaba was about to argue with the vine haired girl, but quickly backed down due to the disapproving look that she was giving him.
"Well, my sources tell me that Class 1-A will be putting on a live concert performance." Monoma interjected. "Surely we need to do something that will blow them out of the water. I say that we put on a live performance of our own."
"And who exactly are your sources?" Kendou shot the blonde haired teen an annoyed look.
"We overheard Sero and Kaminari talking about it in the bathroom on our way back from lunch." Kaibara was the one to respond to the question.
"You know what...I think that Monoma's right." Said Tetsutetsu. "We should definitely do our own live performance."
"Like what?"
"How about a play?" Komori suggested. "We can do something original that will catch a lot of interest, shroom. We can do some kind of romance, space opera, jailbreak fantasy!"
"Tch...that sounds cheesy as all hell." Kamakiri sneered.
That comment was enough to start a rather intense discussion among the students. Nearly everyone began proposing their own ideas while simultaneously shooting down the suggestions of others. The biggest offenders being Monoma, Tetsutetsu and Tsuburaba. This went on for a good five minutes before Kendou ended up losing her patience.
"Everybody be quiet!" The 'big fist' user shouted while delivering a chop to the back of Monoma's neck to stop the boy from instigating anymore arguments. Silencing the entire common area.
"Hey, we need to take this seriously!" Tokage then spoke. "Because of all of the nonsense that our school has been through this year, we need to make sure that everyone, students and civilians alike, enjoy themselves and have a good time. The school board is on the principal's ass so we need to make sure that things go off without a hitch. And the last thing that we need to do is start fighting over it."
"U-uh...I have suggestion." Tsunotori then raised her hand.
"What is it?" Honenuki asked.
"Why not combine all ideas?"
"What?"
"We can do live circus! I don't know the correct word for it. But we can use our quirks to put on real time performance that draws a big crowd. We can make massive spectacle that everyone will enjoy. And since there will be many children present, they'll want to come watch along with their parents and other students. They're very popular in America." The horned teen explained in broken Japanese.
Silence fell over the class as everyone considered what the girl just said. She certainly had a point. Doing some type of circus was definitely going to get a lot of attention. And if the class could secure a large enough area to work with, they could do some pretty crazy things. Hell they could even make an entire routine with costumes and everything.
"I like that idea." Midoriya then said. "My dad says that those things practically sell out all the time in the US."
"Indeed, it certainly sounds like it would be quite an amusing time for individuals of all ages." Shishida added on.
"I agree." said Kendou. "We can even have several groups perform their own routines before all coming together for one massive finale."
"Well, if that's the case then it's only natural that I serve as the official ringmaster and master of ceremonies." Monoma somehow regained consciousness fast enough to put his name out there.
"As much I hate to admit, weasel-boy here does know how to work a crowd. He'd do a good job in hyping up the audience and keeping everyone entertained in between routines." Tokage surprisingly agreed.
"Alright, all in favor of doing a live circus performance, raise your hand."
Shockingly, everyone in the class raised their hands to show their support for the idea. It was a decent compromise that gave everyone a chance to have their moment in the spotlight. And if they played their cards right, it would go over pretty well with all those who would attend the Cultural Festival.
"Then it's settled. I'll let Kan-sensei know tomorrow morning in homeroom. In the meantime, everyone can start pairing off and begin coming up with their own routines. We'll work out the kinks once we find out where we can set things up."
"Me and Yui-chan can work on making costumes too, shroom!" Komori grinned next to the emotionless teen.
With the chaos finally out of the way, the students of 1-B immediately began forming their own little groups and brainstorming ideas on what they could do. Although most of them typically weren't the competitive types when it came to stuff like this. The hopeful heroes of the future were definitely planning to put on quite the show for all to see.
Later that evening, Midoriya and Tokage decided to do their homework together in the boy's room. Unsurprisingly for two of the smartest kids in class, they ended up finishing a lot earlier than they expected. Which Tokage had no problem with since that meant they had a lot more time for...extracurricular activities.
When the boy walked out of his bathroom, he momentarily paused at the sight before him. His girlfriend was laying on top of his bed while casually flipping through the pages of the most recent edition of his: Hero Analysis for the Future. The same one that had information on all of his classmates.
"Y'know Izuku...these things are quite the piece of work." The girl said with a pensive look on her face. Staring intently at the current page. "Have you ever thought about getting a degree in quirkology?"
"I-I never really thought about it before." The green haired boy rubbed the back of his head.
"You should." Tokage continued. "I bet people would pay a pretty penny for stuff like this. You've practically broken down everyone's quirks and weaknesses to a science."
"They're really not all that much. It's mostly just random things I notice here and there."
In response to that statement, the girl began reading off a passage from her own page.
"User is able to split off pieces from any part of her body to varying degrees. Those cutoff pieces move according to her will with no set path of travel. Due to their usually small size and high speed of movement, they're hard targets to hit individually. Notably, if any of those pieces contain a functioning organ, said organ is capable of operating by itself away from the rest of her body. Upon further observation, the user routinely keeps body parts containing her heart away from direct combat. Presumably for safety reasons."
That was enough for the boy's blush to further intensify. Although he was fine with his girlfriend reading through the pages. He made it a point to avoid having any of his other classmates do it. Mainly because he didn't want everyone to think that he viewed them as some sort of science project because of their quirks.
"I'm surprised you noticed that little secret of mine. I don't tell people about it for a reason." The girl shot him a toothy smirk.
"It's just something that I noticed a while ago."
"I can see that." She said before continuing. "However...there's one thing about these notebooks that I find particularly interesting."
"What is that?" He tilted his head slightly.
"You're an amazing artist. Did you really hand draw all of these yourself? Some of them are really good."
"You think so?"
"Hell yeah!" She sat up and looked him in the eye. "You can definitely get a gig as one of those street performers who draw caricatures of people at festivals"
All Midoriya could do was laugh at that statement. His mom and dad always told him that he had a knack for art when he was younger. But he never put much thought into it. In his opinion, most of his drawings were a far cry from perfect. They were primarily crude sketches that he would re-work when he had the time.
The green haired boy was quick to sit down next to the girl. All while she continued to flip through the pages.
"This stuff on Ghosty is pretty interesting too." Tokage then said, showing him the page with a picture of the 'poltergeist' user on it.
"Recent knowledge concerning "psycho-waves" shows fundamental differences in the application of our quirks. 'Poltergeist' functions in more of an area of effect capacity where the user's body is the focal point for manipulation of objects. Despite its limited range in comparison to 'telekinesis', this quirk works by having everything in range of the user (30 meters) be subject to her control. Whereas 'telekinesis' requires direct application of "psycho-waves" to move objects."
"Yeah, it's something that two of us found about during training a couple of weeks ago. I'm pretty sure it's why Reiko-san has such better control than I do when it comes to our quirks." Midoriya explained.
Tokage felt a slight twinge in her chest after hearing that. Midoriya and Yanagi were always paired up together when it came to quirk related training. Which made complete sense seeing as they had the same power and skillset. But part of the girl couldn't help but feel a bit jealous at how much time they spent together. She never once voiced these thoughts because she didn't want to come off a certain way to him.
Actually, it wasn't just that. Her boyfriend was on good terms with a lot of pretty girls. Some that had her beat when it came to physical...assets. Most notably, a certain blunette by the name of Nejire Hadou. Tokage wasn't exactly lacking when in the curves department. But that didn't stop her from feeling a slight bit of jealousy every now and then.
Hoping to get her mind off of those thoughts, the green haired girl moved closer to Midoriya and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. Wanting to feel as close to him as possible.
"Y'know...if you ever want me to pose for you, I wouldn't mind~." Her tone shifted to a more sultry and devious one. "You can start your own...private collection of fine art. What do you say, Izuku? Do you want to draw me like one of your hero girls?"
As expected, all Midoriya could do was blush at the implications of what the girl was saying. He may have gotten somewhat used to all of Tokage's teasing. But that couldn't stop his heart rate from spiking every time she did something like that. In response, all the boy did was try and turn the tables on the girl by turning his body around and leaning on top of her. Locking his eye directly onto her's.
"Whoa! It looks like someone's in the mood." Tokage grinned with a slight blush of her own.
"S-sorry, I can't help myself. I have to find some way to pay you back for all the teasing you do to me." He replied in a smooth tone. Lately, Midoriya had gotten quite bold when it came to physical intimacy such as this. Usually he'd turn into a flustered mess before the girl could finally sink her claws into him.
It wasn't an unwelcome change by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, Tokage was glad to see that he was finally becoming more comfortable doing stuff like this. But that didn't mean that the girl was going to back down anytime soon. She still had to make sure that Midoriya knew who the boss was around here.
"Well then...show me what you got, Freckles."
What followed was ten whole minutes of a rather steamy makeout session between the two greenettes. One that definitely got the girl's motor running so to speak. Tokage had to hold back from attempting to take the boy's shirt off. Mainly because she knew that she wouldn't be able to stop herself from trying to go any further once they passed that point. But Midoriya managed to make things more interesting by using his quirk to levitate the two off the bed and float around the room.
When the young couple finally decided that they needed to breathe, they were still hovering above the ground. Except now their positions were flipped. Midoriya was the one of the bottom while Tokage layed comfortably on top of him.
"Hey, I've been meaning to ask you something." She said while tracing her finger along his cheek.
"What is it?" He looked up.
"We're having our family dinner next weekend at my house. My dad's been asking to meet you again and wanted to know if you'd like to come."
"Really?" Midoriya raised his eyebrows. He had only met Urie once so far, and that was back during the study session that he and the other's did prior to the semester exams. Naturally he felt a bit nervous about meeting his girlfriend's father now that they were officially dating. But it was something that was going to have to happen sooner or later. "I'd be happy to join you guys."
"Sweet!"
"Maybe we can invite my mom too? Y'know...kill two birds with one stone." The boy suddenly suggested.
Now it was Tokage's turn to adopt a nervous expression on her face. Needless to say, her two previous interactions with the Midoriya matriarch were less than stellar. And even though Midoriya reassured her that Inko harbored no negative feelings towards her. She couldn't exactly re-do the terrible first impression that the woman had of her.
Midoriya was able to pick up on this after seeing the worried look on her face. The boy deactivated his quirk and allowed the two of them to stand on their own two feet before placing his hand on her shoulder.
"We don't have to if you don't want to."
"No…" She shook her head and then smiled. "I think it's a good idea. It would be cool for all of us to have nice get together. I just need to make sure that my sister is on her best behavior."
Midoriya simply smiled at the girl before leaning down and planting another peck on her lips. One that she was more than happy to accept. Sure she had her doubts about seeing Inko again, but she was determined to make a good, solid impression on her boyfriend's mother.
It was only when the two parted their lips did Tokage suddenly notice something. She briefly looked Midoriya up and down one time before reaching a conclusion. "Izuku...did you get taller?"
"What?" He gave her a perplexed look.
"I just realized that I have to stretch up a bit more when we kiss like that." She then proceeded to place her hand and her forehead and move it towards him. "Did you hit a growth spurt or something?"
"I don't think I did."
"How tall are you?"
"166 centimeters." He said.
"Yeah...no, you're definitely a bit taller than that." She repeated her claim rather confidently.
Just as Midoriya was about to respond, the dial tone on his laptop cut him off. Both teenagers looked at the screen and the boy's eyes widened. Without thinking, he rushed over to the desk and hit the "answer" button.
"Izuku, how are you?" The freckled face of Hisashi Midoriya popped up on the screen.
"Dad?" The boy said in a surprised tone before looking at the date on his screen. "Is everything okay? We didn't plan on talking today, did we?"
"No, no." The black haired man waved off. "I finally saw the news of what happened this weekend and wanted to see if you were- Oh...am I interrupting something?" He shot a glance over to Tokage who was now standing right behind his son.
"Hello, Hisashi-san! Long time no talk." The girl gave him a polite smile and a bow.
The man's eyes darted back and forth between the two teens for a good three seconds before a short smirk graced his lips. "Tokage-kun, it's good to see you again. Sorry for the unexpected call, Izuku. It wasn't my intention to interrupt you and your girlfriend's...private time."
Instantly the boy's face flushed at the implications of what the elder Midoriya male was saying. He was about to fumble through what sure to be a humorous explanation as to why he was alone in his room with his girlfriend. But luckily, Tokage was fast enough to save his dignity.
"Don't worry, sir. We were just doing our homework. I guarantee you that we are behaving like two very responsible young adults. Absolutely nothing inappropriate is going on here!"
"Good to hear." The black haired man nodded, albeit in a skeptical way. "Actually, this is perfect! I didn't get a chance to talk to you that much the last time I was in Japan. If you have the time, I'd love to hear how things are going between the two of you!"
"That sounds like a great idea!" Tokage smiled while patting Midoriya on the back.
'Why do I have the feeling this is going to be extremely embarrassing?' The boy internally groaned. Resisting the urge to drag his hand across his face. Oh yeah, this was definitely going to be an interesting conversation.
A/N: Three chapters in seven days? Is it easy to tell that I've had some time off this week? Nothing much here, just a quick recap of what happened with the Yakuza raid and a few announcements. What do you guys think of how the Cultural Festival and Joint Training Session are going to go? Personally, I can't wait to write them out once I get the time. Also, it's been a while since Midoriya's father made an appearance. So this seemed like a good way to bring him back.
1. The family date is going to be the next chapter, and the Cultural Festival will be after that. It's definitely going to be an interesting affair. And a certain character is going to make a surprised appearance. Can anyone guess who it will be?
2. As embarrassing as this is to admit, I lost my notes on who all will be taking part in the Joint Training Session. And for the life of me I can't remember who was supposed to be there. So what 1-A students do you all want to see? Obviously Bakugou and Todoroki won't be there since they both failed. So everyone else who passed is fair game.
Like always, thanks for reading and don't be afraid to leave a review/comment!